-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, G9UaEvG/HEb13ForrZif9myjOQ0IL3NxVILUhm89ooe19vJ1g1E6jMcM5kK6ytoc 5zccOqpKuOhbYERciZo7Pg== 0000950134-07-000710.txt : 20070514 0000950134-07-000710.hdr.sgml : 20070514 20070117171950 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950134-07-000710 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: S-3/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 17 FILED AS OF DATE: 20070117 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20070330 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: NISSAN AUTO RECEIVABLES CORP II CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001129068 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES [6189] IRS NUMBER: 954831541 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0331 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3/A SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-138931 FILM NUMBER: 07535805 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC. STREET 2: 333 COMMERCE STREET, MAILSTOP B-7-A CITY: NASHVILLE STATE: TN ZIP: 37201 BUSINESS PHONE: 6157251667 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC. STREET 2: 333 COMMERCE STREET, MAILSTOP B-7-A CITY: NASHVILLE STATE: TN ZIP: 37201 S-3/A 1 a25430a1sv3za.htm AMENDMENT TO FORM S-3 sv3za
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 17, 2007
Registration No. 333-138931
 
 
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
Amendment No. 1
to
FORM S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
NISSAN AUTO RECEIVABLES CORPORATION II
as Depositor to the issuing entity described herein
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
     
Delaware   95-4831541
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
  (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
BellSouth Tower
333 Commerce Street
10th Floor, B-10-C
Nashville, TN 37201-1800
(615) 725-1000
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)
Sean Caley, Esq.
BellSouth Tower
333 Commerce Street
10th Floor, B-10-C
Nashville, TN 37201-1800
(615) 725-1664
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
Warren R. Loui, Esq.
Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP
350 South Grand Avenue – 25
th Floor
Los Angeles, California 90071-1503
(213) 229-9500
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: From time to time after this registration statement becomes effective, as determined by market conditions.
If the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box. o
If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the following box. þ
If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. o
If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. o
If this Form is a registration statement pursuant to General Instruction I.D. or a post-effective amendment thereto that shall become effective upon filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 462(e) under the Securities Act, check the following box. o
If this Form is a post-effective amendment to a registration statement filed pursuant to General Instruction I.D. filed to register additional securities or additional classes of securities pursuant to Rule 413(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box. o
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
                             
 
                      Amount of  
  Proposed Title of Each Class     Amount to Be     Proposed Maximum     Proposed Maximum     Registration  
  of Securities to be Registered     Registered     Offering Price Per Unit (1)     Aggregate Offering Price (1)     Fee(1)(2)  
 
Asset-Backed Notes
    $1,000,000     100%     $1,000,000     $107.00  
 
(1)   Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee.
 
(2)   107.00 has previously been paid.
 
     THE REGISTRANT HEREBY AMENDS THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON SUCH DATE OR DATES AS MAY BE NECESSARY TO DELAY ITS EFFECTIVE DATE UNTIL THE REGISTRANT SHALL FILE A FURTHER AMENDMENT WHICH SPECIFICALLY STATES THAT THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT SHALL THEREAFTER BECOME EFFECTIVE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 8(A) OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 OR UNTIL THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE ON SUCH DATE AS THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, ACTING PURSUANT TO SAID SECTION 8(A), MAY DETERMINE.
 
 

 


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The information in this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus is not complete and may be amended. This prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus are not an offer to sell nor are they seeking an offer to buy these securities in any state where the offer or sale is not permitted.

Prospectus Supplement
(To Prospectus Dated [       ,       ])
Subject To Completion, Dated [      ,      ]
(NISSAN LOGO)
$[       ]
Nissan Auto Receivables [      —      ] Owner Trust
Issuing Entity
Nissan Auto Receivables Corporation II,
Depositor
Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation,
Servicer / Sponsor
$[ ] ASSET BACKED NOTES, CLASS [A-1]
$[ ] ASSET BACKED NOTES, CLASS [A-2]
$[ ] ASSET BACKED NOTES, CLASS [A-3]
$[ ] ASSET BACKED NOTES, CLASS [A-4]

You should review carefully the factors set forth under “Risk Factors” beginning on page S-17 of this prospectus supplement and page 9 in the accompanying prospectus.
The main source for payment of the notes are collections on a pool of motor vehicle retail installment contracts, [payments due under an interest rate [cap][swap] agreement,] and monies on deposit in a reserve account [and a yield supplement account].
The securities are asset-backed securities issued and represent obligations of the issuing entity only and do not represent obligations of or interest in Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation, Nissan Auto Receivables Corporation II, Nissan North America, Inc. or any of their respective affiliates. Neither the securities nor the receivables are insured or guaranteed by any government agency.
This prospectus supplement may be used to offer and sell the securities only if it is accompanied by the prospectus dated [      ,      ].
  The issuing entity will issue [five] classes of securities consisting of [four] classes of notes and one class of certificates described in the table below. Only the notes are being offered by this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus. The certificates represent fractional undivided interests in the issuing entity, will not bear interest and are not being offered to the public, but instead will initially be issued to Nissan Auto Receivables Corporation II.
 
  The notes accrue interest from [      ,      ].
 
  The principal of and interest on the notes will generally be payable on the 15th day of each month, unless the 15th day is not a business day, in which case payment will be made on the following business day. The first payment will be made on [ , ].
                                         
    Notes    
    A-1 Notes   A-2 Notes   A-3 Notes   A-4 Notes   Certificates
Principal Amount
  $       $       $       $         (2)  
Interest Rate
    %       %       %       %       (2)  
Final Scheduled Distribution Date
                                    (2)  
Price to Public(1)
    %       %       %       %       (2)  
Underwriting Discount(1)
    %       %       %       %       (2)  
Proceeds to Seller(1)
  $       $       $       $         (2)  
 
(1)   Total price to the public is $      , total underwriting discount is $      and total proceeds to the Depositor are $      .
 
(2)   Not applicable.
Credit Enhancement
    Reserve account, with an initial deposit of $[      ] and subject to adjustment as described in this prospectus supplement.
 
    [Yield supplement account, with an initial deposit of $[      ] and subject to adjustment as described in this prospectus supplement.] [Yield supplement overcollateralization amount of $[      ] and subject to adjustment as described in this prospectus supplement.]
 
    The certificates are subordinated to the notes to the extent described herein.
 
    [Interest rate [cap] [swap] agreement with [      ], as [cap provider] [swap counterparty], to mitigate the risk associated with an increase in the floating interest rate of the Class A-[ ] Notes.]
NEITHER THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION NOR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION HAS APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED OF THE SECURITIES OR DETERMINED THAT THIS PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT OR THE PROSPECTUS IS ACCURATE OR COMPLETE. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
     [The issuing entity has applied to list the notes on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange and for listing and permission to deal in the securities in the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited.]
[UNDERWRITERS]
The date of this prospectus supplement is [      ,      ].

 


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Important Notice About Information Presented in this
Prospectus Supplement and the Accompanying Prospectus
     Information about the securities is provided in two separate documents that progressively provide varying levels of detail: (1) the accompanying prospectus, which provides general information, some of which may not apply to a particular class of securities, including your class; and (2) this prospectus supplement, which will supplement the accompanying prospectus by providing the specific terms that apply to your class of securities.
     Cross-references are included in this prospectus supplement and in the accompanying prospectus that direct you to more detailed descriptions of a particular topic. You can also find references to key topics in the Table of Contents in this prospectus supplement and in the accompanying prospectus.
     You can find a listing of the pages where capitalized terms used in this prospectus supplement are defined under the caption “Index of Terms” beginning on page S-67 in this prospectus supplement and under the caption “Index of Terms” beginning on page [67] in the accompanying prospectus.
     You should rely only on the information contained in or incorporated by reference into this prospectus supplement or the accompanying prospectus. We have not authorized anyone to give you different information. We make no claim with respect to the accuracy of the information in this prospectus supplement or the accompanying prospectus as of any dates other than the dates stated on the respective cover pages. We are not offering the notes in any jurisdiction where it is not permitted.

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SUMMARY OF TRANSACTION PARTIES(1)
(FLOW CHART)
 
    (1) This chart provides only a simplified overview of the relationships between the key parties to the transaction. Refer to this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus for a further description of the relationships between the key parties.

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FLOW OF FUNDS(1)
(FLOW CHART)
 
    (1) This chart provides only a simplified overview of the priority of the monthly distributions. The order in which funds will flow each month as indicated above is applicable for so long as no event of default has occurred. For more detailed information or for information regarding the flow of funds upon the occurrence of an event of default, please refer to this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus for a further description.
 
    (2) [Although the certificates are subordinated to the notes, after principal of the Class A-1 Notes have been fully repaid, a portion of available amounts will be allocated to pay principal of the certificates prior to repayment in full of the Class A-2 Notes, Class A-3 Notes and Class A-4 Notes.]

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SUMMARY OF MONTHLY DEPOSITS TO AND WITHDRAWALS FROM ACCOUNTS(1)
(FLOW CHART)
 
    (1) This chart provides only a simplified overview of the monthly flow of funds. Please refer to this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus for a further description.

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SUMMARY
     This summary highlights selected information from this prospectus supplement and may not contain all of the information that you need to consider in making your investment decision. This summary provides an overview of certain information to aid your understanding and is qualified in its entirety by the full description of this information appearing elsewhere in this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus. You should carefully read both documents to understand all of the terms of the offering.
     
Issuing Entity
  Nissan Auto Receivables [     -     ] Owner Trust. The issuing entity was established by a trust agreement dated as of [     ,     ] and will be the entity that issues the notes and the certificates.
 
   
Depositor
  Nissan Auto Receivables Corporation II.
 
   
Servicer/Sponsor and Administrator
  Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation.
 
   
Owner of the Certificates
  Nissan Auto Receivables Corporation II.
 
   
Indenture Trustee
  [          ].
 
   
Owner Trustee
  [          ].
 
   
[Cap Provider] [Swap Counterparty]
  [          ].
 
   
Cut-off Date
  Close of business on [     ,      ].
 
   
Closing Date
  Expected on or about [     ,     ].
 
   
Issuing Entity Property 
  The primary assets of the issuing entity will consist of a pool of motor vehicle retail installment contracts, referred to herein as the receivables, collections on the receivables, security interests in the vehicles financed by the receivables, together with the amounts on deposit in various accounts.
 
 
  The receivables will be sold by the sponsor to the depositor and then transferred by the depositor to the issuing entity in exchange for the notes and the certificates.
     
 
  The principal balance of the receivables as of the cut-off date was $[ ]. As of the cut-off date, the receivables had the following characteristics:
         
Number of Receivables        
Average Principal Balance     $  
Weighted average annual percentage rate     %  
Approximate weighted average remaining payments to maturity   payments
Approximate weighted average original payments to maturity   payments
     
 
  You should refer to “The Issuing Entity — Property of the Issuing Entity” in this prospectus supplement and “Property of the Issuing Entity” in the accompanying prospectus and “The Receivables” in this prospectus supplement and in the accompanying prospectus for more information on the property of the issuing entity.

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Offered Notes
  The offered notes consist of the Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2 Notes, the Class A-3 Notes and the Class A-4 Notes, as described on the cover page.
 
   
Certificates 
  The issuing entity will also issue $                     initial principal amount of certificates. The issuing entity is not offering the certificates to the public. The certificates will initially be issued to the depositor.
 
  The certificates will represent fractional undivided interests in the issuing entity and will not bear interest. The issuing entity will not make any distributions on the certificates until all interest and principal of the [Class A-1] Notes have been paid in full.
 
   
Terms of the Notes
  Distribution Dates:
 
   
 
  Interest and principal will generally be payable on the 15th day of each month, unless the 15th day is not a business day, in which case such payment will be made on the following business day. The first payment will be made on [     ].
 
   
 
  Denominations:
 
   
 
  The notes will be issued in minimum denominations of [$25,000] and integral multiples of [$1,000] in excess thereof in book-entry form.
 
   
 
  Per annum interest rates:
 
   
 
  The notes will have [fixed] [and adjustable] rates of interest as follows:
         
Class   Interest Rate
A-1
    %  
A-2
    %  
A-3
    %  
A-4
    %  


     
 
  Interest Periods and Payments:
 
   
 
  Interest on the notes will accrue in the following manner, except that on the first distribution date, interest on all of the notes will accrue from and including the closing date to but excluding[     ,     ]:
             
            Day Count
Class   From (including)   To (excluding)   Convention
A-1
  Prior Distribution Date   Current Distribution Date   [Actual][30]/360
A-2
  15th of prior month   15th of current month   [Actual][30]/360
A-3
  15th of prior month   15th of current month   [Actual][30]/360
A-4
  15th of prior month   15th of current month   [Actual][30]/360


     
 
  Interest payments on the Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2 Notes, the Class A-3 Notes and the Class A-4 Notes will be paid on a pro rata basis unless the notes are accelerated following an event of default,

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  in which case (unless and until the acceleration has been rescinded), available amounts (after the servicing fee has been paid and certain advances have been reimbursed to the servicer) will be applied to make interest payments first to the Class A-1 Notes and then (after payment in full of the accrued interest on and outstanding principal balance of the Class A-1 Notes) ratably to the Class A-2 Notes, the Class A-3 Notes and the Class A-4 Notes. Upon the rescission of the acceleration, interest payments will be made on the Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2 Notes, the Class A-3 Notes and the Class A-4 Notes on a pro rata basis based on the respective aggregate amounts of interest due to those classes of notes.
 
   
 
  [Interest Rate Cap Agreement:]
 
   
 
  [Because the interest rate on the Class A-[] Notes will be floating while the receivables are fixed monthly obligations, the issuing entity will enter into an interest rate cap agreement with [     ], as cap provider, to mitigate the risk associated with an increase in the floating interest rate of the Class A-[     ] Notes above the weighted average annual percentage rate of the receivables. If LIBOR related to any distribution date exceeds the cap rate of []%, the cap provider will pay to the issuing entity an amount equal to the product of:
  1.   LIBOR for the related distribution date minus the cap rate of []%;
 
  2.   the notional amount on the cap, [which will be equal to the total outstanding principal amount on the Class A-[ ] Notes on the first day of the interest period related to such distribution date]; and
 
  3.   a fraction, the numerator of which is the actual number of days elapsed from and including the previous distribution date, to but excluding the current distribution date, or with respect to the first distribution date, from and including the closing date, to but excluding the first distribution date, and the denominator of which is [360][365].
     
 
  The obligations of the issuing entity under the interest rate cap agreement are secured under the indenture and the obligations of the cap provider are unsecured.
 
   
 
  If the cap provider’s long-term senior unsecured debt ceases to be rated at a level acceptable to Standard & Poor’s, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. or its successors, and Moody’s Investors Service or its successors, the cap provider will be obligated to post collateral or establish other arrangements satisfactory to those rating agencies to secure its obligations under the interest rate cap agreement or arrange for an eligible substitute cap provider satisfactory to the issuing entity.
 
   
 
  Any amounts received under the interest rate cap agreement will be a source for interest payments on the notes.]

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  [Interest Rate Swap Agreement:]
 
   
 
  [Because the interest rate on the Class A-[     ] Notes will be floating while the receivables are fixed monthly obligations, the issuing entity will enter into an interest rate swap agreement with [     ], as the swap counterparty, to mitigate the risk associated with an increase in the floating interest rate of the Class A-[     ] Notes above the weighted average annual percentage rate of the receivables. Under the interest rate swap agreement, on each distribution date the issuing entity will be obligated to pay to the swap counterparty an amount equal to interest accrued on a notional amount equal to the principal balance of the Class A-[      ] Notes at the notional fixed rate of [      ]%, and the swap counterparty will be obligated to pay to the issuing entity interest accrued on the Class A-[      ] Notes [at the floating rate of the Class A-[      ] Notes].
 
   
 
  The net amount owed by the issuing entity to the swap counterparty on a distribution date, if any, is the “Swap Payment,” and the net amount owed by the swap counterparty to the issuing entity, if any, is the “Swap Receipt.”
 
   
 
  The obligations of the issuing entity under the interest rate swap agreement are secured under the indenture and the obligations of the swap counterparty are unsecured.
 
   
 
  If the swap counterparty’s long-term senior unsecured debt ceases to be rated at a level acceptable to Standard & Poor’s, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. or its successors, and Moody’s Investors Service or its successors, the swap counterparty will be obligated to post collateral or establish other arrangements satisfactory to those rating agencies to secure its obligations under the interest rate swap agreement or arrange for an eligible substitute swap counterparty satisfactory to the issuing entity.
 
   
 
  Any amounts received under the interest rate swap agreement will be a source for interest payments on the notes.]
 
   
 
  For more detailed information concerning payments of interest, you should refer to “The Notes — Payments of Interest” in this prospectus supplement. [For more detailed information concerning the interest rate cap agreement, you should refer to “The Interest Rate Cap Agreement.”] [For more detailed information concerning the interest rate swap agreement, you should refer to “The Interest Rate Swap Agreement.”]
 
 
  Principal:
    Amounts allocated to the notes: Principal of the notes will be payable on each distribution date (a) to the Class A-1 Notes until the principal amount thereof is reduced to zero, in an amount equal to (i) the excess, if any, of (x) the principal balance of the receivables as of the beginning of the related collection period (or, in the case of the first collection period, as of the cut-off date) over (y) the principal balance of the receivables as of the end of the related collection period (reduced, in the case of both clauses (x) and (y), by the

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      principal balance of certain non- collectable or defaulted receivables and receivables purchased by the servicer or repurchased by the depositor due to certain breaches [and the yield supplement overcollateralization amount]), and (ii) any amounts due but not previously paid because sufficient funds were not available to make such payments; and (b) after the principal amount of the Class A-1 Notes is reduced to zero, to the Class A-2 Notes until the principal amount of the Class A-2 Notes is reduced to zero, then to the Class A-3 Notes until the principal amount of the Class A-3 Notes is reduced to zero, and then to the Class A-4 Notes until the principal amount of the Class A-4 Notes is reduced to zero, an amount sufficient to reduce the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the notes to an amount equal to the product of the Noteholders’ Percentage and the outstanding principal balance of the receivables as of the end of the related collection period (reduced by certain non-collectable or defaulted receivables and receivables purchased by the servicer or repurchased by the depositor due to certain breaches [and the yield supplement overcollateralization amount]). [The “Noteholders’ Percentage” for any distribution date is [     %] [the percentage equivalent of a fraction, the numerator of which is the aggregate of the principal balances of the Class A-2, Class A-3 and Class A-4 Notes as of the closing date, and the denominator of which is the principal balance of the receivables as of the cut-off date, minus the aggregate principal balance of the Class A-1 Notes as of the closing date] [minus the yield supplement overcollateralization amount as of the closing date]].]
     
 
  Principal payments on the notes as described above will be made from all available amounts after the servicing fee has been paid [, swap payments, if any, have been made] and certain advances have been reimbursed and after payment of interest on the notes.
 
   
 
  Notwithstanding the foregoing, after the occurrence of an event of default and an acceleration of the notes (unless and until the acceleration has been rescinded), available amounts (after [the swap counterparty has been paid the net amounts, if any, due under the interest rate swap agreement,] the servicing fee has been paid and certain advances have been reimbursed) will be applied to pay interest and principal, in that order, [(a) to the servicer first on the Class A-1 Notes, until the accrued interest on and outstanding principal balance of the Class A-1 Notes have been paid in full, and (b) then on the Class A-2 Notes, the Class A-3 Notes and the Class A-4 Notes on a pro rata basis based on the respective outstanding principal balances of those classes of notes, until the accrued interest on and outstanding principal balances of those classes of notes have been paid in full.]
 
   
 
  If, after the occurrence of an event of default and an acceleration of the notes, the acceleration has been rescinded, available amounts (after [the swap counterparty has been paid the net amounts, if any, due under the interest rate swap agreement,] the servicing fee and interest on the notes have been paid and certain advances have been reimbursed to the servicer) will be applied to pay principal

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  first to the Class A-1 Notes until they are paid in full, then to the Class A-2 Notes until they are paid in full, then to the Class A-3 Notes until they are paid in full and then to the Class A-4 Notes until they are paid in full.
    Final Scheduled Distribution Dates: The issuing entity must pay the outstanding principal balance of each class of notes by its final scheduled distribution date as follows:
         
    Final Scheduled
Class   Distribution Date
A-1
    [     ,     ]  
A-2
    [     ,     ]  
A-3
    [     ,     ]  
A-4
    [     ,     ]  


     
 
  You should refer to “The Notes — Payments of Principal” and “Distributions on the Notes — Calculation of Available Amounts” in this prospectus supplement for more detailed information regarding payments of principal.
 
   
Servicing/Administration
  Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation will service the receivables. In addition, Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation will perform the administrative obligations required to be performed by the issuing entity or the owner trustee under the indenture and the trust agreement. On each distribution date, Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation will be paid a fee for performing its servicing and administrative obligations in an amount equal to one-twelfth of [1.00]% of the principal balance of the receivables as of the last day of the proceeding collection period, or in the case of the first distribution date, as of the cut-off date. As additional compensation, the servicer will be entitled to retain all supplemental servicing fees, if any. The servicing fee, together with any portion of the servicing fee that remains unpaid from prior distribution dates, will be payable on each distribution date from available amounts on deposit in the collection account, and will be paid to the servicer prior to the payment of principal of and interest on the notes.
 
   
Optional Purchase
  The notes will be paid in full on any distribution date on which the servicer exercises its option to purchase the receivables. The servicer may purchase the receivables when the outstanding aggregate principal balance of the receivables, as of the last day of the related collection period, declines to [5]% or less of the original aggregate principal balance of the receivables on the cut-off date.
 
   
 
  You should refer to “Description of the Transfer and Servicing Agreements — Optional Purchase” in this prospectus supplement for more detailed information regarding the optional purchase of the notes.
 
   
Credit Enhancement
  The credit enhancement of the offered notes will be the subordination of the certificates, [the interest rate [cap] [swap] agreement,] the reserve account and the [yield supplement account ][yield supplement overcollateralization amount]. The credit enhancement is intended to protect you against losses and delays in

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  payments on your notes by absorbing losses on the receivables and other shortfalls in cash flows.
 
   
 
  Subordination of the Certificates:
 
   
 
  The certificates have an initial principal balance of $[     ] and represent approximately [ ]% of the initial principal amount of all the notes and the certificates. The certificates will not receive any distributions until all interest on and principal of the [Class A-1] Notes have been paid in full. The certificates will not receive any interest payments.
 
   
 
  Reserve Account:
 
   
 
  On each distribution date, the issuing entity will use funds in the reserve account for distribution to the noteholders to cover any shortfalls in interest and principal required to be paid on the notes. The reserve account will be pledged to the indenture trustee to secure the notes but will not be an asset of the issuing entity.
 
   
 
  If the principal amount of a class of notes is not paid in full on the related final scheduled distribution date, the indenture trustee will withdraw amounts from the reserve account (if available) to pay that class in full.
 
   
 
  The sale and servicing agreement sets forth the specified reserve account balance, which is the amount that is required to be on deposit in the reserve account. On the closing date, the depositor will make a deposit of $[ ] into the reserve account, which is approximately [ ]% of the outstanding principal balance of the receivables [less the yield supplement overcollateralization amount] as of the closing-off date]. Thereafter, on any distribution date while the notes are outstanding, the reserve account will generally be required to have a balance of $[          ].
 
   
 
  If, however, on any distribution date certain loss or delinquency ratios relating to the receivables (as described under “Subordination; Reserve Account” in this prospectus supplement) are exceeded, then the amount required to be on deposit in the reserve account for such distribution date (and for each succeeding distribution date until the relevant percentage equivalent ratios have been achieved and maintained for the required period) will be the greater of (a) $[ ] and (b) [ ]% of the [outstanding principal amount of the notes][aggregate principal amount of the receivables less the yield overcollateralization amount] as of the preceding distribution date (after giving effect to payments of principal made on such date). On each distribution date, after making required payments to the servicer and to the notes and prior to making payments on the certificates, the issuing entity will make a deposit into the reserve account to fund and maintain the specified reserve account balance.
 
   
 
  On each distribution date, after all appropriate deposits to and withdrawals from the reserve account, any amounts on deposit in the reserve account in excess of the specified reserve account balance will be released to the depositor.

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  Funds in the reserve account on each distribution date will be available to cover shortfalls in payments on the notes as described in “Subordination; Reserve Account — Reserve Account.”
 
   
 
  [The required reserve account balance on each payment may be reduced pursuant to a downward adjustment formula that is acceptable to the rating agencies rating the notes.]
 
   
 
  You should refer to “Subordination; Reserve Account — Reserve Account” in this prospectus supplement for more detailed information regarding the reserve account.
 
   
 
  [You should refer to “Summary of Terms — Yield Supplement Account” and “Description of the Transfer and Servicing Agreements — Yield Supplement Account and Yield Supplement Agreement” in this prospectus supplement for more detailed information regarding the yield supplement account.]
 
   
 
  [You should refer to “Summary of Terms — Yield Supplement Overcollateralization Amount” and “Description of the Transfer and Servicing Agreements — Yield Supplement Overcollateralization Amount” in this prospectus supplement for more detailed information regarding the yield supplement overcollateralization amount.]
 
   
[Yield Supplement Overcollateralization
Amount]
  [On the closing date, there will be an additional balance of receivables in the amount of $[ ] representing the initial yield supplement overcollateralization amount, which is approximately [ ]% of the aggregate principal balance of the receivables as of the cut-off date. The yield supplement overcollateralization amount will decline on each distribution date. The yield supplement overcollateralization amount is intended to compensate for the low annual percentage rates on some of the receivables.]
 
   
[Yield Supplement Account]
  [On each distribution date, the issuing entity will use funds on deposit in the yield supplement account to cover, for each receivable, the excess, if any, of (x) 30 days’ interest that would accrue on the principal balance, as of the first day of the related collection period, of that receivable at a rate equal to [ ]% over (y) 30 days’ interest on the principal balance, as of the first day of the related collection period, of that receivable at the actual interest rate on that receivable.
 
   
 
  On the closing date, the depositor will [deposit] [make a capital contribution to the issuing entity by depositing] [$[     ] in cash [and other assets] into the yield supplement account. This amount[, together with estimated reinvestment earnings,] is the amount that is estimated to be required to be withdrawn from the yield supplement account on subsequent distribution dates in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph. For a more detailed description of the way in which that amount will be calculated, see “Description of the Transfer and Servicing Agreements — Yield Supplement Account and Yield Supplement Agreement” in this prospectus supplement. Neither the depositor nor the servicer will be required to make any other deposits to the yield supplement

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  account on or after the closing date. The yield supplement account [will] [will not] be an asset of the issuing entity.]
 
   
[Adjusted Pool Balance]
  [The adjusted pool balance with respect to a distribution date is equal to the principal balance of the receivables (reduced by certain non-collectable or defaulted receivables and receivables purchased by the servicer or repurchased by the depositor due to certain breaches) as of the end of the previous collection period or, initially as of the cut-off date, minus the yield supplement overcollateralization amount as of the related distribution date or, initially, as of the closing date.]
 
   
Events of Default 
  The notes are subject to specified events of default described under “The Notes — Indenture — Events of Default; Rights Upon Event of Default” in the accompanying prospectus. Among these events are the failure to pay interest on the notes for five days after it is due or the failure to pay principal on a class of notes on the related final scheduled distribution date.
 
 
  If an event of default occurs and continues, the indenture trustee or the holders of at least a majority of the outstanding principal amount of the notes may declare the notes to be immediately due and payable. That declaration, under some circumstances, may be rescinded by the holders of at least a majority of the outstanding principal amount of the notes.
 
   
 
  After an event of default and the acceleration of the notes, funds on deposit in the collection account and any of the issuing entity’s other accounts with respect to the affected notes will be applied to pay principal of and interest on the notes in the order and amounts described under “Distributions on the Notes — Payment of Distributable Amounts.”
 
   
 
  After an event of default, the indenture trustee may, under certain circumstances:
  1.   institute proceedings in its own name for the collection of all amounts then payable on the notes,
 
  2.   take any other appropriate action to protect and enforce the rights and remedies of the indenture trustee and the noteholders, or
 
  3.   sell or otherwise liquidate the assets of the issuing entity, if the event of default relates to a failure by the issuing entity to pay interest on the notes when due or principal of the notes on their respective final scheduled distribution dates.
     
 
  For more information regarding the events constituting an event of default under the indenture and the remedies available following such default, you should refer to “The Notes — Events of Default; Rights Upon Event of Default” in this prospectus supplement and “The Notes — The Indenture — Events of Default; Rights Upon Event of Default” in the accompanying prospectus.

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Tax Status
  On the closing date, and subject to certain assumptions and qualifications, Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP, special tax counsel to the issuing entity, will render an opinion to the effect that the notes will be classified as debt for federal income tax purposes and that the issuing entity will not be characterized as an association or a publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation.
 
   
 
  The depositor will agree, and noteholders and beneficial owners will agree by accepting a note or a beneficial interest therein, to treat the note as debt for federal income tax purposes.
 
   
 
  You should refer to “Material Federal Income Tax Consequences” in this prospectus supplement and “Material Federal Income Tax Consequences — Tax Treatment of Issuing Entity” and “— State and Local Tax Considerations” in the accompanying prospectus.
 
   
ERISA Considerations
  The notes are eligible for purchase by employee benefit plans and individual retirement accounts, subject to those considerations discussed under “ERISA Considerations” in this prospectus supplement and in the accompanying prospectus.
 
   
 
  You should refer to “ERISA Considerations” in this prospectus supplement and in the accompanying prospectus. If you are a benefit plan fiduciary considering purchase of the notes you are, among other things, encouraged to consult with your counsel in determining whether all required conditions have been satisfied.
 
   
[Eligibility for Purchase by
Money Market Funds]
  [The Class A-[ ] Notes will be eligible for purchase by money market funds under Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. A money market fund is encouraged to consult its legal advisers regarding the eligibility of such notes under Rule 2a-7 and whether an investment in such notes satisfies such fund’s investment policies and objectives.]
 
   
[Listing]
  [The issuing entity has applied to list the Class A-[ ] Notes on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange and The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited. The issuing entity has requested that the listings be made effective on [         . ]. ]
 
   
Ratings
  On the closing date, each class of offered notes will receive the following ratings from Standard & Poor’s Rating Services, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. or its successors, and Moody’s Investors Service or its successors:
         
    Standard &    
    Poor’s   Moody’s
[Class A-1]
  [     ,     ]   [     ,     ]
[Class A-2]
  [     ,     ]   [     ,     ]
[Class A-3]
  [     ,     ]   [     ,     ]
[Class A-4]
  [     ,     ]   [     ,     ]


     
 
  Ratings on the notes will be monitored by the rating agencies listed above while the notes are outstanding. Ratings on the notes may be lowered, qualified or withdrawn at any time. A rating is based

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  on each rating agency’s independent evaluation of the receivables and the availability of any credit enhancement for the notes. A rating, or a change or withdrawal of a rating, by one rating agency will not necessarily correspond to a rating, or a change or a withdrawal of a rating, from the other rating agency.

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RISK FACTORS
     You should consider the following risk factors (and the factors set forth under “Risk Factors” in the accompanying prospectus) in deciding whether to purchase the notes of any class.
     
You may have difficulty selling your notes and/or obtaining your desired price due to the absence of a secondary market.
  The issuing entity will not list the notes on any securities exchange. Therefore, in order to sell your notes, you must first locate a willing purchaser. The absence of a secondary market for the notes could limit your ability to resell them. Currently, no secondary market exists for the notes. We cannot assure you that a secondary market will develop. The underwriters intend to make a secondary market for the notes by offering to buy the notes from investors that wish to sell. However, the underwriters are not obligated to offer to buy the notes and may stop making offers at any time. In addition, the underwriters’ offered prices, if any, may not reflect prices that other potential purchasers would be willing to pay were they given the opportunity. There have been times in the past where there have been very few buyers of asset backed securities and, thus, there has been a lack of liquidity. There may be similar lack of liquidity at times in the future.

As a result of the foregoing restrictions and circumstances, you may not be able to sell your notes when you want to do so or you may not be able to obtain the price that you wish to receive.
 
   
Payment priorities increase risk of loss or delay in payment to certain notes.
  Based on the priorities described under “The Notes — Payments of Interest” and “The Notes — Payments of Principal” in this prospectus supplement, classes of notes that receive payments, particularly principal payments, before other classes will be repaid more rapidly than the other classes. In addition, because principal of each class of notes will be paid sequentially, classes of notes that have higher (i.e. 2 being higher than 1) sequential numerical class designations will be outstanding longer and therefore will be exposed to the risk of losses on the receivables during periods after other classes have been receiving most or all amounts payable on their notes, and after which a disproportionate amount of credit enhancement may have been applied and not replenished.

[In addition, because a portion of the principal distribution amount will be allocated to pay the certificates prior to repayment in full of the Class A-1 Notes, the amounts distributable in respect of principal of the Class A-2, Class A-3 and Class A-4 Notes generally will be less than the principal distribution amount. Amounts so distributed in respect of principal of the certificates will not be available in later periods to fund charge-offs or the reserve account. As a consequence, holders of the notes that remain outstanding in later periods may be exposed to an increased risk of experiencing loss.]

Because of the priority of payment on the notes, the yields of the Class A-2, Class A-3 and Class A-4 Notes will be relatively more sensitive to losses on the receivables and the timing of such losses than the Class A-1 Notes. Accordingly, the Class A-3 and Class A-4 Notes will be relatively more sensitive to losses on the receivables and the timing of such losses than the Class A-2 Notes, and the Class A-4 Notes will be relatively more sensitive to losses on the receivables and the timing of such losses than the Class A-3 Notes.

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  If the actual rate and amount of losses exceed your expectations, and if amounts in the reserve account are insufficient to cover the resulting shortfalls, the yield to maturity on your notes may be lower than anticipated, and you could suffer a loss.

Classes of notes that receive payments earlier than expected are exposed to greater reinvestment risk, and classes of notes that receive principal later than expected are exposed to greater risk of loss. In either case, the yields on your notes could be materially and adversely affected.
 
   
Geographic concentration of the states of origination of the receivables may increase the risk of loss on your investment.
  As of [      ,    ], Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation’s records indicate that the addresses of the originating dealers of the receivables were most highly concentrated in the following states:
     
    Percentage of
    Aggregate
    Cut-off Date
    Principal Balance
[ ]
  [ ]%
[ ]
  [ ]%
[ ]
  [ ]%
[ ]
  [ ]%
[ ]
  [ ]%
     
 
  No other state, based on the addresses of originating dealers, accounted for more than [5.00]% of the total principal balance of the receivables as of [      ,    ]. Economic conditions or other factors affecting these states in particular could adversely affect the delinquency, credit loss, repossession or prepayment experience of the issuing entity. [Insert any applicable risk factors for any particular state/region that account for more than 10% of the total principal balance of the receivables as of the cut-off date.]
 
   
Prepaid simple interest contracts may affect the weighted average life of the notes.
  If an obligor on a simple interest contract makes a payment on the contract ahead of schedule, the weighted average life of the notes could be affected. This is because the additional payment will be treated as a principal prepayment and applied to reduce the principal balance of the related contract and the obligor will generally not be required to make any scheduled payments during the period for which it has paid ahead. During this prepaid period, interest will continue to accrue on the principal balance of the contract, as reduced by the application of the additional payment, but the obligor’s contract would not be considered delinquent. While the servicer may be required to make interest advances during this period, no principal advances will be made. Furthermore, when the obligor resumes his required payments, the payments so paid may be insufficient to cover the interest that has accrued since the last payment by the obligor. This situation will continue until the regularly scheduled payments are once again sufficient to cover all accrued interest and to reduce the principal balance of the contract.

[The payment by the issuing entity of the prepaid principal amount on the notes will generally shorten the weighted average life of the notes. However, depending on the length of time during which a prepaid simple interest contract is not amortizing as described above, the weighted average life of the notes may be extended. In

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  addition, to the extent the servicer makes advances on a prepaid simple interest contract that subsequently goes into default, the loss on this contract may be larger than would have been the case had advances not been made because liquidation proceeds for the contract will be applied first to reimburse the servicer its advances.]
 
   
 
  [Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation’s portfolio of retail installment contracts has historically included simple interest contracts that have been paid ahead by one or more scheduled monthly payments. There can be no assurance as to the number of contracts in the issuing entity that may become prepaid simple interest contracts as described above or the number or the principal amount of the scheduled payments that may be paid ahead.]
 
   
The return on your notes could be reduced by shortfalls due to extreme weather conditions and natural disasters.
  Extreme weather conditions could cause substantial business disruptions, economic losses, unemployment and an economic downturn. As a result, the related obligors’ ability to make payments on the contracts could be adversely affected. The issuing entity’s ability to make payments on the notes could be adversely affected if the related obligors were unable to make timely payments.

In addition, natural disasters may adversely affect obligors of the contracts. The effect of natural disasters on the performance of the contracts is unclear, but there may be an adverse effect on general economic conditions, consumer confidence and general market liquidity. Investors should consider the possible effects on delinquency, default and prepayment experience on the performance of the contracts.
 
   
Risks associated with legal proceedings relating to receivables.
  From time to time, Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation is a party to legal proceedings, and is presently a party to, and is vigorously defending, various legal proceedings, including proceedings that are or purport to be class actions. Some of these actions may include claims for rescission and/or set-off, among other forms of relief. Each of Nissan Auto Receivables Corporation II, the depositor, and Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation, the servicer, will make representations and warranties relating to the receivables’ compliance with law and the issuing entity’s ability to enforce the contracts. If there is a breach of any of these representations or warranties, the issuing entity’s sole remedy will be to require Nissan Auto Receivables Corporation II to repurchase the affected receivables. Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation believes each such proceeding constitutes ordinary litigation incidental to the business and activities of major lending institutions, including Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation. The amount of liability on pending claims and actions as of the date of this prospectus supplement is not determinable; however, in the opinion of the management of Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation, the ultimate liability resulting from such litigation should not have a material adverse effect on Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation’s consolidated financial position or results of operation. However, there can be no assurance in this regard.
 
   
Risk of loss or delay in payment may result from delays in the transfer of servicing due to the servicing fee structure.
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  replacement servicers if servicing is required to be transferred at a time when much of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the receivables has been repaid. Due to the reduction in the servicing fee as described in the foregoing, it may be difficult to find a replacement servicer. Consequently, the time it takes to effect the transfer of servicing to a replacement servicer under such circumstances may result in delays and/or reductions in the interest and principal payments on your notes.
 
   
The amounts received upon disposition of the financed vehicles may be adversely affected by discount pricing incentives and marketing incentive programs.
  Discount pricing incentives or other marketing incentive programs on new cars by Nissan North America, Inc. or by its competitors that effectively reduce the prices of new cars may have the effect of reducing demand by consumers for used cars. Although Nissan North America, Inc. currently does not have any marketing incentive program that reduces the prices of the new cars, it may introduce such programs in the future. The reduced demand for used cars resulting from discount pricing incentives or other marketing incentive programs introduced by Nissan North America, Inc. or any of its competitors may reduce the prices consumers will be willing to pay for used cars, including vehicles that secure the receivables. As a result, the proceeds received by the issuing entity upon any foreclosures of financed vehicles may be reduced and may not be sufficient to pay the underlying receivables.
 
   
The ratings of the notes may be withdrawn or revised which may have an adverse effect on the market price of the notes.
  A security rating is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold the notes. The ratings are an assessment by Moody’s Investors Service or its successors and Standard & Poor’s Rating Services, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. or its successors, respectively, of the likelihood that interest on a class of notes will be paid on a timely basis and that a class of notes will be paid in full by its final scheduled payment date. Ratings on the notes may be lowered, qualified or withdrawn at any time without notice from the issuing entity or the depositor. The ratings do not consider to what extent the notes will be subject to prepayment or that the outstanding principal amount of any class of notes will be paid prior to the final scheduled payment date for that class of notes.
 
   
[Potential termination of the interest rate cap agreement presents cap provider risk, risk of prepayment of the notes and risk of loss upon liquidation of the issuing entity’s assets.]
  [General. The issuing entity is obligated to make payments of interest accrued on the Class A-[ ] Notes at a floating interest rate, but the receivables are fixed monthly obligations. The issuing entity will enter into an interest rate cap agreement with [], as the cap provider, to enable the issuing entity to issue notes bearing interest at floating rates. If LIBOR related to any distribution date exceeds the cap rate of [ ]%, the cap provider will pay to the issuing entity an amount equal to the product of:
  1.   LIBOR for the related distribution date minus the cap rate of [      ]%;
 
  2.   the notional amount on the cap, which will be equal to the total outstanding principal amount on the Class A-[ ] Notes on the first day of the interest period related to such distribution date; and
 
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      date, or with respect to the first distribution date, from and including the closing date, to but excluding the first distribution date, and the denominator of which is [360][365].
     
 
  You should refer to “The Interest Rate Cap Agreement” in this prospectus supplement for a description of the key provisions of the interest rate cap agreement.
 
   
 
  Cap Provider Risk; Performance and Ratings Risks. The amounts available to the issuing entity to pay interest on and principal of all classes of the notes depend in part on the operation of the interest rate cap agreement and the performance by the cap provider of its obligations under the interest rate cap agreement. The ratings of all the notes take into account the provisions of the interest rate cap agreement and the ratings currently assigned to the cap provider.
 
   
 
  During those periods in which LIBOR is substantially greater than the cap rate of [      ]%, the issuing entity will be more dependent on receiving payments from the cap provider in order to make payments on the notes. If the cap provider fails to pay the amounts due under the interest rate cap agreement, the amount of credit enhancement available in the current or any future period may be reduced and you may experience delays and/or reductions in the interest and principal payments on your notes.
 
   
 
  The cap provider’s senior unsecured debt obligations currently are rated “[      ]” from Standard & Poor’s, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. or its successors and “[      ]” from Moody’s Investors Service or its successors. A downgrade, suspension or withdrawal of any rating of the cap provider by a rating agency may result in the downgrade, suspension or withdrawal of the ratings assigned by such rating agency to any class (or all classes) of notes. Investors should make their own determinations as to the likelihood of performance by the cap provider of its obligations under the interest rate cap agreement. A downgrade, suspension or withdrawal of the rating assigned by a rating agency to a class of notes would likely have adverse consequences on the liquidity or market value of those notes.
 
   
 
  Early Termination May Affect Weighted Average Life and Yield. Certain events (including some that are not within the control of the issuing entity or the cap provider) may cause the termination of the interest rate cap agreement. Certain of these events will not cause a termination of the interest rate cap agreement unless a majority of holders of notes vote to instruct the indenture trustee (as assignee of the rights of the owner trustee) to terminate the interest rate cap agreement. The holders of any class of notes may not have sufficient voting interests to cause or to prevent a termination of the interest rate cap agreement. Depending on the reason for the termination, a termination

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  payment may be due to the issuing entity. The amount of any termination payment will be based on the market value of the interest rate cap agreement. Any termination payment could, if market interest rates and other conditions have changed materially, be substantial. If the cap provider fails to make a termination payment owed to the issuing entity, the issuing entity may not be able to enter into a replacement interest rate cap agreement and to the extent the interest rates on the [Class A- ] Notes exceed the fixed rate the issuing entity had been required to pay the cap provider under the interest rate cap agreement, the amount available to pay principal of and interest on the notes will be reduced. In addition, if the notes are accelerated after the interest rate cap agreement terminates, the indenture trustee may under certain circumstances liquidate the assets of the issuing entity. Liquidation would likely accelerate payment of all notes that are then outstanding. If a liquidation occurs close to the date when any class otherwise would have been paid in full, repayment of that class might be delayed while liquidation of the assets is occurring. The issuing entity cannot predict the length of time that will be required for liquidation of the assets of the issuing entity to be completed. Additionally, liquidation proceeds may not be sufficient to repay the notes in full. Even if liquidation proceeds are sufficient to repay the notes in full, any liquidation that causes the principal of a class of notes to be paid before the related final scheduled distribution date will involve prepayment risks.
 
   
 
  Risk of Loss Upon Termination. The proceeds of any liquidation of the assets of the issuing entity may be insufficient to pay in full all accrued interest on and principal of each outstanding class of notes. In addition, termination of the interest rate cap agreement may under certain circumstances constitute an event of default under the indenture. If this occurs, the priority of payments of all notes will change from pro rata payments of interest followed by sequential payments of principal to payments of interest on and principal of the Class A-1 Notes first, followed by payment of interest on and principal of the Class A-2 Notes, the Class A-3 Notes, and the Class A-4 Notes. As a result, a class of notes with an earlier maturity may absorb a similar amount of losses than a class of notes with a later maturity.
 
   
[Risks associated with the interest rate
swap agreement]
  [General. The issuing entity will enter into an interest rate swap agreement because payments under the receivables are fixed monthly obligations while the Class A-[ ] Notes will bear interest at a floating rate based on [ -month] LIBOR. The issuing entity will use payments made by the swap counterparty to help make interest payments on the Class A-[ ] Notes.
 
   
 
  You should refer to “The Interest Rate Swap Agreement” in this prospectus supplement for a description of the key provisions of the interest rate swap agreement.
 
   
 
  Swap Counterparty Risk; Performance and Ratings Risks. The amounts available to the issuing entity to pay interest on and principal of all classes of the notes depend in part on the operation of the interest rate swap agreement and the performance by the swap counterparty of its obligations under the interest rate swap agreement. The ratings of all the notes take into account the provisions of the interest rate swap agreement and the ratings currently assigned to the swap counterparty.
 
   
 
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  payable by the swap counterparty is substantially greater than the fixed rate payable by the issuing entity, the issuing entity will be more dependent on receiving payments from the swap counterparty in order to make interest payments on the Class A-[ ] Notes without using amounts that would otherwise be paid as principal on the notes and certificates. If the swap counterparty fails to pay the net amount due, you may experience delays and/or reductions in the interest and principal payments on your notes.
 
   
 
  On the other hand, during those periods in which the floating rate payable by the swap counterparty is less than the fixed rate payable by the issuing entity, the issuing entity will be obligated to make payments to the swap counterparty. The swap counterparty will have a claim on the assets of the issuing entity for the net amount due, if any, to the swap counterparty under the interest rate swap. The swap counterparty’s claim for payments other than termination payments will be higher in priority than payments on the notes and the certificates and termination payments will be pari passu with interest on the notes. If there is a shortage of funds available on any distribution date, you may experience delays and/or reductions in interest and principal payments on your notes.
 
   
 
  The swap counterparty’s senior unsecured debt obligations currently are rated “[      ]” from Standard & Poor’s, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. and “[      ]” from Moody’s Investors Service. A downgrade, suspension or withdrawal of any rating of the swap counterparty by a rating agency may result in the downgrade, suspension or withdrawal of the ratings assigned by such rating agency to any class (or all classes) of notes. Investors should make their own determinations as to the likelihood of performance by the swap counterparty of its obligations under the interest rate swap agreement. A downgrade, suspension or withdrawal of the rating assigned by a rating agency to a class of notes would likely have adverse consequences on the liquidity or market value of those notes.
 
   
 
  Early Termination May Affect Weighted Average Life and Yield. Certain events (including some that are not within the control of the issuing entity or the swap counterparty) may cause the termination of the interest rate swap agreement. Certain of these events will not cause a termination of the interest rate swap agreement unless a majority of holders of notes vote to instruct the indenture trustee (as assignee of the rights of the owner trustee) to terminate the interest rate swap agreement. The holders of any class of notes may not have sufficient voting interests to cause or to prevent a termination of the interest rate swap agreement. Depending on the reason for the termination, a termination payment may be due to the issuing entity or to the swap counterparty. The amount of any termination payment will be based on the market value of the interest rate swap agreement. Any termination payment could, if market interest rates and other conditions have changed materially, be substantial. If the swap counterparty fails to make a termination payment owed to the issuing entity, the issuing entity may not be able to enter into a replacement interest rate swap agreement and to the extent the interest rates on the [Class A- ] Notes exceed the fixed rate the issuing entity had been required to pay the swap counterparty under

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  the interest rate swap agreement, the amount available to pay principal of and interest on the notes will be reduced. If, on the other hand, the interest rate swap agreement is terminated and the issuing entity is required to pay termination payments to the swap counterparty, such payments, if any, will be pari passu with payments of interest on the notes and may reduce the amount available to pay principal of and interest on the notes. In addition, if the notes are accelerated after the interest rate swap agreement terminates, the indenture trustee may under certain circumstances liquidate the assets of the issuing entity. Liquidation would likely accelerate payment of all notes that are then outstanding. If a liquidation occurs close to the date when any class otherwise would have been paid in full, repayment of that class might be delayed while liquidation of the assets is occurring. Additionally, liquidation proceeds may not be sufficient to repay the notes in full. Even if liquidation proceeds are sufficient to repay the notes in full, any liquidation that causes the principal of a class of notes to be paid before the related final scheduled distribution date will involve prepayment risks.
 
   
 
  Risk of Loss Upon Termination. The proceeds of any liquidation of the assets of the issuing entity may be insufficient to pay in full all accrued interest on and principal of each outstanding class of notes. If this occurs, the priority of payments of all notes will change from pro rata payments of interest followed by sequential payments of principal to payments of interest on and principal of the Class A-1 Notes first, followed by payment of interest on and principal of the Class A-2 Notes, the Class A-3 Notes, and the Class A-4 Notes. As a result, a class of notes with an earlier maturity may absorb a similar amount of losses than a class of notes with later maturity.]

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THE ISSUING ENTITY
General
     The Nissan Auto Receivables [       —     ] Owner Trust (the “Issuing Entity”) is a Delaware statutory trust governed in accordance with the amended and restated trust agreement dated as of the Closing Date (the “Trust Agreement”), between Nissan Auto Receivables Corporation II, as depositor (the “Depositor”), and [           ], as owner trustee (the “Owner Trustee”). The Issuing Entity will not engage in any activity other than as duly authorized in accordance with the terms of the Basic Documents. On the Closing Date, the authorized purposes of the Issuing Entity will be limited to:
  1.   acquiring, holding and managing the Receivables and the other assets of the Issuing Entity and proceeds therefrom;
 
  2.   issuing the Notes and the Certificates;
 
  3.   making payments on the Notes and the Certificates;
 
  4.   entering into and performing its obligations under each Basic Document to which it is a party;
 
  5.   subject to compliance with the Basic Documents, engaging in such other activities as may be required in connection with conservation of the Issuing Entity’s property and the making of distributions to the holders of the Notes and Certificates; and
 
  6.   engaging in other activities that are necessary, suitable or convenient to accomplish the foregoing or are incidental to or connected with those activities.
     The term “Basic Documents” refers to the Indenture, together with the Trust Agreement, Purchase Agreement, Certificate of Trust, Sale and Servicing Agreement, [Yield Supplement Agreement,] [Interest Rate [Cap] [Swap] Agreement,] Administration Agreement and the Securities Account Control Agreement.
     The Issuing Entity will initially be capitalized through (a) the issuance of the Notes and $[      ] aggregate principal amount of the certificates (the “Certificates”) and (b) a capital contribution, on the Closing Date, by the Depositor [into the [Yield Supplement Account] of [cash] [and other assets] [Receivables], in the aggregate amount of $[      ] [having an aggregate principal balance of $[      ] as of the Cut-off Date]]. The Issuing Entity will exchange the Notes and the Certificates for the Receivables and certain other assets from the Depositor pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement among the Issuing Entity, the Servicer and the Depositor (the “Sale and Servicing Agreement”). The Notes that will be received by the Depositor in exchange for the Receivables are being offered hereby. The Certificates will initially be issued to the Depositor.
     Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation (“NMAC”) will be appointed to act as the servicer of the Receivables (in that capacity, the “Servicer”). The Servicer will service the Receivables pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement and will be compensated for those services as described under “Description of the Transfer and Servicing Agreements —Compensation for Servicer and Administrator” in this Prospectus Supplement and in the accompanying Prospectus.
     Pursuant to agreements between NMAC and the Dealers, each Dealer will repurchase from NMAC those contracts that do not meet specified representations and warranties made by the Dealer. These Dealer repurchase obligations are referred to in this Prospectus Supplement as “Dealer Recourse.” Those representations and warranties relate primarily to the origination of the contracts and the perfection of the security interests in the related financed vehicles, and do not relate to the creditworthiness of the related Obligors or the collectibility of those contracts. The sales by the Dealers of installment contracts to NMAC do not generally provide for recourse against the Dealers for unpaid amounts in the event of a default by an Obligor, other than in connection with the breach of the aforementioned representations and warranties.
     Notes owned by the Issuing Entity, the Depositor and their respective affiliates will be entitled to all benefits afforded to the Notes except that they generally will not be deemed outstanding for the purpose of making requests, demands, authorizations, directions, notices, consents or other actions under the Basic Documents.
     The Issuing Entity’s principal offices are in [      ,    ], in care of [           ], as Owner Trustee, at the address set forth below under “The Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee” in this Prospectus Supplement. The fiscal year of the Issuing Entity begins on April 1 of each year.

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     [The Depositor] [NMAC], on behalf of the Issuing Entity, will file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) periodic reports of the Issuing Entity required to be filed with the SEC under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “1934 Act”), and the rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder. For more information on where you can obtain a copy of these and other reports, you should refer to “Where You Can Find More Information About Your Notes” in the accompanying Prospectus.
Capitalization of the Issuing Entity
The following table illustrates the capitalization of the Issuing Entity as of the Closing Date, as if the issuance and sale of the Notes and the issuance of the Certificates had taken place on that date:
         
    Amount  
Class A-1
  $ [ ]  
Class A-2
  $ [ ]  
Class A-3
  $ [ ]  
Class A-4
  $ [ ]  
Certificates
  $ [ ]  
 
     
Subtotal
  $ [ ]  
 
     
[Yield Supplement Account]
  $ [ ]  
 
     
[Yield Supplement Overcollateralization Amount]
  $ [ ]  
 
     
Total
  $ [ ]  
 
     
Property of the Issuing Entity
     After giving effect to the transactions described in this Prospectus Supplement, the property of the Issuing Entity will include:
  1.   the Receivables;
 
  2.   security interests in the Financed Vehicles and any related property;
 
  3.   amounts due or collected under the Receivables after the close of business on [         , ] (the “Cut-off Date”);
 
  4.   [the Yield Supplement Account and any amounts deposited therein (including investment earnings, net of losses and investment expenses, on amounts on deposit therein);
 
  5.   the rights to proceeds from claims on physical damage, credit, life and disability insurance policies covering the Financed Vehicles or the Obligors;
 
  6.   NMAC’s right to receive payments from Dealers pursuant to repurchase by the Dealers of Receivables which do not meet specified representations made by the Dealers (“Dealer Recourse”);
 
  7.   the rights of the Depositor under, as applicable, the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Purchase Agreement, [the Yield Supplement Agreement,] [ and the Interest Rate [Cap] [Swap] Agreement];
 
  8.   the right of the Depositor to realize upon any property (including the right to receive future net liquidation proceeds) that secures a Receivable;
 
  9.   the right of the Depositor in rebates of premiums and other amounts relating to insurance policies and other items financed under the Receivables in effect as of the Cut-off Date; and
 
  10.   all proceeds of the foregoing.
     The Reserve Account will be established with and maintained by the Indenture Trustee and pledged to the Indenture Trustee to secure payments on the Notes, but the Reserve Account will not be part of the Issuing Entity.
     Holders of the Notes will be dependent on payments made on the Receivables and proceeds received in connection with the sale or other disposition of the related Financed Vehicles for payments on the Notes. Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, NMAC will sell and assign to the Depositor, without recourse, its entire interest in the Receivables, including the security interest in the Financed Vehicles. On the Closing Date, the Depositor will transfer and assign to the Owner

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Trustee on behalf of the Issuing Entity, without recourse, pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement, its entire interest in the Receivables, including the security interests in the Financed Vehicles. See “Material Legal Aspects of the Receivables — Security Interests” in the accompanying Prospectus.
[PAYING AGENTS]
     [Under the Trust Agreement, the Owner Trustee will appoint paying agents in each jurisdiction in which the Notes are listed on an exchange whose rules so require. For so long as any Notes are listed on [exchange] or [exchange], the Owner Trustee will maintain paying agents in [jurisdiction] and [jurisdiction]. The Initial Paying Agents will be [ ] and [ ].]
THE OWNER TRUSTEE AND THE INDENTURE TRUSTEE
     [      ] will be the Owner Trustee under the Trust Agreement. [ ] is a [Delaware banking] corporation with trust powers incorporated in [Delaware] and its corporate trust office is located at [ ]. [ ] [has served as owner trustee in numerous asset-backed transactions involving pools of motor vehicle receivables.] NMAC, the Depositor and their respective affiliates may maintain normal commercial banking relationships with the Owner Trustee and its affiliates. The fees and expenses of the Owner Trustee will be paid by the Depositor or by NMAC on behalf of the Depositor.
     [      ] is subject to various legal proceedings that arise from time to time in the ordinary course of business. [ ] does not believe that the ultimate resolution of any of these proceedings will have a materially adverse effect on its services as Owner Trustee.
     For a description of the roles and responsibilities of the Owner Trustee, see “Description of the Trust Agreement” in the accompanying Prospectus. For a description of the roles and responsibilities of the Indenture Trustee, see “Description of the Indenture” in the accompanying Prospectus.
     [      ] will be the trustee (the “Indenture Trustee”) under the Indenture dated as of [         , ] (the “Indenture”) between the Issuing Entity and the Indenture Trustee. [ ] is a [national banking association] and its corporate trust office is located at [ ]. NMAC, the Depositor and their respective affiliates may maintain normal commercial banking relationships with the Indenture Trustee and its affiliates. The fees and expenses of the Indenture Trustee will be paid by NMAC, as the Administrator under the Administration Agreement.
     [      ] [has and is currently servicing as indenture trustee for numerous securitization transactions and programs involving pools of motor vehicle receivables.]
     For a description of the roles and responsibilities of the Indenture Trustee, see “Description of the Indenture” in the accompanying Prospectus.
THE RECEIVABLES
     The property of the Issuing Entity will consist of [ ] motor vehicle retail installment contracts (the “Receivables”) originated on or after [ , ], between Nissan or Infiniti dealers (the “Dealers”) and retail purchasers (the “Obligors”), [the Yield Supplement Account] and the amounts on deposit in that account. The Receivables were originated by Dealers in accordance with NMAC’s requirements under agreements with Dealers governing the assignment of the Receivables to NMAC. The Receivables evidence the indirect financing made available by NMAC to the Obligors. Each Receivable is a simple interest contract and provides for level monthly payments which provide interest at a specified APR and fully amortizes the amount financed over an original term to maturity. The Receivables are secured by new, near-new and used automobiles and light-duty trucks (collectively, the “Financed Vehicles”) and all principal and interest payments due after the Cut-off Date, and other property specified in the Receivables. Approximately [ ]% of the Receivables (by aggregate principal balance as of the Cut-off Date) are evidenced by electronic contracts. See “The Receivables” in the accompanying Prospectus for more information.
Characteristics of the Receivables
     NMAC purchased the Receivables from the Dealers in the ordinary course of business in accordance with NMAC’s underwriting standards. NMAC will represent and warrant, among other things, that no adverse selection procedures were employed in selecting the Receivables or the Financed Vehicles for inclusion in the pool; however, it is possible that

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delinquencies or losses on the Receivables could exceed those on other retail installment contracts included in NMAC’s portfolio of retail installment contracts for new, near-new and used automobiles and light-duty trucks. On or before the date of the initial issuance of the Notes (the “Closing Date”), NMAC will sell the Receivables and other assets relating thereto to the Depositor. The Depositor will, in turn, transfer the Receivables and other assets relating thereto to the Issuing Entity on the Closing Date pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement in exchange for the Notes and the Certificates. The Notes that will be received by the Depositor in exchange for the Receivables are being offered by this Prospectus Supplement and the accompanying Prospectus. NMAC will continue to service the Receivables.
General
     The Receivables to be held by the Issuing Entity will be selected from those automobile and/or light-duty truck retail installment contracts in NMAC’s portfolio that meet several criteria. These criteria provide that each Receivable, as of the Cut-off Date:
  1.   was originated in the United States;
 
  2.   has a contractual Annual Percentage Rate (“APR”) that ranges from [ ]% to [ ]%;
 
  3.   provides for level monthly payments (except for minimally different payments in the first or last month in the life of the Receivable), which provide interest at the APR on a simple interest basis and fully amortize the amount financed over an original term to maturity no greater than [ ] payments (some Receivables provide for a deferral of initial payments of up to 90 days; however, all Obligors have made the initial payment on the related Receivable);
 
  4.   has a remaining term to maturity, as of the Cut-off Date, of not less than [ ] payments and not greater than [ ] payments;
 
  5.   had an original principal balance of not more than $[ ] and a remaining principal balance as of the Cut-off Date of not less than $[ ] or more than $[ ];
 
  6.   is not more than 29 days past due as of the Cut-off Date;
 
  7.   is attributable to the purchase of a new, near-new or used automobile or light-duty truck and is secured by the related Financed Vehicle;
 
  8.   has been entered into by an Obligor that as of the Cut-off Date was not in bankruptcy proceedings (according to the records of NMAC);
 
  9.   is secured by a Financed Vehicle that as of the Cut-off Date has not been repossessed (according to the records of NMAC);
 
  10.   has not had forced-placed insurance premiums added to the amount financed (according to the records of NMAC); and
 
  11.   has not been extended by more than two months.
     There are no material direct or contingent claims that parties other than the secured parties under the Indenture have on any Receivable.
Credit Scores
     As of the Cut-off Date, the weighted average of the credit scores (“Credit Scores”) of the Receivables is [], with the minimum Credit Score being [] and the maximum Credit Score being [ ]. [From September 1996 through October 2001, NMAC utilized its own empirically derived scorecards.] In October 2001, NMAC changed its underwriting standards for retail and lease customers by migrating to the generic auto “Beacon Score Card,” which uses algorithms developed by Fair, Isaac & Company, or “FICO”, to assess credit risk. An applicant’s credit score is one of several factors that are used by NMAC to determine its credit decisions. Credit Scores should not necessarily be relied upon as a meaningful predictor of the performance of the Receivables. See “The Receivables — Underwriting Procedures” in the accompanying Prospectus. The table below illustrates the distribution of Receivables by Credit Scores.

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     No selection procedures believed to be adverse to the Noteholders were utilized in selecting the Receivables from qualifying retail installment contracts. Except as described in item (2) above, the Receivables were not selected on the basis of their APRs.
                             
                            Percentage of
                    Percentage of Total   Cut-off Date   Aggregate Cut-off
            Weighted Average   Number of   Number of   Principal Balance   Date Principal
    Minimum   Maximum   Credit Score   Receivables   Receivables (%)   ($   )   Balance (%)
[Empirical Score(1)
  700+]                        
FICO Score(2)
  699-660                        
 
[(1)   From September 1996 through October 2001, NMAC utilized its own empirically derived scorecards. ]
 
(2)   In October 2001, NMAC changed its underwriting standards for retail customers by migrating to the generic auto “Beacon Score Card,” which uses algorithms developed by Fair, Isaac & Company, or FICO, to assess credit risk. See “The Receivables — Underwriting Procedures” in the accompanying Prospectus.
 
(3)   All of the Receivables were originated after NMAC changed its underwriting standards for retail customers by migrating to the generic auto “Beacon Score Card,” which uses algorithms developed by Fair, Isaac & Company, or FICO, to assess credit risk.
 
(4)   Percentages may not add to 100.00% due to rounding.
The Receivables in the aggregate possess the following characteristics as of the Cut-off Date:
         
Aggregate Principal Balance
      $
Number of Receivables
       
Average Principal Balance
      $
Range of Principal Balances
  $ to $
Average Original Amount Financed
      $
Range of Original Amounts Financed
  $ to $
Weighted Average APR
      %
Range of APRs
  % to %
Approximate Weighted Average Original Payments to Maturity
  payments
Range of Original Payments to Maturity
  to payments
Approximate Weighted Average Remaining Payments to Maturity
  payments
Range of Remaining Payments to Maturity
  to payments
Weighted Average Credit Score
       
Range of Credit Scores
  to
Percentage by Principal Balance of Receivables of New, Near-New and Used Vehicles(1)
  % (New)
 
  % (Near-New)
 
  % (Used)
Percentage by Principal Balance of Receivables Financed through Nissan and Infiniti Dealers(1)
  % (Nissan)
 
  % (Infiniti)
 
(1)   Percentages may not add to 100.00% due to rounding.
     We have not provided delinquency, repossession and loss data on the Receivables, because none of the Receivables, as of the Cut-off Date, was more than 29 days delinquent. See “— Characteristics of the Receivables — General” above.
Representations, Warranties and Covenants
     In the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Depositor will make representations and warranties with respect to each Receivable as described under “— Characteristics of the Receivables.” In the Purchase Agreement, NMAC, as seller, will make certain representations and warranties, including, among other things, that each Receivable and, to the extent applicable, the related Financed Vehicle or Obligor:
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  2.   has been validly assigned to NMAC by the related Dealer, which in turn has been validly assigned to the Depositor, which in turn has been validly assigned to the Issuer;
 
  3.   constitutes “electronic chattel paper” or “tangible chattel paper,” as applicable, defined under the UCC;
 
  4.   was created in compliance in all material respects with all applicable federal and state laws, including consumer credit, truth in lending, equal credit opportunity and applicable disclosure laws;
 
  5.   prohibits the sale or transfer of the Financed Vehicle without the consent of NMAC;
 
  6.   was not originated by a Dealer and sold by such Dealer to NMAC with any conduct constituting fraud or misrepresentation on the part of such Dealer; and
 
  7.   as of the Closing Date, is a genuine, legal, valid and binding payment obligation of the related Obligor, enforceable against the Obligor in accordance with its terms.
     The Sale and Servicing Agreement will also provide that if the Servicer, the Issuing Entity or the Depositor discovers a breach of any representation, warranty or covenant referred to in the preceding paragraph or in the first paragraph under “— Characteristics of the Receivables — General” above, that materially and adversely affects the Issuing Entity’s interest in the related Receivable, which breach is not cured prior to the end of the second Collection Period following such discovery (or, if the Servicer elects, an earlier date), the Depositor will, and if necessary, will cause NMAC to repurchase such Receivable. In connection with this repurchase, the Depositor, or NMAC, as applicable, will deposit into the Collection Account, the Warranty Purchase Payment.

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Distribution by APR of the Receivables
     The distribution of the Receivables as of the Cut-off Date by APR was as follows:
                                 
                            Percentage of  
            Percentage of             Aggregate Cut-off  
    Number of     Total Number     Cut-off Date     Date Principal  
Range of APRs (%)   Receivables     of Receivables (%)     Principal Balance ($)     Balance (%)  
0.00 to 0.49
                               
0.50 to 0.99
                               
1.00 to 1.99
                               
2.00 to 2.99
                               
3.00 to 3.99
                               
4.00 to 4.99
                               
5.00 to 5.99
                               
6.00 to 6.99
                               
7.00 to 7.99
                               
8.00 to 8.99
                               
9.00 to 9.99
                               
10.00 to 10.99
                               
11.00 to 11.99
                               
12.00 to 12.99
                               
13.00 to 13.99
                               
14.00 to 14.99
                               
15.00 to 15.99
                               
16.00 to 16.99
                               
17.00 to 17.99
                               
Totals(1)
                               
 
(1)   Dollar amounts and percentages may not add to the total or to 100.00%, respectively, due to rounding.

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Geographic Distribution of the Receivables(1)(2)
     The geographic distribution of the Receivables as of the Cut-off Date was as follows:
                                 
                            Percentage of  
            Percentage of             Aggregate Cut-off  
    Number of     Total Number     Cut-off Date     Date Principal  
State   Receivables     of Receivables (%)     Principal Balance ($)     Balance (%)  
Alabama
                               
Alaska
                               
Arizona
                               
Arkansas
                               
California
                               
Colorado
                               
Connecticut
                               
Delaware
                               
Florida
                               
Georgia
                               
Hawaii
                               
Idaho
                               
Illinois
                               
Indiana
                               
Iowa
                               
Kansas
                               
Kentucky
                               
Louisiana
                               
Maine
                               
Maryland
                               
Massachusetts
                               
Michigan
                               
Minnesota
                               
Mississippi
                               
Missouri
                               
Montana
                               
Nebraska
                               
Nevada
                               
New Hampshire
                               
New Jersey
                               
New Mexico
                               
New York
                               
North Carolina
                               
North Dakota
                               
Ohio
                               
Oklahoma
                               
Oregon
                               
Pennsylvania
                               
Rhode Island
                               
South Carolina
                               
South Dakota
                               
Tennessee
                               
Texas
                               

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                            Percentage of  
            Percentage of             Aggregate Cut-off  
    Number of     Total Number     Cut-off Date     Date Principal  
State   Receivables     of Receivables (%)     Principal Balance ($)     Balance (%)  
Utah
                               
Vermont
                               
Virginia
                               
Washington
                               
West Virginia
                               
Wisconsin
                               
Wyoming
                               
Total (3)
                               
 
(1)   Based solely on the addresses of the [originating Dealers].
 
(2)   [The states of ___have been omitted for administrative reasons.]
 
(3)   Dollar amounts and percentages may not add to the total or to 100.00%, respectively, due to rounding.
STATIC POOL INFORMATION
     “Static Pool Information Regarding Certain Previous Securitizations” beginning on page B-1 in this Prospectus Supplement sets forth in graphic format static pool information regarding delinquencies, cumulative losses and prepayments for NMAC’s securitized portfolios of retail installment contracts, and also sets forth in tabular format, as of the relevant cut-off date, certain characteristics of these retail installment contracts for the past five years. The underlying historical data used in preparing the graphs are set forth under “Historical Pool Performance” beginning on page C-1 of this Prospectus Supplement. The information presented in Appendix B and in Appendix C, to the extent such information relates to NMAC’s experience with respect to its securitized portfolios of retail installment contracts established prior to January 1, 2006, is not deemed to be part of this Prospectus Supplement, the accompanying Prospectus or the registration statement.
     Delinquency, repossession and loss experience may be influenced by a variety of economic, social and geographic conditions and other factors beyond NMAC’s control. There is no assurance that NMAC’s delinquency, repossession and loss experience with respect to the Receivables included in the Issuing Entity will be similar to that set forth in “Static Pool Information Regarding Certain Previous Securitizations” in this Prospectus Supplement.
MATURITY AND PREPAYMENT CONSIDERATIONS
     Information regarding maturity and prepayment considerations with respect to the Notes is set forth under “Weighted Average Life of the Notes” in this Prospectus Supplement and “Risk Factors — You may experience reduced returns on your investment resulting from prepayments, repurchases or early termination of the issuing entity” in the accompanying Prospectus. [No principal payments will be made on the Class A-2 Notes until the Class A-1 Notes have been paid in full. No principal payments will be made on the Class A-3 Notes until the Class A-1 Notes and the Class A-2 Notes have been paid in full, and no principal payments will be made on the Class A-4 Notes until the Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2 Notes and the Class A-3 Notes have been paid in full. After the Class A-1 Notes have been paid in full, principal on the Class A-2 Notes, the Class A-3 Notes and the Class A-4 Notes will be allocated and distributed sequentially in an amount sufficient to reduce the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Notes to the product of (a) the Noteholders’ Percentage and (b) the outstanding principal balance of the Receivables (reduced by certain non-collectable or Defaulted Receivables and Receivables purchased by the Servicer or repurchased by the Depositor due to certain breaches of representations and warranties in the relevant Transfer and Servicing Agreement) as of the end of the related Collection Period.] [After the Class A-1 Notes have been paid in full, the Certificates will be allocated an amount equal to the product of (a) 100% minus the Noteholders’ Percentage and (b) the outstanding principal balance of the Receivables (reduced by certain non-collectable or Defaulted Receivables and Receivables purchased by the Servicer or repurchased by the Depositor due to certain breaches of representations and warranties in the relevant Transfer and Servicing Agreement [and the Yield Supplement Overcollateralization Amount]) as of the end of the related Collection Period. However, upon the acceleration of the Notes following an event of default under the Indenture (each, an “Event of Default”), the principal of the Class A-2 Notes, the Class A-3 Notes and the Class A-4 Notes will be paid ratably according to the respective outstanding principal balances of those classes of Notes, after the Class A-1 Notes have been paid in full.] In addition, upon the acceleration of the Notes following an event of default, no payments will be made on the Certificates until all of the Notes have been paid in full. See “The Notes — Payments of Principal” in this Prospectus Supplement.
     Because the rate of payment of principal of each class of Notes depends primarily on the rate of payment (including prepayments) of the principal balance of the Receivables, final payment of any class of Notes could occur later or

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significantly earlier than their respective final scheduled distribution dates set forth in “Summary — Terms of the Notes — Final Scheduled Distribution Dates” (each, a “Final Scheduled Distribution Date”) in this Prospectus Supplement. Noteholders will bear the risk of being able to reinvest principal payments on the Notes at yields at least equal to the yield on their respective Notes if final payment on such Notes occurs significantly earlier than such Notes’ Final Scheduled Distribution Date. No prediction can be made as to the rate of prepayments on the Receivables in either stable or changing interest rate environments. For a more detailed discussion of the prepayment risks, see “Risk Factors — You may experience reduced returns on your investment resulting from prepayments, repurchases or early termination of the issuing entity,” in the accompanying Prospectus.
     Although the Receivables have different APRs, disproportionate rates of prepayments between Receivables with APRs greater than or less than the Required Rate will generally not affect the yield to the Noteholders. However, higher rates of prepayments of Receivables with higher APRs will decrease the amount available to cover delinquencies and defaults on the Receivables and may decrease the amounts available to be deposited in the Reserve Account.
PREPAYMENTS, DELINQUENCIES, REPOSSESSIONS AND NET LOSSES
Prepayment Information
     Prepayment information relating to NMAC’s securitized portfolios of retail installment contracts for the past five years is set forth under “Static Pool Information Regarding Certain Previous Securitizations — Prepayment Information” in this Prospectus Supplement.
Delinquency, Repossession and Credit Loss Information
     Set forth below is delinquency and credit loss information relating to NMAC’s total portfolio of U.S. retail installment contracts for new, near-new and used automobiles and light-duty trucks. The portfolio consists of retail installment contracts in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. As of [ ] approximately [ ]% (based on principal balance of receivables) of NMAC’s total portfolio of U.S. retail installment contracts (excluding those with original maturities of 64 months or more) consisted of new, near new and used automobiles and light-duty trucks financed through Nissan dealers, with the remaining approximately [ ]% (based on principal balance of receivables) financed through Infiniti dealers.
     NMAC establishes an allowance for expected credit losses and deducts amounts reflecting losses against such allowance. For credit loss terminations, NMAC charges the account balance related to a retail installment contract against the allowance for credit losses when the retail installment contract becomes 120 days past due, when a repossessed vehicle is sold at auction, when the account is determined to be uncollectible or within five days of confirmation of a bankruptcy. NMAC credits any recoveries from charge-offs related to a contract to the allowance.
     Delinquency, repossession and loss experience may be influenced by a variety of economic, social and geographic conditions and other factors beyond NMAC’s control. There is no assurance that NMAC’s delinquency, repossession and loss experience with respect to the Receivables included in the Issuing Entity will be similar to that set forth below.

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Delinquency Experience(1)
                                                 
    At [ ],   At March 31,
    [ ](3)   2006   2005   2004   2003   2002
Number of Contracts Outstanding
            849,673       905,042       859,989       757,902       641,467  
Delinquencies as a Percentage of
Number of Contracts Outstanding(2)
                                               
30-59 Days
            1.76 %     1.57 %     1.50 %     1.41 %     0.98 %
60-89 Days
            0.38 %     0.34 %     0.32 %     0.21 %     0.20 %
90 Days or More
            0.07 %     0.07 %     0.07 %     0.03 %     0.04 %
 
(1)   The information in this Delinquency Experience table includes retail installment contracts for new, near-new and used automobiles and light-duty trucks and includes receivables which NMAC has sold to third parties but continues to service. The information does not include receivables purchased by NMAC under certain special financing programs. The information in the tables relates only to receivables with original terms of less than 64 months. The Issuing Entity does not include receivables with original maturities in excess of 63 months. In general, NMAC has experienced higher overall levels of losses with respect to receivables with original maturities of 64 to 72 months than with respect to receivables with shorter original maturities.
 
(2)   An account is considered delinquent if 20% or more of the scheduled payment is 15 days past due.
 
(3)   [The percentages for the [ ] months ended [ ] have been annualized to facilitate year-to-year comparisons. Actual percentages for the entire year may differ from annualized percentages.]

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Net Credit Loss and Repossession Experience(1)
(dollars in thousands)
                                                 
    At or for the    
    [ ] Months    
    Ended [ ],   At or for the Twelve Months Ended March 31,
    [ ](6)   2006   2005   2004   2003   2002
Principal Amount Outstanding
  $       $ 11,676,311     $ 12,957,034     $ 11,749,083     $ 10,183,642     $ 8,574,089  
Average Principal Amount Outstanding (2)
  $       $ 12,622,398     $ 12,460,835     $ 11,216,132     $ 9,353,879     $ 7,477,862  
Number of Contracts Outstanding
            849,673       905,042       859,989       757,902       641,467  
Average Number of Contracts Outstanding (2)
            890,691       890,927       820,917       699,813       570,343  
Number of Repossessions (3)
            19,909       19,451       16,370       13,357       8,228  
Number of Repossessions as a Percent of the Average Number of Contracts Outstanding
    %       2.24 %     2.18 %     1.99 %     1.91 %     1.44 %
 
                                               
Net Charge-Offs (4)
  $       $ 189,469     $ 183,784     $ 166,925     $ 133,268     $ 64,482  
Recoveries (5)
  $       $ 79,513     $ 66,740     $ 50,962     $ 32,233     $ 22,928  
Net Losses
  $       $ 109,956     $ 117,044     $ 115,963     $ 101,035     $ 41,554  
Net Losses as a Percent of Principal Amount Outstanding
    %       0.94 %     0.90 %     0.99 %     0.99 %     0.48 %
Net Losses as a Percent of Average Principal Amount Outstanding
    %       0.87 %     0.94 %     1.03 %     1.08 %     0.56 %
 
(1)   The information in this Net Credit Loss and Repossession Experience table includes retail installment contracts for new, near-new and used automobiles and light-duty trucks and includes receivables which NMAC has sold to third parties but continues to service. The information does not include receivables purchased by NMAC under certain special financing programs. The information in the tables relates only to receivables with original terms of less than 64 months. The Issuing Entity does not include receivables with original maturities in excess of 63 months. In general, NMAC has experienced higher overall levels of losses with respect to receivables with original maturities of 64 to 72 months than with respect to receivables with shorter original maturities. All amounts and percentages, except as indicated, are based on the principal balances of the receivables including unearned interest.
 
(2)   Average amounts calculated based on month-end data for the periods indicated.
 
(3)   The number of repossessions excludes accounts that have been subsequently reinstated.
 
(4)   Charge-offs represent the net principal balance of receivables determined to be uncollectible in the period less proceeds from disposition of related vehicles, other than recoveries described in Note (5). Charge-offs do not include expenses associated with collection, repossession or disposition of the vehicle.
 
(5)   Recoveries generally include amounts received on receivables following the time at which the receivable is charged off. Recoveries are net of expenses associated with collection.
 
(6)   The percentages for the [ ] months ended [ ] have been annualized to facilitate year to year comparisons. Actual percentages for the entire year may differ from annualized percentages.
WEIGHTED AVERAGE LIFE OF THE NOTES
     Prepayments on automotive receivables can be measured relative to a prepayment standard or model. The model used in this Prospectus Supplement, the Absolute Prepayment Model (“ABS”), represents an assumed rate of prepayment each month relative to the original number of receivables in a pool of receivables. ABS further assumes that all the receivables are the same size and amortize at the same rate and that each receivable in each month of its life will either be paid as scheduled or be prepaid in full. For example, in a pool of receivables originally containing 10,000 receivables, a 1% ABS rate means that 100 receivables prepay each month. ABS does not purport to be an historical description of prepayment experience or a prediction of the anticipated rate of prepayment of any pool of receivables, including the Receivables.
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than the respective Final Scheduled Distribution Dates. Reinvestment risk associated with early payment of the Notes will be borne exclusively by the holders of such Notes.
     The table captioned “Percent of Initial Note Principal Amount at Various ABS Percentages” (the “ABS Table”) in this Prospectus Supplement has been prepared on the basis of the characteristics of the Receivables described above. The ABS Table assumes that (a) the Receivables prepay in full at the specified constant percentage of ABS monthly, with no defaults, losses or repurchases, (b) each scheduled monthly payment on each Receivable is scheduled to be made and is made on the last day of each month and each month has 30 days, (c) payments are made on the Notes on each Distribution Date (and each such date is assumed to be the 15th day of each applicable month), (d) the balance in the Reserve Account on each Distribution Date is the required amount described in the summary under “Reserve Account” in this Prospectus Supplement, (e) there is no event resulting in the acceleration of the Notes and (f) the Servicer does not exercise its option to purchase the Receivables unless otherwise indicated. The hypothetical pools each have an assumed cut-off date of [ , ]. The ABS Table indicates the projected weighted average life of each class of Notes and sets forth the percent of the initial principal amount of each class of Notes that is projected to be outstanding after each of the Distribution Dates shown at various constant ABS percentages.
     The ABS Table also assumes that the Receivables have been aggregated into hypothetical pools with all of the Receivables within each such pool having the following characteristics and that the level scheduled monthly payment for each of the pools (which is based on its aggregate principal balance, APR, original term to maturity and remaining term to maturity as of the assumed cut-off date) will be such that each pool will be fully amortized by the end of its remaining term to maturity.
                                 
    Aggregate Principal           Remaining Payments   Original Payments
Pool   Balance   APR   to Maturity   to Maturity
1
  $         %                  
2
  $         %                  
3
  $         %                  
4
  $         %                  
5
  $         %                  
     The actual characteristics and performance of the Receivables will differ from the assumptions used in constructing the ABS Table. The assumptions used are hypothetical and have been provided only to give a general sense of how the principal cash flows might behave under varying prepayment scenarios. For example, it is very unlikely that the Receivables will prepay at a constant level of ABS until maturity or that all of the Receivables will prepay at the same level of ABS. Moreover, the diverse terms of Receivables within each of the hypothetical pools could produce slower or faster principal distributions than indicated in the ABS Table at the various constant percentages of ABS specified, even if the original and remaining terms to maturity of the Receivables are as assumed. Any difference between such assumptions and the actual characteristics and performance of the Receivables, or actual prepayment experience, will affect the percentages of initial amounts outstanding over time and the weighted average lives of each class of Notes.
Percent of Initial Note Principal Amount at Various ABS Percentages
                                                                                 
    Class A-1 Notes   Class A-2 Notes
Distribution Date   0.50%   1.00%   1.30%   1.50%   1.70%   0.50%   1.00%   1.30%   1.50%   1.70%
Closing Date
                                                                               
Weighted Average Life to Maturity (years)(1)
                                                                               
Weighted Average Life to Call (years)(1)(2)
                                                                               
Optional Clean-Up Call Date(2)
                                                           
 
(1)   The weighted average life of a note is determined by (x) multiplying the amount of each principal payment on a note by the number of years from the date of issuance of the note to the related distribution date, (y) adding the results and (z) dividing the sum by the original principal amount of the note.
 
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Percent of Initial Note Principal Amount at Various ABS Percentages
                                                                                 
    Class A-3 Notes     Class A-4 Notes  
Distribution Date   0.50%     1.00%     1.30%     1.50%     1.70%     0.50%     1.00%     1.30%     1.50%     1.70%  
Closing Date
                                                                               
Weighted Average Life to Maturity (years)(1)
                                                                               
Weighted Average Life to Call (years)(1)(2)
                                                                               
Optional Clean-Up Call Date(2)
                                                                     
 
(1)   The weighted average life of a note is determined by (x) multiplying the amount of each principal payment on a note by the number of years from the date of issuance of the note to the related distribution date, (y) adding the results and (z) dividing the sum by the original principal amount of the note.
 
(2)   This calculation assumes that the servicer exercises its option to purchase the Receivables at the first opportunity.
NOTE FACTORS AND POOL FACTORS
     The “Note Factor” for any Distribution Date with respect to any class of Notes will be a seven-digit decimal indicating the principal amount of that class of Notes as of the close of business on the last day of the related Collection Period in that month as a fraction of the respective principal amount thereof as of the Closing Date. The Servicer will compute the Note Factor each month for each class of Notes. Each Note Factor will initially be 1.0000000 and thereafter will decline to reflect reductions in the principal amount of each class of Notes. The portion of the principal amount of any class of Notes for a given month allocable to a Noteholder can be determined by multiplying the original denomination of the holder’s Note by the related Note Factor for that month.
     The “Pool Balance” as of the close of business on the last day of a Collection Period will equal the aggregate principal balance of the Receivables (excluding Administrative Receivables, Warranty Receivables (both as defined in the Prospectus) and Defaulted Receivables as of the close of business on such day); provided, however, that where the Pool Balance is relevant in determining whether the requisite percentage of Certificateholders or Noteholders (or relevant class or classes of Certificates or Notes, as the case may be) necessary to effect any consent, waiver, request or demand have been obtained, the Pool Balance will be deemed to be reduced by the amount equal to the portion of the Pool Balance (before giving effect to this provision) represented by the interests evidenced by any applicable Certificate or Note registered in the name of the Depositor, the Servicer or any person actually known to a trust officer of the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee, as the case may be, to be an affiliate of the Depositor or the Servicer, unless all of the Notes are held or beneficially owned by the Depositor, the Servicer or any of their respective affiliates.
     The “Pool Factor” for any Distribution Date for a particular class of Notes will be a seven-digit decimal indicating the principal amount of that class of Notes as of the close of business on the last day of the related Collection Period as a fraction of the Pool Balance as of the Cut-off Date. The Servicer will compute the Pool Factor for each month for each class of Notes.
     Pursuant to the Transfer and Servicing Agreements, the registered holders of the Notes (which will be Cede & Co. (“Cede”) as the nominee of The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) unless Definitive Notes are issued under the limited circumstances described under “Material Information Regarding the Notes — Definitive Notes” in the accompanying Prospectus) will receive monthly reports from the Indenture Trustee concerning the payments received on the Receivables, [the Adjusted Pool Balance,] the Pool Balance, the related Note Factors, Pool Factors and various other items of information pertaining to the Issuing Entity. Noteholders of record during each calendar year will be furnished information by the Indenture Trustee for tax reporting purposes not later than the latest date permitted by law. Copies of the reports may be obtained by the Noteholders by delivering a written request addressed to the Indenture Trustee at its address at [            ], Attn: [            ]. See “Description of the Transfer and Servicing Agreements — Statements to Noteholders.”

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USE OF PROCEEDS
     The Depositor will use the net proceeds from the sale of the Notes (proceeds from the sale of the Notes minus the underwriting discount in the amount of $[      ], payable to the underwriters) to purchase the Receivables from NMAC pursuant to the Purchase Agreement dated as of [      ,      ] (the “Purchase Agreement”) by and between NMAC, as the seller, and Nissan Auto Receivables Corporation II as the purchaser, and to fund the Reserve Account in the amount of $[      ] [, to purchase the Interest Rate [Cap] [Swap] Agreement for $[      ]] [and to make a capital contribution to the Issuing Entity in the amount of $[      ] by funding the Yield Supplement Account].
     No expenses incurred in connection with the selection and acquisition of the Receivables are to be payable from the offering proceeds.
THE DEPOSITOR
     Information regarding the Depositor is set forth under the caption “The Depositor” in the accompanying Prospectus.
NISSAN MOTOR ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION
Financing
     NMAC offers indirect automotive consumer loan and lease financing and direct dealer financing through (and to) Nissan and Infiniti dealers in the United States. [As of [      ,       ], approximately [ ]% of NMAC’s total revenues came from retail loans, [       ]% from retail lease financing and [       ]% from wholesale financing.]
     The following chart provides, [respectively,] [market penetration information regarding Nissan and Infiniti motor vehicles purchased in the United States] [and] [NMAC’s total revenues from retail loans] for the fiscal years ended March 31, [2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006] [and the [   ] months ended [       , 200[ ]].
Overview of NMAC Retail Installment Contract Financing Operations
                                             
    [   ] Months    
    Ended [    ],   Years Ended March 31,
    200[ ]   2006   2005   2004   2003   2002
Number of retail installment contracts purchased by NMAC
  [            ]     265,036       324,342       289,031       257,114       257,559  
Revenues(1)
  $[            ]   $ 864,122     $ 848,941     $ 802,255     $ 751,499     $ 603,024  
 
(1)   Dollars in thousands.
     For more information regarding the financing business of NMAC, you should refer to “Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation — Financing Operations” in the accompanying Prospectus.
Securitization
     General. Since [2000], one of the primary funding sources for NMAC has been the packaging and sale of retail installment contracts, loans and leases through asset-backed securitization, or “Asset-backed” transactions. These retail installment contracts, loans and leases are purchased by NMAC from Nissan and Infiniti dealers or are loans made by NMAC to dealers. NMAC generally holds, or ages these loans and leases for an interim period prior to transferring them in connection with an Asset-backed transaction. During this interim period, NMAC’s financing needs are met, in part, through the use of warehouse finance facilities. These warehouse finance facilities are provided by a number of financial institutions and provide liquidity to fund NMAC’s acquisition of retail installment contracts, loans and leases. These warehouse facilities are sometimes structured as secured revolving loan facilities.

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     For the fiscal years ended [March 31, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006] and the [___] months ended [___], NMAC securitized approximately [$4.9 billion, $5.3 billion, $6.6 billion, $5.6 billion, $6.1 billion and $[ ] respectively, through Asset-backed debt offerings.
     A significant portion of NMAC’s assets are sold in Asset-backed transactions, although the assets remain on NMAC’s balance sheet. These assets support payments on the Asset-backed securities and are not available to NMAC’s creditors generally. At [ , ], NMAC had approximately $[ ], or [ ]% of its consolidated assets pledged in connection with Asset-backed transactions. NMAC expects that Asset-backed debt offerings will continue to be a material funding source for NMAC. For information regarding NMAC’s experience in securitizing other types of assets, including leases and loans to dealers, you should refer to “Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation — NMAC Responsibilities in Securitization Program” in the accompanying Prospectus.
     Retail Securitization. NMAC’s auto loan Asset-backed program was first established and utilized for the Nissan Auto Receivables 1986-A Grantor Trust transaction. For more information regarding NMAC’s experience with respect to its entire portfolio of new, near-new and used Nissan and Infiniti motor vehicle retail installment contracts, you should refer to “Prepayment, Delinquencies, Repossessions and Net Losses” and “Static Pool Information Regarding Certain Previous Securitizations” in this Prospectus Supplement.
Servicing
     General. NMAC is the servicer for all of the retail installment contracts, loans and leases that it finances. As the servicer, NMAC generally handles all collections, administers defaults and delinquencies and otherwise services the retail installment contracts, the loans, the leases and the related vehicles.
     NMAC began operations in February 1982 and shortly thereafter started servicing auto retail installment contracts and leases and launched its lease financing business. NMAC subsequently expanded its servicing portfolio to include loans to dealers.
     Although NMAC may be replaced or removed as servicer upon the occurrence of certain events, including the occurrence of a servicer default (as defined under the applicable financing documents), NMAC generally expects to service the retail installment contracts, loans and leases sold in an Asset-backed transaction for the life of that transaction. For more information regarding the circumstances under which NMAC may be replaced or removed as servicer of the Receivables and the Financed Vehicles, you should refer to “Description of the Transfer and Servicing Agreements” in the accompanying Prospectus. If the servicing of any Receivables and the Financed Vehicles were to be transferred from NMAC to another servicer, there may be an increase in overall delinquencies and defaults due to misapplied or lost payments, data input errors or system incompatibilities. Although NMAC expects that any increase in any such delinquencies to be temporary, there can be no assurance as to the duration or severity of any disruption in servicing the Receivables and the Financed Vehicles as a result of any servicing transfer. See “Risk Factors — Adverse events with respect to Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation or its affiliates may affect the timing of payments on your notes or have other adverse effects on your notes” in the accompanying Prospectus.
     In the normal course of its servicing business, NMAC outsources certain of its administrative functions to unaffiliated third party service providers. The third parties providing those administrative functions do not have discretion relating to activities that NMAC believes would materially affect the amounts realized or collected with respect to the Receivables or the timing of receipt of such amounts. Moreover, NMAC retains ultimate responsibility for those administrative functions under the Sale and Servicing Agreement and should any of those third parties not be able to provide those functions, NMAC believes those third parties could easily be replaced. Therefore, failure by the third party service providers to provide the administrative functions is not expected to result in any material disruption in NMAC’s ability to perform its servicing functions under the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
     Servicer Advances. The Servicer is required to make advances if payment on selected retail installment contracts has not been received in full by the end of the month. See “Description of the Transfer and Servicing Agreements — Advances” in the accompanying Prospectus.
     Prepayments, Delinquencies, Repossessions and Net Losses. For a discussion of NMAC’s delinquency and loss experience with respect to its portfolio of receivables, you should refer to "Prepayments, Delinquencies, Repossession and Net Losses” in this Prospectus Supplement. For a description of the roles and responsibilities of the Servicer, see “Description of the Transfer and Servicing Agreements” of the accompanying Prospectus.

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     None of the Asset-backed transactions involving NMAC as servicer has defaulted or experienced an early amortization or other performance triggering event. For a general description of NMAC’s responsibilities as servicer of leases and dealer loans, you should refer to “Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation — NMAC Responsibilities in Securitization Program” in the accompanying Prospectus. For more information regarding NMAC’s servicing obligations with respect to the Receivables, you should refer to “Description of the Transfer and Servicing Agreements” in the accompanying Prospectus. NMAC believes that it has materially complied with its servicing obligations with respect to each Asset-backed transaction involving NMAC as servicer.
Financial Condition of Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
     NMAC is an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (“NML”). Although NML is not guaranteeing the Issuing Entity’s obligations under the Notes, NML’s financial condition may affect NMAC’s ability to service the Receivables. See “Risk Factor — Adverse events with respect to Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation or its affiliates may affect the timing of payments on your notes or have other adverse effects on your notes” in the accompanying Prospectus. For the fiscal year ended [March 31, 2006,] NML reported consolidated net income of [518.1 billion yen (US $4.57 billion)] up [1.1%] from the previous year. Consolidated operating profits totaled [871.8 billion yen (US $7.69 billion),] [down 1.1%] compared with a year earlier. The operating margin was [9.2%, unchanged compared with a year earlier.]
     The foregoing expression of Japanese yen in U.S. dollars has been converted, for the convenience of the reader only, at the foreign exchange rate of [113.3] yen/dollar, the average rate for the fiscal year ended [March 31, 2006.]
THE NOTES
General
     The Notes will be issued pursuant to the terms of the Indenture, a form of which has been filed as an exhibit to the registration statement. A copy of the final signed Indenture, together with the other Basic Documents, will be filed with the SEC [and the Luxembourg and Hong Kong Stock Exchanges] following the issuance of the Notes. The Notes will be issued as registered Notes in minimum denominations of $25,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof in book-entry form. The Notes initially will be registered in the name of Cede, the nominee of DTC. No investor acquiring an interest in the Notes, as reflected on the books of the clearing agency, or a person maintaining an account with such clearing agency (a “Note Owner”) will be entitled to receive a certificate representing that owner’s Note, except as set forth below. Unless and until Notes are issued in fully registered certificated form (the “Definitive Notes”) under the limited circumstances described in “Material Information Regarding the Notes — Definitive Notes” in the accompanying Prospectus, all references herein to distributions, notices, reports and statements to Noteholders will refer to the same actions made with respect to DTC or Cede, as the case may be, for the benefit of Note Owners in accordance with DTC procedures. See “Material Information Regarding the Notes — Book-Entry Registration” and “— Definitive Notes” in the accompanying Prospectus. The Notes will be issued in fully registered, certificated form to Noteholders or their respective nominees, rather than to the DTC or its nominee, only if:
  1.   DTC is no longer willing or able to discharge properly its responsibilities as depository with respect to the Notes and the Depositor, the Administrator or the Owner Trustee is unable to locate a qualified successor (and if it is the Administrator that has made that determination, the Administrator so notifies the Indenture Trustee in writing);
 
  2.   the Depositor, the Administrator or the Indenture Trustee, as applicable, at its option and to the extent permitted by law, advises each other such party in writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system through DTC; or
 
  3.   after the occurrence of an Event of Default or a Servicer Default with respect to the Notes, holders representing at least a majority of the outstanding principal amount of the Notes, acting together as a single class, advise the Indenture Trustee through DTC in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system through DTC (or a successor thereto) with respect to the Notes is no longer in the best interests of the holders of the Notes.
     The following summary describes material terms of the Notes and the Indenture. The summary does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to, all the provisions of the Notes and the Indenture. Where particular provisions or terms used in the Indenture are referred to, the actual provisions (including definitions of terms) are incorporated by reference as part of the summary. The following summary supplements the description of the general terms and provisions of the Notes of any given series and the related Indenture set forth in the accompanying Prospectus, to which description reference is hereby made.

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Payments of Interest
     The A-[ ] Notes will constitute Fixed Rate Notes, as that term is defined under “Material Information Regarding the Notes — Fixed Rate Notes” in the accompanying Prospectus, except that the Class A-1 Notes will accrue interest on the basis of the actual number of days in the related Interest Period divided by 360. [The A-[ ] Notes will constitute Floating Rate Notes, as such term is defined under “Material Information Regarding the Notes — Floating Rate Notes” in the accompanying Prospectus.] Interest on the principal balances of all classes of the Notes will accrue at the respective per annum fixed interest rates set forth in “Summary — Terms of the Notes — Per Annum Interest Rates” in this Prospectus Supplement (each, an “Interest Rate”) and will be payable to the Noteholders monthly on the 15th of each month (or, if that date is not a Business Day, on the next succeeding Business Day) (a “Distribution Date”) commencing [ , ]. A “Business Day” is any day except a Saturday, Sunday or a day on which banks in New York, New York; Nashville, Tennessee; Irving, Texas; Wilmington, Delaware; or Minneapolis, Minnesota are authorized or obligated by law, regulation, executive order or governmental decree to be closed; [or for payments on the Notes made in Luxembourg or Hong Kong by a paying agent, a day on which banks in Luxembourg or Hong Kong, respectively, are closed].
     Interest on the outstanding principal amount of the Class A-1 Notes will accrue at the related Interest Rate from and including the most recent Distribution Date on which interest has been paid (or from and including the Closing Date with respect to the first Distribution Date) to but excluding the current Distribution Date (each, an “Interest Period” with respect to the Class A-1 Notes). Interest on the outstanding principal amount of the Class A-2 Notes, the Class A-3 Notes and the Class A-4 Notes will accrue at the related Interest Rate from and including the 15th day of the preceding calendar month (or from and including the Closing Date with respect to the first Distribution Date) to but excluding the 15th day of the current calendar month (each, an “Interest Period” with respect to each of the Class A-2 Notes, the Class A-3 Notes and the Class A-4 Notes).
     Interest on the Class A-1 Notes will be calculated on the basis of the actual number of days in the related Interest Period divided by 360, and interest on the Class A-2 Notes, the Class A-3 Notes and the Class A-4 Notes will be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. Interest accrued but not paid on any Distribution Date will be due on the next Distribution Date, together with interest on that amount at the applicable Interest Rate (to the extent lawful). Interest payments on the Notes will generally be made from Available Amounts, after the Total Servicing Fee has been paid; provided however, that after the occurrence of an Event of Default and an acceleration (unless and until such acceleration has been rescinded) of the Notes interest payments on the Class A-2 Notes, the Class A-3 Notes and the Class A-4 Notes will be made from such amounts only after the accrued interest on the Class A-1 Notes has been paid in full. Upon the rescission of any such acceleration, interest payments will be made on the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3 and Class A-4 Notes on a pro rata basis based on the respective aggregate amounts of interest due to those classes of Notes. See “Subordination; Reserve Account — Reserve Account” and “Distributions on the Notes” in this Prospectus Supplement.
     Interest payments to the Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2 Notes, the Class A-3 Notes and the Class A-4 Notes (collectively, the “Notes”) [and termination payments under the Interest Rate Swap defined below] will have the same priority unless the Notes are accelerated following the occurrence of an Event of Default, in which case, interest payments will be made first to the Class A-1 Notes and then ratably to the Class A-2 Notes, the Class A-3 Notes and the Class A-4 Notes. Under specified circumstances, the amount available for interest payments could be less than the amount of interest payable on the Notes on any Distribution Date, in which case [(i)] the holders of the Notes (the “Noteholders”) will receive their ratable share (based upon the aggregate amount of interest due to that class of Notes) of the aggregate amount available to be distributed in respect of interest on the Notes [and (ii) the swap counterparty will receive its ratable share of the aggregate amount available to be distributed based on the amount of the swap termination payment, if any].
[Calculation of Floating Rate Interest]
     The Class A-[ ] Notes (the “Floating Rate Notes”) will bear interest during each applicable Interest Period at a rate per annum determined by [the London Interbank Offer Rate (“LIBOR”) plus the Spread. The “Spread” is the number of basis points to be added or subtracted to the related LIBOR applicable to such Floating Rate Notes.
     The rate of interest on the Floating Rate Notes will be reset for each Interest Period on the first day of the applicable Interest Period (each such date, an “Interest Reset Date”).

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     LIBOR will be calculated for each Interest Period on the day that is two London Business Days prior to the related Interest Reset Date (each such date, an “Interest Determination Date”). LIBOR for each Interest Period will be the rate for deposits in U.S. dollars having a maturity of one month (commencing on the related Interest Reset Date) that appears on the Designated LIBOR Page as of 11:00 a.m. London time, on the applicable Interest Determination Date.
     With respect to an Interest Determination Date on which fewer than two offered rates appear, or no rate appears, as the case may be, on the Designated LIBOR Page, LIBOR for the applicable Interest Determination Date will be the rate calculated by the Calculation Agent as the arithmetic mean of at least two quotations obtained by the Calculation Agent after requesting the principal London offices of each of four major reference banks in the London interbank market, which may include the Calculation Agent and its affiliates, as selected by the Calculation Agent, to provide the Calculation Agent with its offered quotations for deposits in U.S. dollars for the period of one month, commencing on the second London Business Day immediately following the applicable Interest Determination Date, to prime banks in the London interbank market at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, on such Interest Determination Date and in a principal amount that is representative of a single transaction in U.S. dollars in that market at that time. If at least two such quotations are provided, LIBOR determined on the applicable Interest Determination Date will be the arithmetic mean of the quotations. If fewer than two quotations referred to in this paragraph are provided, LIBOR determined on the applicable Interest Determination Date will be the rate calculated by the Calculation Agent as the arithmetic mean of the rates quoted at approximately 11:00 a.m., in New York, New York, on the applicable Interest Determination Date by three major banks, which may include the Calculation Agent and its affiliates, in New York, New York selected by the Calculation Agent for loans in U.S. dollars to leading European banks in a principal amount that is representative of a single transaction in U.S. dollars in that market at that time. If the banks so selected by the Calculation Agent are not quoting as mentioned in this paragraph, LIBOR for the applicable Interest Determination Date will be LIBOR in effect on the applicable Interest Determination Date.
     “London Business Day” means any day on which dealings in deposits in U.S. dollars are transacted in the London interbank market. “Designated LIBOR Page” means the display on Bridge Telerate, Inc. or any successor service or any page as may replace the designated page on that service or any successor service that displays the London interbank rates of major banks for U.S. dollars.
     [“[            ]” will be designated as the calculation agent (the “Calculation Agent”) and, as such, will calculate the interest rates on the Floating Rate Notes. All determinations of interest by the Calculation Agent shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive for all purposes and binding on the holder of the Floating Rate Notes. All percentages resulting from any calculation on the Floating Rate Notes will be rounded to the nearest one hundred-thousandth of a percentage point, with five-millionths of a percentage point rounded upwards (e.g., 9.8765445% (or .09876545) would be rounded to 9.87655% or .0987655)), and all dollar amounts used in or resulting from that calculation on the Floating Rate Note will be rounded to the nearest cent (with one-half cent being rounded upwards)].
[Interest Rate Cap Agreement]
     [In order to issue the Class A-[ ] Notes bearing interest at floating rates, the Issuing Entity has entered into an interest rate cap agreement with [       ] as cap provider (the “Cap Provider”). Pursuant to the interest rate cap agreement, if LIBOR related to any Distribution Date exceeds the cap rate of [  ]% (the “Cap Rate”), the Cap Provider will pay to the Issuing Entity an amount (the “Cap Payment”) equal to the product of:
  1.   LIBOR for the related Distribution Date minus the Cap Rate;
 
  2.   the notional amount on the cap, [which will equal the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Class A-[ ] Notes on the first day of the Interest Period related to such Distribution Date]; and
 
  3.   a fraction, the numerator of which is the actual number of days elapsed from and including the previous Distribution Date to but excluding the current Distribution Date, or with respect to the first Distribution Date, from and including the Closing Date, to but excluding the first Distribution Date, and the denominator of which is [360][365].
     For more information regarding the interest rate cap agreement, you should refer to “The Interest Rate Cap Agreement” in this Prospectus Supplement.]

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[Interest Rate Swap Agreement]
     [In order to issue the Class A-[ ] Notes bearing interest at floating rates, the Issuing Entity has entered into an interest rate swap agreement with [            ], as swap counterparty (the “Swap Counterparty”). Pursuant to the interest rate swap agreement, the Issuing Entity will receive payments at a rate determined by reference to LIBOR, which is the basis for determining the amount of interest due on the Class A-[ ] Notes. Under the interest rate swap agreement, on each Distribution Date (1) the Issuing Entity will be obligated to pay to the Swap Counterparty an amount equal to interest on a notional amount equal to the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Class A-[ ] Notes at the notional fixed rate of [ ]%] and (2) the Swap Counterparty will be obligated to pay to the Issuing Entity [a floating interest rate of LIBOR plus [ ]% on a notional amount equal to the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Class A-[ ] Notes.
     For more information regarding the interest rate swap agreement, you should refer to “The Interest Rate Swap Agreement” in this Prospectus Supplement.
     As more fully described under “Distributions on the Notes” interest payments on the Notes on a Distribution Date generally will be made from the sum of Available Amounts remaining after the reimbursement of Advances made by the Servicer, payment of the Servicing Fees, [net amounts due to the Swap Counterparty, if any,] and amounts on deposit in the Reserve Account [and the Yield Supplement Account].
Payments of Principal
     Until the Notes have been paid in full, principal payments to Noteholders will be made on each Distribution Date in the amount and order of priority described under “Distributions on the Notes — Payment of Distributable Amounts” in this Prospectus Supplement. Generally, on each Distribution Date, the amount payable to the holders of the Notes will be the Noteholders’ Principal Distributable Amount. However, after the occurrence of an Event of Default and an acceleration of the Notes (unless and until such acceleration has been rescinded), all principal of the Notes will become due and payable. Upon the rescission of any such acceleration, principal of the Notes will be payable generally, from Available Amounts, (a) until the Class A-1 Notes have been paid in full, then (b) until the Class A-2 Notes have been paid in full, then (c) until the Class A-3 Notes have been paid in full and then (d) until the Class A-4 Notes have been paid in full. Principal payments on the Notes will be made from Available Amounts, after Advances have been reimbursed, the Total Servicing Fee has been paid and after the Noteholders’ Interest Distributable Amount has been distributed; provided, however that after the occurrence of an Event of Default and an acceleration of the Notes (unless and until such acceleration has been rescinded), Available Amounts, after Advances have been reimbursed and the Total Servicing Fee has been paid, will be applied first to pay principal of and interest on the Class A-1 Notes until the outstanding principal balance of the Class A-1 Notes has been paid in full, and then, to the Class A-2 Notes, the Class A-3 Notes and the Class A-4 Notes on a pro rata basis with respect to principal, based on the respective outstanding principal balances of those classes of Notes, until the outstanding principal balances of those classes of Notes have been paid in full. The “Noteholders’ Percentage” for any Distribution Date will equal [ %] [[the percentage equivalent of a fraction, the numerator of which is the aggregate of the principal balances of the Class A-2, Class A-3 and Class A-4 Notes as of the Closing Date, and the denominator of which is the [aggregate of such principal balances plus the principal amount of the Certificates as of the Closing Date]. Prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default and an acceleration of the Notes, principal payments will be allocated among the Notes so that no principal payments will be made on:
  1.   the Class A-2 Notes until the Class A-1 Notes have been paid in full;
 
  2.   the Class A-3 Notes until the Class A-1 Notes and the Class A-2 Notes have been paid in full; and
 
  3.   the Class A-4 Notes until the Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2 Notes and the Class A-3 Notes have been paid in full.
     The actual Distribution Date on which the outstanding principal amount of any class of Notes is paid may be later or significantly earlier than its Final Scheduled Distribution Date based on a variety of factors, including the factors described under “Weighted Average Life of the Notes” in this Prospectus Supplement and under “Weighted Average Life of the Notes” in the accompanying Prospectus.
     If the principal amount of a class of Notes has not been paid in full on or prior to its Final Scheduled Distribution Date, the Noteholders’ Principal Distributable Amount for that Distribution Date will, to the extent the remaining Available Amounts are sufficient, include an amount sufficient to reduce the unpaid principal amount of that class of Notes to zero on that Distribution Date. See “Distributions on the Notes — Payment of Distributable Amounts” in this Prospectus Supplement.

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Events of Default; Rights upon Event of Default
     Following the occurrence of an Event of Default that results in the acceleration of the Notes and unless and until such acceleration has been rescinded, on each Distribution Date, the Indenture Trustee shall make the following payments and distributions from the Collection Account (after payment of the Supplemental Servicing Fee to the extent not previously retained by the Servicer) in the following priority:
  1.   to the Servicer for reimbursement of all outstanding Advances;
 
  2.   to the Servicer for amounts due in respect of unpaid Base Servicing Fees (including any unpaid Base Servicing Fees from one or more prior Collection Periods);
 
  3.   to the holders of the Class A-1 Notes, the Noteholders’ Interest Distributable Amount for such Class (after giving effect to any reduction in Available Amounts described in clause (2) above);
 
  4.   to the holders of the Class A-1 Notes, until the principal amount thereof is reduced to zero, such amounts to be paid from Available Amounts (after giving effect to any reduction in Available Amounts described in clauses (2) and (3) above);
 
  5.   after the principal amount of the Class A-1 Notes is reduced to zero, on a pro rata basis, to the holders of the Class A-2 Notes, the Noteholders’ Interest Distributable Amount for such Class, to the holders of the Class A-3 Notes, the Noteholders’ Interest Distributable Amount for such Class, and to the holders of the Class A-4 Notes, the Noteholders’ Interest Distributable Amount for such Class, such amounts to be paid from Available Amounts (after giving effect to any reduction in Available Amounts described in clauses (2) through (4) above);
 
  6.   to the Class A-2 Noteholders, the Class A-3 Noteholders, and the Class A-4 Noteholders on a pro rata basis until the principal amount of such classes of Notes is reduced to zero, such amounts to be paid from Available Amounts (after giving effect to any reduction in Available Amounts described in clauses (2) through (5) above);
 
  7.   to the holders of the Certificates (the “Certificateholders”), or, to the extent amounts are payable to a Currency Swap Counterparty, to such Currency Swap Counterparty, until the principal amount of such Certificates is reduced to zero, such amount to be paid from Available Amounts (after giving effect to any reduction in Available Amounts described in clauses (2) through (6) above); and
 
  8.   any Available Amounts remaining after giving effect to the reduction in Available Amounts described in clauses (2) through (7) above, to the Certificateholders.
     Subject to the provisions of the Indenture relating to the duties of the Indenture Trustee, if an Event of Default occurs and is continuing with respect to the Notes, the Indenture Trustee will be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers under the Indenture at the request or direction of any of the holders of the Notes if the Indenture Trustee reasonably believes it will not be adequately indemnified against the costs, expenses and liabilities that might be incurred by it in complying with the request. Subject to the provisions for indemnification and other limitations contained in the Indenture, the holders of a majority of the principal amount of the outstanding Notes will have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding or any remedy available to the Indenture Trustee.
     No holder of a Note will have the right to institute any proceeding with respect to the Indenture unless that holder of a Note or Notes previously has given to the Indenture Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default, and:
  1.   the Event of Default arises from the Servicer’s failure to remit payments when due; or
 
  2.   (a) the holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Notes have requested, in writing, that the Indenture Trustee institute the proceeding in its own name as Indenture Trustee; (b) that the holder or holders of Notes have offered the Indenture Trustee reasonable indemnity; (c) the Indenture Trustee has for 60 days failed to institute the proceeding; and (d) no direction inconsistent with that written request has been given to the Indenture Trustee during the 60-day period by the holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes.

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     In addition, the Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders, by accepting the Notes, will covenant that they will not at any time institute against the Issuing Entity any bankruptcy, reorganization or other proceeding under any federal or state bankruptcy or similar law.
     Neither the Indenture Trustee nor the Owner Trustee in its individual capacity, nor any holder of a Certificate representing an ownership interest in that Issuing Entity nor any of their respective owners, beneficiaries, agents, officers, directors, employees, affiliates, successors or assigns will, in the absence of an express agreement to the contrary, be personally liable for the payment of the principal of or interest on the Notes or for the agreements of the Issuing Entity contained in the Indenture.
     You should refer to “Description of the Indenture — Events of Default” and “— Remedies Upon an Event of Default” in the accompanying Prospectus for more information regarding Events of Default and rights following the occurrence of an Event of Default .
Notices
     Noteholders will be notified in writing by the Indenture Trustee of any Event of Default, default by the Servicer under the Sale and Servicing Agreement (a “Servicer Default”) or termination of, or appointment of a successor to, the Servicer promptly upon a Trust Officer (as defined in the Transfer and Servicing Agreements) obtaining actual knowledge thereof.
     [If required by the Luxembourg Stock Exchange, for so long as any class of the Notes is listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange, notices to holders of such Notes will be given by publication in a leading daily newspaper of general circulation in Luxembourg or, if publication in Luxembourg is not practical, in Europe. Such publication is expected to be made in the Luxembourger Wort. If required by The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited, for so long as any class of the Notes are listed on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited, notices to holders of such Notes will be given in a leading daily newspaper of general circulation in the English language in Hong Kong. Such publication is expected to be made in the South China Morning Post.]
     If Notes are issued other than in book-entry form, those notices will be mailed to the addresses of Noteholders as they appear in the register maintained by the Indenture Trustee prior to mailing. Those notices will be deemed to have been given on the date of that mailing.
DISTRIBUTIONS ON THE NOTES
     On or before the 10th calendar day of each month (or, if the 10th day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day) (each, a “Determination Date”), the Servicer will inform the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee of, among other things, the amount of funds collected on or in respect of the Receivables, the amount of Advances to be made by and reimbursed to the Servicer and the Total Servicing Fee and other servicing compensation payable to the Servicer, in each case with respect to the immediately preceding Collection Period. On or prior to each Distribution Date, the Servicer will also determine the following:
  1.   Available Amounts;
 
  2.   Noteholders’ Principal Distributable Amount;
 
  3.   [Certificateholders’ Principal Distributable Amount, if any;
 
  4.   [Yield Supplement Deposit, if any;]
 
  5.   [the amount of Swap Payments and the Swap Termination Payments, if any, to be paid by the Swap Counterparty to the trust under the Swap Agreement;] [the amount of Cap Payments and Cap Termination Payments, if any, to be paid by the Cap Provider to the Issuing Entity under the Cap Agreement;]
 
  6.   based on the available funds and other amounts available for payment on the related Distribution Date as described below, the amount to be distributed to the Noteholders and Certificateholders; and
 
  7.   all other distributions, deposits and withdrawals to be made on the related Distribution Date.

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     The Indenture Trustee will make payments to the Noteholders out of the amounts on deposit in the Collection Account. The “Collection Account” is established by the Servicer on behalf of the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee in the name of the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Noteholders. The amounts to be distributed to the Noteholders will be determined in the manner described below.
Calculation of Available Amounts
     The amount of funds available for distribution on a Distribution Date will generally equal the sum of Available Interest and Available Principal (collectively, “Available Amounts”).
     “Available Interest” for a Distribution Date will equal the sum of the following amounts received or allocated by the Servicer on or in respect of the Receivables during the related Collection Period:
  1.   that portion of all collections on or in respect of the Receivables allocable to interest;
 
  2.   all proceeds of Liquidated Receivables, net of expenses incurred by the Servicer in accordance with its customary servicing procedures in connection with the liquidation, including amounts received in subsequent Collection Periods and any amounts required by law to be remitted to the Obligor (“Net Liquidation Proceeds”) to the extent allocable to interest due on a Liquidated Receivable;
 
  3.   all Advances made by the Servicer;
 
  4.   [all [Cap][Swap] Payments and [Cap][Swap] Termination Payments made by the [Cap Provider][Swap Counterparty]];
 
  5.   all payments by the Depositor during that Collection Period for breaches of representations and warranties that materially and adversely affect any Receivable (“Warranty Purchase Payments”) to the extent attributable to interest;
 
  6.   all payments by the Servicer during that Collection Period for breaches of certain of its obligations under the Sale and Servicing Agreement that materially and adversely affect any Receivable (“Administrative Purchase Payments”) to the extent attributable to interest;
 
  7.   in the case of an Optional Purchase, the Optional Purchase Price;
 
  8.   [any Yield Supplement Deposit, plus reinvestment income on the Yield Supplement Account];
 
  9.   [the excess, if any, in the Yield Supplement Account over the Required Yield Supplement Amount]; and
 
  10.   the amount, if any, deposited into the Collection Account from the Reserve Account.
     “Available Principal” for a Distribution Date will equal the sum of the amounts described in clauses (1), (2), (4), (5), (6) and (7) above received or allocated by the Servicer in respect of principal on or in respect of the Receivables allocable to principal during the related Collection Period.
     Available Interest and Available Principal on any Distribution Date will exclude the following amounts:
  1.   amounts received on a particular Receivable (other than a Defaulted Receivable) to the extent that the Servicer has previously made an unreimbursed Advance in respect of that Receivable;
 
  2.   Net Liquidation Proceeds with respect to a particular Receivable to the extent of unreimbursed Advances in respect of that Receivable; and
 
  3.   recoveries from collections with respect to Advances that the Servicer has determined are unlikely to be repaid.
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(c) a Receivable with respect to which the Servicer has received notification that the related Obligor is subject to a Chapter 13 bankruptcy proceeding.
     A “Liquidated Receivable” will be a Defaulted Receivable for which the related Financed Vehicle has been liquidated by the Servicer.
Payment of Distributable Amounts
     On each Distribution Date, the Servicer will allocate amounts on deposit in the Collection Account (after payment of the Supplemental Servicing Fee to the extent not previously retained by the Servicer) with respect to the related Collection Period as described below and will instruct the Indenture Trustee to make the following payments and distributions in the following amounts and order of priority:
  1.   to the Servicer, the amount of any payments in respect of Advances required to be reimbursed;
 
  2.   to the Servicer, from Available Amounts, the Base Servicing Fee, including any unpaid Base Servicing Fees with respect to one or more prior Collection Periods;
 
  3.   [the net amount, if any, to be paid under the Interest Rate Swap Agreement to the Swap Counterparty];
 
  4.   on a pro rata basis (based on the amounts distributable to each class) to the Noteholders, the Noteholders’ Interest Distributable Amount, from Available Amounts (after giving effect to the reduction in Available Amounts described in clauses (2) and [(3)] above);
 
  5.   to the Class A-1 Notes, until the principal amount thereof is reduced to zero, an amount up to the Noteholders’ Principal Distributable Amount for such Distribution Date, from Available Amounts (after giving effect to the reduction in Available Amounts described in clauses (2) through [(4)] above);
 
  6.   after the principal amount of the Class A-1 Notes is reduced to zero, to the Class A-2 Notes until the principal amount of the Class A-2 Notes is reduced to zero, then to the Class A-3 Notes until the principal amount of the Class A-3 Notes is reduced to zero and then to the Class A-4 Notes until the principal amount of the Class A-4 Notes is reduced to zero, an amount up to the Noteholders’ Principal Distributable Amount for such Distribution Date from Available Amounts (after giving effect to the reduction in Available Amounts described in clauses (2) through [(5)] above);
 
  7.   to the Reserve Account, an amount, if any, necessary to cause the balance therein to equal the Specified Reserve Account Balance, from Available Amounts (after giving effect to the reduction in Available Amounts described in clauses (2) through [(6)] above), that amount being the “Excess Amount”;
 
  8.   to the Certificateholders, or, to the extent amounts are payable to a Currency Swap Counterparty pursuant to a Currency Swap Agreement as described below in this section, to such Currency Swap Counterparty, the Certificateholders’ Principal Distributable Amount from Available Amounts (after giving effect to the reduction in Available Amounts described in clauses (2) through [(7)] above);
 
  9.   any Available Amounts remaining after giving effect to the reduction in Available Amounts described in clauses (2) through [(8)] above, to the Certificateholders.
     In addition, amounts payable, if any, by a Currency Swap Counterparty pursuant to a Currency Swap Agreement as described below will not be deposited into the Collection Account and will be paid by the Indenture Trustee directly to the Certificateholders on such Distribution Date.
     Amounts distributed to the Certificateholders will not be available in later periods to fund charge offs or the Reserve Account. See “Risk Factors — Payment priorities increase risk of loss or delay in payment of certain notes.”
     After the occurrence of an Event of Default and an acceleration of the Notes (unless and until such acceleration has been rescinded), Available Amounts (after the Base Servicing Fee has been paid) will be applied as described under “The Notes — Events of Default; Rights Upon Events of Default.”
     If, after the occurrence of an Event of Default and an acceleration of the Notes, such acceleration has been rescinded, Available Amounts (after the Base Servicing Fee has been paid) will be applied (a) to pay interest to the Class A-1, Class

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A-2, Class A-3 and Class A-4 Notes on a pro rata basis, based on the respective aggregate amounts of interest due to those classes of Notes, and then (b) to pay principal to the Class A-1 Notes until they are paid in full, then to the Class A-2 Notes until they are paid in full, then to the Class A-3 Notes until they are paid in full, and then to the Class A-4 Notes until they are paid in full.
     Notwithstanding the foregoing, if amounts actually allocated to pay the Base Servicing Fee and the Noteholders on any Distribution Date are less than the Base Servicing Fee and the Noteholders’ Distributable Amount, funds will be withdrawn from the Reserve Account so that an amount equal to the Base Servicing Fee and the Noteholders’ Distributable Amount may be paid to the Servicer and allocated to the Noteholders, respectively.
     In addition, the Issuing Entity, at its option, may enter into a currency swap agreement (the “Currency Swap Agreement”) with a swap counterparty (the “Currency Swap Counterparty”) to swap amounts payable to Certificateholders from U.S. dollars to Japanese yen; provided, that (a) at the time the Issuing Entity enters into the Currency Swap Agreement, [Standard and Poor’s Rating Services, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. or its successors (“Standard and Poor’s”), and Moody’s Investors Service or its successors (“Moody’s” and together with Standard and Poor’s, the “Rating Agencies”)] have confirmed the then-existing ratings of the Notes, and (b) any payments to the Currency Swap Counterparty (including termination payments) are payable only from amounts that otherwise are payable to Certificateholders.
     For the purposes of this Prospectus Supplement, the following terms will have the following meanings:
     [The “Certificateholders’ Principal Distributable Amount” will mean, with respect to any Distribution Date, an amount sufficient to reduce the outstanding principal amount of the Certificates to an amount equal to the product of the Certificateholders’ Percentage and the Pool Balance as of the end of the related Collection Period.]
     [The “Certificateholders’ Percentage” will mean (a) until the Distribution Date on which the principal amount of the Class A-1 Notes has been paid in full, zero, and (b) with respect to any Distribution Date on or after the principal amount of the Class A-1 Notes has been paid in full, 100% minus the Noteholders’ Percentage.]
     The “Noteholders’ Distributable Amount” will mean, with respect to any Distribution Date, the sum of the Noteholders’ Interest Distributable Amount for the Notes plus the Noteholders’ Principal Distributable Amount for that Distribution Date for the Notes.
     The “Noteholders’ Interest Carryover Shortfall” will mean, with respect to any Distribution Date and a class of Notes, the excess, if any, of the sum of the Noteholders’ Monthly Interest Distributable Amount for that class for the preceding Distribution Date plus any outstanding Noteholders’ Interest Carryover Shortfall for that class on that preceding Distribution Date, over the amount in respect of interest that is actually paid on the Notes of that class on that preceding Distribution Date, plus, to the extent permitted by applicable law, interest on the Noteholders’ Interest Carryover Shortfall at the related Interest Rate for the related Interest Period.
     The “Noteholders’ Interest Distributable Amount” will mean, with respect to any Distribution Date, the sum of the Noteholders’ Monthly Interest Distributable Amount for all classes of Notes and the Noteholders’ Interest Carryover Shortfall for all classes of Notes with respect to that Distribution Date.
     The “Noteholders’ Monthly Interest Distributable Amount” will mean, with respect to any Distribution Date and a class of Notes, interest accrued for the related Interest Period at the related Interest Rate for that class on the outstanding principal amount of that class on the immediately preceding Distribution Date, after giving effect to all payments of principal to Noteholders of that class on or prior to that Distribution Date (or, in the case of the first Distribution Date, on the original principal amount of that class).
     The “Noteholders’ Percentage” will mean, for any Distribution Date, [ %] [the percentage equivalent of a fraction, the numerator of which is the aggregate of the principal balances of the Class A-2, Class A-3 and Class A-4 Notes as of the Closing Date, and the denominator of which is the [aggregate of such principal balances plus the amount of the Certificates as of the Closing Date].
     The “Noteholders’ Principal Distributable Amount” will mean, (a) with respect to any Distribution Date until the principal amount of the Class A-1 Notes is reduced to zero, an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (i) the [Adjusted] Pool Balance as of the end of the Collection Period preceding the related Collection Period, or as of the Cut-off Date, in the case

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of the first Collection Period, over (ii) the [Adjusted] Pool Balance as of the end of the related Collection Period, together with any portion of the Noteholders’ Principal Distributable Amount that was to be distributed as such on any prior Distribution Date but was not because sufficient funds were not available to make such distribution; and (b) with respect to any Distribution Date on or after which the principal amount of the Class A-1 Notes is reduced to zero, an amount sufficient to reduce the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Class A Notes to an amount equal to the product of the Noteholders’ Percentage and the [Adjusted] Pool Balance as of the end of the related Collection Period; provided, however, that (a) the Noteholders’ Principal Distributable Amount on the Class A-1 Final Scheduled Distribution Date shall not be less than the amount that is necessary to reduce the outstanding principal amount of the Class A-1 Notes to zero; (b) the Noteholders’ Principal Distributable Amount on the Class A-2 Final Scheduled Distribution Date shall not be less than the amount that is necessary to reduce the outstanding principal amount of the Class A-2 Notes to zero; (c) the Noteholders’ Principal Distributable Amount on the Class A-3 Final Scheduled Distribution Date shall not be less than the amount that is necessary to reduce the outstanding principal amount of the Class A-3 Notes to zero; and (d) the Noteholders’ Principal Distributable Amount on the Class A-4 Final Scheduled Distribution Date shall not be less than the amount that is necessary to reduce the outstanding principal amount of the Class A-4 Notes to zero.
SUBORDINATION; RESERVE ACCOUNT
Subordination
     The rights of the Noteholders to receive payments with respect to the Receivables will be subordinated to the rights of the Servicer to receive the Total Servicing Fee, any additional servicing compensation described under “Description of the Transfer and Servicing Agreements — Compensation for Servicer and Administrator” in this Prospectus Supplement and the reimbursement of outstanding Advances.
Reserve Account
     The protection afforded to the Noteholders through subordination will be effected both by the preferential right of the Noteholders to receive, to the extent described in this Prospectus Supplement, current distributions on the Receivables and by the establishment and maintenance of a segregated trust account containing money and other property deposited therein pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement (the “Reserve Account”). The Reserve Account will be a segregated account in the name of the Indenture Trustee and pledged to the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Noteholders. The Reserve Account will be created with a deposit made by the Depositor on the Closing Date of an amount equal to $[ ], representing approximately [ ]% [of the outstanding principal balance of the Receivables as of the Cut-off Date] [of the Adjusted Pool Balance as of the Closing Date] (the “Reserve Account Initial Deposit”). The Reserve Account will thereafter be funded by the deposit therein of all Excess Amounts, if any, for each Distribution Date to the extent necessary to restore or bring the amounts on deposit in the Reserve Account to equal the Specified Reserve Account Balance.
     On each Distribution Date, to the extent that amounts in the Collection Account or Available Amounts, as the case may be, are insufficient to fully fund the payments and distributions described in clauses (1) through (5) under “Distributions on the Notes — Payment of Distributable Amounts,” the Indenture Trustee will withdraw amounts then on deposit in the Reserve Account, up to the amount of any such deficiency, and deposit such amounts into the Collection Account for application pursuant to such clauses. Notwithstanding the foregoing, on each Distribution Date, to the extent that amounts deposited in the Collection Account during the related Collection Period are insufficient to (a) fully reimburse the Servicer for Advances made by it that are required to be reimbursed to the Servicer under the Sale and Servicing Agreement, or (b) pay to the Servicer the Base Servicing Fee owed to the Servicer under the Sale and Servicing Agreement, amounts then on deposit in the Reserve Account will be applied to reimburse or pay the Servicer in full before any amounts therein are applied for the payment on the Notes.
     Amounts held from time to time in the Reserve Account will continue to be held for the benefit of holders of the Notes and may be invested in one or more Eligible Investments by the Indenture Trustee, as directed in writing by the Servicer. Income on such Eligible Investments (net of losses and expenses) will be paid to the Depositor on each Distribution Date. If the amount on deposit in the Reserve Account on any Distribution Date (after giving effect to all deposits to and withdrawals from the Reserve Account on that Distribution Date) is greater than the Specified Reserve Account Balance for that Distribution Date, the Indenture Trustee will release such excess amount to the Depositor. Upon any such distribution, the Noteholders will have no further rights in, or claims to such amounts.
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elapsed since the Cut-off Date) of the percentage equivalents of the ratios of net losses (i.e., the net balances of all Liquidated Receivables, less any Net Liquidation Proceeds with respect to such Liquidated Receivables from that or prior Collection Periods) to the [Adjusted] Pool Balance as of the first day of each such Collection Period exceeds [ ]%, or (b) the average for the preceding three Collection Periods (or such fewer number of Collection Periods as have elapsed since the Cut-off Date) of the percentage equivalents of the ratios of the number of Receivables that are delinquent [ ] days or more to the outstanding number of Receivables exceeds [ ]%, then the Specified Reserve Account Balance for such Distribution Date (and for each succeeding Distribution Date until the relevant averages have not exceeded the specified percentages in clauses (a) and (b) above for three successive Distribution Dates) shall be a dollar amount equal to the greater of (i) $[ ] and (ii) [ ]% of the outstanding principal balance of the Notes as of the preceding Distribution Date (after giving effect to payments of principal made on such Distribution Date).
     “Permitted Investments” will be limited to highly rated obligations, instruments or securities that meet the criteria of each Rating Agency from time to time as being consistent with its then-current ratings of the Notes which mature no later than the business day prior to the date on which such funds are required to be available for application pursuant to the Basic Documents.
     “Eligible Investments” shall mean one or more of the following obligations and securities: (a) direct obligations of, and obligations fully guaranteed as to timely payment of principal and interest by, the United States of America; (b) demand deposits, time deposits or certificates of deposit of any depository institution or trust company incorporated under the laws of the United States of America or any state thereof (or any domestic branch of a foreign bank) and subject to supervision and examination by Federal or State banking or depository institution authorities; provided, however, that at the time of the investment or contractual commitment to invest therein, the commercial paper or other short-term unsecured debt obligations (other than such obligations the rating of which is based on the credit of a person other than such depository institution or trust company) thereof shall have a credit rating from each of the Rating Agencies in the highest investment category granted thereby (including applicable plus signs); (c) commercial paper having, at the time of the investment or contractual commitment to invest therein, a rating from each of the Rating Agencies in the highest investment category granted thereby; (d) investments in money market funds having a rating from each of the Rating Agencies in the highest investment category granted thereby (including funds for which the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee or any of their respective affiliates is investment manager or advisor); (e) bankers’ acceptances issued by any depository institution or trust company referred to in clause (ii) above; (f) repurchase obligations with respect to any security that is a direct obligation of, or fully guaranteed by, the United States of America or any agency or instrumentality thereof the obligations of which are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States of America, in either case entered into with a depository institution or trust company (acting as principal) described in clause (ii); (g) repurchase obligations with respect to any security or whole loan which satisfies certain conditions; and (h) any other investment with respect to which the Servicer has received written notification from the Rating Agencies that the acquisition of such investment as an Eligible Investment will not result in a withdrawal or downgrading of the ratings on the Notes.
     The Servicer may, from time to time after the date of this Prospectus Supplement, request each Rating Agency to approve a formula for determining the Specified Reserve Account Balance that is different from those described above or change the manner by which the Reserve Account is funded. If each Rating Agency delivers a letter to the Owner Trustee to the effect that the use of any new formula will not result in a qualification, reduction or withdrawal of its then-current rating of any class of the Notes, then the Specified Reserve Account Balance will be determined in accordance with the new formula. The Sale and Servicing Agreement will accordingly be amended, without the consent of any Noteholder, to reflect the new calculation.
     The Depositor will not be required to refund any amounts properly distributed or paid to it, whether or not there are sufficient funds on any subsequent Distribution Date to make full distributions to the Noteholders.
     The Reserve Account and the subordination of the Certificates are intended to enhance the likelihood of receipt by Noteholders of the full amount of principal and interest due them and to decrease the likelihood that the Noteholders will experience losses. However, the Reserve Account could be depleted. If the amount required to be deposited into or required to be withdrawn from the Reserve Account to cover shortfalls in collections on the Receivables exceeds the amount of available cash in the Reserve Account, Noteholders could incur losses or suffer a temporary shortfall in the amounts distributed to the Noteholders.

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THE CERTIFICATES
General
     The Certificates will be issued under the Trust Agreement in definitive form. Payments on the Certificates will be subordinated to payments on the [Class A-1] Notes. The Certificates will not bear interest.
Principal
     Payments will be made to the Certificateholder on each Distribution Date in the priority and in the amount set forth under “Distributions on the Notes — Payment of Distributable Amounts” in this Prospectus Supplement. No payments will be made on the Certificates until the [Class A-1] Notes have been paid in full. See “The Notes — Payments of Principal” and “Distributions on the Notes — Payment of Distributable Amounts” in this Prospectus Supplement.
DESCRIPTION OF THE TRANSFER AND SERVICING AGREEMENTS
The Transfer and Servicing Agreements
     The description of the terms of the Indenture, the Purchase Agreement, the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Administration Agreement (the “Administration Agreement”) by and among the Issuing Entity, the Indenture Trustee, Owner Trustee and NMAC, as administrator (the “Administrator”), and the Trust Agreement (collectively, the “Transfer and Servicing Agreements”) in this Prospectus Supplement does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by reference to, all the provisions of the Transfer and Servicing Agreements. Forms of the Transfer and Servicing Agreements have been filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement. Copies of the final signed Transfer and Servicing Agreements will be filed with the SEC following the issuance of the Notes. Any description of the Transfer and Servicing Agreements in this Prospectus Supplement supplements the description of the general terms and provisions of the Transfer and Servicing Agreements set forth in the accompanying Prospectus, to which description reference is hereby made.
Sale and Assignment of Receivables
     Information with respect to the conveyance of the Receivables from the Depositor to the Issuing Entity on the Closing Date pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement is set forth under "Description of the Transfer and Servicing Agreements — Sale and Assignment of Receivables” in the accompanying Prospectus.
Accounts
     In addition to the accounts referred to under “Description of the Transfer and Servicing Agreements — Accounts” in the accompanying Prospectus, the Depositor will also establish with and pledge to the Indenture Trustee the Reserve Account. The Reserve Account will not be the property of the Issuing Entity. [The Yield Supplement Account established in the name of the Indenture Trustee will be the property of the Issuing Entity.]
Collections
     The Servicer will deposit all payments on Receivables received from Obligors and all proceeds of Receivables collected during each Collection Period into the Collection Account not later than the Business Day after receipt. However, so long as NMAC is the Servicer, and if each condition to making monthly deposits as required by the Sale and Servicing Agreement (including the satisfaction of specified ratings criteria by NMAC and the absence of any Servicer Default) is satisfied, the Servicer may retain such amounts until the Business Day prior to the related Distribution Date. The Servicer or the Depositor, as the case may be, will remit the aggregate Warranty Purchase Payments and Administrative Purchase Payments of Receivables to be purchased from the Issuing Entity to the Collection Account on the Business Day immediately preceding the related Distribution Date. The Servicer will be entitled to withhold, or to be reimbursed from amounts otherwise payable into or on deposit in the Collection Account, amounts previously deposited in the Collection Account but later determined to have resulted from mistaken deposits or postings. Except in certain circumstances described in the Sale and Servicing Agreement, pending deposit into the Collection Account, collections may be used by the Servicer at its own risk and for its own benefit and will not be segregated from its own funds. The Servicer, at its own risk and for its own benefit, may instruct the Indenture Trustee to invest amounts held in the Collection Account in Eligible Investments from the time deposited until the related Distribution Date. If permitted by the Rating Agencies, monies on

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deposit in the Collection Account may be invested in Eligible Investments that mature later than the Business Day immediately preceding the next Distribution Date in accordance with the Sale and Servicing Agreement. See “Description of the Transfer and Servicing Agreements — Collections” in the accompanying Prospectus.
     Collections on or in respect of a Receivable made during a Collection Period (including Warranty Purchase Payments and Administrative Purchase Payments) will be applied first to interest accrued to date, second to principal until the principal balance of such Receivable is brought current, third to reduce the unpaid late charges as provided in the Receivable and finally to prepay principal of the Receivable. See “Description of the Transfer and Servicing Agreements — Collections” in the accompanying Prospectus.

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Statements to Trustees and Issuing Entity
     On each Determination Date, the Servicer will provide to the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee a statement setting forth with respect to the Notes substantially the same information that is required to be provided in the periodic reports provided to Noteholders described under “— Statements to Noteholders” below.
Statements to Noteholders
     On or prior to each Distribution Date, the Servicer will prepare and provide to the Indenture Trustee a statement to be delivered to the Noteholders on that Distribution Date. In addition, on or prior to each Distribution Date, the statement to be delivered to the Noteholders will include (to the extent applicable) the following information regarding the Notes with respect to that Distribution Date:
  1.   the amount of the payment allocable to the principal amount of the Notes;
 
  2.   the amount of the payment allocable to interest on the Notes;
 
  3.   [the amount of the distribution allocable to the Yield Supplement Deposit, if any, plus reinvestment income, if any, on the Yield Supplement Account;]
 
  4.   the Pool Balance [and the Adjusted Pool Balance] as of the close of business on the last day of the related Collection Period;
 
  5.   the amount of the Base Servicing Fee paid to the Servicer with respect to the related Collection Period, the amount of any unpaid Base Servicing Fees and the change in that amount from that of the prior Distribution Date and the amount of any additional servicing compensation paid to the Servicer with respect to the related Collection Period;
 
  6.   [the interest rate for the Interest Period relating to the succeeding Distribution Date for the Class A-[ ] Note];
 
  7.   the Noteholders’ Interest Carryover Shortfall and the Noteholders’ Principal Carryover Shortfall, if any, for the Notes, and the change in those amounts from the preceding statement;
 
  8.   the aggregate outstanding principal amount, the Note Factor and the Note Pool Factor for the Notes, after giving effect to all payments reported under clause (1) above on that date;
 
  9.   the amount of Advances made in respect of the Receivables and the related Collection Period and the amount of unreimbursed Advances on that Distribution Date;
 
  10.   the balance of the Reserve Account [and Yield Supplement Account], after giving effect to changes thereto on that date and the amount of those changes;
 
  11.   the amount of defaults and losses on the Receivables for the related Collection Period;
 
  12.   the number of delinquencies on the Receivables as a percentage of the number of Receivables;
 
  13.   [the amount of the [Cap][Swap] Payments and the [Cap][Swap] Termination Payments received, if any, by the Issuing Entity from the [Cap Provider][Swap Counterparty] under the [Cap][Swap] Agreement;]
 
  14.   [the amount of the Currency Swap Payments and the Currency Swap Termination Payments, if any, due to the Currency Swap Counterparty under the Currency Swap Agreement;]
 
  15.   any material change in practices with respect to charge-offs, collection and management of delinquent Receivables, and the effect of any grade period, re-aging, re-structure, partial payments or other practices on delinquency and loss experience;
 
  16.   any material modifications, extensions or waivers to Receivables terms, fees, penalties or payments during the Collection Period;
 
  17.   any material breaches of representations, warranties or covenants contained in the Receivables;
 
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  19.   any material change in the underwriting, origination or acquisition of Receivables.
     Each amount set forth in subclauses (1), (2), (5) and [(7)] above will be expressed in the aggregate and as a dollar amount per $1,000 of the original principal amount of each class of Notes.
     Copies of the statements may be obtained by the Noteholders by delivering a request in writing addressed to the Indenture Trustee at its address set forth in this Prospectus Supplement.
     Within the prescribed period of time for tax reporting purposes after the end of each calendar year during the term of the Issuing Entity, the Indenture Trustee will mail to each person who at any time during that calendar year has been a Noteholder and received any payment, a statement containing information for the purposes of that Noteholder’s preparation of federal income tax returns. See “Material Federal Income Tax Consequences” in the accompanying Prospectus.
Advances
     On or before the Business Day prior to each Distribution Date, the Servicer will be obligated to make a payment into the Collection Account for each Receivable of an amount equal to the product of the principal balance of the Receivable as of the first day of the related Collection Period and one-twelfth of its APR minus the amount of interest actually received on the Receivable during the Collection Period (an “Advance”). If the calculation results in a negative number, an amount equal to the negative amount will be paid to the Servicer in reimbursement of outstanding Advances. In addition, if a Receivable becomes a Liquidated Receivable, the amount of accrued and unpaid interest on that Receivable (but not including interest for the current Collection Period) will, up to the amount of outstanding Advances in respect thereof, be withdrawn from the Collection Account and paid to the Servicer in reimbursement of the outstanding Advances. The Servicer will not be required to make any Advances (other than the Advance of an interest shortfall arising from a prepaid Receivable) to the extent that it does not expect to recoup the Advance from subsequent collections or recoveries with respect to the related Receivable. No advances of principal will be made with respect to the Receivables. See “Description of the Transfer and Servicing Agreements — Advances” in the accompanying Prospectus.
Compensation for Servicer and Administrator
     As Servicer, NMAC will be entitled to compensation for the performance of its servicing obligations with respect to the Receivables under the Sale and Servicing Agreement. NMAC will also perform the administrative obligations required to be performed by the Issuing Entity or the Owner Trustee under the Indenture and the Trust Agreement.
     The Base Servicing Fee for the calendar month immediately preceding any Distribution Date (a “Collection Period”) will be one-twelfth of [1.00]% (the “Servicing Rate”) of the Pool Balance as of the last day of the preceding Collection Period or, in the case of the first Distribution Date, the aggregate principal balance of the Receivables on the Cut-off Date (the “Base Servicing Fee”). The Base Servicing Fee, together with any unpaid Base Servicing Fee for any previous Collection Period, will be paid on each Distribution Date solely to the extent of Available Amounts (and, if necessary, amounts available in the Reserve Account). The Servicer will be entitled to collect and retain as additional servicing compensation in respect of each Collection Period any late fees, prepayment charges and any other administrative fees and expenses or similar charges collected during that Collection Period, plus any investment earnings or interest earned during that Collection Period from the investment of monies on deposit in the Collection Account [and the Reserve Account] (the “Supplemental Servicing Fee”). See “Description of the Transfer and Servicing Agreements — Collections” in this Prospectus Supplement and “Description of the Transfer and Servicing Agreements — Servicing Compensation” in the accompanying Prospectus. The Servicer will be paid the Base Servicing Fee and the Supplemental Servicing Fee (collectively the “Total Servicing Fee”) for each Collection Period on the following Distribution Date related to that Collection Period. However, if it is acceptable to each Rating Agency then rating the Notes without a reduction in the rating of any class of Notes, the Base Servicing Fee in respect of a Collection Period (together with any portion of the Base Servicing Fee that remains unpaid from prior Distribution Dates) will be paid at the beginning of that Collection Period out of collections of interest on the Receivables for the Collection Period. The Base Servicing Fee will be paid from Available Amounts (and, if necessary, amounts available in the Reserve Account) prior to the payment of the Noteholders’ Distributable Amount or Certificateholders’ Principal Distributable Amount.
[Yield Supplement Overcollateralization Amount]
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Supplement Overcollateralization Amount will decline on each Distribution Date. The Yield Supplement Overcollateralization Amount is intended to compensate for low APRs on some of the Receivables.
     With respect to any Distribution Date, the “Yield Supplement Overcollateralization Amount” is the amount specified below with respect to that Distribution Date:
         
    Yield Supplement    
    Overcollateralization    
Distribution Date   Amount    
Closing Date
  $[   ]
     The Yield Supplement Overcollateralization Amount has been calculated for each Distribution Date as the sum of the amount for each Receivable equal to the excess if any, of (x) the Scheduled Payments due on that Receivable for each future Collection Period discounted to present value as of the end of the preceding Collection Period at the APR of that Receivable over (y) the scheduled payments due on the Receivable for each future Collection Period discounted to present value as of the end of the preceding Collection Period at a discount rate equal to the greater of the APR of that Receivable and [ ]%. For purposes of the preceding definition, future scheduled payments on the Receivables are assumed to be made on their scheduled due dates without any delay, defaults or prepayments.]
[Yield Supplement Account and Yield Supplement Agreement]
     [Payments of the Yield Supplement Deposit will be made from funds on deposit in a segregated trust account to be established by the Issuing Entity in the name of the Indenture Trustee and the Issuing Entity will pledge the trust account to secure the Notes under the Indenture for the benefit of the holders of the Notes (the “Yield Supplement Account”). The Yield Supplement Account will be part of the Issuing Entity’s property and will be funded on the Closing Date by the Depositor who will make a capital contribution to the Issuing Entity by depositing $[ ] in cash into the Yield Supplement Account, which amount will equal the Required Yield Supplement Amount. Neither the Depositor nor the Servicer will be required to make any other deposits into the Yield Supplement Account on or after the Closing Date.
     The “Yield Supplement Deposit” for each Distribution Date means an aggregate amount (if positive), calculated by the Servicer, by which (a) — [days] [ months] interest on the principal balance, as of the first day of the related Collection Period, of each Yield Supplemented Receivable (other than a Defaulted Receivable, after the Collection Period in which that Receivable became a Defaulted Receivable) at a rate equal to the Required Rate exceeds (b) — [days] [ months] interest on the principal balance, as of the first day of the related Collection Period, at that Yield Supplemented Receivable’s APR. “Yield Supplemented Receivables” are Receivables that have APRs which are less than the Required Rate. The “Required Rate” means, with respect to any Distribution Date, [ ]%.
     If the Yield Supplement Deposit for any Distribution Date exceeds the amount available for withdrawal from the Yield Supplement Account on that Distribution Date, the Depositor will not have any further obligation under the Yield Supplement Agreement to deposit any further amounts into the Yield Supplement Account. The amount required to be on deposit in the Yield Supplement Account (the “Required Yield Supplement Amount”) will be equal to the lesser of the net present value of (a) the maximum aggregate Yield Supplement Deposits that will become due on future Distribution Dates, assuming (i) that payments on the Receivables are made on their scheduled due dates, based on a year consisting of twelve 30-day months, (ii) that no Receivable becomes a prepaid Receivable, and (iii) a discount rate of [ ]%, and (b) $[ ]. To the extent that on any Distribution Date the amount on deposit in the Yield Supplement Account exceeds the Required Yield Supplement Amount on that Distribution Date, after giving effect to all distributions to be made on such Distribution Date, the excess will be deposited into the Collection Account for distribution in accordance with the Sale and Servicing Agreement. The amount on deposit in the Yield Supplement Account may decline as a result of, among other things, prepayments or repayments in full of the Receivables.
     Amounts held from time to time in the Yield Supplement Account may be invested in one or more Eligible Investments. Income on such Eligible Investments (net of losses and expenses) shall be deposited into the Collection Account on each Distribution Date for distribution in accordance with the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
     Simultaneously with the sale and assignment of the Receivables by NMAC to the Depositor, the Depositor will enter into the Yield Supplement Agreement with the Indenture Trustee, the Servicer, and the Issuing Entity.]

