UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
Current Report
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): August 10, 2022
Capital One Auto Receivables, LLC
(Exact Name of Depositor as Specified in its Charter)
Commission File Number: 333-260710
Central Index Key Number: 0001133438
Capital One Prime Auto Receivables Trust 2022-2
(Exact Name of Issuer as Specified in its Charter)
Commission File Number: 333-260710-02
Central Index Key Number: 0001936748
Capital One, National Association
(Exact Name of Sponsor as Specified in its Charter)
Central Index Key Number: 0000047288
Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation of Registrant)
31-1750007
(Registrants I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
Capital One Auto Receivables, LLC 1600 Capital One Drive, Room 27907B McLean, Virginia |
22102 | |
(Address of Registrants Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) |
(703) 720-3148
(Registrants Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the Registrant under any of the following provisions:
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934:
Title of each class |
Trading Symbol(s) |
Name of each exchange on which registered | ||
N/A | N/A | N/A |
Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging growth company ☐
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the Registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
Capital One, National Association (CONA) and Capital One Auto Receivables, LLC (COAR) entered into a Purchase Agreement (the Purchase Agreement), dated as of August 10, 2022 (the Closing Date), pursuant to which CONA transferred to COAR certain motor vehicle retail installment sales contracts relating to certain new and used automobiles, light-duty trucks, SUVs and vans (the Receivables) and related property. Capital One Prime Auto Receivables Trust 2022-2 (the Issuer), a Delaware statutory trust, was established by a Trust Agreement, dated as of December 10, 2019, which was amended and restated by an Amended and Restated Trust Agreement, dated July 1, 2022, which was amended and restated by a Second Amended and Restated Trust Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date (the Second Amended and Restated Trust Agreement) by and between COAR and BNY Mellon Trust of Delaware, as owner trustee, and acknowledged and agreed to by Wilmington Trust, National Association, as certificate registrar and certificate paying agent. On the Closing Date, the Issuer entered into a Sale Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date (the Sale Agreement), with COAR, as seller, pursuant to which the Receivables and related property were transferred to the Issuer. On the Closing Date, the Issuer entered into a Servicing Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date (the Servicing Agreement), with CONA, as servicer, and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as indenture trustee (the Indenture Trustee), pursuant to which CONA agreed to act as servicer for the Receivables. On the Closing Date, the Issuer, CONA, as sponsor and servicer, and Clayton Fixed Income Services LLC, as asset representations reviewer, entered into an Asset Representations Review Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date (the Asset Representations Review Agreement), relating to the review of certain representations relating to the Receivables after satisfaction of certain conditions. Also, on the Closing Date, the Issuer entered into an Indenture, dated as of the Closing Date (the Indenture), by and between the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee. Pursuant to the Indenture, the Issuer caused the issuance of the following notes: the Class A-1 2.872% Auto Loan Asset Backed Notes, the Class A-2a 3.74% Auto Loan Asset Backed Notes, the Class A-2b SOFR Rate + 0.65% Auto Loan Asset Backed Notes, the Class A-3 3.66% Auto Loan Asset Backed Notes, the Class A-4 3.69% Auto Loan Asset Backed Notes, the Class B 4.27% Auto Loan Asset Backed Notes, the Class C 4.67% Auto Loan Asset Backed Notes and the Class D 5.40% Auto Loan Asset Backed Notes (collectively, the Notes). Also pursuant to the Indenture, the Issuer granted a security interest in the Receivables and other related property to secure the Notes. Also on the Closing Date, the Issuer, CONA, as administrator, and the Indenture Trustee entered into an Administration Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date (the Administration Agreement), relating to the provision by CONA of certain administration services on behalf of the Issuer. $320,150,000 of the Class A-1 Auto Loan Asset Backed Notes, $557,460,000 of the Class A-2a Auto Loan Asset Backed Notes, $120,080,000 of the Class A-2b Auto Loan Asset Backed Notes, $600,210,000 of the Class A-3 Auto Loan Asset Backed Notes and $152,100,000 of the Class A-4 Auto Loan Asset Backed Notes (collectively, the Publicly Registered Notes) were sold to J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Barclays Capital Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Academy Securities, Inc., Capital One Securities, Inc., CastleOak Securities, L.P. and Siebert Williams Shank & Co., LLC (together, the Underwriters) pursuant to an Underwriting Agreement dated August 2, 2022, by and among CONA, COAR and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Barclays Capital Inc. and Citigroup Global Markets Inc., each on behalf of itself and as representative of the Underwriters. The Publicly Registered Notes have been registered pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Act), under a Registration Statement on Form SF-3 (Commission File No. 333-260710).
Attached as Exhibit 4.1 is the Indenture, as Exhibit 10.1 is the Purchase Agreement, as Exhibit 10.2 is the Asset Representations Review Agreement, as Exhibit 10.3 is the Sale Agreement, as Exhibit 10.4 is the Servicing Agreement, as Exhibit 10.5 is the Second Amended and Restated Trust Agreement and as Exhibit 10.6 is the Administration Agreement.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(a) | Not applicable. |
(b) | Not applicable. |
(c) | Not applicable. |
(d) | Exhibits. |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
August 10, 2022 | CAPITAL ONE AUTO RECEIVABLES, LLC | |||||
By: | /s/ Eric Bauder | |||||
Name: | Eric Bauder | |||||
Title: | Assistant Vice President |
Exhibit 4.1
CAPITAL ONE PRIME AUTO RECEIVABLES TRUST 2022-2
Class A-1 2.872% Auto Loan Asset Backed Notes
Class A-2a 3.74% Auto Loan Asset Backed Notes
Class A-2b SOFR Rate + 0.65% Auto Loan Asset Backed Notes
Class A-3 3.66% Auto Loan Asset Backed Notes
Class A-4 3.69% Auto Loan Asset Backed Notes
Class B 4.27% Auto Loan Asset Backed Notes
Class C 4.67% Auto Loan Asset Backed Notes
Class D 5.40% Auto Loan Asset Backed Notes
INDENTURE
Dated as of August 10, 2022
WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as the Indenture Trustee
CROSS REFERENCE TABLE1
TIA Section |
Indenture Section | |||
310 | (a) (1) | 6.11 | ||
(a) (2) | 6.11 | |||
(a) (3) | 6.10; 6.11 | |||
(a) (4) | N.A.2 | |||
(a) (5) | 6.11 | |||
(b) | 6.8; 6.11 | |||
(c) | N.A. | |||
311 | (a) | 6.12 | ||
(b) | 6.12 | |||
(c) | N.A. | |||
312 | (a) | 7.1 | ||
(b) | 7.2 | |||
(c) | 7.2 | |||
313 | (a) | 7.3 | ||
(b) (1) | 7.3 | |||
(b) (2) | 7.3 | |||
(c) | 7.3 | |||
(d) | 7.3 | |||
314 | (a) | 3.9 | ||
(b) | 11.1, 3.6 | |||
(c) (1) | 11.1 | |||
(c) (2) | 11.1 | |||
(c) (3) | 11.1 | |||
(d) | 11.1 | |||
(e) | 11.1 | |||
(f) | N.A. | |||
315 | (a) | 6.1(b) | ||
(b) | 6.5 | |||
(c) | 6.1(a) | |||
(d) | 6.1(c) | |||
(e) | 5.13 | |||
316 | (a) (1) (A) | 5.11 | ||
(a) (1) (B) | 5.12 | |||
(a) (2) | N.A. | |||
(b) | 5.7 | |||
(c) | 5.6(b) | |||
317 | (a) (1) | 5.3(b) | ||
(a) (2) | 5.3(d) | |||
(b) | 3.3 | |||
318 | (a) | 11.7 |
1 | Note: This Cross Reference Table shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be part of this Indenture. |
2 | N.A. means Not Applicable. |
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I |
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE | 2 | ||||
Section 1.1 |
Definitions | 2 | ||||
Section 1.2 |
Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act | 2 | ||||
Section 1.3 |
Other Interpretive Provisions | 2 | ||||
ARTICLE II |
THE NOTES | 3 | ||||
Section 2.1 |
Form | 3 | ||||
Section 2.2 |
Execution, Authentication and Delivery | 3 | ||||
Section 2.3 |
Temporary Notes | 4 | ||||
Section 2.4 |
Registration of Transfer and Exchange | 4 | ||||
Section 2.5 |
Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Notes | 6 | ||||
Section 2.6 |
Persons Deemed Owners | 6 | ||||
Section 2.7 |
Payment of Principal and Interest; Defaulted Interest | 7 | ||||
Section 2.8 |
Cancellation | 8 | ||||
Section 2.9 |
Release of Collateral | 8 | ||||
Section 2.10 |
Book-Entry Notes | 8 | ||||
Section 2.11 |
Notices to Clearing Agency | 9 | ||||
Section 2.12 |
Definitive Notes | 9 | ||||
Section 2.13 |
Authenticating Agents | 10 | ||||
Section 2.14 |
Paying Agent | 10 | ||||
Section 2.15 |
Tax and Accounting Treatment | 11 | ||||
Section 2.16 |
Certain Transfer Restrictions on all Classes of the Notes | 12 | ||||
Section 2.17 |
Certain Transfer Restrictions | 12 | ||||
Section 2.18 |
Transfer Restrictions on Certain Notes Upon a Sale of a Certificate | 13 | ||||
Section 2.19 |
Certain Transfer Restrictions on the 144A Notes | 13 | ||||
ARTICLE III |
COVENANTS | 17 | ||||
Section 3.1 |
Payment of Principal and Interest; Determination of SOFR; Benchmark Replacement | 17 | ||||
Section 3.2 |
Maintenance of Office or Agency | 19 | ||||
Section 3.3 |
Money for Payments to Be Held in Trust | 19 | ||||
Section 3.4 |
Existence | 21 | ||||
Section 3.5 |
Protection of Collateral | 21 |
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Section 3.6 |
Opinions as to Collateral | 22 | ||||
Section 3.7 |
Performance of Obligations; Servicing of Receivables | 22 | ||||
Section 3.8 |
Negative Covenants | 23 | ||||
Section 3.9 |
Annual Compliance Statement | 24 | ||||
Section 3.10 |
Restrictions on Certain Other Activities | 24 | ||||
Section 3.11 |
Restricted Payments | 25 | ||||
Section 3.12 |
Notice of Events of Default | 25 | ||||
Section 3.13 |
Further Instruments and Acts | 25 | ||||
Section 3.14 |
Compliance with Laws | 25 | ||||
Section 3.15 |
Removal of Administrator | 25 | ||||
Section 3.16 |
Perfection Representations, Warranties and Covenants | 25 | ||||
Section 3.17 |
Investment Company Act Representation | 26 | ||||
ARTICLE IV |
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE | 26 | ||||
Section 4.1 |
Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture | 26 | ||||
Section 4.2 |
Application of Trust Money | 27 | ||||
Section 4.3 |
Repayment of Monies Held by Paying Agent | 27 | ||||
ARTICLE V |
REMEDIES | 27 | ||||
Section 5.1 |
Events of Default | 27 | ||||
Section 5.2 |
Acceleration of Maturity; Waiver of Event of Default | 28 | ||||
Section 5.3 |
Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by the Indenture Trustee | 29 | ||||
Section 5.4 |
Remedies; Priorities | 31 | ||||
Section 5.5 |
Optional Preservation of the Collateral | 34 | ||||
Section 5.6 |
Limitation of Suits | 34 | ||||
Section 5.7 |
Rights of Noteholders to Receive Principal and Interest | 35 | ||||
Section 5.8 |
Restoration of Rights and Remedies | 35 | ||||
Section 5.9 |
Rights and Remedies Cumulative | 35 | ||||
Section 5.10 |
Delay or Omission Not a Waiver | 35 | ||||
Section 5.11 |
Control by Noteholders | 36 | ||||
Section 5.12 |
Waiver of Past Defaults | 36 | ||||
Section 5.13 |
Undertaking for Costs | 37 |
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Section 5.14 |
Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws | 37 | ||||
Section 5.15 |
Action on Notes | 37 | ||||
Section 5.16 |
Performance and Enforcement of Certain Obligations | 37 | ||||
Section 5.17 |
Sale of Collateral | 38 | ||||
ARTICLE VI |
THE INDENTURE TRUSTEE | 38 | ||||
Section 6.1 |
Duties of the Indenture Trustee | 38 | ||||
Section 6.2 |
Rights of the Indenture Trustee | 40 | ||||
Section 6.3 |
Individual Rights of the Indenture Trustee | 42 | ||||
Section 6.4 |
The Indenture Trustees Disclaimer | 42 | ||||
Section 6.5 |
Notice of Defaults | 42 | ||||
Section 6.6 |
Reports by the Paying Agent | 42 | ||||
Section 6.7 |
Compensation and Indemnity | 42 | ||||
Section 6.8 |
Removal, Resignation and Replacement of the Indenture Trustee | 43 | ||||
Section 6.9 |
Successor Indenture Trustee by Merger | 44 | ||||
Section 6.10 |
Appointment of Co-Indenture Trustee or Separate Indenture Trustee | 45 | ||||
Section 6.11 |
Eligibility; Disqualification | 46 | ||||
Section 6.12 |
Preferential Collection of Claims Against the Issuer | 46 | ||||
Section 6.13 |
Representations and Warranties | 46 | ||||
ARTICLE VII |
NOTEHOLDERS LISTS AND REPORTS | 47 | ||||
Section 7.1 |
The Issuer to Furnish the Indenture Trustee Names and Addresses of Noteholders | 47 | ||||
Section 7.2 |
Preservation of Information; Communications to Noteholders | 47 | ||||
Section 7.3 |
Reports by the Indenture Trustee | 47 | ||||
Section 7.4 |
Statements to Certificateholders and Noteholders | 47 | ||||
Section 7.5 |
Noteholder Demand for Repurchase, Dispute Resolution | 49 | ||||
Section 7.6 |
Investor Action to Initiate an Asset Review | 50 | ||||
ARTICLE VIII |
ACCOUNTS, DISBURSEMENTS AND RELEASES | 51 | ||||
Section 8.1 |
Collection of Money | 51 | ||||
Section 8.2 |
Trust Accounts | 52 |
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Page | ||||||
Section 8.3 |
General Provisions Regarding Accounts | 53 | ||||
Section 8.4 |
Additional Withdrawals and Deposits | 56 | ||||
Section 8.5 |
Distributions | 56 | ||||
Section 8.6 |
Release of Collateral | 58 | ||||
Section 8.7 |
Opinion of Counsel | 58 | ||||
ARTICLE IX |
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES | 59 | ||||
Section 9.1 |
Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Noteholders | 59 | ||||
Section 9.2 |
Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Noteholders | 60 | ||||
Section 9.3 |
Execution of Supplemental Indentures | 62 | ||||
Section 9.4 |
Effect of Supplemental Indenture | 62 | ||||
Section 9.5 |
Conformity with Trust Indenture Act | 62 | ||||
Section 9.6 |
Reference in Notes to Supplemental Indentures | 62 | ||||
ARTICLE X |
REDEMPTION OF NOTES | 63 | ||||
Section 10.1 |
Redemption | 63 | ||||
Section 10.2 |
Form of Redemption Notice | 63 | ||||
Section 10.3 |
Notes Payable on Redemption Date | 64 | ||||
ARTICLE XI |
MISCELLANEOUS | 64 | ||||
Section 11.1 |
Compliance Certificates and Opinions, etc. | 64 | ||||
Section 11.2 |
Form of Documents Delivered to the Indenture Trustee | 66 | ||||
Section 11.3 |
Acts of Noteholders | 66 | ||||
Section 11.4 |
Notices | 67 | ||||
Section 11.5 |
Notices to Noteholders; Waiver | 67 | ||||
Section 11.6 |
Alternate Payment and Notice Provisions | 68 | ||||
Section 11.7 |
Conflict with Trust Indenture Act | 68 | ||||
Section 11.8 |
Information Requests | 68 | ||||
Section 11.9 |
Effect of Headings and Table of Contents | 68 | ||||
Section 11.10 |
Successors and Assigns | 68 | ||||
Section 11.11 |
Separability | 68 | ||||
Section 11.12 |
Benefits of Indenture | 68 | ||||
Section 11.13 |
Legal Holidays | 68 |
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Section 11.14 |
GOVERNING LAW | 69 | ||||
Section 11.15 |
Counterparts | 69 | ||||
Section 11.16 |
Recording of Indenture | 69 | ||||
Section 11.17 |
Trust Obligation | 69 | ||||
Section 11.18 |
No Petition | 69 | ||||
Section 11.19 |
Submission to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial | 70 | ||||
Section 11.20 |
Subordination of Claims | 70 | ||||
Section 11.21 |
U.S.A Patriot Act | 71 | ||||
Section 11.22 |
Beneficial Ownership | 71 | ||||
Section 11.23 |
Limitation of Liability | 72 | ||||
ARTICLE XII |
COMPLIANCE WITH THE FDIC RULE | 72 | ||||
Section 12.1 |
Purpose | 72 | ||||
Section 12.2 |
Requirements of the FDIC Rule | 73 | ||||
Section 12.3 |
Performance | 75 | ||||
Section 12.4 |
Actions Upon Repudiation | 75 | ||||
Section 12.5 |
Notice | 77 | ||||
Section 12.6 |
Reservation of Rights | 77 |
Schedule I |
Perfection Representations, Warranties and Covenants | |
Exhibit A |
Form of Notes |
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This INDENTURE, dated as of August 10, 2022 (as amended, supplemented, or otherwise modified and in effect from time to time, this Indenture), is between CAPITAL ONE PRIME AUTO RECEIVABLES TRUST 2022-2, a Delaware statutory trust (the Issuer), and Wilmington Trust, National Association, a national banking association, solely as trustee and not in its individual capacity (the Indenture Trustee).
Each party agrees as follows for the benefit of the other party and the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Issuers Class A-1 2.872% Auto Loan Asset Backed Notes (the Class A-1 Notes), Class A-2a 3.74% Auto Loan Asset Backed Notes (the Class A-2a Notes), Class A-2b SOFR Rate + 0.65% Auto Loan Asset Backed Notes (the Class A-2b Notes), Class A-3 3.66% Auto Loan Asset Backed Notes (the Class A-3 Notes), Class A-4 3.69% Auto Loan Asset Backed Notes (the Class A-4 Notes, and together with the Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2a Notes, the Class A-2b Notes and the Class A-3 Notes, the Class A Notes), Class B 4.27% Auto Loan Asset Backed Notes (the Class B Notes), Class C 4.67% Auto Loan Asset Backed Notes (the Class C Notes) and Class D 5.40% Auto Loan Asset Backed Notes (the Class D Notes and together with the Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2a Notes, the Class A-2b Notes, the Class A-3 Notes, the Class A-4 Notes, the Class B Notes and the Class C Notes, the Notes).
GRANTING CLAUSE
The Issuer, 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 except as set forth herein, and to secure compliance with the provisions of this Indenture, hereby Grants in trust to the Indenture Trustee on the Closing Date, as trustee for the benefit of the Noteholders, all of the Issuers right, title and interest, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, in and to (i) the Trust Estate and (ii) all present and future claims, demands, causes and choses in action in respect of any or all of the Trust Estate and all payments on or under and all proceeds of every kind and nature whatsoever in respect of any or all of the Trust Estate, including all proceeds of the conversion, voluntary or involuntary, into cash or other liquid property, all cash proceeds, accounts, accounts receivable, notes, drafts, acceptances, chattel paper, checks, deposit accounts, insurance proceeds, condemnation awards, rights to payment of any and every kind and other forms of obligations and receivables, instruments, securities, financial assets and other property which at any time constitute all or part of or are included in the proceeds of any of the Trust Estate (collectively, the Collateral).
The Indenture Trustee, on behalf of the Noteholders, acknowledges the foregoing Grant, accepts the trusts under this Indenture and agrees to perform its duties required in this Indenture in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture.
The foregoing Grant is made in trust to secure (i) 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 except as set forth herein and (ii) compliance with the provisions of this Indenture, all as provided in this Indenture.
Without limiting the foregoing Grant, any Receivable repurchased or purchased by (a) the Servicer pursuant to Section 3.6 of the Servicing Agreement or (b) by the Bank pursuant to Section 3.4 of the Purchase Agreement shall be deemed to be automatically released from the lien of this Indenture without any action being taken by the Indenture Trustee upon payment by the applicable purchaser of the related Repurchase Price for such Repurchased Receivable.
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
SECTION 1.1 Definitions. Capitalized terms are used in this Indenture as defined in Appendix A to the Sale Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (as amended, supplemented, or otherwise modified and in effect from time to time, the Sale Agreement), between the Issuer and Capital One Auto Receivables, LLC, which also contains rules as to usage that are applicable herein.
SECTION 1.2 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 by the TIA, defined by TIA reference to another statute or defined by Commission rule have the meaning assigned to them by such definitions.
SECTION 1.3 Other Interpretive Provisions. All terms defined in this Indenture shall have the defined meanings when used in any certificate or other document delivered pursuant hereto unless otherwise defined therein. For purposes of this Indenture and all such certificates and other documents, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) accounting terms not otherwise defined in this Indenture, and accounting terms partly defined in this Indenture to the extent not defined, shall have the respective meanings given to them under GAAP (provided, that, to the extent that the definitions in this Indenture and GAAP conflict, the definitions in this Indenture shall control); (b) terms defined in Article 9 of the UCC as in effect in the relevant jurisdiction and not otherwise defined in this Indenture are used as defined in that Article; (c) the words hereof, herein and hereunder and words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Indenture; (d) references to any Article, Section, Schedule, Appendix or Exhibit are references to Articles, Sections, Schedules, Appendices and
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Exhibits in or to this Indenture and references to any paragraph, subsection, clause or other subdivision within any Section or definition refer to such paragraph, subsection, clause or other subdivision of such Section or definition; (e) the term including and all variations thereof means including without limitation; (f) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, references to any law or regulation refer to that law or regulation as amended from time to time and include any successor law or regulation; (g) references to any Person include that Persons successors and assigns and (h) headings are for purposes of reference only and shall not otherwise affect the meaning or interpretation of any provision hereof.
ARTICLE II
THE NOTES
SECTION 2.1 Form. The Class A-1 Notes, Class A-2a Notes, Class A-2b Notes, Class A-3 Notes, Class A-4 Notes, Class B Notes, Class C Notes and Class D Notes, in each case together with the Indenture Trustees certificate of authentication, shall be in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit A hereto, with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by this Indenture and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the officers executing the Notes, as evidenced by their execution of the Notes. Any portion of the text of any Note may be set forth on the reverse thereof, with an appropriate reference thereto on the face of the Note.
Each Note shall be dated the date of its authentication. The terms of the Notes set forth in Exhibit A hereto are part of the terms of this Indenture.
SECTION 2.2 Execution, Authentication and Delivery. The Notes shall be executed on behalf of the Issuer by any of its Authorized Officers.
Notes bearing the 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 Class A-1 Notes for original issue in an Initial Note Balance of $337,000,000, Class A-2a Notes for original issue in an Initial Note Balance of $586,800,000, Class A-2b Notes for original issue in an Initial Note Balance of $126,400,000, Class A-3 Notes for original issue in an Initial Note Balance of $631,800,000, Class A-4 Notes for original issue in an Initial Note Balance of $160,110,000, Class B Notes for original issue in an Initial Note Balance of $19,000,000, Class C Notes for original issue in an Initial Note Balance of $19,000,000 and Class D Notes for original issue in an Initial Note Balance of $19,000,000. The Note Balance of Class A-1 Notes, Class A-2a Notes, Class A-2b Notes, Class A-3 Notes, Class A-4 Notes, Class B Notes, Class C Notes and Class D Notes Outstanding at any time may not exceed such amounts except as provided in Section 2.5.
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Each Note shall be dated the date of its authentication. The Notes shall be issuable as registered Notes in the minimum denomination of $1,000 and in integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof (except for one Note of each Class which may be issued in a denomination other than an integral multiple of $1,000).
No Note shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose, unless there appears on such Note a certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided for herein executed by the Indenture Trustee by the manual signature of one of its authorized signatories, and such certificate upon any Note shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Note has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder.
SECTION 2.3 Temporary Notes. Pending the preparation of Definitive Notes, the Issuer may execute, and upon receipt of an Issuer Order, the Indenture Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, temporary Notes which 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 shall cause Definitive Notes to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of Definitive Notes, the temporary Notes shall be exchangeable for Definitive Notes upon surrender of the temporary Notes at the office or agency of the Issuer to be maintained as provided in Section 3.2, without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Notes, the Issuer shall execute and the Indenture Trustee upon Issuer Order shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a like principal amount of Definitive Notes of authorized denominations. Until so exchanged, the temporary Notes shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as Definitive Notes.
SECTION 2.4 Registration of Transfer and Exchange.
(a) The Issuer shall cause to be kept a register (the Note Register) in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Issuer shall provide for the registration of Notes and the registration of transfers of Notes. The Indenture Trustee shall initially be the Note Registrar for the purpose of registering Notes and transfers of Notes as herein provided. Upon any resignation of any Note Registrar, the Issuer shall promptly appoint a successor or, if it elects not to make such an appointment, assume the duties of Note Registrar.
If a Person other than the Indenture Trustee is appointed by the Issuer as Note Registrar, the Issuer shall 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 conclusively rely upon a certificate executed on behalf of the Note Registrar by a Responsible Officer thereof as to the names and addresses of the Noteholders and the principal amounts and number of such Notes.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, for so long as Wilmington Trust, National Association is acting as the Indenture Trustee hereunder, it shall also act as the Note Registrar.
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(b) Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Note at the office or agency of the Issuer to be maintained as provided in Section 3.2, if the requirements of Section 8-401 of the UCC are met, the Issuer shall execute and upon its written request the Indenture Trustee shall authenticate and the Noteholder shall obtain from the Indenture Trustee, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Notes, in any authorized denominations, of the same Class and a like Outstanding Note Balance.
At the option of the related Noteholder, Notes may be exchanged for other Notes in any authorized denominations, of the same Class and a like Outstanding Note Balance, upon surrender of the Notes to be exchanged at such office or agency. Whenever any Notes are so surrendered for exchange, if the requirements of Section 8-401 of the UCC are met the Issuer shall execute and, upon Issuer Request, the Indenture Trustee shall authenticate and the related Noteholder shall obtain from the Indenture Trustee, the Notes which the Noteholder making the exchange is entitled to receive.
(c) All Notes issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Notes shall be the valid obligations of the Issuer, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Notes surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.
(d) Every Note presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be (i) duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by, a written instrument of transfer in form and substance satisfactory to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee duly executed by the Noteholder thereof or its attorney-in-fact duly authorized in writing, with such signature guaranteed by an eligible grantor institution meeting the requirements of the Note Registrar which requirements include membership or participation in the Securities Transfer Agents Medallion Program (STAMP) or such other signature guarantee program as may be determined by the Note Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Exchange Act and (ii) accompanied by such other documents as the Indenture Trustee may require, including but not limited to the applicable IRS Form W-8 or W-9.
(e) No service charge shall be made to a Noteholder for any registration of transfer or exchange of Notes, but the Issuer may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange of Notes, other than exchanges pursuant to Section 2.3 or Section 9.6 not involving any transfer.
(f) The Indenture Trustee shall have no obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire as to compliance with any restrictions on transfer imposed under this Indenture or under applicable law with respect to any transfer of any interest in any Note other than to require delivery of such certificates and other documentation or evidence as are expressly required by, and to do so if and when expressly required by, the terms of this Indenture, and to examine the same to determine substantial compliance as to form with the express requirements hereof.
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(g) The preceding provisions of this Section 2.4 notwithstanding, the Issuer shall not be required to make and the Note Registrar need not register transfers or exchanges of any Notes selected for redemption or of any Note for a period of fifteen (15) days preceding the Redemption Date or any Payment Date, as applicable.
SECTION 2.5 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 (as contemplated by Article 8 of the UCC), and provided that the requirements of Section 8-405 of the UCC are met, the Issuer shall execute and upon its written 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; provided that if any such destroyed, lost or stolen Note, but not a mutilated Note, shall have become or within seven (7) days shall be due and payable, or shall have been called for redemption, instead of issuing a replacement Note, the Issuer may upon delivery of the security or indemnity herein required pay such destroyed, lost or stolen Note when so due or payable or upon the Redemption Date without surrender thereof. If, after the delivery of such replacement Note or payment of a destroyed, lost or stolen Note pursuant to the proviso to the preceding sentence, a protected purchaser (as contemplated by Article 8 of the UCC) 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 (as contemplated by Article 8 of the UCC), 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.
Upon the issuance of any replacement Note under this Section 2.5, the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee may require the payment by the Noteholder of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other reasonable expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Indenture Trustee or the Note Registrar) connected therewith.
Every replacement Note issued pursuant to this Section 2.5 in replacement of any mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Note shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the Issuer and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Notes duly issued hereunder.
The provisions of this Section 2.5 are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Notes.
SECTION 2.6 Persons Deemed 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 shall 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, whether or not such Note be overdue, and neither the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee nor any agent of the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
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SECTION 2.7 Payment of Principal and Interest; Defaulted Interest.
(a) Each of the Notes shall accrue interest at its respective Interest Rate, and such interest shall be payable on each Payment Date as specified therein, subject to Sections 3.1 and 8.2. Any installment of interest or principal, if any, payable on any Note which is punctually paid or duly provided for by the Issuer on the applicable Payment 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 in writing to the Indenture Trustee by such Person (or, if no such account is designated in writing to the Indenture Trustee by such Person, then by check mailed first-class, postage prepaid, to such Persons address as it appears on the Note Register on such Record Date), except that, unless Definitive Notes have been issued pursuant to Section 2.12, with respect to Notes registered on the Record Date in the name of the nominee of the Clearing Agency (initially, such nominee to be Cede & Co.), payment will be made by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account designated by such nominee and except for the final installment of principal payable with respect to such Note on a Payment Date or on the Final Scheduled Payment Date for such Class (and except for the Redemption Price for any Note called for redemption pursuant to Section 10.1) which shall be payable as provided below. The funds represented by any such checks returned undelivered shall be held in accordance with Section 3.3.
(b) The principal of each Note shall be payable in installments on each Payment Date as provided in Section 8.2. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the entire unpaid Note Balance and all accrued interest thereon shall be due and payable, if not previously paid, on the earlier of (i) the date on which an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, if the Indenture Trustee or the Holders of a majority of the Outstanding Note Balance of the Controlling Class have declared the Notes to be immediately due and payable in the manner provided in Section 5.2 and (ii) with respect to any Class of Notes, on the Final Scheduled Payment Date for that Class. 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 Payment Date on which Indenture Trustee expects that the final installment of principal of and interest on such Note will be paid. Such notice shall be transmitted prior to such final Payment Date and shall specify that such final installment will be payable only upon presentation and surrender of such Note and shall specify the place where such Note may be presented and surrendered for payment of such installment. Notices in connection with redemptions of Notes shall be mailed to Noteholders as provided in Section 10.2.
(c) If the Issuer defaults on a payment of interest on any Class of Notes, the Issuer shall pay defaulted interest (plus interest on such defaulted interest to the extent lawful at the applicable Interest Rate for such Class of Notes), which shall be due and payable on the Payment Date following such default. The Issuer shall pay such defaulted interest to the Persons who are Noteholders on the Record Date for such following Payment Date.
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SECTION 2.8 Cancellation. All Notes surrendered for payment, registration of transfer, exchange or redemption shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the Indenture Trustee, be delivered to the Indenture Trustee and shall be promptly cancelled 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 cancelled by the Indenture Trustee. No Notes shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Notes cancelled as provided in this Section, except as expressly permitted by this Indenture. All cancelled 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 that such Notes have not been previously disposed of by the Indenture Trustee.
SECTION 2.9 Release of Collateral. Except as contemplated by Section 11.1(b)(v), the Indenture Trustee shall release property from the lien of this Indenture only upon receipt of an Issuer Request accompanied by an Officers Certificate, an Opinion of Counsel and unless the Notes have been redeemed in accordance with Section 10.1, Independent Certificates in accordance with TIA Sections 314(c) and 314(d)(1) or an Opinion of Counsel in lieu of such Independent Certificates to the effect that the TIA does not require any such Independent Certificates. If the Commission shall issue an exemptive order under TIA Section 304(d) modifying the Issuers obligations under TIA Sections 314(c) and 314(d)(1), subject to Section 11.1 and the terms of the Transaction Documents, the Indenture Trustee shall release property from the lien of this Indenture in accordance with the conditions and procedures set forth in such exemptive order.
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 Indenture Trustee, as agent for DTC, the initial Clearing Agency, by, or on behalf of, the Issuer. One fully registered Book-Entry Note shall be issued with respect to each $500 million in principal amount of each Class of Notes and any such lesser amount. Such Notes shall initially be registered on the Note Register in the name of Cede & Co., the nominee of the initial Clearing Agency, and no Note Owner shall receive a Definitive Note representing such Note Owners interest in such Note, except as provided in Section 2.12. Unless and until definitive, fully registered Notes (the Definitive Notes) have been issued to Note Owners pursuant to Section 2.12:
(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 sole Noteholders, and shall have no obligation to 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;
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(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 or among such Note Owners and the Clearing Agency and/or the Clearing Agency Participants or Persons acting through Clearing Agency Participants. Pursuant to the 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 Noteholders evidencing a specified percentage of the Outstanding Note Balance, 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 or Persons acting through 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 Note Owners pursuant to Section 2.12, the Indenture Trustee shall give all such notices and communications specified herein to be given to the Noteholders to the Clearing Agency, and shall have no obligation to the Note Owners.
SECTION 2.12 Definitive Notes. If (a) 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 Notes, and the Administrator or the Indenture Trustee is unable to locate a qualified successor, (b) the Administrator at its option advises the Indenture Trustee in writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Clearing Agency or (c) an Event of Default shall have occurred, and Note Owners representing beneficial interests aggregating at least a majority of the Outstanding Note Balance of the Controlling Class, voting together as a single Class, advise the Indenture Trustee through the Clearing Agency or its successor in writing that the continuation of a book entry system through the Clearing Agency or its successor is no longer in the best interests of the Note Owners, then the Clearing Agency shall notify all Note Owners and the Indenture Trustee of the occurrence of any such event and of the availability of Definitive Notes to Note Owners requesting the same. Upon surrender to the Indenture Trustee of the typewritten Note or Notes representing the Book-Entry Notes by the Clearing Agency or the custodian holding the Book-Entry Notes on behalf of the Clearing Agency at its direction, 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 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.
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SECTION 2.13 Authenticating Agents.
(a) Upon the request of the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee shall, and if the Indenture Trustee so chooses, the Indenture Trustee may appoint one or more Persons (each, an Authenticating Agent) with power to act on its behalf and subject to its direction in the authentication of Notes in connection with issuance, transfers and exchanges under Sections 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5 and 9.6, as fully to all intents and purposes as though each such Authenticating Agent had been expressly authorized by those Sections to authenticate such Notes. For all purposes of this Indenture, the authentication of Notes by an Authenticating Agent pursuant to this Section shall be deemed to be the authentication of Notes by the Indenture Trustee. The Indenture Trustee shall be the Authenticating Agent in the absence of any appointment thereof.
(b) Any entity which any Authenticating Agent may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any entity resulting from any merger, consolidation or conversion to which any Authenticating Agent shall be a party, or any entity succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust business of any Authenticating Agent, shall be the successor of such Authenticating Agent hereunder, without the execution or filing of any further act on the part of the parties hereto or such Authenticating Agent or such successor entity.
(c) Any Authenticating Agent may at any time resign by giving written notice of resignation to the Indenture Trustee and the Issuer. The Indenture Trustee may at any time terminate the agency of any Authenticating Agent by giving written notice of termination to such Authenticating Agent and the Issuer. Upon receiving such notice of resignation or upon such termination, the Indenture Trustee may appoint a successor Authenticating Agent and shall give written notice of any such appointment to the Issuer.
(d) The provisions of Section 6.4 and, for so long as the Indenture Trustee is the Authenticating Agent, all other rights, benefits and protections afforded to the Indenture Trustee hereunder, shall be applicable to any Authenticating Agent.
SECTION 2.14 Paying Agent. (a) The Indenture Trustee may appoint a Paying Agent with respect to the Notes. Initially, the Paying Agent shall be the Indenture Trustee. The Paying Agent shall have the revocable power to withdraw funds from the Collection Account and the Principal Distribution Account and to make distributions to the Noteholders, to the Certificate Distribution Account, to the Servicer, to the Administrator and to the Owner Trustee pursuant to Section 8.4 of this Indenture. The Indenture Trustee may revoke such power and remove the Paying Agent if the Indenture Trustee determines in its sole discretion that the Paying Agent shall have failed to perform its obligations under this Indenture in any material respect or for other good cause. Any Paying Agent shall be permitted to resign as Paying Agent upon thirty (30) days written notice to the Seller and the Indenture Trustee. In the event that the Paying Agent shall have been removed or resigned, the Indenture Trustee shall appoint a successor to act as Paying Agent (which shall be a bank or trust company and may be the Indenture Trustee) with the consent of the Seller, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for so long as Wilmington Trust, National Association is acting as the Indenture Trustee hereunder, it shall also act as the Paying Agent, and be entitled to the rights, benefits, protection and immunities afforded to the Indenture Trustee hereunder.
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(b) The Indenture Trustee in its capacity as initial Paying Agent hereunder agrees that it (i) will hold all sums held by it hereunder for payment to the Noteholders in trust for the benefit of the Noteholders entitled thereto until such sums shall be paid to such Person and (ii) shall comply with all requirements of the Code regarding the withholding of payments in respect of United States federal income taxes due from the Noteholders or Note Owners.
(c) An institution succeeding to the corporate trust or agency business of the Paying Agent shall continue to be the Paying Agent without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of the Indenture Trustee or such Paying Agent.
SECTION 2.15 Tax and Accounting Treatment.
(a) The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that it is their mutual intent that the Notes constitute and be treated as indebtedness for U.S. federal and all applicable state and local income and franchise tax purposes (other than any Notes that are owned during any period of time either by the Issuer or by a Person that is considered to be the same Person as the Issuer for U.S. federal income tax purposes). Further, each party hereto, and each Noteholder by accepting and holding a Note (other than a Noteholder that is the Issuer or a Person that is considered to be the same Person as the Issuer for U.S. federal income tax purposes), hereby covenants to every other party hereto and to every other Noteholder to treat the Notes as indebtedness for U.S. federal and all applicable state and local income and franchise tax purposes in all tax filings, reports and returns and otherwise, and further covenants that neither it nor any of its Affiliates will take, or participate in the taking of or permit to be taken, any action that is inconsistent with such tax treatment and tax reporting of the Notes, unless required by applicable law. All successors and assignees of the parties hereto shall be bound by the provisions hereof.
(b) The parties hereto agree that it is their mutual intent that, for all applicable purposes the Certificates will not constitute indebtedness.
(c) Prior to the first Payment Date, at any time required by law and/or promptly upon request, each Noteholder shall provide to the Indenture Trustee, Paying Agent and/or the Issuer (or other person responsible for withholding of taxes) with its Tax Information. Each Noteholder is deemed to understand that by acceptance of a Note, such Noteholder agrees to supply the foregoing information. Further, each Noteholder is deemed to understand that the Issuer, Indenture Trustee and Paying Agent have the right to withhold as required on amounts payable with respect to the Note (without any corresponding gross-up) on any beneficial owner of an interest in a Note that fails to comply with both of the preceding sentences.
(d) It is the intent of the Issuer that the Notes constitute indebtedness for all financial accounting purposes and the Issuer agrees and each purchaser of a Note (by virtue of the acquisition of such Note or an interest therein) shall be deemed to have agreed, to treat the Notes as indebtedness for all financial accounting purposes.
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SECTION 2.16 Certain Transfer Restrictions on all Classes of the Notes.
(a) By acquiring a Note (or any interest therein), each purchaser and transferee (and, if the purchaser or transferee is a Plan, its fiduciary) (i) shall be deemed to represent and warrant that either (x) it is not acquiring and will not hold such Note (or any interest therein) on behalf of, or with any assets of, a Benefit Plan or any Plan that is subject to Similar Law or (y) the acquisition, holding and disposition of such Note (or any interest therein) will not give rise to a non-exempt prohibited transaction under Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code or a violation of any Similar Law and (ii) acknowledges and agrees if it is a Benefit Plan or a Plan that is subject to Similar Law, it shall not acquire such Note (or any interest therein) at any time that the ratings on such Note are below investment grade or if such Note has been characterized as other than indebtedness for applicable local law purposes.
(b) Any purported transfer of a Note not in accordance with this Section 2.16 or not in accordance with Sections 2.17, 2.18 or 2.19 shall be null and void ab initio and shall not be given effect for any purpose hereunder. The Issuer may sell, or direct the Indenture Trustee to sell on its behalf, any Notes acquired in violation of the foregoing at the cost and risk of the purported transferee. If the transferee fails to transfer such Note or such beneficial interests in such Note within thirty (30) days after notice of the voided transfer, then the Issuer shall cause such Noteholders interest or Note Owners interest in such Note to be transferred in a commercially reasonable sale arranged by the Issuer (conducted by the Issuer or an agent of the Issuer in accordance with Section 9-610(b) of the UCC as applied to securities that are sold on a recognized market or that may decline speedily in value).
SECTION 2.17 Certain Transfer Restrictions.
(a) Any Notes (or interests therein) beneficially owned by the Issuer or a Person that is considered to be the same Person as the Issuer for United States federal income tax purposes after the Closing Date may not be transferred for United States federal income tax purposes to another Person (other than a Person that is considered to be the same Person as the Issuer for United States federal income tax purposes) unless the Administrator shall cause an Opinion of Counsel, of nationally recognized tax counsel, to be delivered to the Seller and the Indenture Trustee to the effect that (x) such Notes will be treated as debt for United States federal income tax purposes and (y) the sale of such Notes will not cause the Issuer to be treated as other than a grantor trust for United States federal income tax purposes. The transferee acknowledges that any transfer in violation of the foregoing will be of no force and effect, will be void ab initio, and will not operate to transfer any rights to the transferee. In addition, if for tax or other reasons it may be necessary to track such Notes (e.g., the Notes have original issue discount), tracking conditions such as requiring that such Notes be in definitive registered form or have a different CUSIP may be required by the Administrator as a condition to such transfer.
(b) Other than as described in clause (a) above, after the Closing Date, a Note (or beneficial interest therein) may not be sold or transferred to a Person that beneficially owns more than 99% of the Certificates of the Issuer (and any other interest in the Issuer treated as equity for United States federal income tax purposes), provided, however, that such sale or transfer shall be permitted if such Person covenants and agrees in writing, in form and substance satisfactory to the Issuer and Indenture Trustee, that it will not transfer its Certificates or Notes except upon prior delivery to the Indenture Trustee of an Opinion of Counsel substantially to the effect described in clause (a) and subject to any tracking conditions that may be imposed by the Administrator with respect to such Notes pursuant to clause (a).
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SECTION 2.18 Transfer Restrictions on Certain Notes Upon a Sale of a Certificate. The restrictions on transfer of Notes retained by the Issuer or a Person that is considered the same Person as the Issuer for United States federal income tax purposes provided in Section 2.17(a) shall not continue to apply in the event the Indenture Trustee and the Seller have received the Initial Certificate Transfer Opinion.
SECTION 2.19 Certain Transfer Restrictions on the 144A Notes.
(a) None of the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee nor any other Person may register the 144A Notes under the Securities Act or any state securities laws. No 144A Note or any interest therein may be sold or transferred (including by pledge or hypothecation) to any other Person unless such sale or transfer is to a Qualified Institutional Buyer in accordance with Rule 144A (except for transfers of 144A Notes to the Seller or any of its Affiliates and by the Seller or any of its Affiliates as part of the initial distribution or any redistribution of the 144A Notes by the Seller or any of its Affiliates pursuant to a note purchase agreement or any similar agreement).
(b) Prior to any sale or transfer of any 144A Note (or any interest therein) each prospective transferee of such 144A Note (or any interest therein) (except for transfers of Notes to the Seller or any of its Affiliates and by the Seller or any of its Affiliates as part of the initial distribution or any redistribution of the Notes by the Seller or any of its Affiliates pursuant to the Note Purchase Agreement or any similar agreement) shall be deemed to make the following representations to the Indenture Trustee, the Note Registrar and the Seller:
(i) The transferee (A) is a Qualified Institutional Buyer, (B) is aware that the sale of the 144A Notes to it is being made in reliance on the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144A and (C) is acquiring the 144A Notes for its own account or for one or more accounts, each of which is a Qualified Institutional Buyer, and as to each of which the owner exercises sole investment discretion, and in a principal amount of not less than the minimum denomination of such 144A Note for the purchaser and for each such account.
(ii) The 144A Notes may not at any time be held by or on behalf of any Person (other than the Seller or an Affiliate of the Seller) that is not a Qualified Institutional Buyer.
(iii) The transferee understands that the 144A Notes are being offered only in a transaction not involving any public offering in the United States within the meaning of the Securities Act, none of the 144A Notes have been or will be registered under the Securities Act, and, if in the future the transferee decides to offer, resell, pledge or otherwise transfer the 144A Notes, such 144A Notes may only be offered, resold, pledged or otherwise transferred in accordance with this Indenture and the applicable legend on such 144A Notes set forth below. The transferee acknowledges that no representation is made by the Issuer as to the availability of any exemption under the Securities Act or any applicable State securities laws for resale of the 144A Notes.
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(iv) The transferee understands that an investment in the 144A Notes involves certain risks, including the risk of loss of all or a substantial part of its investment under certain circumstances. The transferee has had access to such financial and other information concerning the Issuer and the 144A Notes as it deemed necessary or appropriate in order to make an informed investment decision with respect to its purchase of the 144A Notes, including an opportunity to ask questions of and request information from the Servicer, the Seller and the Issuer. The transferee has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of its investment in the 144A Notes, and the transferee and any accounts for which it is acting are each able to bear the economic risk of the holders or of its investment.
(v) In connection with the transfer of the 144A Notes (a) none of the Issuer, the Servicer, the Seller, any initial purchaser of the 144A Notes, nor the Indenture Trustee is acting as a fiduciary or financial or investment adviser for the transferee, (b) the transferee is not relying (for purposes of making any investment decision or otherwise) upon any advice, counsel or representations (whether written or oral) of any initial purchaser of the 144A Notes, the Issuer, the Servicer, the Seller, or the Indenture Trustee other than in the most current offering memorandum for such 144A Notes and any representations expressly set forth in a written agreement with such party, (c) none of any initial purchaser of the 144A Notes, the Issuer, the Servicer, the Seller, or the Indenture Trustee has given to the transferee (directly or indirectly through any other person) any assurance, guarantee, or representation whatsoever as to the expected or projected success, profitability, return, performance, result, effect, consequence, or benefit (including legal, regulatory, tax, financial, accounting, or otherwise) of its purchase or the documentation for the 144A Notes, (d) the transferee has consulted with its own legal, regulatory, tax, business, investment, financial, and accounting advisers to the extent it has deemed necessary, and it has made its own investment decisions (including decisions regarding the suitability of any transaction pursuant to this Indenture) based upon its own judgment and upon any advice from such advisers as it has deemed necessary and not upon any view expressed by any initial purchaser of the 144A Notes, the Issuer, the Servicer, the Seller, or the Indenture Trustee, (e) the transferee has determined that the rates, prices or amounts and other terms of the purchase and sale of the 144A Notes reflect those in the relevant market for similar transactions, (f) the transferee is purchasing the 144A Notes with a full understanding of all of the terms, conditions and risks thereof (economic and otherwise), and is capable of assuming and willing to assume (financially and otherwise) these risks and (g) the transferee is a sophisticated investor familiar with transactions similar to its investment in the 144A Notes.
(vi) The transferee understands that the 144A Notes will bear the legend(s) substantially similar to those set forth in Section 2.17(c) unless the Issuer determines otherwise in compliance with applicable law.
(vii) The transferee will not, at any time, offer to buy or offer to sell the 144A Notes by any form of general solicitation or advertising, including, but not limited to, any advertisement, article, notice or other communication published in any newspaper, magazine or similar medium or broadcast over television or radio or at a seminar or meeting whose attendees have been invited by general solicitations or advertising.
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(viii) The transferee is not acquiring the 144A Notes with a view to the resale, distribution or other disposition thereof in violation of the Securities Act.
(ix) The transferee will provide notice to each Person to whom it proposes to transfer any interest in the 144A Notes of the transfer restrictions and representations set forth in this Indenture.
(x) The transferee acknowledges that any transfer in violation of the foregoing will be of no force and effect, will be void ab initio, and will not operate to transfer any rights to the transferee.
(c) Each 144A Note will bear a legend to the following effect:
THIS NOTE OR ANY INTEREST HEREIN HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE SECURITIES ACT) OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES, AND THE ISSUER HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940, AS AMENDED (THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT). THIS NOTE OR ANY INTEREST HEREIN MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED, EXCEPT (A) (1) TO A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER) WHO IS EITHER PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER, IN A PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF NOT LESS THAN $1,000 AND IN GREATER WHOLE NUMBER DENOMINATIONS OF $1,000 IN EXCESS THEREOF (EXCEPT FOR TWO SUCH NOTES WHICH MAY BE ISSUED IN INTEGRAL MULTIPLES IN EXCESS THEREOF OF OTHER THAN $1,000) FOR THE PURCHASER AND FOR EACH SUCH ACCOUNT, IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A SO LONG AS THIS NOTE IS ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A, SUBJECT TO THE SATISFACTION OF CERTAIN CONDITIONS SPECIFIED IN THE INDENTURE, OR (2) TO THE SELLER OR ANY OF ITS U.S. CORPORATE AFFILIATES (OR DISREGARDED ENTITIES THEREOF) AND (B) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES AND ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION. EACH PURCHASER WILL BE DEEMED TO HAVE MADE CERTAIN REPRESENTATIONS AND AGREEMENTS SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE. ANY TRANSFER IN VIOLATION OF THE FOREGOING WILL BE OF NO FORCE AND EFFECT, WILL BE VOID AB INITIO, AND WILL NOT OPERATE TO TRANSFER ANY RIGHTS TO THE TRANSFEREE, NOTWITHSTANDING ANY INSTRUCTIONS TO THE
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CONTRARY TO THE ISSUER, THE INDENTURE TRUSTEE, OR ANY INTERMEDIARY. IF AT ANY TIME, THE ISSUER DETERMINES OR IS NOTIFIED THAT THE HOLDER OF SUCH NOTE OR BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN SUCH NOTE WAS IN BREACH, AT THE TIME GIVEN, OF ANY OF THE REPRESENTATIONS SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE, THE ISSUER AND THE INDENTURE TRUSTEE MAY CONSIDER THE ACQUISITION OF THIS NOTE OR SUCH INTEREST IN SUCH NOTE VOID AND REQUIRE THAT THIS NOTE OR SUCH INTEREST HEREIN BE TRANSFERRED TO A PERSON DESIGNATED BY THE ISSUER.
BY ACQUIRING THIS NOTE (OR ANY INTEREST HEREIN), EACH PURCHASER OR TRANSFEREE (AND, IF THE PURCHASER OR TRANSFEREE IS A PLAN (AS DEFINED BELOW), ITS FIDUCIARY) (I) WILL BE DEEMED TO REPRESENT AND WARRANT THAT EITHER (A) SUCH PURCHASER OR TRANSFEREE IS NOT ACQUIRING AND WILL NOT HOLD THIS NOTE (OR ANY INTEREST HEREIN) ON BEHALF OF, OR WITH ANY ASSETS OF, A PLAN THAT IS SUBJECT TO TITLE I OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED (ERISA), OR SECTION 4975 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE CODE) (EACH, A BENEFIT PLAN), OR A PLAN THAT IS SUBJECT TO A LAW THAT IS SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR TO TITLE I OF ERISA OR SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE (SIMILAR LAW) OR (B) THE ACQUISITION, HOLDING AND DISPOSITION OF THIS NOTE (OR ANY INTEREST HEREIN) WILL NOT GIVE RISE TO A NONEXEMPT PROHIBITED TRANSACTION UNDER SECTION 406 OF ERISA OR SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE OR A VIOLATION OF ANY SIMILAR LAW AND (II) ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES IF IT IS A BENEFIT PLAN OR A PLAN THAT IS SUBJECT TO SIMILAR LAW, IT SHALL NOT ACQUIRE THIS NOTE (OR INTEREST HEREIN) AT ANY TIME THAT THE RATINGS ON THIS NOTE ARE BELOW INVESTMENT GRADE OR IF THIS NOTE HAS BEEN CHARACTERIZED AS OTHER THAN INDEBTEDNESS FOR APPLICABLE LOCAL LAW PURPOSES. FOR PURPOSES OF THE FOREGOING, PLAN MEANS AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN AS DEFINED IN SECTION 3(3) OF ERISA WHETHER OR NOT SUBJECT TO TITLE I OF ERISA, A PLAN AS DEFINED IN SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE, OR AN ENTITY OR ACCOUNT DEEMED TO HOLD THE PLAN ASSETS OF ANY OF THE FOREGOING.
TRANSFERS OF THIS NOTE MUST GENERALLY BE ACCOMPANIED BY APPROPRIATE TAX TRANSFER DOCUMENTATION AND ARE SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS AS PROVIDED IN THE INDENTURE.
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ARTICLE III
COVENANTS
SECTION 3.1 Payment of Principal and Interest; Determination of SOFR; Benchmark Replacement.
(a) The Issuer will duly and punctually pay the principal of and interest on the Notes in accordance with the terms of the Notes and this Indenture. Without limiting the foregoing and subject to Section 8.2, on each Payment Date the Issuer shall cause to be paid all amounts on deposit in the Collection Account which represent the Reserve Account Draw Amount and Available Funds for such Payment Date received by the Servicer during the preceding Collection Period. Amounts properly withheld under the Code by any Person from a payment to any Noteholder of interest and/or principal shall be considered to have been paid by the Issuer to such Noteholder for all purposes of this Indenture. Interest accrued on the Notes shall be due and payable on each Payment Date. The final interest payment on each Class of Notes is due on the earlier of (a) the Payment Date (including any Redemption Date) on which the principal amount of that Class of Notes is reduced to zero or (b) the applicable Final Scheduled Payment Date for that Class of Notes.
(b) So long as the Class A-2b Notes are Outstanding, the Paying Agent shall obtain SOFR in accordance with the definition of SOFR Rate on each SOFR Adjustment Date and shall promptly provide such rate to the Administrator or such person as directed by the Administrator. All determinations of the SOFR Rate by the Paying Agent, in the absence of manifest error, will be conclusive and binding on the Noteholders.
(c) If the Administrator determines prior to the relevant Reference Time that a Benchmark Transition Event and its related Benchmark Replacement Date have occurred prior to the determination of the then-current Benchmark, the Benchmark Replacement determined by the Administrator will replace the then-current Benchmark for all purposes relating to the Class A-2b Notes in respect of such determination on such date and all such determinations on all subsequent dates. The Administrator shall deliver written notice to each Rating Agency, the Relevant Trustees and the Paying Agent on any SOFR Adjustment Date if, as of the applicable Reference Time, the Administrator has determined with respect to the related Interest Period that there will be a change in the SOFR Rate or the terms related thereto since the immediately preceding SOFR Adjustment Date due to a determination by the Administrator that a Benchmark Transition Event and its related Benchmark Replacement Date have occurred. The Administrator shall have the right to make SOFR Adjustment Conforming Changes and, in connection with the implementation of a Benchmark Replacement, Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes, from time to time.
(d) All percentages resulting from any calculation on the Class A-2b Notes shall 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 0.098765445) would be rounded to 9.87655% (or 0.0987655)), and all dollar amounts used in or resulting from that calculation on the Class A-2b Notes will be rounded to the nearest cent (with one-half cent being rounded upwards).
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(e) Any determination, decision or election that may be made by the Administrator or any other Person in connection with a Benchmark Transition Event, a Benchmark Replacement Conforming Change or a Benchmark Replacement pursuant to this Section 3.1 (or pursuant to any capitalized term used in this Section 3.1 or in any such capitalized term), including any determination with respect to administrative feasibility (whether due to technical, administrative or operational issues), a tenor, rate or adjustment or of the occurrence or non-occurrence of an event, circumstance or date and any decision to take or refrain from taking any action or any selection, will be conclusive and binding absent manifest error, may be made in the Administrators sole discretion, and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Transaction Documents, will become effective without the consent of any other Person (including any Noteholder). The Class A-2b Noteholders shall not have any right to approve or disapprove of these changes and shall be deemed by their acceptance of a Note to have agreed to waive and release any and all claims relating to any such determinations. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Transaction Documents, none of the Issuer, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Administrator, the Paying Agent, the Sponsor, the Depositor or the Servicer will have any liability for any action or inaction taken or refrained from being taken by it with respect to any Benchmark, Benchmark Transition Event, Benchmark Replacement Date, Benchmark Replacement, Benchmark Replacement Adjustment, Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes or any other matters related to or arising in connection with the foregoing. Each Noteholder and beneficial owner of Notes, by its acceptance of a Note or a beneficial interest in a Note, will be deemed to waive and release any and all claims against the Issuer, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Paying Agent, the Administrator, the Sponsor, the Depositor and the Servicer relating to any such determinations.
(f) None of the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee or the Paying Agent shall be under any obligation (i) to monitor, determine or verify the unavailability or cessation of SOFR, the Benchmark or Benchmark Replacement or whether or when there has occurred, or to give notice to any other transaction party of the occurrence of, any Benchmark Transition Event or Benchmark Replacement Date, (ii) to select, determine or designate any Benchmark Replacement, or other successor or replacement benchmark index or whether any conditions to the designation of such a rate have been satisfied, (iii) to select, determine or designate any Benchmark Replacement Adjustment, or Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement, or other modifier to any replacement or successor index, or (iv) to determine whether or what Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes are necessary or advisable, if any, in connection with any of the foregoing.
(g) None of the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee or the Paying Agent shall be liable for any inability, failure or delay on its part to perform any of its duties set forth in this Indenture or any other Transaction Document as a result of the unavailability of SOFR (or other applicable Benchmark) and the absence of the designated Benchmark Replacement, including as a result of any inability, delay, error or inaccuracy on the part of any other transaction party, including without limitation the Servicer or Administrator (on behalf of the Trust), in providing any direction, instruction, notice or information required or contemplated by the terms of this Indenture and the other Transaction Documents and reasonably required for the performance of such duties.
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(h) (i) In no event shall (x) the Indenture Trustee and the Paying Agent be responsible for determining the SOFR Rate or any substitute for SOFR if such rate does not appear on the FRBNYs Website or on a comparable system as is customarily used to quote SOFR or such substitute for SOFR, (y) the Owner Trustee be responsible for determining the SOFR Rate or any substitute for SOFR, or (z) the Indenture Trustee, the Paying Agent and the Owner Trustee be responsible for making any decision or election in connection with a Benchmark Transition Event or a Benchmark Replacement as described above, including any determination with respect to a tenor, rate or adjustment or of the occurrence or non-occurrence of an event and (ii) in connection with any of the matters referenced in clause (i) of this sentence, the Indenture Trustee, the Paying Agent and the Owner Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely on any determinations made by the Administrator (on behalf of the Issuer), as applicable, in regards to such matters and shall have no liability for such actions taken at the direction of the Administrator (on behalf of the Issuer).
SECTION 3.2 Maintenance of Office or Agency. As long as any of the Notes remain Outstanding, the Issuer shall maintain at the Corporate Trust Office of the Indenture Trustee, 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 shall 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 3.3 Money for Payments to Be Held in Trust. (a) As provided in Sections 5.4 and 8.2, all payments of amounts due and payable with respect to any Notes that are to be made from amounts withdrawn from the Trust Accounts shall be made on behalf of the Issuer by the Indenture Trustee or by another Paying Agent, and no amounts so withdrawn therefrom for payments on the Notes shall be paid over to the Issuer except as provided in this Section and Section 8.5.
(b) On or prior to noon, New York City time, on the Business Day prior to each Payment Date, and on or prior to noon, New York City time on the Redemption Date, the Issuer shall deposit or cause to be deposited into the Collection Account Available Funds with respect to the related Collection Period and the Paying Agent shall hold such sum in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto pursuant to the Transaction Documents and (unless the Paying Agent is the Indenture Trustee) shall promptly notify the Indenture Trustee in writing of its action or failure so to act.
(c) The Issuer shall cause each Paying Agent, other than the Indenture Trustee, to execute and deliver to the Indenture Trustee an instrument in which such Paying Agent shall agree with the Indenture Trustee (and if the Indenture Trustee acts as Paying Agent, it hereby so agrees to the extent relevant), subject to the provisions of this Section, that such Paying Agent will:
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(i) hold all sums held by it for the payment of amounts due with respect to the Notes in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided and pay such sums to such Persons as provided in the Transaction Documents;
(ii) give the Indenture Trustee written notice of any default by the Issuer of which it has actual knowledge in the making of any payment required to be made with respect to the Notes;
(iii) at any time during the continuance of any such default, upon the written request of the Indenture Trustee, forthwith pay to the Indenture Trustee all sums so held in trust by such Paying Agent;
(iv) 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 if at any time it ceases to meet the standards required to be met by a Paying Agent at the time of its appointment;
(v) comply with all requirements of the Code with respect to the withholding from any payments made by it on any Notes of any applicable withholding taxes imposed thereon, including FATCA Withholding Tax (including obtaining and retaining from Persons entitled to payments with respect to the Notes any Tax Information and making any withholdings with respect to the Notes as required by the Code (including FATCA) and paying over such withheld amounts to the appropriate governmental authority); and
(vi) comply with respect to any applicable reporting requirements in connection with any payments made by it on any Notes and any withholding of taxes therefrom, and, upon request, provide any Tax Information to the Issuer.
(d) 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 such sums were held by such Paying Agent; and upon such a payment by any Paying Agent to the Indenture Trustee, such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such money.
(e) Subject to applicable laws with respect to the 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 for two years after such amount has become due and payable shall be discharged from such trust and distributed by the Indenture Trustee to the Issuer upon receipt 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 with respect to such trust money shall thereupon cease; provided, however, that the Indenture Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such payment, shall at the reasonable expense of the Issuer cause to be published once, in an Authorized Newspaper, notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date
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specified therein, which date shall not be less than thirty (30) days from the date of such publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining shall be paid to the Issuer. The Indenture Trustee may also adopt and employ, at the written direction of and at the expense of the Issuer, any other reasonable means of notification of such repayment (including, but not limited to, mailing notice of such repayment to Holders whose Notes have been called but have not been surrendered for redemption or whose right to or interest in monies due and payable but not claimed is determinable from the records of the Indenture Trustee or of any Paying Agent, at the last address of record for each such Noteholder).
SECTION 3.4 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 and shall 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.
SECTION 3.5 Protection of Collateral. The Issuer intends the security interest Granted pursuant to this Indenture in favor of the Indenture Trustee on behalf of the Noteholders to be prior to all other Liens in respect of the Collateral, and the Issuer shall take all actions necessary to obtain and maintain, for the benefit of the Indenture Trustee on behalf of the Noteholders, a first Lien on and a first priority, perfected security interest in the Collateral (except to the extent that the interest of the Indenture Trustee therein cannot be perfected by the filing of a financing statement). The Issuer shall from time to time execute and deliver all such supplements and amendments hereto, shall file or authorize the filing of all such financing statements, continuation statements, instruments of further assurance and other instruments, all as prepared by the Administrator and delivered to the Issuer, and shall take such other action necessary or advisable to:
(a) Grant more effectively all or any portion of the Collateral;
(b) maintain or preserve the lien and security interest (and the priority thereof) created by this Indenture or carry out more effectively the purposes hereof;
(c) perfect, publish notice of or protect the validity of any Grant made or to be made by this Indenture;
(d) enforce any of the Collateral; or
(e) preserve and defend title to the Collateral and the rights of the Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders in the Collateral against the claims of all Persons.
The Issuer hereby designates the Indenture Trustee as its agent and attorney-in-fact and hereby authorizes the Indenture Trustee to file all financing statements, continuation statements or other instruments required to be filed (if any) pursuant to this Section; provided, however, the Indenture Trustee shall have no duty and shall not be responsible for filing any financing or continuation statements or recording any documents or instruments in any public office at any time or times or otherwise perfecting or maintaining the perfection of any security interest and shall have no liability in connection with taking or failing to take such action. Notwithstanding any statement to the contrary contained herein or in any other Transaction Document, the Issuer shall not be required to notify any Dealer or any insurer with respect to any Insurance Policy about any aspect of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.
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SECTION 3.6 Opinions as to Collateral.
(a) On the Closing Date, the Issuer shall furnish or cause to be furnished to the Indenture Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that, in the opinion of such counsel, either (i) such action has been taken with respect to the recording and filing of this Indenture, any indentures supplemental hereto and any other requisite documents, and with respect to the filing of any financing statements and continuation statements, as are necessary to perfect and make effective the first priority lien and security interest of this Indenture, and reciting the details of such action, or (ii) no such action is necessary to make such lien and security interest effective.
(b) Within one hundred twenty (120) days after the beginning of each calendar year, beginning with April 30, 2023, the Issuer shall furnish to the Indenture Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that, in the opinion of such counsel, either (i) such action has been taken with respect to the recording, filing, re-recording and refiling of this Indenture, any indentures supplemental hereto and any other requisite documents, and with respect to the filing of any financing statements and continuation statements as are necessary to maintain the lien and security interest created by this Indenture, and reciting the details of such actions or (ii) no such action is necessary to maintain such lien and security interest. Such Opinion of Counsel shall also describe the recording, filing, re-recording and refiling of this Indenture, any indentures supplemental hereto and any other requisite documents and the filing of any financing statements and continuation statements that will, in the opinion of such counsel, be required to maintain the lien and security interest of this Indenture until April 30 in the following calendar year.
SECTION 3.7 Performance of Obligations; Servicing of Receivables.
(a) The Issuer shall not take any action and shall use its reasonable efforts not to permit any action to be taken by others, including the Administrator, that would release any Person from any of such Persons material covenants or obligations under any instrument or agreement included in the Collateral or that would result in the amendment, hypothecation, subordination, termination or discharge of, or impair the validity or effectiveness of, any such instrument or agreement, except as ordered by any bankruptcy or other court or as expressly provided in this Indenture, the other Transaction Documents or such other instrument or agreement.
(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 Officers Certificate of the Issuer shall be deemed to be action taken by the Issuer. Initially, the Issuer has contracted with the Administrator, and the Administrator has agreed, to assist the Issuer in performing its duties under this Indenture.
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(c) The Issuer shall, and shall cause the Administrator and the Servicer to, punctually perform and observe all of its respective obligations and agreements contained in this Indenture, the other Transaction Documents and the instruments and agreements included in the Collateral, including but not limited to preparing (or causing to be prepared) and filing (or causing to be filed) all UCC financing statements and continuation statements required to be filed by the terms of this Indenture and the other Transaction Documents in accordance with and within the time periods provided for herein and therein. Except as otherwise expressly provided therein, the Issuer shall not waive, amend, modify, supplement or terminate any Transaction Document or any provision thereof other than in accordance with the amendment provisions set forth in such Transaction Document.
SECTION 3.8 Negative Covenants. So long as any Notes are Outstanding, the Issuer shall not:
(a) engage in any activities other than financing, acquiring, owning, pledging and managing the Receivables and the other Collateral as contemplated by this Indenture and the other Transaction Documents;
(b) except as expressly permitted by this Indenture or in the other Transaction Documents, sell, transfer, exchange or otherwise dispose of any of the properties or assets of the Issuer;
(c) 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 applicable state law) 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;
(d) dissolve or liquidate in whole or in part;
(e) (i) 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 except as may be expressly permitted hereby, (ii) permit any Lien (other than Permitted Liens) to be created on or extend to or otherwise arise upon or burden the assets of the Issuer or any part thereof or any interest therein or the proceeds thereof or (iii) permit the lien of this Indenture not to constitute a valid first priority (other than with respect to any Permitted Lien) security interest in the Collateral (it being understood that (A) either each Receivable constituting part of the Collateral is secured by a first priority validly perfected security interest in the Financed Vehicle in favor of the Originator, as secured party, or all necessary actions with respect to the Receivable have been taken or will be taken to perfect a first priority security interest in the Financed Vehicle in favor of the Originator, as secured party and (B) the Issuer shall not be required to notify any insurer with respect to any Insurance Policy obtained by an Obligor about any aspect of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents);
(f) incur, assume or guarantee any indebtedness other than indebtedness incurred in accordance with the Transaction Documents; or
(g) merge or consolidate with, or transfer substantially all of its assets to, any other Person.
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SECTION 3.9 Annual Compliance Statement.
(a) The Issuer shall deliver to the Indenture Trustee on or before March 30th of each calendar year beginning with March 30, 2023, an Officers Certificate stating, as to the Authorized Officer signing such Officers Certificate, that:
(i) a review of the activities of the Issuer during the preceding 12-month period (or since the Closing Date, in the case of the first such Officers Certificate) and of its performance under this Indenture has been made under such Authorized Officers supervision; and
(ii) to the best of such Authorized Officers knowledge, based on such review, the Issuer has complied in all material respects with all conditions and covenants under this Indenture throughout such period, or, if there has been a default in the compliance of any such condition or covenant, specifying each such default known to such Authorized Officer and the nature and status thereof.
(b) The Issuer shall:
(i) file with the Indenture Trustee, within fifteen (15) days after the Issuer is required (if at all) to file the same with the Commission, copies of the annual reports and such other information, documents and reports (or copies of such portions of any of the foregoing as the Commission may from time to time by rules and regulations prescribe) as the Issuer may be required to file with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act or such other reports required pursuant to TIA Section 314(a)(1);
(ii) file with the Indenture Trustee and the Commission in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission such other 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 as required by 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 3.9(b) as may be required pursuant to rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission.
(c) Unless the Issuer otherwise determines, the fiscal year of the Issuer shall be the same as the fiscal year of the Servicer (which shall end on the December 31st of each year).
SECTION 3.10 Restrictions on Certain Other Activities. The Issuer shall not: (i) engage in any activities other than financing, acquiring, owning, pledging and managing the Trust Estate and the other Collateral in the manner contemplated by the Transaction Documents; (ii) issue, incur, assume, guarantee or otherwise become liable, directly or indirectly, for any indebtedness other than the Notes; (iii) make any loan, advance or credit to, guarantee (directly
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or indirectly or by an instrument having the effect of assuring anothers 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, 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; or (iv) make any expenditure (by long-term or operating lease or otherwise) for capital assets (either realty or personalty).
SECTION 3.11 Restricted Payments. The Issuer shall not, directly or indirectly, (a) pay any dividend or make any distribution (by reduction of capital or otherwise), whether in cash, property, securities or a combination thereof, to the Owner Trustee or any owner of a beneficial interest in the Issuer or otherwise with respect to any ownership or equity interest or security in or of the Issuer or to the Servicer or the Administrator, (b) redeem, purchase, retire or otherwise acquire for value any such ownership or equity interest or security or (c) set aside or otherwise segregate any amounts for any such purpose; provided that the Issuer may cause to be made distributions to the Servicer, the Administrator, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Noteholders and the Certificateholders as permitted by, and to the extent funds are available for such purpose under, this Indenture, the Servicing Agreement, the Administration Agreement or the Trust Agreement. Other than as set forth in the preceding sentence, the Issuer will not, directly or indirectly, make distributions from the Trust Accounts.
SECTION 3.12 Notice of Events of Default. The Issuer shall promptly deliver to the Indenture Trustee and each Rating Agency written notice, in the form of an Officers Certificate, of an Event of Default or any event which with the giving of notice, the lapse of time or both would become an Event of Default, its status and what action the Issuer is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.
SECTION 3.13 Further Instruments and Acts. Upon request of the Indenture Trustee, the Issuer shall 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 3.14 Compliance with Laws. The Issuer shall comply with the requirements of all applicable laws, the non-compliance with which would, individually or in the aggregate, materially and adversely affect the ability of the Issuer to perform its obligations under the Notes, this Indenture or any other Transaction Document.
SECTION 3.15 Removal of Administrator. For so long as any Notes are Outstanding, the Issuer shall not remove the Administrator without cause unless the Rating Agency Condition shall have been satisfied in connection therewith.
SECTION 3.16 Perfection Representations, Warranties and Covenants. The perfection representations, warranties and covenants attached hereto as Schedule I shall be deemed to be part of this Indenture for all purposes.
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SECTION 3.17 Investment Company Act Representation. The Issuer hereby represents and warrants to the Indenture Trustee that it is not an investment company that is registered or required to be registered under, or otherwise subject to the restrictions of, the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
ARTICLE IV
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
SECTION 4.1 Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture. This Indenture shall cease to be of further effect with respect to the Notes except as to (a) rights of registration of transfer and exchange, (b) substitution of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Notes, (c) rights of Noteholders to receive payments of principal thereof and interest thereon, (d) Sections 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.8, 3.10 and 3.11, (e) the rights, protections, indemnities and immunities of the Indenture Trustee hereunder and (f) the rights of Noteholders 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 (i) all Notes theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than (1) Notes that have been destroyed, lost or stolen and that have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 2.5 and (2) Notes for which payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Issuer and thereafter repaid to the Issuer or discharged from such trust, as provided in Section 3.3) have been delivered to the Indenture Trustee for cancellation or (ii) all Notes not theretofore delivered to the Indenture Trustee for cancellation (1) have become due and payable, (2) will become due and payable at the latest occurring Final Scheduled Payment Date within one year, or (3) are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Indenture Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Issuer, and the Issuer, in the case of clauses (1), (2) or (3), 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 (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, to the latest occurring Final Scheduled Payment Date or Redemption Date (if Notes shall have been called for redemption pursuant to Section 10.1), as the case may be;
(b) the Issuer has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Issuer (but without taking into account any distributions to the Certificate Distribution Account); and
(c) the Issuer has delivered to the Indenture Trustee an Officers Certificate, an Opinion of Counsel and (if required by the TIA or the Indenture Trustee and if such discharge is not related to a redemption of the Notes in accordance with Section 10.1) a certificate from a firm of certified public accountants, each meeting the applicable requirements of Section 11.1(a) and, subject to Section 11.2, each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been complied with (and, in the case of an Officers Certificate, stating that the Rating Agency Condition has been satisfied (provided, that such Officers Certificate need not state that the Rating Agency Condition has been satisfied if all amounts owing on each Class of Notes have been paid or will be paid in full on the date of delivery of such Officers Certificate)).
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SECTION 4.2 Application of Trust Money. All monies deposited with the Indenture Trustee pursuant to Section 4.1 shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Notes and this Indenture. Such monies need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required herein or by law.
SECTION 4.3 Repayment of Monies Held by Paying Agent. In connection with the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to the Notes, all monies 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 3.3 and thereupon such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such monies.
ARTICLE V
REMEDIES
SECTION 5.1 Events of Default. The occurrence and continuation of 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) shall constitute a default under this Indenture (each, an Event of Default):
(a) a default in the payment of any interest on any Note of the Controlling Class when the same becomes due and payable, and such default shall continue for a period of five (5) Business Days or more;
(b) a default in the payment of principal of any Note at the related Final Scheduled Payment Date or the Redemption Date;
(c) any failure by the Issuer to duly observe or perform in any material respect any of its covenants or agreements made in this Indenture (other than (i) a covenant or agreement, a default in the observance or performance of which is elsewhere specifically addressed in this Section 5.1 or (ii) a covenant or agreement in Section 12.2), which failure materially and adversely affects the interests of the Noteholders, and such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of ninety (90) days after receipt by the Issuer of written notice, by registered or certified mail, by the Indenture Trustee or by Noteholders evidencing at least a majority of the Outstanding Note Balance of the Controlling Class, specifying such failure 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 proves to have been incorrect in any material respect when made, which failure materially and adversely affects the interests of the Noteholders, and which failure continues unremedied for ninety (90) days after receipt by the Issuer of written notice, by registered or certified mail, by the Indenture Trustee or by Noteholders evidencing at least a majority of the Outstanding Note Balance of the Controlling Class, specifying such failure and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a Notice of Default hereunder; or
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(e) a Bankruptcy Event with respect to the Issuer;
provided, however, that a delay in or failure of performance referred to under clauses (a), (b), (c) or (d) above for a period of one hundred twenty (120) days will not constitute an Event of Default if that delay or failure was caused by force majeure or other similar occurrence.
SECTION 5.2 Acceleration of Maturity; Waiver of Event of Default.
(a) Except as set forth in the following sentence, if an Event of Default should occur and be continuing, then and in every such case the Indenture Trustee may, or if directed by the Noteholders representing not less than a majority of the Outstanding Note Balance of the Controlling Class shall, 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 Note Balance of such Notes, together with accrued and unpaid interest thereon through the date of acceleration, shall become immediately due and payable. If an Event of Default specified in Section 5.1(e) occurs, all unpaid principal, together with all accrued and unpaid interest thereon, of all Notes, and all other amounts payable hereunder, shall automatically become due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Indenture Trustee or any Noteholder.
(b) 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 provided for in this Article V, the Noteholders representing a majority of the Outstanding Note Balance of the Controlling Class, by written notice to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if:
(i) the Issuer has paid or deposited with the Indenture Trustee a sum sufficient to pay (A) all payments of principal of and interest on all Notes and all other amounts that would then be due hereunder or upon such Notes if the Event of Default giving rise to such acceleration had not occurred and (B) all sums paid or advanced by the Indenture Trustee hereunder and the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Indenture Trustee and its agents and counsel; and
(ii) all Events of Default, other than the nonpayment of the principal of the Notes that has become due solely by such acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided in Section 5.12.
No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right consequent thereto.
If the Notes have been declared due and payable or have automatically become due and payable following an Event of Default, the Indenture Trustee may institute Proceedings to collect amounts due, exercise remedies as a secured party (including foreclosure or sale of the Collateral) or elect to maintain the Collateral and continue to apply the proceeds from the Collateral as if there had been no declaration of acceleration. Any sale of the Collateral by the Indenture Trustee will be subject to the terms and conditions of Section 5.4.
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SECTION 5.3 Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by the Indenture Trustee.
(a) The Issuer covenants that if (i) default is made in the payment of any interest on any Note of the Controlling Class when the same becomes due and payable, and such default continues for a period of five (5) Business Days or more, or (ii) default is made in the payment of the principal of any Note at the related Final Scheduled Payment Date or the Redemption Date, the Issuer will, upon demand of the Indenture Trustee in writing as directed by a majority of the Outstanding Note Balance of the Controlling Class, pay to the Indenture Trustee, for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes, the whole amount then due and payable on such Notes for principal and interest, with interest upon the overdue principal, and, to the extent payment at such rate of interest shall be legally enforceable, upon overdue installments of interest, at the applicable Interest Rate and in addition thereto such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Indenture Trustee and its agents and counsel.
(b) In case the Issuer shall fail forthwith to pay the amounts described in clause (a) above 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 monies adjudged or decreed to be payable.
(c) If an Event of Default shall have occurred and is continuing, the Indenture Trustee may, as more particularly provided in Section 5.4, proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the Noteholders, 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 Collateral, Proceedings under the Bankruptcy Code or any other applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law, or in case a receiver, assignee or trustee in bankruptcy or reorganization, liquidator, sequestrator or similar official shall have been appointed for or taken possession of the Issuer or its property or such other obligor or Person, or in case of any other comparable judicial Proceedings relative to the Issuer or other obligor upon the Notes, or to the creditors or property of the Issuer or such other obligor, the Indenture Trustee, irrespective of whether the principal of any Notes shall then be due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Indenture Trustee shall have made any demand pursuant to the provisions of this Section, shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such Proceedings or otherwise:
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(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, indemnities and liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the Indenture Trustee and each predecessor Indenture Trustee, except as a result of negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct) and of the Noteholders allowed in such Proceedings;
(ii) unless prohibited by applicable law and regulations, to vote on behalf of the 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 monies 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 Noteholders allowed in any judicial Proceedings relative to the Issuer, its creditors and its property;
and any trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official in any such Proceeding is hereby authorized by each Noteholder 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, indemnities and liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the Indenture Trustee and each predecessor Indenture Trustee except as a result of negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct, and any other amounts due the Indenture Trustee under Section 6.7.
(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.
(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.
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(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 5.4 Remedies; Priorities.
(a) If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Indenture Trustee may do one or more of the following (subject to Sections 5.2 and 5.5):
(i) institute Proceedings in its own name and as trustee of an express trust for the collection of all amounts then payable on the Notes or under this Indenture with respect thereto, whether by declaration or otherwise, enforce any judgment obtained, and collect from the Issuer and any other obligor upon such Notes monies adjudged due;
(ii) institute Proceedings from time to time for the complete or partial foreclosure of this Indenture with respect to the Collateral;
(iii) exercise any other 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) subject to Section 5.17, after an acceleration of the maturity of the Notes pursuant to Section 5.2, sell the Collateral 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 Collateral following an Event of Default unless (A) the Holders of 100% of the Outstanding Note Balance have consented to such liquidation, (B) the proceeds of such sale or liquidation are sufficient to pay in full the principal of and the accrued interest on the Outstanding Notes or (C) the Event of Default either (x) relates to the failure to pay interest or principal when due (a Payment Default) and the Indenture Trustee determines (but shall have no obligation to make such determination) that the Collections on the Receivables will not be sufficient on an ongoing basis to make all payments on the Notes as they would have become due if the Notes had not been declared due and payable or (y) relates to a Bankruptcy Event, and in the case of each of (x) and (y) above, the Indenture Trustee obtains the consent of the Holders of 66-2/3% of the Outstanding Note Balance of the Controlling Class. In determining such sufficiency or insufficiency with respect to clauses (B) and (C) of the preceding sentence, the Indenture Trustee may, but need not, obtain and fully 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. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if the Event of Default does not relate to a Payment Default or Bankruptcy Event with respect to the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee may not sell or otherwise liquidate the Trust Estate unless the Holders of all Outstanding Notes consent to such sale or the proceeds of such sale are sufficient to pay in full the principal of and accrued interest on the Outstanding Notes.
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(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 8.2 or 8.5 of this Indenture, if the Notes have been accelerated, the Indenture Trustee shall, upon written direction from the Servicer, pay out such money or property (and other amounts, including all amounts held on deposit in the Reserve Account) held as Collateral for the benefit of the Noteholders (net of liquidation costs associated with the sale of the Trust Estate) in the following order of priority:
(i) first, to the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee and the Asset Representations Reviewer, pro rata based on amounts due, any accrued and unpaid fees, indemnification amounts and reasonable expenses permitted under the Transaction Documents;
(ii) second, to the Servicer, the Servicing Fee and all unpaid Servicing Fees with respect to prior Collection Periods;
(iii) third, based on interest amounts due to the Class A Noteholders for payment to each respective Class of Class A Noteholders, the Accrued Class A Note Interest; provided that if there are not sufficient funds available to pay the entire amount of the Accrued Class A Note Interest, the amount available shall be applied to the payment of such interest on each Class of Class A Notes on a pro rata basis based on the amount of interest payable to each Class of Class A Notes;
(iv) fourth, if an Event of Default described in Section 5.1(a), (b), or (e) has occurred, in the following order of priority:
(a) to the Holders of the Class A-1 Notes in respect of principal thereon until the Class A-1 Notes have been paid in full;
(b) to the Holders of the Class A-2a Notes, the Class A-2b Notes, Class A-3 Notes and Class A-4 Notes, in respect of principal thereon, on a pro rata basis (based on the Note Balance of each Class on such Payment Date), until all Classes of the Class A Notes have been paid in full;
(c) to the Holders of the Class B Notes, the Accrued Class B Note Interest;
(d) to the Holders of the Class B Notes in respect of principal thereon until the Class B Notes have been paid in full;
(e) to the Holders of the Class C Notes, the Accrued Class C Note Interest;
(f) to the Holders of the Class C Notes in respect of principal thereon until the Class C Notes have been paid in full;
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(g) to the Holders of the Class D Notes, the Accrued Class D Note Interest; and
(h) to the Holders of the Class D Notes in respect of principal thereon until the Class D Notes have been paid in full;
(v) fifth, if an Event of Default described in Section 5.1(c) or (d) has occurred, in the following order of priority:
(a) to the Holders of the Class B Notes, the Accrued Class B Note Interest;
(b) to the Holders of the Class C Notes, the Accrued Class C Note Interest;
(c) to the Holders of the Class D Notes, the Accrued Class D Note Interest;
(d) to the Holders of the Class A-1 Notes in respect of principal thereof until the Class A-1 Notes have been paid in full;
(e) to the Holders of the Class A-2a Notes, the Class A-2b Notes, Class A-3 Notes and Class A-4 Notes, in respect of principal thereon, on a pro rata basis (based on the Note Balance of each Class on such Payment Date), until all Classes of the Class A Notes have been paid in full;
(f) to the Holders of the Class B Notes in respect of principal thereon until the Class B Notes have been paid in full;
(g) to the Holders of the Class C Notes in respect of principal thereon until the Class C Notes have been paid in full; and
(h) to the Holders of the Class D Notes in respect of principal thereon until the Class D Notes have been paid in full; and
(vi) sixth, any remaining funds shall be distributed to the Certificateholders, pro rata based on the Percentage Interest of each Certificateholder, or, to the extent Definitive Certificates have been issued, to the Certificate Distribution Account for distribution to the Certificateholders in accordance with Section 5.1 of the Trust Agreement.
The Indenture Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to Noteholders pursuant to this Section. At least fifteen (15) days before such record date, the Issuer shall mail to each Noteholder and the Indenture Trustee a notice that states the record date, the payment date and the amount to be paid.
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Prior to an acceleration of the Notes after an Event of Default, if the Indenture Trustee collects any money or property pursuant to this Article V, such amounts shall be deposited into the Collection Account and distributed in accordance with Sections 8.2 or 8.5 hereof.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that the Bank were to become the subject of an insolvency proceeding and the FDIC as receiver or conservator for the Bank pays damages as contemplated by paragraph (d)(4)(ii) of the FDIC Rule, then the actions and distributions described in Section 12.4 shall be effected instead of Section 5.4(b).
SECTION 5.5 Optional Preservation of the Collateral. If the Notes have been declared or are automatically due and payable under Section 5.2 following an Event of Default and such declaration or automatic occurrence and its consequences have not been rescinded and annulled, if permitted hereunder, the Indenture Trustee may, but need not, elect to maintain possession of the Collateral and, if the Indenture Trustee elects to maintain such possession, it shall continue to apply the proceeds thereof in accordance with Section 5.4(b). It is the intent 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 under the Transaction Documents, and the Indenture Trustee shall take such intent into account when determining whether or not to maintain possession of the Collateral. In determining whether to maintain possession of the Collateral, the Indenture Trustee may, but need not, obtain and fully 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 Collateral for such purpose.
SECTION 5.6 Limitation of Suits.
(a) 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:
(i) such Holder has previously given written notice to a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee (or to the Indenture Trustee at its address for notices in accordance with Section 11.4) of a continuing Event of Default;
(ii) the Holders of not less than 25% of the Note Balance of the Notes have made written request to the Indenture Trustee to institute such Proceeding in respect of such Event of Default in its own name as the Indenture Trustee hereunder;
(iii) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Indenture Trustee indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in complying with such request;
(iv) the Indenture Trustee for sixty (60) days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity has failed to institute such Proceedings; and
(v) no direction inconsistent with such written request has been given to the Indenture Trustee during such sixty (60) day period by the Holders of a majority of the Outstanding Note Balance.
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No Noteholder or group of Noteholders shall have any right in any manner whatsoever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other Noteholders or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any other Noteholders or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except, in each case, to the extent and 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 Noteholders, each representing less than a majority of the Outstanding Note Balance of the Controlling Class, the Indenture Trustee will take the action, if any, directed by the largest percentage of Noteholders satisfying Section 5.6(a), notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture.
(b) No Noteholder shall have any right to vote except as provided pursuant to this Indenture and the Notes, nor any right in any manner to otherwise control the operation and management of the Issuer. However, in connection with any action as to which Noteholders are entitled to vote or consent under this Indenture and the Notes, the Issuer may set a record date for purposes of determining the identity of Noteholders entitled to vote or consent in accordance with TIA Section 316(c).
SECTION 5.7 Rights of Noteholders to Receive Principal and Interest. Notwithstanding any other provisions in this Indenture, the Holder of any Note shall have the right, to receive payment of the principal of and interest, on such Note on or after the respective due dates thereof expressed in such Note or in this Indenture (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date) and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment and such right shall not be impaired without the consent of such Noteholder.
SECTION 5.8 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 5.9 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 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.
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SECTION 5.11 Control by Noteholders. Subject to the provisions of Sections 5.4, 5.6, 6.2(d), 6.2(e) and 6.2(f), Noteholders holding not less than a majority of the Outstanding Note Balance of the Controlling Class, 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 with respect to the exercise of 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;
(b) subject to the express terms of the proviso and the last sentence of Section 5.4(a), any direction to the Indenture Trustee to sell or liquidate the Trust Estate shall be by the Holders of Notes representing not less than 100% of the Outstanding Note Balance unless the proceeds of such sale are sufficient to pay in full the principal of and accrued interest on the Outstanding Notes;
(c) if the conditions set forth in Section 5.5 have been satisfied and the Indenture Trustee elects to retain the Trust Estate pursuant to such Section, then any direction to the Indenture Trustee by Holders of Notes representing less than 100% of the Outstanding Note Balance to sell or liquidate the Trust Estate shall be of no force and effect;
(d) the Indenture Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Indenture Trustee that is not inconsistent with such direction, applicable law and the terms of this Indenture; and
(e) such direction shall be in writing;
provided, further, that, subject to Section 6.1, the Indenture Trustee need not take any action that it determines might expose it to personal liability or might materially adversely affect or unduly prejudice 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 5.2, the Holders of Notes of not less than a majority of the Outstanding Note Balance of the Controlling Class may waive any past Default or Event of Default and its consequences except a Default (a) in payment of principal of or interest on any of the Notes, (b) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which cannot be modified or amended without the consent of each Noteholder or (c) arising from a Bankruptcy Event with respect to the Issuer. In the case of any such waiver, the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders shall be restored to their former positions and rights hereunder, respectively; 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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Upon any such waiver, such Default or Event of 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 prior, subsequent or other Default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereto.
SECTION 5.13 Undertaking for Costs. All parties to this Indenture agree, and each Noteholder by such Noteholders acceptance of a Note 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 the 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 group of Noteholders, in each case holding in the aggregate more than 10% of the Outstanding Note Balance or (c) any suit instituted by any Noteholder for the enforcement of the payment of principal of or interest on any Note on or after the respective due dates expressed in such Note and in this Indenture (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date).
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 Trustees 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 5.4(b), if the maturity of the Notes has been accelerated pursuant to Section 5.2 or Sections 8.2 and 8.5 of this Indenture, or Section 4.4 of the Servicing Agreement and Section 8.2 of this Indenture, if the maturity of the Notes has not been accelerated.
SECTION 5.16 Performance and Enforcement of Certain Obligations.
(a) Promptly following a request from the Indenture Trustee to do so, the Issuer shall take all such lawful action as the Indenture Trustee may request to compel or secure the performance and observance (i) by the Seller of its obligations to the Issuer under or in connection with the Sale Agreement, (ii) by the Servicer of its obligations to the Issuer under or in connection with the Servicing Agreement or (iii) by the Seller or the Bank, as applicable, of
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each of their obligations under or in connection with the Purchase Agreement, in each case, in accordance with the terms thereof, and to exercise any and all rights, remedies, powers and privileges lawfully available to the Issuer under or in connection with the Sale Agreement, the Servicing Agreement and the Purchase Agreement, as the case may be, 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, the Servicer or the Bank thereunder and the institution of legal or administrative actions or Proceedings to compel or secure performance by the Seller of its obligations under the Sale Agreement, by the Servicer of its obligations under the Servicing Agreement or by the Seller or the Bank of each of their obligations under or in connection with 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) of the Holders of a majority of the Outstanding Note Balance of the Controlling Class shall, exercise all rights, remedies, powers, privileges and claims of the Issuer against the Seller under or in connection with the Sale Agreement, against the Servicer under or in connection with the Servicing Agreement or against the Seller or the Bank under or in connection with the Purchase Agreement, including the right or power to take any action to compel or secure performance or observance by the Seller, the Servicer or the Bank of each of their obligations to the Issuer thereunder.
SECTION 5.17 Sale of Collateral. If the Indenture Trustee acts to sell the Collateral or any part thereof, pursuant to Section 5.4(a), the Indenture Trustee shall publish a notice in an Authorized Newspaper stating that the Indenture Trustee intends to effect such a sale in a commercially reasonable manner and on commercially reasonable terms, which shall include the solicitation of competitive bids. Following such publication, the Indenture Trustee shall, unless otherwise prohibited by applicable law from any such action, sell the Collateral or any part thereof, in such manner and on such terms as provided above to the highest bidder, provided, however, that the Indenture Trustee may from time to time postpone any sale by public announcement made at the time and place of such sale. The Indenture Trustee shall give notice to the Seller and the Servicer of any proposed sale, and the Seller, the Servicer or any Affiliate thereof shall be permitted to bid for the Collateral at any such sale. The Indenture Trustee may obtain a prior determination from a conservator, receiver or trustee in bankruptcy of the Issuer that the terms and manner of any proposed sale are commercially reasonable. The power to effect any sale of any portion of the Collateral pursuant to Section 5.4 and this Section 5.17 shall not be exhausted by any one or more sales as to any portion of the Collateral remaining unsold, but shall continue unimpaired until the entire Collateral shall have been sold or all amounts payable on the Notes shall have been paid.
ARTICLE VI
THE INDENTURE TRUSTEE
SECTION 6.1 Duties of the Indenture Trustee.
(a) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Indenture Trustee shall exercise the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture and shall use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of such Persons own affairs.
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(b) Prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default:
(i) the Indenture Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture or the other Transaction Documents against the Indenture Trustee; and
(ii) in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Indenture Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates, resolutions, certificates of auditors, opinions or other documents furnished to the Indenture Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture; but in the case of any such certificates or opinions which by any provisions hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the Indenture Trustee, the Indenture Trustee shall examine the certificates, opinions or other documents to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture (but need not confirm or investigate the accuracy of mathematical calculations or other facts stated therein).
(c) The Indenture Trustee shall not be relieved from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act or its own willful misconduct, except that:
(i) this paragraph does not limit the effect of paragraph (b) of this Section;
(ii) the Indenture Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by the Indenture Trustee unless it is proved that the Indenture Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts; and
(iii) the Indenture Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in the exercise of any trust or power conferred upon it hereunder in accordance with a direction received by it pursuant to Section 5.11.
(d) Every provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the Indenture Trustee is subject to paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of this Section.
(e) The Indenture Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any money received by it except as the Indenture Trustee may agree in writing with the Issuer.
(f) Money held in trust by the Indenture Trustee need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law or the terms of this Indenture.
(g) No provision of this Indenture or any other Transaction Document shall require the Indenture Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder or thereunder or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds to believe that repayment of such funds or indemnity satisfactory to it against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it.
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(h) Every provision of this Indenture and each other Transaction Document relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Indenture Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this Section and to the provisions of the TIA.
SECTION 6.2 Rights of the Indenture Trustee.
(a) The Indenture Trustee may conclusively rely on any document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper Person. The Indenture Trustee need not investigate any fact or matter stated in the document.
(b) Before the Indenture Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require an Officers Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel, as applicable. The Indenture Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes, suffers or omits to take in good faith in reliance on such Officers Certificate or Opinion of Counsel.
(c) The Indenture Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys or a custodian or nominee.
(d) The Indenture Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith which it believes to be authorized or within its rights or powers; provided, however, that the Indenture Trustees conduct does not constitute willful misconduct, negligence or bad faith.
(e) The Indenture Trustee may consult with counsel, and the advice or opinion of counsel with respect to legal matters relating to this Indenture and the Notes shall be full and complete authorization and protection from liability in respect to any action taken, omitted or suffered by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with the advice or opinion of such counsel.
(f) The Indenture Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture or to institute, conduct or defend any litigation under this Indenture or in relation to this Indenture or to honor the request or direction of any of the Noteholders pursuant to this Indenture (other than requests, demands or directions relating to an Asset Review as described in Section 7.6 hereof or to the Noteholders or Note Owners right to communication with each other as described in Section 3.12 of the Sale Agreement) unless such Noteholders shall have offered to the Indenture Trustee security or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee against the reasonable costs, expenses, disbursements, advances and liabilities that might be incurred by it, its agents and its counsel in compliance with such request or direction.
(g) The Indenture Trustee shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any event or information (including, but not limited to, an Event of Default) or be required to act upon any event or information (including the sending of any notice), unless a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee has actual knowledge or shall have received written notice thereof and shall have no duty to take any action to determine whether any such event shall have occurred.
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(h) The Indenture Trustee shall not be imputed with any knowledge of, or information possessed or obtained by any other Person, or any affiliate, line of business, or other division of Wilmington Trust, National Association (and vice versa) unless such person is a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee or the Indenture Trustee also has such actual knowledge or information. Information contained in any reports delivered to the Indenture Trustee and any other publicly available information shall not constitute actual or constructive knowledge; provided, however, that notwithstanding any provision in the Transaction Documents to the contrary, any document delivered to the Indenture Trustee that contains information which the Indenture Trustee is required to be notified of to fulfill its obligations under the Transaction Documents or under applicable law, shall constitute actual notice to the Indenture Trustee of such information.