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Net Deposits
     As an administrative convenience and as long as specified conditions are satisfied, the Servicer will be permitted to make the deposit of collections, aggregate Advances and amounts deposited in respect of purchases of Receivables by the Depositor or the Servicer for or with respect to the related Collection Period net of payments to be made to the Servicer with respect to that Collection Period. The Servicer, however, will account for the foregoing deposits and payments as if all of the foregoing deposits and payments were made individually. See “Description of the Transfer and Servicing Agreements — Deposits” in the accompanying Prospectus.
Optional Purchase
     The outstanding Notes will be paid in full on any Distribution Date on which the Servicer or any successor to the Servicer exercises its option to purchase the Receivables. The Servicer or any successor to the Servicer may purchase the Receivables on any Distribution Date when the Pool Balance shall have declined to [5]% or less of the [aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Receivables][Adjusted Pool Balance] as of the Cut-off Date (an “Optional Purchase”), as described in the accompanying Prospectus under “Description of the Transfer and Servicing Agreements — Termination.” The “Optional Purchase Price” for the outstanding Notes will be equal to the aggregate Administrative Purchase Payments for the Receivables, plus the appraised value of any other property held by the Issuing Entity; provided, however, that the Optional Purchase Price shall be equal to or greater than the sum of (a) the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Notes, (b) accrued and unpaid interest on those Notes for the related Distribution Date [and (c) the outstanding principal balance of the Certificates].
Modifications of Receivables
     Pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Servicer may extend any Receivable for credit related reasons that would be acceptable to the Servicer with respect to comparable receivables that it services for itself, but only if the final scheduled payment date of such Receivable as extended would not be later than the last day of the Collection Period preceding the Final Scheduled Distribution Date of the Class [A-4] Notes. The Servicer may also reduce an Obligor’s monthly payment amount in the event of a prepayment resulting from refunds of credit life and disability insurance premiums and service contracts and make similar adjustments in an Obligor’s payment terms to the extent required by law. At the end of the scheduled term of a Receivable, the Servicer may permit such Obligor to pay the remaining principal amount in more than one payment of principal and interest, provided that the last payment shall be due on or prior to the last day of the Collection Period preceding the Final Scheduled Distribution Date for the Class A-4 Notes.
Removal or Replacement of Servicer
     The Indenture Trustee or Noteholders evidencing a majority of the voting interests of Notes may terminate the rights and obligations of the Servicer under the Sale and Servicing Agreement upon:
  1.   any failure by the Servicer (or the Depositor, so long as NMAC is the Servicer) to deliver to the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee, as applicable, for deposit in any account any required payment or to direct the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee, as applicable, to make any required distributions from that account, and that failure continues unremedied for three Business Days after (a) receipt by the Servicer (or the Depositor, so long as NMAC is the Servicer) of written notice of the failure from the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee, as applicable, (b) receipt by the Servicer (or the Depositor, so long as NMAC is the Servicer) and the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee, as applicable, of written notice of the failure from the holders of Notes evidencing not less than 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Notes, acting together as the single class, or (c) discovery of that failure by any officer of the Servicer;
 
  2.   any failure by the Servicer (or the Depositor, as long as NMAC is the Servicer) to duly observe or perform in any material respect any other covenants or agreements of the Servicer (or the Depositor, as long as NMAC is the Servicer) set forth in the Sale and Servicing Agreement, and that failure materially and adversely affects the rights of the Noteholders or Certificateholders, and that failure continues unremedied for 90 days after the giving of written notice of the failure to (a) the Servicer (or the Depositor, so long as NMAC is the Servicer) by the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee, or (b) the Servicer (or the Depositor, so long as NMAC is the Servicer) and the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee, as applicable, by the holders of Notes evidencing not less than 25% in principal amount of those outstanding Notes or holders of Certificates evidencing not less than 25% of the balance attributable to the Certificates, each acting together as a single class; and

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  3.   the occurrence of an insolvency event with respect to the Servicer.
     Under those circumstances, authority and power shall, without further action, pass to and be vested in the Indenture Trustee or a successor Servicer appointed under the Sale and Servicing Agreement. If, however, a bankruptcy trustee or similar official has been appointed for the Servicer, and no Servicer Default other than the appointment of a bankruptcy trustee or similar official has occurred, that trustee or official may have the power to prevent the Indenture Trustee or the Noteholders from effecting a transfer of servicing. Upon receipt of notice of the occurrence of a Servicer Default, the Indenture Trustee shall give notice thereof to the Rating Agencies. Upon payment in full of the principal and interest on the Notes, the Certificateholders will succeed to the rights of the Noteholders with respect to removal of the Servicer. All reasonable costs and expenses incurred in connection with transferring the servicing of the Receivables to a successor servicer will be paid by the predecessor servicer. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event the predecessor servicer is the Indenture Trustee, NMAC will reimburse the Indenture Trustee for all reasonable costs and expense incurred in connection with transferring the servicing of the Receivables to a successor servicer.
     Upon the termination or resignation of the Servicer, the Servicer, subject to that termination or removal, will continue to perform its functions as Servicer, in the case of (a) termination, until the earlier of the date specified in the termination notice or, if no such date is specified therein, the date of the Servicer’s receipt of such notice, and (b) resignation, until the earlier of (1) the date 45 days from the delivery to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee of the resignation notice and (2) the date upon which the resigning Servicer becomes unable to act as Servicer, as specified in the resignation notice.
     Upon the appointment of a successor servicer, the successor servicer will assume all of the rights and obligations of the Servicer under the Sale and Servicing Agreement. Any compensation payable to a successor servicer may not be in excess of that permitted for the predecessor servicer. The predecessor servicer will have the right to be reimbursed for any outstanding Advances made by it with respect to the related Receivables to the extent funds are available therefore in respect of the Advances made.
Depositor Liability
     Under the Trust Agreement and the Indenture, the Depositor will be liable to injured parties only to the extent specified therein.
Termination of the Sale and Servicing Agreement
     The respective obligations of the Depositor, the Servicer, NMAC (so long as NMAC has rights or obligations thereunder), the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee, as the case may be, pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement will terminate upon the earliest of (a) the maturity or other liquidation of the last Receivable and the final disposition of all amounts received upon liquidation of any remaining Receivables and (b) the election by the Servicer to purchase the corpus of the Issuing Entity as described in “Description of the Transfer and Servicing Agreements — Optional Purchase” in this Prospectus Supplement and the payment or distribution to Noteholders of all amounts required to be paid to them under the Indenture or the Trust Agreement, as the case may be.
Duties of the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee
     The Owner Trustee will make no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of the Trust Agreement, the Certificates (other than the authentication of the Certificates), the Notes or of any Receivables or related documents and is not accountable for the use or application by the Depositor or the Servicer of any funds paid to the Depositor or the Servicer in respect of the Notes, the Certificates or the Receivables, or the investment of any monies by the Servicer before those monies are deposited into the Collection Account. The Owner Trustee will not independently verify the Receivables. The Owner Trustee is required to perform only those duties specifically required of it under the Trust Agreement. In addition to making distributions to the Certificateholders, those duties generally are limited to the receipt of the various certificates, reports or other instruments required to be furnished to the Owner Trustee under the Trust Agreement, in which case it will only be required to examine them to determine whether they conform on their face to the requirements of the Trust Agreement.
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unless those Certificateholders have offered to the Owner Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities that may be incurred by the Owner Trustee in connection with the exercise of those rights.
     The Indenture Trustee will make no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of the Indenture, the Certificates, the Notes (other than authentication of the Notes) or of any Receivables or related documents, and is not accountable for the use or application by the Depositor or the Servicer of any funds paid to the Depositor or the Servicer in respect of the Notes, the Certificates or the Receivables, or the investment of any monies by the Servicer before those monies are deposited into the Collection Account. The Indenture Trustee will not independently verify the Receivables. The Indenture Trustee is required to perform only those duties specifically required of it under the Indenture. In addition to making distributions to the Noteholders, those duties generally are limited to the receipt of the various certificates, reports or other instruments required to be furnished to the Indenture Trustee under the Indenture, in which case it will only be required to examine them to determine whether they conform on their face to the requirements of the Indenture.
     The Indenture Trustee will be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by the Indenture or to make any investigation of matters arising under the Indenture or to institute, conduct or defend any litigation under the Indenture or in relation thereto at the request, order or direction of any of the Noteholders, unless those Noteholders have offered to the Indenture Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities that may be incurred by the Indenture Trustee in connection with the exercise of those rights. No Noteholder will have any right under the Indenture to institute any proceeding with respect to the Indenture unless that Noteholder previously has given to the Indenture Trustee written notice of the Event of Default and (1) the Event of Default arises from the Servicer’s failure to remit payments when due or (2) the holders of the Notes evidencing not less than 25% of the voting interests of the Notes, acting together as a single class, have made written request upon the Indenture Trustee to institute that proceeding in its own name as the Indenture Trustee under the Indenture and have offered to the Indenture Trustee reasonable indemnity and the Indenture Trustee for 60 days has neglected or refused to institute that proceeding.
List of Noteholders
     Three or more Noteholders or one or more Noteholder evidencing not less than 25% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding 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 under the Notes. However, the Indenture Trustee may elect not to afford the requesting Noteholders access to the list of Noteholders if the Indenture Trustee agrees to mail the desired communication or proxy, on behalf of and at the expense of the requesting Noteholders, to all Noteholders.
The Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee
     As a matter of Delaware law, the Issuing Entity will be viewed as a separate legal entity, distinct from the Owner Trustee, and the Issuing Entity will be viewed as the issuer of the Certificates. The Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee and any of their respective affiliates may hold Certificates in their own names or as pledgees.
     For the purpose of meeting the legal requirements of some jurisdictions, the Servicer and the Owner Trustee or the Servicer and the Indenture Trustee, in each case acting jointly (or in some instances, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee acting alone), will have the power to appoint co-trustees or separate trustees of all or any part of the Issuing Entity. In the event of an appointment of co-trustees or separate trustees, all rights, powers, duties and obligations conferred or imposed upon the Owner Trustee by the Sale and Servicing Agreement and the Trust Agreement or the Indenture Trustee by the Indenture will be conferred or imposed upon the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee and each of their respective separate trustees or co-trustees jointly, or, in any jurisdiction in which the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee will be incompetent or unqualified to perform specified acts, singly upon that separate trustee or co-trustee who will exercise and perform those rights, powers, duties and obligations solely at the direction of the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee.
     The Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee may resign at any time, in which event the Servicer will be obligated to appoint a successor thereto. The Administrator may also remove the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee if either ceases to be eligible to continue as trustee under the Trust Agreement or the Indenture, as the case may be, becomes legally unable to act or becomes insolvent. In those circumstances, the Servicer will be obligated to appoint a successor Owner Trustee or Indenture Trustee, as applicable. Any resignation or removal of the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee and appointment of a successor thereto will not become effective until acceptance of the appointment by the successor.

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     The Trust Agreement will provide that the Servicer will pay the fees of the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee in connection with their duties under the Trust Agreement and Indenture, respectively. The Trust Agreement and Indenture will further provide that the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee will be entitled to indemnification by NMAC and the Depositor for, and will be held harmless against, any loss, liability, fee, disbursement or expense incurred by the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee not resulting from its own willful misfeasance, bad faith or negligence (other than by reason of a breach of any of its representations or warranties set forth in the Trust Agreement or the Indenture, as the case may be). The Trust Agreement and the Indenture will further provide that the Depositor and the Servicer will indemnify the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee for specified taxes that may be asserted in connection with the transaction.
[THE INTEREST RATE [CAP][SWAP] AGREEMENT]
     [The following summary describes certain terms of the [Cap][Swap] Agreement. The summary does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by reference to, the provisions of the [Cap][Swap] Agreement.]
[Payments Under the Cap Agreement ]
     [On the Closing Date the Issuing Entity will enter into a [1992] [2002] International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (“ISDA”) Master Agreement (such agreement, the “Master Agreement”) with [ ], as Cap Provider, as modified to reflect the transactions described below (the Master Agreement, as so modified, the “Cap Agreement”). The Cap Agreement will incorporate certain relevant standard definitions in the [2000] ISDA Definitions and the Annex to the [2000] ISDA Definitions published by ISDA. Under the Cap Agreement, if [LIBOR] related to any Distribution Date exceeds the Cap Rate, the Cap Provider will pay to the Issuing Entity an amount equal to the product of:
  1.   [LIBOR] for the related Distribution Date minus the Cap Rate,
 
  2.   the notional amount on the cap, [which will equal the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Class A-[ ] Notes on the first day of the Interest Period related to such Distribution Date] and
 
  3.   a fraction, the numerator of which is the actual number of days elapsed from and including the previous Distribution Date, to but excluding the current Distribution Date, or with respect to the first Distribution Date, from and including the Closing Date, to but excluding the first Distribution Date, and the denominator of which is [360][365].
     Unless the Cap Agreement is terminated early as described below under “— Early Termination of Cap Agreement,” the Cap Agreement will terminate, with respect to the Class A-[ ] Notes, on the earlier of (x) the Class A-[ ] Final Scheduled Distribution Date and (y) the date on which the principal balance of the Class A-[ ] Notes has been reduced to zero.]
[Description of the Swap Agreement]
     [On the Closing Date the Issuing Entity will enter into a [1992] [2002] International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (“ISDA”) Master Agreement (such agreement, the “Master Agreement”) with [ ], as swap counterparty, as modified to reflect the transactions described below (the Master Agreement, as so modified, the “Swap Agreement”). The Swap Agreement will incorporate certain relevant standard definitions in the [2000] ISDA Definitions and the Annex to the [2000] ISDA Definitions published by ISDA. Under the Swap Agreement, the Issuing Entity will receive payments at a rate determined by reference to [LIBOR], which is the basis for determining the amount of interest due on the Class A-[ ] Notes. Under the Swap Agreement, on each Distribution Date,
  1.   the Issuing Entity will be obligated to pay to the Swap Counterparty an amount equal to interest on a notional amount equal to [the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Class A-[ ] Notes at the notional fixed rate of [ ]%],
 
  2.   the Swap Counterparty will be obligated to pay to the Issuing Entity a floating interest rate of [LIBOR] plus [ ]% on a notional amount equal to [the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Class A-[ ] Notes].
     On each Distribution Date, the amount the Issuing Entity is obligated to pay will be netted against the amount the Swap Counterparty is obligated to pay under the Swap Agreement. Only the net amount will be due from the Issuing Entity or the Swap Counterparty, as applicable. Any amounts due to the Swap Counterparty, other than Swap Termination Payments, will be paid prior to payment of interest on the Notes.]

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     NMAC estimates the maximum probable exposure, made in substantially the same manner as that used in NMAC’s internal risk management process in respect of similar instruments, as a percentage of the aggregate principal balance of the Class A[ ] Notes, is [less than 10%] [at least 10% but less than 20%] [20% or more].]
[Add disclosure as required under Reg AB 1115(b)(1) if Swap Counterparty or Cap Provider provides payment representing 10% to less than 20% of cash flow supporting any offered class.]
[Add disclosure as required under Reg AB 1115(b)(2) if Swap Counterparty or Cap Provider supports 20% or more of cash flow supporting any offered class.]
[Description of the [Cap Provider][Swap Counterparty]
     [[ ], is a [ ] corporation with its principal place of business located at []. [It is a wholly-owned subsidiary of [ ]. [ ] primarily acts as a counterparty for certain derivative financial products, including interest rate, currency, and commodity swaps, caps and floors, currency options, and credit derivatives. [ ] maintains positions in interest-bearing securities, financial futures, and forward contracts primarily to hedge its exposure. In the normal course of its business, [ ] enters into repurchase and resale agreements with certain affiliated companies. The obligations of [ ] under the [Cap][Swap] Agreement will be guaranteed by [ ].]
     [ ], is a [ ] corporation with its principal place of business located at [ ]. [ ]’s senior unsecured debt obligations currently are rated [       ] by Standard & Poor’s and [ ] by Moody’s.]
[Conditions Precedent]
     [The obligations of the [Cap Provider][Swap Counterparty] to pay certain amounts due under the [Cap][Swap] Agreement will be subject to the conditions precedent that no Early Termination Date (as defined below under “— Early Termination of [Cap][Swap] Agreement”) shall have occurred or shall have been effectively designated.]
[Defaults Under [Cap][Swap] Agreement ]
     [Events of default under the [Cap][Swap] Agreement (each, a “[Cap][Swap] Event of Default”) are limited to: (i) the failure of the [Cap Provider][Swap Counterparty] to pay any amount when due under the [Cap][Swap] Agreement after giving effect to any applicable grace period; (ii) the occurrence of certain events of insolvency or bankruptcy of the [Cap Provider][Swap Counterparty]; [and (iii) certain other standard events of default under the Master Agreement.]
[Cap][Swap] Termination Events ]
     [“[Cap][Swap] Termination Events” under the [Cap][Swap] Agreement consist of the following: (i) any event of default under the Indenture that results in the acceleration of the Notes or the liquidation of the Issuing Entity’s property; (ii) the Indenture is amended or supplemented without the consent of the [Cap Provider][Swap Counterparty] in any manner which would adversely affect any of the [Cap Provider][Swap Counterparty]’s rights or obligations under the [Cap][Swap] Agreement; (iii) the long-term debt rating of [ ] is reduced to a level below “[ ]” by Moody’s or “[ ]” by Standard & Poor’s or the short-term debt rating of [ ] is reduced to a level below “[ ]” by Moody’s, or “[ ]” by Standard & Poor’s (or, in each case, such lower ratings as may be permitted by Moody’s and Standard & Poor’s without causing a downgrade in the ratings applicable to the Notes) and the [Cap Provider][Swap Counterparty] has failed to otherwise cure such default under the terms of the [Cap][Swap] Agreement; and (iv) certain standard termination events under the Master Agreement including “Illegality” (which generally relates to changes in law causing it to become unlawful for either of the parties to perform its obligations under the [Cap][Swap] Agreement), “Force Majeure Event” (which generally relates to the occurrence of a force majeure or an act of state that prevents either of the parties from performing its obligations under the [Cap][Swap] Agreement, “Tax Event” (which generally relates to either party to the [Cap][Swap] Agreement receiving payments thereunder from which an amount has been deducted or withheld for or on account of certain taxes) and “Tax Event Upon Merger” (which generally relates to a party to the [Cap][Swap] Agreement receiving a payment under the [Cap][Swap] Agreement from which an amount has been deducted or withheld for or on account of certain taxes as a result of a party merging with another entity), each as more fully described in Sections [5(b)(i)], [5(b)(ii)], [5(b)(iii)], and [5(b)(iv)] of the Master Agreement.]

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[Early Termination of [Cap][Swap] Agreement
     Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any [Cap][Swap] Event of Default, the non-defaulting party will have the right to designate an “Early Termination Date” (as defined in the [Cap][Swap] Agreement). On the Early Termination Date, the [Cap][Swap] Agreement will terminate. With respect to [Cap][Swap] Termination Events, an Early Termination Date may be designated by one or both of the parties (as specified in the [Cap][Swap] Agreement with respect to each [Cap][Swap] Termination Event) and will occur only upon notice and, in certain cases, after the party causing the [Cap][Swap] Termination Event has used reasonable efforts to transfer its rights and obligations under such [Cap][Swap] Agreement to a related entity within a limited period after notice has been given of the [Cap][Swap] Termination Event, all as set forth in the [Cap][Swap] Agreement. The occurrence of an Early Termination Date under the [Cap][Swap] Agreement will constitute a “[Cap][Swap] Termination.”
     The Issuing Entity will assign its rights under the [Cap][Swap] Agreement to the Indenture Trustee in connection with the Issuing Entity’s pledge of the assets of the Issuing Entity as collateral for the Notes. The Indenture provides that upon the occurrence of (i) any [Cap][Swap] Event of Default arising from any action taken, or failure to act, by the [Cap Provider][Swap Counterparty], or (ii) any [Cap][Swap] Termination Event (except as described in the following sentence) with respect to which the [Cap Provider][Swap Counterparty] is an affected party, the Indenture Trustee may and will, at the direction of the Noteholders evidencing at least a majority of the aggregate of the outstanding principal balances of all such classes voting as a single class, by notice to the [Cap Provider][Swap Counterparty], designate an Early Termination Date with respect to the [Cap][Swap] Agreement. If a [Cap][Swap] Termination Event occurs as a result of the insolvency or bankruptcy of the [Cap Provider][Swap Counterparty], which event has not been otherwise cured under the terms of the [Cap][Swap] Agreement, the Indenture Trustee will be required by the terms of the Indenture (as assignee of the rights of the Issuing Entity under the [Cap][Swap] Agreement) to terminate the [Cap][Swap] Agreement.
     Following an Early Termination Date, [the Issuing Entity or] the [Cap Provider][Swap Counterparty] may be liable to make a termination payment to the [other party][the Issuing Entity], in some cases regardless, of which party may have caused such termination (any such payment, a “[Cap][Swap] Termination Payment”). The amount of any [Cap][Swap] Termination Payment due to the Issuing Entity will be available to make payment on the Notes[, and the amount of any Swap Termination Payment due to the Swap Counterparty will be payable out of funds pari passu with payments of interest on the Notes]. The [Cap][Swap] Termination Payment will generally be based on the replacement costs incurred or gains realized in replacing or providing the economic equivalent of the material terms of the interest rate [cap][swap] transactions, together with amounts in respect of obligations that were due but unfulfilled at the time of termination, in accordance with the procedures set forth in the [Cap][Swap] Agreement (assuming, for purposes of such calculation, that all outstanding shortfalls in amounts payable as [Cap][Swap] Payments are due and payable on the first Distribution Date that would have occurred after the Early Termination Date). Any [Cap][Swap] Termination Payment could, if interest rates have changed significantly, be substantial.
     With respect to certain [Cap][Swap] Termination Events, the Issuing Entity may, but is not obligated to, obtain a replacement interest rate [Cap][Swap] agreement on substantially the same terms as the [Cap][Swap] Agreement, provided that, (a) the new [Cap Provider][Swap Counterparty] enters into a substantially similar interest rate [Cap][Swap] agreement to the reasonable satisfaction of the Indenture Trustee (as assignee of the rights of the Issuing Entity under the [Cap][Swap] Agreement) and (b) the ratings assigned to the Notes after such assignment and release will be at least equal to the ratings assigned by Moody’s and Standard & Poor’s to the Notes at the time of such [Cap][Swap] Termination.
     Upon the occurrence of any Event of Default that results in acceleration of the Notes or involving an uncured payment default under the Indenture, the principal of each class of Notes will become immediately payable and the Indenture Trustee will be obligated to liquidate the assets of the Issuing Entity. In any such event, the ability of the Issuing Entity to pay interest on each class of Notes will depend on (a) the price at which the assets of the Issuing Entity are liquidated and (b) the amount of the [Cap][Swap] Termination Payment, if any, that may be due to the Issuing Entity from the [Cap Provider][Swap Counterparty] under the [Cap][Swap] Agreement. If the net proceeds of the liquidation of the assets of the Issuing Entity are not sufficient to make all payments due in respect of the Notes and for the Issuing Entity to meet its obligations, if any, in respect of the termination of the [Cap][Swap] Agreement, then such amounts will be allocated and applied in accordance with the priority of payments described herein. See “Description of the Notes — Principal”]
[Taxation]
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by the [Cap Provider][Swap Counterparty] to the Issuing Entity become subject to withholding taxes, holders of Notes evidencing at least a majority of the aggregate outstanding principal balances of all such classes voting as a single class may direct the Indenture Trustee to terminate the [Cap][Swap] Agreement, as described above under “— [Cap][Swap] Termination Events.”]
[Modification and Amendment of [Cap][Swap] Agreement]
     [The Indenture contains provisions permitting the Indenture Trustee (as assignee of the rights of the Issuing Entity under the [Cap][Swap] Agreement) to enter into any amendment of the [Cap][Swap] Agreement (i) to cure any ambiguity or mistake, (ii) to correct any defective provisions or to correct or supplement any provision therein that may be inconsistent with any other provision therein or with the Indenture, or (iii) to add any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the [Cap][Swap] Agreement; provided, in the case of clause (iii), that such amendment will not adversely affect in any material respect the interest of any Noteholder. Any such amendment shall be deemed not to adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Noteholder if [the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied with respect to such amendment] [Standard & Poor’s delivers a letter to the Indenture Trustee to the effect that the amendment will not result in a qualification, reduction or withdrawal of its then-current rating of any class of Notes, and if the Indenture Trustee has provided Moody’s with 10 days’ prior written notice of the amendment and Moody’s shall not have notified the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee that the amendment might or would result in the qualification, reduction or withdrawal of the rating it has currently assigned to any class of Notes.]
FEES AND EXPENSES
     Set forth below is a list of all fees and expenses payable on each Distribution Date out of Available Amounts and amounts on deposit in the Reserve Account for the related Collection Period.
             
        Party    
Type of Fee   Amount of Fee   Receiving Fee   Priority in Distribution
Base Servicing
Fee(1)
  One-twelfth of []% of the principal balance of the receivables as of the last day of the proceeding collection period, or in the case of the first Distribution Date, at the Cut-off Date   Servicer   Payable prior to payment of interest on and principal of the Notes
 
           
[Net amounts due to the Swap Counterparty](2)
  [Net amount due on each Distribution Date from the Issuing Entity to the Swap Counterparty under the Swap Agreement for the related Collection Period]   [Swap
Counterparty]
  [Payable Prior to payment of interest on and principal of the Notes]
 
           
[Swap termination payments]
(2)
  [Market value of the Swap Agreement based on market quotations of the cost of entering into interest rate swap transactions with the same terms and conditions that would have the effect of preserving the full payment obligations of the parties in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Swap Agreement.]   [Swap
Counterparty]
  [Pari passu with payment of interest on the Notes]
 
(1)   The formula for calculating the Base Servicing Fee may not be changed without the consent of all of the holders of the Notes and Certificates then outstanding and delivery of an opinion of counsel as to certain tax matters. See “Description of the Transfer and Servicing Agreements — Amendment” in the accompanying Prospectus. The fees and expenses of the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee will not be paid out of Available Amounts on each Distribution Date. Instead, such fees and expenses will be paid by NMAC, both as the Servicer, pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement and as the Administrator, pursuant to the Administration Agreement.
 
[(2)   The Swap Agreement may be amended if Standard & Poor’s delivers a letter to the Indenture Trustee to the effect that the amendment will not result in a qualification, reduction or withdrawal of its then-current rating of any class of Notes, and if the Indenture Trustee has provided Moody’s with 10 days prior written notice of the amendment and Moody’s shall not have notified the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee that the amendment might or would result in the qualification, reduction or withdrawal of the rating it has currently assigned to any class of Notes. See “Description of the Interest Rate Swap Agreement — Modification and Amendment of Swap Agreement.”]

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shall not have notified the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee that the amendment might or would result in the qualification, reduction or withdrawal of the rating it has currently assigned to any class of Notes. See “Description of the Interest Rate Swap Agreement — Modification and Amendment of Swap Agreement.”]
MATERIAL FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES
     In the opinion of Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP, tax counsel to the Issuing Entity, for federal income tax purposes, the Notes will be characterized as debt, and the Issuing Entity will not be characterized as an association (or a publicly traded partnership) taxable as a corporation. The Noteholders will be deemed to agree, by their purchase of the Notes, to treat the Notes as debt for federal income tax purposes.
     See the discussion under “Material Federal Income Tax Consequences — Tax Treatment of Issuing Entity” and “— State and Local Tax Considerations” in the accompanying Prospectus.
ERISA CONSIDERATIONS
     Subject to the important considerations described below and under “ERISA Considerations” in the accompanying Prospectus, the Notes are eligible for purchase by pension, profit-sharing or other employee benefit plans subject to Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”), as well as individual retirement accounts, Keogh plans and other plans subject to Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), as well as any entity holding “plan assets” of any of the foregoing (each, a “Benefit Plan”).
     Although there is little guidance on the subject, assuming the Notes constitute debt for local law purposes, the Issuing Entity believes that, at the time of their issuance, the Notes should be treated as indebtedness without substantial equity features for purposes of the Plan Assets Regulation (as defined in “ERISA Considerations” in the accompanying Prospectus). This determination is based in part upon the traditional debt features of the Notes, including the reasonable expectation of purchasers of notes that the Notes will be repaid when due, as well as the absence of conversion rights, warrants and other typical equity features. The debt treatment of the Notes for ERISA purposes could change if the Issuing Entity incurs losses. This risk of recharacterization is enhanced for notes that are subordinated to other classes of securities.
     By acquiring a Note, each purchaser and transferee will be deemed to represent, warrant and covenant that either (a) it is not acquiring the Note (or any interest therein) with the assets of a Benefit Plan or any other employee benefit plan that is subject to a law that is similar to Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code; or (b) the acquisition, holding and disposition of the Note will not give rise to a nonexempt prohibited transaction under Section 406 of ERISA, Section 4975 of the Code or any similar applicable law.
MATERIAL LITIGATION
     No material litigation or governmental proceeding is pending, or has been threatened, against the Servicer, the Depositor or the Issuing Entity.
CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS
     The Depositor is a wholly-owned subsidiary of NMAC. In addition to the agreements described in the accompanying Prospectus and this Prospectus Supplement, NMAC may from time to time enter into agreements in the ordinary course of business or that are on arms’ length terms with its parent Nissan North America, Inc.
RATINGS OF THE NOTES
     The ratings of the Notes will be based primarily upon the value of the Receivables, the Reserve Account, the Yield Supplement Account, the Certificates and the terms of the Notes. There can be no assurance that any such rating will not be lowered or withdrawn by the assigning Rating Agency if, in its judgment, circumstances so warrant. If a rating with respect to any class of Notes is qualified, reduced or withdrawn, no person or entity will be obligated to provide any additional credit enhancement with respect to the Notes.
     A rating is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold the Notes, inasmuch as such rating does not comment as to market price or suitability for a particular investor. The rating of the Notes address the likelihood of the payments on the Notes pursuant to their terms.

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     There can be no assurance as to whether any Rating Agency other than the assigning Rating Agency will rate the Notes or, if one does, what rating will be assigned by such other Rating Agency. A rating on the Notes by another Rating Agency, if assigned at all, may be lower than the ratings assigned to the Notes by the assigning Rating Agency.
     NMAC has paid a fee to the assigning Rating Agencies to rate the Notes. Although no contractual arrangements are in place, NMAC believes that the assigning Rating Agencies will continue to monitor the transaction while the Notes are outstanding.
LEGAL OPINIONS
     Certain legal matters relating to the Notes and federal income tax and other matters will be passed upon for the Issuing Entity, the Depositor and the Servicer by Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP and Richards, Layton and Finger. In addition, certain matters relating to the issuance of the Notes will be passed upon for the Underwriters by Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP.
UNDERWRITING
     Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”), the Depositor has agreed to sell to each of the Underwriters named below (collectively, the “Underwriters”), and each of the Underwriters has severally agreed to purchase, the principal amount of Notes set forth opposite its name below:
                                 
    Principal     Principal     Principal     Principal  
    Amount of     Amount of     Amount of     Amount of  
    Class A-1     Class A-2     Class A-3     Class A-4  
Underwriter   Notes     Notes     Notes     Notes  
[ ]
  $       $       $       $    
[ ]
  $       $       $       $    
[ ]
  $       $       $       $    
[ ]
  $       $       $       $    
[ ]
  $       $       $       $    
[ ]
  $       $       $       $    
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  $       $       $       $    
[ ]
  $       $       $       $    
[ ]
  $       $       $       $    
 
                       
Total
  $       $       $       $    
 
                       
     In the Underwriting Agreement, the Underwriters have agreed, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Underwriting Agreement, to purchase all of the Notes if any of the Notes are purchased. This obligation of the Underwriters is subject to specified conditions precedent set forth in the Underwriting Agreement. The Depositor has been advised by the Underwriters that they propose initially to offer the Notes to the public at the prices set forth on the cover of this Prospectus Supplement, and to specified dealers at that price less the initial concession not in excess of [ ]% of the principal amount of the Notes per Class A-1 Note, [ ]% per Class A-2 Note, [ ]% per Class A-3 Note, and [ ]% per Class A-4 Note. The Underwriters may allow, and those dealers may reallow, a concession not in excess of [ ]% per Class A-1 Note, [ ]% per Class A-2 Note, [ ]% per Class A-3 Note, and [ ]% per Class A-4 Note to some other dealers. After the initial public offering of the Notes, the public offering price and those concessions may be changed.
     The Depositor and NMAC have agreed to jointly and severally indemnify the Underwriters against specified liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or to contribute to payments which the Underwriters may be required to make in respect thereof. However, in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission, certain indemnification provisions for liability arising under the federal securities laws are contrary to public policy and therefore unenforceable. In the ordinary course of their respective businesses, the Underwriters and their respective affiliates have engaged and may engage in investment banking and/or commercial banking transactions with NML and its affiliates.
     The Notes are new issues of securities with no established trading markets. The Depositor has been advised by the Underwriters that they intend to make a market in the Notes of each class, in each case as permitted by applicable laws and regulations. The Underwriters are not obligated, however, to make a market in the Notes of any class, and that market-making may be discontinued at any time without notice at the sole discretion of the Underwriters. Accordingly, no assurance can be given as to the liquidity of, or trading markets for, the Notes of any class.

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     The Issuing Entity may, from time to time, invest funds in the Accounts, as defined in the Prospectus, in Eligible Investments acquired from the Underwriters.
     NMAC or its affiliates may apply all or any portion of the net proceeds of the sale of the Receivables to the Depositor to the repayment of debt, including “warehouse” debt secured by Receivables and/or to repurchase Receivables sold into a receivables purchase facility. One or more of the Underwriters (or (a) their respective affiliates or (b) entities for which their respective affiliates act as administrator and/or provide liquidity lines) may have acted as a “warehouse” lender or purchaser to NMAC or its affiliates, and may receive a portion of such proceeds as repayment of such “warehouse” debt or as repurchase proceeds.
     The Underwriters have advised the Depositor that in connection with the offering of the Notes, the Underwriters may engage in overallotment transactions, stabilizing transactions or syndicate covering transactions in accordance with Regulation M under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Overallotment involves sales in excess of the offering size, which creates a short position for the Underwriters. Stabilizing transactions involve bids to purchase the Notes in the open market for the purpose of pegging, fixing or maintaining the price of the Notes. Syndicate covering transactions involve purchases of the Notes in the open market after the distribution has been completed in order to cover short positions. Overallotment, stabilizing transactions and syndicate covering transactions may cause the price of the Notes to be higher than it would otherwise be in the absence of those transactions. Neither the Depositor nor the Underwriters makes any representation or prediction as to the direction or magnitude of any of that effect on the prices for the Notes. Neither the Depositor nor the Underwriters represent that the Underwriters will engage in any such transactions. If the Underwriters engage in such transactions, they may discontinue them at any time. Rule 15c6-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, generally requires trades in the secondary market to settle in three business days, unless the parties to such trade expressly agree otherwise. Because delivery of the Notes to purchasers hereunder will settle more than three business days after the date hereof, purchasers hereunder who wish to trade notes in the secondary market on the date hereof will be required to specify an alternative settlement cycle with their secondary purchasers to prevent a failed settlement of the secondary purchase. Purchasers hereunder who wish to make such secondary trades on the date hereof should consult their own advisors.
     The Underwriters may act through one or more of their affiliates when selling the Notes outside the United States. However, each Underwriter will represent that (a) it has not offered or sold and will not offer or sell, prior to the date six months after their date of issuance, any Notes to persons in the United Kingdom, except to persons whose ordinary activities involve them in acquiring, holding, managing or disposing of investments (as principal or agent) for the purposes of their businesses or otherwise in circumstances which have not resulted in and will not result in an offer to the public in the United Kingdom within the meaning of the Public Offers of Securities Regulations 1995 (as amended); (b) it has complied and will comply with all applicable provisions of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (the “FSMA”) with respect to anything done by it in relation to the Notes in, from or otherwise involving the United Kingdom; and (c) it will only communicate or cause to be communicated any invitation or inducement to engage in investment activity (within the meaning of Section 21 of the FSMA) received by it in connection with the issue or sale of any securities in circumstances in which Section 21(1) of the FSMA does not apply to the Depositor.

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INDEX OF TERMS
         
    Page
1934 Act
    S-26  
ABS
    S-36  
ABS Table
    S-37  
[Adjusted] Pool Balance
    S-49  
Administrative Purchase Payments
    S-47  
Administration Agreement
    S-52  
Administrator
    S-52  
Advance
    S-55  
APR
    S-28  
Available Amounts
    S-47  
Available Interest
    S-47  
Available Principal
    S-47  
Base Servicing Fee
    S-55  
Basic Documents
    S-25  
Beacon Score Card
    S-28  
Benefit Plan
    S-64  
Business Day
    S-42  
Calculation Agent
    S-43  
[Cap Agreement]
    S-60  
[Cap Event of Default]
    S-61  
[Cap Payment]
    S-43  
[Cap Provider]
    S-43  
[Cap Rate]
    S-43  
[Cap Termination]
    S-62  
[Cap Termination Payment]
    S-62  
[Cap Termination Events]
    S-61  
Cede
    S-38  
Certificateholders
    S-45  
Certificateholders’ Principal Distributable Amount
    S-49  
Certificateholders’ Percentage
    S-49  
Certificates
    S-25  
Clearstream Banking Luxembourg
    A-1  
Closing Date
    S-28  
Code
    S-64  
Collection Account
    S-47  
Collection Period
    S-55  
Credit Scores
    S-28  
Currency Swap Agreement
    S-49  
Currency Swap Counterparty
    S-49  
Cut-off Date
    S-26  
Dealer Recourse
    S-25, 26  
Dealers
    S-27  
Defaulted Receivable
    S-47  
Definitive Notes
    S-41  
Depositor
    S-25  
Designated LIBOR Page
    S-43  
Determination Date
    S-46  
Distribution Date
    S-42  
DTC
    S-38, A-1  
DTC Participants
    A-1  
Early Termination Date
    S-62  
Eligible Investments
    S-51  
ERISA
    S-64  
Event of Default
    S-33  
Euroclear
    A-1  
Excess Amount
    S-48  
FICO
    S-28  
Final Scheduled Distribution Date
    S-34  
Financed Vehicles
    S-27  
Floating Rate Notes
    S-42  
Force Majeure Event
    S-61  
FSMA
    S-66  
Global Securities
    A-1  
[Illegality]
    S-61  
Indenture
    S-27  
Indenture Trustee
    S-27  
[Interest Determination Date]
    S-43  
Interest Period
    S-42  
Interest Rate
    S-42  
[Interest Reset Date]
    S-42  
[ISDA]
    S-60  
Issuing Entity
    S-25  
LIBOR
    S-42  
Liquidated Receivable
    S-48  
London Business Day
    S-43  
[Master Agreement]
    S-60  
Moody’s
    S-49  
NMAC
    S-25  
Net Liquidation Proceeds
    S-47  
NML
    S-41  
Non-U.S. Person
    A-4  
Note Factor
    S-38  
Noteholders
    S-42  
Noteholders’ Distributable Amount
    S-49  
Noteholders’ Interest Carryover Shortfall
    S-49  
Noteholders’ Interest Distributable Amount
    S-49  
Noteholders’ Monthly Interest Distributable Amount
    S-49  
Noteholders’ Percentage
    S-44, 49  
Noteholders’ Principal Distributable Amount
    S-49  
Notes
    S-42  
Note Owner
    S-41  
Obligors
    S-27  
Optional Purchase
    S-57  
Optional Purchase Price
    S-57  
Owner Trustee
    S-25  
Permitted Investments
    S-51  
Plan assets
    S-64  
Pool Balance
    S-38  
Pool Factor
    S-38  
Purchase Agreement
    S-39  
Rating Agencies
    S-49  
Receivables
    S-27  
Redemption Price
    S-56  
Required Rate
    S-56  
[Required Yield Supplement Amount]
    S-56  
Reserve Account
    S-37, 50  
Reserve Account Initial Deposit
    S-50  
Sale and Servicing Agreement
    S-25  
SEC
    S-26  
Servicer
    S-25  
Servicer Default
    S-46  
Servicing Rate
    S-55  
Specified Reserve Account Balance
    S-50  
Spread
    S-42  
Standard and Poor’s
    S-49  
Supplemental Servicing Fee
    S-55  
[Swap Agreement]
    S-60  
[Swap Counterparty]
    S-44  
[Swap Termination Events]
    S-61  

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[Swap Event of Default]
    S-61  
[Swap Termination]
    S-62  
[Swap Termination Payment]
    S-62  
[Swap Payment]
    S-9  
[Swap Receipt]
    S-9  
[Tax Event]
    S-61  
[Tax Event Upon Merger]
    S-61  
Total Servicing Fee
    S-55  
Transfer and Servicing Agreements
    S-52  
Trust Agreement
    S-25  
Underwriters
    S-65  
Underwriting Agreement
    S-65  
Warranty Purchase Payments
    S-47  
[Yield Supplement Account]
    S-56  
[Yield Supplement Deposit]
    S-56  
[Yield Supplement Overcollateralization Amount]
    S-56  
[Yield Supplemented Receivables]
    S-56  

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APPENDIX A
GLOBAL CLEARANCE, SETTLEMENT AND
TAX DOCUMENTATION PROCEDURES
     Except in specified circumstances, the globally offered Notes (the “Global Securities”) will be available only in book-entry form. Investors in the Global Securities may hold those Global Securities through The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”), Clearstream Banking société anonyme (“Clearstream Banking Luxembourg”) or Euroclear Systems (“Euroclear”). The Global Securities will be tradable as home market instruments in both the European and U.S. domestic markets. Initial settlement and all secondary trades will settle in same-day funds.
     Secondary market trading between investors holding Global Securities through Clearstream Banking Luxembourg and Euroclear will be conducted in the ordinary way in accordance with their normal rules and operating procedures and in accordance with conventional eurobond practice (i.e., three calendar day settlement).
     Secondary market trading between investors holding Global Securities through DTC will be conducted according to the rules and procedure applicable to U.S. corporate debt obligations and prior asset-backed securities issues.
     Secondary cross-market trading between Clearstream Banking Luxembourg or Euroclear and DTC Participants holding securities will be effected on a delivery-against-payment basis through the depositaries of Clearstream Banking Luxembourg and Euroclear (in that capacity) and the participating members of DTC (“DTC Participants”).
     Non-U.S. holders (as described below) of Global Securities will be subject to U.S. withholding taxes unless those holders meet specified requirements and deliver appropriate U.S. tax documents to the securities clearing organizations or their participants.
Initial Settlement
     All Global Securities will be held in book-entry form by DTC in the name of Cede & Co. as nominee of DTC. Investors’ interests in the Global Securities will be represented through financial institutions acting on their behalf as direct and indirect Participants in DTC. As a result, Clearstream Banking Luxembourg and Euroclear will hold positions on behalf of their participants through their depositaries, which in turn will hold those positions in accounts as DTC Participants.
     Investors electing to hold their Global Securities through DTC will follow DTC settlement practice. Investor securities custody accounts will be credited with their holdings against payment in same-day funds on the settlement date.
     Investors electing to hold their Global Securities through Clearstream Banking Luxembourg or Euroclear accounts will follow the settlement procedures applicable to conventional eurobonds, except that there will be no temporary global security and no “lock-up” or restricted period. Global Securities will be credited to securities custody accounts on the settlement date against payment in same-day funds.
Secondary Market Trading
     Since the purchaser determines the place of delivery, it is important to establish at the time of the trade where both the purchaser’s and seller’s accounts are located to ensure that settlement can be made on the desired value date.
     Trading between DTC Participants. Secondary market trading between DTC Participants will be settled using the procedures applicable to prior asset-backed securities issues in same-day funds.

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     Trading between Clearstream Banking Luxembourg and/or Euroclear Participants. Secondary market trading between Clearstream Banking Luxembourg Participants or Euroclear Participants will be settled using the procedures applicable to conventional eurobonds in same-day funds.
     Trading between DTC Seller and Clearstream Banking Luxembourg or Euroclear Participants. When Global Securities are to be transferred from the account of a DTC Participant to the account of a Clearstream Banking Luxembourg Participant or a Euroclear Participant, the purchaser will send instructions to Clearstream Banking Luxembourg or Euroclear through a Clearstream Banking Luxembourg Participant or Euroclear Participant at least one business day prior to settlement. Clearstream Banking Luxembourg or Euroclear will instruct the respective Depositary, as the case may be, to receive the Global Securities against payment. Payment will include interest accrued on the Global Securities from and including the last coupon payment date to and excluding the settlement date, on the basis of the actual number of days in that accrual period and a year assumed to consist of 360 days. For transactions settling on the 31st of the month, payment will include interest accrued to and excluding the first day of the following month. Payment will then be made by the respective Depositary to the DTC Participant’s account against delivery of the Global Securities. After settlement has been completed, the Global Securities will be credited to the respective clearing system and by the clearing system, in accordance with its usual procedures, to the Clearstream Banking Luxembourg Participant’s or Euroclear Participant’s account. The securities credit will appear the next day (European time) and the cash debt will be back-valued to, and the interest on the Global Securities will accrue from, the value date (which would be the preceding day when settlement occurred in New York). If settlement is not completed on the intended value date (i.e., the trade fails), the Clearstream Banking Luxembourg or Euroclear cash debt will be valued instead as of the actual settlement date.
     Clearstream Banking Luxembourg Participants and Euroclear Participants will need to make available to the respective clearing systems the funds necessary to process same-day funds settlement. The most direct means of doing so is to preposition funds for settlement, either from cash on hand or existing lines of credit, as they would for any settlement occurring within Clearstream Banking Luxembourg or Euroclear. Under this approach, they may take on credit exposure to Clearstream Banking Luxembourg or Euroclear until the Global Securities are credited to their accounts one day later.
     As an alternative, if Clearstream Banking Luxembourg or Euroclear has extended a line of credit to them, Clearstream Banking Luxembourg Participants or Euroclear Participants can elect not to preposition funds and allow that credit line to be drawn upon to finance settlement. Under this procedure, Clearstream Banking Luxembourg Participants or Euroclear Participants purchasing Global Securities would incur overdraft charges for one day, assuming they clear the overdraft when the Global Securities are credited to their accounts. However, interest on the Global Securities would accrue from the value date. Therefore, in many cases the investment income on the Global Securities earned during that one-day period may substantially reduce or offset the amount of those overdraft charges, although this result will depend on each Clearstream Banking Luxembourg Participant’s or Euroclear Participant’s particular cost of funds.
     Since the settlement is taking place during New York business hours, DTC Participants can employ their usual procedures for sending Global Securities to the respective European Depositary for the benefit of Clearstream Banking Luxembourg Participants or Euroclear Participants. The sale proceeds will be available to the DTC seller on the settlement date. Thus, to the DTC Participants a cross-market transaction will settle no differently than a trade between two DTC Participants.
     Trading between Clearstream Banking Luxembourg or Euroclear Seller and DTC Purchaser. Due to time zone differences in their favor, Clearstream Banking Luxembourg Participants and Euroclear Participants may employ their customary procedures for transactions in which Global Securities are to be transferred by the respective clearing system, through the respective Depositary, to a DTC Participant. The seller will send instructions to Clearstream Banking Luxembourg or Euroclear through a Clearstream Banking Luxembourg Participant or Euroclear Participant at least one business day prior to settlement. In these cases, Clearstream Banking Luxembourg or Euroclear will instruct the Relevant Depositary, as appropriate, to deliver the Global Securities to the DTC Participant’s account against payment. Payment will include interest accrued on the Global Securities from and including the last coupon payment to and excluding the settlement date on the basis of the actual number of days in that accrual period and a year assumed to consist of 360 days. For transactions settling on the 31st of the month, payment will include interest accrued to and excluding the first day of the following month. The payment will then

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be reflected in the account of the Clearstream Banking Luxembourg Participant or Euroclear Participant the following day, and receipt of the cash proceeds in the Clearstream Banking Luxembourg Participant’s or Euroclear Participant’s account would be back-valued to the value date (which would be the preceding day, when settlement occurred in New York). Should the Clearstream Banking Luxembourg Participant or Euroclear Participant have a line of credit with its respective clearing system and elect to be in debt in anticipation of receipt of the sale proceeds in its account, the back valuation will extinguish any overdraft incurred over that one-day period. If settlement is not completed on the intended value date (i.e., the trade fails), receipt of the cash proceeds in the Clearstream Banking Luxembourg Participant’s or Euroclear Participant’s account would instead be valued as of the actual settlement date.
     Finally, day traders that use Clearstream Banking Luxembourg or Euroclear and that purchase Global Securities from DTC Participants for delivery to Clearstream Banking Luxembourg Participants or Euroclear Participants should note that these trades would automatically fail on the sale side unless affirmative action were taken. At least three techniques should be readily available to eliminate this potential problem:
  1.   borrowing through Clearstream Banking Luxembourg or Euroclear for one day (until the purchase side of the day trade is reflected in their Clearstream Banking Luxembourg or Euroclear accounts) in accordance with the clearing system’s customary procedures;
 
  2.   borrowing the Global Securities in the U.S. from a DTC Participant no later than one day prior to settlement, which would give the Global Securities sufficient time to be reflected in their Clearstream Banking Luxembourg or Euroclear account in order to settle the sale side of the trade; or
 
  3.   staggering the value dates for the buy and sell sides of the trade so that the value date for the purchase from the DTC Participant is at least one day prior to the value date for the sale to the Clearstream Banking Luxembourg Participant or Euroclear Participant.
Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Documentation Requirements
     A beneficial owner of Global Securities holding securities through Clearstream Banking Luxembourg or Euroclear (or through DTC if the holder has an address outside the U.S.) will be subject to the 30% U.S. withholding tax that generally applies to payments of interest (including original issue discount) on registered debt issued by U.S. Persons (as defined in the accompanying Prospectus), unless (1) each clearing system, bank or other financial institution that holds customers’ securities in the ordinary course of its trade or business in the chain of intermediaries between that beneficial owner and the U.S. entity required to withhold tax complies with applicable certification requirements and (2) that beneficial owner takes one of the following steps to obtain an exemption or reduced tax rate:
     Exemption for Non-U.S. Persons (Form W-8BEN). Beneficial owners of Global Securities that are Non-U.S. Persons generally can obtain a complete exemption from the withholding tax by filing a signed Form W-8BEN (Certificate of Foreign Status). If the information shown on Form W-8BEN changes, a new Form W-8BEN must be filed within 30 days of that change.
     Exemption for Non-U.S. Persons with effectively connected income (Form W-8ECI). A Non-U.S. Person, including a non-U.S. corporation or bank with a U.S. branch, for which the interest income is effectively connected with its conduct of a trade or business in the United States, generally can obtain an exemption from the withholding tax by filing Form W-8ECI (Certificate of Foreign Person’s Claim for Exemption from Withholding of Tax on Income Effectively Connected with the Conduct of a Trade or Business in the United States).
     Exemption or reduced rate for Non-U.S. Persons resident in treaty countries (Form W-8BEN). Non-U.S. Persons residing in a country that has a tax treaty with the United States generally can obtain an exemption or reduced tax rate depending on the treaty terms by filing Form W-8BEN (claiming treaty benefits). Form W-8BEN may be filed by the beneficial owners or their agents.
     Exemption for U.S. Persons (Form W-9). U.S. Persons can obtain a complete exemption from the withholding tax by filing Form W-9 (Payer’s Request for Taxpayer Identification Number and Certification).

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     U.S. Federal Income Tax Reporting Procedure. The beneficial owner of a Global Security files by submitting the appropriate form to the person through whom it holds (the clearing agency, in the case of persons holding directly on the books of the clearing agency). A Form W-8BEN on which the beneficial owner of a Global Security provides a U.S. taxpayer identification number generally remains in effect until a change in circumstances causes any of the information on the form to be incorrect. A Form W-8ECI and a Form W-8BEN on which a U.S. taxpayer identification is not provided generally remain in effect for three calendar years, absent a change in circumstances causing any information on the form to be incorrect.
     The term “Non-U.S. Person” means any person who is not a U.S. Person (as defined in the accompanying Prospectus).
     This summary does not deal with all aspects of U.S. federal income tax withholding that may be relevant to foreign holders of Global Securities. It is suggested that investors consult their tax advisors for specific tax advice concerning their holding and disposing of Global Securities.
     You should rely only on the information contained in or incorporated by reference into this Prospectus Supplement or the accompanying Prospectus. We have not authorized anyone to give you different information. We do not claim the accuracy of the information in this Prospectus Supplement or the accompanying Prospectus as of any date other than the date stated on the cover page. We are not offering the Notes in any jurisdiction where it is not permitted.

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APPENDIX B
STATIC POOL INFORMATION REGARDING CERTAIN PREVIOUS SECURITIZATIONS
     The information presented in this Appendix B to the extent such information relates to NMAC’s experience with respect to its securitized portfolios of retail installment contracts established prior to January 1, 2006, is not deemed to be part of this Prospectus Supplement, the accompanying Prospectus or the registration statement.
Characteristics of the Receivables
     The retail installment contracts in each of NMAC’s securitized portfolios consisted of retail installment contracts originated by a Dealer in such Dealer’s ordinary course of business and assigned to NMAC on or prior to the applicable cut-off date, in accordance with the underwriting procedures described under “The Receivables — Underwriting Procedure” in the accompanying Prospectus. As of the relevant cut-off date, the retail installment contracts in the securitized portfolios consisted of the following characteristics:

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APPENDIX C
HISTORIC POOL PERFORMANCE

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PROSPECTUS
Nissan Auto Receivables Trusts
Issuing Entities
ASSET BACKED NOTES
Nissan Auto Receivables Corporation II,
Depositor
Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation,
Servicer/Sponsor
The Issuing Entities:
  1.   A new issuing entity will be formed to issue each series of notes.
 
  2.   The property of each issuing entity will consist of:
    a pool of retail installment contracts secured by new, near-new and used automobiles and light-duty trucks;
 
    amounts that may be held in separate trust accounts established and maintained by the servicer with the related trustee pursuant to the related sale and servicing agreement;
 
    security interests in the financed vehicles and any related property;
 
    the rights to proceeds from claims on physical damage, credit life and disability insurance policies covering the financed vehicles or the obligors;
 
    Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation’s right to receive payments from dealers pursuant to repurchase by the dealers of receivables that do not meet specified representations made by the dealers;
 
    the rights of the depositor under, as applicable, a sale and servicing agreement, a purchase agreement, any yield supplement agreement, any currency or interest rate swap agreement and any interest rate cap agreement;
 
    the right of the depositor to realize upon any property (including the right to receive future net liquidation proceeds) that secured a receivable;
 
    the right of the depositor in rebates of premiums and other amounts relating to insurance policies and other items financed under the receivables in effect as of the related cut-off date; and
 
    all proceeds of the foregoing.
The Notes:
  1.   will be asset-backed notes sold periodically in one or more series;
 
  2.   will be paid only from the assets of the related issuing entity; and
 
  3.   will be issued as part of a designated series that may include one or more classes.
Before you decide to invest in any of the notes, please read this prospectus and the prospectus supplement that will be attached to this prospectus supplement. There are material risks in investing in the notes. Please review carefully the factors set forth under “Risk Factors” beginning on page 9 of this prospectus and in the accompanying prospectus supplement.
The notes will represent obligations of the related issuing entity only and will not represent obligations of or interests in Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation, Nissan Auto Receivables Corporation II or any of their respective affiliates.
Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of the notes or determined that this prospectus or the accompanying prospectus supplement is accurate or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
The amounts, prices and terms of each offering of notes will be determined at the time of sale and will be described in a prospectus supplement that will be attached to this prospectus. This prospectus may be used to offer and sell any series of notes only if accompanied by the prospectus supplement for that series.
The date of this prospectus is                     , 2007.

 


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Important Notice About Information Presented in this
Prospectus and the Accompanying Prospectus Supplement
     We provide information to you about the notes in two separate documents that progressively provide varying levels of detail: this prospectus, which provides general information, some of which may not apply to a particular series of notes, including your series, and the accompanying prospectus supplement, which will describe the specific terms of the offered notes.
     We have started with several introductory sections describing the issuing entity and the notes in abbreviated form, followed by a more complete description of the terms. The introductory sections are:
  1.   Summary of Terms — gives a brief introduction to the notes to be offered; and
 
  2.   Risk Factors — describes briefly some of the risks to investors of a purchase of the notes.
     You can find a listing of the pages where capitalized terms used in this prospectus are defined under the caption “Index of Terms” beginning on page 3 in this prospectus.
     Whenever we use words like “intends,” “anticipates” or “expects,” or similar words in this prospectus, we are making a forward-looking statement, or a projection of what we think will happen in the future. Forward-looking statements are inherently subject to a variety of circumstances, many of which are beyond our control and could cause actual results to differ materially from what we anticipate. Any forward-looking statements in this prospectus speak only as of the date of this prospectus. We do not assume any responsibility to update or review any forward-looking statement contained in this prospectus to reflect any change in our expectation about the subject of that forward-looking statement or to reflect any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which we have based any forward-looking statement.
     The notes are not a suitable investment for any investor that requires a regular or predictable schedule of payments or payment on specific dates. The notes are complex investments. We suggest that only investors who, either alone or with their financial, tax and legal advisors, have the expertise to analyze the prepayment, reinvestment and default risks, the tax consequences of the investment and the interaction of these factors should consider purchasing the notes.
Where You Can Find More Information About Your Notes
     The Issuing Entity — The relevant Owner Trustee will provide to noteholders (which shall be Cede & Co. (“Cede”) as the nominee of DTC unless definitive notes are issued under the limited circumstances described in this prospectus) unaudited monthly and annual reports concerning the receivables and other specified matters. See “Description of the Transfer and Servicing Agreements — Statements to Noteholders” in the accompanying prospectus supplement and “Description of the Transfer and Servicing Agreements — Evidence of Compliance” in this prospectus. Copies of these reports may be obtained at no charge at the offices specified in the accompanying prospectus supplement.
     The Depositor — NARC II, as depositor of the receivables, has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) a Registration Statement that includes this prospectus and certain amendments and exhibits under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, relating to the offering of the notes described herein. This prospectus does not contain all of the information in the Registration Statement. Annual reports on Form 10-K, distribution reports on Form 10-D, current reports on Form 8-K, and amendments to those reports will be prepared, signed and filed with the SEC by the Depositor or the Servicer on behalf of each Issuing Entity. Copies of these reports and the Registration Statement will be provided free of charge upon written request to Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation, BellSouth Tower, 333 Commerce Street, 10th Floor, B-10-C, Nashville, Tennessee 37201-1800. The reports and the Registration Statement are available for inspection without charge at the public reference facilities maintained at the SEC’s Public Reference Room, located at 100 F Street N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549. You may obtain information on the operation of the SEC’s Public Reference Room by calling the SEC at (800) SEC-0330. The SEC also maintains a website (http://www.sec.gov) that contains reports, registration statements, proxy and information statements, and other information regarding issuers that file electronically with the SEC.

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SUMMARY OF TERMS
     This summary highlights selected information from this prospectus and may not contain all of the information that you need to consider in making your investment decision. This summary provides an overview of certain information to aid your understanding and is qualified in its entirety by the full description of this information appearing elsewhere in this prospectus and the accompanying prospectus supplement. You should carefully read both documents to understand all of the terms of the offering.
     
Issuing Entity
  The issuing entity will be a trust to be formed for each series of notes by a trust agreement between the depositor and the trustee of the issuing entity.
 
   
Depositor
  Nissan Auto Receivables Corporation II.
 
   
Servicer, Sponsor and Administrator
  Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation.
 
   
Owner Trustee
  The owner trustee for each series of notes will be named in the accompanying prospectus supplement for that series.
 
   
Indenture Trustee
  The trustee for the indenture pursuant to which the notes will be issued will be named in the accompanying prospectus supplement for that series.
 
   
Offered Notes
  Notes of a series may include one or more classes, and will be issued pursuant to an indenture. Some of the notes issued by each issuing entity may not be offered to the public. The accompanying prospectus supplement will specify the class or series of notes that are being offered by it.
 
   
 
  The issuing entity will also issue certificates representing fractional undivided interests in the issuing entity. These certificates will not be offered to the public and initially will be retained by the depositor. Other than those certificates, no other series or classes of securities will be backed by the same asset pool or otherwise have claims on the same assets. No noteholder or certificateholder approval is necessary for the issuance of such notes or the certificates.
 
   
 
  The terms of each class of notes in a series described in the accompanying prospectus supplement will include the following:
 
   
 
 
1.    the stated principal amount of each class of notes; and
 
   
 
 
2.    the interest rate (which may be fixed, variable, adjustable or some combination of these rates) or method of determining the interest rate.
 
   
 
  A class of notes may differ from other classes of notes in one or more aspects, including:
 
   
 
 
1.    timing and priority of payments;
 
   
 
 
2.    seniority;
 
   
 
 
3.    allocation of losses;
 
   
 
 
4.    interest rate or formula;
 
   
 
 
5.    amount of interest or principal payments; and
 
   
 
 
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  The notes will be the only securities being offered to you. The depositor will initially retain all of the certificates. Payment on the certificates will be subordinated to payment on one or more classes of notes to the extent described in the accompanying prospectus supplement.
 
   
The Receivables
  Purchasers of automobiles and light-duty trucks from Nissan and Infiniti dealers often finance their purchases by entering into retail installment contracts with Nissan and Infiniti dealers who then resell the contracts to Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation, including its Infiniti Financial Services division. These contracts are referred to as “receivables,” and the underlying vehicles are referred to as the “financed vehicles.” The purchasers of the financed vehicles are referred to as the “obligors.” The terms of the contracts must meet requirements specified by Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation.
 
   
 
  On or before the date the notes of a series are issued, Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation will sell a specified amount of receivables to the depositor. The depositor will then sell those receivables to the issuing entity. The sale by the depositor to the issuing entity will be documented under a sale and servicing agreement among the depositor, the servicer and the issuing entity. The receivables to be sold by Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation to the depositor and resold to the issuing entity will be selected based on criteria specified in the sale and servicing agreement. These criteria will be described in the accompanying prospectus supplement.
 
   
Property of each Issuing Entity
  The property of each issuing entity:
 
   
 
 
1.    will be described in the prospectus supplement;
 
   
 
 
2    will be primarily a pool of receivables secured by new, near-new and used financed vehicles and amounts due or collected under the receivables on or after a specified cut-off date; and
 
   
 
 
3.    will include other related assets such as:
 
   
 
 
   security interests in the financed vehicles;
 
   
 
 
   proceeds of any hedge or similar agreement and the rights of the issuing entity under such agreements;
 
   
 
 
    proceeds from claims on related insurance policies;
 
   
 
 
    any other enhancement issued with respect to any particular series or class;
 
   
 
 
    the rights of the depositor in rebates of premiums and other amounts relating to insurance policies and other items financed under the receivables;
 
   
 
 
    the rights of the depositor in the agreements identified in the prospectus supplement; and
 
   
 
 
   amounts deposited in specified bank accounts.
 
   
 
  You should refer to “The Issuing Entities — Property of the Issuing Entities” in this prospectus and “The Issuing Entity — Property of the Issuing Entity” in the accompanying prospectus supplement for more detailed information regarding assets of the issuing entity.
 
   
Credit and Cash Flow Enhancement
  The offering may include features designed to provide protection to one or more classes of notes. These features are referred to as “credit enhancement.” Credit enhancement may include any one or more of the following:
 
   
 
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2.    subordination of the certificates to one or more classes of notes;
 
   
 
 
3.    one or more reserve accounts;
 
   
 
 
4.    overcollateralization;
 
   
 
 
5.    cash collateral guarantees or accounts; or
 
   
 
 
6.    cash deposits.
 
   
 
  In addition, the offering may include features designed to ensure the timely payment of amounts owed to noteholders. These features may include any one or more of the following:
 
   
 
 
1    yield supplement agreements;
 
   
 
 
2.    hedge transactions; or
 
   
 
 
3.    cash deposits.
 
   
 
  The specific terms of any enhancement applicable to an issuing entity or to the notes issued by an issuing entity will be described in detail in the accompanying prospectus supplement. See “Material Information Regarding the Notes — Credit Enhancement” in this prospectus for general terms applicable to different forms of credit enhancement that may be used by the issuing entities.
 
   
Events of Default
  The indenture governing the terms and conditions of the notes of each series includes a list of adverse events called events of default. Events of default include the following:
 
   
 
 
1.    the issuing entity fails to pay interest on any note within five days of its due date;
 
   
 
 
2.    the issuing entity fails to pay the principal of any note in full on its final scheduled distribution date;
 
   
 
 
3.    the issuing entity defaults in the observance or performance of any covenant or agreement of the issuing entity made in the indenture and the continuation of the default for a period of 90 days after written notice thereof is given to the issuing entity by the indenture trustee or to the issuing entity and the indenture trustee by the holders of notes holding not less than the 25% of the aggregate principal amount of the notes, voting as a single class;
 
   
 
 
4.    the issuing entity defaults in the observance of any representation or warranty of the issuing entity made in the indenture or in any certificate or other writing delivered under the indenture that proves to have been inaccurate in any material respect at the time made, and the continuation of that default or inaccuracy for a period of 30 days after written notice thereof is given to the issuing entity by the indenture trustee or to the issuing entity and the indenture trustee by the holders of notes holding not less than the 25% of the aggregate principal amount of the notes, voting as a single class; or
 
   
 
 
5.    certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or liquidation of the issuing entity (which, if involuntary, remains unstayed for more than 90 days).
 
   
Events of Default Remedies
  If an event of default occurs and is continuing with respect to a series of notes, the related indenture trustee or holders of at least a majority of the outstanding principal amount of that series of notes, voting as a single class, may declare the principal of those notes immediately due and payable. That declaration, under limited circumstances, may be rescinded by the holders of at least a majority of the outstanding principal amount of the notes voting

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  as a single class.
 
   
 
  After an event of default and the acceleration of the affected notes, funds on deposit in the collection account and any of the issuing entity’s bank accounts with respect to the affected notes will be applied to pay principal of and interest on those notes in the order and amounts specified in the accompanying prospectus supplement.
 
   
 
  If an event of default relates to a failure of the issuing entity to pay interest on the notes when due or principal of the notes on their respective final scheduled distribution dates, the indenture trustee may elect to sell the assets of the issuing entity. For other events of default, the indenture trustee may only sell the assets of the issuing entity if (i) the holders of all outstanding notes of that series consent to the sale, (ii) the proceeds from the sale are sufficient to pay in full the principal of and the accrued and unpaid interest on all outstanding notes of that series, or (iii) the indenture trustee determines that the proceeds of the receivables may not be sufficient on an ongoing basis to make all payments on the outstanding notes as those payments would have become due if the obligations had not been declared due and payable, and the indenture trustee obtains the consent of the holders of at least 66 2/3% of the outstanding amount of all notes (or relevant class or classes of notes).
 
   
 
  You should refer to “Description of the Indenture — Events of Default” and “Remedies Upon an Event of Default” in this prospectus for more detailed information regarding the events constituting an indenture default and the remedies available following such default.
 
   
Servicing/Administration
  Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation will service the receivables. In that capacity, the servicer will handle all collections, administer defaults and delinquencies and otherwise service the receivables. In addition, Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation will act as administrator for the issuing entity. The issuing entity will pay Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation a monthly fee specified in the accompanying prospectus supplement for performing the function of an administrator and servicer of the receivables. The servicer will also receive additional servicing compensation in the form of investment earnings, late fees, prepayment fees and other administrative fees and expenses or similar charges received by the servicer during that month (to the extent described in the accompanying prospectus supplement).
 
   
Advances
  The servicer will be obligated to advance to the issuing entity interest on the receivables that is due but unpaid by the obligor to the extent provided in the prospectus supplement. The servicer will not be required to make any advance if it determines that it will not be able to recover an advance from an obligor. The issuing entity will reimburse the servicer for those advances to the extent provided in the prospectus supplement.
 
   
 
  You should refer to “Description of the Transfer and Servicing Agreements — Advances” in this prospectus and in the accompanying prospectus supplement for more detailed information on advances and reimbursement of advances.
 
   
Optional Purchase
  The servicer may redeem any outstanding notes when the outstanding aggregate principal balance of the receivables declines to or below a specified percentage, set forth in the accompanying prospectus supplement, of the original total principal balance of the receivables as of the cut-off date.
 
   
 
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  optional purchase of the notes.
 
   
Tax Status
  Subject to the important considerations described herein, special federal income tax counsel to the issuing entity will deliver its opinion that the notes of each series will be treated as debt and the issuing entity will not be characterized as an association or a publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation for federal income tax purposes. A purchaser of the notes will agree to treat the notes as debt for all applicable tax purposes.
 
   
 
  You should refer to “Material Federal Income Tax Consequences” in this prospectus and “Material Federal Income Tax Consequences” in the accompanying prospectus supplement for more detailed information on the application of federal and state tax laws.
 
   
ERISA Considerations
  If you are a Benefit Plan (as defined in “ERISA Considerations” in this prospectus), you should review the considerations discussed under “ERISA Considerations” in this prospectus and the accompanying prospectus supplement and consult counsel before investing in the notes. In general, subject to those considerations and conditions described in that section and to the extent specified in the accompanying prospectus supplement, you may purchase notes of any series.
 
   
Receivable Repurchase Obligation
  With respect to each series of notes, the depositor will be obligated to repurchase from the pool any receivables that do not meet certain representations and warranties. Following the discovery by or notice to the depositor of a breach of any representation or warranty that materially and adversely affects the interests of the related noteholders in any receivable (the initial determination of a material adverse effect generally being made by the servicer), the depositor, unless the breach is cured, will repurchase that receivable from the issuing entity, and Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation will purchase that receivable from the depositor. In connection with such repurchase, the depositor will be required to pay the related issuing entity the repurchase payments for that receivable. This repurchase obligation will constitute the sole remedy available to the noteholders or the issuing entity for any uncured breach by the depositor of those representations and warranties (other than remedies that may be available under federal securities laws or other laws). The obligation of the depositor to repurchase a receivable will not be conditioned on performance by Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation of its obligation to purchase that receivable from the depositor.
 
   
 
  With respect to each series of notes, the servicer will be obligated to repurchase any receivables that are materially and adversely affected by any breach by the servicer of its duties and covenants to manage, service, administer and make collections on the receivables and to perform its other obligations with respect to those receivables. Following the discovery of a breach of any of such duties and covenants by the servicer, the servicer, unless the breach is cured, will repurchase the materially and adversely affected receivable from the issuing entity. In connection with such repurchase, the servicer will be required to pay the related issuing entity the repurchase payments for that receivable. This repurchase obligation will constitute the sole remedy available to the noteholders or the issuing entity for any uncured breach by the servicer of those duties and covenants (other than remedies that may be available under federal securities laws or other laws).

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RISK FACTORS
     You should consider the following risk factors and the risks described in the section captioned “Risk Factors” in the accompanying prospectus supplement in deciding whether to purchase securities of any class.
     
The notes are not suitable investments for all investors.
  The notes are complex investments that are not a suitable investment if you require a regular predictable schedule of payments. The notes should be considered only by investors who, either alone or with their financial, tax and legal advisors, have the expertise to analyze the prepayment, reinvestment, default and market risk, the tax consequences of such an investment and the interaction of these factors.
 
   
You must rely for repayment only upon payments from the issuing entity’s assets which may not be sufficient to make full payments on your notes.
  The notes represent indebtedness solely of the issuing entity and will not be insured or guaranteed by Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation (the servicer), the depositor, or any of their respective affiliates, or the related trustee or any other person or entity other than the issuing entity. The only sources of payment on your notes are payments received on the receivables and, if and to the extent available, any credit enhancement for the issuing entity, including amounts on deposit in the reserve account or subordination spread account established for that issuing entity. However, although funds in the reserve account or subordination spread account will be available to cover shortfalls in distributions of interest on and principal of your notes, funds to be deposited in this account are limited. If the funds in this account are exhausted, your notes will be paid solely from current distributions on the receivables. See “Subordination; Reserve Account” in the accompanying prospectus supplement. In limited circumstances, the issuing entity will also have access to the funds in the yield supplement account or have the benefit of overcollateralization to provide limited protection against low-interest receivables. See “Description of the Transfer and Servicing Agreements — Yield Supplement Account; Yield Supplement Agreement” in this prospectus.
 
   
 
  The indenture authorizes the indenture trustee to sell the receivables following an acceleration of the maturity dates of the notes if the sale meets requirements set forth in the indenture. However, the amount received by the indenture trustee upon selling the receivables may be less than the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding notes. In that circumstance, the principal amount of the notes will not be paid in full.

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You may experience reduced returns on your investment resulting from prepayments, repurchases or early termination of the issuing entity.
  You may receive payment of principal on your notes earlier than you expected for the reasons set forth below. You may not be able to reinvest the principal paid to you earlier than you expected at a rate of return that is equal to or greater than the rate of return on your notes.
 
   
 
  Prepayments on the receivables by the related obligors and purchases of the receivables by the depositor and the servicer will shorten the life of the notes to an extent that cannot be fully predicted.
 
   
 
  The depositor will be required to repurchase receivables from the issuing entity if there is a breach of the representations and warranties relating to those receivables that materially adversely affects those receivables. Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation, as the servicer, also will be required to purchase receivables from the issuing entity if it breaches its servicing obligations with respect to those receivables. The servicer also will be entitled to purchase all remaining receivables from the issuing entity once the aggregate principal balance of the receivables is at or below a specified percentage, set forth in the accompanying prospectus supplement, of the initial aggregate principal balance of the receivables on the related cut-off date.
 
   
 
  Further, the receivables included in the issuing entity may be prepaid, in full or in part, voluntarily or as a result of defaults, theft of or damage to the related vehicles or for other reasons. The rate of prepayments on the receivables may be influenced by a variety of economic, social and other factors in addition to those described above. In addition, the servicer is not aware of publicly available industry statistics that detail the prepayment experience for contracts similar to the receivables. For these reasons, the servicer cannot predict the actual prepayment rates for the receivables. You will bear all reinvestment risk resulting from prepayments on the receivables and the corresponding acceleration of payments on the notes.
 
   
 
  The final payment of each class of notes is expected to occur prior to its final scheduled distribution date because of the prepayment and purchase considerations described above. If sufficient funds are not available to pay any class of notes in full on its scheduled final payment date, an event of default will occur and final payment of that class of notes may occur later than that date.
 
   
Interests of other persons in the receivables and financed vehicles could be superior to the issuing entity’s interest, which may result in reduced payments on your notes.
  Another person could acquire an interest in a receivable that is superior to the issuing entity’s interest in that receivable because the receivables will not be segregated or marked as belonging to the issuing entity. The depositor will cause financing statements to be filed with the appropriate governmental authorities to perfect the issuing entity’s interest in the receivables. However, except to the extent the contracts are in electronic form, the servicer will continue to hold the physical contracts, if any, evidencing the receivables. If another party purchases (or takes a security interest in) one or more receivables for new value in the ordinary course of business and obtains possession of those receivables without knowledge that doing so violates the rights of the issuing entity because of the failure to segregate or mark those receivables, the new purchaser (or secured party) will acquire an interest in those receivables superior to the interest of the issuing entity.

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Receivables that fail to comply with consumer protection or other laws may be unenforceable, which may result in losses on your investment.
  Many federal and state consumer protection laws regulate consumer contracts such as the receivables. If any of the receivables do not comply with one or more of these laws, the servicer may be prevented from or delayed in collecting amounts due on the receivables.
 
   
 
  Each of the depositor and Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation will make representations and warranties relating to the receivables’ compliance with law and the enforceability of the related contracts. If there is a breach of any of these representations or warranties that materially and adversely affects the interests of the noteholders in the related receivable, the issuing entity’s sole remedy will be to require the depositor and Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation to repurchase the affected receivable. See “Material Legal Aspects of the Receivables — Consumer Protection Laws” in this prospectus.
 
   
Bankruptcy of Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation or the depositor could result in losses or delays in payments on your notes.
  If Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation or the depositor becomes subject to bankruptcy proceedings, you could experience losses or delays in the payments on your notes. Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation will sell the receivables to the depositor, and the depositor will in turn transfer the receivables to the issuing entity. However, if Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation or the depositor becomes subject to a bankruptcy proceeding, the court in the bankruptcy proceeding could conclude that Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation or the depositor still owns the receivables by concluding that the sale to the depositor or the issuing entity was not a “true sale” or, in the case of a bankruptcy of Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation, that the depositor or the issuing entity should be consolidated with Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation for bankruptcy purposes. If a court were to reach this conclusion, you could experience losses or delays in payments on the notes as a result of, among other things:
 
   
 
 
1.    the “automatic stay,” which prevents secured creditors from exercising remedies against a debtor in bankruptcy without permission from the court and provisions of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code that permit substitution for collateral in limited circumstances;
 
   
 
 
2.    tax or government liens on Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation’s or the depositor’s property (that arose prior to the transfer of a receivable to the issuing entity) having a prior claim on collections before the collections are used to make payments on your notes; and
 
   
 
 
3.    the issuing entity not having a perfected security interest in (a) one or more of the financed vehicles securing the receivables or (b) any cash collections held by Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation at the time Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation becomes the subject of a bankruptcy proceeding. The depositor will take steps in structuring each transaction described in this prospectus and the accompanying prospectus supplement to minimize the risk that a court would consolidate the depositor with Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation for bankruptcy purposes or conclude that the sale of receivables to the depositor or the issuing entity was not a “true sale.” See “Material Legal Aspects of the Receivables — Material Bankruptcy Considerations” in this prospectus.

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Bankruptcy of the issuing entity could result in losses or delays in payments on your notes.
  If the issuing entity becomes subject to bankruptcy proceedings, you could experience losses or delays in the payments on your notes as a result of, among other things, the “automatic stay,” which prevents secured creditors from exercising remedies against a debtor in bankruptcy without permission from the court, and provisions of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code that permit substitution for collateral in limited circumstances.
 
   
The return on your notes could be reduced by shortfalls due to military action.
  The effect of any current or future military action by or against the United States, as well as any future terrorist attacks, on the performance of the receivables is unclear, but there may be an adverse effect on general economic conditions, consumer confidence and general market liquidity. Investors should consider the possible effects on delinquency, default and prepayment experience of the receivables.
 
   
 
  The Servicemembers Civil Relief Act and similar state legislation provides relief to obligors who enter active military service and to obligors in reserve or national guard status who are called to active duty after they have entered into an obligation, such as a retail installment contract for the purchase of a vehicle. In particular, under such act, members of the military on active duty, including reservists, who have entered into such retail installment contracts before entering into military service, may be entitled to reductions in interest rates to 6% and a stay of foreclosure and similar actions. The Servicemembers Civil Relief Act and similar state legislation also limit the ability of the servicer to repossess the vehicle securing the retail installment contract during the related obligor’s period of active duty and, in some cases, may require the servicer to extend the maturity of the retail installment contract, lower the monthly payments and readjust the payment schedule for a period of time after the completion of the obligor’s military service. As a result, there may be delays in payment and increased losses on the receivables, and you may suffer a loss.
 
   
 
  Because the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act and similar state legislation apply to obligors who enter military service after origination, no information can be provided as to the number of receivables that may be affected by the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act or similar state legislation.
 
   
 
  If an obligor’s obligation to make payments is reduced, adjusted or extended, the servicer will not be required to advance such amounts. Any resulting shortfalls in interest or principal will reduce the amount available for distribution on the notes and the certificates.
 
   
 
  For more information regarding the effect of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, you should refer to “Material Legal Aspects of the Receivables — Other Limitations” in this prospectus.
 
   
You may suffer losses on your notes if the servicer holds collections and commingles them with its own funds.
  So long as Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation is servicer, if each condition to making monthly deposits as may be required by the sale and servicing agreement (including the satisfaction of specified ratings criteria of Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation and the absence of any servicer default) is satisfied, Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation, as the servicer, may retain all payments on receivables received from obligors and all proceeds of receivables collected during a collection period until the business day preceding the related distribution date (currently, Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation does not satisfy these conditions). On or before the business day preceding a date on which payments are due to be made on the notes, the servicer must deposit into the collection account all payments on receivables received from obligors and all proceeds of receivables collected during the related collection period. Before these amounts are required to be deposited into the collection account, the servicer may invest such amounts at its own risk and for its own benefit and need not segregate such amounts from its own funds. If the servicer is

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  unable to pay these amounts to the issuing entity on a distribution date, you might incur a loss on your notes.
 
   
Factors affecting our information management systems may increase the risk of loss on your investment.
  The success of your investment depends upon the ability of the servicer, Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation, to store, retrieve, process and manage substantial amounts of information. If the servicer experiences any interruptions or loss in its information processing capabilities, its business, financial conditions, results of operations and, ultimately, your notes may suffer.
 
   
Adverse events with respect to Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation or its affiliates may affect the timing of payments on your notes or have other adverse effects on your notes.
  Adverse events with respect to Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation, its affiliates or a third-party provider to whom Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation outsources its activities may result in servicing disruptions or reduce the market value of your notes. Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation currently outsources some of its activities as servicer to third-party providers. In the event of a termination and replacement of Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation as the servicer, or if any of the third-party providers cannot perform its activities, there may be some disruption of the collection activity with respect to delinquent receivables and therefore delinquencies and credit losses could increase. Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation is required to repurchase certain receivables that do not comply with representations and warranties made by Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation (for example, representations relating to the compliance of the retail contracts with applicable laws), and in its capacity as servicer, Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation will be required to repurchase receivables if it breaches its servicing obligations with respect to those receivables. If Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation becomes unable to repurchase any of such receivables and make the related payment to the issuing entity, investors could suffer losses. In addition, adverse corporate developments with respect to servicers of asset-backed securities or their affiliates have in some cases also resulted in a reduction in the market value of the related asset-backed securities. For example, Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation is an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. Although Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. is not guaranteeing the obligations of the issuing entity for any series of notes, if Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. ceased to manufacture vehicles or support the sale of vehicles or if Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. faced financial or operational difficulties, such events may reduce the market value of Nissan or Infiniti vehicles. Any reduction in the market value of Nissan and Infiniti vehicles may result in lower values realized through any foreclosure proceedings held with respect to those vehicles and as a result, reduce amounts available to pay the notes.
 
   
You may experience a loss or a delay in receiving payments on the notes if the assets of the issuing entity are liquidated; proceeds from the liquidation may not be sufficient to pay your notes in full; failure to pay principal on your notes will not constitute an event of default or breach until maturity.
  If so directed by the holders of the requisite percentage of outstanding notes of a series, following an acceleration of the notes upon an event of default, the indenture trustee will liquidate the assets of the related issuing entity only in limited circumstances. If a liquidation occurs close to the date when one or more classes of notes of that series would otherwise be paid in full, repayment of such classes might be delayed while liquidation of the assets is occurring. It is difficult to predict the length of time that will be required for liquidation of the assets of the issuing entity to be completed. However, there is no assurance that the amount received from the liquidation will at any time be equal to or greater than the aggregate principal amount of the notes or the sum of the aggregate principal amount of the notes and the aggregate principal balance of the certificates. Therefore, upon an event of default, there can be no assurance that sufficient funds will be available to repay you in full. In addition, the amount of principal required to be paid to the noteholders will generally be limited to amounts available in the collection account (and the reserve account or subordination spread account, if any). Therefore, the failure to pay principal of your notes generally will not result in the occurrence of an event of default until the final scheduled distribution date for your notes. See “Description of the Indenture — Events of Default” and “Remedies Upon an Event of Default” in

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  this prospectus. Even if liquidation proceeds are sufficient to repay the notes in full, any liquidation that causes the principal of one or more classes of notes to be paid before the related final scheduled distribution date will involve the prepayment risks described under “Risk Factors — Returns on your investments may be reduced by prepayments, repurchases or early termination of the issuing entity.
 
   
Because the notes are in book-entry form, your rights can only be exercised indirectly.
  Because the notes will be issued in book-entry form, you will be required to hold your interest in the notes through The Depository Trust Company in the United States, or Clearstream Banking, société anonyme or Euroclear Bank S.A./NV as operator of the Euroclear System in Europe or Asia. Transfers of interests in the notes within The Depository Trust Company, Clearstream Banking, société anonyme or Euroclear Bank/S.A./NV as operator of the Euroclear System must be made in accordance with the usual rules and operating procedures of those systems. So long as the notes are in book-entry form, you will not be entitled to receive a definitive note representing your interest. The notes will remain in book-entry form except in the limited circumstances described under the caption “Material Information Regarding the Notes — Book-Entry Registration” in this prospectus. Unless and until the notes cease to be held in book-entry form, the indenture trustee will not recognize you as a “Noteholder” and the owner trustee will not recognize you as a “Securityholder,” as those terms are used in the indenture, the trust agreement and the sale and servicing agreement. As a result, you will only be able to exercise the rights of Securityholders indirectly through The Depository Trust Company (if in the United States) and its participating organizations, or Clearstream Banking, société anonyme and Euroclear Bank S.A./NV as operator of the Euroclear System (in Europe or Asia) and their participating organizations. Holding the notes in book-entry form could also limit your ability to pledge your notes to persons or entities that do not participate in The Depository Trust Company, Clearstream Banking, société anonyme or Euroclear Bank S.A./NV as operator of the Euroclear System. In addition, having the notes in book-entry form may reduce their liquidity in the secondary market since certain potential investors may be unwilling to purchase securities for which they cannot obtain physical notes.
 
   
 
  Interest and principal on the notes will be paid by the issuing entity to The Depository Trust Company as the record holder of the notes while they are held in book-entry form. The Depository Trust Company will credit payments received from the issuing entity to the accounts of its participants which, in turn, will credit those amounts to noteholders either directly or indirectly through indirect participants. This process may delay your receipt of principal and interest payments from the issuing entity.
 
   
If the issuing entity enters into a currency or an interest rate swap, payments on the notes will be dependent on payments made under the swap agreement.
  If the issuing entity enters into a currency swap, interest rate swap or a combined currency and interest rate swap, its ability to protect itself from shortfalls in cash flow caused by currency or interest rate changes will depend to a large extent on the terms of the swap agreement and whether the swap counterparty performs its obligations under the swap. If the issuing entity does not receive the payments it expects from the swap counterparty, the issuing entity may not have adequate funds to make all payments to noteholders when due, if ever.
 
   
 
  If the issuing entity issues notes with adjustable interest rates, interest will be due on the notes at adjustable rates, while interest will be earned on the receivables at fixed rates. In this circumstance, the issuing entity may enter into an interest rate swap to reduce its exposure to changes in interest rates. An interest rate swap requires one party to make payments to the other party in an amount calculated by applying an interest rate (for example, a floating rate) to a specified notional amount in exchange for the other party making a payment calculated by applying a different interest rate (for example, a fixed rate) to the same notional amount. For example, if the issuing entity

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  issues $100 million of notes bearing interest at a floating rate based on the London Interbank Offered Rate, it might enter into a swap agreement under which the issuing entity would pay interest to the swap counterparty in an amount equal to an agreed upon fixed rate on $100 million in exchange for receiving interest on $100 million at the floating rate based on the London Interbank Offered Rate. The $100 million would be the “notional” amount because it is used simply to make the calculation. In an interest rate swap, no principal payments are exchanged.
 
   
 
  If the issuing entity issues notes denominated in a currency other than U.S. dollars, the issuing entity will need to make payments on the notes in a currency other than U.S. dollars, as described in the related prospectus supplement. Payments collected on the receivables, however, will be made in U.S. dollars. In this circumstance, the issuing entity may enter into a currency swap to reduce its exposure to changes in currency exchange rates. A currency swap requires one party to provide a specified amount of a currency to the other party at specified times in exchange for the other party providing a different currency at a predetermined exchange ratio. For example, if the issuing entity issues notes denominated in Swiss Francs, it might enter into a swap agreement with a swap counterparty under which the issuing entity would use the collections on the receivables to pay U.S. dollars to the swap counterparty in exchange for receiving Swiss Francs at a predetermined exchange rate to make the payments owed on the notes.
 
   
 
  The terms of any swap will be described in more detail in the accompanying prospectus supplement.
 
   
If the issuing entity enters into an interest rate cap agreement, payments on the notes will be dependent on payments made under the interest rate cap agreement.
  If the issuing entity enters into an interest rate cap agreement, the amounts available to the issuing entity to pay interest and principal of all classes of the notes will depend in part on the operation of the interest rate cap agreement and the performance by the cap provider of its obligations under the interest rate cap agreement. If the issuing entity does not receive the payments it expects from the cap provider, the issuing entity may not have adequate funds to make all payments to noteholders when due, if ever.
 
   
 
  If the issuing entity issues notes with adjustable interest rates, interest will be due on the notes at adjustable rates, while interest will be earned on the receivables at fixed rates. In this circumstance, the issuing entity may enter into an interest rate cap agreement with a cap provider to reduce its exposure to changes in interest rates. An interest rate cap agreement may require that if the specified interest rate related to any payment date exceeds the cap rate specified in the accompanying prospectus supplement, the cap provider pays to the issuing entity an amount equal to the product of:
 
   
 
 
1.    the specified interest rate for the related payment date minus the cap rate;
 
   
 
 
2.    the notional amount of the cap, which will be equal to the total outstanding principal amount of the relevant notes on the first day of the accrual period related to such payment date; and
 
   
 
 
3.    a fraction, the numerator of which is the actual number of days elapsed from and including the previous payment date, to but excluding the current payment date, or with respect to the first payment date, from and including the closing date, to but excluding the first payment date, and the denominator of which is 360 or 365, as specified in the accompanying prospectus supplement.
 
   
 
  During those periods in which the specified interest rate is substantially greater than the cap rate, the issuing entity will be more dependent on receiving payments from the cap provider in order to make payments on the notes. If the cap provider fails to pay the amounts due under the interest rate cap agreement, the amount of credit enhancement available in the current or

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  any future period may be reduced and you may experience delays and/or reductions in the interest and principal payments on your notes.
 
   
 
  The terms of any interest rate cap will be described in more detail in the accompanying prospectus supplement.
 
   
Termination of a swap agreement or an interest rate cap agreement may cause termination of the issuing entity.
  A swap agreement or interest rate cap agreement may be terminated if certain events occur. Most of these events are generally beyond the control of the issuing entity, the swap counterparty or cap provider, as applicable. If the swap agreement or interest rate cap agreement is terminated, unless a replacement swap or interest rate cap, as applicable, can be arranged, the owner trustee generally will sell the assets of the issuing entity and the issuing entity will terminate. In this type of situation, it is impossible to predict how long it would take to sell the assets of the issuing entity or what amount of proceeds would be received. Some of the possible adverse consequences of such a sale are:
 
   
 
 
1.    the proceeds from the sale of assets under such circumstances may not be sufficient to pay all amounts owed to you;
 
   
 
 
2.    amounts available to pay you will be further reduced if the issuing entity is required to make a termination payment to the swap counterparty pursuant to the swap agreement;
 
   
 
 
3.    the termination of the swap agreement or interest rate cap agreement may expose the issuing entity to currency or interest rate risk, further reducing amounts available to pay you;
 
   
 
 
4.    the sale may result in payments to you significantly earlier than expected, reducing the weighted average life of the notes and the yield to maturity; and
 
   
 
 
5.    conversely, a significant delay in arranging a sale could result in a delay in principal payments. This would, in turn, increase the weighted average life of the notes and could reduce the yield to maturity.
 
   
 
  See “The Hedge Agreement — Early Termination of Hedge Agreement” for more information concerning the termination of a swap agreement and an interest rate cap agreement and the sale of issuing entity assets. Additional information about this subject, including a description of the circumstances that may cause a termination of the swap agreement or interest rate cap agreement and the issuing entity and how the proceeds of a sale would be distributed, will be included in the accompanying prospectus supplement.
 
   
The rating of a swap counterparty or cap provider may affect the ratings of the notes.
  If an issuing entity enters into a swap or interest rate cap agreement, the rating agencies that rate the issuing entity’s notes will consider the provisions of the swap agreement or interest rate cap agreement, as applicable, and the rating of the swap counterparty or the cap provider, as applicable, in rating the notes. If a rating agency downgrades the debt rating of the swap counterparty or the cap provider, it is also likely to downgrade the rating of the notes. Any downgrade in the rating of the notes could have severe adverse consequences on their liquidity or market value.
 
   
 
  To provide some protection against the adverse consequences of a downgrade, the swap counterparty or cap provider may be permitted, but generally not required, to take the following actions if the rating agencies reduce its debt ratings below certain levels:
 
   
 
 
1.    assign the swap agreement or interest rate cap agreement, as applicable, to another party;
 
   
 
 
2.    obtain a replacement swap agreement or interest rate cap agreement, as applicable, on substantially the same terms as the swap agreement or interest rate cap agreement, as applicable; or
 
   
 
 
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  Any swap or interest rate cap involves a high degree of risk. An issuing entity will be exposed to this risk should it use either of these mechanisms. For this reason, only investors capable of understanding these risks should invest in the notes. You are strongly urged to consult with your financial advisors before deciding to invest in the notes if a swap or interest rate cap is involved.
 
   
The issuing entity may not have a perfected security interest in receivables evidenced by electronic contracts.
  As described in “The Receivables — Electronic Contracting,” Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation has contracted with a third-party to originate and maintain custody of certain of the contracts in electronic form through the third-party custodian’s technology system. The third-party custodian’s technology system is designed to enable Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation to perfect its security interest in the receivables evidenced by electronic contracts by satisfying the Uniform Commercial Code’s requirements for “control” of electronic chattel paper. In order for Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation to have “control” of an electronic contract, (a) there must be a “single authoritative copy” of the electronic contract that is readily distinguishable from all other copies and which identifies Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation as the owner, (b) all other copies of the electronic contract must indicate that they are not the “authoritative copy” of the electronic contract, (c) any revisions to the authoritative copy of the electronic contract must be readily identifiable as either authorized or unauthorized revisions and (d) authorized revisions of the electronic contract cannot be made without Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation’s participation.

However, another person could acquire an interest in an electronic contract that is superior to Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation’s interest (and accordingly the issuing entity’s interest) if Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation ceases to have “control” over the electronic contract that is maintained on behalf of Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation by the third-party custodian and another party purchases that electronic contract without knowledge that doing so violates Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation’s rights, or if Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation transfers “control” over the electronic contract to a third party. Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation also could lose control over an electronic contract if through fraud, forgery, negligence or error, or as a result of a computer virus or a failure of or weakness in the third-party custodian’s technology system a person other than the Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation were able to modify or duplicate the authoritative copy of the contract.

Although Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation will assign its security interest in the electronic contracts to the issuing entity by filing financing statements, the fact that Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation may not have a security interest in the receivables perfected by control may affect the priority of the issuing entity’s security interest in the receivables, The issuing entity’s interest in the receivables could be junior to another party with a perfected security interest in the inventory of the originating dealer.
 
   
 
  There can be no assurances that the third-party’s technology system will perform as represented to the servicer in maintaining the systems and controls required to provide assurance that Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation maintains control over an electronic contract. In such event, there may be delays in obtaining copies of the electronic contract or confirming ownership and control of the electronic contract.
 
   
 
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  the issuing entity.
 
   
 
  However, the law governing perfecting security interests in electronic contracts by control is relatively recent. As a result, there is a risk that the systems employed by the third-party to maintain control of the electronic contracts may not be sufficient as a matter of law to give Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation (and accordingly, the issuing entity) a perfected security interest in the receivables evidenced by electronic contracts.
 
   
 
  As a result of the foregoing, Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation (and accordingly, the issuing entity) may not have a perfected security interest in certain receivables or its security interest, although perfected, could be junior to that of another party. The fact that Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation (and accordingly, the issuing entity) may not have a perfected security interest in the receivables, or may have a perfected security interest that is junior to that of another party, may affect Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation’s ability on behalf of the issuing entity to repossess and sell the underlying financed vehicles. Therefore, you may be subject to delays in payment on your notes and you may incur losses on your investment in the notes.
 
   
The issuing entity will not be identified as the secured party on the related certificate of title.
  Another person could acquire an interest in a vehicle financed by a receivable that is superior to the issuing entity’s interest in the vehicle because of the failure to identify the issuing entity as the secured party on the related certificate of title. While Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation, as sponsor, will assign its security interest in the financed vehicles to the depositor, and the depositor will assign to the issuing entity its security interests in the financed vehicles, the servicer will continue to hold the certificates of title or ownership for the vehicles. However, for administrative reasons, the servicer will not endorse or otherwise amend the certificates of title or ownership to identify the issuing entity as the new secured party. Because the issuing entity will not be identified as the secured party on any certificates of title or ownership, the security interest of the issuing entity in the vehicles may be defeated through fraud, forgery, negligence or error. As a result of any of these events, the issuing entity may not have a perfected security interest in the financed vehicles in every state. The possibility that the issuing entity may not have a perfected security interest in the financed vehicles may affect the issuing entity’s ability to repossess and sell the financed vehicles or may limit the amount realized to less than the amount due by the related obligors. Therefore, you may be subject to delays in payment and may incur losses on your investment in the notes as a result of defaults or delinquencies by obligors and because of depreciation in the value of the related financed vehicles. See “Material Legal Aspects of the Receivables — Security Interests” in this prospectus.
 
   
Changes to federal or state bankruptcy or debtor relief laws may impede collection efforts or alter timing and amount of collections, which may result in acceleration of or reduction in payment on your notes.
  If an obligor sought protection under federal or state bankruptcy or debtor relief laws, a court could reduce or discharge completely the obligor’s obligations to repay amounts due on its receivable. As a result, that receivable would be written off as uncollectible. You could suffer a loss if no funds are available from credit enhancement or other sources and finance charge amounts allocated to the notes are insufficient to cover the applicable default amount.

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THE ISSUING ENTITIES
Formation
     Nissan Auto Receivables Corporation II (the “Depositor” or “NARC II”) will establish each issuing entity (each, an “Issuing Entity”) pursuant to a Trust Agreement (a “Trust Agreement”).
     The terms of each series of notes (the “Notes”) issued by each Issuing Entity, and additional information concerning the assets of each Issuing Entity and any applicable credit enhancement, will be set forth in a supplement to this Prospectus (a “Prospectus Supplement”).
     The Issuing Entity for each series will not engage in any activity other than:
  1.   issuing the Notes and the Certificates;
 
  2.   entering into and performing its obligations under any currency exchange rate or interest rate protection agreement between the related Issuing Entity and a counterparty;
 
  3.   acquiring the Receivables and the other assets of the Issuing Entity from the Depositor in exchange for the Notes and the Certificates;
 
  4.   assigning, granting, transferring, pledging, mortgaging and conveying the Issuing Entity’s property pursuant to the related Indenture;
 
  5.   managing and distributing to the holders of the Certificates any portion of the Issuing Entity’s property released from the lien of the related Indenture;
 
  6.   entering into and performing its obligations under the financing documents;
 
  7.   engaging in other activities that are necessary, suitable or convenient to accomplish the foregoing or are incidental to or connected with those activities;
 
  8.   engaging in any other activities as may be required, to the extent permitted under the related financing documents, to conserve the Issuing Entity’s property and the making of distributions to the holders of the Notes and Certificates; and
 
  9.   engaging in ancillary or related activities as specified in the accompanying Prospectus Supplement.
Property of the Issuing Entities
     The property of each Issuing Entity will consist of a pool (a “Receivables Pool”) of retail installment contracts (the “Receivables”) originated on or after the date specified in the accompanying Prospectus Supplement, between Nissan and Infiniti dealers (the “Dealers”) and retail purchasers (the “Obligors”), and the other property described below. The Receivables evidence the indirect financing made available by Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation (“NMAC”) to the Obligors. The Receivables are secured by new, near-new and used automobiles and light-duty trucks purchased from the Dealers (the “Financed Vehicles”) and all principal and interest payments made on or after the applicable cut-off date (each, a “Cut-off Date”) and other property, all as specified in the accompanying Prospectus Supplement. “Near-new” automobiles and light-duty trucks are pre-owned vehicles that are not greater than three model-years old as of the contract origination year. “New” vehicles may include “demonstration” vehicles, which are not titled in some states and may be classified as new vehicles in those states.
     The Receivables were originated by the Dealers in accordance with NMAC’s requirements under agreements with the Dealers governing the assignment of the Receivables to NMAC, including its Infiniti Financial Services division (the “Dealer Agreements”). NMAC will purchase the Receivables of each Receivables Pool in the ordinary course of business pursuant to the Dealer Agreements.
     NMAC will be appointed to act as the servicer of the Receivables (in that capacity, the “Servicer”). On or before the date of the initial issuance of any series of Notes (each, a “Closing Date”), NMAC will sell the Receivables comprising the related Receivables Pool to the Depositor, and the Depositor will sell those Receivables to the Issuing Entity, pursuant to the related Sale and Servicing Agreement.
     In addition to the Receivables, the property of each Issuing Entity will also include the following:
  1.   amounts that may be held in separate trust accounts established and maintained by the Servicer with the Trustee pursuant to the related Sale and Servicing Agreement;
 
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  3.   the rights to proceeds from claims on physical damage, credit life and disability insurance policies covering the Financed Vehicles or the Obligors;
 
  4.   NMAC’s right to receive payments from the Dealers pursuant to repurchase by the Dealers of Receivables which do not meet specified representations made by the Dealers (“Dealer Recourse”);
 
  5.   the Depositor’s rights under, as applicable, the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Purchase Agreement, the Yield Supplement Agreement, if any, any currency or interest rate swap agreement and any interest rate cap agreement;
 
  6.   the Depositor’s right to realize upon any property (including the right to receive future net liquidation proceeds) that secured a Receivable;
 
  7.   the Depositor’s right in rebates of premiums and other amounts relating to insurance policies and other items financed under the Receivables in effect as of the related Cut-off Date; and
 
  8.   all proceeds of the foregoing.
     Various forms of credit enhancement may be used to benefit holders of the related Notes, including a Reserve Account (defined below). In limited circumstances, an Issuing Entity will also have access to the funds in the Yield Supplement Account (defined below) or have the benefit of overcollateralization to provide limited protection against low-interest receivables. The property of each Issuing Entity will not include amounts on deposit from time to time in any Reserve Account. The accompanying Prospectus Supplement will specify whether the property of the Issuing Entity will include amounts on deposit from time to time in any Yield Supplement Account.
THE RECEIVABLES
General
     NMAC purchased the Receivables from the Dealers in the ordinary course of business in accordance with NMAC’s underwriting standards described in this Prospectus under “— Underwriting Procedures.” The Receivables to be held by each Issuing Entity will be selected from those automobile and/or light-duty truck retail installment contracts in NMAC’s portfolio that meet several criteria. NMAC attempts to select a pool of Receivables that is a representative sample of its overall portfolio of retail installment contracts, maturing over the life of the transaction. These criteria provide that each Receivable:
  1.   was originated in the United States;
 
  2.   provides for level monthly payments which provide interest at the annual percentage rate (“APR”) and fully amortize the amount financed over an original term to maturity no greater than the specified number of months set forth in the accompanying Prospectus Supplement;
 
  3.   is attributable to the purchase of a new, near-new or used automobile or light-duty truck and is secured by that vehicle; and
 
  4.   satisfies the other criteria, if any, set forth in the accompanying Prospectus Supplement.
     The Sale and Servicing Agreement for each Issuing Entity provides that if the Servicer, the Issuing Entity or the Depositor discovers a breach of any representation, warranty or covenant referred to in the preceding paragraph that materially and adversely affects the Issuing Entity’s interest in the related Receivable, which breach is not cured on or before the date specified in the accompanying Prospectus Supplement, the Depositor will, and if necessary, will cause NMAC, to repurchase that Receivable. In connection with this repurchase, the Depositor or NMAC, as applicable, will remit the Warranty Purchase Payment to the related Issuing Entity. This repurchase obligation will constitute the sole remedy available to the Noteholders of the Issuing Entity for any uncured breach of such representations, warranties or covenants.
     All of the Receivables are simple interest contracts. In general, under a simple interest contract, as payments are received they are applied first to pay accrued interest; second, to pay principal until the principal balance is brought current; and third, to reduce any unpaid late charges or associated fees as provided in the Receivable. Any remaining amounts are then applied to reduce the remaining principal balance of the Receivable.
     Because interest accrues daily throughout each payment period, if an Obligor pays the fixed monthly installment in advance of the due date, the portion of the payment allocable to interest for that payment period will be less than it would be if the payment were made on the due date. Similarly, the portion of that monthly payment allocable to principal will be correspondingly greater. Conversely, if the Obligor pays the fixed monthly installment after its due date, the portion of the payment allocable to interest for that payment period will be greater than it would be if the payment were made on the due date, and the portion of the payment allocable to principal will be correspondingly smaller. Accordingly, the timing and amount of prior payments will determine the amount of the scheduled final monthly payment.

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Underwriting Procedures
     NMAC purchases automobile and light-duty truck retail installment contracts from the Dealers located throughout the United States. These contracts are underwritten using NMAC’s standard underwriting procedures. The Receivables are originated by the Dealers in accordance with NMAC’s requirements under existing Dealer Agreements and will be purchased in accordance with NMAC’s underwriting procedures and other requirements, as described below. NMAC’s underwriting procedures emphasize, among other factors, the applicant’s willingness and ability to pay and the value of the vehicle to be financed.
     The Depositor requires that retail installment contract applications received from the Dealers be signed by the applicant and contain, among other information, the applicant’s name, address, social security number, residential status, source and amount of monthly income and amount of monthly rent or mortgage payment. Upon receipt of the above information, NMAC obtains a credit report from an independent credit bureau reporting agency. NMAC’s credit decision is influenced by, among other things, the applicant’s credit score as obtained by NMAC from the three national credit bureaus Equifax, Experian and TransUnion.
     A retail installment contract application may be reviewed by the credit officers within NMAC’s consumer credit department. Depending on their level and experience, credit officers may have the authority to approve or deny certain types of retail installment contract applications. For example, newly hired credit analysts are assigned level 1 authority, which allows them to approve applications with a FICO Score of 620 and above and amounts up to $35,000 ($50,000 for analysts assigned to Infiniti Financial Services). Senior Credit Analysts are given level 2 authority, which allows them to approve applications with a FICO Score as low as 500 and amounts up to $75,000. A credit supervisor has level 3 authority, and may approve amounts up to $150,000 for any FICO Score. Finally, level 4 authority is reserved for the regional credit manager, the senior manager of the consumer credit and risk management departments, and the regional financial service managers, all of whom can approve or deny any type of retail installment contract application.
     NMAC makes its final credit decision based upon the degree of credit risk with respect to each retail installment contract applicant. NMAC also uses a repeat customer algorithm to grant pre-approvals to existing retail installment contract customers. From September 1996 through October 2001, NMAC utilized its own statistically derived empirical credit scoring process. The credit scoring process considers credit bureau, application and contract information. The credit scoring process also takes into account debt ratios, such as car payment to income and total debt payments to income, residential status, monthly mortgage or rent payment, bank accounts and other personal information. However, for competitive reasons, NMAC switched to risk models developed by Fair, Isaac and Company, Inc. beginning October 4, 2001. These generic scorecards (“FICO Scores”) allow Dealers to enter into financing contracts with customers during the hours that NMAC is not open for business.
     NMAC uses risk-based pricing that includes a tiered system of interest rates and advance rates representing the varying degrees of risk assigned to different ranges of credit risk. If NMAC considers an Obligor to be relatively less credit-worthy (and, as a result, a greater risk), NMAC will assign the Obligor a higher interest rate and a lower permissible advance rates.
Electronic Contracting
     Certain of the retail installment contracts may be originated electronically. NMAC has contracted with a third-party to facilitate the process of creating and storing those electronic contracts. The third-party’s technology system permits transmission, storage, access and administration of electronic contracts and is comprised of proprietary and third-party software, hardware, network communications equipment, lines and services, computer servers, data centers, support and maintenance services, security devices and other related technology materials that enable electronic contracting in the automobile retail industry. The third-party’s system allows for the transmission, storage, access and administration of electronic contracts. Through use of the third-party’s system, a Dealer originates electronic retail installment contracts and then transfers these electronic contracts to NMAC.
     The third party system uses a combination of technological and administrative features that are designed to: (i) designate a single copy of the record or records comprising an electronic contract as being the single authoritative copy of the receivable; (ii) manage access to and the expression of the authoritative copy; (iii) identify NMAC as the owner or record of the authoritative copy; and (iv) provide a means for transferring record ownership of, and the exclusive right of access to, the authoritative copy from the current owner of Record to a successor owner of record.
Servicing of the Receivables
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processing. All exception payment processing (payments received via Western Union, recoveries and bankruptcy) is manually posted at NCCD. In general, payments received directly by NCCD amount to approximately 5% of total payments.
     NMAC considers a receivable to be past due when the Obligor fails to make a payment by the due date and delinquent when 20% or more of a scheduled payment is 15 days past due. If a payment is delinquent, NMAC may soon thereafter attempt to initiate telephone contacts and may mail notices requesting payment. Since August 2000, NMAC has utilized behavioral based campaigns in its collection activities. The behavioral based campaigns are comprised of two areas in addressing delinquent Obligors. The first assesses the risk of the delinquent Obligor through a behavioral scoring algorithm. The algorithm prioritizes the Obligor from high to low risk and calling campaigns are structured to target high-risk Obligors. Secondly, based on the score, management determines the best strategy for past due letters. Assessing the score allows the managers to focus resources on higher risk Obligors. Lower risk Obligors may receive no communication from NMAC unless the delinquency becomes more severe. When an Obligor becomes delinquent by 45 days or more, the account is assigned to the Regional Collections unit where the account becomes the responsibility of one person until resolution (repayment, charge-off, etc.). This unit is divided into seven regions spanning the United States and is made up of one Manager, five Supervisors and 55 Customer Account Representatives. A Customer Account Representative will work with the Obligor, utilizing a collection strategy that incorporates accountability, 3-day follow-up calls and regionalization. If the delinquent receivable cannot be brought current or completely collected within 60 to 90 days, NMAC generally attempts to repossess the vehicle. NMAC holds repossessed vehicles in inventory to comply with any applicable statutory requirements for reinstatement and then sells those vehicles. Any deficiencies remaining after repossession and sale of the vehicle or after the full charge-off of the receivable are pursued by or on behalf of NMAC to the extent practicable and legally permitted. NMAC attempts to contact Obligors and establish and monitor repayment schedules until the deficiencies are either paid in full or become impractical to pursue.
Extensions
     On occasion, NMAC may extend the term of a receivable if the Obligor requests such extension and is not in default on any of its obligations under the receivable and if the Obligor agrees to continue to make monthly payments (each, a “Term Extension”). NMAC has established authority levels for approval of Term Extensions. Term Extensions are not to exceed three months in a twelve-month period or six months in the life of the receivable.
USE OF PROCEEDS
     Each Issuing Entity will use the net proceeds from the sale of the Notes of a given series to purchase Receivables from the Depositor. The Depositor will use the net proceeds it receives from any Issuing Entity to purchase Receivables from NMAC.
THE OWNER TRUSTEE
     The trustee for each Issuing Entity (the “Owner Trustee”) or the trustee under any Indenture pursuant to which the Notes are issued (the “Indenture Trustee”) will be specified in the accompanying Prospectus Supplement. The Owner Trustee’s or the Indenture Trustee’s liability in connection with the issuance and sale of the related Notes is limited solely to the express obligations of that Owner Trustee or Indenture Trustee set forth in the related Trust Agreement, Sale and Servicing Agreement or Indenture, as applicable. An Owner Trustee or Indenture Trustee may resign at any time, in which event the Servicer, or its successor, will be obligated to appoint a successor thereto. The Administrator of an Issuing Entity may also remove an Owner Trustee or Indenture Trustee that becomes insolvent or otherwise ceases to be eligible to continue in that capacity under the related Trust Agreement, Sale and Servicing Agreement or Indenture, as applicable. In those circumstances, the Servicer will be obligated to appoint a successor thereto. Any resignation or removal of an Owner Trustee or Indenture Trustee and appointment of a successor trustee will not become effective until acceptance of the appointment by the successor.
THE DEPOSITOR
     NARC II, the Depositor, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of NMAC and was incorporated in the State of Delaware on November 9, 2000. The Depositor was organized for limited purposes, which include purchasing receivables from NMAC and transferring those receivables to third parties.
     The certificate of incorporation of the Depositor limits the activities of the Depositor to the following purposes:
  1.   acquire rights and interest in and to (including any beneficial interests in and to) receivables or leases arising out of or relating to the sale or lease of vehicles, moneys due under the receivables and the leases, security interests in the related financed or leased vehicles and proceeds from claims on the related insurance policies (collectively, the “Depositor Interests”);
 
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  3.   transfer the Depositor Interests to an Issuing Entity pursuant to one or more pooling and servicing agreements, sale and servicing agreements or other agreements (each, a “Sale and Servicing Agreement”) to be entered into by, among others, NARC II, the related trustee and the servicer of the Depositor Interests;
 
  4.   authorize, sell and deliver any class of certificates issued by the issuing entities under the related Sale and Servicing Agreements;
 
  5.   acquire from NMAC the certificates issued by one or more trusts to which NMAC or one of its subsidiaries transferred the Depositor Interests;
 
  6.   issue, sell, authorize and deliver one or more series of notes secured by or collateralized by one or more pools of Depositor Interests or by certificates issued by one or more trusts;
 
  7.   hold and enjoy all rights and privileges of any certificates or notes issued by the issuing entities to NARC II under the related Sale and Servicing Agreements;
 
  8.   loan to affiliates or others or otherwise invest or apply funds received as a result of NARC II’s interest in any of the notes or certificates and any other income;
 
  9.   perform its obligations under the Sale and Servicing Agreements and any indenture or other agreement (each, an “Indenture”); and
 
  10.   engage in any activity and exercise any powers permitted to corporations under the laws of the State of Delaware that are related or incidental to the foregoing.
     Since its formation in November 2000, NARC II has been the Depositor in each of NMAC’s retail securitization transactions, and has not participated in or been a party to any other financing transactions. For more information regarding NMAC’s retail securitization program, you should refer to “Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation — NMAC Responsibilities in Securitization Program — Retail Installment Contracts” in this Prospectus.
     On each Closing Date, the Depositor will convey the Receivables to the Issuing Entity issuing the related series of Notes and Certificates in exchange for those Notes and Certificates. The Depositor will then sell the Notes to the underwriters for that series pursuant to an underwriting agreement.
     The Depositor will initially retain all of the Certificates. As the holder of Certificates, the Depositor will have various rights and obligations under the related Trust Agreement, including (i) removal of the Administrator, (ii) appointment of a successor trustee upon resignation and removal of the Owner Trustee of the related Issuing Entity, and (iii) indemnification of the Owner Trustee of the related Issuing Entity. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the rights of any holder of the Certificates of a series to take any action affecting the related Issuing Entity’s property will be subject to the rights of the Indenture Trustee under the related Indenture. For more information regarding the rights and obligations of the Depositor upon the initial issuance of a series of Notes, you should refer to “Description of the Trust Agreement” in this Prospectus.
     The principal executive offices of NARC II are located at BellSouth Tower, 333 Commerce Street, 3rd Floor, B-7-D, Nashville, Tennessee 37201-1800 and its telephone number is (615) 725-1121 .
NISSAN MOTOR ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION
General
     NMAC was incorporated in the state of California in November 1981 and began operations in February 1982. NMAC is a wholly owned subsidiary of Nissan North America, Inc. (“NNA”), the primary distributor of Nissan and Infiniti vehicles in the United States. NNA is a direct wholly owned subsidiary of Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., a Japanese corporation (“Nissan”), which is a worldwide manufacturer and distributor of motor vehicles and industrial equipment.
     NMAC provides indirect retail automobile and light-duty truck installment sale and lease financing by purchasing retail installment contracts and leases from the Dealers and, to a lesser extent other domestic and import franchised Dealers in all 50 states of the United States. NMAC also provides direct wholesale financing to many of those Dealers, by financing inventories and other dealer activities such as business acquisitions, facilities refurbishment, real estate purchases and working capital requirements.
     The retail installment contracts NMAC purchases are sourced from Dealers and are for new, “near-new,” used and certified near-new and used automobiles. A “near-new” vehicle is defined as any make vehicle up to three model years old. NMAC introduced the “near-new” classification in April 1995 principally to distinguish off-lease vehicles from other used vehicles. A used vehicle is defined as any pre-owned Nissan or Infiniti vehicles four or five model years old, and other makes of pre-owned vehicles up to five model years old. Certified vehicles are Nissan and Infiniti vehicles which have been inspected by Dealers and that meet certain

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published standards. The leases NMAC purchases are for new-vehicle, closed-end lease contracts also sourced from the Dealers. NMAC collects payments and services the leases and sales contracts, employing various collection methods including a behavioral-based collection strategy to minimize risk of loss.
     NMAC extends credit lines to Dealers that operate exclusive Nissan and Infiniti dealerships, to dealers that operate Nissan, Infiniti and non-Nissan and non-Infiniti franchises in one dealership, and also to dealers that operate dealerships franchised by non-Nissan and non-Infiniti manufacturers for their purchase of inventories of new and used Nissan, Infiniti and other vehicles in the normal course of business. Dealers who have non-Nissan and non-Infiniti franchises may use part of NMAC’s financing, pursuant to their related wholesale financing agreement, to finance vehicles purchased from other manufacturers. NMAC also extends term loans and revolving lines of credit to dealers for business acquisitions, facilities refurbishment, real estate purchases, construction and working capital requirements.
     The principal executive offices of NMAC are located at BellSouth Tower, 333 Commerce Street, 10th Floor, B-10-C, Nashville, Tennessee 37201-1800 and its telephone number is (214) 596-4000. NMAC also has a centralized operations center in Irving, Texas which performs underwriting, servicing and collection activities. Certain back office operations, including finance, accounting, legal and human resources, have been reorganized as functional departments under NNA. The effect has been to lower costs, streamline processes and improve communication.
Financing Operations
Retail Financing
     NMAC primarily purchases new and used vehicles and financing contracts from Nissan, Infiniti and, to a lesser extent, other domestic and import franchise Dealers. Contracts that are purchased must comply with NMAC’s underwriting standards and other requirements under existing agreements between NMAC and the Dealers. After purchasing the financing contracts, NMAC has responsibility for contract administration and collection. See “The Receivables — Underwriting Procedures.”
     The retail installment contracts NMAC acquires from the Dealers are assigned to NMAC. NMAC also takes steps under the relevant laws of the state in which the related financed vehicle is located to perfect its security interest, including, where applicable, having a notation of NMAC’s lien recorded on the related certificate of title and obtaining possession of that certificate of title. As a result, NMAC has the right to repossess the assets if customers fail to meet contractual obligations as well as the right to enforce collection actions against the Obligors under the contracts. Upon default, NMAC sells the vehicles through auctions. Repossessed vehicles are sold through a variety of distribution channels. Substantially all of NMAC’s retail financing receivables are non-recourse to the Dealers, which relieves the Dealers from financial responsibility in the event of repossession.
Wholesale and Other Dealer Financing
     NMAC supports vehicle Dealers by offering wholesale and other dealer financing for a variety of Dealers’ business needs.
     Wholesale Financing. NMAC provides wholesale financing to vehicle Dealers for their purchase of inventories of new and used Nissan, Infiniti and other vehicles in the normal course of business for their sale to retail buyers and lessees. NMAC acquires a security interest in vehicles financed under wholesale loans, which NMAC perfects through UCC filings. These financings in some cases may be backed by a subordinated security interest in parts inventory, machinery, tools, equipment, fixtures and service accounts of Dealers or real estate owned by a dealer and/or may be guaranteed by a dealer’s parent holding company or affiliate, or personally by the Dealers’ principal.
     NMAC extends credit lines to Nissan and Infiniti Dealers that operate exclusive Nissan or Infiniti dealerships, that operate Nissan, Infiniti and non-Nissan and non-Infiniti franchises in one dealership, and that operate dealerships franchised by non-Nissan and non-Infiniti manufacturers. Dealers who have non-Nissan and non-Infiniti franchises may obtain financing of vehicles from such other manufacturers or may use part of NMAC’s financing, pursuant to their related wholesale financing agreement, to finance vehicles purchased from such other manufacturers. In the case of certain Nissan and Infiniti Dealers, who also are franchised by other manufacturers, NMAC provides wholesale financing for new Nissan and Infiniti vehicles, but not the new vehicles of other manufacturers.
     NMAC extends credit to newly franchised Dealers from time to time based on established credit criteria. NMAC’s credit decisions for new franchised Dealers requesting a new credit line are based on NMAC’s investigation and review of the dealer’s financial status and bank references, as well as its marketing capabilities, financial resources and credit requirements. When an existing dealer requests the establishment of a wholesale new vehicle credit line, NMAC typically reviews the Dealers’ credit reports, including the experience of the dealer’s operations and management, including evaluating any factory reference and marketing capabilities.
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mortgage, construction and equipment loans are typically secured with liens on real estate, vehicle inventory, and/or other dealership assets, as appropriate. NMAC requires a personal guarantee from the Dealer and other owners of 10% interests or more in the dealership entity or dealerships, unless waived. NMAC also provides financing to various multi-franchise Dealer organizations, referred to as Dealer groups, for wholesale, working capital, real estate, and business acquisitions. The wholesale new vehicle credit lines, mortgage, construction and equipment loans are typically collateralized with liens on real estate, vehicle inventory, and/or other dealership assets, as appropriate. NMAC requires a personal guarantee from the Dealer and owners of 10% or more in the dealership entity, unless waived. Although the loans are typically collateralized or guaranteed, the value of the underlying collateral or guarantees may not be sufficient to cover NMAC’s exposure under such agreements.
Lease Financing
     NMAC has established a titling trust that purchases new vehicle, closed-end fixed rate lease contracts originated through the Dealers. All of the Dealers have entered into agreements with NMAC or Infiniti Financial Service, which is a division of NMAC, pursuant to which they have assigned and will assign retail closed-end motor vehicle lease contracts to the titling trust. The titling trust was created in 1998 to avoid the administrative difficulty and expense associated with retitling leased vehicles for the securitization of motor vehicle leases. The titling trust issued to NILT Trust, a subsidiary of NMAC, a beneficial interest in the undivided trust interest representing the entire beneficial interest in unallocated assets of the titling trust.
     Auto lease applications are subject to the same credit policies and procedures at NMAC. You should refer to “The Receivables — Underwriting Procedures” in this Prospectus for more detailed information on the credit policies and procedures used by NMAC.
NMAC Responsibilities in Securitization Program
     The primary funding source for NMAC has been the packaging and sale of retail installment contracts, loans and leases through asset-backed securitization, or “ABS,” transactions. Three types of assets are sold through NMAC’s ABS program: retail installment contracts, operating leases and floorplan loans to Dealers. As described in more detail below, NMAC’s primary responsibilities with respect to each type of securitized assets consist of (i) acquiring the retail installment contracts and leases from Nissan and Infiniti Dealers and making loans to Dealers, (ii) selling the retail installment contracts, loans and leases to a special purpose entity in connection with an ABS transaction, and (iii) servicing the retail installment contracts, loans and leases throughout the life of the ABS transaction.
Retail Installment Contracts
     The retail installment contracts purchased by NMAC (each, a “retail receivable”) are underwritten using NMAC’s standard underwriting procedures, which emphasize, among other factors, the applicant’s willingness and ability to pay and the value of the vehicle to be financed.
     You should refer to ‘‘— The Receivables” in this Prospectus and the accompanying Prospectus Supplement for more detailed information regarding the Receivables.
     In connection with each ABS transaction involving retail receivables, NMAC will sell its selected portfolio of retail receivables to NARC II. NARC II then re-sells the retail receivables to the related Issuing Entity issuing notes and/or certificates secured by those retail receivables.
     NMAC will act as the servicer and, in that capacity, will handle all collections, administer defaults and delinquencies and otherwise service the retail receivables. You should refer to “Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation — Servicing” in the accompanying Prospectus Supplement for more detailed information regarding NMAC’s servicing responsibilities.
     NARC II has filed registration statements, including certain amendments and exhibits, under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) with the SEC in connection with each offering of securities backed by the retail receivables of NMAC. For more information regarding these ABS transactions, you should review the registration statements and other reports filed by NARC II with the SEC at http://www.sec.gov.
Loans to Dealers
     NMAC extends credit to Dealers to finance their inventory of automobiles and light-duty trucks based upon established credit lines. Each Dealer requesting to establish a credit line is evaluated by NMAC’s commercial credit department based on several criteria, including the Dealers’ credit reports, bank references and the Dealer’s current state of operations and management. See “— Financing Operations” above.
     Upon approval, each Dealer enters into an automotive wholesale financing and security agreement with NMAC (each, an “account”) which provides NMAC, among other things, with a first priority security interest in the financed vehicles. The principal and interest payments received on each account are the “floorplan receivables.” In connection with each ABS transaction involving floorplan receivables, NMAC will designate certain accounts and sell the floorplan receivables arising from those accounts to Nissan

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Wholesale Receivables Corporation II (“NWRC II”), a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of NMAC. NWRC II will then re-sell the floorplan receivables to the Issuing Entity issuing notes secured by those floorplan receivables.
     Each account designated by NMAC is selected based on a number of eligibility criteria including, among others, limitations on the Dealers’ geographic location. Under certain circumstances, NMAC may designate additional accounts and, upon such designation, all new floorplan receivables arising in connection with those additional accounts will be transferred to the Issuing Entity issuing the securities, unless the accounts become ineligible or are subsequently redesignated by NMAC for removal.
     NMAC will service the floorplan receivables in accordance with customary procedures and guidelines that it uses in servicing dealer floorplan receivables that it services for its own account or for others and in accordance with the agreements it has entered into with the Dealers. Servicing activities performed by the servicer include, among others, collecting and recording payments, making any required adjustment to the floorplan receivables, monitoring dealer payments, evaluating increases in credit limits and maintaining internal records with respect to each account. The servicer may also change, in limited circumstances, the terms of the floorplan receivables under the designated accounts. These terms may include the applicable interest rates, payment terms and amount of the dealer’s credit line under the designated account, as well as the underwriting procedures.
     Upon the sale of an NMAC financed vehicle, NMAC is entitled to receive payment in full of the related advance upon the earlier of 10 calendar days from the sale or two business days after the dealership has received payment therefor. Dealers remit payments by check or electronically directly to NMAC. If the financed vehicle is not sold or leased within a year, advances for such vehicle are typically due in the twelfth month after the date funded, but, with NMAC approval, may be repaid in equal monthly installments beginning in the thirteenth month.
     NWRC II has filed a registration statement and certain amendments and exhibits under the Securities Act with the SEC relating to the offering of securities backed by the floorplan receivables of NMAC. For more information regarding these transactions, you should review the registration statement and other reports filed by NWRC II with the SEC at http://www.sec.gov.
Lease
     In connection with its lease securitization program from time to time, NILT Trust instructs the trustee for the titling trust to establish a special unit of beneficial interest and allocate to the special unit of beneficial interest a separate portfolio of leases, the related vehicles leased under the leases and other associated assets owned by the titling trust. Upon creation of the special unit of beneficial interest, the separate portfolio of leases and the related vehicles and other assets will be transferred from NILT Trust to Nissan Auto Leasing LLC II (“NALL”), a Delaware limited liability company and a wholly owned subsidiary of NMAC, and will no longer constitute assets of the titling trust represented by NILT Trust. NALL then sells the special unit of beneficial interest to the issuing entity issuing notes and/or certificates secured by the special unit of beneficial interest.
     NMAC (i) underwrites the leases that will be assigned to the titling trust, (ii) selects the leases and the leased vehicles that will be allocated to each special unit of beneficial interest, and (iii) services the leases and the related vehicles owned by the titling trust. As the servicer for the leases and the related vehicles owned by the titling trust, NMAC will service the leases and the leased vehicles, using the same degree of skill and attention that it exercises with respect to comparable assets that it services for itself or others. NMAC also serves as administrator for each series of notes issued under its auto lease securitization program and, in that capacity, provides notices and perform other administrative obligations required to be performed by the related issuing entity or the trustee under the related indenture.
     NALL, the titling trust and NILT Trust have filed a registration statement and certain amendments and exhibits under the Securities Act with the SEC relating to the offering of securities backed by the leases of NMAC. For more information regarding those transactions, you should review the registration statement and other reports filed by NALL, the titling trust and NILT Trust with the SEC at http://www.sec.gov.
DELINQUENCIES, REPOSSESSIONS AND NET LOSSES
     Information concerning NMAC’s experience pertaining to delinquencies, repossessions and net losses on its portfolio of new, near-new and used retail automobile and light-duty truck receivables (including receivables previously sold that NMAC continues to service) will be set forth in each Prospectus Supplement. There can be no assurance that the delinquency, repossession and net loss experience on any Receivables Pool will be comparable to prior experience or to the information in any Prospectus Supplement.
WEIGHTED AVERAGE LIFE OF THE NOTES
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Depositor for Receivables as to which an uncured breach of specified representations and warranties or specified servicing covenants has occurred and (2) exercise by the Servicer or the Depositor of its right to purchase all of the assets of the Issuing Entity at its option under the circumstances described in this Prospectus, thereby triggering a redemption of the Notes. The term “weighted average life” means the average amount of time during which each dollar of principal of a Receivable is outstanding. All of the Receivables will be prepayable at any time without penalty to the Obligor. The rate of prepayment of automotive receivables is influenced by a variety of economic, social and other factors, including that an Obligor generally may not sell or transfer the Financed Vehicle securing the related Receivable without the consent of the Servicer.
     In light of the above considerations, there can be no assurance as to the amount of principal payments to be made on the Notes of a given series on each Distribution Date, since the amount of principal payments will depend, in part, on the amount of principal collected on the related Receivables Pool during the applicable Collection Period. No prediction can be made as to the actual prepayment experience on the Receivables, and any reinvestment risks resulting from a faster or slower rate of prepayment of Receivables will be borne entirely by the Noteholders of a given series. See “Risk Factors — You may experience reduced returns on your investment resulting from prepayments, repurchases or early termination of the issuing entity” in this Prospectus.
     The accompanying Prospectus Supplement may set forth additional information regarding the maturity and prepayment considerations applicable to the particular Receivables Pool and the related series of Notes.
POOL FACTORS AND TRADING INFORMATION
     The “Note Factor” for each class of Notes will be a seven-digit decimal that the Servicer will compute prior to each payment with respect to that class of Notes. The Note Factor represents the remaining outstanding principal amount of that class of Notes, as of the close of business on the last day of the applicable Collection Period, as a fraction of the initial outstanding principal amount of that class of Notes.
     Each Note Factor will initially be 1.0000000 and thereafter will decline to reflect reductions in the outstanding principal amount of the applicable class of Notes. A Noteholder’s portion of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the related class of Notes is the product of (1) the original denomination of that Noteholder’s Note and (2) the applicable Note Factor.
     The “Note Pool Factor” for each class of Notes will be a seven-digit decimal figure that the Servicer will compute prior to each payment with respect to that class of Notes indicating the remaining outstanding principal amount of that class of Notes, as of the close of business on the last day of the applicable Collection Period, as a fraction of the Pool Balance as of the related Cut-off Date.
     The Noteholders will receive monthly reports concerning payments received on the Receivables, the Pool Balance, each Note Factor and various other items of information.
THE NOTES
General
     Each Issuing Entity will issue one or more classes (each, a “class”) of Notes pursuant to the terms of an indenture (the “Indenture”). A form of the Indenture has been filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement of which this Prospectus is a part. The following summary does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to, all the provisions of the Notes and the Indenture.
     Each class of Notes will initially be represented by one or more Notes, in each case registered in the name of the nominee of The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”), except as set forth below. Notes will be available for purchase in the denominations specified in the accompanying Prospectus Supplement in book-entry form only. The Depositor has been informed by DTC that DTC’s nominee will be Cede, unless another nominee is specified in the accompanying Prospectus Supplement. Accordingly, that nominee is expected to be the holder of record of the Notes (a “Noteholder”) of each class. No Noteholder will be entitled to receive a physical certificate representing a Note until Definitive Notes are issued under the limited circumstances described in this Prospectus or in the accompanying Prospectus Supplement. All references in this Prospectus and in the accompanying Prospectus Supplement to actions by Noteholders refer to actions taken by DTC upon instructions from its participating organizations (the “DTC Participants”) and all references in this Prospectus and in the accompanying Prospectus Supplement to payments, notices, reports and statements to Noteholders refer to payments, notices, reports and statements to DTC or its nominee, as the registered holder of the Notes, for distribution to Noteholders in accordance with DTC’s procedures. See “Material Information Regarding the Notes — Book-Entry Registration” and “— Definitive Notes.”
Principal of and Interest on the Notes
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holders of any other class or classes of Notes of that series. Payments of interest on the Notes will generally be made prior to payments of principal. A series may include one or more classes of Notes (the “Strip Notes”) entitled to (1) principal payments with disproportionate, nominal or no interest payments or (2) interest payments with disproportionate, nominal or no principal payments. Each class of Notes may have a different interest rate, which may be a fixed, variable or adjustable interest rate (and which may be zero for some classes of Strip Notes), or any combination of the foregoing. The accompanying Prospectus Supplement will specify the interest rate for each class of Notes of a given series or the method for determining the interest rate. See also “Material Information Regarding the Notes — Fixed Rate Notes” and “— Floating Rate Notes.” One or more classes of Notes of a series may be redeemable in whole or in part, including as a result of the Servicer or the Depositor exercising its option to purchase the related Receivables Pool or other early termination of the related Issuing Entity.
     One or more classes of Notes of a given series may have fixed principal payment schedules, in the manner and to the extent set forth in the accompanying Prospectus Supplement. Noteholders of those Notes would be entitled to receive as payments of principal, on any given Distribution Date, the amounts set forth on that schedule with respect to those Notes.
     One or more classes of Notes of a given Issuing Entity may have targeted scheduled Distribution Dates, in the manner and to the extent set forth in the accompanying Prospectus Supplement. Such Notes will be paid in full on their respective targeted scheduled Distribution Dates to the extent the Issuing Entity is able to issue certain variable pay term notes in sufficient principal amounts. The proceeds of issuance of such variable pay term notes, which may be issued publicly or privately, will be applied to pay the specified class of Notes, in the manner set forth in the related Prospectus Supplement, and such variable pay term notes will receive principal payments in the amounts and with the priority specified in the related Prospectus Supplement.
     Payments of interest to Noteholders of all classes within a series will have the same priority. Under some circumstances, on any Distribution Date, the amount available for those payments could be less than the amount of interest payable on the Notes. If this is the case, each class of Noteholders will receive its ratable share (based upon the aggregate amount of interest due to that class of Noteholders) of the aggregate amount of interest available for payment on the Notes. See “Description of the Transfer and Servicing Agreements — Distributions on the Notes and Certificates” and “— Credit and Cash Flow Enhancement.”
     If a series of Notes includes two or more classes of Notes, the sequential order and priority of payment in respect of principal and interest, and any schedule or formula or other provisions applicable to the determination thereof, of each of those classes will be set forth in the accompanying Prospectus Supplement. Payments of principal and interest of any class of Notes will be made on a pro rata basis among all the Noteholders of that class.
THE CERTIFICATES
General
     Each Issuing Entity will issue one or more classes (each, a “class”) of certificates (“Certificates”) pursuant to the terms of a Trust Agreement, a form of which has been filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement of which this Prospectus forms a part. The following summary does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to, all the provisions of the Certificates and the Trust Agreement.
     The timing and priority of payments, seniority, allocations of losses and amount of or method of determining payments with respect to each class of Certificates will be described in the applicable Prospectus Supplement. Payments on those Certificates will be made on each Distribution Date specified in the accompanying Prospectus Supplement. Payments in respect of the Certificates may be subordinate to payments in respect of the Notes as more fully described in the accompanying Prospectus Supplement.
     If and as provided in the accompanying Prospectus Supplement, amounts remaining on deposit in the Collection Account after all required payments to the Noteholders and payments to any Hedge Counterparty, if any, have been made may be released to the Certificateholders, the Depositor, or NMAC.
MATERIAL INFORMATION REGARDING THE NOTES
Fixed Rate Notes
     Any class of Notes (other than some classes of Strip Notes) may bear interest at a fixed rate per annum (“Fixed Rate Notes”) or at a variable or adjustable rate per annum (“Floating Rate Notes”), as more fully described below and in the accompanying Prospectus Supplement. Each class of Fixed Rate Notes will bear interest at the applicable per annum interest rate or Pass Through Rate, as the case may be, specified in the accompanying Prospectus Supplement. Interest on each class of Fixed Rate Notes will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. See “The Notes — Principal of and Interest on the Notes” and “The Notes — Payments of Principal” in the accompanying Prospectus Supplement.

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Floating Rate Notes
     Each class of Floating Rate Notes will bear interest during each applicable Interest Period at a rate per annum determined by reference to the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”), plus or minus the Spread, if any, or multiplied by the Spread Multiplier, if any, in each case as specified in the accompanying Prospectus Supplement.
     The “Spread” is the number of basis points to be added to or subtracted from LIBOR for the Floating Rate Notes. The “Spread Multiplier” is the percentage of LIBOR applicable to the Floating Rate Notes by which LIBOR will be multiplied to determine the applicable interest rate on those Floating Rate Notes.
     Each accompanying Prospectus Supplement will specify whether the rate of interest on the related Floating Rate Notes will be reset daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, semi-annually, annually or some other specified period (each, an “Interest Reset Period”) and the dates on which that interest rate will be reset (each, an “Interest Reset Date”). The Interest Reset Date will be, in the case of Floating Rate Notes which reset:
  1.   daily, each Business Day;
 
  2.   weekly, the Wednesday of each week;
 
  3.   monthly, the third Wednesday of each month;
 
  4.   quarterly, the third Wednesday of March, June, September and December of each year;
 
  5.   semi-annually, the third Wednesday of the two months specified in the accompanying Prospectus Supplement; and
 
  6.   annually, the third Wednesday of the month specified in the accompanying Prospectus Supplement.
     Unless otherwise specified in the related Prospectus Supplement, if any Interest Reset Date for any Floating Rate Note would otherwise be a day that is not a Business Day, that Interest Reset Date will be postponed to the next succeeding day that is a Business Day, except that if that Business Day falls in the next succeeding calendar month, that Interest Reset Date will be the immediately preceding Business Day. Unless specified otherwise in the accompanying Prospectus Supplement, “Business Day” means a day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in New York, New York; Minneapolis, Minnesota; Wilmington, Delaware; Irving, Texas; or Nashville, Tennessee are authorized or obligated by law, regulation, executive order or decree to be closed. A Business Day also must be a day that is a London Business Day. “London Business Day” means any day on which dealings in deposits are transacted in the London interbank market.
     Unless otherwise specified in the related Prospectus Supplement, if any Distribution Date for any Floating Rate Note (other than the final Distribution Date) would otherwise be a day that is not a Business Day, that Distribution Date will be the next succeeding day that is a Business Day except that if that Business Day falls in the next succeeding calendar month, that Distribution Date will be the immediately preceding Business Day. If the final Distribution Date of a Floating Rate Note falls on a day that is not a Business Day, the payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest will be made on the next succeeding Business Day, and no interest on that payment shall accrue for the period from and after that final Distribution Date.
     Each Floating Rate Note will accrue interest on an “Actual/360” basis, an “Actual/Actual” basis or a “30/360” basis, in each case as specified in the accompanying Prospectus Supplement. For Floating Rate Notes calculated on an Actual/360 basis and Actual/Actual basis, accrued interest for each Interest Period will be calculated by multiplying:
  1.   the face amount of that Floating Rate Note;
 
  2.   the applicable interest rate; and
 
  3.   the actual number of days in the related Interest Period, and dividing the resulting product by 360 or 365, as applicable (or, with respect to an Actual/Actual basis Floating Rate Note, if any portion of the related Interest Period falls in a leap year, the product of (1) and (2) above will be multiplied by the sum of (x) the actual number of days in that portion of that Interest Period falling in a leap year divided by 366 and (y) the actual number of days in that portion of that Interest Period falling in a non-leap year divided by 365).
     For Floating Rate Notes calculated on a 30/360 basis, accrued interest for an Interest Period will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months, irrespective of how many days are actually in that Interest Period. With respect to any Floating Rate Note that accrues interest on a 30/360 basis, if any Distribution Date, including the related final Distribution Date, falls on a day that is not a Business Day, the related payment of principal or interest will be made on the next succeeding Business Day as if made on the date that payment was due, and no interest will accrue on the amount so payable for the period from and after that Distribution Date. The “Interest Period” with respect to any class of Floating Rate Notes will be set forth in the accompanying Prospectus Supplement.

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     As specified in the accompanying Prospectus Supplement, Floating Rate Notes of a given class may also have either or both of the following (in each case expressed as a rate per annum): (1) a maximum limitation, or ceiling, on the rate at which interest may accrue during any Interest Period and (2) a minimum limitation, or floor, on the rate at which interest may accrue during any Interest Period. In addition to any maximum interest rate that may be applicable to any class of Floating Rate Notes, the interest rate applicable to any class of Floating Rate Notes will in no event be higher than the maximum rate permitted by applicable law, as the same may be modified by United States law of general application.
     Each Issuing Entity with respect to which a class of Floating Rate Notes will be issued will appoint, and enter into agreements with, a calculation agent (each, a “Calculation Agent”) to calculate interest rates on each class of Floating Rate Notes issued with respect thereto. The accompanying Prospectus Supplement will set forth the identity of the Calculation Agent for each class of Floating Rate Notes of a given series, which may be the related Owner Trustee or Indenture Trustee with respect to that series. All determinations of interest by the Calculation Agent shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive for all purposes and binding on the holders of Floating Rate Notes of a given class. All percentages resulting from any calculation on Floating Rate Notes will be rounded to the nearest one hundred-thousandth of a percentage point, with five one millionths of a percentage point rounded upwards (e.g., 9.876545% (or .09876545) would be rounded to 9.87655% (or .0987655)), and all dollar amounts used in or resulting from that calculation on Floating Rate Notes will be rounded to the nearest cent (with one-half cent being rounded upwards).
     Unless otherwise specified in the accompanying Prospectus Supplement with respect to LIBOR indexed to the offered rates for U.S. dollar deposits, “LIBOR” for each Interest Reset Period will be determined by the Calculation Agent for that Floating Rate Note as follows:
  1.   The London interbank offered rate as calculated by the British Bankers’ Association Service or any successor service for deposits in U.S. dollars having the maturity designated in the accompanying Prospectus Supplement commencing on the second London Business Day immediately following the applicable Interest Determination Date as of 11:00 a.m. London time, on the applicable Interest Determination Date. The “Interest Determination Date” with respect to an Interest Reset Date for a Floating Rate Note will be the second London Business Day preceding such Interest Reset Date.
 
  2.   With respect to an Interest Determination Date on which the London interbank offered rate is not available from the British Bankers’ Association Service or any successor service as specified above, LIBOR for the applicable Interest Determination Date will be the rate calculated by the Calculation Agent as the arithmetic mean of at least two quotations obtained by the Calculation Agent after requesting the principal London offices of each of four major reference banks in the London interbank market, which may include the Calculation Agent and its affiliates, as selected by the Calculation Agent, to provide the Calculation Agent with its offered quotation for deposits in the U.S. dollars for the period of the maturity designated in the accompanying Prospectus Supplement, commencing on the second London Business Day immediately following the applicable Interest Determination Date, to prime banks in the London interbank market at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, on the applicable Interest Determination Date and in a principal amount that is representative for a single transaction in U.S. dollars in that market at that time. If at least two such quotations are provided, LIBOR determined on the applicable Interest Determination Date will be the arithmetic mean of the quotations. If fewer than two quotations referred to in this paragraph are provided, LIBOR determined on the applicable Interest Determination Date will be the rate calculated by the Calculation Agent as the arithmetic mean of the rates quoted at approximately 11:00 a.m., or such other time specified in the accompanying Prospectus Supplement, in New York City, on the applicable Interest Determination Date by three major banks, which may include the Calculation Agent and its affiliates, in New York City selected by the Calculation Agent for loans in U.S. dollars to leading European banks, having the maturity designated in the accompanying Prospectus Supplement and in a principal amount that is representative for a single transaction in U.S. dollars in that market at that time. If the banks so selected by the Calculation Agent are not quoting as mentioned in this paragraph, LIBOR for the applicable Interest Determination Date will be LIBOR in effect on the applicable Interest Determination Date.
 
  3.   If “LIBOR Bloomberg” is designated in the accompanying Prospectus Supplement, the display on Bloomberg on the page designated in the accompanying Prospectus Supplement (or another page that may replace that designated page on that service for the purpose of displaying London interbank rates of major banks) in U.S. dollars.
Credit Enhancement
     Credit enhancement for your series or class of Notes may be in the form of overcollateralization (which is effectively subordination of a portion of the interest in the related Issuing Entity’s property not allocable to your series or any other series), subordination of one or more classes of Notes, subordination of the Certificates to one or more classes of Notes, a cash collateral guaranty or account, a reserve account, cash deposits or any combination of the above. The Prospectus Supplement for each series of Notes will specify the form, amount and limitations of any credit enhancement available to that series or, if applicable, to particular classes of that series. Any credit enhancement that constitutes a guarantee of the applicable series of Notes will be separately registered under the Securities Act unless exempt from registration under the Securities Act.

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     The presence of credit enhancement for the benefit of any class or series of Notes is intended to enhance the likelihood of receipt by the Noteholders of that class or series of the full amount of principal and interest due thereon and to decrease the likelihood that those Noteholders will experience losses. Any form of credit enhancement will have limitations and exclusions from coverage thereunder, which will be described in the accompanying Prospectus Supplement. The credit enhancement for a class or series of notes will not provide protection against all risks of loss and may not guarantee repayment of the entire outstanding principal balance and interest thereon. If losses occur which exceed the amount covered by any credit enhancement or which are not covered by any credit enhancement, Noteholders may suffer a loss on their investment in those Notes, as described in the accompanying Prospectus Supplement.
     Subordination Between Classes. If so specified in the accompanying Prospectus Supplement, one or more classes of a series will be subordinated as described in the Prospectus Supplement to the extent necessary to fund payments with respect to the Notes that are more senior within that series. The rights of the holders of the subordinated Notes to receive distributions of principal of and/or interest on any Distribution Date for that series will be subordinate in right and priority to the rights of the holders of Notes within that series that are more senior, but only to the extent set forth in the Prospectus Supplement. If so specified in the Prospectus Supplement, subordination may apply only in the event of specified types of losses or shortfalls not covered by another credit enhancement.
     The accompanying Prospectus Supplement will also set forth information concerning:
  1.   the amount of subordination of a class or classes of subordinated Notes within a series;
 
  2.   the circumstances in which that subordination will be applicable;
 
  3.   the manner, if any, in which the amount of subordination will change over time; and
 
  4.   the conditions under which amounts available from payments that would otherwise be made to holders of those subordinated Notes will be distributed to holders of Notes of that series that are more senior.
     Subordination of Certificates to Notes. The Certificates issued by an Issuing Entity will be in definitive form and initially retained by the Depositor and may be transferred to a Nissan affiliate. Payments on the Certificates will be subordinated to payments on the Notes to the extent described in the accompanying Prospectus Supplement. The Certificates will not bear interest.
     Reserve Account. If so specified in the Prospectus Supplement, credit enhancement for a series or one or more of the related classes will be provided by the establishment of a segregated trust account, referred to as the reserve account, which will be funded, to the extent provided in the accompanying Prospectus Supplement, through an initial deposit and/or through periodic deposits of available excess cash from the related Issuing Entity property. The reserve account is intended to assist with the payment of interest and/or principal on the Notes of a series or the related classes and other expenses and amounts of that series or classes in the manner specified in the accompanying Prospectus Supplement.
No Cross-Default/Cross-Collateralization
     The occurrence of an event of default with respect to one series of Notes does not automatically result in a default under any other series of Notes or other indebtedness of NMAC. However, the occurrence and continuation of certain events, such as the commencement of bankruptcy proceedings against NMAC, may constitute a servicer default under one or more series of Notes as well as other indebtedness of NMAC. If this occurs, NMAC’s financial condition, cash flow and its ability to service the leases or otherwise satisfy all of its debt obligations may be impaired, and you may suffer a loss in your investment.
Book-Entry Registration
     Each class of Notes offered by this Prospectus and each accompanying Prospectus Supplement will be represented by one or more certificates registered in the name of Cede & Co. (“Cede”), as nominee of DTC. Noteholders may hold beneficial interests in the Notes through the DTC (in the United States) or Clearstream Banking, société anonyme (“Clearstream Banking Luxembourg”) or Euroclear Bank S.A./NV (the “Euroclear Operator”) as operator of the Euroclear System (“Euroclear”) (in Europe or Asia) directly if they are participants of those systems, or indirectly through organizations which are participants in those systems.
     No Noteholder will be entitled to receive a certificate representing that person’s interest in the Notes, except as set forth below. Unless and until Notes of a series are issued in fully registered certificated form under the limited circumstances described below, all references in this Prospectus and the accompanying Prospectus Supplement to actions by Noteholders will refer to actions taken by DTC upon instructions from Direct Participants, and all references in this Prospectus to distributions, notices, reports and statements to Noteholders will refer to distributions, notices, reports and statements to Cede, as the registered holder of the Notes, for distribution to Noteholders in accordance with DTC procedures. Therefore, it is anticipated that the only Noteholder will be Cede, the nominee of DTC. Noteholders will not be recognized by the related Indenture Trustee as Noteholders as those terms will be used in the relevant agreements will only be able to exercise their collective rights as holders of Notes of the related class indirectly through DTC, the Direct Participants and the Indirect Participants, as further described below. In connection with such indirect exercise of rights through

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the DTC system, Noteholders may experience some delays in their receipt of payments, since distributions on book-entry securities first will be forwarded to Cede. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Noteholders are entitled to all remedies available at law or in equity with respect to any delay in receiving distributions on the securities, including but not limited to remedies set forth in the relevant agreements against parties thereto, whether or not such delay is attributable to the use of DTC’s book-entry system.
     Under a book-entry format, because DTC can only act on behalf of Direct Participants that in turn can only act on behalf of Indirect Participants, the ability of a Noteholder to pledge book-entry securities to persons or entities that do not participate in the DTC system, or otherwise take actions in respect of such book-entry securities, may be limited due to the lack of physical certificates or notes for such book-entry securities. In addition, issuance of the notes in book-entry form may reduce the liquidity of such securities in the secondary market since certain potential investors may be unwilling to purchase securities for which they cannot obtain physical notes.
     Clearstream Banking Luxembourg and Euroclear will hold omnibus positions on behalf of their participants (referred to herein as “Clearstream Banking Participants” and “Euroclear Participants,” respectively) through customers’ securities accounts in their respective names on the books of their respective depositaries (collectively, the “Depositaries”) which in turn will hold those positions in customers’ securities accounts in the Depositaries’ names on the books of DTC.
     Transfers between Direct Participants will occur in accordance with DTC rules. Transfers between Clearstream Banking Participants and Euroclear Participants will occur in accordance with their applicable rules and operating procedures.
     Cross-market transfers between persons holding directly or indirectly through DTC, on the one hand, and directly or indirectly through Clearstream Banking Luxembourg or Euroclear Participants, on the other, will be effected in DTC in accordance with DTC rules on behalf of the relevant European international clearing system by its Depositary. However, each of these cross-market transactions will require delivery of instructions to the relevant European international clearing system by the counterparty in that system in accordance with its rules and procedures and within its established deadlines (European time). The relevant European international clearing system will, if the transaction meets its settlement requirements, deliver instructions to its Depositary to take action to effect final settlement on its behalf by delivering or receiving securities in DTC, and making or receiving payment in accordance with normal procedures for same-day funds settlement applicable to DTC. Clearstream Banking Participants and Euroclear Participants may not deliver instructions directly to the Depositaries.
     Because of time-zone differences, credits of securities received in Clearstream Banking Luxembourg or Euroclear as a result of a transaction with a Direct Participants will be made during subsequent securities settlement processing and dated the business day following the DTC settlement date. Those credits or any transactions in those securities settled during that processing will be reported to the relevant Euroclear or Clearstream Banking Luxembourg participant on that business day. Cash received in Clearstream Banking Luxembourg or Euroclear as a result of sales of Notes by or through a Clearstream Banking Participant or a Euroclear Participant to a Direct Participant will be received with value on the DTC settlement date but will be available in the relevant Clearstream Banking Luxembourg or Euroclear cash account only as of the business day following settlement in DTC.
     DTC is a limited-purpose trust company organized under the New York Banking Law, a “banking organization” within the meaning of the New York Banking Law, 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 the provisions of Section 17A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. DTC holds and provides asset servicing for over 2 million issues of U.S. and non-U.S. equity issues, corporate and municipal debt issues, and money market instruments from over 85 countries that DTC’s participants (“Direct Participants”) deposit with DTC. DTC also facilitates the post-trade settlement among Direct Participants of sales and other securities transactions in deposited securities, through electronic computerized book-entry transfers and pledges between Direct Participants’ accounts. This eliminates the need for physical movement of securities certificates. Direct Participants include both U.S. and non-U.S. securities brokers and dealers, banks, trust companies, clearing corporations, and certain other organizations. DTC is a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (“DTCC”). DTCC, in turn, is owned by a number of Direct Participants of DTC and Members of the National Securities Clearing Corporation, Government Securities Clearing Corporation, MBS Clearing Corporation, and Emerging Markets Clearing Corporation, (“NSCC,” “GSCC,” “MBSCC” and “EMCC,” also subsidiaries of DTCC), as well as by the New York Stock Exchange, Inc., the American Stock Exchange LLC, and the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Access to the DTC system is also available to others such as both U.S. and non-U.S. securities brokers and dealers, banks, trust companies, and clearing corporations that clear through or maintain a custodial relationship with a Direct Participant, either directly or indirectly (“Indirect Participants”). DTC has Standard & Poor’s highest rating: AAA. The rules applicable to DTC and its Participants are on file with the SEC. More information about DTC can be found at www.dtcc.com.
     Purchases of Notes of one or more series under the DTC system must be made by or through Direct Participants, which will receive a credit for those Notes on DTC’s records. The ownership interest of each actual purchase of each Note (“Beneficial Owner”) is in turn to be recorded on the Direct and Indirect Participants’ records. Beneficial Owners will not receive written confirmation from DTC of their purchase. Beneficial Owners are, however, expected to receive written confirmation from DTC providing details of the transaction, as well as periodic statements of their holdings, from the Direct or Indirect Participant through which the Beneficial Owner entered into the transaction. Transfers of ownership interests in the Notes are to be accomplished by entries made on the books

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of Direct and Indirect Participants acting on behalf of Beneficial Owners. Beneficial Owners will not receive certificates representing their ownership interest in the Notes, except in the event that use of the book-entry system for the Notes is discontinued.
     To facilitate subsequent transfers, all Notes deposited by Direct Participants with DTC will be registered in the name of DTC’s partnership nominee, Cede or such other name as may be requested by an authorized representative of DTC. The deposit of Notes with DTC and their registration in the name of Cede will effect no change in beneficial ownership. DTC has no knowledge of the actual Beneficial Owners of the Notes; DTC’s records reflect only the identity of the Direct Participants to whose accounts such Notes are credited, which may or may not be the Beneficial Owners. The Direct and Indirect Participants will remain responsible for keeping account of their holdings on behalf of their customers.
     Conveyance of notices and other communications by DTC to Direct Participants, by Direct Participants to Indirect Participants, and by Direct Participants and Indirect Participants to Beneficial Owners will be governed by arrangements among them, subject to any statutory or regulatory requirements as may be in effect from time to time.
     Neither DTC nor Cede (nor such other DTC nominee) will consent or vote with respect to the Notes unless authorized by a Direct Participant in accordance with DTC’s Procedures. Under its usual procedures, DTC mails an Omnibus Proxy to the related Indenture Trustee as soon as possible after the record date. The Omnibus Proxy assigns Cede’s consenting or voting rights to those Direct Participants to whose accounts the Notes are credited on the record date (identified in a listing attached to the Omnibus Proxy).
     Redemption proceeds, distributions, and dividend payments on the Notes will be made to Cede, or such other nominee as may be requested by an authorized representative of DTC. DTC’s practice is to credit Direct Participants’ accounts, upon DTC’s receipt of funds and corresponding detail information from the related Indenture Trustee on payable date in accordance with their respective holdings shown on DTC’s records. Payments by Participants to Beneficial Owners will be governed by standing instructions and customary practices, as is the case with securities held for the accounts of customers in bearer form or registered in “street name,” and will be the responsibility of such Participant and not of DTC, the related Indenture Trustee, subject to any statutory or regulatory requirements as may be in effect from time to time. Payment of redemption proceeds, distributions, and dividend payments to Cede (or such other nominee as may be requested by an authorized representative of DTC) is the responsibility of the related Indenture Trustee, disbursement of such payments to Direct Participants will be the responsibility of DTC, and disbursement of such payments to the Beneficial Owners will be the responsibility of Direct and Indirect Participants.
     DTC may discontinue providing its services as securities depository with respect to the Notes at any time by giving reasonable notice to the related Indenture Trustee. Under such circumstances, in the event that a successor securities depository is not obtained, note certificates are required to be printed and delivered.
     The Depositor, the Owner Trustee of the related Issuing Entity or the Administrator of a series may decide to discontinue use of the system of book-entry-only transfers through DTC (or a successor securities depository). In that event, note certificates will be printed and delivered to DTC. See “— Definitive Notes.”
     Clearstream Banking Luxembourg is incorporated under the laws of Luxembourg as a professional depository. Clearstream Banking Luxembourg holds securities for its participating organizations (“Clearstream Banking Participants”) and facilitates the clearance and settlement of securities transactions between Clearstream Banking Participants through electronic book-entry changes in accounts of Clearstream Banking Participants, thereby eliminating the need for physical movement of certificates. Transactions may be settled in Clearstream Banking Luxembourg in any of various currencies, including U.S. dollars. Clearstream Banking Luxembourg provides to Clearstream Banking Participants, among other things, services for safekeeping, administration, clearance and settlement of internationally traded securities and securities lending and borrowing. Clearstream Banking Luxembourg interfaces with domestic markets in several countries. As a professional depository, Clearstream Banking Luxembourg is subject to regulation by the Luxembourg Monetary Institute. Clearstream Banking Participants are recognized financial institutions around the world, including underwriters, securities brokers and dealers, banks, trust companies, clearing corporations and other organizations and may include any underwriters, agents or dealers with respect to any class or series of Notes offered by this Prospectus and each accompanying Prospectus Supplement. Indirect access to Clearstream Banking Luxembourg is also available to others, such as banks, brokers, dealers and trust companies that clear through or maintain a custodial relationship with a Clearstream Banking Participant, either directly or indirectly.
     Euroclear was created in 1968 to hold securities for participants of the Euroclear System (“Euroclear Participants”) and to clear and settle transactions between Euroclear Participants through simultaneous electronic book-entry delivery against payment, thereby eliminating the need for physical movement of certificates and any risk from lack of simultaneous transfers of securities and cash. Transactions may now be settled in any of various currencies, including U.S. dollars. The Euroclear System includes various other services, including securities lending and borrowing, and interfaces with domestic markets in several countries generally similar to the arrangements for cross-market transfers with DTC described above. The Euroclear System is operated by Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V. (the “Euroclear Operator” or “Euroclear”), under contract with Euroclear Clearance System S.C., a Belgian cooperative corporation (the “Cooperative”). All operations are conducted by the Euroclear Operator, and all Euroclear securities clearance accounts and Euroclear cash accounts are accounts with the Euroclear Operator, not the Cooperative. The Cooperative establishes policy for the

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Euroclear System on behalf of Euroclear Participants. Euroclear Participants include banks (including central banks), securities brokers and dealers and other professional financial intermediaries and may include any underwriters, agents or dealers with respect to any class or series of Notes offered by this Prospectus and each accompanying Prospectus Supplement. Indirect access to the Euroclear System is also available to other firms that clear through or maintain a custodial relationship with a Euroclear Participant, either directly or indirectly.
     Securities clearance accounts and cash accounts with the Euroclear Operator are governed by the Terms and Conditions Governing Use of Euroclear and the related Operating Procedures of the Euroclear System and applicable Belgian law (collectively, the “Terms and Conditions”). The Terms and Conditions govern transfers of securities and cash within the Euroclear System, withdrawals of securities and cash from the Euroclear System and receipts of payments with respect to securities in the Euroclear System. All securities in the Euroclear System are held on a fungible basis without attribution of specific certificates to specific securities clearance accounts. The Euroclear Operator acts under the Terms and Conditions only on behalf of Euroclear Participants, and has no record of or relationship with persons holding through Euroclear Participants.
     Payments with respect to Notes held through Clearstream Banking Luxembourg or Euroclear will be credited to the cash accounts of Clearstream Banking Participants or Euroclear Participants in accordance with the relevant system’s rules and procedures, to the extent received by its Depositary. Those payments will be subject to tax withholding in accordance with relevant United States tax laws and regulations. See “Material Federal Income Tax Consequences.” Clearstream Banking Luxembourg or the Euroclear Operator, as the case may be, will take any other action permitted to be taken by a Noteholder on behalf of a Clearstream Banking Participant or Euroclear Participant only in accordance with its relevant rules and procedures and subject to its Depositary’s ability to effect those actions on its behalf through DTC.
     Although DTC, Clearstream Banking Luxembourg and Euroclear have agreed to the foregoing procedures in order to facilitate transfers of Notes among participants of DTC, Clearstream Banking Luxembourg and Euroclear, they are under no obligation to perform or continue to perform those procedures and those procedures may be discontinued at any time.
     None of the Servicer, the Depositor, the Administrator, the related Indenture Trustee or Owner Trustee will have any liability for any aspect of the records relating to or payments made on account of beneficial ownership interests of the Notes held by Cede, DTC, Clearstream Banking Luxembourg or Euroclear, or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial ownership interests.
Definitive Notes
     The Notes of any series will be issued in fully registered, certificated form (“Definitive Notes”) to Noteholders or their respective nominees, rather than to DTC or its nominee, only if:
  1.   DTC is no longer willing or able to discharge properly its responsibilities as depository with respect to the Notes of that series and none of the Depositor, the related Owner Trustee of the Issuing Entity and the Administrator are unable to locate a qualified successor (and if the Administrator has made such determination, the Administrator has given written notice thereof to the related Indenture Trustee);
 
  2.   the Depositor, the Indenture Trustee of the related Issuing Entity or the Administrator at its option, to the extent permitted by applicable law, advises each other such party in writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system through DTC; or
 
  3.   after the occurrence of an Event of Default or Servicer Default with respect to a series, holders representing at least a majority of the outstanding principal amount of the related Notes, voting as a single class, advise the Indenture Trustee through DTC and its Direct Participants in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system through DTC (or a successor thereto) with respect to the Notes is no longer in the best interests of the Noteholders.
Upon the occurrence of any event described in the immediately preceding paragraph, the Indenture Trustee will be required to notify all related Noteholders through DTC’s Direct Participants of the availability of Definitive Notes. Upon surrender by DTC of the definitive certificates representing the corresponding Notes and receipt of instructions for re-registration, the Indenture Trustee will reissue those Notes as Definitive Notes to the Noteholders.
     Payments on the Definitive Notes will be made by the Indenture Trustee directly to the holders of the Definitive Notes in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Prospectus and to be set forth in the Indenture. Interest and principal payments on the Notes on each Distribution Date will be made to the holders in whose names the related Definitive Notes, as applicable, were registered at the close of business on the related Deposit Date. Payments will be made by check mailed to the address of such holders as they appear on the Note register, except that a Noteholder having original denominations aggregating at least $1 million may request payment by wire transfer of funds pursuant to written instructions delivered to the related Indenture Trustee at least five Business Days prior to the Deposit Date. The final payment on any Definitive Notes will be made only upon presentation and surrender of the Definitive Notes at the office or agency specified in the notice of final payment to Noteholders. The related Indenture

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Trustee or a paying agent will provide such notice to the registered Noteholders not more than 30 days nor less than 10 days prior to the date on which the final payment is expected to occur.
     Definitive Notes will be transferable and exchangeable at the offices of the Indenture Trustee or of a registrar named in a notice delivered to holders of Definitive Notes. No service charge will be imposed for any registration of transfer or exchange, but the related Indenture Trustee may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge imposed in connection therewith.
Restrictions on Ownership and Transfer
     There are no restrictions on ownership or transfer of any Note of a series. However, the Notes of any series are complex investments. Only investors who, either alone or with their financial, tax and legal advisors, have the expertise to analyze the prepayment, reinvestment and default risks, the tax consequences of the investment and the interaction of these factors should consider purchasing any series of Notes. See “Risk Factors — The notes are not suitable investments for all investors.” In addition, because the Notes of a series will not be listed on any securities exchange, you could be limited in your ability to resell them. See “Risk Factors — You may have difficulty selling your notes and/or obtaining your desired price due to the absence of a secondary market” in the accompanying Prospectus Supplement.
DESCRIPTION OF THE INDENTURE
     The following summary describes material terms of the Indenture pursuant to which the Issuing Entity will issue a series of Notes. A form of the Indenture has been filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement of which this Prospectus forms a part. Additional provisions of any Indenture for a series of Notes will be described in the accompanying Prospectus Supplement. This summary does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by reference to, all the provisions of the Indenture.
Events of Default
     With respect to the Notes of a given series, “Events of Default” under the related Indenture generally will consist of:
  1.   a default for five days or more in the payment of any interest on any of those Notes when the same becomes due and payable;
 
  2.   a default in the payment of the principal of or any installment of the principal of any of those Notes when the same becomes due and payable;
 
  3.   a default in the observance or performance of any covenant or agreement of the applicable Issuing Entity made in the related Indenture and the continuation of the default for a period of 90 days after notice thereof is given to that Issuing Entity by the applicable Indenture Trustee or to that Issuing Entity and that Indenture Trustee by the holders of at least 25% in principal amount of those Notes then outstanding acting together as a single class;
 
  4.   any representation or warranty made by that Issuing Entity in the related Indenture or in any certificate or other writing delivered pursuant thereto or in connection therewith having been incorrect in a material respect as of the time made, and the breach not having been cured within 30 days after notice thereof is given to that Issuing Entity by the applicable Indenture Trustee or to that Issuing Entity and that Indenture Trustee by the holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding acting together as a single class; or
 
  5.   events of bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or liquidation of the applicable Issuing Entity.
     Noteholders holding at least a majority of the aggregate principal amount of a series of Notes outstanding, voting together as a single class, may waive any past default or Event of Default prior to the declaration of the acceleration of the maturity of the Notes or the liquidation or sale of the Issuing Entity property, except a default in the deposit of collections or other required amounts, any required payment from amounts held in any trust account in respect of amounts due on the Notes, payment of principal of or interest on the Notes 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.
     However, the amount of principal required to be paid to Noteholders of that series under the related Indenture will generally be limited to amounts available to be deposited in the Collection Account. Therefore, the failure to pay any principal on any class of Notes generally will not result in the occurrence of an Event of Default until the final scheduled Distribution Date for that class of Notes. In addition, as described below, following the occurrence of an Event of Default (other than the Events of Default described in (1) and (2) above) and acceleration of the maturity of the Notes, the Indenture Trustee is not required to sell the assets of the Issuing Entity, and the Indenture Trustee may sell the assets of the Issuing Entity only after meeting requirements specified in the Indenture. In that case, even if the maturity of the Notes has been accelerated, there may not be any funds to pay principal of the Notes.

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     The Issuing Entity for each series of Notes will be required to give the related Indenture Trustee and each rating agency prompt written notice of each Event of Default, each default on the part of the Servicer or Depositor under the related Sale and Servicing Agreement and each default on the part of NMAC under the related Purchase Agreement and each Hedge Event of Default on the part of the Cap Provider or Swap Counterparty, as applicable, under the related Hedge Agreement. In addition, on (i) any Distribution Date on which the Issuing Entity for a series of Notes has not received from the Cap Provider or Swap Counterparty, as applicable, any amount due from the Cap Provider or Swap Counterparty on such Distribution Date, (ii) the Business Day following any such Distribution Date if the Issuing Entity has not yet received such amount due from the Cap Provider or Swap Counterparty, as applicable, or (iii) the Business Day on which such failure to pay by the Cap Provider or Swap Counterparty, as applicable, becomes a Hedge Event of Default under the Hedge Agreement, the Issuing Entity of that series will be required to give immediate notice to the Cap Provider or Swap Counterparty, as applicable, the related Indenture Trustee and each Rating Agency.
Remedies Upon an Event of Default
     If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing with respect to a series of Notes, the related Indenture Trustee or the holders of at least a majority of the aggregate principal amount of such Notes, voting as a single class, may declare the principal of the Notes to be immediately due and payable. This declaration may be rescinded by the holders of at least a majority of the then outstanding aggregate principal amount of the Notes of that series, voting together as a single class, before a judgment or decree for payment of the amount due has been obtained by the related Indenture Trustee if:
  1.   the Issuing Entity has deposited with that Indenture Trustee an amount sufficient to pay (1) all interest on and principal of the Notes and all other amounts that would then be due as if the Event of Default giving rise to that declaration had not occurred and (2) all amounts advanced by that Indenture Trustee and its costs and expenses; and
 
  2.   all Events of Default (other than the nonpayment of principal of the Notes that has become due solely due to that acceleration) have been cured or waived.
     If the Notes of any series are due and payable following an Event of Default with respect thereto, the related Indenture Trustee may institute proceedings to collect amounts due or foreclose on the Issuing Entity’s property, exercise remedies as a secured party, sell the related Receivables or elect to have the applicable Issuing Entity maintain possession of those Receivables and continue to apply collections on those Receivables as if there had been no declaration of acceleration. However, the Indenture Trustee is prohibited from selling the related Receivables following an Event of Default (other than the Events of Default described in (1) and (2) above), unless:
  1.   the holders of all outstanding Notes (or relevant class or classes of Notes) consent to the sale;
 
  2.   the proceeds of the sale are sufficient to pay in full the principal of and the accrued interest on all outstanding Notes at the date of the sale; or
 
  3.   the Indenture Trustee determines that the proceeds of the Receivables may not be sufficient on an ongoing basis to make all payments on the outstanding Notes as those payments would have become due if the obligations had not been declared due and payable, and the Indenture Trustee obtains the consent of the holders of 66 2/3% of the aggregate outstanding amount of all Notes (or relevant class or classes of Notes).
     An Indenture Trustee may, but is not required to, obtain and rely upon an opinion of an independent accountant or investment banking firm as to the sufficiency of the related Issuing Entity property to pay interest on and principal of the Notes on an ongoing basis.
     Upon an Event of Default, the Noteholders will have the rights set forth in the Prospectus Supplement under “The Notes — Events of Default; Rights Upon Event of Default.” The Indenture Trustee may sell the Receivables subject to certain conditions set forth in the Indenture following an Event of Default, including a default in the payment of any principal of or a default for five days or more in the payment of any interest on any Note. In the case of an Event of Default not involving any such default in payment, the Indenture Trustee is prohibited from selling the Receivables unless one of the conditions set forth in the Prospectus Supplement under “The Notes — Events of Default; Rights Upon Event of Default” has been satisfied.
Certain Covenants
     Each Indenture will provide that the related Issuing Entity may not consolidate with or merge into any other entity, unless, among other things:
  1.   the entity formed by or surviving the consolidation or merger is organized under the laws of the United States, any state or the District of Columbia;
 
  2.   that entity expressly assumes that Issuing Entity’s obligation to make due and punctual payments upon the Notes of the related series and the performance or observance of every agreement and covenant of that Issuing Entity under the Indenture;

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  3.   no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing immediately after the merger or consolidation;
 
  4.   that the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee have been advised that the rating of the Notes of that series then in effect would not be reduced or withdrawn by the rating agencies then rating the Notes as a result of the merger or consolidation;
 
  5.   that Issuing Entity has received an opinion of counsel to the effect that the consolidation or merger would have no material adverse tax consequence to the Issuing Entity or to any related Noteholder;
 
  6.   any action that is necessary to maintain each lien and security interest created by the relevant Trust Agreement, Sale and Servicing Agreement or Indenture shall have been taken; and
 
  7.   the Issuing Entity shall have delivered to the Indenture Trustee an officer’s certificate and an opinion of counsel each stating that such consolidation or merger and any related supplemental indenture complies with the covenants under the related Indenture and that all conditions precedent provided in the Indenture relating to such transaction have been complied with (including any filing required by the Securities Act).
     Each Issuing Entity will not, among other things:
  1.   except as expressly permitted by the applicable Indenture, the applicable Sale and Servicing Agreements or other specified documents with respect to that Issuing Entity (collectively, the “Related Documents”), sell, transfer, exchange or otherwise dispose of any of the assets of that Issuing Entity unless directed to do so by the Indenture Trustee;
 
  2.   claim any credit on or make any deduction from the principal of and interest payable on the Notes of the related series (other than amounts withheld under the Code or applicable state law) or assert any claim against any present or former holder of those Notes because of the payment of taxes levied or assessed upon that Issuing Entity; and
 
  3.   except as expressly permitted by the Related Documents, (a) dissolve or liquidate in whole or in part, (b) permit the validity or effectiveness of the related Indenture to be impaired or permit any person to be released from any covenants or obligations with respect to those Notes under that Indenture except as may be expressly permitted by that Indenture, (c) permit any lien or other encumbrance to be created on or extend to or otherwise arise upon or burden the assets of that Issuing Entity or any part thereof, or any interest in the assets of that Issuing Entity or the proceeds of those assets, (d) permit the lien of the related Indenture not to constitute a valid first priority (other than with respect to any such tax, mechanics or other lien) security interest in the estate of the Issuing Entity, or (e) assume or incur any indebtedness other than the Notes or as expressly contemplated by the related Indenture (in connection with the obligation to reimburse Advances (defined below) from the estate of the Issuing Entity, or to pay expenses from the estate of the Issuing Entity) or by the Basic Documents, as such term is defined in the relevant Indenture, as in effect on the date of the related Indenture.
     No Issuing Entity may engage in any activity other than as specified in this Prospectus or in the accompanying Prospectus Supplement. No Issuing Entity will incur, assume or guarantee any indebtedness other than indebtedness incurred pursuant to the related Notes and the related Indenture, pursuant to any Advances made to it by the Servicer or otherwise in accordance with the Related Documents.
Replacement of the Indenture Trustee
     The Indenture Trustee for each series of Notes may resign at any time by so notifying the related Issuing Entity. The Administrator for each Issuing Entity will be required to remove the related Indenture Trustee if the Indenture Trustee:
  1.   ceases to be eligible to continue as the Indenture Trustee;
 
  2.   is adjudged to be bankrupt or insolvent;
 
  3.   a receiver or other public officer takes charge of the Indenture Trustee or its property; or
 
  4.   otherwise becomes incapable of acting.
     Upon the resignation or removal of the Indenture Trustee for a series of Notes, the Servicer shall promptly appoint a successor Indenture Trustee. All reasonable costs and expenses incurred in connection with removing and replacing the Indenture Trustee for a series of Notes will be paid by the Servicer.
     Any successor Indenture Trustee must at all times satisfy all applicable requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (the “TIA”), and in addition, have a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 and a long-term debt rating of “Baa3” or better by Standard & Poor’s Rating Services and Moody’s or be otherwise acceptable to each rating agency then rating that series of Notes.

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Duties of Indenture Trustee
     Except during the continuance of a Servicer Default, the Indenture Trustee for each series of Notes will:
  1.   perform such duties, and only such duties, as are specifically set forth in the related Indenture;
 
  2.   rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, on certificates or opinions furnished to the Indenture Trustee that conform to the requirements of the related Indentures;
 
  3.   examine any such certificates and opinions that are specifically required to be furnished to an Indenture Trustee to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of the related Indenture; and
 
  4.   if pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement for a series of Notes, the related Indenture Trustee discovers a representation or warranty with respect to a Receivable is incorrect or that a covenant of the Servicer has been breached with respect to a Receivable, the related Indenture Trustee shall give prompt written notice to the Servicer and Owner Trustee of such incorrectness.
Compensation and Indemnity
     The Servicer for each series of Notes will:
  1.   pay the related Indenture Trustee from time to time reasonable compensation for its services;
 
  2.   reimburse the related Indenture Trustee for all reasonable expenses, advances and disbursements reasonably incurred by it in connection with the performance of its duties as Indenture Trustee; and
 
  3.   indemnify the related Indenture Trustee for, and hold it harmless against, any loss, liability or expense, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, incurred by it in connection with the performance of its duties as Indenture Trustee.
     No Indenture Trustee for any series of Notes will be indemnified by the Servicer against any loss, liability or expense incurred by it through its own willful misfeasance, negligence or bad faith, except that such Indenture Trustee will not be liable for any error of judgment made by it in good faith, unless it is proved that the Indenture Trustee was negligent in performing its duties.
Access to Noteholder Lists
     If the Indenture Trustee for that series of Notes is not the Note registrar, the related Administrator will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Indenture Trustee a list of the names and addresses of the related Noteholders:
  1.   as of each record date for that series, within five days after the applicable record date; and
 
  2.   after receipt by the Issuing Entity of a written request for that list.
Annual Compliance Statement
     Each Issuing Entity will be required to file annually with the related Indenture Trustee a written statement as to the fulfillment of its obligations under the related Indenture.
Reports and Documents by Indenture Trustee to Noteholders
     The Indenture Trustee for each series of Notes will be required to mail each year to the related Noteholders of record a brief report relating to its eligibility and qualification to continue as Indenture Trustee under the related Indenture, any amounts advanced by it under the related Indenture, the amount, interest rate and maturity date of certain indebtedness owed by the Issuing Entity to such Indenture Trustee, in its individual capacity, the property and funds physically held by such Indenture Trustee in its capacity as such, and any action taken by it that materially affects the Notes and that has not been previously reported. The Indenture Trustee for each series of Notes will also deliver, at the expense of the related Issuing Entity, to each Noteholder of that series such information as may be required to enable such holder to prepare its federal and state income tax returns.
     The Indenture Trustee for each series of Notes will be required to furnish to any related Noteholder promptly upon receipt of a written request by such Noteholder (at the expense of the requesting Noteholder) duplicates or copies of all reports, notices, requests, demands, certificates and any other documents furnished to the Indenture Trustee under the Basic Documents.
     If required by TIA Section 313(a), within 60 days after each December 31, beginning in the year stated in the accompanying Prospectus Supplement, the Indenture Trustee for each series of Notes will be required to mail to each Noteholder as required by TIA Section 313(c) a brief report dated as of such date that complies with TIA Section 313(a).

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Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture
     The Indenture for a series of Notes will be discharged with respect to the collateral securing those Notes upon the delivery to the related Indenture Trustee for cancellation of all of such Notes or, with specified limitations, upon deposit with the related Indenture Trustee of funds sufficient for the payment in full of those Notes, the related Issuing Entity has paid all sums payable under the related Indenture and has delivered to the related Indenture Trustee an opinion of counsel and an independent certificate from a firm of certified public accountants, each stating that all conditions relating to the satisfaction and discharge of the related Indenture have been met.
Amendment
     If an Issuing Entity has issued Notes pursuant to an Indenture, the Issuing Entity and the Indenture Trustee may, with the consent of the holders of a majority of the outstanding Notes of the related series (or relevant class or classes of Notes of such series) but with prior notice to the Rating Agencies, execute a supplemental indenture to add provisions to, change in any manner or eliminate any provisions of, the related Indenture, or modify (except as provided below) in any manner the rights of the related Noteholders.
Without the consent of the holder of each outstanding affected Note, no supplemental indenture will:
  1.   change the due date of any installment of principal of or interest on any Note or reduce the principal amount of any Note, the interest rate for any Note or the redemption price for any Note or change any place of payment where or the coin or currency in which any Note or any interest on any Note is payable;
 
  2.   impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of specified provisions of the related Indenture regarding payment;
 
  3.   reduce the percentage of the aggregate amount of the outstanding Notes of that series, the consent of the holders of which is required for any supplemental indenture or the consent of the holders of which is required for any waiver of compliance with specified provisions of the related Indenture or of specified defaults and their consequences as provided for in that Indenture;
 
  4.   modify or alter the provisions of the related Indenture regarding the determination of which Notes are deemed outstanding for purposes of determining whether the requisite number of holders has consented under the Indenture;
 
  5.   reduce the percentage of the aggregate outstanding amount of the Notes, the consent of the holders of which is required to direct the related Indenture Trustee to sell or liquidate the Receivables if the proceeds of that sale would be insufficient to pay the principal amount of and accrued but unpaid interest on the outstanding Notes of that series;
 
  6.   reduce the percentage of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes required to amend the sections of the related Indenture that specify the applicable percentage of aggregate principal amount of the Notes of that series necessary to amend that Indenture or other specified agreements; or
 
  7.   permit the creation of any lien ranking prior to or on a parity with the lien of the related Indenture with respect to any of the collateral for those Notes or, except as otherwise permitted or contemplated in that Indenture, terminate the lien of that Indenture on any of the collateral or deprive the holder of any Note of the security afforded by the lien of that Indenture.
     The Issuing Entity and the applicable Indenture Trustee may also enter into supplemental indentures, without obtaining the consent of the Noteholders of the related series, for the purpose of, among other things, adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the related Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of those Noteholders; provided that action will not materially and adversely affect the interest of any of those Noteholders.
DESCRIPTION OF THE TRUST AGREEMENT
     The following summary describes material terms of the Trust Agreement pursuant to which the Issuing Entity of a series will be created and Certificates will be issued. A form of the Trust Agreement has been filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement of which this Prospectus forms a part. The provisions of any Trust Agreement may differ from those described in this Prospectus and, if so, will be described in the accompanying Prospectus Supplement. This summary does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by reference to, all the provisions of the Trust Agreement.
Authority and Duties of the Owner Trustee
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     The Owner Trustee will not be required to perform any of the obligations of the Issuing Entity under the related Trust Agreement or the other Basic Documents that are required to be performed by the Administrator under the Administration Agreement, the Indenture Trustee under the related Indenture or the Servicer under the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
     The Owner Trustee for each Issuing Entity will not manage, control, use, sell, dispose of or otherwise deal with any part of the related Issuing Entity property except in accordance with (i) the powers granted to and the authority conferred upon that Owner Trustee pursuant to the related Trust Agreement, (ii) the other Basic Documents to which the Issuing Entity or the Owner Trustee is a party, and (iii) any document or instruction delivered to that Owner Trustee pursuant to the related Trust Agreement.
Restrictions on Actions by the Owner Trustee
     The Owner Trustee of each Issuing Entity may not:
  1.   initiate or settle any claim or lawsuit involving that Issuing Entity (except claims or lawsuits brought in connection with the collection of the Receivables);
 
  2.   file an amendment to the related certificate of trust for an Issuing Entity (unless such amendment is required to be filed under applicable law);
 
  3.   amend the related Indenture in circumstances where the consent of any Noteholder of the related series is required;
 
  4.   amend the related Trust Agreement where Noteholder consent is not required if such amendment materially adversely affects the Certificateholder of the related series;
 
  5.   amend the related Administration Agreement, if such amendment materially adversely affects the interests of the Certificateholder of the related series;
 
  6.   appoint a successor Note Registrar or Certificate Registrar or consent to assignment of their respective obligations under the related Indenture and Trust Agreement, as applicable, by the Note Registrar, Certificate Registrar, Paying Agent or Indenture Trustee; or
 
  7.   amend the Sale and Servicing Agreement where Noteholder consent is required;
unless (1) the Owner Trustee provides 30 days’ written notice thereof to the Certificateholder and each Rating Agency and (2) the Certificateholder of that series does not object in writing to any such proposed amendment within 30 days of that notice.
Actions by Certificateholder and Owner Trustee with Respect to Certain Matters
     The Owner Trustee of each Issuing Entity may not, except upon the directions of the Certificateholder, remove or appoint a successor Administrator pursuant to the related Administration Agreement, remove the Servicer pursuant to the related Sale and Servicing Agreement, or sell the Receivables after the termination of the related Indenture, except as expressly provided in the Basic Documents. However, that Owner Trustee will not be required to follow any directions of the Certificateholder if doing so would be contrary to any obligation of the Owner Trustee or the related Issuing Entity. The Owner Trustee of each Issuing Entity may not commence a voluntary proceeding in bankruptcy relating to an Issuing Entity without the unanimous prior approval of all Certificateholders and a delivery to the Owner Trustee of a written certification by each Certificateholder that such Certificateholder reasonably believes that such Issuing Entity is insolvent.
     The right of the Depositor or the Certificateholder of a series to take any action affecting the related Issuing Entity’s property will be subject to, as applicable, the rights of the Indenture Trustee under the related Indenture.
Restrictions on Certificateholder’s Powers
     The Certificateholder of a series will not direct the related Owner Trustee, and the Owner Trustee is not obligated to follow any direction from the Certificateholder, to take or refrain from taking any action if such action or inaction (i) would be contrary to any obligation of the Issuing Entity for that series or the Owner Trustee under the related Trust Agreement or any of the other Basic Documents applicable to that series or (ii) would be contrary to the purpose of the Issuing Entity for that series.
Resignation and Removal of the Owner Trustee
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deliver notice of such resignation or removal of that Owner Trustee and the appointment of a successor Owner Trustee to each Rating Agency.
     The Owner Trustee of each Issuing Entity and any successor thereto must at all times:
  1.   be able to exercise corporate trust powers;
 
  2.   be subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authorities; and
 
  3.   have a combined capital and surplus of at least $50 million.
Termination
     The Trust Agreement for each Issuing Entity will terminate upon (a) the maturity or other liquidation of the last Receivable and the final distribution of all funds or other property or proceeds of the related Issuing Entity property in accordance with the terms of the related Indenture, Sale and Servicing Agreement and the related Trust Agreement and (b) at the option of the Servicer, a purchase of the corpus of the related Issuing Entity if certain conditions specified in the accompanying Prospectus Supplement are satisfied (an “Optional Purchase”). See “Description of the Transfer and Servicing Agreements — Optional Purchase” in the accompanying Prospectus Supplement.
Liabilities and Indemnification
     The Depositor will indemnify the Owner Trustee of each Issuing Entity for any expenses incurred by the Owner Trustee in the performance of that Owner Trustee under the related Trust Agreement. The Depositor will not be entitled to make any claim upon the related Issuing Entity’s property for the payment of any such liabilities or indemnified expenses. The Depositor will not indemnify the Owner Trustee for expenses resulting from the willful misconduct, bad faith or negligence of that Owner Trustee, or for the inaccuracy of any representation or warranty of such Owner Trustee in the related Trust Agreement. The Owner Trustee of each Issuing Entity will not be liable for:
  1.   any error in judgment of an officer of that Owner Trustee made in good faith, unless it is proved that such officer was negligent in performing its duties;
 
  2.   any action taken or omitted to be taken in accordance with the instructions of any related Certificateholder, the related Indenture Trustee, if any, the Administrator or the Servicer;
 
  3.   payments on the related series of Notes in accordance with their terms; or
 
  4.   the default or misconduct of the Administrator, the Servicer, the Depositor or the related Indenture Trustee, if any.
     No provision in the Trust Agreement or any other Basic Document will require the Owner Trustee of any Issuing Entity to expend or risk funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its rights or powers under the related Trust Agreement or under any other Basic Document if the Owner Trustee has reasonable grounds for believing that reimbursement of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured or provided to it. In addition, the Owner Trustee of each Issuing Entity will not be responsible for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of the related Trust Agreement or for the due execution thereof by the Depositor or for the form, character, genuineness, sufficiency, value or validity of any of the related Issuing Entity’s property or for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of the other Basic Documents, other than the execution of and the certificate of authentication of the Certificates of the related series, and the Owner Trustee of each Issuing Entity will in no event be deemed to have assumed or incurred any liability, duty or obligation to any Noteholder, Certificateholder or any third-party dealing with the Issuing Entity or the Issuing Entity’s property, other than as expressly provided for in the related Trust Agreement and the other Basic Documents for that series.
Amendment
     The related Owner Trustee and Depositor may, with the consent of the holders of a majority of the outstanding Notes of the related series (or relevant class or classes of Notes of such series), or if all of the Notes have been paid in full, the holders of a majority of the outstanding Certificates, but with prior notice to the Rating Agencies, amend the related Trust Agreement to add provisions to, change in any manner or eliminate any provisions of, the related Indenture, or modify (except as provided below) in any manner the rights of the related Noteholders; provided that such action shall not, as evidence by an opinion of counsel, adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Noteholder or Certificateholder.
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  2.   reduce the percentage of the outstanding principal balance of the Notes and Certificate balance required to consent to any such amendment described in clause (1) above.
     The Owner Trustee and the Depositor may amend the related Trust Agreement, without obtaining the consent of the Noteholders or Certificateholders of the related series, for the purpose of, among other things, adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the related Trust Agreement or of modifying in any manner the rights of those Noteholders or the Certificateholders; provided that action will not materially and adversely affect the interests of any of those Noteholders or Certificateholders.
     Each Trust Agreement will require the related Owner Trustee to give the related Certificateholders 30 days’ prior written notice of (a) any proposed amendment or supplement to the related Indenture or the related Sale and Servicing Agreement in circumstances where the consent of any Noteholder is required, or (b) any proposed amendment to the related Administration Agreement and the related Indenture where the consent of any Noteholder is not required, but such amendment materially and adversely affects the interests of the Certificateholders. The Owner Trustee of each Issuing Entity will only effect the proposed amendment if none of the related Certificateholders have notified the Owner Trustee in writing prior to the 30th day after such notice is given that such Certificateholder has withheld consent or provided alternative direction in writing.
DESCRIPTION OF THE TRANSFER AND SERVICING AGREEMENTS
     The following summary describes material terms of each Sale and Servicing Agreement pursuant to which an Issuing Entity will purchase Receivables from the Depositor and the Servicer will agree to service those Receivables, each Trust Agreement pursuant to which an Issuing Entity will be created and Certificates will be issued, and each Administration Agreement pursuant to which NMAC will undertake specified administrative duties with respect to an Issuing Entity that issues Notes (collectively, the “Transfer and Servicing Agreements”). Pursuant to the provisions of the Transfer and Servicing Agreements, the Servicer may engage third parties to perform a number of its functions, including, but not limited to, engaging a third-party custodian to maintain possession of the related retail installment contracts and any other documents relating to the Receivables. Forms of the Transfer and Servicing Agreements have been filed as exhibits to the registration statement of which this Prospectus forms a part. The provisions of any of the Transfer and Servicing Agreements may differ from those described in this Prospectus and, if so, will be described in the accompanying Prospectus Supplement. This summary does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by reference to, all the provisions of the Transfer and Servicing Agreements.
Sale and Assignment of Receivables
     On or prior to the Closing Date specified with respect to any given Issuing Entity in the accompanying Prospectus Supplement, NMAC will sell and assign to the Depositor, without recourse, pursuant to a Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”), its entire interest in the Receivables comprising the related Receivables Pool, including the security interests in the Financed Vehicles. On the Closing Date, the Depositor will transfer and assign to the applicable Owner Trustee on behalf of the Issuing Entity, without recourse, pursuant to a Sale and Servicing Agreement, its entire interest in the Receivables comprising the related Receivables Pool, including its security interests in the related Financed Vehicles. Each Receivable will be identified in a schedule appearing as an exhibit to the related Sale and Servicing Agreement (a “Schedule of Receivables”), but the existence and characteristics of the related Receivables will not be verified by the related Owner Trustee. The applicable Owner Trustee will, concurrently with the transfer and assignment, on behalf of the Issuing Entity, execute and deliver the related Notes and Certificates. The net proceeds received from the sale of the Certificates and the Notes of a given series will be applied to the purchase of the related Receivables from the Depositor and, to the extent specified in the accompanying Prospectus Supplement, to make any required initial deposit into the Reserve Account and the Yield Supplement Account, if any. The Depositor will initially retain the Certificates and may sell them to an affiliate of NMAC.
     NMAC, pursuant to a Purchase Agreement, and the Depositor, pursuant to a Sale and Servicing Agreement, generally will represent and warrant, among other things, as of the Closing Date, that:
  1.   the information set forth in the related Schedule of Receivables was true and correct in all material respects as of the related Cut-off Date;
 
  2.   the related Obligor on each Receivable is required to obtain physical damage insurance covering the Financed Vehicle in accordance with NMAC’s normal requirements;
 
  3.   each of the Receivables is or will be secured by a first priority perfected security interest in favor of NMAC in the Financed Vehicle;
 
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  5.   each related Receivable, at the time it was originated, complied and, as of the Closing Date, complies in all material respects with applicable federal and state laws, including consumer credit, truth-in-lending, equal credit-opportunity and disclosure laws; and
 
  6.   any other representations and warranties that may be set forth in the accompanying Prospectus Supplement.
     As of the last day of the second (or, if the Depositor so elects, the first) Collection Period (defined below) following the discovery by or notice to the Depositor of a breach of any representation or warranty of the Depositor that materially and adversely affects the interests of the related Noteholders in any Receivable (the initial determination of a material adverse effect generally being made by the Servicer), the Depositor, unless the breach is cured, will repurchase that Receivable (a “Warranty Receivable”) from that Issuing Entity and, pursuant to the related Purchase Agreement, NMAC will purchase that Warranty Receivable from the Depositor, at a price equal to the Warranty Purchase Payment for that Receivable. The “Warranty Purchase Payment” will be equal to the amount required to be paid by the related Obligor to prepay the Receivable (including interest accrued on that Receivable through the due date for the Obligor’s payment in the related Collection Period at the applicable APR), after giving effect to the receipt of any monies collected (from whatever source other than Advances) on that Receivable, if any. This repurchase obligation will constitute the sole remedy available to the Noteholders or the Issuing Entity for any uncured breach by the Depositor of those representations and warranties (other than remedies that may be available under federal securities laws or other laws). The obligation of the Depositor to repurchase a Receivable will not be conditioned on performance by NMAC of its obligation to purchase that Receivable from the Depositor pursuant to the related Purchase Agreement.
Custody of Documents Evidencing the Receivables
     Pursuant to each Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Depositor and each Issuing Entity will designate the Servicer as custodian, to directly or indirectly through subservicers maintain (a) possession as that Issuing Entity’s agent of the related retail installment contracts and any other documents relating to the Receivables if the Receivables constitute tangible chattel paper, or (b) control over the Receivables if they constitute electronic chattel paper. To assure uniform quality in servicing both the Receivables and the Servicer’s own portfolio of automobile and light-duty truck installment contracts, as well as to facilitate servicing and to reduce administrative costs, any documents evidencing the Receivables will not be physically segregated from other automobile and light-duty truck installment contracts of the Servicer, or those which the Servicer services for others, or marked to reflect the transfer to the related Issuing Entity as long as NMAC is servicing the Receivables.
Accounts
     The Servicer will establish and maintain with the related Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee one or more accounts (each, a “Collection Account”), in the name of the related Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee on behalf of the related Noteholders, into which payments made on or with respect to the related Receivables and amounts released from any Yield Supplement Account, Reserve Account or other form of credit enhancement will be deposited for payment to the related Noteholders.
     Any other accounts to be established with respect to an Issuing Entity, including any Yield Supplement Account or any Reserve Account, will be described in the accompanying Prospectus Supplement.
     For any series of Notes, funds in the related Collection Account, any Yield Supplement Account, the Reserve Account and other accounts that may be identified in the accompanying Prospectus Supplement (collectively, the “Accounts”) will be invested as provided in the related Sale and Servicing Agreement in Eligible Investments. “Eligible Investments” are generally limited to investments acceptable to the rating agencies rating those Notes as being consistent with the rating of those Notes (including obligations of the Servicer and its affiliates, to the extent consistent with that rating). Except as described below, Eligible Investments are limited to obligations or securities that mature no later than the business day prior to the next Distribution Date for that series. However, to the extent permitted by the rating agencies, funds in any Account may be invested in obligations or securities that will not mature prior to the date of the next payment with respect to those Notes and, other than investments made with funds from the Collection Account (which, in connection with each Collection Period, will be sold before the next related Distribution Date), will not be sold to meet any shortfalls. Thus, the amount of cash in any Account at any time may be less than the balance of the related Account. If the amount required to be withdrawn from any Reserve Account or Yield Supplement Account to cover shortfalls in collections on the related Receivables (as provided in the accompanying Prospectus Supplement) exceeds the amount of cash in the Reserve Account or the Yield Supplement Account, as the case may be, a temporary shortfall in the amounts paid to the related Noteholders could result, which could, in turn, increase the average life of the Notes of that series. Investment earnings on funds deposited in the Accounts, net of losses and investment expenses, shall be released to the Servicer or the Depositor on each Distribution Date and shall be the property of the Servicer or the Depositor, as the case may be.
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  1.   the Indenture Trustee’s or the Owner Trustee’s short-term unsecured debt obligations have a rating of “P-1” by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and a rating of “A-1+” by Standard & Poor’s, a division of The McGraw Hill Companies, Inc., and for

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      any account in which deposits in excess of 30 days are to be made, the Indenture Trustee’s or the Owner Trustee’s long-term unsecured debt obligations have a rating of at least “AA-” by Standard & Poor’s (the “Required Deposit Rating”); or
 
  2.   each of those accounts is maintained in a segregated trust account in the trust department of the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee, as the case may be.
     If the short-term unsecured debt obligations of the related Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee, as the case may be, do not have the Required Deposit Rating, then the Servicer shall, with the assistance of the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee as may be necessary, cause each Account to be moved to (1) a bank whose short-term unsecured debt obligations have the Required Deposit Rating or (2) the trust department of the related Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee.
Servicing Procedures
     The Servicer will, consistent with the related Sale and Servicing Agreement, follow the collection procedures it follows with respect to comparable retail installment contracts it services for itself. Except as described in the accompanying Prospectus Supplement, the Servicer shall not:
  1.   change the amount of a Receivable;
 
  2.   reschedule the due date of any scheduled payment of a Receivable;
 
  3.   change the APR of a Receivable;
 
  4.   extend the due date for any payment on a Receivable; or
 
  5.   change the material terms of a Receivable.
     In addition, the Servicer will covenant that, except as described in the Prospectus Supplement or as otherwise contemplated in the related agreement (including the provisions in the immediately preceding paragraph):
  1.   it will not release any Financed Vehicle from the security interest granted in the related Receivable;
 
  2.   it will do nothing to impair the rights of the Noteholders in the Receivables;
 
  3.   it will not alter the APR of any Receivable;
 
  4.   it will not modify the number of payments under a Receivable;
 
  5.   it will not increase the amount financed under a Receivable; and
 
  6.   it will not extend the due date for any payment on or forgive payments on a Receivable.
     The Servicer or the Trustee shall inform the other party and the Indenture Trustee promptly upon the discovery of any breach by the Servicer of the above obligations that would materially and adversely affect any Receivable. Unless the breach is cured by the last day of the second Collection Period following the discovery (or, if the Servicer so elects, the last day of the first Collection Period following the discovery), the Servicer is required to purchase any Receivable materially and adversely affected by the breach (an “Administrative Receivable”) from the Issuing Entity at a price equal to the Administrative Purchase Payment for that Receivable. The “Administrative Purchase Payment” for a Receivable will be equal to its unpaid Principal Balance as of the beginning of that Collection Period, plus interest accrued through the due date for the Obligor’s payment in that Collection Period at the related APR, after giving effect to the receipt of monies collected (from whatever source other than the Advances) on that Administrative Receivable, if any, in that Collection Period. Upon the purchase of any Administrative Receivable, the Servicer will for all purposes of the related Sale and Servicing Agreement be deemed to have released all claims for the reimbursement of outstanding Advances made in respect of that Administrative Receivable. This purchase obligation will constitute the sole remedy available to the Noteholders or the Owner Trustee for any uncured breach by the Servicer.
     If the Servicer determines that eventual payment in full of a Receivable is unlikely, the Servicer will follow its customary practices and procedures to recover all amounts due upon that Receivable, including repossessing and disposing of the related Financed Vehicle at a public or private sale, or taking any other action permitted by applicable law. See “Material Legal Aspects of the Receivables.”
Insurance on Financed Vehicles
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performs no verification of continued coverage after origination. NMAC will not be obligated to make payments to the Issuing Entity for any loss as to which third-party insurance has not been maintained, except to the extent of its obligations under the related Purchase Agreement.
Collections
     With respect to each Issuing Entity, the Servicer will deposit all payments on Receivables received from Obligors and all proceeds of Receivables collected during the collection period specified in the accompanying Prospectus Supplement (each, a “Collection Period”) into the Collection Account not later than the Business Day after receipt. However, so long as NMAC is the servicer, if each condition to making monthly deposits as may be required by the related Sale and Servicing Agreement (including, the satisfaction of specified ratings criteria by NMAC and the absence of any Servicer Default) is satisfied, the Servicer may retain such amounts until the related Distribution Date. The Servicer will be entitled to withhold, or to be reimbursed from amounts otherwise payable into or on deposit in the Collection Account, amounts previously deposited in the Collection Account but later determined to have resulted from mistaken deposits or postings. Except in certain circumstances described in the related Sale and Servicing Agreement, pending deposit into the Collection Account, collections may be employed by the Servicer at its own risk and for its own benefit and will not be segregated from its own funds.
     The Servicer or the Depositor, as the case may be, will remit the aggregate Warranty Purchase Payments and Administrative Purchase Payments of Receivables to be purchased from the Issuing Entity to the Collection Account on the Business Day immediately preceding the related Distribution Date.
     If the Servicer were unable to remit the funds as described above, Noteholders might incur a loss. To the extent set forth in the accompanying Prospectus Supplement, the Servicer may, in order to satisfy the requirements described above, obtain a letter of credit or other security for the benefit of the related Issuing Entity to secure timely remittances of collections on the related Receivables and payment of the aggregate Warranty Purchase Payments and Administrative Purchase Payments with respect to Receivables required to be repurchased by the Depositor or the Servicer, as applicable.
     For purposes of the related Sale and Servicing Agreement, collections on a Receivable made during a Collection Period (including Warranty Purchase Payments and Administrative Purchase Payments) will be applied first to interest accrued to date, second to principal until the principal balance is brought current, third to reduce the unpaid late charges as provided in the Receivable and finally to prepay principal on the Receivable.
Advances
     If payment on a Receivable (other than an Administrative Receivable or a Warranty Receivable) is not received in full by the end of the month in which it is due, the Servicer shall, subject to the limitations set forth below and in the accompanying Prospectus Supplement, advance to the Issuing Entity an amount with respect to that Receivable equal to the product of the Principal Balance of that Receivable as of the first day of the related Collection Period and one-twelfth of its APR minus the amount of interest actually received on that Receivable during the related Collection Period (each, an “Advance”). If that calculation results in a negative number, an amount equal to that negative amount shall be paid to the Servicer in reimbursement of outstanding Advances. In addition, to the extent that any outstanding Advance is a Nonrecoverable Advance, the Servicer may provide to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee an officer’s certificate setting forth the amount of such Nonrecoverable Advance, and such amount will be withdrawn from the related Collection Account and paid to the Servicer in reimbursement of the outstanding Advances. A “Nonrecoverable Advance” means any outstanding Advance with respect to (i) any Defaulted Receivable, or (ii) any Receivable for which the Servicer determines that any recovery from payments made on or with respect to such Receivable is unlikely. A “Defaulted Receivable” means (a) a Receivable (other than a Receivable for which a Warranty Purchase Payment or an Administrative Purchase Payment has been made) which, by its terms, is delinquent 120 days or more, (b) a Receivable that is delinquent less than 120 days for which the Servicer has (i) determined, in accordance with its customary servicing procedures, that eventual payment is unlikely, or (ii) repossessed the Financed Vehicle or (c) a Receivable with respect to which the Servicer has received notification that the related Obligor is subject to a Chapter 13 bankruptcy proceeding. No advances of principal will be made with respect to Receivables. The Servicer will not be obligated to make an Advance (other than in respect of an interest shortfall arising from the prepayment of a Receivable) to the extent that it determines, in its sole discretion, that that Advance will not be recovered from subsequent collections or recoveries with respect to that Receivable.
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Servicing Compensation
     The Servicer will be entitled to receive a base servicing fee for each Collection Period on the Distribution Date related to that Collection Period in an amount equal to a specified percent per annum (as set forth in the accompanying Prospectus Supplement, the “Servicing Rate”) of the Pool Balance as of the close of business on the last day of the immediately preceding Collection Period (the

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“Base Servicing Fee”). The Base Servicing Fee (together with any portion of the Base Servicing Fee that remains unpaid from prior Distribution Dates) will be paid solely to the extent of amounts available for that purpose as set forth in the accompanying Prospectus Supplement. However, the Base Servicing Fee will be paid prior to the payment of available amounts to the Noteholders of the given series.
     The Servicer will also be entitled to collect and retain any late fees, prepayment charges and other administrative fees or similar charges allowed by applicable law with respect to the related Receivables and any interest earned during a Collection Period from the investment of monies in the Collection Account and any Reserve Account as additional servicing compensation (the “Supplemental Servicing Fee” and, together with the Base Servicing Fee, the “Total Servicing Fee”). Payments by or on behalf of Obligors will be allocated to scheduled payments and late fees and other charges in accordance with the Servicer’s normal practices and procedures. In addition, if specified in the accompanying Prospectus Supplement, the Servicer will be entitled to reimbursement from any given Issuing Entity for specified liabilities. The Servicer will be paid the Base Servicing Fee for each Collection Period on the Distribution Date related to that Collection Period prior to the payment of interest on any class of Notes. If each rating agency for a series of Notes confirms that it will not reduce the rating of any class of Notes in that series, as the case may be, the Base Servicing Fee in respect of a Collection Period (together with any portion of the Base Servicing Fee that remains unpaid from the prior Distribution Dates) will be paid at the beginning of that Collection Period out of collections of interest on the related Receivables.
     The Total Servicing Fee will compensate the Servicer for performing the functions of a third-party servicer of motor vehicle receivables as an agent for the beneficial owner of those receivables, including collecting and posting all payments, responding to inquiries of Obligors on the Receivables, investigating delinquencies, sending payment statements to Obligors, reporting tax information to Obligors, paying costs of collections and policing the collateral. The Total Servicing Fee also will compensate the Servicer for administering the particular Receivables Pool, including making Advances, accounting for collections and furnishing monthly statements to the related Owner Trustee and Indenture Trustee with respect to payments. The Total Servicing Fee also will reimburse the Servicer for specified taxes, the fees of the related Owner Trustee and Indenture Trustee, if any, accounting fees, outside auditor fees, data processing costs and other costs incurred in connection with administering the applicable Receivables Pool.
     The “Pool Balance” as of the close of business on the last day of a Collection Period will equal the aggregate Principal Balance of the Receivables (excluding Administrative Receivables, Warranty Receivables and Defaulted Receivables) as of the close of business on such day; provided, however, that where the Pool Balance is relevant in determining whether the requisite percentage of or Noteholders (or relevant class or classes of Notes) necessary to effect any consent, waiver, request or demand shall have been obtained, the Pool Balance shall be deemed to be reduced by the amount equal to the portion of the Pool Balance (before giving effect to this provision) represented by the interests evidenced by any applicable Note registered in the name of the Depositor, the Servicer or any person actually known to a trust officer of the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee, as the case may be, to be an affiliate of the Depositor or the Servicer, unless all of the Notes are held or beneficially owned by NMAC, the Depositor or any of their affiliates. The “Principal Balance” of a Receivable as of any date will equal the original financed amount of that Receivable minus the sum of:
  1.   all payments actually received on or prior to that date allocable to principal;
 
  2.   any refunded portion of extended warranty protection plan or service contract costs, or of physical damage, credit life or disability insurance premiums included in the original financed amount of the Receivable;
 
  3.   any Warranty Purchase Payment or Administrative Purchase Payment with respect to that Receivable allocable to principal (to the extent not included in clause (1) above);
 
  4.   any net liquidation proceeds from any Defaulted Receivable for which the related Financed Vehicle has been liquidated by the Servicer; and
 
  5.   any prepayments or other payments applied to reduce the unpaid principal balance of that Receivable (to the extent not included in clauses (1) and (3) above).
Yield Supplement Account; Yield Supplement Agreement
     Yield Supplement Account. A “Yield Supplement Account” may be established with respect to any class or series of Notes. The terms relating to any Yield Supplement Account will be set forth in the accompanying Prospectus Supplement. Each Yield Supplement Account will be designed to hold funds or other receivables or assets (including vehicle lease contracts), not already a part of the relevant Issuing Entity. Such funds or amounts collected under the receivables or assets (including vehicle lease contracts) will be applied by the related Indenture Trustee, or if the Notes are paid in full, by the related Owner Trustee, to provide payments to Noteholders in respect of Receivables that have APRs less than (x) the sum of the interest rate specified in the accompanying Prospectus Supplement plus the Servicing Rate specified in the accompanying Prospectus Supplement plus any additional rate (expressed as a percentage) specified in the accompanying Prospectus Supplement or, in the alternative, (y) a particular rate (expressed as a percentage) specified in the accompanying Prospectus Supplement (in either case, the “Required Rate”). Each Yield Supplement Account will be maintained with the same entity with which the related Collection Account is maintained and will be

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created on the related Closing Date with an initial cash deposit and/or a pledge of other receivables or assets (including vehicle lease contracts) and by the Depositor or other person specified in the accompanying Prospectus Supplement.
     On each Distribution Date, the related Owner Trustee or Indenture Trustee will transfer to the Collection Account from monies on deposit in the Yield Supplement Account an amount specified in the accompanying Prospectus Supplement (the “Yield Supplement Deposit”) in respect of the Receivables having APRs less than the Required Rate for that Distribution Date. Amounts on deposit on any Distribution Date in the Yield Supplement Account in excess of the “Required Yield Supplement Amount” specified in the accompanying Prospectus Supplement, after giving effect to all payments to be made on that Distribution Date, will be deposited into the Collection Account for distribution by the related Owner Trustee or Indenture Trustee in accordance with the terms of the related Sale and Servicing Agreement. Unless otherwise in the accompanying Prospectus Supplement, the Depositor or other person specified in the accompanying Prospectus Supplement will not have any obligation after the related Closing Date to deposit any cash amounts, receivables or assets (including vehicle lease contracts) into the Yield Supplement Account after the related Closing Date even if the amount and the total balance of any receivables and the value of those assets on deposit in that account is less than the Required Yield Supplement Amount for any Distribution Date. Monies on deposit in the Yield Supplement Account may be invested in Eligible Investments under the circumstances and in the manner described in the Sale and Servicing Agreement. Earnings on investment of funds in the Yield Supplement Account in Eligible Investments will be deposited into the Collection Account as a component of the Yield Supplement Deposit on each Distribution Date. Any monies remaining on deposit in the Yield Supplement Account upon the termination of the Issuing Entity will be released to the Depositor.
     Yield Supplement Agreement. If a Yield Supplement Account is to be established with respect to a series of Notes, on or prior to the related Closing Date, the Depositor will enter into a “Yield Supplement Agreement” with the Servicer, the Issuing Entity, and the entity with which the account is maintained.
Distributions on the Notes and Certificates
     With respect to each series of Notes, beginning on the distribution dates specified in the accompanying Prospectus Supplement (each, a “Distribution Date”), payments of principal and interest (or, where applicable, of principal or interest only) on each class of those Notes entitled thereto will be made by the applicable Indenture Trustee to the Noteholders. The timing, calculation, allocation, order, source, priorities of and requirements for all payments to each class of Noteholders will be set forth in the accompanying Prospectus Supplement.
     With respect to each Issuing Entity, on each Distribution Date, collections on the related Receivables will be withdrawn from the related Collection Account and will be paid to the Noteholders to the extent provided in the accompanying Prospectus Supplement. Credit enhancement, such as a Reserve Account, will be available to cover any shortfalls in the amount available for payment to the Noteholders on that date to the extent specified in the accompanying Prospectus Supplement. As more fully described in the accompanying Prospectus Supplement:
  1.   payments of principal of a class of Notes of a given series will be subordinate to payments of interest on that class;
 
  2.   payments in respect of Certificates of that series may be subordinate to payments in respect of Notes of that series; and
 
  3.   payments in respect of one or more classes of Notes of that series may be subordinate to payments in respect of other classes of Notes of that series.
Credit and Cash Flow Enhancement
     The amounts and types of credit and cash flow enhancement arrangements and the provider thereof, if applicable, with respect to each class of Notes of a given series, if any, will be set forth in the accompanying Prospectus Supplement. If and to the extent provided in the accompanying Prospectus Supplement, credit and cash flow enhancement may be in the form of subordination of one or more classes of Notes, Reserve Accounts, overcollateralization, yield supplement agreements, or cash deposits or any combination of the foregoing. If specified in the accompanying Prospectus Supplement, credit or cash flow enhancement for a class of Notes may cover one or more other classes of Notes of the same series.
     The presence of a Reserve Account and other forms of credit enhancement for the benefit of any class or series of Notes is intended to enhance the likelihood of receipt by the Noteholders of that class or series of the full amount of principal of and interest due on those Notes and to decrease the likelihood that Noteholders will experience losses. The credit enhancement for a class or series of Notes will not provide protection against all risks of loss and will not guarantee repayment of the entire principal of and interest on those Notes. If losses occur that exceed the amount covered by any credit enhancement or that are not covered by any credit enhancement, Noteholders of any class or series will bear their allocable share of deficiencies, as described in the accompanying Prospectus Supplement. In addition, if a form of credit enhancement covers more than one class of Notes, Noteholders of any of that class will be subject to the risk that credit enhancement will be exhausted by the claims of Noteholders of other classes.

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     Reserve Account. If provided in the accompanying Prospectus Supplement, pursuant to the related Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Depositor or a third-party will establish for a series or class of Notes an account, as specified in the accompanying Prospectus Supplement, which may be designated as a “Reserve Account” or a “Subordination Spread Account” (for the purposes of this Prospectus, the “Reserve Account”), that will be maintained with the related Owner Trustee or Indenture Trustee, as applicable. The Reserve Account will be funded by an initial deposit by the Depositor or a third-party on the Closing Date in the amount set forth in the accompanying Prospectus Supplement (the “Reserve Account Initial Deposit”). To the extent provided in the accompanying Prospectus Supplement, the amount on deposit in the Reserve Account will be increased on each Distribution Date thereafter up to the Specified Reserve Account Balance (as defined in the accompanying Prospectus Supplement) by the deposit in the Reserve Account of the amount of collections on the related Receivables remaining on each Distribution Date after all specified payments on that date are made. The accompanying Prospectus Supplement will describe the circumstances and manner under which payments may be made out of the Reserve Account, either to holders of the Notes covered by that Prospectus Supplement or to the Depositor or a third-party. Monies on deposit in the Reserve Account may be invested in Eligible Investments under the circumstances and in the manner described in the related Sale and Servicing Agreement. Earnings on investment of funds in the Reserve Account in Eligible Investments will be paid to the Depositor on each Distribution Date. Any monies remaining on deposit in the Reserve Account upon the termination of the Issuing Entity also will be released to the Depositor.
Net Deposits
     As an administrative convenience, as long as specified conditions are satisfied, the Servicer will be permitted to make the deposit of collections, aggregate Advances and Administrative Purchase Payments for any Issuing Entity for or with respect to the related Collection Period net of payments to be made to the Servicer with respect to that Collection Period. The Servicer may cause to be made a single, net transfer from the Collection Account. The Servicer, however, will account to the Owner Trustee, any Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders with respect to each Issuing Entity as if all deposits, payments and transfers were made individually. If the related Distribution Dates are not the same for all classes of Notes, all distributions, deposits or other remittances made on a Distribution Date will be treated as having been distributed, deposited or remitted on the same Distribution Date for the applicable Collection Period for purposes of determining other amounts required to be distributed, deposited or otherwise remitted on a Distribution Date.
Evidence of Compliance
     Each Sale and Servicing Agreement will require the Servicer to furnish to the related Issuing Entity and the Indenture Trustee any report or information required to facilitate compliance by the Issuing Entity with Subpart 229.1100 — Asset Backed Securities (Regulation AB), 17 C.F.R. §§ 229.1100-229.1123 (“Regulation AB”), as that regulation may be amended from time to time, and subject to such clarification and interpretation as have been provided by the SEC in the adopting release (Asset-Backed Securities, Securities Act Release No. 33-8518, 70 Fed. Reg. 1,506, 1,531 (January 7, 2005)) or by the staff of the SEC, or as may be provided by the SEC or its staff from time to time.
     Under the Sale and Servicing Agreement for each Issuing Entity, the Servicer will be required to furnish to the related Issuing Entity and the Indenture Trustee an annual servicer report detailing the Servicer’s assessment of its compliance with the servicing criteria set forth in the relevant SEC regulations for asset-backed securities transactions, including Item 1122 of Regulation AB, as of and for the period ending the end of each fiscal year of the Issuing Entity, and the Servicer’s assessment report will identify any material instance of noncompliance.
     Each Sale and Servicing Agreement will provide that a firm of independent public accountants will furnish annually to the related Indenture Trustee and Owner Trustee a statement of compliance in all material respects by the Servicer during the preceding twelve months (or, in the case of the first statement, from the applicable Closing Date, which may be longer than twelve months) with specified standards relating to the servicing of the applicable Receivables.
     Each Sale and Servicing Agreement will also provide for delivery to the Indenture Trustee, related Owner Trustee and each Rating Agency, substantially simultaneously with the delivery of those accountants’ statement referred to above, a certificate signed by an officer of the Servicer stating that the Servicer has fulfilled its obligations under the Sale and Servicing Agreement throughout the preceding twelve months (or, in the case of the first certificate, from the Closing Date) in all material respects or, if there has been a default in the fulfillment of any obligation, describing each default. The Servicer has agreed to give each Indenture Trustee each Owner Trustee and each Rating Agency notice of specified Servicer Defaults under the related Sale and Servicing Agreement.
     Copies of such statements, certificates and reports may be obtained by the Noteholders by a request in writing addressed to the Indenture Trustee, as the case may be, at the related corporate trust office. An annual report of Form 10-K will be filed with the SEC within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year. The annual report will contain the statements, certificates and reports disclosed above.

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Servicer Resignation and Termination
     The Servicer may not resign from its obligations and duties under the related Sale and Servicing Agreement unless it determines that its duties thereunder are no longer permissible by reason of a change in applicable law. No such resignation will become effective until a successor servicer has assumed the Servicer’s obligations under the related Sale and Servicing Agreement.
     The rights and obligations of the Servicer under the related Sale and Servicing Agreement may be terminated following the occurrence and continuance of a Servicer Default, as described under “— Servicer Defaults.
Material Matters Regarding the Servicer
     Each Sale and Servicing Agreement will provide that NMAC may not resign from its obligations and duties as Servicer under that document, except upon NMAC’s determination that its performance of those duties is no longer permissible under applicable law. No resignation will become effective until the related Indenture Trustee or Owner Trustee, as applicable, or a successor servicer has assumed NMAC’s servicing obligations and duties under the related Sale and Servicing Agreement.
     Indemnification by and Limitation of Liability of the Servicer. Each Sale and Servicing Agreement will further provide that neither the Servicer nor any of its directors, officers, employees or agents will be under any liability to the related Issuing Entity or the related Noteholders for taking any action or for refraining from taking any action pursuant to the related Sale and Servicing Agreement or for errors in judgment; except that neither the Servicer nor any 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 the Servicer’s duties under that document or by reason of reckless disregard of its obligations and duties under that document. In addition, each Sale and Servicing Agreement will provide that the Servicer is not obligated to appear in, prosecute or defend any legal action that is not incidental to the Servicer’s servicing responsibilities under the related Sale and Servicing Agreement and that, in its opinion, may cause it to incur any expense or liability. The Servicer may, however, undertake any reasonable action that it may deem necessary or desirable in respect of the related Sale and Servicing Agreement, the rights and duties of the parties thereto and the interests of the Noteholders under the applicable agreement. In that event, the legal expenses and costs of that action and any liability resulting therefrom will be expenses, costs and liabilities of the Servicer, and the Servicer will not be entitled to be reimbursed therefor.
     The Servicer will indemnify the Owner Trustee and Indenture Trustee and their respective agents for any loss, liability, claim damage or expense that may be incurred by them as a result of any act or omission by the Servicer in connection with the performance of its duties under the Sale and Servicing Agreement, but only to the extent such liability arose out of the Servicer’s negligence, willful misconduct, bad faith or recklessness.
     Merger or Consolidation of Servicer. Any entity into which the Servicer or the Depositor may be merged or consolidated, or any entity resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Servicer or the Depositor, as applicable, is a party, or any entity succeeding to the business of the Servicer or the Depositor, as applicable, or any corporation, more than 50% of the voting stock of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by Nissan, which assumes the obligations of the Servicer or the Depositor, as applicable, will be the successor of the Servicer or the Depositor, as applicable, under each Sale and Servicing Agreement. For as long as NMAC is the Servicer, it may at any time subcontract substantially all of its duties as servicer under any Sale and Servicing Agreement to any corporation more than 50% of the voting stock of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by Nissan, and the Servicer may at any time perform specific duties as servicer through other subcontractors.
Servicer Default
     “Servicer Default” under each Sale and Servicing Agreement will consist of the following:
  1.   any failure by the Servicer (or the Depositor, so long as NMAC is the Servicer) to deliver to the applicable Owner Trustee or Indenture Trustee for deposit in any related Account any required payment or to direct the applicable Owner Trustee or Indenture Trustee to make any required distributions from that Account, if that failure continues unremedied for three Business Days after (a) receipt by the Servicer (or the Depositor, so long as NMAC is the Servicer) of written notice of the failure given by the applicable Trustee or Indenture Trustee, (b) receipt by the Servicer (or the Depositor, so long as NMAC is the Servicer) and the applicable Trustee or Indenture Trustee of written notice of the failure given by the holders of Notes or Certificates evidencing not less than 25% in principal amount of those outstanding Notes or Certificates; or (c) discovery of that failure by any officer of the Servicer;
 
  2.   any failure by the Servicer (or the Depositor, as long as NMAC is the Servicer) to duly observe or perform in any material respect any other covenants or agreements of the Servicer (or the Depositor, as long as NMAC is the Servicer) set forth in the related Sale and Servicing Agreement, if that failure materially and adversely affects the rights of the Noteholders of the related series, and when that failure continues unremedied for 90 days after the giving of written notice of the failure to (a) the Servicer (or the Depositor, so long as NMAC is the Servicer) by the applicable Owner Trustee or Indenture Trustee, or (b) the Servicer (or the Depositor, so long as NMAC is the Servicer) and the applicable Owner Trustee and Indenture Trustee

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      by the holders of Notes or Certificates of the related series evidencing not less than 25% in principal amount of those outstanding Notes or Certificates; and
  3.   the occurrence of events of insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshalling of assets and liabilities or similar proceedings with respect to the Servicer indicating its insolvency, reorganization pursuant to bankruptcy proceedings or inability to pay its obligations (any of these events with respect to any person being an “Insolvency Event”).
Rights Upon Servicer Default
     Until the Notes are paid in full, for as long as a Servicer Default under a Sale and Servicing Agreement remains unremedied, the related Indenture Trustee or holders of Notes of the related series evidencing a majority of the principal amount of those Notes then outstanding (or relevant class or classes of Notes of such series), acting together as a single class, may terminate all the rights and obligations of the Servicer under that Sale and Servicing Agreement. When this happens, the Indenture Trustee or a successor servicer appointed by that Indenture Trustee will succeed to all the responsibilities, duties and liabilities of the Servicer under that Sale and Servicing Agreement and will be entitled to similar compensation arrangements.
     However, if a bankruptcy trustee or similar official has been appointed for the Servicer, and no Servicer Default other than the appointment of a bankruptcy trustee or similar official has occurred, that bankruptcy trustee or official may have the power to prevent that Indenture Trustee or those Noteholders from effecting a transfer of servicing as described above. If that 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 servicer with a net worth of at least $100,000,000 and whose regular business includes the servicing of automobile receivables. The related Indenture Trustee, or any person appointed as successor servicer, will be the successor in all respects to the predecessor Servicer under the related Sale and Servicing Agreement and all references in the related Sale and Servicing Agreement to the Servicer shall apply to that successor servicer. The related Indenture Trustee may make arrangements for compensation to be paid, but the compensation for the successor servicer may not be greater than the Base Servicing Fee under the related Sale and Servicing Agreement. Notwithstanding termination, the Servicer will be entitled to payment of specified amounts payable to it prior to the termination for services it rendered prior to the termination.
Waiver of Past Defaults
     The holders of Notes of the related series evidencing a majority of the principal amount of the then outstanding Notes of the related series (or relevant class or classes of Notes of such series), or if a Servicer Default does not adversely affect the related Indenture Trustee or the related Noteholders or arises once the Notes having been paid in full, the holders of Certificates of that series may, on behalf of all those Noteholders or Certificateholders, waive any default by the Servicer in the performance of its obligations under the related Sale and Servicing Agreement and its consequences, except a Servicer Default in making any required deposits to the related Collection Account in accordance with that Sale and Servicing Agreement. No waiver will impair those Noteholders’ or Certificateholders’ rights with respect to subsequent defaults.
Amendment
     A Sale and Servicing Agreement may be amended by the parties thereto, with the consent of the Indenture Trustee if the Notes have not been paid in full, but without the consent of the related Noteholders:
  1.   to cure any ambiguity, correct or supplement any provision in the related Sale and Servicing Agreement that may be inconsistent with any other provision in that agreement, or make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under that agreement that are not inconsistent with the provisions of that agreement; provided that (i) the amendment will not materially and adversely affect the interest of any Noteholder, and (ii) the Servicer has delivered an officer’s certificate stating that such amendment will not materially and adversely affect the interest of any Noteholder; and
 
  2.   to change the formula for determining the required amount for the related Reserve Account, if any, upon (i) confirmation from the rating agencies rating the Notes as described in the accompanying Prospectus Supplement, and (ii) delivery by the Servicer to the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee of an officer’s certificate stating that such amendment will not materially and adversely affect the interests of any Noteholder.
     An amendment will be deemed not to materially and adversely affect the interests of any Noteholder of any class if (a) the amendment does not adversely affect the Issuing Entity’s status as a partnership for federal income tax purposes, (b) each rating agency then rating the related Notes confirms that that amendment will not result in a reduction or withdrawal of its rating on the Notes of that class, and (c) the Servicer shall have delivered an officer’s certificate stating that such amendment will not materially and adversely affect the interest of any Noteholder.
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  1.   the holders of Notes evidencing a majority of the principal amount of the then-outstanding Notes, if any, of the related series (or relevant class or classes of Notes of such series); or
 
  2.   in the case of any amendment that does not adversely affect the related Indenture Trustee or the related Noteholders, the holders of the Certificates of that series, for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Sale and Servicing Agreement or of modifying in any manner the rights of those Noteholders.
     No amendment, however, shall:
     (x) increase or reduce in any manner the amount of, or accelerate or delay the timing of, collections of payments on the related Receivables or distributions that are required to be made for the benefit of those Noteholders or change the interest rate or the Pass Through Rate or the required amount in the related Reserve Account (except as described above) without the consent of each of the “adversely affected” Noteholders; or
     (y) reduce the aforesaid percentage of the principal amount of the then outstanding Notes of that series which is required to consent to any amendment, without the consent of the holders of all the then outstanding Notes of each affected class.
     An amendment referred to in clause (x) above will be deemed not to “adversely affect” a Noteholder of any class only if each rating agency then rating the related Notes confirms that that amendment will not result in a reduction or withdrawal of its rating on the Notes of that class. In connection with any amendment referred to in clause (x) above, the Servicer shall deliver an officer’s certificate to the Indenture Trustee and the Trustee stating that the Noteholders whose consents were not obtained were not adversely affected by the amendment.
List of Noteholders
     Three or more holders of the Notes of any class in a series or one or more holders of those Notes of that class evidencing not less than 25% of the aggregate principal amount of those Notes then outstanding may, by written request to the related Indenture Trustee, obtain access to the list of all Noteholders maintained by that Indenture Trustee for the purpose of communicating with other Noteholders with respect to their rights under the related Indenture or under those Notes. If stated in the accompanying Prospectus Supplement, an 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 of and at the expense of the requesting Noteholders, to all Noteholders of that series.
     The Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee, as the case may be, will provide to the Servicer within 15 days after receipt of a written request from the Servicer, a list of the names of all Noteholders, as the case may be, of record as of the most recent applicable record date.
     No Sale and Servicing Agreement will provide for the holding of annual or other meetings of Noteholders.
Insolvency Event
     Each Trust Agreement will provide that the related Owner Trustee does not have the power to commence a voluntary proceeding in bankruptcy with respect to the related Issuing Entity without the prior approval of the Certificateholders of that Issuing Entity and the delivery to that Owner Trustee by the Certificateholders of a certificate certifying that the Certificateholders reasonably believe that the Issuing Entity is insolvent.
Payment of Notes
     Upon the payment in full of all outstanding Notes of a given series and the satisfaction and discharge of the related Indenture, the related Owner Trustee will succeed to all the rights of the Indenture Trustee, and the Certificateholders of that series will succeed to all the rights of the Noteholders of that series, under the related Sale and Servicing Agreement, except as otherwise provided in the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
Termination
     The respective obligations of the Depositor, the Servicer, NMAC (so long as NMAC has rights or obligations under the related Sale and Servicing Agreement), the related Owner Trustee and the related Indenture Trustee, as the case may be, pursuant to a Sale and Servicing Agreement will terminate upon the earliest of:
  1.   the maturity or other liquidation of the last Receivable and the disposition of any amounts received upon liquidation of any remaining Receivables; or
 
  2.   the election by the Servicer or the Depositor to purchase the corpus of the Issuing Entity as described below, and the payment to Noteholders of all amounts required to be paid to them pursuant to the related agreement.

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     The relevant Trustee will give written notice of termination to each Noteholder of record. The final distribution to any Noteholder will be made only upon surrender and cancellation of that holder’s Note at any office or agency of the Trustee specified in the notice of termination. Any funds remaining in the Issuing Entity, after the Trustee has taken measures to locate a Noteholder set forth in the related Sale and Servicing Agreement and those measures have failed, will be distributed, subject to applicable law, as provided in the Indenture or the Trust Agreement, as applicable.
     In order to avoid excessive administrative expense, the Servicer will have the option to purchase from each Issuing Entity, as of the end of any applicable Collection Period, if the then-outstanding Pool Balance with respect to the Receivables held by that Issuing Entity is at or below a specified percentage set forth in the accompanying Prospectus Supplement of the Pool Balance as of the related Cut-off Date, the corpus of the Issuing Entity at a price equal to the aggregate Administrative Purchase Payments for the Receivables (including Receivables that became Defaulted Receivables in the Collection Period preceding the Distribution Date on which that purchase is effected) plus the appraised value of any other property held as part of the Issuing Entity (less liquidation expenses); provided, however, that such price will at least be equal to or greater than the sum of the unpaid principal amount of the Notes plus accrued and unpaid interest on those Notes. The related Trustee will give written notice of termination to each Noteholder.
     Upon termination of any Issuing Entity, the assets of that Issuing Entity will be liquidated and the proceeds therefrom (and amounts held in related Accounts) will be applied to pay the Notes and the Certificates of the related series in full, to the extent of amounts available.
     As more fully described in the accompanying Prospectus Supplement, any outstanding Notes of the related series will be redeemed concurrently with any of the events specified above, and the subsequent payment to the related Certificateholders of all amounts required to be paid to them pursuant to the applicable Trust Agreement will effect early retirement of the Certificates of that series.
Administration Agreement
General
     NMAC, in its capacity as administrator for each series of Notes (the “Administrator”), will enter into an agreement (as amended and supplemented from time to time, an “Administration Agreement”) with the related Issuing Entity, the related Owner Trustee and the related Indenture Trustee pursuant to which the Administrator will agree, to the extent provided in that Administration Agreement, to perform the administrative obligations required to be performed by the related Issuing Entity or the relevant Trustee under 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 receive a monthly administration fee in an amount that will be set forth in the applicable Prospectus Supplement (the “Administrative Fee”), which fee will be solely an obligation of the Servicer. The Administrator will pay the fees and expenses of the related Indenture Trustee of each related Issuing Entity. The Administration Agreement will be governed by the laws of the State of New York.
Amendment
     The Administration Agreement may be amended with the written consent of the Owner Trustee 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 Administration Agreement; provided, that such amendment will not, as evidenced by an opinion of counsel satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee, materially and adversely affect the interest of any Noteholder or Certificateholder. The Administration Agreement may also be amended with the written consent of the Owner Trustee and (a) in the case of any amendment that does not adversely affect the Indenture Trustee or the Noteholders, Certificateholders evidencing at least a majority of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Certificates; or (b) Noteholders evidencing at least a majority of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of Notes of the related series voting as a single class, for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Administration Agreement or for the purpose of modifying in any manner the rights of Noteholders or Certificateholders that are not covered by the immediately preceding sentence.
THE HEDGE AGREEMENT
     The following summary describes certain terms of a swap agreement and an interest rate cap agreement that an Issuing Entity may enter into in order to reduce its exposure to currency and/or interest rate risks. The provisions of any particular swap agreement or interest rate cap agreement may differ from those described in this section and will be more fully described in the related Prospectus Supplement. In addition, this summary does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by reference to, the provisions of any swap agreement that is entered into by the related Issuing Entity.
Payments Under the Hedge Agreement
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Cross Border) (such agreement, the “Master Agreement”) with NMAC or an unaffiliated third-party (in the case a swap, the “Swap Counterparty” or, in the case of an interest rate cap, the “Cap Provider”), as modified to reflect the transactions described below (the Master Agreement, as so modified, the “Swap Agreement” or the “Cap Agreement”). Each of the Swap Agreement and the Cap Agreement will incorporate certain relevant standard definitions published by ISDA. Unless otherwise provided, as used herein, “Hedge Agreement” means either a Swap Agreement or a Cap Agreement and “Hedge Counterparty” means either a Swap Counterparty or a Cap Provider.
     Swap Agreement. Under the Swap Agreement, the Issuing Entity will generally pay to the Swap Counterparty amounts in respect of interest and principal, as applicable, due on each Distribution Date under the Swap Agreement, and the Swap Counterparty will generally pay to the Issuing Entity amounts equal to the interest or principal payable on the relevant Notes. If the Issuing Entity is unable to make any payment due to be made by it to the Swap Counterparty under the Swap Agreement, the Swap Counterparty generally will not be obligated to make its corresponding payment to the Issuing Entity under the Swap Agreement.
     If so specified in the related Prospectus Supplement, if on any specified payment date under the Swap Agreement the amount of funds from collections and other sources available to the Issuing Entity to make any payment owed to the Swap Counterparty is less than the amount due to the Swap Counterparty, the obligation of the Swap Counterparty to pay an amount equal to the interest or principal otherwise due on the relevant Notes on that date may be reduced in the same proportion as the proportion that the shortfall in the amount owed to the Swap Counterparty represents of the total amount due. Under such circumstances, if on a subsequent specified payment date, amounts are available and are paid by the Issuing Entity to the Swap Counterparty to reimburse all or any part of the shortfall, then the obligation of the Swap Counterparty to pay an amount equal to the interest or principal otherwise due on the Notes on that date will be increased in the same proportion as the proportion that the amount of the reimbursement represents of the amount otherwise owed by the Swap Counterparty on that date.
     The Issuing Entity generally will not be obligated to pay interest to the Swap Counterparty on any shortfalls in payments, and, correspondingly, Certificateholders generally will not be entitled to receive interest on any amounts not paid as a result of the proportional reduction described above.
     Unless the Swap Agreement is terminated early as described under “— Early Termination of Hedge Agreement”, the Swap Agreement will terminate on the earlier of (i) the scheduled maturity date of the Notes and (ii) the date on which all amounts due in respect of the Swap Agreement have been paid.
     Cap Agreement. Under the Cap Agreement, generally, if a specified interest rate related to any payment date exceeds the cap rate (the “Cap Rate”) specified in the related Prospectus Supplement, the Cap Provider may be required to pay to the Issuing Entity an amount equal to the product of:
  1.   the specified interest rate for the related payment date minus the Cap Rate;
 
  2.   the notional amount of the cap, which may be equal to the total outstanding principal amount of the relevant Notes on the first day of the accrual period related to such payment date; and
 
  3.   a fraction, the numerator of which is the actual number of days elapsed from and including the previous payment date, to but excluding the current payment date, or with respect to the first payment date, from and including the closing date, to but excluding the first payment date, and the denominator of which is 360 or 365, as specified in the accompanying Prospectus Supplement.
     Unless the Cap Agreement is terminated early as described below under “— Early Termination of Hedge Agreement,” the Cap Agreement will terminate, with respect to the relevant Notes, on the earlier of (x) the relevant Notes’ final scheduled Distribution Date and (y) the date on which the principal balance of the relevant Notes has been reduced to zero.
Conditions Precedent
     With respect to the Swap Agreement, the respective obligations of the Swap Counterparty and the Issuing Entity to pay certain amounts due under the Swap Agreement will be subject to the following conditions precedent: (i) no Swap Event of Default (as defined below under “— Defaults Under Hedge Agreement”) or event that with the giving of notice or lapse of time or both would become an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and (ii) no Early Termination Date (as defined below under “— Early Termination of Hedge Agreement”) shall have occurred or been effectively designated. With respect to Cap Agreement, the obligations of the Cap Provider to pay certain amounts due under the Cap Agreement will be subject to the conditions precedent that no Early Termination Date (as defined below under “— Early Termination of Hedge Agreement”) shall have occurred or been effectively designated.

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Defaults Under the Hedge Agreement
     Unless otherwise specified in the related Prospectus Supplement, events of default under the Hedge Agreement (each, a “Swap Event of Default” or a “Cap Event of Default,” as applicable, and collectively, a “Hedge Event of Default”) generally will be limited to: (i) the failure of the Issuing Entity (under the Swap Agreement only) or the Hedge Counterparty to pay any amount when due under the Hedge Agreement after giving effect to the applicable grace period, if any; (ii) the occurrence of certain events of insolvency or bankruptcy of the Issuing Entity (under the Swap Agreement only) or the Hedge Counterparty; and (iii) certain other standard events of default under the Master Agreement including “Breach of Agreement,” “Misrepresentation” (generally not applicable to the Issuing Entity) and “Merger without Assumption,” as described in Sections 5(a)(ii), 5(a)(iv) and 5(a)(viii) of the Master Agreement.
Termination Events
     Unless otherwise specified in the related Prospectus Supplement, termination events under the Hedge Agreement (each, a “Swap Termination Event” or a “Cap Termination Event,” as applicable, and collectively, a “Hedge Termination Event”) will consist of the following: (i) the Issuing Entity or the Depositor becomes subject to registration as an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (under the Swap Agreement only); and (ii) certain standard termination events under the Master Agreement including “Illegality” (which generally relates to changes in law causing it to become unlawful for either of the parties to perform its obligations under the Hedge Agreement), “Tax Event” (which generally relates to either party to the Hedge Agreement receiving payments thereunder from which an amount has been deducted or withheld for or on account of certain taxes) and “Tax Event Upon Merger” (which generally relates to a party to the Hedge Agreement receiving a payment under the Hedge Agreement from which an amount has been deducted or withheld for or on account of certain taxes as a result of a party merging with another entity), each as more fully described in Sections 5(b)(i), 5(b)(ii) and 5(b)(iii) of the Master Agreement; provided, however, that the occurrence of a “Tax Event” or “Tax Event Upon Merger” generally will only constitute a Hedge Termination Event if the requisite percentage of Noteholders specified in the related Prospectus Supplement directs the Trustee to terminate the Hedge Agreement and liquidate the assets of the Issuing Entity.
Early Termination of Hedge Agreement
     Upon the occurrence of any Hedge Event of Default under the Hedge Agreement, the non-defaulting party will have the right to designate an Early Termination Date (as defined in the Hedge Agreement) upon the occurrence and continuance of such Hedge Event of Default. A Hedge Agreement will terminate on an Early Termination Date. With respect to Hedge Termination Events, an Early Termination Date may be designated by one or both of the parties (as specified in the Hedge Agreement with respect to each such termination event) and will occur only upon notice and, in certain cases, after the party causing the termination event has used reasonable efforts to transfer its rights and obligations under such Hedge Agreement to a related entity within a limited period after notice has been given of the termination event, all as set forth in the Hedge Agreement. The occurrence of an Early Termination Date under the Hedge Agreement will constitute a “Swap Termination” or a “Cap Termination,” as applicable, and each a “Hedge Termination.”
     Upon any Hedge Termination, the Issuing Entity (under the Swap Agreement only) or the Hedge Counterparty may be liable to make a termination payment to the other (regardless, if applicable, of which party may have caused such termination). Such termination payment will be calculated on the basis that the Issuing Entity is the Affected Party (as defined in the Hedge Agreement), subject to certain exceptions. With respect to a Swap Agreement, the amount of any such termination payment will be based on the market value of the Swap Agreement computed on the basis of market quotations of the cost of entering into swap transactions with the same terms and conditions that would have the effect of preserving the respective full payment obligations of the parties, in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Swap Agreement (assuming, for purposes of such calculation, that all outstanding amounts previously due but unpaid to the Swap Counterparty are due and payable on the first Distribution Date that would have occurred after the Early Termination Date). With respect to a Cap Agreement, the amount of any such termination will be based on the market value of the Cap Agreement computed on the basis of market quotations of the cost of entering into interest rate cap transactions with the same terms and conditions that would have the effect of preserving the respective full payment obligations of the parties, in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Cap Agreement (assuming, for purposes of such calculation, that all outstanding shortfalls in amounts payable as cap payments to the Issuing Entity are due and payable on the first Distribution Date that would have occurred after the Early Termination Date). Any such termination payment could, if interest or currency exchange rates have changed significantly, be substantial.
     The Prospectus Supplement will specify whether the defaulting party will not be entitled to any portion of the termination payment related to the market value of the Swap Agreement because of its default with respect to any particular Swap Event of Default or Swap Termination Event.
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Issuing Entity under the Swap Agreement and (b) the amount of the swap termination payment, if any, which may be due to the Issuing Entity from the Swap Counterparty under the Swap Agreement, and (iii) in the case of a Cap Termination, the amount of the cap termination payment, if any, which may be due to the Issuing Entity from the Cap Provider under the Cap Agreement. In the event that the net proceeds of the liquidation of the assets of the Issuing Entity are not sufficient to make all payments due in respect of the Notes and for the Issuing Entity to meet its obligations, if any, in respect of the termination of the Hedge Agreement, then such amounts will be allocated and applied in accordance with the priority of payments described in the related Prospectus Supplement. In the case of a Swap Termination, the claims of the Swap Counterparty in respect of such net proceeds will rank higher in priority than the claims of the relevant Notes. If a Hedge Termination occurs and the Issuing Entity does not terminate, the Issuing Entity will not be protected from the interest rate and currency fluctuations hedged by the Hedge Agreement, and payments to Noteholders may be adversely affected.
     Generally, the applicable Sale and Servicing Agreement will provide that upon the occurrence of (i) any Hedge Event of Default arising from any action taken, or failure to act, by the Hedge Counterparty, or (ii) a Hedge Termination Event (except as described in the following sentence) with respect to which the Hedge Counterparty is an Affected Party, the Trustee may and will, at the direction of the requisite percentage of the Noteholders specified in such agreement, by notice to the Hedge Counterparty, designate an Early Termination Date with respect to the Hedge Agreement. If a Swap Termination Event occurs because the Issuing Entity or the Depositor becomes subject to registration as an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Trustee will be required by the terms of such agreement to terminate the Swap Agreement.
Taxation
     Neither the Issuing Entity nor the Hedge Counterparty will be obligated under the Hedge Agreement to gross up if withholding taxes are imposed on payments made under the Hedge Agreement.
     With respect to the Swap Agreement, if any withholding or similar tax is imposed on payments by the Issuing Entity to the Swap Counterparty under the Swap Agreement, the Swap Counterparty will be entitled to deduct amounts in the same proportion (as calculated in accordance with the Swap Agreement) from subsequent payments due from it. If the Swap Counterparty is required to withhold amounts from payments by the Swap Counterparty under the Swap Agreement, the payment obligations of the Swap Counterparty will be reduced by such amounts and the payment obligations of the Issuing Entity under the Swap Agreement will remain the same. With respect to the Cap Agreement, if the Cap Provider is required to withhold amounts from payments by the Cap Provider under the Cap Agreement, the payment obligations will be reduced by such amounts and the payment obligations, if any of the Issuing Entity under the Cap Agreement will remain the same. In any of these events, payments on the Notes may be subject to reduction in proportion to the amount so deducted or withheld. Further, a specified percentage of the Noteholders may direct the Trustee to terminate the Hedge Agreement and liquidate the assets of the Issuing Entity, as described above under “— Termination Events.”
Assignment
     Except as provided below, neither the Issuing Entity nor the Hedge Counterparty will be permitted to assign, novate or transfer as a whole or in part any of its rights, obligations or interests under the Hedge Agreement. The Hedge Counterparty may transfer the Hedge Agreement to another party on ten Business Days’ prior written notice, provided that (i) such notice will be accompanied by a guarantee of the Hedge Counterparty of such transferee’s obligations in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, (ii) the Hedge Counterparty delivers an opinion of independent counsel of recognized standing in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee confirming that as of the date of such transfer the transferee will not, as a result of such transfer, be required to withhold or deduct on account of tax under the Hedge Agreement, (iii) a Hedge Termination Event or Hedge Event of Default does not occur under the Hedge Agreement as a result of such transfer and (iv) the then current ratings of the Notes are not adversely affected as a result of such transfer. In addition, if the debt rating of the Hedge Counterparty is reduced to a level below that specified in the related Prospectus Supplement, the Hedge Counterparty generally may assign the Hedge Agreement to another party (or otherwise obtain a replacement hedge agreement on substantially the same terms as the Hedge Agreement) and thereby be released from its obligations under the Hedge Agreement; provided that (i) the new hedge counterparty by a written instrument accepts all of the obligations of the Hedge Counterparty under the Hedge Agreement to the reasonable satisfaction of the Trustee, (ii) the Hedge Counterparty delivers an opinion of independent counsel of recognized standing in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee confirming that as of the date of such transfer the new hedge counterparty will not, as a result of such transfer or replacement, be required to withhold or deduct on account of tax under the Hedge Agreement, (iii) a Hedge Termination Event or Hedge Event of Default does not occur under the Hedge Agreement as a result of such transfer and (iv) the ratings assigned to the Notes after such assignment and release will be at least equal to the ratings assigned by any applicable rating agency to the Notes at the time of such reduction of the rating of the Hedge Counterparty’s long-term debt. Any cost of such transfer or replacement will be borne by the Hedge Counterparty or the new hedge counterparty and not by the Issuing Entity; provided, however, that the Hedge Counterparty shall not be required to make any payment to the new hedge counterparty to obtain an assignment or replacement swap or cap. The Hedge Counterparty shall have no obligation to assign the Hedge Agreement or obtain a replacement hedge agreement in the event of a ratings downgrade and neither the Issuing Entity nor the Noteholders will have any remedy against the Hedge Counterparty if the

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Hedge Counterparty fails to make such an assignment or obtain a replacement hedge agreement. In the event that the Hedge Counterparty does not elect to assign the Hedge Agreement or obtain a replacement hedge agreement, the Hedge Counterparty may (but shall not be obligated to) establish any other arrangement satisfactory to the applicable rating agency, in each case such that the ratings of the Notes by the applicable rating agency will not be withdrawn or reduced.
Modification and Amendment of the Hedge Agreement
     The applicable Sale and Servicing Agreement will contain provisions permitting the Trustee to enter into any amendment of the Hedge Agreement (i) to cure any ambiguity or mistake, (ii) to correct any defective provisions or to correct or supplement any provision therein which may be inconsistent with any other provision therein or with such agreement or (iii) to add any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the Hedge Agreement; provided, in the case of clause (iii), that such amendment will not adversely affect in any material respect the interest of any specified Noteholder. Any such amendment shall be deemed not to adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any specified Noteholder if the Trustee receives written confirmation from each rating agency rating the Securities that such amendment will not cause such rating agency to reduce the then current rating thereof.
The Hedge Counterparty
     Where indicated by the context, as used herein, “Hedge Counterparty” includes any party that replaces the initial Hedge Counterparty as described above under “— Assignment.”
Governing Law
     The Hedge Agreement will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS OF THE BASIC DOCUMENTS
Bankruptcy Provisions
     Each of the parties to the Basic Documents, and each Noteholder, by accepting the Note or a beneficial interest in the related Notes, will covenant and agree that it will not file, or join in the filing of, or cooperate with or encourage others to file against the
     Depositor and the Issuing Entity of, any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceeding or other proceeding under any federal or state bankruptcy or similar law.
     The term “Basic Documents” refers to each Indenture, each Trust Agreement, each Purchase Agreement, each Certificate of Trust, each Sale and Servicing Agreement, each Yield Supplement Agreement, each Administration Agreement and the each Securities Account Control Agreement for the related Issuing Entity.
Notes Owned by the Issuing Entity, the Depositor, the Servicer and their Affiliates
     In general, except as otherwise described in this Prospectus and the Basic Documents, any Notes owned by the Issuing Entity, the Depositor, the Servicer (so long as NMAC or one of its affiliates is the Servicer) or any of their respective affiliates will be entitled to benefits under the Basic Documents equally and proportionately to the benefits afforded other owners of the Notes. See “The Issuing Entities — Formation,” “Description of the Trust Agreement — Restrictions on Actions by Owner Trustee,” “— Resignation and Removal of the Owner Trustee,” “Description of the Transfer and Servicing Agreements — Servicer Defaults” and “Miscellaneous Provisions of the Basic Documents” of this Prospectus.
Fees and Expenses
     The Servicer/Administrator. As more fully described under “Description of the Transfer and Servicing Agreements — Servicing Compensation,” as compensation for the servicing of the Receivables and administering the distribution of funds in respect thereof, the Servicer will be entitled to receive the Base Servicing Fee on each Distribution Date, together with reimbursement of fees and expenses and any late payment fees now or later in effect or similar charges paid with respect to the Receivables.
     The Servicer will pay all expenses incurred by it in the performance of its duties under the Sale and Servicing Agreement, including fees and disbursements of independent accountants, taxes imposed on the Servicer and expenses incurred in connection with distributions and reports to the Trustees. The Servicer will pay the fees and expenses of the Trustees, and each paying agent.
     The Indenture Trustee. As more fully described under “Description of the Indenture — Compensation and Indemnity,” the Servicer will pay the Indenture Trustee compensation for its services and reimburse it for its reasonable expenses relating thereto.
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each paying agent for their reasonable expenses. The Servicer will not be entitled to be reimbursed from the Issuing Entity’s Estate for the payment of such expenses.
MATERIAL LEGAL ASPECTS OF THE RECEIVABLES
General
     The transfer of the Receivables to the applicable trustee, the perfection of the security interests in the Receivables and the enforcement of rights to realize on the Financed Vehicles as collateral for the Receivables are subject to a number of federal and state laws, including the Uniform Commercial Code (the “UCC”) as in effect in various states.
Security Interests
     General. In states in which retail installment contracts such as the Receivables evidence the credit sale of automobiles or light-duty trucks by dealers to obligors, the contracts also constitute personal property security agreements and include grants of security interests in the vehicles under the applicable UCC. The Receivables are “tangible chattel paper” or “electronic chattel paper,” in each case as defined in the UCC. Under the UCC, for most purposes, a sale of chattel paper is treated in a manner similar to a transaction creating a security interest in chattel paper.
     Perfection. The Servicer, the Depositor and the Issuing Entity will take the following actions to perfect the rights of the applicable trustee in the Receivables. Pursuant to each Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Depositor and each Issuing Entity will designate the Servicer as custodian, directly or indirectly through subservicers (a) to maintain possession as that Issuing Entity’s agent of the related installment contracts and any other documents relating to the Receivables if the Receivables constitute tangible chattel paper, or (b) to maintain control over the Receivables if they constitute electronic chattel paper. To assure uniform quality in servicing both the Receivables and the Servicer’s own portfolio of automobile and light-duty truck installment contracts, as well as to facilitate servicing and to reduce administrative costs, any documents evidencing the Receivables will not be physically segregated from other automobile and light-duty truck installment contracts of the Servicer, or those which the Servicer services for others, or marked to reflect the transfer to the related Issuing Entity as long as NMAC is servicing the Receivables. However, UCC financing statements reflecting the sale and assignment of the Receivables by NMAC to the Depositor and by the Depositor to the applicable Issuing Entity will be filed, and the respective accounting records and computer files of NMAC and the Depositor will reflect that sale and assignment. Because the Receivables that are evidenced by tangible chattel paper will remain in the Servicer’s possession and will not be stamped or otherwise marked to reflect the assignment to the applicable trustee, if a subsequent purchaser were able to take physical possession of the Receivables without knowledge of the assignment, the Issuing Entity’s interest in the Receivables could be defeated. Similarly, the Issuing Entity’s interest in Receivables that constitute electronic chattel paper could be defeated if a subsequent purchaser were able to obtain control of the Receivables without knowledge of the assignment. In addition, in some cases, the applicable trustee’s security interest in collections that have been received by the Servicer but not yet remitted to the related Collection Account could be defeated.
     Perfection of security interests in financed automobiles and/or light-duty trucks is generally governed by the motor vehicle registration laws of the state in which the vehicle is located. In most states, a security interest in an automobile or light-duty truck is perfected by obtaining possession of the certificate of title to the vehicle or notation of the secured party’s lien on the vehicle’s certificate of title.
     The retail installment contracts acquired by NMAC from Dealers will be assigned to NMAC. NMAC also takes all actions necessary under the laws of the state in which the related Financed Vehicle is located to perfect its security interest in that Financed Vehicle, including, where applicable, having a notation of its lien recorded on the related certificate of title or with the Department of Motor Vehicles and obtaining possession of that certificate of title. Because NMAC continues to service the contracts as Servicer under the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Obligors on the contracts will not be notified of the sale from NMAC to the Depositor or the sale from the Depositor to the related Issuing Entity.
     Pursuant to the related Purchase Agreement, NMAC will sell and assign its security interest in the Financed Vehicles to the Depositor and, with respect to each Issuing Entity, pursuant to the related Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Depositor will assign its security interest in the Financed Vehicles to that Issuing Entity. However, because of the administrative burden and expense, none of NMAC, the Depositor or the related trustee will amend any certificate of title to identify that Issuing Entity as the new secured party on that certificate of title relating to a Financed Vehicle. However, UCC financing statements with respect to the transfer to the Depositor of NMAC’s security interest in the Financed Vehicles and the transfer to the applicable trustee of the Depositor’s security interest in the Financed Vehicles will be filed with the appropriate governmental authorities. In addition, as stated above, the Servicer will continue to hold any certificates of title relating to the Financed Vehicles in its possession as custodian for that Issuing Entity pursuant to the related Sale and Servicing Agreement.
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of title, and the assignee succeeds to the assignor’s rights as secured party. Although re-registration of the vehicle is not necessary to convey a perfected security interest in the Financed Vehicles to the Issuing Entity, because the Issuing Entity will not be listed as lienholder on the certificates of title, the security interest of that Issuing Entity in the vehicle could be defeated through fraud or negligence. In those states, in the absence of fraud or forgery by the vehicle owner or the Servicer or administrative error by state or local agencies, the notation of NMAC’s lien on the certificates of title will be sufficient to protect that Issuing Entity against the rights of subsequent purchasers of a Financed Vehicle or subsequent lenders who take a security interest in a Financed Vehicle. In each Purchase Agreement, NMAC will represent and warrant, and in each Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Depositor will represent and warrant, that it has taken all action necessary to obtain a perfected security interest in each Financed Vehicle. If there are any Financed Vehicles for which NMAC failed to obtain and assign to the Depositor a perfected security interest, the security interest of the Depositor would be subordinate to, among others, subsequent purchasers of the Financed Vehicles and holders of perfected security interests in the Financed Vehicles. To the extent that failure has a material and adverse effect on the Issuing Entity’s interest in the related Receivables, however, it would constitute a breach of the warranties of NMAC under the related Purchase Agreement or the Depositor under the related Sale and Servicing Agreement. Accordingly, pursuant to the related Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Depositor would be required to repurchase the related Receivable from the Issuing Entity and, pursuant to the related Purchase Agreement, NMAC would be required to purchase that Receivable from the Depositor, in each case unless the breach was cured. Pursuant to each Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Depositor will assign to the related Issuing Entity its rights to cause NMAC to purchase that Receivable under the related Purchase Agreement. See “Description of the Transfer and Servicing Agreements — Sale and Assignment of Receivables” and “Risk Factors — Interests of other persons in the receivables and financed vehicles could be superior to the Issuing Entity’s interest, which may result in reduced payments on your notes.”
     Continuity of Perfection. Under the laws of most states, the perfected security interest in a vehicle would continue for up to four months after the vehicle is moved to a state that is different from the one in which it is initially registered and the owner thereof re-registers the vehicle in the new state. A majority of states generally require surrender of a certificate of title to re-register a vehicle. In those states (such as California) that require a secured party to hold possession of the certificate of title to maintain perfection of the security interest, the secured party would learn of the re-registration through the request from the obligor under the related installment contract to surrender possession of the certificate of title. In the case of vehicles registered in states providing for the notation of a lien on the certificate of title but not possession by the secured party (such as Texas), the secured party would receive notice of surrender from the state of re-registration if the security interest is noted on the certificate of title. Thus, the secured party would have the opportunity to re-perfect its security interest in the vehicle in the state of relocation. However, these procedural safeguards will not protect the secured party if through fraud, forgery or administrative error, the debtor somehow procures a new certificate of title that does not list the secured party’s lien. Additionally, in states that do not require a certificate of title for registration of a motor vehicle, re-registration could defeat perfection. In the ordinary course of servicing the Receivables, NMAC will take steps to effect re-perfection upon receipt of notice of re-registration or information from the Obligor as to relocation. Similarly, when an Obligor sells a Financed Vehicle, NMAC must surrender possession of the certificate of title or will receive notice as a result of its lien noted on the certificate of title and accordingly will have an opportunity to require satisfaction of the related Receivable before release of the lien. Under each Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Servicer will be obligated to take appropriate steps, including the monitoring of any third-party engaged to provide title administration services, at the Servicer’s expense, to maintain perfection of security interests in the Financed Vehicles and will be obligated to purchase the related Receivable if it fails to do so and that failure has a material and adverse effect on the Issuing Entity’s interest in the Receivable.
     Priority of Liens Arising by Operation of Law. Under the laws of most states (including California), liens for repairs performed on a motor vehicle and liens for unpaid taxes take priority over even a perfected security interest in a financed vehicle. The Code also grants priority to specified federal tax liens over the lien of a secured party. The laws of some states and federal law permit the confiscation of vehicles by governmental authorities under some circumstances if used in unlawful activities, which may result in the loss of a secured party’s perfected security interest in the confiscated vehicle. See “Material Legal Aspects of the Receivables — Forfeiture for Drug, RICO and Money Laundering Violations.” NMAC will represent and warrant to the Depositor in each Purchase Agreement, and the Depositor will represent and warrant to the Issuing Entity in each Sale and Servicing Agreement, that, as of the related Closing Date, each security interest in a Financed Vehicle is prior to all other present liens (other than tax liens and other liens that arise by operation of law) upon and security interests in that Financed Vehicle. However, liens for repairs or taxes could arise, or the confiscation of a Financed Vehicle could occur, at any time during the term of a Receivable. No notice will be given to the Owner Trustee, any Indenture Trustee, any Noteholders in respect of a given Issuing Entity if a lien arises or confiscation occurs that would not give rise to the Depositor’s repurchase obligation under the related Sale and Servicing Agreement or NMAC’s repurchase obligation under the related Purchase Agreement.
Repossession
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defense to repossession, or if otherwise required by applicable state law, a court order must be obtained from the appropriate state court, and that vehicle must then be recovered in accordance with that order. In some jurisdictions, the secured party is required to notify that obligor of the default and the intent to repossess the collateral and to give that obligor a time period within which to cure the default prior to repossession. In some states, an obligor has the right to reinstate its contract and recover the collateral by paying the delinquent installments and other amounts due.
Notice of Sale; Redemption Rights
     In the event of default by an obligor under a retail installment contract, some jurisdictions require that the obligor be notified of the default and be given a time period within which to cure the default prior to repossession. Generally, this right of cure may only be exercised on a limited number of occasions during the term of the related contract.
     The UCC and other state laws require the secured party to provide an obligor with reasonable notice of the date, time and place of any public sale and/or the date after which any private sale of the collateral may be held. In most states, an obligor has the right to redeem the collateral prior to actual sale by paying the secured party the unpaid principal balance of the obligation, accrued interest on the obligation plus reasonable expenses for repossessing, holding and preparing the collateral for disposition and arranging for its sale, plus, in some jurisdictions, reasonable attorneys’ fees. In some states, an obligor has the right to redeem the collateral prior to actual sale by payment of delinquent installments or the unpaid balance.
Deficiency Judgments and Excess Proceeds
     The proceeds of resale of the vehicles generally will be applied first to the expenses of resale and repossession and then to the satisfaction of the indebtedness. While some states impose prohibitions or limitations on deficiency judgments if the net proceeds from resale do not cover the full amount of the indebtedness, a deficiency judgment can be sought in those states that do not prohibit or limit those judgments. In addition to the notice requirement described above, the UCC requires that every aspect of the sale or other disposition, including the method, manner, time, place and terms, be “commercially reasonable.” Generally, courts have held that when a sale is not “commercially reasonable,” the secured party loses its right to a deficiency judgment. However, the deficiency judgment would be a personal judgment against the obligor for the shortfall, and a defaulting obligor can be expected to have very little capital or sources of income available following repossession. Therefore, in many cases, it may not be useful to seek a deficiency judgment or, if one is obtained, it may be settled at a significant discount or be uncollectible. In addition, the UCC permits the obligor or other interested party to recover for any loss caused by noncompliance with the provisions of the UCC. Also, prior to a sale, the UCC permits the obligor or other interested person to prohibit the secured party from disposing of the collateral if it is established that the secured party is not proceeding in accordance with the “default” provisions under the UCC.
     Occasionally, after resale of a repossessed vehicle and payment of all expenses and indebtedness, there is a surplus of funds. In that case, the UCC requires the creditor to remit the surplus to any holder of a subordinate lien with respect to that vehicle or if no lienholder exists, the UCC requires the creditor to remit the surplus to the obligor.
Material Bankruptcy Considerations
     In structuring the transactions contemplated by this Prospectus, the Depositor has taken steps that are intended to make it unlikely that the voluntary or involuntary application for relief by NMAC or its parent, NNA, under the United States Bankruptcy Code or similar applicable state laws (collectively, “Insolvency Laws”) will result in consolidation of the assets and liabilities of the Depositor with those of NMAC or NNA. These steps include the creation of the Depositor as a wholly-owned, limited purpose subsidiary pursuant to articles of incorporation and bylaws containing limitations (including restrictions on the nature of the Depositor’s business and on its ability to commence a voluntary case or proceeding under any Insolvency Law without the unanimous affirmative vote of all of its directors).
     However, delays in payments on a series of Notes and possible reductions in the amount of those payments could occur if:
  1.   a court were to conclude that the assets and liabilities of the Depositor should be consolidated with those of NMAC or NNA in the event of the application of applicable Insolvency Laws to NMAC or NNA, as the case may be;
 
  2.   a filing were made under any Insolvency Law by or against the Depositor or the related Issuing Entity; or
 
  3.   an attempt were made to litigate any of the foregoing issues.
     On the Closing Date, Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP will give an opinion to the effect that, based on a reasoned analysis of analogous case law (although there is no precedent based on directly similar facts), and, subject to facts, assumptions and qualifications specified in the opinion and applying the principles set forth in the opinion, in the event of a voluntary or involuntary bankruptcy case in respect of NMAC under Title 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code at a time when NMAC was insolvent, the property of the Depositor would not properly be substantively consolidated with the property of the estate of NMAC. Among other things, that opinion will assume that each of the Depositor and NMAC will follow specified procedures in the conduct of its affairs,

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including maintaining records and books of account separate from those of the other, refraining from commingling its assets with those of the other, and refraining from holding itself out as having agreed to pay, or being liable for, the debts of the other. The Depositor and NMAC intend to follow these and other procedures related to maintaining their separate corporate identities. However, there can be no assurance that a court would not conclude that the assets and liabilities of the Depositor should be consolidated with those of NMAC.
     NMAC will warrant in each Purchase Agreement that the sale of the related Receivables by it to the Depositor is a valid sale. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if NMAC were to become a debtor in a bankruptcy case, a court could take the position that the sale of Receivables to the Depositor should instead be treated as a pledge of those Receivables to secure a borrowing of NMAC. In addition, if the transfer of Receivables to the Depositor is treated as a pledge instead of a sale, a tax or government lien on the property of NMAC arising before the transfer of a Receivable to the Depositor may have priority over the Depositor’s interest in that Receivable. In addition, while NMAC is the Servicer, cash collections on the Receivables may be commingled with the funds of NMAC and, in the event of that bankruptcy of NMAC, the Issuing Entity may not have a perfected interest in those collections.
     NMAC and the Depositor will treat the transactions described in this Prospectus as a sale of the Receivables to the Depositor, so that the automatic stay provisions of the United States Bankruptcy Code should not apply to the Receivables if NMAC were to become a debtor in a bankruptcy case.
Consumer Protection Laws
     Numerous federal and state consumer protection laws and related regulations impose substantial requirements upon lenders and servicers involved in consumer finance. These laws include the Truth-in-Lending Act, the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, the Federal Trade Commission Act, the Fair Credit Billing Act, the Fair Credit Reporting Act, the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act, the Federal Reserve Board’s Regulations B and Z, the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (the “Relief Act”), the Texas Consumer Credit Code, state adoptions of the National Consumer Act and of the Uniform Consumer Credit Code, and state motor vehicle retail installment sales acts and other similar laws. Many states have adopted “lemon laws” that provide redress to consumers who purchase a vehicle that remains out of compliance with its manufacturer’s warranty after a specified number of attempts to correct a problem or a specified time period. Also, state laws impose finance charge ceilings and other restrictions on consumer transactions and require contract disclosures in addition to those required under federal law. These requirements impose specific statutory liabilities upon creditors who fail to comply with their provisions. In some cases, this liability could affect an assignee’s ability to enforce consumer finance contracts such as the Receivables.
     With respect to used vehicles, the Federal Trade Commission’s Rule on Sale of Used Vehicles (the “FTC Rule”) requires all sellers of used vehicles to prepare, complete and display a “Buyers’ Guide” which explains the warranty coverage for such vehicles. The Federal Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act and state lemon laws may impose further obligations on motor vehicle dealers. Holders of the Receivables may have liability or claims and defenses under those statutes, the FTC Rule and similar state statutes.
     The so-called “Holder-in-Due-Course” Rule of the Federal Trade Commission (the “HDC Rule”), the provisions of which are generally duplicated by the Uniform Consumer Credit Code, other statutes or the common law in some states, has the effect of subjecting a seller (and specified creditors and their assignees) in a consumer credit transaction to all claims and defenses that the obligor in the transaction could assert against the seller of the goods. Liability under the HDC Rule is limited to the amounts paid by the obligor under the contract, and the holder of the Receivable may also be unable to collect any balance remaining due under that contract from the obligor.
     Most of the Receivables will be subject to the requirements of the HDC Rule. Accordingly, each Issuing Entity, as holder of the related Receivables, will be subject to any claims or defenses that the purchaser of the applicable Financed Vehicle may assert against the seller of the related Financed Vehicle. For each Obligor, these claims are limited to a maximum liability equal to the amounts paid by the Obligor on the related Receivable. Under most state motor vehicle dealer licensing laws, sellers of motor vehicles are required to be licensed to sell motor vehicles at retail sale. Furthermore, federal odometer regulations promulgated under the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act require that all sellers of new and used vehicles furnish a written statement signed by the seller certifying the accuracy of the odometer reading. If the seller is not properly licensed or if a written odometer disclosure statement was not provided to the purchaser of the related Financed Vehicle, an Obligor may be able to assert a defense against the seller of the vehicle. If an Obligor were successful in asserting any of those claims or defenses, that claim or defense would constitute a breach of the Depositor’s representations and warranties under the related Sale and Servicing Agreement and a breach of NMAC’s warranties under the related Purchase Agreement and would, if the breach materially and adversely affects the Receivable or the interests of the Noteholders, create an obligation of the Depositor and NMAC, respectively, to repurchase the Receivable unless the breach is cured. See “Description of the Transfer and Servicing Agreements — Sale and Assignment of Receivables.
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     In several cases, consumers have asserted that the self-help remedies of secured parties under the UCC and related laws violate the due process protections provided under the 14th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. Courts have generally upheld the notice provisions of the UCC and related laws as reasonable or have found that the repossession and resale by the creditor do not involve sufficient state action to afford constitutional protection to borrowers.
     NMAC and the Depositor will represent and warrant under each Purchase Agreement and each Sale and Servicing Agreement that each Receivable complies with all requirements of law in all material respects. Accordingly, if an Obligor has a claim against an Issuing Entity for violation of any law and that claim materially and adversely affects that Issuing Entity’s interest in a Receivable, that violation would constitute a breach of the representations and warranties of NMAC under the Purchase Agreement and the Depositor under the related Sale and Servicing Agreement and would create an obligation of NMAC and the Depositor to repurchase the Receivable unless the breach is cured. See “Description of the Transfer and Servicing Agreements — Sale and Assignment of Receivables.
Forfeiture for Drug, RICO and Money Laundering Violations
     Federal law provides that property purchased or improved with assets derived from criminal activity or otherwise tainted, or used in the commission of certain offenses, can be seized and ordered forfeited to the United States. The offenses that can trigger such a seizure and forfeiture include, among others, violations of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, the Bank Secrecy Act, the anti-money laundering laws and regulations, including the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001 and the regulations issued pursuant to that Act and the regulations issued by the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control, as well as the narcotic drug laws. In many instances, the United States may seize the property even before a conviction occurs.
Other Limitations
     In addition to the laws limiting or prohibiting deficiency judgments, numerous other statutory provisions, including federal bankruptcy laws and related state laws, may interfere with or affect the ability of a secured party to realize upon collateral or to enforce a deficiency judgment. For example, in a Chapter 13 proceeding under the federal bankruptcy law, a court may prevent a creditor from repossessing a vehicle and, as part of the rehabilitation plan, reduce the amount of the secured indebtedness to the market value of the vehicle at the time of bankruptcy (as determined by the court), leaving the creditor as a general unsecured creditor for the remainder of the indebtedness. A bankruptcy court may also reduce the monthly payments due under a contract or change the rate of interest and time of repayment of the indebtedness.
     Under the terms of the Relief Act, an Obligor who enters the military service (including members of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, National Guard, and officers of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and U.S. Public Health Service assigned to duty with the military) after the origination of that Obligor’s Receivable (including an Obligor who is a member of the National Guard or is in reserve status at the time of the origination of the Obligor’s Receivable and is later called to active duty) may not be charged interest above an annual rate of 6% during the period of that Obligor’s active duty status after a request for relief by the Obligor. The Relief Act provides for extension of payments during a period of service upon request of the Obligor. Interest at a rate in excess of 6% that would have been incurred but for the Relief Act is forgiven. It is possible that the foregoing could have an effect on the ability of the Servicer to collect the full amount of interest owing on some of the Receivables. In addition, the Relief Act and the laws of some states, including California, New York and New Jersey, impose limitations that would impair the ability of the Servicer to repossess the released Financed Vehicle during the Obligor’s period of active duty status and, under certain circumstances, during an additional period thereafter. Thus, if that Receivable goes into default, there may be delays and losses occasioned by the inability to exercise the Issuing Entity’s rights with respect to the Receivable and the related Financed Vehicle in a timely fashion.
     Any shortfall pursuant to either of the two preceding paragraphs, to the extent not covered by amounts payable to the Noteholders from amounts on deposit in the related Reserve Account or from coverage provided under any other credit enhancement mechanism, could result in losses to the Noteholders.
MATERIAL FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES
     The following general discussion of the anticipated material federal income tax consequences of the purchase, ownership and disposition of the Notes of any series, to the extent it relates to matters of law or legal conclusions with respect thereto, represents the opinion of tax counsel to each Issuing Entity with respect to the related series on the material matters associated with those consequences, subject to the qualifications set forth in this Prospectus. “Tax Counsel” with respect to each Issuing Entity will be Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP. The summary does not purport to deal with federal income tax consequences applicable to all categories of investors, some of which may be subject to special rules. For example, it does not discuss the tax treatment of investors that are insurance companies, regulated investment companies or dealers in securities. Moreover, there are no cases or Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) rulings on similar transactions involving debt interests issued by a Issuing Entity with terms similar to those of the Notes. As a result, the IRS may disagree with all or a part of the discussion below. It is suggested that prospective investors consult their own tax advisors in determining the federal, state, local, foreign and any other tax consequences to them of the purchase, ownership and disposition of the Notes.

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     The following summary is based upon current provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), the Treasury regulations promulgated under the Code and judicial or ruling authority, all of which are subject to change, which change may be retroactive. Each Issuing Entity will be provided with an opinion of Tax Counsel regarding the federal income tax matters discussed below. An opinion of Tax Counsel, however, is not binding on the IRS or the courts. No ruling on any of the issues discussed below will be sought from the IRS. For purposes of the following summary, references to the Issuing Entity, the Notes, parties and documents shall be deemed to refer to each Issuing Entity and the Notes, parties and documents applicable to that Issuing Entity.
Tax Treatment of Issuing Entity
     Unless disclosed otherwise in the related Prospectus Supplement, Tax Counsel will provide an opinion (based on such assumptions, representations and limitations as are set forth therein) that the Issuing Entity will not be classified as an association or publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation for federal income tax purposes. As discussed above, any such opinion is not binding on the IRS or the courts. If a court were to determine, contrary to the opinion of Tax Counsel, that an Issuing Entity were taxable as a corporation, such Issuing Entity would be taxable on its net income with the result that its ability to make payments of principal and interest with respect to the Notes could be adversely affected.
Tax Consequences to Owners of the Notes
     Treatment of the Notes as Indebtedness. The Depositor and any Noteholders will agree, and the beneficial owners of the Notes (the “Note Owners”) will agree by their purchase of Notes, to treat the Notes as debt for federal income tax purposes. Tax Counsel will, except as otherwise provided in the related Prospectus Supplement, deliver its opinion that the Notes will be classified as debt for federal income tax purposes. The discussion below assumes this characterization of the Notes is correct.
     Stated Interest. Unless disclosed otherwise in the related Prospectus Supplement, stated interest on the Notes will be taxable as ordinary income for federal income tax purposes when received or accrued in accordance with a Note Owner’s method of tax accounting.
     Original Issue Discount. A Note will be treated as issued with original issue discount (“OID”) if the excess of its “stated redemption price at maturity” over its issue price equals or exceeds a de minimis amount equal to 1/4 of 1 percent of its stated redemption price at maturity multiplied by the number of complete years based on the anticipated weighted average life of the Note to its maturity. It is expected that the Notes will be issued with de minimis OID. Generally, the issue price of a Note should be the first price at which a substantial amount of the Notes included in the issue of which the Note is a part is sold to other than bond houses, brokers or similar persons or organizations acting in the capacity of underwriters, placement agents or wholesalers. The stated redemption price at maturity of a Note is expected to equal the principal amount of the related note. Any amount not treated as OID because it is de minimis OID must be included in income (generally as gain from the sale of such note) as principal payments are received on the related Notes in the proportion that each such payment bears to the original principal amount of such note.
     If the Notes were treated as issued with OID, a Note Owner would be required to include OID in income before the receipt of cash attributable to such income using the constant-yield method. The amount of OID includible in income is the sum of the daily portions of OID with respect to the related Note for each day during the taxable year or portion of the taxable year in which the Note Owner holds such note. The amount of OID includible in income by a Note Owner would be computed by allocating to each day during a taxable year a pro rata portion of the OID that accrued during the relevant Accrual Period.
     Such OID would generally equal the product of the yield to maturity of the related Note (adjusted for the length of the Accrual Period) and its adjusted issue price at the beginning of the Accrual Period, reduced by any payments of “qualified stated interest.” Accrual Periods with respect to a Note may be any set of periods (which may be of varying lengths) selected by the Note Owner as long as (i) no Accrual Period is longer than one year and (ii) each scheduled payment of interest or principal on the Note occurs on either the final or first day of an Accrual Period.
     The adjusted issue price of a Note will be the sum of its issue price plus prior accruals of OID, reduced by the total payments made with respect to such Note in all prior periods, other than “qualified stated interest payments.” Qualified stated interest payments are interest payments on the Notes that are unconditionally payable at least annually at a single fixed rate applied to the outstanding principal amount of the obligation.
     Market Discount. The Notes, whether or not issued with OID, will be subject to the “market discount rules” of Section 1276 of the Code. In general, these rules provide that if the Note Owner purchases a Note at a market discount (that is, a discount from its stated redemption price at maturity (which is generally the stated principal amount) or if the related Notes were issued with OID, its original issue price (as adjusted for accrued original issue discount, that exceeds a de minimis amount specified in the Code)) and thereafter (a) recognizes gain upon a disposition, or (b) receives payments of principal, the lesser of (i) such gain or principal payment or (ii) the accrued market discount, will be taxed as ordinary interest income. Generally, the accrued market discount will be the total market discount on the related Note multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days the Note Owner held such

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Note and the denominator of which is the number of days from the date the Note Owner acquired such Note until its maturity date. The Note Owner may elect, however, to determine accrued market discount under the constant-yield method.
     Limitations imposed by the Code which are intended to match deductions with the taxation of income may defer deductions for interest on indebtedness incurred or continued, or short-sale expenses incurred, to purchase or carry a Note with accrued market discount. A Note Owner may elect to include market discount in gross income as it accrues and, if such Note Owner makes such an election, it is exempt from this rule. Any such election will apply to all debt instruments acquired by the taxpayer on or after the first day of the first taxable year to which such election applies. The adjusted basis of a Note subject to such election will be increased to reflect market discount included in gross income, thereby reducing any gain or increasing any loss on a sale or taxable disposition.
     Total Accrual Election. A Note Owner may elect to include in gross income all interest that accrues on a Note using the constant-yield method described above under the heading “— Original Issue Discount,” with modifications described below. For purposes of this election, interest includes stated interest, acquisition discount, OID, de minimis OID, market discount, de minimis market discount and unstated interest, as adjusted by any amortizable bond premium (described below under “— Amortizable Bond Premium”) or acquisition premium.
     In applying the constant-yield method to a Note with respect to which this election has been made, the issue price of the Note will equal the electing Note Owner’s adjusted basis in the Note immediately after its acquisition, the issue date of the Note will be the date of its acquisition by the electing Note Owner, and no payments on the Note will be treated as payments of qualified stated interest. This election will generally apply only to the Note with respect to which it is made and may not be revoked without the consent of the IRS. Note Owners should consult with their own advisers as to the effect in their circumstances of making this election.
     Amortizable Bond Premium. In general, if a Note Owner purchases a Note at a premium (that is, an amount in excess of the amount payable upon the maturity thereof), such Note Owner will be considered to have purchased such Note with “amortizable bond premium” equal to the amount of such excess. Such Note Owner may elect to amortize such bond premium as an offset to interest income and not as a separate deduction item as it accrues under a constant-yield method over the remaining term of the Note. Such Note Owner’s tax basis in the Note will be reduced by the amount of the amortized bond premium. Any such election shall apply to all debt instruments (other than instruments the interest on which is excludible from gross income) held by the Note Owner at the beginning of the first taxable year for which the election applies or thereafter acquired and is irrevocable without the consent of the IRS. Bond premium on a Note held by a Note Owner who does not elect to amortize the premium will decrease the gain or increase the loss otherwise recognized on the disposition of the Note.
     Short Term Debt. An owner of a Note, which has a fixed maturity date not more than one year from the issue date, will generally not be required to include OID income on the Note as it accrues. However, the foregoing rule may not apply if such owner holds the instrument as part of a hedging transaction, or as a stripped bond or stripped coupon or if the holder is:
  1.   an accrual method taxpayer;
 
  2.   a bank;
 
  3.   a broker or dealer that holds the Note as inventory;
 
  4.   a regulated investment company or common trust fund; or
 
  5.   the beneficial owner of specified pass-through entities specified in the Code.
     An owner of a Note who is not required to include OID income on the Note as it accrues will instead include the OID accrued on the Note in gross income as principal is paid thereon, at maturity and upon a sale or exchange of the Note. Such owner would be required to defer deductions for any interest expense on an obligation incurred to purchase or carry the Note to the extent it exceeds the sum of any interest income and OID accrued on such Note. However, the owner may elect to include OID in income as it accrues on all obligations having a maturity of one year or less held by the owner in that taxable year or thereafter, in which case the deferral rule of the preceding sentence will not apply. For purposes of this paragraph, OID accrues on a Note on a straight-line basis, unless the owner irrevocably elects, under Treasury regulations, to apply a constant interest method, using the owner’s yield to maturity and daily compounding.
     Sale or Other Disposition. If a Note Owner sells a Note, the Note Owner will recognize gain or loss in an amount equal to the difference between the amount realized on the sale and the Note Owner’s adjusted tax basis in the Note. The adjusted tax basis of a Note to a particular Note Owner will equal the Note Owner’s cost for the Note, increased by any market discount, acquisition discount, OID and gain previously included in income by that Note Owner with respect to the Note and decreased by the amount of bond premium, if any, previously amortized and by the amount of payments of principal and OID previously received by that Note Owner with respect to the Note. Any gain or loss, and any gain or loss recognized on a prepayment of the Notes, will be capital gain or loss if the Note was held as a capital asset (except for gain representing accrued interest and income), and will be long-term or

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short-term depending on whether the Note has been owned for the long-term capital gain holding period (currently, more than one year). Capital losses generally may be used only to offset capital gains.
     Foreign Owners. Interest paid (or accrued) to a Note Owner who is not a U.S. Person (a “Foreign Owner”) generally will be considered “portfolio interest,” and generally will not be subject to United States federal income tax and withholding tax if the interest is not effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States by the Foreign Owner and
  1.   the Foreign Owner is not actually or constructively a “10 percent shareholder” of the Issuing Entity or the Depositor (including a holder of 10% of the outstanding Certificates) or a “controlled foreign corporation” with respect to which the Issuing Entity or the Depositor is a “related person” within the meaning of the Code;
 
  2.   the Foreign Owner is not a bank receiving interest described in Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code;
 
  3.   the interest is not contingent interest described in Section 871(h)(4) of the Code; and
 
  4.   the Foreign Owner does not bear specified relationships to any Certificate Owner.
     To qualify for the exemption from taxation, the Foreign Owner must provide the applicable Trustee or other person who is otherwise required to withhold U.S. tax with respect to the Notes with an appropriate statement (on Form W-8BEN or a similar form), signed under penalties of perjury, certifying that the Note Owner is a Foreign Owner and providing the Foreign Owner’s name and address. If a Note is held through a securities clearing organization or other financial institution, the organization or institution may provide the relevant signed statement to the withholding agent; in that case, however, the signed statement must be accompanied by a Form W-8BEN or substitute form provided by the Foreign Owner and the Foreign Owner must notify the financial institution acting on its behalf of any changes to the information on the Form W-8BEN (or substitute form) within 30 days of that change. If interest paid to a Foreign Owner is not considered portfolio interest, then it will be subject to United States federal income and withholding tax at a rate of 30 percent, unless reduced or eliminated pursuant to an applicable tax treaty. In order to claim the benefit of any applicable tax treaty, the Foreign Owner must provide the applicable Trustee or other person who is required to withhold U.S. tax with respect to the Notes with an appropriate statement (on Form W-8BEN or a similar form), signed under penalties of perjury, certifying that the Foreign Owner is entitled to benefits under the treaty.
     Any capital gain realized on the sale, redemption, retirement or other taxable disposition of a Note by a Foreign Owner will be exempt from United States federal income and withholding tax, provided that (1) that gain is not effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business in the United States by the Foreign Owner and (2) in the case of an individual Foreign Owner, the Foreign Owner is not present in the United States for 183 days or more during the taxable year of disposition.
     As used in this Prospectus, a “U.S. Person” means:
  1.   a citizen or resident of the United States;
 
  2.   a corporation or a partnership organized in or under the laws of the United States or any political subdivision thereof;
 
  3.   an estate, the foreign-source income of which is includible in gross income for federal income tax purposes regardless of its connection with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States; or
 
  4.   a trust if (a) a court within the U.S. is able to exercise primary supervision over the administration of the trust and one or more United States persons have authority to control all substantial decisions of the trust or (b) such trust is eligible to and has elected to be treated as a domestic trust pursuant to the Code, despite not meeting the requirements described in clause (a).
     Backup Withholding. Each Note Owner (other than an exempt Note Owner such as a corporation, tax-exempt organization, qualified pension and profit-sharing trust, individual retirement account or nonresident alien who provides certification as to status as a nonresident) will be required to provide, under penalties of perjury, a certificate (on Form W-9) providing the Note Owner’s name, address, correct federal taxpayer identification number and a statement that the Note Owner is not subject to backup withholding. Should a nonexempt Note Owner fail to provide the required certification, the related Issuing Entity will be required to withhold 28% of the amount otherwise payable to the Note Owner, and remit the withheld amount to the IRS as a credit against the Note Owner’s federal income tax liability.
     Possible Alternative Treatments of the Notes. If, contrary to the opinion of Tax Counsel, the IRS successfully asserted that one or more of the Notes did not represent debt for federal income tax purposes, the Notes might be treated as equity interests in the related Issuing Entity. If so treated, the related Issuing Entity might be taxable as a corporation with the adverse consequences described above (and the taxable corporation would not be able to reduce its taxable income by deductions for interest expense on Notes recharacterized as equity). Alternatively, and most likely in the view of Tax Counsel, the related Issuing Entity might be treated as a publicly traded partnership that would not be taxable as a corporation because it would meet specified qualifying income tests.