(i) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or otherwise, under no circumstance will the Indenture Trustee be liable for special, punitive, indirect or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including lost profits).
(j) The Indenture Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action it takes or omits to take in accordance with a direction received by it from the Issuer or the required Noteholders, as the case may be, in accordance with the Transaction Documents.
(k) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture, the Indenture Trustee shall not be liable for any loss or damage, or any failure or reasonable delay in the performance of its obligations hereunder if it is prevented from so performing its obligations by any reason which is beyond the control of such party, including, but not limited to, applicable law or force majeure, and the Indenture Trustee shall not be required to take any action that is contrary to applicable law.
(l) The right of the Indenture Trustee to perform any permissive or discretionary act enumerated in this Indenture or any related document shall not be construed as a duty.
(m) Neither the Indenture Trustee nor any of its officers, directors, employees, attorneys or agents will be responsible or liable for the existence, genuineness, value or protection of any collateral, for the legality, enforceability, effectiveness or sufficiency of the Transaction Documents, for the creation, perfection, continuation, priority, sufficiency or protection of any liens with regard to the Collateral or the Transaction Documents, or for any defect or deficiency as to any such matters, to monitor the status of any lien or the performance of the Collateral, or for any failure to demand, collect, foreclose or realize upon or otherwise enforce any of such liens or the Transaction Documents or any delay in doing so, unless such responsibility or liability is otherwise imposed on the Indenture Trustee under this Indenture.
(n) The Indenture Trustee shall not be liable solely for any action or inaction of the Issuer, the Noteholders, the Servicer, or any other party (or agent thereof) to this Indenture or any other Transaction Document and may assume compliance by such parties with their obligations under this Indenture or any other Transaction Documents, unless a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee has actual knowledge or received written notice to the contrary.
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SECTION 6.3 Individual Rights of the Indenture Trustee. Subject to Section 310 of the TIA, the Indenture Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with the Seller, the Owner Trustee, the Administrator and their respective Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not the Indenture Trustee, and the Seller, the Owner Trustee, the Administrator and their respective Affiliates may maintain normal commercial banking and investment banking relationships with the Indenture Trustee and its Affiliates. Any Paying Agent, Note Registrar, co-registrar, co-paying agent, co-trustee or separate trustee may do the same with like rights. However, the Indenture Trustee must comply with Section 6.11.
SECTION 6.4 The Indenture Trustees Disclaimer. The Indenture Trustee shall not be responsible for and makes no representation as to the validity, enforceability or adequacy of this Indenture or the Notes, shall not be accountable for the Issuers use of the proceeds from the Notes, and shall not be responsible for any statement of the Issuer in the Indenture or in any document issued in connection with the sale of the Notes or in the Notes (including any recitals), all of which shall be taken as the statements of the Issuer, other than the Indenture Trustees certificate of authentication.
SECTION 6.5 Notice of Defaults. If a Default occurs and is continuing and if it is either actually known by a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee or written notice of the existence thereof has been delivered to a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee, the Indenture Trustee shall mail to each Noteholder and the Administrator notice of the Default within ninety (90) days after such knowledge or notice occurs. Except in the case of a Default in payment of principal of or interest on any Note (including payments pursuant to the mandatory redemption provisions of such Note), the Indenture Trustee may withhold the 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 6.6 Reports by the Paying Agent.
(a) The Paying Agent, at the expense of the Issuer, shall make available to each Noteholder, not later than the latest date permitted by law, such information as may be required by law to enable such Holder to prepare its federal and state income tax returns.
(b) The Paying Agent shall comply with all requirements of the Code with respect to the withholding from any payments made by it on any Notes of any applicable withholding taxes imposed thereon and with respect to any applicable reporting requirements in connection therewith.
SECTION 6.7 Compensation and Indemnity. The Issuer shall cause the Servicer to (i) pay to the Indenture Trustee from time to time such compensation as the Servicer and the Indenture Trustee shall from time to time agree in writing for services rendered by the Indenture Trustee hereunder in accordance with a fee letter between the Servicer and the Indenture Trustee, provided, however, that such fee letter may be amended from time to time after the date hereof to provide for the Indenture Trustees role as Computation Agent, if applicable, and as agreed to by the Servicer and the Indenture Trustee, (ii) reimburse the Indenture Trustee for all reasonable expenses, advances and disbursements reasonably incurred by it in connection with the
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performance of its duties as Indenture Trustee and (iii) indemnify the Indenture Trustee for, and hold it harmless against, any and all fees, costs, loss, liability, expense, tax, penalty or claim (including reasonable attorneys fees and expenses and court costs and any losses, including those incurred in connection with a successful defense, in whole or part, of any claim that the Indenture Trustee breached its standard of care and those incurred in actions involving the indemnifying party or other relevant transaction parties) incurred by it in connection with the administration of the Transaction Documents, the performance of its duties as Indenture Trustee or in connection with any claim, action or suit brought to enforce the Indenture Trustees right to indemnification. The Indenture Trustees compensation shall not be limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust. The Indenture Trustee shall notify the Issuer and the Servicer promptly of any claim for which it may seek indemnity. Failure by the Indenture Trustee to so notify the Issuer and the Servicer shall not relieve the Issuer or the Servicer of its obligations hereunder. The Issuer shall, or shall cause the Servicer to, defend any such claim, and the Indenture Trustee may have separate counsel and the Issuer shall, or shall cause the Servicer to, pay the fees and expenses of such counsel within a reasonable time following receipt by the Servicer of an invoice therefor. The Indenture Trustee shall not be indemnified by the Administrator, the Issuer, the Seller, the Bank or the Servicer against any loss, liability or expense incurred by it or arising from (i) the Indenture Trustees own willful misconduct, negligence or bad faith, as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction or as otherwise agreed to by the parties, (ii) the inaccuracy of any representation or warranty expressly made in accordance with Section 6.13 hereof or (iii) taxes, fees or other charges on, based on or measured by, any fees, commissions or compensation received by the Indenture Trustee.
The compensation and indemnity obligations to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to this Section shall survive the termination, assignment and/or discharge of this Indenture and the resignation or removal of the Indenture Trustee. When the Indenture Trustee incurs expenses after the occurrence of an Event of Default set forth in Section 5.1(e) with respect to the Issuer, the expenses are intended to constitute expenses of administration under the Bankruptcy Code or any other applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law.
Any amounts payable to the Indenture Trustee, to the extent not paid by the Servicer, pursuant to this Section 6.7 shall be paid by the Issuer in accordance with Section 8.5(a) or Section 5.4(b) of this Indenture, as applicable.
SECTION 6.8 Removal, Resignation and Replacement of the Indenture Trustee. The Indenture Trustee may resign at any time by so notifying the Issuer, the Administrator, the Servicer and each Rating Agency. The Holders of a majority of the Note Balance of the Controlling Class may remove the Indenture Trustee without cause by giving thirty (30) days prior written notice to the Indenture Trustee and the Issuer, and following that removal may appoint a successor to the Indenture Trustee. The Issuer shall remove the Indenture Trustee if:
(a) the Indenture Trustee fails to comply with Section 6.11;
(b) a Bankruptcy Event occurs with respect to the Indenture Trustee;
(c) a receiver or other public officer takes charge of the Indenture Trustee or its property; or
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(d) the Indenture Trustee otherwise becomes incapable of acting.
If the Indenture Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in the office of the Indenture Trustee for any reason (the Indenture Trustee in such event being referred to herein as the retiring Indenture Trustee), the Issuer shall promptly appoint a successor Indenture Trustee which satisfies the requirements set forth in Section 6.11.
A successor Indenture Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the retiring Indenture Trustee and to the Issuer. Thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Indenture Trustee shall become effective, and the successor Indenture Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, 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 the Indenture Trustee to the successor Indenture Trustee.
If a successor Indenture Trustee does not take office within sixty (60) days after the retiring Indenture Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Indenture Trustee, the Issuer or the Holders of a majority of the Note Balance of the Controlling Class 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 petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Indenture Trustee and the appointment of a successor Indenture Trustee.
Any resignation or removal of the Indenture Trustee and appointment of a successor Indenture Trustee pursuant to any of the provisions of this Section shall not become effective until acceptance of appointment by the successor Indenture Trustee pursuant to this Section 6.8 and payment of all fees, expenses and indemnities owed to the outgoing Indenture Trustee.
Notwithstanding the resignation or removal of the Indenture Trustee pursuant to this Section, the Issuers and the Servicers obligations under Section 6.7 shall continue for the benefit of the retiring Indenture Trustee.
The Indenture Trustee shall not be liable for the acts or omissions of any successor Indenture Trustee.
SECTION 6.9 Successor Indenture Trustee by Merger. Subject to Section 6.11, if the Indenture Trustee consolidates with, merges or converts into, or transfers all or substantially all its corporate trust business or assets to, another corporation or banking association, the resulting, surviving or transferee corporation without any further act shall be the successor Indenture Trustee, provided, that such corporation or banking association shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under Section 6.11. The Indenture Trustee shall provide the Administrator prior written notice of any such transaction.
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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.
SECTION 6.10 Appointment of Co-Indenture Trustee or Separate Indenture Trustee.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture, at any time, after delivering written notice to the Administrator, 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, the Indenture Trustee and the Administrator acting jointly shall have the power and may execute and deliver all instruments to appoint one or more Persons to act as a co-trustee or co-trustees, or separate trustee or separate trustees, of all or any part of the Trust Estate, 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 and the Administrator may consider necessary or desirable. No co-trustee or separate trustee hereunder shall be required to meet the terms of eligibility as a successor trustee under Section 6.11 and no notice to Noteholders of the appointment of any co-trustee or separate trustee shall be required under Section 6.8.
(b) Every separate trustee and co-trustee shall, to the extent permitted by law, be appointed and act subject to the following provisions and conditions:
(i) all rights, powers, duties and obligations conferred or imposed upon the Indenture 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 intended that such separate trustee or co-trustee is not authorized to act separately without the Indenture 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 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 Collateral 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 separate trustee or co-trustee hereunder shall be personally liable by reason of any act or omission of any other trustee hereunder, including acts or omissions of predecessor or successor trustees; and
(iii) the Indenture Trustee and the Administrator may at any time accept the resignation of or, acting jointly, 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 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 conferred, shall be vested with the estates or property specified in its
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instrument of appointment, either jointly with the Indenture Trustee or separately, as may be provided therein, subject to all the provisions of this Indenture, specifically including every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct of, affecting the liability of, or affording protection to, the Indenture Trustee. Every such instrument shall be filed with the Indenture Trustee and a copy thereof given to the Administrator.
(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. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture, the appointment of any separate trustee or co-trustee shall not relieve the Indenture Trustee of its obligations and duties under this Indenture.
SECTION 6.11 Eligibility; Disqualification. The Indenture Trustee shall at all times satisfy the requirements of TIA Section 310(a) and, in addition, 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 shall have a long term debt rating of at least investment grade or better by each Rating Agency or shall otherwise be acceptable to each Rating Agency. The Indenture Trustee shall also satisfy the requirements of TIA Section 310(b). Neither the Issuer nor any Affiliate of the Issuer may serve as Indenture Trustee.
SECTION 6.12 Preferential Collection of Claims Against the Issuer. The Indenture Trustee shall comply with TIA Section 311(a), excluding any creditor relationship listed in TIA Section 311(b). Any Indenture Trustee who has resigned or been removed shall be subject to TIA Section 311(a) to the extent indicated.
SECTION 6.13 Representations and Warranties. The Indenture Trustee hereby makes the following representations and warranties on which the Issuer and the Noteholders shall rely:
(i) the Indenture Trustee is a national banking association duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the United States of America;
(ii) the Indenture Trustee has full power, authority and legal right to execute, deliver, and perform this Indenture and shall have taken all necessary action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance by it of this Indenture;
(iii) this Indenture has been duly executed and delivered by the Indenture Trustee; and
(iv) this Indenture is a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Indenture Trustee enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to the effects of bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors rights generally and to general principles of equity.
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ARTICLE VII
NOTEHOLDERS LISTS AND REPORTS
SECTION 7.1 The Issuer to Furnish the Indenture Trustee Names and Addresses of Noteholders. The Issuer shall furnish or cause to be furnished to the Indenture Trustee (a) not more than five (5) days after each Record Date, a list, in such form as the Indenture Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Noteholders as of such Record Date, and (b) at such other times as the Indenture Trustee may request in writing, within thirty (30) days after receipt by the Issuer of any such request, a list of similar form and content as of a date not more than ten (10) days prior to the time such list is furnished; provided, however, that so long as (i) the Indenture Trustee is the Note Registrar or (ii) the Notes are issued as Book-Entry Notes, no such list shall be required to be furnished to the Indenture Trustee.
SECTION 7.2 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 Noteholders contained in the most recent list furnished to the Indenture Trustee as provided in Section 7.1 and the names and addresses of Noteholders received by the Indenture Trustee in its capacity as the Note Registrar. The Indenture Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in such Section 7.1 upon receipt of a new list so furnished.
(b) The Noteholders may communicate pursuant to TIA Section 312(b) with other Noteholders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or under the Notes. Upon receipt by the Indenture Trustee of any request by three or more Noteholders or by one or more Noteholders of Notes evidencing not less than 25% of the Outstanding Note Balance to receive a copy of the current list of Noteholders (whether or not made pursuant to TIA Section 312(b)), the Indenture Trustee shall (i) promptly notify the Administrator thereof by providing to the Administrator a copy of such request and a copy of the list of Noteholders produced in response thereto and (ii) within five (5) Business Days after receipt of such notice, forward a copy of the list of Noteholders produced to such Noteholders.
SECTION 7.3 Reports by the Indenture Trustee. If required by TIA Section 313(a), within sixty (60) days after each March 31, beginning with March 31, 2023, 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 7.4 Statements to Certificateholders and Noteholders. On each Payment Date, the Relevant Trustee shall make the Servicers Report provided by the Servicer pursuant to Section 3.9 of the Servicing Agreement available on its website as described below to the Issuer, the Servicer and each Noteholder and Certificateholder of record as of the most recent Record Date, which Servicers Report shall contain a statement setting forth for the Collection Period and Payment Date relating to such Determination Date the following information (to the extent applicable):
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(a) the amount being paid on such Payment Date in respect of interest on and principal of each Class of Notes;
(b) the Class A-1 Note Balance, the Class A-2a Note Balance, the Class A-2b Note Balance, the Class A-3 Note Balance, the Class A-4 Note Balance, the Class B Note Balance, the Class C Note Balance and the Class D Note Balance, in each case before and after giving effect to payments on such Payment Date;
(c) (i) the amount on deposit in the Reserve Account, both before and after giving effect to withdrawals therefrom and deposits thereto in respect of such Payment Date; (ii) the Specified Reserve Account Balance for such Payment Date; (iii) the amount deposited in the Reserve Account in respect of such Payment Date, if any; and (iv) the Reserve Account Draw Amount and the Reserve Account Excess Amount, if any, in respect of such Payment Date;
(d) the First Allocation of Principal, Second Allocation of Principal, Third Allocation of Principal, Fourth Allocation of Principal and Regular Principal Distribution Amount for such Payment Date;
(e) the Pool Factor and the Note Factor for such Payment Date;
(f) the amount of the Servicing Fee with respect to the related Collection Period, the amount of the Servicing Fee to be paid on such Payment Date and the amount of any unpaid Servicing Fees from the prior Payment Date;
(g) the amount of the Class A Noteholders Interest Carryover Shortfall, the Class B Noteholders Interest Carryover Shortfall, the Class C Noteholders Interest Carryover Shortfall and the Class D Noteholders Interest Carryover Shortfall, if any, on such Payment Date;
(h) the amount of fees, expenses and indemnities to be paid by the Issuer to the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee and the Asset Representations Reviewer, if any, with respect to the related Payment Date and the amount of any unpaid fees, expenses or indemnities to the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee and the Asset Representations Reviewer;
(i) the YSOC Amount as of the beginning and the end of the related Collection Period;
(j) the aggregate Repurchase Price with respect to Repurchased Receivables with respect to the related Collection Period;
(k) the aggregate amount being distributed on such Payment Date to the Certificates;
(l) the amount of Collections for the related Collection Period;
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(m) the Cumulative Net Loss Ratio for such Payment Date;
(n) the number and aggregate Outstanding Principal Balance of 60-Day Delinquent Receivables as of the end of the related Collection Period;
(o) the Delinquency Percentage for the related Collection Period;
(p) the Delinquency Trigger for such Payment Date;
(q) the number of Receivables, the Net Pool Balance and the Adjusted Pool Balance as of the beginning and end of the related Collection Period;
(r) the number, dollar amount and percentage of Net Pool Balance of Receivables that are 30-59, 60-89, 90-119 and 120 or more days delinquent as of the end of the related Collection Period; and
(s) notice of the occurrence of a Benchmark Transition Event and its related Benchmark Replacement Date, the determination of a Benchmark Replacement and the making of any Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes.
No disbursements shall be made directly by the Servicer to a Noteholder, and the Servicer shall not be required to maintain any investor record relating to the posting of disbursements or otherwise.
The Relevant Trustee will make available via the Relevant Trustees internet website all reports or notices required to be provided by the Relevant Trustee under this Section 7.4. Any information that is disseminated in accordance with the provisions of this Section 7.4 shall not be required to be disseminated in any other form or manner. The Relevant Trustee will make no representations or warranties as to the accuracy or completeness of such documents and will assume no responsibility therefor.
The Indenture Trustees internet website shall be initially located at http://www.wilmingtontrustconnect.com or at such other address as shall be specified by the Indenture Trustee from time to time in writing to the Noteholders, the Owner Trustee, the Servicer, the Issuer or any Paying Agent. In connection with providing access to the Indenture Trustees internet website, the Indenture Trustee may require registration and the acceptance of a disclaimer. The Indenture Trustee shall not be liable for the dissemination of information in accordance with this Indenture. The Indenture Trustee shall notify the Noteholders in writing of any changes in the address or means of access to the Internet website where the reports are accessible.
SECTION 7.5 Noteholder Demand for Repurchase, Dispute Resolution.
(a) If a Noteholder (if the Notes are represented by Definitive Notes) or a Note Owner (if the Notes are represented by Book-Entry Notes) becomes aware of a breach of the Banks representations and warranties in Section 3.3 of the Purchase Agreement that would require the Bank to repurchase a Receivable pursuant to Section 3.4 of the Purchase Agreement such Noteholder or Note Owner (the Requesting Investor) may notify the Bank of such breach and request that the Bank repurchase the related Receivable. Any such written notice shall identify the Receivable and shall reference this Indenture, as well as the related breach of representation or warranty. If the Requesting Investor is a Note Owner, then each written notice from such Requesting Investor must be accompanied by Verification Documents.
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(b) If a Requesting Investor requests the repurchase of a Receivable pursuant to clause (a) above, and the repurchase request has not been fulfilled or otherwise resolved to the reasonable satisfaction of such Requesting Investor within one hundred eighty (180) days of the receipt of notice of the request by the Bank, the Requesting Investor may, in its discretion, refer the matter to either mediation or arbitration pursuant to Section 3.11 of the Purchase Agreement.
(c) A Requesting Investor shall not be required to direct that an Asset Review be performed prior to submitting a repurchase request with respect to any Receivable or using the dispute resolution provisions pursuant to Section 3.11 of the Purchase Agreement with respect to such Receivable. The failure of a Requesting Investor to direct an Asset Review shall not affect whether any Requesting Investor can pursue dispute resolution. In addition, whether any Requesting Investor voted affirmatively, negatively or abstained in the vote to cause an Asset Review shall not affect whether such Requesting Investor may use the dispute resolution proceedings pursuant to Section 3.11 of the Purchase Agreement. A Requesting Investor may refer to either mediation or arbitration pursuant to Section 3.11 of the Purchase Agreement a dispute related to any Receivables, including any Receivables that the Asset Representations Reviewer did not review in connection with an Asset Review, any Receivables for which the Asset Representations Reviewer found a Test Fail in connection with an Asset Review and any Receivables that the Asset Representations Reviewer reviewed and determined that there were no Test Fails in connection with an Asset Review.
SECTION 7.6 Investor Action to Initiate an Asset Review.
(a) If the Delinquency Percentage on any Payment Date exceeds the Delinquency Trigger, then Noteholders (if the Notes are represented by Definitive Notes) or Note Owners (if the Notes are represented by Book-Entry Notes) holding at least 5% of the Outstanding Note Balance (the Instituting Noteholders) may elect to initiate a vote to determine whether the Asset Representations Reviewer should conduct an Asset Review by giving written notice to the Indenture Trustee of their desire to institute such a vote within ninety (90) days after the filing of the Form 10-D disclosing that the Delinquency Percentage exceeds the Delinquency Trigger; provided, however, that the failure of any Noteholder or Note Owner to institute such a vote shall not preclude such Noteholder or Note Owner, as applicable, from pursuing dispute resolution pursuant to Section 3.11 of the Purchase Agreement. If any Instituting Noteholder is not a Noteholder as reflected on the Note Register, the Indenture Trustee may require such Instituting Noteholder to provide Verification Documents to confirm that the Instituting Noteholder is, in fact, a Note Owner. If the Instituting Noteholders initiate a vote as described in this clause (a), the Indenture Trustee shall submit the matter to a vote of all Noteholders, which shall be through the Clearing Agency if the Notes are represented by Book-Entry Notes, and the Issuer will include or cause to be included in the related Form 10-D that such a vote has been called. The Indenture Trustee may set a Record Date for purposes of determining the identity of Noteholders or Note Owners, as applicable, entitled to vote in accordance with TIA Section 316(c). The vote will remain open until the 150th day after the
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filing of the Form 10-D disclosing that the Delinquency Percentage exceeds the Delinquency Trigger. Abstaining from, voting in favor of, or voting against causing the Asset Representations Reviewer to conduct an Asset Review shall not preclude any Noteholder from pursuing dispute resolution pursuant to Section 3.11 of the Purchase Agreement. The Noteholder Direction shall be deemed to have occurred if Noteholders representing at least a majority of the voting Noteholders vote in favor of directing an Asset Review of the Subject Receivables by the Asset Representations Reviewer. Following the completion of the voting process, the next Form 10-D filed by the Depositor will disclose whether or not a Noteholder Direction has occurred.
(b) Within five (5) Business Days of the Review Satisfaction Date, the Indenture Trustee will send a written notice (a Review Notice) to the Bank, the Seller, the Servicer and the Asset Representations Reviewer specifying that the asset review conditions have been satisfied, providing the applicable Review Satisfaction Date and stating that the Asset Representations Reviewer shall conduct an Asset Review of the Subject Receivables.
(c) Notwithstanding clauses (a) and (b) of this Section 7.6, a Noteholder (if the Notes are represented by Definitive Notes) or Note Owner (if the Notes are represented by Book-Entry Notes) need not direct an Asset Review be performed prior to (i)(x) notifying the Bank of a breach of the Banks representations and warranties in Section 3.3 of the Purchase Agreement that would require the Bank to repurchase a Receivable pursuant to Section 3.4 of the Purchase Agreement and (y) requesting that the Bank repurchase the related Receivable pursuant to Section 7.5 hereof or (ii) referring the matter, at its discretion, to either mediation or arbitration pursuant to Section 3.11 of the Purchase Agreement.
ARTICLE VIII
ACCOUNTS, DISBURSEMENTS AND RELEASES
SECTION 8.1 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 Collateral, 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 8.2 Trust Accounts.
(a) On or prior to the Closing Date, the Issuer shall cause the Servicer to establish:
(i) (x) Prior to the payment in full of the principal of and interest on the Notes, for the benefit of the Noteholders under the sole dominion and control of the Indenture Trustee and in the name of the Issuer, an Eligible Account, bearing a designation clearly indicating that the funds deposited therein are held for the benefit of the Noteholders, which Eligible Account shall be non-interest bearing and established by and maintained with the Indenture Trustee or its designee and (y) following payment in full of the principal of and interest on the Notes, for the benefit of the Certificateholders, in the name of the Issuer, an Eligible Account, bearing a designation clearly indicating that the funds deposited therein are held for the benefit of the Certificateholders, which Eligible Account shall be non-interest bearing and established by and maintained with the Owner Trustee, as Relevant Trustee, or its designee (the Collection Account). No checks shall be issued, printed or honored with respect to the Collection Account.
(ii) For the benefit of the Noteholders, under the sole dominion and control of the Indenture Trustee and in the name of the Issuer, an Eligible Account (the Principal Distribution Account) bearing a designation clearly indicating that the funds deposited therein are held for the benefit of the Noteholders, which Eligible Account shall be non-interest bearing and established by and maintained with the Indenture Trustee or its designee and which may be a sub account of the Collection Account. No checks shall be issued, printed or honored with respect to the Principal Distribution Account.
(iii) For the benefit of the Noteholders, under the sole dominion and control of the Indenture Trustee and in the name of the Issuer, an Eligible Account (the Reserve Account, and together with the Collection Account and the Principal Distribution Account, the Trust Accounts) bearing a designation clearly indicating that the funds deposited therein are held for the benefit of the Noteholders, which Eligible Account shall be non-interest bearing and established by and maintained with the Indenture Trustee or its designee. No checks shall be issued, printed or honored with respect to the Reserve Account.
(iv) (x) with respect to distributions payable to the Depositor, as the holder of the Retained Certificate, an account specified in writing by the Servicer to the Certificate Paying Agent and (y) if any Definitive Certificates other than the Retained Certificate are issued, for the benefit of the Certificateholders, in the name of the Issuer, an Eligible Account (the Certificate Distribution Account) bearing a designation clearly indicating that the funds deposited therein are held for the benefit of the Certificateholders, which Eligible Account shall be established by and maintained with the Certificate Paying Agent or its designee. No checks shall be issued, printed or honored with respect to the Certificate Distribution Account. For the avoidance of doubt, the Certificate Distribution Account referenced in clause (x) above shall not be a Trust Account.
(b) On or before the Business Day prior to each Payment Date, the Issuer shall cause (i) the Servicer to deposit all Collections and (ii) the Servicer, the Seller or the Bank as applicable, to deposit all Repurchase Prices with respect to the Collection Period preceding such Payment Date in the Collection Account. On the Business Day prior to each Payment Date, all amounts required to be withdrawn from the Reserve Account and deposited in the Collection Account pursuant to Section 8.4 hereof shall be withdrawn by the Indenture Trustee from the Reserve Account and deposited to the Collection Account as instructed on the Servicers Report.
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(c) Prior to the acceleration of the maturity of the Notes pursuant to Section 5.2 of this Indenture, on each Payment Date and the Redemption Date, the Indenture Trustee shall, upon written direction from the Servicer, distribute all amounts on deposit in the Principal Distribution Account to Noteholders in respect of principal of the Notes to the extent of the funds therein in the following order of priority:
(i) first, to the Holders of the Class A-1 Notes, until the Class A-1 Notes are paid in full;
(ii) second, to the Holders of the Class A-2a Notes and the Class A-2b Notes, until the Class A-2a Notes and the Class A-2b Notes are paid in full;
(iii) third, to the Holders of the Class A-3 Notes, until the Class A-3 Notes are paid in full;
(iv) fourth, to the Holders of the Class A-4 Notes, until the Class A-4 Notes are paid in full;
(v) fifth, to the Holders of the Class B Notes, until the Class B Notes are paid in full;
(vi) sixth, to the Holders of the Class C Notes, until the Class C Notes are paid in full; and
(vii) seventh, to the Holders of the Class D Notes, until the Class D Notes are paid in full.
(d) On the Payment Date on which the Notes of all Classes have been paid in full, the Indenture Trustee shall take all necessary or appropriate actions, as directed by the Issuer and at no expense to the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee, to transfer all of its right, title and interest in the contents of the Collection Account (including any investments and investment income) to the Owner Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders for deposit into such new non-interest bearing account to be established by the Owner Trustee in accordance with Section 8.2(a)(i). Following such transfer, the Collection Account will be maintained under the sole dominion and control of the Owner Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders and the Certificate Paying Agent will make distributions from the Collection Account pursuant to Section 8.5(a).
SECTION 8.3 General Provisions Regarding Accounts.
(a) Funds on deposit in the Collection Account shall be invested by the Relevant Trustee in Permitted Investments selected in writing by the Servicer and of which the Servicer provides notification (pursuant to standing instructions or otherwise); provided, that it is understood and agreed that if the Servicer does not provide such specific written investment direction or provides notification (pursuant to standing instructions or otherwise) that such funds on deposit in the Collection Account shall remain uninvested, those funds shall then remain uninvested unless and until the Servicer provides alternate notification with respect to the Collection Account; provided further, that it is further understood and agreed that neither the
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Servicer, the Relevant Trustee nor the Issuer shall be liable for any loss arising from such investment in Permitted Investments. All such Permitted Investments shall be held by or on behalf of the Relevant Trustee as secured party for the benefit of the Noteholders (or, if there are no Notes Outstanding, for the benefit of the Certificateholders); provided further, that on each Payment Date all interest and other investment income (net of investment losses and expenses) on funds on deposit in the Collection Account shall be, at the written direction of the Servicer, distributed to the Servicer as additional servicing compensation and shall not be available to pay the distributions provided for in Section 8.5. All investments of funds on deposit in the Collection Account shall mature or be liquidated on the Business Day immediately preceding the next Payment Date. No Permitted Investment shall be sold or otherwise disposed of prior to its scheduled maturity unless a default occurs with respect to such Permitted Investment and the Servicer directs the Relevant Trustee in writing to dispose of such Permitted Investment. Funds on deposit in the Principal Distribution Account, the Reserve Account and the Certificate Distribution Account shall remain uninvested.
(b) The Relevant Trustee shall possess all right, title and interest in all funds on deposit from time to time in the Trust Accounts and in all proceeds thereof and all such funds, investments and proceeds shall be part of the Trust Estate. Except as otherwise provided herein, the Trust Accounts shall be under the sole dominion and control of the Relevant Trustee for the benefit of the Noteholders (or, if there are no Notes outstanding, for the benefit of the Certificateholders). If, at any time, any Trust Account ceases to be an Eligible Account, the Servicer shall promptly notify the Relevant Trustee (unless such Trust Account is an account with the Relevant Trustee) in writing and within ten (10) Business Days (or any longer period if the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied with respect to such longer period) after becoming aware of the fact, establish a new Trust Account as an Eligible Account and shall direct the Relevant Trustee to transfer any cash and/or any investments to such new Trust Account.
(c) With respect to the Trust Account Property, the parties hereto agree that:
(i) any Trust Account Property that consists of uninvested funds shall be held solely in Eligible Accounts and, except as otherwise provided herein, each such Eligible Account shall be subject to the exclusive custody and control of the Indenture Trustee, and, except as otherwise provided in the Transaction Documents, the Relevant Trustee or its designee shall have sole signature authority with respect thereto;
(ii) any Trust Account Property that is an uncertificated security under Article 8 of the UCC and that is not governed by clause (iii) below shall be delivered to the Indenture Trustee or its designee in accordance with paragraph (c) of the definition of Delivery and shall be maintained by the Relevant Trustee or such designee, pending maturity or disposition, through continued registration of the Indenture Trustees (or its designees) ownership of such security on the books of the issuer thereof; and
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(iii) any Trust Account Property that is an uncertificated security that is a book-entry security (as such term is defined in Federal Reserve Bank Operating Circular No. 7) held in a securities account at a Federal Reserve Bank and eligible for transfer through the Fedwire® Securities Service operated by the Federal Reserve System pursuant to Federal book-entry regulations shall be delivered in accordance with paragraph (b) of the definition of Delivery and shall be maintained by the Relevant Trustee or its designee or a securities intermediary (as such term is defined in Section 8-102(a)(14) of the UCC) acting solely for the Relevant Trustee or such designee, pending maturity or disposition, through continued book-entry registration of such Trust Account Property as described in such paragraph.
(d) All interest and investment income (net of investment losses and expenses) on funds on deposit in the Collection Account shall be distributed to the Servicer in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.7 of the Servicing Agreement. The Relevant Trustee shall not be directed to make any investment of any funds or to sell any investment held in any of the Trust Accounts 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.
(e) Subject to Section 6.1(c), the Relevant Trustee shall not in any way be held liable by reason of any insufficiency in the Collection Account resulting from any loss on any Permitted Investment included therein, except for losses attributable to the Relevant Trustees failure to make payments on any such Permitted Investments issued by the Relevant Trustee in its commercial capacity as principal obligor and not as trustee, in accordance with their terms.
(f) If (i) investment directions shall not have been given in writing by the Servicer in accordance with Section 8.3(a) for any funds on deposit in the Collection Account to the Relevant Trustee by 11:00 a.m., New York City time (or such other time as may be agreed by the Servicer and the 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 5.2 or (iii) if the Notes shall have been declared due and payable following an Event of Default and amounts collected or received from the Trust Estate are being applied in accordance with Section 5.4 as if there had not been such a declaration, then the Relevant Trustee shall, to the fullest extent practicable, invest and reinvest funds in the Collection Account in one or more Permitted Investments in accordance with the standing instructions most recently given by the Servicer; provided, however, that if no standing instructions shall have been given to the Relevant Trustee, the funds shall remain uninvested.
(g) In making or disposing of any investment permitted by this Indenture, the Relevant Trustee is authorized to deal with itself (in its individual capacity) or with any one or more of its Affiliates, in each case on an arms-length basis and on standard market terms, whether it or such Affiliate is acting as a subagent of the Relevant Trustee or for any third person or dealing as principal for its own account.
(h) With respect to the period prior to payment in full of the principal of and interest on the Notes and each Trust Account at Wilmington Trust, National Association (the initial Indenture Trustee), the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee, in its capacity as the secured party hereunder (in such capacity the Indenture Trustee Secured Party) and the Indenture Trustee, in its capacity as deposit bank or securities intermediary, as the case may be, for such Trust Account (in such capacity the Account Bank), agree that:
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(i) with respect to each deposit account that is or constitutes part of such Trust Account, in order to perfect the security interest of the Indenture Trustee Secured Party in accordance with Section 9-104 of the UCC, the Account Bank will comply with all instructions originated by the Indenture Trustee Secured Party directing disposition of the funds in such deposit account without further consent by the Issuer; and
(ii) with respect to each securities account that is or constitutes part of such Trust Account, in order to perfect the security interest of the Indenture Trustee Secured Party by control in accordance with Section 9-106 of the UCC, the Account Bank will comply with all entitlement orders (as defined in Section 8-102 of the UCC) originated by the Indenture Trustee Secured Party without further consent by the Issuer.
(i) Pursuant to Section 4.1(b) of the Servicing Agreement, the Servicer acknowledges that upon its written request and at no additional cost, it has the right to receive notification after the completion of each purchase and sale of Permitted Investments or the Indenture Trustees receipt of a brokers confirmation. The Servicer agrees that such notifications shall not be provided by the Indenture Trustee hereunder, and the Indenture Trustee shall make available, upon request and in lieu of notifications, periodic account statements that reflect such investment activity.
SECTION 8.4 Additional Withdrawals and Deposits.
(a) The Paying Agent will, on the Business Day prior to each Payment Date, withdraw from the Reserve Account the Reserve Account Excess Amount, if any, for such Payment Date and deposit such amount in the Collection Account.
(b) The Paying Agent will, on the Business Day prior to the Payment Date relating to each Collection Period, withdraw from the Reserve Account the Reserve Account Draw Amount and deposit such amount in the Collection Account.
(c) The Paying Agent shall receive written instructions from the Servicer (which may be in the form of the Servicers Report or a written order or request of the Servicer signed by an Authorized Officer of the Servicer upon which the Paying Agent shall be fully protected in relying with no liability thereafter) directing the Paying Agent to make the foregoing withdrawals and deposits.
SECTION 8.5 Distributions.
(a) Prior to any acceleration of the Notes pursuant to Section 5.2 and subject to Section 8.5(b), on each Payment Date, the Paying Agent (based solely on information contained in, and as directed by, the Servicers Report delivered on or before the related Determination Date pursuant to Section 3.9 of the Servicing Agreement) shall make the following deposits and distributions, to the extent of Available Funds and the Reserve Account Draw Amount on deposit in the Collection Account for such Payment Date, in the following order of priority:
(i) first, to the Servicer, the Servicing Fee and all unpaid Servicing Fees with respect to prior Collection Periods;
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(ii) second, to the Noteholders of the Class A Notes, pro rata, the Accrued Class A Note Interest; provided, that if there are not sufficient funds available to pay the entire amount of the Accrued Class A Note Interest, the amount available will be applied to the payment of interest on the Class A Notes on a pro rata basis based on the amount of interest payable to each Class of Class A Notes;
(iii) third, to the Principal Distribution Account for distribution to the Noteholders pursuant to Section 8.2(c), the First Allocation of Principal, if any;
(iv) fourth, to the Class B Noteholders, the Accrued Class B Note Interest for the related Interest Period;
(v) fifth, to the Principal Distribution Account for distribution to the Noteholders pursuant to Section 8.2(c), the Second Allocation of Principal, if any;
(vi) sixth, to the Class C Noteholders, the Accrued Class C Note Interest for the related Interest Period;
(vii) seventh, to the Principal Distribution Account for distribution to the Noteholders pursuant to Section 8.2(c), the Third Allocation of Principal, if any;
(viii) eighth, to the Class D Noteholders, the Accrued Class D Note Interest for the related Interest Period;
(ix) ninth, to the Principal Distribution Account for distribution to the Noteholders pursuant to Section 8.2(c), the Fourth Allocation of Principal, if any;
(x) tenth, to the Reserve Account, any additional amount required to cause the amount on deposit in the Reserve Account to equal the Specified Reserve Account Balance;
(xi) eleventh, to the Principal Distribution Account for distribution to the Noteholders in accordance with Section 8.2(c), the Regular Principal Distribution Amount;
(xii) twelfth, to the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee and the Asset Representations Reviewer, pro rata, fees, expenses and indemnification amounts due and owing under the Asset Representations Review Agreement, the Servicing Agreement, the Sale Agreement, the Trust Agreement and the Indenture, as applicable, which have not been previously paid; and
(xiii) thirteenth, to the Certificateholders, pro rata based on the Percentage Interest of each Certificateholder, or, to the extent Definitive Certificates have been issued, to the Certificate Distribution Account for distribution to the Certificateholders in accordance with Section 5.1 of the Trust Agreement.
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Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 8.5, following the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default which has resulted in an acceleration of the Notes, the Paying Agent shall apply all amounts on deposit in the Collection Account pursuant to Section 5.4(b).
(b) Notwithstanding Section 8.5(a), in the event that the Bank were to become the subject of an insolvency proceeding and the FDIC as receiver or conservator for the Bank pays damages as contemplated by paragraph (d)(4)(ii) of the FDIC Rule, then the actions and distributions described in Section 12.4 of the Indenture shall be effected instead of Section 8.5(a).
SECTION 8.6 Release of Collateral.
(a) The Indenture Trustee may if permitted and in accordance with the terms hereof, 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 Trustees 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 Trustees authority, inquire into the satisfaction of any conditions precedent or see to the application of any monies.
(b) The Indenture Trustee shall, at such time as there are no Notes Outstanding and all sums due the Indenture Trustee pursuant to Section 6.7 have been paid, release any remaining portion of the Collateral from the lien of this Indenture and release to the Issuer or any other Person entitled thereto any funds then on deposit in the Trust Accounts. Such release shall include release of the lien of this Indenture and transfer of dominion and control over the Trust Accounts to the Owner Trustee. The Indenture Trustee shall release property from the lien of this Indenture pursuant to this Section only upon receipt of an Issuer Request accompanied by an Officers Certificate, an Opinion of Counsel 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 11.1.
Each Noteholder or Note Owner, by its acceptance of a Note or, in the case of a Note Owner, a beneficial interest in a Note, acknowledges that from time to time the Indenture Trustee shall release the lien of this Indenture (or shall be deemed to automatically release the lien of this Indenture without any further action) on any Receivable to be sold to (i) the Servicer in accordance with Section 3.6 of the Servicing Agreement and (ii) the Bank pursuant to Section 3.4 of the Purchase Agreement.
SECTION 8.7 Opinion of Counsel. The Indenture Trustee shall receive at least five (5) days notice (or such shorter notice acceptable to the Indenture Trustee) when requested by the Issuer to take any action pursuant to Section 8.6, accompanied by copies of any instruments involved, and the Indenture Trustee may also require 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 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, as to factual matters, 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. Such opinion shall be at other than the Indenture Trustees expense.
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ARTICLE IX
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
SECTION 9.1 Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Noteholders.
(a) Without the consent of the Noteholders or any other Person, but with prior notice from the Issuer to each Rating Agency, the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee (when so directed by an Issuer Request), at any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more 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 for the purposes of modifying in any manner the rights of the Noteholders under this Indenture subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions:
(i) the Issuer delivers an Opinion of Counsel or an Officers Certificate to the Indenture Trustee to the effect that such supplemental indenture will not materially and adversely affect the interests of the Noteholders; or
(ii) the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied with respect to such amendment and the Issuer notifies the Indenture Trustee in writing that the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied with respect to such amendment.
(b) Prior to the execution of any such supplemental indenture, the Issuer shall provide written notification of the substance of such supplemental indenture to each Rating Agency and the Owner Trustee; and promptly after the execution of any such supplemental indenture, the Issuer shall furnish a copy of such supplemental indenture to each Rating Agency, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee; provided, that no supplemental indenture pursuant to this Section 9.1 shall be effective which materially and adversely affects the rights, privileges, indemnities, protections, immunities, obligations or duties of the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee without the prior written consent of such Person.
(c) Promptly after the execution by the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee of any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Section 9.1, the Indenture Trustee shall make available to the Noteholders a copy of such amendment or supplemental indenture via its website at http://www.wilmingtontrustconnect.com. Any failure of the Indenture Trustee to make available a copy of such amendment or supplemental indenture, or any defect therein, shall not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such supplemental indenture.
(d) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this Section 9.1, other than in connection with an amendment pursuant to Section 12.1(b) or Section 12.4, this Indenture may only be amended by the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee if (i) the Majority Certificateholders or, if 100% of the aggregate Percentage Interests is then beneficially owned by the Bank and/or its Affiliates, such Person (or Persons), consent to such amendment or (ii) such amendment shall not, as evidenced by an Officers Certificate of the Seller or an Opinion of Counsel delivered to
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the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee, materially and adversely affect the interests of the Certificateholders. It will not be necessary to obtain the consent of the Certificateholders to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment or consent, but it will be sufficient if such consent approves the substance thereof. In determining whether 100% of the aggregate Percentage Interests is then beneficially owned by the Bank and/or its Affiliates for purposes of clause (i), any party shall be entitled to rely on an Officers Certificate or similar certification of the Bank or any Affiliate thereof to such effect.
(e) Notwithstanding anything under this Section 9.1 or in any other Transaction Document to the contrary, to the extent permitted by the TIA, this Indenture may be supplemented by the Issuer without the consent of the Indenture Trustee, the Paying Agent, the Owner Trustee, any Noteholder or any other Person, and without satisfying any other provisions of this Indenture related to supplements thereto or in any other Transaction Document, solely in connection with any SOFR Adjustment Conforming Changes or, following the determination of a Benchmark Replacement, any Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes to be made by the Administrator; provided, that the Issuer has delivered notice of such supplement to the Rating Agencies and the Indenture Trustee on or prior to the date such supplement is executed; provided, further, that any such SOFR Adjustment Conforming Changes or any such Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes will not affect the Indenture Trustees, the Paying Agents or the Owner Trustees rights, indemnities or obligations without the Indenture Trustees, the Paying Agents or the Owner Trustees consent, respectively. For the avoidance of doubt, any SOFR Adjustment Conforming Changes or any Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes in any supplement to the indenture may be retroactive (including retroactive to the Benchmark Replacement Date) and the indenture may be supplemented more than once in connection with any SOFR Adjustment Conforming Changes or any Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes.
SECTION 9.2 Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Noteholders.
(a) Subject to subsection (b) of this Section 9.2, the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, when authorized by an Issuer Request, also may, with prior notice from the Issuer to the Rating Agencies and with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority of the Outstanding Note Balance of the Controlling Class, by Act 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 Noteholders under this Indenture; provided, that no such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Note affected thereby:
(i) change the coin or currency in which, any Note or the interest thereon is payable, reduce the interest rate or principal amount of any Note, or delay the Final Scheduled Payment Date or reduce the Redemption Price of any Note;
(ii) reduce the percentage of the Note Balance, 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;
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(iii) modify or alter the provisions of the proviso to the definition of the term Outstanding;
(iv) reduce the percentage of the Note Balance, the consent of the Holders of which is required to direct the Indenture Trustee to direct the Issuer to sell or liquidate the Trust Estate pursuant to Section 5.4 if the proceeds of such sale would be insufficient to pay the Note Balance plus accrued but unpaid interest on the Notes;
(v) modify any provision of this Section 9.2 in any respect materially adverse to the interests of the Noteholders;
(vi) permit the creation of any Lien ranking prior to or on a parity with the lien of this Indenture with respect to any part of the Trust Estate or, except as otherwise permitted or contemplated herein or in the Transaction Documents, terminate the lien of this Indenture on any property at any time subject hereto or deprive any Noteholder of the security provided by the lien of this Indenture; or
(vii) impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of payment as provided in Section 5.7.
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this Section 9.2, other than in connection with an amendment pursuant to Section 12.1(b) or Section 12.4, this Indenture may only be amended by the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee if (i) the Majority Certificateholders consent to such amendment or (ii) such amendment shall not, as evidenced by an Officers Certificate of the Seller or an Opinion of Counsel delivered to the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee, materially and adversely affect the interests of the Certificateholders. It will not be necessary to obtain the consent of the Certificateholders to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment or consent, but it will be sufficient if such consent approves the substance thereof.
(c) It shall not be necessary for any Act of Noteholders under this Section to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such Act shall approve the substance thereof.
(d) Prior to the execution of any such supplemental indenture, the Issuer shall provide written notification of the substance of such supplemental indenture to each Rating Agency and the Owner Trustee; and promptly after the execution of any such supplemental indenture, the Issuer shall furnish a copy of such supplemental indenture to each Rating Agency, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee; provided that no supplemental indenture pursuant to this Section 9.2 shall be effective which affects the rights, privileges, indemnities, protections, immunities, obligations or duties of the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee without the prior written consent of such Person.
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(e) Promptly after the execution by the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee of any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Section, the Indenture Trustee shall make available to the Noteholders a copy of such amendment or supplemental indenture via its website at http://www.wilmingtontrustconnect.com. Any failure of the Indenture Trustee to make available such amendment or supplemental indenture, or any defect therein, shall not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such supplemental indenture.
(f) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary and for purposes of classifying the Issuer as a grantor trust under the Code, no amendment or indenture supplemental to this Indenture shall be made that would (i) result in a variation of the investment of the beneficial owners of the Certificates for purposes of the United States Treasury Regulation section 301.7701-4(c) without the consent of Noteholders evidencing at least a majority of the Outstanding Note Balance of the Controlling Class and the Majority Certificateholders or (ii) cause the Issuer (or any part thereof) to be classified as other than a grantor trust under subtitle A, chapter 1, subchapter J, part I, subpart E of the Code without the consent of all of the Noteholders and all of the Certificateholders.
SECTION 9.3 Execution of Supplemental Indentures. In executing, or permitting the additional trusts created by, any supplemental indenture permitted by this Article IX or the modifications thereby of the trusts created by this Indenture, the Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and subject to Sections 6.1 and 6.2, shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture. The Indenture Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such supplemental indenture that affects the Indenture Trustees own rights, duties, liabilities or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.
SECTION 9.4 Effect of Supplemental Indenture. Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions hereof, this Indenture shall be and be deemed to be modified and amended in accordance therewith with respect to the Notes affected thereby, and the respective rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties, liabilities and immunities under this Indenture of the Indenture Trustee, the Issuer and the Noteholders shall thereafter be determined, exercised and enforced hereunder subject in all respects to such modifications and amendments, and all the terms and conditions of any such supplemental indenture shall be and be deemed to be part of the terms and conditions of this Indenture for any and all purposes.
SECTION 9.5 Conformity with Trust Indenture Act. Every amendment of this Indenture and every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article IX shall conform to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act as then in effect so long as this Indenture shall then be qualified under the Trust Indenture Act.
SECTION 9.6 Reference in Notes to Supplemental Indentures. Notes 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
REDEMPTION OF NOTES
SECTION 10.1 Redemption.
(a) Each of the Notes is subject to redemption in whole, but not in part, at the direction of the Bank, as Servicer, pursuant to Section 7.1 of the Servicing Agreement, on any Payment Date on which the Servicer (or its designee) exercises its option to purchase the Trust Estate (other than the Reserve Account) pursuant to such Section, for a purchase price equal to the Optional Purchase Price, which amount shall be deposited by the Servicer (or its designee) into the Collection Account on or prior to noon, New York City time, on the Redemption Date.
(b) Each of the Notes is subject to redemption in whole, but not in part, on any Payment Date on which the sum of the amounts in the Reserve Account and the remaining Available Funds after the payments under clauses first through ninth and eleventh of Section 8.5(a) would be sufficient to pay in full the aggregate unpaid Note Balance of all of the Outstanding Notes as determined by the Servicer. On such Payment Date, (i) the Indenture Trustee upon written direction from the Servicer shall transfer all amounts on deposit in the Reserve Account to the Collection Account and (ii) the Outstanding Notes shall be redeemed in whole, but not in part.
(c) If the Notes are to be redeemed pursuant to Sections 10.1(a) or 10.1(b), the Administrator or the Issuer shall provide at least twenty (20) days prior notice of the redemption of the Notes to the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee shall provide prompt (but not later than ten (10) days prior to the applicable Redemption Date) notice thereof, at the expense of the Servicer, to the Noteholders.
SECTION 10.2 Form of Redemption Notice. Notice of redemption under Section 10.1 shall be given by the Indenture Trustee by first-class mail, postage prepaid, transmitted or mailed prior to the applicable Redemption Date to each Holder of Notes as of the close of business on the Record Date preceding the applicable Redemption Date, at such Holders address appearing in the Note Register.
All notices of redemption under this Section 10.2 shall state:
(i) the Redemption Date;
(ii) the Redemption Price;
(iii) that the Record Date otherwise applicable to such Redemption Date is not applicable and that payments shall be made only upon presentation and surrender of such Notes, and the place where such Notes are to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price (which shall be the office or agency of the Issuer to be maintained as provided in Section 3.2);
(iv) that interest on the Notes shall cease to accrue on the Redemption Date; and
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(v) the CUSIP numbers (if applicable) for such Notes.
Notice of redemption of the Notes shall be given by the Indenture Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Issuer. In addition, the Issuer shall notify each Rating Agency upon redemption of the Notes. Failure to give notice of redemption, or any defect therein, to any Noteholder shall not impair or affect the validity of the redemption of any Note.
SECTION 10.3 Notes Payable on Redemption Date. The Notes to be redeemed shall, following notice of redemption as required by Section 10.2 (in the case of redemption pursuant to Section 10.1), on the Redemption Date become due and payable at the Redemption Price and (unless the Issuer shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price) no interest shall accrue on the Redemption Price for any period after the date to which accrued interest is calculated for purposes of calculating the Redemption Price.
ARTICLE XI
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 11.1 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 furnish to the Indenture Trustee (i) an Officers Certificate stating that all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with that satisfies TIA Section 314(c)(1), (ii) an Opinion of Counsel stating that in the opinion of such counsel all such conditions precedent, if any, have been complied with that satisfies TIA Section 314(c)(2) and (iii) if required by the TIA in the case of condition precedent compliance that is subject to verification by accountants, a certificate or opinion of an accountant that satisfies TIA Section 314(c)(3), except that, in the case of any such application or request as to which the furnishing of such documents is specifically required by any provision of this Indenture, no additional certificate or opinion need be furnished.
Every certificate or opinion furnished in accordance with TIA Section 314(e) with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture shall include:
(i) a statement that each signatory of such certificate or opinion has read or has caused to be read such covenant or condition and the definitions herein relating thereto;
(ii) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based;
(iii) a statement that, in the opinion of each such signatory, such signatory has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable such signatory to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and
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(iv) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such signatory such condition or covenant has been complied with.
(b) (i) Prior to the deposit of any Collateral or other property or securities with the 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 11.1(a) or elsewhere in this Indenture, furnish to the Indenture Trustee an Officers Certificate certifying or stating the opinion of each Person signing such certificate as to the fair value in accordance with TIA Section 314(d) (within ninety (90) days of such deposit) to the Issuer of the Collateral or other property or securities to be so deposited.
(ii) Whenever the Issuer is required to furnish to the Indenture Trustee an Officers Certificate certifying or stating the opinion of any signer thereof as to the matters described in clause (i) above, the Issuer shall also deliver to the Indenture Trustee an Independent Certificate as to the same matters, if the fair value in accordance with TIA Section 314(d) to the Issuer of the property or securities to be so deposited and of all other such securities made the basis of any such withdrawal or release since the commencement of the then-current fiscal year of the Issuer, as set forth in the certificates delivered pursuant to clause (i) and this clause (ii), is 10% or more of the Outstanding Note Balance, 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 Officers Certificate is less than $25,000 or less than one percent of the Outstanding Note Balance.
(iii) Other than as contemplated by Section 11.1(b)(v), 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 Officers Certificate certifying or stating the opinion of each Person signing such certificate as to the fair value (within ninety (90) days of such release) of the property or securities proposed to be released and stating that in the opinion of such Person the proposed release will not impair the security under this Indenture in contravention of the provisions hereof.
(iv) Whenever the Issuer is required to furnish to the Indenture Trustee an Officers Certificate certifying or stating the opinion of any signer thereof as to the matters described in clause (iii) above, the Issuer shall also furnish to the Indenture Trustee an Independent Certificate as to the same matters if the fair value of the property or securities and of all other property other than Purchased Receivables, or securities released from the lien of this Indenture since the commencement of the then current calendar year, as set forth in the certificates required by clause (iii) above and this clause (iv), equals 10% or more of the Outstanding Note Balance, but such certificate need not be furnished in the case of any release of property or securities if the fair value thereof as set forth in the related Officers Certificate is less than $25,000 or less than one percent of the then Outstanding Note Balance.
(v) Notwithstanding Section 2.9 or any other provision of this Section, the Issuer may (A) collect, liquidate, sell or otherwise dispose of Receivables and Financed Vehicles as and to the extent permitted or required by the Transaction Documents, including without limitation pursuant to Section 10.1 of this Indenture, and (B) make cash payments out of the Trust Accounts as and to the extent permitted or required by the Transaction Documents.
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SECTION 11.2 Form of Documents Delivered to the 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 his or her certificate or opinion is based are erroneous. Any such certificate of an Authorized Officer or Opinion of Counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to factual matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, an officer or officers of the Servicer, the Seller, the Administrator or the Issuer, stating that the information with respect to such factual matters is in the possession of the Servicer, the Seller, the Administrator or the Issuer, unless such counsel knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to such matters are erroneous.
Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other instruments under this Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated and form one instrument.
Whenever in this Indenture, in connection with any application or certificate or report to the 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 Issuers 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 Trustees right to rely upon the truth and accuracy of any statement or opinion contained in any such document as provided in Article VI.
SECTION 11.3 Acts of Noteholders.
(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 Act of the Noteholders signing such instrument or instruments. 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 6.1) conclusive in favor of the Indenture Trustee and the Issuer, if made in the manner provided in this Section.
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(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 any Noteholder 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 11.4 Notices. All demands, notices and communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be delivered or mailed by registered or certified first-class United States mail, postage prepaid, hand delivery, prepaid courier service, or by e-mail (if an applicable e-mail address is provided on Schedule I to the Sale Agreement), and addressed in each case as specified on Schedule I to the Sale Agreement or at such other address as shall be designated by any of the specified addressees in a written notice to the other parties hereto. Delivery shall occur only upon receipt or reported tender of such communication by an officer of the recipient entitled to receive such notices located at the address of such recipient for notices hereunder.
SECTION 11.5 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 or via electronic transmission to each Noteholder affected by such event, at his address as it appears on the Note Register, not later than the latest date, and not earlier than the earliest date, prescribed for the giving of such notice. In any case where notice to Noteholders is given by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice nor any defect in any notice so mailed to any particular Noteholder shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Noteholders, and any notice that is mailed in the manner 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 an Event of Default.
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SECTION 11.6 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 Noteholder providing for a method of payment, or notice by the Indenture Trustee or any Paying Agent to such Noteholder, that is different from the methods provided for in this Indenture for such payments or notices, provided that such methods are reasonable and consented to by the Indenture Trustee (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld). 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 11.7 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 11.8 Information Requests. The parties hereto shall provide any information reasonably requested by the Servicer, the Issuer, the Seller or any of their Affiliates, in order to comply with or obtain more favorable treatment under any current or future law, rule, regulation, accounting rule or principle.
SECTION 11.9 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 11.10 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.
SECTION 11.11 Separability. In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Notes shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality, and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
SECTION 11.12 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 11.13 Legal Holidays. In any case where the date on which any payment is due shall not be a Business Day, then (notwithstanding any other provision of the Notes or this Indenture) payment need not be made on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on the date on which nominally due, and no interest shall accrue for the period from and after any such nominal date.
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SECTION 11.14 GOVERNING LAW. THIS 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 SECTIONS 5-1401 AND 5-1402 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.
SECTION 11.15 Counterparts. This Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, regardless of whether delivered in physical or electronic form, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
SECTION 11.16 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 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 11.17 Trust Obligation. Each Noteholder or Note Owner, by acceptance of a Note, or, in the case of a Note Owner of a beneficial interest in a Note, by accepting the benefits of this Indenture, 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 this Indenture or any certificate or other writing delivered in connection herewith or therewith, against (i) the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee in their respective individual capacities, (ii) any Certificateholder or any other owner of a beneficial interest in the Issuer, (iii) the Servicer, the Administrator or the Seller or (iv) any partner, owner, beneficiary, agent, officer, director, employee, successor or assign of any Person described in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above, 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.
SECTION 11.18 No Petition. Each of the Indenture Trustee, by entering into this Indenture, and each Noteholder and Note Owner, by accepting a Note or, in the case of a Note Owner, a beneficial interest in a Note, hereby covenants and agrees that prior to the date which is one year and one day after payment in full of all obligations of each Bankruptcy Remote Party in respect of all securities issued by the Bankruptcy Remote Parties, (i) such party shall not authorize any Bankruptcy Remote Party to commence a voluntary winding-up or other voluntary case or other Proceeding seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief with respect to such Bankruptcy Remote Party or its debts under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect in any jurisdiction or seeking the appointment of an administrator, a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official with respect to such Bankruptcy Remote Party or any substantial part of its property or to consent to any such relief or to the appointment
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of or taking possession by any such official in an involuntary case or other Proceeding commenced against such Bankruptcy Remote Party, or to make a general assignment for the benefit of, its creditors generally, any party hereto or any other creditor of such Bankruptcy Remote Party, and (ii) such party shall not commence, join or institute against, with any other Person, any Proceeding against such Bankruptcy Remote Party under any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, liquidation or insolvency law or statute now or hereafter in effect in any jurisdiction.
SECTION 11.19 Submission to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally:
(a) submits for itself and its property in any Proceeding relating to this Indenture or any documents executed and delivered in connection herewith, or for recognition and enforcement of any judgment in respect thereof, to the nonexclusive general jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York, the courts of the United States of America for the Southern District of New York and appellate courts from any thereof;
(b) consents that any such Proceeding may be brought in such courts and waives any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the venue of such action or Proceeding in any such court or that such Proceeding was brought in an inconvenient court and agrees not to plead or claim the same;
(c) agrees that service of process in any such Proceeding may be effected by mailing a copy thereof by registered or certified mail (or any substantially similar form of mail), postage prepaid, to such Person at its address determined in accordance with Section 11.4 of this Indenture;
(d) agrees that nothing herein shall affect the right to effect service of process in any other manner permitted by law or shall limit the right to sue in any other jurisdiction; and
(e) to the extent permitted by applicable law, waives all right of trial by jury in any Proceeding or counterclaim based on, or arising out of, under or in connection with this Indenture, any other Transaction Document, or any matter arising hereunder or thereunder.
SECTION 11.20 Subordination of Claims. The Issuers obligations under this Indenture are obligations solely of the Issuer and will not constitute a claim against the Seller to the extent that the Issuer does not have funds sufficient to make payment of such obligations. In furtherance of and not in derogation of the foregoing, each of the Owner Trustee (in its individual capacity and as the Owner Trustee), by accepting the benefits of this Indenture, the Certificateholder, by accepting the Certificate, and the Indenture Trustee (in its individual capacity and as Indenture Trustee), by entering into this Indenture, and each Noteholder and each Note Owner, by accepting the benefits of this Indenture, hereby acknowledges and agrees that such Person has no right, title or interest in or to the Other Assets of the Seller. To the extent that, notwithstanding the agreements and provisions contained in the preceding sentence, each of the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, each Noteholder or Note Owner and the Certificateholder either (i) asserts an interest or claim to, or benefit from, Other Assets, or (ii) is
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deemed to have any such interest, claim to, or benefit in or from Other Assets, whether by operation of law, legal process, pursuant to applicable provisions of insolvency laws or otherwise (including by virtue of Section 1111(b) of the Bankruptcy Code or any successor provision having similar effect under the Bankruptcy Code), then such Person further acknowledges and agrees that any such interest, claim or benefit in or from Other Assets is and will be expressly subordinated to the indefeasible payment in full, which, under the terms of the relevant documents relating to the securitization or conveyance of such Other Assets, are entitled to be paid from, entitled to the benefits of, or otherwise secured by such Other Assets (whether or not any such entitlement or security interest is legally perfected or otherwise entitled to a priority of distributions or application under applicable law, including insolvency laws, and whether or not asserted against the Seller), including the payment of post-petition interest on such other obligations and liabilities. The provisions of this Section 11.20 will be deemed a subordination agreement within the meaning of Section 510(a) of the Bankruptcy Code. Each of the Indenture Trustee (in its individual capacity and as the Indenture Trustee), by entering into or accepting this Indenture, the Certificateholder, by accepting the Certificate, and the Owner Trustee, and each Noteholder or Note Owner, by accepting the benefits of this Indenture, hereby further acknowledges and agrees that no adequate remedy at law exists for a breach of this Section and the terms of this Section may be enforced by an action for specific performance. The provisions of this Section will be for the third party benefit of those entitled to rely thereon and will survive the termination of this Indenture.
SECTION 11.21 U.S.A. Patriot Act. The parties hereto acknowledge that in accordance with Section 326 of the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001, Title III of Pub. L. 107 56 (signed into law October 26, 2001) and its implementing regulations (collectively, Patriot Act), the Indenture Trustee, like all financial institutions and in order to help fight the funding of terrorism and money laundering, is required to obtain, verify, and record information that identifies each person or legal entity that establishes a relationship or opens an account with the Indenture Trustee. The parties to this Indenture agree that they will provide the Indenture Trustee with such information about the Issuer as it may reasonably request in order for the Indenture Trustee to satisfy the requirements of the Patriot Act.
SECTION 11.22 Beneficial Ownership. Pursuant to the Patriot Act, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Networks (FinCEN) Customer Due Diligence Requirements and such other laws, rules, regulations and executive orders in effect from time to time applicable to banking institutions (Applicable Law), the Indenture Trustee is required to obtain from the Issuer on or before closing, and from time to time thereafter, documentation to verify and record information that identifies each person who opens an account. For a non-individual person such as a business entity, a charity, a trust or other legal entity, the Indenture Trustee will ask for documentation to verify the entitys formation and existence, its financial statements, licenses, tax identification documents, identification and authorization documents from individuals claiming authority to represent the entity and other relevant documentation and information (including beneficial owners of such entities). To the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, the Indenture Trustee may conclusively rely on, and shall be fully protected and indemnified in relying on, any such information received. Failure to provide such information may result in an inability of the Indenture Trustee to perform its obligations hereunder, which, at the sole option of the Indenture Trustee, may result in the Indenture Trustees resignation in accordance with the terms hereof.
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SECTION 11.23 Limitation of Liability. It is expressly understood and agreed by the parties hereto that (a) this Indenture is executed and delivered by BNY Mellon Trust of Delaware, not individually or personally but solely as Owner Trustee of the Issuer, in the exercise of the powers and authority conferred and vested in it under the Trust Agreement, (b) each of the representations, undertakings and agreements herein made on the part of the Issuer is made and intended not as personal representations, undertakings and agreements by BNY Mellon Trust of Delaware, but is made and intended for the purpose for binding only the Issuer, (c) nothing herein contained shall be construed as creating any liability on BNY Mellon Trust of Delaware, individually or personally, to perform any covenant, either express or implied, contained herein, all such liability, if any, being expressly waived by the parties hereto and any Person claiming by, through or under the parties hereto, (d) BNY Mellon Trust of Delaware has made no investigation as to the accuracy or completeness of any representations and warranties made by the Issuer in this Indenture and (e) under no circumstances shall BNY Mellon Trust of Delaware be personally liable for the payment of any indebtedness or expenses of the Issuer or be liable for the breach or failure of any obligation, representation, warranty or covenant made or undertaken by the Issuer under this Indenture or the other related documents.
ARTICLE XII COMPLIANCE WITH THE FDIC RULE
SECTION 12.1 Purpose. (a) Each of the Noteholders, by its acceptance of the Notes, each of the Certificateholders, by its acceptance of the Certificates, the Capital One Parties and the Relevant Trustee acknowledges and agrees that the purpose of this Article XII is to facilitate compliance by the Capital One Parties with the provisions of the FDIC Rule. Each of the Noteholders, the Certificateholders, the Capital One Parties and the Relevant Trustee acknowledges that the interpretations of the requirements of the FDIC Rule may change over time, whether due to interpretive guidance provided by the FDIC or its staff, consensus among participants in the asset-backed securities markets, advice of counsel, or otherwise, and agrees that the provisions set forth in this Article XII shall have the effect and meanings that are appropriate under the FDIC Rule as such meanings change over time on the basis of evolving interpretations of the FDIC Rule.
(b) If any provision of the FDIC Rule is amended, or any interpretive guidance regarding the FDIC Rule is provided by the FDIC or its staff, as a result of which the Issuer determines that an amendment to this Article XII is necessary or desirable, then the Issuer and the Relevant Trustee shall be authorized and entitled to amend this Article XII in accordance with such FDIC Rule amendment or guidance notwithstanding the requirements set forth in Section 9.1 and 9.2, provided that the Issuer delivers to the Relevant Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such amendment is required to remain in compliance with the FDIC Rule. Nothing in this Section 12.1(b) shall limit the rights of the Indenture Trustee pursuant to Section 9.3 or the Owner Trustee pursuant to Section 11.1(d) of the Trust Agreement.
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(c) As used in this Article XII, but subject to the rules of interpretation specified in Section 12.1(a) and Section 12.1(b), references to (i) the sponsor shall mean the Bank, (ii) the issuing entity shall mean, collectively, the Seller and the Issuer (except in Section 12.2(e), where such term shall have the meaning in the FDIC Rule), (iii) the servicer shall mean the Servicer or Administrator, as applicable, (iv) obligations or securitization obligations shall mean the Notes and, to the extent permitted by the FDIC Rule, the Certificates, and (v) financial assets and securitized financial assets shall mean the Receivables (except in Section 12.2(e), where such term shall have the meaning in the FDIC Rule).
(d) Each of the Capital One Parties believes that the transactions and actions contemplated by the Transaction Documents and the Prospectus comply with the requirements of Section 12.2.
SECTION 12.2 Requirements of the FDIC Rule. As required by the FDIC Rule:
(a) Payment of principal and interest on the securitization obligations must be primarily based on the performance of financial assets that are transferred to the issuer and, except for interest rate or currency mismatches between the financial assets and the obligations, shall not be contingent on market or credit events that are independent of such financial assets.
(b) The sponsor, issuing entity, and/or servicer, as appropriate, shall make available to investors, information describing the financial assets, obligations, capital structure, compensation of relevant parties, and relevant historical performance data set forth below:
(i) On or prior to issuance of obligations and at the time of delivery of any periodic distribution report and, in any event, at least once per calendar quarter, while obligations are outstanding, information about the obligations and the securitized financial assets shall be disclosed to all potential investors at the financial asset or pool level, as appropriate for the financial assets, and security-level to enable evaluation and analysis of the credit risk and performance of the obligations and financial assets. Such information and its disclosure, at a minimum, shall comply with the requirements of Regulation AB or any successor disclosure requirements for public issuances, even if the obligations are issued in a private placement or are not otherwise required to be registered; provided that information that is unknown or not available to the sponsor or the issuer after reasonable investigation may be omitted if the issuer includes a statement in the offering documents disclosing that the specific information is otherwise unavailable;
(ii) On or prior to issuance of obligations, the structure of the securitization and the credit and payment performance of the obligations shall be disclosed, including the capital or tranche structure, the priority of payments and specific subordination features; representations and warranties made with respect to the financial assets, the remedies for and the time permitted for cure of any breach of representations and warranties, including the repurchase of financial assets, if applicable; liquidity facilities and any credit enhancements permitted by the FDIC Rule, any waterfall triggers or priority of payment reversal features; and policies governing delinquencies, servicer advances, loss mitigation, and write-offs of financial assets;
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(iii) While obligations are outstanding, the issuing entity shall provide to investors information with respect to the credit performance of the obligations and the financial assets, including periodic and cumulative financial asset performance data, delinquency and modification data for the financial assets, substitutions and removal of financial assets, servicer advances, as well as losses that were allocated to such tranche and remaining balance of financial assets supporting such tranche, if applicable, and the percentage of each tranche in relation to the securitization as a whole; and
(iv) In connection with the issuance of the obligations, the nature and amount of compensation paid to the originator, sponsor, rating agency or third-party advisor, any mortgage or other broker, and the servicer(s), and the extent to which any risk of loss on the underlying assets is retained by any of them for such securitization shall be disclosed. The issuer shall provide to investors while any obligations are outstanding any changes to such information and the amount and nature of payments of any deferred compensation or similar arrangements to any of the parties.
(c) The sponsor or a majority-owned affiliate of the sponsor shall retain an economic interest in the credit risk of the financial assets in accordance with Regulation RR, 17 C.F.R. §246.1, et seq. (Regulation RR), including (1) the restrictions on sale, pledging and hedging set forth therein and (2) any disclosure requirements set forth therein.
(d) The obligations shall not be predominantly sold to an affiliate (other than (i) a wholly-owned subsidiary consolidated for accounting and capital purposes with the sponsor or (ii) an affiliated broker-dealer who purchases such obligations with a view to promptly reselling such obligations to persons or entities that are neither affiliates (other than wholly-owned subsidiaries of the sponsor consolidated for accounting and capital purposes with the sponsor) nor insiders of the sponsor in the ordinary course of such broker-dealers business pursuant to an underwriting or similar agreement entered into in the ordinary course of business) or an insider of the sponsor; provided that (i) at the time the obligations are sold to the affiliated broker-dealer, such broker-dealer sells not less than 51% of the principal amount of the obligations to persons and entities that are not affiliates (other than wholly-owned subsidiaries of the sponsor consolidated for accounting and capital purposes with the sponsor) or insiders of the sponsor; (ii) at all times after such obligations are sold to the affiliated broker-dealer, such broker-dealer holds the unsold portion of the obligations with the intent to sell such unsold portion to persons or entities that are not affiliates (other than wholly-owned subsidiaries of the sponsor consolidated for accounting and capital purposes with the sponsor) or insider of the sponsor and (iii) the other requirements of the FDIC Rule, including, without limitation, the requirements of Sections 360.6(c)(3) and (4) of the FDIC Rule, are satisfied.
(e) The sponsor shall separately identify in its financial asset data bases the financial assets transferred into any securitization and shall maintain an electronic or paper copy of the closing documents in a readily accessible form, and a current list of all of its outstanding securitizations and issuing entities, and the most recent Form 10-K, if applicable, or other periodic financial report for each securitization and issuer. The sponsor shall make these records readily available for review by the FDIC promptly upon written request.
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(f) To the extent serving as servicer, custodian or paying agent for the securitization, the sponsor shall not commingle amounts received with respect to the financial assets with its own assets except for the time, not to exceed two (2) Business Days, necessary to clear any payments received.
SECTION 12.3 Performance. The Issuer agrees to perform the obligations set forth in Section 12.2, except to the extent any such obligation is specifically imposed exclusively upon the servicer or the sponsor.
SECTION 12.4 Actions Upon Repudiation.
(a) In the event that the Sponsor becomes the subject of an insolvency proceeding and the FDIC as receiver or conservator for the Sponsor exercises its right of repudiation as contemplated by paragraph (d)(4)(ii) of the FDIC Rule, the Servicer (including any successor Servicer, if the Bank has been replaced as Servicer) shall ascertain whether the FDIC in such capacity will pay damages as provided in such paragraph (d)(4)(ii). Upon making such determination, the Servicer shall promptly, and in any event no more than one Business Day thereafter (or, if the Servicer fails to act, the Noteholders representing not less than a majority of the Outstanding Note Balance or the Majority Certificateholders may), so notify the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee.
(b) Upon receipt of the notice specified in Section 12.4(a) indicating that a payment will be made, the Relevant Trustee shall determine the date (the applicable distribution date) for making a distribution to Noteholders and Certificateholders of such damages, which date shall be the earlier of (i) the next Payment Date on which such damages could be distributed and (ii) the earliest practicable date by which the Relevant Trustee could declare a special distribution date, in each case subject to all applicable provisions of this Indenture, applicable law and the procedures of any applicable Clearing Agency.
(c) When the applicable distribution date is determined, (i) the Computation Agent shall promptly compute the amount of interest to be paid on each Class of Notes on the applicable distribution date, which interest (unless such applicable distribution date is a Payment Date) shall be the amount accruing up to the applicable distribution date and which shall be computed by pro rating the amount that would otherwise be payable on the next succeeding Payment Date on the basis of (x) the number (in the case of Notes other than the Class A-1 Notes and the Class A-2b Notes, not to exceed 30) of days elapsed from such preceding Payment Date divided by (y) 30 and (ii) the Owner Trustee, based on written instructions setting forth the damages calculation provided by the Majority Certificateholders, shall notify the Indenture Trustee and the FDIC of the damages due to the Certificateholders pursuant to Section 360.6(d)(4)(ii) of the FDIC Rule. The Computation Agent shall notify the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee (if a separate Person) in writing of the applicable amounts of principal and interest to be paid on each Class of Notes not later than the Business Day following the day on which the applicable distribution date is determined.
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(d) If the applicable distribution date is a special distribution date, the Relevant Trustee shall (i) declare such special distribution date (the record date for which shall be the close of business on the day immediately preceding such special distribution date), (ii) declare a special distribution to Noteholders consisting of unpaid interest on each Note and the Outstanding Principal Balance of each Note, (iii) deliver notice to the Noteholders of such special distribution date and special distribution; and (iv) deliver notice to the Owner Trustee (or, if the Owner Trustee is the Relevant Trustee, deliver notice to the Certificateholders) of such special distribution date and special distribution.
(e) Following payment by the FDIC of such damages,
(i) such damages with respect to the Notes shall be deposited into the Principal Distribution Account and such damages with respect to the Certificates shall be deposited into the Certificate Distribution Account;
(ii) the Computation Agent shall promptly, and no later than one Business Day after such damages have been paid by the FDIC, (i) compute the amount, if any, required to be withdrawn from available funds in the Reserve Account and transferred to the Principal Distribution Account so that the amount on deposit in the Principal Distribution Account shall equal the aggregate amount to be distributed as specified in Section 12.4(c), and (ii) promptly inform the Servicer, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee (if a separate Person) in writing of such computations;
(iii) on the applicable distribution date, the Indenture Trustee shall, first, withdraw from monies on deposit in the Reserve Account and, if necessary, from monies on deposit in the Collection Account the amount necessary to pay the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee any accrued and unpaid fees (including any prior unpaid Indenture Trustee or Owner Trustee fees) and reasonable expenses and any indemnification amounts not previously paid and distribute such amount to the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee pro rata based on amounts due; provided, that the Owner Trustee shall provide the amount of any such fees, expenses and indemnification amounts owed to it to the Indenture Trustee, upon which the Indenture Trustee may conclusively rely without any liability therefor, second, based on the computations in Section 12.4(e), withdraw from monies on deposit in the Reserve Account and, if necessary, monies on deposit in the Collection Account the amount so computed and deposit such amount into the Principal Distribution Account and third, cause all amounts deposited in the Principal Distribution Account pursuant to this Section 12.4 to be applied in accordance with the following order of priority:
(a) first, to the Holders of the Notes, ratably, interest on the Notes in the amount computed by the Computation Agent pursuant to Section 12.4(c);
(b) second, to the Holders of the Class A-1 Notes, in respect of principal thereon, until the Class A-1 Notes have been paid in full;
(c) third, to the Holders of the Class A-2a Notes, the Class A-2b Notes, Class A-3 Notes and Class A-4 Notes, in respect of principal thereon, on a pro rata basis, until all classes of the Class A Notes have been paid in full;
(d) fourth, to the Holders of the Class B Notes, in respect of principal thereon, until the Class B Notes have been paid in full;
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(e) fifth, to the Holders of the Class C Notes, in respect of principal thereon, until the Class C Notes have been paid in full; and
(f) sixth, to the Holders of the Class D Notes, in respect of principal thereon, until the Class D Notes have been paid in full.
(iv) On the applicable distribution date, the Owner Trustee shall, based on the computations in Section 12.4(c), cause all amounts deposited in the Certificate Distribution Account pursuant to this Section 12.4 to be distributed to the Certificateholders, pro rata based on the Percentage Interest of each Certificateholder; and
(v) any funds remaining in the Collection Account and the Reserve Account shall be distributed on the following Payment Date (or on such applicable distribution date, if it is a Determination Date), such distributions to be made in accordance with Section 5.4 or 8.5, as applicable, with the Relevant Trustee at the written direction of the Servicer to adjust the amounts of such distributions in the Relevant Trustees Certificate to take into account the amounts distributed on the applicable distribution date.
SECTION 12.5 Notice.
(a) In the event that the Bank becomes the subject of an insolvency proceeding and the FDIC as receiver or conservator provides a written notice of repudiation as contemplated by paragraph (d)(4)(ii) of the FDIC Rule, the party receiving such notice shall promptly deliver such notice to each of the Capital One Parties and the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee.
(b) If the FDIC (i) is appointed as a conservator or receiver of the Bank and (ii) is in default due to its failure to pay principal or interest when due following the expiration of any cure period hereunder or under the other Transaction Documents, the Indenture Trustee at the direction of the Noteholders representing not less than a majority of the Outstanding Note Balance, the Servicer or the Majority Certificateholders shall be entitled to deliver written notice to the FDIC requesting the exercise of contractual rights hereunder and under the other Transaction Documents. Upon delivery of such notice, the Relevant Trustee may exercise any contractual rights such Relevant Trustee may have in accordance with the Transaction Documents and the FDIC Rule. The Indenture Trustee shall, at the written direction of the Noteholders representing not less than a majority of the Outstanding Note Balance, and the Owner Trustee shall, at the written direction of the Majority Certificateholders, exercise such contractual rights.
SECTION 12.6 Reservation of Rights. Neither the inclusion of this Article XII in this Indenture nor the compliance by any Person with, or the acknowledgment by any Person of, this Articles provisions constitutes an agreement or acknowledgment by any Person that, in the case of an insolvency proceeding with respect to the Bank, a receiver or conservator will have any rights with respect to the Trust Estate.
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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, all as of the day and year first above written.
CAPITAL ONE PRIME AUTO RECEIVABLES TRUST 2022-2 | ||
By: | BNY MELLON TRUST OF DELAWARE, | |
not in its individual capacity but solely as Owner Trustee | ||
By: | /s/ JoAnn C. DiOssi | |
Name: | JoAnn C. DiOssi | |
Title: | Vice President | |
WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association, not in its individual capacity but solely as the Indenture Trustee | ||
By: | /s/ Julia Linian | |
Name: | Julia Linian | |
Title: | Vice President |
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SCHEDULE I
PERFECTION REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS
In addition to the representations, warranties and covenants contained in the Indenture, the Issuer hereby represents, warrants, and covenants to the Indenture Trustee as follows on the Closing Date:
General
1. The Indenture creates a valid and continuing security interest (as defined in the applicable UCC) in the Receivables and the other Collateral in favor of the Indenture Trustee, which security interest is prior to all other Liens, and is enforceable as such against creditors of and purchasers from the Issuer.
2. The Receivables constitute chattel paper (including electronic chattel paper or tangible chattel paper), accounts, instruments, promissory notes, payment intangibles or general intangibles, within the meaning of the applicable UCC.
3. Immediately prior to the sale, transfer, contribution, assignment and/or conveyance of a Receivable, such Receivable is secured by a first priority validly perfected and enforceable security interest in the related Financed Vehicle in favor of the Originator (or its assignee), as secured party, or all necessary actions with respect to such Receivable have been taken or will be taken to perfect a first priority security interest in the related Financed Vehicle in favor of the Originator (or its assignee), as secured party, subject, as to enforcement, to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, liquidation or other similar laws and equitable principles relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors rights generally.
Creation
4. Immediately prior to the sale, transfer, contribution, assignment and/or conveyance of a Receivable by the Seller to the Issuer, the Seller owned and had good and marketable title to such Receivable free and clear of any Lien created by the Seller (other than any Liens in favor of the Issuer) and immediately after the sale, transfer, assignment and conveyance of such Receivable to the Issuer, the Issuer will have good and marketable title to such Receivable free and clear of any Lien created by the Seller.
Perfection
5. The Issuer has submitted or will have caused to be submitted, on the effective date of the Indenture, 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 Receivables granted to the Indenture Trustee hereunder; and the Servicer, in its capacity as custodian, has in its possession the original copies of such instruments or tangible chattel paper that constitute or evidence the Receivables, and all financing statements referred to in this paragraph contain a statement that: A purchase of or security interest in any collateral described in this financing statement will violate the rights of the Secured Party.
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6. With respect to Receivables that constitute an instrument or tangible chattel paper, either:
(i) All original executed copies of each such instrument or tangible chattel paper have been delivered to the Indenture Trustee, as pledgee of the Issuer; or
(ii) Such instruments or tangible chattel paper are in the possession of the Servicer and the Indenture Trustee has received a written acknowledgment from the Servicer that the Servicer (in its capacity as custodian) is holding such instruments or tangible chattel paper solely on behalf and for the benefit of the Indenture Trustee, as pledgee of the Issuer; or
(iii) The Servicer received possession of such instruments or tangible chattel paper after the Indenture Trustee received a written acknowledgment from the Servicer that the Servicer is acting solely as agent of the Indenture Trustee, as pledgee of the Issuer.
Priority
7. The Issuer has not authorized the filing of, and is not aware of any financing statements against the Issuer that include a description of collateral covering the Receivables other than any financing statement (i) relating to the conveyance of the Receivables by the Bank to the Seller under the Purchase Agreement, (ii) relating to the conveyance of the Receivables by the Seller to the Issuer under the Sale Agreement, (iii) relating to the security interest granted to the Indenture Trustee under the Indenture or (iv) that has been terminated.
8. The Issuer is not aware of any material judgment, ERISA or tax lien filings against the Issuer.
9. Neither the Issuer nor a custodian or vaulting agent thereof holding any Receivable that is electronic chattel paper has communicated an authoritative copy (as such term is used in Section 9-105 of the UCC) of any loan agreement that constitutes or evidences such Receivable to any Person other than the Servicer.
10. None of the instruments, electronic chattel paper or tangible chattel paper that constitutes or evidences the Receivables has any marks or notations indicating that they have been pledged, assigned or otherwise conveyed to any Person other than the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee.
Survival of Perfection Representations
11. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Indenture, the perfection representations, warranties and covenants contained in this Schedule I shall be continuing, and remain in full force and effect until such time as all obligations under the Indenture have been finally and fully paid and performed.
No Waiver
12. The Issuer shall provide the Rating Agencies with prompt written notice of any material breach of the perfection representations, warranties and covenants contained in this Schedule I, and shall not, without satisfying the Rating Agency Condition, waive a breach of any of such perfection representations, warranties or covenants.
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Exhibit A
FORM OF CLASS [A-1] [A-2a] [A-2b] [A-3] [A-4] [B] [C] [D] NOTES
REGISTERED | $___________________1 | |||
No. R-________ | CUSIP NO. ______________ | |||
ISIN. ______________ |
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.
[[FOR 144A NOTES:] THIS NOTE OR ANY INTEREST HEREIN HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE SECURITIES ACT) OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES, AND THE ISSUER HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940, AS AMENDED (THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT). THIS NOTE OR ANY INTEREST HEREIN MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED, EXCEPT (A) (1) TO A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER) WHO IS EITHER PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER, IN A PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF NOT LESS THAN [$1,000 AND IN GREATER WHOLE NUMBER DENOMINATIONS OF $1,000 IN EXCESS THEREOF (EXCEPT FOR TWO SUCH NOTES WHICH MAY BE ISSUED IN INTEGRAL MULTIPLES IN EXCESS THEREOF OF OTHER THAN $1,000)] FOR THE PURCHASER AND FOR EACH SUCH ACCOUNT, IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A SO LONG AS THIS NOTE IS ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A, SUBJECT TO THE SATISFACTION OF CERTAIN CONDITIONS SPECIFIED IN THE INDENTURE, OR (2) TO THE SELLER OR ANY OF ITS U.S. CORPORATE AFFILIATES (OR DISREGARDED ENTITIES THEREOF) AND (B)
1 | Denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof (except for two Notes of each Class which may be issued in a denomination other than an integral multiple of $1,000). |
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IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES AND ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION. EACH PURCHASER WILL BE DEEMED TO HAVE MADE CERTAIN REPRESENTATIONS AND AGREEMENTS SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE. ANY TRANSFER IN VIOLATION OF THE FOREGOING WILL BE OF NO FORCE AND EFFECT, WILL BE VOID AB INITIO, AND WILL NOT OPERATE TO TRANSFER ANY RIGHTS TO THE TRANSFEREE, NOTWITHSTANDING ANY INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CONTRARY TO THE ISSUER, THE INDENTURE TRUSTEE, OR ANY INTERMEDIARY. IF AT ANY TIME, THE ISSUER DETERMINES OR IS NOTIFIED THAT THE HOLDER OF SUCH NOTE OR BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN SUCH NOTE WAS IN BREACH, AT THE TIME GIVEN, OF ANY OF THE REPRESENTATIONS SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE, THE ISSUER AND THE INDENTURE TRUSTEE MAY CONSIDER THE ACQUISITION OF THIS NOTE OR SUCH INTEREST IN SUCH NOTE VOID AND REQUIRE THAT THIS NOTE OR SUCH INTEREST HEREIN BE TRANSFERRED TO A PERSON DESIGNATED BY THE ISSUER.]
BY ACQUIRING THIS NOTE (OR ANY INTEREST HEREIN), EACH PURCHASER OR TRANSFEREE (AND, IF THE PURCHASER OR TRANSFEREE IS A PLAN (AS DEFINED BELOW), ITS FIDUCIARY) (I) WILL BE DEEMED TO REPRESENT AND WARRANT THAT EITHER (A) SUCH PURCHASER OR TRANSFEREE IS NOT ACQUIRING AND WILL NOT HOLD THIS NOTE (OR ANY INTEREST HEREIN) ON BEHALF OF, OR WITH ANY ASSETS OF, A PLAN THAT IS SUBJECT TO TITLE I OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED (ERISA), OR SECTION 4975 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE CODE) (EACH, A BENEFIT PLAN), OR A PLAN THAT IS SUBJECT TO A LAW THAT IS SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR TO TITLE I OF ERISA OR SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE (SIMILAR LAW) OR (B) THE ACQUISITION, HOLDING AND DISPOSITION OF THIS NOTE (OR ANY INTEREST HEREIN) WILL NOT GIVE RISE TO A NONEXEMPT PROHIBITED TRANSACTION UNDER SECTION 406 OF ERISA OR SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE OR A VIOLATION OF ANY SIMILAR LAW AND (II) ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES IF IT IS A BENEFIT PLAN OR A PLAN THAT IS SUBJECT TO SIMILAR LAW, IT SHALL NOT ACQUIRE THIS NOTE (OR INTEREST HEREIN) AT ANY TIME THAT THE RATINGS ON THIS NOTE ARE BELOW INVESTMENT GRADE OR IF THIS NOTE HAS BEEN CHARACTERIZED AS OTHER THAN INDEBTEDNESS FOR APPLICABLE LOCAL LAW PURPOSES. FOR PURPOSES OF THE FOREGOING, PLAN MEANS AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN AS DEFINED IN SECTION 3(3) OF ERISA WHETHER OR NOT SUBJECT TO TITLE I OF ERISA, A PLAN AS DEFINED IN SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE, OR AN ENTITY OR ACCOUNT DEEMED TO HOLD THE PLAN ASSETS OF ANY OF THE FOREGOING.
TRANSFERS OF THIS NOTE MUST GENERALLY BE ACCOMPANIED BY APPROPRIATE TAX TRANSFER DOCUMENTATION AND ARE SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS AS PROVIDED IN THE INDENTURE.
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CAPITAL ONE PRIME AUTO RECEIVABLES TRUST 2022-2
[CLASS A-1 2.872%] [CLASS A-2a 3.74%] [CLASS A-2b SOFR RATE + 0.65%] [CLASS A-3 3.66%] [CLASS A-4 3.69%]
[CLASS B 4.27%] [CLASS C 4.67%] [CLASS D 5.40%]
AUTO LOAN ASSET BACKED NOTES
Capital One Prime Auto Receivables Trust 2022-2, a statutory trust organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (including any successor, the Issuer), for value received, hereby promises to pay to [______], or registered assigns, the principal sum of [___] DOLLARS ($[___]), in monthly installments on the 15th of each month, or if such day is not a Business Day, on the immediately succeeding Business Day, commencing on September 15, 2022 (each, a Payment Date) until the principal of this Note is paid or made available for payment, and to pay interest on each Payment Date on the Class [A-1] [A-2a] [A-2b] [A-3] [A-4] [B] [C] [D] Note Balance as of the preceding Payment Date (after giving effect to all payments of principal made on the preceding Payment Date), or as of the Closing Date in the case of the first Payment Date, at the rate per annum shown above (the Interest Rate), in each case as and to the extent set forth in Sections 2.7, 3.1, 5.4(b), 8.2 and 8.5 of the Indenture; provided, however, that the entire unpaid Class [A-1] [A-2a] [A-2b] [A-3] [A-4] [B] [C] [D] Note Balance shall be due and payable on the earliest of (i) [___] (the Final Scheduled Payment Date), (ii) the Redemption Date, if any, pursuant to Section 10.1 of the Indenture and (iii) the date the Notes are accelerated after an Event of Default pursuant to Section 5.2 of the Indenture. Interest on this Note will accrue for each Payment Date from and including the [preceding Payment Date (or, in the case of the initial Payment Date, from and including the Closing Date) to but excluding such Payment Date]2 [15th day of the prior calendar month (or, in the case of the initial Payment Date from and including the Closing Date) to but excluding the 15th day of the calendar month in which such Payment Date occurs]3. Interest will be computed on the basis of [[Class A-1, A-2b]: actual days elapsed and a 360-day year][Class A-2a, A-3, A-4, B, C, D: a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months]. Such principal of and interest on this Note shall be paid in the manner specified on the reverse hereof.
The principal of and interest on this Note are payable in such coin or currency of the United States 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 on this Note as provided above and then to the unpaid principal of this Note.
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.
2 | The Class A-1 and A-2b Notes. |
3 | The Class A-2a, A-3, A-4, B, C and D Notes. |
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Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Indenture Trustee the name of which 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.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer has caused this instrument to be signed, manually, by its Authorized Officer.
Dated:
CAPITAL ONE PRIME AUTO RECEIVABLES TRUST 2022-2 | ||
By: BNY MELLON TRUST OF DELAWARE, not in its individual capacity but solely as Owner Trustee | ||
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INDENTURE TRUSTEES CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Notes designated above and referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
Dated:
WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association, not in its individual capacity but solely as Indenture Trustee | ||
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[REVERSE OF NOTE]
This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of Notes of the Issuer, designated as its [Class A-1 2.872%] [Class A-2a 3.74%] [Class A-2b SOFR Rate + 0.65%] [Class A-3 3.66%] [Class A-4 3.69%] [Class B 4.27%] [Class C 4.67%] [Class D 5.40%] Auto Loan Asset-Backed Notes (herein called the Class [A-1] [A-2a] [A-2b] [A-3] [A-4] [B] [C] [D] Notes or the Notes), all issued under an Indenture, dated as of August 10, 2022 (such Indenture, as supplemented or amended, is herein called the Indenture), between the Issuer and Wilmington Trust, National Association, a national banking association, not in its individual capacity but solely as trustee (the Indenture Trustee), which term includes any successor Indenture Trustee under the Indenture, to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights and obligations thereunder of the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders. The Notes are subject to all terms of the Indenture and the Servicing Agreement. All terms used in this Note that are not otherwise defined herein and that are defined in the Indenture or the Servicing Agreement shall have the meanings assigned to them in or pursuant to the Indenture or in Appendix A of the Sale Agreement.
The Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2a Notes, the Class A-2b Notes, the Class A-3 Notes, the Class A-4 Notes, the Class B Notes, the Class C Notes and the Class D Notes are and will be equally and ratably secured by the collateral pledged as security therefor as provided in the Indenture. The Class B Notes are subordinated to the Class A Notes and are secured by the collateral pledged as security therefor on a subordinated basis as provided in the Indenture. The Class C Notes are subordinated to the Class A Notes and Class B Notes and are secured by the collateral pledged as security therefor on a subordinated basis as provided in the Indenture. The Class D Notes are subordinated to the Class A Notes, Class B Notes and Class C Notes and are secured by the collateral pledged as security therefor on a subordinated basis as provided in the Indenture. All covenants and agreements made by the Issuer in the Indenture are for the benefit of the Holders of the Class A Notes, Class B Notes, Class C Notes and the Class D Notes. All covenants and agreements made by the Issuer in the Indenture are for the benefit of the Holders of the Class A Notes, Class B Notes, Class C Notes and the Class D Notes.
Principal payable on the Notes will be paid on each Payment Date in the amount specified in the Indenture and in the Servicing Agreement. As described above, the entire Class [A-1] [A-2a] [A-2b] [A-3] [A-4] [B] [C] [D] Note Balance shall be due and payable on the earliest of (i) [___] (the Final Scheduled Payment Date), (ii) the Redemption Date, if any, pursuant to Section 10.1 of the Indenture and (iii) the date the Notes are accelerated after an Event of Default pursuant to Section 5.2 of the Indenture. All principal payments on the Class [A-1] [A-2a] [A-2b] [A-3] [A-4] [B] [C] [D] Notes shall be made pro rata to the Class [A-1] [A-2a] [A-2b] [A-3] [A-4] [B] [C] [D] Noteholders entitled thereto.
Payments of principal of and interest on this Note made on each Payment Date, Redemption Date or upon acceleration shall be made by wire transfer if an account has been designated by the related Noteholder three (3) Business Days prior to the related Payment Date and otherwise by check mailed first-class, postage prepaid, to the Person whose name appears as the registered Holder of this Note (or one or more Predecessor Notes) on the Note Register as of the close of business on the related Record Date, except that with respect to Notes registered on the Record Date in the name of the nominee of the Clearing Agency (initially, such nominee to
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be Cede & Co.), payments will be made by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account designated by such nominee. Such checks shall be mailed to the Person entitled thereto at the address of such Person as it appears on the Note Register as of the applicable Record Date without requiring that this Note be submitted for notation of payment. Any reduction in the principal amount of this Note (or any one or more Predecessor Notes) affected by any payments made on any Payment Date or Redemption Date shall be binding upon all future Holders of this Note and of any Note issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange hereof or in lieu hereof, whether or not noted hereon. If funds are expected to be available, as provided in the Indenture, for payment in full of the remaining unpaid principal amount of this Note on a Payment Date or Redemption 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 close of business on the Record Date preceding such Payment Date or Redemption Date by notice mailed prior to such Payment Date or Redemption Date which shall specify the amount then due and payable and such amount shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender of this Note at the Corporate Trust Office of the Indenture Trustee or at the place specified by the Indenture Trustee in such notice.
The Issuer shall pay interest on overdue installments of interest at the Class [A-1] [A-2a] [A-2b] [A-3] [A-4] [B] [C] [D] Interest Rate to the extent lawful.
Each Noteholder or Note Owner, by acceptance of this Note, or, in the case of a Note Owner of a beneficial interest in this 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 herewith or therewith, against (i) the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee in their respective individual capacities, (ii) any Certificateholder or any other owner of a beneficial interest in the Issuer, (iii) the Servicer, the Administrator or the Seller or (iv) any partner, owner, beneficiary, agent, officer, director, employee, successor or assign of any Person described in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above, 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.