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Nonetheless, treatment of the Notes as equity interests in a publicly traded partnership could have adverse tax consequences to some Note Owners. For example, income to some tax-exempt entities (including pension funds) may be “unrelated business taxable income,” income to Foreign Owners may be subject to U.S. tax and cause Foreign Owners to be subject to U.S. tax return filing and withholding requirements, and individual Note Owners might be subject to some limitations on their ability to deduct their share of trust expenses.
State and Local Tax Considerations
     The above discussion does not address the tax treatment of any Issuing Entity, Notes, or Note Owners under any state or local tax laws. The activities to be undertaken by the Servicer in servicing and collecting the Receivables will take place throughout the United States and, therefore, many different state and local tax regimes potentially apply to different portions of these transactions. Prospective investors are urged to consult with their tax advisors regarding the state and local tax treatment of any Issuing Entity as well as any state and local tax consequences for them of purchasing, holding and disposing of Notes.
     The federal and state tax discussions set forth above are included for general information only and may not be applicable depending upon your particular tax situation. It is suggested that you consult your tax advisor with respect to the tax consequences to you of the purchase, ownership and disposition of Notes and Certificates, including the tax consequences under state, local, foreign and other tax laws and the possible effects of changes in federal or other tax laws.
ERISA CONSIDERATIONS
     Section 406 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”), and Section 4975 of the Code prohibit a pension, profit-sharing or other employee benefit plans, as well as individual retirement accounts, Keogh plans and other plans subject to Section 4975 of the Code, as well as entities deemed to hold “plan assets” of any of the foregoing under the Plan Assets Regulation (each, a “Benefit 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 Benefit 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 or the fiduciaries of the Benefit Plan. In addition, Title I of ERISA also requires fiduciaries of a Benefit Plan subject to ERISA to make investments that are prudent, diversified and in accordance with the governing plan documents.
     Certain transactions involving the Issuing Entity might be deemed to constitute prohibited transactions under ERISA and the Code with respect to a Benefit Plan that purchased Notes if assets of the Issuing Entity were deemed to be assets of the Benefit Plan. Under a regulation issued by the United States Department of Labor, as modified by Section 3(42) of ERISA (the “Plan Assets Regulation”), the assets of the Issuing Entity would be treated as plan assets of a Benefit Plan for the purposes of ERISA and the Code only if the Benefit Plan acquired an “equity interest” in the Issuing Entity and none of the exceptions to plan assets contained in the Plan Assets Regulation was 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. Although there is little guidance on the subject, assuming the Notes constitute debt for local law purposes, the Issuing Entity believes that, at the time of their issuance, the Notes should not be treated as an equity interest in the Issuing Entity for purposes of the Plan Assets Regulation. This determination is based in part upon the traditional debt features of the Notes, including the reasonable expectation of purchasers of Notes that the Notes will be repaid when due, as well as the absence of conversion rights, warrants and other typical equity features. The debt treatment of the Notes for ERISA purposes could change if the Issuing Entity incurs losses. This risk of recharacterization is enhanced for Notes that are subordinated to other classes of securities.
     However, without regard to whether the Notes are treated as an equity interest for purposes of the Plan Assets Regulation, the acquisition or holding of Notes by or on behalf of a Benefit Plan could be considered to give rise to a prohibited transaction if the Issuing Entity, the Servicer, the back-up servicer, the Sponsor, the Administrator, the Owner Trustee, the Depositor, the Indenture Trustee, any swap counterparty or cap provider or any of their respective affiliates is or becomes a party in interest or a disqualified person with respect to such Benefit Plan. Certain exemptions from the prohibited transaction rules could be applicable to the purchase and holding of Notes by a Benefit Plan depending on the type and circumstances of the plan fiduciary making the decision to acquire such Notes. Included among these exemptions are: Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption (“PTCE”) 96-23, regarding transactions effected by “in-house asset managers”; PTCE 95-60, regarding investments by insurance company general accounts; PTCE 91-38, regarding investments by bank collective investment funds; PTCE 90-1, regarding investments by insurance company pooled separate accounts; and PTCE 84-14, regarding transactions effected by “qualified professional asset managers.” In addition to the class exemptions listed above, the Pension Protection Act of 2006 provides a statutory exemption under Section 408(b)(17) of ERISA for prohibited transactions between a Benefit Plan and a person or entity that is a party in interest to such Benefit Plan solely by reason of providing services to the Benefit Plan (other than a party in interest that is a fiduciary, or its affiliate, that has or exercises discretionary authority or control or renders investment advice with respect to the assets of the Benefit Plan involved in the transaction), provided that there is adequate consideration for the transaction. There can be no assurance that any of these, or any other exemption, will be available with respect to any particular transaction involving the Notes and prospective purchasers that are Benefit Plans should consult with their advisors regarding the applicability of any such exemption.

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     By acquiring a Note, each purchaser and transferee will be deemed to represent, warrant and covenant that either (i) it is not acquiring the Note (or any interest therein) with the assets of a Benefit Plan or any other employee benefit plan that is subject to a law that is similar to Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code or (ii) the acquisition, holding and disposition of the Note will not give rise to a non-exempt prohibited transaction under Section 406 of ERISA, Section 4975 of the Code or any similar applicable law.
     In addition to the class exemptions listed above, the Pension Protection Act of 2006 provides a statutory exemption under Section 408(b)(17) of ERISA for prohibited transactions between a Benefit Plan and a person or entity that is a party in interest to such Benefit Plan solely by reason of providing services to the Benefit Plan (other than a party in interest that is a fiduciary, or its affiliate, that has or exercises discretionary authority or control or renders investment advice with respect to the assets of the Benefit Plan involved in the transaction), provided that there is adequate consideration for the transaction. There can be no assurance that any of these, or any other exemption, will be available with respect to any particular transaction involving the Notes and prospective purchasers that are Benefit Plans should consult with their advisors regarding the applicability of any such exemption.
     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. Governmental plans, however, may be subject to applicable law that is substantially similar to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code.
     A Benefit Plan fiduciary considering the purchase of notes should consult its legal advisors regarding whether the assets of the Issuing Entity would be considered plan assets, the possibility of exemptive relief from the prohibited transaction rules and other issues and their potential consequences.
UNDERWRITING
     On the terms and conditions set forth in an underwriting agreement with respect to the Notes of a given series (the “Underwriting Agreement”), the Depositor will agree to cause the related Issuing Entity to sell to the underwriters named in the Underwriting Agreement and in the accompanying Prospectus Supplement, and each of those underwriters will severally agree to purchase, the principal amount of each class of Notes of the related series set forth in the Underwriting Agreement and in the accompanying Prospectus Supplement.
     In the Underwriting Agreement with respect to any given series of Notes, the several underwriters will agree, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Underwriting Agreement, to purchase all the Notes described in the Underwriting Agreement which are offered by this Prospectus and by the accompanying Prospectus Supplement if any of those Notes are purchased.
     Each Prospectus Supplement will either (1) set forth the price at which each class of Notes being offered by that Prospectus Supplement will be offered to the public and any concessions that may be offered to some dealers participating in the offering of those Notes or (2) specify that the related Notes are to be resold by the underwriters in negotiated transactions at varying prices to be determined at the time of that sale. After the initial public offering of those Notes, those public offering prices and those concessions may be changed.
     The Underwriting Agreement will provide that NMAC and the Depositor will indemnify the underwriters against specified civil liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act, or contribute to payments the several underwriters may be required to make in respect thereof.
     Each Issuing Entity may, from time to time, invest the funds in its Accounts in Eligible Investments acquired from the underwriters or from the Depositor. Pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement with respect to a given series of Notes, the closing of the sale of any class of Notes subject to that Underwriting Agreement will be conditioned on the closing of the sale of all other classes of Notes of that series.
     The place and time of delivery for the Notes in respect of which this Prospectus is delivered will be set forth in the accompanying Prospectus Supplement.
LEGAL OPINIONS
     Certain legal matters relating to the Notes of any series and federal income tax and other matters will be passed upon for the related Issuing Entity, the Depositor and the Servicer by the general counsel of the Servicer, Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP and Richards, Layton & Finger. In addition, certain matters relating to the issuance of the Notes will be passed upon for the Underwriters by Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP.

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INDEX OF TERMS
         
10 percent shareholder
    64  
30/360
    29  
ABS
    25  
account
    25  
Accounts
    43  
Actual/360
    29  
Actual/Actual
    29  
Administration Agreement
    52  
Administrative Fee
    52  
Administrative Purchase Payment
    44  
Administrative Receivable
    44  
Administrator
    52  
Advance
    45  
adversely affected
    51  
amortizable bond premium
    63  
APR
    20  
banking organization
    32  
Base Servicing Fee
    46  
Beneficial Owner
    32  
Benefit Plan
    65  
Business Day
    29  
Buyers’ Guide
    60  
Calculation Agent
    30  
Cap Agreement
    53  
Cap Event of Default
    54  
Cap Provider
    53  
Cap Rate
    53  
Cap Termination
    54  
Cap Termination Event
    54  
Cede
    3  
Certificateholder
    39  
Certificates
    28  
class
    27  
clearing agency
    32  
clearing corporation
    32  
Clearstream Banking Luxembourg
    31  
Clearstream Banking Participants
    32  
Closing Date
    19  
Code
    62  
Collection Account
    43  
Collection Period
    45  
controlled foreign corporation
    64  
Cooperative
    33  
Cut-off Date
    19  
Dealer Agreements
    19  
Dealer Recourse
    20  
Dealers
    19  
Defaulted Receivable
    45  
Definitive Notes
    34  
demonstration
    19  
Depositaries
    32  
Depositor
    19  
Depositor Interests
    22  
Direct Participants
    32  
disqualified persons
    65  
Distribution Date
    47  
DTC
    27  
DTC Participants
    27  
DTCC
    32  
Eligible Investments
    43  
EMCC
    32  
equity interest
    65  
ERISA
    65  
Euroclear
    31  
Euroclear Operator
    31  
Euroclear Participants
    32  
Events of Default
    35  
FICO Scores
    21  
financed vehicles
    5  
Fixed Rate Notes
    28  
Floating Rate Notes
    28  
floorplan receivables
    25  
Foreign Owner
    64  
FTC Rule
    60  
GSCC
    32  
HDC Rule
    60  
Hedge Agreement
    53  
Hedge Counterparty
    53  
Hedge Event of Default
    54  
Hedge Termination
    54  
Hedge Termination Event
    54  
Illegality
    54  
Indenture
    23  
Indenture Trustee
    22  
Indirect Participants
    32  
in-house asset managers
    65  
Insolvency Event
    50  
Insolvency Laws
    59  
Interest Determination Date
    30  
Interest Period
    29  
Interest Reset Date
    29  
Interest Reset Period
    29  
IRS
    61  
ISDA
    52  
Issuing Entity
    19  
lemon laws
    60  
LIBOR
    29  
LIBOR Bloomberg
    30  
London Business Day
    29  
market discount rules
    62  
Master Agreement
    53  
MBSCC
    32  
NALL
    26  
NARC II
    19  
NCCD
    21  
Near-new
    19  
New
    19  
Nissan
    23  
NMAC
    19  
NNA
    23  
Nonrecoverable Advance
    45  
Note Factor
    27  
Note Owners
    62  
Note Pool Factor
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Noteholder
    14  
Notes
    19  
NSCC
    32  
NWRC II
    26  
obligors
    5  
OID
    62  
Optional Purchase
    41  
Owner Trustee
    22  
parties in interest
    65  
plan assets
    65  
Plan Assets Regulation
    65  
Pool Balance
    46  
portfolio interest
    64  
prepayments
    26  
Principal Balance
    46  
prohibited transaction
    65  
Prospectus Supplement
    19  
PTCE
    65  
Purchase Agreement
    42  
qualified professional asset managers
    65  
qualified stated interest
    62  
qualified stated interest payments
    62  
receivables
    5  
Receivables Pool
    19  
Regulation AB
    48  
Related Documents
    37  
related person
    64  
Relief Act
    60  
Required Deposit Rating
    44  
Required Rate
    46  
Required Yield Supplement Amount
    47  
Reserve Account
    48  
Reserve Account Initial Deposit
    48  
retail receivable
    25  
Sale and Servicing Agreement
    23  
Schedule of Receivables
    42  
SEC
    3  
Securities Act
    25  
Seen
       
Servicer
    19  
Servicer Default
    49  
Servicing Rate
    45  
Spread
    29  
Spread Multiplier
    29  
stated redemption price at maturity
    62  
street name
    33  
Strip Notes
    28  
Subordination Spread Account
    48  
Supplemental Servicing Fee
    46  
Swap Agreement
    53  
Swap Counterparty
    53  
Swap Event of Default
    54  
Swap Termination Event
    54  
Tax Counsel
    61  
Tax Event
    54  
Tax Event Upon Merger
    54  
Term Extension
    22  
Terms and Conditions
    34  
TIA
    37  
Total Servicing Fee
    46  
Trust Agreement
    19  
U.S. Person
    64  
UCC
    57  
Underwriting Agreement
    66  
Warranty Purchase Payment
    43  
Warranty Receivable
    43  
weighted average life
    27  
Yield Supplement Account
    46  
Yield Supplement Agreement
    47  
Yield Supplement Deposit
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$[ ]
(NISSAN LOGO)
NISSAN AUTO RECEIVABLES
[           -       ] OWNER TRUST
$[ ] Asset Backed Notes, Class A-1
$[ ] Asset Backed Notes, Class A-2
$[ ] Asset Backed Notes, Class A-3
$[ ] Asset Backed Notes, Class A-4
Nissan Auto Receivables Corporation II,
Depositor
Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation,
Servicer
 
PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT
 
[Underwriters]
     Dealer Prospectus Delivery Obligation. For ninety days following the date of this Prospectus Supplement, all dealers that effect transactions in these notes, whether or not participating in the offering, may be required to deliver a Prospectus Supplement and Prospectus, such delivery obligation generally may be satisfied through the filing of the Prospectus Supplement and Prospectus with the Securities and Exchange Commission. This is in addition to the dealers’ obligation to deliver a Prospectus when acting as underwriters and with respect to their unsold allotments or subscriptions.

 


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PART II
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
Item 14. Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution
     Expenses in connection with the offering of the notes being registered hereby are estimated as follows:
         
Securities and Exchange Commission Registration Fee
  $ 107.00  
Blue Sky Fees and Expenses
  $ *  
Printing Fees and Expenses
  $ *  
Trustees’ Fees and Expenses
  $ *  
Legal Fees and Expense
  $ *  
Accounting Fees and Expenses
  $ *  
Rating Agencies’ Fees
  $ *  
Miscellaneous
  $ *  
 
     
 
Total
  $ 107.00  
 
     
 
*   Amounts to be completed by amendment.
Item 15. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
     Set forth below are certain provisions of law and of the Certificate of Incorporation of Nissan Auto Receivables Corporation II. The general effect of such provisions is to provide indemnification to officers and directors of Nissan Auto Receivables Corporation II for actions taken in good faith.
     Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of Delaware provides as follows:
     145. Indemnification of Officers, Directors, Employees and Agents; Insurance
     (a) A corporation shall have power to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the fact that the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe the person’s conduct was unlawful. The termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption that the person did not act in good faith and in a manner which the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that the person’s conduct was unlawful.
     (b) A corporation shall have power to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that

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the Court of Chancery or the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper.
     (c) To the extent that a present or former director or officer of a corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in subsections (a) and (b) of this section, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, such person shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection therewith.
     (d) Any indemnification under subsections (a) and (b) of this section (unless ordered by a court) shall be made by the corporation only as authorized in the specific case upon a determination that indemnification of the present or former director, officer, employee or agent is proper in the circumstances because the person has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in subsections (a) and (b) of this section. Such determination shall be made, with respect to a person who is a director or officer at the time of such determination, (1) by a majority vote of the directors who are not parties to such action, suit or proceeding, even though less than a quorum, or (2) by a committee of such directors designated by majority vote of such directors, even though less than a quorum, or (3) if there are no such directors, or if such directors so direct, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, or (4) by the stockholders.
     (e) Expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by an officer or director in defending any civil, criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit or proceeding may be paid by the corporation in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such director or officer to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that such person is not entitled to be indemnified by the corporation as authorized in this section. Such expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by former directors and officers or other employees and agents may be so paid upon such terms and conditions, if any, as the corporation deems appropriate.
     (f) The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, the other subsections of this section shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled under any bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in such person’s official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office.
     (g) A corporation shall have power to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any liability asserted against such person and incurred by such person in any such capacity, or arising out of such person’s status as such, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such liability under this section.
     (h) For purposes of this section, references to “the corporation” shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, and employees or agents, so that any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, shall stand in the same position under this section with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as such person would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.
     (i) For purposes of this section, references to “other enterprises” shall include employee benefit plans; references to “fines” shall include any excise taxes assessed on a person with respect to any employee benefit plan; and references to “serving at the request of the corporation” shall include any service as a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee, or agent with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants or beneficiaries; and a person who acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “not opposed to the best interest of the corporation” as referred to in this section.

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     (j) The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, this section shall, unless otherwise provided when authorized or ratified, continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person.
     (k) The Court of Chancery is hereby vested with exclusive jurisdiction to hear and determine all actions for advancement of expenses or indemnification brought under this section or under any bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors, or otherwise. The Court of Chancery may summarily determine a corporation’s obligation to advance expenses (including attorney’s fees).
     Article Eight of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Nissan Auto Receivables Corporation II provides as follows:
     “Section 8.01. (a) A director of the Corporation shall not be personally liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability:
     (i) for any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to the Corporation or its stockholders;
     (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law;
     (iii) under Section 174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law; or
     (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.
     (b) If the Delaware General Corporation Law is hereafter amended to authorize corporate action further eliminating or limiting the personal liability of directors, then the liability of a director of the Corporation shall be eliminated or limited to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law, as so amended.
     (c) Any repeal or modification of this Article shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a director of the Corporation with respect to any act or omission occurring prior to such repeal or modification.
     (d) If the Corporation has outstanding any securities rated by any NRSRO, the Corporation’s obligation to pay any amount as indemnification or as an advancement of expenses (other than amounts received from insurance policies) shall be fully subordinated to payment of amounts then due on the rated securities and, in any case, (x) nonrecourse to any of the Corporation’s assets pledged to secure the rated securities, and (y) shall not constitute a claim against the Corporation to the extent funds are insufficient to pay such amounts.”

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Item 16. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules
     (a) Exhibits:
     
Exhibit No.   Description
 
   
1.1
  Form of Underwriting Agreement
 
   
4.1
  Form of Amended and Restated Trust Agreement between Nissan Auto Receivables Corporation II (“NARC II”), as Depositor and [                    ], as Owner Trustee
 
   
4.2
  Form of Indenture between Nissan Auto Receivables 200[ ]-[ ] Trust and [                    ], as Indenture Trustee (including forms of Notes)
 
   
4.3
  Form of Sale and Servicing Agreement among Nissan Auto Receivables 200[ ]-[ ] Trust, NARC II, as Seller, Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation (“NMAC”), as Servicer and [                    ], as Indenture Trustee
 
   
4.4
  Form of Purchase Agreement between NMAC, as Seller and NARC II, as Purchaser
 
   
4.5
  Form of Administration Agreement among Nissan Auto Receivables 200[ ]-[ ] Trust, the Administrator, [                    ], as Indenture Trustee and [                    ], as Owner Trustee
 
   
4.6
  Form of Yield Supplement Agreement among NARC II, NMAC, [                    ], as Indenture Trustee and Nissan Auto Receivables 200[ ]-[ ] Trust
 
   
4.7
  Form of Interest Rate [Cap][Swap] Agreement between Nissan Auto Receivables 200[ ]-[ ] Trust and [                    ], as Indenture Trustee
 
   
5.1
  Opinion of Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP with respect to legality
 
   
8.1
  Opinion of Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP with respect to United States federal income tax matters
 
   
23.1
  Consent of Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP (included in Exhibits 5.1 and 8.1)
 
   
24.1
  Powers of Attorney *
 
   
25.1
  Statement of Eligibility and Qualification of the Indenture Trustee on Form T-1**
 
   
99.1
  Form of Trust Agreement of Nissan Auto Receivables 200[ ]-[ ] Trust
 
*   Previously filed on the signature page of the registrant’s registration statement on Form S-3, filed with the SEC on November 22, 2006.
 
**   To be filed pursuant to Section 305(b)(2) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939.
     (b) Financial Statement Schedules:
     Not applicable.
Item 17. Undertakings
(a) As to Rule 415: The undersigned registrants hereby undertake:
     (1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made of the securities registered hereby, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
     (i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended;
     (ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment hereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement.

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     (iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this registration statement or any material change to such information in this registration statement.
provided, however, that the undertakings set forth in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those clauses is contained in periodic reports filed by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, that are incorporated by reference in this registration statement, or is contained in a form of prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) that is part of this registration statement; provided, further, however, that clauses (i) and (ii) above will not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment is provided pursuant to Item 1100(c) of Regulation AB (17 C.F.R. 229.1100(c)).
     (2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
     (3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
     (4) If the registrant is relying on Rule 430B:
(i) Each prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) shall be deemed to be part of this registration statement as of the date the filed prospectus was deemed part of and included in this registration statement; and
(ii) Each prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2), (b)(5) or (b)(7) as part of a registration statement in reliance on Rule 430B relating to an offering made pursuant to Rule 415(a)(1)(i), (vii) or (x) for the purpose of providing the information required by Section 10(a) of the Securities Act shall be deemed to be part of and included in this registration statement as of the earlier of the date such form of prospectus is first used after effectiveness or the date of the first contract of sale of securities in the offering described in the prospectus. As provided in Rule 430B, for liability purposes of the issuer and any person that is at that date an underwriter, such date shall be deemed to be a new effective date of the registration statement relating to the securities in the registration statement to which that prospectus relates, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. Provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such effective date, supercede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such effective date.
     (5) That, for the purpose of determining liability of the registrant under the Securities Act to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities, that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned registrant pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:
     (i) Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 of the Securities Act;
     (ii) Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned registrant;
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     (iv) Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned registrant to the purchaser.
(b) As to documents subsequently filed that are incorporated by reference: The undersigned registrants hereby undertake that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, each filing of the registrants’ annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934), as amended, that is incorporated by reference in this registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c) As to indemnification: Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrants pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrants have been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrants of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrants in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrants will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
(d) As to Rule 430A: The undersigned registrants hereby undertake that:
     (1) For purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the information omitted from the form of prospectus as part of this registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A and contained in a form of prospectus filed by the registrants pursuant to Rule 424(b)(1) or (4) or 497(h) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, shall be deemed to be part of this registration statement as of the time it was declared effective.
     (2) For the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, each post-effective amendment that contains a form of prospectus shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(e) As to qualifications of trust indentures under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 for delayed offerings: The undersigned registrants hereby undertake to file an application for the purpose of determining the eligibility of the trustee to act under subsection (a) of Section 310 of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, in accordance with the rules and regulations prescribed by the Commission under Section 305(b)(2) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended.
(f) As to indemnification: Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the provisions described under Item 15 above, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
(g) As to Regulation AB: The undersigned registrants hereby undertake:
     that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the annual report pursuant to section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 of a third party that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement in accordance with Item 1100(c)(1) of Regulation AB (17 C.F.R. 229.1100(c)(1)) shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

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SIGNATURES
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant Nissan Auto Receivables Corporation II certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all the requirements for filing a Form S-3 and has duly caused this Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Nashville, state of Tennessee, on January 17, 2007.
         
  NISSAN AUTO RECEIVABLES CORPORATION II,
a Delaware Corporation
 
 
  By:   /s/ Steven R. Lambert    
    Name:   Steven R. Lambert   
    Title:   President   
 
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
         
Signature   Title    
/s/ Steven R. Lambert
 
Steven R. Lambert
  President and Director (Principal Executive Officer)   January 17, 2007
/s/ Rakesh Kochhar
 
Rakesh Kochhar
  Treasurer and Director (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)   January 17, 2007
/s/ Alan R. Hunn
 
Alan R. Hunn
  Director   January 17, 2007
/s/ H. Edward Matveld
 
H. Edward Matveld
  Director   January 17, 2007
/s/ Cheryl A. Lawrence
 
Cheryl A. Lawrence
  Director   January 17, 2007
         
By:
  /s/ Sean D. Caley    
 
 
 
   
 
  Sean D. Caley    
 
  Attorney-in-Fact    

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EXHIBITS
     
Exhibit No.   Description
 
   
1.1
  Form of Underwriting Agreement
 
   
4.1
  Form of Amended and Restated Trust Agreement between Nissan Auto Receivables Corporation II (“NARC II”), as Depositor and [                    ], as Owner Trustee
 
   
4.2
  Form of Indenture between Nissan Auto Receivables 200[ ]-[ ] Trust and [                    ], as Indenture Trustee (including forms of Notes)
 
   
4.3
  Form of Sale and Servicing Agreement among Nissan Auto Receivables 200[ ]-[ ] Trust, NARC II, as Seller, Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation (“NMAC”), as Servicer and [                     ], as Indenture Trustee
 
   
4.4
  Form of Purchase Agreement between NMAC, as Seller and NARC II, as Purchaser
 
   
4.5
  Form of Administration Agreement among Nissan Auto Receivables 200[ ]-[ ] Trust, the Administrator, [                    ], as Indenture Trustee and [                     ], as Owner Trustee
 
   
4.6
  Form of Yield Supplement Agreement among NARC II, NMAC, [                    ], as Indenture Trustee and Nissan Auto Receivables 200[ ]-[ ] Trust
 
   
4.7
  Form of Interest Rate [Cap][Swap] Agreement between Nissan Auto Receivables 200[ ]-[ ] Trust and [                    ], as Indenture Trustee
 
   
5.1
  Opinion of Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP with respect to legality
 
   
8.1
  Opinion of Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP with respect to United States federal income tax matters
 
   
23.1
  Consent of Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP (included in Exhibits 5.1 and 8.1)
 
   
24.1
  Powers of Attorney *
 
   
25.1
  Statement of Eligibility and Qualification of the Indenture Trustee on Form T-1**
 
   
99.1
  Form of Trust Agreement of Nissan Auto Receivables 200[ ]-[ ] Trust
 
*   Previously filed on the signature page of the registrant’s registration statement on Form S-3, filed with the SEC on November 22, 2006.
 
**   To be filed pursuant to Section 305(b)(2) of the Trust Indenture of Act 1939.

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EX-1.1 2 a25430a1exv1w1.htm EXHIBIT 1.1 exv1w1
 

EXHIBIT 1.1
NISSAN AUTO RECEIVABLES ____ OWNER TRUST
$_____________, ____% ASSET BACKED NOTES, CLASS A-1
$ _____________ ____% ASSET BACKED NOTES, CLASS A-2
$_____________, ____% ASSET BACKED NOTES, CLASS A-3
$_____________, ____% ASSET BACKED NOTES, CLASS A-4
NISSAN AUTO RECEIVABLES CORPORATION II
(SELLER)
_______, 200_
Underwriting Agreement
                                                              
As Representative of the
Several Underwriters (the “Representative”),
                                                  
                                                 
     Dear Sirs:
     1. Introductory. Nissan Auto Receivables Corporation II (the “Seller”), a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation, a California corporation (the “Servicer”), proposes to sell $                      principal amount of                     % Asset Backed Notes, Class A-1 (the “Class A-1 Notes”), $                      principal amount of                     % Asset Backed Notes, Class A-2 (the “Class A-2 Notes”), $                     principal amount of                     % Asset Backed Notes, Class A-3 (the “Class A-3 Notes”), and $                     principal amount of                     % Asset Backed Notes, Class A-4 (the “Class A-4 Notes,” and together with the Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2 Notes, and the Class A-3 Notes, the “Notes”), each issued by the Nissan Auto Receivables                      Owner Trust (the “Trust”). The Notes will be issued pursuant to an indenture (the “Indenture”), to be dated as of                     , 200___, between the Trust and the Indenture Trustee (as defined therein) and will be governed by the terms of a Sale and Servicing Agreement (the “Sale and Servicing Agreement”), to be dated as of                     , 200___, among the Trust, the Seller and the Servicer. The Trust will also issue certain asset backed certificates which will represent fractional undivided interests in the Trust and will not be sold hereunder.
     Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings given them in the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
     2. Representations and Warranties of the Seller and the Servicer. Each of the Seller and the Servicer, jointly and severally, represents and warrants to and agrees with the several underwriters named in Schedule 1 hereto (the “Underwriters”) that:

 


 

     (a) A registration statement (No. 333-138931), including a form of prospectus supplement relating to the Notes and a form of base prospectus relating to each class of securities to be registered under such registration statement (the “Registered Securities”), has been filed on Form S-3 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) and either (i) has been declared effective under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), and is not proposed to be amended or (ii) is proposed to be amended by amendment or post-effective amendment. If such registration statement (the “initial registration statement”) has been declared effective, either (i) any additional registration statement (the “additional registration statement”) relating to the Notes has been filed with the Commission pursuant to rule 462(b) (“Rule 462(b)”) under the Act and declared effective upon filing, and the Notes have been registered under the Act pursuant to the initial registration statement and such additional registration statement or (ii) any such additional registration statement proposed to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 462(b) will become effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) and upon such filing the Notes will have been duly registered under the Act pursuant to the initial registration statement and such additional registration statement. If the Seller does not propose to amend the initial registration statement, any such additional registration statement or any post-effective amendment to either such registration statement filed with the Commission prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, then the most recent amendment (if any) to each such registration statement has been declared effective by the Commission or has become effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Act (“Rule 462(c)”) or Rule 462(b).
     For purposes of this Agreement, “Effective Time” with respect to the initial registration statement or, if filed prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the additional registration statement means (A) if the Seller has advised the Representative that it does not propose to amend such registration statement, the date and time as of which such registration statement, or the most recent post-effective amendment thereto (if any) filed prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, was declared effective by the Commission or has become effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(c) or (B) if the Seller has advised the Representative that it proposes to file an amendment or post-effective amendment to such registration statement, the date and time as of which such registration statement as amended by such amendment or post-effective amendment, as the case may be, is declared effective by the Commission. If the Seller has advised the Representative that it proposes to file, but has not filed, an additional registration statement, “Effective Time” with respect to such additional registration statement means the date and time as of which such registration statement is filed and becomes effective pursuant to Rule 462(b).
     The initial registration statement and all amendments and supplements thereto, as amended at its time of effectiveness, including all information (A) contained in the additional registration statement (if any), (B) deemed to be a part of the initial registration statement as of the time of effectiveness of the additional registration statement (if any) pursuant to the General Instructions of the Form on which it is filed and (C) deemed to be a part of the initial registration statement as of its time of effectiveness pursuant to Rule 430A(b) under the Act (“Rule 430A(b)”), is hereinafter referred to as the “Initial Registration Statement.” The additional registration statement and all amendments and supplements thereto, as amended at its time of effectiveness, including the contents of the initial registration statement incorporated by reference therein and deemed to be a part of the additional registration statement as of its Effective Time pursuant to Rule 430A(b), is hereinafter referred to as the “Additional
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Registration Statement.” The Initial Registration Statement, the Additional Registration Statement and all Incorporated Documents are hereinafter referred to collectively as the “Registration Statements” and individually as a “Registration Statement.” As used herein, the term “Incorporated Documents”, when used with respect to the Registration Statement as of any date, means the documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement (i) as of such date pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 or pursuant to a no-action letter of the Commission or (ii) as of any other date pursuant to Rule 430B(f) under the Act. A preliminary prospectus supplement, dated___, 200    , relating to the Notes (the “Preliminary Prospectus Supplement”) and accompanied by the base prospectus, dated___, 200     relating to the Registered Notes (including the Notes) (the “Base Prospectus”), will be filed with the Commission in connection with the offering and sale of the Notes pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 424(b) under the Act (“Rule 424(b)”) within the time period required thereby (together, including all material incorporated by reference therein, the “Preliminary Prospectus”). A final prospectus supplement, dated___, 200    , relating to the Notes (the “Prospectus Supplement”), and accompanied by the Base Prospectus, will be filed with the Commission in connection with the offering and sale of the Notes pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 424(b) within the time period required thereby (together, including all material incorporated by reference therein, the “Final Prospectus”). As used herein, and for the sake of clarity, each of the term “Preliminary Prospectus” and “Final Prospectus” includes all static pool information disclosed therein in response to Item 1105 of Regulation AB (including, without limitation, the information disclosed in the Appendices to the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement and the Prospectus Supplement), whether or not such information is otherwise deemed to be part of the Preliminary Prospectus or the Final Prospectus under the Rules and Regulations.
     (b) (i) (A) On the effective date of any Registration Statement whose time of effectiveness is prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, each such Registration Statement conformed, (B) on the date of this Agreement, each such Registration Statement conforms and (C) on any related effective date of the Registration Statement, subsequent to the date of this Agreement and on the Closing Date (as defined in Section 3(c) hereof), each such Registration Statement will conform, in all respects to the requirements of the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission (the “Rules and Regulations”) and the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the “1939 Act”), and at such times each such Registration Statement, as amended, did not and will not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading. (ii) As of 8:30 A.M. (New York time), ___, 200___(the “Date of First Use of the Preliminary Prospectus”), which shall be the date of the first use of the Preliminary Prospectus, and at the time of filing of the Preliminary Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) (or if no such filing is required, at the effective date of the Additional Registration Statement that includes the Preliminary Prospectus), the Preliminary Prospectus, together with the statements in the Final Prospectus with respect to items identified in the Preliminary Prospectus as to be completed in the Final Prospectus, did not include, does not include and will not include, any untrue statement of a material fact, nor did, does or will the Preliminary Prospectus, together with the statements in the Final Prospectus with respect to items identified in the Preliminary Prospectus as to be completed in the Final Prospectus, omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. As of the date of the first use of the Final Prospectus, at the time of filing of the Final Prospectus
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pursuant to Rule 424(b) (or if no such filing is required, at the effective date of the Additional Registration Statement that includes the Final Prospectus), on the date of this Agreement and at the Closing Date, the Final Prospectus, as amended and supplemented as of such dates, will conform, in all respects to the requirements of the Act and the Rules and Regulations, and does not include, and will not include, any untrue statement of a material fact, nor did, does or will the Final Prospectus, as amended and supplemented as of such dates, omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The three preceding sentences do not apply to statements in or omissions from the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus or the Final Prospectus based upon written information furnished to the Seller by any Underwriter through the Representative specifically for use therein or to that part of the Registration Statement which constitutes the Statement of Qualification under the 1939 Act on Form T-1 (the “Form T-1”) of the Indenture Trustee (which will be represented and warranted to by the Indenture Trustee). If the time of effectiveness of the Registration Statement is subsequent to the date of this Agreement, no Additional Registration Statement has been or will be filed. The Indenture has been qualified under the 1939 Act.
     (c) The Seller has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware with corporate power and authority to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, as amended and supplemented, and is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the conduct of its business or the ownership of its property requires such qualification, except where the failure to be in good standing would not have a material adverse effect on the Seller’s ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement, the Trust Agreement, the Purchase Agreement, the Assignment, the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Indenture, the Yield Supplement Agreement, the Securities Account Control Agreement or the Administration Agreement (collectively, the “Basic Documents”). The Seller is not, and on the date on which the first bona fide offer of the Notes was made, was not an “ineligible issuer” as defined in Rule 405 of the Rules and Regulations.
     (d) The Servicer has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of California with corporate power and authority to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, as amended and supplemented, and is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the conduct of its business or the ownership of its property requires such qualification, except where the failure to be in good standing would not have a material adverse effect on the Servicer’s ability to perform its obligations under the Basic Documents.
     (e) The consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Basic Documents, and the fulfillment of the terms thereof, will not conflict with or result in a breach of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation of any lien, charge, or encumbrance upon any of the property or assets of the Seller or the Servicer pursuant to the terms of, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, guarantee, lease financing agreement, or similar agreement or instrument under which the Seller or the Servicer is a debtor or guarantor, except where such conflict, breach, default or creation would not have a material adverse effect on the Seller’s or the Servicer’s respective ability to perform its obligations under the Basic Documents or the validity or enforceability thereof.
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     (f) No consent, approval, authorization or order of, or filing with, any court or governmental agency or body is required to be obtained or made by the Seller or the Servicer for the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement except such as have been obtained and made under the Act, such as may be required under state securities laws and the filing of any financing statements required to perfect the Trust’s interest in the Receivables.
     (g) Neither the Seller nor the Servicer is in violation of its certificate of incorporation or articles of incorporation, as applicable, or by-laws or in default in the performance or observance of any obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it or its properties are bound which would have a material adverse effect on the transactions contemplated herein or on the Seller’s or the Servicer’s respective ability to perform its obligations under the Basic Documents. The execution, delivery and performance of the Basic Documents and the issuance and sale of the Notes and compliance with the terms and provisions thereof will not, subject to obtaining any consents or approvals as may be required under the securities or “blue sky” laws of various jurisdictions: (i) result in a breach or violation of any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute a default under, any statute, rule, regulation or order of any governmental agency or body or any court having jurisdiction over the Seller or the Servicer or their respective properties or any agreement or instrument to which either is a party or by which either is bound or to which any of their respective properties are subject, except where such breach, violation, or default would not have a material adverse effect on the Seller’s or the Servicer’s respective ability to perform its obligations under the Basic Documents or the validity or enforceability thereof, or (ii) conflict with the Seller’s or the Servicer’s charter or by-laws, and each of the Seller and the Servicer has corporate power and authority to enter into the Basic Documents and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.
     (h) The Basic Documents have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by, and (assuming due authorization and delivery thereof by the other parties hereto and thereto) constitute valid and binding obligations of, the Seller and the Servicer, as applicable, enforceable against such party in accordance with their respective terms, except as limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar laws relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by general equitable principles, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.
     (i) The Notes have been duly authorized and, when executed and delivered in accordance with the Indenture and delivered against payment therefor pursuant to this Agreement, will be valid and binding obligations of the Trust, enforceable against the Trust in accordance with their respective terms, except as limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar laws relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by general equitable principles, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.
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     (j) There are no legal or governmental proceedings known by the Seller or the Servicer to be (i) pending for which the Seller or the Servicer has been served official notice, to which the Seller or the Servicer is a party or to which any property of the Seller or the Servicer is the subject, and (ii) threatened or contemplated by any governmental authority or threatened by others, which proceedings in either clause (i) or (ii) above (A) (whether individually or in the aggregate) are required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement or (B)(1) assert the invalidity of all or part of any Basic Document, (2) seek to prevent the issuance of the Notes, (3) (whether individually or in the aggregate) would materially and adversely affect the Seller’s or the Servicer’s obligations under any Basic Document to which it is a party, or (4) (whether individually or in the aggregate) seek to affect adversely the federal or state income tax attributes of the Notes.
     (k) Any taxes, fees and other governmental charges that have been assessed and are known to the Seller to be due in connection with the execution, delivery and issuance of the Basic Documents shall have been paid by the Seller or the Servicer at or prior to the Closing Date.
     (l) Each of the Seller and the Servicer possesses all material licenses, certificates, authorizations or permits issued by the appropriate state, federal or foreign regulatory agencies or bodies, the absence of which would have a material adverse effect on the ability of the Seller or the Servicer to perform its duties under the Sale and Servicing Agreement, and neither of the Seller or Servicer has received notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such license, certificate, authorization or permit which, singly or in the aggregate, if the subject of any unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would materially and adversely affect the ability of the Seller or the Servicer to perform its obligations under the Basic Documents.
     (m) As of the Closing Date, the Reserve Account and the Yield Supplement Account will be subject to a first-priority security interest in favor of the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Noteholders.
     (n) As of the Closing Date, the Trust (for the benefit of the Noteholders) will have good title, free and clear of all prior liens, charges and encumbrances, to the Receivables and such other items comprising the corpus of the Trust transferred to the Trust pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
     (o) As of the Closing Date, the Indenture, the Notes and the Basic Documents will conform in all material respects to the description thereof contained in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, as then amended and supplemented.
     (p) Deloitte & Touche LLP are independent public accountants with respect to the Seller within the meaning of the Act and the Rules and Regulations.
     (q) Neither the Trust nor the Seller is required to be registered as an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”).
     (r) The representations and warranties of the Seller and the Servicer in the Sale and Servicing Agreement are true and correct in all material respects.
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     (s) Other than the Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, neither the Seller nor the Servicer (including their respective agents and representatives other than the Underwriters in their capacity as such) has made, used, prepared, authorized, approved or referred to and will not prepare, make, use, authorize, approve or refer to any “written communication” (as defined in Rule 405 under the Act) that constitutes an offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to buy the Notes.
     3. Purchase, Sale and Delivery of Notes.
     (a) On the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements herein contained, but subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Seller agrees to sell to the Underwriters, and the Underwriters agree, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Seller, the aggregate principal amounts of the Notes set forth opposite the names of the Underwriters in Schedule 1 hereto.
     (b) The Notes are to be purchased by the Underwriters at a purchase price equal to (i) in the case of the Class A-1 Notes, [ %] of the aggregate principal amount thereof, (ii) in the case of the Class A-2 Notes, [ %] of the aggregate principal amount thereof, (iii) in the case of the Class A-3 Notes, [ %] of the aggregate principal amount thereof, and (iv) in the case of the Class A-4 Notes, [ %] of the aggregate principal amount thereof.
     (c) Against payment of the purchase price by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the Seller, the Seller will deliver the Notes to the Representative, for the account of the Underwriters, at the office of Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP, at 350 South Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, California, on___, 200_, at 10:00 a.m., New York time, or at such other time not later than seven full business days thereafter as the Representative and the Seller determine, such time being herein referred to as the “Closing Date.” The Notes to be so delivered will be initially represented by one or more securities registered in the name of Cede & Co., the nominee of The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”). The interests of beneficial owners of the Notes will be represented by book entries on the records of DTC and participating members thereof. Definitive securities will be available only under the limited circumstances set forth in the Indenture.
     4. Offering by Underwriters. It is understood that the several Underwriters propose to offer the Notes for sale to the public as set forth in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus.
     5. Covenants of the Seller. The Seller covenants and agrees with the several Underwriters that:
     (a) The Seller will file the Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus with the Commission pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 424(b) within the prescribed time period and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representative of such timely filing. If the time of effectiveness of the Initial Registration Statement is prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement and an Additional Registration Statement is necessary to register a portion of the Notes under the Act but the time of effectiveness thereof has not occurred as of such execution and delivery, the Seller will file the Additional Registration Statement or a post-effective
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amendment thereto, as the case may be, with the Commission pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 462(b). The Seller will advise the Representative promptly of any such filing pursuant to Rule 424(b) or Rule 462(b), as applicable.
     (b) The Seller will advise the Representative promptly of any proposal to amend or supplement the registration statement as filed or the related prospectus or the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus or the Final Prospectus, and will not effect such amendment or supplementation without the Representative’s consent; and the Seller will also advise the Representative promptly of the effectiveness of the Registration Statement (if the time of effectiveness of the Registration Statement is subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement) and of any amendment or supplementation of the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus or the Final Prospectus and of the institution by the Commission of any stop order proceedings in respect of the Registration Statement and will use its best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order and to lift such stop order as soon as possible, if issued.
     (c) The Seller will arrange for the qualification of the Notes for offering and sale under the securities laws of such jurisdictions in the United States as the Representative may reasonably designate and to continue such qualifications in effect so long as necessary under such laws for the distribution of such securities; provided that in connection therewith the Seller shall not be required to qualify as a foreign corporation to do business, or to file a general consent to service of process, in any jurisdiction.
     (d) If, at any time when the delivery of a prospectus shall be required by law in connection with sales of any Notes (including delivery as contemplated by Rule 172 under the Act), either (i) any event shall have occurred as a result of which the Preliminary Prospectus or the Final Prospectus, as then amended and supplemented, would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or (ii) for any other reason it shall be necessary to amend or supplement the Preliminary Prospectus or the Final Prospectus, the Seller will promptly notify the Representative and will promptly prepare for review by the Representative and file with the Commission an amendment or a supplement to the Preliminary Prospectus or the Final Prospectus which will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance. Neither your consent to, nor the Underwriters’ delivery of, any such amendment or supplement shall constitute a waiver of any of the conditions set forth in Section 7.
     (e) The Seller will cause the Trust to make generally available to Holders as soon as practicable, but not later than fourteen months after the effective date of the Registration Statement, an earnings statement of the Trust covering a period of at least twelve consecutive months beginning after such effective date and satisfying the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act (including Rule 158 promulgated thereunder).
     (f) The Seller will furnish to the Representative copies of the Registration Statement (which will include all exhibits), the Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and all amendments and supplements to such documents, in each case as soon as available and in such quantities as the Representative may from time to time reasonably request.
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     (g) So long as any of the Notes are outstanding, the Seller will furnish to the Representative copies of all reports or other communications (financial or otherwise) furnished to Holders, and deliver to the Representative during such same period (i) as soon as they are available, copies of any reports and financial statements furnished to or filed with the Commission and (ii) such additional information concerning the business and financial condition of the Seller and the Trust as the Representative may from time to time reasonably request.
     (h) The Seller will pay or cause to be paid all expenses incident to the performance of its obligations under this Agreement, including (i) the printing (or otherwise reproducing) and filing of the Registration Statement as originally filed and of each amendment thereto; (ii) the preparation, issuance and delivery of the Notes to the Underwriters; (iii) the fees and disbursements of the Seller’s and the Servicer’s counsel and accountants; (iv) the fees of DTC in connection with the book-entry registration of the Notes; (v) the qualification of the Notes under state securities law in accordance with the provisions of Section 5(c) hereof, including filing fees and the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in connection therewith and in connection with the preparation of the blue sky survey, if required; (vi) the printing (or otherwise reproducing) and delivery to the Underwriters of copies of the Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto; (vii) the reproducing and delivery to the Underwriters of copies of the blue sky survey; and (viii) the fees charged by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”) and Standard & Poor’s, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. (“S&P”), for rating the Notes. The Underwriters shall not be responsible for the fees and disbursements of the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee and their respective counsel.
     (i) Until the retirement of the Notes, or until such time as the Underwriters shall cease to maintain a secondary market in the Notes, whichever occurs first, the Seller will deliver to the Representative the annual statements of compliance and the annual independent certified public accountants’ reports furnished to the Indenture Trustee and Owner Trustee pursuant to Article IV of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, as soon as such statements and reports are furnished to the Indenture Trustee and Owner Trustee.
     (j) On or promptly after the Closing Date, the Seller shall cause its and the Servicer’s computer records relating to the Receivables to be marked to show the Trust’s absolute ownership of the Receivables, and from and after the Closing Date neither the Seller nor the Servicer shall take any action inconsistent with the Trust’s ownership of such Receivables, other than as permitted by the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
     (k) To the extent, if any, that the rating provided with respect to the Notes by Moody’s or S&P is conditional upon the furnishing of documents or the taking of any other actions by the Seller, the Seller shall furnish, and shall cause the Servicer to furnish, such documents and take any such other actions.
     6. Covenant of the Underwriters. Each of the Underwriters severally, and not jointly, covenants and agrees with the Seller that other than the Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, without the Servicer’s prior written approval, such Underwriter has not made, used, prepared, authorized, approved or referred to and will not prepare, make, use, authorize, approve or refer to any “written communication”
(as defined in Rule 405 under the Act) relating to the offer and sale of the Notes that would constitute a “prospectus” or a “free
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writing prospectus,” each as defined in the Act or the Rules and Regulations thereunder, including, but not limited to any “ABS informational and computational materials” as defined in Item 1101(a) of Regulation AB under the Act; provided, however, that (i) each Underwriter may prepare and convey one or more “written communications” (as defined in Rule 405 under the Act) containing no more than the following: (A) information contemplated by Rule 134 under the Act and included or to be included in the Preliminary Prospectus or the Final Prospectus, including but not limited to, information relating to the class, size, weighted average life, rating, expected final payment date, legal maturity date, and/or the final price of the Notes, as well as a column or other entry showing the status of the subscriptions for the Notes and/or expected pricing parameters of the Notes, and (B) information customarily included in confirmations of sales of securities and notices of allocations (each such written communication, an “Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus”); and (ii) unless otherwise consented to by the Seller or the Servicer, no such Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus shall be conveyed in a manner reasonably designed to lead to its broad unrestricted dissemination such that, as a result of such conveyance, the Seller or the Servicer shall be required to make any filing of such Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act.
     7. Conditions of the Obligations of the Underwriters. The obligations of the several Underwriters to purchase and pay for the Notes will be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Seller and the Servicer herein on the date hereof and at the Closing Date, to the accuracy of the statements of officers of the Seller and the Servicer made pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Seller and the Servicer of their respective obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions precedent:
     (a) At the time this Agreement is executed and delivered by the Seller and at the Closing Date, Deloitte & Touche LLP shall have furnished to the Representative letters dated respectively as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date substantially in the forms of the drafts to which the Representative previously agreed.
     (b) If the time of effectiveness of the Initial Registration Statement is not prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, such time of effectiveness shall have occurred not later than 10:00 p.m., New York time, on the date of this Agreement or such later date as shall have been consented to by the Representative. If the time of effectiveness of the Initial Registration Statement is prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus and all amendments and supplements thereto shall have been filed with the Commission in accordance with the Rules and Regulations and Section 5(a) of this Agreement. If the time of effectiveness of the Additional Registration Statement (if any) is not prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, such time of effectiveness shall have occurred not later than 10:00 p.m., New York time, on the date of this Agreement or, if earlier, the time the Final Prospectus is printed and distributed to any Underwriter, or shall have occurred at such later date as shall have been consented to by the Representative. Prior to the Closing Date, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or, to the knowledge of the Seller, shall be contemplated by the Commission.
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     (c) The Underwriters shall have received an officers’ certificate, dated the Closing Date, signed by the Chairman of the Board, the President or any Vice President and by a principal financial or accounting officer of the Seller representing and warranting that, to the best of such officers’ knowledge after reasonable investigation, as of the Closing Date:
     (i) The representations and warranties of the Seller in this Agreement are true and correct in all material respects, that the Seller has complied with all agreements and satisfied in all material respects all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to the Closing Date, that no stop order suspending the effectiveness of any Registration Statement has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or, to the best of their knowledge, are contemplated by the Commission.
     (ii) Except as otherwise set forth therein, there has been no material adverse change, since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Preliminary Prospectus or the Final Prospectus (as then amended and supplemented), in the condition, financial or otherwise, earnings or business affairs, whether or not arising out of the ordinary course of business, of the Seller or any of its affiliates (as such term is defined in Rule 501(b) under the Act) (each, an “Affiliate”), or in the ability of such entity to perform its obligations under each Basic Document to which it is a party or by which it may be bound. Except as otherwise indicated by the context, all references to the terms “material” in this Agreement that refer to the Seller or its Affiliates, or any of them, shall be interpreted in proportion to the business of the Servicer and its consolidated subsidiaries, as a whole, and not in proportion to the business of the Seller or its Affiliate(s) individually.
     (d) The Underwriters shall have received an officers’ certificate, dated the Closing Date, signed by the Chairman of the Board, the President or any Vice President and by a principal financial or accounting officer of the Servicer representing and warranting that, to the best of such officers’ knowledge after reasonable investigation, as of the Closing Date:
     (i) The representations and warranties of the Servicer in this Agreement are true and correct in all material respects, that the Servicer has complied with all agreements and satisfied, in all material respects, all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to the Closing Date, that no stop order suspending the effectiveness of any Registration Statement has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or, to the best of their knowledge, are contemplated by the Commission.
     (ii) Except as otherwise set forth therein, there has been no material adverse change, since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Preliminary Prospectus or the Final Prospectus (as then amended and supplemented), in the condition, financial or otherwise, earnings or business affairs, whether or not arising out of the ordinary course of business, of the Servicer or any of its Affiliates, or the ability of such entity to perform its obligations under each Basic Document to which it is a party or by which it may be bound. Except as otherwise indicated by the context, all references to the terms “material” in this Agreement that refer to the Servicer or its Affiliates, or any of them, shall be interpreted in proportion to the business of the Servicer and its consolidated subsidiaries, as a whole, and not in proportion to the business of the Servicer or its Affiliate(s) individually.
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     (e) Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, there shall not have occurred (i) any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in or affecting particularly the business or properties of the Seller, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Nissan North America, Inc. (“NNA”) or the Servicer which, in the judgment of the Representative, materially impairs the investment quality of the Notes or makes it impractical or inadvisable to proceed with completion of the sale of and payment for the Notes; (ii) any downgrading in the rating of any debt securities of NNA or any of its direct or indirect subsidiaries by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” (as defined for purposes of Rule 436(g) under the Act), or any public announcement that any such organization has under surveillance or review its rating of any such debt securities (other than an announcement with positive implications of a possible upgrading, and no implication of a possible downgrading, of such rating); (iii) any suspension or limitation of trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange or any setting of minimum prices for trading on such exchange; (iv) any material disruption in commercial banking, securities entitlement or clearance services in the United States; (v) any banking moratorium declared by federal or New York authorities; or (vi) any outbreak or escalation of major hostilities in which the United States is involved, any declaration of war by Congress or any other substantial national or international calamity or emergency if, in the judgment of the Representative, the effect of any such outbreak, escalation, declaration, calamity or emergency makes it impractical or inadvisable to proceed with completion of the sale of and payment for the Notes.
     (f) Alan Hunn, Esq., General Counsel of the Seller and the Servicer, or other counsel satisfactory to the Representative in its reasonable judgment, shall have furnished to the Representative such counsel’s written opinion, dated the Closing Date, in substantially the form set forth below, with such changes therein as counsel for the Underwriters shall reasonably agree:
     (i) The Seller is a corporation validly existing under the laws of the State of Delaware with corporate power and authority to own its properties and conduct its business as contemplated in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, as then amended and supplemented, and is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the conduct of its business or the ownership of its property requires such qualification, except where the failure to be in good standing would not have a material adverse effect on the Seller’s ability to perform its obligations under the Basic Documents.
     (ii) The Servicer is a corporation validly existing under the laws of the State of California with corporate power and authority to own its properties and conduct its business as contemplated in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, as then amended and supplemented, and is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the conduct of its business or the ownership of its property requires such qualification, except where the failure to be in good standing would not have a material adverse effect on the Servicer’s ability to perform its obligations under the Basic Documents.
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                  (iii) Each of the Seller and the Servicer has all necessary corporate power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under the Basic Documents to which it is a party.
                  (iv) The execution and delivery by the Servicer and the Seller of each of the Basic Documents to which the Servicer or the Seller is a party and the performance of their respective obligations thereunder have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Servicer and the Seller, as applicable, and each of the Basic Documents to which each is a party has been duly executed and delivered by it.
                  (v) The execution and delivery by the Seller and the Servicer of the Basic Documents and performance by each of them of their respective obligations thereunder will not violate, result in any breach of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute (with or without notice or lapse of time or both) a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any of the properties or assets of the Seller or the Servicer (other than as contemplated by the Basic Documents) pursuant to the terms of (1) the Servicer’s Articles of Incorporation or the Seller’s Certificate of Incorporation, (2) the Servicer’s or the Seller’s By-Laws, (3) any material agreement or instrument to which the Servicer or the Seller is a party or by which either the Servicer, the Seller or any of their respective properties is bound, (4) the California Corporations Code and the Delaware General Corporation Law or any statute, rule, regulation or order of any Tennessee, Texas or federal governmental agency or body or any court having jurisdiction over the Seller or the Servicer or their respective properties that the undersigned has, in the exercise of customary professional diligence, recognized as applicable to the Servicer or the Seller or to transactions of the type contemplated by the Basic Documents or (5) the Notes.
                  (vi) No authorization, approval, consent, order or permit of any Tennessee, Texas or federal governmental authority is required on the part of the Servicer or the Seller for the execution and delivery of the Basic Documents to which it is a party and the performance of their respective obligations thereunder, except such as may be required under the Act or the Rules and Regulations and state securities laws, and except for such authorizations, approvals or consents (specified in such opinion) as are in full force and effect as of the effective date of the Registration Statement and the Closing Date.
                  (vii) Nothing has come to such counsel’s attention that would cause him to believe that the Registration Statement on the effective date thereof contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or that the Preliminary Prospectus, as of its date and as of the Date of First Use of the Preliminary Prospectus, (together with the statements in the Final Prospectus with respect to items identified in the Preliminary Prospectus as to be completed in the Final Prospectus), and the Final Prospectus as of the date of the Prospectus Supplement and as of the Closing Date (other than the financial statements and the other accounting information contained therein or omitted therefrom, as to which such counsel need express no belief) contained or contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omit to state any material fact
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required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or that the descriptions therein of statutes and governmental proceedings and contracts and other documents are inaccurate and do not fairly present the information required to be shown therein.
                  (viii) Such counsel does not know of any contract or other document of a character required to be filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement or required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus or the Final Prospectus, as then amended and supplemented, which is not filed or described as required.
                  (ix) There are no legal or governmental proceedings known by such counsel to be (i) pending for which the Servicer or the Seller has been served official notice, to which the Seller or the Servicer is a party or to which any property of the Seller or the Servicer is subject, and (ii) threatened or contemplated by any governmental authority or threatened by others, which proceedings in either clause (i) or (ii) of this paragraph (A) (whether individually or in the aggregate) are required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement or (B)(1) assert the invalidity or unenforceability of all or part of any Basic Document, (2) seek to prevent the issuance of the Notes, (3) (whether individually or in the aggregate) would materially and adversely affect the Seller’s or the Servicer’s obligations under any Basic Document to which it is a party, or (4) (whether individually or in the aggregate) seek to affect adversely the federal or state income tax attributes of the Notes.
                  (x) The Servicer has all necessary corporate power and authority to sell and assign the property to be sold and assigned to the Seller pursuant to the Purchase Agreement and has duly authorized such sale and assignment to the Seller by all necessary corporate action.
                  (xi) The Seller has all necessary corporate power and authority to sell and assign the property to be sold and assigned to and deposited with the Trust and has duly authorized such sale and assignment to the Trust by all necessary corporate action.
                  (xii) The Seller has duly authorized and executed the written order to the Owner Trustee to execute and deliver the issuer order to the Indenture Trustee to authenticate the Notes.
                  (xiii) Such counsel is familiar with the Servicer’s standard operating procedures relating to the Servicer’s acquisition of a perfected first priority security interest in the vehicles financed by the retail installment sale contracts purchased by the Servicer in the ordinary course of the Servicer’s business and relating to the sale by the Servicer to the Seller of such contracts and such security interests in the Financed Vehicles in the ordinary course of the Servicer’s and the Seller’s business. Assuming that the Servicer’s standard procedures are followed with respect to the perfection of security interests in the Financed Vehicles (and such counsel has no reason to believe that the Servicer has not or will not continue to follow its standard procedures in connection with the perfection of security interests in the Financed Vehicles), the Servicer has acquired or will acquire a perfected first priority security interest in the Financed Vehicles.
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                  (xiv) Each of the Seller and the Servicer has obtained all necessary governmental licenses and governmental approvals under the federal law of the United States and the laws of the states of Tennessee and Texas to conduct their respective businesses where the failure to obtain such licenses and approvals would render any material part of the corpus of the Trust to be unenforceable or would materially and adversely affect the ability of either the Seller or the Servicer to perform any of their respective obligations under, or the enforceability of, any of the Basic Documents.
     (g) Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP, special counsel to the Seller and the Servicer, shall have furnished to the Representative their written opinion, dated as of the Closing Date, in substantially the form set forth below, with such changes therein as counsel for the Underwriters shall reasonably agree:
                  (i) The execution and delivery by each of the Seller and the Servicer of each Basic Document to which the Seller or the Servicer, as applicable, is a party have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of the Seller or the Servicer, respectively.
                  (ii) Each of the Basic Documents to which the Seller or the Servicer, as applicable, is a party has been duly executed and delivered by and on behalf of the Seller or the Servicer, respectively.
                  (iii) Each of the Indenture, the Trust Agreement, the Purchase Agreement, the Assignment, the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Yield Supplement Agreement, the Securities Account Control Agreement and the Administration Agreement to which the Seller, the Trust or the Servicer, as applicable, is a party constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of such party, enforceable against such party in accordance with its terms.
                  (iv) The execution and delivery by each of the Seller and the Servicer of each Basic Document to which the Seller or the Servicer, as applicable, is a party does not, and the consummation by the Seller and the Servicer, respectively, of the transactions contemplated thereby to occur on the date of the opinion will not, require any consent, authorization or approval of, the giving of notice to or registration with any governmental entity, except such as may have been made and such as may be required under the federal securities laws, the blue sky laws of any jurisdiction or the Uniform Commercial Code of any state; provided that such counsel expresses no opinion with respect to any orders, consents, permits, approvals, filings or licenses related to the authority to sell motor vehicles, originate retail installment sale contracts or service retail installment sale contracts or as may be required by any regional or local governmental authority or under any foreign or state securities laws.
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                  (v) Each of the Notes is in due and proper form, and when executed, authenticated and delivered as specified in the Indenture, and delivered against payment of the consideration specified in this Agreement, each of the Notes will be validly issued and outstanding, will constitute the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Trust, enforceable against the Trust in accordance with its terms, and will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture.
                  (vi) The Indenture has been duly qualified under the 1939 Act, and complies as to form with the 1939 Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.
                  (vii) The Registration Statement, as of the effective date specified below (including the Final Prospectus as included in the Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 430B(f)(1) and (2) under the Act, as of such effective date), complied as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the Act and the rules and regulations under the Act, except that (i) such counsel expresses no opinion as to the financial and statistical data included therein or excluded therefrom or the exhibits to the Registration Statement, and (ii) except as and to the extent set forth in (ix) and (x) below, such counsel does not assume any responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the statements contained in the Registration Statement or the Final Prospectus. The effective date referenced in this paragraph is ___, 200_, which the Representative has informed such counsel is the earlier of the date the Final Prospectus was first used or the date and time of the first contact of sale of the Notes, and therefore was the date as of which the Final Prospectus is deemed to be part of and included in the Registration Statement.
                  (viii) The Registration Statement has become effective under the Act, and the Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus have been filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b). To the best of such counsel’s knowledge, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or threatened by the Commission.
                  (ix) The statements in the Base Prospectus under the heading “Material Federal Income Tax Consequences,” “Material Legal Aspects of the Receivables” and “ERISA Considerations” and the statements in the Prospectus Supplement under “Material Federal Income Tax Consequences” and in the Prospectus Supplement under the heading “ERISA Considerations” to the extent they constitute matters of law or legal conclusions with respect thereto, have been reviewed by such counsel and are correct in all material respects.
                  (x) Each of the Basic Documents and the Notes conform in all material respects to the respective descriptions thereof contained in the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus.
                  (xi) Neither the Seller nor the Trust is, and immediately following the issuance of the Notes pursuant to the Indenture, neither the Seller nor the Trust will be, required to be registered under the 1940 Act.
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                  (xii) Neither the Trust Agreement nor the Sale and Servicing Agreement is required to be qualified under the 1939 Act.
                  (xiii) Each Class A-1 Note, when issued, will constitute an “Eligible Security” under Rule 2a-7 of the 1940 Act.
                  (xiv) To the knowledge of such counsel, there are no actions, proceedings or investigations, pending or threatened, to which the Seller or the Servicer is a party or of which any property of the Seller or the Servicer is the subject, required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement, other than those disclosed therein, (i) asserting the invalidity of any Basic Document or the Notes, (ii) seeking to prevent the issuance of the Notes or the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by any Basic Document, or (iii) seeking adversely to affect the federal income tax attributes of the Notes as described in the Prospectus Supplement under the heading “Material Federal Income Tax Consequences” or the Base Prospectus under the heading “Material Federal Income Tax Consequences.”
                  (xv) At the time of the execution and delivery of (i) the Purchase Agreement, the Servicer had the corporate power and corporate authority to transfer the Receivables and such other property being transferred to the Seller pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, and (ii) the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Seller had the corporate power and corporate authority to transfer the Receivables and such other property being transferred to the Owner Trustee on behalf of the Trust pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement and to cause the transfer of the Notes to the Underwriters.
                  (xvi) The Seller has duly authorized and executed the written order to the Owner Trustee to execute and deliver the issuer order to the Indenture Trustee to authenticate the Notes.
                  (xvii) No filing or other action (other than the filing of the financing statements with respect to the assignments and collateral assignments of the Receivables) is necessary to perfect the Trust’s pledge to the Indenture Trustee and the grant in favor of the Indenture Trustee of any security interest in favor of NMAC arising under the California Vehicle Code in Financed Vehicles securing the Receivables.
                  (xviii) The Receivables, except for those in electronic form, constitute “tangible chattel paper” within the meaning of Section 9-102 of the California Uniform Commercial Code and the New York Uniform Commercial Code.
                  (xix) For federal income tax purposes, the Notes will be characterized as debt, and the Trust will not be classified as an association or as a publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation.
                  (xx) The execution and delivery by each of the Seller and the Servicer of such of the Basic Documents to which it is a party do not, and the consummation by each of the Seller and the Servicer of the transactions contemplated thereby, will not violate any applicable law, statute or governmental rule or regulation.
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(xxi) For Texas franchise tax purposes, the Notes will be characterized as debt.
In addition, as special counsel to the Seller and the Servicer, such counsel has reviewed the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus and participated in conferences with officers and other representatives of the Seller and the Servicer, representatives of their independent public accountants, representatives of the Underwriters and their counsel, at which the contents of the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus and related matters were discussed. The purpose of such counsel’s professional engagement was not to establish or confirm factual matters set forth in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, and such counsel has not undertaken any obligation to verify independently any of the factual matters set forth in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus. Moreover, many of the determinations required to be made in the preparation of the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus involve matters of a non-legal nature. Subject to the foregoing, such counsel confirms to the Underwriters that, on the basis of the information such counsel obtained in the course of performing the services referred to above, nothing came to such counsel’s attention that caused such counsel to believe that (x) the Registration Statement on the effective date thereof contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; (y) the Preliminary Prospectus, as of the Date of First Use of the Preliminary Prospectus, together with the statements in the Final Prospectus with respect to items identified in the Preliminary Prospectus as to be completed in the Final Prospectus, included an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; or (z) the Final Prospectus, as of its date or as of the Closing Date, included or includes an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that such counsel does not assume any responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the statements contained in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus or the Final Prospectus (except, as otherwise specifically provided in such counsel’s opinion dated the Closing Date addressed to Representative relating to Federal income tax and in paragraphs II.I and II.J of its opinion, to be delivered on the Closing Date, addressed to the Representative and others relating to enforceability, securities law and general corporate matters), and such counsel does not express any belief with respect to (i) the financial statements or other financial, statistical or accounting data contained in or omitted from the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus or the Final Prospectus, or (ii) the Indenture Trustee’s Statement of Eligibility on Form T-1.
Such counsel’s opinions as to the legal, valid and binding nature and enforceability of any agreement or instrument are subject to (i) the effect of any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance or similar law affecting creditors’ rights generally, and (ii) to general principles of equity (regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law), including concepts of commercial reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing and the possible unavailability of specific performance or injunctive relief. In
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addition, such counsel expresses no opinion regarding: (i) any severability provision in the Basic Documents; or (ii) any provision of any Basic Documents that purports to (a) appoint any person as the attorney-in-fact of any other person, (b) provide that all rights or remedies of any party are cumulative and may be enforced in addition to any other right or remedy and that the election of a particular remedy does not preclude recourse to one or more remedies, (c) permit set-off in the absence of mutuality between the parties, (d) confer subject matter jurisdiction on a federal court to adjudicate any controversy in any situation in which such court would not have subject matter jurisdiction, or (e) waive the right to jury trial or any right to object to the laying of venue or any claim that an action or proceeding has been brought in an inconvenient forum. In addition, such counsel expresses no opinion regarding any Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus. The opinions of such counsel with respect to any agreement of the Seller or the Servicer to indemnify any person (including by way of contribution) are subject to the qualifications that any indemnity obligation may be limited by public policy considerations and may be subject to defenses available to sureties arising from actions of the indemnified party.
     (h) Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP or such counsel as may be acceptable to the Underwriters, shall have furnished their written opinion, dated the Closing Date, with respect to the characterization of the transfer of the Receivables by the Servicer to the Seller and with respect to other bankruptcy and perfection of security interest matters, and such opinion shall be in substantially the form previously discussed with the Representative and its counsel and in any event satisfactory in form and in substance to the Representative and its counsel.
     (i) You shall have received an opinion of                                         , counsel to the Underwriters, dated the Closing Date, with respect to the validity of the Notes and such other related matters as the Representative shall require, and the Seller shall have furnished or caused to be furnished to such counsel such documents as they may reasonably request for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon such matters.
     (j) You shall have received an opinion addressed to you, the Seller and the Servicer of Richards, Layton & Finger, counsel to the Trust and the Owner Trustee, dated the Closing Date and satisfactory in form and substance to the Representative and its counsel, to the effect that:
     (i) The Owner Trustee is duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing as a banking corporation under the laws of the State of Delaware.
     (ii) The Owner Trustee has power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under the Trust Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated thereby.
     (iii) The Trust Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Owner Trustee and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Owner Trustee, except as the enforceability thereof may be (a) limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation or other similar laws affecting the enforceability of creditors’ rights generally and (b) subject to general principles of equity (regardless of whether considered in proceedings in equity or at law) as well as concepts of reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing.
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     (iv) Neither the execution or delivery by the Owner Trustee of the Trust Agreement nor the consummation by the Owner Trustee of any of the transactions contemplated thereby nor compliance by the Owner Trustee with the terms or provisions of the Trust Agreement will violate any Delaware or United States federal law, rule or regulation governing the trust powers of the Owner Trustee or the Owner Trustee’s certificate of incorporation or bylaws or require the consent or approval of, the giving of notice to, the registration with, or the taking of any other action with respect to, any governmental authority or agency under the laws of the State of Delaware or the United States governing the trust powers of the Owner Trustee other than the filing of the Trust’s certificate of trust (the “Certificate of Trust”) with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware (the “Secretary of State”).
     (v) The Certificate of Trust has been duly filed with the Secretary of State. The Trust has been duly formed and is validly existing as a statutory trust and is in good standing under the Delaware Statutory Trust Act, 12 Del. C. § 3801, et seq. (the “Trust Act”), and has the power and authority under the Trust Agreement and the Trust Act to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under each Basic Document to which the Trust is a party (collectively, the “Trust Documents”), to issue the Notes and to pledge the trust estate to the Indenture Trustee as security for the Notes under the Indenture.
     (vi) The Notes and the Trust Documents have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Trust.
     (vii) The Trust Agreement is a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Seller and the Owner Trustee, enforceable against the Seller and the Owner Trustee, in accordance with its terms.
     (viii) Neither the execution, delivery and performance by the Trust of the Trust Documents, nor the consummation by the Trust of any of the transactions contemplated thereby, requires the consent or approval of, the withholding of objection on the part of, the giving of notice to, the filing, registration or qualification with, or the taking of any other action in respect of, any governmental authority or agency of the State of Delaware, other than the filing of the Certificate of Trust with the Secretary of State.
     (ix) Neither the execution, delivery and performance by the Trust of the Trust Documents, nor the consummation by the Trust of the transactions contemplated thereby, is in violation of the Trust Agreement or of any law, rule or regulation of the State of Delaware applicable to the Trust.
     (x) Under § 3805(b) of the Trust Act, no creditor of any Certificateholder shall have any right to obtain possession of, or otherwise exercise legal or equitable remedies with respect to, the property of the Trust except in accordance with the terms of the Trust Agreement.
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     (xi) Under the Trust Act, the Trust is a separate legal entity and, assuming that the Sale and Servicing Agreement conveys good title to the Trust property to the Trust as a true sale and not as a security arrangement, the Trust rather than the Certificateholders will hold whatever title to the Trust property as may be conveyed to it from time to time pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement, except to the extent that the Trust has taken action to dispose of or otherwise transfer or encumber any part of the Trust property.
     (xii) Under § 3805(c) of the Trust Act, except to the extent otherwise provided in the Trust Agreement, a Certificateholder (including the Seller in its capacity as depositor) has no interest in specific Trust property.
     (xiii) The Trust will not be subject to tax by the State of Delaware, and purchasers not otherwise subject to taxation in Delaware will not be subject to taxation in Delaware solely because of the purchase or ownership of the Notes.
     (xiv) (A) The financing statement on form UCC-1, naming the Seller as debtor and the Trust as secured party, to be filed with the Secretary of State (Uniform Commercial Code Section) (the “Division”) is in an appropriate form for filing in the State of Delaware. (B) Insofar as Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of Delaware (the “Delaware UCC”) is applicable (without regard to conflict of laws principles), upon the filing of such financing statement with the Division, the Trust will have a perfected security interest in the Seller’s rights in that portion of the Receivables that may be perfected by the filing of a UCC financing statement with the Division (the “Seller Filing Collateral”) and the proceeds thereof (as defined in Section 9-102(a)(64) of the Delaware UCC). (C) The certified copy of the Certificate of Request (the “Search Report”) obtained from the Division, reflecting the results of a Uniform Commercial Code search in the office of the Secretary of State against the Seller, listing all currently effective financing statements filed against the Seller as of the date and time set forth therein (the “Seller UCC Effective Time”), sets forth the proper filing office and the proper debtor necessary to identify those Persons who under the Delaware UCC have on file financing statements against the Seller covering the Seller UCC Filing Collateral, as of the Seller Effective Time. The Search Report identifies each secured party who has filed with the Division a financing statement naming the Seller as debtor prior to the Effective Time.
     (xv) (A) The financing statement on form UCC-1, naming the Trust as debtor and the Indenture Trustee, as secured party, to be filed with the Division is in an appropriate form for filing in the State of Delaware. (B) Insofar as Article 9 of the Delaware UCC is applicable (without regard to conflict of laws principles, upon the filing of such financing statement with the Division, the Indenture Trustee will have a perfected security interest in the Trust’s rights in that portion of the Receivables that may be perfected by the filing of a UCC financing statement with the Division (the “Trust Filing Collateral”) and the proceeds thereof (as defined in Section 9-102(a)(64) of the Delaware UCC). (C) The certified copy of the Search Report obtained from the Division, reflecting the results of a Uniform Commercial Code search in the office of the Secretary of State against the Trust, listing all currently effective financing statements, filed against the
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Trust as of the date and time set forth therein (the “Trust UCC Effective Time”), sets forth the proper filing office and the proper debtor necessary to identify those Persons who under the Delaware UCC have on file financing statements against the Trust covering the Trust Filing Collateral, as of the Trust UCC Effective Time. The Search Report identifies each secured party who has filed with the Division a financing statement naming the Trust as debtor prior to the Trust UCC Effective Time.
     (k) You shall have received an opinion of counsel to the Indenture Trustee, dated the Closing Date and satisfactory in form and substance to the Representative and its counsel, to the effect that:
     (i) The Indenture Trustee is a national banking association duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the United States.
     (ii) The Indenture Trustee has full power and authority to serve as trustee as contemplated in the Indenture.
     (iii) Each Basic Document to which the Indenture Trustee is a party (collectively, the “Indenture Trustee Agreements”) has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Indenture Trustee and constitutes the legal, valid and binding agreement of and is enforceable against the Indenture Trustee in accordance with its terms, subject to bankruptcy laws and other similar laws of general application affecting rights of creditors and subject to the application of the rules of equity, including those respecting the availability of specific performance. In addition, the Indenture Trustee has validly acknowledged the Sale and Servicing Agreement in its capacity as Indenture Trustee.
     (iv) The Notes have been duly authenticated and delivered by the Indenture Trustee in its capacity as Indenture Trustee.
     (v) No consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Indenture Trustee is required for the consummation by the Indenture Trustee of the transactions contemplated by the Indenture Trustee Agreements, except such consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations and qualifications as have been obtained.
     (vi) The execution, delivery and performance of the Indenture Trustee Agreements by the Indenture Trustee, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby, do not and will not (a) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Indenture Trustee is a party or by which the Indenture Trustee is bound and of which such counsel is aware, or to which any of the property or assets of the Indenture Trustee or any of its subsidiaries is subject, or (b) result in any violation of the provisions of the Articles of Association or By-laws of the Indenture Trustee, or any statute or any order, rule or requisition of any court or government agency or body having jurisdiction over the Indenture Trustee or any of its properties or assets.
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     (l) The Representative shall have received an officer’s certificate dated the Closing Date of the Chairman of the Board, the President or any Vice President and by a principal financial or accounting officer of each of the Seller and the Servicer in which each such officer shall state that, to the best of such officer’s knowledge after reasonable investigation, the representations and warranties of the Seller or the Servicer, as applicable, contained in the Sale and Servicing Agreement and the representations and warranties of the Servicer or the Seller, as applicable, contained in the Purchase Agreement are true and correct in all material respects and that the Seller or the Servicer, as applicable, has complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied under such agreements at or prior to the Closing Date in all material respects.
     (m) The Notes shall have been rated in the highest rating category by Moody’s and S&P.
     (n) On or prior to the Closing Date, the Seller shall have furnished to the Representative such further certificates and documents as the Representative shall reasonably have required.
     (o) You shall have received an opinion of Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis, LLP, special Tennessee tax counsel to the Seller and the Servicer, dated the Closing Date and satisfactory in form and substance to the Representative and its counsel, to the effect that:
     (i) The Trust is not subject to the taxes imposed by T.C.A. §§ 67-4-2001 et seq. (the “Excise Tax”), T.C.A. §§ 67-4-2101 et seq. (the “Franchise Tax”), T.C.A. §§ 67-2-101 et seq. (the “Hall Tax”), or T.C.A. §§ 67-4-701 et seq. (the “Business Tax”).
     (ii) The Notes are deemed to be “bonds” for purposes of the Hall Tax, and the interest paid by the Trust to the non-corporate Noteholders who are Tennessee residents is taxable under the Hall Tax.
     (iii) Noteholders who are persons or entities who would otherwise be taxable under T.C.A. §67-2-102 but are not residents of Tennessee are not subject to the Hall Tax.
     (iv) Noteholders who would otherwise be taxpayers within the meaning of T.C.A. §67-4-2004(20) but are not doing business in the State of Tennessee within the meaning of T.C.A. §67-4-2004(7) are not subject to the Excise Tax or the Franchise Tax.
     (v) With respect to the Certificateholder and Noteholders that are corporations subject to Tennessee taxation, the tax characterization of the Certificate and the Notes and the distributions thereon will be the same as for federal income tax purposes.
     8. Indemnification and Contribution.
     (a) The Seller and the Servicer shall, jointly and severally, indemnify and hold each Underwriter and each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (each a “Control Person”), harmless against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to
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which such Underwriter or Control Person may become subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and will reimburse each Underwriter and Control Person for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Underwriter or Control Person in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action as such expenses are incurred; provided, however, that neither the Seller nor the Servicer will be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement in or omission or alleged omission from any of such documents in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished to the Seller or the Servicer by any Underwriter through the Representative specified in the last sentence of subsection (b) below specifically for use therein.
     (b) Each Underwriter shall, severally and not jointly, indemnify and hold harmless the Seller and the Servicer against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which the Seller or the Servicer may become subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or the alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished to the Seller or the Servicer by such Underwriter through the Representative specifically for use therein, and will reimburse any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Seller or the Servicer in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim as such expenses are incurred. The Seller and the Servicer acknowledge and agree that the only such information furnished to the Seller or the Servicer by any Underwriter through the Representative consists of the following: the statements in the second and fourth paragraphs (concerning initial offering prices, concessions and reallowances) and in the seventh and eighth paragraphs (concerning stabilizing and other activities) under the heading “Underwriting” in each of the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement and the Prospectus Supplement.
     (c) If any suit, action, proceeding (including any governmental or regulatory investigation), claim or demand shall be brought or asserted against any person in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to either of the two preceding paragraphs, such person (the “Indemnified Party”) shall promptly notify the person against whom such indemnity may be sought (the “Indemnifying Party”) in writing of the commencement thereof, but the omission to so notify the Indemnifying Party will not relieve it from any liability which it may have to any Indemnified Party otherwise than under such preceding paragraphs, and with respect to such preceding paragraphs, any such omission shall not relieve it from any liability except to the extent it has been materially prejudiced by such omission. In case any such action is brought against any Indemnified Party and it notifies the Indemnifying Party of the commencement
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thereof, the Indemnifying Party will be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it may wish, jointly with any other Indemnifying Party similarly notified, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel satisfactory to such Indemnified Party (who may be counsel to the Indemnifying Party) and after notice from the Indemnifying Party to such Indemnified Party of its election so to assume the defense thereof and after acceptance of counsel by the Indemnified Party, the Indemnifying Party will not be liable to such Indemnified Party under this Section for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by such Indemnified Party in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation. In any such proceeding, any Indemnified Party shall have the right to retain its own counsel, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnified Party unless (i) the Indemnifying Party and the Indemnified Party shall have mutually agreed to the contrary, (ii) the Indemnified Party has reasonably concluded (based upon advice of counsel to the Indemnified Party) that there may be legal defenses available to it or other Indemnified Parties that are different from or in addition to those available to the Indemnifying Party, (iii) a conflict or potential conflict exists (based upon advice of counsel to the Indemnified Party) between the Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party (in which case the Indemnifying Party will not have the right to direct the defense of such action on behalf of the Indemnified Party) or (iv) the Indemnifying Party has elected to assume the defense of such proceeding but has failed within a reasonable time to retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Party. The Indemnifying Party shall not, with respect to any action brought against any Indemnified Party, be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one firm (in addition to any local counsel) for all Indemnified Parties, and all such fees and expenses shall be reimbursed within a reasonable period of time as they are incurred. Any separate firm appointed for the Underwriters and any Control Person in accordance with this subsection (c) shall be designated in writing by the Representative, and any such separate firm appointed for the Seller or the Servicer, its respective directors, officers who sign the Registration Statement and Control Persons in accordance with this subsection (c) shall be designated in writing by the Seller or the Servicer, as the case may be. The Indemnifying Party shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent, but if settled with such consent, with respect to an action of which the Indemnifying Party was notified and had the opportunity to participate in (whether or not it chose to so participate), the Indemnifying Party agrees to indemnify any Indemnified Party from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if at any time an Indemnified Party shall have requested an Indemnifying Party to reimburse the Indemnified Party for fees and expenses of counsel as contemplated by the fourth sentence of this paragraph, the Indemnifying Party agrees that it shall be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 60 days after receipt by such Indemnifying Party of the aforesaid request, and during such 60 day period the Indemnifying Party has not responded thereto, and (ii) such Indemnifying Party shall not have reimbursed the Indemnified Party in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement. No Indemnifying Party shall, without the prior written consent of the Indemnified Party, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any Indemnified Party is or could have been a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such Indemnified Party, unless such settlement includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Party from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding.
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     (d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section is unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless an Indemnified Party under subsection (a) or (b) above, then each Indemnifying Party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to in subsection (a) or (b) above in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Seller and the Servicer on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other from the offering of the Notes. If, however, the allocation provided by the immediately preceding sentence is not permitted by applicable law, then each Indemnifying Party shall contribute to such amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Party in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only such relative benefits but also the relative fault of the Seller and the Servicer on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Seller and the Servicer on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other shall be deemed to be in the same proportion that the total net proceeds from the offering (before deducting expenses) received by the Seller and the Servicer bear to the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters. The relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Seller or the Servicer or by the Underwriters and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such untrue statement or omission. The Seller, the Servicer and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this subsection (d) were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation which does not take into account the equitable considerations referred to above in this subsection (d). The amount paid by an Indemnified Party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to above in this subsection (d) shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Indemnified Party in connection with investigating or defending any action or claim which is the subject of this subsection (d). Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection (d), no Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the Notes underwritten by it and distributed to the public were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any damages which such Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Underwriters’ obligations in this subsection (d) to contribute are several in proportion to their respective underwriting obligations and not joint.
     (e) The obligations of the Seller and the Servicer under this Section shall be in addition to any liability which the Seller or the Servicer may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of the Act; and the obligations of the Underwriters under this Section shall be in addition to any liability which the respective Underwriters may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each director of the Seller or the Servicer, to each officer of the Seller or the Servicer who has signed the Registration Statement and to each person, if any, who controls the Seller or the Servicer within the meaning of the Act.
     9. Survival of Certain Representations and Obligations. The respective indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties and other statements of the Seller, the Servicer or their respective officers and of the Underwriters set forth in or made pursuant to
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this Agreement will remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation or statement as to the results thereof made by or on behalf of any Underwriter, the Seller or the Servicer or any of their respective representatives, officers or directors or any Control Person, and will survive delivery of and payment for the Notes. If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 10 or if for any reason the purchase of the Notes by the Underwriters is not consummated, the Seller shall remain responsible for the expenses to be paid or reimbursed by it pursuant to Section 5, and the respective obligations of the Seller and the Underwriters pursuant to Section 8 shall remain in effect. If the purchase of the Notes by the Underwriters is not consummated for any reason other than solely because of the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 10, the Seller will reimburse the Underwriters for all out-of-pocket expenses (including fees and disbursements of counsel) reasonably incurred by them in connection with the offering of the Notes.
     10. Failure to Purchase the Notes. If any Underwriter or Underwriters default on their obligations to purchase Notes hereunder and the aggregate principal amount of Notes that such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase does not exceed 10% of the total principal amount of such Notes, the Representative may make arrangements satisfactory to the Seller for the purchase of such Notes by other persons, including the nondefaulting Underwriter or Underwriters, but if no such arrangements are made by the Closing Date, the nondefaulting Underwriter or Underwriters shall be obligated, in proportion to their commitments hereunder, to purchase the Notes that such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase. If any Underwriter or Underwriters so default and the aggregate principal amount of Notes with respect to which such default or defaults occur exceeds 10% of the total principal amount of Notes, as applicable, and arrangements satisfactory to the nondefaulting Underwriter or Underwriters and the Seller for the purchase of such Notes by other persons are not made within 36 hours after such default, this Agreement will terminate without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter or the Seller, except as provided in Section 9.
     As used in this Agreement, the term “Underwriter” includes any person substituted for an Underwriter under this Section. Nothing herein will relieve a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters from liability for its default.
     11. Notices. All communications hereunder will be in writing and, if sent to the Representative or the Underwriters will be mailed, delivered or sent by facsimile transmission and confirmed to                                          (facsimile number                     ) and if sent to the Seller, will be mailed, delivered or sent by facsimile transmission and confirmed to it at Nissan Auto Receivables Corporation II, P.O. Box 685001, Franklin, TN 37068-5001, attention Treasurer (facsimile number (615) 725-1720).
     12. No Bankruptcy Petition. Each Underwriter agrees that, prior to the date which is one year and one day after the payment in full of all securities issued by the Seller or by a trust for which the Seller was the depositor which securities were rated by any nationally recognized statistical rating organization, it will not institute against, or join any other person in instituting against, the Seller any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings or other proceedings under any federal or state bankruptcy or similar law.
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     13. Successors. This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Underwriters and the Seller and their respective successors and the officers and directors and Control Persons referred to in Section 8, and no other person will have any right or obligations hereunder.
     14. Representation of Underwriters. The Representative will act for the several Underwriters in connection with the transactions described in this Agreement, and any action taken by the Representative under this Agreement will be binding upon all the Underwriters.
     15. Representation and Warranties of Underwriters. With respect to any offers or sales of the Notes outside the United States (and solely with respect to any such offers and sales) each Underwriter severally and not jointly makes the following representations and warranties:
     (a) Each Underwriter represents and agrees that it will comply with all applicable laws and regulations in each jurisdiction in which it purchases, offers or sells the Notes or possesses or distributes the Preliminary Prospectus or the Final Prospectus or any other offering material and will obtain any consent, approval or permission required by it for the purchase, offer or sale by it of Notes under the laws and regulations in force in any jurisdiction to which it is subject or in which it makes such purchases, offers or sales and neither the Seller or the Servicer shall have any responsibility therefor;
     (b) No action has been or will be taken by such Underwriter that would permit public offering of the Notes or possession or distribution of any offering material in relation to the Notes in any jurisdiction where action for that purpose is required unless the Seller or the Servicer has agreed to such actions and such actions have been taken;
     (c) Each Underwriter represents and agrees that it will not offer, sell or deliver any of the Notes or distribute any such offering material in or from any jurisdiction except under circumstances that will result in compliance with applicable laws and regulations and that will not impose any obligation on the Seller or the Servicer or the Underwriters;
     (d) Such Underwriter acknowledges that it is not authorized to give any information or make any representation in relation to the Notes other than (i) oral communications that are consistent with the Preliminary Prospectus or the Final Prospectus and would not cause the Trust, the Seller or the Servicer to incur liability, (ii) those contained or incorporated by reference in the Preliminary Prospectus or the Final Prospectus for the Notes and (iii) such additional information, if any, as the Seller or the Servicer shall, in writing, provide to and authorize such Underwriter so to use and distribute to actual and potential purchasers of the Notes;
     (e) Each Underwriter represents and agrees that it has not offered or sold and will not offer or sell, prior to the date six months after their date of issuance, any of the Notes to person in the United Kingdom, except to persons whose ordinary activities involve them in acquiring, holding, managing or disposing of investments (as principal or agent) for the purposes of their
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businesses or otherwise in circumstances that have not resulted in and will not result in an offer to the public in the United Kingdom within the meaning of the Public Offers of Securities Regulations 1995 (as amended);
     (f) Each Underwriter has complied and will comply with all applicable provisions of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (“FSMA”) with respect to anything done by such Underwriter in relation to the Notes in, from or otherwise involving the United Kingdom; and
     (g) Each Underwriter will only communicate or cause to be communicated any invitation or inducement to engage in investment activity (within the meaning of Section 21 of the FSMA) received by it in connection with the issue or sale of any securities in circumstances in which Section 21(1) of the FSMA does not apply to the Seller.
     16. Acknowledgment. Each of the Seller and the Servicer hereby acknowledges and agrees that pursuant to this Agreement that the Underwriters are acting solely in the capacity of an arm’s length contractual counterparty to the Seller and the Servicer with respect to the offering of the Notes contemplated hereby (including in connection with determining the terms of the offering) and not as a financial advisor or a fiduciary to, or an agent of, the Seller, the Servicer or any other Person. Additionally, neither the Representative nor any other Underwriter is advising the Seller, the Servicer or any other Person as to any legal, tax, investment, accounting or regulatory matters in any jurisdiction. Each of the Seller and the Servicer shall consult with its own advisors concerning such matters and shall be responsible for making its own independent investigation and appraisal of the transactions contemplated hereby, and the Underwriters shall have no responsibility or liability to the Seller the Servicer with respect thereto. Any review by the Underwriters of the Seller, the Servicer, the transactions contemplated hereby or other matters relating to such transactions will be performed solely for the benefit of the Underwriters and shall not be on behalf of the Seller or the Servicer.
     17. Applicable Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York, without reference to its conflict of law provisions (other than Section 5-1401 of the General Obligations Law of the State of New York).
     18. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed by each of the parties hereto in any number of counterparts, and by each of the parties hereto on separate counterparts, each of which counterparts, when so executed and delivered, shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
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     If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please sign and return to us a counterpart hereof, whereupon it will become a binding agreement among the Seller, the Servicer and the several Underwriters in accordance with its terms.
Very truly yours,
NISSAN AUTO RECEIVABLES
CORPORATION II
         
     
  By:      
    Name:      
    Its:   
 
NISSAN MOTOR ACCEPTANCE
CORPORATION
         
     
  By:      
    Name:      
    Its:   
 
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The foregoing Underwriting Agreement is hereby confirmed and accepted as of the date first above written:
                                                  
     
By:                                        
  By:                                        
Name:
  Name:
Its:
  Its:
Acting on behalf of itself and as Representative of the Several Underwriters.
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SCHEDULE 1
                                 
    Principal     Principal     Principal     Principal  
    Amount of     Amount of     Amount of     Amount of  
    Class A-1     Class A-2     Class A-3     Class A-4  
Underwriter   Notes     Notes     Notes     Notes  
 
                               
 
                       
 
                               
 
                       
 
                               
 
                       
 
                               
 
                       
 
                               
 
                       
 
                               
 
                       
 
                               
 
                       
 
                               
 
                       
 
                               
 
                       
 
                               
 
                       
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EXHIBIT 4.1
NISSAN AUTO RECEIVABLES                      OWNER TRUST
(a Delaware Statutory Trust)
AMENDED AND RESTATED TRUST AGREEMENT
between
NISSAN AUTO RECEIVABLES CORPORATION II,
as Depositor,
and
WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,
as Owner Trustee
Dated as of ___, 200_
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
             
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ARTICLE I
       
DEFINITIONS
       
 
           
SECTION 1.01
  Definitions     1  
SECTION 1.02
  Usage of Terms     4  
 
           
ARTICLE II
       
CREATION OF TRUST
       
 
           
SECTION 2.01
  Creation of Trust     5  
SECTION 2.02
  Office     5  
SECTION 2.03
  Purposes and Powers     5  
SECTION 2.04
  Power of Attorney     6  
SECTION 2.05
  Declaration of Trust     6  
SECTION 2.06
  Liability of the Certificateholders     7  
SECTION 2.07
  Title to Trust Property     7  
SECTION 2.08
  Situs of Trust     7  
SECTION 2.09
  Representations and Warranties of the Depositor     7  
SECTION 2.10
  Federal Income Tax Allocations     8  
 
           
ARTICLE III
       
CERTIFICATES AND TRANSFER OF INTERESTS
       
 
           
SECTION 3.01
  The Certificates     9  
SECTION 3.02
  Authentication of Certificates     9  
SECTION 3.03
  Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates     10  
SECTION 3.04
  Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates     11  
SECTION 3.05
  Persons Deemed Certificateholders     11  
SECTION 3.06
  Access to List of Certificateholders' Names and Addresses     11  
SECTION 3.07
  Maintenance of Office or Agency     12  
SECTION 3.08
  Appointment of Paying Agent     12  
SECTION 3.09
  Ownership by the Depositor of Certificates     13  
 
           
ARTICLE IV
       
ACTIONS BY OWNER TRUSTEE OR CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
       
 
           
SECTION 4.01
  Prior Notice to Certificateholders with Respect to Certain Matters     13  
SECTION 4.02
  Action by Certificateholders with Respect to Certain Matters     14  
SECTION 4.03
  Action with Respect to Bankruptcy     14  
SECTION 4.04
  Restrictions on Certificateholders' Power     14  
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
(continued)
             
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SECTION 4.05
  Majority of the Certificates Control     14  
 
           
ARTICLE V
       
APPLICATION OF TRUST FUNDS; CERTAIN DUTIES
       
 
           
SECTION 5.01
  Establishment of Accounts     15  
SECTION 5.02
  Application of Amounts in Trust Accounts     16  
SECTION 5.03
  Method of Payment     17  
SECTION 5.04
  Accounting and Reports to the Noteholders, Certificateholders, the Internal Revenue Service and Others     17  
SECTION 5.05
  Signature on Returns; Tax Matter Partner     18  
SECTION 5.06
  Duties of Depositor on Behalf of Trust     18  
 
           
ARTICLE VI
       
AUTHORITY AND DUTIES OF OWNER TRUSTEE
       
 
           
SECTION 6.01
  General Authority     18  
SECTION 6.02
  General Duties     18  
SECTION 6.03
  Duties of the Owner Trustee     19  
SECTION 6.04
  No Duties Except as Specified in this Agreement or in Instructions     20  
SECTION 6.05
  No Action Except Under Specified Documents or Instructions     21  
SECTION 6.06
  Restrictions     21  
 
           
ARTICLE VII
       
CONCERNING THE OWNER TRUSTEE        
 
           
SECTION 7.01
  Rights of the Owner Trustee     21  
SECTION 7.02
  Furnishing of Documents     22  
SECTION 7.03
  Representations and Warranties     22  
SECTION 7.04
  Reliance; Advice of Counsel     23  
SECTION 7.05
  Not Acting in Individual Capacity     23  
SECTION 7.06
  Owner Trustee Not Liable for Certificates or Receivables     24  
SECTION 7.07
  Owner Trustee May Own Certificates and Notes     24  
SECTION 7.08
  Sales Finance Licenses     24  
 
           
ARTICLE VIII
       
COMPENSATION OF OWNER TRUSTEE
       
 
           
SECTION 8.01
  Owner Trustee’s Fees and Expenses     25  
SECTION 8.02
  Indemnification     25  
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
(continued)
             
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SECTION 8.03
  Payments to the Owner Trustee     25  
 
           
ARTICLE IX
       
TERMINATION OF TRUST AGREEMENT
       
 
           
SECTION 9.01
  Termination of Trust Agreement     26  
 
           
ARTICLE X
       
SUCCESSOR OWNER TRUSTEES AND ADDITIONAL OWNER TRUSTEES
       
 
           
SECTION 10.01
  Eligibility Requirements for Owner Trustee     27  
SECTION 10.02
  Resignation or Removal of Owner Trustee     27  
SECTION 10.03
  Successor Owner Trustee     28  
SECTION 10.04
  Merger or Consolidation of Owner Trustee     28  
SECTION 10.05
  Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee     29  
 
           
ARTICLE XI
       
MISCELLANEOUS
       
 
           
SECTION 11.01
  Supplements and Amendments     30  
SECTION 11.02
  No Legal Title to Owner Trust Estate in Certificateholders     31  
SECTION 11.03
  Limitations on Rights of Others     31  
SECTION 11.04
  Notices     31  
SECTION 11.05
  Severability     32  
SECTION 11.06
  Counterparts     32  
SECTION 11.07
  Successors and Assigns     32  
SECTION 11.08
  No Petition     32  
SECTION 11.09
  No Recourse     32  
SECTION 11.10
  Headings     32  
SECTION 11.11
  GOVERNING LAW     32  
SECTION 11.12
  NMAC Payment Obligation     33  
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Exhibit A
  Form of Certificate        
 
     
Exhibit B
  Form of Transferee Representation Letter        
 
     
Exhibit C
  Form of Transferor Representation Letter        
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     AMENDED AND RESTATED TRUST AGREEMENT, dated as of                     , 200_, between NISSAN AUTO RECEIVABLES CORPORATION II, a Delaware corporation, as depositor, and WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, a Delaware banking corporation, not in its individual capacity but solely as Owner Trustee, amending and restating in its entirety the Trust Agreement, dated as of                                         , 200___ (the “Original Trust Agreement”), between the same parties, and herein referred to as the “Trust Agreement” or this “Agreement.”
     IN CONSIDERATION of the mutual agreements herein contained, and of other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
Definitions
     SECTION 1.01 Definitions. Except as otherwise specified herein or if the context may otherwise require, capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Sale and Servicing Agreement and the Indenture for all purposes of this Agreement. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, whenever used herein the following words and phrases, unless the context otherwise requires, shall have the following meanings:
     “Administration Agreement” means the Administration Agreement dated as of ___, 200___by and among the Trust, as issuer, NMAC, as Administrator, and the Indenture Trustee pursuant to which NMAC undertakes to perform certain of the duties and obligations of the Trust hereunder, under the Sale and Servicing Agreement and under the Indenture.
     “Administrator” means NMAC acting in its capacity as Administrator under the Administration Agreement.
     “Agreement” means this Amended and Restated Trust Agreement, which amends and restates the Original Trust Agreement.
     “Basic Documents” means the Purchase Agreement, this Agreement, the Certificate of Trust, the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Indenture, the Yield Supplement Agreement, the Administration Agreement, the Note Depository Agreement, the Securities Account Control Agreement and the other documents and certificates delivered in connection herewith and therewith.
     “Benefit Plan Investor” means an “employee benefit plan” as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA, whether or not such employee benefit plan is subject to the provisions of Title I of ERISA, a “plan” described in Section 4975(e)(1) of the Code, or an entity whose underlying assets include “plan assets” by reason of an employee benefit plan’s or plan’s investment in the entity.
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     “Certificate” means any of the Certificates executed by the Trust and authenticated by the Owner Trustee, evidencing a beneficial ownership interest in the Trust, substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A hereto.
     “Certificate of Trust” means the Certificate of Trust filed with respect to the formation of the Trust pursuant to Section 3810(a) of the Statutory Trust Act.
     “Certificate Register” means the register maintained pursuant to Section 3.03.
     “Certificate Registrar” means Wilmington Trust Company, unless and until a successor thereto is appointed pursuant to Section 3.03. The Certificate Registrar initially designates its offices at Rodney Square North, 1100 North Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19890, as its offices for purposes of Section 3.03.
     “Certificateholder” or “Holder” means a Person in whose name a Certificate is registered in the Certificate Register, except that, solely for the purposes of giving certain consents, waivers, requests or demands pursuant to this Agreement, the interest evidenced by any Certificate registered in the name of NARC II or NMAC, or any Person actually known to a Trust Officer of the Owner Trustee to be controlling, controlled by or under common control with NARC II or NMAC, shall not be taken into account in determining whether the requisite percentage necessary to effect any such consent, waiver, request or demand shall have been obtained unless at such time all Certificates are then owned by NARC II, NMAC and their Affiliates.
     “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
     “Corporate Trust Office” means, with respect to the Owner Trustee, the principal corporate trust office of the Owner Trustee located at Rodney Square North, 1100 North Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19890; or at such other address as the Owner Trustee may designate by notice to the Certificateholders, or the principal corporate trust office of any successor Owner Trustee (the address of which the successor Owner Trustee will notify the Certificateholders).
     “Depositor” means NARC II in its capacity as depositor hereunder.
     “Depositor’s Formation Documents” means the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Nissan Auto Receivables Corporation II, dated as of January 10, 2001 and the by-laws of NARC II.
     “ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.
     “Expenses” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.01.
     “Indenture” means the Indenture dated as of ___, 200___entered into between the Trust and the Indenture Trustee named therein pursuant to which a series of Notes are issued.
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     “Independent Director” means an individual who was not at any time during the preceding five years (i) a director, officer, employee or affiliate of NARC II (other than any limited purpose or special purpose corporation or limited liability company similar to NARC II), (ii) a person related to any officer or director of any affiliate of NARC II (other than any limited purpose or special purpose corporation or limited liability company similar to NARC II), (iii) a direct or indirect holder of one or more than 5% of any voting securities of any affiliate of NARC II, (iv) a material creditor, material supplier, employee, officer, director, family member, manager, or contractor of NARC II, or (v) a person who controls (whether directly, indirectly, or otherwise) NARC II or its affiliates or any material creditor, material supplier, employee, officer, director, manager or material contractor of NARC II or its affiliates.
     “NMAC” means Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation, a California corporation.
     “NARC II” means Nissan Auto Receivables Corporation II, a Delaware corporation.
     “Non-U.S. Person” means any Person who is not (i) a citizen or resident of the United States who is a natural person, (ii) a corporation or partnership (or an entity treated as a corporation or partnership) created or organized in or under the laws of the United States or any state thereof, including the District of Columbia (unless, in the case of a partnership, Treasury Regulations are adopted that provide otherwise), (iii) an estate, the income of which is subject to United States Federal income taxation, regardless of its source, (iv) a trust, if a court within the United States is able to exercise primary supervision over the administration of the trust and one or more United States persons (as defined in the Code and Treasury Regulations) have the authority to control all substantial decisions of the trust; or (v) a trust that was in existence prior to August 20, 1996 and that, under Treasury Regulations, is eligible to elect, and does validly elect, to be treated as a United States person (as defined in the Code and Treasury Regulations) despite not meeting the requirements of clause (iv).
     “Notes” means the notes issued by the Trust pursuant to the Indenture, having the payment and other terms set forth in the Indenture.
     “Original Certificate Balance” means $                    .
     “Original Trust Agreement” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph to this Agreement.
     “Owner Trust Estate” means all right, title and interest of the Trust in and to the property and rights assigned to the Trust pursuant to Article II of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, all funds on deposit from time to time in the accounts created pursuant to Sections 5.01 and 5.08 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement (excluding any net investment income with respect to amounts held in such accounts), and all other property of the Trust from time to time including any rights of the Owner Trustee and the Trust pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Yield Supplement Agreement, and the Administration Agreement, and as assignee of the rights and interests of the Depositor under the Purchase Agreement.
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     “Owner Trustee” means Wilmington Trust Company, a Delaware banking corporation, not in its individual capacity but solely as owner trustee under this Agreement, and any successor Owner Trustee hereunder.
     “Paying Agent” means any paying agent or co-paying agent appointed pursuant to Section 3.08, and shall initially be Wilmington Trust Company.
     “Plan” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.03(c)(1)(ii).
     “Sale and Servicing Agreement” means the Sale and Servicing Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, among the Trust, NARC II, as seller, and NMAC, as servicer.
     “Secretary of State” means the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.
     “Securities Account Control Agreement” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
     “Securityholders” means the Certificateholders and the Noteholders.
     “Statutory Trust Act” means Chapter 38 of Title 12 of the Delaware Code, 12 Del. Code § 3801 et seq.
     “Treasury Regulations” means regulations, including proposed or temporary regulations, promulgated under the Code. References herein to specific provisions of proposed or temporary regulations shall include analogous provisions of final Treasury Regulations or other successor Treasury Regulations.
     “Trust” means the Nissan Auto Receivables ___Owner Trust, formed as a Delaware statutory trust pursuant to this Agreement and the filing of the Certificate of Trust.
     “Trust Collection Account” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.01(a).
     “Yield Supplement Agreement” means the Yield Supplement Agreement dated as of the date hereof among NMAC, the Depositor, the Indenture Trustee and the Trust.
     SECTION 1.02 Usage of Terms. With respect to all terms in this Agreement, the singular includes the plural and the plural the singular; words importing any gender include the other genders; references to “writing” include printing, typing, lithography and other means of reproducing words in a visible form; references to agreements and other contractual instruments include all subsequent amendments, amendments and restatements and supplements thereto or changes therein entered into in accordance with their respective terms and not prohibited by this Agreement; references to Persons include their permitted successors and assigns; references to laws include their amendments and supplements, the rules and regulations thereunder and any successors thereto; and the term “including” means “including without limitation.”
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ARTICLE II
Creation of Trust
     SECTION 2.01 Creation of Trust. A Delaware statutory trust known as “Nissan Auto Receivables ___Owner Trust” was formed in accordance with the provisions of the Statutory Trust Act pursuant to the Original Trust Agreement. Under the Original Trust Agreement, the Owner Trustee was authorized and vested with the power and authority to make and execute contracts, instruments, certificates, agreements and other writings on behalf of the Trust as set forth herein and to sue and be sued on behalf of the Trust.
     The Owner Trustee accepted under the Original Trust Agreement, and does hereby confirm its acceptance and agreement to hold in trust, for the benefit of the Certificateholders and such other Persons as may become beneficiaries hereunder from time to time, all of the Owner Trust Estate conveyed or to be conveyed to the Trust, and all monies and proceeds that may be received with respect thereto, subject to the terms of this Agreement.
     SECTION 2.02 Office. The principal place of business of the Trust for purposes of Delaware law shall be in care of the Owner Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office or at such other address in Delaware as the Owner Trustee may designate by written notice to the Certificateholders and the Servicer. The Trust may establish additional offices located at such place or places inside or outside of the State of Delaware as the Owner Trustee may designate by written notice to the Certificateholders and the Servicer.
     SECTION 2.03 Purposes and Powers.
     (a) The purpose of the Trust is, and the Trust shall have the power and authority and is authorized, to engage in the following activities:
     (i) to issue Notes pursuant to the Indenture and Certificates pursuant to this Agreement;
     (ii) to enter into and perform its obligations under any currency exchange rate protection agreement between the Trust and a counterparty, including any confirmations evidencing the transactions thereunder, using only the funds payable to the Certificateholders as provided in Section 5.02(d);
     (iii) to acquire the Owner Trust Estate (including the Receivables and related property) from the Depositor in exchange for the Notes and Certificates pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement;
     (iv) to assign, grant, transfer, pledge, mortgage and convey the Owner Trust Estate pursuant to, and on the terms and conditions set forth in, the Indenture and to hold, manage and distribute to the Certificateholders pursuant to the terms of the Sale and Servicing Agreement any portion of the Owner Trust Estate released from the Lien of, and remitted to the Trust pursuant to, the Indenture as set forth therein and in the Sale and Servicing Agreement;
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     (v) to enter into and perform its obligations under the Basic Documents to which it is to be a party;
     (vi) to engage in those activities, including entering into agreements, that are necessary, suitable or convenient to accomplish the foregoing or are incidental thereto or connected therewith; and
     (vii) subject to compliance with the Basic Documents, to engage in such other activities as may be required in connection with conservation of the Owner Trust Estate and the making of distributions to the Certificateholders and the Noteholders and in respect of amounts to be released to the Depositor, the Servicer, the Administrator and third parties, if any.
     The Trust shall not engage in any activity other than in connection with the foregoing and as required or authorized by the terms of the Basic Documents.
     SECTION 2.04 Power of Attorney. Pursuant to the Administration Agreement, the Owner Trustee has authorized the Administrator to perform certain of its administrative duties hereunder, including duties with respect to the management of the Owner Trust Estate, and in connection therewith hereby grants the Administrator its revocable power of attorney. Each Certificateholder by such Holder’s acceptance of any Certificate or beneficial interest therein, as the case may be, shall be deemed to have granted power of attorney to the Administrator for purposes of actions taken or to be taken with respect to the Certificates.
     SECTION 2.05 Declaration of Trust. The Owner Trustee hereby declares that it will hold the Owner Trust Estate, and in the event the Issuer enters into a currency Swap Agreement pursuant to Section 5.11 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, any such Swap Agreement and payments made by any such Swap Counterparty, in trust upon and subject to the conditions set forth herein for the use and benefit of the Certificateholders, subject to the obligations of the Trust under the Basic Documents. It is the intention of the parties hereto that the Trust constitute a statutory trust under the Statutory Trust Act and that this Agreement constitute the governing instrument of such statutory trust. It is the intention of the parties hereto that, solely for income and franchise tax purposes, the Trust shall be treated as a division or branch of the Person holding the beneficial ownership interests in the Trust for any period during which the beneficial ownership interests in the Trust are held by one Person, and that it shall be treated as a partnership for any period during which the beneficial ownership interests in the Trust are held by more than one Person, with the assets of the partnership being the Receivables and other assets held by the Trust, and the Notes being debt of the partnership. The parties agree that for any such period, unless otherwise required by appropriate tax authorities, the Trust will file or cause to be filed annual or other necessary returns, reports and other forms consistent with such characterization of the Trust for tax purposes. Effective as of the date hereof, the Owner Trustee shall have all rights, powers and duties set forth herein and in the Statutory Trust Act with respect to accomplishing the purposes of the Trust. At the direction of the Depositor, the Owner
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Trustee caused to be filed the Certificate of Trust pursuant to the Statutory Trust Act, and the Owner Trustee shall file or cause to be filed such amendments thereto as shall be necessary or appropriate to satisfy the purposes of this Agreement and as shall be consistent with the provisions hereof.
     SECTION 2.06 Liability of the Certificateholders. No Certificateholder shall have any personal liability for any liability or obligation of the Trust, solely by reason of it being a Certificateholder.
     SECTION 2.07 Title to Trust Property. Legal title to all of the Owner Trust Estate shall be vested at all times in the Trust as a separate legal entity.
     SECTION 2.08 Situs of Trust. The Trust will be located in Delaware and administered in the states of Delaware, New York or Minnesota. All bank accounts maintained by the Owner Trustee on behalf of the Trust shall be located in the State of Delaware or the State of New York. The Trust shall not have any employees in any state other than Delaware; provided, however, that nothing herein shall restrict or prohibit the Owner Trustee from having employees within or without the State of Delaware. Payments will be received by the Trust only in Delaware or New York, and payments will be made by the Trust only from Delaware or New York. The principal office of the Trust will be at the Corporate Trust Office in Delaware.
     SECTION 2.09 Representations and Warranties of the Depositor. The Depositor hereby represents and warrants to the Owner Trustee that as of the Closing Date:
     (a) Organization and Good Standing. The Depositor has been duly organized and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with corporate power and authority to own its properties and to conduct its business as such properties are currently owned and such business is presently conducted, and had at all relevant times, and has, corporate power, authority and legal right to acquire and own the Receivables.
     (b) Due Qualification. The Depositor is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation in good standing, and has obtained all necessary licenses and approvals in all jurisdictions in which the ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its business shall require such qualifications, and where the failure to so qualify would have a material adverse effect on the ability of the Depositor to perform its obligations under this Agreement.
     (c) Power and Authority. The Depositor has the corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to carry out its terms. The Depositor has full power and authority to sell and assign the property to be sold and assigned to and deposited as part of the Owner Trust Estate and has duly authorized such sale and assignment to the Trust by all necessary corporate action; and the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement has been duly authorized by the Depositor by all necessary corporate action.
     (d) Binding Obligations. This Agreement is a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Depositor enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to the effect of bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and by general equitable principles.
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     (e) No Violation. The consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the fulfillment of the terms hereof do not conflict with, result in any breach of any of the terms and provisions of, nor constitute (with or without notice or lapse of time) a default under, the certificate of incorporation or by-laws of the Depositor, or any indenture, agreement or other instrument to which the Depositor is a party or by which it shall be bound; nor result in the creation or imposition of any Lien upon any of its properties pursuant to the terms of any such indenture, agreement or other instrument (other than the Basic Documents); nor violate any law or, to the best of the Depositor’s knowledge, any order, rule or regulation applicable to the Depositor of any court or of any federal or state regulatory body, administrative agency or other governmental instrumentality having jurisdiction over the Depositor or its properties; which breach, default, conflict, Lien or violation in any case would have a material adverse effect on the ability of the Depositor to perform its obligations under this Agreement.
     (f) No Proceedings. There are no proceedings or investigations pending, or, to the best of the Depositor’s knowledge, threatened, before any court, regulatory body, administrative agency or other governmental instrumentality having jurisdiction over the Depositor or its properties: (i) asserting the invalidity of this Agreement; (ii) seeking to prevent the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; (iii) seeking any determination or ruling that would materially and adversely affect the performance by the Depositor of its obligations under, or the validity or enforceability of, this Agreement; or (iv) relating to the Depositor and that would adversely affect the federal or any state income tax attributes of the Trust, the Certificates or the Notes.
     (g) Independent Director. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Depositor’s Formation Documents, the Depositor shall ensure that at least one director of the Depositor shall be an Independent Director.
     SECTION 2.10 Federal Income Tax Allocations. Net income of the Trust for any month as determined for federal income tax purposes (and each item of income, gain, loss and deduction entering into the computation thereof) during which the beneficial ownership interests in the Trust are held by more than one Person shall be allocated:
     (a) in an amount equal to any amount distributed to the Certificateholders pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement (to the extent not previously allocated pursuant to this clause); and
     (b) to the Depositor, to the extent of any remaining net income.
If the net income of the Trust for any month is insufficient for the allocations described in clause (a) above, subsequent net income shall first be allocated to make up such shortfall before being allocated as provided in the preceding sentence. Net losses of the Trust, if any, for any month as determined for federal income tax purposes (and each item of income, gain, loss and deduction entering into the computation thereof) shall be allocated to the Depositor to the extent the
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Depositor has agreed hereunder and under the Sale and Servicing Agreement and the Indenture to bear the economic burden of such net losses, and any remaining net losses shall be allocated among the Certificateholders as of the first Distribution Date following the end of such month in proportion to their ownership of principal amount of Certificates as of the close of business on such Distribution Date. The Depositor is authorized to modify the allocations in this paragraph if necessary or appropriate, in its sole discretion, for the allocations to fairly reflect the economic income, gain or loss to the Depositor or to the Certificateholders, or as otherwise required by the Code.
ARTICLE III
Certificates and Transfer of Interests
     SECTION 3.01 The Certificates. The Certificates shall be issued in minimum denominations of $25,000.00 and in integral multiples of $1,000.00 in excess thereof. The Certificates shall be executed on behalf of the Trust by manual or facsimile signature of a Trust Officer of the Owner Trustee and authenticated on behalf of the Owner Trustee by the manual or facsimile signature of a Trust Officer. Certificates bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who were, at the time when such signatures shall have been affixed, authorized to sign on behalf of the Trust, shall be validly issued and entitled to the benefits of this Agreement, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them shall have ceased to be so authorized prior to the authentication and delivery of such Certificates or did not hold such offices at the date of authentication and delivery of such Certificates.
     The Certificates may be printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced, in any authorized denomination in the form of Exhibit A hereto.
     A transferee of a Certificate shall become a Certificateholder, and shall be entitled to the rights and subject to the obligations of a Certificateholder hereunder, upon such transferee’s acceptance of a Certificate duly registered in such transferee’s name pursuant to Section 3.03.
     SECTION 3.02 Authentication of Certificates. Concurrently with the initial transfer of the Receivables to the Trust pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Owner Trustee shall cause to be executed, authenticated and delivered on behalf of the Trust to the Depositor, Certificates in an aggregate principal amount equal to the Original Certificate Balance and evidencing the entire ownership of the Trust. No Certificate shall entitle its holder to any benefit under this Agreement or be valid for any purpose, unless there shall appear on such Certificate a certificate of authentication substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A, executed by the Owner Trustee or the Owner Trustee’s authenticating agent, by manual or facsimile signature of a Trust Officer, and such authentication shall constitute conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Certificate shall have been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder. All Certificates shall be dated the date of their authentication. The Wilmington Trust Company shall be the initial authenticating agent of the Owner Trustee hereunder, and all references herein to authentication by the Owner Trustee shall be deemed to include the authenticating agent.
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     SECTION 3.03 Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates.
     (a) The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.07, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, Wilmington Trust Company shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. Wilmington Trust Company shall be the initial Certificate Registrar. In the event that the Certificate Registrar shall for any reason become unable to act as Certificate Registrar, the Certificate Registrar shall promptly give written notice to such effect to the Depositor, the Owner Trustee and the Servicer. Upon receipt of such notice, the Servicer shall appoint another bank or trust company, which shall agree to act in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement applicable to it, and otherwise acceptable to the Owner Trustee, to act as successor Certificate Registrar under this Agreement.
     (b) Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.07, the Owner Trustee shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause its authenticating agent to authenticate and deliver), in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agent. At the option of a Holder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.07. The preceding provisions of this Section notwithstanding, the Owner Trustee shall not make and the Certificate Registrar shall not register transfer or exchanges of Certificates for a period of 15 days preceding the due date for any payment with respect to the Certificates.
     (c) Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder or his attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and disposed of by the Owner Trustee in accordance with its customary practice.
     No transfer of a Certificate shall be made unless the Owner Trustee shall have received:
     (1) a representation from the transferee of such Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B to the effect that:
     (i) such transferee is not a Non-U.S. Person; and
     (ii) such transferee is not a Benefit Plan Investor;
     (2) a representation from the transferor of such Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit C; and
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     (3) an opinion of counsel to the Owner Trustee that the transfer of such Certificate is being made pursuant to an effective registration under the Securities Act or is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act.
     Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, any purported transfer of a Certificate to or on behalf of a Benefit Plan or utilizing the assets of a Benefit Plan shall be void and of no effect.
     To the extent permitted under applicable law (including, but not limited to, ERISA), the Owner Trustee shall be under no liability to any Person for any registration of transfer of any Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section 3.03(c) or for making any payments due on such Certificate to the Certificateholder thereof or taking any other action with respect to such Holder under the provisions of this Trust Agreement or the Sale and Servicing Agreement so long as the transfer was registered by the Certificate Registrar or the Owner Trustee in accordance with the foregoing requirements.
     (d) No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates.
     SECTION 3.04 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates. If (a) any mutilated Certificate shall be surrendered to the Certificate Registrar, or if the Certificate Registrar shall receive evidence to its satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Certificate and (b) there shall be delivered to the Certificate Registrar and the Owner Trustee such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them harmless, then in the absence of notice that such Certificate shall have been acquired by a protected purchaser, the Owner Trustee on behalf of the Trust shall execute and the Owner Trustee, or the Owner Trustee’s authenticating agent, shall authenticate and deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Certificate, a new Certificate of like tenor and denomination. In connection with the issuance of any new Certificate under this Section, the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection therewith. Any duplicate Certificate issued pursuant to this Section shall constitute conclusive evidence of ownership in the Trust, as if originally issued, whether or not the lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate shall be found at any time.
     SECTION 3.05 Persons Deemed Certificateholders. Prior to due presentation of a Certificate for registration of transfer, the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may treat the Person in whose name any Certificate shall be registered in the Certificate Register as the owner of such Certificate for the purpose of receiving distributions pursuant to Section 5.02 and for all other purposes whatsoever, and neither the Owner Trustee nor the Certificate Registrar shall be bound by any notice to the contrary.
     SECTION 3.06 Access to List of Certificateholders’ Names and Addresses. The Certificate Registrar shall furnish or cause to be furnished to the Owner Trustee, the Servicer or the Depositor, as the case may be, within 15 days after its receipt of a request therefor from the
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Owner Trustee, the Servicer or the Depositor in writing, a list, in such form as the Owner Trustee, the Servicer or the Depositor may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Certificateholders as of the most recent Record Date. If three or more Certificateholders or one or more Holders of Certificates evidencing, in the aggregate, not less than 25% of the Certificate Balance apply in writing to the Owner Trustee, and such application states that the applicants desire to communicate with other Certificateholders with respect to their rights under this Agreement or under the Certificates and such application is accompanied by a copy of the communication that such applicants propose to transmit, then the Owner Trustee shall, within five Business Days after the receipt of such application, afford such applicants access during normal business hours to the current list of Certificateholders. Each Holder, by receiving and holding a Certificate, shall be deemed to have agreed not to hold any of the Depositor, the Servicer, the Certificate Registrar or the Owner Trustee accountable by reason of the disclosure of its name and address, regardless of the source from which such information was derived.
     SECTION 3.07 Maintenance of Office or Agency. The Owner Trustee shall maintain an office or offices or agency or agencies where Certificates may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Owner Trustee in respect of the Certificates and the Basic Documents may be served. The Owner Trustee initially designates Wilmington Trust Company, in such capacity, Rodney Square North, 1100 North Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19890, as its principal corporate trust office for such purposes. The Owner Trustee shall give prompt written notice to the Depositor and to the Certificateholders of any change in the location of the Certificate Register or any such office or agency.
     SECTION 3.08 Appointment of Paying Agent. Except during any period when the Indenture Trustee is authorized and directed to do so under the Indenture (i.e. prior to the termination of the Indenture), the Paying Agent shall make distributions to Certificateholders from the Collection Account pursuant to Section 5.02 and shall report the amounts of such distributions to the Owner Trustee. Any Paying Agent shall have the revocable power to withdraw funds from the Collection Account for the purpose of making the distributions referred to above. The Owner Trustee may revoke such power and remove the Paying Agent if the Owner Trustee determines in its sole discretion that the Paying Agent shall have failed to perform its obligations under this Agreement in any material respect. The Paying Agent shall initially be Wilmington Trust Company, and any co-paying agent chosen by the Owner Trustee, and acceptable to the Owner Trustee. The Paying Agent shall be permitted to resign as Paying Agent upon 30 days’ written notice to the Indenture Trustee and, if the Paying Agent is not the Owner Trustee, to the Owner Trustee. In the event that Wilmington Trust Company shall no longer be the Paying Agent, the Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor to act as Paying Agent (which shall be a bank or trust company). The Owner Trustee shall cause such successor Paying Agent or any additional Paying Agent appointed by the Owner Trustee to execute and deliver to the Owner Trustee an instrument in which such successor Paying Agent or additional Paying Agent shall agree with the Owner Trustee that as Paying Agent, such successor Paying Agent or additional Paying Agent will hold all sums, if any, held by it for payment to the Certificateholders in trust for the benefit of the Certificateholders entitled thereto until such sums shall be paid to such Certificateholders. The Paying Agent shall return all unclaimed funds to the Owner Trustee and upon removal of a Paying Agent such Paying Agent shall also return all
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funds in its possession to the Owner Trustee. The provisions of Sections 7.01, 7.03, 7.04, 8.01 and 8.02 shall apply to the Owner Trustee also in its role as Paying Agent, for so long as the Owner Trustee shall act as Paying Agent and, to the extent applicable, to any other Paying Agent appointed hereunder. Any reference in this Agreement to the Paying Agent shall include any co-paying agent unless the context requires otherwise.
     SECTION 3.09 Ownership by the Depositor of Certificates. Notwithstanding Section 3.03, the Depositor shall on the Closing Date receive in accordance with Section 3.02, and shall thereafter retain beneficial and record ownership of, Certificates representing 100% of the Certificate Balance. Any attempted transfer of any Certificate that would reduce such interest of the Depositor below 100% of the Certificate Balance shall be void. The Owner Trustee shall cause one Certificate issued to the Depositor (representing 100% of the Certificate Balance) to bear a legend stating “THIS CERTIFICATE IS NON-TRANSFERABLE.”
ARTICLE IV
Actions By Owner Trustee or Certificateholders
     SECTION 4.01 Prior Notice to Certificateholders with Respect to Certain Matters. With respect to the following matters, the Owner Trustee shall not take action unless at least 30 days before the taking of such action (or such shorter period as shall be agreed to in writing by all Certificateholders), the Owner Trustee shall have notified the Certificateholders in writing of the proposed action and none of the Certificateholders shall have notified the Owner Trustee in writing prior to the 30th day (or such agreed upon shorter period) after such notice is given that such Certificateholders have withheld consent or provided alternative direction:
     (a) the initiation of any claim or lawsuit by the Trust (except claims or lawsuits brought in connection with the collection of the Receivables) and the compromise of any action, claim or lawsuit brought by or against the Trust (except with respect to the aforementioned claims or lawsuits for collection of the Receivables);
     (b) the election by the Trust to file an amendment to the Certificate of Trust (unless such amendment is required to be filed under the Statutory Trust Act);
     (c) the amendment of the Indenture, whether or not by a Supplemental Indenture, in circumstances where the consent of any Noteholder is required;
     (d) the amendment of the Indenture, whether or not by a Supplemental Indenture, in circumstances where the consent of any Noteholder is not required but such amendment materially adversely affects the interest of the Certificateholders;
     (e) the amendment, change or modification of the Administration Agreement, other than to cure any ambiguity or to amend or supplement any provision in a manner or add any provision that would not materially adversely affect the interests of the Certificateholders;
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     (f) the appointment (i) pursuant to the Indenture of a successor Note Registrar or Paying Agent, (ii) pursuant to this Agreement of a successor Certificate Registrar or (iii) any consent by the Note Registrar, Paying Agent or Indenture Trustee or Certificate Registrar to the assignment of its respective obligations under the Indenture or this Agreement, as applicable; or
     (g) the amendment of the Sale and Servicing Agreement in circumstances where the consent of any Noteholder is required.
     SECTION 4.02 Action by Certificateholders with Respect to Certain Matters. The Owner Trustee shall not have the power, except upon the direction of the Certificateholders, to (a) remove the Administrator pursuant to Section 8 of the Administration Agreement, (b) appoint a successor Administrator pursuant to Section 8 of the Administration Agreement, (c) remove the Servicer pursuant to Section 8.01 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement or (d) except as expressly provided in the Basic Documents, sell the Receivables after the termination of the Indenture. The Owner Trustee shall take the actions referred to in the preceding sentence only upon written instructions signed by the authorized representative of 100% of the Certificateholders.
     SECTION 4.03 Action with Respect to Bankruptcy. The Owner Trustee shall not have the power to commence a voluntary proceeding in bankruptcy relating to the Trust without the unanimous prior approval of all Certificateholders (including the Board of Directors (including the Independent Directors, as such term is defined in the Depositor’s Certificate of Incorporation) of the Depositor) and the delivery to the Owner Trustee of a written certification by each Certificateholder that such Certificateholder reasonably believes that the Trust is insolvent.
     SECTION 4.04 Restrictions on Certificateholders’ Power. The Certificateholders shall not direct the Owner Trustee to take or refrain from taking any action if such action or inaction would be contrary to any obligations of the Trust or of the Owner Trustee under any of the Basic Documents or would be contrary to Section 2.03 nor shall the Owner Trustee be obligated to follow any such direction, if given.
     SECTION 4.05 Majority of the Certificates Control. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, any action that may be taken by the Certificateholders under this Agreement may be taken by the Holders of the Certificates evidencing not less than a majority of the Certificate Balance. Except as expressly provided herein, any written notice of the Certificateholders delivered pursuant to this Agreement shall be effective if signed by Holders of the Certificates evidencing not less than a majority of the Certificate Balance at the time of the delivery of such notice.
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ARTICLE V
Application of Trust Funds; Certain Duties
     SECTION 5.01 Establishment of Accounts.
     (a) On or prior to the Distribution Date on which the Notes of all Classes have been paid in full (or substantially all of the Trust Estate is otherwise released from the lien of the Indenture), the Owner Trustee, for the benefit of the Certificateholders, shall establish and maintain, or shall cause to be established and maintained, in the name of the Trust (or in such other name as shall be specified in the Sale and Servicing Agreement), the trust collection account (the “Trust Collection Account”). The Trust Collection Account shall be established and maintained as an Eligible Deposit Account, and, subject to provisions of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, bearing a designation clearly indicating that, subject to Section 5.01(b), the funds deposited therein are held by the Trust for the benefit of the Certificateholders, in each case in accordance with Section 5.01 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
     Subject to Section 5.01(b), the Owner Trustee shall possess all right, title and interest in all funds on deposit from time to time in the Trust Collection Account and in all proceeds thereof (other than any net investment earnings on Eligible Investments held therein). Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Trust Collection Account shall be under the sole dominion and control of the Owner Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders. If, at any time, the Trust Collection Account ceases to be an Eligible Deposit Account, the Owner Trustee (or the Administrator on behalf of the Owner Trustee, if the Trust Collection Account is not then held by the Owner Trustee or an affiliate thereof) shall within 10 Business Days establish a new equivalent Eligible Deposit Account and shall transfer any cash and/or any investments to such new account.
     (b) Concurrently with the execution and delivery of the Indenture, the Servicer will establish and maintain, or shall cause to be established and maintained, at the direction of the Depositor, the Collection Account in the name of and under the control of the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Securityholders in accordance with Section 5.01 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement. The Indenture Trustee will be obligated to transfer back to the Owner Trustee, for the benefit of the Certificateholders, all funds or investments held in the Collection Account on the Distribution Date on which the Notes of all Classes have been paid in full or the Indenture is otherwise terminated (excluding any amounts to be retained for distribution in respect of Notes that are not promptly delivered for payment on such Distribution Date), and to take all necessary or appropriate actions to transfer all right, title and interest of the Indenture Trustee in such funds or investments and all proceeds thereof to the Owner Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders, which amounts the Owner Trustee shall deposit into the Trust Collection Account.
     (c) Concurrently with the execution and delivery of the Indenture, the Owner Trustee shall establish and maintain the Yield Supplement Account in the name of and under the control of the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Noteholders in accordance with paragraph 2 of the Yield Supplement Agreement, Section 5.08 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, and Section
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8.02(a) of the Indenture. On each Distribution Date, the Indenture Trustee will be obligated to apply amounts on deposit in the Yield Supplement Account in accordance with the terms of the Sale and Servicing Agreement and the Indenture. The Indenture Trustee will be obligated to transfer back to the Owner Trustee, for the benefit of the Certificateholders, all funds or investments held in the Yield Supplement Account on the Distribution Date on which the Notes of all Classes have been paid in full or the Indenture is otherwise terminated (excluding any amounts to be retained for distribution in respect of Notes that are not promptly delivered for payment on such Distribution Date), and to take all necessary or appropriate actions to transfer all right, title and interest of the Indenture Trustee in such funds or investments and all proceeds thereof to the Owner Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders, which amounts the Owner Trustee shall deposit into the Trust Collection Account.
     SECTION 5.02 Application of Amounts in Trust Accounts.
     (a) For so long as any Notes are outstanding, on each Distribution Date, the Indenture Trustee will distribute to Certificateholders, on a pro rata basis, the amounts distributable thereto pursuant to Section 5.06 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement and Section 3.01 of the Indenture. From and after the date on which the Notes of all Classes have been paid in full, on each Distribution Date, the Owner Trustee shall distribute to the Certificateholders amounts on deposit in the Trust Collection Account that are distributable to the Certificateholders in accordance with the instructions of the Servicer pursuant to Section 5.06 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement. Upon the release from the Lien of the Indenture of amounts on deposit in the Collection Account or any other portion of the Owner Trust Estate, the Owner Trustee will cause such property to be properly deposited into the Trust Collection Account under the control of the Owner Trustee pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or distributed to the Certificateholders in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, as the case may be.
     (b) On each Distribution Date, the Owner Trustee shall send to each Certificateholder the statement provided to the Owner Trustee by the Servicer pursuant to Section 5.09 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement with respect to such Distribution Date.
     (c) In the event that any withholding tax is imposed on the Trust’s payment (or allocations of income) to a Certificateholder, such tax shall reduce the amount otherwise distributable to the Certificateholder in accordance with this Section. The Owner Trustee is hereby authorized and directed to retain from amounts otherwise distributable to the Certificateholders sufficient funds for the payment of any tax that is legally owed by the Trust (but such authorization shall not prevent the Owner Trustee from contesting any such tax in appropriate proceedings, and withholding payment of such tax, if permitted by law, pending the outcome of such proceedings). The amount of any withholding tax imposed with respect to a Certificateholder shall be treated as cash distributed to such Certificateholder at the time it is withheld by the Trust and remitted to the appropriate taxing authority. If there is a possibility that withholding tax is payable with respect to any distribution (such as any distribution to a Non-U.S. Person), the Owner Trustee may in its sole discretion withhold such amounts in accordance with this paragraph (c). In the event that a Certificateholder wishes to apply for a refund of any such withholding tax, the Owner Trustee shall reasonably cooperate with such Certificateholder in making such claim so long as such Certificateholder agrees to reimburse the Owner Trustee for any out-of-pocket expenses incurred.
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     (d) The Trust may, from time to time, at its option, and as directed by the Certificateholders pursuant to Section 6.03 of this Agreement and as provided in Section 5.11 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, enter into a currency Swap Agreement with a Swap Counterparty to swap amounts payable to Certificateholders from U.S. dollars to Japanese yen; provided, that (1) at the time the Trust enters into the Swap Agreement, the Rating Agencies have confirmed the then-existing ratings of the Notes, and (2) any payments to the Swap Counterparty (including termination payments) are payable only from amounts that are otherwise payable to the Certificateholders. If the Certificateholders notify the Administrator with respect to the Trust’s election to enter into such a Swap Agreement, the Administrator will prepare all necessary and appropriate documentation and take all of the necessary and appropriate actions to cause the Issuer to enter into such a Swap Agreement on behalf of the Trust. Any payments received by the Issuer from the Swap Counterparty under such a Swap Agreement shall not be deposited in the Collection Account and shall be paid by the Indenture Trustee directly to or to the order of the Certificateholders on the related Distribution Date.
     SECTION 5.03 Method of Payment. Subject to Section 9.01(c), distributions required to be made to Certificateholders on any Distribution Date shall be made to each Certificateholder of record on the related Record Date either by check mailed to such Certificateholder at the address of such holder appearing in the Certificate Register or by wire transfer, in immediately available funds, to the account of any Certificateholder at a bank or other entity having appropriate facilities therefor, if such Certificateholder shall have provided to the Certificate Registrar appropriate written instructions at least five Business Days prior to such Distribution Date.
     SECTION 5.04 Accounting and Reports to the Noteholders, Certificateholders, the Internal Revenue Service and Others. The Administrator on behalf of the Trust shall (a) maintain (or cause to be maintained) the books of the Trust on a fiscal year basis or a calendar basis on the accrual method of accounting, (b) deliver to each Certificateholder, as may be required by the Code and applicable Treasury Regulations, such information as may be required (excluding Schedule K-1) to enable each Certificateholder to prepare its federal and state income tax returns, (c) file any tax and information returns, and fulfill any other reporting requirements, relating to the Trust, as may be required by the Code and applicable Treasury Regulations (including Treasury Regulation Section 1.6049-7), (d) for any period during which the beneficial ownership interests in the Trust are held by more than one Person, make such elections as may from time to time be required or appropriate under any applicable state or federal statute or rule or regulation thereunder so as to maintain the Trust’s characterization as a partnership for federal income tax purposes, (e) cause such tax returns to be signed in the manner required by law, and (f) collect or cause to be collected any withholding tax as described in and in accordance with Section 5.02(c) with respect to income or distributions to Certificateholders. The Administrator on behalf of the Trust shall elect under Section 1278 of the Code to include in income currently any market discount that accrues with respect to the Receivables. The Administrator on behalf of the Trust shall not make the election provided under Section 754 of the Code. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary stated herein, the Owner Trustee shall be exclusively responsible for the mailing of the Schedule K-1’s necessary to enable each Certificateholder to prepare its federal and state income returns.
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     SECTION 5.05 Signature on Returns; Tax Matter Partner.
     (a) The Administrator on behalf of the Trust shall sign on behalf of the Trust the tax returns of the Trust, unless applicable law requires a Certificateholder to sign such documents, in which case such documents shall be signed by the Administrator, pursuant to the power-of-attorney granted thereto pursuant to Section 2.04.
     (b) For any period during which the beneficial ownership interests of the Trust are held by more than one Person, the Certificateholder holding Certificates evidencing the largest portion of the Original Certificate Balance shall be designated the “tax matters partner” of the Trust pursuant to Section 6231(a)(7)(A) of the Code and applicable Treasury Regulations, but hereby delegates its powers and duties as such to the Administrator pursuant to the power-of-attorney granted thereto pursuant to Section 2.04.
     SECTION 5.06 Duties of Depositor on Behalf of Trust. On behalf of the Trust, the Depositor shall prepare and, after execution by the Trust and the Indenture Trustee, file with the Securities and Exchange Commission and any applicable state agencies documents required to be filed on a periodic basis with the Securities and Exchange Commission and any applicable state agencies (including any summaries thereof required by rules and regulations prescribed thereby), and transmitting of such summaries to the Noteholders, pursuant to Section 7.03 of the Indenture.
ARTICLE VI
Authority and Duties of Owner Trustee
     SECTION 6.01 General Authority. The Owner Trustee is authorized and directed to execute and deliver the Basic Documents to which the Trust is to be a party and each certificate or other document attached as an exhibit to or contemplated by the Basic Documents to which the Trust is to be a party and any amendment thereto, and, on behalf of the Trust, to direct the Indenture Trustee to authenticate and deliver Class A-1 Notes in the aggregate principal amount of $                    , Class A-2 Notes in the aggregate principal amount of $                    , Class A-3 Notes in the aggregate principal amount of $                    , and Class A-4 Notes in the aggregate principal amount of $                    . In addition to the foregoing, the Owner Trustee is authorized, but shall not be obligated, to take all actions required of the Trust, pursuant to the Basic Documents.
     SECTION 6.02 General Duties. It shall be the duty of the Owner Trustee to discharge (or cause to be discharged) all of its responsibilities pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and the Basic Documents to which the Trust is a party and to administer the Trust in accordance with the provisions hereof and of the Basic Documents and in the interest of the Certificateholders. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Owner Trustee shall be deemed to have discharged its duties and responsibilities hereunder and under the Basic Documents to the extent the Administrator
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has agreed in the Administration Agreement to perform any act or to discharge any duty of the Owner Trustee hereunder or under any Basic Document, and the Owner Trustee shall not be held liable for the default or failure of the Administrator to carry out such obligations or fulfill such duties under the Administration Agreement.
     SECTION 6.03 Duties of the Owner Trustee.
     (a) Subject to Article IV and in accordance with the terms of the Basic Documents, the Certificateholders may by written instruction direct the Owner Trustee in the management of the Trust. Such direction may be exercised at any time by written instruction of the Certificateholders pursuant to Article IV. The Owner Trustee accepts the trusts hereby created and agrees to perform its duties hereunder with respect to such trusts but only upon the terms of this Agreement. The Owner Trustee, upon receipt of all resolutions, certificates, statements, opinions, reports, documents, orders or other instruments furnished to the Owner Trustee that shall be specifically required to be furnished pursuant to any provision of this Agreement, shall examine them to determine whether they conform on their face to the requirements of this Agreement.
     (b) No provision of this Agreement shall be construed to relieve the Owner Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, its own bad faith or its own willful misfeasance; provided, however, that:
     (i) the duties and obligations of the Owner Trustee shall be determined solely by the express provisions of this Agreement, the Owner Trustee shall not be liable except for the performance of such duties and obligations as are specifically set forth in this Agreement, no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Agreement against the Owner Trustee, the permissive right of the Owner Trustee to do things enumerated in this Agreement shall not be construed as a duty and, in the absence of bad faith on the part of the Owner Trustee, the Owner Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon any certificates or opinions furnished to the Owner Trustee and conforming on their face to the requirements of this Agreement;
     (ii) the Owner Trustee shall not be personally liable for an error of judgment made in good faith by a Trust Officer, unless it shall be proved that the Owner Trustee was negligent in performing its duties in accordance with the terms of this Agreement; and
     (iii) the Owner Trustee shall not be personally liable with respect to any action taken, suffered or omitted to be taken in good faith in accordance with the direction of the Holders of the Certificates representing at least a majority of the Certificate Balance (or such larger or smaller percentage of the Certificate Balance as may be required by any other provision of this Agreement or the other Basic Documents), the Servicer, the Administrator or the Indenture Trustee.
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     (c) The Owner Trustee shall not be required to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur financial liability in the performance of any of its duties under this Agreement, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if there shall be reasonable grounds for believing that the repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it.
     (d) All information obtained by the Owner Trustee regarding the Obligors and the Receivables contained in the Trust, whether upon the exercise of its rights under this Agreement or otherwise, shall be maintained by the Owner Trustee in confidence and shall not be disclosed to any other Person, unless such disclosure is required by any applicable law or regulation or pursuant to subpoena or is required to be made to regulators, auditors or other governmental authorities.
     (e) Pursuant to Section 3.02 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, in the event that the Owner Trustee discovers that a representation or warranty made by the Seller pursuant to Section 3.01 or 6.01 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement with respect to a Receivable was incorrect as of the time specified with respect to such representation and warranty and such incorrectness materially and adversely affects the interests of any Securityholder in such Receivable, the Owner Trustee shall give prompt written notice to the Servicer, the Depositor and the Indenture Trustee of such incorrectness. Pursuant to Section 4.06 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, if the Owner Trustee discovers that any covenant of the Servicer set forth in the second sentence of Section 4.01 or Section 4.02, 4.04 or 4.05 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement has been breached by the Servicer, the Owner Trustee shall give prompt written notice to the Servicer, the Depositor and the Indenture Trustee of such breach.
     SECTION 6.04 No Duties Except as Specified in this Agreement or in Instructions. The Owner Trustee shall not have any duty or obligation to manage, make any payment with respect to, register, record, sell, dispose of, or otherwise deal with the Owner Trust Estate, or to otherwise take or refrain from taking any action under, or in connection with, any Basic Document to which the Owner Trustee is a party or otherwise contemplated hereby, except as expressly provided by the terms of this Agreement, any Basic Document to which the Trust is a party or in any document or written instruction received by the Owner Trustee pursuant to Section 6.03. No implied duties or obligations shall be read into this Agreement or any Basic Document against the Owner Trustee. The Owner Trustee shall have no responsibility for filing any financing or continuation statement in any public office at any time or otherwise to perfect or maintain the perfection of any security interest or lien granted to it hereunder or to prepare or file any Securities and Exchange Commission filing for the Trust or to record this Agreement or any Basic Document. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any Basic Document, the Owner Trustee shall not be required to execute, deliver or certify on behalf of the Trust or any other Person any filings, certificates, affidavits or other instruments required under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, to the extent permitted by applicable law. The Owner Trustee nevertheless agrees that it will, at its own cost and expense, promptly take all action as may be necessary to discharge any liens on any part of the Owner Trust Estate that result from actions by, or claims against, the Owner Trustee that are not related to the ownership or the administration of the Owner Trust Estate.
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     SECTION 6.05 No Action Except Under Specified Documents or Instructions. The Owner Trustee shall not manage, control, use, sell, dispose of or otherwise deal with any part of the Owner Trust Estate except (i) in accordance with the powers granted to and the authority conferred upon the Owner Trustee pursuant to this Agreement, (ii) in accordance with the Basic Documents and (iii) in accordance with any document or instruction delivered to the Owner Trustee pursuant to Section 6.03.
     SECTION 6.06 Restrictions. The Owner Trustee shall not take any action (a) that is inconsistent with the purposes of the Trust set forth in Section 2.03 or (b) that, to the actual knowledge of a Trust Officer of the Owner Trustee, (x) would result in the Trust’s becoming taxable as a corporation for federal income tax purposes or (y) affect the treatment of the Notes as indebtedness for federal or state income purpose. The Certificateholders shall not have the authority to and, by acceptance of an ownership interest in any Certificate shall thereby be deemed to have covenanted not to, direct the Owner Trustee to take any action that would violate the provisions of this Section.
ARTICLE VII
Concerning the Owner Trustee
     SECTION 7.01 Rights of the Owner Trustee. Except as otherwise provided in Article VI:
     (a) in accordance with Section 7.04, the Owner Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, Officer’s Certificate, certificate of an authorized signatory, certificate of auditors or any other certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, appraisal, bond or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties;
     (b) the Owner Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in accordance with the instructions of the Administrator, as provided in the Administration Agreement, the Servicer or the Indenture Trustee, or the Certificateholders, as provided herein;
     (c) the Owner Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Agreement or the Sale and Servicing Agreement, or to institute, conduct or defend any litigation under this Agreement, or in relation to this Agreement or the Sale and Servicing Agreement, at the request, order or direction of any of the Securityholders pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement or the Sale and Servicing Agreement, unless such Securityholders shall have offered to the Owner Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities that may be incurred therein or thereby;
     (d) under no circumstances shall the Owner Trustee be liable for indebtedness evidenced by or arising under any of the Basic Documents, including the principal of and interest on the Notes;
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     (e) the Owner Trustee shall not be bound to recalculate, reverify, or make any investigation into the facts of matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, approval, bond or other paper or document, unless requested in writing to do so by Holders of Certificates representing not less than 25% of the Certificate Balance; provided, however, that if the payment within a reasonable time to the Owner Trustee of the costs, expenses or liabilities likely to be incurred by it in the making of such investigation is, in the opinion of the Owner Trustee, not reasonably assured to the Owner Trustee by the security afforded to it by the terms of this Agreement, the Owner Trustee may require reasonable indemnity against such cost, expense or liability as a condition to so proceeding; the reasonable expense of every such examination shall be paid by the Administrator or, if paid by the Owner Trustee, shall be reimbursed by the Administrator upon demand; and nothing in this clause shall derogate from the obligation of the Servicer to observe any applicable law prohibiting disclosure of information regarding the Obligors; and
     (f) the Owner Trustee shall not be liable for the default or misconduct of the Administrator, the Servicer, the Depositor or the Indenture Trustee under any of the Basic Documents or otherwise, and the Owner Trustee shall have no obligation or liability to perform the obligations of the Trust or any other Person (including the Owner Trustee) under the Basic Documents that are required to be performed by the Administrator under the Administration Agreement, the Indenture Trustee under the Indenture or the Servicer under the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
     SECTION 7.02 Furnishing of Documents. The Owner Trustee shall furnish to the Certificateholders promptly upon receipt of a written request therefor, duplicates or copies of all reports, notices, requests, demands, certificates, financial statements and any other instruments furnished to the Owner Trustee under the Basic Documents.
     SECTION 7.03 Representations and Warranties. The Owner Trustee hereby represents and warrants to the Depositor and for the benefit of the Certificateholders, that:
     (a) It is a banking corporation duly organized and validly existing in good standing under the laws of Delaware. It has full power, right and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement and each other Basic Document.
     (b) It has taken all corporate action necessary to authorize the execution and delivery of this Agreement and each other Basic Document, and this Agreement and each other Basic Document has been executed and delivered by one of its officers duly authorized to execute and deliver this Agreement and each other Basic Document on its behalf.
     (c) This Agreement constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Owner Trustee, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms except as the enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of equity.
     (d) It is authorized to exercise trust powers in the State of Delaware as and to the extent contemplated herein or has appointed a Delaware trustee that is so authorized and it has a principal place of business in the State of Delaware or has appointed a Delaware trustee that has such a principal place of business.
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     (e) Neither the execution nor the delivery by it of this Agreement nor the consummation by the Owner Trustee of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby nor compliance by it with any of the terms or provisions hereof or thereof will contravene any federal or Delaware law, governmental rule or regulation governing the banking or trust powers of the Owner Trustee or any judgment or order binding on it, or constitute any default under its charter documents or by-laws or any indenture, mortgage, contract, agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which any of its properties may be bound.
     SECTION 7.04 Reliance; Advice of Counsel.
     (a) The Owner Trustee shall incur no liability to anyone in acting upon any signature, instrument, notice, resolution, request, consent, order, certificate, report, opinion, bond, or other document or paper believed by it to be genuine and believed by it to be signed by the proper party or parties. The Owner Trustee may accept a certified copy of a resolution of the board of directors or other governing body of any corporate party as conclusive evidence that such resolution has been duly adopted by such body and that the same is in full force and effect. As to any fact or matter the method of the determination of which is not specifically prescribed herein, the Owner Trustee may for all purposes hereof rely on a certificate, signed by the president or any vice president or by the treasurer or other authorized officers or agents of the relevant party, as to such fact or matter and such certificate shall constitute full protection to the Owner Trustee for any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in reliance thereon.
     (b) In the exercise or administration of the trusts hereunder and in the performance of its duties and obligations under the Basic Documents, the Owner Trustee (i) may act directly or through its agents or attorneys pursuant to agreements entered into with any of them, and the Owner Trustee shall not be liable for the conduct or misconduct of such agents or attorneys if such agents or attorneys shall have been selected by the Owner Trustee with reasonable care, and (ii) may consult with counsel, accountants and other skilled persons to be selected with reasonable care and employed by it. The Owner Trustee shall not be liable for anything done, suffered or omitted in good faith by it in accordance with the opinion or advice of any such counsel, accountants or other such persons and not, to the actual knowledge of the Owner Trustee, contrary to this Agreement or any Basic Document.
     SECTION 7.05 Not Acting in Individual Capacity. In accepting the trusts hereby created, Wilmington Trust Company acts solely as Owner Trustee hereunder and not in its individual capacity. Except with respect to a claim based on the Owner Trustee’s willful misconduct, bad faith or negligence, no recourse shall be had for any claim based on any provision of this Agreement, the Notes or Certificates, or based on rights obtained through the assignment of any of the foregoing, against the institution serving as the Owner Trustee in its individual capacity. The Owner Trustee shall not have any personal obligation, liability or duty whatsoever to any Securityholder or any other Person with respect to any such claim, and any such claim shall be asserted solely against the Trust or any indemnitor who shall furnish indemnity as provided in this Indenture.
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     SECTION 7.06 Owner Trustee Not Liable for Certificates or Receivables. The Owner Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Agreement or of the Certificates or of the Notes (other than the execution by the Owner Trustee on behalf of the Trust of, and the certificate of authentication on, the Certificates). The Owner Trustee shall have no obligation to perform any of the duties of the Servicer or Administrator.
     The Owner Trustee shall at no time have any responsibility or liability for or with respect to the legality, validity and enforceability of the Certificates, the Notes or any Receivable, any ownership interest in any Financed Vehicle, or the maintenance of any such ownership interest, or for or with respect to the efficacy of the Trust or its ability to generate the payments to be distributed to Securityholders under this Agreement and the Indenture, including without limitation the validity of the assignment of the Receivables to the Trust or of any intervening assignment; the existence, condition, location and ownership of any Receivable or Financed Vehicle; the existence and enforceability of any physical damage or credit life or credit disability insurance; the existence and contents of any retail installment sales contract or any computer or other record thereof; the completeness of any retail installment sales contract; the performance or enforcement of any retail installment sales contract; the compliance by the Trust with any covenant or the breach by the Trust of any warranty or representation made under this Agreement or in any related document and the accuracy of any such warranty or representation prior to the Owner Trustee’s receipt of notice or other discovery of any noncompliance therewith or any breach thereof; the acts or omissions of the Trust or the Servicer; or any action by the Owner Trustee taken at the instruction of the Certificateholders, provided, however, that the foregoing shall not relieve the Owner Trustee of its obligation to perform its duties under this Agreement.
     The Owner Trustee shall not be accountable for the use or application by the Issuer of any of the Certificates or of the proceeds of such Certificates, of any of the Notes or of the proceeds of such Notes, or for the use or application of any funds paid to the Servicer in respect of the Certificates.
     SECTION 7.07 Owner Trustee May Own Certificates and Notes. The Owner Trustee in its individual or any other capacity (but not in its fiduciary capacity) may become the owner or pledgee of Certificates or Notes and may deal with the Depositor, the Administrator, the Indenture Trustee and the Servicer in banking or other transactions with the same rights as it would have if it were not Owner Trustee.
     SECTION 7.08 Sales Finance Licenses. The Owner Trustee shall cause the Trust to use its best efforts to maintain the effectiveness of all licenses required to be held by the Trust under the laws of any jurisdiction in connection with ownership of the Receivables or the terms set forth in this Agreement and the Basic Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby until such time as the Trust shall terminate in accordance with the terms hereof.
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ARTICLE VIII
Compensation of Owner Trustee
     SECTION 8.01 Owner Trustee’s Fees and Expenses. The Depositor shall pay or shall cause the Servicer to pay to the Owner Trustee from time to time compensation for its services as have been separately agreed upon before the date hereof. The Depositor shall reimburse the Owner Trustee for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred or made by it, including costs of collection, in addition to the compensation for its services. Such expenses shall include the reasonable compensation and expenses, disbursements and advances of the Owner Trustee’s agents, counsel, accountants and experts directly related to its services hereunder (“Expenses”).
     SECTION 8.02 Indemnification. The Depositor shall cause the Servicer or the Administrator to indemnify the Owner Trustee against any and all loss, liability, claim, tort, penalty or Expense (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) of any kind or nature whatsoever incurred by it in connection with the administration of the Trust and the performance of its duties hereunder. The Owner Trustee shall notify the Administrator and the Servicer promptly of any claim for which it may seek indemnity. Failure by the Owner Trustee to so notify the Administrator and the Servicer shall not relieve the Depositor or the Administrator or the Servicer of its obligations hereunder, except to the extent such failure shall adversely affect the Depositor’s or the Administrator’s or the Servicer’s defenses in respect thereof. In case any such action is brought against the Owner Trustee under this Section 8.02 and it notifies the Administrator of the commencement thereof, the Administrator will assume the defense thereof, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Owner Trustee (who may, unless there is, as evidenced by an opinion of counsel to the Owner Trustee stating that there is a conflict of interest, be counsel to the Administrator), and the Administrator will not be liable to the Owner Trustee under this Section for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by the Owner Trustee in connection with the defense thereof, other than reasonable costs of investigation. Neither the Depositor nor the Administrator nor the Servicer need reimburse any expense or indemnify against any loss, liability or expense incurred by the Owner Trustee through the Owner Trustee’s own willful misconduct, negligence or bad faith. The Owner Trustee’s rights under this Article VIII shall survive the termination of this Agreement or the resignation or removal of the Owner Trustee. The Depositor will not be entitled to make any claim upon the Owner Trust Estate for the payment of any liabilities or indemnified expenses in relation to Depositor’s payment or indemnification of expenses incurred by Owner Trustee in the performance of its duties hereunder.
     SECTION 8.03 Payments to the Owner Trustee. Any amounts paid to the Owner Trustee pursuant to this Article VIII from assets in the Owner Trust Estate shall be deemed not to be a part of the Owner Trust Estate immediately after such payment.
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ARTICLE IX
Termination of Trust Agreement
     SECTION 9.01 Termination of Trust Agreement.
     (a) This Agreement (other than Article VIII) shall terminate and the Trust shall dissolve and be wound up in accordance with Section 3808 of the Statutory Trust Act, upon the earliest of (i) the maturity or other liquidation of the last Receivable (or other asset) in the Owner Trust Estate and the final distribution of all moneys or other property or proceeds of the Owner Trust Estate in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, the Indenture and the Sale and Servicing Agreement (including, but not limited to, any property and proceeds to be deposited in the Collection Account pursuant to the terms of the Sale and Servicing Agreement or to be released by the Indenture Trustee from the Lien of the Indenture pursuant to the terms of the Indenture), and (ii) the election by the Servicer to purchase the corpus of the Trust pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement and the payment or distribution to all Securityholders of all amounts required to be paid to them under the Indenture and this Agreement. The bankruptcy, liquidation, dissolution, death or incapacity of any Certificateholder shall not (x) operate to terminate this Agreement or the Trust, nor (y) entitle such Certificateholder’s legal representatives or heirs to claim an accounting or to take any action or proceeding in any court for a partition or winding up of all or any part of the Trust or Owner Trust Estate, nor (z) otherwise affect the rights, obligations and liabilities of the parties hereto.
     (b) Except as provided in Section 9.01(a), neither the Depositor nor any Certificateholder shall be entitled to revoke or terminate the Trust.
     (c) Notice of any termination of the Trust, specifying the Distribution Date upon which the Certificateholders shall surrender their Certificates to the Paying Agent for payment of the final distributions and cancellation, shall be given by the Owner Trustee to the Certificateholders mailed within five Business Days of receipt of notice of such termination from the Servicer given pursuant to Section 10.03 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, stating (i) the Distribution Date upon or with respect to which final payment of the Certificates shall be made upon presentation and surrender of the Certificates at the office of the Paying Agent therein designated, (ii) the amount of any such final payment and (iii) that payment to be made on such Distribution Date will be made only upon presentation and surrender of the Certificates at the office of the Paying Agent therein specified. The Owner Trustee shall give such notice to the Certificate Registrar (if other than the Owner Trustee) and the Paying Agent (if other than the Owner Trustee) at the time such notice is given to Certificateholders. Upon presentation and surrender of the Certificates, the Paying Agent shall cause to be distributed to Certificateholders amounts distributable on such Distribution Date pursuant to Section 5.02.
     In the event that one or more of the Certificateholders shall not surrender their Certificates for cancellation within six months after the date specified in the above-mentioned written notice, the Owner Trustee shall give a second written notice to the remaining Certificateholders to surrender their Certificates for cancellation and receive the final distribution
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with respect thereto. If within one year after the second notice all the Certificates shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Owner Trustee may take appropriate steps, or may appoint an agent to take appropriate steps, to contact the remaining Certificateholders concerning surrender of their Certificates, and the cost thereof shall be paid out of the funds and other assets that shall remain subject to this Agreement. Any funds remaining in the Trust after exhaustion of such remedies shall be distributed by the Owner Trustee to the Depositor.
     (d) Upon the winding up of the Trust and its termination, the Owner Trustee shall cause the Certificate of Trust to be cancelled by filing a certificate of cancellation with the Secretary of State in accordance with the provisions of Section 3810 of the Statutory Trust Act.
ARTICLE X
Successor Owner Trustees and Additional Owner Trustees
     SECTION 10.01 Eligibility Requirements for Owner Trustee. The Owner Trustee shall at all times be an entity having a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 and be subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authorities and be authorized to exercise trust powers in the State of Delaware. If such entity shall publish reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of the aforesaid supervising or examining authority, then for the purpose of this Section 10.01, the combined capital and surplus of such corporation shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. In case at any time the Owner Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, the Owner Trustee shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in Section 10.02.
     SECTION 10.02 Resignation or Removal of Owner Trustee. The Owner Trustee may at any time resign and be discharged from the trusts hereby created by giving written notice thereof to the Depositor, the Servicer and the Indenture Trustee. If for any reason, Wilmington Trust Company or any of its Affiliates should assume the duties of the Indenture Trustee, then from that time forward Wilmington Trust Company, in its capacity as Owner Trustee, shall resign as Owner Trustee hereunder if any Event of Default under the Indenture occurs and is necessary to eliminate any conflict of interest under the TIA with the Indenture Trustee or any other trustee under the Indenture. Upon receiving such notice of resignation, the Servicer shall promptly appoint a successor Owner Trustee by written instrument, in duplicate, one copy of which shall be delivered to each of the resigning Owner Trustee and the successor Owner Trustee. If no successor Owner Trustee shall have been so appointed or shall not have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Owner Trustee may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Owner Trustee.
     If at any time the Owner Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of Section 10.01 and shall fail to resign promptly, or if at any time the Owner Trustee shall be legally unable to act, or shall be adjudged bankrupt or insolvent, or a receiver of the Owner Trustee or of its property shall be appointed, or any public officer shall take charge or control of the Owner Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation,
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conservation or liquidation, then the Administrator may remove the Owner Trustee by written instrument to such effect delivered to the Owner Trustee, the Depositor and the Indenture Trustee. If the Administrator shall remove the Owner Trustee under the authority of the immediately preceding sentence, the Servicer shall promptly appoint a successor Owner Trustee by written instrument in duplicate, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to each of the outgoing Owner Trustee so removed and the successor Owner Trustee, and pay all fees, expenses and other compensation owed to the outgoing Owner Trustee.
     Any resignation or removal of the Owner Trustee and appointment of a successor Owner Trustee pursuant to any of the provisions of this Section shall not become effective until acceptance of appointment by the successor Owner Trustee pursuant to Section 10.03 and payment of all fees and expenses owed to the outgoing Owner Trustee. The Administrator shall provide notice of such resignation or removal of the Owner Trustee to each of the Rating Agencies.
     SECTION 10.03 Successor Owner Trustee. Any successor Owner Trustee appointed pursuant to Section 10.02 shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Administrator and to its predecessor Owner Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment under this Agreement, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the predecessor Owner Trustee shall become effective and such successor Owner Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become fully vested with all the rights, powers, duties, and obligations of its predecessor under this Agreement, with like effect as if originally named as Owner Trustee. The predecessor Owner Trustee shall upon payment of its fees and expenses deliver to the successor Owner Trustee all documents and statements and monies held by it under this Agreement; and the Administrator and the predecessor Owner Trustee shall execute and deliver such instruments and do such other things as may reasonably be required for fully and certainly vesting and confirming in the successor Owner Trustee all such rights, powers, duties, and obligations.
     No successor Owner Trustee shall accept appointment as provided in this Section unless at the time of such acceptance such successor Owner Trustee shall meet the criteria for eligibility set forth in Section 10.01.
     Upon acceptance of appointment by a successor Owner Trustee pursuant to this Section, the Administrator shall mail notice of the successor of the Owner Trustee to all Certificateholders, the Indenture Trustee, all Noteholders and the Rating Agencies. If the Administrator fails to mail such notice within 10 days after acceptance of appointment by the successor Owner Trustee, the successor Owner Trustee shall cause such notice to be mailed at the expense of the Administrator.
     SECTION 10.04 Merger or Consolidation of Owner Trustee. Any corporation into which the Owner Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Owner Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust business of the Owner Trustee, shall be the successor of the Owner Trustee hereunder, provided such corporation shall be eligible pursuant to Section 10.01, without the execution or filing of any instrument or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto, anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding; provided, further, that the Owner Trustee shall mail notice of such merger or consolidation to the Rating Agencies.
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     SECTION 10.05 Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, at any time, for the purpose of meeting any legal requirements of any jurisdiction in which any part of the Owner Trust Estate or any Financed Vehicle may at the time be located, the Administrator and the Owner Trustee acting jointly shall have the power and shall execute and deliver all instruments to appoint one or more Persons approved by the Owner Trustee to act as co-trustee, jointly with the Owner Trustee, or separate trustee or separate trustees, of all or any part of the Owner Trust Estate, and to vest in such Person, in such capacity, such title to the Trust, or any part thereof, and, subject to the other provisions of this Section, such powers, duties, obligations, rights and trusts as the Administrator and the Owner Trustee may consider necessary or desirable. If the Administrator shall not have joined in such appointment within 25 days after the receipt by it of a request so to do, the Owner Trustee alone shall have the power to make such appointment. No co-trustee or separate trustee under this Agreement shall be required to meet the terms of eligibility as a trustee pursuant to Section 10.01 and no notice of the appointment of any co-trustee or separate trustee shall be required pursuant to Section 10.03.
     Each separate trustee and co-trustee shall, to the extent permitted by law, be appointed and act subject to the following provision and conditions:
     (i) all rights, powers, duties and obligations conferred or imposed upon the Owner Trustee shall be conferred upon and exercised or performed by the Owner Trustee and such separate trustee or co-trustee jointly (it being understood that such separate trustee or co-trustee is not authorized to act separately without the Owner Trustee joining in such act), except to the extent that under any law of any jurisdiction in which any particular act or acts are to be performed, the Owner Trustee shall be incompetent or unqualified to perform such act or acts, in which event such rights, powers, duties, and obligations (including the holding of title to the Trust or any portion thereof in any such jurisdiction) shall be exercised and performed singly by such separate trustee or co-trustee, but solely at the direction of the Owner Trustee;
     (ii) no trustee under this Agreement shall be personally liable by reason of any act or omission of any other trustee under this Agreement; and
     (iii) the Administrator and the Owner Trustee acting jointly may at any time accept the resignation of or remove any separate trustee or co-trustee.
     Any notice, request or other writing given to the Owner Trustee shall be deemed to have been given to each of the then separate trustees and co-trustees, as if given to each of them. Each separate trustee and co-trustee, upon its acceptance of the powers and duties conferred thereto under this Agreement, shall be vested with the estates or property specified in its instrument of appointment, either jointly with the Owner Trustee or separately, as may be provided therein, subject to all the provisions of this Agreement, specifically including every provision of this Agreement relating to the conduct of, affecting the liability of, or affording protection to, the Owner Trustee. Each such instrument shall be filed with the Owner Trustee and a copy thereof given to the Administrator.
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     Any separate trustee or co-trustee may at any time appoint the Owner Trustee as its agent or attorney-in-fact with full power and authority, to the extent not prohibited by law, to do any lawful act under or in respect, of this Agreement on its behalf and in its name. If any separate trustee or co-trustee shall die, become incapable of acting, resign or be removed, all of its estates, properties, rights, remedies and trusts shall vest in and be exercised by the Owner Trustee, to the extent permitted by law, without the appointment of a new or successor trustee.
ARTICLE XI
Miscellaneous
     SECTION 11.01 Supplements and Amendments. This Agreement may be amended by the Depositor and the Owner Trustee, with prior written notice to the Rating Agencies, without the consent of any of the Noteholders or the Certificateholders, to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provisions in this Agreement or for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions in this Agreement or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Noteholders or the Certificateholders; provided, however, that such action shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Noteholder or Certificateholder.
     This Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the Depositor and the Owner Trustee, with prior written notice to the Rating Agencies, with the consent of the Holders of the Notes evidencing not less than a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes (excluding for such purpose Notes owned by NARC II, NMAC or any of their Affiliates unless at such time all Notes are then owned by NARC II, NMAC and their Affiliates) or if all of the Notes have been paid in full, the Holders of the Certificates evidencing not less than a majority of the Certificate Balance (excluding for such purpose Certificates owned by NARC II, NMAC or any of their Affiliates unless at such time all Certificates are then owned by NARC II, NMAC and their Affiliates) for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Agreement or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Noteholders or the Certificateholders; provided, however, that no such amendment shall (a) increase or reduce in any manner the amount of, or accelerate or delay the timing of, collections of payments on Receivables or distributions that shall be required to be made for the benefit of the Noteholders or the Certificateholders or (b) reduce the aforesaid percentage of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes and the Certificate Balance required to consent to any such amendment, without the consent of the Holders of all the affected Notes and Certificates.
     Promptly after the execution of any such amendment or consent, the Owner Trustee shall furnish written notification of the substance of such amendment or consent to each Certificateholder, the Indenture Trustee and each of the Rating Agencies.
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     It shall not be necessary for the consent of Certificateholders, the Noteholders or the Indenture Trustee pursuant to this Section to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment or consent, but it shall be sufficient if such consent shall approve the substance thereof. The manner of obtaining such consents (and any other consents of Certificateholders provided for in this Agreement or in any other Basic Document) and of evidencing the authorization of the execution thereof by Certificateholders shall be subject to such reasonable requirements as the Owner Trustee may prescribe.
     Promptly after the execution of any amendment to the Certificate of Trust, the Owner Trustee shall cause the filing of such amendment with the Secretary of State.
     Prior to the execution of any amendment to this Agreement or the Certificate of Trust, the Owner Trustee shall be entitled to receive and rely upon an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such amendment is authorized or permitted by this Agreement. The Owner Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such amendment which affects the Owner Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Agreement or otherwise.
     SECTION 11.02 No Legal Title to Owner Trust Estate in Certificateholders. The Certificateholders shall not have legal title to any part of the Owner Trust Estate. The Certificateholders shall be entitled to receive distributions with respect to their undivided ownership interest therein only in accordance with Articles V and IX. No transfer, by operation of law or otherwise, of any right, title or interest of the Certificateholders to and in their ownership interest in the Owner Trust Estate shall operate to terminate this Agreement or the trusts hereunder or entitle any transferee to an accounting or to the transfer to it of legal title to any part of the Owner Trust Estate.
     SECTION 11.03 Limitations on Rights of Others. Except for Section 2.06, the provisions of this Agreement are solely for the benefit of the Owner Trustee, the Depositor, the Certificateholders, the Administrator and, to the extent expressly provided herein the Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders, and nothing in this Agreement (other than Section 2.06), whether express or implied, shall be construed to give to any other Person any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim in the Owner Trust Estate or under or in respect of this Agreement or any covenants, conditions or provisions contained herein.
     SECTION 11.04 Notices.
     (a) Unless otherwise expressly specified or permitted by the terms hereof, all notices shall be in writing and shall be deemed given upon receipt by the intended recipient or three Business Days after mailing if mailed by certified mail, postage prepaid (except that notice to the Owner Trustee shall be deemed given only upon actual receipt by the Owner Trustee), if to the Owner Trustee, addressed to the Corporate Trust Office; if to the Depositor, addressed to Nissan Auto Receivables Corporation II, P.O. Box 685001, Franklin, Tennessee 37068-5001, Attention: Treasurer; if, to the Trust, addressed to Nissan Auto Receivables ___ Owner Trust, c/o Wilmington Trust Company, Rodney Square North, 1100 North Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19890, Attention: Nissan Auto Receivables ___ Owner Trust, with a copy to Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation, BellSouth Tower, 333 Commerce Street, 10th Floor, B-10-C, Nashville, Tennessee 37201-1800, Attention: Treasurer; or, as to each party, at such other address as shall be designated by such party in a written notice to each other party.
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     (b) Any notice required or permitted to be given a Certificateholder shall be given by first-class mail, postage prepaid, at the address of such Holder as shown in the Certificate Register. Any notice so mailed within the time prescribed in this Agreement shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the Certificateholder receives such notice.
     SECTION 11.05 Severability. If any one or more of the covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of this Agreement shall be for any reason whatsoever held invalid or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, then such covenants, agreements, provisions or terms shall be deemed severable from the remaining covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of this Agreement and shall in no way affect the validity or enforceability of the other provisions of this Agreement or of the Certificates or the rights of the Holders thereof.
     SECTION 11.06 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed simultaneously in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, and all of which shall constitute but one and the same instrument.
     SECTION 11.07 Successors and Assigns. All covenants and agreements contained herein shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of, the Depositor, the Owner Trustee and its successors and each Certificateholder and its successors and permitted assigns, all as herein provided. Any request, notice, direction, consent, waiver or other instrument or action by a Certificateholder shall bind the successors and assigns of such Certificateholder.
     SECTION 11.08 No Petition. The Owner Trustee (not in its individual capacity but solely as Owner Trustee), by entering into this Agreement, hereby covenants and agrees, and each Certificateholder, by accepting a Certificate, and the Indenture Trustee and any Noteholder by accepting the benefits of this Agreement, are thereby deemed to covenant and agree that they will not at any time institute against the Depositor or the Trust, or join in any institution against the Depositor or the Trust of, any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings, or other proceedings under any federal or state bankruptcy or similar law. This Section 11.08 shall survive the termination of this Agreement or the termination of the Owner Trustee under this Agreement.
     SECTION 11.09 No Recourse. Each Certificateholder by accepting an interest in a Certificate acknowledges that such Certificates represent beneficial interests in the Trust only and do not represent interests in or obligations of the Depositor, NMAC (in any capacity), the Administrator, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee or any Affiliate thereof and no recourse may be had against such parties or their assets, except as may be expressly set forth or contemplated in the Certificates or the Basic Documents.
     SECTION 11.10 Headings. The headings of the various Articles and Sections herein are for convenience of reference only and shall not define or limit any of the terms or provisions hereof.
     SECTION 11.11 GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.
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     SECTION 11.12 NMAC Payment Obligation. The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that, pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Servicer shall be responsible for payment of the Administrator’s fees under the Administration Agreement and shall reimburse the Administrator for all expenses and liabilities of the Administrator incurred thereunder. In addition, the parties hereto acknowledge and agree that, pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Servicer shall be responsible for the payment of all fees and expenses of the Trust, the Owner Trustee (to the extent not paid by the Depositor or the Administrator) and the Indenture Trustee paid by any of them in connection with any of their obligations under the Basic Documents to obtain or maintain any license required to be held by the Trust under the laws of any jurisdiction in connection with ownership of the Receivables.
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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Trust Agreement to be duly executed by their respective officers hereunto duly authorized, as of the day and year first above written.
         