It is the intent of the Issuer, the Noteholders and the Note Owners that, for purposes of federal, state and local income, franchise and value added tax, the Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2a Notes, the Class A-2b Notes, the Class A-3 Notes, the Class A-4 Notes, the Class B Notes, the Class C Notes and the Class D Notes (other than any Notes that are owned during any period of time by either the Issuer or a Person that is considered the same Person as the Issuer for United States federal income tax purposes) shall constitute indebtedness. The Noteholders, by acceptance of this Note, agree to treat, and to take no action inconsistent with the treatment of, the Notes for such tax purposes as indebtedness.
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Each Noteholder and Note Owner, by accepting this Note or, in the case of a Note Owner, a beneficial interest in this Note, hereby covenants and agrees that prior to the date which is one year and one day after payment in full of all obligations of each Bankruptcy Remote Party in respect of all securities issued by the Bankruptcy Remote Parties, (i) such party shall not authorize any Bankruptcy Remote Party to commence a voluntary winding-up or other voluntary case or other Proceeding seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief with respect to such Bankruptcy Remote Party or its debts under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect in any jurisdiction or seeking the appointment of an administrator, a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official with respect to such Bankruptcy Remote Party or any substantial part of its property or to consent to any such relief or to the appointment of or taking possession by any such official in an involuntary case or other Proceeding commenced against such Bankruptcy Remote Party, or to make a general assignment for the benefit of, its creditors generally, any party to the Indenture or any other creditor of such Bankruptcy Remote Party and (ii) such party shall not commence, join with any other Person in commencing or institute, with any other Person, any Proceeding against such Bankruptcy Remote Party under any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, liquidation or insolvency law or statute now or hereafter in effect in any jurisdiction.
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 SECTIONS 5-1401 AND 5-1402 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER AND THEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.
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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: _____________ _______________________________ */
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Signatures 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. |
*/ | NOTE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name of the registered owner as it appears on the face of the within Note in every particular without alteration, enlargement or any change whatsoever. |
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Exhibit 10.1
PURCHASE AGREEMENT
dated as of August 10, 2022
between
CAPITAL ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
and
CAPITAL ONE AUTO RECEIVABLES, LLC,
as Purchaser
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS AND USAGE |
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SECTION 1.1 |
Definitions | 1 | ||||
SECTION 1.2 |
Other Interpretive Provisions | 1 | ||||
ARTICLE II PURCHASE |
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SECTION 2.1 |
Agreement to Sell and Contribute on the Closing Date | 2 | ||||
SECTION 2.2 |
Consideration and Payment for the Purchased Assets | 2 | ||||
ARTICLE III REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS |
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SECTION 3.1 |
Representations and Warranties of the Bank | 2 | ||||
SECTION 3.2 |
Representations and Warranties of the Bank Regarding the Purchased Assets | 3 | ||||
SECTION 3.3 |
Representations and Warranties of the Bank as to each Receivable | 4 | ||||
SECTION 3.4 |
Repurchase upon Breach | 4 | ||||
SECTION 3.5 |
Protection of Title | 5 | ||||
SECTION 3.6 |
Other Liens or Interests | 6 | ||||
SECTION 3.7 |
Official Record | 6 | ||||
SECTION 3.8 |
Merger or Consolidation of, or Assumption of the Obligations of, the Bank | 6 | ||||
SECTION 3.9 |
Bank May Own Notes and Certificates | 6 | ||||
SECTION 3.10 |
Compliance with the FDIC Rule | 7 | ||||
SECTION 3.11 |
Dispute Resolution | 7 | ||||
SECTION 3.12 |
Cooperation with Voting | 11 | ||||
ARTICLE IV MISCELLANEOUS |
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SECTION 4.1 |
Transfers Intended as Sale; Security Interest | 11 | ||||
SECTION 4.2 |
Notices, Etc | 12 | ||||
SECTION 4.3 |
Choice of Law | 12 | ||||
SECTION 4.4 |
Headings | 12 | ||||
SECTION 4.5 |
Counterparts | 12 | ||||
SECTION 4.6 |
Amendment | 12 | ||||
SECTION 4.7 |
Waivers | 14 | ||||
SECTION 4.8 |
Entire Agreement | 14 |
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SECTION 4.9 |
Severability of Provisions | 14 | ||||
SECTION 4.10 |
Binding Effect | 14 | ||||
SECTION 4.11 |
Acknowledgment and Agreement | 14 | ||||
SECTION 4.12 |
Cumulative Remedies | 15 | ||||
SECTION 4.13 |
Nonpetition Covenant | 15 | ||||
SECTION 4.14 |
Submission to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial | 15 | ||||
SECTION 4.15 |
Not Applicable to the Bank in Other Capacities | 16 | ||||
SECTION 4.16 |
Third-Party Beneficiaries | 16 |
EXHIBITS | ||
Exhibit A | Form of Assignment Pursuant to Purchase Agreement | |
Schedule I | Perfection Representations, Warranties and Covenants | |
Schedule II | Representations and Warranties with Respect to the Receivables |
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THIS PURCHASE AGREEMENT is made and entered into as of August 10, 2022 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified and in effect from time to time, this Agreement) by CAPITAL ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association (the Bank), and CAPITAL ONE AUTO RECEIVABLES, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (COAR).
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, COAR desires to purchase from the Bank a portfolio of motor vehicle receivables, including motor vehicle retail installment sale contracts and/or installment loans that are secured by new and used automobiles, light-duty trucks, SUVs and vans; and
WHEREAS, the Bank is willing to sell such portfolio of motor vehicle receivables and related property to COAR on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual agreements set forth herein, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND USAGE
SECTION 1.1 Definitions. Except as otherwise defined herein or as the context may otherwise require, capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein are defined in Appendix A to the Sale Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (as amended, supplemented, or otherwise modified and in effect from time to time, the Sale Agreement), between the Issuer and COAR, which also contains rules as to usage that are applicable herein. As used herein, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
Purchased Assets has the meaning specified in Section 2.1.
SECTION 1.2 Other Interpretive Provisions. For purposes of this Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) accounting terms not otherwise defined in this Agreement, and accounting terms partly defined in this Agreement to the extent not defined, shall have the respective meanings given to them under GAAP (provided, that, to the extent that the definitions in this Agreement and GAAP conflict, the definitions in this Agreement shall control); (b) terms defined in Article 9 of the UCC as in effect in the relevant jurisdiction and not otherwise defined in this Agreement are used as defined in that Article; (c) the words hereof, herein and hereunder and words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement; (d) references to any Article, Section, Schedule, Appendix or Exhibit are references to Articles, Sections, Schedules, Appendices and Exhibits in or to this Agreement and references to any paragraph, subsection, clause or other subdivision within any Section or definition refer to such paragraph, subsection, clause or other subdivision of such Section or definition; (e) the term including and all variations thereof means including without limitation; (f) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, references to any law or regulation refer to that law or regulation as amended from time to time and include any successor law or regulation; (g) references to any Person include that Persons successors and assigns; and (h) headings are for purposes of reference only and shall not otherwise affect the meaning or interpretation of any provision hereof.
ARTICLE II
PURCHASE
SECTION 2.1 Agreement to Sell and Contribute on the Closing Date. On the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Bank does hereby sell, transfer, assign, set over, contribute and otherwise convey to COAR without recourse (subject to the obligations herein) on the Closing Date all of its right, title, interest, claims and demands in, to and under the Receivables, the Collections after the Cut-Off Date, the Receivable Files and the Related Security relating thereto, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, as evidenced by an assignment substantially in the form of Exhibit A (the Assignment) delivered on the Closing Date (collectively, the Purchased Assets). The sale, transfer, assignment, contribution and conveyance made hereunder does not constitute and is not intended to result in an assumption by COAR of any obligation of the Bank to the Obligors, the Dealers, insurers or any other Person in connection with the Receivables or the other assets and properties conveyed hereunder or any agreement, document or instrument related thereto.
SECTION 2.2 Consideration and Payment for the Purchased Assets. The purchase price for the sale of the Purchased Assets sold to COAR on the Closing Date shall equal the estimated fair market value of the Purchased Assets on the Closing Date. Such purchase price shall be paid (a) in cash to the Bank in an amount agreed to between the Bank and COAR, (b) by delivery to or upon the order of CONA, the 144A Notes and, (c) to the extent not paid in cash by COAR, shall be paid by a capital contribution by the Bank of an undivided interest in such Purchased Assets that increases its equity interest in COAR in an amount equal to the excess of the estimated fair market value of the Purchased Assets over the amount of cash paid by COAR to the Bank and the value of the 144A Notes.
ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS
SECTION 3.1 Representations and Warranties of the Bank. The Bank makes the following representations and warranties as of the Closing Date, on which COAR will be deemed to have relied in acquiring the Purchased Assets. The representations and warranties will survive the conveyance of the Purchased Assets to COAR pursuant to this Agreement, the conveyance of the Purchased Assets by COAR to the Issuer pursuant to the Sale Agreement and the Grant thereof by the Issuer to the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Noteholders pursuant to the Indenture.
(a) Existence and Power. The Bank is a national banking association validly subsisting under the laws of the United States of America and has, in all material respects, all power and authority to carry on its business as it is now conducted. The Bank has obtained all necessary licenses and approvals in each jurisdiction where the failure to do so would materially and adversely affect the ability of the Bank to perform its obligations under this Agreement or affect the enforceability or collectability of the Receivables or any other part of the Purchased Assets.
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(b) Authorization and No Contravention. The execution, delivery and performance by the Bank of this Agreement (i) have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of the Bank and (ii) do not contravene or constitute a default under (A) any applicable order, law, rule or regulation, (B) its organizational documents or (C) any material agreement, contract, order or other instrument to which it is a party or its property is subject (other than violations which do not affect the legality, validity or enforceability of such agreements or which, individually or in the aggregate, would not materially and adversely affect the transactions contemplated by, or the Banks ability to perform its obligations under, this Agreement).
(c) No Consent Required. No approval or authorization by, or filing with, any Governmental Authority is required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by the Bank of this Agreement other than (i) UCC filings, (ii) approvals and authorizations that have previously been obtained and filings that have previously been made and (iii) approvals, authorizations or filings which, if not obtained or made, would not have a material adverse effect on the enforceability or collectability of the Receivables or any other part of the Purchased Assets or would not materially and adversely affect the ability of the Bank to perform its obligations under this Agreement.
(d) Binding Effect. This Agreement constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Bank enforceable against the Bank in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, receivership, conservatorship or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors rights generally and, if applicable, the rights of creditors of banking corporations from time to time in effect or by general principles of equity.
(e) No Proceedings. There are no Proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Bank, threatened against the Bank before or by any Governmental Authority that (i) assert the invalidity or unenforceability of this Agreement or (ii) seek any determination or ruling that would materially and adversely affect the performance by the Bank of its obligations under this Agreement.
(f) Lien Filings. The Bank is not aware of any material judgment, ERISA or tax lien filings against the Bank.
SECTION 3.2 Representations and Warranties of the Bank Regarding the Purchased Assets. On the date hereof, the Bank hereby makes the following representations and warranties to COAR as to the Receivables sold, transferred, assigned, contributed and otherwise conveyed to COAR under this Agreement on which such representations and warranties COAR will be deemed to have relied in acquiring the Receivables and which will survive the conveyance of the Purchased Assets to COAR pursuant to this Agreement, the conveyance of the Purchased Assets by COAR to the Issuer pursuant to the Sale Agreement and the Grant thereof by the Issuer to the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Noteholders pursuant to the Indenture:
(a) The Receivables were selected using selection procedures that were not known or intended by the Bank to be adverse to the Issuer.
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(b) The Receivables and the other Purchased Assets have been validly assigned by the Bank to COAR.
(c) The information with respect to the Receivables transferred on the Closing Date as set forth in the Schedule of Receivables was true and correct in all material respects as of the Cut-Off Date.
(d) No Receivables are pledged, assigned, sold, subject to a security interest or otherwise conveyed by the Bank other than pursuant to the Transaction Documents. The Bank has not authorized the filing of and is not aware of any financing statements against the Bank that includes a description of collateral covering any Receivable other than any financing statement relating to security interests granted under the Transaction Documents or that have been or, prior to the assignment of such Receivables hereunder, will be terminated, amended or released. This Agreement creates a valid and continuing security interest in the Receivables (other than the Related Security with respect thereto, to the extent that an ownership interest therein cannot be perfected by the filing of a financing statement) in favor of COAR which security interest is prior to all other Liens created by the Bank (other than Permitted Liens) with respect to the Receivables and is enforceable as such against all other creditors of and purchasers and assignees from the Bank.
(e) The representations and warranties regarding creation, perfection and priority of security interests in the Purchased Assets, which are attached to this Agreement as Schedule I, are true and correct.
SECTION 3.3 Representations and Warranties of the Bank as to each Receivable. The Bank hereby makes the representations and warranties set forth on Schedule II as to the Receivables sold, transferred, assigned, set over and otherwise conveyed to COAR under this Agreement on which such representations and warranties COAR relies in acquiring the Receivables. Such representations and warranties shall survive the sale of the Purchased Assets by COAR to the Issuer under the Sale Agreement and the Grant of the Purchased Assets by the Issuer to the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Noteholders pursuant to the Indenture. Notwithstanding any statement to the contrary contained herein or in any other Transaction Document, the Bank shall not be required to notify any insurer with respect to any Insurance Policy obtained by an Obligor or to notify any Dealer about any aspect of the transaction contemplated by this Agreement. The Bank hereby agrees that the Issuer shall have the right to enforce any and all rights under this Agreement assigned to the Issuer under the Sale Agreement, including the right to cause the Bank to repurchase any Receivable with respect to which it is in breach of any of its representations and warranties set forth in Schedule II, directly against the Bank as though the Issuer were a party to this Agreement, and the Issuer shall not be obligated to exercise any such rights indirectly through COAR.
SECTION 3.4 Repurchase upon Breach. Upon discovery by or notice to a Responsible Officer of COAR or the Bank of a breach of any of the representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.3 with respect to any Receivable at the time such representations and warranties were made which materially and adversely affects the interests of the Issuer, the Noteholders or the Certificateholders, the party discovering such breach or receiving such notice shall give prompt written notice thereof to the other party; provided, that delivery of a Servicers
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Report which identifies that Receivables are being or have been repurchased shall be deemed to constitute prompt notice of such breach; provided, further, that the failure to give such notice shall not affect any obligation of the Bank hereunder. If the breach materially and adversely affects the interests of the Issuer, the Noteholders or the Certificateholders, then the Bank shall either (a) correct or cure such breach or (b) repurchase such Receivable from COAR (or its assignee), in either case on or before the Payment Date following the end of the Collection Period which includes the sixtieth (60th) day (or, if the Bank elects, an earlier date) after the date that the Bank became aware or was notified of such breach. Any such breach or failure will be deemed not to have a material and adverse effect if such breach or failure has not affected the ability of COAR (or its assignee) to receive and retain timely payment in full on such Receivable. Any such purchase by the Bank shall be at a price equal to the related Repurchase Price. In consideration for such repurchase, the Bank shall make (or shall cause to be made) a payment to COAR (or its assignee) equal to the Repurchase Price by depositing such amount into the Collection Account prior to noon, New York City time, on the date of such repurchase, if such repurchase date is not a Payment Date or, if such repurchase date is a Payment Date, then prior to the close of business on the Business Day prior to such repurchase date. Upon payment of such Repurchase Price by the Bank, COAR (or its assignee) shall release and shall execute and deliver such instruments of release, transfer or assignment, in each case without recourse or representation, as may be reasonably requested by the Bank to evidence such release, transfer or assignment or more effectively vest in the Bank or its designee any Receivable and the related Purchased Assets repurchased pursuant hereto. It is understood and agreed that the obligation of the Bank to purchase any Receivable as described above shall constitute the sole remedy respecting such breach available to COAR (or its assignee).
SECTION 3.5 Protection of Title.
(a) The Bank shall authorize and file such financing statements and cause to be authorized and filed such continuation and other financing statements, all in such manner and in such places as may be required by law fully to preserve, maintain and protect the interest of COAR under this Agreement in the Purchased Assets (to the extent that the interest of COAR therein can be perfected by the filing of a financing statement). The Bank shall deliver (or cause to be delivered) to COAR file-stamped copies of, or filing receipts for, any document filed as provided above, as soon as available following such filing.
(b) The Bank shall notify COAR in writing within ten (10) days following the occurrence of (i) any change in the Banks organizational structure as a banking corporation, (ii) any change in the Banks location (within the meaning of Section 9-307 of the UCC) and (iii) any change in the Banks name, and shall take all action prior to making such change (or shall have made arrangements to take such action substantially simultaneously with such change, if it is not practicable to take such action in advance) reasonably necessary or advisable in the opinion of COAR to amend all previously filed financing statements or continuation statements described in paragraph (a) above. The Bank will at all times maintain its location within the United States.
(c) The Bank shall maintain (or shall cause the Servicer to maintain) its computer systems so that, from time to time after the conveyance under this Agreement of the Receivables, the master computer records (including any backup archives) that refer to a Receivable shall indicate clearly the interest of COAR (or any subsequent assignee of COAR) in such Receivable and that such Receivable is owned by such Person. Indication of such Persons interest in a Receivable shall not be deleted from or modified on such computer systems until, and only until, the related Receivable shall have been paid in full or repurchased.
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(d) If at any time the Bank shall propose to sell, grant a security interest in or otherwise transfer any interest in motor vehicle receivables to any prospective purchaser, lender or other transferee, the Bank shall give to such prospective purchaser, lender or other transferee computer tapes, records or printouts (including any restored from backup archives) that, if they shall refer in any manner whatsoever to any Receivable, shall indicate clearly that such Receivable has been sold and is owned by COAR (or any subsequent assignee of COAR).
SECTION 3.6 Other Liens or Interests. Except for the conveyances and grants of security interests pursuant to this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, the Bank shall not sell, pledge, assign or transfer the Receivables or other property transferred to COAR to any other Person, or grant, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien (other than Permitted Liens) on any interest therein, and the Bank shall defend the right, title and interest of COAR in, to and under such Receivables or other property transferred to COAR against all claims of third parties claiming through or under the Bank.
SECTION 3.7 Official Record. So long as the Notes and the Certificates remain outstanding, this Agreement shall be treated as an official record of the Bank within the meaning of Section 13(e) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. Section 1823(e)).
SECTION 3.8 Merger or Consolidation of, or Assumption of the Obligations of, the Bank. Any Person (i) into which the Bank may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, to which it may sell or transfer its business and assets as a whole or substantially as a whole, (ii) resulting from any merger, sale, transfer, conversion, or consolidation to which the Bank shall be a party, (iii) succeeding to the business of the Bank, or (iv) more than 50% of the voting stock or voting power and 50% or more of the economic equity of which is owned directly or indirectly by Capital One Financial Corporation, which Person in any of the foregoing cases executes an agreement of assumption to perform every obligation of the Bank under this Agreement, will be the successor to the Bank 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 anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Bank enters into any of the foregoing transactions and is not the surviving entity, the Bank will deliver to the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee an Opinion of Counsel either (A) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all financing statements and continuation statements and amendments thereto have been executed and filed that are necessary to preserve and protect the interest of the Issuer and, if the Notes are Outstanding, the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Noteholders, respectively, in the Receivables, or (B) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, no such action is necessary to preserve and protect such interest.
SECTION 3.9 Bank May Own Notes and Certificates. The Bank, and any Affiliate of the Bank, may in its individual or any other capacity become the owner or pledgee of Notes and Certificates with the same rights as it would have if it were not the Bank or an Affiliate thereof, except as otherwise expressly provided herein or in the other Transaction Documents. Except as set forth herein or in the other Transaction Documents, Notes and Certificates so owned by the Bank or any such Affiliate will have an equal and proportionate benefit under the provisions of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, without preference, priority, or distinction as among all of the Notes and Certificates.
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SECTION 3.10 Compliance with the FDIC Rule. The Bank (i) shall perform the covenants set forth in Article XII of the Indenture applicable to it and (ii) shall facilitate compliance with Article XII of the Indenture by the Capital One Parties.
SECTION 3.11 Dispute Resolution.
(a) If any Receivable is subject to repurchase pursuant to Section 3.4 of this Agreement, which repurchase is not resolved in accordance with the terms of this Agreement within one hundred eighty (180) days after notice is delivered to the Bank by a Requesting Investor, the Requesting Investor providing such notice (the Requesting Party) will have the right to refer the matter, at its discretion, to either third-party mediation (including nonbinding arbitration) or binding arbitration pursuant to this Section 3.11 and the Bank is hereby deemed to consent to the selected resolution method. At the end of the 180-day period described above, the Bank may provide notice informing the Requesting Party of the status of its request or, in the absence of any such notice, the Requesting Party may presume that its request remains unresolved. The Requesting Party must provide written notice of its intention to refer the matter to mediation (including nonbinding arbitration) or arbitration to the Bank within thirty (30) days following such 180th day. The Bank agrees to participate in the resolution method selected by the Requesting Party.
(b) If the Requesting Party selects mediation (including nonbinding arbitration) as the resolution method, the following provisions will apply:
(i) the mediation will be administered by the American Arbitration Association (the AAA) pursuant to its Commercial Arbitration Rules and Mediation Procedures in effect at the time the mediation is initiated (the Rules); provided, that if any of the provisions in the Rules are inconsistent with the procedures for the mediation or arbitration stated in this Agreement, the procedures in this Agreement will control;
(ii) the mediator must be a Qualified Dispute Resolution Professional. Upon being supplied a list, by the AAA, of at least ten (10) potential mediators that are each Qualified Dispute Resolution Professionals, each of the Requesting Party and the Bank will have the right to exercise two (2) peremptory challenges within fourteen (14) days and to rank the remaining potential mediators in order of preference. The AAA will select the mediator from the remaining potential mediators on the list, respecting the preference choices of the parties to the extent possible;
(iii) each of the Requesting Party and the Bank will use commercially reasonable efforts to begin the mediation within ten (10) Business Days of the selection of the mediator and to conclude the mediation within thirty (30) days of the start of the mediation;
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(iv) the fees and expenses of the mediation will be allocated as mutually agreed by the Requesting Party and the Bank as part of the mediation; and
(v) a failure by the Requesting Party and the Bank to resolve a disputed matter through mediation shall not preclude either party from seeking a resolution of such matter through the initiation of a judicial proceeding in a court of competent jurisdiction, subject to Section 3.11(d) below.
(c) If the Requesting Party selects arbitration as the resolution method, the following provisions will apply:
(i) the arbitration will be held in accordance with the United States Arbitration Act, notwithstanding any choice of law provision in this Agreement, and under the auspices of the AAA and in accordance with the Rules;
(ii) if the repurchase request specified in Section 3.11(a) involves the repurchase of an aggregate amount of Receivables with an aggregate Outstanding Principal Balance of less than five percent (5%) of the total Outstanding Principal Balance of the Receivables as of the date of such repurchase request, a single arbitrator will be used. That arbitrator must be a Qualified Dispute Resolution Professional. Upon being supplied a list of at least ten (10) potential arbitrators that are each Qualified Dispute Resolutions Professionals by the AAA, each of the Requesting Party and the Bank will have the right to exercise two (2) peremptory challenges within fourteen (14) days and to rank the remaining potential arbitrators in order of preference. The AAA will select the arbitrator from the remaining potential arbitrators on the list respecting the preference choices of the parties to the extent possible;
(iii) if the repurchase request specified in Section 3.11(a) involves the repurchase of an aggregate amount of Receivables with an aggregate Outstanding Principal Balance equal to or in excess of five percent (5%) of the total Outstanding Principal Balance of the Receivables as of the date of such repurchase request, a three-arbitrator panel will be used. The arbitral panel will consist of three Qualified Dispute Resolution Professionals, (A) one to be appointed by the Requesting Party within five (5) Business Days of providing notice to the Bank of its selection of arbitration, (B) one to be appointed by the Bank within five (5) Business Days of the Requesting Partys appointment of an arbitrator, and (C) the third, who will preside over the arbitral panel, to be chosen by the two party-appointed arbitrators within five (5) Business Days of the Banks appointment. If any party fails to appoint an arbitrator or the two party-appointed arbitrators fail to appoint the third within the relevant time periods, then the appointments will be made by the AAA pursuant to the Rules;
(iv) each arbitrator selected for any arbitration will abide by the Code of Ethics for Arbitrators in Commercial Disputes in effect at the time the arbitration is initiated. Prior to accepting an appointment, each arbitrator must promptly disclose any circumstances likely to create a reasonable inference of bias or conflict of interest or likely to preclude completion of the hearings within the prescribed time schedule. Any arbitrator selected may be removed by the AAA for cause consisting of actual bias, conflict of interest or other serious potential for conflict;
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(v) the Requesting Party and the Bank each agree that it is their intention that after consulting with the parties, the arbitrator or arbitral panel, as applicable, will devise procedures and deadlines for the arbitration, to the extent not already agreed to by the parties, with the goal of expediting the proceeding and completing the arbitration within thirty (30) days after appointment of the arbitrator or arbitral panel, as applicable. The arbitrator or the arbitral panel, as applicable, will have the authority to schedule, hear, and determine any and all motions, including dispositive and discovery motions, in accordance with New York law then in effect (including prehearing and post hearing motions), and will do so on the motion of any party to the arbitration. Notwithstanding any other discovery that may be available under the Rules, unless otherwise agreed by the parties, each party to the arbitration will be limited to the following discovery in the arbitration:
(A) consistent with the expedited nature of arbitration, the Requesting Party and the Bank will, upon the written request of the other party, promptly provide the other with copies of documents relevant to the issues raised by any claim or counterclaim on which the producing party may rely in support of or in opposition to the claim or defense;
(B) at the request of a party, the arbitrator or arbitral panel, as applicable, shall have the discretion to order examination by deposition of witnesses to the extent the arbitrator or arbitral panel deems such additional discovery relevant and appropriate. Depositions shall be limited to a maximum of three (3) per party and shall be held within thirty (30) days of the making of a request. Additional depositions may be scheduled only with the permission of the arbitrator or arbitral panel, and for good cause shown. Each deposition shall be limited to a maximum of three (3) hours duration. All objections are reserved for the arbitration hearing except for objections based on privilege and proprietary or confidential information;
(C) any dispute regarding discovery, or the relevance or scope thereof, shall be determined by the arbitrator or arbitral panel, which determination shall be conclusive; and
(D) all discovery shall be completed within sixty (60) days following the appointment of the arbitrator or the arbitral panel, as applicable; provided, that the arbitrator or the arbitral panel, as applicable, will have the ability to grant the parties, or either of them, additional discovery to the extent that the arbitrator or the arbitral panel, as applicable, determines good cause is shown that such additional discovery is reasonable and necessary;
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(vi) the Requesting Party and the Bank each agree that it is their intention that the arbitrator or the arbitral panel, as applicable, will resolve the dispute in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, and may not modify or change this Agreement in any way. The arbitrator or the arbitral panel, as applicable, will not have the power to award punitive damages or consequential damages in any arbitration conducted by it, and the Bank shall not be required to pay more than the applicable Repurchase Price with respect to any Receivable which the Bank is required to repurchase under the terms of this Agreement. The Requesting Party and the Bank each agree that it is their intention that in its final determination, the arbitrator or the arbitral panel, as applicable, will determine and award the costs of the arbitration (including the fees of the arbitrator or the arbitral panel, as applicable, cost of any record or transcript of the arbitration, and administrative fees) and reasonable attorneys fees to the parties as determined by the arbitrator or the arbitral panel, as applicable, in its reasonable discretion. The determination of the arbitrator or the arbitral panel, as applicable, must be consistent with the provisions of this Agreement, and will be in writing and counterpart copies will be promptly delivered to the parties. The determination of the arbitrator or the arbitral panel, as applicable, may be reconsidered once by the arbitrator or the arbitral panel, as applicable, upon the motion and at the expense of either party. Following that single reconsideration, the determination of the arbitrator or the arbitral panel, as applicable, will be final and non-appealable and may be entered in and may be enforced in, any court of competent jurisdiction;
(vii) by selecting binding arbitration, the Requesting Party is giving up the right to sue in court, including the right to a trial by jury; and
(viii) no Person may bring a putative or certified class action to arbitration.
(d) The following provisions will apply to both mediations (including nonbinding arbitrations) and arbitrations:
(i) any mediation or arbitration will be held in New York, New York;
(ii) notwithstanding this dispute resolution provision, the parties will have the right to seek provisional or ancillary relief from a competent court of law, including a temporary restraining order, preliminary injunction or attachment order, provided such relief would otherwise be available by law; and
(iii) the details and/or existence of any unfulfilled repurchase request specified in Section 3.11(a) above, any informal meetings, mediations or arbitration proceedings, including all offers, promises, conduct and statements, whether oral or written, made in the course of the parties attempt to informally resolve an unfulfilled repurchase request, and any discovery taken in connection with any arbitration, will be confidential, privileged and inadmissible for any purpose, including impeachment, in any mediation, arbitration or litigation, or other proceeding; provided, however, that any discovery taken in any arbitration will be admissible in that particular arbitration. Such information will be kept strictly confidential and will not be disclosed or discussed with any third party (excluding a partys attorneys, experts, accountants and other agents and representatives, as reasonably required in connection with the related resolution procedure), except as otherwise required by law, regulatory requirement or court order. If
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any party to a resolution procedure receives a subpoena or other request for information from a third party (other than a governmental regulatory body) for such confidential information, the recipient will promptly notify the other party to the resolution procedure and will provide the other party with the opportunity to object to the production of its confidential information. Notwithstanding anything in this Section 3.11 to the contrary, any discovery taken in connection with any arbitration pursuant to Section 3.11(c) above will be admissible in such arbitration.
SECTION 3.12 Cooperation with Voting. Each of the Bank and COAR hereby acknowledges and agrees that it shall cooperate with the Indenture Trustee to facilitate any vote by the Instituting Noteholders pursuant to the terms of Section 7.6 of the Indenture.
ARTICLE IV
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 4.1 Transfers Intended as Sale; Security Interest.
(a) Each of the parties hereto expressly intends and agrees that the transfers contemplated and effected under this Agreement are complete and absolute sales, transfers and assignments rather than pledges or assignments of only a security interest and shall be given effect as such for all purposes. It is further the intention of the parties hereto that the Receivables and the related Purchased Assets shall not be part of the Banks estate in the event of a bankruptcy or insolvency of the Bank. The sales and transfers by the Bank of the Receivables and the related Purchased Assets hereunder are and shall be without recourse to, or representation or warranty (express or implied) by, the Bank, except as otherwise specifically provided herein. The limited rights of recourse specified herein against the Bank are intended to provide a remedy for breach of representations and warranties relating to the condition of the property sold, rather than to the collectibility of the Receivables.
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that the Receivables and other Purchased Assets are held to be property of the Bank, or if for any reason this Agreement is held or deemed to create indebtedness or a security interest in the Receivables and other Purchased Assets, then it is intended that:
(i) this Agreement shall be deemed to be a security agreement within the meaning of Articles 8 and 9 of the New York UCC and the UCC of any other applicable jurisdiction;
(ii) the conveyance provided for in Section 2.1 shall be deemed to be a grant by the Bank of, and the Bank hereby grants to COAR a security interest in all of its right (including the power to convey title thereto), title and interest, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, in and to the Receivables and other Purchased Assets, to secure such indebtedness and the performance of the obligations of the Bank hereunder;
(iii) the possession by COAR or its agent of the Receivable Files and any other property that constitute instruments, money, negotiable documents or chattel paper shall be deemed to be possession by the secured party or possession by COAR or a Person designated by COAR for purposes of perfecting the security interest pursuant to the New York UCC and the UCC of any other applicable jurisdiction; and
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(iv) notifications to Persons holding such property, and acknowledgments, receipts or confirmations from Persons holding such property, shall be deemed to be notifications to, or acknowledgments, receipts or confirmations from, bailees or agents (as applicable) of COAR for the purpose of perfecting such security interest under applicable law.
SECTION 4.2 Notices, Etc. All demands, notices and communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be delivered or mailed by registered or certified first-class United States mail, postage prepaid, hand delivery, prepaid courier service, or by e-mail (if an applicable e-mail address is provided on Schedule I to the Sale Agreement), and addressed in each case as specified on Schedule I to the Sale Agreement, or at such other address as shall be designated by any of the specified addressees in a written notice to the other parties hereto. Any notice required or permitted to be mailed to a Noteholder or Certificateholder shall be given by first class mail, postage prepaid, at the address of such Noteholder or Certificateholder as shown in the Note Register. Delivery shall occur only upon receipt or reported tender of such communication by an officer of the recipient entitled to receive such notices located at the address of such recipient for notices hereunder; provided, however, that any notice to a Noteholder or Certificateholder mailed within the time and manner prescribed in this Agreement shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the Noteholder or Certificateholder shall receive such notice.
SECTION 4.3 Choice of Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL, SUBSTANTIVE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REFERENCE TO THE RULES THEREOF RELATING TO CONFLICTS OF LAW, OTHER THAN SECTIONS 5-1401 AND 5-1402 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.
SECTION 4.4 Headings. The section headings hereof have been inserted for convenience only and shall not be construed to affect the meaning, construction or effect of this Agreement.
SECTION 4.5 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, regardless of whether delivered in physical or electronic form, but all of such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
SECTION 4.6 Amendment.
(a) Any term or provision of this Agreement may be amended by the Bank and COAR without the consent of the Indenture Trustee, the Issuer, any Noteholder, the Owner Trustee or any other Person subject to the satisfaction of one of the following conditions:
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(i) the Bank or COAR delivers an Opinion of Counsel or an Officers Certificate to the Indenture Trustee to the effect that such amendment will not materially and adversely affect the interests of the Noteholders; or
(ii) the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied with respect to such amendment and the Bank or COAR notifies the Indenture Trustee in writing that the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied with respect to such amendment.
(b) This Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the Bank and COAR with the consent of the Holders of Notes evidencing not less than a majority of the Outstanding Note Balance of the Controlling Class, 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. It will not be necessary for the consent of Noteholders or Certificateholders to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment or consent, but it will be sufficient if such consent approves the substance thereof. The manner of obtaining such consents (and any other consents of Noteholders and Certificateholders provided for in this Agreement) and of evidencing the authorization of the execution thereof by Noteholders and Certificateholders will be subject to such reasonable requirements as the Indenture Trustee and Owner Trustee may prescribe, including the establishment of record dates pursuant to the Depository Agreement.
(c) Prior to the execution of any amendment pursuant to this Section 4.6, the Bank or COAR shall provide written notification of the substance of such amendment to each Rating Agency; and promptly after the execution of any such amendment, the Bank or COAR shall furnish a copy of such amendment to each Rating Agency, the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee; provided, that no amendment pursuant to this Section 4.6 shall be effective which materially and adversely affects the rights, protections or duties of the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee without the prior written consent of such Person.
(d) Prior to the execution of any amendment to this Agreement, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to receive and conclusively rely upon an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such amendment is authorized or permitted by this Agreement and an Officers Certificate from COAR or the Administrator that all conditions precedent to the execution and delivery of such amendment have been satisfied. The Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such amendment which materially and adversely affects the Owner Trustees or the Indenture Trustees, as applicable, own rights, privileges, indemnities, duties or obligations under this Agreement, the Transaction Documents or otherwise.
(e) Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b) of this Section 4.6, this Agreement may only be amended by the Bank and COAR if (i) the Majority Certificateholders or, if 100% of the aggregate Percentage Interests is then beneficially owned by the Bank and/or its Affiliates, such Person (or Persons), consent to such amendment or (ii) such amendment shall not, as evidenced by an Officers Certificate of the Bank or COAR or an Opinion of Counsel delivered to the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee, materially and adversely affect the interests of the Certificateholders. In determining whether 100% of the aggregate Percentage Interests is then beneficially owned by the Bank and/or its Affiliates for purposes of clause (i), any party shall be entitled to rely on an Officers Certificate or similar certification of the Bank or any Affiliate thereof to such effect.
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(f) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, for purposes of classifying the Issuer as a grantor trust under the Code, no amendment shall be made to this Agreement that would (i) result in a variation of the investment of the beneficial owners of the Certificates for purposes of the United States Treasury Regulation section 301.7701-4(c) without the consent of Noteholders evidencing at least a majority of the Outstanding Note Balance of the Controlling Class and the Majority Certificateholders or (ii) cause the Issuer (or any part thereof) to be classified as other than a grantor trust under subtitle A, chapter 1, subchapter J, part I, subpart E of the Code without the consent of all of the Noteholders and all of the Certificateholders.
SECTION 4.7 Waivers. No failure or delay on the part of COAR the Servicer, the Bank, the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee in exercising any power or right hereunder (to the extent such Person has any power or right hereunder) shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such power or right preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other power or right. No notice to or demand on COAR or the Bank in any case shall entitle it to any notice or demand in similar or other circumstances. No waiver or approval by either party under this Agreement shall, except as may otherwise be stated in such waiver or approval, be applicable to subsequent transactions. No waiver or approval under this Agreement shall require any similar or dissimilar waiver or approval thereafter to be granted hereunder.
SECTION 4.8 Entire Agreement. The Transaction Documents contain a final and complete integration of all prior expressions by the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter thereof and shall constitute the entire agreement among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter thereof, superseding all prior oral or written understandings. There are no unwritten agreements among the parties.
SECTION 4.9 Severability of Provisions. If any one or more of the covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of this Agreement shall be for any reason whatsoever held invalid, 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.
SECTION 4.10 Binding Effect. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns. This Agreement shall create and constitute the continuing obligations of the parties hereto in accordance with its terms, and shall remain in full force and effect until such time as the parties hereto shall agree.
SECTION 4.11 Acknowledgment and Agreement. By execution below, the Bank expressly acknowledges and consents to the sale of the Purchased Assets and the assignment of all rights and obligations of the Bank related thereto by COAR to the Issuer pursuant to the Sale Agreement and the Grant of a security interest in the Receivables and the other Purchased Assets by the Issuer to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Indenture for the benefit of the Noteholders. In addition, the Bank hereby acknowledges and agrees that for so long as the Notes are outstanding, the Indenture Trustee will have, pursuant to the Transaction Documents, the right to exercise all powers, privileges and claims of COAR under this Agreement in the event that COAR shall fail to exercise the same.
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SECTION 4.12 Cumulative Remedies. The remedies herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any remedies provided by law.
SECTION 4.13 Nonpetition Covenant. Each party hereto agrees that, prior to the date which is one year and one day after payment in full of all obligations of each Bankruptcy Remote Party in respect of all securities issued by any Bankruptcy Remote Party (i) such party shall not authorize any Bankruptcy Remote Party to commence a voluntary winding-up or other voluntary case or other Proceeding seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief with respect to such Bankruptcy Remote Party or its debts under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect in any jurisdiction or seeking the appointment of an administrator, a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official with respect to such Bankruptcy Remote Party or any substantial part of its property or to consent to any such relief or to the appointment of or taking possession by any such official in an involuntary case or other Proceeding commenced against such Bankruptcy Remote Party, or to make a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors generally, any party hereto or any other creditor of such Bankruptcy Remote Party, and (ii) such party shall not commence or join with any other Person in commencing any Proceeding against such Bankruptcy Remote Party under any bankruptcy, reorganization, liquidation or insolvency law or statute now or hereafter in effect in any jurisdiction. This Section shall survive the termination of this Agreement.
SECTION 4.14 Submission to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally:
(a) submits for itself and its property in any Proceeding relating to this Agreement or any documents executed and delivered in connection herewith, or for recognition and enforcement of any judgment in respect thereof, to the nonexclusive general jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York, the courts of the United States of America for the Southern District of New York and appellate courts from any thereof;
(b) consents that any such Proceeding may be brought in such courts and waives any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the venue of such Proceeding in any such court or that such Proceeding was brought in an inconvenient court and agrees not to plead or claim the same;
(c) agrees that service of process in any such Proceeding may be effected by mailing a copy thereof by registered or certified mail (or any substantially similar form of mail), postage prepaid, to such Person at its address determined in accordance with Section 4.2 of this Agreement;
(d) agrees that nothing herein shall affect the right to effect service of process in any other manner permitted by law or shall limit the right to sue in any other jurisdiction; and
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(e) to the extent permitted by applicable law, each party hereto irrevocably waives all right of trial by jury in any Proceeding or counterclaim based on, or arising out of, under or in connection with this Agreement, any other Transaction Document, or any matter arising hereunder or thereunder.
SECTION 4.15 Not Applicable to the Bank in Other Capacities. Nothing in this Agreement shall affect any obligation the Bank may have in any other capacity.
SECTION 4.16 Third-Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns, and each of the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee shall be an express third-party beneficiary hereof and may enforce the provisions hereof as if it were a party hereto. Except as otherwise provided in this Section, no other Person will have any right hereunder.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the day and year first written above.
CAPITAL ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | ||
By: | /s/ Franco Harris | |
Name: | Franco Harris | |
Title: | Managing Vice President, Treasury Capital Markets |
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CAPITAL ONE AUTO RECEIVABLES, LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Eric Bauder | |
Name: | Eric Bauder | |
Title: | Assistant Vice President |
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EXHIBIT A
FORM OF
ASSIGNMENT PURSUANT TO PURCHASE AGREEMENT
[_________], 2022
For value received, in accordance with the Purchase Agreement, dated as of August 10, 2022 (the Agreement), between Capital One, National Association, a national banking association (the Bank), and Capital One Auto Receivables, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (COAR), on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Agreement, the Bank does hereby transfer, assign, set over, sell and otherwise convey to COAR on the date hereof without recourse (subject to the obligations in the Agreement), all of its right, title, interest, claims and demands, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, in, to and under the Receivables set forth on the Schedule of Receivables delivered by the Bank to COAR on the date hereof, the Collections after the Cut-Off Date, the Receivable Files and the Related Security relating thereto and all the proceeds of the foregoing, which sale shall be effective as of such Cut-Off Date.
The foregoing sale does not constitute and is not intended to result in an assumption by COAR of any obligation of the Bank to the Obligors, the Dealers, insurers or any other Person in connection with the Receivables, or the other assets and properties conveyed hereunder or any agreement, document or instrument related thereto.
This assignment is made pursuant to and upon the representations, warranties and agreements on the part of the undersigned contained in the Agreement and is governed by the Agreement.
Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the respective meanings assigned to them in the Agreement or, if not defined in the Agreement, in Appendix A to the Sale Agreement, dated as of August 10, 2022, between Capital One Prime Auto Receivables Trust 2022-2 and COAR.
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IN WITNESS HEREOF, the undersigned has caused this assignment to be duly executed as of the date first written above.
CAPITAL ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION |
By: |
Name: |
Title: |
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SCHEDULE I
SCHEDULE I
PERFECTION REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS
In addition to the representations, warranties and covenants contained in the Agreement, the Bank hereby represents, warrants, and covenants to COAR as follows on the Closing Date:
General
1. This Agreement creates a valid and continuing security interest (as defined in the applicable UCC) in the Receivables and the other Purchased Assets in favor of COAR which security interest is prior to all other Liens, and is enforceable as such against creditors of and purchasers from the Bank.
2. The Receivables constitute chattel paper (including electronic chattel paper or tangible chattel paper), accounts, instruments, promissory notes, payment intangibles or general intangibles, within the meaning of the applicable UCC.
3. Immediately prior to the sale, transfer, contribution, assignment and/or conveyance of a Receivable, such Receivable is secured by a first priority validly perfected and enforceable security interest in the related Financed Vehicle in favor of the Originator (or its assignee), as secured party, or all necessary actions with respect to such Receivable have been taken or will be taken to perfect a first priority security interest in the related Financed Vehicle in favor of the Originator (or its assignee), as secured party, subject, as to enforcement, to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, liquidation or other similar laws and equitable principles relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors rights generally.
Creation
4. Immediately prior to the sale, transfer, contribution, assignment and/or conveyance of a Receivable by the Bank to COAR, the Bank owned and had good and marketable title to such Receivable free and clear of any Lien created by the Bank (other than any Liens in favor of COAR) and immediately after the sale, transfer, assignment and conveyance of such Receivable to COAR, COAR will have good and marketable title to such Receivable free and clear of any Lien.
5. The Bank has received all consents and approvals to the sale of the Receivables hereunder to COAR required by the terms of the Receivables that constitute instruments.
Perfection
6. The Bank has submitted or will have caused to be submitted, on the effective date of this Agreement, the filing of all appropriate financing statements in the proper filing office in the appropriate jurisdictions under applicable law in order to perfect the sale of the Receivables from the Bank to COAR and the security interest in the Receivables granted to COAR hereunder; and the Servicer, in its capacity as custodian, has in its possession the original copies of such instruments or tangible chattel paper that constitute or evidence the Receivables, and all financing statements referred to in this paragraph contain a statement that: A purchase of or security interest in any collateral described in this financing statement will violate the rights of the Secured Party/Purchaser.
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7. With respect to Receivables that constitute an instrument or tangible chattel paper, either:
(i) All original executed copies of each such instrument or tangible chattel paper have been delivered to the Indenture Trustee, as pledgee of the Issuer; or
(ii) Such instruments or tangible chattel paper are in the possession of the Servicer and the Indenture Trustee has received a written acknowledgment from the Servicer that the Servicer (in its capacity as custodian) is holding such instruments or tangible chattel paper solely on behalf and for the benefit of the Indenture Trustee, as pledgee of the Issuer; or
(iii) The Servicer received possession of such instruments or tangible chattel paper after the Indenture Trustee received a written acknowledgment from the Servicer that the Servicer is acting solely as agent of the Indenture Trustee, as pledgee of the Issuer.
Priority
8. The Bank has not authorized the filing of, and is not aware of any financing statements against the Bank that include a description of collateral covering the Receivables other than any financing statement (i) relating to the conveyance of the Receivables by the Bank to COAR under the Purchase Agreement, (ii) relating to the conveyance of the Receivables by COAR to the Issuer under the Sale Agreement, (iii) relating to the security interest granted to the Indenture Trustee under the Indenture or (iv) that has been terminated.
9. The Bank is not aware of any material judgment, ERISA or tax lien filings against the Bank.
10. Neither the Bank nor a custodian or vaulting agent thereof holding any Receivable that is electronic chattel paper has communicated an authoritative copy (as such term is used in Section 9-105 of the UCC) of any loan agreement that constitutes or evidences such Receivable to any Person other than the Servicer.
11. None of the instruments, electronic chattel paper or tangible chattel paper that constitutes or evidences the Receivables has any marks or notations indicating that they have been pledged, assigned or otherwise conveyed to any Person other than COAR, the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee.
Survival of Perfection Representations
12. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the perfection representations, warranties and covenants contained in this Schedule I shall be continuing, and remain in full force and effect until such time as all obligations under Notes have been finally and fully paid and performed.
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No Waiver
13. The Bank shall provide the Rating Agencies with prompt written notice of any material breach of the perfection representations, warranties and covenants contained in this Schedule I, and shall not, without satisfying the Rating Agency Condition, waive a breach of any of such perfection representations, warranties or covenants.
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SCHEDULE II
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
WITH RESPECT TO THE RECEIVABLES
(a) Characteristics of Receivables. As of the Cut-Off Date (or such other date as may be specifically set forth below), each Receivable:
(i) has been fully and properly executed or electronically authenticated by the Obligor thereto;
(ii) has been originated by a Dealer to finance the retail sale by that Dealer of the related Financed Vehicle and has been purchased by the Bank from that Dealer;
(iii) as of the Closing Date, is secured by a first priority validly perfected security interest in the Financed Vehicle in favor of the Originator, as secured party, or all necessary actions have been commenced that would result in a first priority security interest in the Financed Vehicle in favor of the Originator, as secured party;
(iv) 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;
(v) provided, at origination, for level monthly payments which fully amortize the initial Outstanding Principal Balance over the original term; provided, that the amount of the first or last scheduled payment may be different from the level payment but in no event more than three times the level monthly payment;
(vi) provides for interest at the Contract Rate specified in the Schedule of Receivables;
(vii) was originated in the United States;
(viii) is secured by a new or used automobile, light duty truck, SUV or van;
(ix) has a Contract Rate of at least 1.0%;
(x) had an original term to maturity of not more than seventy-five (75) months and each Receivable has a remaining term to maturity, as of the Cut-Off Date, of not more than seventy-one (71) months and not less than three (3) months;
(xi) has an Outstanding Principal Balance of at least $1,000;
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(xii) has a final scheduled payment due on or before April 28, 2028;
(xiii) was not more than twenty-nine (29) days past due as of the Cut-Off Date;
(xiv) was not noted in the records of the Servicer as being the subject of any verified bankruptcy or insolvency Proceeding;
(xv) is a Simple Interest Receivable; and
(xvi) provides that a prepayment by the related Obligor will fully pay the Outstanding Principal Balance and accrued interest through the date of prepayment based on the Receivables Contract Rate.
(b) Compliance with Law. The Receivable complied at the time it was originated or made in all material respects with all requirements of applicable federal, state and local laws, and regulations thereunder, except where the failure to comply (i) was remediated or cured in all material respects prior to the Cut-Off Date, or (ii) would not render such Receivable unenforceable or create liability for COAR or the Issuer, as an assignee of such Receivable.
(c) Binding Obligation. The Receivable constitutes the legal, valid and binding payment obligation in writing of the Obligor, enforceable by the holder thereof in accordance with its terms, except (i) as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, liquidation or other similar laws and equitable principles relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors rights generally and (ii) as such Receivable may be modified by the application after the Cut-Off Date of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, as amended, to the extent applicable to the related Obligor.
(d) Receivable in Force. The Receivable has not been satisfied, subordinated or rescinded nor do the records of the Servicer indicate that the related Financed Vehicle has been released from the lien of such Receivable in whole or in part.
(e) No Default; No Waivers. Except for payment delinquencies continuing for a period of not more than twenty-nine (29) days as of the Cut-Off Date or the failure of the Obligor to maintain physical damage insurance covering the related Financed Vehicle in accordance with the requirements of the Receivable, the records of the Servicer did not disclose that any default, breach, violation or event permitting acceleration under the terms of the Receivable existed as of the Cut-Off Date.
(f) Insurance. The Receivable requires that the Obligor thereunder obtain physical damage insurance covering the related Financed Vehicle.
(g) No Government Obligor. The Obligor on the Receivable is not the United States of America or any state thereof or any local government, or any agency, department, political subdivision or instrumentality of the United States of America or any state thereof or any local government.
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(h) Assignment. No Receivable has been originated in, or is subject to the laws of, any jurisdiction under which the sale, transfer, assignment, contribution, conveyance or pledge of such Receivable would be unlawful, void, or voidable.
(i) Good Title. As of the Closing Date and immediately prior to the sale and transfer contemplated in the Purchase Agreement, the Bank had good and marketable title to and was the sole owner of each Receivable free and clear of all Liens created by the Bank (except any Lien which will be released prior to assignment of such Receivable thereunder), and, immediately upon the sale and transfer by the Bank to COAR, COAR will have good and marketable title to each Receivable, free and clear of all Liens created by COAR (other than Permitted Liens). Immediately upon the sale and transfer by COAR to the Issuer pursuant to the Sale Agreement, the Issuer will have good and marketable title to each Receivable, free and clear of all Liens created by the Issuer (other than Permitted Liens).
(j) Characterization of Receivables. Each Receivable constitutes either tangible chattel paper, electronic chattel paper, an account, an instrument, or a general intangible, each as defined in the UCC.
(k) One Original. There is only one executed original, electronically authenticated original or authoritative copy of the Contract (in each case within the meaning of the UCC) related to each Receivable.
(l) No Defenses. The records of the Servicer do not reflect any material facts which have not been remediated or cured which would constitute the basis for any right of rescission, offset, claim, counterclaim or defense with respect to such Receivable or the same being asserted or threatened with respect to such Receivable.
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Exhibit 10.2
ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEW AGREEMENT
CAPITAL ONE PRIME AUTO RECEIVABLES TRUST 2022-2,
as Issuer,
CAPITAL ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Sponsor and Servicer
and
CLAYTON FIXED INCOME SERVICES LLC,
as Asset Representations Reviewer
Dated as of August 10, 2022
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I. DEFINITIONS |
1 | |||||
Section 1.1 |
Definitions | 1 | ||||
ARTICLE II. ENGAGEMENT; ACCEPTANCE |
3 | |||||
Section 2.1 |
Engagement; Acceptance | 3 | ||||
Section 2.2 |
Eligibility of Asset Representations Reviewer | 3 | ||||
Section 2.3 |
Independence of the Asset Representations Reviewer | 3 | ||||
ARTICLE III. DUTIES OF THE ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER |
3 | |||||
Section 3.1 |
Review Scope | 3 | ||||
Section 3.2 |
Review Notices | 4 | ||||
Section 3.3 |
Review Materials | 4 | ||||
Section 3.4 |
Missing or Incomplete Review Materials | 4 | ||||
Section 3.5 |
The Asset Review | 5 | ||||
Section 3.6 |
Review Period | 5 | ||||
Section 3.7 |
Review Report | 6 | ||||
Section 3.8 |
Resolution of Review for Certain Subject Receivables | 6 | ||||
Section 3.9 |
Termination of Review | 6 | ||||
Section 3.10 |
Review and Procedure Limitations | 6 | ||||
Section 3.11 |
Review Systems | 7 | ||||
Section 3.12 |
Representatives | 7 | ||||
Section 3.13 |
Dispute Resolution | 7 | ||||
Section 3.14 |
Records Retention | 8 | ||||
Section 3.15 |
No Delegation | 8 | ||||
ARTICLE IV. PAYMENTS TO ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEW |
8 | |||||
Section 4.1 |
Annual Fee | 8 | ||||
Section 4.2 |
Review Fee | 8 | ||||
Section 4.3 |
Dispute Resolution; Travel Expenses | 9 | ||||
Section 4.4 |
Payment | 9 | ||||
Section 4.5 |
Payments by the Issuer | 9 | ||||
ARTICLE V. OTHER MATTERS PERTAINING TO THE ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER |
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Section 5.1 |
Representations and Warranties of the Asset Representations Reviewer | 10 | ||||
Section 5.2 |
Limitation of Liability of Asset Representations Reviewer | 11 | ||||
Section 5.3 |
Indemnification of Asset Representations Reviewer | 11 | ||||
Section 5.4 |
Indemnification by Asset Representations Reviewer | 12 | ||||
ARTICLE VI. REMOVAL, RESIGNATION; SUCCESSOR ASSET REPRESENTATION REVIEWER |
13 | |||||
Section 6.1 |
Eligibility Requirements for Asset Representations Reviewer | 13 |
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Section 6.2 |
Resignation and Removal of Asset Representations Reviewer | 13 | ||||
Section 6.3 |
Successor Asset Representations Reviewer | 14 | ||||
Section 6.4 |
Merger, Consolidation or Succession | 14 | ||||
ARTICLE VII. TREATMENT OF CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION |
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Section 7.1 |
Confidential Information | 15 | ||||
Section 7.2 |
Safeguarding Personally Identifiable Information | 17 | ||||
ARTICLE VIII. OTHER MATTERS PERTAINING TO THE ISSUER |
18 | |||||
Section 8.1 |
Termination of this Agreement | 18 | ||||
Section 8.2 |
Limitation of Liability | 18 | ||||
ARTICLE IX. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS |
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Section 9.1 |
Amendment | 19 | ||||
Section 9.2 |
Notices, Etc | 20 | ||||
Section 9.3 |
Severability Clause | 20 | ||||
Section 9.4 |
Governing Law | 20 | ||||
Section 9.5 |
Headings | 21 | ||||
Section 9.6 |
Counterparts | 21 | ||||
Section 9.7 |
Waivers | 21 | ||||
Section 9.8 |
Entire Agreement | 21 | ||||
Section 9.9 |
Severability of Provisions | 21 | ||||
Section 9.10 |
Binding Effect | 21 | ||||
Section 9.11 |
Cumulative Remedies | 21 | ||||
Section 9.12 |
Nonpetition Covenant | 21 | ||||
Section 9.13 |
Submission to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial | 22 | ||||
Section 9.14 |
Third-Party Beneficiaries | 22 |
Exhibit A Agreed Upon Procedures |
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ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEW AGREEMENT
This ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEW AGREEMENT is made and entered into as of August 10, 2022 (this Agreement), by and between CAPITAL ONE PRIME AUTO RECEIVABLES TRUST 2022-2, a Delaware statutory trust (the Issuer), CAPITAL ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association (the Bank, and in its capacity as sponsor, the Sponsor, and in its capacity as servicer, the Servicer), and CLAYTON FIXED INCOME SERVICES LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (Clayton, and in its capacity as asset representations reviewer, the Asset Representations Reviewer).
WHEREAS, the Issuer has determined to engage the Asset Representations Reviewer to perform reviews of Receivables for compliance with the representations and warranties made by the Sponsor regarding such Receivables; and
WHEREAS, the Asset Representations Reviewer desires to accept such engagement;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound hereby, agree as follows:
ARTICLE I.
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.1 Definitions. Except as otherwise defined herein or as the context may otherwise require, capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein are defined in Appendix A to the Sale Agreement dated as of the date hereof (as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified and in effect, the Sale Agreement) between the Issuer and Capital One Auto Receivables, LLC, as seller, which also contains rules as to usage that are applicable herein.
Whenever used in this Agreement, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings:
Annual ARR Fee has the meaning set forth in Section 4.1.
Asset Review means the completion by the Asset Representations Reviewer of the Tests set forth in Exhibit A for each Subject Receivable as further described in Section 3.5.
Client Records has the meaning set forth in Section 3.14.
Confidential Information has the meaning set forth in Section 7.1.
Disclosing Party has the meaning set forth in Section 7.1.
Eligible Asset Representations Reviewer means a Person who (i) is not, and is not Affiliated with, the Sponsor, the Seller, the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee or any of their respective Affiliates and (ii) was not engaged or Affiliated with a Person that was engaged by the Sponsor or any Underwriter to perform due diligence work on the Receivables prior to the Closing Date.
Eligibility Representations shall mean those representations identified within the Tests included in Exhibit A.
Indemnified Person has the meaning set forth in Section 5.3.
Personally Identifiable Information or PII has the meaning set forth in Section 7.2.
Privacy Laws has the meaning set forth in Section 7.2.
Receiving Party has the meaning set forth in Section 7.1.
Representatives has the meaning set forth in Section 7.1.
Review Fee has the meaning set forth in Section 4.2.
Review Invoice means, with respect to any Asset Review, a detailed invoice prepared by the Asset Representations Reviewer setting forth the calculation of the applicable Review Fee for such Asset Review.
Review Materials means the documents, data, and other information required for each Test in Exhibit A.
Review Period has the meaning set forth in Section 3.6.
Review Report has the meaning set forth in Section 3.7.
Subject Receivables means, for any Asset Review, all Receivables which are 60-Day Delinquent Receivables as of the related Review Satisfaction Date; provided, that any Receivable repurchased by the Sponsor or the Servicer in accordance with the Transaction Documents or paid in full by the related Obligor after the Review Satisfaction Date will no longer be a Subject Receivable.
Tests mean the procedures listed in Exhibit A as applied to the process described in Section 3.5.
Test Fail has the meaning set forth in Section 3.5.
Test Incomplete has the meaning set forth in Section 3.5.
Test Otherwise Resolved has the meeting set forth in Section 3.8.
Test Pass has the meaning set forth in Section 3.5.
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ARTICLE II.
ENGAGEMENT; ACCEPTANCE
Section 2.1 Engagement; Acceptance.
The Issuer hereby engages Clayton to act as the Asset Representations Reviewer for the Issuer. Clayton hereby accepts the engagement and agrees to perform the obligations of the Asset Representations Reviewer on the terms stated in this Agreement.
Section 2.2 Eligibility of Asset Representations Reviewer.
Clayton represents and warrants to the Issuer and the Sponsor that it is an Eligible Asset Representations Reviewer. The Asset Representations Reviewer will notify the Issuer, the Sponsor and the Servicer promptly if it is not, or on the occurrence of any action that would result in it not being, an Eligible Asset Representations Reviewer.
Section 2.3 Independence of the Asset Representations Reviewer.
The Asset Representations Reviewer will be an independent contractor and will not be subject to the supervision of the Issuer, the Sponsor, the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee for the manner in which it accomplishes the performance of its obligations under this Agreement. Unless expressly authorized by the Issuer, the Sponsor, the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee, the Asset Representations Reviewer will have no authority to act for or represent the Issuer, the Sponsor, the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee, respectively, and will not be considered an agent of the Issuer, the Sponsor, the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee. Nothing in this Agreement will make the Asset Representations Reviewer and any of the Issuer, the Sponsor, the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee members of any partnership, joint venture or other separate entity or impose any liability as such on any of them.
ARTICLE III.
DUTIES OF THE ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER
Section 3.1 Review Scope.
The parties confirm that the Asset Representations Review is not responsible for (a) reviewing the Receivables for compliance with the representations and warranties under the Transaction Documents, except as described in this Agreement or (b) determining whether noncompliance with the representations and warranties constitutes a breach of the Eligibility Representations. For the avoidance of doubt, the parties confirm that the review is not designed to determine why an Obligor is delinquent or the creditworthiness of the Obligor, either at the time of any Asset Review or at the time of origination of the related Receivable. Further, the Asset Review is not designed to establish cause, materiality or recourse for any Test Fail.
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Section 3.2 Review Notices.
Upon (i) receipt of a Review Notice from the Indenture Trustee in accordance with Section 7.6(b) of the Indenture and (ii) obtaining access to the Review Materials in accordance with Section 3.3 of this Agreement, the Asset Representations Reviewer will start an Asset Review. The Asset Representations Reviewer will not be obligated to begin, and may not begin, an Asset Review until the Asset Representations Reviewer receives a Review Notice. Within ten (10) Business Days of receipt of a Review Notice, the Servicer shall provide the list of Subject Receivables to the Asset Representations Reviewer in the format selected by the Servicer to the address specified in Section 9.2.
None of the Issuer, the Servicer, the Sponsor or the Asset Representations Reviewer is obligated to verify whether the Indenture Trustee properly determined that a Review Notice was required. None or the Issuer, the Sponsor or the Asset Representations Reviewer is obligated to verify the accuracy or completeness of the list of Subject Receivables provided by the Servicer.
Section 3.3 Review Materials.
The Servicer will provide reasonable assistance to the Asset Representations Reviewer to facilitate the Asset Review. Within sixty (60) days of receipt by the Servicer of the Review Notice, the Servicer will provide the Asset Representations Reviewer with access to the Review Materials for all Subject Receivables in one or more of the following ways, as elected by the Servicer: (i) by providing access to the Servicers receivables system, either remotely or at one or more of the properties of the Servicer; (ii) by electronic posting of Review Materials to a password-protected website to which the Asset Representations Reviewer has access; (iii) by providing originals or photocopies at one or more of the offices of the Servicer (or any subservicer or vendor) where the Receivable Files are located; (iv) by sending originals or photocopies of Review Materials to the Asset Representations Reviewer at the address specified in Section 9.2; or (v) in another manner agreed to by the Servicer and the Asset Representations Reviewer. The Servicer may redact or remove Personally Identifiable Information from the Review Materials so long as such redaction or removal does not result in a change in the meaning or usefulness of the Review Materials. The Asset Representations Reviewer shall not be liable for any failure of the Review Materials to be accurate and complete, including any failure that results in the Review Materials being misleading in any material respect.
If the Servicer provides access to the Review Materials at one of its offices, such access will be afforded without additional charge but only (i) upon reasonable notice, (ii) during normal business hours, (iii) subject to the Servicers normal security and confidentiality procedures and (iv) at offices designated by the Servicer.
Section 3.4 Missing or Incomplete Review Materials.
The Asset Representations Reviewer will complete the Tests for each Eligibility Representation only using documentation that is made available to it. Upon receipt of the Review Materials, the Asset Representations Reviewer will complete an initial document inventory to determine if any Review Materials are missing or insufficient for the Asset Representations Reviewer to perform any Test. If the Asset Representations Reviewer
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reasonably determines that any of the Review Materials are missing or insufficient for the Asset Representations Reviewer to perform any Test, the Asset Representations Reviewer will notify the Servicer promptly, and in any event no less than twenty (20) calendar days before completing the Review, and the Servicer will use reasonable efforts to provide the Asset Representations Reviewer access to such missing Review Materials or other documents or information to correct the insufficiency within fifteen (15) calendar days. Once the Asset Representations Reviewer has confirmed the majority of the Review Materials have been provided in accordance with Section 3.3, the Asset Representations Reviewer will commence the Asset Review. In instances where Review Material is not accessible, clearly unidentifiable, and/or illegible, the Asset Representations Reviewer will request that the Servicer (with a copy to the Sponsor) provide an updated copy of such Review Material. If the Servicer and the Sponsor have not provided the missing Review Material for a Subject Receivable to the Asset Representations Reviewer within sixty (60) days of notification by the Asset Representations Reviewer, the parties agree that such Subject Receivable will have a Test Incomplete for the related Test(s) and the Review Report will indicate the reason for the Test Incomplete.
Section 3.5 The Asset Review.
(a) For an Asset Review, the Asset Representations Reviewer will perform for each Subject Receivable the applicable procedures listed under Tests in Exhibit A for each Eligibility Representation. In the course of its review, the Asset Representations Reviewer will use the Review Materials listed in Exhibit A. For each Test and Subject Receivable, the Asset Representations Reviewer will determine if the Test has been satisfied (a Test Pass), if the Test has not been satisfied (a Test Fail) or if the Test could not be concluded as a result of missing or incomplete Review Materials (a Test Incomplete); provided, however, that prior to determining that the Test has not been satisfied, the Asset Representations Reviewer will consult with the Servicer to determine whether the Servicer is able to provide supplemental information to the Asset Representations Reviewer for the related Subject Receivable in connection with such Test, pursuant to the procedure described in Section 3.4.
(b) If a Subject Receivable was included in a prior Asset Review, the Asset Representations Reviewer will not conduct additional Tests on any such duplicate Subject Receivable unless such Subject Receivable was deemed a Test Incomplete as a result of the failure of the Servicer and the Sponsor to provide missing Review Materials for such Subject Receivable and the Sponsor elects to have such Subject Receivable included in the current Asset Review. The Asset Representations Reviewer will include the previously reported Test results for any such duplicate Subject Receivable within the Review Report for the current Asset Review.
Section 3.6 Review Period.
The Asset Representations Reviewer will complete the Review within sixty (60) days of receiving access to the Review Materials in accordance with Section 3.3 (such time period, the Review Period); provided, that if additional Review Materials are provided to the Asset Representations Reviewer as described in Section 3.4 or Section 3.5, the Review Period will be extended for an additional thirty (30) days.
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Section 3.7 Review Report.
Within ten (10) Business Days following the end of the applicable Review Period described in Section 3.6, the Asset Representations Reviewer will provide the Issuer, the Servicer and the Indenture Trustee with a report (a Review Report) specifying for each Subject Receivable whether there was a Test Pass, a Test Fail, a Test Incomplete (as contemplated by Section 3.5) or a Test Otherwise Resolved (as contemplated by Section 3.8) for each Test and Subject Receivable. The Review Report will include a summary of the findings and conclusions of the Asset Representations Reviewer with respect to the Asset Review to be included in the Form 10-D for the Issuer for the Collection Period in which the Review Report is received. The Asset Representations Reviewer will ensure that the Review Report does not contain any Personally Identifiable Information. Upon reasonable request of the Servicer, the Asset Representations Reviewer will provide additional detail regarding the Test results. For the avoidance of doubt, the Indenture Trustee shall have no obligation to forward the Review Report to any Noteholder or any other person.
Section 3.8 Resolution of Review for Certain Subject Receivables.
Following the delivery of the list of the Subject Receivables and before the delivery of the Review Report by the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Servicer may notify the Asset Representations Reviewer if a Subject Receivable is paid in full by or on behalf of the Obligor or purchased from the Issuer by the Sponsor or the Servicer in accordance with the Transaction Documents. On receipt of notice, the Asset Representations Reviewer will immediately terminate all Tests of such Receivables and the Asset Review of such Receivables will be considered resolved (a Test Otherwise Resolved). In this case, the Review Report will indicate a Test Otherwise Resolved for the Receivables and the related reason.
Section 3.9 Termination of Review.
If an Asset Review is in process and the Notes will be paid in full on the next Payment Date (including any payment in full as a result of any early redemption of the Notes), the Servicer will notify the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Indenture Trustee no less than ten (10) days before that Payment Date. On receipt of notice, the Asset Representations Reviewer will terminate the Asset Review immediately and will not be obligated to deliver a Review Report. Within ten (10) days after receipt of such notice, the Asset Representations Reviewer will provide the Issuer, the Servicer and the Indenture Trustee with the related Review Invoice.
Section 3.10 Review and Procedure Limitations.
The Asset Representations Reviewer will have no obligation (i) to determine whether a Delinquency Trigger has occurred, (ii) to determine whether the required percentage of Noteholders has voted to direct an Asset Review and may rely on the information in any Review Notice delivered by the Indenture Trustee, (iii) to determine which Receivables are Subject Receivables and may rely on the list of Subject Receivables provided by the Servicer, (iv) to confirm the validity of the Review Materials, (v) other than as specified in Section 3.3, to obtain missing or insufficient Review Materials, or (vi) to take any action or to cause any other party to take any action under any of the Transaction Documents to enforce any remedies for any breach of a representation, warranty or covenant, including any Eligibility Representation.
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The Asset Representations Reviewer shall be required to perform only the testing procedures listed under Tests in Exhibit A, and shall have no obligation to perform additional testing procedures on any Subject Receivables or to consider any additional information provided by any party. The Asset Representations Reviewer shall have no obligation to provide reporting or other information other than the Review Report described in Section 3.7. However, the Asset Representations Reviewer may provide additional information about any Subject Receivable that it determines in good faith to be material to its performance of an Asset Review.
Section 3.11 Review Systems.
The Asset Representations Reviewer shall maintain and utilize an electronic case management system to manage the Tests and to provide systematic control over each step in the Asset Review process and ensure consistency and repeatability for the Tests. The Asset Representations Reviewer will ensure that these systems allow for each Subject Receivable and the related Review Materials to be individually tracked and stored as contemplated by this Agreement. The Asset Representations Reviewer will maintain adequate staff that is properly trained to conduct Asset Reviews as required by this Agreement.
Section 3.12 Representatives.
(a) Servicer Representative. The Servicer will provide reasonable access to one or more designated representatives to respond to reasonable requests and inquiries made by the Asset Representations Reviewer in its completion of an Asset Review.
(b) Asset Representations Review Representative. The Asset Representations Reviewer will provide reasonable access to one or more designated representatives to respond to reasonable requests and inquiries made by the Servicer, the Sponsor, the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee during the Asset Representations Reviewers completion of an Asset Review. The Asset Representations Reviewer shall have no obligation to respond to requests or inquires, and other than as specified in Section 3.13 shall not respond to requests or inquiries, made by any Person not party to this Agreement other than the Indenture Trustee; provided, that if the Asset Representations Reviewer receives any request or inquiry from a Person not a party to this Agreement, then the Asset Representations Reviewer may inform such Person that they may contact the Servicer and/or the Indenture Trustee with respect to such request or inquiry.
Section 3.13 Dispute Resolution.
If a Subject Receivable that was reviewed by the Asset Representations Reviewer during an Asset Review is the subject of a dispute resolution proceeding under Section 3.11 of the Purchase Agreement, the Asset Representations Reviewer shall participate in the dispute resolution proceeding on request of a party to the proceeding. The reasonable out-of-pocket expenses and reasonable compensation of the Asset Representations Reviewer for its participation in any dispute resolution proceeding will be considered expenses of the Requesting Party for the dispute resolution and (subject to Section 4.3) will be paid by a party to the dispute resolution as determined by the mediator or arbitrator for the dispute resolution according to Section 3.11 of the Purchase Agreement.
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Section 3.14 Records Retention.
The Asset Representations Reviewer will maintain copies of Review Materials, Review Reports and internal work papers and correspondence (collectively the Client Records) for a period of three (3) years after the termination of this Agreement. At the expiration of the retention period, the Asset Representations Reviewer, at the option of the Servicer, (i) shall return all Client Records to the Servicer, in electronic format or, to the extent held in tangible form, in that form, or (ii) shall destroy such Client Records, in each case in accordance with Section 7.1(e) of this Agreement. Upon the return or destruction of the Client Records, as applicable, the Asset Representations Reviewer shall have no obligation to retain such Client Records or to respond to inquiries concerning any Asset Review.
Section 3.15 No Delegation.
The Asset Representations Reviewer may not delegate or subcontract its obligations under this Agreement to any Person without the consent of the Issuer, the Sponsor and the Servicer.
ARTICLE IV.
PAYMENTS TO ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEW
Section 4.1 Annual Fee.
As compensation for its activities hereunder, the Asset Representations Reviewer shall be entitled to receive an annual fee in an amount equal to $5,000.00 (the Annual ARR Fee) during the term of this Agreement, which shall be paid by or on behalf of the Sponsor within thirty (30) days of the date hereof, with respect to the initial Annual ARR Fee, and within thirty (30) days of the annual anniversary of this Agreement with respect to each subsequent Annual ARR Fee; provided, however, that if the Asset Representations Reviewer resigns or is removed in accordance with Section 6.2, then the Asset Representations Reviewer shall refund to the Sponsor the portion of the Annual ARR Fee attributable to the portion of the annual period during which Clayton will no longer act as the Asset Representations Reviewer, assuming for purposes of such calculation that the Annual ARR Fee for each day during the annual period is an amount equal to the Annual ARR Fee divided by 365.
Section 4.2 Review Fee.
Following the completion of an Asset Review and delivery to the Indenture Trustee, the Sponsor, the Servicer and the Issuer of the Review Report, or, if earlier, the termination of Asset Review according to Section 3.9, and the delivery to the Sponsor of the related Review Invoice, the Sponsor shall pay to the Asset Representations Reviewer a fee of $200.00 for each Subject Receivable for which the Asset Review was completed plus reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with travel to the location at which Review Materials are made available in accordance with Section 3.3 (the Review Fee). However, no Review Fee will be charged for any Subject Receivable which was included in a prior Asset Review or for which no Tests were completed prior to the Asset Representations Reviewer being notified of a termination of the Asset Review according to Section 3.9 or the Asset Representations Reviewer being notified of the payment in full or purchase of any Subject Receivable according to Section 3.8.
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Section 4.3 Dispute Resolution; Travel Expenses.
(a) Dispute Resolution Expenses. If the Asset Representations Reviewer participates in a dispute resolution proceeding under Section 3.13 and its reasonable out-of-pocket expenses and reasonable compensation for the time it incurs in participating in the proceeding are not paid by a party to the dispute resolution within ninety (90) days of the end of the proceeding, the Sponsor will reimburse the Asset Representations Reviewer for such expenses upon receipt of a detailed invoice. If the Sponsor makes any payment under this Section and the Asset Representations Reviewer later collects any of the amounts for which the payments were made to it from others, the Asset Representations Reviewer will promptly repay the amounts to the Sponsor.
(b) Reimbursement of Travel Expenses. If the Servicer provides access to the Review Materials at one of its properties, the Sponsor will reimburse the Asset Representations Reviewer for its reasonable travel expenses incurred in connection with the Asset Review upon receipt of a detailed invoice.
Section 4.4 Payment.
All payments made to the Asset Representations Reviewer shall be made to the account specified by the Asset Representations Reviewer from time to time in writing to the Indenture Trustee, the Sponsor, the Servicer and the Issuer. For the avoidance of doubt, there shall be no aggregate limit on the Review Fee, reimbursable expenses, or indemnities payable by the Sponsor or the Issuer (subject to Section 4.5) to the Asset Representations Reviewer pursuant to this Article IV.
Section 4.5 Payments by the Issuer.
To the extent not paid by the Sponsor and outstanding for at least sixty (60) days after receipt by the Indenture Trustee, the Sponsor, the Servicer and the Issuer of the Review Invoice, the Asset Representations Reviewer may provide notice to the Indenture Trustee, the Sponsor, the Servicer and the Issuer that the Review Fee shall be paid by the Issuer pursuant to the priority of payments set forth in Section 8.5(a) of the Indenture or Section 5.4(b) of the Indenture, as applicable. After receipt of such notice, the Sponsor shall either (i) cause the Servicer to include such Review Fee in the Servicers Report to be delivered on the Determination Date following the receipt of such notice for payment on the corresponding Payment Date (or, if such notice was received less than five (5) Business Days prior to such Determination Date, on the next succeeding Determination Date for payment on the related Payment Date) pursuant to the priority of payments set forth in Section 8.5(a) of the Indenture or Section 5.4(b) of the Indenture, as applicable or (ii) pay such Review Fee directly to the Asset Representations Reviewer prior to the Payment Date following receipt of such notice. The Asset Representations Reviewer acknowledges and agrees that any payments payable by the Issuer under this Agreement, including pursuant to this Article IV or Section 5.3, shall be limited to amounts available to make such payments pursuant to Section 8.5(a) of the Indenture and Section 5.4(b) of the Indenture, as applicable.
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ARTICLE V.
OTHER MATTERS PERTAINING TO THE ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER
Section 5.1 Representations and Warranties of the Asset Representations Reviewer.
Clayton hereby makes the following representations and warranties as of the date hereof:
(a) Existence and Power. Clayton is a limited liability company validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its state of formation and has, in all material respects, full power and authority to own its assets and operate its business as presently owned or operated, and to execute, to deliver and to perform its obligations under this Agreement. Clayton has obtained all necessary licenses and approvals in each jurisdiction where the failure to do so would materially and adversely affect the ability of Clayton to perform its obligations under this Agreement.
(b) Authorization and No Contravention. The execution, delivery and performance by Clayton of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party have been duly authorized by all necessary limited liability company action on the part of Clayton and do not contravene or constitute a default under (i) any applicable law, rule or regulation, (ii) its organizational documents or (iii) any material indenture or material agreement or instrument to which Clayton is a party or by which its properties are bound (other than violations of such laws, rules, regulations, organizational documents, indentures, agreements or instruments which do not affect the legality, validity or enforceability of any of such agreements and which, individually or in the aggregate, would not materially and adversely affect the transactions contemplated by, or Claytons ability to perform its obligations under, this Agreement).
(c) No Consent Required. No approval or authorization by, or filing with, any Governmental Authority is required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by Clayton of this Agreement other than (i) approvals and authorizations that have previously been obtained and filings that have previously been made and (ii) approvals, authorizations or filings which, if not obtained or made, would not have a material adverse effect on the ability of Clayton to perform its obligations under this Agreement.
(d) Binding Effect. This Agreement constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of Clayton enforceable against Clayton in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, receivership, conservatorship or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors rights generally and, if applicable, the rights of creditors of corporations from time to time in effect or by general principles of equity.
(e) No Proceedings. There are no actions, orders, suits or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of Clayton, threatened against Clayton before or by any Governmental Authority that (i) assert the invalidity or unenforceability of this Agreement or (ii) seek any determination or ruling that would materially and adversely affect the performance by Clayton of its obligations under this Agreement.
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(f) Eligibility. The Asset Representations Reviewer is an Eligible Asset Representations Reviewer.
Section 5.2 Limitation of Liability of Asset Representations Reviewer.
To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Asset Representations Reviewer shall not be under any liability to the Issuer, the Servicer, the Seller, the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee, any Noteholder or any other Person for any action taken or for refraining from the taking of an action in its capacity as Asset Representations Reviewer pursuant to this Agreement, or for errors in judgment, whether arising from express or implied duties under this Agreement; provided, however, that this provision shall not protect the Asset Representations Reviewer against any liability which would otherwise be imposed by reason of willful misconduct, bad faith, breach of this Agreement or negligence in the performance of its duties. In no event will the Asset Representations Reviewer be liable for special, indirect or consequential loss or damage (including loss of profit) even if the Asset Representations Reviewer has been advised of the likelihood of the loss or damage and regardless of the form of action.
The Asset Representations Reviewer and any director, officer, employee, or agent may rely in good faith on any document of any kind prima facie properly executed and submitted by any Person respecting any matters arising hereunder. The Asset Representations Reviewer shall not be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any legal action which is not incidental to its duties as Asset Representations Reviewer hereunder.
Section 5.3 Indemnification of Asset Representations Reviewer.
(a) The Sponsor will indemnify the Asset Representations Reviewer and its officers, directors, employees and agents (each, an ARR Indemnified Person), for all reasonable and documented costs, expenses, losses, damages and liabilities resulting from any third-party claim arising out of the performance of the Asset Representations Reviewers obligations under this Agreement (including the costs and expenses of defending itself against any loss, damage or liability), but excluding any cost, expense, loss, damage or liability resulting from (i) the Asset Representations Reviewers willful misconduct, bad faith or negligence or (ii) the Asset Representations Reviewers breach of any of its representations, warranties or covenants in this Agreement. To the extent not paid by the Sponsor and outstanding for at least sixty (60) days after receipt by the Indenture Trustee, the Sponsor, the Servicer and the Issuer of an invoice with reasonable detail of indemnification amounts, the Asset Representations Reviewer may provide notice to the Indenture Trustee, the Sponsor, the Servicer and the Issuer that any such indemnification amounts shall be paid by the Issuer pursuant to the priority of payments set forth in Section 8.5(a) of the Indenture or Section 5.4(b) of the Indenture, as applicable. After receipt of such notice, the Sponsor shall either (i) cause the Servicer to include such indemnification amounts in the Servicers Report to be delivered on the Determination Date following the receipt of such notice for payment on the corresponding Payment Date (or, if such notice was received less than five (5) Business Days prior to such Determination Date, on the next succeeding Determination Date for payment on the related Payment Date) pursuant to the priority of payments set forth in Section 8.5(a) of the Indenture or Section 5.4(b) of the Indenture, as applicable or (ii) pay such indemnification amounts directly to the Asset Representations Reviewer prior to the Payment Date following receipt of such notice.
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(b) In case any such action, investigation or proceeding will be brought involving an ARR Indemnified Person as contemplated by Section 5.3(a), the Sponsor will assume the defense thereof, including the employment of counsel and the payment of all expenses. The Asset Representations Reviewer will have the right to employ separate counsel in any such action, investigation or proceeding and to participate in the defense thereof and the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel will be paid by the Sponsor. In the event of any claim, action, or proceeding for which indemnity will be sought pursuant to this Section 5.3, the Asset Representations Reviewers choice of legal counsel shall be subject to the good faith objection by the Sponsor to a conflict of interest under the applicable rules of professional conduct. If there is a conflict, the Sponsor will pay for the reasonable fees and expenses of separate counsel to the ARR Indemnified Person. No settlement may be made without the approval of the Sponsor and the ARR Indemnified Person, which approval will not be unreasonably withheld.
(c) The indemnification set forth in this Section 5.3 will survive the termination of this Agreement and the resignation or removal of the Asset Representations Reviewer.
(d) If the Sponsor or the Issuer makes any payment under this Section 5.3 and the ARR Indemnified Person later collects any of the amounts for which the payments were made to it from others, the ARR Indemnified Person will promptly repay the amount to the Sponsor or the Issuer, as applicable.
Section 5.4 Indemnification by Asset Representations Reviewer.
(a) To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Asset Representations Reviewer shall indemnify and hold harmless each of the Issuer, the Sponsor, the Servicer and the Indenture Trustee, and its respective officers, directors, successors, assigns, legal representatives, agents, and servants (each an Indemnified Person), from and against any and all fees, liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, taxes, claims, actions, investigations, proceedings, costs, expenses or disbursements (including reasonable legal fees, expenses and court costs incurred by an Indemnified Person in connection with the enforcement of any indemnification or other obligation of the Asset Representations Reviewer) of any kind and nature whatsoever which may be imposed on, incurred by, or asserted at any time against an Indemnified Person (whether or not also indemnified against by any other person) which arose out of the negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith of the Asset Representations Reviewer in the performance of its obligations and duties under this Agreement; provided, however, that the Asset Representations Reviewer shall not be liable for or required to indemnify an Indemnified Person from and against expenses arising or resulting from (i) the Indemnified Persons own willful misconduct, bad faith or negligence, or (ii) the breach of any representation, warranty or covenant made by the Indemnified Person.
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(b) In case any such action, investigation or proceeding will be brought involving an Indemnified Person as contemplated by Section 5.4(a), the Asset Representations Reviewer will assume the defense thereof, including the employment of counsel and the payment of all expenses. The Issuer, the Servicer, the Sponsor and the Indenture Trustee each will have the right to employ separate counsel in any such action, investigation or proceeding and to participate in the defense thereof and the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel will be paid by the Asset Representations Reviewer. In the event of any claim, action, or proceeding for which indemnity will be sought pursuant to this Section 5.4, the Issuers, the Servicers, the Sponsors and the Indenture Trustees choice of legal counsel shall be subject to the good faith objection by the Asset Representations Reviewer to a conflict of interest under the applicable rules of professional conduct. If there is a conflict, the Asset Representations Reviewer will pay for the reasonable fees and expenses of separate counsel to the Indemnified Person. No settlement may be made without the approval of the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Indemnified Person, which approval will not be unreasonably withheld.
(c) The indemnification set forth in this Section 5.4 will survive the termination or assignment of this Agreement and the resignation or removal of the Asset Representations Reviewer or any Indemnified Person.
ARTICLE VI.
REMOVAL, RESIGNATION; SUCCESSOR ASSET REPRESENTATION REVIEWER
Section 6.1 Eligibility Requirements for Asset Representations Reviewer. The Asset Representations Reviewer must be an Eligible Asset Representations Reviewer.
Section 6.2 Resignation and Removal of Asset Representations Reviewer.
(a) No Resignation of Asset Representations Reviewer. The Asset Representations Reviewer may not resign as Asset Representations Reviewer except (i) if the Asset Representations Reviewer is no longer an Eligible Asset Representations Reviewer, (ii) upon a determination that the performance of its duties under this Agreement is no longer permissible under applicable law, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel delivered to the Issuer, the Sponsor and the Indenture Trustee, or (iii) if it does not receive payment in full of any amounts required to be paid to the Asset Representations Reviewer in accordance with the terms of Article IV and pursuant to an undisputed invoice. Without limiting the foregoing, the Asset Representations Review shall promptly resign if it is no longer an Eligible Asset Representations Reviewer. If the Asset Representations Reviewer resigns pursuant to clause (ii) above, the Asset Representations Reviewer shall deliver a notice of resignation to the Issuer and the Servicer, with a copy to the Indenture Trustee, no less than thirty (30) days prior to the date of its resignation.
(b) Removal of Asset Representations Reviewer. If any of the following events occur, the Indenture Trustee may, or, at the direction of Noteholders evidencing a majority of the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Notes shall, by notice to the Asset Representations Reviewer, remove the Asset Representations Reviewer and terminate its rights and obligations under this Agreement:
(i) the Asset Representations Reviewer is no longer an Eligible Asset Representations Reviewer;
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(ii) the Asset Representations Reviewer breaches any of its representations, warranties, covenants or obligations in this Agreement; or
(iii) a Bankruptcy Event of the Asset Representations Reviewer occurs.
(c) Notice of Resignation or Removal. The Servicer will notify the Issuer, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee of any resignation or removal of the Asset Representations Reviewer.
Section 6.3 Successor Asset Representations Reviewer.
(a) Engagement of Successor Asset Representations Reviewer. Following the resignation or removal of the Asset Representations Reviewer, (i) if the Delinquency Percentage has exceeded the Delinquency Trigger as of the most recent Payment Date, the Indenture Trustee (at the direction of the Noteholders, provided, that if the Indenture Trustee has received conflicting or inconsistent requests from two or more groups of Noteholders, each representing less than the majority of the Note Balance, the Indenture Trustee shall follow the direction of the Noteholders representing the greater percentage of the Note Balance) and (ii) if the Delinquency Percentage has not exceeded the Delinquency Trigger as of the most recent Payment Date, the Sponsor, will appoint a successor Asset Representations Reviewer which is an Eligible Asset Representations Reviewer.
(b) Effectiveness of Resignation or Removal. No resignation or removal of the Asset Representations Reviewer will be effective until the successor Asset Representations Reviewer has executed and delivered to the Issuer, the Sponsor and the Servicer an agreement accepting its engagement and agreeing to perform the obligations of the Asset Representations Reviewer under this Agreement or entered into a new agreement with the Issuer and the Servicer on substantially the same terms as this Agreement.
(c) Transition and Expenses. If the Asset Representations Review resigns or is removed, the Asset Representations Reviewer will cooperate with the Issuer and take all actions reasonably requested to assist the Issuer in making an orderly transition of the Asset Representations Reviewers rights and obligations under this Agreement to the successor Asset Representations Reviewer. Except for a permitted resignation pursuant to Section 6.2(a)(iii), the Asset Representations Reviewer will pay the reasonable expenses (including the fees and expenses of counsel) of transitioning the Asset Representations Reviewers obligations under this Agreement and preparing the successor Asset Representations Reviewer to take on such obligations on receipt of an invoice with reasonable detail of the expenses from the Issuer or the successor Asset Representations Reviewer.
Section 6.4 Merger, Consolidation or Succession. Any Person (a) into which the Asset Representations Reviewer is merged or consolidated, (b) resulting from any merger or consolidation to which the Asset Representations Reviewer is a party or (c) succeeding to the business of the Asset Representations Reviewer, if that Person is an Eligible Asset Representations Reviewer, will be the successor to the Asset Representations Reviewer under this Agreement. Such Person will execute and deliver to the Issuer, the Sponsor and the Servicer an agreement to assume the Asset Representations Reviewers obligations under this Agreement (unless the assumption happens by operation of law).
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ARTICLE VII.
TREATMENT OF CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION
Section 7.1 Confidential Information.
(a) Confidential Information Defined. For the purposes of this Agreement, Confidential Information means information that (i) is identified as non-public, confidential or proprietary information or (ii) a reasonable person would deem to be non-public, confidential or proprietary information of a party (the Disclosing Party) that is disclosed to the other party (the Receiving Party) by the Disclosing Party or any of its Representatives in connection with the performance of this Agreement, including but not limited to: (A) business or technical processes, formulae, source codes, object code, product designs, sales, cost and other unpublished financial information, customer information, product and business plans, projections, marketing data or strategies, trade secrets, intellectual property rights, know-how, expertise, methods and procedures for operation, information about employees, customer names, business or technical proposals, and any other information which is or should reasonably be understood to be confidential or proprietary to the Disclosing Party; (B) Personally Identifiable Information (as defined in Section 7.2 of this Agreement); and (C) Review Materials. The foregoing definition of Confidential Information applies to: (i) all such information, whether tangible or intangible and regardless of the medium in which it is stored or presented; and (ii) all copies of such information, as well as all memoranda, notes, summaries, analyses, computer records, and other materials prepared by the Receiving Party or any of its employees, agents, advisors, directors, officers, and subcontractors (collectively Representatives) that contain or reflect the Confidential Information.
(b) Use of Confidential Information. Each party acknowledges that during the term of this Agreement it may be exposed to or acquire Confidential Information of the other party or its Affiliates. The Receiving Party shall hold the Confidential Information of the Disclosing Party in strict confidence and will not disclose such information except to its Representatives who have a need to know such information in connection with the performance of this Agreement and who are informed by the Receiving Party of the confidential nature of the Confidential Information and are directed by the Receiving Party to treat the Confidential Information in a manner consistent with the terms of this Agreement. The Receiving Party shall be responsible for the breach of this Agreement by any of its Representatives. The Receiving Party will hold and protect the Disclosing Partys Confidential Information using the same degree of care that it uses to protect its own confidential, non-public and/or proprietary information, but in no event with less than a commercially reasonable standard of care.
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(c) Exceptions. Confidential Information shall not include, and this Agreement imposes no obligations with respect to, information that:
(i) was, at the time of disclosure to the Receiving Party, in the public domain or, after disclosure to the Receiving Party, has become part of the public domain through no act or omission of the Receiving Party;
(ii) was in the possession of the Receiving Party, with confidentiality restrictions, at the time of disclosure to the Receiving Party hereunder;
(iii) was or hereafter is independently developed by a party outside of this Agreement and without use of, reference to, access to or reliance on any Confidential Information of the other party; or
(iv) was lawfully and independently obtained by the Receiving Party from a third party who, to the knowledge of the Receiving Party after reasonable inquiry, is not subject to an obligation of confidentiality or otherwise prohibited from disclosing or transmitting the information to the Receiving Party.
The foregoing exceptions shall not apply to any Personally Identifiable Information, which shall remain confidential in all circumstances, except as required or permitted to be disclosed by applicable law, statute, or regulation.
(d) Disclosure by Operation of Law. If any party or any of its Representatives is requested or required (orally or in writing, by law, regulation or interrogatory, request for information or documents, court order, subpoena, deposition, administrative proceedings, inspection, audit, civil investigative demand or other legal, governmental or regulatory process) to disclose all or any part of any Confidential Information, such party shall (i) to the extent permitted by law, rule and regulation, promptly notify the other party of the existence, terms and circumstances surrounding such request; (ii) consult with the other party on the advisability of taking legally available steps to resist or narrow such request and cooperate with such party on any steps it considers advisable; and (iii) if disclosure of the Confidential Information is required or deemed advisable, exercise commercially reasonable efforts to obtain an order, stipulation or other reliable assurance that confidential treatment shall be accorded to such portion of the Confidential Information to be disclosed. Each party shall reimburse the other party for reasonable legal fees and expenses incurred in connection with such partys efforts to comply with this section. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Servicer and its Affiliates may disclose Confidential Information, without notice to the Asset Representations Reviewer, to any governmental agency, regulatory authority or self-regulatory authority (including, without limitation, bank and securities examiners) having or claiming to have authority to regulate or oversee any aspect of the Servicers business or that of its Affiliates in connection with the exercise of such authority or claimed authority.
(e) Return of Confidential Information. Upon the written request of the Disclosing Party, the Receiving Party shall return or destroy all Confidential Information to the Disclosing Party provided to it pursuant to this Agreement; provided, however, (i) the Receiving Party shall be permitted to retain copies of the Disclosing Partys Confidential Information solely for archival, audit, disaster recovery, legal, and/or regulatory purposes or, if longer, for the period of time set forth in Section 3.14, and (ii) the Receiving Party shall be permitted to retain copies of the Disclosing Partys Confidential Information to the extent it would be unreasonably burdensome to return or destroy such Confidential Information; provided further, that (x) any Confidential Information so retained will remain subject to the obligations and restrictions contained in this Agreement, notwithstanding any termination hereof, and (y) the Receiving Party will not use the retained Confidential Information for any other purpose.
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(f) Remedies. Each of the parties acknowledges that all Confidential Information of the other party is considered to be proprietary and of competitive value, and in many instances, trade secrets. Each of the parties hereto agrees that because of the unique nature of such Confidential Information, any breach of this Section by it or its Representatives would cause irreparable harm to the Disclosing Party and that money damages and other remedies available at law in the event of a breach would not be adequate to compensate the Disclosing Party for any such breach. Accordingly, each party shall be entitled, without the requirement of posting a bond or other security, to equitable relief, including, without limitation, injunctive relief and specific performance, as a remedy for any such breach. Such relief shall be in addition to, and not in lieu of, all other remedies available to such party, whether under this Agreement, at law or in equity.
Section 7.2 Safeguarding Personally Identifiable Information.
(a) Definition. Personally Identifiable Information, or PII, means information in any format about an identifiable individual, including, name, address, phone number, e-mail address, account number(s), identification number(s), any other actual or assigned attribute associated with or identifiable to an individual and any information that when used separately or in combination with other information could identify an individual, as further described in § 501(b) of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act and the Interagency Guidelines Establishing Standards for Safeguarding Customer Information (12 C.F.R. Section 208, Appendix D-2) (collectively, the Privacy Laws), that is provided or made available to the Asset Representations Reviewer pursuant to this Agreement.
(b) Non-Disclosure. To the extent the Asset Representations Reviewer receives Personally Identifiable Information in the performance its obligations hereunder, the Asset Representations Reviewer agrees that it will not disclose or use any Personally Identifiable Information except (i) to the extent necessary to carry out its obligations under the Agreement and for no other purpose; or (ii) as may be required by valid operation of law.
(c) Safeguards. To the extent the Asset Representations Reviewer receives Personally Identifiable Information in the performance of services under this Agreement, the Asset Representations Reviewer represents and warrants that it has, and will continue to have adequate administrative, technical, and physical safeguards: (i) to ensure the security and confidentiality of Personally Identifiable Information; (ii) to protect against any anticipated threats or hazards to the security or integrity of Personally Identifiable Information; and (iii) to protect against unauthorized acquisition of, access to or use of Personally Identifiable Information which could result in a breach as that term is defined under applicable Privacy Laws.
(d) Information. The Asset Representations Reviewer agrees to provide the Issuer and the Sponsor with information regarding its privacy and information security systems, policies and procedures as the Issuer may reasonably request relating to compliance with this Agreement and applicable Privacy Laws. The Asset Representations Reviewer agrees to provide training in the Privacy Laws and the Asset Representations Reviewers information security policies to all personnel whose duties pursuant to this Agreement could bring them in contact with Personally Identifiable Information.