  NISSAN AUTO RECEIVABLES
CORPORATION II, as Depositor
 
 
  By:      
    Name:      
    Title:      
 
  WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,
not in its individual capacity but solely as Owner Trustee
 
 
  By:      
    Name:      
    Title:      
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EXHIBIT A
(FORM OF CERTIFICATE)
     THIS CERTIFICATE IS NON-TRANSFERABLE.
     THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN OBLIGATION OF OR AN INTEREST IN THE DEPOSITOR, THE OWNER TRUSTEE, THE SERVICER, THE ADMINISTRATOR, NMAC, NARC II, NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC. OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES, AND WILL NOT BE INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY ANY SUCH ENTITY OR BY ANY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY.
     EACH PURCHASER AND TRANSFEREE OF THIS CERTIFICATE WILL BE DEEMED TO REPRESENT, WARRANT AND COVENANT THAT IT IS NOT ACQUIRING THE NOTE WITH THE ASSETS OF AN “EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN” AS DEFINED IN SECTION 3(3) OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED (“ERISA”), WHETHER OR NOT SUCH EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN IS SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE I OF ERISA, A “PLAN” DESCRIBED IN SECTION 4975(e)(1) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE “CODE”), OR AN ENTITY WHOSE UNDERLYING ASSETS INCLUDE “PLAN ASSETS” BY REASON OF AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN’S OR PLAN’S INVESTMENT IN THE ENTITY.
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NUMBER   $                    
R-______    
NISSAN AUTO RECEIVABLES _________ OWNER TRUST
ASSET BACKED CERTIFICATE
evidencing a fractional undivided ownership interest in the Trust, as defined below, the property of which includes a pool of retail installment sale contracts secured by new, near-new and used automobiles and light-duty trucks and sold to the Trust by Nissan Auto Receivables Corporation II (“NARC II”).
(This Certificate does not represent an interest in or obligation of NARC II, Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation (“NMAC”), Nissan North America, Inc. or any of their respective affiliates, except to the extent described below.)
     THIS CERTIFIES THAT                                          is the registered owner of                                                               DOLLARS ($                    ), nonassessable, fully-paid, fractional undivided ownership interest in Nissan Auto Receivables                      Owner Trust (the “Trust”) formed by NARC II.
     The Trust was created pursuant to a Trust Agreement, dated as of November 22, 2005 (as amended and supplemented from time to time, including the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement, dated as of                     , 200_, the “Trust Agreement”), between NARC II, as depositor (the “Depositor”), and Wilmington Trust Company, as owner trustee (the “Owner Trustee”), a summary of certain of the pertinent provisions of which is set forth below. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Trust Agreement, the Indenture, dated as of                     , 200___ (the “Indenture”), between the Trust and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as indenture trustee (the “Indenture Trustee”), or in the Sale and Servicing Agreement, dated as of                     , 200___ (the “Sale and Servicing Agreement”), among the Trust, the Depositor and NMAC, as servicer (the “Servicer”), as applicable.
     This Certificate is one of the duly authorized Certificates designated as “Asset Backed Certificates” (the “Certificates”) issued pursuant to the Trust Agreement. Certain debt instruments evidencing obligations of the Trust have been issued under the Indenture, consisting of four classes of Notes designated as “Class A-1 ___% Asset Backed Notes”, “Class A-2 ___% Asset Backed Notes,” “Class A-3 ___% Asset Backed Notes” and “Class A-4 ___% Asset Backed Notes” (collectively, the “Notes”). This Certificate is issued under and is subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Trust Agreement to which Trust Agreement the holder of this Certificate by virtue of the acceptance hereof assents and by which such holder is bound. The property of the Trust includes a pool of retail installment sale contracts secured by new, near-new and used automobiles and light-duty trucks (the “Receivables”), all monies received after the Cut-off Date, security interests in the vehicles financed thereby, certain bank accounts and the proceeds thereof, proceeds from claims on certain insurance policies and certain other rights under the Trust Agreement and the Sale and Servicing Agreement and all proceeds of the foregoing.
(Nissan ______ Amended and
Restated Trust Agreement)

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     Under the Trust Agreement, there will be distributed on the 15th day of each month or, if such 15th day is not a Business Day, the next Business Day, (each, a “Distribution Date”), commencing on                     , 200___ to the person in whose name this Certificate is registered at the close of business on the related Record Date, such Certificateholder’s pro rata portion of the amounts to be distributed to Holders of the Certificates on such Distribution Date in respect of amounts distributable to the Certificateholders of the Certificates pursuant to Section 5.06 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
     The holder of this Certificate acknowledges and agrees that its rights to receive distributions in respect of this Certificate are subordinated to the rights of the Noteholders as described in the Sale and Servicing Agreement and the Indenture.
     The holder of this Certificate acknowledges and agrees that certain distributions made pursuant to Section 5.06 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement to the Certificateholders may be made in Japanese yen in the event the Issuer enters into a currency Swap Agreement as contemplated by Section 5.11 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement. If any such election is made, an amendment to the Sale and Servicing Agreement must be executed pursuant to Section 10.01 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement subject to the approvals of such parties as set forth in Section 5.11 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, and a supplemental Indenture must be executed pursuant to and subject to the approvals of such parties as set forth in Section 9.01 of the Indenture. In connection with the execution of any such Swap Agreement, the Certificateholders must provide alternative appropriate payment instructions to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee for the receipt of any payment in Japanese yen.
     It is the intent of the Depositor, NMAC and the Certificateholders that, for purposes of federal income tax, state and local income tax, any state single business tax and any other income taxes, the Trust will be treated as a division or branch of the Person holding the beneficial ownership interests in the Trust for any period during which the beneficial ownership interests in the Trust are held by one person, and will be treated as a partnership, and the Certificateholders will be treated as partners in that partnership, for any period during which the beneficial ownership interests in the Trust are held by more than one person. For any such period during which the beneficial ownership interests in the Trust are held by more than one person, each Certificateholder, by acceptance of a Certificate or any beneficial interest on a Certificate, agrees to treat, and to take no action inconsistent with the treatment of, the Certificates as partnership interests in the Trust for such tax purposes.
     Each Certificateholder, by its acceptance of a Certificate or any beneficial interest in a Certificate, covenants and agrees that such Certificateholder will not at any time institute against the Depositor or the Trust, or join in any institution against the Depositor or the Trust of, any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings, or other proceedings under any United States, federal or state bankruptcy or similar law in connection with any obligations relating to the Certificates, the Notes, the Trust Agreement or any of the Basic Documents.
(Nissan ______ Amended and
Restated Trust Agreement)

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     Distributions on this Certificate will be made as provided in the Trust Agreement by the Paying Agent by wire transfer or check mailed to each Certificateholder of record without the presentation or surrender of this Certificate or the making of any notation hereon. Except as otherwise provided in the Trust Agreement and notwithstanding the above, the final distribution on this Certificate will be made after due notice by the Owner Trustee of the pendency of such distribution and only upon presentation and surrender of this Certificate at the office or agency of the Paying Agent maintained for the purpose by the Owner Trustee in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York.
     Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Certificate set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
     Unless the certificate of authentication hereon shall have been executed by an authorized officer of the Owner Trustee or an authenticating agent, by manual or facsimile signature, this Certificate shall not entitle the holder hereof to any benefit under the Trust Agreement or the Sale and Servicing Agreement or be valid for any purpose.
     THIS CERTIFICATE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.
(Nissan ______ Amended and
Restated Trust Agreement)

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Owner Trustee, on behalf of the Trust and not in its individual capacity, has caused this Certificate to be duly executed.
         
  NISSAN AUTO RECEIVABLES                     
OWNER TRUST
 
 
  By:   WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,   
    not in its individual capacity but solely as Owner Trustee   
 
     
Dated:                       By:      
    Authorized Signatory   
       
(Nissan ______ Amended and
Restated Trust Agreement)

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OWNER TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
     This is one of the Certificates referred to in the within-mentioned Trust Agreement.
         
  WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,
not in its individual capacity but solely as
Owner Trustee
 
 
  By:      
    Authorized Signatory   
       
(Nissan ______ Amended and
Restated Trust Agreement)

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(REVERSE OF CERTIFICATE)
     The Certificates do not represent an obligation of, or an interest in, the Owner Trustee, NMAC, NARC II, Nissan North America, Inc. or any of their Affiliates and no recourse may be had against such parties or their assets, except as may be expressly set forth or contemplated herein or in the Trust Agreement or the Basic Documents. In addition, this Certificate is not guaranteed by any governmental agency or instrumentality and is limited in right of payment to certain collections with respect to the Receivables (and certain other amounts), all as more specifically set forth in the Trust Agreement and in the Sale and Servicing Agreement. A copy of each of the Sale and Servicing Agreement and the Trust Agreement may be examined during normal business hours at the principal office of the Depositor, and at such other places, if any, designated by the Depositor, by any Certificateholder upon written request.
     The Trust Agreement permits, with certain exceptions therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Depositor and the rights of the Certificateholders under the Trust Agreement at any time by the Depositor and the Owner Trustee, with the consent of the Holders of the Notes representing a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes, or, if all of the Notes have been paid in full, with the consent of the Holders of the Certificates representing a majority of the Certificate Balance (excluding, in each case, Securities held by NARC II, NMAC or any of their Affiliates unless at such time all Notes or Certificates, as the case may be, are then owned by NARC II, NMAC and their Affiliates). Any such consent by the holder of this Certificate shall be conclusive and binding on such holder and on all future holders of this Certificate and of any Certificate issued upon the transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof whether or not notation of such consent is made upon this Certificate or such replacement certificate. The Trust Agreement also permits the amendment thereof, in certain limited circumstances, without the consent of the Holders of the Certificates or the Notes.
     As provided in the Trust Agreement, and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Certificate is registerable in the Certificate Register upon surrender of this Certificate for registration of transfer at the offices or agencies of the Certificate Registrar maintained by the Owner Trustee, accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the holder hereof or such holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Certificates of authorized denominations evidencing the same aggregate interest in the Trust will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees. The initial Certificate Registrar appointed under the Trust Agreement is Wilmington Trust Company, Rodney Square North, 1100 North Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19890.
     The Certificates are issuable only as registered Certificates without coupons in denominations of $25,000.00 and in integral multiples of $1,000.00 in excess thereof. As provided in the Trust Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Certificates are exchangeable for new Certificates of authorized denominations evidencing the same aggregate denomination, as requested by the holder surrendering the same. No service charge will be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
(Nissan ______ Amended and
Restated Trust Agreement)

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     The Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and any agent of the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may treat the person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes and none of the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or any such agent shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.
     The obligations and responsibilities created by the Trust Agreement and the Trust created thereby shall terminate upon the earliest of (i) the maturity or other liquidation of the last Receivable (or other asset) in the Owner Trust Estate and the final distribution of all moneys or other property or proceeds of the Owner Trust Estate in accordance with the terms of the Trust Agreement, the Indenture and the Sale and Servicing Agreement (including, but not limited to, any property and proceeds to be deposited in the Collection Account pursuant to the terms of the Sale and Servicing Agreement or to be released by the Indenture Trustee from the Lien of the Indenture pursuant to the terms of the Indenture, and (ii) the election by NMAC, as servicer of the Receivables under the Sale and Servicing Agreement, or any successor servicer, to purchase the corpus of the Trust pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement and the payment or distribution to all Securityholders of all amounts required to be paid to them under the Indenture and the Trust Agreement; provided, however, such right of purchase by the servicer is exercisable only after the last day of the Collection Period as of which the Pool Balance is less than or equal to 5% of the Original Pool Balance.
(Nissan ______ Amended and
Restated Trust Agreement)

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ASSIGNMENT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto
PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY
OR OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER
OF ASSIGNEE
 
(Please print or type name and address, including postal zip code, of assignee)
 
the within Certificate, and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and appointing
                                                                                                                Attorney to transfer said Certificate on the books of the Certificate Registrar, with full power of substitution in the premises.
Dated:                     
     
 
  */
 
   
 
  Signature Guaranteed:
 
     
 
  */
 
   
 
*/   NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as it appears upon the face of the within Certificate in every particular, without alteration, enlargement or any change whatever. Such signature must be guaranteed by a member firm of the New York Stock Exchange or a commercial bank or trust company.
(Nissan ______ Amended and
Restated Trust Agreement)

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EXHIBIT B
FORM OF TRANSFEREE REPRESENTATION LETTER
Nissan Auto Receivables                      Owner Trust
c/o WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,
not in its individual capacity but solely as Owner Trustee
Rodney Square North
1100 North Market Street
Wilmington, Delaware 19890
Attention: Nissan Auto Receivables                      Owner Trust
WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,
as Certificate Registrar
Rodney Square North
1100 North Market Street
Wilmington, Delaware 19890
Attention: Nissan Auto Receivables                      Owner Trust
Attention: Corporate Trust Services — Nissan Auto Receivables                      Owner Trust
  Re: Transfer of Nissan Auto Receivables ______ Owner Trust Certificates, (the “Certificates”)
Ladies and Gentlemen:
          This letter is delivered pursuant to Section 3.03 of the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement, dated as of                     , 200___ (the “Trust Agreement”), between Nissan Auto Receivables Corporation II, as Depositor, and Wilmington Trust Company, as Owner Trustee (the “Owner Trustee”), in connection with the transfer by                                          (the “Seller”) to the undersigned (the “Purchaser”) of $                                         balance of the Certificates. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Trust Agreement.
          In connection with such transfer, the undersigned hereby represents and warrants to you and the addressees hereof as follows:
          o I am not a Non-U.S. Person as defined in the Trust Agreement;
          o I am not the Depositor and I received beneficial and record ownership of Certificates representing less than 100% of the Certificate Balance, and the transfer restrictions set forth in Section 3.09 of the Trust Agreement do not apply to this transfer of Certificates; and
(Nissan ______ Amended and
Restated Trust Agreement)

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          o I am not (i) an “employee benefit plan” as defined in Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”), whether or not such employee benefit plan is subject to the provisions of Title I of ERISA, (ii) a “plan” described in Section 4975(e)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) or (iii) an entity whose underlying assets include “plan assets” by reason of an employee benefit plan’s or plan’s investment in the entity.
[Signature appears on next page]
(Nissan ______ Amended and
Restated Trust Agreement)

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          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Purchaser hereby executes this Transferee Representation Letter on the ___ day of                     .
         
  Very truly yours,

                                                            ,
The Purchaser
 
 
  By:      
    Name:      
    Title:      
(Nissan ______ Amended and
Restated Trust Agreement)

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EXHIBIT C
FORM OF TRANSFEROR REPRESENTATION LETTER
Nissan Auto Receivables ___ Owner Trust
c/o WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,
not in its individual capacity but solely as Owner Trustee
Rodney Square North
1100 North Market Street
Wilmington, Delaware 19890
Attention: Nissan Auto Receivables ___ Owner Trust
WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,
as Certificate Registrar
Rodney Square North
1100 North Market Street
Wilmington, Delaware 19890
Attention: Nissan Auto Receivables ___ Owner Trust
Attention: Corporate Trust Services — Nissan Auto Receivables ______ Owner Trust
  Re: Transfer of Nissan Auto Receivables _______ Owner Trust Certificates, (the “Certificates”)
Ladies and Gentlemen:
          This letter is delivered pursuant to Section 3.03 of the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement, dated as of ___, 200___ (the “Trust Agreement”), between Nissan Auto Receivables Corporation II, as Depositor, and Wilmington Trust Company, as Owner Trustee (the “Owner Trustee”), in connection with the transfer by ___ (the “Purchaser”) to the undersigned (the “Seller”) of $ ___ balance of the Certificates. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Trust Agreement. The Transferor hereby certifies, represents and warrants to you, as Certificate Registrar, that:
     1. The Transferor is the lawful owner of the Transferred Certificates with the full right to transfer such Certificates free from any and all claims and encumbrances whatsoever.
     2. Neither the Transferor nor anyone acting on its behalf has (a) offered, transferred, pledged, sold or otherwise disposed of any Transferred Certificate, any interest in any Transferred Certificate or any other similar security to any person in any manner, (b) solicited any offer to buy or accept a transfer, pledge or other disposition of
(Nissan ______ Amended and
Restated Trust Agreement)

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any Transferred Certificate, any interest in any Transferred Certificate or any other similar security from any person in any manner, (c) otherwise approached or negotiated with respect to any Transferred Certificate, any interest in any Transferred Certificate or any other similar security with any person in any manner, (d) made any general solicitation by means of general advertising or in any other manner, or (e) taken any other action, which (in the case of any of the acts described in clauses (a) through (e) hereof) would constitute a distribution of any Transferred Certificate under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or would render the disposition of any Transferred Certificate a violation of Section 5 of the Securities Act or any state securities laws, or would require registration or qualification of any Transferred Certificate pursuant to the Securities Act or any state securities laws.
         
    Very truly yours,
 
       
     
    (Transferor)
 
       
 
  By:    
 
       
 
  Name:    
 
       
 
  Title:    
 
       
(Nissan ______ Amended and
Restated Trust Agreement)

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EX-4.2 4 a25430a1exv4w2.htm EXHIBIT 4.2 exv4w2
 

EXHIBIT 4.2
INDENTURE
NISSAN AUTO RECEIVABLES                      OWNER TRUST
as Issuer
and
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
as Indenture Trustee
Dated as of                     , 200___

 


 

TABLE OF CONTENTS
             
        Page  
ARTICLE I
       
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
       
 
           
SECTION 1.01
  Definitions     2  
SECTION 1.02
  Usage of Terms     8  
SECTION 1.03
  Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act     8  
 
           
ARTICLE II
       
THE NOTES
       
 
           
SECTION 2.01
  Form     8  
SECTION 2.02
  Execution, Authentication and Delivery     9  
SECTION 2.03
  Temporary Notes     9  
SECTION 2.04
  Registration; Registration of Transfer and Exchange     10  
SECTION 2.05
  Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Notes     11  
SECTION 2.06
  Persons Deemed Owners     11  
SECTION 2.07
  Payments of Principal and Interest     11  
SECTION 2.08
  Cancellation     12  
SECTION 2.09
  Release of Collateral     12  
SECTION 2.10
  Book-Entry Notes     13  
SECTION 2.11
  Notices to Clearing Agency     13  
SECTION 2.12
  Definitive Notes     13  
SECTION 2.13
  Tax Treatment     14  
 
           

ARTICLE III
       
COVENANTS, REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
       
 
           
SECTION 3.01
  Payment of Principal and Interest     14  
SECTION 3.02
  Maintenance of Office or Agency     15  
SECTION 3.03
  Money for Payments To Be Held in Trust     15  
SECTION 3.04
  Existence     17  
SECTION 3.05
  Protection of Trust Estate     17  
SECTION 3.06
  Opinions as to Trust Estate     17  
SECTION 3.07
  Performance of Obligations; Servicing of Receivables     18  
SECTION 3.08
  Negative Covenants     20  
SECTION 3.09
  Annual Statement as to Compliance     20  
SECTION 3.10
  Issuer May Consolidate, etc., Only on Certain Terms     21  
SECTION 3.11
  Successor or Transferee     22  
SECTION 3.12
  No Other Business     23  
SECTION 3.13
  No Borrowing     23  
SECTION 3.14
  Servicer’s Notice Obligations     23  
SECTION 3.15
  Guarantees, Loans, Advances and Other Liabilities     23  
(Nissan 2006-C Indenture)
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
(continued)
             
        Page  
SECTION 3.16
  Capital Expenditures     23  
SECTION 3.17
  Removal of Administrator     23  
SECTION 3.18
  Restricted Payments     23  
SECTION 3.19
  Notice of Events of Default     24  
SECTION 3.20
  Further Instruments and Actions     24  
SECTION 3.21
  Representations and Warranties     24  
SECTION 3.22
  Regulation AB Representations, Warranties and Covenants     25  
 
           
ARTICLE IV
       
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
       
 
           
SECTION 4.01
  Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture     25  
SECTION 4.02
  Application of Trust Money     26  
SECTION 4.03
  Repayment of Moneys Held by Paying Agent     26  
 
           
ARTICLE V
       
REMEDIES
       
 
           
SECTION 5.01
  Events of Default     26  
SECTION 5.02
  Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment     28  
SECTION 5.03
  Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Indenture Trustee     28  
SECTION 5.04
  Remedies; Priorities     30  
SECTION 5.05
  Optional Preservation of the Receivables     32  
SECTION 5.06
  Limitation of Suits     32  
SECTION 5.07
  Unconditional Rights of Noteholders To Receive Principal and Interest     33  
SECTION 5.08
  Restoration of Rights and Remedies     33  
SECTION 5.09
  Rights and Remedies Cumulative     33  
SECTION 5.10
  Delay or Omission Not a Waiver     33  
SECTION 5.11
  Control by Noteholders     33  
SECTION 5.12
  Waiver of Past Defaults     34  
SECTION 5.13
  Undertaking for Costs     34  
SECTION 5.14
  Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws     35  
SECTION 5.15
  Action on Notes     35  
SECTION 5.16
  Performance and Enforcement of Certain Obligations     35  
 
           
ARTICLE VI
       
THE INDENTURE TRUSTEE
       
 
           
SECTION 6.01
  Duties of Indenture Trustee     36  
SECTION 6.02
  Rights of Indenture Trustee     37  
SECTION 6.03
  Individual Rights of Indenture Trustee     38  
SECTION 6.04
  Indenture Trustee’s Disclaimer     38  
(Nissan 2006-C Indenture)
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
(continued)
             
        Page  
SECTION 6.05
  Notice of Defaults     39  
SECTION 6.06
  Reports by Indenture Trustee to Holders     39  
SECTION 6.07
  Compensation and Indemnity     39  
SECTION 6.08
  Replacement of Indenture Trustee     40  
SECTION 6.09
  Successor Indenture Trustee by Merger     41  
SECTION 6.10
  Appointment of Co-Indenture Trustee or Separate Indenture Trustee     41  
SECTION 6.11
  Eligibility; Disqualification     42  
SECTION 6.12
  Preferential Collection of Claims Against Issuer     43  
SECTION 6.13
  Acknowledgement by Indenture Trustee of its Obligations Under the Sale and Servicing Agreement     43  
 
           
ARTICLE VII
       
NOTEHOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS
       
 
           
SECTION 7.01
  Note Registrar To Furnish Names and Addresses of Noteholders     43  
SECTION 7.02
  Preservation of Information; Communications to Noteholders     43  
SECTION 7.03
  Reports by Issuer     44  
SECTION 7.04
  Reports by Indenture Trustee     44  
SECTION 7.05
  Indenture Trustee Website     44  
 
           
ARTICLE VIII
       
ACCOUNTS, DISBURSEMENTS AND RELEASES
       
 
           
SECTION 8.01
  Collection of Money     45  
SECTION 8.02
  Accounts     45  
SECTION 8.03
  General Provisions Regarding Accounts     46  
SECTION 8.04
  Release of Trust Estate     48  
SECTION 8.05
  Release of Receivables Upon Purchase by the Seller or the Servicer     48  
SECTION 8.06
  Opinion of Counsel     48  
 
           
ARTICLE IX
       
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
       
 
           
SECTION 9.01
  Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Noteholders     49  
SECTION 9.02
  Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Noteholders     50  
SECTION 9.03
  Execution of Supplemental Indentures     51  
SECTION 9.04
  Effect of Supplemental Indenture     52  
SECTION 9.05
  Conformity with Trust Indenture Act     52  
(Nissan 2006-C Indenture)
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
(continued)
             
        Page  
SECTION 9.06
  Reference in Notes to Supplemental Indentures     52  
 
           
ARTICLE X
       
RELEASE
       
 
           
SECTION 10.01
  Optional Purchase of All Receivables     52  
 
           
ARTICLE XI
       
MISCELLANEOUS
       
 
           
SECTION 11.01
  Compliance Certificates and Opinions, etc.     53  
SECTION 11.02
  Form of Documents Delivered to Indenture Trustee     54  
SECTION 11.03
  Acts of Noteholders     55  
SECTION 11.04
  Notices to Indenture Trustee, Issuer and Rating Agencies     55  
SECTION 11.05
  Notices to Noteholders; Waiver     56  
SECTION 11.06
  Alternate Payment and Notice Provisions     56  
SECTION 11.07
  Conflict with Trust Indenture Act     57  
SECTION 11.08
  Effect of Headings and Table of Contents     57  
SECTION 11.09
  Successors and Assigns     57  
SECTION 11.10
  Severability     57  
SECTION 11.11
  Benefits of Indenture     57  
SECTION 11.12
  Governing Law     57  
SECTION 11.13
  Counterparts     57  
SECTION 11.14
  Recording of Indenture     58  
SECTION 11.15
  Trust Obligation     58  
SECTION 11.16
  No Petition     58  
SECTION 11.17
  Inspection     58  
EXHIBIT A   FORM OF CLASS A-1 NOTE, CLASS A-2 NOTE, CLASS A-3 NOTE AND CLASS A-4 NOTE
(Nissan 2006-C Indenture)
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TIA   Indenture  
Section   Section  
 
       
CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE
(not a part of this Indenture)
 
       
(§)310(a) (1)
    6.11  
(a) (2)
    6.11  
(a) (3)
    6.10(b)(i)   
(a) (4)
    N.A.  
(a) (5)
    6.11  
(b)
    5.04  
 
    6.08  
 
    6.11  
 
    11.04  
(c)
    N.A.  
(§)311(a)
    6.12  
(b)
    6.12  
(c)
    N.A.  
(§)312(a)
    7.01  
(b)
    7.01  
 
    7.02(b)   
(c)
    7.02(c)   
(§)313(a)
    7.04  
(b) (1)
    N.A.  
(b) (2)
    7.04  
(c)
    7.04  
 
    11.04  
(d)
    7.04  
(§)314(a)
    7.03  
 
    3.09  
 
    11.04  
 
    7.04  
(b)
    3.06  
 
    11.14  
 
    7.04  
(c) (1)
    11.01  
 
    6.02  
 
    8.05(b)   
 
    6.02  
 
    11.01  
(c) (2)
    11.01  
 
    3.06  
 
    3.10  
 
    6.02  
 
    8.05(b)   
 
    8.06  
(c) (3)
    11.01  
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TIA   Indenture  
Section   Section  
(d)
    11.01(c)   
(e)
    11.01  
(f)
    N.A.  
(§)315(a)
    6.01  
(b)
    6.05  
(c)
    N.A.  
(d)
    6.01(c)   
(e)
    5.13  
(§)316(a)(1)(A)
    5.11  
 
    6.01(c)   
(a) (1) (B)
    5.12  
(a) (2)
    N.A.  
(b)
    5.07  
 
    9.02  
 
    5.13(c)   
(c)
    N.A.  
(§)317(a) (1)
    5.04  
(a) (2)
    5.03(c)   
 
    5.03(d)   
 
    5.04  
(b)
    3.03  
(§)318(a)
    11.07  
 
    N.A. means not applicable.

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     INDENTURE (the “Indenture”), dated as of                     , 200___, between NISSAN AUTO RECEIVABLES                      OWNER TRUST, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Issuer”), and WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association, as trustee and not in its individual capacity (the “Indenture Trustee”).
     Each party agrees as follows for the benefit of the other party and for the equal and ratable benefit of (i) the Holders of the Issuer’s                     % Asset Backed Notes, Class A-1 (the “Class A-1 Notes”),                     % Asset Backed Notes, Class A-2 (the “Class A-2 Notes”),                     % Asset Backed Notes, Class A-3 (the “Class A-3 Notes”), and                     % Asset Backed Notes, Class A-4 (the “Class A-4 Notes”), and, together with the Class A-1, the Class A-2, and the Class A-3 and the Class A-4 Notes, the “Notes”) and (ii) for the purposes of the Granting Clause below, the Certificateholders:
GRANTING CLAUSE
     The Issuer hereby Grants to the Indenture Trustee at the Closing Date, as Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes and Certificates, the following:
     (i) all right, title and interest of the Issuer in and to the Receivables (including all related Receivable Files) and all monies due thereon or paid thereunder or in respect thereof (including proceeds of the repurchase of Receivables by the Seller pursuant to Section 3.02 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement or the purchase of Receivables by the Servicer pursuant to Section 4.06 or 9.01 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement) after the Cut-off Date;
     (ii) the Collection Account and amounts on deposit in the Collection Account and the Yield Supplement Account;
     (iii) the right of the Issuer in the security interests in the Financed Vehicles granted by the Obligors pursuant to the Receivables and any related property;
     (iv) the right of the Issuer in any proceeds from claims on any physical damage, credit life, credit disability or other insurance policies covering the Financed Vehicles or the Obligors;
     (v) the right of the Issuer (through the Seller and NMAC) to receive payments in respect of any Dealer Recourse with respect to the Receivables;
     (vi) the rights of the Issuer under the Sale and Servicing Agreement, and, through the Seller, under the Purchase Agreement and the Assignment;
     (vii) the rights of the Issuer under the Yield Supplement Agreement;
     (viii) the right of the Issuer to realize upon any property (including the right to receive future Net Liquidation Proceeds) that shall have secured a Receivable;
     (ix) the right of the Issuer in rebates of premiums and other amounts relating to insurance policies and other items financed under the Receivables in effect as of the Cut-off Date;
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     (x) all other assets comprising the Owner Trust Estate; and
     (xi) all proceeds of the foregoing.
     The foregoing Grant is made in trust to secure the payment of principal of and interest on, and any other amounts owing in respect of, the Notes, equally and ratably without prejudice, priority or distinction, and to secure compliance with the provisions of this Indenture, and subject to the subordinate claims thereon of the Holder of the Certificates, all as provided in this Indenture.
     The Indenture Trustee, as Indenture Trustee on behalf of the Holders of the Notes and for the benefit of the Certificateholders, acknowledges such Grant, accepts the trusts under this Indenture in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture and agrees to perform its duties required in this Indenture to the best of its ability to the end that the interests of the Holders of the Notes may be adequately and effectively protected and the rights of the Certificateholders secured.
ARTICLE I
Definitions and Incorporation by Reference
     SECTION 1.01 Definitions. Except as otherwise specified herein or if the context may otherwise require, capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Trust Agreement, the Sale and Servicing Agreement and the Securities Account Control Agreement, as the case may be, for all purposes of this Indenture. Except as otherwise provided in this Indenture, whenever used herein the following words and phrases, unless the context otherwise requires, shall have the following meanings:
     “Action” has the meaning specified in Section 11.03(a).
     “Administration Agreement” means the Administration Agreement, dated as of ___, 200_, among the Administrator, the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee.
     “Administrator” means NMAC or any successor Administrator under the Administration Agreement.
     “Applicant” has the meaning specified in Section 7.01.
     “Authorized Officer” means with respect to the Issuer, any officer of the Owner Trustee who is authorized to act for the Owner Trustee in matters relating to the Issuer identified as such on any list of Authorized Officers delivered by the Owner Trustee to the Indenture Trustee.
     “Benefit Plan” means an “employee benefit plan” as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA, which is subject to the provisions of Title I of ERISA, a “plan” described in Section 4975(e)(1) of the Code, an entity whose underlying assets include “plan assets” by reason of an employee benefit plan’s or plan’s investment in the entity, or any other employee benefit plan that is subject to a law that is similar to Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code.
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     “Book-Entry Notes” means a beneficial interest in the Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2 Notes, the Class A-3 Notes, and the Class A-4 Notes, ownership and transfers of which shall be made through book entries by a Clearing Agency as described in Section 2.10.
     “Business Day” means any day except a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banks in New York, New York, Nashville, Tennessee, Irving, Texas, Wilmington, Delaware or Minneapolis, Minnesota are authorized or obligated by law, regulation, executive order or governmental decree to be closed.
     “Certificates” means the Certificates of the Issuer issued under the Trust Agreement.
     “Class” means any one of the classes of the Notes.
     “Class A-1 Notes” means the                     % Asset Backed Notes, Class A-1, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A.
     “Class A-1 Rate” means                     % per annum (computed on the basis of actual number of days in the related Interest Period and a 360-day year).
     “Class A-2 Notes” means the                     % Asset Backed Notes, Class A-2, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A.
     “Class A-2 Rate” means                     % per annum (computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months).
     “Class A-3 Notes” means the                     % Asset Backed Notes, Class A-3, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A.
     “Class A-3 Rate” means                     % per annum (computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months).
     “Class A-4 Notes” means the                     % Asset Backed Notes, Class A-4, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A.
     “Class A-4 Rate” means                     % per annum (computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months).
     “Clearing Agency” means an organization registered as a “clearing agency” pursuant to Section 17A of the Exchange Act.
     “Clearing Agency Participant” means a broker, dealer, bank, other financial institution or other Person for whom from time to time a Clearing Agency effects book-entry transfers and pledges of securities deposited with the Clearing Agency.
     “Closing Date” means                     0, 200___.
     “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder.
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     “Collateral” means the property of the Issuer subject to the Granting Clause hereof, the Reserve Account, all amounts held from time to time in the Reserve Account and all investments therein.
     “Corporate Trust Office” means the principal office of the Indenture Trustee at which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be administered, which office at the date of execution of this Agreement is located at Wells Fargo Center, Sixth and Marquette Avenue, MAC N9311-161, Minneapolis, MN 55479, Attn: Asset Backed Securities Department, or at such other address as the Indenture Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Noteholders, the Issuer and the Administrator, or the principal corporate trust office of any successor Indenture Trustee at the address designated by such successor Indenture Trustee by notice to the Noteholders, the Issuer and the Administrator.
     “Default” means any occurrence that is, or with notice or the lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default.
     “Definitive Notes” has the meaning specified in Section 2.10.
     “Event of Default” has the meaning specified in Section 5.01.
     “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
     “Executive Officer” means, with respect to any corporation, the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer, President, Executive Vice President, any Vice President, the Secretary or the Treasurer of such corporation; and with respect to any partnership, any general partner thereof.
     “Grant” means mortgage, pledge, bargain, sell, warrant, alienate, remise, release, convey, assign, transfer, create, and grant a lien upon and a security interest in and right of set-off against, deposit, set over and confirm pursuant to this Indenture. A Grant of the Collateral or of any other agreement or instrument shall include all rights, powers and options (but none of the obligations) of the granting party thereunder, including the immediate and continuing right to claim for, collect, receive and give receipt for principal and interest payments in respect of the Collateral and all other moneys payable thereunder, to give and receive notices and other communications, to make waivers or other agreements, to exercise all rights and options, to bring Proceedings in the name of the granting party or otherwise, and generally to do and receive anything that the granting party is or may be entitled to do or receive thereunder or with respect thereto.
     “Holder” or “Noteholder” means the Person in whose name a Note is registered on the Note Register.
     “Indenture Trustee” means Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, a national banking association, as Indenture Trustee under this Indenture, or any successor Indenture Trustee under this Indenture.
     “Independent” means, when used with respect to any specified Person, that the Person is in fact independent of the Seller, the Servicer, the Administrator, the Issuer or any other obligor on the Notes or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing Persons because, among other things, such Person (a) is not an employee, officer or director or otherwise controlled thereby or under
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common control therewith, (b) does not have any direct financial interest or any material indirect financial interest therein (whether as holder of securities thereof or party to contract therewith or otherwise), and (c) is not and has not within the preceding twelve months been a promoter, underwriter, trustee, partner, director or person performing similar functions therefor or otherwise had legal, contractual or fiduciary or other duties to act on behalf of or for the benefit thereof.
     “Independent Certificate” means a certificate or opinion to be delivered to the Indenture Trustee, made by an Independent appraiser or other expert appointed by an Issuer Order and approved by the Indenture Trustee in the exercise of reasonable care, and such opinion or certificate shall state that the signer has read the definition of “Independent” in this Indenture and that the signer is Independent within the meaning thereof.
     “Interest Period” means, with respect to any Distribution Date and the Class A-1 Notes, the period from (and including) the preceding Distribution Date to (but excluding) such Distribution Date, except that the initial Interest Period will be from (and including) the Closing Date to (but excluding)                     , 200_, and, with respect to any Distribution Date and the Class A-2 Notes, the Class A-3 Notes, and the Class A-4 Notes, the period from (and including) the 15th day of the preceding calendar month to (but excluding) the 15th day of the month in which such Distribution Date occurs, except that the initial Interest Period will be from (and including) the Closing Date to (but excluding)                     , 200_.
     “Interest Rate” means the Class A-1 Rate, the Class A-2 Rate, the Class A-3 Rate, or the Class A-4 Rate as indicated by the context.
     “Issuer” means Nissan Auto Receivables                      Owner Trust unless and until a successor replaces it and, thereafter, means the successor and, for purposes of any provision contained herein and required by the TIA, each other obligor on the Notes.
     “Issuer Order” and “Issuer Request” mean a written order or request signed in the name of the Issuer by any one of its Authorized Officers and delivered to the Indenture Trustee.
     “NMAC” means Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation, in its individual capacity and not as Servicer.
     “Note” means a Class A-1 Note, a Class A-2 Note, a Class A-3 Note, or a Class A-4 Note.
     “Note Depository Agreement” means the agreement entitled “Letter of Representations” dated on or before the Closing Date among the Clearing Agency, the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee with respect to certain matters relating to the duties thereof with respect to the Book-Entry Notes.
     “Note Owner” means, with respect to a Book-Entry Note, any Person who is the beneficial owner of such Book-Entry Note, as reflected on the books of the Clearing Agency or on the books of a Person maintaining an account with such Clearing Agency (directly as a Clearing Agency Participant or as an indirect participant, in each case in accordance with the rules of such Clearing Agency).
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     “Note Register” means the Register of Noteholders’ information maintained by the Note Registrar pursuant to Section 2.04.
     “Note Registrar” means the Indenture Trustee unless and until a successor Note Registrar shall have been appointed pursuant to Section 2.04.
     “Officer’s Certificate” means a certificate signed by any Authorized Officer of the Issuer, under the circumstances described in, and otherwise complying with, the applicable requirements of Section 11.01, and delivered to the Indenture Trustee.
     “Opinion of Counsel” means one or more written opinions of counsel who may, except as otherwise expressly provided in this Indenture, be an employee of or counsel to the Issuer, the Seller or the Servicer and which counsel shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee or the Rating Agencies, as the case may be.
     “Outstanding” means, as of the date of determination, all Notes theretofore authenticated and delivered under this Indenture except:
     (a) Notes theretofore canceled by the Note Registrar or delivered to the Note Registrar for cancellation;
     (b) Notes or portions thereof the payment for which money in the necessary amount has been theretofore deposited with the Indenture Trustee or any Paying Agent in trust for the Holders of such Notes; and
     (c) Notes in exchange for or in lieu of which other Notes have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture unless proof satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee is presented that any such Notes are held by a protected purchaser;
provided, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite percentage of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes, or any Class of Notes, have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, or waiver hereunder or under any Basic Document, Notes owned by the Issuer, any other obligor upon the Notes, the Seller or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing Persons shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Indenture Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, or waiver, only Notes that the Indenture Trustee knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Notes so owned that have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Indenture Trustee the pledgee’s right so to act with respect to such Notes and that the pledgee is not the Issuer, any other obligor upon the Notes, the Seller or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing Persons.
     “Outstanding Amount” means the aggregate principal amount of all Notes, or, if indicated by the context, all Notes of any Class, Outstanding at the date of determination.
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     “Owner Trustee” means Wilmington Trust Company, not in its individual capacity but solely as Owner Trustee under the Trust Agreement, or any successor Owner Trustee under the Trust Agreement.
     “Paying Agent” means the Indenture Trustee or any other Person that meets the eligibility standards for the Indenture Trustee specified in Section 6.11 that has been authorized by the Issuer to make payments to and distributions from the Collection Account, including payment of principal of or interest on the Notes on behalf of the Issuer.
     “Predecessor Note” means, with respect to any particular Note, every previous Note evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such particular Note; and, for the purpose of this definition, any Note authenticated and delivered under Section 2.05 in lieu of a mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen Note shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen Note.
     “Proceeding” means any suit in equity, action at law or other judicial or administrative proceeding.
     “Registered Holder” means the Person in whose name a Note is registered on the Note Register on the applicable Record Date.
     “Responsible Officer” means, with respect to the Indenture Trustee, any officer within the Corporate Trust Office of the Indenture Trustee, including any Vice President, Assistant Vice President, Assistant Treasurer, Assistant Secretary or any other officer of the Indenture Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated officers and also, with respect to a particular matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of such officer’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.
     “Sale and Servicing Agreement” means the Sale and Servicing Agreement, dated as of                     , 200___, among the Issuer, Nissan Auto Receivables Corporation II, as Seller, and Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation, as Servicer, and as to which the Indenture Trustee is a third party beneficiary of certain provisions.
     “Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
     “Securities Account Control Agreement” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
     “Seller” shall mean Nissan Auto Receivables Corporation II, in its capacity as seller under the Sale and Servicing Agreement, and its successor in interest.
     “Servicer” shall mean Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation, in its capacity as servicer under the Sale and Servicing Agreement, and any Successor Servicer thereunder.
     “Successor Servicer” has the meaning specified in Section 3.07.
     “Trust Estate” means all money, instruments, rights and other property that are subject or intended to be subject to the lien and security interest of this Indenture for the benefit of the Noteholders (including, without limitation, all property and interests Granted to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Granting Clause), including all proceeds thereof.
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     “Trust Indenture Act” or “TIA” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in force on the date hereof, unless otherwise specifically provided.
     “UCC” means, unless the context otherwise requires, the Uniform Commercial Code, as in effect in the relevant jurisdiction at the relevant time.
     SECTION 1.02 Usage of Terms. With respect to all terms in this Indenture, the singular includes the plural and the plural the singular; words importing any gender include the other genders; references to “writing” include printing, typing, lithography and other means of reproducing words in a visible form; references to agreements and other contractual instruments include all subsequent amendments, amendments and restatements and supplements thereto or changes therein entered into in accordance with their respective terms and not prohibited by this Indenture; references to Persons include their permitted successors and assigns; references to laws include their amendments and supplements, the rules and regulations thereunder and any successors thereto; and the term “including” means “including without limitation.”
     SECTION 1.03 Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act. Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, the provision is incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture. The following TIA terms used in this Indenture have the following meanings:
     “Commission” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
     “indenture securities” means the Notes.
     “indenture security holder” means a Noteholder.
     “indenture to be qualified” means this Indenture.
     “indenture trustee” or “institutional trustee” means the Indenture Trustee.
     “obligor” on the indenture securities means the Issuer and any other obligor on the indenture securities.
     All other TIA terms used in this Indenture that are defined in the TIA, defined in the TIA by reference to another statute or defined by Commission rule have the meanings so assigned to them.
ARTICLE II
The Notes
     SECTION 2.01 Form. The Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2 Notes, the Class A-3 Notes, and the Class A-4 Notes, in each case together with the Indenture Trustee’s certificate of authentication, shall be in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit A, with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by this
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Indenture, and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the officers executing such Notes, as evidenced by their execution thereof. Any portion of the text of any Note may be set forth on the reverse thereof, with an appropriate reference thereto on the face of the Note.
     The Definitive Notes shall be typewritten, printed, lithographed or engraved or produced by any combination of these methods (with or without steel engraved borders), all as determined by the officers executing such Notes, as evidenced by their execution of such Notes.
     Each Note shall be dated the date of its authentication. The terms of the Notes set forth in Exhibit A are part of the terms of this Indenture.
     SECTION 2.02 Execution, Authentication and Delivery. The Notes shall be executed on behalf of the Issuer by any of its Authorized Officers. The signature of any such Authorized Officer on the Notes may be manual or facsimile. Notes bearing the manual or facsimile signature of individuals who were at any time Authorized Officers of the Issuer shall bind the Issuer, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such Notes or did not hold such offices at the date of such Notes. The Indenture Trustee shall upon Issuer Order authenticate and deliver the Class A-1 Notes for original issue in an aggregate principal amount of $                    , the Class A-2 Notes for original issue in an aggregate principal amount of $                    , the Class A-3 Notes for original issue in an aggregate principal amount of $                    , and the Class A-4 Notes for original issue in an aggregate principal amount of $                    . The aggregate principal amount of the Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2 Notes, the Class A-3 Notes, and the Class A-4 Notes outstanding at any time may not exceed such respective amounts except as provided in Section 2.05. The Notes shall be issuable as registered Notes in minimum denominations of $25,000 and any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof. Each Note shall be dated the date of its authentication.
     No Note shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose, unless there appears on such Note a certificate of authentication substantially in the form included in Exhibit A, executed by the Indenture Trustee by the manual or facsimile signature of one of its authorized signatories, and such certificate upon any Note shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Note has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder.
     SECTION 2.03 Temporary Notes. Pending the preparation of Definitive Notes, the Issuer may execute, and upon receipt of an Issuer Order the Indenture Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, temporary Notes that are printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced, of the tenor of the Definitive Notes in lieu of which they are issued and with such variations not inconsistent with the terms of this Indenture as the officers executing such Notes may determine, as evidenced by their execution of such Notes. If temporary Notes are issued, the Issuer will cause Definitive Notes to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of Definitive Notes, the temporary Notes shall be exchangeable for Definitive Notes upon surrender of the temporary Notes at the office or agency of the Issuer to be maintained as provided in Section 3.02, without charge to the Holder. Upon
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surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Notes of any Class, the Issuer shall execute, and the Indenture Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor, a like principal amount of Definitive Notes of such Class of authorized denominations. Until so exchanged, the temporary Notes shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as Definitive Notes.
     SECTION 2.04 Registration; Registration of Transfer and Exchange.
     (a) The Note Registrar shall maintain a Note Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Note Registrar shall provide for the registration of Notes and transfers and exchanges of Notes as provided in this Indenture. The Indenture Trustee is hereby initially appointed Note Registrar for the purpose of registering Notes and transfers and exchanges of Notes as provided in this Indenture. In the event that, subsequent to the Closing Date, the Indenture Trustee notifies the Issuer that it is unable to act as Note Registrar, the Issuer shall appoint another bank or trust company, having an office or agency located in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, agreeing to act in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture applicable to it, and otherwise acceptable to the Indenture Trustee, to act as successor Note Registrar under this Indenture.
     If a Person other than the Indenture Trustee is appointed by the Issuer as Note Registrar, the Issuer will give the Indenture Trustee prompt written notice of the appointment of such Note Registrar and of the location, and any change in the location, of the Note Register, and the Indenture Trustee shall have the right to inspect the Note Register at all reasonable times and to obtain copies thereof, and the Indenture Trustee shall have the right to rely upon a certificate executed on behalf of the Note Registrar by an Executive Officer thereof as to the names and addresses of the Holders of the Notes and the principal amounts and number of such Notes.
     (b) Upon the proper surrender for registration of transfer of any Note at the office or agency of the Issuer to be maintained as provided in Section 3.02, the Issuer shall execute, and the Indenture Trustee shall authenticate in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Notes of the same Class in authorized denominations of a like aggregate principal amount.
     (c) At the option of the Holder, Notes may be exchanged for other Notes of the same Class in any authorized denominations, of a like aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of the Notes to be exchanged at such office or agency. Whenever any Notes are so surrendered for exchange, the Issuer shall execute, and the Indenture Trustee shall authenticate and the Noteholder shall obtain from the Indenture Trustee, the Notes which the Noteholder making the exchange is entitled to receive. Every Note presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee and the Note Registrar duly executed by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.
     (d) No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Notes, but the Indenture Trustee may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Notes.
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     (e) All Notes surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be canceled and subsequently destroyed by the Indenture Trustee.
     (f) By acquiring a Note, each Noteholder will be deemed to represent, warrant and covenant that either (i) it is not acquiring the Note with the assets of a Benefit Plan; or (ii) the acquisition, holding and disposition of the Note will not give rise to a nonexempt prohibited transaction under Section 406 of ERISA, Section 4975 of the Code or any similar applicable law.
     SECTION 2.05 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Notes. If (i) any mutilated Note is surrendered to the Indenture Trustee, or the Indenture Trustee receives evidence to its satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Note, and (ii) there is delivered to the Indenture Trustee such security or indemnity as may be required by it to hold the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Issuer, the Note Registrar or the Indenture Trustee that such Note has been acquired by a protected purchaser, the Issuer shall execute, and upon its request the Indenture Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Note, a replacement Note of the same Class. In connection with the issuance of any new Note under this Section 2.05, the Issuer may require payment by the Holder of such Note of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto.
     If, after the delivery of such replacement Note or payment of a destroyed, lost or stolen Note, a protected purchaser of the original Note in lieu of which such replacement Note was issued presents for payment such original Note, the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to recover such replacement Note (or such payment) from the Person to whom it was delivered or any Person taking such replacement Note from such Person to whom such replacement Note was delivered or any assignee of such Person, except a protected purchaser, and shall be entitled to recover upon the security or indemnity provided therefor to the extent of any loss, damage, cost or expense incurred by the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee in connection therewith.
     Every replacement Note issued pursuant to this Section 2.05 in replacement of any mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Note shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the Issuer, whether or not the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Note shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Notes of the same Class duly issued hereunder.
     The provisions of this Section 2.05 are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Notes.
     SECTION 2.06 Persons Deemed Owners. Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer of any Note, the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and any agent of the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee may treat the Person in whose name any Note is registered (as of the day of determination) as the owner of such Note for the purpose of receiving payments of principal of and interest, if any, on such Note and for all other purposes whatsoever, and none of the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee or any agent of the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
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     SECTION 2.07 Payments of Principal and Interest.
     (a) The Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2 Notes, the Class A-3 Notes, and the Class A-4 Notes shall accrue interest during each Interest Period at the Class A-1 Rate, the Class A-2 Rate, the Class A-3 Rate, and the Class A-4 Rate, respectively, and such interest shall be payable on each related Distribution Date as specified in the applicable Note by applying amounts available pursuant to Section 5.06 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement and to Section 3.01 of this Indenture. Any installment of interest or principal payable on any Note that is punctually paid or duly provided for by the Issuer on the applicable Distribution Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name such Note (or one or more Predecessor Notes) is registered on the Record Date by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account designated by such nominee, except for the final installment of principal payable with respect to such Note on a Distribution Date or on the applicable Final Scheduled Distribution Date, which shall be payable as provided below.
     (b) The principal of each Note shall be payable in installments on each Distribution Date by applying amounts available pursuant to Section 5.06 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the entire unpaid principal amount of the Notes shall be due and payable, if not previously paid, from and after the date on which the Indenture Trustee or the Holders of a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes, voting as a single class (excluding for such purpose the outstanding principal amount of any Notes held of record or beneficially owned by NARC II, NMAC or any of their Affiliates, unless at such time all of the Notes are held of record or beneficially owned by NARC II, NMAC or any of their Affiliates), have declared the Notes to be immediately due and payable in the manner provided in Section 5.02 in connection with an Event of Default. All principal payments on each Class of Notes shall be made pro rata to the Noteholders of such Class entitled thereto. The Indenture Trustee shall notify the Person in whose name a Note is registered at the close of business on the Record Date preceding the Distribution Date on which the final installment of principal of and interest on such Note will be paid. Such notice shall be mailed or transmitted by facsimile not less than 15 nor more than 30 days prior to such final Distribution Date, shall specify that such final installment will be payable only upon presentation and surrender of such Note and shall specify the place where such Note may be presented and surrendered for payment of such installment.
     SECTION 2.08 Cancellation. All Notes surrendered for payment, registration of transfer or exchange shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the Indenture Trustee, be delivered to the Indenture Trustee and shall be promptly canceled by the Indenture Trustee. The Issuer may at any time deliver to the Indenture Trustee for cancellation any Notes previously authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Issuer may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and all Notes so delivered shall be promptly canceled by the Indenture Trustee. No Notes shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Notes canceled as provided in this Section, except as expressly permitted by this Indenture. All canceled Notes may be held or disposed of by the Indenture Trustee in accordance with its standard retention or disposal policy as in effect at the time unless the Issuer shall direct by an Issuer Order that they be destroyed or returned to it; provided, that such Issuer Order is timely and the Notes have not been previously disposed of by the Indenture Trustee.
     SECTION 2.09 Release of Collateral. Subject to Sections 8.05 and 11.01 and the terms of the Basic Documents, the Indenture Trustee shall release property from the lien of this Indenture only upon receipt of an Issuer Request accompanied by an Officer’s Certificate, an Opinion of Counsel and Independent Certificates in accordance with TIA Sections 314(c) and 314(d)(l) or an Opinion of Counsel in lieu of such Independent Certificates to the effect that the TIA does not require any such Independent Certificates.
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     SECTION 2.10 Book-Entry Notes. The Notes, upon original issuance, will be issued in the form of typewritten Notes representing the Book-Entry Notes, to be delivered to The Depository Trust Company, the initial Clearing Agency, or a custodian therefor, by, or on behalf of, the Issuer. The Book-Entry Notes shall be registered initially on the Note Register in the name of Cede & Co., the nominee of the initial Clearing Agency, and no Note Owner thereof will receive a Definitive Note representing such Note Owner’s interest in such Note, except as provided in Section 2.12. Unless and until definitive, fully registered Notes (the “Definitive Notes”) have been issued to such Note Owners pursuant to Section 2.12:
     (a) the provisions of this Section shall be in full force and effect;
     (b) the Note Registrar and the Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to deal with the Clearing Agency for all purposes of this Indenture (including the payment of principal of and interest on the Notes and the giving of instructions or directions hereunder) as the authorized representative of the Note Owners;
     (c) to the extent that the provisions of this Section conflict with any other provisions of this Indenture, the provisions of this Section shall control;
     (d) the rights of Note Owners shall be exercised only through the Clearing Agency and shall be limited to those established by law and agreements between such Note Owners and the Clearing Agency and/or the Clearing Agency Participants pursuant to the Note Depository Agreement. Unless and until Definitive Notes are issued pursuant to Section 2.12, the initial Clearing Agency will make book-entry transfers among the Clearing Agency Participants and receive and transmit payments of principal of and interest on the Notes to such Clearing Agency Participants; and
     (e) whenever this Indenture requires or permits actions to be taken based upon instructions or directions of Holders of Notes evidencing a specified percentage of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes or of the Notes of any Class, the Clearing Agency shall be deemed to represent such percentage only to the extent that it has received instructions to such effect from Note Owners and/or Clearing Agency Participants owning or representing, respectively, such required percentage of the beneficial interest in the Notes and has delivered such instructions to the Indenture Trustee.
     SECTION 2.11 Notices to Clearing Agency. Whenever a notice or other communication to the Noteholders is required under this Indenture, unless and until Definitive Notes shall have been issued to such Note Owners pursuant to Section 2.12, the Indenture Trustee shall give all such notices and communications specified herein to be given to Holders of the Notes to the Clearing Agency and shall be deemed to have been given as of the date of delivery to the Clearing Agency.
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     SECTION 2.12 Definitive Notes. If (i) the Seller, the Owner Trustee or the Administrator advises the Indenture Trustee in writing that the Clearing Agency is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities with respect to the Book-Entry Notes and the Seller, the Owner Trustee or the Administrator are unable to locate a qualified successor (and if the Administrator has made such determination, the Administrator has given written notice thereof to the Indenture Trustee), (ii) the Seller, the Indenture Trustee or the Administrator, at its option and to the extent permitted by law, advises each other such party in writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Clearing Agency, or (iii) after the occurrence of an Event of Default or a Servicer Default, Note Owners representing beneficial interests aggregating a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes of all Classes advise the Indenture Trustee and the Clearing Agency in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system through the Clearing Agency or a successor thereto is no longer in the best interests of the Note Owners acting together as a single Class, then the Clearing Agency shall notify all Note Owners and the Indenture Trustee of the occurrence of such event and of the availability of Definitive Notes to Note Owners requesting the same. Upon surrender to the Indenture Trustee of the typewritten Notes representing the Book-Entry Notes by the Clearing Agency, accompanied by registration instructions, the Issuer shall execute and the Indenture Trustee shall authenticate the Definitive Notes in accordance with the instructions of the Clearing Agency. None of the Issuer, the Note Registrar or the Indenture Trustee shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instructions and may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions. Upon the issuance of Definitive Notes, the Indenture Trustee shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive Notes as Noteholders. The Indenture Trustee, Issuer and Administrator shall not be liable for any inability to locate a qualified successor Clearing Agency. From and after the date of issuance of Definitive Notes, all notices to be given to Noteholders will be mailed thereto at their addresses of record in the Note Register as of the relevant Record Date. Such notices will be deemed to have been given as of the date of mailing. Interest and principal payments on the Definitive Notes on each Distribution Date will be made to the holders in whose names the related Definitive Notes, as applicable, were registered at the close of business on the related Deposit Date. Payments will be made by check mailed to the address of such holders as they appear on the Note register, except that a Noteholder having original denominations aggregating at least $1 million may request payment by wire transfer of funds pursuant to written instructions delivered to the Indenture Trustee at least five Business Days prior to the Deposit Date. The final payment on any Definitive Notes will be made only upon presentation and surrender of the Definitive Notes at the office or agency specified in the notice of final payment to Noteholders.
     SECTION 2.13 Tax Treatment. The Issuer has entered into this Indenture, and the Notes will be issued, with the intention that, for federal, state and local income, single business and franchise tax purposes, the Notes will qualify as indebtedness of the Issuer secured by the Trust Estate or, for periods during which there is a single beneficial owner of the Certificates, indebtedness of the Certificateholder issued by the Trust Estate. The Issuer, by entering into this Indenture, and each Noteholder, by its acceptance of a Note (and each Note Owner by its acceptance of an interest in the applicable Book-Entry Note), agree to treat the Notes for federal, state and local income, single business and franchise tax purposes as indebtedness of the Issuer.
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ARTICLE III
Covenants, Representations and Warranties
     SECTION 3.01 Payment of Principal and Interest. In accordance with the terms of this Indenture, the Issuer will duly and punctually (i) pay the principal of and interest, if any, on the Notes in accordance with the terms of the Notes and this Indenture and (ii) cause the Servicer to direct the Indenture Trustee to release from the Collection Account all other amounts distributable or payable from the Owner Trust Estate under the Trust Agreement, the Sale and Servicing Agreement and the Administration Agreement. Without limiting the foregoing and in order to fulfill such obligations, pursuant to Sections 8.02 and 8.03 hereof, the Issuer will cause the Servicer to direct the Indenture Trustee to apply all amounts on deposit in the Collection Account, the Reserve Account and the Yield Supplement Account on a Distribution Date deposited therein pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement (i) (a) for the benefit of the Class A-1 Notes, to the Class A-1 Noteholders, (b) for the benefit of the Class A-2 Notes, to the Class A-2 Noteholders, (c) for the benefit of the Class A-3 Notes, to the Class A-3 Noteholders, and (d) for the benefit of the Class A-4 Notes, to the Class A-4 Noteholders, and (ii) for the benefit of the Certificateholders, to or as directed by the Owner Trustee or the Administrator, as set forth in Section 5.06, 5.07 and 5.08 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement. Amounts properly withheld under the Code by any Person from a payment to any Noteholder of interest and/or principal shall be considered as having been paid by the Issuer to such Noteholder for all purposes of this Indenture.
     SECTION 3.02 Maintenance of Office or Agency. The Issuer will maintain in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, an office or agency where Notes may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange, and where notices and demands to or upon the Issuer in respect of the Notes and this Indenture may be served. The Issuer hereby initially appoints the Indenture Trustee to serve as its agent for the foregoing purposes. The Issuer will give prompt written notice to the Indenture Trustee of the location, and of any change in the location, of any such office or agency. If at any time the Issuer shall fail to maintain any such office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Indenture Trustee with the address thereof, such surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office, and the Issuer hereby appoints the Indenture Trustee as its agent to receive all such surrenders, notices and demands.
     SECTION 3.03 Money for Payments To Be Held in Trust. As provided in Sections 8.02 and 8.03, all payments of amounts due and payable with respect to any Notes that are to be made from amounts withdrawn from the Collection Account, the Reserve Account or the Yield Supplement Account pursuant to Sections 8.02 and 8.03 shall be made on behalf of the Issuer by the Indenture Trustee or by the Paying Agent, and no amounts so withdrawn from such accounts for payments of Notes shall be paid over to the Issuer, the Owner Trustee or the Administrator except as provided in this Section.
     On or before each Distribution Date, the Issuer shall deposit in the Collection Account or, in accordance with the Sale and Servicing Agreement, cause to be deposited (including the provision of instructions to the Indenture Trustee to make any required withdrawals from the Reserve Account or the Yield Supplement Account and to deposit such amounts in the Collection Account), an aggregate sum sufficient to pay the amounts then becoming due under
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the Notes and the Certificates, such sum to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto, and (unless the Paying Agent is the Indenture Trustee) shall promptly notify the Indenture Trustee of its action or failure so to act.
     The Indenture Trustee, as Paying Agent, hereby agrees with the Issuer that it will, and the Issuer will cause each Paying Agent other than the Indenture Trustee, as a condition to its acceptance of its appointment as Paying Agent, to execute and deliver to the Indenture Trustee an instrument in which such Paying Agent shall agree with the Indenture Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section, that such Paying Agent will:
     (a) hold all sums held by it for the payment of amounts due with respect to the Notes or Certificates or for release to the Issuer for payment on the Certificates in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided and pay or release such sums to such Persons as herein provided;
     (b) give the Indenture Trustee notice of any default by the Issuer (or any other obligor upon the Notes) of which it has actual knowledge in the making of any payment required to be made with respect to the Notes or the release of any amounts to the Issuer to be paid to the Certificateholders;
     (c) at any time during the continuance of any such default, upon the written request of the Indenture Trustee, forthwith pay to the Indenture Trustee all sums so held in trust by such Paying Agent;
     (d) immediately resign as a Paying Agent and forthwith pay to the Indenture Trustee all sums held by it in trust for the payment of Notes (or for release to the Issuer) if at any time it ceases to meet the standards required to be met by a Paying Agent at the time of its appointment; and
     (e) comply with all requirements of the Code with respect to the withholding from any payments made by it on any Notes or Certificates (or assisting the Issuer to withhold from payment to the Certificateholders) of any applicable withholding taxes imposed thereon and with respect to any applicable reporting requirements in connection therewith.
     The Issuer may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, by Issuer Order direct any Paying Agent to pay to the Indenture Trustee all sums held in trust by such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Indenture Trustee upon the same trusts as those upon which the sums were held by such Paying Agent; and upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Indenture Trustee, such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such money.
     Subject to applicable laws with respect to escheat of funds, any money held by the Indenture Trustee or any Paying Agent in trust for the payment of any amount due with respect to any Note and remaining unclaimed after such amount has become due and payable and after the Indenture Trustee has taken the steps described in this paragraph shall be discharged from such trust and be paid to Children’s Hospital Los Angeles upon presentation thereto of an Issuer Request; and the Holder of such Note shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Issuer for payment thereof, and all liability of the Indenture Trustee or such Paying Agent
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with respect to such trust money shall thereupon cease. In the event that any Noteholder shall not surrender its Notes for retirement within six months after the date specified in the written notice of final payment described in Section 2.07, the Indenture Trustee will give a second written notice to the registered Noteholders that have not surrendered their Notes for final payment and retirement. If within one year after such second notice any Notes have not been surrendered, the Indenture Trustee shall, at the expense and direction of the Issuer, cause to be published once, in a newspaper published in the English language, customarily published on each Business Day and of general circulation in The City of New York, notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be paid to Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. The Indenture Trustee shall also adopt and employ, at the expense and direction of the Issuer, any other reasonable means of notification of such repayment specified by the Issuer or the Administrator.
     SECTION 3.04 Existence. The Issuer will keep in full effect its existence, rights and franchises as a statutory trust under the laws of the State of Delaware (unless it becomes, or any successor Issuer hereunder is or becomes, organized under the laws of any other State or of the United States of America, in which case the Issuer will keep in full effect its existence, rights and franchises under the laws of such other jurisdiction) and will obtain and preserve its qualification to do business in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is or shall be necessary to protect the validity and enforceability of this Indenture, the Notes, the Collateral and each other instrument or agreement included in the Trust Estate or the Owner Trust Estate.
     SECTION 3.05 Protection of Trust Estate. The Issuer will from time to time execute and deliver all such supplements and amendments hereto and all such financing statements, continuation statements, instruments of further assurance and other instruments, and will take such other action necessary or advisable to:
     (a) maintain or preserve the lien and security interest (and the priority thereof) of this Indenture or carry out more effectively the purposes hereof;
     (b) perfect, publish notice of or protect the validity of any Grant made or to be made by this Indenture;
     (c) enforce any of the Collateral; or
     (d) preserve and defend title to the Trust Estate and the rights of the Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders in such Trust Estate against the claims of all persons and parties.
     The Issuer hereby designates the Indenture Trustee its agent and attorney-in-fact to execute any financing statement, continuation statement or other instrument required to be executed pursuant to this Section 3.05.
     SECTION 3.06 Opinions as to Trust Estate.
     (a) On the Closing Date, the Issuer shall furnish or cause to be furnished to the Indenture Trustee an Opinion of Counsel either stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, such action has been taken with respect to the execution, recording and filing of this Indenture, any indentures
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supplemental hereto, any requisite financing statements and continuation statements and any other requisite documents necessary to perfect and make effective the lien and security interest of this Indenture or stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, no such action is necessary to make such lien and security interest effective.
     (b) As and when specified in Section 10.02(h) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Issuer shall furnish or cause to be furnished to the Indenture Trustee an Opinion of Counsel either stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, such action has been taken with respect to the execution, recording, filing or re-recording and refiling of this Indenture, any indentures supplemental hereto, any financing statements and continuation statements and any other requisite documents necessary to maintain the lien and security interest created by this Indenture or stating that in the opinion of such counsel no such action is necessary to maintain such lien and security interest. Such Opinion of Counsel shall also describe the execution, recording, filing or re-recording and refiling of this Indenture, any indentures supplemental hereto, any financing statements and continuation statements and any other documents that will, in the opinion of such counsel, be required to maintain the lien and security interest of this Indenture until the date in the following calendar year on which such Opinion of Counsel must again be delivered.
     SECTION 3.07 Performance of Obligations; Servicing of Receivables.
     (a) The Issuer will not take any action and will use its best efforts not to permit any action to be taken by others that would release any Person from any of such Person’s material covenants or obligations under any instrument or agreement included in the Trust Estate or that would result in the amendment, hypothecation, subordination, termination or discharge of, or impair the validity or effectiveness of, any such instrument or agreement, except as expressly provided in the Basic Documents.
     (b) The Issuer may contract with other Persons to assist it in performing its duties under this Indenture, and any performance of such duties by a Person identified to the Indenture Trustee in an Officer’s Certificate of the Issuer shall be deemed to be action taken by the Issuer. Initially, the Issuer has contracted with the Servicer and the Administrator to assist the Issuer in performing its duties under this Indenture.
     (c) The Issuer will punctually perform and observe all of its obligations and agreements contained in the Basic Documents and in the instruments and agreements included in the Trust Estate, including but not limited to filing or causing to be filed all UCC financing statements and continuation statements required to be filed by the terms of the Trust Agreement, this Indenture and the Sale and Servicing Agreement in accordance with and within the time periods provided for herein and therein.
     (d) If an Authorized Officer of the Issuer shall have knowledge of the occurrence of a Servicer Default under the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Issuer shall promptly notify the Indenture Trustee and the Rating Agencies thereof, and shall specify in such notice the action, if any, the Issuer is taking with respect of such default. If a Servicer Default shall arise from the failure of the Servicer to perform any of its duties or obligations under the Sale and Servicing Agreement with respect to the Receivables, the Issuer shall take all reasonable steps available to it to remedy such failure.
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     (e) As promptly as possible after the giving of notice of termination to the Servicer of the Servicer’s rights and powers pursuant to Section 8.01 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Indenture Trustee shall appoint a successor servicer (the “Successor Servicer”), and such Successor Servicer shall accept its appointment by a written assumption in a form acceptable to the Indenture Trustee. In the event that a Successor Servicer has not been appointed and accepted its appointment as set forth in Section 8.02 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Indenture Trustee without further action shall automatically be appointed the Successor Servicer and shall thereafter be entitled to the Total Servicing Fee. Notwithstanding the above, the Indenture Trustee shall, if it shall be legally unable so to act, appoint or petition a court of competent jurisdiction to appoint, and the predecessor Servicer, if no successor Servicer has been appointed at the time the predecessor Servicer has ceased to act, may petition a court of competent jurisdiction to appoint, any established institution having a net worth of not less than $100,000,000 and whose regular business shall include the servicing of automobile and/or light-duty truck receivables, as the successor to the Servicer under the Sale and Servicing Agreement. Upon such appointment, the Indenture Trustee will be released from the duties and obligations of acting as Successor Servicer, such release effective upon the effective date of the servicing agreement entered into between the Successor Servicer and the Issuer.
     In connection with any such appointment, the Indenture Trustee may make such arrangements for the compensation of such successor as it and such Successor Servicer shall agree, subject to the limitations set forth below and in the Sale and Servicing Agreement, and in accordance with Section 8.02 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Issuer shall enter into an agreement with such Successor Servicer for the servicing of the Receivables (such agreement to be in form and substance satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee). If the Indenture Trustee shall succeed to the Servicer’s duties as servicer of the Receivables as provided herein, it shall do so in its individual capacity and not in its capacity as Indenture Trustee and, accordingly, the provisions of Article VI hereof shall be inapplicable to the Indenture Trustee in its duties as Successor Servicer and the servicing of the Receivables. In case the Indenture Trustee shall become the Successor Servicer, the Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to appoint as a subservicer any one of its Affiliates, provided that the Indenture Trustee, in its capacity as Successor Servicer, shall remain fully liable for the actions and omissions of such Affiliate.
     (f) Upon any termination of the Servicer’s rights and powers pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Issuer shall promptly notify the Indenture Trustee. As soon as a Successor Servicer is appointed, the Issuer shall notify the Indenture Trustee of such appointment, specifying in such notice the name and address of such Successor Servicer.
     (g) Without derogating from the absolute nature of the assignment granted to the Indenture Trustee under this Indenture or the rights of the Indenture Trustee hereunder, the Issuer agrees (i) that it will not, without the prior written consent of the Indenture Trustee and the Holders of a majority in Outstanding Amount of the Notes, voting as a single class (excluding for such purposes the outstanding principal amount of any Notes held of record or beneficially owned by NMAC, NARC II or any of their Affiliates, unless at such time all of the Notes are held of record or beneficially owned by NARC II, NMAC or any of their Affiliates), amend,
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modify, waive, supplement, terminate or surrender, or agree to any amendment, modification, waiver, supplement, termination or surrender of, the terms of any Collateral (except to the extent otherwise provided in the Sale and Servicing Agreement) or the Basic Documents, or waive timely performance or observance by the Servicer or the Seller under the Sale and Servicing Agreement; and (ii) that any such amendment shall not (A) increase or reduce in any manner the amount of, or accelerate or delay the timing of, collections of payments on the Receivables or distributions that are required to be made for the benefit of the Noteholders or change the Interest Rate or the Specified Reserve Account Balance (except as otherwise provided in the Basic Documents), in each case without the consent of each of the “adversely affected” Noteholders, or (B) reduce the aforesaid percentage of the Notes that is required to consent to any such amendment, without the consent of the Holders of all the outstanding Notes. If any such amendment, modification, supplement or waiver shall be so consented to by the Indenture Trustee or such Holders, the Issuer agrees, promptly following a request by the Indenture Trustee to agree to such amendment and to execute and deliver, in its own name and at its own expense, such agreements, instruments, consents and other documents as the Indenture Trustee may deem necessary or appropriate in the circumstances to implement such amendment and to cause the relevant Basic Documents, as amended, to be enforceable against the Issuer. For the purposes of clause (ii) above, an amendment will be deemed not to “adversely affect” a Noteholder of any Class only if each Rating Agency confirms that such amendment will not result in a reduction or withdrawal of its rating on such Class of Notes.
     SECTION 3.08 Negative Covenants. So long as any Notes are Outstanding, the Issuer shall not:
     (a) except as expressly permitted by Basic Documents, sell, transfer, exchange or otherwise dispose of any of the properties or assets of the Issuer, including those included in the Trust Estate, unless directed to do so by the Indenture Trustee;
     (b) claim any credit on, or make any deduction from the principal or interest payable in respect of, the Notes (other than amounts properly withheld from such payments under the Code) or assert any claim against any present or former Noteholder by reason of the payment of the taxes levied or assessed upon any part of the Trust Estate;
     (c) except as may be expressly permitted hereby, (A) permit the validity or effectiveness of this Indenture to be impaired, or permit the lien of this Indenture to be amended, hypothecated, subordinated, terminated or discharged, or permit any Person to be released from any covenants or obligations with respect to the Notes under this Indenture, (B) permit any lien, charge, excise, claim, security interest, mortgage or other encumbrance (other than the lien of this Indenture) to be created on or extend to or otherwise arise upon or burden the Trust Estate or any part thereof or any interest therein or the proceeds thereof (other than tax liens, mechanics’ liens and other liens that arise by operation of law, in each case on any of the Financed Vehicles and arising solely as a result of an action or omission of the related Obligor), (C) permit the lien of this Indenture not to constitute a valid first priority (other than with respect to any such tax, mechanics’ or other lien) security interest in the Trust Estate, or (D) dissolve or liquidate in whole or in part; or
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     (d) assume or incur any indebtedness other than the Notes or as expressly contemplated by this Indenture (in connection with the obligation to reimburse Advances from the Trust Estate, or to pay expenses from the Trust Estate) or by the Basic Documents as in effect on the date hereof.
     SECTION 3.09 Annual Statement as to Compliance. The Issuer will cause the Servicer to deliver to the Indenture Trustee concurrently with its delivery thereof to the Issuer the annual statement of compliance described in Section 4.09 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement. In addition, on the same date annually upon which such annual statement of compliance is to be delivered by the Servicer, the Issuer shall deliver to the Indenture Trustee an Officer’s Certificate stating, as to the Authorized Officer signing such Officer’s Certificate, that:
     (a) a review of the activities of the Issuer during such year and of its performance under this Indenture has been made under such Authorized Officer’s supervision; and
     (b) to the best of such Authorized Officer’s knowledge, based on such review, the Issuer has complied with all conditions and covenants under this Indenture throughout such year, or, if there has been a default in its compliance with any such condition or covenant, specifying each such default known to such Authorized Officer and the nature and status thereof.
     SECTION 3.10 Issuer May Consolidate, etc., Only on Certain Terms.
     (a) The Issuer shall not consolidate or merge with or into any other Person, unless:
     (i) the Person (if other than the Issuer) formed by or surviving such consolidation or merger shall be a Person organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America or any State or the District of Columbia and shall expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Indenture Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee, the duty to make due and punctual payment of the principal of and interest on all Notes and the performance or observance of every agreement and covenant of this Indenture on the part of the Issuer to be performed or observed, all as provided herein;
     (ii) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing;
     (iii) no Rating Agency shall have notified the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee that such transaction might or would result in the removal or reduction of the rating then assigned thereby to any Class of Notes;
     (iv) the Issuer shall have received an Opinion of Counsel (and shall have delivered copies thereof to the Indenture Trustee) to the effect that such transaction will not have any material adverse tax consequence to the Issuer, any Noteholder or any Certificateholder;
     (v) any action that is necessary to maintain each lien and security interest created by the Trust Agreement, the Sale and Servicing Agreement or this Indenture shall have been taken; and
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     (vi) the Issuer shall have delivered to the Indenture Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that such consolidation or merger and any related supplemental indenture complies with this Article III and that all conditions precedent provided in this Indenture relating to such transaction have been complied with (including any filing required by the Exchange Act).
     (b) The Issuer shall not convey or transfer any of its properties or assets, including those included in the Trust Estate, to any Person, unless:
     (i) the Person that acquires by conveyance or transfer such properties and assets of the Issuer shall (A) be a United States citizen or a Person organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America or any state or the District of Columbia, (B) expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Indenture Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee, the duty to make due and punctual payment of the principal of and interest on all Notes and the performance or observance of every agreement and covenant of this Indenture on the part of the Issuer to be performed or observed, all as provided herein, (C) expressly agrees by means of such supplemental indenture that all right, title and interest so conveyed or transferred shall be subject and subordinate to the rights of Holders of the Notes, (D) unless otherwise provided in such supplemental indenture, expressly agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Issuer, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee against and from any loss, liability or expense arising under or related to this Indenture and the Notes, and (E) expressly agrees by means of such supplemental indenture that such Person (or if a group of Persons, then one specified Person) shall make all filings that counsel satisfactory to such purchaser or transferee and the Indenture Trustee determines must be made with (1) the Commission (and any other appropriate Person) required by the Exchange Act or the appropriate authorities in any state in which the Notes have been sold pursuant to any qualification or exemption under the securities or “blue sky” laws of such state, in connection with the Notes or (2) the Internal Revenue Service or the relevant state or local taxing authorities of any jurisdiction;
     (ii) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing;
     (iii) no Rating Agency shall have notified the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee that such transaction might or would result in the removal or reduction of the rating then assigned thereby to any Class of Notes;
     (iv) the Issuer shall have received an Opinion of Counsel (and shall have delivered copies thereof to the Indenture Trustee) to the effect that such transaction will not have any material adverse tax consequence to the Issuer, any Noteholder or any Certificateholder;
     (v) any action that is necessary to maintain each lien and security interest created by the Trust Agreement, the Sale and Servicing Agreement or this Indenture shall have been taken; and
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     (vi) the Issuer shall have delivered to the Indenture Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that such conveyance or transfer and such supplemental indenture comply with this Article III and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction have been complied with (including any filing required by the Exchange Act).
     SECTION 3.11 Successor or Transferee.
     (a) Upon any consolidation or merger of the Issuer in accordance with Section 3.10(a), the Person formed by or surviving such consolidation or merger (if other than the Issuer) shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Issuer under this Indenture with the same effect as if such Person had been named as the Issuer herein.
     (b) Upon a conveyance or transfer of all the assets and properties of the Issuer pursuant to Section 3.10(b), Nissan Auto Receivables                      Owner Trust will be released from every covenant and agreement of this Indenture to be observed or performed on the part of the Issuer with respect to the Notes and the Certificates immediately upon the delivery of written notice to the Indenture Trustee stating that Nissan Auto Receivables                      Owner Trust is to be so released.
     SECTION 3.12 No Other Business. Unless and until the Issuer shall have been released from its duties and obligations hereunder, the Issuer shall not engage in any business other than financing, purchasing, owning, selling and managing the Receivables in the manner contemplated by the Basic Documents and activities incidental thereto.
     SECTION 3.13 No Borrowing. Unless and until the Issuer shall have been released from its duties and obligations hereunder, the Issuer shall not issue, incur, assume, guarantee or otherwise become liable, directly or indirectly, for any indebtedness except for the Notes or other obligations permitted hereunder (including the obligation to reimburse Advances or certain expenses of the Servicer) or under another Basic Document (including indemnification expenses of the Issuer and certain fees and expenses of the Administrator).
     SECTION 3.14 Servicer’s Notice Obligations. The Issuer shall cause the Servicer to comply with all of its duties and obligations with respect to the preparation of reports, the delivery of Officer’s Certificates and Opinions of Counsel and the giving of instructions and notices under the Sale and Servicing Agreement (including, but not limited to, under Sections 4.08, 4.09, 4.11, 4.13, 5.09 and Article IX thereof).
     SECTION 3.15 Guarantees, Loans, Advances and Other Liabilities. Unless and until the Issuer shall have been released from its duties and obligations hereunder, except as contemplated by the Sale and Servicing Agreement, this Indenture, or the other Basic Documents, the Issuer shall not make any loan or advance or credit to, or guarantee (directly or indirectly or by an instrument having the effect of assuring another’s payment or performance on any obligation or capability of so doing or otherwise), endorse or otherwise become contingently liable, directly or indirectly, in connection with the obligations, stocks or dividends of, or own, purchase, repurchase or acquire (or agree contingently to do so) any stock, obligations, assets or securities of, or any other interest in, or make any capital contribution to, any other Person.
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     SECTION 3.16 Capital Expenditures. Unless and until the Issuer shall have been released from its duties and obligations hereunder, the Issuer shall not make any expenditure (by long-term or operating lease or otherwise) for capital assets (either realty or personalty).
     SECTION 3.17 Removal of Administrator. So long as any Notes are Outstanding, the Issuer shall not remove the Administrator without cause unless so instructed by the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee and unless each Rating Agency shall have received 10 days’ written notice thereof and shall not have notified the Indenture Trustee, the Administrator or the Owner Trustee that such removal might or would result in the removal or reduction of the rating, if any, then assigned thereby to any Class of Notes or the Certificates.
     SECTION 3.18 Restricted Payments. The Issuer shall not, directly or indirectly, (i) pay any dividend or make any distribution (by reduction of capital or otherwise), whether in cash, property, securities or a combination thereof, to the Servicer, the Owner Trustee or any Certificateholder or otherwise with respect to any ownership or equity interest or security in or of the Issuer, (ii) redeem, purchase, retire or otherwise acquire for value any such ownership or equity interest or security or (iii) set aside or otherwise segregate any amounts for any such purpose; provided, however, that the Issuer may make, or cause to be made, (x) distributions to the Servicer, the Owner Trustee and the Certificateholders as contemplated by, and to the extent funds are available for such purpose under, the Sale and Servicing Agreement or the Trust Agreement, and (y) payments to the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Administration Agreement. The Issuer will not, directly or indirectly, make payments to or distributions from the Collection Account except in accordance with the Basic Documents.
     SECTION 3.19 Notice of Events of Default. The Issuer shall give the Indenture Trustee and each Rating Agency prompt written notice of each Event of Default hereunder, each default on the part of the Servicer or the Seller of its obligations under the Sale and Servicing Agreement (including any Servicer Defaults) and each default on the part of NMAC of its obligations under the Purchase Agreement.
          The Indenture Trustee shall notify each Noteholder of record in writing of any Event of Default promptly upon a Responsible Officer obtaining actual knowledge thereof. Such notices will be provided in accordance with Section 2.11.
     SECTION 3.20 Further Instruments and Actions. Upon request of the Indenture Trustee, the Issuer will execute and deliver such further instruments and do such further acts as may be reasonably necessary or proper to carry out more effectively the purpose of this Indenture.
     SECTION 3.21 Representations and Warranties. The Issuer makes the following representations and warranties. Such representations and warranties speak as of the execution and delivery of this Indenture and as of the Closing Date, but shall survive the Closing Date. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the Indenture Trustee shall not waive any breach of representations or warranties in this Section 3.21 without the written consent of at least a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes, voting as a single class (excluding for such purposes the outstanding principal amount of any Notes held of record or beneficially owned by NMAC, NARC II or any of their Affiliates, unless at such time all of the Notes are held of record or beneficially owned by NMAC, NARC II or any of their Affiliates).
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     (a) This Indenture creates a valid and continuing security interest (as defined in the applicable UCC) in the Collateral in favor of the Indenture Trustee, which security interest is prior to all other Liens, and is enforceable as such as against creditors of any purchasers from the Issuer.
     (b) The Issuer has taken all steps necessary to perfect its security interest against the Obligor in the property securing the Receivables.
     (c) The Collateral constitutes “tangible chattel paper” or “electronic chattel paper” within the meaning of the applicable UCC.
     (d) The Issuer owns and has good and marketable title to the Collateral free and clear of any Lien, claim or encumbrance of any Person.
     (e) The Issuer has caused or will have caused, within ten days, the filing of all appropriate financing statements in the proper filing office in the appropriate jurisdictions under applicable law in order to perfect the security interest in the Collateral granted to the Indenture Trustee hereunder.
     (f) Other than the security interest granted to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to this Indenture, the Issuer has not pledged, assigned, sold, granted a security interest in, or otherwise conveyed any of the Collateral. The Issuer has not authorized the filing of and is not aware of any financing statements against the Issuer that includes a description of collateral covering the Collateral other than any financing statement relating to the security interest granted to the Indenture Trustee hereunder or a financing statement as to which the security interest covering the Receivables has been released. The Issuer is not aware of any judgment or tax lien filings against the Issuer.
     (g) The Servicer, as an agent of the Issuer, has in its possession all original or authoritative copies of the Receivable File that constitute or evidence the Collateral. The Servicer shall at all times maintain control of the Receivables Files with respect to Receivables that constitute electronic chattel paper. The Receivable Files that constitute or evidence the Collateral do not have any marks or notations indicating that they have been pledged, assigned or otherwise conveyed by the Issuer to any Person other than the Indenture Trustee. All financing statements filed or to be filed against the Issuer in favor of the Indenture Trustee in connection herewith describing the Collateral contain a statement to the following effect: “A purchase of or security interest in any collateral described in this financing statement, except as permitted in the Indenture, will violate the rights of the Indenture Trustee.”
     SECTION 3.22 Regulation AB Representations, Warranties and Covenants. The Issuer agrees to perform all duties and obligations applicable to or required of the Issuer set forth in Appendix A to the Sale and Servicing Agreement and makes the representations and warranties therein applicable to it.
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ARTICLE IV
Satisfaction and Discharge
     SECTION 4.01 Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture. This Indenture shall cease to be of further effect with respect to the Notes except as to (i) rights of registration of transfer and exchange, (ii) substitution of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Notes, (iii) rights of Noteholders to receive payments of principal thereof and interest thereon, (iv) Sections 3.03, 3.04, 3.05, 3.08, 3.10, 3.12 and 3.13, (v) the rights, obligations and immunities of the Indenture Trustee hereunder (including the rights of the Indenture Trustee under Section 6.07 and the obligations of the Indenture Trustee under Sections 3.03 and 4.02), and (vi) the rights of the Noteholders and the Certificateholders as beneficiaries hereof with respect to the property so deposited with the Indenture Trustee payable to all or any of them, and the Indenture Trustee, on demand of and at the expense of the Issuer, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to the Notes, when:
     (a) either (1) all Notes theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than Notes that have been destroyed, lost or stolen and that have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 2.05 and Notes for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Issuer and thereafter repaid to the Issuer or discharged from such trust, as provided in Section 3.03) have been delivered to the Indenture Trustee for cancellation or (2) all Notes not theretofore delivered to the Indenture Trustee for cancellation have become due and payable or will become due and payable within one year (either because the Final Scheduled Distribution Date for the Class A-4 Notes is within one year or because the Indenture Trustee has received notice of the exercise of the option granted pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement) and the Issuer has irrevocably deposited or caused to be irrevocably deposited with the Indenture Trustee cash or direct obligations of or obligations guaranteed by the United States of America (which will mature prior to the date such amounts are payable), in trust for such purpose, in an amount sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on such Notes not theretofore delivered to the Indenture Trustee for cancellation when due;
     (b) the Issuer has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Issuer; and
     (c) the Issuer has delivered to the Indenture Trustee, an Officer’s Certificate, (if required by the TIA or the Indenture Trustee) an Opinion of Counsel and (if required by the TIA or the Indenture Trustee) an Independent Certificate from a firm of certified public accountants, each meeting the applicable requirements of Section 11.01 and, subject to Section 11.02, each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been complied with.
     SECTION 4.02 Application of Trust Money. All moneys deposited with the Indenture Trustee pursuant to Section 4.01 hereof shall be held in trust and (a) applied by it in accordance with the provisions of the Notes and this Indenture to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent, as the Indenture Trustee may determine, to the Holders of the particular Notes for the payment of which such moneys have been deposited with the Indenture Trustee, of all sums due and to become due thereon for principal and interest or (b) released to the Owner Trustee for application pursuant to the Trust Agreement or the Sale and Servicing Agreement; but such moneys need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required herein or in the Sale and Servicing Agreement or required by law.
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     SECTION 4.03 Repayment of Moneys Held by Paying Agent. In connection with the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to the Notes, all moneys then held by any Paying Agent other than the Indenture Trustee under the provisions of this Indenture with respect to such Notes shall, upon demand of the Issuer, be paid to the Indenture Trustee to be held and applied according to Section 3.03 or 4.02 and thereupon such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such moneys.
ARTICLE V
Remedies
     SECTION 5.01 Events of Default. “Event of Default,” wherever used herein, means any one of the following events (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body):
     (a) default in the payment of any interest on any Note when the same becomes due and payable, and such default shall continue for a period of five days;
     (b) default in the payment of the principal of or any installment of the principal of any Note when the same becomes due and payable;
     (c) default in the observance or performance of any covenant or agreement of the Issuer made in this Indenture (other than a covenant or agreement, a default in the observance or performance of which is elsewhere in this Section specifically dealt with) which shall continue or not be cured for a period of 90 days after there shall have been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Issuer by the Indenture Trustee or to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes, acting together as a single class, a written notice specifying such default or incorrect representation or warranty and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a notice of Default hereunder;
     (d) any representation or warranty of the Issuer made in this Indenture or in any certificate or other writing delivered pursuant hereto or in connection herewith shall prove to have been incorrect in any material respect as of the time when the same shall have been made, and such default shall continue or not be cured, or the circumstance or condition in respect of which such misrepresentation or warranty was incorrect shall not have been eliminated or otherwise cured, for a period of 30 days after there shall have been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Issuer by the Indenture Trustee or to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes, acting together as a single Class, a written notice specifying such default or incorrect representation or warranty and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a notice of Default hereunder;
     (e) the filing of a petition seeking entry of a decree or order for relief by a court having jurisdiction in the premises in respect of the Issuer or any substantial part of the Trust Estate in an involuntary case under any applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar
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law now or hereafter in effect, or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar official of the Issuer or for any substantial part of the Trust Estate, or ordering the winding-up or liquidation of the Issuer’s affairs, and such petition shall remain unstayed and in effect for a period of 90 consecutive days; or
     (f) the commencement by the Issuer of a voluntary case under any applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or the consent by the Issuer to the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case under any such law, or the consent by the Issuer to the appointment or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar official of the Issuer or for any substantial part of the Trust Estate, or the making by the Issuer of any general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the failure by the Issuer generally to pay its debts as such debts become due, or the taking of any action by the Issuer in furtherance of any of the foregoing.
     The Issuer shall deliver to the Indenture Trustee, within five Business Days after the occurrence thereof, written notice in the form of an Officer’s Certificate of any Default that with the giving of notice or the lapse of time would become an Event of Default under clause (d), stating the status of such Default and any action the Issuer is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.
     SECTION 5.02 Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment. If an Event of Default should occur and be continuing, then and in every such case the Indenture Trustee or the Holders of a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes, voting as a single class (excluding for such purposes the outstanding principal amount of any Notes held of record or beneficially owned by NMAC, NARC II or any of their Affiliates, unless at such time all of the Notes are held of record or beneficially owned by NARC II, NMAC or any of their Affiliates) may declare all the Notes to be immediately due and payable, by a notice in writing to the Issuer (and to the Indenture Trustee if given by Noteholders), and upon any such declaration the unpaid principal amount of such Notes, together with accrued and unpaid interest thereon through the date of acceleration, shall become immediately due and payable.
     At any time after such declaration of acceleration of maturity has been made and before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained by the Indenture Trustee as hereinafter in this Article V provided, the Holders of a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes, voting as a single class (excluding for such purposes the outstanding principal amount of any Notes held of record or beneficially owned by NMAC, NARC II or any of their Affiliates, unless at such time all of the Notes are held of record or beneficially owned by NARC II, NMAC or any of their Affiliates), by written notice to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if:
     (a) the Issuer has paid or deposited with the Securities Intermediary in the name of the Indenture Trustee a sum sufficient to pay:
     (i) all payments of principal of and interest on the Notes and all other amounts that would then be due hereunder or upon such Notes if the Event of Default giving rise to such acceleration had not occurred; and
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     (ii) all sums paid or advanced by the Indenture Trustee hereunder and the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Indenture Trustee and its agents and counsel; and
     (b) all Events of Default, other than the nonpayment of the principal of the Notes that has become due solely by such acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided in Section 5.12.
     No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right consequent thereto.
     SECTION 5.03 Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Indenture Trustee.
     (a) The Issuer covenants that if (i) default is made in the payment of any interest on any Note, so long as any amounts remain unpaid with respect to the Notes, when the same becomes due and payable, and such default continues for a period of five days, or (ii) default is made in the payment of the principal of or any installment of the principal of any Note when the same becomes due and payable, the Issuer will, upon demand of the Indenture Trustee, pay to the Indenture Trustee, for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes, the whole amount then due and payable on the Notes for principal and interest, with interest upon the overdue principal and, to the extent payment at such rate of interest shall be legally enforceable, upon overdue installments of interest at the rate borne by the Notes and in addition thereto such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Indenture Trustee and its agents and counsel.
     (b) In case the Issuer shall fail forthwith to pay such amounts upon such demand, the Indenture Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, may institute a Proceeding for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, and may prosecute such Proceeding to judgment or final decree, and may enforce the same against the Issuer or other obligor upon such Notes and collect in the manner provided by law out of the property of the Issuer or other obligor upon such Notes, wherever situated, the moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable.
     (c) If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Indenture Trustee may, as more particularly provided in Section 5.04, in its discretion, proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the Noteholders and, incidentally thereto, the Certificateholders, by such appropriate Proceedings as the Indenture Trustee shall deem most effective to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy or legal or equitable right vested in the Indenture Trustee by this Indenture or by law.
     (d) In case there shall be pending, relative to the Issuer or any other obligor upon the Notes or any Person having or claiming an ownership interest in the Trust Estate, Proceedings under Title 11 of the United States Code or any other applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law, or in case a receiver, assignee or trustee in bankruptcy or reorganization, liquidator, sequestrator or similar official shall have been appointed for or taken possession of the Issuer or its property or such other obligor or Person, or in case of any other
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comparable judicial Proceedings relative to the Issuer or other obligor upon the Notes, or to the creditors or property of the Issuer or such other obligor, then, irrespective of whether the principal of any Notes shall then be due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Indenture Trustee shall have made any demand pursuant to the provisions of this Section, the Indenture Trustee shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such Proceedings or otherwise:
     (i) to file and prove a claim or claims for the whole amount of principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Notes, and to file such other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Indenture Trustee (including any claim for reasonable compensation to the Indenture Trustee and each predecessor Indenture Trustee, and their respective agents, attorneys and counsel, and for reimbursement of all expenses and liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the Indenture Trustee and each predecessor Indenture Trustee, except as a result of negligence or bad faith) and of the Noteholders allowed in such Proceedings;
     (ii) unless prohibited by applicable law and regulations, to vote on behalf of the Holders of Notes in any election of a trustee, a standby trustee or Person performing similar functions in any such Proceedings;
     (iii) to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute all amounts received with respect to the claims of the Noteholders and of the Indenture Trustee on their behalf; and
     (iv) to file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Indenture Trustee or the Holders of Notes allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Issuer, its creditors and its property.
     Any trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official in any such Proceeding is hereby authorized by each of such Noteholders to make payments to the Indenture Trustee and, in the event that the Indenture Trustee shall consent to the making of payments directly to such Noteholders, to pay to the Indenture Trustee such amounts as shall be sufficient to cover reasonable compensation to the Indenture Trustee, each predecessor Indenture Trustee and their respective agents, attorneys and counsel, and all other expenses and liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the Indenture Trustee and each predecessor Indenture Trustee except as a result of negligence or bad faith.
     (e) Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Indenture Trustee to authorize or consent to or vote for or accept or adopt on behalf of any Noteholder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Notes or the rights of any Holder thereof or to authorize the Indenture Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Noteholder in any such proceeding except, as aforesaid, to vote for the election of a trustee in bankruptcy or similar Person.
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     (f) All rights of action and of asserting claims under this Indenture, or under any of the Notes, may be enforced by the Indenture Trustee without the possession of any of the Notes or the production thereof in any trial or other Proceedings relative thereto, and any such action or Proceedings instituted by the Indenture Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment, subject to the payment of the expenses, disbursements and compensation of the Indenture Trustee, each predecessor Indenture Trustee and their respective agents and attorneys, shall be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes.
     (g) In any Proceedings brought by the Indenture Trustee (and also any Proceedings involving the interpretation of any provision of this Indenture to which the Indenture Trustee shall be a party), the Indenture Trustee shall be held to represent all the Noteholders, and it shall not be necessary to make any Noteholder a party to any such Proceedings.
     SECTION 5.04 Remedies; Priorities.
     (a) If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and result in the acceleration of the Notes, the Indenture Trustee shall make payments on the Notes and to the Owner Trustee as set forth in Section 5.06(d) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, rather than pursuant to Section 5.06(c) thereof.
     (b) If the Indenture Trustee, in compliance with Section 5.04(a), is deemed to have a conflict of interest under the TIA and is required to resign as Indenture Trustee hereunder, the Issuer shall, pursuant to Section 6.08, cause the Servicer to appoint a successor Indenture Trustee.
     (c) In accordance with Section 5.04(b), if an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Indenture Trustee may do one or more of the following (subject to Section 5.05):
     (i) institute Proceedings in its own name and as trustee of an express trust for the collection of all amounts then payable on the Notes or under this Indenture with respect thereto, whether by declaration or otherwise, enforce any judgment obtained, and collect from the Issuer and any other obligor upon such Notes moneys adjudged due;
     (ii) institute Proceedings from time to time for the complete or partial foreclosure of this Indenture with respect to the Trust Estate;
     (iii) exercise any remedies of a secured party under the UCC and take any other appropriate action to protect and enforce the rights and remedies of the Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders; and
     (iv) sell the Trust Estate or any portion thereof or rights or interest therein, at one or more public or private sales called and conducted in any manner permitted by law; provided, however, that the Indenture Trustee may not sell or otherwise liquidate the Trust Estate following an Event of Default, other than an Event of Default described in Section 5.01(a) or (b), unless (A) the Holders of 100% of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes, voting as a single class, consent thereto (but excluding for purposes of such vote all Notes held or beneficially owned by NMAC, NARC II or any of their Affiliates, unless at such time all of the Notes are held or beneficially owned by NMAC, NARC II and their Affiliates), or (B) the proceeds of such sale or liquidation distributable to the
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Noteholders are sufficient to discharge in full all amounts then due and unpaid upon the Notes for principal and interest, or (C) the Indenture Trustee determines that the Trust Estate may not continue to provide sufficient funds on an ongoing basis to make all payments of principal of and interest on the Notes as they would have become due if the Notes had not been declared due and payable, and the Indenture Trustee obtains the consent of Holders of a 66 2/3% of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes, voting as a single class (but excluding for purposes of such vote all Notes held or beneficially owned by NMAC, NARC II or any of their Affiliates, unless at such time all of the Notes are held or beneficially owned by NMAC, NARC II and their Affiliates). In determining such sufficiency or insufficiency with respect to clause (B) and (C), the Indenture Trustee may, but need not, obtain and rely upon an opinion of an Independent investment banking or accounting firm of national reputation as to the feasibility of such proposed action and as to the sufficiency of the Trust Estate for such purpose.
     (d) The Indenture Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to Noteholders pursuant to this Section. At least 15 days before such record date, the Issuer shall mail to each Noteholder and the Indenture Trustee a notice that states the related record date, payment date and amount to be paid.
     SECTION 5.05 Optional Preservation of the Receivables. If the Notes have been declared to be due and payable under Section 5.02 following an Event of Default and such declaration and its consequences have not been rescinded and annulled, the Indenture Trustee may, unless otherwise directed by the Holders of at least a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes, voting as a single class (excluding from such action and calculation any Notes held by NMAC, NARC II or any of their Affiliates, unless at such time all of the Notes are held of record or beneficially owned by NARC II, NMAC or any of their Affiliates), but need not, elect to maintain possession of the Trust Estate and direct the Issuer, Servicer and Administrator not to take steps to liquidate the Receivables. It is the desire of the parties hereto and the Noteholders that there be at all times sufficient funds for the payment of principal of and interest on the Notes, and the Indenture Trustee shall take such desire into account when determining whether or not to maintain possession of the Trust Estate. In determining whether to maintain possession of the Trust Estate, the Indenture Trustee may, but need not, obtain and rely upon an opinion of an Independent investment banking or accounting firm of national reputation as to the feasibility of such proposed action and as to the sufficiency of the Trust Estate for such purpose.
     SECTION 5.06 Limitation of Suits. No Holder of any Note shall have any right to institute any Proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder unless such Holder has previously given written notice to the Indenture Trustee of a continuing Event of Default, and:
     (a) the Event of Default arises from the Servicer’s failure to remit payments when due; or
     (b) the Holders of not less than 25% of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes, voting as a single class (excluding for such purpose the outstanding principal amount of any Notes held of record or beneficially owned by NARC II, NMAC or any of their Affiliates, unless at such time all of the Notes are held of record or beneficially owned by NARC II, NMAC or any of their Affiliates) have made written request to the Indenture Trustee to institute such Proceeding in
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respect of such Event of Default in its own name as Indenture Trustee hereunder and have offered to the Indenture Trustee reasonable indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in complying with such request, the Indenture Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity has failed to institute such Proceedings, and no direction inconsistent with that written request has been given to the Indenture Trustee during the 60-day period by the holders of a majority in principal amount of those outstanding Notes (or relevant class or classes of Notes).
     It is understood and intended that no one or more Holders of Notes shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other Holders of Notes or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any other Holders or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided.
     In the event the Indenture Trustee shall receive conflicting or inconsistent requests and indemnity from two or more groups of Holders of Notes, each representing less than a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes, the Indenture Trustee in its sole discretion may determine what action, if any, shall be taken, notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture.
     SECTION 5.07 Unconditional Rights of Noteholders To Receive Principal and Interest. Notwithstanding any other provisions in this Indenture, the Holder of any Note shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive payment of the principal of and interest, if any, on such Note on or after the respective due dates thereof expressed in such Note and in this Indenture (in each case with reference to the calculations to be made pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement) and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment, and such right shall not be impaired without the consent of such Holder.
     SECTION 5.08 Restoration of Rights and Remedies. If the Indenture Trustee or any Noteholder has instituted any Proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under this Indenture and such Proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason or has been determined adversely to the Indenture Trustee or to such Noteholder, then and in every such case the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders shall, subject to any determination in such Proceeding, be restored severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder, and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders shall continue as though no such Proceeding had been instituted.
     SECTION 5.09 Rights and Remedies Cumulative. No right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Indenture Trustee or to the Noteholders is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.
     SECTION 5.10 Delay or Omission Not a Waiver. No delay or omission of the Indenture Trustee or any Holder of any Note to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Default or Event of Default shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any
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such Default or Event of Default or an acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by this Article V or by law to the Indenture Trustee or to the Noteholders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the Indenture Trustee or by the Noteholders, as the case may be.
     SECTION 5.11 Control by Noteholders. The Holders of a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes, voting as a single class (excluding for such purpose the outstanding principal amount of any Notes held of record or beneficially owned by NARC II, NMAC or any of their Affiliates, unless at such time all of the Notes are held of record or beneficially owned by NARC II, NMAC or any of their Affiliates), shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any Proceeding for any remedy available to the Indenture Trustee with respect to the Notes or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Indenture Trustee; provided that:
     (a) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this Indenture; and
     (b) any direction to the Indenture Trustee to sell or liquidate the Trust Estate shall be by Holders of Notes representing not less than the applicable percentage of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes set forth in Section 5.04(c)(iv); and
     (c) the Indenture Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Indenture Trustee that is not inconsistent with such direction.
     Notwithstanding the rights of Noteholders set forth in this Section, subject to Section 6.01, the Indenture Trustee need not take any action that it determines might involve it in liability or might materially adversely affect the rights of any Noteholders not consenting to such action.
     SECTION 5.12 Waiver of Past Defaults. Prior to the declaration of the acceleration of the maturity of the Notes as provided in Section 5.02 or the liquidation or sale of the Trust Estate pursuant to Section 5.04, the Holders of a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes, voting as a single class (excluding for such purposes the outstanding principal amount of any Notes held of record or beneficially owned by NMAC, NARC II or any of their Affiliates, unless at such time all of the Notes are held of record or beneficially owned by NARC II, NMAC or any of their Affiliates) may waive any past Default or Event of Default and its consequences except a Default or Event of Default in (a) the deposit of collections or other required amounts, (b) any required payment from amounts held in Accounts in respect of amounts due on the Notes, (c) payment of principal or interest on the Notes, or (d) an Event of Default in respect of a covenant or provision hereof that cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each Note. In the case of any such waiver, the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and the Holders of the Notes shall be restored to their former positions and rights hereunder, respectively.
     Upon any such waiver, such Default shall cease to exist and be deemed to have been cured and not to have occurred, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured and not to have occurred, for every purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereto.
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     SECTION 5.13 Undertaking for Costs. All parties to this Indenture agree, and each Holder of any Note or Note Owner by such Holder’s acceptance of such Note or beneficial interest therein, as the case may be, shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may in its discretion require, in any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit against the Indenture Trustee for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it as Indenture Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; but the provisions of this Section shall not apply to (a) any suit instituted by the Indenture Trustee, (b) any suit instituted by any Noteholder, or a group of Noteholders, in each case holding in the aggregate more than 10% of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes, (c) any suit instituted by any Noteholder for the enforcement of the payment of principal of or interest on any Note on or after the respective due dates expressed in such Note and in this Indenture.
     SECTION 5.14 Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws. The Issuer covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time insist upon, or plead or in any manner whatsoever, claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, that may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Issuer (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Indenture Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted.
     SECTION 5.15 Action on Notes. The Indenture Trustee’s right to seek and recover judgment on the Notes or under this Indenture shall not be affected by the seeking, obtaining or application of any other relief under or with respect to this Indenture. Neither the lien of this Indenture nor any rights or remedies of the Indenture Trustee or the Noteholders shall be impaired by the recovery of any judgment by the Indenture Trustee against the Issuer or by the levy of any execution under such judgment upon any portion of the Trust Estate or upon any of the assets of the Issuer. Any money or property collected by the Indenture Trustee shall be applied in accordance with Section 5.04(a).
     SECTION 5.16 Performance and Enforcement of Certain Obligations.
     (a) Promptly following a request from the Indenture Trustee to do so and at the Administrator’s expense, the Issuer shall take all such lawful action as the Indenture Trustee may request to compel or secure the performance and observance by the Seller and the Servicer, as applicable, of each of their obligations to the Issuer or to each other under or in connection with the Sale and Servicing Agreement or by the Seller of its remedies under or in connection with the Purchase Agreement, and to exercise any and all rights, remedies, powers and privileges lawfully available to the Issuer under or in connection with the Sale and Servicing Agreement or the Purchase Agreement to the extent and in the manner directed by the Indenture Trustee, including the transmission of notices of default on the part of the Seller or the Servicer thereunder and the
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institution of legal or administrative actions or proceedings to compel or secure performance by the Seller or the Servicer of each of their respective obligations under the Sale and Servicing Agreement or the Purchase Agreement.
     (b) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Indenture Trustee may, and at the direction (which direction shall be in writing or by telephone, confirmed in writing promptly thereafter) of the Holders of a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes, voting as a single class (excluding for such purposes the outstanding principal amount of any Notes held of record or beneficially owned by NMAC, NARC II or any of their Affiliates, unless at such time all of the Notes are held of record or beneficially owned by NARC II, NMAC or any of their Affiliates), shall, exercise all rights, remedies, powers, privileges and claims of the Issuer against the Seller or the Servicer under or in connection with the Sale and Servicing Agreement or the Purchase Agreement, or against the Administrator under the Administration Agreement, including the right or power to take any action to compel or secure performance or observance by the Seller, the Servicer or the Administrator, of each of their obligations to the Issuer thereunder and to give any consent, request, notice, direction, approval, extension, or waiver thereunder and any right of the Issuer to take such action shall be suspended.
ARTICLE VI
The Indenture Trustee
     SECTION 6.01 Duties of Indenture Trustee. The Indenture Trustee, both prior to and after the occurrence of a Servicer Default under the Sale and Servicing Agreement, undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture.
     (a) The Indenture Trustee, upon receipt of all resolutions, certificates, statements, opinions, reports, documents, orders or other instruments furnished to the Indenture Trustee that shall be specifically required to be furnished pursuant to any provision of this Indenture, shall examine them to determine whether they conform on their face to the requirements of this Indenture.
     (b) No provision of this Indenture shall be construed to relieve the Indenture Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, its own bad faith or its own willful misfeasance; provided, however, that:
          (i) the duties and obligations of the Indenture Trustee shall be determined solely by the express provisions of this Indenture, the Indenture Trustee shall not be liable except for the performance of such duties and obligations as are specifically set forth in this Indenture, no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Indenture Trustee, the permissive right of the Indenture Trustee to do things enumerated in this Indenture shall not be construed as a duty and, in the absence of bad faith on the part of the Indenture Trustee, the Indenture Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon any certificates or opinions furnished to the Indenture Trustee and conforming on their face to the requirements of this Indenture;
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          (ii) the Indenture Trustee shall not be personally liable for an error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer, unless it shall be proved that the Indenture Trustee was negligent in performing its duties in accordance with the terms of this Indenture; and
          (iii) the Indenture Trustee shall not be personally liable with respect to any action taken, suffered or omitted to be taken in good faith in accordance with the direction of (i) the Holders of at least a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes, voting as a single class (excluding for such purposes the outstanding principal amount of any Notes held of record or beneficially owned by NARC II, NMAC or any of their Affiliates, unless at such time all of the Notes are held of record or beneficially owned by NARC II, NMAC or any of their Affiliates), relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Indenture Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Indenture Trustee under this Indenture.
     (c) The Indenture Trustee shall not be required to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur financial liability in the performance of any of its duties under this Indenture, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if there shall be reasonable grounds for believing that the repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it.
     (d) All information obtained by the Indenture Trustee regarding the Obligors and the Receivables contained in the Trust, whether upon the exercise of its rights under this Indenture or otherwise, shall be maintained by the Indenture Trustee in confidence and shall not be disclosed to any other Person, unless such disclosure is required by any applicable law or regulation or pursuant to subpoena.
     (e) If (i) pursuant to Section 3.02 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee discovers that a representation or warranty with respect to a Receivable was incorrect as of the time specified with respect to such representation and warranty and such incorrectness materially and adversely affects such Receivable, or (ii) pursuant to Section 4.06 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee discovers that a covenant of the Servicer has been breached with respect to a Receivable that would materially and adversely affect such Receivable, the Indenture Trustee shall give prompt written notice to the Servicer and the Owner Trustee of such incorrectness.
     SECTION 6.02 Rights of Indenture Trustee.
     (a) Except as otherwise provided in Section 6.01:
          (i) the Indenture Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, Officer’s Certificate, certificate of an authorized signatory, certificate of auditors or any other certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, appraisal, bond or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties;
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          (ii) the Indenture Trustee may consult with counsel and any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken or suffered or omitted by it under this Indenture in good faith and in accordance with such Opinion of Counsel;
          (iii) the Indenture Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture or the Sale and Servicing Agreement, or to institute, conduct or defend any litigation under this Indenture, or in relation to this Indenture or the Sale and Servicing Agreement, at the request, order or direction of any of the Noteholders pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture or the Sale and Servicing Agreement, unless such Noteholders shall have offered to the Indenture Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities that may be incurred therein or thereby;
          (iv) the Indenture Trustee shall not be personally liable for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it in good faith and reasonably believed by it to be authorized or within the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture;
          (v) the Indenture Trustee shall not be bound to recalculate, reverify, or make any investigation into the facts of matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, approval, bond or other paper or document, unless requested in writing to do so by Holders of Notes evidencing not less than 25% of the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Notes; provided, however, that if the payment within a reasonable time to the Indenture Trustee of the costs, expenses or liabilities likely to be incurred by it in the making of such investigation is, in the opinion of the Indenture Trustee, not reasonably assured to the Indenture Trustee by the security afforded to it by the terms of this Indenture, the Indenture Trustee may require reasonable indemnity against such cost, expense or liability as a condition to so proceeding; the reasonable expense of every such examination shall be paid by the Administrator or, if paid by the Indenture Trustee, shall be reimbursed by the Administrator upon demand; and nothing in this clause shall derogate from the obligation of the Servicer to observe any applicable law prohibiting disclosure of information regarding the Obligors; and
          (vi) the Indenture Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers under this Indenture or perform any duties under this Indenture either directly or by or through agents or attorneys or a custodian.
     (b) No Noteholder will have any right to institute any proceeding with respect to this Indenture except upon satisfying the conditions set forth in Section 5.06.
     SECTION 6.03 Individual Rights of Indenture Trustee. The Indenture Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the Holder, beneficial owner or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with the Issuer or its Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not Indenture Trustee. Any Paying Agent, Note Registrar, co-registrar or co-paying agent may do the same with like rights. However, in so doing the Indenture Trustee must comply with Sections 6.11 and 6.12.
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     SECTION 6.04 Indenture Trustee’s Disclaimer. The Indenture Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Notes (other than the execution by the Indenture Trustee on behalf of the Trust of, and the certificate of authentication on, the Notes), or of the Certificates. The Indenture Trustee shall have no obligation to perform any of the duties of the Servicer or the Administrator unless explicitly set forth in this Indenture. The Indenture Trustee shall at no time have any responsibility or liability for or with respect to the legality, validity and enforceability of the Notes or any Receivable, any ownership interest in any Financed Vehicle, or the maintenance of any such ownership interest, or for or with respect to the efficacy of the Trust or its ability to generate the payments to be distributed to Noteholders under this Indenture, including without limitation the validity of the assignment of the Receivables to the Trust or of any intervening assignment; the existence, condition, location and ownership of any Receivable or Financed Vehicle; the existence and enforceability of any physical damage or credit life or credit disability insurance; the existence and contents of any retail installment sales contract or any computer or other record thereof; the completeness of any retail installment sales contract; the performance or enforcement of any retail installment sales contract; the compliance by the Issuer with any covenant or the breach by the Issuer, Seller or Servicer of any warranty or representation made under this Indenture or in any Basic Document or other related document and the accuracy of any such warranty or representation prior to the Indenture Trustee’s receipt of notice or other discovery of any noncompliance therewith or any breach thereof; the acts or omissions of the Issuer, Seller or the Servicer; or any action by the Indenture Trustee taken at the instruction of the Servicer, provided, however, that the foregoing shall not relieve the Indenture Trustee of its obligation to perform its duties under this Indenture. Except with respect to a claim based on the failure of the Indenture Trustee to perform its duties under this Indenture or based on the Indenture Trustee’s willful misconduct, bad faith or negligence, no recourse shall be had for any claim based on any provision of this Indenture, the Notes or Certificates or assignment thereof against the institution serving as the Indenture Trustee in its individual capacity. The Indenture Trustee shall not have any personal obligation, liability or duty whatsoever to any Noteholder or any other Person with respect to any such claim, and any such claim shall be asserted solely against the Trust or any indemnitor who shall furnish indemnity as provided in this Indenture. The Indenture Trustee shall not be accountable for the use or application by the Issuer of any of the Notes or of the proceeds of such Notes, or for the use or application of any funds paid to the Servicer in respect of the Notes.
     SECTION 6.05 Notice of Defaults. If a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee knows that a Default has occurred and is continuing, the Indenture Trustee shall mail to each Noteholder notice of such Default within 10 days of the occurrence thereof. Except in the case of a Default in payment of principal of or interest on any Note, the Indenture Trustee may withhold such notice if and so long as a committee of its Responsible Officers in good faith determines that withholding the notice is in the interests of Noteholders.
     SECTION 6.06 Reports by Indenture Trustee to Holders. The Indenture Trustee shall deliver or cause to be delivered annually to each Noteholder of record such information as may be required to enable such holder to prepare its federal and state income tax returns. The Indenture Trustee shall also deliver or cause to be delivered annually to each Noteholder of record a report relating to its eligibility and qualification to continue as Indenture Trustee under this Indenture, any amounts advanced by it under this Indenture, the amount, interest rate and maturity date of certain indebtedness owed by the Trust to such Indenture Trustee, in its
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individual capacity, the property and funds physically held by such Indenture Trustee in its capacity as such, and any action taken by it that materially affects the Notes and that has not been previously reported.
     SECTION 6.07 Compensation and Indemnity. The Issuer shall cause the Servicer to pay to the Indenture Trustee from time to time reasonable compensation for its services. The Indenture Trustee’s compensation shall not be limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust. The Issuer shall cause the Servicer to reimburse the Indenture Trustee for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred or made by it, including costs of collection and the costs of implementing any Swap Agreement as contemplated by Section 9.02, in addition to the compensation for its services. Such expenses shall include the reasonable compensation and expenses, disbursements and advances of the Indenture Trustee’s agents, counsel, accountants and experts. The Administrator shall indemnify or shall cause the Servicer to indemnify the Indenture Trustee against any and all loss, liability or expense (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) incurred by it in connection with the administration of this Indenture and the performance of its duties hereunder. The Indenture Trustee shall notify the Administrator and the Servicer promptly of any claim for which it may seek indemnity. Failure by the Indenture Trustee to so notify the Administrator and the Servicer shall not relieve the Administrator or the Servicer of its obligations hereunder. The Administrator shall defend or shall cause the Servicer to defend any such claim, and the Indenture Trustee may have separate counsel and the Administrator shall pay or shall cause the Servicer to pay the fees and expenses of such counsel. Neither the Administrator nor the Servicer need reimburse any expense or indemnify against any loss, liability or expense incurred by the Indenture Trustee through the Indenture Trustee’s own willful misconduct, negligence or bad faith.
     The Administrator’s payment obligations to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to this Section shall survive the discharge of this Indenture. When the Indenture Trustee incurs expenses after the occurrence of a Default specified in Section 5.01(f) or (g) with respect to the Issuer, the expenses are intended to constitute expenses of administration under Title 11 of the United States Code or any other applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law.
     SECTION 6.08 Replacement of Indenture Trustee. The Indenture Trustee may resign at any time by providing written notice of its resignation to the Issuer. The Administrator may remove the Indenture Trustee if:
     (a) the Indenture Trustee fails to comply with Section 6.11;
     (b) the Indenture Trustee is adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent;
     (c) a receiver or other public officer takes charge of the Indenture Trustee or its property; or
     (d) the Indenture Trustee otherwise becomes legally or practically incapable of fulfilling its duties hereunder.
     If the Indenture Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in the office of Indenture Trustee for any reason (the Indenture Trustee in such event being referred to herein as the retiring Indenture Trustee), the Servicer shall promptly appoint a successor Indenture
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Trustee. No resignation or removal of the Indenture Trustee and no appointment of a successor Indenture Trustee shall become effective until the acceptance of appointment by the successor Indenture Trustee pursuant to this Section 6.08.
     A successor Indenture Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the retiring Indenture Trustee, to the Servicer and to the Administrator. Thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Indenture Trustee shall become effective, and the successor Indenture Trustee shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the Indenture Trustee under this Indenture. The successor Indenture Trustee shall mail a notice of its succession to Noteholders. The retiring Indenture Trustee shall promptly transfer all property held by it as Indenture Trustee to the successor Indenture Trustee.
     If a successor Indenture Trustee does not take office within 30 days after the retiring Indenture Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Indenture Trustee, the Administrator or the Holders of a majority in Outstanding Amount of the Notes may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Indenture Trustee.
     If the Indenture Trustee fails to comply with Section 6.11, any Noteholder may at any time thereafter petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Indenture Trustee and the appointment of a successor Indenture Trustee.
     Notwithstanding the replacement of the Indenture Trustee pursuant to this Section, the Issuer’s and the Administrator’s obligations under Section 6.07 shall continue for the benefit of the retiring Indenture Trustee.
     SECTION 6.09 Successor Indenture Trustee by Merger. If the Indenture Trustee consolidates with, merges or converts into, or transfers all or substantially all its corporate trust business or assets to, another Person, the resulting, surviving or transferee corporation without any further act shall be the successor Indenture Trustee if such surviving Person or transferee corporation or banking shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under Section 6.11. The Indenture Trustee shall provide the Issuer, the Servicer and the Rating Agencies reasonable prior written notice of any such transaction.
     In case at the time such successor or successors by merger, conversion or consolidation to the Indenture Trustee shall succeed to the trusts created by this Indenture any of the Notes shall have been authenticated but not delivered, any such successor to the Indenture Trustee may adopt the certificate of authentication of any predecessor trustee, and deliver such Notes so authenticated; and in case at that time any of the Notes shall not have been authenticated, any successor to the Indenture Trustee may authenticate such Notes either in the name of any predecessor hereunder or in the name of the successor to the Indenture Trustee; and in all such cases such certificates shall have the full force which it is anywhere in the Notes or in this Indenture provided that the certificate of the Indenture Trustee shall have.
     SECTION 6.10 Appointment of Co-Indenture Trustee or Separate Indenture Trustee.
     (a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture, at any time, for the purpose of meeting any legal requirement of any jurisdiction in which any part of the Trust Estate may at the time be located or for the purpose of implementing any Swap Agreement as contemplated by Section 9.02, the Indenture Trustee shall have the power and may execute and deliver all
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instruments to appoint one or more Persons to act as a co-trustee or co-trustees, or separate trustee or separate trustees, of all or any part of the Trust, and to vest in such Person or Persons, in such capacity and for the benefit of the Noteholders, such title to the Trust Estate, or any part hereof, and, subject to the other provisions of this Section, such powers, duties, obligations, rights and trusts as the Indenture Trustee may consider necessary or desirable. No co-trustee or separate trustee hereunder shall be required to meet the terms of eligibility as a trustee under Section 6.11 and no notice to Noteholders of the appointment of any co-trustee or separate trustee shall be required under Section 6.08 hereof.
     (b) Every separate trustee and co-trustee shall, to the extent permitted by law, be appointed and act subject to the following provisions and conditions:
          (i) all rights, powers, duties and obligations conferred or imposed upon such separate trustee or co-trustee shall be conferred or imposed upon and exercised or performed by the Indenture Trustee and such separate trustee or co-trustee jointly (it being understood that such separate trustee or co-trustee is not authorized to act separately without the Indenture Trustee joining in and/or directing such act), except to the extent that under any law of any jurisdiction in which any particular act or acts are to be performed the Indenture Trustee shall be incompetent or unqualified to perform such act or acts, in which event such rights, powers, duties and obligations (including the holding of title to the Trust Estate or any portion thereof in any such jurisdiction) shall be exercised and performed singly by such separate trustee or co-trustee, but solely at the direction of the Indenture Trustee;
          (ii) no trustee hereunder shall be personally liable by reason of any act or omission of any other trustee hereunder; and
          (iii) the Indenture Trustee may at any time accept the resignation of or remove any separate trustee or co-trustee.
     (c) Any notice, request or other writing given to the Indenture Trustee shall be deemed to have been given to each of the then separate trustees and co-trustees as effectively as if given to each of them. Every instrument appointing any separate trustee or co-trustee shall refer to this Indenture and the conditions of this Article VI. Each separate trustee and co-trustee, upon its acceptance of the trusts thereupon conferred, shall be vested with the estates or property specified in its instrument of appointment, either jointly with the Indenture Trustee or separately, as may be provided therein, subject to all the provisions of this Indenture, including every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct of, affecting the liability of, or affording protection to, the Indenture Trustee. Every such instrument shall be filed with the Indenture Trustee.
     (d) Any separate trustee or co-trustee may at any time constitute the Indenture Trustee, its agent or attorney-in-fact with full power and authority, to the extent not prohibited by law, to do any lawful act under or in respect of this Indenture on its behalf and in its name. If any separate trustee or co-trustee shall die, become incapable of acting, resign or be removed, all of its estates, properties, rights, remedies and trusts shall vest in and be exercised by the Indenture Trustee, to the extent permitted by law, without the appointment of a new or successor trustee.
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     SECTION 6.11 Eligibility; Disqualification. The Indenture Trustee shall at all times satisfy the requirements of TIA Section 310(a). The Indenture Trustee shall have a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 as set forth in its most recent published annual report of condition and it or its parent shall have a long-term debt rating of “Baa3” or better by Moody’s or shall otherwise be acceptable to Moody’s. The Indenture Trustee shall comply with TIA Section 310(b), including the optional provision permitted by the second sentence of TIA Section 310(b)(9); provided, however, that there shall be excluded from the operation of TIA Section 310(b)(1) any indenture or indentures under which other securities of the Issuer are outstanding if the requirements for such exclusion set forth in TIA Section 310(b)(1) are met.
     SECTION 6.12 Preferential Collection of Claims Against Issuer. The Indenture Trustee shall comply with TIA Section 311(a), excluding any creditor relationship listed in TIA Section 311(b). An Indenture Trustee who has resigned or been removed shall be subject to TIA Section 311(a) to the extent indicated.
     SECTION 6.13 Acknowledgement by Indenture Trustee of its Obligations Under the Sale and Servicing Agreement. The Indenture Trustee hereby agrees and consents to the provisions of the Sale and Servicing Agreement applicable to it (including, without limitation, Sections 5.06, 5.07, 5.09 thereof) and agrees to be bound by such provisions.
ARTICLE VII
Noteholders’ Lists and Reports
     SECTION 7.01 Note Registrar To Furnish Names and Addresses of Noteholders. The Note Registrar shall furnish or cause to be furnished to the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee, the Servicer or the Administrator, within 15 days after receipt by the Note Registrar of a written request therefrom, a list of the names and addresses of the Noteholders of any Class as of the most recent Record Date. If three or more Noteholders, or one or more Holders evidencing not less than 25% of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes (hereinafter referred to as “Applicants”), apply in writing to the Indenture Trustee, and such application states that the Applicants desire to communicate with other Noteholders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or under the Notes and such application is accompanied by a copy of the communication that such Applicants propose to transmit, then the Indenture Trustee shall, within five Business Days after the receipt of such application, afford such Applicants access, during normal business hours, to the current list of Noteholders. Such Indenture Trustee may elect not to afford the requesting Noteholders access to the list of Noteholders if it agrees to mail the desired communication by proxy, on behalf of and at the expense of the requesting Noteholders, to all Noteholders. Every Noteholder, by receiving and holding a Note, agrees with the Indenture Trustee and the Issuer that none of the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee, the Issuer, the Servicer or the Administrator shall be held accountable by reason of the disclosure of any such information as to the names and addresses of the Noteholders under this Indenture, regardless of the source from which such information was derived.
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     If the Indenture Trustee shall cease to be the Note Registrar, then thereafter the Administrator will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Indenture Trustee not more than five days after the most recent Record Date or at such other times as the Indenture Trustee reasonably may request in writing, a list, in such form as the Indenture Trustee reasonably may require, of the names and addresses of the Holders of Notes as of such Record Date.
     SECTION 7.02 Preservation of Information; Communications to Noteholders.
     (a) The Indenture Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, the names and addresses of the Holders of Notes contained in the most recent list furnished to the Indenture Trustee as provided in Section 7.01 and the names and addresses of Holders of Notes received by the Indenture Trustee in its capacity as Note Registrar. The Indenture Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in such Section 7.01 upon receipt of a new list so furnished.
     (b) Noteholders may communicate pursuant to TIA Section 312(b) with other Noteholders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or under the Notes.
     (c) The Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and the Note Registrar shall have the protection of TIA Section 3.12(c).
     SECTION 7.03 Reports by Issuer.
     (a) The Issuer shall:
          (i) file with the Indenture Trustee, within 15 days after the Issuer is required to file the same with the Commission, copies of the annual reports and of the information, documents and other reports (or copies of such portions of any of the foregoing as the Commission may from time to time by rules and regulations prescribe) that the Issuer may be required to file with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act;
          (ii) file with the Indenture Trustee and the Commission in accordance with the rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission such additional information, documents and reports with respect to compliance by the Issuer with the conditions and covenants of this Indenture as may be required from time to time by such rules and regulations; and
          (iii) supply to the Indenture Trustee (and the Indenture Trustee shall transmit by mail to all Noteholders described in TIA Section 313(c)) such summaries of any information, documents and reports required to be filed by the Issuer pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii) of this Section 7.03(a) and by rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission.
          (b) Unless the Issuer otherwise determines, the fiscal year of the Issuer shall end on March 31 of each year.
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     SECTION 7.04 Reports by Indenture Trustee. If required by TIA Section 313(a), within 60 days after the end of each Fiscal Year of the Issuer, beginning with___, 200_, the Indenture Trustee shall mail to each Noteholder as required by TIA Section 313(c) a brief report dated as of such date that complies with TIA Section 313(a). The Indenture Trustee also shall comply with TIA Section 313(b).
     A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to Noteholders shall be filed by the Indenture Trustee with the Commission and each stock exchange, if any, on which the Notes are listed. The Issuer shall notify the Indenture Trustee if and when the Notes are listed on any stock exchange.
     SECTION 7.05 Indenture Trustee Website. The Indenture Trustee may make available to the Noteholders, via the Indenture Trustee’s website, all reports or notices required to be provided by the Indenture Trustee under the terms of this Indenture and, with the consent or at the direction of the Servicer, such other information regarding the Notes as the Indenture Trustee may have in its possession, but only with the use of a password provided by the Indenture Trustee. Any information that is disseminated in accordance with the provisions of this Section 7.05 shall not be required to be disseminated in any other form or manner. Except for documents prepared by the Indenture Trustee and subject to its obligations under this Indenture, the Indenture Trustee will make no representation or warranties as to the accuracy or completeness of such documents and will assume no responsibility therefor.
          The Indenture Trustee’s internet website shall be initially located at www.Ctslink.com or at such other address as shall be specified by the Indenture Trustee from time to time in writing to the parties hereto. In connection with providing access to the Trustee’s internet website, the Indenture Trustee may require registration and the acceptance of a disclaimer.
ARTICLE VIII
Accounts, Disbursements and Releases
     SECTION 8.01 Collection of Money. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Indenture Trustee may demand payment or delivery of, and shall receive and collect, directly and without intervention or assistance of any fiscal agent or other intermediary, all money and other property payable to or receivable by the Indenture Trustee pursuant to this Indenture. The Indenture Trustee shall apply all such money received by it as provided in this Indenture. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Indenture, if any default occurs in the making of any payment or performance under any agreement or instrument that is part of the Trust Estate, the Indenture Trustee may take such action as may be appropriate to enforce such payment or performance, including the institution and prosecution of appropriate Proceedings. Any such action shall be without prejudice to any right to claim a Default or Event of Default under this Indenture and any right to proceed thereafter as provided in Article V.
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     SECTION 8.02 Accounts.
     (a) On or prior to the Closing Date, (i) the Issuer shall cause the Servicer to establish and maintain, in the name of the Indenture Trustee, for the benefit of the Noteholders and, to the extent set forth herein, the Certificateholders, the Collection Account as provided in Section 5.01 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement and (ii) the Issuer will establish and maintain with the Securities Intermediary and pledge to the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Noteholders the Yield Supplement Account in the name of the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Yield Supplement Agreement as provided in Section 5.08 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement and the Securities Account Control Agreement.
     (b) On or prior to the Closing Date, the Issuer will cause the Seller to, pursuant to the Securities Account Control Agreement, establish and maintain with the Securities Intermediary in the name of the Indenture Trustee, for the benefit of the Noteholders, the Reserve Account as provided in Section 5.07 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
     (c) The Indenture Trustee shall transfer all amounts remaining on deposit in the Collection Account on the Distribution Date on which the Notes of all Classes have been paid in full (or substantially all of the Trust Estate is otherwise released from the lien of this Indenture) to the Trust Collection Account and shall take all necessary or appropriate actions to transfer all of its right, title and interest in the Collection Account, all funds or investments held therein and all proceeds thereof, whether or not on behalf of the Securityholders, to the Owner Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders, subject to the limitations set forth herein with respect to amounts held for payment to Noteholders that do not promptly deliver a Note for payment on such Distribution Date.
     (d) The Indenture Trustee shall transfer all amounts remaining on deposit in the Yield Supplement Account on the Distribution Date on which the Notes of all Classes have been paid in full (or substantially all of the Trust Estate is otherwise released from the lien of this Indenture) to the Owner Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders and shall take all necessary or appropriate actions to transfer all of its right, title and interest in the Yield Supplement Account, all funds or investments held therein and all proceeds thereof, whether or not on behalf of the Securityholders, to the Owner Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders, which amounts the Owner Trustee shall deposit into the Trust Collection Account, subject to the limitations set forth herein with respect to amounts held for payment to Noteholders that do not promptly deliver a Note for payment on such Distribution Date.
     SECTION 8.03 General Provisions Regarding Accounts.
     (a) So long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, all or a portion of the funds in the Collection Account shall be invested in Eligible Investments and reinvested by the Indenture Trustee at the written direction of the Servicer, subject to the provisions of Section 5.01 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement. All income or other gain from investments of moneys deposited in the Collection Account shall be deposited by the Indenture Trustee in the Collection Account and paid to the Servicer as servicing compensation on any Business Day on or after which such amount is deposited in the Collection Account, and any loss resulting from such investments shall be charged to such account. The Servicer will not direct
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the Indenture Trustee, and the Issuer shall cause the Servicer not, to make any investment of any funds or to sell any investment held in the Collection Account unless the security interest Granted and perfected in such account will continue to be perfected in such investment or the proceeds of such sale, in either case without any further action by any Person, and, in connection with any direction to the Indenture Trustee to make any such investment or sale, if requested by the Indenture Trustee, the Servicer shall deliver to the Indenture Trustee an Opinion of Counsel, acceptable to the Indenture Trustee, to such effect.
     (b) So long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, all or a portion of the funds in the Reserve Account and the Yield Supplement Account shall be invested in Eligible Investments and reinvested by the Indenture Trustee at the written direction of the Servicer, subject to the provisions of Section 5.07 and Section 5.08, respectively, of the Sale and Servicing Agreement and the provisions of the Securities Account Control Agreement. All income or other gain from investments of moneys deposited in the Reserve Account shall be paid by the Indenture Trustee to the Seller on any Business Day on or after which such amount is deposited in the Reserve Account. All income or other gain from investments of moneys deposited in the Yield Supplement Account shall be deposited into the Collection Account on each Distribution Date. Subject to the right of the Indenture Trustee to make withdrawals therefrom, as directed by the Servicer, for the purposes and in the amounts set forth in Section 5.06 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement and the Reserve Account and all funds held therein shall be the property of the Seller and not the property of the Trust, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee. The Seller will grant to the Indenture Trustee, for the benefit of the Noteholders, a security interest in all funds (including Eligible Investments) in the Reserve Account (including the Reserve Account Initial Deposit) and the proceeds thereof, and the Issuer will grant to the Indenture Trustee, for the benefit of the Noteholders, a security interest in all funds (including Eligible Investments) in the Yield Supplement Account and the proceeds thereof, and the Indenture Trustee shall have all of the rights of a secured party under the UCC with respect thereto; provided that all income from the investment of funds in the Reserve Account, and the right to receive such income are retained by the Seller and are not transferred, assigned or otherwise conveyed hereunder; and provided, further, that amounts on deposit in the Yield Supplement Account in excess of the Required Yield Supplement Amount will be deposited into the Collection Account for distribution in accordance with the terms of Section 5.06(c) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement. The Servicer will not direct the Indenture Trustee to make any investment of any funds or to sell any investment held in the Reserve Account or the Yield Supplement Account unless the security interest granted and perfected in such account will continue to be perfected in such investment or the proceeds of such sale, in either case without any further action by any Person, and, in connection with any direction to the Indenture Trustee to make any such investment or sale, if requested by the Indenture Trustee, the Servicer shall deliver to the Indenture Trustee an Opinion of Counsel, acceptable to the Indenture Trustee, to such effect.
     (c) Subject to Section 6.01(c), the Indenture Trustee shall not in any way be held liable by reason of any insufficiency in the Collection Account, the Reserve Account or the Yield Supplement Account resulting from any loss on any Eligible Investment included therein at the direction of the Servicer, except for losses attributable to the Indenture Trustee’s failure to make payments on such Eligible Investments issued by the Indenture Trustee, in its commercial capacity as principal obligor and not as trustee, in accordance with the terms thereof.
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     (d) If (i) the Servicer shall have failed to give investment directions for any funds on deposit in the Collection Account, the Reserve Account or the Yield Supplement Account, to the Indenture Trustee by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time (or such other time as may be agreed by the Servicer and Indenture Trustee) on any Business Day or (ii) a Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing with respect to the Notes but the Notes shall not have been declared due and payable pursuant to Section 5.02 or (iii) if such Notes shall have been declared due and payable following an Event of Default, amounts collected or receivable from the Trust Estate are being applied in accordance with Section 5.05 as if there had not been such a declaration, then the Indenture Trustee shall, to the fullest extent practicable, invest and reinvest funds in the Accounts in one or more Eligible Investments specified in clauses (i), (iv) or (vi) of the definition of Eligible Investments provided in the Sale and Servicing Agreement. If the Indenture Trustee invests and reinvests funds in the Reserve Account or the Yield Supplement Account pursuant to clause (ii) or clause (iii) above, the Indenture Trustee shall issue a prohibition notice to the securities intermediary as provided in the Securities Account Control Agreement. If the Default or Event of Default that caused the Indenture Trustee to assume control over the investment of funds in the Reserve Account and Yield Supplement Account has been waived and the acceleration, if any, of the Notes has been rescinded, the Indenture Trustee shall issue a rescission of prohibition notice to the securities intermediary as provided in the Securities Account Control Agreement.
     SECTION 8.04 Release of Trust Estate.
     (a) Subject to the payment of its fees and expenses pursuant to Section 6.07, the Indenture Trustee may, and when required by the provisions of this Indenture shall, execute instruments to release property from the lien of this Indenture, or convey the Indenture Trustee’s interest in the same, in a manner and under circumstances that are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture. No party relying upon an instrument executed by the Indenture Trustee as provided in this Article VIII shall be bound to ascertain the Indenture Trustee’s authority, inquire into the satisfaction of any conditions precedent or see to the application of any moneys.
     (b) The Indenture Trustee shall, at such time as there are no Notes outstanding and all sums due the Indenture Trustee pursuant to Section 6.07 have been paid, release any remaining portion of the Trust Estate that secured the Notes from the lien of this Indenture and release to or to the order of the Issuer, or, in the case of the Reserve Account or the Yield Supplement Account, to the Seller, any funds entitled thereto then on deposit in the Collection Account, the Reserve Account and the Yield Supplement Account, as the case may be. The Indenture Trustee shall release property from the lien of this Indenture pursuant to this Section 8.04(b) only upon receipt of an Issuer Request accompanied by an Officer’s Certificate and (if required by the TIA) Independent Certificates in accordance with TIA Sections 314(c) and 314(d)(1) meeting the applicable requirements of Section 11.01.
     SECTION 8.05 Release of Receivables Upon Purchase by the Seller or the Servicer. (a) Upon repurchase of any Receivable by the Seller pursuant to Section 3.02 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement or any purchase of any Receivable by the Servicer pursuant to Section 4.06 or Section 9.01 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Indenture Trustee, on behalf of the Noteholders, shall, without further action, be deemed to release from the Lien of
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this Indenture such repurchased Receivable, all monies due or to become due with respect thereto and all proceeds thereof and the other property with respect to such Receivable, and all security and any documents relating thereto, and the Seller or the Servicer, as applicable, shall thereupon own each such Receivable, and all such related security and documents, free of any further obligation to the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee or the Noteholders with respect thereto.
     (b) The Indenture Trustee shall execute such documents and instruments and take such other actions as shall be reasonably requested by the Seller or the Servicer, as the case may be, to effect the release of such Receivable pursuant hereto and the assignment of such Receivable by the Issuer pursuant to Section 9.02 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
     SECTION 8.06 Opinion of Counsel. The Indenture Trustee shall receive at least seven days notice when requested by the Issuer to take any action pursuant to Section 8.04(a), accompanied by copies of any instruments involved, and the Indenture Trustee may also require (and shall require, to extent required by the TIA), except in connection with any action contemplated by Section 8.04(b), as a condition to such action, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee, stating the legal effect of any such action, outlining the steps required to complete the same, and concluding that all conditions precedent to the taking of such action have been complied with and such action will not materially and adversely impair the security for the Notes or the rights of the Noteholders in contravention of the provisions of this Indenture; provided, however, that such Opinion of Counsel shall not be required to express an opinion as to the fair value of the Trust Estate. Counsel rendering any such opinion may rely, without independent investigation, on the accuracy and validity of any certificate or other instrument delivered to the Indenture Trustee in connection with any such action.
ARTICLE IX
Supplemental Indentures
     SECTION 9.01 Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Noteholders.
     (a) Without the consent of the Holders of any Notes but with prior notice to the Rating Agencies, the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, when authorized by an Issuer Order, at any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more indentures supplemental hereto (which shall conform to the provisions of the TIA as in force at the date of the execution thereof), in form satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee, for any of the following purposes:
          (i) to correct or amplify the description of any property at any time subject to the lien of this Indenture, or to better assure, convey and confirm unto the Indenture Trustee any property subject or required to be subjected to the lien of this Indenture, or to subject to the lien of this Indenture additional property;
          (ii) to evidence the succession, in compliance with the applicable provisions hereof, of another person to the Issuer, and the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the Issuer contained herein and in the Notes;
          (iii) to add to the covenants of the Issuer, for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes, or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Issuer;
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          (iv) to convey, transfer, assign, mortgage or pledge any property to or with the Indenture Trustee;
          (v) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision herein or in any supplemental indenture that may be inconsistent with any other provision herein or in any supplemental indenture or to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Indenture or in any supplemental indenture to the extent such action shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of the Notes;
          (vi) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of the appointment hereunder by a successor trustee with respect to the Notes and to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one trustee, pursuant to the requirements of Article VI; or
          (vii) to modify, eliminate or add to the provisions of this Indenture to such extent as shall be necessary to effect the qualification of this Indenture under the TIA or under any similar federal statute hereafter enacted and to add to this Indenture such other provisions as may be expressly required by the TIA.
     The Indenture Trustee is hereby authorized to join in the execution of any such supplemental indenture and to make any further appropriate agreements and stipulations that may be therein contained.
     (b) The Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, when authorized by an Issuer Order, may, also without the consent of any of the Holders of the Notes, enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any provisions to, or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of, this Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of the Notes under this Indenture; provided, however, that such action shall not materially and adversely affect the interests of any Noteholder.
     SECTION 9.02 Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Noteholders. The Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, when authorized by an Issuer Order, also may, with prior notice to the Rating Agencies and with the consent of the Holders of a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes, voting as a single class (excluding for such purpose the outstanding principal amount of any Notes held of record or beneficially owned by NARC II, NMAC or any of their Affiliates, unless at such time all of the Notes are held of record or beneficially owned by NARC II, NMAC or any of their Affiliates), by Action of such Holders delivered to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any provisions to, or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of, this Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of the Notes under this Indenture; provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Note affected thereby:
     (a) change the due date of any installment of principal of or interest on any Note, or reduce the principal amount thereof, the Interest Rate thereon or redemption price therefor, or change any place of payment where, or the coin or currency in which, any Note or the interest thereon is payable;
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     (b) impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of the provisions of this Indenture requiring the application of funds available therefor, as provided in Article V, to the payment of any such amount due on the Notes on or after the respective due dates thereof;
     (c) reduce the percentage of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes, the consent of the Holders of which is required for any such supplemental indenture, or the consent of the Holders of which is required for any waiver of compliance with certain provisions of this Indenture or certain defaults hereunder and their consequences provided for in this Indenture;
     (d) modify or alter the provisions of the proviso to the definition of the term “Outstanding”;
     (e) reduce the percentage of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes required to direct the Indenture Trustee to sell or liquidate the Trust Estate if the proceeds of that sale would be insufficient to pay the principal amount of and accrued but unpaid interest on the Notes pursuant to Section 5.04(c)(iv);
     (f) reduce any percentage required to amend the sections of the Indenture that specify the applicable percentage of Outstanding Amount of the Notes necessary to amend the Indenture; or
     (g) permit the creation of any lien ranking prior to or on a parity with the lien of this Indenture with respect to any part of the Trust Estate or, except as otherwise permitted or contemplated herein, terminate the lien of this Indenture on any property at any time subject hereto or deprive the Holder of any Note of the security provided by the lien of this Indenture.
     The Indenture Trustee may in its discretion determine whether or not any Notes would be adversely affected by any supplemental indenture and any such determination shall be conclusive upon the Holders of all Notes, whether theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder. The Indenture Trustee shall not be liable for any such determination made in good faith.
     It shall not be necessary for any Action of Noteholders under this Section to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such Action shall approve the substance thereof.
     Promptly after the execution by the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee of any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Section, the Indenture Trustee shall mail to the Holders of the Notes to which such amendment or supplemental indenture relates a notice setting forth in general terms the substance of such supplemental indenture. Any failure of the Indenture Trustee to mail such notice, or any defect therein, shall not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such supplemental indenture.
     Pursuant to the Trust Agreement and the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Issuer may, from time to time, at its option, enter into a currency Swap Agreement with a Swap Counterparty to swap amounts payable to Certificateholders from U.S. dollars to Japanese yen; provided, that (1) at the time the Issuer enters into the Swap Agreement, the rating agencies have confirmed the then-existing ratings of the Notes, and (2) any payments to the Swap Counterparty (including termination payments) are payable only from amounts that are otherwise payable to the
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Certificateholders. Any payments received by the Issuer from the Swap Counterparty under such a Swap Agreement shall not be deposited in the Collection Account and shall be paid by the Indenture Trustee directly to or to the order of the Certificateholders on the related Distribution Date. In connection with executing any such Swap Agreement, the Issuer, Indenture Trustee, Owner Trustee, Seller and Servicer will enter into a supplement to this Indenture, subject to this Section 9.02 and subject to the approval of the Owner Trustee and the Certificateholders, that will specify the creation of any necessary accounts and modifications of any provisions necessary or appropriate to effectuate the intention of such Swap Agreement.
     SECTION 9.03 Execution of Supplemental Indentures. In executing, or permitting the additional trusts created by, any supplemental indenture permitted by this Article IX or the modification thereby of the trusts created by this Indenture, the Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to receive upon request therefor, and subject to Sections 6.01 and 6.02, shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel from external counsel stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture. The Indenture Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such supplemental indenture that affects the Indenture Trustee’s own rights, duties, liabilities or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.
     SECTION 9.04 Effect of Supplemental Indenture. Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions hereof, this Indenture shall be and shall be deemed to be modified and amended in accordance therewith with respect to the Notes affected thereby, and the respective rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties, liabilities and immunities under this Indenture of the Indenture Trustee, the Issuer and the Holders of the Notes shall thereafter be determined, exercised and enforced hereunder subject in all respects to such modifications and amendments, and all the terms and conditions of any such supplemental indenture shall be and be deemed to be part of the terms and conditions of this Indenture for any and all purposes.
     SECTION 9.05 Conformity with Trust Indenture Act. Every amendment of this Indenture and every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article IX shall conform to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act as then in effect so long as this Indenture shall then be qualified under the Trust Indenture Act.
     SECTION 9.06 Reference in Notes to Supplemental Indentures. Notes authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article IX may, and if required by the Indenture Trustee shall, bear a notation in form approved by the Indenture Trustee as to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee shall so determine, new Notes so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Indenture Trustee and the Issuer, to any such supplemental indenture may be prepared and executed by the Issuer and authenticated and delivered by the Indenture Trustee in exchange for Outstanding Notes.
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ARTICLE X
Release
     SECTION 10.01 Optional Purchase of All Receivables. If the Servicer or any successor to the Servicer shall notify the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee of its intention to exercise the option granted to it in Section 9.01 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement to repurchase the outstanding Receivables primarily comprising the Owner Trust Estate, then the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee shall give written notice thereof to each Securityholder and the Rating Agencies as soon as practicable after their receipt of notice from the Servicer. Upon deposit by the Servicer or any successor to the Servicer of the amount necessary to effect such purchase of the corpus of the Owner Trust Estate, the Indenture Trustee shall make the final distributions to the Noteholders and Certificateholders as set forth in Section 5.06 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement and shall promptly transfer all of its right, title and interest in and to any amounts or investments remaining on deposit in the Collection Account to the Owner Trustee, and in the Reserve Account and the Yield Supplement Account to the Seller (in any event excluding any portion thereof necessary to make distributions to Noteholders described in Section 3.03), and release from the lien of this Indenture all of the remaining Collateral. The Indenture Trustee shall execute, deliver and file all agreements, certificates, instruments or other documents necessary or reasonably requested by the Issuer in order to effect such release and the transfer to the Issuer of the Collateral.
ARTICLE XI
Miscellaneous
     SECTION 11.01 Compliance Certificates and Opinions, etc.
     (a) Upon any application or request by the Issuer to the Indenture Trustee to take any action under any provision of this Indenture, the Issuer shall, upon written request therefor from the Indenture Trustee, furnish to the Indenture Trustee (i) an Officer’s Certificate stating that all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with, (ii) an Opinion of Counsel stating that in the opinion of such counsel all such conditions precedent, if any, have been complied with, and (iii) (if required by the TIA) an Independent Certificate from a firm of certified public accountants meeting the applicable requirements of this Section, except that, in the case of any such application or request as to which the furnishing of such documents is specifically required by any provision of this Indenture, no such written request from the Indenture Trustee need be furnished (and only such expressly required documents need be delivered in connection therewith).
     (b) Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture shall include:
          (i) a statement that each signatory of such certificate or opinion has read or has caused to be read such covenant or condition and the definitions herein relating thereto;
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          (ii) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based;
          (iii) a statement that, in the opinion of each such signatory, such signatory has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable such signatory to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and
          (iv) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such signatory, such condition or covenant has been complied with.
     (c) Prior to the deposit of any Collateral or other property or securities with the Indenture Trustee that is to be made the basis for the release of any property or securities subject to the lien of this Indenture, the Issuer shall, in addition to any obligation imposed in Section 11.01(a) or elsewhere in this Indenture, furnish to the Indenture Trustee (if so requested by the Indenture Trustee or required by the TIA) an Officer’s Certificate certifying or stating the opinion of each person signing such certificate as to the fair value (within 90 days of such deposit) to the Issuer of the Collateral or other property or securities to be so deposited.
          Whenever the Issuer would be required to furnish to the Indenture Trustee an Officer’s Certificate certifying or stating the opinion of any signatory thereof as to the matters described in this clause (c) if such an Officer’s Certificate had been requested by the Indenture Trustee or required by the TIA, regardless of whether such an Officer’s Certificate was so requested or required, the Issuer shall deliver to the Indenture Trustee an Independent Certificate as to the same matters, if the fair value to the Issuer of the securities to be so deposited and of all other such securities made the basis of any such withdrawal or release since the commencement of the then-current calendar year of the Issuer, as set forth in the certificates delivered pursuant to clause (c), is 10% or more of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes, but such a certificate need not be furnished with respect to any securities so deposited, if the fair value thereof to the Issuer as set forth in the related Officer’s Certificate is less than $25,000 or less than one percent of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes.
          Whenever any property or securities are to be released from the lien of this Indenture, the Issuer shall also furnish to the Indenture Trustee an Officer’s Certificate certifying or stating the opinion of each person signing such certificate as to the fair value (within 90 days of such release) of the property or securities proposed to be released and stating that in the opinion of such person the proposed release will not impair the security under this Indenture in contravention of the provisions hereof.
     Notwithstanding Section 2.09 or any other provision of this Section, the Issuer may, without compliance with the requirements of the other provisions of this Section, (i) collect, liquidate, sell or otherwise dispose of Receivables and Financed Vehicles as and to the extent permitted or required by the Basic Documents and (ii) make cash payments out of the Accounts as and to the extent permitted or required by the Basic Documents so long as the Issuer shall deliver to the Indenture Trustee every six months, commencing                      , 200_, an Officer’s Certificate of the Issuer stating that all such dispositions of Collateral that occurred during the preceding six calendar months were in the ordinary course of the Issuer’s business and that the proceeds thereof were applied in accordance with the Basic Documents.
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     SECTION 11.02 Form of Documents Delivered to Indenture Trustee. In any case where several matters are required to be certified by, or covered by an opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all such matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document, but one such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one or more other such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify or give an opinion as to such matters in one or several documents.
     Any certificate or opinion of an Authorized Officer of the Issuer may be based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, counsel, unless such officer knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to the matters upon which such officer’s certificate or opinion is based are erroneous. Any such certificate of an Authorized Officer or Opinion of Counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to factual matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, an officer or officers of the Servicer, the Seller, the Issuer or the Administrator, stating that the information with respect to such factual matters is in the possession of the Servicer, the Seller, the Issuer or the Administrator, unless such counsel knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to such matters are erroneous.
     Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other instruments under this Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated and form one instrument.
     Whenever in this Indenture, in connection with any application or certificate or report to the Indenture Trustee, it is provided that the Issuer shall deliver any document as a condition of the granting of such application, or as evidence of the Issuer’s compliance with any term hereof, it is intended that the truth and accuracy, at the time of the granting of such application or at the effective date of such certificate or report (as the case may be), of the facts and opinions stated in such document shall in such case be conditions precedent to the right of the Issuer to have such application granted or to the sufficiency of such certificate or report. The foregoing shall not, however, be construed to affect the Indenture Trustee’s right to rely upon the truth and accuracy of any statement or opinion contained in any such document as provided in Article VI.
     SECTION 11.03 Acts of Noteholders.
     (a) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by Noteholders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Noteholders in person or by agents duly appointed in writing; and except as herein otherwise expressly provided such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to the Indenture Trustee, and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Issuer. Such instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the “Action” of the Noteholders signing such instrument or instruments.
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Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and (subject to Section 6.01) conclusive in favor of the Indenture Trustee and the Issuer, if made in the manner provided in this Section.
     (b) The fact and date of the execution by any person of any such instrument or writing may be proved in any manner that the Indenture Trustee deems sufficient.
     (c) The ownership of Notes shall be proved by the Note Register.
     (d) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action by the Holder of any Notes shall bind the Holder of every Note issued upon the registration thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof, in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Indenture Trustee or the Issuer in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Note.
     SECTION 11.04 Notices to Indenture Trustee, Issuer and Rating Agencies. Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or Action of Noteholders or other documents provided or permitted by this Indenture shall be in writing and if such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or Action of Noteholders is to be made upon, given or furnished to or filed with:
     (a) the Indenture Trustee by any Noteholder or by the Issuer, it shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished or filed in writing to or with the Indenture Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office, or
     (b) the Issuer by the Indenture Trustee or by any Noteholder, it shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder if in writing and mailed first-class, postage prepaid to the Issuer addressed to: Nissan Auto Receivables                      Owner Trust, c/o Wilmington Trust Company, Rodney Square North, 1100 North Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19890, Attention: Nissan Auto Receivables                      Owner Trust, with a copy to Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation, BellSouth Tower, 333 Commerce Street, 10th Floor, B-10-C, Nashville, Tennessee 37201-1800, Attention: Treasurer, or at any other address previously furnished in writing to the Indenture Trustee by the Issuer or the Administrator. The Issuer shall promptly transmit any notice received by it from the Noteholders to the Indenture Trustee.
     Notices required to be given to the Rating Agencies by the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee shall be in writing, personally delivered or mailed by certified mail, return receipt requested, to (i) in the case of Moody’s, at the following address: Moody’s Investors Service, ABS Monitoring Department, 99 Church Street, New York, New York 10007, and (ii) in the case of Standard & Poor’s, at the following address: Standard & Poor’s, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 55 Water Street, New York, New York 10041-0003, Attention: Asset Backed Surveillance Department, or as to each of the foregoing, at such other address as shall be designated by written notice to the other parties.
     SECTION 11.05 Notices to Noteholders; Waiver. Where this Indenture provides for notice to Noteholders of any event, such notice shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class, postage prepaid to each Noteholder affected by such event, at his address as it appears on the Note Register, not later
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than the latest date, and not earlier than the earliest date, prescribed for the giving of such notice. In any case where notice to Noteholders is given by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice nor any defect in any notice so mailed to any particular Noteholder shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Noteholders, and any notice that is mailed in the manner herein provided shall conclusively be presumed to have been duly given.
     Where this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in writing by any Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by Noteholders shall be filed with the Indenture Trustee but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such a waiver.
     In case, by reason of the suspension of regular mail service as a result of a strike, work stoppage or similar activity, it shall be impractical to mail notice of any event to Noteholders when such notice is required to be given pursuant to any provision of this Indenture, then any manner of giving such notice as shall be satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee shall be deemed to be a sufficient giving of such notice.
     Where this Indenture provides for notice to the Rating Agencies, failure to give such notice shall not affect any other rights or obligations created hereunder, and shall not under any circumstance constitute a Default or Event of Default.
     SECTION 11.06 Alternate Payment and Notice Provisions. Notwithstanding any provision of this Indenture or any of the Notes to the contrary, the Issuer may enter into any agreement with any Holder of a Note providing for a method of payment, or notice by the Indenture Trustee or any Paying Agent to such Holder, that is different from the methods provided for in this Indenture for such payments or notices. The Issuer will furnish to the Indenture Trustee a copy of each such agreement and the Indenture Trustee will cause payments to be made and notices to be given in accordance with such agreements.
     SECTION 11.07 Conflict with Trust Indenture Act. If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with another provision hereof that is required to be included in this Indenture by any of the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act, such required provision shall control.
     The provisions of TIA Sections 310 through 317 that impose duties on any person (including the provisions automatically deemed included herein unless expressly excluded by this Indenture) are a part of and govern this Indenture, whether or not physically contained herein.
     SECTION 11.08 Effect of Headings and Table of Contents. The Article and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
     SECTION 11.09 Successors and Assigns. All covenants and agreements in this Indenture and the Notes by the Issuer shall bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not. All agreements of the Indenture Trustee in this Indenture shall bind its successors, co-trustees and agents.
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     SECTION 11.10 Severability. If any one or more of the covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of this Indenture shall be for any reason whatsoever held invalid or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, then such covenants, agreements, provisions or terms shall be deemed severable from the remaining covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of this Indenture and shall in no way affect the validity or enforceability of the other provisions of this Indenture or of the Notes or the Certificates or the rights of the Holders thereof.
     SECTION 11.11 Benefits of Indenture. Nothing in this Indenture or in the Notes, express or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and their successors hereunder, and the Noteholders, and any other party secured hereunder, and any other Person with an ownership interest in any part of the Trust Estate, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.
     SECTION 11.12 Governing Law. This Indenture shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without reference to its conflict of law provisions (other than Section 5-1401 of the General Obligations Law of the State of New York), and the obligations, rights and remedies of the parties hereunder shall be determined in accordance with such laws.
     SECTION 11.13 Counterparts. This Indenture may be executed simultaneously in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, and all of which shall constitute but one and the same instrument.
     SECTION 11.14 Recording of Indenture. If this Indenture is subject to recording in any appropriate public recording offices, such recording is to be effected by the Issuer and at its expense accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel (which may be counsel to the Indenture Trustee or any other counsel reasonably acceptable to the Indenture Trustee) to the effect that such recording is necessary either for the protection of the Noteholders or any other Person secured hereunder or for the enforcement of any right or remedy granted to the Indenture Trustee under this Indenture.
     SECTION 11.15 Trust Obligation. No recourse may be taken, directly or indirectly, with respect to the obligations of the Issuer, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee on the Notes or Certificates or under this Indenture or any certificate or other writing delivered in connection herewith or therewith, against (i) the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee in its individual capacity, (ii) the Seller, any Certificateholder or other owner of a beneficial interest in the Issuer or (iii) any partner, owner, beneficiary, agent, officer, director, employee or agent of the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee in its individual capacity, any Certificateholder or other owner of a beneficial interest in the Issuer, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee or of any successor or assign of the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee in its individual capacity, except as any such Person may have expressly agreed (it being understood that the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee have no such obligations in their individual capacity) and except that any such partner, owner or beneficiary shall be fully liable, to the extent provided by applicable law, for any unpaid consideration for stock, unpaid capital contribution or failure to pay any installment or call owing to such entity. For all purposes of this Indenture, in the performance of any duties or obligations of the Issuer hereunder, the Owner Trustee shall be subject to, and entitled to the benefits of, the terms and provisions of Article VI, VII and VIII of the Trust Agreement.
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     SECTION 11.16 No Petition. The Indenture Trustee, by entering into this Indenture, and each Noteholder, by accepting a Note, hereby covenant and agree that they will not at any time file, join in any filing of, or cooperate or encourage others to file against the Seller or the Issuer any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings, or other proceedings under any United States federal or state bankruptcy or similar law, in connection with any obligations relating to the Notes, the Certificates or any of the Basic Documents.
     SECTION 11.17 Inspection. The Issuer agrees that, on reasonable prior notice, it will permit any representative of the Indenture Trustee, during the Issuer’s normal business hours, to examine all the books of account, records, reports and other papers of the Issuer, to make copies and extracts therefrom, to cause (at the expense of the requesting party) such books to be audited by Independent certified public accountants, and to discuss the Issuer’s affairs, finances and accounts with the Issuer’s officers, employees, and Independent certified public accountants, all at such reasonable times and as often as may be reasonably requested. The Indenture Trustee shall and shall cause its representatives to hold in confidence all such information except to the extent disclosure may be required by law (and all reasonable applications for confidential treatment are unavailing) and except to the extent that the Indenture Trustee may reasonably determine that such disclosure is consistent with its obligations hereunder.
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          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee have caused this Indenture to be duly executed by their respective officers, thereunto duly authorized and duly attested, all as of the day and year first above written.
                     
    NISSAN AUTO RECEIVABLES                      OWNER TRUST    
 
                   
    By:   WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,
not in its individual capacity but solely as Owner Trustee
   
 
                   
 
          By:        
 
             
 
Name:
   
 
              Title:    
 
                   
    WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its individual
capacity but solely as Indenture Trustee
   
 
                   
 
          By:        
 
             
 
Name:
   
 
              Title:    
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STATE OF DELAWARE
    )      
 
  )ss    
COUNTY OF NEW CASTLE
    )      
Sworn to and subscribed before me this ___ day of                     , 200_, by                                                                       .
                 
         
         Notary Public    
 
               
 
  Name:            
             
    My Commission Expires:        
 
         
 
   
[Notary Seal]
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STATE OF MINNESOTA
    )      
 
  )ss    
COUNTY OF HENNEPIN
    )      
Sworn to and subscribed before me this ___ day of                     , 200_, by                                                                       .
                 
         
         Notary Public    
 
               
 
  Name:            
             
    My Commission Expires:        
 
         
 
   
[Notary Seal]
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EXHIBIT A
(Form of Class A-1 Note, Class A-2 Note, Class A-3 Note, and Class A-4 Note)
     UNLESS THIS NOTE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY NOTE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
     THE PRINCIPAL OF THIS NOTE IS PAYABLE IN INSTALLMENTS AS SET FORTH HEREIN. ACCORDINGLY, THE OUTSTANDING PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF THIS NOTE AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE AMOUNT SHOWN ON THE FACE HEREOF.
     THIS NOTE IS NOT AN OBLIGATION OF, AND WILL NOT BE INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY, ANY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR NISSAN AUTO RECEIVABLES CORPORATION II, NISSAN MOTOR ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION, NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC., NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD., ANY TRUSTEE OR ANY OF THEIR AFFILIATES. THE PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST ON THIS NOTE IS PAYABLE SOLELY FROM PAYMENTS ON THE RECEIVABLES AND AMOUNTS ON DEPOSIT IN THE RESERVE ACCOUNT AND THE YIELD SUPPLEMENT ACCOUNT.
     EACH PURCHASER AND TRANSFEREE OF THIS NOTE WILL BE DEEMED TO REPRESENT WARRANT AND COVENANT THAT EITHER (I) IT IS NOT ACQUIRING THE NOTE WITH THE ASSETS OF AN “EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN” AS DEFINED IN SECTION 3(3) OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED (“ERISA”), A “PLAN” DESCRIBED IN SECTION 4975(e)(1) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE “CODE”), AN ENTITY WHOSE UNDERLYING ASSETS INCLUDE “PLAN ASSETS” BY REASON OF AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN’S OR PLAN’S INVESTMENT IN THE ENTITY OR ANY OTHER EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN THAT IS SUBJECT TO A LAW THAT IS SIMILAR TO SECTION 406 OF ERISA OR SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE (“SIMILAR LAW”) OR (II) THE ACQUISITION, HOLDING AND DISPOSITION OF THE NOTE WILL NOT GIVE RISE TO A NON-EXEMPT PROHIBITED TRANSACTION UNDER SECTION 406 OF ERISA, SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE OR SIMILAR LAW.
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      No ___   $                    
NISSAN AUTO RECEIVABLES                      OWNER TRUST
CLASS [A-1][A-2][A-3][A-4] ___% ASSET BACKED NOTES
     Nissan Auto Receivables                      Owner Trust, a statutory trust organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (herein referred to as the “Issuer”), for value received, hereby promises to pay to                                         , or registered assigns, the principal sum of                                          DOLLARS ($                    ) payable on each Distribution Date in an aggregate amount, if any, payable from the Collection Account in respect of the principal on the Class [A-1][A-2][A-3][A-4] Notes pursuant to Section 3.01 of the Indenture dated as of                     , 200___ (the “Indenture”), between the Issuer and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Indenture Trustee (the “Indenture Trustee”) and Sections 5.06(c), (d) and (e) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement dated as of                                         , 200___ among the Issuer, NARC II, as Seller, and NMAC, as Servicer (which amounts shall be limited to the portion of Available Amounts specified in such sections); provided, however, that the entire unpaid principal amount of this Note shall be due and payable on the Distribution Date occurring in                                          (the “Class [A-1][A-2][A-3][A-4] Final Scheduled Distribution Date”). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Indenture and the Sale and Servicing Agreement, as the case may be.
     The Issuer will pay interest on this Note at the rate per annum shown above on each Distribution Date until the principal of this Note is paid or made available for payment, on the principal amount of this Note outstanding on the preceding Distribution Date (after giving effect to all payments of principal made on the preceding Distribution Date), subject to certain limitations contained in Section 3.01 of the Indenture. Interest on this Note will accrue for each Distribution Date, [during the period from (and including) the Distribution Date during the calendar month preceding such Distribution Date (or in the case of the first Distribution Date, from (and including) the Closing Date to (but excluding) such Distribution Date)] [during the period from (and including) the 15th day of the preceding calendar month (or in the case of the first Distribution Date, or if no interest has yet been paid, from (and including) the Closing Date) to (but excluding) the 15th day of the month in which such Distribution Date occurs]. Interest will be computed on the basis specified in the Indenture for each Interest Period. Such principal of and interest on this Note shall be paid in the manner specified on the reverse hereof.
     The principal of and interest on this Note is payable in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts. All payments made by the Issuer with respect to this Note shall be applied first to interest due and payable on this Note as provided above and then to the unpaid principal of this Note.
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     Reference is made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the reverse hereof, which shall have the same effect as though fully set forth on the face of this Note.
     Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Indenture Trustee whose name appears below by manual signature, this Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof, or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer has caused this instrument to be signed, manually or in facsimile, by its Authorized Officer, as of the date set forth below.
Date:                                         , 200_
                 
    NISSAN AUTO RECEIVABLES                     
OWNER TRUST
   
 
               
    By:   WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, not in its individual
capacity but solely as Owner Trustee under the Trust Agreement
   
 
               
 
      By:        
 
         
 
Name:
   
 
          Title:    
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TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Notes designated above and referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
Date:                                         , 200_
         
  WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its
individual capacity but solely as Indenture Trustee
 
 
  By:      
    Name:      
    Title:      
 
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     This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of Notes of the Issuer, designated as [                    ]% Asset Backed Notes, Class [A-1][A-2][A-3][A-4] (herein called the “Class [A-1][A-2][A-3][A-4] Notes”), all issued under the Indenture, to which Indentures and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights and obligations thereunder of the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and the Holders of the Notes. The Class [A-1][A-2][A-3][A-4] Notes are subject to all terms of the Indenture.
     The Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2 Notes, the Class A-3 Notes, and the Class A-4 Notes (collectively, the “Notes”) are and, except as otherwise provided in the Indenture of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, will be equally and ratably secured by the collateral pledged as security therefor as provided in the Indenture.
     Principal of the Class [A-1][A-2][A-3][A-4] Notes will be payable on each Distribution Date in an amount described in the Indenture. “Distribution Date” means the fifteenth day of each month, or, if any such date is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day, commencing                                         , 200_.
     Notwithstanding the foregoing, the entire unpaid principal amount of the Notes shall be due and payable on the date on which an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and the Indenture Trustee or the Holders of a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes, voting as a single class (excluding for such purpose the outstanding principal amount of any Notes held of record or beneficially owned by NARC II, NMAC or any of their Affiliates, unless at such time all of the Notes are held of record or beneficially owned by NARC II, NMAC or any of their Affiliates), have declared the Notes to be immediately due and payable in the manner provided in Section 5.02 of the Indenture or following the exercise by the Servicer of its option to purchase the Receivables pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement and Section 10.01 of the Indenture. In case of an unrescinded acceleration upon an Event of Default, all payments of interest and principal in that order of payment, will be made (1) first to the holders of the Class A-1 Notes, until the outstanding principal balance of the Class A-1 Notes has been paid in full, and (2) then to the holders of the Class A-2 Notes, the Class A-3 Notes, and the Class A-4 Notes on a pro rata basis (x) with respect to interest, based on the respective aggregate amounts of interest due to these classes of notes and (y) with respect to principal, based on the respective outstanding principal balances of those classes of notes, until the outstanding principal balances of those classes of notes have been paid in full-. In case of the optional purchase of the Receivables, all interest and all principal payments on the Class [A-1][A-2][A-3][A-4] Notes shall be made pro rata to the Class [A-1][A-2][A-3][A-4] Noteholders entitled thereto.
     Payments of interest on this Note due and payable on each Distribution Date, together with the installment of principal, if any, to the extent not in full payment of this Note, shall be paid to the Person in whose name of such Note (or one or more Predecessor Notes) is registered on the Record Date by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account designated by such nominee, except for the final installment of principal payable with respect to such Note on a Distribution Date or on the applicable Final Scheduled Distribution Date, which shall be payable as provided below. Any reduction in the principal amount of this Note (or any one or more Predecessor Notes) effected by any payments made on any Distribution Date shall be binding upon all future Holders of this Note and of any Note issued upon the registration of transfer
(Nissan                      Indenture)

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hereof or in exchange hereof or in lieu hereof, whether or not noted hereon. If funds are expected to be available, as provided in the Indenture, for payment in full of the then remaining unpaid principal amount of this Note on a Distribution Date, then the Indenture Trustee, in the name of and on behalf of the Issuer, will notify the Person who was the Registered Holder hereof as of the Record Date preceding such Distribution Date by notice mailed or transmitted by facsimile prior to such Distribution Date, and the amount then due and payable shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender of this Note at the Indenture Trustee’s principal Corporate Trust Office or at the office of the Indenture Trustee’s agent appointed for such purposes located in The City of New York.
     The Issuer shall pay interest on overdue installments of interest at the Class [A-1][A-2][A-3][A-4] Rate to the extent lawful.
     As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations set forth therein, the transfer of this Note may be registered on the Note Register upon surrender of this Note for registration of transfer at the office or agency designated by the Issuer pursuant to the Indenture, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee as set forth in Section 2.04 of the Indenture, and thereupon one or more new Notes of authorized denominations and in the same aggregate principal amount will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees. No service charge will be charged for any registration of transfer or exchange of this Note, but the transferor may be required to pay a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any such registration of transfer or exchange.
     Each Noteholder or Note Owner, by acceptance of a Note or, in the case of a Note Owner, a beneficial interest in a Note, covenants and agrees that no recourse may be taken, directly or indirectly, with respect to the obligations of the Issuer, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee on the Notes or under the Indenture or any certificate or other writing delivered in connection therewith, against (i) the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee in its individual capacity, (ii) the Seller or any owner of a beneficial interest in the Issuer or (iii) any partner, owner, beneficiary, agent, officer, director or employee of the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee in its individual capacity, any holder of a beneficial interest in the Issuer, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee or of any successor or assign of the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee in its individual capacity, except as any such Person may have expressly agreed (it being understood that the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee have no such obligations in their individual capacity) and except that any such partner, owner or beneficiary shall be fully liable, to the extent provided by applicable law, for any unpaid consideration for stock, unpaid capital contribution or failure to pay any installment or call owing to such entity.
     The Holder of this Note by its acceptance hereof agrees that, except as expressly provided in the Basic Documents, in the case of an Event of Default under the Indenture, the Holder shall have no claim against any of the foregoing for any deficiency, loss or claim therefrom; provided, however, that nothing contained herein shall be taken to prevent recourse to, and enforcement against, the assets of the Issuer for any and all liabilities, obligations and undertakings contained in the Indenture or in this Note.
(Nissan                      Indenture)

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     Each Noteholder or Note Owner, by acceptance of a Note or, in the case of a Note Owner, a beneficial interest in a Note, covenants and agrees by accepting the benefits of the Indenture that such Noteholder or Note Owner will not at any time file, join in the filing of, or cooperate with or encourage others to file against the Seller or the Issuer, any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings under any United States federal or state bankruptcy or similar law in connection with any obligations relating to the Notes, the Indenture or the Basic Documents.
     The Issuer has entered into the Indenture and this Note is issued with the intention that, for federal, state and local income, single business and franchise tax purposes, the Notes will qualify as indebtedness of the Issuer secured by the Trust Estate. Each Noteholder, by acceptance of a Note (and each Note Owner by acceptance of a beneficial interest in a Note), agrees to treat the Notes for federal, state and local income, single business and franchise tax purposes as indebtedness of the Issuer.
     Prior to the due presentment for registration of transfer of this Note, the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and any agent of the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Note (as of the day of determination or as of such other date as may be specified in the Indenture) is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Note be overdue, and none of the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee or any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
     The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Issuer and the rights of the Holders of the Notes under the Indenture at any time by the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, when authorized by an Issuer Order, with prior notice to the Rating Agencies and with the consent of the Holders of a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes, voting as a single class (excluding for such purpose the outstanding principal amount of any Notes held of record or beneficially owned by NARC II, NMAC or any of their Affiliates, unless at such time all of the Notes are held of record or beneficially owned by NARC II, NMAC or any of their Affiliates). Section 5.12 of the Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes, voting as a single class (excluding for such purpose the outstanding principal amount of any Notes held of record or beneficially owned by NARC II, NMAC or any of their Affiliates, unless at such time all of the Notes are held of record or beneficially owned by NARC II, NMAC or any of their Affiliates), on behalf of the Holders of all the Notes, to waive compliance by the Issuer with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Note (or any one or more Predecessor Notes) shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Note and of any Note issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange hereof or in lieu hereof whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Note. The Indenture also permits the Indenture Trustee to amend or waive certain terms and conditions set forth in the Indenture without the consent of Holders of the Notes issued thereunder.
     The term “Issuer” as used in this Note includes any successor to the Issuer under the Indenture.
(Nissan                      Indenture)

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     The Issuer is permitted by the Indenture, under certain circumstances, to merge or consolidate, subject to the rights of the Indenture Trustee and the Holders of Notes under the Indenture.
     The Notes are issuable only in registered form in denominations as provided in the Indenture, subject to certain limitations therein set forth.
     This Note and the Indenture shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without reference to its conflict of law provisions (other than Section 5-1401 of the General Obligations Law of the State of New York), and the obligations, rights and remedies of the parties hereunder and thereunder shall be determined in accordance with such laws.
     No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Issuer, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and interest on this Note at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency herein prescribed.
(Nissan                      Indenture)

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ASSIGNMENT
Social Security or taxpayer I.D. or other identifying number of assignee:                     
          FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto:
 
(name and address of assignee)
the within Note and all rights thereunder, and hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints      , attorney, to transfer said Note on the books kept for registration thereof, with full power of substitution in the premises.
Dated:                                        */
Signature Guaranteed:
                                        */
          */ NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name of the registered owner as it appears on the face of the within Note in every particular, without alteration, enlargement or any change whatever. Such signature must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the requirements of the Note Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in STAMP or such other “signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the Note Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
(Nissan                      Indenture)

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EX-4.3 5 a25430a1exv4w3.htm EXHIBIT 4.3 exv4w3
 

EXHIBIT 4.3
SALE AND SERVICING AGREEMENT
among
NISSAN AUTO RECEIVABLES ___ OWNER TRUST,
as Issuer,
NISSAN AUTO RECEIVABLES CORPORATION II,
as Seller,
and
NISSAN MOTOR ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION,
as Servicer
Dated as of ___, 200_

 


 

TABLE OF CONTENTS
             
        Page
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
 
           
SECTION 1.01
  DEFINITIONS     1  
SECTION 1.02
  USAGE OF TERMS     19  
 
           
ARTICLE II
CONVEYANCE OF RECEIVABLES
 
           
SECTION 2.01
  CONVEYANCE OF RECEIVABLES     19  
SECTION 2.02
  CUSTODY OF RECEIVABLE FILES     21  
SECTION 2.03
  ACCEPTANCE BY ISSUER     22  
 
           
ARTICLE III
THE RECEIVABLES
 
           
SECTION 3.01
  REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE SELLER WITH RESPECT TO THE RECEIVABLES     22  
SECTION 3.02
  REPURCHASE UPON BREACH     26  
SECTION 3.03
  DUTIES OF SERVICER AS CUSTODIAN     26  
SECTION 3.04
  INSTRUCTIONS; AUTHORITY TO ACT     27  
SECTION 3.05
  CUSTODIAN’S INDEMNIFICATION     27  
SECTION 3.06
  EFFECTIVE PERIOD AND TERMINATION     28  
 
           
ARTICLE IV
ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF RECEIVABLES
 
           
SECTION 4.01
  DUTIES OF SERVICER     28  
SECTION 4.02
  COLLECTION OF RECEIVABLE PAYMENTS     30  
SECTION 4.03
  REALIZATION UPON RECEIVABLES     30  
SECTION 4.04
  MAINTENANCE OF SECURITY INTERESTS IN FINANCED VEHICLES     30  
SECTION 4.05
  COVENANTS OF SERVICER     30  
SECTION 4.06
  PURCHASE OF RECEIVABLES UPON BREACH     31  
SECTION 4.07
  SERVICING FEE AND EXPENSES     31  
SECTION 4.08
  SERVICER’S CERTIFICATE     32  
SECTION 4.09
  ANNUAL STATEMENT AS TO COMPLIANCE; NOTICE OF DEFAULT     32  
SECTION 4.10
  ANNUAL INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS’ REPORT     33  
SECTION 4.11
  ACCESS TO CERTAIN DOCUMENTATION AND INFORMATION REGARDING RECEIVABLES     33  
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
(continued)
             
        Page
SECTION 4.12
  APPOINTMENT OF SUBSERVICER     33  
SECTION 4.13
  AMENDMENTS TO SCHEDULE OF RECEIVABLES     33  
SECTION 4.14
  ACKNOWLEDGEMENT BY SERVICER OF ITS OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE INDENTURE     34  
SECTION 4.15
  COMPLIANCE WITH REGULATION AB     34  
 
           
ARTICLE V
DISTRIBUTIONS; ACCOUNTS; STATEMENTS TO THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS AND THE NOTEHOLDERS
 
           
SECTION 5.01
  ESTABLISHMENT OF ACCOUNTS     34  
SECTION 5.02
  COLLECTIONS     36  
SECTION 5.03
  APPLICATION OF COLLECTIONS     37  
SECTION 5.04
  ADVANCES     37  
SECTION 5.05
  ADDITIONAL DEPOSITS     39  
SECTION 5.06
  PAYMENTS AND DISTRIBUTIONS     39  
SECTION 5.07
  RESERVE ACCOUNT     44  
SECTION 5.08
  YIELD SUPPLEMENT ACCOUNT     46  
SECTION 5.09
  STATEMENTS TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS AND NOTEHOLDERS     47  
SECTION 5.10
  NET DEPOSITS     49  
SECTION 5.11
  SWAP AGREEMENT     49  
 
           
ARTICLE V
THE SELLER
 
           
SECTION 6.01
  REPRESENTATIONS OF SELLER     50  
SECTION 6.02
  ADDITIONAL COVENANTS OF THE SELLER     51  
SECTION 6.03
  LIABILITY OF SELLER; INDEMNITIES     53  
SECTION 6.04
  MERGER OR CONSOLIDATION OF, OR ASSUMPTION OF THE OBLIGATIONS OF, SELLER     54  
SECTION 6.05
  LIMITATION ON LIABILITY OF SELLER AND OTHERS     55  
SECTION 6.06
  SELLER MAY OWN CERTIFICATES OR NOTES     55  
 
           
ARTICLE VII
THE SERVICER
 
           
SECTION 7.01
  REPRESENTATIONS OF SERVICER     56  
SECTION 7.02
  INDEMNITIES OF SERVICER     57  
SECTION 7.03
  MERGER OR CONSOLIDATION OF, OR ASSUMPTION OF THE OBLIGATIONS OF, SERVICER     58  
SECTION 7.04
  LIMITATION ON LIABILITY OF SERVICER AND OTHERS     59  
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
(continued)
             
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SECTION 7.05
  NMAC NOT TO RESIGN AS SERVICER     59  
 
           
ARTICLE VIII
DEFAULT
 
           
SECTION 8.01
  SERVICER DEFAULT     60  
SECTION 8.02
  APPOINTMENT OF SUCCESSOR     61  
SECTION 8.03
  REPAYMENT OF ADVANCES     62  
SECTION 8.04
  NOTIFICATION     62  
SECTION 8.05
  WAIVER OF PAST DEFAULTS     62  
 
           
ARTICLE IX
TERMINATION; RELEASE OF RECEIVABLES
 
           
SECTION 9.01
  OPTIONAL PURCHASE OF ALL RECEIVABLES     63  
SECTION 9.02
  RELEASE OF RECEIVABLES     64  
SECTION 9.03
  TERMINATION     64  
 
           
ARTICLE X
MISCELLANEOUS
 
           
SECTION 10.01
  AMENDMENT     65  
SECTION 10.02
  PROTECTION OF TITLE TO TRUST     67  
SECTION 10.03
  NOTICES     68  
SECTION 10.04
  ASSIGNMENT BY THE SELLER OR THE SERVICER     69  
SECTION 10.05
  LIMITATIONS ON RIGHTS OF OTHERS     69  
SECTION 10.06
  SEVERABILITY     69  
SECTION 10.07
  SEPARATE COUNTERPARTS     69  
SECTION 10.08
  HEADINGS     69  
SECTION 10.09
  GOVERNING LAW     69  
SECTION 10.10
  ASSIGNMENT BY ISSUER     69  
SECTION 10.11
  NONPETITION COVENANTS     70  
SECTION 10.12
  LIMITATION OF LIABILITY OF OWNER TRUSTEE AND INDENTURE TRUSTEE     70  
 