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(e) Breach. In the event of any actual or apparent theft, unauthorized use or disclosure of any Personally Identifiable Information, the Asset Representations Reviewer will commence all reasonable efforts to investigate and correct the causes and remediate the results thereof. As soon as practicable following discovery of any such event, the Asset Representations Reviewer will provide the Issuer, the Servicer and the Sponsor notice thereof, and shall cooperate with the Servicer and the Sponsor (including by providing any further information and assistance as may be reasonably requested) to expeditiously implement the data security breach investigation and response protocols of the Servicer and the Sponsor.
ARTICLE VIII.
OTHER MATTERS PERTAINING TO THE ISSUER
Section 8.1 Termination of this Agreement.
This Agreement will terminate, except for obligations under Section 5.3, Section 5.4, Section 9.13 and Article VII, on the earlier of (a) the payment in full of all outstanding Notes and the satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture and (b) the date the Issuer is terminated under the Trust Agreement.
Section 8.2 Limitation of Liability. It is expressly understood and agreed by the parties that (a) this document is executed and delivered by BNY Mellon Trust of Delaware, not individually or personally, but solely as Owner Trustee of the Issuer, in the exercise of the powers and authority conferred and vested in it, pursuant to the Trust Agreement, (b) each of the representations, warranties, covenants, undertakings and agreements herein made on the part of the Issuer is made and intended not as personal representations, warranties, covenants undertakings and agreements by BNY Mellon Trust of Delaware, but is made and intended for the purpose of binding only the Issuer, (c) nothing herein contained shall be construed as creating any liability on BNY Mellon Trust of Delaware, individually or personally, to perform any covenant either expressed or implied contained herein, all such liability, if any, being expressly waived by the parties hereto and by any person claiming by, through or under the parties hereto, and (d) under no circumstances shall BNY Mellon Trust of Delaware be personally liable for the payment of any indebtedness or expenses of the Issuer or be liable for the breach or failure of any obligation, representation, warranty or covenant made or undertaken by the Issuer under this Agreement or under the Notes or any of the other Transaction Documents or in any of the certificates, notices or agreements delivered pursuant thereto, as to all of which recourse shall be had solely to the assets of the Issuer.
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ARTICLE IX.
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Section 9.1 Amendment.
(a) Any term or provision of this Agreement may be amended by the Sponsor, the Servicer and the Asset Representations Reviewer without the consent of the Indenture Trustee, any Noteholder, the Issuer, the Owner Trustee or any other Person subject to the satisfaction of one of the following conditions:
(i) the Sponsor or the Servicer delivers an Opinion of Counsel to the Indenture Trustee to the effect that such amendment will not materially and adversely affect the interests of the Noteholders; or
(ii) the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied with respect to such amendment and the Servicer notifies the Indenture Trustee in writing that the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied with respect to such amendment;
provided, that no amendment pursuant to this Section 9.1(a) shall be effective which affects the rights, protections or duties of the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee without the prior written consent of such Person.
(b) This Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the Sponsor, the Servicer and the Asset Representations Reviewer, with the consent of the Holders of Notes evidencing not less than a majority of the aggregate Note Balance of the Controlling Class, 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, provided, that no amendment pursuant to this Section 9.1(b) shall be effective which affects the rights, protections or duties of the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee without the prior written consent of such Person. It will not be necessary for the consent of Noteholders to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment or consent, but it will be sufficient if such consent approves the substance thereof. The manner of obtaining such consents (and any other consents of Noteholders provided for in this Agreement) and of evidencing the authorization of the execution thereof by Noteholders will be subject to such reasonable requirements as the Indenture Trustee may prescribe, including the establishment of record dates pursuant to the Depository Agreement.
(c) Any term or provision of this Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the Sponsor, the Servicer and the Asset Representations Reviewer for the purpose of conforming the terms of this Agreement to the description thereof in the Prospectus or, to the extent not contrary to the Prospectus, to the description thereof in an offering memorandum with respect to the Non-Investment Grade Notes or the Certificates without the consent of the Indenture Trustee, any Noteholder, the Issuer, the Owner Trustee or any other Person, provided, however, that the Sponsor, the Servicer and the Asset Representations Reviewer shall provide written notification of the substance of such amendment to the Indenture Trustee, the Issuer and the Owner Trustee and promptly after the execution of such amendment, the Sponsor and the Servicer shall furnish a copy of such amendment to the Indenture Trustee, the Issuer and the Owner Trustee.
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(d) Prior to the execution of any amendment or consent pursuant to this Section 9.1, the Sponsor shall provide written notification of the substance of such amendment to each Rating Agency; and promptly after the execution of any such amendment or consent, the Sponsor shall furnish a copy of such amendment or consent to each Rating Agency and the Indenture Trustee.
(e) Prior to the execution of any amendment to this Agreement, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to receive and conclusively rely upon an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such amendment is authorized or permitted by this Agreement and that all conditions precedent to the execution and delivery of such amendment have been satisfied. The Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such amendment which adversely affects the Owner Trustees or the Indenture Trustees, as applicable, own rights, duties or immunities under this Agreement.
Section 9.2 Notices, Etc. All demands, notices and communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be delivered or mailed by registered or certified first-class United States mail, postage prepaid, hand delivery, prepaid courier service, or by electronic transmission (when receipt is confirmed by telephone or reply email from the recipient), and addressed in each case as specified on Schedule I to the Sale Agreement, or at such other address as shall be designated by any of the specified addressees in a written notice to the other parties hereto. Delivery shall occur only upon receipt or reported tender of such communication by an officer of the recipient entitled to receive such notices located at the address of such recipient for notices hereunder.
Section 9.3 Severability Clause.
This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Issuer, the Servicer, and the Sponsor. All prior representations, statements, negotiations and undertakings with regard to the subject matter hereof are superseded hereby.
If any term or provision of this Agreement or the application thereof to any person or circumstance shall, to any extent, be invalid or unenforceable, the remaining terms and provisions of this Agreement, or the application of such terms or provisions to persons or circumstances other than those as to which it is held invalid or unenforceable, shall not be affected thereby, and each term and provision of this Agreement shall be valid and enforced to the fullest extent permitted by law.
Section 9.4 Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL, SUBSTANTIVE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REFERENCE TO THE RULES THEREOF RELATING TO CONFLICTS OF LAW, OTHER THAN SECTIONS 5-1401 AND 5-1402 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.
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Section 9.5 Headings. The section headings hereof have been inserted for convenience only and shall not be construed to affect the meaning, construction or effect of this Agreement.
Section 9.6 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all of such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
Section 9.7 Waivers. No failure or delay on the part of the Servicer, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee in exercising any power or right hereunder (to the extent such Person has any power or right hereunder) shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such power or right preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other power or right. No notice to or demand on any party hereto in any case shall entitle it to any notice or demand in similar or other circumstances. No waiver or approval by either party under this Agreement shall, except as may otherwise be stated in such waiver or approval, be applicable to subsequent transactions. No waiver or approval under this Agreement shall require any similar or dissimilar waiver or approval thereafter to be granted hereunder.
Section 9.8 Entire Agreement. This Agreement contains a final and complete integration of all prior expressions by the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter thereof and shall constitute the entire agreement among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter thereof, superseding all prior oral or written understandings. There are no unwritten agreements among the parties.
Section 9.9 Severability of Provisions. If any one or more of the covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of this Agreement shall be for any reason whatsoever held invalid, 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.
Section 9.10 Binding Effect. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns. This Agreement shall create and constitute the continuing obligations of the parties hereto in accordance with its terms, and shall remain in full force and effect until such time as the parties hereto shall agree.
Section 9.11 Cumulative Remedies. The remedies herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any remedies provided by law.
Section 9.12 Nonpetition Covenant. Each party hereto agrees that, prior to the date which is one year and one day after payment in full of all obligations of each Bankruptcy Remote Party in respect of all securities issued by any Bankruptcy Remote Party (i) such party hereto shall not authorize any Bankruptcy Remote Party to commence a voluntary winding-up or other voluntary case or other Proceeding seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief with respect to such Bankruptcy Remote Party or its debts under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect in any jurisdiction or seeking the appointment of an
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administrator, a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official with respect to such Bankruptcy Remote Party or any substantial part of its property or to consent to any such relief or to the appointment of or taking possession by any such official in an involuntary case or other Proceeding commenced against such Bankruptcy Remote Party, or to make a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors generally, any party hereto or any other creditor of such Bankruptcy Remote Party, and (ii) such party shall not commence, join with any other Person in commencing or institute with any other Person, any Proceeding against such Bankruptcy Remote Party under any bankruptcy, reorganization, liquidation or insolvency law or statute now or hereafter in effect in any jurisdiction. This Section shall survive the termination of this Agreement.
Section 9.13 Submission to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally:
(a) submits for itself and its property in any legal action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any documents executed and delivered in connection herewith, or for recognition and enforcement of any judgment in respect thereof, to the nonexclusive general jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York, the courts of the United States of America for the Southern District of New York and appellate courts from any thereof;
(b) consents that any such action or proceeding may be brought and maintained in such courts and waives any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the venue of such action or proceeding in any such court or that such action or proceeding was brought in an inconvenient court and agrees not to plead or claim the same;
(c) agrees that service of process in any such action or proceeding may be effected by mailing a copy thereof by registered or certified mail (or any substantially similar form of mail), postage prepaid, to such Person at its address determined in accordance with Section 9.2 of this Agreement;
(d) agrees that nothing herein shall affect the right to effect service of process in any other manner permitted by law or shall limit the right to sue in any other jurisdiction; and
(e) to the extent permitted by applicable law, each party hereto irrevocably waives all right of trial by jury in any action, proceeding or counterclaim based on, or arising out of, under or in connection with this Agreement, any other Transaction Document, or any matter arising hereunder or thereunder.
Section 9.14 Third-Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns and the Indenture Trustee shall be an express third-party beneficiary hereof and may enforce the provisions hereof as if it were a party hereto. Except as otherwise provided in this Section, no other Person will have any right hereunder.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the day and year first written above.
CAPITAL ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | ||
By: | /s/ Franco Harris | |
Name: Franco Harris | ||
Title: Managing Vice President, Treasury | ||
Capital Markets | ||
CAPITAL ONE PRIME AUTO RECEIVABLES TRUST 2022-2 | ||
By: | BNY MELLON TRUST OF DELAWARE, | |
not in its individual capacity but solely as Owner Trustee | ||
By: | /s/ JoAnn C. DiOssi | |
Name: JoAnn C. DiOssi | ||
Title: Vice President | ||
CLAYTON FIXED INCOME SERVICES LLC, | ||
as Asset Representations Reviewer | ||
By: | /s/ Anthony Neske | |
Name: Anthony Neske | ||
Title: Senior Vice President |
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EXHIBIT A
Capital One Agreed Upon Procedures
Representation
a) Characteristics of Receivables
As of the Cut-Off Date (or such other date as may be specifically set forth below), each Receivable:
(i) has been fully and properly executed or electronically authenticated by the Obligor thereto;
(ii) has been originated by a Dealer to finance the retail sale by that Dealer of the related Financed Vehicle and has been purchased by the Bank from that Dealer;
(iii) as of the Closing Date, is secured by a first priority validly perfected security interest in the Financed Vehicle in favor of the Originator, as secured party, or all necessary actions have been commenced that would result in a first priority security interest in the Financed Vehicle in favor of the Originator, as secured party;
(iv) 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;
(v) provided, at origination, for level monthly payments which fully amortize the initial Outstanding Principal Balance over the original term; provided, that the amount of the first or last scheduled payment may be different from the level payment but in no event more than three times the level monthly payment;
(vi) provides for interest at the Contract Rate specified in the Schedule of Receivables;
(vii) was originated in the United States;
(viii) is secured by a new or used automobile, light duty truck, SUV or van;
(ix) has a Contract Rate of at least 1.0%;
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(x) had an original term to maturity of not more than 75 months and each Receivable has a remaining term to maturity, as of the Cut-Off Date, of not more than 71 months and not less than 3 months;
(xi) has an Outstanding Principal Balance of at least $1,000.00;
(xii) has a final scheduled payment due on or before April 28, 2028;
(xiii) was not more than 29 days past due as of the Cut-Off Date;
(xiv) was not noted in the records of the Servicer as being the subject of any verified bankruptcy or insolvency Proceeding;
(xv) is a Simple Interest Receivable; and
(xvi) provides that a prepayment by the related Obligor will fully pay the Outstanding Principal Balance and accrued interest through the date of prepayment based on the Receivables Contract Rate.
Documents
Retail Sale Contract
Title Documents
Receivable File
Schedule of Receivables
Servicing System/Data Tape
Procedures to be Performed
i) | Confirm the contract was signed or electronically authenticated by the Obligor |
ii) | Origination of the Receivable |
a. | Review the Retail Sale Contract and confirm that Capital One, National Association or another Approved Party is listed as the Assignee within the Assignment Section1 |
iii) | Security Interest Enforcement |
a. | Confirm the title documents show Capital One, National Association or another Approved Party as the first lienholder |
b. | Review the servicing system and confirm the Rpt. Branch Code in the system matches the Rpt. Branch Code for the transaction related to the deal |
1 | Approved Party means a party specified as an Approved Party on the list of Approved Parties provided by Capital One to Clayton. |
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iv) | Customary and Enforceable Provisions |
a. | Confirm the Contract form number is listed on the Approved Contract Form List2 |
v) | Fully Amortizing Payment Schedule |
a. | Confirm all payments are equivalent with the possible exception that the first and last payments may be different from the level monthly payment |
i. | If the first and last payments are different from the level monthly payment, confirm that these payments are no more than three times the level monthly payment amount |
b. | Review the Truth in Lending section of the Retail Sale Contract and calculate the product of the Amount of Payments with the Number of Payments and confirm that this amount is equal to the Total of Payments |
vi) | Provides for Interest at the Contract Rate |
a. | Review the Schedule of Receivables and confirm that the stated rate is equal to the APR as shown in the Federal Truth in Lending section of the Retail Sale Contract |
vii) | Origination of the Receivable |
a. | Review the Retail Sale Contract and confirm the Dealer address is in the United States |
viii) | Condition, Make and Model of Financed Vehicle |
a. | Review the New/Used section of the Retail Sale Contract and confirm that the Financed Vehicle is stated to be new or used |
b. | Review the Year and Make and Model sections of the Retail Sale Contract and confirm that the Financed Vehicle constitutes an automobile, light-duty truck, SUV or van |
ix) | Contract Annual Percentage Rate |
a. | Review the Federal Truth in Lending Section of the Retail Sale Contract and Confirm that the Annual Percentage Rate is greater than the minimum allowed percentage rate |
x) | Remaining Maturity Date |
a. | Confirm that the Number of Payments section within the Truth in Lending section of the Retail Sale Contract indicates a number of payments that does not exceed the maximum allowable number of payments |
b. | Review the Data Tape and confirm that the remaining term to maturity is within the stated allowable limits |
2 | Approved Contract Form List means a list of Approved Contract Forms provided by Capital One to Clayton. |
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xi) | Outstanding Principal Balance |
a. | Review the Data Tape and confirm that the unpaid Outstanding Principal Balance as of the Cut-Off Date is within the stated allowable limits |
xii) | Final Schedule Payment Date |
a. | Review the Data Tape and confirm that the Final Scheduled Payment Due Date will occur on or before the latest allowable final payment date |
xiii) | Days Past Due |
a. | Review the data file and confirm the Receivable was not more than 29 days past due as of the Cut-Off Date |
xiv) | Bankruptcy |
a. | Review the Receivable File and any applicable servicing notes and confirm there is no indication of pending bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings as of the Cut-Off Date |
xv) | Force Place Insurance |
a. | Review the servicing system and confirm the Receivable did not have Force Place Insurance as of the Cut-Off Date |
xvi) | Simple Interest Receivable |
a. | Confirm that interest under the Contract is calculated pursuant to the Simple Interest Method |
b. | Review the payment history and confirm the first payment was appropriately applied to principal and interest |
xvii) | Prepayment |
a. | Confirm the Contract contains the appropriate Prepayment Disclosures |
xviii) | If sections i through xvii are confirmed, then Test Pass |
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Representation
Compliance with Law
The Receivable complied at the time it was originated or made in all material respects with all requirements of applicable federal, state and local laws, and regulations thereunder, except where the failure to comply (i) was remediated or cured in all material respects prior to the Cut-Off Date, or (ii) would not render such Receivable unenforceable or create liability for COAR or the Issuer, as an assignee of such Receivable.
Documents
Retail Sale Contract
Servicing System/Data Tape
Approved Contract Form List
Procedures to be Performed
i) | Confirm the Contract Form number and revision date are on the Approved Contract Form List |
ii) | Confirm the Contract is complete |
a. | Confirm that all lines in the Contract are filled out appropriately |
b. | Confirm the Name and address of Creditor, APR, Finance Charge, Amount of Payments, Total of Payments and Total Sale Price are properly filled out |
c. | Confirm all lines on the Contract are completed or properly left blank |
iii) | Confirm the Amount Financed is correctly calculated |
a. | Calculate the Amount Financed using the Cash Price, Total Down Payment and Total Amount Paid on Buyers Behalf |
b. | Confirm the Calculated Amount Financed matches the Amount Financed as stated within the Truth in Lending section of the Contract |
iv) | Confirm the Total Sale Price is correctly calculated |
a. | Calculate the Total Sale Price by taking the difference of the Total of Payments as stated within the Truth in Lending section and the Total Down Payment as stated within the Itemization of Amount Financed |
b. | Confirm the Calculated Total Sale Price matches the Total Sale Price as stated within the Truth in Lending section of the Contract |
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v) | Confirm the Total of Payments is correctly calculated |
a. | Calculate the Total of Payments by taking the product of the Number of Payments and Amount of Payments as stated within the Truth in Lending section of the Contract |
b. | Confirm the Calculated Total of Payments from step (a) is equal to the Total of Payments as stated within the Truth in Lending section of the Contract |
c. | Calculate the Total of Payment by taking the sum of the Finance Charge and Amount Financed as stated within the Truth in Lending section of the Contract |
d. | Confirm the Calculated Total of Payments from step (c) is equal to the Total of Payments as stated within the Truth in Lending section of the Contract |
vi) | Confirm the APR is correctly calculated |
a. | Calculate the APR using information within the Truth in Lending section of the Contract |
b. | Confirm the Calculated APR is within an acceptable range of the APR as stated within the Truth in Lending Section of the Contract |
vii) | Confirm the first payment due date as stated within the When Payments are Due section of the Truth in Lending section of the Contract is within an acceptable timeframe of the Contract Date |
viii) | If Steps i through vii are confirmed, then Test Pass |
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Representation
Binding Obligation
The Receivable constitutes the legal, valid and binding payment obligation in writing of the Obligor, enforceable by the holder thereof in accordance with its terms, except (i) as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, liquidation or other similar laws and equitable principles relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors rights generally and (ii) as such Receivable may be modified by the application after the Cut-Off Date of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, as amended, to the extent applicable to the related Obligor.
Documents
Retail Sale Contract
Procedures to be Performed
i) | Confirm the Contract Form number is on the Approved Contract Form List |
ii) | Confirm the borrower and co-borrower (if applicable) signed the Contract |
iii) | If Steps i and ii are confirmed, then Test Pass |
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Representation
Receivable in Force
The Receivable has not been satisfied, subordinated or rescinded nor do the records of the Servicer indicate that the related Financed Vehicle been released from the lien of such Receivable in whole or in part.
Documents
Servicing System/Data Tape
Title Documents
Procedures to be Performed
i) | Confirm the Receivable exists on the Servicing System as an active Receivable |
ii) | Confirm the title documents show Capital One, National Association or another Approved Party as the first lienholder |
iii) | If Steps i and ii are confirmed, then Test Pass |
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Representation
No Default; No Waiver
Except for payment delinquencies continuing for a period of not more than 29 days as of the Cut-Off Date or the failure of the Obligor to maintain physical damage insurance covering the related Financed Vehicle in accordance with the requirements of the Receivable, the records of the Servicer did not disclose that any default, breach, violation or event permitting acceleration under the terms of the Receivable existed as of the Cut-Off Date.
Documents
Receivable File
Servicing System/Data Tape
Procedures to be Performed
i) | Confirm there is no indication of a default, breach, violation or event that would permit acceleration under the terms of the Receivable except for payment default within 29 days of the Cut-Off Date |
ii) | Confirm that no continuing condition would constitute a default, breach, violation or event permitting acceleration under the terms of the Receivable |
iii) | If Steps (i) and (ii) are confirmed, then Test Pass |
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Representation
Insurance
The Receivable requires that the Obligor thereunder obtain physical damage insurance covering the related Financed Vehicle.
Documents
Retail Sale Contract
Procedures to be Performed
i) | Confirm the Retail Sale Contract contains language that required the Obligor to obtain and maintain insurance against physical damage to the Financed Vehicle |
ii) | If confirmed, then Test Pass |
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Representation
No Government Obligor
The Obligor on the Receivable is not the United States of America or any state thereof or any local government, or any agency, department, political subdivision or instrumentality of the United States of America or any state thereof or any local government.
Documents
Retail Sale Contract
Procedures to be Performed
i) | Review the buyer section on the Contract and confirm a persons or business name is reported |
ii) | If the buyer section on the Contract does not report a persons or business name, confirm internet search results do not indicate the buyer to be a government agency, department, political subdivision or instrumentality |
iii) | If (i) and (ii) are confirmed, then Test Pass |
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Representation
Assignment
No Receivable has been originated in, or is subject to the laws of, any jurisdiction under which the sale, transfer, assignment, contribution, conveyance or pledge of such Receivable would be unlawful, void, or voidable.
Documents
Retail Sale Contract
Receivable File
Servicing System
Procedures to be Performed
i) | Confirm the Retail Sale Contract was completed on a contract form included in the Approved Contract Form List |
ii) | If Step (i) is confirmed, then Test Pass |
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Representation
Good Title
As of the Closing Date and immediately prior to the sale and transfer contemplated in the Purchase Agreement, the Bank had good and marketable title to and was the sole owner of each Receivable free and clear of all Liens created by the Bank (except any Lien which will be released prior to assignment of such Receivable thereunder), and, immediately upon the sale and transfer by the Bank to COAR, COAR will have good and marketable title to each Receivable, free and clear of all Liens created by COAR (other than Permitted Liens). Immediately upon the sale and transfer by COAR to the Issuer pursuant to the Sale Agreement, the Issuer will have good and marketable title to each Receivable, free and clear of all Liens created by the Issuer (other than Permitted Liens).
Documents
Title Documents
Procedures to be Performed
i) | Confirm the title documents show Capital One, National Association or another Approved Party as the first lienholder |
ii) | Review the servicing system and confirm the Rpt. Branch Code in the system matches the Rpt. Branch Code for the transaction related to the deal |
iii) | If (i) and (ii) are confirmed, then Test Pass |
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Representation
Characterizations of Receivables
Each Receivable constitutes either tangible chattel paper, electronic chattel paper, an account, an instrument, or a general intangible, each as defined in the UCC.
Documents
Contract
Title Documents
Approved Contract Form List
Procedures to be Performed
i) | Confirm the Contract form number is on the Approved Contract Form List |
ii) | Confirm the Amount Financed as reported on the Contract is greater than zero |
iii) | Confirm there is documentation of a lien against the financed vehicle |
iv) | If tests (i) through (iii) are confirmed, then Test Pass |
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Representation
One Original
There is only one executed original, electronically authenticated original or authoritative copy of the Contract (in each case within the meaning of the UCC) related to each Receivable.
Documents
Contract
Procedures to be Performed
i) | Confirm there is a final version of the Contract available for review |
ii) | Confirm the Contract was signed by the buyer(s) and the Dealer |
iii) | If (i) and (ii) are confirmed, then Test Pass |
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Representation
No Defenses
The records of the Servicer do not reflect any material facts which have not been remediated or cured which would constitute the basis for any right of rescission, offset, claim, counterclaim or defense with respect to such Receivable or the same being asserted or threatened with respect to such Receivable.
Documents
Receivable File
Procedures to be Performed
i) | Review the Receivable File and servicing system and confirm there is no evidence of litigation or other attorney involvement as of the Cut-Off Date |
ii) | If confirmed, then Test Pass |
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Exhibit 10.3
SALE AGREEMENT
dated as of August 10, 2022
between
CAPITAL ONE AUTO RECEIVABLES, LLC
and
CAPITAL ONE PRIME AUTO RECEIVABLES TRUST 2022-2,
as Purchaser
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARTICLE I |
DEFINITIONS AND USAGE | 1 | ||||
SECTION 1.1 |
Definitions | 1 | ||||
SECTION 1.2 |
Other Interpretive Provisions | 1 | ||||
ARTICLE II |
PURCHASE | 2 | ||||
SECTION 2.1 |
Conveyance of Transferred Assets | 2 | ||||
ARTICLE III |
REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS | 2 | ||||
SECTION 3.1 |
Representations and Warranties of the Seller | 2 | ||||
SECTION 3.2 |
Representations and Warranties of the Seller Regarding the Transferred Assets | 3 | ||||
SECTION 3.3 |
Liability of the Seller | 3 | ||||
SECTION 3.4 |
Merger or Consolidation of, or Assumption of the Obligations of, Seller | 5 | ||||
SECTION 3.5 |
Seller May Own Notes and Certificates | 5 | ||||
SECTION 3.6 |
Compliance with Organizational Documents | 5 | ||||
SECTION 3.7 |
Protection of Title | 5 | ||||
SECTION 3.8 |
Other Liens or Interests | 6 | ||||
SECTION 3.9 |
Exchange Act Filings | 6 | ||||
SECTION 3.10 |
Sarbanes-Oxley Act Requirements | 6 | ||||
SECTION 3.11 |
Compliance with the FDIC Rule | 6 | ||||
SECTION 3.12 |
Noteholder Communication | 6 | ||||
ARTICLE IV |
MISCELLANEOUS | 7 | ||||
SECTION 4.1 |
Transfers Intended as Sale; Security Interest | 7 | ||||
SECTION 4.2 |
Notices, Etc | 8 | ||||
SECTION 4.3 |
Choice of Law | 8 | ||||
SECTION 4.4 |
Headings | 9 | ||||
SECTION 4.5 |
Counterparts | 9 | ||||
SECTION 4.6 |
Amendment | 9 | ||||
SECTION 4.7 |
Waivers | 10 | ||||
SECTION 4.8 |
Entire Agreement | 11 | ||||
SECTION 4.9 |
Severability of Provisions | 11 | ||||
SECTION 4.10 |
Binding Effect | 11 | ||||
SECTION 4.11 |
Acknowledgment and Agreement | 11 | ||||
SECTION 4.12 |
Cumulative Remedies | 11 |
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SECTION 4.13 |
Nonpetition Covenant | 11 | ||||
SECTION 4.14 |
Submission to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial | 12 | ||||
SECTION 4.15 |
Limitation of Liability of Owner Trustee | 12 | ||||
SECTION 4.16 |
Third-Party Beneficiaries | 13 |
EXHIBITS
Exhibit A | Form of Assignment Pursuant to Sale Agreement | |
Schedule I | Notice Addresses | |
Schedule II | Perfection Representations, Warranties and Covenants | |
Appendix A | Definitions |
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THIS SALE AGREEMENT is made and entered into as of August 10, 2022 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified and in effect from time to time, this Agreement) by CAPITAL ONE AUTO RECEIVABLES, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the Seller), and CAPITAL ONE PRIME AUTO RECEIVABLES TRUST 2022-2, a Delaware statutory trust (the Issuer).
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, the Issuer desires to purchase from the Seller a portfolio of motor vehicle receivables, including motor vehicle retail installment sale contracts and/or installment loans that are secured by new and used automobiles, light-duty trucks, SUVs and vans; and
WHEREAS, the Seller is willing to sell such portfolio of motor vehicle receivables and related property to the Issuer on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual agreements set forth herein, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND USAGE
SECTION 1.1 Definitions. Except as otherwise defined herein or as the context may otherwise require, capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein are defined in Appendix A hereto, which also contains rules as to usage that are applicable herein.
SECTION 1.2 Other Interpretive Provisions. For purposes of this Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) accounting terms not otherwise defined in this Agreement, and accounting terms partly defined in this Agreement to the extent not defined, shall have the respective meanings given to them under GAAP (provided, that, to the extent that the definitions in this Agreement and GAAP conflict, the definitions in this Agreement shall control); (b) terms defined in Article 9 of the UCC as in effect in the relevant jurisdiction and not otherwise defined in this Agreement are used as defined in that Article; (c) the words hereof, herein and hereunder and words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement; (d) references to any Article, Section, Schedule, Appendix or Exhibit are references to Articles, Sections, Schedules, Appendices and Exhibits in or to this Agreement and references to any paragraph, subsection, clause or other subdivision within any Section or definition refer to such paragraph, subsection, clause or other subdivision of such Section or definition; (e) the term including and all variations thereof means including without limitation; (f) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, references to any law or regulation refer to that law or regulation as amended from time to time and include any successor law or regulation; (g) references to any Person include that Persons successors and assigns; and (h) headings are for purposes of reference only and shall not otherwise affect the meaning or interpretation of any provision hereof.
ARTICLE II
PURCHASE
SECTION 2.1 Conveyance of Transferred Assets. In consideration of the Issuers sale and delivery to, or upon the order of, the Seller of (i) all of the Notes and (ii) the Certificates on the Closing Date, the Seller does hereby sell, transfer, assign, set over, sell and otherwise convey to the Issuer without recourse (subject to the obligations herein) on the Closing Date all of its right, title, interest, claims and demands, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, in, to and under the Transferred Assets, as evidenced by an assignment substantially in the form of Exhibit A (the Assignment) delivered on the Closing Date. The sale, transfer, assignment and conveyance made hereunder does not constitute and is not intended to result in an assumption by the Issuer of any obligation of the Seller or the Originator to the Obligors, the Dealers, insurers or any other Person in connection with the Receivables or the other assets and properties conveyed hereunder or any agreement, document or instrument related thereto.
ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS
SECTION 3.1 Representations and Warranties of the Seller. The Seller makes the following representations and warranties as of the Closing Date on which the Issuer will be deemed to have relied in acquiring the Transferred Assets:
(a) Existence and Power. The Seller is a limited liability company validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and has, in all material respects, all power and authority to carry on its business as it is now conducted. The Seller has obtained all necessary licenses and approvals in each jurisdiction where the failure to do so would materially and adversely affect the ability of the Seller to perform its obligations under this Agreement or affect the enforceability or collectability of the Receivables or any other part of the Transferred Assets.
(b) Authorization and No Contravention. The execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of this Agreement (i) have been duly authorized by all necessary limited liability company action on the part of the Seller and (ii) do not contravene or constitute a default under (A) any applicable order, law, rule or regulation, (B) its organizational documents or (C) any material agreement, contract, order or other instrument to which it is a party or its property is subject (other than violations which do not affect the legality, validity or enforceability of such agreements or which, individually or in the aggregate, would not materially and adversely affect the transactions contemplated by, or the Sellers ability to perform its obligations under, this Agreement).
(c) No Consent Required. No approval or authorization by, or filing with, any Governmental Authority is required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of this Agreement other than (i) UCC filings, (ii) approvals and authorizations that have previously been obtained and filings that have previously been made and (iii) approvals, authorizations or filings which, if not obtained or made, would not have a material adverse effect on the enforceability or collectability of the Receivables or any other part of the Transferred Assets or would not materially and adversely affect the ability of the Seller to perform its obligations under this Agreement.
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(d) Binding Effect. This Agreement constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Seller enforceable against the Seller in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, receivership, conservatorship or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors rights generally and, if applicable, the rights of creditors of limited liability companies from time to time in effect or by general principles of equity.
(e) No Proceedings. There are no Proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Seller, threatened against the Seller before or by any Governmental Authority that (i) assert the invalidity or unenforceability of this Agreement or (ii) seek any determination or ruling that would materially and adversely affect the performance by the Seller of its obligations under this Agreement.
(f) Lien Filings. The Seller is not aware of any material judgment, ERISA or tax lien filings against the Seller.
SECTION 3.2 Representations and Warranties of the Seller Regarding the Transferred Assets. On the date hereof, the Seller hereby makes the following representations and warranties to the Issuer, on which the Issuer will be deemed to have relied in acquiring the Transferred Assets:
(a) The Receivables and the other Transferred Assets have been validly assigned by the Seller to the Issuer.
(b) The Seller has not authorized the filing of and is not aware of any financing statements against the Seller that includes a description of collateral covering any Receivable other than any financing statement relating to security interests granted under the Transaction Documents or that have been or, prior to the assignment of such Receivables hereunder, will be terminated, amended or released. This Agreement creates a valid and continuing security interest in the Receivables (other than the Related Security with respect thereto, to the extent that an ownership interest therein cannot be perfected by the filing of a financing statement) in favor of the Issuer which security interest is prior to all other Liens created by the Seller (other than Permitted Liens) and is enforceable as such against all other creditors of and purchasers and assignees from the Seller.
(c) The representations and warranties regarding creation, perfection and priority of security interests in the Transferred Assets, which are attached to this Agreement as Schedule II, are true and correct.
SECTION 3.3 Liability of the Seller.
(a) The Seller shall be liable in accordance herewith only to the extent of the obligations specifically undertaken by the Seller under this Agreement.
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(b) The Seller shall indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the Issuer, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee from and against any loss, liability or expense (including reasonable attorneys fees and expenses and court costs and any losses incurred in connection with a successful defense, in whole or part, of any claim that the Indenture Trustee breached its standard of care and legal fees and expenses incurred in actions against the indemnifying party) incurred by reason of the Sellers violation of federal or State securities laws in connection with the registration or the sale of the Notes.
(c) Indemnification under this Section 3.3 will survive the resignation or removal of the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee and the termination or assignment of this Agreement and will include, without limitation, reasonable fees and expenses of counsel and expenses of litigation including those incurred in connection with the enforcement of the Indenture Trustees rights (including indemnification rights) under the Transaction Documents. If the Seller has made any indemnity payments pursuant to this Section 3.3 and the Person to or on behalf of whom such payments are made thereafter collects any of such amounts from others, such Person will promptly repay such amounts to the Seller, without interest.
(d) The Sellers obligations under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents are obligations solely of the Seller and will not constitute a claim against the Seller to the extent that the Seller does not have funds sufficient to make payment of such obligations. In furtherance of and not in derogation of the foregoing, the Issuer, the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee, by entering into or accepting this Agreement, acknowledge and agree that they have no right, title or interest in or to the Other Assets of the Seller. To the extent that, notwithstanding the agreements and provisions contained in the preceding sentence, the Issuer, the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee either (i) asserts an interest in, claim to or benefit in or from Other Assets or (ii) is deemed to have any such interest in, claim to or benefit in or from Other Assets, whether by operation of law, legal process, pursuant to applicable provisions of insolvency laws or otherwise (including by virtue of Section 1111(b) of the Bankruptcy Code or any successor provision having similar effect under the Bankruptcy Code), then the Issuer, the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee further acknowledges and agrees that any such interest in, claim to or benefit in or from Other Assets is and will be expressly subordinated to the indefeasible payment in full of the other obligations and liabilities which, under the terms of the relevant documents relating to the securitization or conveyance of such Other Assets, are entitled to be paid from, entitled to the benefits of, or otherwise secured by such Other Assets (whether or not any such entitlement or security interest is legally perfected or otherwise entitled to a priority of distributions or application under applicable law, including insolvency laws, and whether or not asserted against the Seller), including the payment of post-petition interest on such other obligations and liabilities. This subordination agreement will be deemed a subordination agreement within the meaning of Section 510(a) of the Bankruptcy Code. The Issuer, the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee each further acknowledges and agrees that no adequate remedy at law exists for a breach of this Section 3.3(d) and the terms of this Section 3.3(d) may be enforced by an action for specific performance. The provisions of this Section 3.3(d) will be for the third-party benefit of those entitled to rely thereon and will survive the termination of or the assignment of this Agreement, and the resignation or removal of any indemnified party. Any amounts payable to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to this Section 3.3(d), to the extent not paid by the Seller, shall be paid by the Issuer in accordance with Section 8.5(a) of the Indenture.
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SECTION 3.4 Merger or Consolidation of, or Assumption of the Obligations of, Seller. Any Person (i) into which the Seller may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, to which it may sell or transfer its business and assets as a whole or substantially as a whole, (ii) resulting from any merger, sale, transfer, conversion, or consolidation to which the Seller shall be a party, (iii) succeeding to the business of the Seller, or (iv) more than 50% of the voting stock or voting power and 50% or more of the economic equity of which is owned directly or indirectly by Capital One Financial Corporation, 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 anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding. The Seller shall provide notice of any merger, conversion, consolidation or succession pursuant to this Section 3.5 to the Administrator. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Seller enters into any of the foregoing transactions and is not the surviving entity, the Seller will deliver to the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee an Opinion of Counsel either (A) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all financing statements and continuation statements and amendments thereto have been executed and filed that are necessary to preserve and protect the interest of the Issuer and, if the Notes are Outstanding, the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Noteholders, respectively, in the Receivables, or (B) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, no such action is necessary to preserve and protect such interest.
SECTION 3.5 Seller May Own Notes and Certificates. The Seller, and any Affiliate of the Seller, may in its individual or any other capacity become the owner or pledgee of Notes and Certificates with the same rights as it would have if it were not the Seller or an Affiliate thereof, except as otherwise expressly provided herein or in the other Transaction Documents. Except as set forth herein or in the other Transaction Documents, Notes and Certificates so owned by the Seller or any such Affiliate will have an equal and proportionate benefit under the provisions of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, without preference, priority, or distinction as among all of the Notes and Certificates.
SECTION 3.6 Compliance with Organizational Documents. The Seller shall comply with its limited liability company agreement and other organizational documents.
SECTION 3.7 Protection of Title.
(a) The Seller shall authorize and file such financing statements and cause to be authorized and filed such continuation and other financing 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 under this Agreement in the Purchased Assets (to the extent that the interest of the Issuer therein can be perfected by the filing of a financing statement). The Seller shall deliver (or cause to be delivered) to the Issuer file-stamped copies of, or filing receipts for, any document filed as provided above, as soon as available following such filing.
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(b) The Seller shall notify the Issuer in writing within ten (10) days following the occurrence of (i) any change in the Sellers organizational structure as a limited liability company, (ii) any change in the Sellers location (within the meaning of Section 9-307 of the UCC) and (iii) any change in the Sellers name, and shall take all action prior to making such change (or shall have made arrangements to take such action substantially simultaneously with such change, if it is not practicable to take such action in advance) reasonably necessary or advisable in the opinion of the Issuer to amend all previously filed financing statements or continuation statements described in paragraph (a) above. The Seller will at all times maintain its location within the United States.
(c) The Seller shall maintain (or shall cause the Servicer to maintain) its computer systems so that, from time to time after the conveyance under this Agreement of the Receivables, the master computer records (including any backup archives) that refer to a Receivable shall indicate clearly the interest of the Issuer (or any subsequent assignee of the Issuer) in such Receivable and that such Receivable is owned by such Person. Indication of such Persons interest in a Receivable shall not be deleted from or modified on such computer systems until, and only until, the related Receivable shall have been paid in full or repurchased.
(d) If at any time the Seller shall propose to sell, grant a security interest in or otherwise transfer any interest in motor vehicle 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 printouts (including any restored from backup archives) 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 (or any subsequent assignee of the Issuer).
SECTION 3.8 Other Liens or Interests. Except for the conveyances and grants of security interests pursuant to this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, the Seller shall not sell, pledge, assign or transfer the Receivables or other property transferred to the Issuer to any other Person, or grant, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien (other than Permitted Liens) on any interest therein, and the Seller shall defend the right, title and interest of the Issuer in, to and under such Receivables or other property transferred to the Issuer against all claims of third parties claiming through or under the Seller.
SECTION 3.9 Exchange Act Filings. The Issuer hereby authorizes the Seller to prepare, sign, certify and file any and all reports, statements and information respecting the Issuer and/or the Notes required to be filed pursuant to the Exchange Act, and the rules thereunder.
SECTION 3.10 Sarbanes-Oxley Act Requirements. To the extent any documents are required to be filed or any certification is required to be made with respect to the Issuer or the Notes pursuant to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, the Issuer hereby authorizes the Seller to prepare, sign, certify and file any such documents or certifications on behalf of the Issuer.
SECTION 3.11 Compliance with the FDIC Rule. The Seller (i) shall perform the covenants set forth in Article XII of the Indenture applicable to it and (ii) shall facilitate compliance with Article XII of the Indenture by the Capital One Parties.
SECTION 3.12 Noteholder Communication. A Noteholder (if the Notes are represented by Definitive Notes) or a Note Owner (if the Notes are represented by Book-Entry Notes) may send a request to the Seller at any time notifying the Seller that such Noteholder or Note Owner, as applicable, would like to communicate with other Noteholders or Note Owners,
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as applicable, with respect to an exercise of their rights under the terms of the Transaction Documents. If the requesting party is not a Noteholder as reflected on the Note Register, the Seller may require that the requesting party provide Verification Documents. Each request must include (i) the name of the requesting Noteholder or Note Owner, as applicable and (ii) a description of the method by which other Noteholders or Note Owners, as applicable, may contact the requesting Noteholder or Note Owner. A Noteholder or Note Owner, as applicable, that delivers a request under this Section 3.12 will be deemed to have certified to the Issuer, the Seller and the Bank that its request to communicate with other Noteholders or Note Owners, as applicable, relates solely to a possible exercise of rights under the Indenture or the other Transaction Documents, and will not be used for other purposes. In each monthly distribution report on Form 10-D under the Exchange Act with respect to the Issuer, the Seller shall include disclosure regarding any request that complies with the requirements of this Section 3.12 received during the related Collection Period from a Noteholder or Note Owner to communicate with other Noteholders or Note Owners, as applicable, related to the Noteholders or Note Owners exercising their rights under the terms of the Transaction Documents. The disclosure in such Form 10-D regarding the request to communicate shall include (w) the name of the investor making the request, (x) the date the request was received, (y) a statement to the effect that the Seller has received a request from such Noteholder or Note Owner, as applicable, stating that such Noteholder or Note Owner, as applicable, is interested in communicating with other Noteholders or Note Owners, as applicable, with regard to the possible exercise of rights under the Transaction Documents, and (z) a description of the method other Noteholders or Note Owners, as applicable, may use to contact the requesting Noteholder or Note Owner. The Seller and the Servicer will be responsible for any expenses incurred in connection with the filing of such disclosure and the reimbursement of any costs incurred by the Indenture Trustee in connection with the preparation thereof.
ARTICLE IV
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 4.1 Transfers Intended as Sale; Security Interest.
(a) Each of the parties hereto expressly intends and agrees that the transfers contemplated and effected under this Agreement are complete and absolute sales, transfers and assignments rather than pledges or assignments of only a security interest and shall be given effect as such for all purposes. It is further the intention of the parties hereto that the Receivables and the related Transferred Assets shall not be part of the Sellers estate in the event of a bankruptcy or insolvency of the Seller. The sales and transfers by the Seller of the Receivables and related Transferred Assets hereunder are and shall be without recourse to, or representation or warranty (express or implied) by, the Seller, except as otherwise specifically provided herein. The limited rights of recourse specified herein against the Seller are intended to provide a remedy for breach of representations and warranties relating to the condition of the property sold, rather than to the collectibility of the Receivables.
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(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that the Receivables and other Transferred Assets are held to be property of the Seller, or if for any reason this Agreement is held or deemed to create indebtedness or a security interest in the Receivables and other Transferred Assets, then it is intended that:
(i) This Agreement shall be deemed to be a security agreement within the meaning of Articles 8 and 9 of the New York UCC and the UCC of any other applicable jurisdiction;
(ii) The conveyance provided for in Section 2.1 shall be deemed to be a grant by the Seller of, and the Seller hereby grants to the Issuer, a security interest in all of its right (including the power to convey title thereto), title and interest, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, in and to the Receivables and other Transferred Assets, to secure such indebtedness and the performance of the obligations of the Seller hereunder;
(iii) The possession by the Issuer or its agent of the Receivable Files and any other property that constitute instruments, money, negotiable documents or chattel paper shall be deemed to be possession by the secured party or possession by the purchaser or a Person designated by such purchaser, for purposes of perfecting such security interest pursuant to the New York UCC and the UCC of any other applicable jurisdiction; and
(iv) Notifications to Persons holding such property, and acknowledgments, receipts or confirmations from Persons holding such property, shall be deemed to be notifications to, or acknowledgments, receipts or confirmations from, bailees or agents (as applicable) of the Issuer for the purpose of perfecting such security interest under applicable law.
SECTION 4.2 Notices, Etc. All demands, notices and communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be delivered or mailed by registered or certified first-class United States mail, postage prepaid, hand delivery, prepaid courier service, or by e-mail (if an applicable e-mail address is provided on Schedule I hereto), and addressed in each case as specified on Schedule I, or at such other address as shall be designated by any of the specified addressees in a written notice to the other parties hereto. Any notice required or permitted to be mailed to a Noteholder or Certificateholder shall be given by first class mail, postage prepaid, at the address of such Noteholder or Certificateholder as shown in the Note Register. Delivery shall occur only upon receipt or reported tender of such communication by an officer of the recipient entitled to receive such notices located at the address of such recipient for notices hereunder; provided, however, that any notice to a Noteholder or Certificateholder mailed within the time and manner prescribed in this Agreement shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the Noteholder or Certificateholder shall receive such notice.
SECTION 4.3 Choice of Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL, SUBSTANTIVE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REFERENCE TO THE RULES THEREOF RELATING TO CONFLICTS OF LAW, OTHER THAN SECTIONS 5-1401 AND 5-1402 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.
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SECTION 4.4 Headings. The section headings hereof have been inserted for convenience only and shall not be construed to affect the meaning, construction or effect of this Agreement.
SECTION 4.5 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, regardless of whether delivered in physical or electronic form, but all of such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
SECTION 4.6 Amendment.
(a) Any term or provision of this Agreement (including Appendix A hereto) may be amended by the Seller without the consent of the Indenture Trustee, any Noteholder, the Owner Trustee or any other Person subject to the satisfaction of one of the following conditions:
(i) The Seller delivers an Opinion of Counsel or an Officers Certificate to the Indenture Trustee to the effect that such amendment will not materially and adversely affect the interests of the Noteholders; or
(ii) The Rating Agency Condition is satisfied with respect to such amendment and the Seller notifies the Indenture Trustee in writing that the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied with respect to such amendment.
(b) This Agreement (including Appendix A) may also be amended from time to time by the Issuer and the Seller, with the consent of the Holders of Notes evidencing not less than a majority of the Outstanding Note Balance of the Controlling Class, 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. It will not be necessary for the consent of Noteholders or Certificateholders to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment or consent, but it will be sufficient if such consent approves the substance thereof. The manner of obtaining such consents (and any other consents of Noteholders and Certificateholders provided for in this Agreement) and of evidencing the authorization of the execution thereof by Noteholders and Certificateholders will be subject to such reasonable requirements as the Indenture Trustee and Owner Trustee may prescribe, including the establishment of record dates pursuant to the Depository Agreement.
(c) Prior to the execution of any amendment pursuant to this Section 4.6, the Seller shall provide written notification of the substance of such amendment to each Rating Agency; and promptly after the execution of any such amendment, the Seller shall furnish a copy of such amendment to each Rating Agency, the Issuer, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee; provided, that no amendment pursuant to this Section 4.6 shall be effective which materially and adversely affects the rights, protections or duties of the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee without the prior written consent of such Person.
(d) Prior to the execution of any amendment to this Agreement, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to receive and conclusively rely upon an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such amendment is authorized or permitted by this Agreement and an Officers Certificate of the Seller or the Administrator that all conditions precedent to the execution and delivery of such amendment have been satisfied.
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(e) Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b) of this Section 4.6, this Agreement may only be amended by the Seller if (i) the Majority Certificateholders or, if 100% of the aggregate Percentage Interests is then beneficially owned by the Bank and/or its Affiliates, such Person (or Persons), consent to such amendment or (ii) such amendment shall not, as evidenced by an Officers Certificate of the Seller or an Opinion of Counsel delivered to the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee, materially and adversely affect the interests of the Certificateholders. In determining whether 100% of the aggregate Percentage Interests is then beneficially owned by the Bank and/or its Affiliates for purposes of clause (i), any party shall be entitled to rely on an Officers Certificate or similar certification of the Bank or any Affiliate thereof to such effect.
(f) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, for purposes of classifying the Issuer as a grantor trust under the Code, no amendment shall be made to this Agreement that would (i) result in a variation of the investment of the beneficial owners of the Certificates for purposes of the United States Treasury Regulation section 301.7701-4(c) without the consent of Noteholders evidencing at least a majority of the Outstanding Note Balance of the Controlling Class and the Majority Certificateholders or (ii) cause the Issuer (or any part thereof) to be classified as other than a grantor trust under subtitle A, chapter 1, subchapter J, part I, subpart E of the Code without the consent of all of the Noteholders and all of the Certificateholders.