           
SCHEDULE A
  Schedule of Receivables        
SCHEDULE B
  Location of the Receivable Files        
EXHIBIT A
  Form of Yield Supplement Agreement        
APPENDIX A
  Regulation AB Representations, Warranties And Covenants        
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     SALE AND SERVICING AGREEMENT, dated as of ___, 200_, among NISSAN AUTO RECEIVABLES ___ OWNER TRUST, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Issuer”), NISSAN AUTO RECEIVABLES CORPORATION II, a Delaware corporation (the “Seller”), and NISSAN MOTOR ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION, a California corporation in its individual capacity (in such capacity, “NMAC”) and as Servicer (in such capacity, the “Servicer”). Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the respective meanings assigned to such terms in Article I.
     WHEREAS, the Issuer desires to purchase a portfolio of receivables arising in connection with retail installment sales contracts secured by new, near-new or used automobiles and light-duty trucks generated by NMAC in the ordinary course of business and sold to the Seller;
     WHEREAS, the Seller is willing to sell such receivables to the Issuer; and
     WHEREAS, the Servicer is willing to service such receivables.
     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants herein contained, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
Definitions
     SECTION 1.01 Definitions. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, whenever used herein, the following words and phrases, unless the context otherwise requires, shall have the following respective meanings:
     “Accounts” means the Collection Account, the Yield Supplement Account and the Reserve Account.
     “Administration Agreement” means the Administration Agreement, dated as of ___, 200_, among the Administrator, the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee.
     “Administrative Purchase Payment” for any Administrative Receivable as of the last day of any Collection Period, means the sum of the Principal Balance thereof as of the beginning of such Collection Period plus interest accrued thereon through the due date for the Obligor’s payment in such Collection Period at the related APR, after giving effect to the receipt of monies collected (from whatever source other than the Advances) on such Administrative Receivable, if any, during such Collection Period.
     “Administrative Receivable” means a Receivable purchased as of the close of business on the last day of a Collection Period by the Servicer pursuant to Section 4.06 or Section 9.01.
     “Administrator” means NMAC, or any successor Administrator under the Administration Agreement.
     “Advance” means the amount, as of the last day of a Collection Period, that the Servicer is required to advance on the respective Receivable pursuant to Section 5.04.
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     “Affiliate” means, with respect to any specified Person, any other Person controlling or controlled by or under common control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition, “control,” when used with respect to any specified Person, means the power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the term “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.
     “Aggregate Noteholders’ Interest Distributable Amount” means, with respect to any Distribution Date, the sum of the Noteholders’ Interest Distributable Amount for all Classes of Notes with respect to such Distribution Date.
     “Agreement” means this Sale and Servicing Agreement among Nissan Auto Receivables ___ Owner Trust, as Issuer, NARC II, as Seller, and NMAC, as Servicer.
     “AICPA” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.10.
     “Amount Financed” with respect to any Receivable, means the amount advanced under the Receivable toward the purchase price of the related Financed Vehicle and any related costs, including but not limited to accessories, insurance premiums, service and warranty contracts and other items customarily financed as part of retail automobile and light-duty truck installment sale contracts.
     “Annual Percentage Rate” or “APR” of a Receivable means the annual rate of finance charges stated in such Receivable.
     “Assignment” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Purchase Agreement.
     “Available Amounts” means, with respect to any Distribution Date, the sum of Available Interest and Available Principal for such Distribution Date.
     “Available Interest” means, for any Distribution Date, the sum of the following amounts received during the related Collection Period: (i) that portion of all collections on Receivables allocable to interest, (ii) without duplication of amounts described in clause (i), Net Liquidation Proceeds to the extent allocable to interest due on a Liquidated Receivable in accordance with the Servicer’s customary servicing procedures, (iii) all Advances made by the Servicer pursuant to Section 5.04, (iv) without duplication of any amounts described above in clauses (i) and (ii), the Administrative Purchase Payment of each Receivable that became an Administrative Receivable during the related Collection Period to the extent attributable to interest thereon, (v) without duplication of any amounts described above in clauses (i) and (ii), the Warranty Purchase Payment of each Receivable that became a Warranty Receivable during the related Collection Period to the extent attributable to interest thereon, and (vi) the Yield Supplement Deposit plus the sum of (x) reinvestment income on the Yield Supplement Account and (y) the amount, if any, deposited into the Collection Account pursuant to the second or third sentence of Section 5.08(b); provided, however, that in calculating Available Interest, amounts to be paid to the Servicer as reimbursement for Advances pursuant to Sections 5.06(c)(i), 5.06(c)(ii), 5.06(d)(i), 5.06(d)(ii), 5.06(e)(i) and 5.06(e)(ii) on such Distribution Date shall be excluded.
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     “Available Principal” means, for any Distribution Date, the sum of the following amounts received during the related Collection Period: (i) that portion of all collections on Receivables attributable to principal, (ii) without duplication of amounts described in clause (i), Net Liquidation Proceeds attributable to principal due on a Liquidated Receivable in accordance with the Servicer’s customary servicing procedures, (iii) without duplication of any amounts described above in clauses (i) and (ii), the Administrative Purchase Payment of each Receivable that became an Administrative Receivable during the related Collection Period to the extent attributable to principal, and (iv) without duplication of any amounts described above in clauses (i) and (ii), the Warranty Purchase Payment of each Receivable that became a Warranty Receivable during the related Collection Period to the extent attributable to principal.
     “Bankruptcy Code” means the United States Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C. § 101 et seq.
     “Base Servicing Fee” means the fee payable to the Servicer on each Distribution Date for services rendered during the related Collection Period, which shall be equal to one-twelfth of the Servicing Rate multiplied by the Pool Balance as of the close of business on the last day of the immediately preceding Collection Period or, with respect to the first Distribution Date, the Original Pool Balance.
     “Basic Documents” means the Purchase Agreement, the Trust Agreement, the Certificate of Trust, this Agreement, the Indenture, the Administration Agreement, the Securities Account Control Agreement, the Yield Supplement Agreement, the Note Depository Agreement and the other documents and certificates delivered in connection herewith and therewith.
     “Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in New York, New York, Nashville, Tennessee, Irving, Texas, Wilmington, Delaware or Minneapolis, Minnesota are authorized or obligated by law, regulation, executive order or governmental decree to remain closed.
     “Certificate Balance” means, as of any Distribution Date, the Original Certificate Balance, reduced by all amounts distributed to the Certificateholders pursuant to Section 5.06(c), (d) and/or (e) hereof (but in no event less than zero). For the purposes of determining whether the vote of the requisite percentage of Certificateholders necessary to effect any consent, waiver, request or demand shall have been obtained, the Certificate Balance shall be deemed to be reduced by the amount equal to the balance (without giving effect to this provision) evidenced by any Certificate registered in the name of the Seller, the Servicer or any Person actually known to a Trust Officer of the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee, as the case may be, to be the Seller or the Servicer or any of their Affiliates.
     “Certificate Factor” means, with respect to any Distribution Date, a seven-digit decimal figure obtained by dividing the Certificate Balance as of the close of business on the last day of the related Collection Period by the Original Certificate Balance.
     “Certificate of Trust” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Trust Agreement.
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     “Certificate Pool Factor” means, with respect to any Distribution Date, a seven-digit decimal figure obtained by dividing the Certificate Balance as of the close of business on the last day of the related Collection Period by the Original Pool Balance.
     “Certificate Register” means the register maintained by the Certificate Registrar pursuant to the Trust Agreement recording the names of the Certificateholders.
     “Certificateholder” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Trust Agreement.
     “Certificateholders’ Percentage” means (a) until the Distribution Date on which the principal amount of the Class A-1 Notes has been paid in full, zero, and (b) with respect to any Distribution Date on or after the principal amount of the Class A-1 Notes has been paid in full, 100% minus the Noteholders’ Percentage.
     “Certificateholders’ Principal Distributable Amount” means, with respect to any Distribution Date, an amount sufficient to reduce the outstanding principal amount of the Certificates to an amount equal to the product of the Certificateholders’ Percentage and the Pool Balance as of the end of the related Collection Period.
     “Certificates” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Trust Agreement.
     “Class” means any one of the classes of Notes.
     “Class A-1 Final Scheduled Distribution Date” means ___.
     “Class A-1 Interest Rate” means ___% per annum.
     “Class A-1 Note” means any of the ___% Asset Backed Notes, Class A-1, issued under the Indenture.
     “Class A-1 Noteholder” means the Person in whose name a Class A-1 Note is registered in the Note Register.
     “Class A-2 Final Scheduled Distribution Date” means ___.
     “Class A-2 Interest Rate” means ___% per annum.
     “Class A-2 Note” means any of the ___% Asset Backed Notes, Class A-2, issued under the Indenture.
     “Class A-2 Noteholder” means the Person in whose name a Class A-2 Note is registered in the Note Register.
     “Class A-3 Final Scheduled Distribution Date” means ___.
     “Class A-3 Interest Rate” means ___% per annum.
     “Class A-3 Note” means any of the ___% Asset Backed Notes, Class A-3, issued under the Indenture.
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     “Class A-3 Noteholder” means the Person in whose name a Class A-3 Note is registered in the Note Register.
     “Class A-4 Final Scheduled Distribution Date” means ___.
     “Class A-4 Interest Rate” means ___% per annum.
     “Class A-4 Note” means any of the ___% Asset Backed Notes, Class A-4, issued under the Indenture.
     “Class A-4 Noteholder” means the Person in whose name a Class A-4 Note is registered in the Note Register.
     “Clearing Agency” means an organization registered as a “clearing agency” pursuant to Section 17A of the Exchange Act.
     “Closing Date” means ___, 200_.
     “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
     “Collection Account” means the account designated as such, established and maintained pursuant to Section 5.01.
     “Collection Period” means, with respect to any Distribution Date, the preceding calendar month. Any amount stated “as of the close of business of the last day of a Collection Period” shall give effect to the following calculations as determined as of the end of the day on such last day: (i) all applications of collections, (ii) all Advances and reductions of Outstanding Advances and (iii) all distributions.
     “Corporate Trust Office” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Indenture.
     “Cut-off Date” means ___, 200_.
     “Damages” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.02.
     “Dealer” means the dealer who sold a Financed Vehicle and who originated and assigned the related Receivable to NMAC under an existing agreement between such dealer and NMAC.
     “Dealer Recourse” means, with respect to a Receivable, all recourse rights against the Dealer which originated the Receivable, and any successor Dealer.
     “Default” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Indenture.
     “Defaulted Receivable” means (a) a Receivable (other than an Administrative Receivable or a Warranty Receivable), which, by its terms, is delinquent for 120 or more days, (b) with respect to Receivables that are delinquent for less than 120 days, the Servicer has (i) determined, in accordance with its customary servicing procedures, that eventual payment in full is unlikely or (ii) repossessed the Financed Vehicle, or (c) a Receivable with respect to which the Servicer has received notification that the related Obligor is subject to proceedings under Chapter 13 of the Bankruptcy Code.
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     “Definitive Notes” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in the Indenture.
     “Determination Date” means the tenth calendar day of each calendar month, or if such tenth day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day.
     “Distribution Date” means, for each Collection Period, the 15th calendar day of the following calendar month, or if the 15th day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day, commencing ___, 200_.
     “DTC” means The Depository Trust Company.
     “Eligible Deposit Account” means an account maintained (i) with the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee so long as the Indenture Trustee’s or the Owner Trustee’s short-term unsecured debt obligations have a rating of “P-1” by Moody’s and a rating of “A-1+” by Standard & Poor’s, and for any account in which deposits in excess of 30 days are to be made, so long as the Indenture Trustee’s or the Owner Trustee’s long-term unsecured debt obligations have a rating of at least “AA-” by Standard & Poor’s (such short-term and long-term (if applicable) ratings being the “Required Deposit Rating”), or (ii) in a segregated trust account in the trust department of the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee, as the case may be. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, as of the Closing Date, the Indenture Trustee shall be deemed to have met the requirements in clause (i).
     “Eligible Investments” means, at any time, any one or more of the following obligations and securities:
     (i) direct obligations of, and obligations fully guaranteed as to timely payment of principal and interest by, the United States of America;
     (ii) demand deposits, time deposits or certificates of deposit of any depository institution or trust company incorporated under the laws of the United States of America or any state thereof (or any domestic branch of a foreign bank) and subject to supervision and examination by Federal or State banking or depository institution authorities; provided, however, that at the time of the investment or contractual commitment to invest therein, the commercial paper or other short-term unsecured debt obligations (other than such obligations the rating of which is based on the credit of a Person other than such depository institution or trust company) thereof shall have a credit rating from each of the Rating Agencies in the highest investment category granted thereby (including applicable plus signs);
     (iii) commercial paper having, at the time of the investment or contractual commitment to invest therein, a rating from each of the Rating Agencies in the highest investment category granted thereby;
     (iv) investments in money market funds having a rating from each of the Rating Agencies in the highest investment category granted thereby (including funds for which the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee or any of their respective Affiliates is investment manager or advisor);
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     (v) bankers’ acceptances issued by any depository institution or trust company referred to in clause (ii) above;
     (vi) repurchase obligations with respect to any security that is a direct obligation of, or fully guaranteed by, the United States of America or any agency or instrumentality thereof the obligations of which are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States of America, in either case entered into with a depository institution or trust company (acting as principal) described in clause (ii);
     (vii) repurchase obligations with respect to any security or whole loan, entered into with (a) a depository institution or trust company (acting as principal) described in clause (ii) above (except that the rating referred to in the proviso in such clause (ii) shall be “A-1” or higher in the case of Standard & Poor’s) (such depository institution or trust company being referred to in this definition as a “financial institution”), (b) a broker/dealer (acting as principal) registered as a broker or dealer under Section 15 of the Exchange Act (a “broker/dealer”), the unsecured short-term debt obligations of which are rated “P-1” by Moody’s and at least “A-1” by Standard & Poor’s at the time of entering into such repurchase obligation (a “rated broker/dealer”), (c) an unrated broker/dealer (an “unrated broker/dealer”), acting as principal that is a wholly-owned subsidiary of a non-bank holding company the unsecured short-term debt obligations of which are rated “P-1” by Moody’s and at least “A-1” by Standard & Poor’s at the time of entering into such repurchase obligation (a “Rated Holding Company”), or (d) an unrated wholly-owned subsidiary of a direct or indirect parent Rated Holding Company, which guarantees such subsidiary’s obligations under such repurchase agreement (a “Guaranteed Counterparty”); provided that the following conditions are satisfied:
     (A) the aggregate amount of funds invested in repurchase obligations of a financial institution, a rated broker/dealer, an unrated broker/dealer or a Guaranteed Counterparty in respect of which the unsecured short-term ratings of Standard & Poor’s are “A-1” (in the case of an unrated broker/dealer or Guaranteed Counterparty, such rating being that of the related Rated Holding Company) shall not exceed 20% of the outstanding Pool Balance (there being no limit on the amount of funds that may be invested in repurchase obligations in respect of which such Standard & Poor’s rating is “A-1+” (in the case of an unrated broker/dealer or Guaranteed Counterparty, such rating being that of the related Rated Holding Company));
     (B) in the case of the Reserve Account and the Yield Supplement Account, the rating from Standard & Poor’s in respect of the unsecured short term debt obligations of the financial institution, rated broker/dealer, unrated broker/dealer or Guaranteed Counterparty (in the case of an unrated broker/dealer or Guaranteed Counterparty, such rating being that of the related Rated Holding Company) shall be “A-1+”;
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     (C) the repurchase obligation must mature within 30 days of the date on which the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee, as applicable, enters into such repurchase obligation;
     (D) the repurchase obligation shall not be subordinated to any other obligation of the related financial institution, rated broker/dealer, unrated broker/dealer or Guaranteed Counterparty;
     (E) the collateral subject to the repurchase obligation is held, in the appropriate form, by a custodial bank on behalf of the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee, as applicable;
     (F) the repurchase obligation shall require that the collateral subject thereto shall be marked to market daily;
     (G) in the case of a repurchase obligation of a Guaranteed Counterparty, the following conditions shall also be satisfied:
     (1) the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee, as applicable, shall have received an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the guarantee of the related Rated Holding Company is a legal, valid and binding agreement of the Rated Holding Company, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to the effect of bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization and moratorium or other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general equitable principles;
     (2) the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee, as applicable, shall have received (x) an incumbency certificate for the signer of such guarantee, certified by an officer of such Rated Holding Company, and (y) a resolution, certified by an officer of the Rated Holding Company, of the board of directors (or applicable committee thereof) of the Rated Holding Company authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of such guarantee by the Rated Holding Company;
     (3) the only conditions to the obligation of such Rated Holding Company to pay on behalf of the Guaranteed Counterparty shall be that the Guaranteed Counterparty shall not have paid under such repurchase obligation when required (it being understood that no notice to, demand on or other action in respect of the Guaranteed Counterparty is necessary) and that the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee, as applicable, shall make a demand on the Rated Holding Company to make the payment due under such guarantee;
     (4) the guarantee of the Rated Holding Company shall be irrevocable with respect to such repurchase obligation and shall not be subordinated to any other obligation of the Rated Holding Company; and
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     (5) each of the Rating Agencies has confirmed in writing to the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee, as applicable, that it has reviewed the form of the guarantee of the Rated Holding Company and has determined that the issuance of such guarantee will not result in the downgrade or withdrawal of the ratings assigned to the Notes; and
     (H) the repurchase obligation shall require that the repurchase obligation be overcollateralized and shall provide that, upon any failure to maintain such overcollateralization, the repurchase obligation shall become due and payable, and unless the repurchase obligation is satisfied immediately, the collateral subject to the repurchase agreement shall be liquidated and the proceeds applied to satisfy the unsatisfied portion of the repurchase obligation; and
     (viii) any other investment with respect to which the Servicer has received written notification from the Rating Agencies that the acquisition of such investment as an Eligible Investment will not result in a withdrawal or downgrading of the ratings on the Notes;
     provided that, unless otherwise expressly stated herein, each of the foregoing investments shall be denominated in U.S. dollars, shall not be purchased at a premium, shall mature no later than the Business Day prior to the Distribution Date immediately following the date of purchase, and shall be required to be held to such maturity; and provided, further, that, notwithstanding clauses (i) through (viii) above, “Eligible Investments” shall not include any security having an “r” subscript attached to its Standard & Poor’s rating.
     For purposes of this definition, any reference to the highest available credit rating of an obligation shall mean the highest available credit rating for such obligation (excluding any “+” signs associated with such rating), or such lower credit rating (as approved in writing by each Rating Agency) as will not result in the qualification, downgrading or withdrawal of the rating then assigned by such Rating Agency to any of the Notes.
     “Event of Default” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Indenture.
     “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
     “Final Scheduled Distribution Date” means, the Class A-1 Final Scheduled Distribution Date, the Class A-2 Final Scheduled Distribution Date, the Class A-3 Final Scheduled Distribution Date, and the Class A-4 Final Scheduled Distribution Date.
     “Financed Vehicle” means a new, near-new or used automobile or light-duty truck, together with all accessions thereto, securing an Obligor’s indebtedness under the related Receivable.
     “HB3” shall mean House Bill No. 3 (signed by the Governor of the State of Texas on May 19, 2006) and the corresponding sections of Title 2 of the Texas Tax Code implementing House Bill No. 3 and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder implementing House Bill No. 3.
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     “Holder” or “Securityholder” means the registered holder of any Certificate or Note as evidenced by the Certificate Register (as defined in the Trust Agreement) or Note Register (as defined in the Indenture) except that, solely for the purposes of giving certain consents, waivers, requests or demands pursuant to the Trust Agreement or the Indenture, the interest evidenced by any Certificate or Note registered in the name of NARC II or NMAC, or any Person actually known to a Trust Officer to be an Affiliate of NARC II or NMAC, shall not be taken into account in determining whether the requisite percentage necessary to effect any such consent, waiver, request or demand shall have been obtained unless NARC II or NMAC are the only holders.
     “Indenture” means the Indenture dated as of ___, 200_, between the Issuer and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Indenture Trustee.
     “Indenture Trustee” means the Person acting as Indenture Trustee under the Indenture, its successors in interest and any successor trustee under the Indenture.
     “Initial Yield Supplement Amount” means $___.
     “Insolvency Event” means, with respect to a specified Person, (a) the filing of a petition seeking entry of a decree or order for relief by a court having jurisdiction in the premises in respect of such Person or all or substantially all of its property in an involuntary case under any applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar official for such Person or for all or substantially all of its property, or ordering the winding-up or liquidation of such Person’s affairs, and such petition shall remain unstayed and in effect for a period of 90 consecutive days; or (b) the commencement by such Person of a voluntary case under any applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or the consent by such Person to the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case under any such law, or the consent by such Person to the appointment of or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar official for such Person or for all or substantially all of its property, or the making by such Person of any general assignment for the benefit of creditors.
     “Interest Period” means, with respect to any Distribution Date and the Class A-1 Notes, the period from (and including) the preceding Distribution Date to (but excluding) such Distribution Date, except that the initial Interest Period will be from (and including) the Closing Date to (but excluding) ___, 200_, and, with respect to any Distribution Date and the Class A-2 Notes, the Class A-3 Notes, and the Class A-4 Notes, the period from (and including) the 15th day of the preceding calendar month to (but excluding) the 15th day of the month in which such Distribution Date occurs, except that the initial Interest Period will be from (and including) the Closing Date to (but excluding) ___, 200_.
     “Interest Rate” means the Class A-1 Interest Rate, the Class A-2 Interest Rate, the Class A-3 Interest Rate, or the Class A-4 Interest Rate, as the case may be.
     “Issuer” means Nissan Auto Receivables ___Owner Trust, a Delaware statutory trust.
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     “Lien” means any security interest, lien, charge, pledge, equity or encumbrance of any kind, other than, in the case of a Financed Vehicle, tax liens, mechanics’ liens and any liens that attach to such Financed Vehicle by operation of law.
     “Liquidated Receivable” means a Defaulted Receivable as to which the related Financed Vehicle has been liquidated by the Servicer.
     “Monthly Remittance Conditions” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.02.
     “Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.
     “NARC II” means Nissan Auto Receivables Corporation II, a Delaware corporation.
     “Net Liquidation Proceeds” means the monies collected from whatever source on a Liquidated Receivable, net of the sum of any amounts expended by the Servicer for the account of the Obligor, plus any amounts required by law to be remitted to the Obligor.
     “Nissan” means Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
     “NMAC” means Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation, a California corporation.
     “Nonrecoverable Advance” means any Outstanding Advance with respect to (i) any Defaulted Receivable or (ii) any Receivable as to which the Servicer determines that any recovery from payments made on or with respect to such Receivable is unlikely.
     “Note” means any one of the notes issued under the Indenture.
     “Note Depository Agreement” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Indenture.
     “Note Factor” means, with respect to any Class of Notes and any Distribution Date, a seven-digit decimal figure obtained by dividing the Outstanding Amount of such Class of Notes, as of the close of business on the last day of the related Collection Period, by the initial Outstanding Amount of that Class of Notes.
     “Noteholder” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Indenture.
     “Noteholders’ Interest Carryover Shortfall” means, with respect to any Distribution Date and a Class of Notes, the excess, if any, of the sum of the Noteholders’ Monthly Interest Distributable Amount for such Class for the preceding Distribution Date plus any outstanding Noteholders’ Interest Carryover Shortfall for such Class on such preceding Distribution Date, over the amount in respect of interest that is actually paid on the Notes of such Class on such preceding Distribution Date, plus, to the extent permitted by applicable law, interest on the Noteholders’ Interest Carryover Shortfall at the related Interest Rate for the related Interest Period (calculated on the same basis as interest on that Class of Notes for the same period).
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     “Noteholders’ Interest Distributable Amount” means, with respect to any Distribution Date and a Class of Notes, the sum of the Noteholders’ Monthly Interest Distributable Amount for such Class plus any outstanding Noteholders’ Interest Carryover Shortfall for such Class as of the close of the immediately preceding Distribution Date.
     “Noteholders’ Monthly Interest Distributable Amount” means, with respect to any Distribution Date and a Class of Notes, interest accrued for the related Interest Period (calculated on the basis of, in the case of Class A-1 Notes, the actual number of days in such Interest Period and a year assumed to consist of 360 days, and in the case of all other Classes of Notes, such Interest Period being assumed to consist of 30 days and a year assumed to consist of 360 days) at the related Interest Rate for such Class of Notes on the Outstanding Amount of the Notes of such Class on the immediately preceding Distribution Date, after giving effect to all payments of principal to Noteholders of such Class on or prior to such Distribution Date (or, in the case of the first Distribution Date, on the original principal amount of such Class of Notes).
     “Noteholders’ Percentage” means for any Distribution Date, the percentage equivalent of a fraction, the numerator of which is the aggregate of the principal balances of the Class A-2, Class A-3, and the Class A-4 Notes as of the Closing Date, and the denominator of which is the aggregate of such principal balances plus the principal amount of the Certificates as of the Closing Date.
     “Noteholders’ Principal Carryover Shortfall” means, with respect to any Distribution Date, the excess, if any, of the Noteholders’ Principal Distributable Amount for the preceding Distribution Date over the amount in respect of principal that is actually paid as principal on the Notes on such previous Distribution Date. Noteholders’ Principal Carryover Shortfall is not used to determine the amount of principal due on the Notes on any Distribution Date, but is used solely for reporting purposes.
     “Noteholders’ Principal Distributable Amount” means, (a) with respect to any Distribution Date until the principal amount of the Class A-1 Notes is reduced to zero, an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (i) the Pool Balance as of the end of the Collection Period preceding the related Collection Period, or as of the Cut-off Date, in the case of the first Collection Period, over (ii) the Pool Balance as of the end of the related Collection Period, together with any portion of the Noteholders’ Principal Distributable Amount that was to be distributed as such on any prior Distribution Date but was not because sufficient funds were not available to make such distribution; and (b) with respect to any Distribution Date on or after which the principal amount of the Class A-1 Notes is reduced to zero, an amount sufficient to reduce the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Class A Notes to an amount equal to the product of the Noteholders’ Percentage and the Pool Balance as of the end of the related Collection period provided, however, that (i) the Noteholders’ Principal Distributable Amount on the Class A-1 Final Scheduled Distribution Date shall not be less than the amount that is necessary to reduce the outstanding principal amount of the Class A-1 Notes to zero; (ii) the Noteholders’ Principal Distributable Amount on the Class A-2 Final Scheduled Distribution Date shall not be less than the amount that is necessary to reduce the outstanding principal amount of the Class A-2 Notes to zero; (iii) the Noteholders’ Principal Distributable Amount on the Class A-3 Final Scheduled Distribution Date shall not be less than the amount that is necessary to reduce the outstanding principal amount of the Class A-3 Notes to zero; and (iv) the
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Noteholders’ Principal Distributable Amount on the Class A-4 Final Scheduled Distribution Date shall not be less than the amount that is necessary to reduce the outstanding principal amount of the Class A-4 Notes to zero.
     “Note Owner” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Indenture.
     “Note Pool Factor” means, with respect to any Class of Notes and any Distribution Date, a seven-digit decimal figure obtained by dividing the Outstanding Amount of such Class of Notes as of the close of business on the last day of the related Collection Period by the Original Pool Balance.
     “Note Register” means the register maintained by the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Indenture recording the name of each Noteholder.
     “Notes” means the Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2 Notes, the Class A-3 Notes, and the Class A-4 Notes.
     “Obligor” on a Receivable means the purchaser or co-purchasers of the Financed Vehicle or any other Person who owes payments under the Receivable (but excluding any Dealer in respect of Dealer Recourse).
     “Officer’s Certificate” means a certificate signed by the chairman of the board, the president, any executive vice president, any vice president, the treasurer, any assistant treasurer or the controller of the Seller or the Servicer, as the case may be.
     “Opinion of Counsel” means one or more written opinions of counsel who may, except as otherwise provided herein, be an employee of or counsel to the Issuer, the Seller or the Servicer, which counsel shall be reasonably acceptable to the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee or the Rating Agencies, as the case may be.
     “Optional Purchase” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.01(a).
     “Optional Purchase Percentage” means 5.00%.
     “Optional Purchase Price” means, an amount equal to the aggregate Administrative Purchase Payments for the Receivables (including Receivables that became Defaulted Receivables in the Collection Period preceding the Distribution Date on which a purchase pursuant to Section 9.01 is effected), plus the appraised value of any other property held by the Trust, such value to be determined by an appraiser mutually agreed upon by the Servicer and the Indenture Trustee (less liquidation expenses); provided, however, that the Optional Purchase Price shall be equal to or greater than the sum of (i) the Outstanding Amount of all Classes of Notes, (ii) the Noteholders’ Interest Distributable Amount for all Classes of Notes for such Distribution Date, and (iii) the Certificate Balance.
     “Original Certificate Balance” means $___.
     “Original Pool Balance” means the aggregate Principal Balance of the Receivables on the Cut-off Date.
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     “Original Principal Amount” means $___ for the Class A-1 Notes, $___ for the Class A-2 Notes, $___ for the Class A-3 Notes, and $___ for the Class A-4 Notes.
     “Outstanding” shall have the meaning assigned to that term in the Indenture.
     “Outstanding Advances” means, with respect to a Receivable and the last day of a Collection Period, the sum of all Advances made as of or prior to such date, minus all payments or collections as of or prior to such date that are specified in Sections 5.04(b) and 5.04(d) as applied to reimburse all unpaid Advances with respect to such Receivable.
     “Outstanding Amount” means the aggregate principal amount of all Notes, or, if indicated by the context, all Notes of any Class, Outstanding at the date of determination.
     “Owner Trust Estate” means all right, title and interest of the Trust in and to the Receivables (other than the Warranty Receivables for which the Seller has paid the Warranty Purchase Payment in accordance with Section 3.02 and Administrative Receivables for which the Servicer has paid the Administrative Purchase Payment in accordance with Section 4.06), and all monies paid thereon, and all monies accrued thereon, after the Cut-off Date; security interests in the Financed Vehicles and any accessions thereto; the Collection Account and all funds deposited in the Collection Account; the Yield Supplement Account and all funds deposited in the Yield Supplement Account; all property (including the right to receive Net Liquidation Proceeds) that shall have secured a Receivable and that shall have been acquired by or on behalf of the Owner Trustee; proceeds from claims on any physical damage, credit life or disability insurance policies covering the Financed Vehicles or the Obligors; all right to receive payments in respect of any Dealer Recourse with respect to the Receivables; all right, title and interest of the Seller in and to the Purchase Agreement and the Assignment; all right, title and interest of the Owner Trustee and the Trust pursuant to this Agreement, the Yield Supplement Agreement and the Administration Agreement; certain rebates of premiums and other amounts relating to certain insurance policies and other items financed under the Receivables in effect as of the Cut-off Date; and the proceeds of any and all of the foregoing.
     “Owner Trustee” means the Person acting as Owner Trustee under the Trust Agreement, its successors in interest and any successor owner trustee under the Trust Agreement.
     “Paying Agent” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Indenture.
     “Person” means any individual, corporation, estate, partnership, joint venture, association, joint stock company, limited liability company, trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
     “Pool Balance” as of the close of business on the last day of a Collection Period means the aggregate Principal Balance of the Receivables (reduced by the principal balance of any Administrative Receivables, Warranty Receivables and Defaulted Receivables) as of the close of business on such day; provided, however, that where the Pool Balance is relevant in determining whether the requisite percentage of Certificateholders or Noteholders (or relevant Class or Classes of Certificates or Notes, as the case may be) necessary to effect any consent, waiver, request or demand shall have been obtained, the Pool Balance shall be deemed to be reduced by
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the amount equal to the portion of the Pool Balance (before giving effect to this provision) represented by the interests evidenced by any applicable Certificate or Note registered in the name of the Seller, the Servicer or any Person actually known to a Trust Officer of the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee, as the case may be, to be an Affiliate of the Seller or the Servicer, unless all of the Certificates or Notes, as the case may be, are held or beneficially owned by NMAC, NARC II or any of their Affiliates.
     “Pool Factor” for a particular Class of Notes or Certificates on any Distribution Date means a seven-digit decimal figure indicating the principal amount of such Class of Notes or the Certificate Balance, as the case may be, as of the close of business on the last day of the related Collection Period as a fraction of the Original Pool Balance.
     “Prepayment” means, with respect to any Receivable, any prepayment, whether in part or in full, in respect of such Receivable.
     “Principal Balance” of a Receivable, as of any date of determination, means the Amount Financed minus the sum of (i) all payments on such Receivable allocable to principal, (ii) any refunded portion of extended warranty protection plan or service contract costs, or of physical damage, credit life or disability insurance premiums included in the Amount Financed, (iii) any payment of the Administrative Purchase Payment or the Warranty Purchase Payment with respect to the Receivable allocable to principal, (iv) any Net Liquidation Proceeds allocable to principal, and (v) any Prepayments or other payments applied to reduce the unpaid principal balance of that Receivable (to the extent not included in clauses (i) or (iii) of this definition).
     “Purchase Agreement” means that certain agreement, dated as of ___, 200_, between NMAC and the Seller, relating to the purchase by the Seller from NMAC of the Receivables.
     “Rating Agency” means, as of any date, any of the nationally recognized statistical rating organizations that has been requested by the Seller or one of its Affiliates to rate any Class of Notes and that is rating such Class of Notes on such date.
     “Receivable” means any retail installment sale contract that appears on Schedule A to this Agreement (which Schedule A may be in the form of microfiche, CD, data tape or paper) and that has not been released by the Owner Trustee from the Trust.
     “Receivable File” means the documents specified in Section 2.02 pertaining to a particular Receivable.
     “Record Date” means, with respect to the Notes of any Class and each Distribution Date, the Business Day immediately preceding such Distribution Date, and, with respect to the Certificates or if Definitive Notes, representing any Class of Notes, have been issued, the last day of the Collection Period preceding the related Distribution Date. Any amount stated “as of a Record Date” or “on a Record Date” shall give effect to (i) all applications of collections, and (ii) all distributions to any party under this Agreement, the Indenture and the Trust Agreement or to the related Obligor, as the case may be, in each case as determined as of the opening of business on the related Record Date.
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     “Relevant Trustee” means (i) with respect to the control over or appropriate designation denoting ownership or control over any property comprising a portion of the Owner Trust Estate that either is not conveyed or pledged to the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Noteholders pursuant to the Granting Clause of the Indenture or that has been released from the lien of the Indenture, the Owner Trustee, and (ii) with respect to any property comprising a portion of the Trust Estate (as defined in the Indenture) that has not been released from the lien of the Indenture, the Indenture Trustee; provided, however, that with respect to any property that is under the joint or separate control of a co-trustee or separate trustee under the Trust Agreement or the Indenture, respectively, “Relevant Trustee” shall refer to either or both of the Owner Trustee and such co-trustee or separate trustee or to either or both of the Indenture Trustee and such co-trustee or separate trustee, as the case may be.
     “Required Deposit Rating” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Eligible Deposit Account.”
     “Required Rate” means, with respect to each Collection Period, ___%.
     “Required Yield Supplement Amount” means, with respect to every Distribution Date, an amount equal to the lesser of (i) the aggregate amount of Yield Supplement Deposits that would become due for all future Distribution Dates under the Yield Supplement Agreement, assuming (1) that payments on the Receivables are made on their scheduled due dates, (2) that no Receivable becomes a prepaid Receivable, and (3) a discount rate of 2.00%, and (ii) the Initial Yield Supplement Amount.
     “Reserve Account” means the account designated as such, established and maintained pursuant to Section 5.07.
     “Reserve Account Initial Deposit” means $___.
     “Schedule of Receivables” means the schedule of receivables attached as Schedule A to this Agreement, as it may be amended from time to time.
     “Scheduled Payment” on a Receivable means the payment required to be made by the Obligor during each Collection Period that is sufficient to amortize the related Principal Balance under the Simple Interest Method over the term of the Receivable and to provide interest at the related APR.
     “Securities Account Control Agreement” means the Securities Account Control Agreement dated as of ___, 200_, among the Seller, the Trust, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Securities Intermediary thereunder and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Indenture Trustee pursuant to which the Reserve Account and the Yield Supplement Account will be established and maintained.
     “Securities Intermediary” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Securities Account Control Agreement.
     “Securityholders” has the meaning set forth in this Section 1.01 under the definition of “Holder.”
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     “Seller” means NARC II, as the seller of the Receivables under this Agreement, and each successor to NARC II (in the same capacity) pursuant to Section 6.04.
     “Servicer” means NMAC, as the servicer of the Receivables, and each successor to NMAC (in the same capacity) pursuant to Section 7.03 or 8.02.
     “Servicer Default” means an event specified in Section 8.01.
     “Servicer’s Certificate” means a certificate completed and executed on behalf of the Servicer by the president, any executive vice president, any vice president, the treasurer, any assistant treasurer, the controller or any assistant controller of the Servicer pursuant to Section 4.08.
     “Servicing Rate” means 1.00% per annum.
     “Simple Interest Method” means the method of allocating a fixed level payment to principal and interest pursuant to which the portion of such payment that is allocated to interest is equal to the product of the fixed rate of interest multiplied by the unpaid principal balance multiplied by the quotient obtained by calculating the period of time elapsed since the preceding payment of interest was made and dividing such period of time by 365 or 366, as appropriate.
     “Simple Interest Receivable” means any Receivable under which the portion of a payment allocable to interest and the portion allocable to principal is determined in accordance with the Simple Interest Method.
     “Specified Reserve Account Balance” means with respect to any Distribution Date, an amount equal to $___; provided, however, that in the event that on any Distribution Date (a) the annualized average for the preceding three Collection Periods (or such smaller number of Collection Periods as have elapsed since the Cut-off Date) of the percentage equivalents of the ratios of net losses (i.e., the net balances of all Liquidated Receivables, less any Net Liquidation Proceeds with respect to such Liquidated Receivables from that or prior Collection Periods) to the Pool Balance as of the first day of each such Collection Period exceeds 2.75 % or (b) the average for the preceding three Collection Periods (or such smaller number of Collection Periods as have elapsed since the Cut-off Date) of the percentage equivalents of the ratios of the number of Receivables that are delinquent ___ days or more to the outstanding number of Receivables exceeds 2.00%, then the Specified Reserve Account Balance for such Distribution Date (and for each succeeding Distribution Date until the relevant averages have not exceeded the specified percentages in clauses (a) and (b) above for three successive Distribution Dates) shall be a dollar amount equal to the greater of (i) $___and (ii) 5.00 % of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes and the Certificate Balance as of the preceding Distribution Date (after giving effect to payments of principal made on such Distribution Date).
     “Standard & Poor’s” means Standard & Poor’s, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
     “Successor Servicer” means any entity appointed as a successor to the Servicer pursuant to Section 8.02.
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     “Supplemental Servicing Fee” means, with respect to any Distribution Date, all late fees, prepayment charges and other administrative fees and expenses or similar charges allowed by applicable law with respect to the Receivables received by the Servicer during the related Collection Period and any interest earned from the investment of monies in the Accounts (other than the Yield Supplement Account) during the related Collection Period.
     “Swap Agreement” shall mean any currency swap agreement, including all schedules and confirmations thereto, entered into by the Issuer and the Swap Counterparty, as the same may be amended, supplemented, renewed, extended or replaced from time to time.
     “Swap Counterparty” shall mean an unaffiliated third party, as swap counterparty under the Swap Agreement, or any successor or replacement swap counterparty from time to time under the Swap Agreement.
     “Total Servicing Fee” means the sum of the Base Servicing Fee and the Supplemental Servicing Fee.
     “Trust” means the Issuer.
     “Trust Agreement” means the Trust Agreement, dated ___, 200_, as amended by the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement, dated as of ___, 200_, between the Seller and Wilmington Trust Company, as Owner Trustee.
     “Trust Collection Account” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.01(c).
     “Trust Estate” means all money, instruments, rights and other property that are subject or intended to be subject to the lien and security interest of the Indenture for the benefit of the Noteholders (including, without limitation, all property and interests granted to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Granting Clause of the Indenture), including all proceeds thereof.
     “Trust Officer” means, in the case of the Indenture Trustee, any officer within the Corporate Trust Office of the Indenture Trustee, including any Vice President, Assistant Vice President, Secretary, Assistant Secretary or any other officer of the Indenture Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated officers and also, with respect to a particular matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of such officer’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject and, with respect to the Owner Trustee, any officer in the Corporate Trust Administration Department of the Owner Trustee with direct responsibility for the administration of the Trust Agreement and the Basic Documents on behalf of the Owner Trustee.
     “UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the relevant jurisdiction.
     “Warranty Purchase Payment,” for any Warranty Receivable as of the last day of any Collection Period, means the sum of the Principal Balance thereof as of the beginning of such Collection Period plus interest accrued thereon through the due date for the Obligor’s payment in such Collection Period, at the related APR, after giving effect to the receipt of monies collected (from whatever source other than Advances) on such Warranty Receivable, if any, during such Collection Period.
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     “Warranty Receivable” means a Receivable purchased as of the close of business on the last day of a Collection Period by the Seller pursuant to Section 3.02.
     “Yield Supplement Account” means the segregated trust account established and maintained for the benefit of the Noteholders pursuant to Section 5.08(a).
     “Yield Supplement Agreement” means the agreement, dated as of the date of this Agreement, among the Seller, NMAC, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Indenture Trustee, and the Trust, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A.
     “Yield Supplement Amount” means, with respect to any Distribution Date, the aggregate amount on deposit in the Yield Supplement Account after giving effect to the withdrawal therefrom of the related Yield Supplement Deposit and without regard to any amounts on deposit therein in respect of interest or investment earnings earned on the investment of amounts on deposit therein in Eligible Investments for any period.
     “Yield Supplement Deposit” means, with respect to any Distribution Date, the amount by which (a) the aggregate amount of interest that would have been due during the related Collection Period on all Yield Supplemented Receivables if such Yield Supplemented Receivables bore interest at the Required Rate exceeds (b) the amount of interest accrued on such Yield Supplemented Receivables at their respective APRs and due during such Collection Period.
     “Yield Supplemented Receivable” means any Receivable that has an APR less than the Required Rate.
     SECTION 1.02 Usage of Terms. With respect to all terms in this Agreement, the singular includes the plural and the plural the singular; words importing any gender include the other genders; references to “writing” include printing, typing, lithography and other means of reproducing words in a visible form; references to agreements and other contractual instruments include all subsequent amendments, amendments and restatements and supplements thereto or changes therein entered into in accordance with their respective terms and not prohibited by this Agreement; references to Persons include their permitted successors and assigns; references to laws include their amendments and supplements, the rules and regulations thereunder and any successors thereto; the term “including” means “including without limitation;” and the term “or” is not exclusive.
ARTICLE II
Conveyance of Receivables
     SECTION 2.01 Conveyance of Receivables.
     (a) In consideration of the promises and the agreements, provisions and covenants herein contained and other good and valuable consideration to be delivered to the Seller hereunder, on behalf of the Issuer, the Seller does hereby sell, transfer, assign and otherwise convey to the Issuer, without recourse (but subject to the Seller’s obligations in this Agreement):
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          (i) all right, title and interest of the Seller in and to the Receivables (including all related Receivable Files) listed in Schedule A hereto and all monies due thereon or paid thereunder or in respect thereof (including proceeds of the repurchase of Receivables by the Seller pursuant to Section 3.02 or the purchase of Receivables by the Servicer pursuant to Section 4.06 or 9.01) after the Cut-off Date;
          (ii) the right of the Seller in the security interests in the Financed Vehicles granted by the Obligors pursuant to the Receivables and any related property;
          (iii) the right of the Seller in any proceeds from claims on any physical damage, credit life, credit disability or other insurance policies covering the Financed Vehicles or the Obligors;
          (iv) the right of the Seller through NMAC to receive payments in respect of any Dealer Recourse with respect to the Receivables;
          (v) the rights of the Seller under the Purchase Agreement and the Assignment;
          (vi) the right of the Seller to realize upon any property (including the right to receive future Net Liquidation Proceeds) that shall have secured a Receivable;
          (vii) the right of the Seller in rebates of premiums and other amounts relating to insurance policies and other items financed under the Receivables in effect as of the Cut-off Date;
          (viii) all other assets comprising the Owner Trust Estate; and
          (ix) all proceeds of the foregoing.
     On the Closing Date, the Seller shall deliver to, or to the order of, the Issuer all property conveyed pursuant to this Section 2.01(a), except for monies received in respect of the Receivables after the Cut-off Date and before the Closing Date which shall be deposited by NMAC (in its individual capacity or as the Servicer) into the Collection Account no later than the first Record Date after the Closing Date. Concurrently therewith and in exchange therefor, the Issuer shall deliver to, or to the order of, the Seller the Notes and the Certificates.
     (b) It is the intention of the Seller that the transfer and assignment contemplated by this Agreement shall constitute a sale of the Receivables from the Seller to the Issuer and the beneficial interest in and title to the Receivables shall not be part of the Seller’s estate in the event of the filing of a bankruptcy petition by or against the Seller under any bankruptcy law. The Seller agrees to execute and file all filings (including filings under the UCC) necessary in any jurisdiction to provide third parties with notice of the sale of the Receivables pursuant to this Agreement and to perfect such sale under the UCC.
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     (c) Although the parties hereto intend that the transfer and assignment contemplated by this Agreement be a sale, if such transfer and assignment is deemed to be other than a sale, the parties intend that all filings described in the foregoing paragraph shall give the Issuer a first priority perfected security interest in, to and under the Receivables, and other property conveyed hereunder and all proceeds of any of the foregoing. This Agreement shall be deemed to be the grant of a security interest from the Seller to the Issuer, and the Issuer shall have all the rights, powers and privileges of a secured party under the UCC.
     (d) In connection with the foregoing conveyance, the Servicer shall maintain its computer system so that, from and after the time of sale of the Receivables to the Issuer under this Agreement, the Servicer’s master computer records that refer to any Receivable indicate clearly the interest of the Issuer in such Receivables and that such Receivable is owned by the Issuer and controlled by the Issuer. Indication of the Issuer’s ownership of a Receivable shall be deleted from or modified on the Servicer’s computer systems when, and only when, the Receivable has been paid in full, repurchased or assigned pursuant to this Agreement.
     (e) Ownership and control of the Receivables, as between the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee (on behalf of the Noteholders and the Certificateholders), shall be governed by the Indenture.
     SECTION 2.02 Custody of Receivable Files. To assure uniform quality in servicing the Receivables and to reduce administrative costs, the Issuer, upon the execution and delivery of this Agreement, appoints the Servicer, and the Servicer accepts such appointment, to act as the agent of the Issuer as custodian of the following documents or instruments that are hereby constructively delivered to the Issuer with respect to each Receivable:
     (a) the original of such Receivable that is tangible chattel paper (as such term is used in Section 9-105 of the UCC)(or a photocopy or other image thereof that the Servicer shall keep on file in accordance with its customary procedures) and a single “authoritative copy” (as such term is used in Section 9-105 of the UCC) fully executed by the Obligor;
     (b) the original credit application fully executed by the related Obligor (or a photocopy or other image thereof that the Servicer shall keep on file in accordance with its customary procedures);
     (c) the original certificate of title (or a photocopy or other image thereof or such documents that the Servicer shall keep on file in accordance with its customary procedures), evidencing the security interest of the Servicer in the related Financed Vehicle; and
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     (d) any and all other documents that the Servicer shall keep on file, in accordance with its customary procedures, relating to such Receivable, the related Obligor or Financed Vehicle.
     SECTION 2.03 Acceptance by Issuer. The Issuer acknowledges its acceptance pursuant to this Agreement, of all right, title and interest in and to the Receivables and other property conveyed by the Seller pursuant to this Agreement and declares and shall declare from and after the date hereof that the Issuer holds and shall hold such right, title and interest, upon the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement.
ARTICLE III
The Receivables
     SECTION 3.01 Representations and Warranties of the Seller with Respect to the Receivables. The Seller makes the following representations and warranties as to the Receivables on which the Issuer is deemed to have relied in acquiring the Receivables. Such representations and warranties speak as of the execution and delivery of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date, but shall survive the sale, transfer and assignment of the Receivables to the Issuer and the pledge thereof to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Indenture.
     (a) Characteristics of Receivables. Each Receivable (i) has been originated in the United States of America by a Dealer for the retail sale of a Financed Vehicle in the ordinary course of such Dealer’s business, has been fully and properly executed or authenticated by the parties thereto, has been purchased by the Seller from NMAC pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, which in turn has purchased such Receivables from such Dealer under an existing dealer agreement with NMAC, and has been validly assigned by such Dealer to NMAC, which in turn has been validly assigned pursuant to the Purchase Agreement by NMAC to the Seller in accordance with its terms, (ii) created a valid, subsisting and enforceable security interest in favor of NMAC in such Financed Vehicle, which security interest has been validly assigned pursuant to the Purchase Agreement by NMAC to the Seller, which in turn has been validly assigned by the Seller to the Issuer in accordance with the terms hereof, (iii) contains customary and enforceable provisions such that the rights and remedies of the holder thereof are adequate for realization against the collateral of the benefits of the security, (iv) provides for level monthly payments (provided that the payment in the first or last month in the life of the Receivable may be minimally different from the level payment) that fully amortize the Amount Financed over an original term of no greater than 63 payments, and (v) provides for interest at the related APR.
     (b) Schedule of Receivables. The information set forth in Schedule A to this Agreement was true and correct in all material respects as of the opening of business on the Cut-off Date; the Receivables were selected from NMAC’s retail installment sale contracts (other than contracts originated in _________________________________) meeting the criteria of the Trust set forth in this Agreement; and no selection procedures believed to be adverse to the Securityholders were utilized in selecting the Receivables.
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     (c) Compliance with Law. Each Receivable, the origination of such Receivable, and the sale of the Financed Vehicle complied at the time it was originated or made and at the execution of this Agreement complies in all material respects with all requirements of applicable federal, state and local laws, and regulations thereunder, including usury laws, the Federal Truth-in-Lending Act, the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, the Fair Credit Reporting Act, the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, the Federal Trade Commission Act, the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act, the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, the Federal Reserve Board’s Regulations B and Z, the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act and state adaptations of the National Consumer Credit Protection Act and of the Uniform Consumer Credit Code, state “Lemon Laws” designed to prevent fraud in the sale of automobiles and other consumer credit laws and equal credit opportunity and disclosure laws.
     (d) Binding Obligation. Each Receivable represents the genuine, legal, valid and binding payment obligation in writing of the Obligor, enforceable by the holder thereof in accordance with its terms subject to (i) the effect of bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, (ii) the effect of general equitable principles and (iii) the potential unenforceability of waivers of jury trial provisions in certain states.
     (e) Security Interest in Financed Vehicle. (i) Immediately prior to the sale, assignment and transfer thereof to the Issuer, each Receivable was secured by a validly perfected first priority security interest in the Financed Vehicle in favor of NMAC as secured party or all necessary and appropriate actions shall have been commenced that would result in the valid perfection of a first priority security interest in the Financed Vehicle in favor of NMAC as secured party, and (ii) as of the Cut-off Date, according to the records of NMAC, no Financed Vehicle has been repossessed and the possession thereof not reinstated.
     (f) Receivables in Force. No Receivable has been satisfied, subordinated or rescinded, nor has any Financed Vehicle been released from the lien granted by the related Receivable in whole or in part.
     (g) No Waiver. No provision of a Receivable has been waived in a manner that is prohibited by the provisions of Section 4.01 or that would cause such Receivable to fail to meet all of the other requirements and warranties made by the Seller herein with respect thereto.
     (h) No Defenses. No Receivable is subject to any right of rescission, setoff, counterclaim or defense, including the defense of usury, and the operation of any of the terms of any Receivable, or the exercise of any right thereunder, will not render such Receivable unenforceable in whole or in part or subject such Receivable to any right of rescission, setoff, counterclaim or defense, including the defense of usury, and no such right of rescission, setoff, counterclaim or defense has been asserted with respect thereto.
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     (i) No Liens. To the Seller’s knowledge, no liens have been filed for work, labor or materials relating to a Financed Vehicle that shall be liens prior to, or equal or coordinate with, the security interest in the Financed Vehicle granted by the Receivable.
     (j) No Default. Except for payment defaults continuing for a period of not more than 29 days as of the Cut-off Date, no default, breach, violation or event permitting acceleration under the terms of any Receivable has occurred; and no continuing condition that with notice or the lapse of time would constitute a default, breach, violation or event permitting acceleration under the terms of any Receivable has arisen (other than deferrals and waivers of late payment charges or fees permitted hereunder).
     (k) Insurance. NMAC, in accordance with its customary procedures, has determined at the time of origination of each Receivable that the related Obligor has agreed to obtain physical damage insurance covering the Financed Vehicle and the Obligor is required under the terms of the related Receivable to maintain such insurance.
     (l) Title. It is the intention of the Seller that the transfer and assignment herein contemplated constitute a sale of the Receivables from the Seller to the Trust and that the beneficial interest in and title to the Receivables not be part of the Seller’s estate in the event of the filing of a bankruptcy petition by or against the Seller under any bankruptcy law. Immediately prior to the transfer and assignment herein contemplated, the Seller had good and marketable title to each Receivable free and clear of all Liens, and immediately upon the transfer thereof, the Issuer, for the benefit of the Noteholders and the Certificateholders, shall have good and marketable title to each Receivable, free and clear of all Liens and rights of others. Each Receivable File contains the original certificate of title (or a photocopy or image thereof) or evidence that an application for a certificate of title has been filed. To the extent the transfer and assignment contemplated under this Agreement is deemed to be other than a sale, this Agreement and all filings described under this Agreement create a valid and continuing security interest (as defined in the applicable UCC) in the Receivables in favor of the Issuer, which security interest is prior to all other Liens, and is enforceable as such as against creditors of and purchasers from the Seller.
     (m) Lawful Assignment. No Receivable has been originated in, or shall be subject to the laws of, any jurisdiction under which the sale, transfer and assignment of such Receivable under this Agreement are unlawful, void or voidable.
     (n) All Filings Made. All actions have been taken, and all filings (including, without limitation, UCC filings) in any jurisdiction have been made or have been delivered to the Relevant Trustee in a form suitable for filing to give the Relevant Trustee a first priority perfected ownership interest in the Receivables.
     (o) Chattel Paper. Each Receivable constitutes either “tangible chattel paper” or “electronic chattel paper” as such terms are defined in the UCC.
     (p) Simple Interest Receivables. All of the Receivables are Simple Interest Receivables.
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     (q) One Original or Authoritative Copy. There is only one original executed copy of each Receivable that is tangible chattel paper and a single “authoritative copy” (as such terms are used in Section 9-105 of the UCC) of each Receivable that is electronic chattel paper and such electronic chattel paper was not in the form of tangible chattel paper prior to being created as electronic chattel paper.
     (r) No Amendments. No Receivable has been amended such that the amount of the Obligor’s Scheduled Payments has been increased.
     (s) APR. The APR of each Receivable equals or exceeds 0.00%.
     (t) Maturity. As of the Cut-off Date, each Receivable had a remaining term to maturity of not less than 3 payments and not greater than _________________________________ payments.
     (u) Balance. Each Receivable had an original Principal Balance of not more than $___ and, as of the Cut-off Date, had a principal balance of not less than $___ and not more than $___.
     (v) Delinquency. No Receivable was more than 29 days past due as of the Cut-off Date, and no Receivable has been extended by more than two months.
     (w) Bankruptcy. No Obligor was the subject of a bankruptcy proceeding (according to the records of NMAC) as of the Cut-off Date.
     (x) Transfer. Each Receivable prohibits the sale or transfer of the Financed Vehicle without the consent of NMAC.
     (y) New, Near-New and Used Vehicles. Each Financed Vehicle was a new, near-new or used automobile or light-duty truck at the time the related Obligor executed or authenticated the retail installment sale contract.
     (z) Origination. Each Receivable has an origination date on or after ___, 200_.
     (aa) Receivable Files. The Receivable Files shall be kept at one or more of the locations listed in Schedule B hereto. The Receivable Files that constitute or evidence the Receivables do not have any marks or notations indicating that they have been pledged, assigned or otherwise conveyed by the Seller to any Person other than the Issuer. All financing statements filed or to be filed against the Seller in favor of the Issuer in connection herewith describing the Receivables contain a statement to the following effect: “A purchase of or security interest in any collateral described in this financing statement, except as permitted in the Sale and Servicing Agreement, will violate the rights of the Issuer.”
     (bb) Forced-Placed Insurance Premiums. No contract relating to any Receivable has had forced-placed insurance premiums added to the amount financed.
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     (cc) No Fraud or Misrepresentation. To the knowledge of the Seller, no Receivable was originated by a Dealer and sold by such Dealer to the Seller with any conduct constituting fraud or misrepresentation on the part of such Dealer.
     (dd) No Further Amounts Owed on the Receivables. No further amounts are owed by the Seller to any Obligor under the Receivables.
     (ee) No Pledge or Assignment of Receivables. Other than the security interest granted to the Issuer pursuant to this Agreement, the Seller has not pledged, assigned, sold, granted a security interest in, or otherwise conveyed any of the Receivables. The Seller has not authorized the filing of and is not aware of any financing statements against the Seller that include a description of collateral covering the Receivables other than any financing statement relating to the security interest granted to the Issuer hereunder or a financing statement as to which the security interest covering the Receivables has been released. The Seller is not aware of any judgment or tax lien filings against the Seller.
     (ff) No Government Obligors. None of the Receivables shall be due from the United States or any state, or from any agency, department subdivision or instrumentality thereof.
     SECTION 3.02 Repurchase upon Breach. The Seller, the Servicer or the Issuer, as the case may be, shall inform the other parties to this Agreement and the Indenture Trustee promptly, in writing, upon the discovery of any breach of the Seller’s representations and warranties pursuant to Section 3.01 that materially and adversely affects the interests of the Securityholders in any Receivable. Unless the breach shall have been cured by the last day of the second Collection Period following such discovery (or, at the Seller’s election, the last day of the first Collection Period following such discovery), the Seller shall be obligated (whether or not such breach was known to the Seller on the Closing Date), and the Issuer shall enforce the obligation of the Seller under this Agreement and, if necessary, the Seller shall enforce the obligation of NMAC under the Purchase Agreement, to repurchase any Receivable the Securityholders’ interest in which was materially and adversely affected by the breach as of such last day. A breach of the representation in Section 3.01(a)(iv), (t) or (u) shall be deemed to affect materially and adversely the related Receivable. In consideration of the purchase of the Receivables, the Seller shall remit the Warranty Purchase Payment in the manner specified in Section 5.05. For purposes of this Section 3.02, the Warranty Purchase Payment of a Receivable that is not consistent with the Seller’s warranty pursuant to Section 3.01(a)(iv) shall include such additional amount as shall be necessary to provide the full amount of interest as contemplated therein to the date of repurchase. The sole remedy of the Trust, the Indenture Trustee (by operation of the assignment of the Issuer’s rights hereunder pursuant to the Indenture) or any Securityholder with respect to a breach of the Seller’s representations and warranties pursuant to Section 3.01 shall be to require the Seller to repurchase Receivables pursuant to this Section and to enforce the obligation of NMAC to the Seller to repurchase such Receivables pursuant to the Purchase Agreement.
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     SECTION 3.03 Duties of Servicer as Custodian.
     (a) Safekeeping. The Servicer shall hold the Receivable Files as custodian for the benefit of the Issuer and maintain such accurate and complete accounts, records and computer systems pertaining to each Receivable File as shall enable the Issuer to comply with this Agreement. In performing its duties as custodian, the Servicer shall act with reasonable care, using that degree of skill and attention that the Servicer exercises with respect to the receivable files relating to all comparable automotive receivables that the Servicer services for itself or others. In accordance with its customary practices with respect to its retail installment sale contracts, the Servicer shall conduct, or cause to be conducted, periodic audits of the Receivable Files held by it under this Agreement and of the related accounts, records and computer systems, in such a manner as shall enable the Issuer, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee to verify the accuracy of the Servicer’s record keeping. The Servicer shall promptly report to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee any material failure on its part to hold the Receivable Files and maintain its accounts, records and computer systems as herein provided in all material respects and shall promptly take appropriate action to remedy any such material failure. Nothing herein shall be deemed to require an initial review or any periodic review by the Issuer, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee of the Receivable Files.
     (b) Maintenance of and Access to Records. The Servicer shall maintain each Receivable File at one of its offices specified in Schedule B or at such other office as shall be specified to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee by written notice from the Servicer not later than 90 days after any change in location. The Servicer shall make available to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee or their respective duly authorized representatives, attorneys or auditors the Receivable Files and the related accounts, records and computer systems maintained by the Servicer at such times during normal business hours as the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee shall instruct. The Servicer shall permit the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee and their respective agents at any time during normal business hours upon reasonable prior notice to inspect, audit and make copies of and abstracts from the Servicer’s records regarding any Receivable.
     (c) Release of Documents. Upon the occurrence and during the continuation of a Servicer Default or to the extent necessary for the Indenture Trustee to comply with its obligations under this Agreement, the Servicer shall, upon instruction from the Indenture Trustee, release any Receivable File to the Indenture Trustee, the Indenture Trustee’s agent or the Indenture Trustee’s designee, as the case may be, at such place or places as the Indenture Trustee may designate, as soon as practicable.
     SECTION 3.04 Instructions; Authority To Act. The Servicer shall be deemed to have received proper instructions with respect to the Receivable Files upon its receipt of written instructions signed by a Trust Officer of the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee.
     SECTION 3.05 Custodian’s Indemnification. The Servicer, as custodian, shall indemnify the Issuer, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee for any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, compensatory damages, payments, costs or expenses of any kind whatsoever that may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against any of them as the result of any
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improper act or omission in any way relating to the maintenance and custody by the Servicer as custodian of the Receivable Files; provided, however, that the Servicer shall not be liable to the Owner Trustee for any portion of any such amount resulting from the willful misfeasance, bad faith or negligence of the Owner Trustee, and the Servicer shall not be liable to the Indenture Trustee for any portion of any such amount resulting from the willful misfeasance, bad faith or negligence of the Indenture Trustee.
     SECTION 3.06 Effective Period and Termination. The Servicer’s appointment as custodian shall become effective as of the Cut-off Date, and shall continue in full force and effect until terminated pursuant to this Section. If NMAC shall resign as Servicer in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement or if all of the rights and obligations of any Servicer shall have been terminated under Section 8.01, the appointment of NMAC as custodian may be terminated by the Indenture Trustee or by the Holders of Notes evidencing not less than 25% of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes (but excluding for purposes of such calculation and action all Notes held or beneficially owned by NMAC, NARC II or any of their Affiliates unless all of the Notes are held or beneficially owned by NMAC, NARC II or any of their Affiliates) or, with the consent of Holders of the Notes evidencing not less than 25% of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes, by the Owner Trustee or by the Certificateholders evidencing not less than 25% of the Certificate Balance (but excluding for purposes of such calculation and action all Certificates held or beneficially owned by NMAC, NARC II or any of their Affiliates unless all of the Certificates are held or beneficially owned by NMAC, NARC II or any of their Affiliates), in the same manner as the Indenture Trustee or such Holders may terminate the rights and obligations of the Servicer under Section 8.01. The Indenture Trustee or, with the consent of the Indenture Trustee, the Issuer may terminate the Servicer’s appointment as custodian, with cause, at any time upon written notification to the Servicer, and without cause upon 30 days’ prior written notification to the Servicer. As soon as practicable after any termination of such appointment, the Servicer shall deliver the Receivable Files and the related accounts and records maintained by the Servicer to the Relevant Trustee or the agent thereof at such place or places as the Relevant Trustee may reasonably designate.
ARTICLE IV
Administration and Servicing of Receivables
     SECTION 4.01 Duties of Servicer.
     (a) The Servicer shall manage, service, administer and make collections on the Receivables with reasonable care, using that degree of skill and attention that the Servicer exercises with respect to all comparable receivables that it services for itself or others. Except with respect to Defaulted Receivables, Administrative Receivables or Warranty Receivables, the Servicer shall not change the amount of or reschedule the due date of any Scheduled Payment, change the APR of, or extend any Receivable except as provided herein or change any material term of a Receivable; provided, however, that:
     (1) if a default, breach, violation, delinquency or event permitting acceleration under the terms of any Receivable shall have occurred or, in the judgment of the Servicer, is imminent, the Servicer may (A) extend such Receivable for credit related reasons that would be acceptable to the Servicer with respect to comparable new, near-new or used automobile or light-duty truck
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receivables that it services for itself, but only if (i) the final scheduled payment date of such Receivable as extended would not be later than the last day of the Collection Period preceding the Final Scheduled Distribution Date for the Class A-4 Notes, and (ii) the rescheduling or extension would not modify the terms of such Receivable in a manner that would constitute a cancellation of such Receivable and the creation of a new receivable for federal income tax purposes; or (B) reduce an Obligor’s monthly payment amount in the event of a prepayment resulting from refunds of credit life and disability insurance premiums and service contracts and make similar adjustments in an Obligor’s payment terms to the extent required by law;
     (2) if at the end of the scheduled term of any Receivable, the outstanding principal amount thereof is such that the final payment to be made by the related Obligor is larger than the regularly scheduled payment of principal and interest made by such Obligor, the Servicer may permit such Obligor to pay such remaining principal amount in more than one payment of principal and interest, provided that the last such payment shall be due on or prior to the last day of the Collection Period preceding the Final Scheduled Distribution Date for the Class A-4 Notes; and
     the Servicer may in its discretion waive any late payment charge or any other fees that may be collected in the ordinary course of servicing a Receivable.
     (b) The Servicer’s duties shall include collection and posting of all payments, responding to inquiries of Obligors on the Receivables, investigating delinquencies, sending remittance advises to Obligors, reporting tax information to Obligors, accounting for collections, furnishing monthly and annual statements to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee with respect to distributions and making Advances pursuant to Section 5.04. In addition, the Servicer’s duties shall include the execution and delivery of any filings, certificates, affidavits or other instruments required under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
     (c) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Servicer is authorized and empowered to execute and deliver, on behalf of itself, the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee and the Securityholders or any of them, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or partial or full release or discharge, and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Receivables or to the Financed Vehicles securing the Receivables. If the Servicer shall commence a legal proceeding to enforce a Receivable, the Issuer (in the case of a Receivable other than an Administrative Receivable or a Warranty Receivable) shall thereupon be deemed to have automatically assigned, solely for the purpose of collection, such Receivable to the Servicer. If in any enforcement suit or legal proceeding it shall be held that the Servicer may not enforce a Receivable on the ground that it shall not be a real party in interest or a holder entitled to
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enforce such Receivable, the Issuer shall, at the Servicer’s expense and direction, take steps to enforce the Receivable, including bringing suit in its name or the name of the Indenture Trustee or the Securityholders. The Issuer shall furnish the Servicer with any powers of attorney and other documents reasonably necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer to carry out its servicing and administrative duties hereunder.
     (d) The Servicer, at its expense, shall obtain on behalf of the Trust all licenses required to be held by the Trust under the laws of any jurisdiction in connection with ownership of the Receivables, and shall make all filings and pay all fees as may be required in connection therewith during the term hereof. Nothing in the foregoing or in any other section of this Agreement shall be construed to prevent the Servicer from implementing new programs, whether on an intermediate, pilot or permanent basis, or on a regional or nationwide basis, or from modifying its standards, policies and procedures as long as, in each case, the Servicer does or would implement such programs or modify its standards, policies and procedures in respect of comparable assets serviced for itself in the ordinary course of business.
     SECTION 4.02 Collection of Receivable Payments. The Servicer shall make reasonable efforts to collect all payments called for under the terms and provisions of the Receivables as and when the same shall become due and shall follow such collection procedures as it follows with respect to all comparable receivables that it services for itself or others.
     SECTION 4.03 Realization upon Receivables. On behalf of the Trust, the Servicer shall use commercially reasonable efforts, consistent with its customary servicing procedures, to repossess or otherwise convert the ownership of the Financed Vehicle securing any Receivable as to which the Servicer shall have determined eventual payment in full is unlikely. The Servicer shall follow such customary and usual practices and procedures as it shall deem necessary or advisable in its servicing of comparable receivables, which may include reasonable efforts to realize upon any Dealer Recourse and selling the related Financed Vehicle at public or private sale. The foregoing shall be subject to the provision that, in any case in which the Financed Vehicle shall have suffered damage, the Servicer shall not expend funds in connection with the repair or the repossession of such Financed Vehicle unless it shall determine in its discretion that such repair and/or repossession will increase the Net Liquidation Proceeds.
     SECTION 4.04 Maintenance of Security Interests in Financed Vehicles. The Servicer shall, in accordance with its customary servicing procedures, take such steps as are necessary to maintain perfection of the security interest created by each Receivable in the related Financed Vehicle. The Servicer is hereby authorized to take such steps as are necessary to re-perfect such security interest on behalf of the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee in the event of the relocation of a Financed Vehicle or for any other reason. If the assignment of a Receivable to the Trust is insufficient, without a notation on the related Financed Vehicle’s certificate of title, to grant to the Trust a first priority perfected security interest in the related Financed Vehicle, the Servicer hereby agrees to serve as the agent of the Trust for the purpose of perfecting the security interest of the Trust in such Financed Vehicle and agrees that the Servicer’s listing as the secured party on the certificate of title is in this capacity as agent of the Trust.
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     SECTION 4.05 Covenants of Servicer.
     (a) The Servicer shall not release the Financed Vehicle securing any Receivable from the security interest granted by such Receivable in whole or in part except in the event of payment in full by or on behalf of the Obligor thereunder or repossession.
     (b) The Servicer shall not do anything to impair the rights of the Securityholders in the Receivables.
     (c) Except with respect to Defaulted Receivables, Administrative Receivables or Warranty Receivables, the Servicer shall not alter the APR of any Receivable or forgive payments on a Receivable. Except as provided in Section 4.01, the Servicer shall not modify the number of payments under a Receivable, increase the amount financed under a Receivable, or extend the due date for any payment on a Receivable.
     (d) If the Servicer shall determine not to make an Advance related to delinquency or non-payment of any Receivable pursuant to Section 5.04 because it determines that such Advance would not be recoverable from subsequent collections on such Receivable, such Receivable shall be designated by the Servicer to be a Defaulted Receivable, provided that such Receivable otherwise meets the definition of a Defaulted Receivable.
     (e) If the Seller is required to pay tax under the second sentence of Section 6.03(a) and if such tax is not paid by the Seller, then the Servicer shall pay such tax (or cause such tax to be paid) to the applicable taxing authority on behalf of the Issuer.
     SECTION 4.06 Purchase of Receivables upon Breach. The Servicer or the Issuer shall inform the other party and the Indenture Trustee promptly, in writing, upon the discovery of any breach by the Servicer of its obligations under the second sentence of Section 4.01 or under Section 4.02, 4.04 or 4.05 that would materially and adversely affect any Receivable. Unless the breach shall have been cured by the last day of the second Collection Period following such discovery (or, at the Servicer’s election, the last day of the first Collection Period following discovery), the Servicer shall (whether or not such breach was known to the Servicer on the Closing Date) purchase any Receivable materially and adversely affected by such breach as of such last day. In consideration of such Receivable, the Servicer shall remit the Administrative Purchase Payment (as reduced by any Outstanding Advances with respect to such Receivable) in the manner specified in Section 5.05. For the purposes of this Section 4.06, the Administrative Purchase Payment shall consist in part of a release by the Servicer of all rights of reimbursement with respect to Outstanding Advances with respect to the purchased Receivable. The sole remedy of the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee, the Trust or the Securityholders against the Servicer with respect to a breach by the Servicer of its obligations under the second sentence of Section 4.01 or under Section 4.02, 4.04 or 4.05 shall be to require the Servicer to purchase Receivables pursuant to this Section 4.06.
     SECTION 4.07 Servicing Fee and Expenses. As compensation for the performance of its obligations hereunder, the Servicer shall be entitled to receive on each Distribution Date the Total Servicing Fee. Except to the extent otherwise provided herein, the Servicer shall be required to pay all expenses incurred by it in connection with its activities under this Agreement
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(including fees and disbursements of the Indenture Trustee and independent accountants, taxes imposed on the Servicer, expenses incurred in connection with distributions and reports to Securityholders and all other fees and expenses not expressly stated under this Agreement to be for the account of the Securityholders). If each Rating Agency for a series of Notes or Certificates confirms that it will not reduce the rating of any class of Notes or Certificates in that series, as the case may be, the Base Servicing Fee in respect of a Collection Period (together with any portion of the Base Servicing Fee that remains unpaid from the prior Distribution Dates) will be paid at the beginning of that Collection Period out of collections of interest on the related Receivables.
     SECTION 4.08 Servicer’s Certificate.
     (a) On or before the tenth day of each month (or, if such tenth day is not a Business Day, then on the next succeeding Business Day), the Servicer shall deliver to the Owner Trustee, each Paying Agent, and the Indenture Trustee, with a copy to each Rating Agency, a Servicer’s Certificate containing all information necessary to make the distributions pursuant to Sections 5.06, 5.07 and 5.08 (including the amount of the aggregate collections on the Receivables; the aggregate Advances to be made by the Servicer, if any, the aggregate Administrative Purchase Payments for any Administrative Receivables to be purchased by the Servicer, and the aggregate Warranty Purchase Payments for any Warranty Receivables to be purchased by the Seller) for the Collection Period preceding the date of such Servicer’s Certificate, all information necessary for the Owner Trustee to send statements to the Certificateholders and the Indenture Trustee to send statements to the Noteholders pursuant to the Trust Agreement or Indenture, as the case may be. Each of the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee may conclusively rely on the information in any Servicer’s Certificate and shall have no duty to confirm or verify the contents thereof.
     (b) Concurrently with delivery of the Servicer’s Certificate in each month, the Servicer shall deliver to the underwriters of the Notes the Note Factor for each Class of Notes, the Certificate Factor, and the Pool Factor for each Class of Notes and for the Certificates, in each case as of the close of business on the Distribution Date occurring in such month.
     SECTION 4.09 Annual Statement as to Compliance; Notice of Default.
     (a) The Servicer shall deliver to the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee and each of the Rating Agencies, on or before the last day of the third month after the end of each fiscal year of the Issuer, beginning ___, 200_, an Officers’ Certificate with respect to the prior fiscal year of the Servicer ended such calendar year (or with respect to the initial Officer’s Certificate, the period from the date of the initial issuance of the Notes to ___, 200_), stating that (i) a review of the activities of the Servicer during the preceding 12-month (or shorter) period and of its performance under this Agreement has been made under such officer’s supervision and (ii) to the best of such officer’s knowledge, based on such review, the Servicer has fulfilled all its obligations under this Agreement throughout such twelve-month (or shorter) period, or, if there has been a failure to fulfill of any such obligation, specifying each such failure
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known to such officer and the nature and status thereof. A copy of such Officer’s Certificate may be obtained by any Certificateholder or Noteholder by a request in writing to the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee addressed as set forth in Section 10.03 hereof.
     (b) The Servicer shall deliver to the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee and each Rating Agency, promptly after having obtained knowledge thereof, but in no event later than five Business Days thereafter, written notice in an Officer’s Certificate of any event that with the giving of notice or lapse of time, or both, would become a Servicer Default under Section 8.01. The Seller shall deliver to the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee and to each such Rating Agency, promptly after having obtained knowledge thereof, but in no event later than five Business Days thereafter, written notice in an Officer’s Certificate of any event that with the giving of notice or lapse of time, or both, would become a Servicer Default under Section 8.01(a)(ii) or would result in any lowering of the ratings described in Section 5.02(a)(ii)(A).
     SECTION 4.10 Annual Independent Certified Public Accountants’ Report. The Servicer shall cause a firm of independent certified public accountants, who may also render other services to the Servicer, the Seller or their Affiliates, to deliver to the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee and each of the Rating Agencies, on or before the last day of the third month after the end of each fiscal year of the Issuer, beginning ___________, 200_, with respect to the prior fiscal year (or with respect to the initial reports, the period from the date of the initial issuance of the Notes to ___________, 200_) a report that such firm has audited the consolidated financial statements of the Servicer in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards, that such firm is independent of the Servicer within the meaning of the Code of Professional Ethics of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (“AICPA”), and expressing such firm’s opinion thereon. For all purposes of this Agreement, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee may rely on the representation of any Person that it is a Certificateholder or a Note Owner, as the case may be.
     SECTION 4.11 Access to Certain Documentation and Information Regarding Receivables.
     (a) The Servicer shall provide to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee access to the Receivable Files in such cases where the Securityholders shall be required by applicable statutes or regulations to review such documentation. In each case, such access shall be afforded without charge, but only upon reasonable request and during the normal business hours at the respective offices of the Servicer.
     (b) The Servicer shall provide to each Rating Agency any information regarding the Receivables that is reasonably requested by such Rating Agency.
     (c) Nothing in this Section shall affect the obligation of the Servicer to observe any applicable law prohibiting disclosure of information regarding the Obligors and the failure of the Servicer to provide access to information as a result of such obligation shall not constitute a breach of this Section.
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     SECTION 4.12 Appointment of Subservicer. So long as NMAC acts as the Servicer, the Servicer may at any time without notice or consent subcontract substantially all its duties under this Agreement to any corporation more than 50% of the voting stock of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by Nissan. The Servicer may at any time perform specific duties as servicer under this Agreement through other subcontractors; provided, however, that no such delegation or subcontracting shall relieve the Servicer of its responsibilities with respect to such duties as to which the Servicer shall remain primarily responsible with respect thereto.
     SECTION 4.13 Amendments to Schedule of Receivables. If the Servicer, during any Collection Period, assigns to a Receivable an account number that differs from the original account number identifying such Receivable on the Schedule of Receivables, the Servicer shall deliver to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee, on or before the Distribution Date relating to such Collection Period, an amendment to the Schedule of Receivables reporting the newly assigned account number, together with the old account number of each such Receivable. The first such delivery of amendments to the Schedule of Receivables shall include monthly amendments reporting account numbers appearing on the Schedule of Receivables with the new account numbers assigned to such Receivables during any prior Collection Period.
     SECTION 4.14 Acknowledgement by Servicer of its Obligations under the Indenture. The Servicer hereby agrees and consents to the provisions of the Indenture applicable to it (including, without limitation, Sections 8.03(a) and 8.03(b) thereof) and agrees to be bound by such provisions.
     SECTION 4.15 Compliance with Regulation AB. The Servicer agrees to perform all duties and obligations applicable to or required of the Issuer set forth in Appendix A attached hereto and made a part hereof in all respects and makes the representations and warranties therein applicable to it.
ARTICLE V
Distributions; Accounts;
Statements to the Certificateholders and the Noteholders
     SECTION 5.01 Establishment of Accounts.
     (a) The Servicer, on behalf of the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee, shall establish the Collection Account in the name of the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Securityholders. The Collection Account shall be a segregated trust account initially established with the Indenture Trustee and maintained with the Indenture Trustee as long as (i) the deposits of the Indenture Trustee have the Required Deposit Rating or (ii) the Collection Account is maintained in a segregated trust account in the trust department of the Indenture Trustee; provided, however, that all amounts held in the Collection Account shall, to the extent permitted by applicable laws, rules and regulations and as directed by the Servicer, be invested by the Indenture Trustee in Eligible Investments; otherwise, such amounts shall be maintained in cash; provided that if (x) the Servicer shall have failed to give investment directions for any funds on deposit in the Collection Account to the Indenture Trustee by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time (or such other time as may be agreed by the Servicer and the Indenture Trustee) on any Business Day, or (y) a Default or Event of
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Default shall have occurred and be continuing with respect to the Notes but the Notes shall not have been declared due and payable pursuant to the Indenture, or (z) if the Notes shall have been declared due and payable following an Event of Default, amounts collected or receivable from the Trust Estate are being applied in accordance with Section 5.05 of the Indenture as if there had not been such a declaration, then the Indenture Trustee shall, to the fullest extent practicable, invest and reinvest funds in the Collection Account in one or more Eligible Investments specified in clauses (i), (iv) or (vi) of the definition of Eligible Investments. All such Eligible Investments shall mature not later than the Business Day preceding the next Distribution Date, in such manner that such amounts invested shall be available to make the required distributions on the Distribution Date; provided, that if permitted by the Rating Agencies, monies on deposit therein may be invested in Eligible Investments that mature later than the Business Day preceding the next Distribution Date; provided, however, that such investment shall be sold not later than the Business Day preceding the next Distribution Date. The Servicer will not direct the Indenture Trustee, and the Issuer shall cause the Servicer not to make any investment of any funds or to sell any investment held in the Collection Account unless the security interest granted and perfected in such account will continue to be perfected in such investment or the proceeds of such sale, in either case without any further action by any Person, and, in connection with any direction to the Indenture Trustee to make any such investment or sale, if requested by the Indenture Trustee, the Servicer shall deliver to the Indenture Trustee an Opinion of Counsel, acceptable to the Indenture Trustee, to such effect. Should the short-term unsecured debt obligations of the Indenture Trustee no longer have the Required Deposit Rating then, unless the Collection Account is maintained in segregated trust accounts in the trust department of the Indenture Trustee, the Servicer shall, with the Indenture Trustee’s assistance as necessary and within ten Business Days of receipt of notice from the Indenture Trustee that the Indenture Trustee no longer has the Required Deposit Rating, cause the Collection Account (i) to be moved to segregated trust accounts in a bank or trust company, the short-term unsecured debt obligations of which shall have the Required Deposit Rating, or (ii) to be moved to the trust department of the Indenture Trustee.
     (b) Earnings on investment of funds in the Collection Account shall be paid to the Servicer as servicing compensation, and any losses and investment expenses shall be charged against the funds on deposit in the Collection Account.
     (c) Subject to the foregoing, the Servicer, on behalf of the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee, shall establish and maintain the Collection Account as an Eligible Deposit Account in the name of and under the exclusive control of the Indenture Trustee, bearing a designation clearly indicating that the funds deposited therein are held for the benefit of the Securityholders. The Indenture Trustee shall transfer all amounts remaining on deposit in the Collection Account on the Distribution Date on which the Notes of all Classes have been paid in full (or substantially all of the Trust Estate is otherwise released from the lien of the Indenture) to another Eligible Deposit Account established pursuant to the Trust Agreement for the benefit of the Certificateholders (the “Trust Collection Account”), and take all necessary or appropriate actions to transfer all of its right, title and interest in the Collection Account, all funds or investments held therein and all proceeds thereof, whether or not on behalf of the Securityholders, to the
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Owner Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders, subject to the limitations set forth in the Indenture with respect to amounts held for payment to Noteholders that do not promptly deliver a Note for payment on such Distribution Date. After the transfer to the Trust Collection Account described in the immediately preceding sentence, references in this Agreement to “Collection Account” shall be deemed to be references to the “Trust Collection Account.”
     (d) With respect to the Collection Account and all property held therein, the Owner Trustee agrees, by its acceptance hereof that, on the terms and conditions set forth in the Indenture, for so long as Notes of any Class remain outstanding, the Indenture Trustee shall possess all right, title and interest therein (excluding interest or investment income thereon payable to the Servicer or the Seller, as the case may be), and the Accounts shall be under the sole dominion and control of the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Noteholders and the Certificateholders, as the case may be, as set forth in the Indenture. The parties hereto agree that the Issuer, the Owner Trustee and the Holders of the Certificates have no right, title or interest in the Reserve Account or any amounts on deposit therein at any time. The parties hereto agree that the Servicer shall have the power, revocable by the Indenture Trustee or by the Owner Trustee with the consent of the Indenture Trustee, to instruct the Indenture Trustee to make withdrawals and payments from the Collection Account for the purpose of permitting the Servicer, Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee to carry out its respective duties hereunder or under the Indenture or the Trust Agreement, as the case may be.
     Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Servicer shall be entitled to withhold, or to be reimbursed from amounts otherwise payable into or on deposit in the Collection Account, as the case may be, amounts previously deposited in the Collection Account but later determined to have resulted from mistaken deposits or posting.
     SECTION 5.02 Collections.
     (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the Servicer shall remit daily to the Collection Account all payments received by or on behalf of the Obligors on or in respect of the Receivables (excluding payments on the Warranty Receivables or the Administrative Receivables) and all Net Liquidation Proceeds not later than the first Business Day after receipt thereof. For purposes of this Article V, the phrase “payments received by or on behalf of the Obligors” shall mean payments made by Persons other than the Servicer. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for so long as (i) NMAC is the Servicer, (ii) (A) NMAC’s short-term unsecured debt obligations are rated at least “P-1” by Moody’s and NMAC’s short-term unsecured debt obligations (or, if NMAC is the Servicer and the Servicer then has no short-term rating from Standard & Poor’s, Nissan Capital of America, Inc.’s short-term unsecured debt obligations) are rated “A-1” by Standard & Poor’s (so long as Moody’s and Standard & Poor’s are Rating Agencies), or (B) certain arrangements are made that are acceptable to the Rating Agencies, and (iii) no Event of Default or Servicer Default shall have occurred and be continuing (unless waived by the appropriate Securityholders) (collectively, the “Monthly Remittance Conditions”); the Servicer shall not be required to remit such collections to the Collection Account on the foregoing daily basis but shall be entitled to retain such collections,
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without segregation from its other funds, until the Business Day before each Distribution Date at which time the Servicer shall remit all such collections in respect of the related Collection Period to the Collection Account in immediately available funds. Commencing with the first day of the first Collection Period that begins at least two Business Days after the day on which any Monthly Remittance Condition ceases to be satisfied and for so long as any Monthly Remittance Condition is not satisfied, all collections then held by the Servicer shall be immediately deposited into the Collection Account and all future collections on or in respect of the Receivables (other than payments on Warranty Receivables and the Administrative Receivables) and all Net Liquidation Proceeds shall be remitted by the Servicer to the Collection Account on a daily basis not later than the first Business Day after receipt thereof.
     (b) The Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any event or circumstances under clause (iii) of the definition of the Monthly Remittance Condition unless the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee has received notice of such event or circumstance from the Seller or the Servicer in an Officer’s Certificate or from the Holders of Notes evidencing not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes, or a Trust Officer of the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee with knowledge hereof or familiarity herewith has actual knowledge of such event or circumstances.
     (c) The Servicer shall give the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee and each Rating Agency written notice of the failure of any Monthly Remittance Condition (and any subsequent curing of a failed Monthly Remittance Condition) as soon as practical after the occurrence thereof but in no event later than 10 Business Days after obtaining knowledge thereof (it being understood that if the Monthly Remittance Condition is not satisfied as of the Closing Date, no such notice shall be required in connection therewith).
     (d) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Monthly Remittance Condition is not satisfied, the Servicer may utilize an alternative remittance schedule (which may include the remittance schedule utilized by the Servicer before the Monthly Remittance Condition became unsatisfied), if the Servicer provides to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee written confirmation from each Rating Agency that such alternative remittance schedule will not result in the downgrading or withdrawal by such Rating Agency of the ratings then assigned to any Class of Notes.
     SECTION 5.03 Application of Collections. As of the Business Day immediately preceding the related Distribution Date, all collections for the related Collection Period with respect to each Receivable shall be applied by the Servicer as follows:
     (a) First, to interest accrued to date on such Receivable;
     (b) Second, to principal until the Principal Balance of such Receivable is brought current;
     (c) Third, to reduce the unpaid late charges (if any) as provided in such Receivable; and
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     (d) Fourth, to prepay principal on such Receivable.
     SECTION 5.04 Advances.
     (a) The Servicer shall make a payment with respect to each Receivable (other than an Administrative Receivable, a Warranty Receivable or a Liquidated Receivable) (each, an “Advance”) equal to the excess if any, of (x) the product of the Principal Balance of such Receivable as of the first day of the related Collection Period and one-twelfth of its APR (calculated on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months), over (y) the interest actually received by the Servicer with respect to such Receivable from the Obligor or from payments of the Administrative Purchase Payment or the Warranty Purchase Payment, as the case may be, during such Collection Period. The Servicer will not be obligated to make an Advance in respect of a Receivable (other than an Advance in respect of an interest shortfall arising from the Prepayment of a Receivable) to the extent that the Servicer, in its sole discretion, shall determine that the Advance constitutes a Nonrecoverable Advance. With respect to each Receivable, the Advance shall increase the Outstanding Advances. No Advances will be made with respect to the Principal Balance of the Receivables. The Servicer shall deposit all such Advances into the Collection Account in immediately available funds no later than 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Business Day immediately preceding the related Distribution Date. To the extent that the amount set forth in clause (y) above with respect to a Receivable is greater than the amount set forth in clause (x) above with respect thereto, such amount shall be distributed to the Servicer pursuant to Section 5.06; provided, however, that, notwithstanding anything else herein, the Servicer shall not be reimbursed for any amounts representing an Advance, or any portion thereof, made in respect of an interest shortfall arising from the Prepayment of a Receivable.
     (b) The Servicer shall be entitled to reimbursement for Outstanding Advances, without interest, with respect to a Receivable from the following sources with respect to such Receivable pursuant to Section 5.06(c)(i), Section 5.06(d)(i), or Section 5.06(e)(i): (i) subsequent payments made by or on behalf of the related Obligor, (ii) Net Liquidation Proceeds, and (iii) the Warranty Purchase Payments.
     (c) To the extent that the Servicer has determined that any Outstanding Advance is a Nonrecoverable Advance, the Servicer may provide to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee an Officer’s Certificate setting forth the amount of such Nonrecoverable Advance, and on the related Distribution Date, the Relevant Trustee shall remit to the Servicer from funds on deposit in the Collection Account an amount equal to the amount of such Nonrecoverable Advance pursuant to Section 5.06(c)(ii), Section 5.06(d)(ii), or Section 5.06(e)(ii).
     (d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, for so long as NMAC is the Servicer, in lieu of causing the Servicer first to deposit and then the Relevant Trustee to remit to the Servicer the amounts described in clauses (i) through (iii) in Section 5.04(b) reimbursable in respect on Outstanding Advances, or the amounts described in Section 5.04(c) applicable in respect of Nonrecoverable Advances, the Servicer may deduct such amounts from deposits otherwise to be made into the Collection Account.
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     (e) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 5.04(a), no Successor Servicer, including the Indenture Trustee, shall be obligated to make Advances unless it has expressly agreed to do so in writing.
     SECTION 5.05 Additional Deposits.
     (a) The following additional deposits shall be made to the Collection Account: (i) the Seller shall remit the aggregate Warranty Purchase Payments with respect to Warranty Receivables pursuant to Section 3.02; (ii) the Servicer shall remit (A) the aggregate Advances pursuant to Section 5.04(a), (B) the aggregate Administrative Purchase Payments with respect to Administrative Receivables pursuant to Section 4.06, and (C) the amount required upon any optional purchase of the Receivables by the Servicer, or any Successor Servicer, pursuant to Section 9.01; and (iii) the Indenture Trustee shall transfer (A) the Yield Supplement Deposit from the Yield Supplement Account to the Collection Account pursuant to Section 5.08, plus reinvestment income on the Yield Supplement Account (in assuring the availability therein of the related Available Interest), plus amounts described in the second sentence of Section 5.08(b) and (B) the amounts described in Sections 5.06 and 5.07 from the Reserve Account to the Collection Account pursuant to Section 5.07.
     (b) All deposits required to be made pursuant to this Section 5.05 by the Seller or the Servicer, as the case may be, may be made in the form of a single deposit and shall be made in immediately available funds, no later than 5:00 P.M., New York City time, on the Business Day immediately preceding the related Distribution Date. At the direction of the Servicer, the Relevant Trustee shall invest such amounts in Eligible Investments maturing not later than 12:00 P.M. New York City Time, on the related Distribution Date.
     SECTION 5.06 Payments and Distributions.
     (a) The rights of the Certificateholders to receive distributions in respect of the Certificates shall be and hereby are subordinated to the rights of the Noteholders to receive distributions in respect of the Notes to the extent provided in this Section 5.06.
     (b) On each Determination Date, the Servicer shall calculate the Available Interest, the Available Principal, the Yield Supplement Deposit, the Noteholders’ Principal Distributable Amount, the Certificateholders’ Principal Distributable Amount, the amount to be distributed to Noteholders of each Class and to Certificateholders pursuant to Section 5.06(c), (d) or (e), and all other distributions, deposits and withdrawals to be made on the related Distribution Date.
     (c) Subject to Sections 5.06(d) and (e), on each Distribution Date, the Relevant Trustee shall make the following payments and distributions from the Collection Account (after payment of the Supplemental Servicing Fee to the extent not previously retained by the Servicer) in the following order of priority and in the amounts set forth in the
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Servicer’s Certificate for such Distribution Date; provided, however, that such payments and distributions shall be made only from those funds deposited in the Collection Account for the related Collection Period:
          (i) to the Servicer, from amounts on deposit in the Collection Account, any payments in respect of Advances required to be reimbursed and to the extent set forth in Section 5.04(b);
          (ii) to the Servicer, from amounts on deposit in the Collection Account, any payments in respect of Nonrecoverable Advances required to be reimbursed and to the extent set forth in Section 5.04(c);
          (iii) to the Servicer, from Available Amounts, the Base Servicing Fee (including any unpaid Base Servicing Fees from one or more prior Collection Periods);
          (iv) on a pro rata basis (based on the amounts distributable pursuant to this clause to each such Class), to the Class A-1 Noteholders, the Noteholders’ Interest Distributable Amount for such Class, to the Class A-2 Noteholders, the Noteholders’ Interest Distributable Amount for such Class, to the Class A-3 Noteholders, the Noteholders’ Interest Distributable Amount for such Class, to the Class A-4 Noteholders, the Noteholders’ Interest Distributable Amount for such Class, such amounts to be paid from Available Amounts (after giving effect to any reduction in Available Amounts described in clause (iii) above);
          (v) to the Class A-1 Noteholders until the principal amount thereof is reduced to zero, an amount equal to the Noteholders’ Principal Distributable Amount for such Distribution Date, such amounts to be paid from Available Amounts (after giving effect to any reduction in Available Amounts described in clauses (iii) and (iv) above);
          (vi) after the principal amount of the Class A-1 Notes is reduced to zero, to the Class A-2 Noteholders until the principal amount of the Class A-2 Notes is reduced to zero, then to the Class A-3 Noteholders until the principal amount of the Class A-3 Notes is reduced to zero, and then to the Class A-4 Noteholders until the principal amount of the Class A-4 Notes is reduced to zero, an amount equal to the Noteholders’ Principal Distributable Amount for such Distribution Date (after giving effect to any reduction in Noteholders’ Principal Distributable Amount described in clause (v) above), such amounts to be paid from Available Amounts (after giving effect to any reduction in Available Amounts described in clauses (iii) through (v) above);
          (vii) to the Reserve Account, the amount, if any, necessary to cause the balance of funds therein to equal the Specified Reserve Account Balance with respect to such Distribution Date, such amounts to be paid from Available Amounts (after giving effect to any reduction in Available Amounts described in clauses (iii) through (vi) above);
          (viii) to the Certificateholders, or, to the extent amounts are payable to a Swap Counterparty pursuant to a Swap Agreement as described in Section 5.11, to such Swap Counterparty, except on any Distribution Date that occurs after the Class A Notes
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are accelerated, the Certificateholders’ Principal Distributable Amount, such amounts to be paid from Available Amounts (after giving effect to any reduction in Available Amounts described in clauses (iii) through (vii) above); and
          (ix) any Available Amounts remaining after giving effect to the foregoing, to the Certificateholders.
     (d) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 5.06(c), after the occurrence of an Event of Default that results in the acceleration of any Notes and unless and until such acceleration has been rescinded, on each Distribution Date, the Relevant Trustee shall make the following payments and distributions from the Collection Account (after payment of the Supplemental Servicing Fee to the extent not previously retained by the Servicer) in the following order of priority and in the amounts set forth in the Servicer’s Certificate for such Distribution Date; provided, however, that such payments and distributions shall be made only from those funds deposited in the Collection Account for the related Collection Period:
          (i) to the Servicer, from amounts on deposit in the Collection Account, any payments in respect of Advances required to be reimbursed and to the extent set forth in Section 5.04(b);
          (ii) to the Servicer, from amounts on deposit in the Collection Account, any payments in respect of Nonrecoverable Advances required to be reimbursed and to the extent set forth in Section 5.04(c);
          (iii) to the Servicer, from Available Amounts, the Base Servicing Fee (including any unpaid Base Servicing Fees from one or more prior Collection Periods);
          (iv) to the Class A-1 Noteholders, the Noteholders’ Interest Distributable Amount for such Class (after giving effect to any reduction in Available Amounts described in clause (iii) above);
          (v) to the Class A-1 Noteholders, until the total amount paid to such Noteholders in respect of principal from the Closing Date is equal to the Original Principal Amount for such Class of Notes, such amounts to be paid from Available Amounts (after giving effect to any reduction in Available Amounts described in clauses (iii) and (iv) above);
          (vi) on the Distribution Date on which the Class A-1 Notes have been paid in full and on each Distribution Date thereafter, on a pro rata basis (based on the amounts distributable pursuant to this clause to each such Class), to the Class A-2 Noteholders, the Noteholders’ Interest Distributable Amount for such Class, to the Class A-3 Noteholders, the Noteholders’ Interest Distributable Amount for such Class, and to the Class A-4 Noteholders, the Noteholders’ Interest Distributable Amount for such Class, such amounts to be paid from Available Amounts (after giving effect to any reduction in Available Amounts described in clauses (iii) through (v) above);
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          (vii) to the Class A-2 Noteholders, the Class A-3 Noteholders, and the Class A-4 Noteholders on a pro rata basis (based on the Outstanding Amount of each Class), until the total amount paid to such Noteholders in respect of principal from the Closing Date is equal to the Original Principal Amount for such Class of Notes, such amounts to be paid from Available Amounts (after giving effect to any reduction in Available Amounts described in clauses (iii) through (vi) above);
          (viii) on the Distribution Date on which the Notes have been paid in full and on each Distribution Date thereafter, to the Certificateholders, or, to the extent amounts are payable to a Swap Counterparty pursuant to a Swap Agreement as described in Section 5.11, to such Swap Counterparty, until the total amount paid to the Certificateholders in respect of principal from the Closing Date is equal to the Original Certificate Balance, such amount to be paid from Available Amounts (after giving effect to the reduction in Available Amounts described in clauses (iii) through (vii) above); and
          (ix) any Available Amounts remaining after giving effect to the foregoing, to the Certificateholders.
     (e) Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 5.06(c) and 5.06(d), after the occurrence of an Event of Default that results in the acceleration of any Notes, on and after the date on which such acceleration has been rescinded, on each Distribution Date, the Relevant Trustee shall make the following payments and distributions from the Collection Account (after payment of the Supplemental Servicing Fee to the extent not previously retained by the Servicer) in the following order of priority and in the amounts set forth in the Servicer’s Certificate for such Distribution Date; provided, however, that such payments and distributions shall be made only from those funds deposited in the Collection Account for the related Collection Period:
          (i) to the Servicer, from amounts on deposit in the Collection Account, any payments in respect of Advances required to be reimbursed and to the extent set forth in Section 5.04(b);
          (ii) to the Servicer, from amounts on deposit in the Collection Account, any payments in respect of Nonrecoverable Advances required to be reimbursed and to the extent set forth in Section 5.04(c);
          (iii) to the Servicer, from Available Amounts, the Base Servicing Fee (including any unpaid Base Servicing Fees from one or more prior Collection Periods);
          (iv) on a pro rata basis (based on the amounts distributable pursuant to this clause to each such Class), to the Class A-1 Noteholders, the Noteholders’ Interest Distributable Amount for such Class, to the Class A-2 Noteholders, the Noteholders’ Interest Distributable Amount for such Class, to the Class A-3 Noteholders, the Noteholders’ Interest Distributable Amount for such Class, and to the Class A-4 Noteholders, the Noteholders’ Interest Distributable Amount for such Class, such amounts to be paid from Available Amounts (after giving effect to any reduction in Available Amounts described in clause (iii) above);
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          (v) to the Class A-1 Noteholders, until the total amount paid to such Noteholders in respect of principal from the Closing Date is equal to the Original Principal Amount for the Class A-1 Notes, such amounts to be paid from Available Amounts (after giving effect to any reduction in Available Amounts described in clause (iii) and clause (iv) above);
          (vi) to the Class A-2 Noteholders, until the total amount paid to such Noteholders in respect of principal from the Closing Date is equal to the Original Principal Amount for the Class A-2 Notes, such amounts to be paid from Available Amounts (after giving effect to any reduction in Available Amounts described in clauses (iii) through (v) above);
          (vii) to the Class A-3 Noteholders, until the total amount paid to such Noteholders in respect of principal from the Closing Date is equal to the Original Principal Amount for the Class A-3 Notes, such amounts to be paid from Available Amounts (after giving effect to any reduction in Available Amounts described in clauses (iii) through (vi) above);
          (viii) to the Class A-4 Noteholders, until the total amount paid to such Noteholders in respect of principal from the Closing Date is equal to the Original Principal Amount for the Class A-4 Notes, such amounts to be paid from Available Amounts (after giving effect to the reduction in Available Amounts described in clauses (iii) through (vii) above);
          (ix) on the Distribution Date on which the Notes have been paid in full and on each Distribution Date thereafter, to the Certificateholders, or, to the extent amounts are payable to a Swap Counterparty pursuant to a Swap Agreement as described in Section 5.11, to such Swap Counterparty, until the total amount paid to the Certificateholders in respect of principal from the Closing Date is equal to the Original Certificate Balance, such amount to be paid from Available Amounts (after giving effect to the reduction in Available Amounts described in clauses (iii) through (viii) above); and
          (x) any Available Amounts remaining after giving effect to the foregoing, to the Certificateholders.
     (f) For purposes of determining whether an Event of Default pursuant to Section 5.01(b) of the Indenture has occurred, the amount of principal required to be paid to the Holders of any Class of Notes on any Distribution Date is the amount available to be paid thereto pursuant to Section 5.06(c); provided, however, that (i) the Class A-1 Notes are required to be paid in full on or before the Final Scheduled Distribution Date for such Class, meaning that the Class A-1 Noteholders are entitled to have received on or before such date payments in respect of principal in an aggregate amount equal to the Original Principal Amount for such Class, together with all interest accrued thereon through such date; (ii) the Class A-2 Notes are required to be paid in full on or before the Final Scheduled Distribution Date for such Class, meaning that the Class A-2 Noteholders are entitled to have received on or before such date payments in respect of principal in an aggregate amount equal to the Original Principal Amount for such Class, together with all
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interest accrued thereon through such date; (iii) the Class A-3 Notes are required to be paid in full on or before the Final Scheduled Distribution Date for such Class, meaning that the Class A-3 Noteholders are entitled to have received on or before such date payments in respect of principal in an aggregate amount equal to the Original Principal Amount for such Class, together with all interest accrued thereon through such date; and (iv) the Class A-4 Notes are required to be paid in full on or before the Final Scheduled Distribution Date for such Class, meaning that the Class A-4 Noteholders are entitled to have received on or before such date payments in respect of principal in an aggregate amount equal to the Original Principal Amount for such Class, together with all interest accrued thereon through such date.
     (g) Except with respect to the final payment upon retirement of a Note or Certificate, the Servicer shall on each Distribution Date instruct the Relevant Trustee to pay or distribute to each Securityholder of record on the related Record Date by check mailed to such Securityholder at the address of such Holder appearing in the Certificate Register or Note Register, as the case may be (or, if DTC, its nominee or a Clearing Agency is the relevant Holder, by wire transfer of immediately available funds or pursuant to other arrangements), the amount to be paid or distributed to such Securityholder pursuant to such Holder’s Note or Certificate. With respect to the final payment upon retirement of a Note or Certificate, the Servicer shall on the relevant final Distribution Date instruct the Relevant Trustee to pay or distribute the amounts due thereon only upon delivery for cancellation of the certificate representing such Note or Certificate in accordance with the Indenture or the Trust Agreement, as the case may be.
     SECTION 5.07 Reserve Account.
     (a) In order to assure that certain amounts will be available to make required payments to Noteholders, the Seller will, pursuant to the Securities Account Control Agreement, establish and maintain with the Securities Intermediary a segregated trust account (the “Reserve Account”) in the name of the Indenture Trustee which will include the money and other property deposited and held therein pursuant to Section 5.06 and this Section 5.07. On or prior to the Closing Date, the Seller shall deposit an amount equal to the Reserve Account Initial Deposit into the Reserve Account. As, and to the extent, set forth in Section 5.06(c), the Relevant Trustee will deposit Available Amounts into the Reserve Account on each Distribution Date as provided in the Servicer’s Certificate, until the amount on deposit therein equals the Specified Reserve Account Balance. On each Distribution Date, to the extent that amounts in the Collection Account and/or Available Amounts, as the case may be, are insufficient to fully fund the payments and distributions described in clauses (i) through (vi) of Section 5.06(c), clauses (i) through (vii) of Section 5.06(d), or clauses (i) through (viii) of Section 5.06(e), the Relevant Trustee will withdraw amounts then on deposit in the Reserve Account, up to the amounts of any such deficiencies, and deposit such amounts into the Collection Account for application pursuant to such clauses. On each Distribution Date, as provided in the Servicer’s Certificate, the Relevant Trustee will release to the Seller any amounts remaining on deposit in the Reserve Account in excess of the Specified Reserve Account Balance. Upon the payment in full of the Notes under the Indenture, as directed in writing by the Servicer, the Relevant Trustee will release to the Seller any amounts remaining on
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deposit in the Reserve Account, and all rights to the Reserve Account and all other collateral registered or held therein shall revert to the Seller in accordance with the Securities Account Control Agreement. Upon any such distribution to the Seller, the Issuer, Owner Trustee, Certificateholders, Indenture Trustee and Noteholders will have no further rights in, or claims to, such amounts.
     (b) All amounts held in the Reserve Account shall be invested by the Relevant Trustee, as directed in writing by the Servicer, in Eligible Investments; provided that if (x) the Servicer shall have failed to give investment directions for any funds on deposit in the Reserve Account to the Indenture Trustee by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time (or such other time as may be agreed by the Servicer and the Indenture Trustee) on any Business Day, or (y) a Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing with respect to the Notes but the Notes shall not have been declared due and payable pursuant to the Indenture, or (z) the Notes shall have been declared due and payable following an Event of Default, but amounts collected or receivable from the Trust Estate are being applied pursuant to Section 5.05 of the Indenture as if there had not been such a declaration, then the Indenture Trustee shall, to the fullest extent practicable, invest and reinvest funds in the Reserve Account in one or more Eligible Investments specified in clauses (i), (iv) or (vi) of the definition of Eligible Investments. All such Eligible Investments shall mature not later than the Business Day preceding the next Distribution Date, in such manner that such amounts invested shall be available to make the required deposits on the Distribution Date; provided that if permitted by the Rating Agencies, monies on deposit therein may be invested in Eligible Investments that mature later than the Business Day preceding the next Distribution Date. The Servicer will not direct the Relevant Trustee to make any investment of any funds or to sell any investment held in the Reserve Account unless the security interest granted and perfected in such account will continue to be perfected in such investment or the proceeds of such sale, in either case without any further action by any Person, and, in connection with any direction to the Relevant Trustee to make any such investment or sale, if requested by the Relevant Trustee, the Servicer shall deliver to the Relevant Trustee an Opinion of Counsel, acceptable to the Relevant Trustee, to such effect. Earnings, if any, on investment of funds in the Reserve Account shall be paid to the Seller, and losses and any investment expenses shall be charged against the funds on deposit therein. The Relevant Trustee shall incur no liability for the selection of investments or for losses thereon absent its own negligence or willful misfeasance. The Relevant Trustee shall have no liability in respect of losses incurred as a result of the liquidation of any investment prior to its stated maturity date or the failure of the Servicer to provide timely written investment directions.
     (c) Subject to the right of the Relevant Trustee to make withdrawals therefrom, as directed by the Servicer, for the purposes and in the amounts set forth in Section 5.06 and 5.07(a), the Reserve Account and all funds held therein shall be the property of the Seller and not the property of the Issuer, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee. The Issuer, the Owner Trustee, the Seller and the Indenture Trustee will treat the Reserve Account, all funds therein and all net investment income with respect thereto as assets of the Seller for federal income tax and all other purposes.
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     (d) The Seller hereby grants to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Noteholders a security interest in the Reserve Account and all funds (including Eligible Investments) in the Reserve Account (including the Reserve Account Initial Deposit) and the proceeds thereof to secure the payment of interest on and principal of the Notes, and the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee shall have all of the rights of a secured party under the UCC with respect thereto; provided that all income from the investment of funds in the Reserve Account, and the right to receive such income are retained by the Seller and are not transferred, assigned or otherwise conveyed hereunder. If for any reason the Reserve Account is no longer an Eligible Deposit Account, the Relevant Trustee shall promptly cause the Reserve Account to be moved to another institution or otherwise changed so that the Reserve Account becomes an Eligible Deposit Account.
     (e) Neither the Owner Trustee nor the Indenture Trustee shall enter into any subordination or intercreditor agreement with respect to the Reserve Account.
     SECTION 5.08 Yield Supplement Account.
     (a) In order to assure that sufficient amounts to make required distributions of interest to Noteholders will be available, the Owner Trustee will, pursuant to the Securities Account Control Agreement and the Yield Supplement Agreement, establish and maintain with the Securities Intermediary a segregated trust account (the “Yield Supplement Account”) in the name of the Indenture Trustee which will include the money and other property deposited and held therein pursuant to the Yield Supplement Agreement and this Section 5.08.
     (b) On or prior to the Closing Date, the Seller shall make a capital contribution to the Trust by depositing an amount equal to the Initial Yield Supplement Amount into the Yield Supplement Account pursuant to the Yield Supplement Agreement. On each Distribution Date, to the extent amounts then on deposit in the Yield Supplement Account are sufficient therefor, the Relevant Trustee will withdraw amounts then on deposit in the Yield Supplement Account in an amount equal to the Yield Supplement Deposit with respect to such Distribution Date and deposit such amounts into the Collection Account for application pursuant to Section 5.06. On each Distribution Date, if the amount on deposit in the Yield Supplement Account (after giving effect to all deposits thereto or withdrawals therefrom on such Distribution Date) is greater than the Required Yield Supplement Amount, the Relevant Trustee will deposit such excess into the Collection Account for distribution by the Relevant Trustee in accordance with the terms of Section 5.06(c). Upon payment in full of the Notes under the Indenture, as directed in writing by the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee will release any amounts remaining on deposit in the Yield Supplement Account, and all rights to the Yield Supplement Account and all other collateral registered or held therein to the Seller.
     (c) All amounts held in the Yield Supplement Account shall be invested by the Relevant Trustee, as directed in writing by the Servicer, in Eligible Investments; provided that if (x) the Servicer shall have failed to give investment directions for any funds on deposit in the Yield Supplement Account to the Indenture Trustee by 5:00 p.m. Eastern
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Time (or such other time as may be agreed by the Servicer and the Indenture Trustee) on any Business Day, or (y) a Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing with respect to the Notes but the Notes shall not have been declared due and payable pursuant to the Indenture, or (z) the Notes shall have been declared due and payable following an Event of Default, but amounts collected or receivable from the Trust Estate are being applied pursuant to Section 5.05 of the Indenture as if there had not been such a declaration, then the Indenture Trustee shall, to the fullest extent practicable, invest and reinvest funds in the Yield Supplement Account in one or more Eligible Investments specified in clauses (i), (iv) or (vi) of the definition of Eligible Investments. All such Eligible Investments shall mature not later than the Business Day preceding the next Distribution Date, in such manner that such amounts invested shall be available to make the required deposits on the Distribution Date; provided, that if permitted by the Rating Agencies, monies on deposit therein may be invested in Eligible Investments that mature later than the Business Day preceding the next Distribution Date. The Servicer will not direct the Relevant Trustee to make any investment of any funds or to sell any investment held in the Yield Supplement Account unless the security interest granted and perfected in such account will continue to be perfected in such investment or the proceeds of such sale, in either case without any further action by any Person, and, in connection with any direction to the Relevant Trustee to make any such investment or sale, if requested by the Relevant Trustee, the Servicer shall deliver to the Relevant Trustee an Opinion of Counsel, acceptable to the Relevant Trustee, to such effect. Earnings, if any, on investment of funds in the Yield Supplement Account shall be deposited in the Collection Account on each Distribution Date, and losses and any investment expenses shall be charged against the funds on deposit therein. The Relevant Trustee shall incur no liability for the selection of investments or for losses thereon absent its own negligence or willful misfeasance. The Relevant Trustee shall have no liability in respect of losses incurred as a result of the liquidation of any investment prior to its stated maturity date or the failure of the Servicer to provide timely written investment directions.
     (d) The Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Seller and the Indenture Trustee will treat the Yield Supplement Account, all funds therein and all net investment income with respect thereto as assets of the Trust for federal income tax and all other purposes.
     (e) Pursuant to the Yield Supplement Agreement and the Securities Account Control Agreement, the Trust will grant to the Indenture Trustee, for the benefit of the Noteholders, a security interest in all funds (including Eligible Investments) in the Yield Supplement Account (including the Initial Yield Supplement Amount) and the proceeds thereof to secure the payment of interest on the Notes, and the Indenture Trustee shall have all of the rights of a secured party under the UCC with respect thereto. If for any reason the Yield Supplement Account is no longer an Eligible Deposit Account, the Relevant Trustee shall promptly cause the Yield Supplement Account to be moved to another institution or otherwise changed so that the Yield Supplement Account becomes an Eligible Deposit Account.
     (f) Neither the Owner Trustee nor the Indenture Trustee shall enter into any subordination or intercreditor agreement with respect to the Yield Supplement Account.
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     SECTION 5.09 Statements to Certificateholders and Noteholders.
     (a) On each Distribution Date, the Indenture Trustee shall include with each distribution to each Noteholder and the Owner Trustee shall include with each distribution to each Certificateholder a statement (which statement shall also be provided to each Rating Agency) based on information in the Servicer’s Certificate furnished pursuant to Section 4.08, setting forth for the Collection Period relating to such Distribution Date the following information:
     (i) the amount of the payment allocable to the principal amount of each Class of Notes and to the Certificate Balance;
     (ii) the amount of the payment allocable to interest on or with respect to each Class of Notes;
     (iii) the amount of the distribution allocable to the Yield Supplement Deposit, if any, plus reinvestment income, if any, on the Yield Supplement Account;
     (iv) the Pool Balance as of the close of business on the last day of the related Collection Period;
     (v) the amount of the Base Servicing Fee paid to the Servicer with respect to the related Collection Period, the amount of any unpaid Base Servicing Fees and the change in such amount from that of the prior Distribution Date and the amount of the Supplemental Servicing Fee, if any, paid to the Servicer with respect to the related Collection Period;
     (vi) the Noteholders’ Interest Carryover Shortfall and the Noteholders’ Principal Carryover Shortfall, if any, with respect to each Class of Notes, and the change in such amounts from the preceding Distribution Date;
     (vii) the Outstanding Amount, the Note Factor and the Note Pool Factor with respect to each Class of Notes, and the Certificate Balance, the Certificate Factor and the Certificate Pool Factor with respect to the Certificates, in each case after giving effect to all payments in respect of principal on such Distribution Date;
     (viii) the amount of Advances made in respect of the Receivables during the related Collection Period and the amount of unreimbursed Advances on such Distribution Date;
     (ix) the balance of the Reserve Account and the Yield Supplement Account on such Distribution Date, after giving effect to changes thereto on such Distribution Date and the amount of such changes;
     (x) the amount of defaults and net losses on the Receivables for the related Collection Period;
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     (xi) the number of delinquencies on the Receivables as a percentage of the number of Receivables;
     (xii) the amount of the currency Swap Payments and the currency Swap Termination Payments, if any, due to the currency Swap Counterparty under the currency Swap Agreement described in Section 5.11;
     (xiii) any material change in practices with respect to charge-offs, collection and management of delinquent Receivables, and the effect of any grace period, re-aging, re-structuring, partial payments or other practices on delinquency and loss experience;
     (xiv) any material modifications, extensions or waivers to Receivables terms, fees, penalties or payments during the Collection Period;
     (xv) any material breaches of representations, warranties or covenants contained in the Receivables;
     (xvi) any new issuance of notes or other securities backed by the Receivables; and
     (xvii) any material change in the underwriting, origination or acquisition of Receivables.
     (b) Copies of such statements may be obtained by the Certificateholders or the Note Owners from the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee, as the case may be, by a request in writing. The Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee, as the case may be, shall provide such copies promptly after such requests.
     SECTION 5.10 Net Deposits. So long as NMAC is the Servicer, the Servicer (in whatever capacity) may make the remittances pursuant to Sections 5.02 and 5.05 above net of amounts to be distributed to the Servicer (in whatever capacity) pursuant to Section 5.06. Accounts between the Seller and the Servicer will be adjusted accordingly. Nonetheless, the Servicer shall account for all of the above described remittances and distributions (except for the Supplemental Servicing Fee to the extent that the Servicer is entitled to retain such amounts) in the Servicer’s Certificate as if the amounts were deposited and/or transferred separately.
     SECTION 5.11 Swap Agreement. Pursuant to the Trust Agreement, the Issuer may, from time to time, as directed by the Certificateholders by means of notice to the Administrator, enter into a currency Swap Agreement with a Swap Counterparty to swap amounts payable to Certificateholders from U.S. dollars to Japanese yen; provided, that (1) at the time the Issuer enters into the Swap Agreement, the rating agencies have confirmed the then-existing ratings of the Notes, and (2) any payments to the Swap Counterparty (including termination payments) are payable only from amounts that are otherwise payable to the Certificateholders. Any payments received by the Issuer from the Swap Counterparty under such a Swap Agreement shall not be deposited in the Collection Account and shall be paid by the Indenture Trustee directly to or to the order of the Certificateholders on the related Distribution Date. In connection with executing any such Swap Agreement, the Issuer, Indenture Trustee, Owner Trustee, Seller and Servicer
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will enter into an amendment to this Sale and Servicing Agreement, subject to Section 10.01 in a form approved by the Certificateholders, that will specify the creation of any necessary accounts and modifications of any provisions hereof to the extent necessary or appropriate to effectuate the intention of such Swap Agreement.
ARTICLE VI
The Seller
     SECTION 6.01 Representations of Seller. The Seller makes the following representations on which the Issuer is deemed to have relied in acquiring the Receivables. The representations speak as of the execution and delivery of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date, and shall survive the sale of the Receivables to the Issuer and the pledge thereof to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Indenture.
     (a) Organization and Good Standing. The Seller has been duly organized and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with corporate power and authority to own its properties and to conduct its business as such properties are currently owned and such business is presently conducted, and had at all relevant times, and has, corporate power, authority and legal right to acquire and own the Receivables. The location of the Seller’s chief executive office is in Nashville, Tennessee.
     (b) Due Qualification. The Seller is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation in good standing, and has obtained all necessary licenses and approvals in all jurisdictions in which the ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its business shall require such qualifications and where the failure to so qualify would have a material adverse effect on the ability of the Seller to perform its obligations under this Agreement.
     (c) Power and Authority. The Seller has the corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to carry out its terms. The Seller has full power and authority to sell and assign the property to be sold and assigned to and deposited as part of the Owner Trust Estate, and has duly authorized such sale and assignment to the Trust by all necessary corporate action; and the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement has been duly authorized by the Seller by all necessary corporate action.
     (d) Valid Sale; Binding Obligations. This Agreement evidences a valid sale, transfer and assignment of the Receivables, enforceable against creditors of and purchasers from the Seller (other than a good faith purchaser for value in the ordinary course of business who takes actual possession of one or more Receivables); and this Agreement is a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Seller enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to the effect of bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and by general equitable principles.
     (e) No Violation. The consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the fulfillment of the terms hereof do not conflict with, result in any breach of any of the terms and provisions of, nor constitute (with or without notice or lapse of time) a default under, the certificate of incorporation or by-laws of the Seller, or
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any indenture, agreement or other instrument to which the Seller is a party or by which it shall be bound; nor result in the creation or imposition of any Lien upon any of its properties pursuant to the terms of any such indenture, agreement or other instrument (other than the Basic Documents); nor violate any law or, to the best of the Seller’s knowledge, any order, rule or regulation applicable to the Seller of any court or of any federal or state regulatory body, administrative agency or other governmental instrumentality having jurisdiction over the Seller or its properties; which breach, default, conflict, Lien or violation in any case would have a material adverse effect on the ability of the Seller to perform its obligations under this Agreement.
     (f) No Proceedings. There are no proceedings or investigations pending, or, to the best of the Seller’s knowledge, threatened, before any court, regulatory body, administrative agency or other governmental instrumentality having jurisdiction over the Seller or its properties: (i) asserting the invalidity of this Agreement, the Trust Agreement, the Indenture, the Securities Account Control Agreement, the Yield Supplement Agreement, the Certificates or the Notes; (ii) seeking to prevent the issuance of the Certificates or the Notes or the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Trust Agreement, the Indenture, the Securities Account Control Agreement or the Yield Supplement Agreement; (iii) seeking any determination or ruling that would materially and adversely affect the performance by the Seller of its obligations under, or the validity or enforceability of, this Agreement, the Trust Agreement, the Indenture, the Securities Account Control Agreement, the Yield Supplement Agreement, the Certificates or the Notes; or (iv) relating to the Seller and that would adversely affect the federal or any state income tax attributes of the Issuer, the Certificates or the Notes.
     SECTION 6.02 Additional Covenants of the Seller.
     (a) The Seller agrees with the Certificateholders, the Note Owners and each Rating Agency that the Seller shall not issue any securities or deposit assets into a trust that issues any securities, the issuance of which could reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the rating of any Class of Notes unless it shall have first obtained the written consent of each Rating Agency to the effect that such issuance will not materially adversely affect such rating; provided that, the issuance of another series of certificates or notes pursuant to agreements with terms substantially similar to the terms of the Basic Documents shall not be deemed to materially and adversely affect the ratings on the Notes. The Seller shall provide a copy of any such consent to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee.
     (b) The Seller shall not do any of the following (without the prior written consent of each Rating Agency (other than Moody’s) (which consent shall be to the effect that the acts set forth below shall not affect materially adversely the rating on any Class of Notes) and, upon the Seller’s receipt of such written consent from each Rating Agency (other than Moody’s), the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee shall, without any exercise of its own discretion, also provide its written consent to the Seller (promptly after the occurrence of any of the following, the Seller shall provide notice of such occurrence to Moody’s, so long as Moody’s is then rating any outstanding Notes)):
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     (1) engage in any business or activity other than those set forth in Article Three of the Seller’s Certificate of Incorporation, as amended;
     (2) incur any indebtedness, or assume or guaranty any indebtedness of any other entity, other than (A) any indebtedness incurred in connection with the issuance of any certificates or notes (as defined in the Seller’s Certificate of Incorporation), provided that any such future indebtedness incurred in connection with the issuance of any certificates or notes must be rated at least with the same ratings given the outstanding certificates or notes secured or supported by assets acquired by the Seller from NMAC by each nationally recognized statistical rating organization that has rated such outstanding certificates or notes or, prior to the issuing of such future indebtedness incurred in connection with such certificates or notes, the Seller shall have received confirmation from each nationally recognized statistical rating organization that has rated such outstanding certificates or notes that the ratings of such outstanding certificates or notes will not be adversely affected by the issuance of such future indebtedness; and (B) (i) any indebtedness to NMAC or any of its Affiliates incurred in connection with the acquisition of receivables, which indebtedness shall be fully subordinated (and which shall provide for payment only after payment in respect of all outstanding rated debt) and nonrecourse against any assets of the Seller other than the assets pledged to secure such indebtedness, (ii) such indebtedness does not constitute a claim against the Seller in the event the assets pledged to secure such indebtedness are insufficient to pay such indebtedness, (iii) holders of such indebtedness agree that they have no rights in any assets of the Seller other than the assets pledged to secure such indebtedness, and (iv) to the extent that any holder of such indebtedness is deemed to have any interest in any assets of the Seller other than the assets pledged to secure such indebtedness, holders of such indebtedness agree that their interest is subordinate to claims or rights of holders of other indebtedness issued by the Seller, and that such agreement constitutes a subordination agreement for purposes of Section 510(a) of the Bankruptcy Code;
     (3) dissolve or liquidate, in whole or in part, consolidate or merge with or into any other entity or convey or transfer its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any entity, unless:
          (i) the entity (if other than the Seller) formed or surviving the consolidation or merger or which acquires the properties and assets of the Seller is organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, expressly assumes the due and punctual payment of all obligations of the Seller, including those obligations of the Seller under this Agreement and the Basic Documents, and has a Certificate of Incorporation containing provisions identical to the provisions of Article Three, Article Four and Article Fifteen of the Seller’s Certificate of Incorporation, as amended;
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          (ii) immediately after giving effect to the transaction, no default or event of default has occurred and is continuing under any indebtedness of the Seller or any agreements relating to such indebtedness;
          (iii) the entity (if other than the Seller) formed or surviving the consolidation or merger or which acquires the properties and assets of the Seller agrees that (i) it shall maintain its funds or assets as identifiable and not commingle its funds or assets with those of any direct or ultimate parent of such entity and pay from its assets all obligations and indebtedness of any kind incurred by it, (ii) it shall maintain bank accounts, corporate records and books of account separate from those of any direct or ultimate parent of such entity and (iii) the business affairs of such entity will be managed by or under the direction of its board of directors and it will conduct its business from an office space separate from any direct or ultimate parent of such entity; and
          (iv) each nationally recognized statistical rating organization that has rated any issue of certificates or notes secured or supported by assets acquired by the Seller from NMAC shall confirm in writing that the rating of such certificates or notes shall not be adversely affected by such consolidation or merger;
     (4) without the affirmative vote of 100% of the members of the board of directors of the Seller, institute proceedings to be adjudicated bankrupt or insolvent, or consent to the institution of bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings against it, or file a petition seeking or consent to reorganization or relief under any applicable federal or state law relating to bankruptcy, or consent to the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator (or other similar official) of the corporation or all or substantially all of its property, or make any assignment for the benefit of creditors;
     (5) cease to have an “Independent Director,” as defined in the Seller’s charter;
     (6) without the affirmative vote of at least one “Independent Director,” as defined in the Seller’s charter, enter into any transactions with the Servicer not in the ordinary course of business; or
     (7) modify any provision of the “Restricted Articles,” as defined in the Seller’s Certificate of Incorporation, of the Seller’s Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, in any material respect.
     SECTION 6.03 Liability of Seller; Indemnities. The Seller shall be liable in accordance herewith only to the extent of the obligations specifically undertaken by the Seller under this Agreement.
     (a) The Seller shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee from and against any taxes that may at any time be asserted against any such Person with respect to, as of the date hereof, the sale of the Receivables to the Trust or the issuance and original sale of the Notes and the Certificates, including any sales, gross receipts, general corporation, tangible personal
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property, privilege or license taxes and any and all other taxes levied or assessed upon the Issuer or upon all or any part of the Trust Estate (but, in the case of the Trust, not including any taxes asserted with respect to ownership of the Receivables or federal or other income taxes arising out of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Basic Documents) and costs and expenses in defending against the same. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, if a tax is levied or assessed upon the Issuer or upon all or any part of the Trust Estate under HB3, which tax becomes due and payable after the Closing Date, the Seller shall pay such tax (or cause such tax to be paid) to the applicable taxing authority on behalf of the Issuer. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, nothing in this Agreement should be read to imply that the Issuer is doing business in Texas, has sufficient nexus with Texas in order for HB3 to apply to the Issuer or is otherwise subject to the tax described in HB3.
     (b) The Seller shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee, the Trust, the Certificateholders and the Noteholders from and against any loss, liability or expense incurred by reason of (i) the Seller’s willful misfeasance, bad faith or negligence in the performance of its duties under this Agreement, or by reason of reckless disregard of its obligations and duties under this Agreement, and (ii) the Seller’s or the Issuer’s violation of federal or state securities laws in connection with the registration or the sale of the Certificates and the Notes.
          Indemnification under this Section 6.03 shall survive the termination of this Agreement and shall include reasonable fees and expenses of counsel and expenses of litigation. If the Seller shall have made any indemnity payment to any Person entitled thereto pursuant to this Section 6.03 and such Person thereafter shall collect any of such amounts from others, such Person shall promptly repay such amounts to the Seller, without interest (except to the extent the recipient collects interest from others).
          Promptly after receipt by a party indemnified under this Section 6.03 (for purposes of this paragraph, an “Indemnified Party”) of notice of the commencement of any action, such Indemnified Party will, if a claim is to be made in respect thereof against the Seller under this Section 6.03, notify the Seller of the commencement thereof. If any such action is brought against any Indemnified Party under this Section 6.03 and it notifies the Seller of the commencement thereof, the Seller will assume the defense thereof, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Party (who may, unless there is, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel to the Indemnified Party stating that there is, a conflict of interest, be counsel to the Seller), and the Seller will not be liable to such Indemnified Party under this Section 6.03 for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by such Indemnified Party in connection with the defense thereof, other than reasonable costs of investigation. The obligations set forth in this Section 6.03 shall survive the termination of this Agreement or the resignation or removal of the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee and shall include reasonable fees and expenses of counsel and expenses of litigation. If the Seller shall have made any indemnity payments pursuant to this Section 6.03 and the Person to or on behalf of whom such payments are made thereafter collects any of such amounts from others, such Person shall promptly repay such amounts to the Seller, without interest (except to the extent received by such Person).
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          SECTION 6.04 Merger or Consolidation of, or Assumption of the Obligations of, Seller. Subject to Section 6.02, any Person (i) into which the Seller may be merged or consolidated, (ii) resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Seller shall be a party, (iii) succeeding to the business of the Seller or (iv) that is a corporation more than 50% of the voting stock of which is owned directly or indirectly by Nissan, which Person in any of the foregoing cases executes an agreement of assumption to perform every obligation of the Seller under this Agreement, will be the successor to the Seller under this Agreement without the execution or filing of any document or any further act on the part of any of the parties to this Agreement; provided, however, that (x) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no representation or warranty made pursuant to Section 6.01 shall have been breached and no Servicer Default, and no event that, after notice or lapse of time, or both, would become a Servicer Default, shall have occurred and be continuing, (y) the Seller shall have delivered to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee an Officer’s Certificate stating that such consolidation, merger or succession and such agreement or assumption comply with this Section 6.04 and that all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Agreement relating to such transaction have been complied with and (z) the Seller shall have delivered to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee an Opinion of Counsel either (A) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, based on customary qualifications and assumptions, all financing statements and continuation statements and amendments thereto have been executed and filed that are necessary fully to perfect the interest of the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, respectively, in the Receivables, and reciting the details of such filings, or (B) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, no such action shall be necessary to preserve and protect such interest. The Seller shall provide notice of any merger, consolidation or succession pursuant to this Section 6.04 to each Rating Agency. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the execution of the foregoing agreement of assumption and compliance with clauses (x), (y) and (z) above shall be conditions to the consummation of the transactions referred to in clauses (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) above.
     SECTION 6.05 Limitation on Liability of Seller and Others.
     (a) Neither the Seller nor any of the directors, officers, employees or agents of the Seller shall be under any liability to the Trust, the Certificateholders or the Noteholders, except as provided under this Agreement, for any action taken or for refraining from the taking of any action pursuant to this Agreement or for errors in judgment; provided, however, that this provision shall not protect the Seller or any such person against any liability that would otherwise be imposed by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith or negligence in the performance of duties or by reason of reckless disregard of obligations and duties under this Agreement. The Seller and any director, officer, employee or agent of the Seller may rely in good faith on the advice of counsel or on any document of any kind, prima facie properly executed and submitted by any Person respecting any matters arising under this Agreement.
     (b) The Seller shall not be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any legal action that shall not be incidental to its obligations under this Agreement, and that in its opinion may cause it to incur any expense or liability; provided, however, that the Servicer may undertake any reasonable action that it may deem necessary or desirable in respect of this Agreement and the rights and duties of the parties to this Agreement and the interests of the Certificateholders and the Noteholders under this Agreement. In such
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event, the legal expenses and costs of such action and any liability resulting therefrom shall be expenses, costs and liabilities of the Servicer, and the Servicer will not be entitled to be reimbursed therefor.
     SECTION 6.06 Seller May Own Certificates or Notes. The Seller and any Affiliate of the Seller may in its individual or any other capacity become the owner or pledgee of Certificates or Notes with the same rights as it would have if it were not the Seller or an Affiliate thereof, except as otherwise provided in the Basic Documents. Certificates or Notes so owned by or pledged to the Seller or such controlling or commonly controlled Person shall have an equal and proportionate benefit under the provisions of this Agreement, without preference, priority or distinction as among all of the Certificates or the Notes, as the case may be, except as otherwise expressly provided in the Basic Documents.
ARTICLE VII
The Servicer
     SECTION 7.01 Representations of Servicer. The Servicer makes the following representations on which the Issuer is deemed to have relied in acquiring the Receivables. The representations speak as of the execution and delivery of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date and shall survive the sale of the Receivables to the Issuer and the pledge thereof to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Indenture.
     (a) Organization and Good Standing. The Servicer is duly organized and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the state of its incorporation, with corporate power and authority to own its properties and to conduct its business as such properties are currently owned and such business is presently conducted, and had at all relevant times, and has, corporate power, authority and legal right to acquire, own, sell and service the Receivables and to hold the Receivable Files as custodian on behalf of the Trust and the Indenture Trustee. The location of the Servicer’s chief executive office is in Nashville, Tennessee.
     (b) Due Qualification. The Servicer is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation in good standing, and has obtained all necessary licenses and approvals in all jurisdictions in which the ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its business relating to the servicing of the Receivables as required by this Agreement shall require such qualifications and where the failure to so qualify would have a material adverse effect on the ability of the Servicer to perform its obligations under this Agreement.
     (c) Power and Authority. The Servicer has the power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to carry out its terms; and the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement have been duly authorized by the Servicer by all necessary corporate action.
     (d) Binding Obligation. This Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Servicer enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to the effect of bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and by general equitable principles.
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     (e) No Violation. The consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the fulfillment of the terms hereof do not conflict with, result in any breach of any of the terms and provisions of, nor constitute (with or without notice or lapse of time) a default under, the articles of incorporation or by-laws of the Servicer, or any indenture, agreement or other instrument to which the Servicer is a party or by which it shall be bound; nor result in the creation or imposition of any Lien upon any of its properties pursuant to the terms of any such indenture, agreement or other instrument (other than the Basic Documents); nor violate any law or any order, rule or regulation applicable to the Servicer of any court or of any federal or state regulatory body, administrative agency or other governmental instrumentality having jurisdiction over the Servicer or its properties; which breach, default, conflict, Lien or violation in any case would have a material adverse effect on the ability of the Seller to perform its obligations under this Agreement.
     (f) No Proceedings. There are no proceedings or investigations pending, or, to the best of the Servicer’s knowledge, threatened, before any court, regulatory body, administrative agency or other governmental instrumentality having jurisdiction over the Servicer or its properties: (i) asserting the invalidity of this Agreement, the Trust Agreement, the Indenture, the Purchase Agreement, the Certificates or the Notes; (ii) seeking to prevent the issuance of the Certificates or the Notes or the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Trust Agreement, the Indenture or the Purchase Agreement; (iii) seeking any determination or ruling that would materially and adversely affect the performance by the Servicer of its obligations under, or the validity or enforceability of, this Agreement, the Trust Agreement, the Indenture, the Purchase Agreement, the Certificates or the Notes; or (iv) relating to the Servicer and that would adversely affect the federal or any state income tax attributes of the Certificates or the Notes.
     SECTION 7.02 Indemnities of Servicer. The Servicer shall be liable in accordance herewith only to the extent of the obligations specifically undertaken by the Servicer under this Agreement:
          (a) The Servicer shall defend, indemnify and hold harmless the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Trust, the Certificateholders and the Noteholders from and against any and all costs, expenses, losses, damages, claims and liabilities (collectively, “Damages”) arising out of or resulting from the use, ownership or operation by the Servicer or any of its Affiliates (other than the Trust) of a Financed Vehicle.
          (b) The Servicer shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Trust, the Certificateholders and the Noteholders from and against any and all Damages to the extent that such Damage arose out of, or was imposed upon, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Trust, the Certificateholders or the Noteholders through the negligence, willful misfeasance or bad faith of the Servicer in the performance of its duties under this Agreement or by reason of reckless disregard of its obligations and duties under this Agreement.
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          (c) The Servicer shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee from and against all Damages arising out of or incurred in connection with the acceptance or performance of the trusts and duties herein contained, except to the extent that such Damage: (i) shall be due to the willful misfeasance, bad faith, or negligence (except for errors in judgment) of the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee, as the case may be; (ii) relates to any tax other than the taxes with respect to which the Seller shall be required to indemnify the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee; (iii) shall arise from the breach by the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee of any of their respective representations or warranties set forth in the Basic Documents; (iv) shall be one as to which the Seller is required to indemnify the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee and as to which such Person has received payment of indemnity from the Seller; or (v) shall arise out of or be incurred in connection with the performance by the Indenture Trustee of the duties of Successor Servicer hereunder.
          Promptly after receipt by a party indemnified under this Section 7.02 (for purposes of this paragraph, an “Indemnified Party”) of notice of the commencement of any action, such Indemnified Party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the Servicer under this Section 7.02, notify the Servicer of the commencement thereof. If any such action is brought against any Indemnified Party under this Section 7.02 and it notifies the Servicer of the commencement thereof, the Servicer will assume the defense thereof, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Party (who may, unless there is, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel to the Indemnified Party stating that there is, a conflict of interest, be counsel to the Servicer), and the Servicer will not be liable to such Indemnified Party under this Section 7.02 for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by such Indemnified Party in connection with the defense thereof, other than reasonable costs of investigation. The obligations set forth in this Section 7.02 shall survive the termination of this Agreement or the resignation or removal of the Servicer, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee and shall include reasonable fees and expenses of counsel and expenses of litigation. If the Servicer shall have made any indemnity payments pursuant to this Section 7.02 and the Person to or on behalf of whom such payments are made thereafter collects any of such amounts from others, such Person shall promptly repay such amounts to the Servicer, without interest (except to the extent received by such Person).
          Indemnification under this Section 7.02 by NMAC (or any successor thereto pursuant to Section 7.03) as Servicer, with respect to the period such Person was the Servicer, shall survive the termination of such Person as Servicer or a resignation by such Person as Servicer as well as the termination of this Agreement and shall include reasonable fees and expenses of counsel and expenses of litigation. If the Servicer shall have made any indemnity payments pursuant to this Section 7.02 and the recipient thereafter collects any of such amounts from others, the recipient shall promptly repay such amounts to the Servicer, without interest (except to the extent the recipient collects interest from others).
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     SECTION 7.03 Merger or Consolidation of, or Assumption of the Obligations of, Servicer. Any Person (i) into which the Servicer may be merged or consolidated, (ii) resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Servicer shall be a party, (iii) succeeding to the business of the Servicer, or (iv) so long as NMAC acts as Servicer, that is a corporation more than 50% of the voting stock of which is owned directly or indirectly by Nissan, which Person in any of the foregoing cases executes an agreement of assumption to perform every obligation of the Servicer under this Agreement, will be the successor to the Servicer under this Agreement without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties to this Agreement; provided, however, that (x) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Servicer Default, and no event which, after notice or lapse of time, or both, would become a Servicer Default, shall have occurred and be continuing, (y) the Servicer shall have delivered to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee an Officer’s Certificate stating that such consolidation, merger or succession and such agreement of assumption comply with this Section 7.03 and that all conditions precedent provided for in this Agreement relating to such transaction have been complied with and (z) the Servicer shall have delivered to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee an Opinion of Counsel either (A) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, based on customary qualifications and assumptions, all financing statements and continuation statements and amendments thereto have been executed and filed that are necessary fully to preserve and protect the interest of the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee in the Receivables, and reciting the details of such filings, or (B) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, no such action shall be necessary to perfect such interest. The Servicer shall provide notice of any merger, consolidation or succession pursuant to this Section 7.03 to each Rating Agency. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the execution of the foregoing agreement of assumption and compliance with clauses (x), (y) and (z) above shall be conditions to the consummation of the transactions referred to in clauses (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) above.
     SECTION 7.04 Limitation on Liability of Servicer and Others.
     (a) Neither the Servicer nor any of the directors, officers, employees or agents of the Servicer shall be under any liability to the Trust, the Certificateholders or the Noteholders, except as provided under this Agreement, for any action taken or for refraining from the taking of any action pursuant to this Agreement or for errors in judgment; provided, however, that this provision shall not protect the Servicer or any such person against any liability that would otherwise be imposed by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith or negligence in the performance of duties or by reason of reckless disregard of obligations and duties under this Agreement. The Servicer and any director, officer, employee or agent of the Servicer may rely in good faith on the advice of counsel or on any document of any kind, prima facie properly executed and submitted by any Person respecting any matters arising under this Agreement.
     (b) Except as provided in this Agreement, the Servicer shall not be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any legal action that shall not be incidental to its duties to service the Receivables in accordance with this Agreement, and that in its opinion may cause it to incur any expense or liability; provided, however, that the Servicer may undertake any reasonable action that it may deem necessary or desirable in respect of the Basic Documents and the rights and duties of the parties to the Basic
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Documents and the interests of the Certificateholders under this Agreement and the Noteholders under the Indenture. In such event, the legal expenses and costs of such action and any liability resulting therefrom shall be expenses, costs and liabilities of the Servicer, and the Servicer will not be entitled to be reimbursed therefor.
     SECTION 7.05 NMAC Not To Resign as Servicer. Subject to the provisions of Section 7.03, NMAC shall not resign from the obligations and duties hereby imposed on it as Servicer under this Agreement except upon determination that the performance of its duties under this Agreement shall no longer be permissible under applicable law. Notice of any such determination permitting the resignation of NMAC shall be communicated to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee at the earliest practicable time (and, if such communication is not in writing, shall be confirmed in writing at the earliest practicable time), and any such determination shall be evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel to such effect delivered to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee concurrently with or promptly after such notice. No such resignation shall become effective until the Indenture Trustee or a Successor Servicer shall (i) have taken the actions required by Section 8.01 of this Agreement to effect the termination of the responsibilities and rights of the predecessor Servicer under this Agreement, including the transfer to the Successor Servicer for administration by it of all cash amounts that shall at the time be held by the predecessor Servicer for deposit, or shall thereafter be received with respect to a Receivable and the delivery of the Receivable Files, and the related accounts and records maintained by the Servicer, (ii) have assumed the responsibilities and obligations of NMAC as Servicer under this Agreement in accordance with Section 8.02 of this Agreement (other than the initial Servicer’s obligation to make Advances), and (iii) become the Administrator under the Administration Agreement in accordance with Section 8 of such Agreement.
ARTICLE VIII
Default
     SECTION 8.01 Servicer Default. If any one of the following events (a “Servicer Default”) shall occur and be continuing:
     (a) any failure by the Servicer (or the Seller, so long as NMAC is the Servicer) to deliver to the Relevant Trustee for deposit in any of the Accounts any required payment or to direct the Relevant Trustee to make any required distributions therefrom, which failure continues unremedied for a period of three Business Days after (i) receipt by the Servicer (or the Seller, so long as NMAC is the Servicer) of written notice of such failure given by the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee, (ii) receipt by the Servicer (or the Seller, so long as NMAC is the Servicer), the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee of written notice of such failure given by Holders of Notes evidencing not less than 25% of the Outstanding Amount, or (iii) discovery of such failure by any officer of the Servicer;
     (b) any failure by the Servicer (or the Seller, as long as NMAC is the Servicer) to duly observe or perform in any material respect any other covenants or agreements of the Servicer (or the Seller, as long as NMAC is the Servicer) set forth in this Agreement
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(including its obligation to purchase Receivables pursuant to Section 4.06), which failure shall materially and adversely affect the rights of the Certificateholders or the Noteholders and shall continue unremedied for a period of 90 days after giving of written notice of the failure to (i) the Servicer (or the Seller, as long as NMAC is the Servicer) by the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee, or (ii) the Servicer (or the Seller, as long as NMAC is the Servicer) and the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee by Holders of Notes evidencing not less than 25% of the Outstanding Amount or Holders of Certificates evidencing not less than 25% of the Certificate Balance; or
     (c) the occurrence of an Insolvency Event with respect to the Servicer;
then, and in each and every case, so long as the Servicer Default shall not have been remedied, either the Indenture Trustee or the Holders of Notes evidencing a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes (but excluding for purposes of such calculation and action all Notes held or beneficially owned by NMAC, NARC II or any of their Affiliates unless all of the Notes are held or beneficially owned by NMAC, NARC II or any of their Affiliates), acting together as a single Class, by notice then given in writing to the Servicer (and to the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee if given by the Noteholders) may terminate all of the rights and obligations (other than the obligations set forth in Section 7.02 hereof) of the Servicer under this Agreement. On or after the receipt by the Servicer of such written notice, all authority and power of the Servicer under this Agreement, whether with respect to the Notes, the Certificates or the Receivables or otherwise, shall, without further action, pass to and be vested in the Indenture Trustee or such Successor Servicer as may be appointed under Section 8.02; and, without limitation, the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee are hereby authorized and empowered to execute and deliver, for the benefit of the predecessor Servicer, as attorney-in-fact or otherwise, any and all documents and other instruments, and to do or accomplish all other acts or things necessary or appropriate to effect the purposes of such notice of termination, whether to complete the transfer and endorsement of the Receivables and related documents, or otherwise. The predecessor Servicer shall cooperate with the Successor Servicer and the Owner Trustee in effecting the termination of the responsibilities and rights of the predecessor Servicer under this Agreement, including, without limitation, the transfer to the Successor Servicer for administration by it of all cash amounts that shall at the time be held by the predecessor Servicer for deposit, or have been deposited by the predecessor Servicer, in the Accounts or thereafter received with respect to the Receivables that shall at that time be held by the predecessor Servicer and the delivery of the Receivable Files and the related accounts and records maintained by the predecessor Servicer. All reasonable costs and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred in connection with transferring the Receivable Files to the Successor Servicer and amending this Agreement to reflect such succession as Servicer pursuant to this Section 8.01 shall be paid by the predecessor Servicer upon presentation of reasonable documentation of such costs and expenses. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event the predecessor Servicer is the Indenture Trustee, the original Servicer hereunder shall reimburse the Indenture Trustee for all reasonable costs and expenses as described in the immediately preceding sentence. Upon receipt of notice of the occurrence of a Servicer Default, the Indenture Trustee shall give notice thereof to the Rating Agencies.
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     SECTION 8.02 Appointment of Successor.
     (a) Upon the Servicer’s receipt of notice of termination pursuant to Section 8.01 or the Servicer’s resignation in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, the predecessor Servicer shall continue to perform its functions as Servicer under this Agreement, in the case of termination, only until the date specified in such termination notice or, if no such date is specified in a notice of termination, until receipt of such notice and, in the case of resignation, until the earlier of (i) the date 45 days from the delivery to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee of written notice of such resignation (or written confirmation of such notice) in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and (ii) the date upon which the predecessor Servicer shall become unable to act as Servicer, as specified in the notice of resignation and accompanying Opinion of Counsel. In the event of the Servicer’s resignation or termination hereunder, the Indenture Trustee shall appoint a Successor Servicer, and the Successor Servicer shall accept its appointment (including its appointment as Administrator under the Administration Agreement as set forth in Section 8.02(b)) by a written assumption in form acceptable to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee. If a Successor Servicer has not been appointed at the time when the predecessor Servicer has ceased to act as Servicer in accordance with this Section 8.02, the Indenture Trustee without further action shall automatically be appointed the Successor Servicer and the Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to the Total Servicing Fee. Notwithstanding the above, the Indenture Trustee shall, if it shall be legally unable so to act, appoint or petition a court of competent jurisdiction to appoint, and the predecessor Servicer, if no successor Servicer has been appointed at the time the predecessor Servicer has ceased to act, may petition a court of competent jurisdiction to appoint any established institution having a net worth of not less than $100,000,000 and whose regular business shall include the servicing of automobile and/or light-duty truck receivables, as the successor to the Servicer under this Agreement.
     (b) Upon appointment, the Successor Servicer (including the Indenture Trustee acting as Successor Servicer) shall (i) be the successor in all respects to the predecessor Servicer and shall be subject to all the responsibilities, duties and liabilities arising thereafter relating thereto placed on the predecessor Servicer (except the initial Servicer’s obligation to make Advances) and shall be entitled, subject to the arrangements referred to in paragraph (c) below, to the servicing fee and all the rights granted to the predecessor Servicer by the terms and provisions of this Agreement and (ii) become the Administrator under the Administration Agreement in accordance with Section 8 of such Agreement.
     (c) In connection with such appointment, the Issuer may make such arrangements for the compensation of such Successor Servicer out of payments on Receivables as it and such Successor Servicer shall agree; provided, however, that no such compensation shall be in excess of that permitted the predecessor Servicer under this Agreement. The Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and such Successor Servicer shall take such action, consistent with this Agreement, as shall be necessary to effectuate any such succession.
     SECTION 8.03 Repayment of Advances. If the Servicer shall resign or be terminated, the Servicer shall continue to be entitled to receive, to the extent of available funds, reimbursement for Outstanding Advances pursuant to Sections 5.03 and 5.04 with respect to all Advances previously made thereby.
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     SECTION 8.04 Notification . Upon any termination of, or appointment of a successor to, the Servicer pursuant to this Article VIII, the Owner Trustee shall give prompt written notice thereof to the Certificateholders, and the Indenture Trustee shall give prompt written notice thereof to Noteholders and the Rating Agencies.
     SECTION 8.05 Waiver of Past Defaults. The Holders of Notes evidencing a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes, or, in the case of any Servicer Default which does not adversely affect the Indenture Trustee or the Noteholders, the Holders of Certificates evidencing a majority of the Certificate Balance, in each case excluding for purposes of such calculation and action all Securities held or beneficially owned by NMAC, NARC II or any of their Affiliates (unless all of the Notes or the Certificates, as the case may be, are held by NMAC, NARC II and their Affiliates), may, on behalf of all the Noteholders and the Certificateholders, waive in writing any default by the Servicer in the performance of its obligations hereunder and its consequences, except a default in making any required deposits to or payments from the Collection Account in accordance with this Agreement. Upon any such waiver of a past default, such default shall cease to exist, and any Servicer Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been remedied for every purpose of this Agreement. No such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or impair any right consequent thereto.
ARTICLE IX
Termination; Release of Receivables
     SECTION 9.01 Optional Purchase of All Receivables.
     (a) On each Distribution Date following the last day of a Collection Period as of which the Pool Balance shall be less than or equal to the Optional Purchase Percentage multiplied by the Original Pool Balance, the Servicer or any successor to the Servicer shall have the option to purchase, or cause to be purchased, the corpus of the Owner Trust Estate (whether or not such assets then comprise all or a portion of the Trust Estate) for an amount equal to the Optional Purchase Price (the “Optional Purchase”). To exercise such option, the Servicer or any successor to the Servicer shall notify the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee of its intention to do so in writing, no later than the tenth day of the month preceding the month in which the Distribution Date as of which such purchase is to be effected and shall, on or before the Distribution Date on which such purchase is to occur, deposit pursuant to Section 5.05 in the Collection Account an amount equal to the Optional Purchase Price (or the deposit in cash of such lesser amount as provided in Section 9.01(b)), and shall succeed to all interests in and to the Trust Estate and the Owner Trust Estate; provided, however, that the Servicer shall not effect any such purchase so long as the rating of NMAC by Moody’s, or if NMAC shall then be unrated by Moody’s, then the rating of Nissan Capital of America, Inc., is less than “Ba1” by Moody’s, unless the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee shall have received an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such purchase shall not constitute a fraudulent conveyance, subject to such assumptions as to factual matters as may be contained
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therein. Amounts so deposited will be paid and distributed as set forth in Section 5.06 of this Agreement. Upon such deposit of the amount necessary to purchase the corpus of the Owner Trust Estate, the Servicer shall for all purposes of this Agreement be deemed to have released all claims for reimbursement of Outstanding Advances made in respect of the Receivables.
     (b) The Servicer, at its option, may pay all or a portion of the Optional Purchase Price by issuing a demand note in favor of the Trust, the terms of which, on the whole, shall be commercially reasonable and substantially similar to terms that would prevail in an arms-length negotiation between unaffiliated parties; provided, however, that (i) the Servicer shall pay in cash the portion of the Optional Purchase Price that is equal to or greater than the sum of (x) the Outstanding Amount of all Classes of Notes and (y) the Noteholders’ Interest Distributable Amount for all Classes of Notes for such Distribution Date, and (ii) the Servicer may issue a demand note to a Certificateholder pursuant to this Section 9.01 only if such Certificateholder consents to the receipt of such demand note.
     (c) Notice of any such purchase of the Owner Trust Estate shall be given by the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee to each Securityholder as soon as practicable after their receipt of notice thereof from the Servicer.
     (d) Following the satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture and the payment in full of the principal of and interest on the Notes, the Certificateholders will succeed to the rights of the Noteholders hereunder other than under Section 5.06 and the Issuer will succeed to the rights of the Indenture Trustee provided for in this Agreement.
     SECTION 9.02 Release of Receivables.
     (a) Upon repurchase of any Receivable by the Seller pursuant to Section 3.02 or by the Servicer pursuant to Section 4.06 or Section 9.01, the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee on behalf of the Noteholders, shall, without further action, be deemed to transfer, assign, set-over and otherwise convey to the Seller or the Servicer, as the case may be, all right, title and interest of the Issuer in, to and under such repurchased Receivable, all monies due or to become due with respect thereto and all proceeds thereof and the other property conveyed to the Issuer hereunder pursuant to Section 2.01 with respect to such Receivable, and all security and any documents relating thereto, such assignment being an assignment outright and not for security; and the Seller or the Servicer, as applicable, shall thereupon own each such Receivable, and all such related security and documents, free of any further obligation to the Issuer, the Owner Trustee, the Certificateholders, the Indenture Trustee or the Noteholders with respect thereto.
     (b) The Issuer and Indenture Trustee shall execute such documents and instruments of transfer and assignment and take such other actions as shall be reasonably requested by the Seller or the Servicer, as the case may be, to effect the conveyance of such Receivable pursuant to Sections 3.02, 4.06 and 9.02.
     (c) If in any enforcement suit or legal proceeding it is held that the Seller or the Servicer may not enforce a repurchased Receivable on the ground that it is not a real party in interest or a holder entitled to enforce the Receivable, the Issuer, and the Indenture Trustee on behalf of the Noteholders, shall, at the written direction and expense
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of the Seller or Servicer, as the case may be, take such reasonable steps as the Seller or the Servicer deems necessary to enforce the Receivable, including bringing suit in the name or names of the Issuer, the Certificateholders or the Noteholders.
     SECTION 9.03 Termination.
     (a) The respective obligations of the Seller, the Servicer, NMAC (so long as NMAC has rights or obligations hereunder), the Owner Trustee, and the Indenture Trustee, as the case may be, pursuant to this Agreement shall terminate upon the earliest of (i) the maturity or other liquidation of the last Receivable and the final disposition of all amounts received upon liquidation of any remaining Receivables, or (ii) the election by the Servicer to purchase the corpus of the Trust as described in Section 9.01 and the payment or distribution to Securityholders of all amounts required to be paid to them under the Indenture or the Trust Agreement, as the case may be.
     (b) Notice of any such termination under this Section 9.03 shall be given by the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee to each Securityholder of record as specified in the Indenture or the Trust Agreement, as appropriate.
ARTICLE X
Miscellaneous
     SECTION 10.01 Amendment.
     (a) This Agreement may be amended by the Seller, the Servicer and the Issuer, with the consent of the Indenture Trustee, but without the consent of any of the Noteholders or the Certificateholders,
     (1) to cure any ambiguity, correct or supplement any provision herein that may be inconsistent with any other provision herein, or make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising hereunder that are not inconsistent with the provisions herein; provided that (i) the amendment will not materially and adversely affect the interest of any Noteholder or Certificateholder and (ii) the Servicer shall have delivered an Officer’s Certificate to the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee stating that such amendment will not materially and adversely affect the interest of any Noteholder or Certificateholder; and
     (2) to change the formula for determining the required amount for the Specified Reserve Account Balance upon (i) confirmation from each Rating Agency that such amendment will not result in the qualification, reduction or withdrawal of any rating it currently assigns to any Class of Notes, and (ii) delivery by the Servicer to the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee of an Officer’s Certificate stating that such amendment will not materially and adversely affect the interest of any Securityholder.
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          An amendment will be deemed not to materially and adversely affect the interests of any Noteholder or Certificateholder of any Class if (x) the amendment does not adversely affect the Trust’s status as a partnership (or, for any period during which there is not more than one beneficial owner of a Certificate, the Trust’s status as an entity that is disregarded as an entity separate from the Certificateholder) for federal income tax purposes, (y) each Rating Agency confirms that that amendment will not result in a reduction or withdrawal of its rating on the Notes of that Class, and (z) the Servicer has delivered the Officer’s Certificate described in this Section 10.01(a).
     (b) This Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the Seller, the Servicer and the Issuer, with the consent of the Indenture Trustee and the consent of:
     (1) the Holders of Notes evidencing a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes; or
     (2) in the case of any amendment that does not adversely affect the Indenture Trustee or the Noteholders the Holders of the Certificates evidencing a majority of the outstanding Certificate Balance (but excluding for purposes of calculation and action all Certificates held by the Seller, the Servicer or any of their Affiliates, unless all of the Certificates are held by the Seller, the Servicer or any of their Affiliates);
for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Agreement or of modifying in any manner the rights of those Noteholders or Certificateholders; provided, however, that no amendment shall:
     (1) increase or reduce in any manner the amount of, or accelerate or delay the timing of, collections of payments on the Receivables or distributions that are required to be made for the benefit of those Noteholders or Certificateholders or change the Interest Rate or the Specified Reserve Account Balance (except as described above under clause (2) of subsection (a) above) without the consent of each “adversely affected” Noteholder or Certificateholder; or
     (2) reduce the aforesaid percentage of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes or Certificate Balance of the Certificates which is required to consent to any amendment, without the consent of the Holders of all the then outstanding Notes or Certificates.
     An amendment referred to above will be deemed not to “adversely affect” a Noteholder of any Class only if each Rating Agency confirms that that amendment will not result in a reduction or withdrawal of its rating on the Notes of that Class. In connection with any amendment referred to in clause (x) above, the Servicer shall deliver an Officer’s Certificate to the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee stating that those Noteholders and Certificateholders whose consents were not obtained were not adversely affected by such amendment.
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     Promptly after the execution of any such amendment or consent, the Owner Trustee shall furnish written notification of the substance of such amendment or consent to each Certificateholder, the Indenture Trustee and each of the Rating Agencies.
     It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Certificateholders or the Noteholders pursuant to this Section 10.01 to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment or consent, but it shall be sufficient if such consent shall approve the substance thereof.
     Prior to the execution of any amendment to this Agreement, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to receive and rely upon an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such amendment is authorized or permitted by this Agreement and the Opinion of Counsel referred to in Section 10.02(h)(A). The Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such amendment which affects the Owner Trustee’s or the Indenture Trustee’s, as applicable, own rights, duties or immunities under this Agreement or otherwise.
     SECTION 10.02 Protection of Title to Trust.
     (a) The Seller shall execute and file such financing statements and cause to be executed and filed such continuation statements, all in such manner and in such places as may be required by law fully to preserve, maintain and protect the interest of the Issuer and of the Indenture Trustee in the Receivables and in the proceeds thereof. The Seller shall deliver (or cause to be delivered) to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee file-stamped copies of, or filing receipts for, any document filed as provided above, as soon as available following such filing.
     (b) The Seller and the Servicer shall notify the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee within 30 days after any change of its name, identity or corporate structure in any manner that would, could or might make any financing statement or continuation statement filed in accordance with paragraph (a) above seriously misleading within the meaning of Section 9-507(c) of the UCC, and shall promptly file appropriate amendments to all previously filed financing statements or continuation statements.
     (c) Each of the Seller and the Servicer shall notify the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee of any relocation of its principal executive office or state of incorporation within 30 days after such relocation, if, as a result of such relocation, the applicable provisions of the UCC would require the filing of any amendment of any previously filed financing or continuation statement or of any new financing statement and shall promptly file any such amendment or new financing statement. The Servicer shall at all times maintain each office from which it shall service Receivables, and its principal executive office, within the United States of America.
     (d) The Servicer shall maintain accounts and records as to each Receivable accurately and in sufficient detail to permit (i) the reader thereof to know at any time the status of such Receivable, including payments and recoveries made and payments owing (and the nature of each), and (ii) reconciliation between payments or recoveries on (or with respect to) each Receivable and the amounts from time to time deposited in the Collection Account in respect of such Receivable.
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     (e) The Servicer shall maintain its computer systems so that, from and after the time of sale under this Agreement of the Receivables to the Trust, the Servicer’s master computer records that refer to any Receivable shall indicate clearly the interest of the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee in such Receivable and that such Receivable is owned by the Issuer and has been pledged to the Indenture Trustee. The Servicer shall at all times maintain control of the Receivables constituting electronic chattel paper. Indication of these respective interests in a Receivable shall be deleted from or modified on the Servicer’s computer systems when, and only when, the related Receivable shall have become a Liquidated Receivable or been repurchased.
     (f) If at any time the Seller or the Servicer shall propose to sell, grant a security interest in, or otherwise transfer any interest in automotive receivables to, any prospective purchaser, lender or other transferee, the Servicer shall give to such prospective purchaser, lender or other transferee computer tapes, records or printouts that, if they shall refer in any manner whatsoever to any Receivable, shall indicate clearly that such Receivable has been sold and is owned by the Issuer and has been pledged to the Indenture Trustee.
     (g) Upon receipt of a written request from the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee, which request shall be made no more frequently than annually, the Servicer shall furnish to the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee, as the case may be, within 20 Business Days after receipt of such request, a list of all Receivables (by contract number and name of Obligor) then held as part of the Trust, together with a reconciliation of the list of Receivables attached hereto as Schedule A and to each of the Servicer’s Certificates furnished before such request indicating removal of Receivables from the Trust. The Servicer shall permit the Indenture Trustee and its agents at any time during normal business hours upon reasonable prior notice to inspect, audit and make copies of and abstracts from the Servicer’s records regarding any Receivable.
     (h) The Servicer shall deliver to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee:
          (A) upon the execution and delivery of this Agreement and of each amendment hereto, an Opinion of Counsel, based on customary assumptions and qualifications, stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, either (A) all financing statements and continuation statements have been executed and filed that are necessary to perfect the interest of the Trust and the Indenture Trustee in the Receivables, and reciting the details of such filings or referring to prior Opinions of Counsel in which such details are given, or (B) no such action shall be necessary to preserve and protect such interest;
          (B) if requested by the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee, not more frequently than annually, an Opinion of Counsel, dated as of a date during such 90-day period, either (A) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, based on customary assumptions and qualifications, all financing statements and
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continuation statements have been executed and filed that are necessary to perfect the interest of the Trust and the Indenture Trustee in the Receivables, and reciting the details of such filings or referring to prior Opinions of Counsel in which such details are given, or (B) no such action shall be necessary to preserve and protect such interest; and
          (C) with a copy to each Rating Agency then rating the Notes, no less frequently than every twelve months (commencing on the Closing Date), an Opinion of Counsel, in substantially the form delivered to the Rating Agencies on the Closing Date, either as to the Servicer’s control of the Receivables evidenced by electronic contracts, or as to the Servicer’s control of other automobile receivables evidenced by electronic contracts sold and serviced by the Servicer.
     (i) Each Opinion of Counsel referred to in clause (h)(A), (h)(B) or (h)(C) above shall specify any action necessary (as of the date of such Opinion of Counsel) to be taken in the following year to preserve and protect such interest.
     SECTION 10.03 Notices. All demands, notices, communications and instructions upon or to the Seller, the Servicer, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee or the Rating Agencies under this Agreement shall be in writing, personally delivered or mailed by certified mail, return receipt requested, and shall be deemed to have been duly given upon receipt (a) in the case of the Seller, to Nissan Auto Receivables Corporation II, P.O. Box 685001, Franklin, Tennessee, 37068-5001, Attention: Treasurer, (b) in the case of the Servicer, to Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation, BellSouth Tower, 333 Commerce Street, 10th Floor, B-10-C, Nashville, Tennessee, 37201-1800, Attention: Treasurer, (c) in the case of the Issuer or the Owner Trustee, to Nissan Auto Receivables ___Owner Trust, c/o Wilmington Trust Company, Rodney Square North, 1100 North Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19890, Attention: Nissan Auto Receivables ___Owner Trust, (d) in the case of the Indenture Trustee, at the Corporate Trust Office, (e) in the case of Moody’s, to Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., ABS Monitoring Department, 99 Church Street, New York, New York 10007, and (f) in the case of Standard & Poor’s, to Standard & Poor’s, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 55 Water Street, New York, New York 10041-0003, Attention: Asset Backed Surveillance Department; or, as to each of the foregoing, at such other address as shall be designated by written notice to the other parties.
     SECTION 10.04 Assignment by the Seller or the Servicer. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, except as provided in Sections 6.04 and 7.03 of this Agreement and as provided in the provisions of this Agreement concerning the resignation or termination of the Servicer, this Agreement may not be assigned by the Seller or the Servicer without the prior written consent of the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee, the Holders of Notes evidencing not less than 66 2/3% of the Outstanding Amount and the Holders of Certificates evidencing not less than 66 2/3% of the Certificate Balance.
     SECTION 10.05 Limitations on Rights of Others. The provisions of this Agreement are solely for the benefit of the Seller, the Servicer, the Issuer, the Owner Trustee, the Certificateholders, the Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders, and nothing in this Agreement, whether express or implied, shall be construed to give to any other Person any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim in the Owner Trust Estate or under or in respect of this Agreement or any covenants, conditions or provisions contained herein.
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     SECTION 10.06 Severability. Any provision of this Agreement that is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.
     SECTION 10.07 Separate Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
     SECTION 10.08 Headings. The headings of the various Articles and Sections herein are for convenience of reference only and shall not define or limit any of the terms or provisions hereof.
     SECTION 10.09 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without reference to its conflict of law provisions (other than Section 5-1401 of the General Obligations Law of the State of New York), and the obligations, rights and remedies of the parties hereunder shall be determined in accordance with such laws.
     SECTION 10.10 Assignment by Issuer. The Seller hereby acknowledges and consents to any mortgage, pledge, assignment and grant of a security interest by the Issuer to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Indenture for the benefit of the Noteholders of all right, title and interest of the Issuer in, to and under the Receivables and the related property acquired hereunder and/or the assignment of any or all of the Issuer’s rights and obligations hereunder to the Indenture Trustee.
     SECTION 10.11 Nonpetition Covenants.
     (a) Notwithstanding any prior termination of this Agreement, the Servicer and the Seller shall not, prior to the date which is one year and one day after the termination of this Agreement with respect to the Issuer, acquiesce, petition or otherwise invoke or cause the Issuer to invoke the process of any court or government authority for the purpose of commencing or sustaining a case against the Issuer under any federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law, or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator or other similar official of the Issuer or any substantial part of its property, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of the affairs of the Issuer.
     (b) Notwithstanding any prior termination of this Agreement, each of the Servicer and the Owner Trustee (not in its individual capacity but solely as Owner Trustee), prior to the date which is one year and one day after the Notes are paid in full, covenants and agrees that it will not at any time file, join in any filing of, or cooperate with or encourage others to file any bankruptcy, reorganization arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceeding or other proceeding against the Seller under any federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law, appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator or other similar official of the Seller or any substantial part of its property, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of the affairs of the Seller.
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     SECTION 10.12 Limitation of Liability of Owner Trustee and Indenture Trustee. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, this Agreement has been countersigned by Wilmington Trust Company, not in its individual capacity, but solely in its capacity as Owner Trustee of the Issuer, and by Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, not in its individual capacity, but solely in its capacity as Indenture Trustee under the Indenture. In no event shall Wilmington Trust Company or Wells Fargo Bank, National Association have any liability for the representations, warranties, covenants, agreements or other obligations of the Issuer hereunder or in any of the certificates, notices or agreements delivered by the Seller or the Servicer, or prepared by the Seller or the Servicer for delivery by the Owner Trustee on behalf of the Issuer, pursuant hereto, as to all of which recourse shall be had solely to the assets of the Issuer. For all purposes of this Agreement, in the performance of its duties or obligations hereunder or in the performance of any duties or obligations of the Issuer hereunder, the Owner Trustee shall be subject to, and entitled to the benefits of, the terms and provisions of Articles VI, VII and VIII of the Trust Agreement.
     SECTION 10.13 Waivers. No failure or delay on the part of the Issuer in exercising any power, right or remedy under this Agreement or the Assignment shall operate as a waiver hereof or thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such power, right or remedy preclude any other or further exercise hereof or thereof or the exercise of any such power, right or remedy preclude any other or further exercise hereof or thereof or the exercise of any other power, right or remedy. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the Issuer shall not waive any breach of representations and warranties as set forth in Sections 3.01(e), (l), (n), (o), (aa) or (ee) without the written consent of at least a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes, voting as a single class (excluding for such purposes the outstanding principal amount of any Notes held of record or beneficially owned by NMAC, NARC II or any of their Affiliates, unless at such time all of the Notes are held of record or beneficially owned by NMAC, NARC II or any of their Affiliates.
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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their respective officers as of the day and year first above written.
                 
    NISSAN AUTO RECEIVABLES _____ OWNER TRUST    
 
               
    By:   WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, not in its individual capacity but solely as Owner Trustee on behalf of the Trust    
 
               
 
      By:        
 
               
 
          Name:    
 
          Title:    
 
               
    NISSAN AUTO RECEIVABLES CORPORATION II, as Seller    
 
               
 
      By:        
 
               
 
          Name:    
 
          Title:    
 
               
    NISSAN MOTOR ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION, individually and as Servicer    
 
               
 
      By:        
 
               
 
          Name:    
 
          Title:    
         
ACKNOWLEDGED AND ACCEPTED AS OF
THE DAY AND YEAR FIRST ABOVE WRITTEN:
   
 
       
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
not in its individual capacity but solely as Indenture Trustee
   
 
       
By:
       
 
       
 
  Name:    
 
  Title:    
(Nissan _____ Sale and Servicing Agreement)

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SCHEDULE A
SCHEDULE OF RECEIVABLES
To be delivered by NMAC upon request .
(Nissan _____ Sale and Servicing Agreement)

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SCHEDULE B
LOCATION OF THE RECEIVABLE FILES
1.   Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation, including its Infiniti Financial Services Division, 8900 Freeport Parkway, Irving, TX 75063-2438
 
2.   Iron Mountain, 1235 N. Union Bower, Irving, Texas 75061
 
3.   Nissan North America, Inc., Denver Data Center, 106 Inverness Circle, East Englewood, Colorado 80112-5312
 
4.   Iron Mountain, 8879 Fox Drive, Thornton, Colorado 80260
 
5.   FDI Computer Consulting, Inc. (dba FDI Collateral Management), at the following locations:
(a) Operations Facility (where paper titles are stored): 1650 Tribute Road, Sacramento, CA 95815-4400
(b) Data Center (where production e-data is stored): 1140 Striker, Sacramento, CA 95834
(c) Corporate Office (where daily backups are transferred): 1610 Arden Way, #145, Sacramento, CA 95815-4010
(d) Offsite storage (where long-term backup tapes are stored): Iron Mountain, 711 Striker Avenue, Sacramento, CA 95834
6.   DealerTrack, Inc., 300 Boulevard East, Weehawken, New Jersey 07086
 
7.   DealerTrack, Inc., 1 First Avenue, Waltham, Massachusetts 02451
(Nissan _____ Sale and Servicing Agreement)

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EXHIBIT A
FORM OF YIELD SUPPLEMENT AGREEMENT
See attached.
(Nissan _____ Sale and Servicing Agreement)

Schedule B-1


 

Nissan Auto Receivables Corporation II
P.O. Box 685001
Franklin, Tennessee 37068-5001
Dated as of _______, 200_
YIELD SUPPLEMENT AGREEMENT
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
Wells Fargo Center
Sixth and Marquette Avenue
MAC N9311-161
Minneapolis, MN 55479
Attn: Asset Backed Securities Department
Nissan Auto Receivables ___ Owner Trust
In care of: Wilmington Trust Company
Rodney Square North
1100 North Market Street
Wilmington, DE 19890
Attn: Nissan Auto Receivables ___ Owner Trust
Ladies and Gentlemen:
     Nissan Auto Receivables Corporation II (the “Company”) hereby confirms arrangements made as of the date hereof with you, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Indenture Trustee, and Wilmington Trust Company, as Owner Trustee for the Nissan Auto Receivables ___ Owner Trust (the “Trust”), for the benefit of the Noteholders, to be effective upon (i) receipt by the Company of the enclosed copy of this letter agreement (the “Yield Supplement Agreement”), executed by Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation (“NMAC”), the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee, (ii) execution of the Purchase Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (the “Purchase Agreement”), between the Company and NMAC, (iii) receipt by NMAC of the payment by the Company of the purchase price under the Purchase Agreement, and (iv) the receipt by the Company of the capital contribution of NMAC in connection with the payment of the purchase price under the Purchase Agreement. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings given to them in the Sale and Servicing Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, among NMAC, as Servicer, the Company, and Nissan Auto Receivables ___Owner Trust, as Issuer (the “Sale and Servicing Agreement”).
     1. On or prior to each Determination Date, the Servicer shall notify the Company and the Owner Trustee of the “Yield Supplement Deposit” (as defined below) for the related Distribution Date, the amount on deposit in the Yield Supplement Account (as defined below), the Servicing Payment Deposit with respect to the related Distribution Date and the amount of reinvestment income during the related Collection Period on the Yield Supplement Account.
(Nissan _____ Sale and Servicing Agreement)

Exhibit A-1


 

The “Yield Supplement Deposit” means, with respect to any Distribution Date, the amount by which (i) the aggregate amount of interest that would have been due during the related Collection Period on all Yield Supplemented Receivables (as defined below) if such Yield Supplemented Receivables bore interest at the Required Rate (as defined below) exceeds (ii) the amount of interest accrued on such Yield Supplemented Receivables at their respective APRs and due during such Collection Period. “Required Rate” means, with respect to each Collection Period, ___%. “Yield Supplemented Receivable” means any Receivable that has an APR less than the Required Rate.
     2. On or before the date hereof, the Owner Trustee shall establish and maintain with the Securities Intermediary and pledge to the Indenture Trustee a segregated trust account in the name of the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Noteholders (the “Yield Supplement Account”) in accordance with the Securities Account Control Agreement to secure the payment of interest on the Notes, or such other account as may be acceptable to the Rating Agencies, and the Trust hereby grants to the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Noteholders a first priority security interest in the Yield Supplement Account and the monies on deposit and the other property that from time to time comprise the Yield Supplement Account (including the Initial Yield Supplement Amount), and any and all proceeds thereof (collectively, the “Yield Supplement Account Property”). The Indenture Trustee shall possess all of the rights of a secured party under the UCC with respect thereto. The Yield Supplement Account Property and the Yield Supplement Account shall be under the sole dominion and control of the Indenture Trustee. Neither the Company, the Trust nor any Person claiming by, through or under the Company or the Trust shall have any right, title or interest in, any control over the use of, or any right to withdraw amounts from, the Yield Supplement Account Property or the Yield Supplement Account. All Yield Supplement Account Property in the Yield Supplement Account shall be applied by the Relevant Trustee as specified in this Yield Supplement Agreement and the Sale and Servicing Agreement. The Relevant Trustee shall, not later than 5:00 P.M., New York City time on the Business Day preceding each Distribution Date, withdraw from the Yield Supplement Account and deposit in the Collection Account an amount equal to the Yield Supplement Deposit plus the amount of reinvestment income on the Yield Supplement Account for such Distribution Date.
     3. On or prior to the date hereof, the Company shall make a capital contribution to the Trust of $___(the “Initial Yield Supplement Amount”), by depositing such amount into the Yield Supplement Account. The amount required to be on deposit in the Yield Supplement Account on the date of issuance of the Notes and for each Distribution Date until the Notes of all Classes have been paid in full or the Indenture is otherwise terminated (the “Required Yield Supplement Amount”), as determined by the Servicer and notified to the Relevant Trustee, means an amount equal to the lesser of (i) the aggregate amount of each Yield Supplement Deposit that will become due on each future Distribution Date, assuming that payments on the Receivables are made on their scheduled due dates, no Receivable becomes a prepaid Receivable and a discount rate of 2.00%, and (ii) the Initial Yield Supplement Amount. The Required Yield Supplement Amount may decline as a result of prepayments or repayments in full of the Receivables. The Relevant Trustee shall have no duty or liability to determine the Required Yield Supplement Amount and may fully rely on the determination thereof by the Servicer. If, on any Distribution Date, the funds in the Yield Supplement Account are in excess of the Required Yield Supplement Amount for such Distribution Date after giving effect to all
(Nissan _____ Sale and Servicing Agreement)

Exhibit A-2


 

distributions to be made on such Distribution Date, the Relevant Trustee shall deposit the amount of such excess into the Collection Account for distribution by the Relevant Trustee in accordance with the terms of Sections 5.06(c), (d) and (e) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement. The Yield Supplement Account shall be part of the Trust. It is the intent of the parties that the Yield Supplement Account Property be treated as property of the Trust for all federal, state and local income and franchise tax purposes. The provisions of this Yield Supplement Agreement should be interpreted accordingly. Further, the Trust shall include in its gross income all income earned on the Yield Supplement Account Property and the Yield Supplement Account.
     4. All or a portion of the Yield Supplement Account may be invested and reinvested in the manner specified in Section 5.08 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement in accordance with written instructions from the Servicer or the Secured Party (as defined in the Securities Account Control Agreement) under the Securities Account Control Agreement, as the case may be. All such investments shall be made in the name of the Relevant Trustee. Earnings on investment of funds in the Yield Supplement Account shall be deposited in the Collection Account on each Distribution Date, and losses and any investment expenses shall be charged against the funds on deposit therein. Upon payment in full of the Notes under the Indenture, as directed in writing by the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee will release any amounts remaining on deposit in the Yield Supplement Account to the Owner Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders, which amounts the Owner Trustee shall deposit into the Trust Collection Account, and the Company shall have no further obligation to pay to the Servicer the Servicing Payment Deposit. If for any reason the Yield Supplement Account is no longer an Eligible Deposit Account, the Relevant Trustee shall promptly cause the Yield Supplement Account to be moved to another institution or otherwise changed so that the Yield Supplement Account becomes an Eligible Deposit Account.
     5. Our agreements set forth in this Yield Supplement Agreement are our primary obligations and such obligations are irrevocable, absolute and unconditional, shall not be subject to any counterclaim, setoff or defense (other than full and strict compliance by us with our obligations hereunder) and shall remain in full force and effect without regard to, and shall not be released, discharged or in any way affected by, any circumstances or condition whatsoever.
     6. This Yield Supplement Agreement shall not be amended, modified or terminated except in accordance with the provisions for amendments, modifications and terminations of the Sale and Servicing Agreement as set forth in Section 10.01 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
     7. THIS YIELD SUPPLEMENT AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS (OTHER THAN SECTION 5-1401 OF THE GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK), AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES UNDER THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.
     8. Except as otherwise provided herein, all notices pursuant to this Yield Supplement Agreement shall be in writing, personally delivered, sent by telecopier, sent by courier or mailed by certified mail, return receipt requested, and shall be effective upon receipt thereof. All notices shall be directed as set forth below, or to such other address or telecopy
(Nissan _____ Sale and Servicing Agreement)

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number or to the attention of such other person as the relevant party shall have designated for such purpose in a written notice.
The Company:
Nissan Auto Receivables Corporation II
P.O. Box 685001
Franklin, Tennessee 37068-5001
Attention: Treasurer
Facsimile No.: (615) 725-1720
Indenture Trustee:
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
Wells Fargo Center
Sixth and Marquette Avenue
MAC N9311-161
Minneapolis, MN 55479
Attn: Asset Backed Securities Department
Facsimile No.: (612) 667-3464
Trust:
Nissan Auto Receivables _____ Owner Trust
In care of: Wilmington Trust Company
Rodney Square North
1100 North Market Street
Wilmington, DE 19890
Attn: Nissan Auto Receivables _____ Owner Trust
     10. This Yield Supplement Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts and by the different parties hereto on separate counterparts, all of which shall be deemed to be one and the same document.
     11. Each of the parties hereto agrees and acknowledges that all of the rights and interests of the Indenture Trustee hereunder shall be automatically transferred to the Owner Trustee, and the Owner Trustee shall succeed to all such rights and interests, upon the payment in full of the Notes in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
     If the foregoing satisfactorily sets forth the terms and conditions of our agreement, please indicate your acceptance thereof by signing in the space provided below and returning to us the enclosed duplicate original of this letter.
(Nissan _____ Sale and Servicing Agreement)

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    Very truly yours,    
 
           
    NISSAN AUTO RECEIVABLES CORPORATION II    
 
           
 
  By:        
 
           
 
      Name:    
 
      Title:    
             
Agreed and accepted as of _______, 200_    
 
           
NISSAN MOTOR ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION    
 
           
By:
           
         
 
  Name:        
 
  Title:        
 
           
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
AS INDENTURE TRUSTEE
   
 
           
By:
           
         
 
  Name:        
 
  Title:        
 
           
NISSAN AUTO RECEIVABLES _____
OWNER TRUST
   
 
           
By:   WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,
not in its individual capacity but solely as Owner Trustee on behalf of the Trust
   
 
           
 
  By:        
 
           
 
      Name:    
 
      Title:    
(Nissan _____ Sale and Servicing Agreement)

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APPENDIX A
REGULATION AB REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS
PART I
DEFINED TERMS
     Section 1.01. As used in this Appendix A, the following terms shall have the following meanings (such meanings to be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of the terms defined); unless otherwise defined herein, terms used in this Appendix A that are defined in the Agreement to which this Appendix A is attached shall have the same meanings herein as in the Agreement:
     “Commission”: The United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
     “Regulation AB”: Subpart 229.1100 – Asset Backed Securities (Regulation AB), 17 C.F.R. §§229.1100-229.1123, as such may be amended from time to time, and subject to such clarification and interpretation as have been provided by the Commission in the adopting release (Asset-Backed Securities, Securities Act Release No. 33-8518, 70 Fed. Reg. 1,506, 1,531 (Jan. 7, 2005)) or by the staff of the Commission, or as may be provided by the Commission or its staff from time to time.
     “Securities Act”: The Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
PART II
COMPLIANCE WITH REGULATION AB
     Section 2.01. Intent of the Parties; Reasonableness.
     Each of the Issuer, the Seller and the Servicer acknowledges and agrees that the purpose of Part II of this Appendix A is to facilitate compliance by the Issuer, the Seller, and the Servicer with the provisions of Regulation AB and related rules and regulations of the Commission.
     Neither the Issuer nor the Seller shall exercise its right to request delivery of information, reports or other performance under these provisions for purposes other than compliance with Regulation AB. Each of the Issuer, the Seller and the Servicer acknowledges that interpretations of the requirements of Regulation AB may change over time, whether due to interpretive guidance provided by the Commission or its staff, consensus among participants in the asset-backed securities markets, advice of counsel, or otherwise, and the Servicer hereby agrees to reasonably comply with all reasonable requests made by the Issuer (including any of its assignees or designees) or the Seller, as the case may be, in good faith for delivery of such information or reports, including, without limitation, any Servicer compliance statements and reports, and assessments of compliance and attestation, as may be required under the then-current interpretations of Regulation AB.
     Notwithstanding the foregoing, the parties hereby agree to comply with all applicable sections of Regulation AB, including, without limitation, Item 1122 of Regulation AB, which includes
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the delivery by the Servicer of compliance statements and assessment and attestation reports, and the Servicer shall obtain from each party participating in the servicing function the reports required by Item 1122 of Regulation AB.
(Nissan _____ Sale and Servicing Agreement)

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EX-4.4 6 a25430a1exv4w4.htm EXHIBIT 4.4 exv4w4
 

EXHIBIT 4.4
PURCHASE AGREEMENT
between
NISSAN MOTOR ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION
as Seller,
and
NISSAN AUTO RECEIVABLES CORPORATION II,
as Purchaser
Dated as of                     , 200_
        (Nissan                      Purchase Agreement)

 


 

         
ARTICLE I
       
DEFINITIONS
       
CERTAIN DEFINITIONS
    1  
 
       
ARTICLE II
       
PURCHASE AND SALE OF RECEIVABLES
       
2.1 PURCHASE AND SALE OF RECEIVABLES
    3  
2.2 THE CLOSING
    4  
 
       
ARTICLE III
       
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
       
3.1 WARRANTIES OF THE PURCHASER
    4  
3.2 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE SELLER
    5  
 
       
ARTICLE IV
       
CONDITIONS
       
4.1 CONDITIONS TO OBLIGATION OF THE PURCHASER
    10  
4.2 CONDITIONS TO OBLIGATION OF THE SELLER
    11  
 
       
ARTICLE V
       
COVENANTS OF THE SELLER
       
5.1 PROTECTION OF RIGHT, TITLE AND INTEREST
    11  
5.2 OTHER LIENS OR INTERESTS
    12  
5.3 COSTS AND EXPENSES
    12  
5.4 INDEMNIFICATION
    12  
 
       
ARTICLE VI
       
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
       
6.1 OBLIGATIONS OF SELLER
    13  
6.2 REPURCHASE EVENTS
    13  
6.3 SELLER’S ASSIGNMENT OF PURCHASED RECEIVABLES
    14  
6.4 TRUST
    14  
6.5 AMENDMENT
    14  
6.6 ACCOUNTANTS’ LETTERS
    14  
6.7 WAIVERS
    14  
6.8 NOTICES
    14  
6.9 COSTS AND EXPENSES
    15  
6.10 SURVIVAL
    15  
6.11 HEADINGS AND CROSS-REFERENCES
    15  
6.12 GOVERNING LAW
    15  
6.13 COUNTERPARTS
    15  
         
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6.14 SALE
    15  
 
       
EXHIBIT A
  Exhibit A
 
       
SCHEDULE A
  Schedule A
         
        (Nissan                      Purchase Agreement)

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PURCHASE AGREEMENT
          This PURCHASE AGREEMENT is made as of                     , 200_, by and between NISSAN MOTOR ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION, a California corporation (the “Seller”), having its principal executive office at BellSouth Tower, 333 Commerce Street, Nashville, Tennessee 37201-1800, and NISSAN AUTO RECEIVABLES CORPORATION II, a Delaware corporation (the “Purchaser”), having its principal executive office at BellSouth Tower, 333 Commerce Street, Nashville, Tennessee 37201-1800.
          WHEREAS, in the regular course of its business, the Seller purchases certain motor vehicle retail installment sale contracts secured by new, near-new and used automobiles and light duty trucks from motor vehicle dealers.
          WHEREAS, the Seller and the Purchaser wish to set forth the terms pursuant to which the Receivables (as hereinafter defined) and certain other property are to be sold by the Seller to the Purchaser, which Receivables will be transferred by the Purchaser pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement (as hereinafter defined), to the NISSAN AUTO RECEIVABLES                      OWNER TRUST (the “Trust”), which will issue notes backed by such Receivables and the other property of the Trust (the “Notes”) and certificates representing fractional undivided interests in such Receivables and the other property of the Trust (the “Certificates”).
          NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing, other good and valuable consideration, and the mutual terms and covenants contained herein, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
CERTAIN DEFINITIONS
          Terms not defined in this Agreement shall have the respective meanings assigned such terms set forth in the Sale and Servicing Agreement or Trust Agreement, as the case may be. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall, unless the context otherwise requires, have the following meanings (such meanings to be equally applicable to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined):
          “Agreement” means this Purchase Agreement and all amendments hereof and supplements hereto.
          “Assignment” means the document of assignment attached to this Agreement as Exhibit A.
          “Certificates” shall have the meaning specified in the introductory paragraphs of this Agreement.
          “Closing” shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.2.
          “Closing Date” means                     , 200_.
         
        (Nissan                      Purchase Agreement)

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          “Damages” shall have the meaning specified in Section 5.4(a).
          “Notes” shall have the meaning specified in the introductory paragraphs of this Agreement.
          “Prospectus” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Underwriting Agreement.
          “Purchaser” means Nissan Auto Receivables Corporation II, a Delaware corporation, and its successors and assigns.
          “Receivable” means any retail installment sale contract that appears on the Schedule of Receivables.
          “Receivables Purchase Price” means $                                        .
          “Repurchase Event” shall have the meaning specified in Section 6.2.
          “Sale and Servicing Agreement” means the Sale and Servicing Agreement by and among Nissan Auto Receivables Corporation II, as seller, Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation, as servicer, and the Trust dated as of                     , 200_, as the same may be amended, amended and restated, supplemented or modified.
          “Schedule of Receivables” means the list of Receivables annexed to the Assignment as Schedule A thereto.
          “Securities” means the Notes and the Certificates.
          “Seller” means Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation, a California corporation, and its successors and assigns.
          “Trust” means the Nissan Auto Receivables                      Owner Trust, a Delaware statutory trust.
          “Trust Agreement” means the Trust Agreement dated as of                                         , as amended by the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement by and between Nissan Auto Receivables Corporation II, as seller, and Wilmington Trust Company, as owner trustee, dated as of                     , 200_, as the same may be amended, amended and restated, supplemented or modified.
          “UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the relevant jurisdiction.
          “Underwriting Agreement” means the Underwriting Agreement by and among Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., as representative of the several underwriters, the Purchaser and the Seller dated                     , 200_.
         
        (Nissan                      Purchase Agreement)

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          With respect to all terms in this Agreement, the singular includes the plural and the plural the singular; words importing any gender include the other genders; references to “writing” include printing, typing, lithography and other means of reproducing words in a visible form; references to agreements and other contractual instruments include all subsequent amendments, amendments and restatements, and supplements thereto or changes therein entered into in accordance with their respective terms and not prohibited by this Agreement; references to Persons include their permitted successors and assigns; references to laws include their amendments and supplements, the rules and regulations thereunder and any successors thereto; the term “including” means “including without limitation;” and the term “or” is not exclusive.
ARTICLE II
PURCHASE AND SALE OF RECEIVABLES
          2.1 Purchase and Sale of Receivables.
          On the Closing Date, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Seller agrees to sell to the Purchaser, and the Purchaser agrees to purchase from the Seller, the Receivables and the other property relating thereto (as defined below).
          (a) Transfer of Receivables. On the Closing Date and simultaneously with the transactions pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Seller shall sell, transfer, assign and otherwise convey to the Purchaser, without recourse:
          (i) all right, title and interest of the Seller in and to the Receivables (including all related Receivable Files) and all monies due thereon or paid thereunder or in respect thereof after the Cutoff Date;
          (ii) the right of the Seller in the security interests in the Financed Vehicles granted by the Obligors pursuant to the Receivables and any related property;
          (iii) the right of the Seller in any proceeds from claims on any physical damage, credit life, credit disability or other insurance policies covering Financed Vehicles or Obligors;
          (iv) the right of the Seller to receive payments in respect of any Dealer Recourse with respect to the Receivables;
          (v) the right of the Seller to realize upon any property (including the right to receive future Net Liquidation Proceeds) that shall have secured a Receivable;
          (vi) the right of the Seller in rebates of premiums and other amounts relating to insurance policies and other items financed under the Receivables in effect as of the Cut-off Date; and
          (vii) all proceeds of the foregoing;
         
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provided that the Seller shall not be required to deliver to the Purchaser on the Closing Date monies received in respect of the Receivables after the Cut-off Date and before the Closing Date but shall or shall cause the Servicer to deposit such monies into the Collection Account no later than the first Record Date after the Closing Date.
          (b) Receivables Purchase Price. In consideration for the Receivables and other properties described in Section 2.1(a), the Purchaser shall, on the Closing Date, pay to the Seller the Receivables Purchase Price. An amount equal to approximately                     % of the Receivables Purchase Price shall be paid to the Seller in cash by federal wire transfer (same day) funds. The remaining approximately                     % of the Receivables Purchase Price shall constitute a capital contribution by the Purchaser to the Seller.
          2.2 The Closing. The sale and purchase of the Receivables shall take place at a closing (the “Closing”) at the offices of Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP, 350 South Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90071 on the Closing Date, simultaneously with the closings under: (a) the Sale and Servicing Agreement pursuant to which (i) the Purchaser will assign all of its right, title and interests in and to the Receivables and other property conveyed pursuant to Section 2.1(a) to the Trust for the benefit of the Securityholders; and (ii) the Purchaser will deposit the foregoing into the Trust in exchange for the Securities; and (b) the Underwriting Agreement, pursuant to which the Purchaser will sell to the underwriters named therein the Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2 Notes, the Class A-3 Notes and the Class A-4 Notes.
ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
          3.1 Warranties of the Purchaser. The Purchaser hereby represents and warrants to the Seller as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date:
          (a) Organization, etc. The Purchaser has been duly organized and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform the terms and provisions hereof.
          (b) Due Authorization and No Violation. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Purchaser, and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Purchaser, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to the effect of bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general equitable principles. The consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the fulfillment of the terms hereof do not conflict with, result in a breach of any of the terms or provisions of, nor constitute (with or without notice or lapse of time) a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of any Lien upon any of the property or assets of the Purchaser pursuant to the terms of, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, guarantee, lease financing agreement or similar agreement or instrument under which the Purchaser is a debtor or guarantor, nor will such action result in any violation of the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation or the By-laws of the Purchaser; which breach, default, conflict, Lien or violation in any case would have a material adverse effect on the ability of the Purchaser to perform its obligations under this Agreement.
         
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          (c) No Litigation. There are no proceedings or investigations pending to which the Purchaser is a party or of which any property of the Purchaser is the subject, and, to the best of the Purchaser’s knowledge, no such proceedings are threatened or contemplated by governmental authorities or threatened by others; other than such proceedings that would not have a material adverse effect upon the ability of the Purchaser to perform its obligations under, or the validity and enforceability of, this Agreement.
          3.2 Representations and Warranties of the Seller. (a) The Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Purchaser as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date:
          (i) Organization, etc. The Seller has been duly organized and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of California and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in the United States of America in which the conduct of its business or the ownership of its property requires such qualification and where the failure to so qualify would have a material adverse effect on the ability of the Seller to perform its obligations under this Agreement.
          (ii) Power and Authority. The Seller has the corporate power and authority to sell and assign the property sold and assigned to the Purchaser hereunder and has duly authorized such sale and assignment to the Purchaser by all necessary corporate action. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Seller and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Seller, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to the effect of bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and by general equitable principles.
          (iii) No Violation. The consummation of the transaction contemplated by this Agreement, and the fulfillment of the terms hereof, do not conflict with, or result in a breach of any of the terms or provisions of, nor constitute (with or without notice or lapse of time) a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of any Lien upon any of the property or assets of the Seller pursuant to the terms of, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, guarantee, lease financing agreement or similar agreement or instrument under which the Seller is a debtor or guarantor, nor will such action result in any violation of the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation or the By-Laws of the Seller; which breach, default, conflict, Lien or violation in any case would have a material adverse effect on the ability of the Seller to perform its obligations under this Agreement.
          (iv) No Proceedings. There are no proceedings or investigations pending to which the Seller is a party or of which any property of the Seller is the subject, and, to the best of the Seller’s knowledge, no such proceedings are threatened or contemplated by governmental authorities or threatened by others, other than such proceedings that would not have a material adverse effect upon the ability of the Seller to perform its obligations under, or the validity and enforceability of, this Agreement.
         
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          (b) The Seller makes the following representations and warranties as to the Receivables on which the Purchaser relies in accepting the Receivables. Such representations and warranties speak as of the execution and delivery of this Agreement, but shall survive the sale, transfer, and assignment of the Receivables to the Purchaser hereunder and the subsequent assignment and transfer pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement:
          (i) Characteristics of Receivables. Each Receivable (a) has been originated in the United States of America by a Dealer for the retail sale of a Financed Vehicle in the ordinary course of such Dealer’s business, has been fully and properly executed or authenticated by the parties thereto, has been purchased by the Seller from such Dealer under an existing dealer agreement with the Seller, and has been validly assigned by such Dealer to the Seller, (b) created a valid, subsisting and enforceable security interest in favor of the Seller in such Financed Vehicle, (c) contains customary and enforceable provisions such that the rights and remedies of the holder thereof are adequate for realization against the collateral of the benefits of the security, (d) provides for level monthly payments (provided that the payment in the first or last month in the life of the Receivable may be minimally different from the level payment) that fully amortize the Amount Financed over an original term of no greater than 63 payments, and (e) provides for interest at the related Annual Percentage Rate.
          (ii) Schedule of Receivables. The information set forth in Schedule A to this Agreement was true and correct in all material respects as of the opening of business on the Cut-off Date; the Receivables were selected from the Seller’s retail installment sale contracts (other than contracts originated in Alabama, Rhode Island, and Hawaii) meeting the criteria of the Trust set forth in the Sale and Servicing Agreement; and no selection procedures believed to be adverse to the Securityholders were utilized in selecting the Receivables.
          (iii) Compliance with Law. Each Receivable, the origination of such Receivable, and the sale of the Financed Vehicle complied at the time it was originated or made and at the execution of this Agreement complies in all material respects with all requirements of applicable federal, state and local laws, and regulations thereunder, including usury laws, the Federal Truth-in-Lending Act, the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, the Fair Credit Reporting Act, the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, the Federal Trade Commission Act, the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act, the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, the Federal Reserve Board’s Regulations B and Z, the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act and state adaptations of the National Consumer Credit Protection Act and of the Uniform Consumer Credit Code, state “Lemon Laws” designed to prevent fraud in the sale of automobiles and other consumer credit laws and equal credit opportunity and disclosure laws.
          (iv) Binding Obligation. Each Receivable represents the genuine, legal, valid and binding payment obligation in writing of the Obligor, enforceable by the holder thereof in accordance with its terms, subject to (i) the effect of bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, (ii) the effect of general equitable principles and (iii) the potential unenforceability of waivers of jury trial in certain states.
         
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          (v) Security Interest in Financed Vehicle. (a) Immediately prior to the sale, assignment and transfer thereof to the Purchaser, each Receivable was secured by a validly perfected first priority security interest in the Financed Vehicle in favor of the Seller as secured party or all necessary or all appropriate actions shall have been commenced that would result in the valid perfection of a first priority security interest in the Financed Vehicle in favor of the Seller as secured party, and (b) as of the Cut-off Date, according to the records of the Seller, no Financed Vehicle has been repossessed and the possession thereof not reinstated.
          (vi) Receivables in Force. No Receivable has been satisfied, subordinated or rescinded, nor has any Financed Vehicle been released from the lien granted by the related Receivable in whole or in part.
          (vii) No Waiver. No provision of a Receivable has been waived in such a manner that is prohibited by the provisions of the Sale and Servicing Agreement or that would cause such Receivable to fail to meet all of the other requirements and warranties made by the Seller herein with respect thereto.
          (viii) No Defenses. No Receivable is subject to any right of rescission, setoff, counterclaim or defense, including the defense of usury, and the operation of any of the terms of any Receivable, or the exercise of any right thereunder, will not render such Receivable unenforceable in whole or in part or subject such Receivable to any right of rescission, setoff, counterclaim or defense, including the defense of usury, and no such right of rescission, setoff, counterclaim or defense has been asserted with respect thereto.
          (ix) No Liens. To the Seller’s knowledge, no liens have been filed for work, labor or materials relating to a Financed Vehicle that shall be liens prior to, or equal or coordinate with, the security interest in the Financed Vehicle granted by the Receivable.
          (x) No Default. Except for payment defaults continuing for a period of not more than 29 days as of the Cut-off Date, no default, breach, violation or event permitting acceleration under the terms of any Receivable has occurred; and no continuing condition that with notice or the lapse of time would constitute a default, breach, violation or event permitting acceleration under the terms of any Receivable has arisen (other than deferrals and waivers of late payment charges or fees permitted under the Sale and Servicing Agreement).
          (xi) Insurance. The Seller, in accordance with its customary procedures, has determined at the time of origination of each Receivable that the related Obligor has agreed to obtain physical damage insurance covering the Financed Vehicle and the Obligor is required under the terms of related Receivable to maintain such insurance.
          (xii) Title. It is the intention of the Seller that the transfer and assignment herein contemplated constitute a sale of the Receivables from the Seller to the Purchaser and that the beneficial interest in and title to the Receivables not be part of the
         
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Seller’s estate in the event of the filing of a bankruptcy petition by or against the Seller under any bankruptcy law. Immediately prior to the transfer and assignment herein contemplated, the Seller had good and marketable title to each Receivable free and clear of all Liens and, immediately upon the transfer thereof, the Purchaser shall have good and marketable title to each Receivable, free and clear of all Liens and rights of others. Each Receivable File contains the original certificate of title (or a photocopy or image thereof) or evidence that an application for a certificate of title has been filed. To the extent that the transfer and assignment contemplated by this Agreement is deemed to be other than a sale, this Agreement and all filings described under this Agreement creates a valid and continuing security interest (as defined in the applicable UCC) in the Receivables in favor of the Purchaser, which security interest is prior to all other Liens, and is enforceable as such against creditors of and purchasers from the Seller
          (xiii) Lawful Assignment. No Receivable has been originated in, or shall be subject to the laws of, any jurisdiction under which the sale, transfer and assignment of such Receivable under this Agreement or pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement are unlawful, void or voidable.
          (xiv) All Filings Made. All actions have been taken, and all filings (including, without limitation, UCC filings) necessary in any jurisdiction have been made or have been delivered in form suitable for filing to the Purchaser to give the Purchaser a first priority perfected ownership interest in the Receivables.
          (xv) Chattel Paper. Each Receivable constitutes either a “tangible chattel paper” or “electronic chattel paper”, as such terms are defined in the UCC.
          (xvi) Simple Interest Receivables. All of the Receivables are Simple Interest Receivables.
          (xvii) One Original or Authoritative Copy. There is only one original executed copy of each Receivable that is tangible chattel paper and a single “authoritative copy” (as such terms are used in Section 9-105 of the UCC) of each Receivable that is electronic chattel paper and such electronic chattel paper was not in the form of tangible chattel paper prior to being created as electronic chattel paper.
          (xviii) No Amendments. No Receivable has been amended such that the amount of the Obligor’s Scheduled Payments has been increased.
          (xix) APR. The Annual Percentage Rate of each Receivable equals or exceeds 0.000%.
          (xx) Maturity. As of the Cut-off Date, each Receivable had a remaining term to maturity of not less than 3 payments and not greater than 61 payments.
          (xxi) Balance. Each Receivable had an original principal balance of not more than $                     and, as of the Cut-off Date, had a principal balance of not less than $                     and not more than $                    .
         
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          (xxii) Delinquency. No Receivable was more than 29 days past due as of the Cut-off Date and no Receivable has been extended by more than two months.
          (xxiii) Bankruptcy. No Obligor was the subject of a bankruptcy proceeding (according to the records of the Seller) as of the Cut-off Date.
          (xxiv) Transfer. Each Receivable prohibits the sale or transfer of the Financed Vehicle without the consent of the Seller.
          (xxv) New, Near-New and Used Vehicles. Each Financed Vehicle was a new, near-new or used automobile or light-duty truck at the time the related Obligor executed or authenticated the retail installment sale contract.
          (xxvi) Origination. Each Receivable has an origination date on or after                                         .
          (xxvii) Forced-Placed Insurance Premiums. No contract relating to any Receivable has had forced-placed insurance premiums added to the amount financed.
          (xxviii) No Fraud or Misrepresentation. To the knowledge of the Seller, no Receivable was originated by a Dealer and sold by such Dealer to the Seller with any conduct constituting fraud or misrepresentation on the part of such Dealer.
          (xxix) No Further Amounts Owed on the Receivables. No further amounts are owed by the Seller to any Obligor under the Receivables.
          (xxx) No Pledge. Other than the security interest granted to the Purchaser pursuant to this Agreement, the Seller has not pledged, assigned, sold, granted a security interest in, or otherwise conveyed any of the Receivables (except that certain Receivables were conveyed to Nissan Warehouse LLC and reconveyed by Nissan Warehouse LLC to the Seller in connection with the transactions contemplated under the Note Purchase, Security and Administration Agreement (Retail Installment Receivables), dated as of August 9, 2001, as amended, by and among Nissan Warehouse LLC, NMAC, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., formerly known as Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York, and certain purchasers and funding agents specified therein). The Seller has not authorized the filing of and is not aware of any financing statements against the Seller that include a description of collateral covering the Receivables other than any financing statement relating to the security interest granted to the Purchaser hereunder or a financing statement as to which the security interest covering the Receivables has been released. The Seller is not aware of any judgment or tax lien filings against the Seller.
          (xxxi) Receivable Files. There is no more than one original or authoritative copy of each of the documents or instruments constituting the Receivable Files, and to the extent that an original copy has been maintained, the Seller has in its possession all such original copies that constitute or evidence the Receivables. The Seller is identified as the “owner of record” on the electronic chattel paper and the Seller has “control” of the electronic chattel paper as defined in Section 9-105 of the UCC. The Receivable Files that constitute or evidence the Receivables do not have any marks or
         
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notations indicating that they have been pledged, assigned or otherwise conveyed by the Seller to any Person other than the Purchaser. All financing statements filed or to be filed against the Seller in favor of the Purchaser in connection herewith describing the Receivables contain a statement to the following effect: “A purchase of or security interest in any collateral described in this financing statement, except as provided in the Purchase Agreement, will violate the rights of the Purchaser.”
          (xxxii) No Government Obligors. None of the Receivables shall be due from the United States or any state, or from any agency, department subdivision or instrumentality thereof.
ARTICLE IV
CONDITIONS
          4.1 Conditions to Obligation of the Purchaser. The obligation of the Purchaser to purchase the Receivables and the related property described in Section 2.1(a) is subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions:
          (a) Representations and Warranties True. The representations and warranties of the Seller hereunder shall be true and correct in all material respects on the Closing Date with the same effect as if then made, and the Seller shall have performed in all material respects all obligations to be performed by it hereunder on or prior to the Closing Date.
          (b) Computer Files Marked. The Seller shall, at its own expense, on or prior to the Closing Date, indicate in its computer files that the Receivables have been sold to the Purchaser pursuant to this Agreement and shall deliver to the Purchaser the Schedule of Receivables certified by an officer of the Seller to be true, correct and complete in all material respects.
          (c) Documents to be delivered by the Seller at the Closing.
          (i) The Assignment. At the Closing, the Seller shall execute and deliver the Assignment.
          (ii) Evidence of UCC Filing. On or prior to the Closing Date, the Seller shall record and file, or deliver in a form suitable for filing to the Purchaser, at its own expense, a UCC-1 financing statement in each jurisdiction in which required by applicable law, executed by the Seller, as seller or debtor, and naming the Purchaser, as purchaser or secured party, and the Trust, as assignee of the Purchaser, naming the Receivables and the other property conveyed hereunder as collateral, meeting the requirements of the laws of each such jurisdiction and in such manner as is necessary to perfect the sale, transfer, assignment and conveyance of such Receivables and other property conveyed hereunder to the Purchaser.
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          (d) Other Transactions. The transactions contemplated by the Sale and Servicing Agreement shall be consummated on the Closing Date.
          4.2 Conditions to Obligation of the Seller. The obligation of the Seller to sell the Receivables and other property conveyed hereunder to the Purchaser is subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions:
          (a) Representations and Warranties True. The representations and warranties of the Purchaser hereunder shall be true and correct in all material respects on the Closing Date with the same effect as if then made, and the Purchaser shall have performed in all material respects all obligations to be performed by it hereunder on or prior to the Closing Date.
          (b) Receivables Purchase Price. On the Closing Date, the Purchaser shall deliver to the Seller the Receivables Purchase Price, as provided in Section 2.1(b).
ARTICLE V
COVENANTS OF THE SELLER
          The Seller agrees with the Purchaser as follows; provided, however, that, to the extent that any provision of this ARTICLE V conflicts with any provision of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Sale and Servicing Agreement shall govern:
          5.1 Protection of Right, Title and Interest.
          (a) The Seller shall execute and file such financing statements and cause to be executed and filed such continuation statements, all in such manner and in such places as may be required by law fully to preserve, maintain and protect the interest of the Purchaser in the Receivables, the other property conveyed hereunder and the proceeds thereof. The Seller shall deliver (or cause to be delivered) to the Purchaser file-stamped copies of, or filing receipts for, any document filed as provided above, as soon as available following such filing.
          (b) The Seller shall notify the Purchaser within 30 days after any change of its name, identity or corporate structure in any manner that would, could or might make any financing statement or continuation statement filed by the Seller in accordance with paragraph (a) above seriously misleading within the meaning of Sections 9-506 and 9-507 of the UCC, and shall promptly file appropriate amendments to all previously filed financing statements or continuation statements.
          (c) The Seller shall notify the Purchaser of any relocation of its principal executive office or state of incorporation within 30 days after such relocation, if, as a result of such relocation, the applicable provisions of the UCC would require the filing of any amendment of any previously filed financing or continuation statement or of any new financing statement and shall promptly file any such amendment. The Seller shall at all times maintain its principal executive office within the United States of America.
          (d) The Seller shall maintain its computer systems so that, from and after the time of sale hereunder of the Receivables to the Purchaser, the Seller’s master computer records that refer to a Receivable shall indicate clearly the interest of the Purchaser in such Receivable and that such Receivable is owned by the Purchaser. The Seller shall at all times maintain control of the Receivables constituting electronic chattel paper.
         
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          (e) If at any time the Seller shall propose to sell, grant a security interest in, or otherwise transfer any interest in automotive receivables to any prospective purchaser, lender or other transferee, the Seller shall give to such prospective purchaser, lender or other transferee computer tapes, records or print-outs that, if they shall refer in any manner whatsoever to any Receivable, shall indicate clearly that such Receivable has been sold and is owned by the Purchaser.
          (f) The Seller shall permit the Purchaser and its agents at any time during normal business hours upon reasonable advance notice to inspect, audit and make copies of and abstracts from the Seller’s records regarding any Receivable.
          5.2 Other Liens or Interests. Except for the conveyances hereunder and contemplated pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Seller shall not sell, pledge, assign or transfer to any other Person, or grant, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien on any interest therein, and the Seller shall defend the right, title and interest of the Purchaser in, to and under such Receivables against all claims of third parties claiming through or under the Seller; provided, however, that the Seller’s obligations under this Section 5.2 shall terminate upon the termination of the Trust pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
          5.3 Costs and Expenses. The Seller agrees to pay all reasonable costs and disbursements in connection with the perfection, as against all third parties, of the Purchaser’s right, title and interest in and to the Receivables.
          5.4 Indemnification.
          (a) The Seller shall defend, indemnify and hold harmless the Purchaser from and against any and all costs, expenses, losses, damages, claims and liabilities (collectively, “Damages”), arising out of or resulting from the failure of a Receivable to be originated in compliance with all requirements of law and for any breach of any of the Seller’s representations and warranties contained herein.
          (b) The Seller shall defend, indemnify and hold harmless the Purchaser from and against any and all Damages arising out of or resulting from the use, ownership or operation by the Seller or any affiliate thereof of a Financed Vehicle.
          (c) The Seller shall defend, indemnify and hold harmless the Purchaser from and against any and all taxes that may at any time be asserted against the Purchaser with respect to the transactions contemplated herein, including, without limitation, any sales, gross receipts, general corporation, tangible personal property, privilege, or license taxes (but not including any taxes asserted with respect to ownership of the Receivables or federal or other taxes arising out of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and any related documents) and costs and expenses in defending against the same.
         
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          (d) The Seller shall defend, indemnify and hold harmless the Purchaser from and against any and all Damages to the extent that such Damage arose out of, or was imposed upon the Purchaser through, the negligence, willful misfeasance or bad faith of the Seller in the performance of its duties under this Agreement or by reason of reckless disregard of the Seller’s obligations and duties under this Agreement.
          (e) The Seller shall defend, indemnify and hold harmless the Purchaser from and against all Damages arising out of or incurred in connection with the acceptance or performance of the Seller’s trusts and duties as Servicer under the Sale and Servicing Agreement, except to the extent that such Damages shall be due to the willful misfeasance, bad faith or negligence of the Purchaser.
          These indemnity obligations shall be in addition to any obligation that the Seller may otherwise have.
          (f) Promptly after receipt by a party indemnified under this Section 5.4 (an “Indemnified Party”) of notice of the commencement of any action, such Indemnified Party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the Seller under this Section 5.4, notify the Seller of the commencement thereof. If any such action is brought against any Indemnified Party under this Section 5.4 and it notifies the Seller of the commencement thereof, the Seller will assume the defense thereof, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Party (who may, unless there is, as evidenced by an opinion of counsel to the Indemnified Party stating that there is an unwaivable conflict of interest, be counsel to the Indemnifying Party), and the Seller will not be liable to such Indemnified Party under this Section 5.4 for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by such Indemnified Party in connection with the defense thereof, other than reasonable costs of investigation. The obligations set forth in this Section 5.4 shall survive the termination of this Agreement and shall include reasonable fees and expenses of counsel and expenses of litigation. If the Seller shall have made any indemnity payments pursuant to this Section 5.4 and the Person to or on behalf of whom such payments are made thereafter collects any of such amounts from others, such Person shall promptly repay such amounts to the Seller, without interest (except to the extent received by such Person).
ARTICLE VI
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
          6.1 Obligations of Seller. The obligations of the Seller under this Agreement shall not be affected by reason of any invalidity, illegality or irregularity of any Receivable.
          6.2 Repurchase Events. The Seller hereby covenants and agrees with the Purchaser for the benefit of the Purchaser, the Trust, the Indenture Trustee and the holders of the Securities, that the occurrence of a breach of any of the Seller’s representations and warranties contained in Section 3.2(b) shall constitute events obligating the Seller to repurchase Receivables hereunder (“Repurchase Events”) and pursuant to Section 3.02 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, at the amount of the Warranty Purchase Payment from the Purchaser or, as described in Section 6.4 below, from the Trust. The repurchase obligation of the Seller shall constitute the sole remedy of the holders of the Securities, the Trust, the Indenture Trustee and the Purchaser against the Seller with respect to any Repurchase Event.
         
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          6.3 Seller’s Assignment of Purchased Receivables. With respect to all Receivables repurchased by the Seller pursuant to this Agreement, the Purchaser (without the need of any further written assignment) shall assign hereby, without recourse, representation or warranty (other than that it has good and marketable title to such Receivables), to the Seller all the Purchaser’s right, title and interest in and to such Receivables, and all security and documents relating thereto.
          6.4 Trust. The Seller acknowledges that the Purchaser will, pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement, sell the Receivables to the Trust and assign its rights under this Agreement to the Trust and that the Trust will assign such rights to the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the holders of the Notes, and that the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement and the rights of the Purchaser under Section 6.2 and the obligations under Section 6.3 are intended to benefit the Trust and the holders of the Securities. The Seller hereby consents to such sales and assignments.
          6.5 Amendment. This Agreement may be amended from time to time by a written amendment duly executed and delivered by the Seller and the Purchaser; provided, however, that any such amendment must be consented to by the Holders of Notes representing a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes, voting as a single class, or, in the case of any amendment that does not adversely affect the Indenture Trustee or the Noteholders (as evidenced by an Officer’s Certificate of the Servicer and an external Opinion of Counsel indicating that such amendment will not adversely affect the Indenture Trustee or the Noteholders), the Holders of a majority of the Certificate Balance.
          6.6 Accountants’ Letters.
          (a) The Seller will cause Deloitte & Touche LLP to review the characteristics of the Receivables described in the Schedule of Receivables and to compare those characteristics to the information with respect to the Receivables contained in the Prospectus.
          (b) The Seller will cooperate with the Purchaser and Deloitte & Touche LLP in making available all information and taking all steps reasonably necessary to permit such accountants to complete the review set forth in Section 6.6(a) and to deliver the letters required of them under the Underwriting Agreement.
          6.7 Waivers. No failure or delay on the part of the Purchaser in exercising any power, right or remedy under this Agreement or the Assignment shall operate as a waiver hereof or thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such power, right or remedy preclude any other or further exercise hereof or thereof or the exercise of any other power, right or remedy. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the Purchaser shall not waive any breach of representations and warranties set forth in Sections 3.2(b)(v),(xii), (xiv), (xv), (xxx) or (xxxi).
          6.8 Notices. All communications and notices pursuant hereto to either party shall be in writing (including via telecopy) and addressed or delivered to it at its address (or in the case of telecopy, at its telecopy number at such address) shown in the opening portion of this Agreement or at such other address as may be designated by it by notice to the other party and, if mailed or delivered, shall be deemed given when mailed or delivered, or transmitted by telecopy.
         
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          6.9 Costs and Expenses. The Seller agrees to pay all expenses incident to the performance of its obligations under this Agreement and the Seller agrees to pay all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses of the Purchaser, excluding fees and expenses of counsel, in connection with the perfection as against third parties of the Purchaser’s right, title and interest in and to the Receivables and the enforcement of any obligation of the Seller hereunder.
          6.10 Survival. The respective agreements, representations, warranties and other statements by the Seller and the Purchaser set forth in or made pursuant to this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and will survive the Closing.
          6.11 Headings and Cross-References. The various headings in this Agreement are included for convenience only and shall not affect the meaning or interpretation of any provision of this Agreement. References in this Agreement to Section names or numbers are to such Sections of this Agreement.
          6.12 Governing Law. This Agreement and the Assignment shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York, without reference to its conflict of law provisions (other than Section 5-1401 of the General Obligations Law of the State of New York), and the obligations, rights and remedies of the parties under this Agreement shall be determined in accordance with such laws.
          6.13 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in multiple counterparts and by different parties on separate counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
          6.14 Sale. Each party hereto agrees to treat the conveyance under this Agreement as a sale of the Receivables on all of its relevant books, records, financial statements and other applicable documents, except to the extent otherwise required by generally accepted accounting principles. Although the parties hereto intend that the transfer and assignment contemplated by this Agreement be a sale, in the event such transfer and assignment is deemed to be other than a sale, the parties intend that all filings described in this Agreement shall give the Purchaser a first priority perfected security interest in, to and under the Receivables and other property conveyed hereunder and all proceeds of any of the foregoing. This Agreement shall be deemed to be the grant of a security interest from the Seller to the Purchaser, and the Purchaser shall have all the rights, powers and privileges of a secured party under the UCC.
         
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          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto hereby have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their respective officers as of the day and year first above written.
             
    NISSAN MOTOR ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION    
 
           
 
  By:        
 
     
 
Name:
   
 
      Title:    
 
           
    NISSAN AUTO RECEIVABLES CORPORATION II    
 
           
 
  By:        
 
           
 
      Name:    
 
      Title:    
         
        (Nissan                      Purchase Agreement)

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Exhibit A
ASSIGNMENT
          For value received, in accordance with the Purchase Agreement, dated as of                     , 200___ (the “Purchase Agreement”), between the undersigned (the “Seller”) and Nissan Auto Receivables Corporation II (the “Purchaser”), the undersigned does hereby sell, assign, transfer and otherwise convey unto the Purchaser, without recourse, the following:
          (i) all right, title and interest of the Seller in and to the Receivables listed on Schedule A hereto (including all related Receivable Files) and all monies due thereon or paid thereunder or in respect thereof after the Cut-off Date;
          (ii) the right of the Seller in the security interests in the Financed Vehicles granted by the Obligors pursuant to the Receivables and any related property;
          (iii) the right of the Seller in any proceeds from claims on any physical damage, credit life, credit disability or other insurance policies covering Financed Vehicles or Obligors;
          (iv) the right of the Seller to receive payments in respect of any Dealer Recourse with respect to the Receivables;
          (v) the right of the Seller to realize upon any property (including the right to receive future Net Liquidation Proceeds) that shall have secured a Receivable;
          (vi) the right of the Seller in rebates of premiums and other amounts relating to insurance policies and other items financed under the Receivables in effect as of the Cut-off Date; and
          (vii) all proceeds of the foregoing.
          The foregoing sale does not constitute and is not intended to result in any assumption by the Purchaser of any obligation of the undersigned to the Obligors, insurers or any other person in connection with the Receivables, Receivable Files, any insurance policies or any agreement or instrument relating to any of them.
          This Assignment is made pursuant to and upon the representations, warranties and agreements on the part of the undersigned contained in the Purchase Agreement and is to be governed by the Purchase Agreement.
          Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the respective meanings assigned to such terms in the Purchase Agreement.
         
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          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Assignment to be duly executed as of                      day of                                         , 200_.
             
    NISSAN MOTOR ACCEPTANCE    
    CORPORATION    
 
           
 
  By:        
 
  Name:  
 
   
 
  Title:        
         
        (Nissan                      Purchase Agreement)

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Schedule A
Schedule of Receivables
See schedule attached to the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
         
        (Nissan                      Purchase Agreement)

Schedule A

EX-4.5 7 a25430a1exv4w5.htm EXHIBIT 4.5 exv4w5
 

EXHIBIT 4.5
ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT
among
NISSAN AUTO RECEIVABLES                      OWNER TRUST,
as Issuer
NISSAN MOTOR ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION,
as Administrator
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Indenture Trustee
and
WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,
as Owner Trustee
Dated as of                     , 200_

 


 

TABLE OF CONTENTS
         
    Page
1. DUTIES OF THE ADMINISTRATOR
    2  
 
       
2. RECORDS
    7  
 
       
3. COMPENSATION
    8  
 
       
4. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO BE FURNISHED TO THE ISSUER
    8  
 
       
5. INDEPENDENCE OF THE ADMINISTRATOR
    8  
 
       
6. NO JOINT VENTURE
    8  
 
       
7. OTHER ACTIVITIES OF ADMINISTRATOR
    8  
 
       
8. TERM OF AGREEMENT; RESIGNATION AND REMOVAL OF ADMINISTRATOR
    8  
 
       
9. ACTION UPON TERMINATION, RESIGNATION OR REMOVAL
    10  
 
       
10. NOTICES
    10  
 
       
11. AMENDMENTS
    11  
 
       
12. SUCCESSOR AND ASSIGNS
    11  
 
       
13. GOVERNING LAW
    12  
 
       
14. NO PETITION
    12  
 
       
15. HEADINGS
    12  
 
       
16. COUNTERPARTS
    12  
 
       
17. SEVERABILITY OF PROVISIONS
    12  
 
       
18. NOT APPLICABLE TO NMAC IN OTHER CAPACITIES
    12  
 
       
19. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY OF OWNER TRUSTEE AND INDENTURE TRUSTEE
    12  
     
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     This ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT, dated as of                     , 200___ (this “Agreement”), among NISSAN AUTO RECEIVABLES                      OWNER TRUST, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Issuer”), NISSAN MOTOR ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION, a California corporation, as administrator (the “Administrator”), and WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association, not in its individual capacity but solely as Indenture Trustee (as defined below), and WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, a Delaware banking corporation, not in its individual capacity but solely as Owner Trustee (as defined below).
W I T N E S S E T H:
     WHEREAS, beneficial ownership interests in the Issuer represented by the Nissan Auto Receivables                      Owner Trust Asset Backed Certificates (the “Certificates”) have been issued in connection with the formation of the Issuer pursuant to the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement, dated as of                     , 200___ (the “Trust Agreement”), between Nissan Auto Receivables Corporation II (“NARC II”), a Delaware corporation, as depositor, and Wilmington Trust Company, as owner trustee (the “Owner Trustee”) to the owners thereof (the “Owners”);
     WHEREAS, the Issuer is issuing the Nissan Auto Receivables                      Owner Trust                     % Asset Backed Notes Class A-1, the Nissan Auto Receivables                      Owner Trust                     % Asset Backed Notes Class A-2, the Nissan Auto Receivables                      Owner Trust                     % Asset Backed Notes Class A-3, and the Nissan Auto Receivables                      Owner Trust                     % Asset Backed Notes Class A-4 (collectively, the “Notes”) pursuant to the Indenture, dated as of                     , 200___ (as amended and supplemented from time to time, the “Indenture”), between the Issuer and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as indenture trustee (the “Indenture Trustee”); capitalized terms used herein and not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Indenture, the Trust Agreement or the Sale and Servicing Agreement, dated as of                     , 200_, among the Issuer, Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation (“NMAC”), as servicer, and NARC II, as seller (the “Sale and Servicing Agreement”), as the case may be;
     WHEREAS, the Issuer has entered into certain agreements in connection with the issuance of the Certificates and the Notes, including the Purchase Agreement, dated as of                     , 200___ (the “Purchase Agreement”), between NMAC, as seller, and NARC II, as purchaser, the Trust Agreement, the Indenture, this Agreement, the Securities Account Control Agreement, the Yield Supplement Agreement, the Note Depository Agreement and the Sale and Servicing Agreement (collectively, the “Basic Documents”);
     WHEREAS, pursuant to the Basic Documents, the Issuer is required to perform certain duties in connection with the Certificates, the Notes and the Collateral;
     WHEREAS, the Issuer desires to appoint NMAC as administrator to perform certain of the duties of the Issuer under the Basic Documents and to provide such additional services consistent with the terms of this Agreement and the Basic Documents as the Issuer may from time to time request; and
     
     
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WHEREAS, the Administrator has the capacity to provide the services required hereby and is willing to perform such services for the Issuer on the terms set forth herein;
     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants contained herein, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:
     1. DUTIES OF THE ADMINISTRATOR.
(a) Duties with respect to the Note Depository Agreement and the Indenture.
     (i) The Administrator agrees to perform all its duties as Administrator under the Basic Documents and the duties of the Issuer under the Note Depository Agreement and the Indenture. In addition, the Administrator shall consult with the Owner Trustee regarding the duties of the Issuer under the Indenture and the Note Depository Agreement. The Administrator shall monitor the performance of the Issuer and shall advise the Owner Trustee when action by the Issuer or the Owner Trustee is necessary to comply with the Issuer’s duties under the Indenture and the Note Depository Agreement. The Administrator shall prepare for execution by the Issuer or shall cause the preparation by other appropriate persons of all such documents, reports, filings, instruments, certificates and opinions as it shall be the duty of the Issuer to prepare, file or deliver pursuant to the Indenture and the Note Depository Agreement. In furtherance of the foregoing, the Administrator shall take all appropriate action that is the duty of the Issuer to take pursuant to the Indenture including, without limitation, such of the foregoing as are required with respect to the following matters under the Indenture (references are to sections of the Indenture):
     (A) preparing or obtaining the documents and instruments required for the proper authentication of Notes and delivering the same to the Indenture Trustee (Section 2.02);
     (B) appointing the Note Registrar and giving the Indenture Trustee notice of any appointment of a new Note Registrar and the location, or change in location, of the Note Register (Section 2.04);
     (C) preparing the notification to Noteholders of the final principal payment on their Notes (Section 2.07(b));
     (D) preparing, obtaining and/or filing of all instruments, opinions and certificates and other documents required for the release of Collateral (Section 2.09);
     (E) maintaining an office in the Borough of Manhattan, City of New York, for the registration of transfer or exchange of Notes (Section 3.02);
         
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     (F) causing newly appointed Paying Agents, if any, to deliver to the Indenture Trustee the instrument specified in the Indenture regarding funds held in trust (Section 3.03);
     (G) directing the Indenture Trustee to deposit moneys with Paying Agents, if any, other than the Indenture Trustee (Section 3.03);
     (H) obtaining and preserving or causing the Owner Trustee to obtain and preserve the Issuer’s qualification to do business in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is or shall be necessary to protect the validity and enforceability of the Indenture, the Notes, the Collateral and each other instrument and agreement included in the Trust Estate (Section 3.04);
     (I) preparing all supplements, amendments, financing statements, continuation statements, instruments of further assurance and other instruments, in accordance with Section 3.05 of the Indenture, necessary to protect the Trust Estate (Sections 3.05 and 3.07(c));
     (J) furnishing the required Opinions of Counsel on the Closing Date and at such other times, in accordance with Sections 3.06 and 8.06 of the Indenture, and delivering the annual Officer’s Certificates and certain other statements as to compliance with the Indenture, in accordance with Section 3.09 of the Indenture (Sections 3.06, 3.09 and 8.06);
     (K) identifying to the Indenture Trustee in an Officer’s Certificate any Person with whom the Issuer has contracted to perform its duties under the Indenture (Section 3.07);
     (L) notifying the Indenture Trustee and the Rating Agencies of any Servicer Default pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement and, if such Servicer Default arises from the failure of the Servicer to perform any of its duties under the Sale and Servicing Agreement, taking all reasonable steps available to remedy such failure (Section 3.07(d));
     (M) preparing and obtaining documents and instruments required in connection with the consolidation, merger or transfer of assets of the Issuer (Section 3.10);
     (N) delivering notice to the Indenture Trustee of each Event of Default and each other default by the Servicer or the Seller under the Sale and Servicing Agreement (Section 3.19);
     (O) monitoring the Issuer’s obligations as to the satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture and the preparation of an Officer’s Certificate and obtaining the Opinion of Counsel and the Independent Certificate (as defined in the Indenture) related thereto (Section 4.01);
         
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     (P) preparing and mailing the notification of the Indenture Trustee and Noteholders with respect to special payment dates, if any (Section 5.04(d));
     (Q) [Intentionally Blank]
     (R) preparing any Issuer Request and Officer’s Certificates and obtaining any Opinions of Counsel and Independent Certificates necessary for the release of the Trust Estate (Section 8.04);
     (S) preparing Issuer Orders and obtaining Opinions of Counsel with respect to the execution of any supplemental indentures, and mailing notices to the Noteholders with respect thereto (Sections 9.01, 9.02 and 9.03);
     (T) executing and delivering new Notes conforming to the provisions of any supplemental indenture, as appropriate (Section 9.06);
     (U) preparing all Officer’s Certificates, Opinions of Counsel and Independent Certificates with respect to any requests by the Issuer to the Indenture Trustee to take any action under the Indenture (Section 11.01(a));
     (V) preparing and delivering Officer’s Certificates and obtaining Independent Certificates, if necessary, for the release of property or securities from the lien of the Indenture (Section 11.01(c));
     (W) notifying the Rating Agencies, upon any failure of the Indenture Trustee to give such notification, of the information required pursuant to Section 11.04 of the Indenture (Section 11.04);
     (X) preparing and delivering to the Noteholders and the Indenture Trustee any agreements with respect to alternate payment and notice provisions (Section 11.06); and
     (Y) recording the Indenture, if applicable (Section 11.14).
     (ii) The Administrator shall also:
     (A) pay the Indenture Trustee from time to time the reasonable compensation provided for in the Indenture with respect to services rendered by the Indenture Trustee under the Indenture (which compensation shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust);
     (B) reimburse the Indenture Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Indenture Trustee in accordance with any provision of the Indenture
         
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(including the reasonable compensation, expenses and disbursements of its agents and counsel) to the extent the Indenture Trustee is entitled to such reimbursement by the Issuer under the Indenture;
     (C) indemnify the Indenture Trustee for, and hold it harmless against, any losses, liability or expense incurred without negligence or bad faith on the part of the Indenture Trustee, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of the trusts and duties contemplated by the Indenture, including the reasonable costs and expenses of defending themselves against any claim or liability in connection therewith to the extent the Indenture Trustee is entitled to such indemnification from the Issuer under the Indenture; and
     (D) pay the reasonable expense of any examination or investigation by the Owner Trustee undertaken pursuant to Section 7.01(e) of the Trust Agreement, and if such expense is paid by the Owner Trustee, then such expense shall be reimbursed by the Administrator upon demand.
     (b) Additional Duties.
     (i) In addition to the duties of the Administrator set forth above, the Administrator shall perform such calculations, and shall prepare for execution by the Issuer or the Owner Trustee or shall cause the preparation by other appropriate persons of all such documents, reports, filings, instruments, certificates and opinions as it shall be the duty of the Issuer or the Owner Trustee to prepare, file or deliver pursuant to the Basic Documents, and at the request of the Owner Trustee shall take all appropriate action that it is the duty of the Issuer or the Owner Trustee to take pursuant to the Basic Documents. Subject to Section 5 of this Agreement, and in accordance with the reasonable written directions of the Owner Trustee, the Administrator shall administer, perform or supervise the performance of such other activities in connection with the Collateral (including the Basic Documents) as are not covered by any of the foregoing provisions and as are expressly requested by the Owner Trustee and are reasonably within the capability of the Administrator.
     (ii) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or the Basic Documents to the contrary, the Administrator shall be responsible for promptly notifying the Owner Trustee in the event that any withholding tax is imposed on the Issuer’s payments (or allocations of income) to a Certificateholder as contemplated in Section 5.02(c) of the Trust Agreement. Any such notice shall specify the amount of any withholding tax required to be withheld by the Owner Trustee pursuant to such provision.
     (iii) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or the Basic Documents to the contrary, the Administrator shall be responsible for performance of the duties of the Administrator set forth in Section 5.04(a), (b), (c), (d), (e) and (f) of the Trust Agreement with respect to, among other things,
         
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accounting and reports to the Certificateholders; provided, however, that the Owner Trustee shall remain exclusively responsible for the mailing of the Schedule K-1s necessary to enable each Certificateholder to prepare its federal and state income tax returns.
     (iv) If the Certificateholder is not the Administrator or any of its Affiliates, the Administrator shall satisfy its obligations with respect to clauses (ii) and (iii) above and under the Trust Agreement by retaining, at the expense of the Administrator, a firm of independent public accountants (the “Accountants”) which shall perform the obligations of the Administrator thereunder.
     In connection with paragraph (ii) above, the Administrator will cause the Accountants to provide, prior to December 1 of each year, a letter in form and substance satisfactory to the Owner Trustee as to whether any tax withholding is then required and, if required, the procedures to be followed with respect thereto to comply with the requirements of the Code; provided, however, that the Certificateholder is not the Administrator or any of its Affiliates. The Accountants shall be required to update the letter in each instance that any additional tax withholding is subsequently required or any previously required tax withholding shall no longer be required.
     (v) The Administrator shall perform the duties of the Administrator specified in Section 10.02 of the Trust Agreement required to be performed in connection with the resignation or removal of the Owner Trustee, and any other duties expressly required to be performed by the Administrator under the Trust Agreement.
     (vi) The Administrator shall advise the Owner Trustee in all regards with respect to its duties pursuant to any Swap Agreement into which the Trust enters pursuant to Section 5.02(d) of the Trust Agreement, including the recommendation of and retention, at its expense, of any such agents or advisors that are deemed by the Owner Trustee to be reasonably necessary to undertake its duties pursuant to any such Swap Agreement. Pursuant to Section 5.02(d) of the Trust Agreement, if the Certificateholders notify the Administrator with respect to the Trust’s election to enter into such a Swap Agreement, the Administrator will prepare all necessary and appropriate documentation and take all of the necessary and appropriate actions to cause the Issuer to enter into such a Swap Agreement on behalf of the Trust.
     (vii) The Administrator shall perform all duties and obligations applicable to or required of the Issuer set forth in Appendix A to the Sale and Servicing Agreement in accordance with the terms and conditions thereof.
     (viii) In carrying out the foregoing duties or any of its other obligations under this Agreement, the Administrator may enter into transactions with or otherwise deal with any of its Affiliates; provided, however, that the terms of any such transactions or dealings shall be in accordance with any directions received from the Issuer and shall be, in the Administrator’s opinion, no less favorable to the Issuer than would be available from unaffiliated parties.
         
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     (c) Non-Ministerial Matters.
     (i) With respect to matters that in the reasonable judgment of the Administrator are non-ministerial, the Administrator shall not take any action unless within a reasonable time before the taking of such action (x) the Administrator shall have notified the Owner Trustee of the proposed action and the Owner Trustee shall have consented thereto or provided an alternative direction, and (y) all approvals required under the Basic Documents shall have been obtained. For the purpose of the preceding sentence, “non-ministerial matters” shall include, without limitation:
     (A) the amendment of the Indenture or execution of any supplement to the Indenture;
     (B) the initiation of any claim or lawsuit by the Issuer and the compromise of any action, claim or lawsuit brought by or against the Issuer (other than in connection with the collection of the Receivables);
     (C) the amendment, change or modification of any of the Basic Documents;
     (D) the appointment of successor Note Registrars or successor Paying Agents pursuant to the Indenture or the appointment of successor Administrators, or the consent to the assignment by the Note Registrar, Paying Agent or Indenture Trustee of its obligations, in each case under the Indenture; and
     (E) the removal of the Indenture Trustee.
     (ii) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Administrator shall not be obligated to, and shall not (x) make any payments to the Noteholders under the Basic Documents, (y) sell the Trust Estate pursuant to Section 5.04 of the Indenture or (z) take any other action that the Issuer directs the Administrator not to take on its behalf.
(d) Swap Agreement. As set forth in Section 5.11 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Issuer may enter into a currency Swap Agreement with a Swap Counterparty to swap amounts payable to Certificateholders from U.S. dollars to Japanese yen, according to the terms set forth in Section 5.11 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement and Section 5.02(d) of the Trust Agreement.
     2. RECORDS. The Administrator shall maintain appropriate books of account and records relating to services performed hereunder, which books of account and records shall be accessible for inspection by the Issuer, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee at any time during normal business hours upon reasonable advance written notice.
         
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     3. COMPENSATION. As compensation for the performance of the Administrator’s obligations under this Agreement and as reimbursement for its expenses related thereto, the Administrator shall be entitled to a fee of $200.00 per month, which shall be solely an obligation of the Servicer.
     4. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO BE FURNISHED TO THE ISSUER. The Administrator shall furnish to the Issuer from time to time such additional information regarding the Collateral as the Issuer shall reasonably request.
     5. INDEPENDENCE OF THE ADMINISTRATOR. For all purposes of this Agreement, the Administrator shall be an independent contractor and shall not be subject to the supervision of the Issuer, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee with respect to the manner in which it accomplishes the performance of its obligations hereunder. Unless expressly authorized by the Issuer hereunder or otherwise, the Administrator shall have no authority to act for or represent the Issuer, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee, and shall not otherwise be or be deemed an agent of the Issuer, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee.
     6. NO JOINT VENTURE. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall (i) constitute the Administrator and any of the Issuer, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee as members of any partnership, joint venture, association, syndicate, unincorporated business or other separate entity, (ii) be construed to impose any liability as such on any of them or (iii) be deemed to confer on any of them any express, implied or apparent authority to incur any obligation or liability on behalf of the others.
     7. OTHER ACTIVITIES OF ADMINISTRATOR. Nothing herein shall prevent the Administrator or its Affiliates from engaging in other businesses or, in its or their sole discretion, from acting as an administrator for any other person or entity, or in a similar capacity therefor, even though such person or entity may engage in business activities similar to those of the Issuer, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee.
     8. TERM OF AGREEMENT; RESIGNATION AND REMOVAL OF ADMINISTRATOR.
     (a) This Agreement shall continue in force until the termination of the Issuer, upon which event this Agreement shall automatically terminate.
     (b) Subject to Sections 8(e) and 8(f), the Administrator may resign by providing the Issuer with at least 30 days’ prior written notice.
     (c) Subject to Sections 8(e) and 8(f), the Issuer may remove the Administrator without cause by providing the Administrator at least 30 days’ prior written notice.
     (d) Subject to Sections 8(e) and 8(f), at the sole option of the Issuer, the Administrator may be removed immediately upon written notice of termination from the Issuer to the Administrator if any of the following events shall occur:
     (i) the Administrator shall fail to perform in any material respect any of its duties under this Agreement and, after notice of such default, shall not cure such default within 10 days (or, if such default cannot be cured in such time, shall not give within such 10 days such assurance of timely and complete cure as shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Issuer);
         
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     (ii) the entry of a decree or order by a court or agency or supervisory authority having jurisdiction in the premises for the appointment of a trustee in bankruptcy, conservator, receiver or liquidator for the Administrator in any bankruptcy, insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshalling of assets and liabilities or similar proceedings, or for the winding up or liquidation of their respective affairs, and the continuance of any such decree or order unstayed and in effect for a period of 90 consecutive days; or
     (iii) the consent by the Administrator to the appointment of a trustee in bankruptcy, conservator or receiver or liquidator in any bankruptcy, insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshalling of assets and liabilities or similar proceedings of or relating to the Administrator of or relating to substantially all of their property, or the Administrator shall admit in writing its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, file a petition to take advantage of any applicable insolvency or reorganization statute, make an assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or voluntarily suspend payment of its obligations.
          The Administrator agrees that if any of the events specified in clauses (ii) or (iii) of this Section shall occur, it shall give written notice thereof to the Issuer, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee within seven days after the occurrence of such event.
     (e) No resignation or removal of the Administrator pursuant to this Section shall be effective until (i) a successor Administrator shall have been appointed by the Issuer and (ii) such successor Administrator shall have agreed in writing to be bound by the terms of this Agreement on substantially the same terms as the Administrator is bound hereunder.
     (f) The appointment of any successor Administrator shall be effective only after each Rating Agency (other than Moody’s) has provided to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee notice that the proposed appointment will not result in the reduction or withdrawal of any rating, if any, then assigned by such Rating Agency to any Class of Notes or the Certificates. Promptly after the appointment of any successor Administrator, the Owner Trustee will provide notice of such appointment to Moody’s (so long as Moody’s is then rating any outstanding Notes).
     (g) Subject to Section 8(e) and 8(f), the Administrator acknowledges that upon the appointment of a Successor Servicer pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Administrator shall immediately resign and such Successor Servicer shall automatically succeed to the rights, duties and obligations of the Administrator under this Agreement.
         
        (Nissan ___ Administration Agreement)

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     9. ACTION UPON TERMINATION, RESIGNATION OR REMOVAL. Promptly upon the effective date of termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 8(a) or the resignation or removal of the Administrator pursuant to Section 8(b) or 8(c) or 8(d), the Administrator shall be entitled to be paid all fees and reimbursable expenses accruing to it to the date of such termination, resignation or removal. The Administrator shall forthwith upon such termination pursuant to Section 8(a) deliver to or to the order of the Issuer all property and documents of or relating to the Collateral then in the custody of the Administrator. In the event of the resignation or removal of the Administrator pursuant to Section 8(b) or 8(c) or 8(d), the Administrator shall cooperate with the Issuer and take all reasonable steps requested to assist the Issuer in making an orderly transfer of the duties of the Administrator.
     10. NOTICES. Any notice, report or other communication given hereunder shall be in writing and addressed as follows:
  (a)   if to the Issuer or the Owner Trustee, to:
 
      Nissan Auto Receivables                      Owner Trust
In care of: Wilmington Trust Company
Rodney Square North
1100 North Market Street
Wilmington, Delaware 19890
Attention: Nissan Auto Receivables                      Owner Trust
 
      with a copy to:
 
      Nissan Auto Receivables                      Owner Trust
In care of: Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation
BellSouth Tower
333 Commerce Street
10th Floor, B-10-C
Nashville, TN 37201-1800
Attention: Treasurer
 
  (b)   if to the Administrator, to:
 
      Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation
BellSouth Tower
333 Commerce Street
10th Floor, B-10-C
Nashville, TN 37201-1800
Attention: Treasurer
         
        (Nissan ___ Administration Agreement)

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  (c)   if to the Indenture Trustee, to:
 
      Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
Wells Fargo Center
Sixth and Marquette Avenue,
MAC N9311-161
Minneapolis, MN 55479
Attn: Asset Backed Securities Department
or to such other address as any party shall have provided to the other parties in writing. Any notice required to be in writing hereunder shall be deemed given if such notice is mailed by certified mail, postage prepaid, or hand delivered to the address of such party as provided above.
     11. AMENDMENTS. This Agreement may be amended from time to time by a written amendment duly executed and delivered by the Issuer, the Administrator, and the Indenture Trustee, with the consent of the Owner Trustee but without the consent of any Noteholders or the Certificateholders, for the purpose of adding any provisions to or modifying or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Agreement, provided that such amendment does not and will not, in the Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee, materially and adversely affect the interest of any Noteholder or Certificateholder. This Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the Issuer, the Administrator, and the Indenture Trustee with the consent of the Owner Trustee and (i) the holders of Notes evidencing a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes, voting as a single class; or (ii) in the case of any amendment that does not adversely affect the Indenture Trustee or the Noteholders (as evidenced by an Officer’s Certificate of the Servicer and an outside Opinion of Counsel indicating that such amendment will not adversely affect the Indenture Trustee or the Noteholders), the holders of the Certificates evidencing a majority of the outstanding Certificate Balance of the Certificates (but excluding for purposes of calculation and action all Certificates held by the Seller, the Servicer or any of their Affiliates unless at such time all Certificates are then owned by the Seller, the Servicer and their Affiliates), for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Agreement or of modifying in any manner the rights of those Noteholders or Certificateholders which are not covered by the immediately preceding sentence.
     12. SUCCESSOR AND ASSIGNS. This Agreement may not be assigned by the Administrator unless such assignment is consented to in writing by the Issuer, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee, and the conditions precedent to appointment of a successor Administrator set forth in Section 8 are satisfied. An assignment with such consent and satisfaction, if accepted by the assignee, shall bind the assignee hereunder in the same manner as the Administrator is bound hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement may be assigned by the Administrator without the consent of the Issuer, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee to a corporation or other organization that is a successor (by merger, consolidation or purchase of assets) to the Administrator, provided that such successor organization executes and delivers to the Issuer, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee an agreement in which such corporation or other organization agrees to be bound hereunder by the terms of said assignment in the same manner as the Administrator is bound hereunder. Subject to the foregoing, this Agreement shall bind any successors or assigns of the parties hereto.
         
        (Nissan ___ Administration Agreement)

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     13. GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without reference to its conflict of law provisions (other than Section 5-1401 of the General Obligations Law of the State of New York), and the obligations, rights and remedies of the parties hereunder shall be determined in accordance with such laws.
     14. NO PETITION. The Administrator, by entering into this Administration Agreement, hereby covenants and agrees that it will not at any time institute against the Issuer, or join in any institution against the Issuer of any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings, or other proceedings under any United States federal or state bankruptcy or similar law, in connection with any obligations relating to the Notes, the Certificates or any of the Basic Documents.
     15. HEADINGS. The section headings hereof have been inserted for convenience of reference only and shall not be construed to affect the meaning, construction or effect of this Agreement.
     16. COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which when so executed shall together constitute but one and the same agreement.
     17. SEVERABILITY OF PROVISIONS. If any one or more of the agreements, provisions or terms of this Agreement shall be for any reason whatsoever held invalid or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, then such agreements, provisions or terms shall be deemed severable from the remaining covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of this Agreement and shall in no way affect the validity or enforceability of the other provisions of this Agreement or the other rights of the parties hereto.
     18. NOT APPLICABLE TO NMAC IN OTHER CAPACITIES. Nothing in this Agreement shall affect any obligation, right or benefit NMAC may have in any other capacity or under any Basic Document.
     19. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY OF OWNER TRUSTEE AND INDENTURE TRUSTEE. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, this instrument has been countersigned by Wilmington Trust Company, not in its individual capacity but solely in its capacity as Owner Trustee of the Issuer, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, not in its individual capacity but solely in its capacity as Indenture Trustee under the Indenture and in no event shall Wilmington Trust Company in its individual capacity, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, in its individual capacity, or any Certificateholder have any liability for the representations, warranties, covenants, agreements or other obligations of the Issuer hereunder or in any of the certificates, notices or agreements delivered pursuant hereto, as to all of which recourse shall be had solely to the assets of the Issuer.
         
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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the day and year first above written.
         
  NISSAN AUTO RECEIVABLES                      OWNER TRUST
 
 
  By:   WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,    
    not in its individual capacity but solely as   
    Owner Trustee   
 
     
  By:      
    Name:      
    Title:      
 
  WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its individual capacity but solely as Indenture Trustee
 
 
  By:      
    Name:      
    Title:      
 
  NISSAN MOTOR ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION, as Administrator
 
 
  By:      
    Name:      
    Title:      
 
  WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, not in its individual
capacity but solely as Owner Trustee
 
 
  By:      
    Name:      
    Title:      
 
         
        (Nissan ___ Administration Agreement)

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EX-4.6 8 a25430a1exv4w6.htm EXHIBIT 4.6 exv4w6
 

EXHIBIT 4.6
Nissan Auto Receivables Corporation II
P.O. Box 685001
Franklin, Tennessee 37068-5001
Dated as of                     , 200__
YIELD SUPPLEMENT AGREEMENT
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
Wells Fargo Center
Sixth and Marquette Avenue
MAC N9311-161
Minneapolis, MN 55479
Attn: Asset Backed Securities Department
Nissan Auto Receivables            Owner Trust
In care of: Wilmington Trust Company
Rodney Square North
1100 North Market Street
Wilmington, DE 19890
Attn: Nissan Auto Receivables            Owner Trust
Ladies and Gentlemen:
     Nissan Auto Receivables Corporation II (the “Company”) hereby confirms arrangements made as of the date hereof with you, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Indenture Trustee, and Wilmington Trust Company, as Owner Trustee for the Nissan Auto Receivables            Owner Trust (the “Trust”), for the benefit of the Noteholders, to be effective upon (i) receipt by the Company of the enclosed copy of this letter agreement (the “Yield Supplement Agreement”), executed by Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation (“NMAC”), the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee, (ii) execution of the Purchase Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (the “Purchase Agreement”), between the Company and NMAC, (iii) receipt by NMAC of the payment by the Company of the purchase price under the Purchase Agreement, and (iv) the receipt by the Company of the capital contribution of NMAC in connection with the payment of the purchase price under the Purchase Agreement. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings given to them in the Sale and Servicing Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, among NMAC, as Servicer, the Company, and Nissan Auto Receivables            Owner Trust, as Issuer (the “Sale and Servicing Agreement”).
     1. On or prior to each Determination Date, the Servicer shall notify the Company and the Owner Trustee of the “Yield Supplement Deposit” (as defined below) for the related Distribution Date, the amount on deposit in the Yield Supplement Account (as defined below), the Servicing Payment Deposit with respect to the related Distribution Date and the amount of reinvestment income during the related Collection Period on the Yield Supplement Account.
         
        (Nissan ___ Yield Supplement Agreement)

 


 

The “Yield Supplement Deposit” means, with respect to any Distribution Date, the amount by which (i) the aggregate amount of interest that would have been due during the related Collection Period on all Yield Supplemented Receivables (as defined below) if such Yield Supplemented Receivables bore interest at the Required Rate (as defined below) exceeds (ii) the amount of interest accrued on such Yield Supplemented Receivables at their respective APRs and due during such Collection Period. “Required Rate” means, with respect to each Collection Period,           %. “Yield Supplemented Receivable” means any Receivable that has an APR less than the Required Rate.
     2. On or before the date hereof, the Owner Trustee shall establish and maintain with the Securities Intermediary and pledge to the Indenture Trustee a segregated trust account in the name of the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Noteholders (the “Yield Supplement Account”) in accordance with the Securities Account Control Agreement to secure the payment of interest on the Notes, or such other account as may be acceptable to the Rating Agencies, and the Trust hereby grants to the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Noteholders a first priority security interest in the Yield Supplement Account and the monies on deposit and the other property that from time to time comprise the Yield Supplement Account (including the Initial Yield Supplement Amount), and any and all proceeds thereof (collectively, the “Yield Supplement Account Property”). The Indenture Trustee shall possess all of the rights of a secured party under the UCC with respect thereto. The Yield Supplement Account Property and the Yield Supplement Account shall be under the sole dominion and control of the Indenture Trustee. Neither the Company, the Trust nor any Person claiming by, through or under the Company or the Trust shall have any right, title or interest in, any control over the use of, or any right to withdraw amounts from, the Yield Supplement Account Property or the Yield Supplement Account. All Yield Supplement Account Property in the Yield Supplement Account shall be applied by the Relevant Trustee as specified in this Yield Supplement Agreement and the Sale and Servicing Agreement. The Relevant Trustee shall, not later than 5:00 P.M., New York City time on the Business Day preceding each Distribution Date, withdraw from the Yield Supplement Account and deposit in the Collection Account an amount equal to the Yield Supplement Deposit plus the amount of reinvestment income on the Yield Supplement Account for such Distribution Date.
     3. On or prior to the date hereof, the Company shall make a capital contribution to the Trust of $                     (the “Initial Yield Supplement Amount”), by depositing such amount into the Yield Supplement Account. The amount required to be on deposit in the Yield Supplement Account on the date of issuance of the Notes and for each Distribution Date until the Notes of all Classes have been paid in full or the Indenture is otherwise terminated (the “Required Yield Supplement Amount”), as determined by the Servicer and notified to the Relevant Trustee, means an amount equal to the lesser of (i) the aggregate amount of each Yield Supplement Deposit that will become due on each future Distribution Date, assuming that payments on the Receivables are made on their scheduled due dates, no Receivable becomes a prepaid Receivable and a discount rate of 2.00%, and (ii) the Initial Yield Supplement Amount. The Required Yield Supplement Amount may decline as a result of prepayments or repayments in full of the Receivables. The Relevant Trustee shall have no duty or liability to determine the Required Yield Supplement Amount and may fully rely on the determination thereof by the Servicer. If, on any Distribution Date, the funds in the Yield Supplement Account are in excess of the Required Yield Supplement Amount for such Distribution Date after giving effect to all
         
        (Nissan ___ Yield Supplement Agreement)

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distributions to be made on such Distribution Date, the Relevant Trustee shall deposit the amount of such excess into the Collection Account for distribution by the Relevant Trustee in accordance with the terms of Sections 5.06(c), (d) and (e) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement. The Yield Supplement Account shall be part of the Trust. It is the intent of the parties that the Yield Supplement Account Property be treated as property of the Trust for all federal, state and local income and franchise tax purposes. The provisions of this Yield Supplement Agreement should be interpreted accordingly. Further, the Trust shall include in its gross income all income earned on the Yield Supplement Account Property and the Yield Supplement Account.
     4. All or a portion of the Yield Supplement Account may be invested and reinvested in the manner specified in Section 5.08 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement in accordance with written instructions from the Servicer or the Secured Party (as defined in the Securities Account Control Agreement) under the Securities Account Control Agreement, as the case may be. All such investments shall be made in the name of the Relevant Trustee. Earnings on investment of funds in the Yield Supplement Account shall be deposited in the Collection Account on each Distribution Date, and losses and any investment expenses shall be charged against the funds on deposit therein. Upon payment in full of the Notes under the Indenture, as directed in writing by the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee will release any amounts remaining on deposit in the Yield Supplement Account to the Owner Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders, which amounts the Owner Trustee shall deposit into the Trust Collection Account, and the Company shall have no further obligation to pay to the Servicer the Servicing Payment Deposit. If for any reason the Yield Supplement Account is no longer an Eligible Deposit Account, the Relevant Trustee shall promptly cause the Yield Supplement Account to be moved to another institution or otherwise changed so that the Yield Supplement Account becomes an Eligible Deposit Account.
     5. Our agreements set forth in this Yield Supplement Agreement are our primary obligations and such obligations are irrevocable, absolute and unconditional, shall not be subject to any counterclaim, setoff or defense (other than full and strict compliance by us with our obligations hereunder) and shall remain in full force and effect without regard to, and shall not be released, discharged or in any way affected by, any circumstances or condition whatsoever.
     6. This Yield Supplement Agreement shall not be amended, modified or terminated except in accordance with the provisions for amendments, modifications and terminations of the Sale and Servicing Agreement as set forth in Section 10.01 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
     7. THIS YIELD SUPPLEMENT AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS (OTHER THAN SECTION 5-1401 OF THE GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK), AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES UNDER THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.
     8. Except as otherwise provided herein, all notices pursuant to this Yield Supplement Agreement shall be in writing, personally delivered, sent by telecopier, sent by courier or mailed by certified mail, return receipt requested, and shall be effective upon receipt thereof. All notices shall be directed as set forth below, or to such other address or telecopy
         
        (Nissan ___ Yield Supplement Agreement)

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number or to the attention of such other person as the relevant party shall have designated for such purpose in a written notice.
The Company:
Nissan Auto Receivables Corporation II
P.O. Box 685001
Franklin, Tennessee 37068-5001
Attention: Treasurer
Facsimile No.: (615) 725-1720
Indenture Trustee:
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
Wells Fargo Center
Sixth and Marquette Avenue
MAC N9311-161
Minneapolis, MN 55479
Attn: Asset Backed Securities Department
Facsimile No.: (612) 667-3464
Trust:
Nissan Auto Receivables            Owner Trust
In care of: Wilmington Trust Company
Rodney Square North
1100 North Market Street
Wilmington, DE 19890
Attn: Nissan Auto Receivables            Owner Trust
     10. This Yield Supplement Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts and by the different parties hereto on separate counterparts, all of which shall be deemed to be one and the same document.
     11. Each of the parties hereto agrees and acknowledges that all of the rights and interests of the Indenture Trustee hereunder shall be automatically transferred to the Owner Trustee, and the Owner Trustee shall succeed to all such rights and interests, upon the payment in full of the Notes in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
     If the foregoing satisfactorily sets forth the terms and conditions of our agreement, please indicate your acceptance thereof by signing in the space provided below and returning to us the enclosed duplicate original of this letter.
         
        (Nissan ___ Yield Supplement Agreement)

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  Very truly yours,    
 
  NISSAN AUTO RECEIVABLES CORPORATION II
 
 
  By:      
    Name:      
    Title:      
 
         
Agreed and accepted as of           , 200__    
 
       
NISSAN MOTOR ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION    
 
       
By:
       
 
 
 
Name:
   
 
  Title:    
 
       
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
AS INDENTURE TRUSTEE
   
 
       
By:
       
 
 
 
Name:
   
 
  Title:    
 
       
NISSAN AUTO RECEIVABLES                
OWNER TRUST
   
 
       
By:
  WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,    
 
  not in its individual capacity but solely as Owner Trustee on behalf of the Trust    
 
       
By:
       
 
 
 
Name:
   
 
  Title:    
         
        (Nissan ___ Yield Supplement Agreement)

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EX-4.7 9 a25430a1exv4w7.htm EXHIBIT 4.7 exv4w7
 

EXHIBIT 4.7
(Multicurrency—Cross Border)
ISDA®
International Swap Dealers Association, Inc.
MASTER AGREEMENT
dated as of                     
[[Cap] [Swap] Counterparty] and Nissan Auto Receivables [                    ]-[           ] Owner Trust have entered and/or anticipate entering into one or more transactions (each a “Transaction”) that are or will be governed by this Master Agreement, which includes the schedule (the “Schedule”), and the documents and other confirming evidence (each a “Confirmation”) exchanged between the parties confirming those Transactions.
Accordingly, the parties agree as follows:
1. Interpretation
(a) Definitions. The terms defined in Section 14 and in the Schedule will have the meanings therein specified for the purpose of this Master Agreement.
(b) Inconsistency. In the event of any inconsistency between the provisions of the Schedule and the other provisions of this Master Agreement, the Schedule will prevail. In the event of any inconsistency between the provisions of any Confirmation and this Master Agreement (including the Schedule), such Confirmation will prevail for the purpose of the relevant Transaction.
(c) Single Agreement. All Transactions are entered into in reliance on the fact that this Master Agreement and all Confirmations form a single agreement between the parties (collectively referred to as this “Agreement”), and the parties would not otherwise enter into any Transactions.
2. Obligations
(a) General Conditions.
(i) Each party will make each payment or delivery specified in each Confirmation to be made by it, subject to the other provisions of this Agreement.
(ii) Payments under this Agreement will be made on the due date for value on that date in the place of the account specified in the relevant Confirmation or otherwise pursuant to this Agreement, in freely transferable funds and in the manner customary for payments in the required currency. Where settlement is by delivery (that is, other than by payment), such delivery will be made for receipt on the due date in the manner customary

 


 

for the relevant obligation unless otherwise specified in the relevant Confirmation or elsewhere in this Agreement.
(iii) Each obligation of each party under Section 2(a)(i) is subject to (1) the condition precedent that no Event of Default or Potential Event of Default with respect to the other party has occurred and is continuing, (2) the condition precedent that no Early Termination Date in respect of the relevant Transaction has occurred or been effectively designated and (3) each other applicable condition precedent specified in this Agreement.
(b) Change of Account. Either party may change its account for receiving a payment or delivery by giving notice to the other party at least five Local Business Days prior to the scheduled date for the payment or delivery to which such change applies unless such other party gives timely notice of a reasonable objection to such change.
(c) Netting. If on any date amounts would otherwise be payable:
     (i) in the same currency; and
     (ii) in respect of the same Transaction,
by each party to the other, then, on such date, each party’s obligation to make payment of any such amount will be automatically satisfied and discharged and, if the aggregate amount that would otherwise have been payable by one party exceeds the aggregate amount that would otherwise have been payable by the other party, replaced by an obligation upon the party by whom the larger aggregate amount would have been payable to pay to the other party the excess of the larger aggregate amount over the smaller aggregate amount.
The parties may elect in respect of two or more Transactions that a net amount will be determined in respect of all amounts payable on the same date in the same currency in respect of such Transactions, regardless of whether such amounts are payable in respect of the same Transaction. The election may be made in the Schedule or a Confirmation by specifying that subparagraph (ii) above will not apply to the Transactions identified as being subject to the election, together with the starting date (in which case subparagraph (ii) above will not, or will cease to, apply to such Transactions from such date). This election may be made separately for different groups of Transactions and will apply separately to each pairing of Offices through which the parties make and receive payments or deliveries.
(d) Deduction or Withholding for Tax.
(i) Gross-Up. All payments under this Agreement will be made without any deduction or withholding for or on account of any Tax unless such deduction or withholding is required by any applicable law, as modified by the practice of any relevant governmental revenue authority, then in effect. If a party is so required to deduct or withhold, then that party (“X”) will:
(1) promptly notify the other party (“Y”) of such requirement;

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(2) pay to the relevant authorities the full amount required to be deducted or withheld (including the full amount required to be deducted or withheld from any additional amount paid by X to Y under this Section 2(d)) promptly upon the earlier of determining that such deduction or withholding is required or receiving notice that such amount has been assessed against Y;
(3) promptly forward to Y an official receipt (or a certified copy), or other documentation reasonably acceptable to Y, evidencing such payment to such authorities; and
(4) if such Tax is an Indemnifiable Tax, pay to Y, in addition to the payment to which Y is otherwise entitled under this Agreement, such additional amount as is necessary to ensure that the net amount actually received by Y (free and clear of Indemnifiable Taxes, whether assessed against X or Y) will equal the full amount Y would have received had no such deduction or withholding been required. However, X will not be required to pay any additional amount to Y to the extent that it would not be required to be paid but for:
(A) the failure by Y to comply with or perform any agreement contained in Section 4(a)(i), 4(a)(iii) or 4(d); or
(B) the failure of a representation made by Y pursuant to Section 3(f) to be accurate and true unless such failure would not have occurred but for (I) any action taken by a taxing authority, or brought in a court of competent jurisdiction, on or after the date on which a Transaction is entered into (regardless of whether such action is taken or brought with respect to a party to this Agreement) or (II) a Change in Tax Law.
(ii) Liability. If:
(1) X is required by any applicable law, as modified by the practice of any relevant governmental revenue authority, to make any deduction or withholding in respect of which X would not be required to pay an additional amount to Y under Section 2(d)(i)(4);
(2) X does not so deduct or withhold; and
(3) a liability resulting from such Tax is assessed directly against X,
then, except to the extent Y has satisfied or then satisfies the liability resulting from such Tax, Y will promptly pay to X the amount of such liability (including any related liability for interest, but including any related liability for penalties only if Y has failed to comply with or perform any agreement contained in Section 4(a)(i), 4(a)(iii) or 4(d)).
(e) Default Interest; Other Amounts. Prior to the occurrence or effective designation of an Early Termination Date in respect of the relevant Transaction, a party that defaults in the performance of any payment obligation will, to the extent permitted by law and subject to Section 6(c), be required to pay interest (before as well as after judgment) on the overdue amount

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to the other party on demand in the same currency as such overdue amount, for the period from (and including) the original due date for payment to (but excluding) the date of actual payment, at the Default Rate. Such interest will be calculated on the basis of daily compounding and the actual number of days elapsed. If, prior to the occurrence or effective designation of an Early Termination Date in respect of the relevant Transaction, a party defaults in the performance of any obligation required to be settled by delivery, it will compensate the other party on demand if and to the extent provided for in the relevant Confirmation or elsewhere in this Agreement.
3. Representations
Each party represents to the other party (which representations will be deemed to be repeated by each party on each date on which a Transaction is entered into and, in the case of the representations in Section 3(f), at all times until the termination of this Agreement) that:
(a) Basic Representations.
(i) Status. It is duly organized and validly existing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization or incorporation and, if relevant under such laws, in good standing;
(ii) Powers. It has the power to execute this Agreement and any other documentation relating to this Agreement to which it is a party, to deliver this Agreement and any other documentation relating to this Agreement that it is required by this Agreement to deliver and to perform its obligations under this Agreement and any obligations it has under any Credit Support Document to which it is a party and has taken all necessary action to authorize such execution, delivery and performance;
(iii) No Violation or Conflict. Such execution, delivery and performance do not violate or conflict with any law applicable to it, any provision of its constitutional documents, any order or judgment of any court or other agency of government applicable to it or any of its assets or any contractual restriction binding on or affecting it or any of its assets;
(iv) Consents. All governmental and other consents that are required to have been obtained by it with respect to this Agreement or any Credit Support Document to which it is a party have been obtained and are in full force and effect and all conditions of any such consents have been complied with; and
(v) Obligations Binding. Its obligations under this Agreement and any Credit Support Document to which it is a party constitute its legal, valid and binding obligations, enforceable in accordance with their respective terms (subject to applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject, as to enforceability, to equitable principles of general application (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding in equity or at law)).
(b) Absence of Certain Events. No Event of Default or Potential Event of Default or, to its knowledge, Termination Event with respect to it has occurred and is continuing and no such event or circumstance would occur as a result of its entering into or performing its obligations under this Agreement or any Credit Support Document to which it is a party.

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(c) Absence of Litigation. There is not pending or, to its knowledge, threatened against it or any of its Affiliates any action, suit or proceeding at law or in equity or before any court, tribunal, governmental body, agency or official or any arbitrator that is likely to affect the legality, validity or enforceability against it of this Agreement or any Credit Support Document to which it is a party or its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement or such Credit Support Document.
(d) Accuracy of Specified Information. All applicable information that is furnished in writing by or on behalf of it to the other party and is identified for the purpose of this Section 3(d) in the Schedule is, as of the date of the information, true, accurate and complete in every material respect.
(e) Payer Tax Representation. Each representation specified in the Schedule as being made by it for the purpose of this Section 3(e) is accurate and true.
(f) Payee Tax Representations. Each representation specified in the Schedule as being made by it for the purpose of this Section 3(f) is accurate and true.
4. Agreements
Each party agrees with the other that, so long as either party has or may have any obligation under this Agreement or under any Credit Support Document to which it is a party:
(a) Furnish Specified Information. It will deliver to the other party or, in certain cases under subparagraph (iii) below, to such government or taxing authority as the other party reasonably directs:
(i) any forms, documents or certificates relating to taxation specified in the Schedule or any Confirmation;
(ii) any other documents specified in the Schedule or any Confirmation; and
(iii) upon reasonable demand by such other party, any form or document that may be required or reasonably requested in writing in order to allow such other party or its Credit Support Provider to make a payment under this Agreement or any applicable Credit Support Document without any deduction or withholding for or on account of any Tax or with such deduction or withholding at a reduced rate (so long as the completion, execution or submission of such form or document would not materially prejudice the legal or commercial position of the party in receipt of such demand), with any such form or document to be accurate and completed in a manner reasonably satisfactory to such other party and to be executed and to be delivered with any reasonably required certification,
in each case by the date specified in the Schedule or such Confirmation or, if none is specified, as soon as reasonably practicable.
(b) Maintain Authorizations. It will use all reasonable efforts to maintain in full force and effect all consents of any governmental or other authority that are required to be obtained by it with respect to this Agreement or any Credit Support Document to which it is a party and will use all reasonable efforts to obtain any that may become necessary in the future.

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(c) Comply with Laws. It will comply in all material respects with all applicable laws and orders to which it may be subject if failure so to comply would materially impair its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement or any Credit Support Document to which it is a party.
(d) Tax Agreement. It will give notice of any failure of a representation made by it under Section 3(f) to be accurate and true promptly upon learning of such failure.
(e) Payment of Stamp Tax. Subject to Section 11, it will pay any Stamp Tax levied or imposed upon it or in respect of its execution or performance of this Agreement by a jurisdiction in which it is incorporated, organized, managed and controlled, or considered to have its seat, or in which a branch or office through which it is acting for the purpose of this Agreement is located (“Stamp Tax Jurisdiction”) and will indemnify the other party against any Stamp Tax levied or imposed upon the other party or in respect of the other party’s execution or performance of this Agreement by any such Stamp Tax Jurisdiction which is not also a Stamp Tax Jurisdiction with respect to the other party.
5. Events of Default and Termination Events
(a) Events of Default. The occurrence at any time with respect to a party or, if applicable, any Credit Support Provider of such party or any Specified Entity of such party of any of the following events constitutes an event of default (an “Event of Default”) with respect to such party:
(i) Failure to Pay or Deliver. Failure by the party to make, when due, any payment under this Agreement or delivery under Section 2(a)(i) or 2(e) required to be made by it if such failure is not remedied on or before the third Local Business Day after notice of such failure is given to the party;
(ii) Breach of Agreement. Failure by the party to comply with or perform any agreement or obligation (other than an obligation to make any payment under this Agreement or delivery under Section 2(a)(i) or 2(e) or to give notice of a Termination Event or any agreement or obligation under Section 4(a)(i), 4(a)(iii) or 4(d)) to be complied with or performed by the party in accordance with this Agreement if such failure is not remedied on or before the thirtieth day after notice of such failure is given to the party;
(iii) Credit Support Default.
(1) Failure by the party or any Credit Support Provider of such party to comply with or perform any agreement or obligation to be complied with or performed by it in accordance with any Credit Support Document if such failure is continuing after any applicable grace period has elapsed;

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(2) the expiration or termination of such Credit Support Document or the failing or ceasing of such Credit Support Document to be in full force and effect for the purpose of this Agreement (in either case other than in accordance with its terms) prior to the satisfaction of all obligations of such party under each Transaction to which such Credit Support Document relates without the written consent of the other party; or
(3) the party or such Credit Support Provider disaffirms, disclaims, repudiates or rejects, in whole or in part, or challenges the validity of, such Credit Support Document;
(iv) Misrepresentation. A representation (other than a representation under Section 3(e) or (f)) made or repeated or deemed to have been made or repeated by the party or any Credit Support Provider of such party in this Agreement or any Credit Support Document proves to have been incorrect or misleading in any material respect when made or repeated or deemed to have been made or repeated;
(v) Default under Specified Transaction. The party, any Credit Support Provider of such party or any applicable Specified Entity of such party (1) defaults under a Specified Transaction and, after giving effect to any applicable notice requirement or grace period, there occurs a liquidation of, an acceleration of obligations under, or an early termination of, that Specified Transaction, (2) defaults, after giving effect to any applicable notice requirement or grace period, in making any payment or delivery due on the last payment, delivery or exchange date of, or any payment on early termination of, a Specified Transaction (or such default continues for at least three Local Business Days if there is no applicable notice requirement or grace period) or (3) disaffirms, disclaims, repudiates or rejects, in whole or in part, a Specified Transaction (or such action is taken by any person or entity appointed or empowered to operate it or act on its behalf);
(vi) Cross Default. If “Cross Default” is specified in the Schedule as applying to the party, the occurrence or existence of (1) a default, event of default or other similar condition or event (however described) in respect of such party, any Credit Support Provider of such party or any applicable Specified Entity of such party under one or more agreements or instruments relating to Specified Indebtedness of any of them (individually or collectively) in an aggregate amount of not less than the applicable Threshold Amount (as specified in the Schedule) which has resulted in such Specified Indebtedness becoming, or becoming capable at such time of being declared, due and payable under such agreements or instruments, before it would otherwise have been due and payable or (2) a default by such party, such Credit Support Provider or such Specified Entity (individually or collectively) in making one or more payments on the due date thereof in an aggregate amount of not less than the applicable Threshold Amount under such agreements or instruments (after giving effect to any applicable notice requirement or grace period);
(vii) Bankruptcy. The party, any Credit Support Provider of such party or any applicable Specified Entity of such party:

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(1) is dissolved (other than pursuant to a consolidation, amalgamation or merger); (2) becomes insolvent or is unable to pay its debts or fails or admits in writing its inability generally to pay its debts as they become due; (3) makes a general assignment, arrangement or composition with or for the benefit of its creditors; (4) institutes or has instituted against it a proceeding seeking a judgment of insolvency or bankruptcy or any other relief under any bankruptcy or insolvency law or other similar law affecting creditors’ rights, or a petition is presented for its winding-up or liquidation, and, in the case of any such proceeding or petition instituted or presented against it, such proceeding or petition (A) results in a judgment of insolvency or bankruptcy or the entry of an order for relief or the making of an order for its winding-up or liquidation or (B) is not dismissed, discharged, stayed or restrained in each case within 30 days of the institution or presentation thereof; (5) has a resolution passed for its winding-up, official management or liquidation (other than pursuant to a consolidation, amalgamation or merger); (6) seeks or becomes subject to the appointment of an administrator, provisional liquidator, conservator, receiver, trustee, custodian or other similar official for it or for all or substantially all its assets; (7) has a secured party take possession of all or substantially all its assets or has a distress, execution, attachment, sequestration or other legal process levied, enforced or sued on or against all or substantially all its assets and such secured party maintains possession, or any such process is not dismissed, discharged, stayed or restrained, in each case within 30 days thereafter; (8) causes or is subject to any event with respect to it which, under the applicable laws of any jurisdiction, has an analogous effect to any of the events specified in clauses (1) to (7) (inclusive); or (9) takes any action in furtherance of, or indicating its consent to, approval of, or acquiescence in, any of the foregoing acts; or
(viii) Merger Without Assumption. The party or any Credit Support Provider of such party consolidates or amalgamates with, or merges with or into, or transfers all or substantially all its assets to, another entity and, at the time of such consolidation, amalgamation, merger or transfer:
(1) the resulting, surviving or transferee entity fails to assume all the obligations of such party or such Credit Support Provider under this Agreement or any Credit Support Document to which it or its predecessor was a party by operation of law or pursuant to an agreement reasonably satisfactory to the other party to this Agreement; or
(2) the benefits of any Credit Support Document fail to extend (without the consent of the other party) to the performance by such resulting, surviving or transferee entity of its obligations under this Agreement.
(b) Termination Events. The occurrence at any time with respect to a party or, if applicable, any Credit Support Provider of such party or any Specified Entity of such party of any event specified below constitutes an Illegality if the event is specified in (i) below, a Tax Event if the

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event is specified in (ii) below or a Tax Event Upon Merger if the event is specified in (iii) below, and, if specified to be applicable, a Credit Event Upon Merger if the event is specified pursuant to (iv) below or an Additional Termination Event if the event is specified pursuant to (v) below:
(i) Illegality. Due to the adoption of, or any change in, any applicable law after the date on which a Transaction is entered into, or due to the promulgation of, or any change in, the interpretation by any court, tribunal or regulatory authority with competent jurisdiction of any applicable law after such date, it becomes unlawful (other than as a result of a breach by the party of Section 4(b)) for such party (which will be the Affected Party):
(1) to perform any absolute or contingent obligation to make a payment or delivery or to receive a payment or delivery in respect of such Transaction or to comply with any other material provision of this Agreement relating to such Transaction; or
(2) to perform, or for any Credit Support Provider of such party to perform, any contingent or other obligation which the party (or such Credit Support Provider) has under any Credit Support Document relating to such Transaction;
(ii) Tax Event. Due to (x) any action taken by a taxing authority, or brought in a court of competent jurisdiction, on or after the date on which a Transaction is entered into (regardless of whether such action is taken or brought with respect to a party to this Agreement) or (y) a Change in Tax Law, the party (which will be the Affected Party) will, or there is a substantial likelihood that it will, on the next succeeding Scheduled Payment Date (1) be required to pay to the other party an additional amount in respect of an Indemnifiable Tax under Section 2(d)(i)(4) (except in respect of interest under Section 2(e), 6(d)(ii) or 6(e)) or (2) receive a payment from which an amount is required to be deducted or withheld for or on account of a Tax (except in respect of interest under Section 2(e), 6(d)(ii) or 6(e)) and no additional amount is required to be paid in respect of such Tax under Section 2(d)(i)(4) (other than by reason of Section 2(d)(i)(4)(A) or (B));
(iii) Tax Event Upon Merger. The party (the “Burdened Party”) on the next succeeding Scheduled Payment Date will either (1) be required to pay an additional amount in respect of an Indemnifiable Tax under Section 2(d)(i)(4) (except in respect of interest under Section 2(e), 6(d)(ii) or 6(e)) or (2) receive a payment from which an amount has been deducted or withheld for or on account of any Indemnifiable Tax in respect of which the other party is not required to pay an additional amount (other than by reason of Section 2(d)(i)(4)(A) or (B)), in either case as a result of a party consolidating or amalgamating with, or merging with or into, or transferring all or substantially all its assets to, another entity (which will be the Affected Party) where such action does not constitute an event described in Section 5(a)(viii);
(iv) Credit Event Upon Merger. If “Credit Event Upon Merger” is specified in the Schedule as applying to the party, such party (“X”), any Credit Support Provider of X or any applicable Specified Entity of X consolidates or amalgamates with, or merges with or into, or transfers all or substantially all its assets, to, another entity and such action does not constitute an event described in Section 5(a)(viii) but the creditworthiness of the

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resulting, surviving or transferee entity is materially weaker than that of X, such Credit Support Provider or such Specified Entity, as the case may be, immediately prior to such action (and, in such event, X or its successor or transferee, as appropriate, will be the Affected Party); or
(v) Additional Termination Event. If any “Additional Termination Event” is specified in the Schedule or any Confirmation as applying, the occurrence of such event (and, in such event, the Affected Party or Affected Parties shall be as specified for such Additional Termination Event in the Schedule or such Confirmation).
(c) Event of Default and Illegality. If an event or circumstance which would otherwise constitute or give rise to an Event of Default also constitutes an Illegality, it will be treated as an Illegality and will not constitute an Event of Default.
6. Early Termination
(a) Right to Terminate Following Event of Default. If at any time an Event of Default with respect to a party (the “Defaulting Party”) has occurred and is then continuing, the other party (the “Non-defaulting Party”) may, by not more than 20 days notice to the Defaulting Party specifying the relevant Event of Default, designate a day not earlier than the day such notice is effective as an Early Termination Date in respect of all outstanding Transactions. If, however, “Automatic Early Termination” is specified in the Schedule as applying to a party, then an Early Termination Date in respect of all outstanding Transactions will occur immediately upon the occurrence with respect to such party of an Event of Default specified in Section 5(a)(vii)(1), (3), (5), (6) or, to the extent analogous thereto, (8), and as of the time immediately preceding the institution of the relevant proceeding or the presentation of the relevant petition upon the occurrence with respect to such party of an Event of Default specified in Section 5(a)(vii)(4) or, to the extent analogous thereto, (8).
(b) Right to Terminate Following Termination Event.
(i) Notice. If a Termination Event occurs, an Affected Party will, promptly upon becoming aware of it, notify the other party, specifying the nature of that Termination Event and each Affected Transaction and will also give such other information about that Termination Event as the other party may reasonably require.
(ii) Transfer to Avoid Termination Event. If either an Illegality under Section 5(b)(i)(1) or a Tax Event occurs and there is only one Affected Party, or if a Tax Event Upon Merger occurs and the Burdened Party is the Affected Party, the Affected Party will, as a condition to its right to designate an Early Termination Date under Section 6(b)(iv), use all reasonable efforts (which will not require such party to incur a loss, excluding immaterial, incidental expenses) to transfer within 20 days after it gives notice under Section 6(b)(i) all its rights and obligations under this Agreement in respect of the Affected Transactions to another of its Offices or Affiliates so that such Termination Event ceases to exist.

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If the Affected Party is not able to make such a transfer it will give notice to the other party to that effect within such 20 day period, whereupon the other party may effect such a transfer within 30 days after the notice is given under Section 6(b)(i).
Any such transfer by a party under this Section 6(b)(ii) will be subject to and conditional upon the prior written consent of the other party, which consent will not be withheld if such other party’s policies in effect at such time would permit it to enter into transactions with the transferee on the terms proposed.
(iii) Two Affected Parties. If an Illegality under Section 5(b)(i)(1) or a Tax Event occurs and there are two Affected Parties, each party will use all reasonable efforts to reach agreement within 30 days after notice thereof is given under Section 6(b)(i) on action to avoid that Termination Event.
(iv) Right to Terminate. If:
(1) a transfer under Section 6(b)(ii) or an agreement under Section 6(b)(iii), as the case may be, has not been effected with respect to all Affected Transactions within 30 days after an Affected Party gives notice under Section 6(b)(i); or
(2) an Illegality under Section 5(b)(i)(2), a Credit Event Upon Merger or an Additional Termination Event occurs, or a Tax Event Upon Merger occurs and the Burdened Party is not the Affected Party,
either party in the case of an Illegality, the Burdened Party in the case of a Tax Event Upon Merger, any Affected Party in the case of a Tax Event or an Additional Termination Event if there is more than one Affected Party, or the party which is not the Affected Party in the case of a Credit Event Upon Merger or an Additional Termination Event if there is only one Affected Party may, by not more than 20 days notice to the other party and provided that the relevant Termination Event is then continuing, designate a day not earlier than the day such notice is effective as an Early Termination Date in respect of all Affected Transactions.
(c) Effect of Designation.
(i) If notice designating an Early Termination Date is given under Section 6(a) or (b), the Early Termination Date will occur on the date so designated, whether or not the relevant Event of Default or Termination Event is then continuing.
(ii) Upon the occurrence or effective designation of an Early Termination Date, no further payments or deliveries under Section 2(a)(i) or 2(e) in respect of the Terminated Transactions will be required to be made, but without prejudice to the other provisions of this Agreement. The amount, if any, payable in respect of an Early Termination Date shall be determined pursuant to Section 6(e).
(d) Calculations.
(i) Statement. On or as soon as reasonably practicable following the occurrence of an Early Termination Date, each party will make the calculations on its part, if any, contemplated by Section 6(e) and will provide to the other party a statement (1) showing, in reasonable detail, such calculations (including all relevant quotations and specifying any amount payable under Section 6(e)) and (2) giving details of the relevant account to

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which any amount payable to it is to be paid. In the absence of written confirmation from the source of a quotation obtained in determining a Market Quotation, the records of the party obtaining such quotation will be conclusive evidence of the existence and accuracy of such quotation.
(ii) Payment Date. An amount calculated as being due in respect of any Early Termination Date under Section 6(e) will be payable on the day that notice of the amount payable is effective (in the case of an Early Termination Date which is designated or occurs as a result of an Event of Default) and on the day which is two Local Business Days after the day on which notice of the amount payable is effective (in the case of an Early Termination Date which is designated as a result of a Termination Event). Such amount will be paid together with (to the extent permitted under applicable law) interest thereon (before as well as after judgment) in the Termination Currency, from (and including) the relevant Early Termination Date to (but excluding) the date such amount is paid, at the Applicable Rate. Such interest will be calculated on the basis of daily compounding and the actual number of days elapsed.
(e) Payments on Early Termination. If an Early Termination Date occurs, the following provisions shall apply based on the parties’ election in the Schedule of a payment measure, either “Market Quotation” or “Loss”, and a payment method, either the “First Method” or the “Second Method”. If the parties fail to designate a payment measure or payment method in the Schedule, it will be deemed that “Market Quotation” or the “Second Method”, as the case may be, shall apply. The amount, if any, payable in respect of an Early Termination Date and determined pursuant to this Section will be subject to any Set-off.
(i) Events of Default. If the Early Termination Date results from an Event of Default:
(1) First Method and Market Quotation. If the First Method and Market Quotation apply, the Defaulting Party will pay to the Non-defaulting Party the excess, if a positive number, of (A) the sum of the Settlement Amount (determined by the Non-defaulting Party) in respect of the Terminated Transactions and the Termination Currency Equivalent of the Unpaid Amounts owing to the Non-defaulting Party over (B) the Termination Currency Equivalent of the Unpaid Amounts owing to the Defaulting Party.
(2) First Method and Loss. If the First Method and Loss apply, the Defaulting Party will pay to the Non-defaulting Party, if a positive number, the Non-defaulting Party’s Loss in respect of this Agreement.
(3) Second Method and Market Quotation. If the Second Method and Market Quotation apply, an amount will be payable equal to (A) the sum of the Settlement Amount (determined by the Non-defaulting Party) in respect of the Terminated Transactions and the Termination Currency Equivalent of the Unpaid

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Amounts owing to the Non-defaulting Party less (B) the Termination Currency Equivalent of the Unpaid Amounts owing to the Defaulting Party. If that amount is a positive number, the Defaulting Party will pay it to the Non-defaulting Party; if it is a negative number, the Non-defaulting Party will pay the absolute value of that amount to the Defaulting Party.
(4) Second Method and Loss. If the Second Method and Loss apply, an amount will be payable equal to the Non-defaulting Party’s Loss in respect of this Agreement. If that amount is a positive number, the Defaulting Party will pay it to the Non-defaulting Party; if it is a negative number, the Non-defaulting Party will pay the absolute value of that amount to the Defaulting Party.
(ii) Termination Events. If the Early Termination Date results from a Termination Event:
(1) One Affected Party. If there is one Affected Party, the amount payable will be determined in accordance with Section 6(e)(i)(3), if Market Quotation applies, or Section 6(e)(i)(4), if Loss applies, except that, in either case, references to the Defaulting Party and to the Non-defaulting Party will be deemed to be references to the Affected Party and the party which is not the Affected Party, respectively, and, if Loss applies and fewer than all the Transactions are being terminated, Loss shall be calculated in respect of all Terminated Transactions.
(2) Two Affected Parties. If there are two Affected Parties:
(A) if Market Quotation applies, each party will determine a Settlement Amount in respect of the Terminated Transactions, and an amount will be payable equal to (I) the sum of (a) one-half of the difference between the Settlement Amount of the party with the higher Settlement Amount (“X”) and the Settlement Amount of the party with the lower Settlement Amount (“Y”) and (b) the Termination Currency Equivalent of the Unpaid Amounts owing to X less (II) the Termination Currency Equivalent of the Unpaid Amounts owing to Y; and
(B) if Loss applies, each party will determine its Loss in respect of this Agreement (or, if fewer than all the Transactions are being terminated, in respect of all Terminated Transactions) and an amount will be payable equal to one-half of the difference between the Loss of the party with the higher Loss (“X”) and the Loss of the party with the lower Loss (“Y”).
If the amount payable is a positive number, Y will pay it to X; if it is a negative number, X will pay the absolute value of that amount to Y.
(iii) Adjustment for Bankruptcy. In circumstances where an Early Termination Date occurs because “Automatic Early Termination” applies in respect of a party, the amount determined under this Section 6(e) will be subject to such adjustments as are appropriate and permitted by law to reflect any payments or deliveries made by one party to the other under this Agreement (and retained by such other party) during the period from the relevant Early Termination Date to the date for payment determined under Section 6(d)(ii).

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(iv) Pre-Estimate. The parties agree that if Market Quotation applies an amount recoverable under this Section 6(e) is a reasonable pre-estimate of loss and not a penalty. Such amount is payable for the loss of bargain and the loss of protection against future risks and except as otherwise provided in this Agreement neither party will be entitled to recover any additional damages as a consequence of such losses.
7. Transfer
Subject to Section 6(b)(ii), neither this Agreement nor any interest or obligation in or under this Agreement may be transferred (whether by way of security or otherwise) by either party without the prior written consent of the other party, except that:
(a) a party may make such a transfer of this Agreement pursuant to a consolidation or amalgamation with, or merger with or into, or transfer of all or substantially all its assets to, another entity (but without prejudice to any other right or remedy under this Agreement); and
(b) a party may make such a transfer of all or any part of its interest in any amount payable to it from a Defaulting Party under Section 6(e).
Any purported transfer that is not in compliance with this Section will be void.
8. Contractual Currency
(a) Payment in the Contractual Currency. Each payment under this Agreement will be made in the relevant currency specified in this Agreement for that payment (the “Contractual Currency”). To the extent permitted by applicable law, any obligation to make payments under this Agreement in the Contractual Currency will not be discharged or satisfied by any tender in any currency other than the Contractual Currency, except to the extent such tender results in the actual receipt by the party to which payment is owed, acting in a reasonable manner and in good faith in converting the currency so tendered into the Contractual Currency, of the full amount in the Contractual Currency of all amounts payable in respect of this Agreement. If for any reason the amount in the Contractual Currency so received falls short of the amount in the Contractual Currency payable in respect of this Agreement, the party required to make the payment will, to the extent permitted by applicable law, immediately pay such additional amount in the Contractual Currency as may be necessary to compensate for the shortfall. If for any reason the amount in the Contractual Currency so received exceeds the amount in the Contractual Currency payable in respect of this Agreement, the party receiving the payment will refund promptly the amount of such excess.
(b) Judgments. To the extent permitted by applicable law, if any judgment or order expressed in a currency other than the Contractual Currency is rendered (i) for the payment of any amount owing in respect of this Agreement, (ii) for the payment of any amount relating to any early termination in respect of this Agreement or (iii) in respect of a judgment or order of another court for the payment of any amount described in (i) or (ii) above, the party seeking recovery, after recovery in full of the aggregate amount to which such party is entitled pursuant

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to the judgment or order, will be entitled to receive immediately from the other party the amount of any shortfall of the Contractual Currency received by such party as a consequence of sums paid in such other currency and will refund promptly to the other party any excess of the Contractual Currency received by such party as a consequence of sums paid in such other currency if such shortfall or such excess arises or results from any variation between the rate of exchange at which the Contractual Currency is converted into the currency of the judgment or order for the purposes of such judgment or order and the rate of exchange at which such party is able, acting in a reasonable manner and in good faith in converting the currency received into the Contractual Currency, to purchase the Contractual Currency with the amount of the currency of the judgment or order actually received by such party. The term “rate of exchange” includes, without limitation, any premiums and costs of exchange payable in connection with the purchase of or conversion into the Contractual Currency.
(c) Separate Indemnities. To the extent permitted by applicable law, these indemnities constitute separate and independent obligations from the other obligations in this Agreement, will be enforceable as separate and independent causes of action, will apply notwithstanding any indulgence granted by the party to which any payment is owed and will not be affected by judgment being obtained or claim or proof being made for any other sums payable in respect of this Agreement.
(d) Evidence of Loss. For the purpose of this Section 8, it will be sufficient for a party to demonstrate that it would have suffered a loss had an actual exchange or purchase been made.
9. Miscellaneous
(a) Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement and understanding of the parties with respect to its subject matter and supersedes all oral communication and prior writings with respect thereto.
(b) Amendments. No amendment, modification or waiver in respect of this Agreement will be effective unless in writing (including a writing evidenced by a facsimile transmission) and executed by each of the parties or confirmed by an exchange of telexes or electronic messages on an electronic messaging system.
(c) Survival of Obligations. Without prejudice to Sections 2(a)(iii) and 6(c)(ii), the obligations of the parties under this Agreement will survive the termination of any Transaction.
(d) Remedies Cumulative. Except as provided in this Agreement, the rights, powers, remedies and privileges provided in this Agreement are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights, powers, remedies and privileges provided by law.
(e) Counterparts and Confirmations.
(i) This Agreement (and each amendment, modification and waiver in respect of it) may be executed and delivered in counterparts (including by facsimile transmission), each of which will be deemed an original.

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(ii) The parties intend that they are legally bound by the terms of each Transaction from the moment they agree to those terms (whether orally or otherwise). A Confirmation shall be entered into as soon as practicable and may be executed and delivered in counterparts (including by facsimile transmission) or be created by an exchange of telexes or by an exchange of electronic messages on an electronic messaging system, which in each case will be sufficient for all purposes to evidence a binding supplement to this Agreement. The parties will specify therein or through another effective means that any such counterpart, telex or electronic message constitutes a Confirmation.
(f) No Waiver of Rights. A failure or delay in exercising any right, power or privilege in respect of this Agreement will not be presumed to operate as a waiver, and a single or partial exercise of any right, power or privilege will not be presumed to preclude any subsequent or further exercise, of that right, power or privilege or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege.
(g) Headings. The headings used in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and are not to affect the construction of or to be taken into consideration in interpreting this Agreement.
10. Offices; Multibranch Parties
(a) If Section 10(a) is specified in the Schedule as applying, each party that enters into a Transaction through an Office other than its head or home office represents to the other party that, notwithstanding the place of booking office or jurisdiction of incorporation or organization of such party, the obligations of such party are the same as if it had entered into the Transaction through its head or home office. This representation will be deemed to be repeated by such party on each date on which a Transaction is entered into.
(b) Neither party may change the Office through which it makes and receives payments or deliveries for the purpose of a Transaction without the prior written consent of the other party.
(c) If a party is specified as a Multibranch Party in the Schedule, such Multibranch Party may make and receive payments or deliveries under any Transaction through any Office listed in the Schedule, and the Office through which it makes and receives payments or deliveries with respect to a Transaction will be specified in the relevant Confirmation.
11. Expenses
A Defaulting Party will, on demand, indemnify and hold harmless the other party for and against all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses, including legal fees and Stamp Tax, incurred by such other party by reason of the enforcement and protection of its rights under this Agreement or any Credit Support Document to which the Defaulting Party is a party or by reason of the early termination of any Transaction, including, but not limited to, costs of collection.

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12. Notices
(a) Effectiveness. Any notice or other communication in respect of this Agreement may be given in any manner set forth below (except that a notice or other communication under Section 5 or 6 may not be given by facsimile transmission or electronic messaging system) to the address or number or in accordance with the electronic messaging system details provided (see the Schedule) and will be deemed effective as indicated:
(i) if in writing and delivered in person or by courier, on the date it is delivered;
(ii) if sent by telex, on the date the recipient’s answerback is received;
(iii) if sent by facsimile transmission, on the date that transmission is received by a responsible employee of the recipient in legible form (it being agreed that the burden of proving receipt will be on the sender and will not be met by a transmission report generated by the sender’s facsimile machine);
(iv) if sent by certified or registered mail (airmail, if overseas) or the equivalent (return receipt requested), on the date that mail is delivered or its delivery is attempted; or
(v) if sent by electronic messaging system, on the date that electronic message is received,
unless the date of that delivery (or attempted delivery) or that receipt, as applicable, is not a Local Business Day or that communication is delivered (or attempted) or received, as applicable, after the close of business on a Local Business Day, in which case that communication shall be deemed given and effective on the first following day that is a Local Business Day.
(b) Change of Addresses. Either party may by notice to the other change the address, telex or facsimile number or electronic messaging system details at which notices or other communications are to be given to it.
13. Governing Law and Jurisdiction
(a) Governing Law. This Agreement will be governed by and construed in accordance with the law specified in the Schedule.
(b) Jurisdiction. With respect to any suit, action or proceedings relating to this Agreement (“Proceedings”), each party irrevocably:
(i) submits to the jurisdiction of the English courts, if this Agreement is expressed to be governed by English law, or to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York and the United States District Court located in the Borough of Manhattan in New York City, if this Agreement is expressed to be governed by the laws of the State of New York; and
(ii) waives any objection which it may have at any time to the laying of venue of any Proceedings brought in any such court, waives any claim that such Proceedings have been brought in an inconvenient forum and further waives the right to object, with respect to such Proceedings, that such court does not have any jurisdiction over such party.

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Nothing in this Agreement precludes either party from bringing Proceedings in any other jurisdiction (outside, if this Agreement is expressed to be governed by English law, the Contracting States, as defined in Section 1(3) of the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982 or any modification, extension or re-enactment thereof for the time being in force) nor will the bringing of Proceedings in any one or more jurisdictions preclude the bringing of Proceedings in any other jurisdiction.
(c) Service of Process. Each party irrevocably appoints the Process Agent (if any) specified opposite its name in the Schedule to receive, for it and on its behalf, service of process in any Proceedings. If for any reason any party’s Process Agent is unable to act as such, such party will promptly notify the other party and within 30 days appoint a substitute process agent acceptable to the other party. The parties irrevocably consent to service of process given in the manner provided for notices in Section 12. Nothing in this Agreement will affect the right of either party to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.
(d) Waiver of Immunities. Each party irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, with respect to itself and its revenues and assets (irrespective of their use or intended use), all immunity on the grounds of sovereignty or other similar grounds from (i) suit, (ii) jurisdiction of any court, (iii) relief by way of injunction, order for specific performance or for recovery of property, (iv) attachment of its assets (whether before or after judgment) and (v) execution or enforcement of any judgment to which it or its revenues or assets might otherwise be entitled in any Proceedings in the courts of any jurisdiction and irrevocably agrees, to the extent permitted by applicable law, that it will not claim any such immunity in any Proceedings.
14. Definitions
As used in this Agreement:
“Additional Termination Event” has the meaning specified in Section 5(b).
“Affected Party” has the meaning specified in Section 5(b).
“Affected Transactions” means (a) with respect to any Termination Event consisting of an Illegality, Tax Event or Tax Event Upon Merger, all Transactions affected by the occurrence of such Termination Event and (b) with respect to any other Termination Event, all Transactions.
“Affiliate” means, subject to the Schedule, in relation to any person, any entity controlled, directly or indirectly, by the person, any entity that controls, directly or indirectly, the person or any entity directly or indirectly under common control with the person. For this purpose, “control” of any entity or person means ownership of a majority of the voting power of the entity or person.
“Applicable Rate” means:
(a) in respect of obligations payable or deliverable (or which would have been but for Section 2(a)(iii)) by a Defaulting Party, the Default Rate;

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(b) in respect of an obligation to pay an amount under Section 6(e) of either party from and after the date (determined in accordance with Section 6(d)(ii)) on which that amount is payable, the Default Rate;
(c) in respect of all other obligations payable or deliverable (or which would have been but for Section 2(a)(iii)) by a Non-defaulting Party, the Non-default Rate; and
(d) in all other cases, the Termination Rate.
“Burdened Party” has the meaning specified in Section 5(b).
“Change in Tax Law” means the enactment, promulgation, execution or ratification of, or any change in or amendment to, any law (or in the application or official interpretation of any law) that occurs on or after the date on which the relevant Transaction is entered into.
“consent” includes a consent, approval, action, authorization, exemption, notice, filing, registration or exchange control consent.
“Credit Event Upon Merger” has the meaning specified in Section 5(b).
“Credit Support Document” means any agreement or instrument that is specified as such in this Agreement.
“Credit Support Provider” has the meaning specified in the Schedule.
“Default Rate” means a rate per annum equal to the cost (without proof or evidence of any actual cost) to the relevant payee (as certified by it) if it were to fund or of funding the relevant amount plus 1% per annum.
“Defaulting Party” has the meaning specified in Section 6(a).
“Early Termination Date” means the date determined in accordance with Section 6(a) or 6(b)(iv).
“Event of Default” has the meaning specified in Section 5(a) and, if applicable, in the Schedule.
“Illegality” has the meaning specified in Section 5(b).
“Indemnifiable Tax” means any Tax other than a Tax that would not be imposed in respect of a payment under this Agreement but for a present or former connection between the jurisdiction of the government or taxation authority imposing such Tax and the recipient of such payment or a person related to such recipient (including, without limitation, a connection arising from such recipient or related person being or having been a citizen or resident of such jurisdiction, or being or having been organized, present or engaged in a trade or business in such jurisdiction, or having or having had a permanent establishment or fixed place of business in such jurisdiction, but excluding a connection arising solely from such recipient or related person having executed, delivered, performed its obligations or received a payment under, or enforced, this Agreement or a Credit Support Document).

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“law” includes any treaty, law, rule or regulation (as modified, in the case of tax matters, by the practice of any relevant governmental revenue authority) and “lawful” and “unlawful” will be construed accordingly.
“Local Business Day” means, subject to the Schedule, a day on which commercial banks are open for business (including dealings in foreign exchange and foreign currency deposits) (a) in relation to any obligation under Section 2(a)(i), in the place(s) specified in the relevant Confirmation or, if not so specified, as otherwise agreed by the parties in writing or determined pursuant to provisions contained, or incorporated by reference, in this Agreement, (b) in relation to any other payment, in the place where the relevant account is located and, if different, in the principal financial centre, if any, of the currency of such payment, (c) in relation to any notice or other communication, including notice contemplated under Section 5(a)(i), in the city specified in the address for notice provided by the recipient and, in the case of a notice contemplated by Section 2(b), in the place where the relevant new account is to be located and (d) in relation to Section 5(a)(v)(2), in the relevant locations for performance with respect to such Specified Transaction.
“Loss” means, with respect to this Agreement or one or more Terminated Transactions, as the case may be, and a party, the Termination Currency Equivalent of an amount that party reasonably determines in good faith to be its total losses and costs (or gain, in which case expressed as a negative number) in connection with this Agreement or that Terminated Transaction or group of Terminated Transactions, as the case may be, including any loss of bargain, cost of funding or, at the election of such party but without duplication, loss or cost incurred as a result of its terminating, liquidating, obtaining or reestablishing any hedge or related trading position (or any gain resulting from any of them). Loss includes losses and costs (or gains) in respect of any payment or delivery required to have been made (assuming satisfaction of each applicable condition precedent) on or before the relevant Early Termination Date and not made, except, so as to avoid duplication, if Section 6(e)(i)(1) or (3) or 6(e)(ii)(2)(A) applies. Loss does not include a party’s legal fees and out-of-pocket expenses referred to under Section 11. A party will determine its Loss as of the relevant Early Termination Date, or, if that is not reasonably practicable, as of the earliest date thereafter as is reasonably practicable. A party may (but need not) determine its Loss by reference to quotations of relevant rates or prices from one or more leading dealers in the relevant markets.
“Market Quotation” means, with respect to one or more Terminated Transactions and a party making the determination, an amount determined on the basis of quotations from Reference Market-makers. Each quotation will be for an amount, if any, that would be paid to such party (expressed as a negative number) or by such party (expressed as a positive number) in consideration of an agreement between such party (taking into account any existing Credit Support Document with respect to the obligations of such party) and the quoting Reference Market-maker to enter into a transaction (the “Replacement Transaction”) that would have the effect of preserving for such party the economic equivalent of any payment or delivery (whether the underlying obligation was absolute or contingent and assuming the satisfaction of each applicable condition precedent) by the parties under Section 2(a)(i) in respect of such Terminated Transaction or group of Terminated Transactions that would, but for the occurrence of the relevant Early Termination Date, have been required after that date. For this purpose, Unpaid Amounts in respect of the Terminated Transaction or group of Terminated Transactions are to be

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excluded but, without limitation, any payment or delivery that would, but for the relevant Early Termination Date, have been required (assuming satisfaction of each applicable condition precedent) after that Early Termination Date is to be included. The Replacement Transaction would be subject to such documentation as such party and the Reference Market-maker may, in good faith, agree. The party making the determination (or its agent) will request each Reference Market-maker to provide its quotation to the extent reasonably practicable as of the same day and time (without regard to different time zones) on or as soon as reasonably practicable after the relevant Early Termination Date. The day and time as of which those quotations are to be obtained will be selected in good faith by the party obliged to make a determination under Section 6(e), and, if each party is so obliged, after consultation with the other. If more than three quotations are provided, the Market Quotation will be the arithmetic mean of the quotations, without regard to the quotations having the highest and lowest values. If exactly three such quotations are provided, the Market Quotation will be the quotation remaining after disregarding the highest and lowest quotations. For this purpose, if more than one quotation has the same highest value or lowest value, then one of such quotations shall be disregarded. If fewer than three quotations are provided, it will be deemed that the Market Quotation in respect of such Terminated Transaction or group of Terminated Transactions cannot be determined.
“Non-default Rate” means a rate per annum equal to the cost (without proof or evidence of any actual cost) to the Non-defaulting Party (as certified by it) if it were to fund the relevant amount.
“Non-defaulting Party” has the meaning specified in Section 6(a).
“Office” means a branch or office of a party, which may be such party’s head or home office.
“Potential Event of Default” means any event which, with the giving of notice or the lapse of time or both, would constitute an Event of Default.
“Reference Market-makers” means four leading dealers in the relevant market selected by the party determining a Market Quotation in good faith (a) from among dealers of the highest credit standing which satisfy all the criteria that such party applies generally at the time in deciding whether to offer or to make an extension of credit and (b) to the extent practicable, from among such dealers having an office in the same city.
“Relevant Jurisdiction” means, with respect to a party, the jurisdictions (a) in which the party is incorporated, organized, managed and controlled or considered to have its seat, (b) where an Office through which the party is acting for purposes of this Agreement is located, (c) in which the party executes this Agreement and (d) in relation to any payment, from or through which such payment is made.
“Scheduled Payment Date” means a date on which a payment or delivery is to be made under Section 2(a)(i) with respect to a Transaction.
“Set-off” means set-off, offset, combination of accounts, right of retention or withholding or similar right or requirement to which the payer of an amount under Section 6 is entitled or subject (whether arising under this Agreement, another contract, applicable law or otherwise) that is exercised by, or imposed on, such payer.

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“Settlement Amount” means, with respect to a party and any Early Termination Date, the sum of:
(a) the Termination Currency Equivalent of the Market Quotations (whether positive or negative) for each Terminated Transaction or group of Terminated Transactions for which a Market Quotation is determined; and
(b) such party’s Loss (whether positive or negative and without reference to any Unpaid Amounts) for each Terminated Transaction or group of Terminated Transactions for which a Market Quotation cannot be determined or would not (in the reasonable belief of the party making the determination) produce a commercially reasonable result.
“Specified Entity” has the meaning specified in the Schedule.
“Specified Indebtedness” means, subject to the Schedule, any obligation (whether present or future, contingent or otherwise, as principal or surety or otherwise) in respect of borrowed money.
“Specified Transaction” means, subject to the Schedule, (a) any transaction (including an agreement with respect thereto) now existing or hereafter entered into between one party to this Agreement (or any Credit Support Provider of such party or any applicable Specified Entity of such party) and the other party to this Agreement (or any Credit Support Provider of such other party or any applicable Specified Entity of such other party) which is a rate swap transaction, basis swap, forward rate transaction, commodity swap, commodity option, equity or equity index swap, equity or equity index option, bond option, interest rate option, foreign exchange transaction, cap transaction, floor transaction, collar transaction, currency swap transaction, cross-currency rate swap transaction, currency option or any other similar transaction (including any option with respect to any of these transactions), (b) any combination of these transactions and (c) any other transaction identified as a Specified Transaction in this Agreement or the relevant confirmation.
“Stamp Tax” means any stamp, registration, documentation or similar tax.
“Tax” means any present or future tax, levy, impost, duty, charge, assessment or fee of any nature (including interest, penalties and additions thereto) that is imposed by any government or other taxing authority in respect of any payment under this Agreement other than a stamp, registration, documentation or similar tax.
“Tax Event” has the meaning specified in Section 5(b).
“Tax Event Upon Merger” has the meaning specified in Section 5(b).
“Terminated Transactions” means with respect to any Early Termination Date (a) if resulting from a Termination Event, all Affected Transactions and (b) if resulting from an Event of Default, all Transactions (in either case) in effect immediately before the effectiveness of the notice designating that Early Termination Date (or, if “Automatic Early Termination” applies, immediately before that Early Termination Date).

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“Termination Currency” has the meaning specified in the Schedule.
“Termination Currency Equivalent” means, in respect of any amount denominated in the Termination Currency, such Termination Currency amount and, in respect of any amount denominated in a currency other than the Termination Currency (the “Other Currency”), the amount in the Termination Currency determined by the party making the relevant determination as being required to purchase such amount of such Other Currency as at the relevant Early Termination Date, or, if the relevant Market Quotation or Loss (as the case may be), is determined as of a later date, that later date, with the Termination Currency at the rate equal to the spot exchange rate of the foreign exchange agent (selected as provided below) for the purchase of such Other Currency with the Termination Currency at or about 11:00 a.m. (in the city in which such foreign exchange agent is located) on such date as would be customary for the determination of such a rate for the purchase of such Other Currency for value on the relevant Early Termination Date or that later date. The foreign exchange agent will, if only one party is obliged to make a determination under Section 6(e), be selected in good faith by that party and otherwise will be agreed by the parties.
“Termination Event” means an Illegality, a Tax Event or a Tax Event Upon Merger or, if specified to be applicable, a Credit Event Upon Merger or an Additional Termination Event.
“Termination Rate” means a rate per annum equal to the arithmetic mean of the cost (without proof or evidence of any actual cost) to each party (as certified by such party) if it were to fund or of funding such amounts.
“Unpaid Amounts” owing to any party means, with respect to an Early Termination Date, the aggregate of (a) in respect of all Terminated Transactions, the amounts that became payable (or that would have become payable but for Section 2(a)(iii)) to such party under Section 2(a)(i) on or prior to such Early Termination Date and which remain unpaid as at such Early Termination Date and (b) in respect of each Terminated Transaction, for each obligation under Section 2(a)(i) which was (or would have been but for Section 2(a)(iii)) required to be settled by delivery to such party on or prior to such Early Termination Date and which has not been so settled as at such Early Termination Date, an amount equal to the fair market value of that which was (or would have been) required to be delivered as of the originally scheduled date for delivery, in each case together with (to the extent permitted under applicable law) interest, in the currency of such amounts, from (and including) the date such amounts or obligations were or would have been required to have been paid or performed to (but excluding) such Early Termination Date, at the Applicable Rate. Such amounts of interest will be calculated on the basis of daily compounding and the actual number of days elapsed. The fair market value of any obligation referred to in clause (b) above shall be reasonably determined by the party obliged to make the determination under Section 6(e) or, if each party is so obliged, it shall be the average of the Termination Currency Equivalents of the fair market values reasonably determined by both parties.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF the parties have executed this document on the respective dates specified below with effect from the date specified on the first page of this document.
                     
             
 
(Name of Party)
      (Name of Party)
   
 
                   
By:
          By:        
 
                   
Name:
          Name:        
 
                   
Title:
          Title:        
 
                   
Date:
          Date:        
 
                   

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SCHEDULE
to the
Master Agreement
dated as of [           ]
between
[Bank] and Nissan Auto Receivables [                      ]-[            ] Owner Trust
(“[Bank]”) (the “Counterparty”)
Part 1
Termination Provisions
In this Agreement:-
(1)   “Specified Entity” shall not apply.
(2)   The “Breach of Agreement” provisions of Section 5(a)(ii) will apply to [Bank] and will not apply to the Counterparty.
(3)   The “Credit Support Default” provisions of Section 5(a)(iii) will apply to [Bank] and will not apply to the Counterparty.
(4)   The “Misrepresentation” provisions of Section 5(a)(iv) will apply to [Bank] and will not apply to the Counterparty.
(5)   The “Default Under Specified Transaction” provisions of Section 5(a)(v) will not apply to [Bank] and will not apply to the Counterparty.
(6)   The “Cross Default” provisions of Section 5(a)(vi) will not apply to the Counterparty. The “Cross Default” provisions of Section 5(a)(vi) will apply to [Bank] and for such purpose:
  (a)   “Specified Indebtedness” will have the meaning specified in Section 14, except that such term shall not include obligations in respect of deposits received in the ordinary course of such party’s banking business.
 
  (b)   “Threshold Amount” means, with respect to [Bank], an amount equal to three percent of the shareholders’ equity of [Bank].
(7)   The “Merger Without Assumption” provisions of Section 5(a)(viii) will apply to [Bank] and will not apply to the Counterparty.

 


 

(8)   The “Tax Event” provisions of Section 5(b)(ii) will apply to [Bank] and will not apply to the Counterparty; provided, however, that, as they apply to [Bank], the provisions of Section 5(b)(ii) shall be amended by adding the words “or be required to pay an excise tax pursuant to Section 4371 of the US federal income tax code of 1986, as amended,” immediately prior to the second word “or” in the seventh line of that section.
(9)   The “Tax Event Upon Merger” provisions of Section 5(b)(iii) will apply to [Bank] and will not apply to the Counterparty.
(10)   The “Credit Event Upon Merger” provisions of Section 5(b)(iv) will not apply to [Bank] and will not apply to the Counterparty.
(11)   The “Additional Termination Event” provisions of Section 5(b)(v) will apply as set forth in Part 1 (15) hereof.
(12)   The “Automatic Early Termination” provisions of Section 6(a) will not apply to [Bank] and will not apply to the Counterparty.
(13)   “Termination Currency” means United States Dollars.
(14)   For purposes of computing amounts payable on early termination:
  (a)   Market Quotation will apply to this Agreement; and
 
  (b)   The Second Method will apply to this Agreement.
(15)   The occurrence of each of the following events shall constitute an “Additional Termination Event” for purposes of Section 5(b)(v):
(a) either (1) the Notes are accelerated following an Indenture Default (as defined in Section 5.01 of the Indenture) and such acceleration has not been waived pursuant to Section 5.02 or Section 5.12 of the Indenture, or (2) the Trust Estate is liquidated pursuant to Section 5.04(a)(iv) of the Indenture (either such event, a “Liquidation Event”). Upon the occurrence of a Liquidation Event [Bank] may, provided such Additional Termination Event is continuing, designate a day not earlier than the day such notice is effective as an Early Termination Date in respect of the Transaction that is subject to this Agreement. If an event or circumstance which would constitute an Event of Default by [Bank] under this Agreement gives rise to an Indenture Default under the Indenture, it will be treated as an Event of Default by [Bank] and not as an Additional Termination Event. If this Additional Termination Event occurs, the Counterparty shall be the sole Affected Party; or
(b) without the consent of [Bank] (which consent shall not be unreasonable denied), the Indenture is amended or supplemented in any manner which would adversely affect any of [Bank]’s rights or obligations under this Agreement. If this Additional Termination Event occurs, the Counterparty shall be the sole Affected Party; or
(c) the occurrence of an Additional Termination Event as forth in Part 5 (10) hereof. If this Additional Termination Event occurs, [Bank] shall be the sole Affected Party and all Transactions then outstanding between the parties shall be Affected Transactions; or

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(d) the failure by the Counterparty to comply with or perform any agreement or obligation to be complied with or performed by it in accordance with any Approved Credit Support Document if such failure is continuing after any applicable grace period has elapsed. If this Additional Termination Event occurs, the Counterparty shall be the sole Affected Party and all Transactions then outstanding between the parties shall be Affected Transactions.
Part 2
Tax Representations
(1)   Payer Tax Representation:
 
    For the purpose of Section 3(e) of this Agreement, [Bank] and Counterparty each make the following representation:
 
    It is not required by any applicable law, as modified by the practice of any relevant governmental revenue authority, of any Relevant Jurisdiction to make any deduction or withholding for or on account of any Tax from any payment (other than interest under Section 2(e), 6(d)(ii) or 6(e) of this Agreement) to be made by it to the other party under this Agreement. In making this representation, it may rely on:
  (i)   the accuracy of any representations made by the other party pursuant to Section 3(f) of this Agreement;
 
  (ii)   the satisfaction of the agreement of the other party contained in Section 4(a)(i) or 4(a)(iii) of this Agreement and the accuracy and effectiveness of any document provided by the other party pursuant to Section 4(a)(i) or 4(a)(iii) of this Agreement; and
 
  (iii)   the satisfaction of the agreement of the other party contained in Section 4(d) of this Agreement, provided that it shall not be a breach of this representation where reliance is placed on clause (ii) and the other party does not deliver a form or document under Section 4(a)(iii) of this Agreement by reason of material prejudice to its legal or commercial position.
(2)   Payee Tax Representation:
 
    For the purpose of Section 3(f), [Bank] and Counterparty each represent, respectively, that it is a United States Person for U.S. federal income tax purposes and either (a) is a financial institution or (b) is not acting as an agent for a person that is not a United States Person for U.S. federal income tax purposes
Part 3
Agreement to Deliver Documents
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(1)   For the purpose of Sections 4(a)(i) and (ii) of this Agreement, Counterparty agrees to deliver a complete and accurate United States Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 (or any applicable successor form), in a manner reasonably satisfactory to [Bank], (I) upon execution of this Agreement; (II) promptly upon reasonable demand of [Bank], and (III) promptly upon learning that any such form previously filed by Counterparty has become obsolete or incorrect.
(2)   [Bank] will, on demand, deliver a certificate (or, if available, the current authorized signature book of [Bank]) specifying the names, title and specimen signatures of the persons authorized to execute this Agreement and each Confirmation on its behalf.
(3)   The Counterparty will, on demand, deliver a certificate (or, if available, the current authorized signature book of the Counterparty) specifying the names, title and specimen signatures of the persons authorized to execute this Agreement and each Confirmation on its behalf.
(4)   The Counterparty will, upon execution of this Agreement, deliver a conformed copy of the Indenture.
(5)   Each party will, upon execution of this Agreement, deliver a legal opinion of counsel in form and substance satisfactory to the other party regarding this Agreement and any other matters as such other party may reasonably request.
(6)   The Counterparty shall supply (and/or shall instruct the Trustee to supply) [Bank] with copies of all accountings and reports required to be supplied to an entity that is a Noteholder (as defined in the Indenture). Copies of such accountings and/or reports shall be delivered to [Bank] at the following address:
[Bank]
Each of the foregoing documents (other than the legal opinions described in (5) above) is covered by the representation contained in Section 3(d) of this Agreement.
Part 4
Miscellaneous
(1)   Governing Law. This Agreement will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York without reference to choice of law doctrine.
(2)   Notices.
  (a)   In connection with Section 12(a), all notices to [Bank] shall, with respect to any particular Transaction, be sent to the address, telex number or facsimile number specified in the relevant Confirmation and any notice for purposes of Sections 5 or 6 of the Agreement shall be sent to the address or telex number specified below:
 
      [Bank]
 
  (b)   In connection with Section 12(a), all notices to the Counterparty shall, with respect to any particular Transaction, be sent to the address, telex number or facsimile number

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      specified in the relevant Confirmation and any notice for purposes of Sections 5 or 6 of the Agreement shall be sent to the address or telex number specified below:
Nissan Auto Receivables [                    ]-[          ] Owner Trust
c/o [                              ], as Owner Trustee
[                              ]
[                              ]
Facsimile No.: [                                         ]
Attn: [                              ]
with a copy to the Administrative Agent (as defined in the Indenture) at:
Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation, as Administrator
990 West 190th Street
Torrance, CA 90502
Facsimile No.: 310-324-2542
Attn: Treasurer
with a copy to the Indenture Trustee (as defined in the Indenture) at:
[                              ], as Indenture Trustee
Wrigley Building
[                                        ]
[                              ]
[Facsimile No.:                     ]
Attn: [                                         ]
(3)   Netting of Payments. Section 2(c)(ii) of this Agreement will apply, with the effect that payment netting will not take place with respect to amounts due and owing in respect of more than one Transaction.
(4)   Offices; Multibranch Party. For purposes of Section 10:
  (a)   Section 10(a) will apply; and
 
  (b)   For the purpose of Section 10(c):
 
  (i)   [Bank] is a Multibranch Party and may act through its [                     ] and [                    ] Offices.
 
  (ii)   The Counterparty is not a Multibranch Party.
(5)   Credit Support Documents.
 
    With respect to [Bank], if applicable, any Third Party Credit Support Document delivered by [Bank] shall constitute a Credit Support Document.
 
    With respect to [Bank] and the Counterparty, if applicable, any Approved Credit Support Document shall constitute a Credit Support Document.

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(6)   Credit Support Provider.
 
    With respect to [Bank], the party guaranteeing [Bank]’s obligations pursuant to a Third Party Credit Support Document, if any, shall be a Credit Support Provider.
 
(7)   Process Agents. The Counterparty appoints as its Process Agent for the purpose of Section 13(c): Not applicable
Part 5
Other Provisions
(1)   ISDA Definitions. Reference is hereby made to the 2000 ISDA Definitions (the “ISDA Definitions”) each as published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., which are hereby incorporated by reference herein. Any terms used and not otherwise defined herein which are contained in the ISDA Definitions shall have the meaning set forth therein.
(2)   Transactions. The only Transaction that may be entered into pursuant to this Agreement is the Transaction being executed on the date hereof pursuant to which the Counterparty is the buyer of an interest rate cap and has satisfied all its payment obligations under Section 2(a)(i) of this Agreement, and shall at the time have no future payment obligations, whether absolute or contingent, under such Section.
(3)   Inconsistency. In the event of any inconsistency between any of the following documents, the relevant document first listed below shall govern: (i) a Confirmation; (ii) the Schedule; (iii) the ISDA Definitions; and (iv) the printed form of ISDA Master Agreement.
(4)   Calculation Agent. The Calculation Agent will be [Bank].
(5)   Waiver of Jury Trial. Each party waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any right it may have to a trial by jury in respect of any suit, action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any Credit Support Document. Each party (i) certifies that no representative, agent or attorney of the other party or any Credit Support Provider has represented, expressly or otherwise, that such other party would not, in the event of such a suit, action or proceeding, seek to enforce the foregoing waiver and (ii) acknowledges that it and the other party have been induced to enter into this Agreement and provide for any Credit Support Document, as applicable, by, among other things, the mutual waivers and certifications in this Section.
(6)   Severability. In the event any one or more of the provisions contained in this Agreement should be held invalid, illegal, or unenforceable (in whole or in part) in any respect, the remaining terms, provisions, covenants and conditions hereof shall continue in full force and effect as if this Agreement had been executed with the invalid or unenforceable portion eliminated, so long as this Agreement as so modified continues to express, without material change the original intentions of the parties as to the subject matter of this Agreement and the deletion of such portion of this Agreement will not substantially impair the respective benefits or expectations of the parties to this Agreement; provided, however, that this severability provision shall not be applicable if any provision of Section 2, 5, 6 or 13 (or any definition or provision in Section 14 to the extent it relates to, or is used in or in connection with any such Section) shall be so held to be invalid or unenforceable.

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(7)   No Gross-up for Counterparty. Section 2(d) of the Agreement shall not apply with respect to the Counterparty so that the Counterparty shall not be obligated to gross up pursuant thereto.
(8)   [Bank] Acknowledgment. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, [Bank] hereby
(a) acknowledges and agrees that the Counterparty has assigned all of its right, title and interest in, to and under this Agreement to the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Noteholders pursuant to the Indenture and that in the event of an Indenture Default (as defined in the Indenture) the Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to exercise all rights and remedies of a secured party with respect to this Agreement; and
(b) agrees that, unless notified in writing by the Indenture Trustee of other payment instructions, any and all amounts payable by [Bank] to the Counterparty shall be paid to the Indenture Trustee.
(9)   No Petition; Limited Recourse. [Bank] hereby agrees that it shall not institute against, or join any other Person in instituting against the Counterparty any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency, moratorium or liquidation proceedings or other proceedings under U.S. federal or state or other bankruptcy or similar laws. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent [Bank] from participating in any such proceeding once commenced.
 
    [Bank] hereby acknowledges and agrees that the Counterparty’s obligations hereunder will be solely the limited recourse obligations of the Counterparty, and that [Bank] will not have any recourse to any of the directors, officers, employees, shareholders or affiliates of the Counterparty with respect to any claims, losses, damages, liabilities, indemnities or other obligations in connection with any transactions contemplated hereby. Notwithstanding any other provisions hereof, recourse in respect of any obligations of the Counterparty to [Bank] hereunder or thereunder will be limited to the Collateral (as defined in the Indenture) and on the exhaustion thereof all claims against the Counterparty arising from this Confirmation or any other transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall be extinguished.
(10)   Ratings Downgrade Provisions. Unless written notification to the contrary has been received from the Rating Agencies, following the occurrence of a Ratings Event, the parties shall comply with the following provisions, as applicable.
I. If a Ratings Event shall occur and be continuing with respect to [Bank], then [Bank] shall, within 5 Local Business Days of the occurrence of such Ratings Event, give notice of the occurrence of such Ratings Event to Counterparty. Following such notice, [Bank] may either
(A) at its sole option and expense, provide, or cause to be provided, a Third Party Credit Support Document to Counterparty; or
(B) at its sole option and expense, use reasonable efforts to transfer [Bank]’s rights and obligations under the Agreement and all Confirmations to another party; or
Each of I(A) and I(B) above shall be subject to satisfaction of the Rating Agency Condition.
If, on or prior to the date that is 30 calendar days after the occurrence of a Ratings Event, [Bank] has provided a Third Party Credit Support Document as provided in I(A) above and the Rating Agency Condition has been satisfied, then, for so long as such Third Party Credit Support Document is in effect and the Rating Agency Condition continues to be satisfied, [Bank] shall have no further obligations in respect of this Part 5(10)(I).

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If,
(i) on or prior to the date that is 30 calendar days after the occurrence of a Ratings Event, [Bank] has not provided a Third Party Credit Support Document as provided in I(A) above or transferred its rights and obligations as provided in I(B) above, or
(ii) [Bank] has provided a Third Party Credit Support Document as provided in I(A) above but such Third Party Credit Support Document has ceased to be in effect and/or the Rating Agency Condition is no longer satisfied,
then, on the first Local Business Day following the date that is 30 calendar days after the occurrence of the Ratings Event (in respect of (i) above) or on the first Local Business Day following the date on which the Third Party Credit Support Document referred to in (ii) above has ceased to be in effect and/or fails to satisfy the Rating Agency Condition, [Bank] shall deliver Eligible Collateral to Counterparty in accordance with the terms of an Approved Credit Support Document. Notwithstanding the foregoing, [Bank]’s obligations under this Part 5(10)(I) to post Eligible Collateral under the Approved Credit Support Document shall remain in effect only for so long as a Ratings Event is continuing with respect to [Bank].
The failure by [Bank] to comply with the provisions hereof shall constitute an Additional Termination Event, with [Bank] as the sole Affected Party and all Transactions then outstanding between the parties as Affected Transactions.
II. As used herein:
“Approved Credit Support Document” means a security agreement in the form of the 1994 ISDA Credit Support Annex (ISDA Agreements Subject to New York Law Only), as modified by the Paragraph 13 thereto, which Paragraph 13 will be in the form of Annex A to this Agreement;
“Fitch” means Fitch, Inc. or any successor thereto.
“Indenture” means the Indenture, dated as of [      ] between the Counterparty and U.S. Bank National Association, as Indenture Trustee;
“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or any successor thereto;
“Rating Agencies” means S&P, Moody’s and Fitch;
“Rating Agency Condition” has the meaning specified in the Indenture;
“Ratings Event” shall occur with respect to [Bank] (to the extent that [Bank]’s relevant obligations are rated by Moody’s, S&P or Fitch) if (a) [Bank]’s long-term senior unsecured debt rating is lower than A1 by Moody’s or lower than [      ] by S&P or lower than [ ] by Fitch or (b) [Bank]’s short-term debt rating is lower than [      ] by Moody’s or lower than [      ] by S&P or lower than [      ] by Fitch or (c) any of the Rating Agency ratings set forth in (a) or (b) above is suspended or withdrawn;
“S&P” means by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Service or any successor thereto; and

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“Third Party Credit Support Document” means any agreement or instrument (including any guarantee, insurance policy, security agreement or pledge agreement) whose terms provide for the guarantee of [Bank]’s obligations under this Agreement by a third party.
(11) Additional Representations. Section 3 is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following paragraphs:
“(g) It is an “eligible contract participant” under, and as defined in, Section 1a(12) of the Commodity Exchange Act, as amended.
(h) Each party will be deemed to represent to the other party on the date on which it enters into a Transaction that (absent a written agreement between the parties that expressly imposes affirmative obligations to the contrary for that Transaction):
(i) Non-Reliance. It is acting for its own account, and it has made its own independent decisions to enter into that Transaction and as to whether that Transaction is appropriate or proper for it based upon its own judgment and upon advice from such advisers as it has deemed necessary. It is not relying on any communication (written or oral) of the other party as investment advice or as a recommendation to enter into that Transaction; it being understood that information and explanations related to the terms and conditions of a Transaction shall not be considered investment advice or a recommendation to enter into that Transaction. No communication (written or oral) received from the other party shall be deemed to be an assurance or guarantee as to the expected results of that Transaction.
(ii) Assessment and Understanding. It is capable of assessing the merits of and understanding (on its own behalf or through independent professional advice), and understands and accepts, the terms, conditions and risks of that Transaction. It is also capable of assuming, and assumes, the risks of that Transaction.
(iii) Status of Parties. The other party is not acting as a fiduciary for or an adviser to it in respect of that Transaction.”
(12)   Amendment to Section 7 of the Agreement. Section 7 of the Agreement is hereby amended by adding the words “and the confirmation of the Rating Agencies” immediately following the word “party” in the third line thereof.
(13)   Modification to Definition of Indemnifiable Tax. The definition of “Indemnifiable Tax” in Section 14 is hereby modified by inserting “(i)” between the words “than” and “a” in the first line thereof and by inserting the following clause immediately before the period at the end thereof: “, and (ii) any Tax that results as a result of the status of Counterparty as a bank (as that term is used in Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended), or an entity that is licensed or regulated as a bank by the banking authorities of any jurisdiction”.
(14)   No Set-Off. Without affecting the provisions of this Agreement requiring the calculation of certain net payment amounts, all payments under this Agreement will be made without Set-off or counterclaims.

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(15)   Amendment to Section 9(b) of the Agreement. Section 9(b) of the Agreement is amended by adding the following sentence immediately following the end of the first sentence thereof:
“In addition, no amendment modification or waiver in respect of this Agreement will be effective unless it is approved by the Rating Agencies.”
(16)   Amendment to Section 6(e) of the Agreement. Section 6(e) of the Agreement is amended by deleting the last sentence of the introductory paragraph thereof.

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     Please confirm your agreement to the terms of the foregoing Schedule by signing below.
             
    [BANK]    
 
           
 
  By:        
 
           
 
      Name:    
 
      Title:    
 
           
    NISSAN AUTO RECEIVABLES [          ]-[      ] OWNER TRUST    
 
           
 
  By:        
 
           
 
      Name:    
 
      Title:    

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ANNEX A
PARAGRAPH 13 TO
CREDIT SUPPORT ANNEX
to the Schedule to the
Master Agreement
dated as of [           ]
between
         
[Bank]   and   Nissan Auto Receivables [           ]-[      ]
(“[Bank]”)       Owner Trust
        (“Counterparty”)
Paragraph 13. Elections and Variables
(a) Security Interest for “Obligations”. The term “Obligations” as used in this Annex includes no additional obligations with respect to either party.
(b) Credit Support Obligations.
     (i) Delivery Amount, Return Amount and Credit Support Amount.
(A) “Delivery Amount” has the meaning specified in Paragraph 3(a).
(B) “Return Amount” has the meaning specified in Paragraph 3(b).
(C) “Credit Support Amount” shall not have the meaning specified in Paragraph 3(b) and, instead, will have the following meaning:
“Credit Support Amount” means, for any Valuation Date, (i) the Secured Party’s Modified Exposure for that Valuation Date minus (ii) the Pledgor’s Threshold; provided, however, that the Credit Support Amount will be deemed to be zero whenever the calculation of Credit Support Amount yields a number less than zero.
     (ii) Eligible Collateral. The following items will qualify as “Eligible Collateral”:
                 
            “Valuation    
        [Bank]   Percentage”    
(A)
  USD Cash   X   [   ]%
 
               
(B)
  Negotiable debt obligations issued by the U.S. Treasury Department having a remaining maturity of one year or less from the Valuation Date   X   [   ]%

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            “Valuation    
        [Bank]   Percentage”    
(C)
  Negotiable debt obligations issued by the U.S. Treasury Department having a remaining maturity of more than one year but less than ten years from the Valuation Date   X   [   ]%
 
               
(D)
  Negotiable debt obligations issued by the U.S. Treasury Department having a remaining maturity of ten years or more from the Valuation Date   X   [   ]%
 
               
(E)
  Agency Securities having a remaining maturity of one year or less from the Valuation Date   X   [   ]%
 
               
(F)
  Agency Securities having a remaining maturity of more than one year but less than ten years from the Valuation Date   X   [   ]%
 
               
(G)
  Agency Securities having a remaining maturity of ten years or more from the Valuation Date   X   [   ]%
 
               
(H)
  USD denominated Commercial Paper rated A1/P1 by S&P and Moody’s respectively, that (a) settles within DTC, (b) is not issued by [Bank] or any of its Affiliates and (c) has a remaining maturity of 30 days or less from the Valuation Date   X   [   ]%
For purposes of the foregoing:
(a) “Agency Securities” means negotiable debt obligations which are fully guaranteed as to both principal and interest by the Federal National Mortgage Association, the Government National Mortgage Association or the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, but excluding (i) interest only and principal only securities and (ii) Collateralized Mortgage Obligations, Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduits and similar derivative securities.
(b) “DTC” shall mean The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation, or its successor.
(c) “Moody’s” shall mean Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., or its successor.
(d) “S&P” shall mean Standard & Poor’s Ratings Group, or its successor.
  (iii)   Other Eligible Support. There shall be no “Other Eligible Support” for purposes of this Annex, unless agreed in writing between the parties.
 
  (iv)   Thresholds.
  (A)   “Independent Amount” means zero.

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  (B)   “Threshold” shall not apply with respect to the Counterparty and, with respect to [Bank], shall mean the amounts determined on the basis of the lower of the Credit Ratings set forth in the following table, provided, however, that if (i) [Bank] has no Credit Rating, or (ii) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing with respect to [Bank], [Bank]’s Threshold shall be U.S.$0:
     
CREDIT RATING   THRESHOLD
(S&P /Moody’s/Fitch)   [Bank]
S&P: (long-term senior unsecured debt of [Bank]) [A+] or above.
   
 
   
S&P: (short-term senior unsecured debt of [Bank]) [A-1] or above
   
 
   
Moody’s (long-term senior unsecured debt of [Bank]): [A1] or above.
   
 
   
Moody’s (short-term senior unsecured debt of [Bank]): [P-1] or above.
   
 
   
Fitch: (long-term senior unsecured debt of [Bank]) [    ] or above.
   
 
   
Fitch: (short-term senior unsecured debt of [Bank]) [    ] or above
   
 
   
S&P: (long-term senior unsecured debt of [Bank]) lower than [A+]
  US$0
 
   
S&P: (short-term senior unsecured debt of [Bank]) lower than [A-1]
   
 
   
Moody’s (long-term senior unsecured debt of [Bank]): lower than [A1]
   
 
   
Moody’s (short-term senior unsecured debt of [Bank]): lower than P-1
   
 
   
Fitch: (long-term senior unsecured debt of [Bank]) lower than [    ]
   
 
   
Fitch: (short-term senior unsecured debt of [Bank]) lower than [    ]
   
     As used herein:

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“Credit Rating” means, with respect to S&P, Moody’s or Fitch, as applicable, the rating assigned by such agency to the long-term senior unsecured debt of [Bank] or to the short-term senior unsecured debt of [Bank], as applicable.
  (C)   “Minimum Transfer Amount”, with respect to a party on any Valuation Date, means U.S. $250,000.
 
  (D)   Rounding. The Delivery Amount and the Return Amount will be rounded up and down to the nearest integral multiple of $100,000, respectively.
(c)   Valuation and Timing.
  (i)   “Valuation Agent” means [Bank].
 
  (ii)   “Valuation Date” means weekly on the last Local Business Day of each week or more frequently if agreed in writing by the parties.
 
  (iii)   “Valuation Time” means the close of business in the city of the Valuation Agent on the Valuation Date or date of calculation, as applicable.
 
  (iv)   “Notification Time” means 12:00 p.m., New York time, on a Local Business Day.
(d) Conditions Precedent. With respect to [Bank], any Additional Termination Event (if [Bank] is the Affected Party with respect to such Termination Event) will be a “Specified Condition”.
(e)   Substitution.
  (i)   “Substitution Date” has the meaning specified in Paragraph 4(d)(ii).
 
  (ii)   Consent. Inapplicable.
(f)   Dispute Resolution.
  (i)   “Resolution Time” means 1:00 p.m., New York time, on the Local Business Day following the date on which the notice is given that gives rise to a dispute under Paragraph 5.
 
  (ii)   Value. For the purposes of Paragraphs 5(i)(C) and 5(ii), the Value of Posted Credit Support other than Cash will be calculated as follows:
     (A) with respect to any Eligible Collateral except Cash, the sum of (I) (x) the mean of the high bid and low asked prices quoted on such date by any principal market maker for such Eligible Collateral chosen by the Disputing Party, or (y) if no quotations are available from a principal market maker for such date, the mean of such high bid and low asked prices as of the first day prior to such date on which such quotations were available, plus (II) the accrued interest on such Eligible Collateral (except to the extent Transferred to a party pursuant to any applicable provision of this Agreement or included in the applicable price referred to in (I) of this clause (A)) as of such date; multiplied by the applicable Valuation Percentage.
  (iii)   Alternative. The provisions of Paragraph 5 will apply.

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(g)   Holding and Using Posted Collateral.
  (i)   Eligibility to Hold Posted Collateral; Custodians. Counterparty and its Custodian will be entitled to hold Posted Collateral pursuant to Paragraph 6(b); provided that the following conditions applicable to it are satisfied:
  (1)   Counterparty is not a Defaulting Party and
 
  (2)   Posted Collateral may be held only in the following jurisdictions:
 
      New York State.
Initially, the Custodian for Counterparty is: None
  (ii)   Use of Posted Collateral. The provisions of Paragraph 6(c)(i) will not apply to Counterparty but the provisions of Paragraph 6(c)(ii) will apply to the Counterparty.
(h)   Distributions and Interest Amount.
  (i)   Interest Rate. “Interest Rate” for any day means, the Federal Funds Overnight Rate. For the purposes hereof, “Federal Funds Overnight Rate” means, for any day, an interest rate per annum equal to the rate published as the Federal Funds Effective Rate that appears on Telerate Page 118 for such day.
 
  (ii)   Transfer of Interest Amount. The Transfer of the Interest Amount will be made monthly on the second Local Business Day of each calendar month.
 
  (iii)   Alternative to Interest Amount. The provisions of Paragraph 6(d)(ii) will apply.
(i)   Additional Representation(s). Not Applicable.
(j)   Other Eligible Support and Other Posted Support.
  (i)   “Value” with respect to Other Eligible Support and Other Posted Support means: Not Applicable.
 
  (ii)   “Transfer” with respect to Other Eligible Support and Other Posted Support means: Not Applicable
(k)   Demands and Notices.
All demands, specifications and notices under this Annex will be made pursuant to the Notices Section of this Agreement, unless otherwise specified here:
    Counterparty:
 
    [Bank]:

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(l)   Addresses for Transfers.
 
    Counterparty: as set forth in notices to [Bank] from time to time
 
    [Bank]:
 
(m)   Other Provisions:
     (i) Modification to Paragraph 1: The following subparagraph (b) is substituted for subparagraph (b) of this Annex:
(b) Secured Party and Pledgor. All references in this Annex to the “Secured Party” will be to Counterparty and all corresponding references to the “Pledgor” will be to [Bank].
     (ii) Modification to Paragraph 2: The following Paragraph 2 is substituted for Paragraph 2 of this Annex:
Paragraph 2. Security Interest. The Pledgor hereby pledges to the Secured Party, as security for its Obligations, and grants to the Secured Party a first priority continuing security interest in, lien on and right of Set-Off against all Posted Collateral Transferred to or received by the Secured Party hereunder. Upon the Transfer by the Secured Party to the Pledgor of Posted Collateral, the security interest and lien granted hereunder on that Posted Collateral will be released immediately and, to the extent possible, without any further action by either party.
         (iii) Modification to Paragraph 9: The following first clause of Paragraph 9 is substituted for the first clause of Paragraph 9 of this Annex:
Paragraph 9. Representations. The Pledgor represents to the Secured Party (which representations will be deemed to be repeated as of each date on which it Transfers Eligible Collateral) that:
         (iv) Modifications to Paragraph 12: The following definitions of “Pledgor” and “Secured Party” are substituted for the definitions of those terms contained in Paragraph 12 of this Annex:
“Pledgor” means [Bank], when that party (i) receives a demand for or is required to Transfer Eligible Credit Support under Paragraph 3(a) or (ii) has Transferred Eligible Credit Support under Paragraph 3(a).
“Secured Party” means Counterparty, when that party (i) makes a demand for or is entitled to receive Eligible Credit Support under Paragraph 3(a) or (ii) holds or is deemed to hold Posted Credit Support.
         (v) Addition to Paragraph 12: The following definitions of “Modified Exposure” shall be added immediately after the definition of the term “Minimum Transfer Amount” and immediately prior to the definition of the term “Notification Time” in Paragraph 12 of this Annex:

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“Modified Exposure” means, for any Valuation Date, an amount equal to the greater of (i) the Secured Party’s Exposure for that Valuation Date, (ii) the amount of the next
scheduled payment that is required to be made by [Bank] pursuant to the Transaction and (iii) one percent of the outstanding Notional Amount of the Transaction.
     (vi) Modification to Paragraph 12: Clause “(B)” of the definition of “Value” will be substituted to read in its entirety as follows:
“(B) a security, the bid price obtained by the Valuation Agent from one of the Pricing Sources multiplied by the applicable Valuation Percentage, if any;”
          (vii) Addition to Paragraph 12: The following definition of “Pricing Sources” shall be added immediately after the definition of the term “Posted Credit Support” and immediately prior to the definition of the term “Recalculation Date” in Paragraph 12 of this Annex:
“Pricing Sources” means the sources of financial information commonly known as Bloomberg, Bridge Information Services, Data Resources Inc., Interactive Data Services, International Securities Market Association, Merrill Lynch Securities Pricing Service, Muller Data Corporation, Reuters, Wood Gundy, Trepp Pricing, JJ Kenny, S&P and Telerate.
Accepted and Agreed:
[BANK]
         
By:
       
 
       
Name:
       
Title:
       
NISSAN AUTO RECEIVABLES [    ]-[    ] OWNER TRUST
         
By:
       
 
       
Name:
       
Title:
       

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EXHIBIT 5.1
     
                    , 200_   Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP
    350 South Grand Avenue
    25th Floor
    Los Angeles, California 90071-1503
 
Nissan Auto Receivables Corporation II   Main Tel (213) 229-9500
Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation   Main Fax (213) 625-0248
Nissan Auto Receivables Trusts   www.mayerbrownrowe.com
BellTower South    
333 Commerce Street    
10th Floor, B-10-C    
Nashville, TN 37201-1800    
     
Re:
  Nissan Auto Receivables Corporation II
 
  Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation
 
  Nissan Auto Receivables Trusts
 
  Registration Statement on Form S-3
 
  Relating to Asset-Backed Securities
Ladies and Gentlemen:
     We have acted as special counsel to Nissan Auto Receivables Corporation II (“NARC II”), a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned limited purpose subsidiary of Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation (“NMAC”), a California corporation, and certain trusts, all of the beneficial ownership of which will initially be owned by NARC II (together with NARC II, each an “Issuer”), in connection with the proposed issuance of $                     aggregate principal amount of asset-backed notes (the “Notes”) to be offered pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-3 relating to the Notes (Registration No. 333-138931, together with the exhibits and amendments thereto, the “Registration Statement”) being filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission concurrently herewith under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”), and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. The Notes will be issued under and pursuant to the indenture for each series, each between the applicable Issuer and the Indenture Trustee (as defined therein). The indenture in the form being filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission concurrently herewith, as an exhibit to the Registration Statement, is herein referred to as the “Indenture.”
     We have examined originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of the organizational documents of the Issuers, the Indenture, the form of Notes included as an exhibit to the Indenture, and such other records, documents and certificates of the
Berlin Brussels Charlotte Chicago Cologne Frankfurt Houston London Los Angeles New York Palo Alto Paris Washington, D.C.
Independent Mexico City Correspondent: Jauregui, Navarrete y Nader S.C.
Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP operates in combination with our associated English limited liability partnership in the offices listed above.

 


 

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Issuers and public officials and other instruments as we have deemed necessary for the purpose of this opinion. In addition, we have assumed that the Indenture as completed for each series will be duly executed and delivered by the parties thereto; that the Notes as completed for each series will be duly executed and delivered substantially in the forms contemplated by the Indenture; and that the Notes for each series will be sold as described in the Registration Statement.
     Based upon the foregoing, we are of the opinion that:
     The Notes are in due and proper form and, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery of the Indenture by the applicable Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, and the due authorization of the Notes for each series by all necessary action on the part of the applicable Issuer, when the Notes for each series have been validly executed, authenticated and issued in accordance with the applicable Indenture and delivered against payment therefor, the Notes for
     each series will be valid and binding obligations of the applicable Issuer, enforceable against the applicable Issuer in accordance with their terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally (including, without limitation, fraudulent conveyance laws), and general principles of equity, including without limitation, concepts of materiality, reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing and the possible unavailability of specific performance or injunctive relief, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.
     The opinions expressed above are limited to the federal laws of the United States of America and the laws of the State of New York (excluding choice of law principles therein). We express no opinion herein as to the laws of any other jurisdiction and no opinion regarding the statutes, administrative decisions, rules, regulations or requirements of any county, municipality, subdivision or local authority of any jurisdiction.
     This opinion letter is based on the facts and circumstances set forth in the Prospectus, the forms of Prospectus Supplement and in the other documents reviewed by us. Our opinion as to the matters set forth herein could change with respect to a particular series of Notes as a result of changes in facts and circumstances, changes in the terms of the documents reviewed by us, or changes in the law subsequent to the date hereof. As the Registration Statement contemplates series of Notes with numerous different characteristics and the Prospectus, form of Prospectus Supplement and the operative documents related thereto do not relate to a specific transaction, the particular characteristics of each series of Notes must be considered in determining the applicability of this opinion to a particular series of Notes and such opinion may require modification in the context of any actual transaction.

 


 

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     We consent to the filing of this letter as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the use of our name therein, without admitting that we are “experts” within the meaning of the 1933 Act or the rules or regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder, with respect to any part of the Registration Statement, including this exhibit.
Respectfully submitted,
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EXHIBIT 8.1
     
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Re:
  Nissan Auto Receivables Corporation II
 
  Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation
 
  Nissan Auto Receivables Trusts
 
  Registration Statement on Form S-3
 
  Relating to Asset-Backed Securities
Ladies and Gentlemen:
     We have acted as special counsel to Nissan Auto Receivables Corporation II (“NARC II”), a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned limited purpose subsidiary of Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation, a California corporation (“NMAC”), and certain trusts, each of which will be owned initially by NARC II (together with NARC II, each an “Issuer”), in connection with the Issuer’s proposed issuance of $                     aggregate principal amount of asset-backed notes (the “Notes”) to be offered pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-3 relating to the Notes (Registration No. 138931, together with the exhibits and amendments thereto, the “Registration Statement”) being filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) concurrently herewith under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”), and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
     The Notes for each series will be issued under and pursuant to an indenture for such series, each between the applicable Issuer and the Indenture Trustee (as defined in the indenture). The indenture, in the form being filed with the SEC concurrently herewith as an exhibit to the Registration Statement, is referred to hereinafter as the “Indenture.” The trust agreement, in the form being filed with the SEC concurrently herewith as an exhibit to the Registration Statement, is referred to hereinafter as the “Trust Agreement.” The sale and servicing agreement, in the form being filed with the SEC concurrently herewith as an exhibit to the Registration Statement, is referred to hereinafter as the “Sale and Servicing Agreement.”
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Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation
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     We have examined originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of the organizational documents of the Issuer, the Indenture, the Trust Agreement, the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the forms of Notes included as exhibits to the Indenture, the forms of Certificates included as exhibits to the Trust Agreement, and such other records, documents and certificates of the Issuers and public officials and other instruments as we
     have deemed necessary for the purpose of this opinion. In addition, we have assumed that each of the Indenture, the Trust Agreement and the Sale and Servicing Agreement, as applicable, and as completed for each series, will be duly authorized, executed and delivered by each of the respective parties thereto; that the Notes and Certificates, as applicable, and as completed for each series, will be duly authorized, executed and delivered substantially in the forms contemplated by the Indenture, the Trust Agreement or the Sale and Servicing Agreement, as applicable; and that the Notes and Certificates for each series will be sold as described in the Registration Statement.
     As special tax counsel to the Issuers, we have advised the Issuers with respect to certain federal income tax aspects of the proposed issuance of the Notes and the Certificates after the date hereof as described in the Registration Statement. Such advice has formed the basis for the description of selected federal income tax consequences for holders of the Notes and Certificates that appears under the heading “CERTAIN FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES” in the Prospectus. Such description does not purport to discuss all possible income tax ramifications of the proposed issuance of the Notes and Certificates, but with respect to those federal income tax consequences that are discussed, in our opinion, the description is accurate.
     The opinion set forth above is based on relevant provisions of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, Treasury Regulations thereunder, and interpretations of the foregoing as expressed in court decisions, administrative determinations, and legislative history as of the date hereof. These provisions and interpretations are subject to change, which may or may not be retroactive in effect, that might result in modifications of our opinion.
     This opinion is furnished by us as special counsel for NARC II or NMAC and may be relied upon by you only in connection with the transactions contemplated by Indenture, the Trust Agreement or the Sale and Servicing Agreement, as applicable. It may not be used or relied upon by you for any other purpose, nor may copies be delivered to any other person, without in each instance our prior written consent. This opinion is expressly limited to the matters set forth above and we render no opinion, whether by implication or otherwise, as to any other matters. We assume no obligation to update or supplement this opinion to reflect any facts or circumstances that arise after the date of this opinion and come to our attention, or any future changes in laws.

 


 

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     This opinion letter is based on the facts and circumstances set forth in the Prospectus, the forms of Prospectus Supplement and in the other documents reviewed by us. Our opinion as to the matters set forth herein could change with respect to a particular series of Notes as a result of changes in facts and circumstances, changes in the terms of the documents reviewed by us, or changes in the law subsequent to the date hereof. As the Registration Statement contemplates series of Notes with numerous different characteristics and the Prospectus, form of Prospectus Supplement and the operative documents related thereto do not relate to a specific transaction, the particular characteristics of each series of Notes must be considered in determining the applicability of this opinion to a particular series of Notes and such opinion may require modification in the context of any actual transaction.
     We consent to the filing of this letter as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the use of our name therein, without admitting that we are “experts” within the meaning of the 1933 Act or the rules or regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder, with respect to any part of the Registration Statement, including this exhibit.
Respectfully submitted,
Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP

 

EX-99.1 12 a25430a1exv99w1.htm EXHIBIT 99.1 exv99w1
 

Exhibit 99.1
TRUST AGREEMENT
THIS TRUST AGREEMENT, dated as of [ , ], between Nissan Auto Receivables Corporation II, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and [ ], a [Delaware banking corporation], not in its individual capacity but solely as Owner Trustee (the “Owner Trustee”). The Company and the Owner Trustee hereby agrees as follows:
1. The trust created hereby shall be known as Nissan Auto Receivables [ ]-[ ] Owner Trust (the “Trust”), in which name the Owner Trustee may conduct the business of the Trust, make and execute contracts, and sue and be sued.
2. The Company hereby assigns, transfers, conveys and sets over to the Owner Trustee the sum of $[1]. The Owner Trustee hereby acknowledges receipt of such amount in trust from the Company, which amount shall constitute the initial trust estate. The Owner Trustee hereby declares that it will hold the trust estate in trust for the Company. It is the intention of the parties hereto that the Trust created hereby constitutes a statutory trust under Chapter 38 of Title 12 of the Delaware Code, 12 Del. C. § 3801 et seq. and that this document constitutes the governing instrument of the Trust. The Owner Trustee is hereby authorized and directed to execute and file a certificate of trust with the Delaware Secretary of State in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A.
3. The Company and the Owner Trustee will enter into an Amended and Restated Trust Agreement, satisfactory to each such party, to provide for the contemplated operation of the Trust created hereby. Prior to the execution and delivery of such Amended and Restated Trust Agreement, the Owner Trustee shall not have any duty or obligation hereunder or with respect to the trust estate, except as otherwise required by applicable law or as may be necessary to obtain prior to such execution and delivery any licenses, consents or approvals required by applicable law or otherwise with respect to the Trust.
4. This Trust Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts.
5. The Owner Trustee may resign upon thirty days prior notice to the Company.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Trust Agreement to be duly executed by their respective officers hereunto duly authorized, as of the day and year first above written.
             
    NISSAN AUTO RECEIVABLES CORPORATION II, as Company    
 
           
 
  By:        
 
           
 
  Name:        
 
           
 
  Title:        
 
           
 
           
    [          ],    
    as Owner trustee    
 
           
 
  By:        
 
           
 
  Name:        
 
           
 
  Title:        
 
           

 

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January 17, 2007
 
VIA OVERNIGHT COURIER
 
Ms. Hanna Teshome
Special Counsel
Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street N.E., Mail Stop 3561
Washington, D.C. 20549-3561
Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP
350 South Grand Avenue
25th Floor
Los Angeles, California 90071-1503
Main Tel (213) 229-9500
Main Fax (213) 625-0248
www.mayerbrownrowe.com
Warren R. Loui
Direct Tel (213) 229-5110
Direct Fax (213) 576-8142
wloui@mayerbrownrowe.com


     
Re:
  Nissan Auto Receivables Corporation II
 
  Registration Statement on Form S-3
 
  File No. 333-138931
 
  Filed November 22, 2006
Dear Ms. Teshome:
     Nissan Auto Receivables Corporation II (the “Company”) has requested us to respond to the Commission staff’s comment letter, dated December 19, 2006 (the “Comment Letter”), relating to the Company’s submission of its registration statement on Form S-3 (the “Registration Statement”), including the base prospectus (the “Base Prospectus”) and the prospectus supplement (the “Prospectus Supplement” and, together with the Base Prospectus, the “Prospectus”) filed on November 22, 2006.
     The Company is submitting herewith (i) one copy of an amended draft Registration Statement, together with four copies marked to show changes from the draft submitted to the Commission on November 22, 2006, and (ii) one copy of the form of transaction documents and legal opinions. The Company has responded to all of the staff’s comments by revising the Registration Statement to comply with each staff comment, providing an explanation, or providing supplemental information as requested. Except as otherwise noted in this letter, the information provided in response to the Comment Letter has been supplied by the Company, which is solely responsible for it. For your convenience, we have included the relevant text of the Comment Letter in bold below and keyed the Company’s responses accordingly. References to page numbers are to those in the marked copies of the Base Prospectus or Prospectus Supplement, as applicable.
     In addition to the revisions made in response to the Comment Letter, the Company has revised the draft Registration Statement in certain other respects to update and clarify certain sections thereof. Such other revisions are also marked in the enclosed copies.

 


 

Ms. Hanna Teshome
January 17, 2007
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     We are submitting this letter on behalf of the Company, and the terms “we,” “us”, and “our” in the following responses refer to the Company.
Registration Statement on Form S-3
General
1.   Please confirm that the depositor or any issuing entity previously established, directly or indirectly, by the depositor or any affiliate of the depositor has been current and timely with Exchange Act reporting during the last twelve months with respect to asset-backed securities involving the same asset class. Please refer to General Instruction I.A.4. of Form S-3. Also, please provide us with the CIK codes for any affiliate of the depositor that has offered a class of asset-backed securities involving the same asset class as this offering.
 
    Response:
 
    We confirm that the depositor and each of the issuing entities previously established by the depositor with respect to asset-backed securities involving the same asset class, namely, automobile retail installment contracts, have been current and timely with Exchange Act reporting during the last twelve months. The CIK codes for those issuing entity affiliates of the depositor that have offered a class of asset-backed securities involving the same asset class as this offering and that have been subject to Exchange Act reporting requirements since November 2005 are as follows:
         
Issuer   CIK Code
Nissan Auto Receivables 2006-A Owner Trust
    0001350903  
Nissan Auto Receivables 2006-B Owner Trust
    0001129068  
Nissan Auto Receivables 2006-C Owner Trust
    0001358307  
2.   Please confirm that all material terms to be included in the finalized agreements will also be disclosed in the final Rule 424(b) prospectus, or that finalized agreements will be filed simultaneously with or prior to the final prospectus. Refer to Item 1100(f) of Regulation AB.
 
    Response:
 
    We confirm that all material terms of the finalized agreements will be disclosed in the final Rule 424(b) prospectus.

 


 

Ms. Hanna Teshome
January 17, 2007
Page 3
3.   Please also confirm that you will file unqualified legal and tax opinions at the time of each takedown.
 
    Response:
 
    We confirm that the Company will file unqualified legal and tax opinions at the time of each takedown.
 
4.   Please note that a takedown off of a shelf that involves assets, structural features, credit enhancement or other features that were not described in the base prospectus will usually require either a new registration statement, if to include additional assets, or a post-effective amendment. Refer to Rule 409 of the Securities Act, which requires that the registration statement be complete at the time of effectiveness, except for information that is not known or reasonably available. Please confirm for us that the base prospectus includes all assets, credit enhancements or other structural features reasonably contemplated to be included in an actual takedown.
 
    Response:
 
    We confirm that the base prospectus includes all assets, credit enhancements or other structural features reasonably contemplated to be included in an actual takedown.
Prospectus Supplement
5.   Please provide bracketed language in the prospectus supplement to indicate that you will provide the financial information as outlined in Item 1114(b) or 1115(b) of Regulation AB if the aggregate significance percentage is 10% or more of the credit enhancement or derivative, as applicable.
 
    Response:
 
    The only contemplated derivative third party credit enhancements that might require disclosure under Item 1114(b) or 1115(b) of Regulation AB are interest rate cap and interest rate swap transactions. The requested bracketed language is contained in the first three paragraphs at the top of page S-61 under the heading “Description of The Swap Agreement”.
Base Prospectus
Credit and Cash Flow Enhancements, page 47
6.   The general terms and conditions of all credit and cash flow enhancements reasonably contemplated to be included in future offerings must be described in the base prospectus. Please revise this section to separately discuss each form of credit and cash flow enhancement. Please refer to Items 1114 and 1115 of Regulation AB.

 


 

Ms. Hanna Teshome
January 17, 2007
Page 4
    Response:
 
    A description of each of the credit and cash flow enhancements contemplated to be included in the offerings covered by this registration are separately described in the base prospectus at pages 30 to 31, under the heading “Credit Enhancement”. We confirm that, as of the date hereof, the base prospectus includes all credit and cash flow enhancements reasonably contemplated to be included in an actual takedown.
 
7.   We note that “repurchase obligations” may be included in future offerings. Please add disclosure of the different forms that are contemplated under the umbrella of repurchase obligations. Separately discuss each form of repurchase obligation and disclose the general terms and conditions of each and explain how each operates.
 
    Response:
 
    The term “repurchase obligations” as used in the Registration Statement refers to obligations of Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation (as servicer) in connection with the breach of a representation or warranty in the underlying auto loans (as more particularly described at page 8 of the base prospectus. The Company does not contemplate or intend to reference any repurchase obligation (such as a government repurchase obligation) as a credit or cash flow enhancement. The reference on page 47 to “repurchase obligations” has been removed in the amended base prospectus.
 
8.   In addition, please provide us with your analysis of how the repurchase obligations comply with Rule 3a7 of the Investment Company Act. Please note that your response and registration statement may be referred to the Division of Investment Management for review and additional comments may be forthcoming.
 
    Response:
 
    See our response to Item 7 above; as noted, the Company does not contemplate any repurchase obligation as credit or cash flow enhancement, and the base prospectus has been revised on page 47 to delete the concept of repurchase obligations as a form of credit enhancement.
Signatures
9.   Please revise the signature page for the depositor. The registration statement should be signed by the depositor’s principal financial officer and controller or principal accounting officer, and by at least a majority of the depositor’s board of directors or persons performing similar functions. Refer to General Instruction V.B. of Form S-3.

 


 

Ms. Hanna Teshome
January 17, 2007
Page 5
Response:
Among the individuals who signed the registration statement are the officers of the Company who serve in the capacities of principal executive officer, principal financial officer and principal accounting officer, notwithstanding that those designations may not be part of their respective titles. All of the directors of the Board of Directors of the Company also signed the registration statement. Mr. Lambert holds the title of President of the Company and acts as the principal executive officer of the Company. Mr. Kochhar holds the title of Treasurer of the Company and acts as the principal financial officer and principal accounting officer of the Company. The signature page of the registration statement (executed anew for the amendment filing) has been revised to indicate more clearly that these individuals sign in the capacities of principal executive officer, principal financial officer and principal accounting officer, respectively.
     If you have any further questions you would like to discuss, please do not hesitate to contact me at (213) 229-5110 or the Company’s in-house counsel, Sean Caley, at (615) 725-1664. Please communicate any remaining comments to my attention at the address and/or facsimile number above.
Sincerely,
/s/ Warren R. Loui
Warren R. Loui

 

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