(g) Notwithstanding anything under this Section 4.6 or in any other Transaction Document to the contrary, to the extent permitted by the TIA, this Agreement may be amended by the Seller without the consent of any Noteholder or any other Person, and without satisfying any other provisions of this Agreement related to amendments thereto or in any other Transaction Document, solely in connection with any SOFR Adjustment Conforming Changes or, following the determination of a Benchmark Replacement, any Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes to be made by the Administrator; provided, that the Issuer has delivered notice of such amendment to the Rating Agencies on or prior to the date such amendment is executed; provided, further, that any such SOFR Adjustment Conforming Changes or any such Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes will not affect the Indenture Trustees or the Owner Trustees rights, indemnities or obligations without the Indenture Trustees or the Owner Trustees consent, respectively. For the avoidance of doubt, any SOFR Adjustment Conforming Changes or any Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes in any amendment to this agreement may be retroactive (including retroactive to the Benchmark Replacement Date) and this agreement may be amended more than once in connection with any SOFR Adjustment Conforming Changes or any Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes.
SECTION 4.7 Waivers. No failure or delay on the part of the Seller, the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee in exercising any power or right hereunder (to the extent such Person has any power or right hereunder) shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such power or right preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other power or right. No notice to or demand on the Issuer or the Seller in any case shall entitle it to any notice or demand in similar or other circumstances. No waiver or approval by either party under this Agreement shall, except as may otherwise be stated in such waiver or approval, be applicable to subsequent transactions. No waiver or approval under this Agreement shall require any similar or dissimilar waiver or approval thereafter to be granted hereunder.
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SECTION 4.8 Entire Agreement. The Transaction Documents contain a final and complete integration of all prior expressions by the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter thereof and shall constitute the entire agreement among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter thereof, superseding all prior oral or written understandings. There are no unwritten agreements among the parties.
SECTION 4.9 Severability of Provisions. If any one or more of the covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of this Agreement shall be for any reason whatsoever held invalid, 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.
SECTION 4.10 Binding Effect. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns. This Agreement shall create and constitute the continuing obligations of the parties hereto in accordance with its terms, and shall remain in full force and effect until such time as the parties hereto shall agree.
SECTION 4.11 Acknowledgment and Agreement. By execution below, the Seller expressly acknowledges and consents to the Grant of a security interest in the Receivables and the other Transferred Assets by the Issuer to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Indenture for the benefit of the Noteholders. In addition, the Seller hereby acknowledges and agrees that for so long as the Notes are outstanding, the Indenture Trustee will have, pursuant to the Transaction Documents, the right to exercise all powers, privileges and claims of the Issuer under this Agreement in the event that the Issuer shall fail to exercise the same.
SECTION 4.12 Cumulative Remedies. The remedies herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any remedies provided by law.
SECTION 4.13 Nonpetition Covenant. Each party hereto agrees that, prior to the date which is one year and one day after payment in full of all obligations of each Bankruptcy Remote Party in respect of all securities issued by any Bankruptcy Remote Party (i) such party shall not authorize any Bankruptcy Remote Party to commence a voluntary winding-up or other voluntary case or other Proceeding seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief with respect to such Bankruptcy Remote Party or its debts under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect in any jurisdiction or seeking the appointment of an administrator, a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official with respect to such Bankruptcy Remote Party or any substantial part of its property or to consent to any such relief or to the appointment of or taking possession by any such official in an involuntary case or other Proceeding commenced against such Bankruptcy Remote Party, or to make a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors generally, any party hereto or any other creditor of such Bankruptcy Remote Party, and (ii) such party shall not commence or join with any other Person in commencing any Proceeding against such Bankruptcy Remote Party under any bankruptcy, reorganization, liquidation or insolvency law or statute now or hereafter in effect in any jurisdiction. This Section shall survive the termination of this Agreement.
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SECTION 4.14 Submission to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally:
(a) submits for itself and its property in any Proceeding relating to this Agreement or any documents executed and delivered in connection herewith, or for recognition and enforcement of any judgment in respect thereof, to the nonexclusive general jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York, the courts of the United States of America for the Southern District of New York and appellate courts from any thereof;
(b) consents that any such Proceeding may be brought in such courts and waives any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the venue of such Proceeding in any such court or that such Proceeding was brought in an inconvenient court and agrees not to plead or claim the same;
(c) agrees that service of process in any such Proceeding may be effected by mailing a copy thereof by registered or certified mail (or any substantially similar form of mail), postage prepaid, to such Person at its address determined in accordance with Section 4.2 of this Agreement;
(d) agrees that nothing herein shall affect the right to effect service of process in any other manner permitted by law or shall limit the right to sue in any other jurisdiction; and
(e) to the extent permitted by applicable law, each party hereto irrevocably waives all right of trial by jury in any Proceeding or counterclaim based on, or arising out of, under or in connection with this Agreement, any other Transaction Document, or any matter arising hereunder or thereunder.
SECTION 4.15 Limitation of Liability of Owner Trustee. It is expressly understood and agreed by the parties hereto that (a) this Agreement is executed and delivered by BNY Mellon Trust of Delaware, not individually or personally but solely as Owner Trustee of the Issuer, in the exercise of the powers and authority conferred and vested in it under the Trust Agreement, (b) each of the representations, undertakings and agreements herein made on the part of the Issuer is made and intended not as personal representations, undertakings and agreements by BNY Mellon Trust of Delaware, but is made and intended for the purpose for binding only the Issuer, (c) nothing herein contained shall be construed as creating any liability on BNY Mellon Trust of Delaware, individually or personally, to perform any covenant, either express or implied, contained herein, all such liability, if any, being expressly waived by the parties hereto and any Person claiming by, through or under the parties hereto, (d) BNY Mellon Trust of Delaware has made no investigation as to the accuracy or completeness of any representations and warranties made by the Issuer in this Agreement, and (e) under no circumstances shall BNY Mellon Trust of Delaware be personally liable for the payment of any indebtedness or expenses of the Issuer or be liable for the breach or failure of any obligation, representation, warranty or covenant made or undertaken by the Issuer under this Agreement or the other related documents.
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SECTION 4.16 Third-Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns, and the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee shall be express third-party beneficiaries hereof and may enforce the provisions hereof as if it were a party hereto. Except as otherwise provided in this Section, no other Person will have any right hereunder.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the day and year first written above.
CAPITAL ONE AUTO RECEIVABLES, LLC | ||||
By: | /s/ Eric Bauder | |||
Name: Eric Bauder | ||||
Title: Assistant Vice President | ||||
CAPITAL ONE PRIME AUTO RECEIVABLES TRUST 2022-2 | ||||
By: | BNY MELLON TRUST OF DELAWARE, | |||
not in its individual capacity | ||||
but solely as Owner Trustee | ||||
By: | /s/ JoAnn C. DiOssi | |||
Name: JoAnn C. DiOssi | ||||
Title: Vice President |
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EXHIBIT A
FORM OF
ASSIGNMENT PURSUANT TO SALE AGREEMENT
[_______], 2022
For value received, in accordance with the Sale Agreement, dated as of August 10, 2022 (the Agreement), between Capital One Auto Receivables, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the Seller), and Capital One Prime Auto Receivables Trust 2022-2, a Delaware statutory trust (the Issuer), on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Agreement, the Seller does hereby sell, transfer, assign, set over, and otherwise convey to the Issuer without recourse (subject to the obligations in the Agreement), all right, title, interest, claims and demands, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, in, to and under the Transferred Assets.
The foregoing sale does not constitute and is not intended to result in any assumption by the Issuer of any obligation of the undersigned or the Originator to the Obligors, the Dealers, insurers or any other Person in connection with the Receivables, or the other assets and properties conveyed hereunder or any agreement, document or instrument related thereto.
This assignment is made pursuant to and upon the representations, warranties and agreements on the part of the undersigned contained in the Agreement and is governed by the Agreement.
Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meaning assigned to them in the Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this assignment to be duly executed as of the date first above written.
CAPITAL ONE AUTO RECEIVABLES, LLC | ||
By: |
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Name: | ||
Title: |
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SCHEDULE I
NOTICE ADDRESSES
If to the Issuer:
Capital One Prime Auto Receivables Trust 2022-2
BNY Mellon Trust of Delaware
as Owner Trustee of Capital One Prime Auto Receivables Trust 2022-2
301 Bellevue Parkway, 3rd Floor
Wilmington, Delaware 19809
with copies to the Administrator and the Indenture Trustee
If to the Bank, the Servicer or the Administrator:
Capital One, National Association
1680 Capital One Drive
McLean, Virginia 22102
Attention: Managing Vice President, Treasury Capital Markets
with a copy to:
Capital One, National Association
1680 Capital One Drive
McLean, Virginia 22102
Attention: Chief Counsel, Commercial Bank, Capital Markets and Strategic Transactions
If to the Seller:
Capital One Auto Receivables, LLC
1600 Capital One Drive
Room 27907B
McLean, Virginia 22102
Attention: Assistant Vice President
with a copy to:
Capital One, National Association
1680 Capital One Drive
McLean, Virginia 22102
Attention: Chief Counsel, Commercial Bank, Capital Markets and Strategic Transactions
If to the Indenture Trustee:
Wilmington Trust, National Association
Rodney Square North
1100 North Market Street
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Wilmington, Delaware 19890-0001
Facsimile: (302) 636-4140
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration Capital One Prime Auto Receivables Trust 2022-2
If to the Owner Trustee:
BNY Mellon Trust of Delaware
as Owner Trustee of Capital One Prime Auto Receivables Trust 2022-2
301 Bellevue Parkway, 3rd Floor
Wilmington, Delaware 19809
If to Moodys:
Moodys Investors Service, Inc.
7 World Trade Center
250 Greenwich Street
New York, New York 10007
If to S&P:
S&P Global Ratings
55 Water Street
New York, New York 10041
Attention: Asset Backed Surveillance Department
If to the Asset Representations Reviewer:
Clayton Fixed Income Services LLC
2638 South Falkenburg Road
Riverview, FL 33578
Attention: VP, Surveillance Operations
Email: ARRNotices@clayton.com
with a copy to:
Covius Services, LLC
720 S. Colorado Blvd., Suite 200
Glendale, Colorado 80246
Attention: Legal Department
Email: Legal@covius.com
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SCHEDULE II
PERFECTION REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS
In addition to the representations, warranties and covenants contained in the Agreement, the Seller hereby represents, warrants, and covenants to the Issuer as follows on the Closing Date:
General
1. This Agreement creates a valid and continuing security interest (as defined in the applicable UCC) in the Receivables and the other Transferred Assets in favor of the Issuer, which security interest is prior to all other Liens, and is enforceable as such against creditors of and purchasers from the Seller.
2. The Receivables constitute chattel paper (including electronic chattel paper or tangible chattel paper), accounts, instruments, promissory notes, payment intangibles or general intangibles, within the meaning of the applicable UCC.
3. Immediately prior to the sale, transfer, contribution, assignment and/or conveyance of a Receivable, such Receivable is secured by a first priority validly perfected and enforceable security interest in the related Financed Vehicle in favor of the Originator (or its assignee), as secured party, or all necessary actions with respect to such Receivable have been taken or will be taken to perfect a first priority security interest in the related Financed Vehicle in favor of the Originator (or its assignee), as secured party, subject, as to enforcement, to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, liquidation or other similar laws and equitable principles relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors rights generally.
Creation
4. Immediately prior to the sale, transfer, contribution, assignment and/or conveyance of a Receivable by the Seller to the Issuer, the Seller owned and had good and marketable title to such Receivable free and clear of any Lien created by the Seller (other than any Liens in favor of the Purchaser) and immediately after the sale, transfer, assignment and conveyance of such Receivable to the Issuer, the Issuer will have good and marketable title to such Receivable free and clear of any Lien created by the Seller.
5. The Seller has received all consents and approvals to the sale of the Receivables hereunder to the Issuer required by the terms of the Receivables that constitute instruments.
Perfection
6. The Seller has submitted or will have caused to be submitted, on the effective date of this Agreement, the filing of all appropriate financing statements in the proper filing office in the appropriate jurisdictions under applicable law in order to perfect the sale of the Receivables from the Seller to the Issuer and the security interest in the Receivables granted to the Issuer hereunder; and the Servicer, in its capacity as custodian, has in its possession the original copies of such instruments or tangible chattel paper that constitute or evidence the Receivables, and all financing statements referred to in this paragraph contain a statement that: A purchase of or security interest in any collateral described in this financing statement will violate the rights of the Secured Party/Purchaser.
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7. With respect to Receivables that constitute an instrument or tangible chattel paper, either:
(i) Such instruments or tangible chattel paper are in the possession of the Servicer and the Indenture Trustee has received a written acknowledgment from the Servicer that the Servicer (in its capacity as custodian) is holding such instruments or tangible chattel paper solely on behalf and for the benefit of the Indenture Trustee, as pledgee of the Issuer; or
(ii) The Servicer received possession of such instruments or tangible chattel paper after the Indenture Trustee received a written acknowledgment from the Servicer that the Servicer is acting solely as agent of the Indenture Trustee, as pledgee of the Issuer.
Priority
8. 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 (i) relating to the conveyance of the Receivables by the Bank to the Seller under the Purchase Agreement, (ii) relating to the conveyance of the Receivables by the Seller to the Issuer under the Sale Agreement, (iii) relating to the security interest granted to the Indenture Trustee under the Indenture or (iv) that has been terminated.
9. The Seller is not aware of any material judgment, ERISA or tax lien filings against the Seller.
10. Neither the Seller nor a custodian or vaulting agent thereof holding any Receivable that is electronic chattel paper has communicated an authoritative copy (as such term is used in Section 9-105 of the UCC) of any loan agreement that constitutes or evidences such Receivable to any Person other than the Servicer.
11. None of the instruments, electronic chattel paper or tangible chattel paper that constitutes or evidences the Receivables has any marks or notations indicating that they have been pledged, assigned or otherwise conveyed to any Person other than the Seller, the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee.
Survival of Perfection Representations
12. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Agreement, the perfection representations, warranties and covenants contained in this Schedule II shall be continuing, and remain in full force and effect until such time as all obligations under the Notes have been finally and fully paid and performed.
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APPENDIX A
DEFINITIONS
(see attached)
Appendix A
APPENDIX A
DEFINITIONS
The following terms have the meanings set forth, or referred to, below:
144A Notes means any Note retained by the Depositor or an Affiliate thereof on the Closing Date.
60-Day Delinquent Receivables means, as of any date of determination, all Receivables (other than Repurchased Receivables and Defaulted Receivables) that are sixty (60) or more days delinquent as of such date (or, if such date is not the last day of a Collection Period, as of the last day of the Collection Period immediately preceding such date), as determined in accordance with the Servicers Customary Servicing Practices.
Accrued Class A Note Interest means, with respect to any Payment Date, the sum of the Class A Noteholders Monthly Accrued Interest for such Payment Date and the Class A Noteholders Interest Carryover Shortfall for such Payment Date.
Accrued Class B Note Interest means, with respect to any Payment Date, the sum of the Class B Noteholders Monthly Accrued Interest for such Payment Date and the Class B Noteholders Interest Carryover Shortfall for such Payment Date.
Accrued Class C Note Interest means, with respect to any Payment Date, the sum of the Class C Noteholders Monthly Accrued Interest for such Payment Date and the Class C Noteholders Interest Carryover Shortfall for such Payment Date.
Accrued Class D Note Interest means, with respect to any Payment Date, the sum of the Class D Noteholders Monthly Accrued Interest for such Payment Date and the Class D Noteholders Interest Carryover Shortfall for such Payment Date.
Act has the meaning set forth in Section 11.3(a) of the Indenture.
Adjusted Pool Balance means, as of any date of determination, the Net Pool Balance as of that date minus the YSOC Amount as of that date.
Administration Agreement means the Administration Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, between the Administrator, the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, as the same may be amended and supplemented from time to time.
Administrator means the Bank, or any successor Administrator under the Administration Agreement.
Affiliate means, for any specified Person, any other Person which, directly or indirectly, controls, is controlled by or is under common control with such specified Person and affiliated has a meaning correlative to the foregoing. For purposes of this definition, control means the power, directly or indirectly, to cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person.
Applicable Tax State means, as of any date, each State as to which any of the following is then applicable: (a) a State in which the Owner Trustee maintains its Corporate Trust Office, (b) a State in which the Owner Trustee maintains its principal executive offices, and (c) the States of Virginia and Texas.
Asset Representations Review Agreement means the Asset Representations Review Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, between the Issuer, the Servicer and the Asset Representations Reviewer.
Asset Representations Reviewer means Clayton Fixed Income Services LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, or any successor Asset Representations Reviewer under the Asset Representations Review Agreement.
Asset Review has the meaning assigned to such term in the Asset Representations Review Agreement.
Authenticating Agent means any Person appointed by the Indenture Trustee at the direction of the Issuer to act on behalf of the Indenture Trustee to authenticate and deliver the Notes.
Authorized Newspaper means a newspaper of general circulation in the City of New York, printed in the English language and customarily published on each Business Day, whether or not published on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays.
Authorized Officer means: (a) with respect to the Issuer, (i) any officer of the Owner Trustee who is authorized to act for the Owner Trustee in matters relating to the Issuer and who is identified on the list of Authorized Officers delivered by the Owner Trustee to the Indenture Trustee on the Closing Date (as such list may be modified or supplemented from time to time thereafter) or (ii) so long as the Administration Agreement is in effect, any officer of the Administrator who is authorized to act for the Administrator in matters relating to the Issuer pursuant to the Administration Agreement and who is identified on the list of Authorized Officers delivered by the Administrator to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee on the Closing Date (as such list may be modified or supplemented from time to time thereafter); and (b) with respect to the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Note Registrar and the Servicer, any officer of the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Note Registrar or the Servicer, as applicable, who is authorized to act for the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Note Registrar or the Servicer, as applicable, in matters relating to the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Note Registrar or the Servicer and who is identified on the list of Authorized Officers delivered by each of the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee and the Servicer to the Indenture Trustee on the Closing Date or by the Note Registrar on the date of its appointment as such (as such list may be modified or supplemented from time to time thereafter).
Available Funds means, for any Payment Date and the related Collection Period, an amount equal to the sum of the following amounts: (i) all Collections on deposit in the Collection Account received by the Servicer during such Collection Period; (ii) the sum of the Repurchase Prices deposited into the Collection Account with respect to each Receivable that is to become a Repurchased Receivable during the related Collection Period; (iii) the Optional Purchase Price deposited into the Collection Account in connection with the exercise of the Optional Purchase; and (iv) the Reserve Account Excess Amount for such Payment Date.
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Available Funds Shortfall Amount means, as of any Payment Date, the amount by which the sum of the amounts required to be paid pursuant to clauses first through ninth of Section 8.5(a) of the Indenture exceeds the Available Funds for such Payment Date.
Bank means Capital One, National Association, a national banking association, and its successors and assigns.
Bankruptcy Code means the United States Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C. 101 et seq., as amended.
Bankruptcy Event means, with respect to any Person, (i) the filing of a decree or order for relief by a court having jurisdiction in the premises in respect of such Person in an involuntary case under any applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar official of such Person, or ordering the winding-up or liquidation of such Persons affairs, and such decree or order shall remain unstayed and in effect for a period of ninety (90) consecutive days or (ii) 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 or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar official of such Person, or the making by such Person of any general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the failure by such Person generally to pay its debts as such debts become due, or the taking of action by such Person in furtherance of any of the foregoing.
Bankruptcy Remote Party means each of the Depositor, the Issuer, any other trust created by the Depositor or any limited liability company or corporation wholly-owned by the Depositor.
Benefit Plan means (i) any employee benefit plan as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA, that is subject to Title I of ERISA, (ii) a plan as described by Section 4975(e)(1) of the Code, that is subject to Section 4975 of the Code or (iii) any entity deemed to hold the plan assets of any of the foregoing by reason of such employee benefit plans or other plans investment in the entity.
Benchmark means, initially, the SOFR Rate; provided that if the Administrator determines prior to the relevant Reference Time that a Benchmark Transition Event and its related Benchmark Replacement Date have occurred with respect to the SOFR Rate or the then-current Benchmark, then Benchmark means the applicable Benchmark Replacement.
Benchmark Administrator means the administrator of the Benchmark.
Benchmark Replacement means the first alternative set forth in the order below that can be determined by the Administrator as of the Benchmark Replacement Date;
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(1) the sum of: (a) the alternate rate of interest that has been selected or recommended by the Relevant Governmental Body as the replacement for the then-current Benchmark and (b) the Benchmark Replacement Adjustment;
(2) the sum of: (a) the ISDA Fallback Rate and (b) the Benchmark Replacement Adjustment; or
(3) the sum of: (a) the alternate rate of interest that has been selected by the Administrator as the replacement for the then-current Benchmark giving due consideration to any industry-accepted rate of interest as a replacement for the then-current Benchmark for U.S. dollar-denominated floating rate securities at such time and (b) the Benchmark Replacement Adjustment.
Benchmark Replacement Adjustment means the first alternative set forth in the order below that can be determined by the Administrator as of the Benchmark Replacement Date:
(1) the spread adjustment (which may be a positive or negative value or zero), or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, that has been selected or recommended by the Relevant Governmental Body for the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement;
(2) if the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement is equivalent to the ISDA Fallback Rate, the ISDA Fallback Adjustment; or
(3) the spread adjustment (which may be a positive or negative value or zero) that has been selected by the Administrator giving due consideration to any industry-accepted spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of the then-current Benchmark with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for U.S. dollar-denominated floating rate securities at such time.
Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes means, with respect to any Benchmark Replacement, any technical, administrative or operational changes (including changes to the interest period, timing and frequency of determining rates and making payments of interest, rounding of amounts or tenors, and other administrative matters) that the Administrator decides may be appropriate to reflect the adoption of such Benchmark Replacement in a manner substantially consistent with market practice (or, if the Administrator decides that adoption of any portion of such market practice is not administratively feasible or if the Administrator determines that no market practice for use of the Benchmark Replacement exists, in such other manner as the Administrator determines is reasonably necessary).
Benchmark Replacement Date means the earliest to occur of the following events with respect to the then-current Benchmark (including the daily published component used in the calculation thereof):
(1) in the case of clause (1) or (2) of the definition of Benchmark Transition Event, the later of (a) the date of the public statement or publication of information referenced therein and (b) the date on which the Benchmark Administrator permanently or indefinitely ceases to provide the Benchmark (or such component); or
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(2) in the case of clause (3) of the definition of Benchmark Transition Event, the date of the public statement or publication of information referenced therein.
For the avoidance of doubt, if the event that gives rise to the Benchmark Replacement Date occurs on the same day as, but earlier than, the Reference Time in respect of any determination, the Benchmark Replacement Date will be deemed to have occurred prior to the Reference Time for such determination.
Benchmark Transition Event means the occurrence of one or more of the following events with respect to the then-current Benchmark (including the daily published component used in the calculation thereof):
(1) a public statement or publication of information by or on behalf of the Benchmark Administrator (or such component) announcing that such Benchmark Administrator has ceased or will cease to provide the Benchmark (or such component), permanently or indefinitely, provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor Benchmark Administrator that will continue to provide the Benchmark (or such component); or
(2) a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the Benchmark Administrator (or such component), the central bank for the currency of the Benchmark (or such component), an insolvency official with jurisdiction over the Benchmark Administrator (or such component), a resolution authority with jurisdiction over the Benchmark Administrator (or such component) or a court or an entity with similar insolvency or resolution authority over the Benchmark Administrator, which states that the Benchmark Administrator (or such component) has ceased or will cease to provide the Benchmark (or such component) permanently or indefinitely, provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor Benchmark Administrator that will continue to provide the Benchmark (or such component); or
(3) a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the Benchmark Administrator announcing that the Benchmark is no longer representative.
Book-Entry Certificates means the Certificates held by a Clearing Agency or its nominee and with respect to which beneficial ownership and transfers thereof shall be made through book entries by a Clearing Agency as described in Section 3.3 of the Trust Agreement.
Book-Entry Notes means a beneficial interest in the Notes, ownership and transfers of which shall be made through book entries by a Clearing Agency as described in Section 2.10 of the Indenture.
Business Day means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in the states of Delaware, Virginia, Texas or New York, or in the state in which the Corporate Trust Office of the Indenture Trustee is located, are authorized or obligated by law, executive order or government decree to be closed.
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Capital One Parties means collectively, the Bank, the Depositor and the Issuer.
Certificate means a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit A to the Trust Agreement evidencing a beneficial interest in the Issuer. For the avoidance of doubt, the references in the Transaction Documents to a Certificate or a Certificateholder, unless the context otherwise requires, shall be deemed to be references to Certificates or Certificateholders if more than one Certificate has been issued.
Certificate Distribution Account means the account designated as such, established and maintained pursuant to Section 8.2(a)(iv) of the Indenture.
Certificate Investor Representation Letter means a certificate investor representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit B to the Trust Agreement.
Certificate of Title means, with respect to any Financed Vehicle, the certificate of title or other documentary evidence of ownership of such Financed Vehicle as issued by the department, agency or official of the jurisdiction (whether in paper or electronic form) in which such Financed Vehicle is titled and which is responsible for accepting applications for, and maintaining records regarding, certificates of title and liens thereon.
Certificate of Trust means the certificate of trust for the Issuer filed on December 10, 2019, and the certificate of amendment to the certificate of trust for the Issuer filed on July 1, 2022, each filed by the Owner Trustee pursuant to the Statutory Trust Statute.
Certificate Owner means, with respect to a Book-Entry Certificate, the Person who is the beneficial owner of such Book-Entry Certificate, as reflected on the books of the Clearing Agency or 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).
Certificate Paying Agent means Wilmington Trust, National Association or any other Person appointed as the successor Certificate Paying Agent pursuant to Section 3.9 of the Trust Agreement.
Certificate Register has the meaning set forth in Section 3.6 of the Trust Agreement.
Certificate Registrar has the meaning set forth in Section 3.6 of the Trust Agreement.
Certificateholder means, as of any date, the Person in whose name a Certificate is registered on the Certificate Register on such date.
Class means a group of Notes whose form is identical except for variation in denomination, principal amount or owner, and references to each Class thus mean each of the Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2a Notes, the Class A-2b Notes, the Class A-3 Notes, the Class A-4 Notes, the Class B Notes, the Class C Notes and the Class D Notes.
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Class A Noteholders means, collectively, the Class A-1 Noteholders, the Class A-2a Noteholders, the Class A-2b Noteholders, the Class A-3 Noteholders and the Class A-4 Noteholders.
Class A Noteholders Interest Carryover Shortfall means, with respect to any Payment Date, the excess of (A) the sum of (i) the Class A Noteholders Monthly Accrued Interest for the preceding Payment Date and (ii) any Class A Noteholders Interest Carryover Shortfall for the preceding Payment Date, over (B) the amount in respect of interest that was actually paid to Noteholders of Class A Notes on such preceding Payment Date, plus interest on the amount of interest due but not paid to Noteholders of Class A Notes on the preceding Payment Date, to the extent permitted by law, at the respective Interest Rates borne by such Class A Notes for the related Interest Period.
Class A Noteholders Monthly Accrued Interest means, with respect to any Payment Date, the aggregate interest accrued for the related Interest Period on the Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2a Notes, the Class A-2b Notes, the Class A-3 Notes and the Class A-4 Notes at the respective Interest Rate for such Class on the Note Balance of the Notes of each such Class as of the immediately preceding Payment Date or the Closing Date, as the case may be, after giving effect to all payments of principal to the Noteholders of the Notes of such Class on or prior to such preceding Payment Date.
Class A Notes means, collectively, the Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2a Notes, the Class A-2b Notes, the Class A-3 Notes and the Class A-4 Notes.
Class A-1 Final Scheduled Payment Date means the Payment Date occurring in August 15, 2023.
Class A-1 Interest Rate means 2.872% per annum (computed on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed during the applicable Interest Period, but assuming a 360-day year).
Class A-1 Note Balance means, at any time, the Initial Class A-1 Note Balance reduced by all payments of principal made prior to such time on the Class A-1 Notes.
Class A-1 Noteholder means the Person in whose name a Class A-1 Note is registered on the Note Register.
Class A-1 Notes means the Class of Auto Loan Asset Backed Notes designated as Class A-1 Notes, issued in accordance with the Indenture.
Class A-2a Final Scheduled Payment Date means the Payment Date occurring in September 15, 2025.
Class A-2a Interest Rate means 3.74% per annum (computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months).
Class A-2a Note Balance means, at any time, the Initial Class A-2a Note Balance reduced by all payments of principal made prior to such time on the Class A-2a Notes.
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Class A-2a Noteholder means the Person in whose name a Class A-2a Note is registered on the Note Register.
Class A-2a Notes means the Class of Auto Loan Asset Backed Notes designated as Class A-2a Notes, issued in accordance with the Indenture.
Class A-2b Final Scheduled Payment Date means the Payment Date occurring in September 15, 2025.
Class A-2b Interest Rate means the Benchmark, which initially will be the SOFR Rate, + 0.65% per annum (computed on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed during the relevant Interest Period and a 360-day year); provided that, if the Benchmark + 0.65% is less than 0.00% for any Interest Period, then the Class A-2b Interest Rate for such Interest Period will be deemed to be 0.00%.
Class A-2b Note Balance means, at any time, the Initial Class A-2b Note Balance reduced by all payments of principal made prior to such time on the Class A-2b Notes.
Class A-2b Noteholder means the Person in whose name a Class A-2b Note is registered on the Note Register.
Class A-2b Notes means the Class of Auto Loan Asset Backed Notes designated as Class A-2b Notes, issued in accordance with the Indenture.
Class A-3 Final Scheduled Payment Date means the Payment Date occurring in May 17, 2027.
Class A-3 Interest Rate means 3.66% per annum (computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months).
Class A-3 Note Balance means, at any time, the Initial Class A-3 Note Balance reduced by all payments of principal made prior to such time on the Class A-3 Notes.
Class A-3 Noteholder means the Person in whose name a Class A-3 Note is registered on the Note Register.
Class A-3 Notes means the Class of Auto Loan Asset Backed Notes designated as Class A-3 Notes, issued in accordance with the Indenture.
Class A-4 Final Scheduled Payment Date means the Payment Date occurring in December 15, 2027.
Class A-4 Interest Rate means 3.69% per annum (computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30 day months).
Class A-4 Note Balance means, at any time, the Initial Class A-4 Note Balance reduced by all payments of principal made prior to such time on the Class A-4 Notes.
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Class A-4 Noteholder means the Person in whose name a Class A-4 Note is registered on the Note Register.
Class A-4 Notes means the Class of Auto Loan Asset Backed Notes designated as Class A-4 Notes, issued in accordance with the Indenture.
Class B Final Scheduled Payment Date means the Payment Date occurring in January 17, 2028.
Class B Interest Rate means 4.27% per annum (computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months).
Class B Note Balance means, at any time, the Initial Class B Note Balance reduced by all payments of principal made prior to such time on the Class B Notes.
Class B Noteholder means the Person in whose name a Class B Note is registered on the Note Register.
Class B Noteholders Interest Carryover Shortfall means, with respect to any Payment Date, the excess of (A) the sum of (i) the Class B Noteholders Monthly Accrued Interest for the preceding Payment Date and (ii) any Class B Noteholders Interest Carryover Shortfall for the preceding Payment Date, over (B) the amount in respect of interest that was actually paid to Noteholders of Class B Notes on such preceding Payment Date, plus interest on the amount of interest due but not paid to Noteholders of Class B Notes on the preceding Payment Date, to the extent permitted by law, at the Interest Rate borne by such Class B Notes for the related Interest Period.
Class B Noteholders Monthly Accrued Interest means, with respect to any Payment Date, the aggregate interest accrued for the related Interest Period on the Class B Notes at the Class B Interest Rate on the Class B Note Balance on the immediately preceding Payment Date or the Closing Date, as the case may be, after giving effect to all payments of principal to the Class B Noteholders on or prior to such preceding Payment Date.
Class B Notes means the Class of Auto Loan Asset Backed Notes designated as Class B Notes, issued in accordance with the Indenture.
Class C Final Scheduled Payment Date means the Payment Date occurring in February 15, 2028.
Class C Interest Rate means 4.67% per annum (computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months).
Class C Note Balance means, at any time, the Initial Class C Note Balance reduced by all payments of principal made prior to such time on the Class C Notes.
Class C Noteholder means the Person in whose name a Class C Note is registered on the Note Register.
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Class C Noteholders Interest Carryover Shortfall means, with respect to any Payment Date, the excess of (A) the sum of (i) the Class C Noteholders Monthly Accrued Interest for the preceding Payment Date and (ii) any Class C Noteholders Interest Carryover Shortfall for the preceding Payment Date, over (B) the amount in respect of interest that was actually paid to Noteholders of Class C Notes on such preceding Payment Date, plus interest on the amount of interest due but not paid to Noteholders of Class C Notes on the preceding Payment Date, to the extent permitted by law, at the Interest Rate borne by such Class C Notes for the related Interest Period.
Class C Noteholders Monthly Accrued Interest means, with respect to any Payment Date, the aggregate interest accrued for the related Interest Period on the Class C Notes at the Class C Interest Rate on the Class C Note Balance on the immediately preceding Payment Date or the Closing Date, as the case may be, after giving effect to all payments of principal to the Class C Noteholders on or prior to such preceding Payment Date.
Class C Notes means the Class of Auto Loan Asset Backed Notes designated as Class C Notes, issued in accordance with the Indenture.
Class D Final Scheduled Payment Date means the Payment Date occurring in November 15, 2028.
Class D Interest Rate means 5.40% per annum (computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months).
Class D Note Balance means, at any time, the Initial Class D Note Balance reduced by all payments of principal made prior to such time on the Class D Notes.
Class D Noteholder means the Person in whose name a Class D Note is registered on the Note Register.
Class D Noteholders Interest Carryover Shortfall means, with respect to any Payment Date, the excess of (A) the sum of (i) the Class D Noteholders Monthly Accrued Interest for the preceding Payment Date and (ii) any Class D Noteholders Interest Carryover Shortfall for the preceding Payment Date, over (B) the amount in respect of interest that was actually paid to Noteholders of Class D Notes on such preceding Payment Date, plus interest on the amount of interest due but not paid to Noteholders of Class D Notes on the preceding Payment Date, to the extent permitted by law, at the Interest Rate borne by such Class D Notes for the related Interest Period.
Class D Noteholders Monthly Accrued Interest means, with respect to any Payment Date, the aggregate interest accrued for the related Interest Period on the Class D Notes at the Class D Interest Rate on the Class D Note Balance on the immediately preceding Payment Date or the Closing Date, as the case may be, after giving effect to all payments of principal to the Class D Noteholders on or prior to such preceding Payment Date.
Class D Notes means the Class of Auto Loan Asset Backed Notes designated as Class D Notes, issued in accordance with the Indenture.
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Clearing Agency means an organization registered as a clearing agency pursuant to Section 17A of the Exchange Act and shall initially be DTC.
Clearing Agency Participant means a broker, dealer, bank or other financial institution or other Person for which from time to time a Clearing Agency effects book-entry transfers and pledges of securities deposited with the Clearing Agency.
Closing Date means August 10, 2022.
Code means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, and any successor law thereto, and the regulations promulgated and the rulings issued thereunder.
Collateral has the meaning set forth in the Granting Clause of the Indenture.
Collection Account means the trust account established and maintained pursuant to Section 8.2(a)(i) of the Indenture.
Collection Period means the period commencing on the first day of each calendar month and ending on the last day of such calendar month (or, in the case of the initial Collection Period, the period commencing on the close of business on the Cut-Off Date and ending on August 31, 2022). As used herein, the related Collection Period with respect to any date of determination or a Payment Date shall be deemed to be the Collection Period which precedes that date of determination or such Payment Date.
Collections means, with respect to the Receivables and to the extent received by the Servicer after the Cut-Off Date, the sum of (i) any monthly payment by or on behalf of the Obligors thereunder or any other amounts received by the Servicer which, in accordance with the Customary Servicing Practices, would customarily be applied to the payment of accrued interest or to reduce the Outstanding Principal Balance of a Receivable, (ii) any full or partial prepayment of such Receivables and (iii) all Liquidation Proceeds; provided, however, that the term Collections in no event will include (1) for any Payment Date, any amounts in respect of any Receivable the Repurchase Price of which has been included in the Available Funds on a prior Payment Date, (2) any Supplemental Servicing Fees and Reimbursements or (3) premiums with respect to any Insurance Policy, rebates of premiums with respect to the cancellation or termination of any Insurance Policy, extended warranty or service contract that was not financed by, or is not included in the Outstanding Principal Balance of, any Receivable.
Commission means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Compounded SOFR with respect to any U.S. Government Securities Business Day, means:
(1) the applicable compounded average of SOFR for a tenor of 30 days as published on such U.S. Government Securities Business Day at the SOFR Determination Time; or
(2) if the rate specified in (1) above does not so appear, the applicable compounded average of SOFR for a tenor of 30 days as published in respect of the first preceding U.S. Government Securities Business Day for which such rate appeared on the FRBNYs Website.
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Computation Agent means the Person appointed by a majority of the Noteholders evidencing at least a majority of the Outstanding Note Balance (or, if no Notes are Outstanding, by the Majority Certificateholders) to fulfill the role of Computation Agent pursuant to Section 12.4 of the Indenture. For the avoidance of doubt, the Indenture Trustee or Owner Trustee may (but are not required to) serve in this role, and the Indenture Trustee acting as Computation Agent will be entitled to a fee for such service pursuant to Section 6.7 of the Indenture, and the Owner Trustee acting as Computation Agent will be entitled to a fee for such service pursuant to Section 8.1 of the Trust Agreement.
Contract means, with respect to any Receivable, the motor vehicle retail installment sale contract and/or the installment loan, any amendments thereto and any related documentary draft, if applicable, evidencing such Receivable.
Contract Rate means, with respect to a Receivable, the rate per annum at which interest accrues under the Contract evidencing such Receivable. Such rate may be less than the Annual Percentage Rate disclosed in the Receivable.
Controlling Class means, with respect to any Notes Outstanding, the Class A Notes (voting together as a single Class) as long as any Class A Notes are Outstanding, and thereafter the Class B Notes as long as any Class B Notes are Outstanding, and thereafter the Class C Notes as long as any Class C Notes are Outstanding and thereafter the Class D Notes as long as any Class D Notes are Outstanding, excluding, in each case, Notes held by the Servicer, the Administrator, the Issuer, any Certificateholder or any of their respective Affiliates.
Corporate Trust Office means:
(a) as used with respect to the Indenture Trustee, 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 the execution of the Indenture is located at Wilmington Trust, National Association, Rodney Square North, 1100 North Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19890, Attention: Corporate Trust Administration Capital One Prime Auto Receivables Trust 2022-2, or at such other address as the Indenture Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Noteholders, the Administrator, the Servicer and the Issuer, or the principal corporate trust office of any successor Indenture Trustee (the address of which the successor Indenture Trustee will notify the Noteholders, the Administrator, the Servicer and the Owner Trustee); and
(b) as used with respect to Owner Trustee, the corporate trust office of the Owner Trustee located at BNY Mellon Trust of Delaware, 301 Bellevue Parkway, 3rd Floor, Wilmington, Delaware 19809, Attention: Capital One Prime Auto Receivables Trust 2022-2, with a copy to BNY Mellon, 240 Greenwich Street, 7th Floor, New York, New York 10286, Attention: Structured Finance ABS New York, or at such other address as the Owner Trustee may designate by notice to the Certificateholder and the Depositor, or the principal corporate trust office of any successor Owner Trustee (the address of which the successor Owner Trustee will notify the Certificateholder and the Depositor).
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Cumulative Net Loss Ratio means, as of any Payment Date, the ratio (expressed as a percentage) of (a) the aggregate Outstanding Principal Balance of Receivables that became Defaulted Receivables which occurred during the period from the Cut-Off Date through the end of the related Collection Period reduced by the amount of Liquidation Proceeds with respect to Defaulted Receivables received since the Cut-Off Date to (b) the aggregate Outstanding Principal Balance of the Receivables as of the Cut-Off Date.
Customary Servicing Practices means the customary servicing practices of the Servicer or any Sub-Servicer with respect to all comparable motor vehicle receivables that the Servicer or such Sub-Servicer, as applicable, services for itself or others (which includes, or is modified with respect to the Receivables to include, that no modification to any Receivable is permitted other than a Permitted Modification), as such practices may be changed from time to time (except to the extent any such change could result in the Issuer being treated as other than a fixed investment trust described in Treasury Regulation section 301.7701-4(c) that is treated as a grantor trust under subtitle A, chapter 1, subchapter J, part I, subpart E of the Code), it being understood that the Servicer and the Sub-Servicers may not have the same Customary Servicing Practices.
Cut-Off Date means June 30, 2022.
Dealer means a motor vehicle dealership.
Default means any occurrence that is, or with notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default.
Defaulted Receivable means a Receivable (other than a Repurchased Receivable) that the Servicer has charged-off (in whole or in part) in accordance with its Customary Servicing Practices.
Definitive Certificates has the meaning set forth in Section 3.3 of the Trust Agreement.
Definitive Note has the meaning set forth in Section 2.10 of the Indenture.
Delinquency Percentage means, for any Payment Date and the related Collection Period, an amount equal to the ratio (expressed as a percentage) of (i) the aggregate Outstanding Principal Balance of all 60-Day Delinquent Receivables as of the last day of such Collection Period to (ii) the Net Pool Balance as of the last day of such Collection Period.
Delinquency Trigger means, for any Payment Date and the related Collection Period, 4.50%.
Delivery when used with respect to Trust Account Property means:
(a) with respect to bankers acceptances, commercial paper, negotiable certificates of deposit and other obligations that constitute instruments as defined in Section 9-102(a)(47) of the UCC and are susceptible of physical delivery, transfer of actual possession thereof to the Indenture Trustee or its nominee or custodian by physical delivery to the Indenture Trustee or its nominee or custodian endorsed to the Indenture Trustee or its nominee or custodian or endorsed in blank;
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(b) with respect to a certificated security (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(4) of the UCC) transfer of actual possession thereof (i) by physical delivery of such certificated security to the Indenture Trustee or its nominee or custodian endorsed to, or registered in the name of, the Indenture Trustee or its nominee or custodian or endorsed in blank, or to another person, other than a securities intermediary (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(14) of the UCC), who acquires possession of the certificated security on behalf of the Indenture Trustee or its nominee or custodian or, having previously acquired possession of the certificate, acknowledges that it holds for the Indenture Trustee or its nominee or custodian or (ii) if such certificated security is in registered form, by delivery thereof to a securities intermediary, endorsed to or registered in the name of the Indenture Trustee or its nominee or custodian, and the making by such securities intermediary of entries on its books and records identifying such certificated securities as belonging to the Indenture Trustee or its nominee or custodian and the sending by such securities intermediary of a confirmation of the purchase of such certificated security by the Indenture Trustee or its nominee or custodian (all of the foregoing, Physical Property), and, in any event, any such Physical Property in registered form shall be in the name of the Indenture Trustee or its nominee or custodian; and such additional or alternative procedures as may hereafter become appropriate to effect the complete transfer of ownership of any such Trust Account Property to the Indenture Trustee or its nominee or custodian, consistent with changes in applicable law or regulations or the interpretation thereof;
(c) with respect to any securities issued by the U.S. Treasury, the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, the Federal National Mortgage Association or the other government agencies, instrumentalities and establishments of the United States identified in Appendix A to Federal Reserve Bank Operating Circular No. 7 as in effect from time to time that is a book-entry security (as such term is defined in Federal Reserve Bank Operating Circular No. 7) held in a securities account and eligible for transfer through the Fedwire® Securities Service operated by the Federal Reserve System pursuant to Federal book-entry regulations, the following procedures, all in accordance with applicable law, including applicable Federal regulations and Articles 8 and 9 of the UCC: book-entry registration of such Trust Account Property to an appropriate securities account maintained with a Federal Reserve Bank by a participant (as such term is defined in Federal Reserve Bank Operating Circular No. 7) that is a depository institution (as defined in Section 19(b)(1)(A) of the Federal Reserve Act) pursuant to applicable Federal regulations, and issuance by such depository institution of a deposit notice or other written confirmation of such book-entry registration to the Indenture Trustee or its nominee or custodian of the purchase by the Indenture Trustee or its nominee or custodian of such book-entry securities; the making by such depository institution of entries in its books and records identifying such book entry security held through the Federal Reserve System pursuant to Federal book-entry regulations or a security entitlement thereto as belonging to the Indenture Trustee or its nominee or custodian and indicating that such depository institution holds such Trust Account Property solely as agent for the Indenture Trustee or its nominee or custodian; and such additional or alternative procedures as may hereafter become appropriate to effect complete transfer of ownership of any such Trust Account Property to the Indenture Trustee or its nominee or custodian, consistent with changes in applicable law or regulations or the interpretation thereof; and
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(d) with respect to any item of Trust Account Property that is an uncertificated security (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(18) of the UCC) and that is not governed by clause (b) above, (i) registration on the books and records of the issuer thereof in the name of the Indenture Trustee or its nominee or custodian, or (ii) registration on the books and records of the issuer thereof in the name of another person, other than a securities intermediary, who acknowledges that it holds such uncertificated security for the benefit of the Indenture Trustee or its nominee or custodian.
Depositor means Capital One Auto Receivables, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
Depository Agreement means the agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, executed by the Issuer in favor of DTC, as initial Clearing Agency, relating to the Notes and the Book-Entry Certificates, if any, as the same may be amended or supplemented from time to time.
Determination Date means, for any Collection Period, the third Business Day preceding the related Payment Date, beginning September 12, 2022.
Disqualified Transferee has the meaning set forth in Section 3.7 of the Trust Agreement.
Dollar and $ mean lawful currency of the United States of America.
Domestic Corporation means an entity that is treated as a corporation for United States federal income tax purposes and is a U.S. Tax Person.
DTC means The Depository Trust Company, and its successors.
Eligible Account means either (a) a segregated account with an Eligible Institution or (b) a segregated trust account with the corporate trust department of a depository institution organized under the laws of the United States of America or any one of the states thereof or the District of Columbia (or any domestic branch of a foreign bank), having corporate trust powers and acting as trustee for funds deposited in such account, so long as (i) the long-term unsecured debt of such depository institution shall have a credit rating from S&P of at least BBB and from Moodys of at least Baa3 and (ii) the long-term unsecured debt of such depository institution shall have a credit rating from Fitch of at least A or the commercial paper, short-term debt obligations or other short-term deposits of such depository institution shall have a credit rating of at least F1 from Fitch. Any such trust account may be maintained with the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee or any of their respective Affiliates, if such accounts meet the requirements described in clause (b) of the preceding sentence.
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Eligible Institution means a depository institution or trust company (other than any Affiliate of Capital One Financial Corporation) (which may be the Owner Trustee or any of its Affiliates) organized under the laws of the United States of America or any one of the states thereof or the District of Columbia (or any domestic branch of a foreign bank) (i) which at all times has either (A) a long-term senior unsecured debt rating of A2 or better by Moodys and A or better by S&P, or such other rating that is acceptable to each Rating Agency, as evidenced by a letter from such Rating Agency to the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee or (B) a certificate of deposit rating of P-1 by Moodys and A-1 by S&P, or (C) such other rating that is acceptable to each Rating Agency, as evidenced by a letter from such Rating Agency to the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee and (ii) whose deposits are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
Eligible Receivable means a Receivable meeting all of the criteria set forth on Schedule II of the Purchase Agreement as of the Closing Date.
ERISA means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.
EU Securitization Regulation means Regulation (EU) 2017/2402 of the European Parliament and of the Council of December 12, 2017.
EU SR Rules means the EU Securitization Regulation, together with all relevant implementing regulations in relation thereto, all regulatory and/or implementing technical standards in relation thereto or applicable in relation thereto pursuant to any transitional arrangements made pursuant to the EU Securitization Regulation and, in each case, any relevant guidance published in relation thereto by the European Banking Authority, the European Securities and Markets Authority and the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (or in each case, any predecessor or any other applicable regulatory authority) or by the European Commission.
Event of Default has the meaning set forth in Section 5.1 of the Indenture.
Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Exchange Act Reports means any reports on Form 10-D, Form 8-K and Form 10-K filed or to be filed by the Seller with respect to the Issuer under the Exchange Act.
FATCA means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereunder or official interpretations thereof and any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code, any published intergovernmental agreement entered into in connection with the implementation of the foregoing and any fiscal or regulatory legislation, rules or official practices adopted pursuant to such published intergovernmental agreement.
FATCA Withholding Tax means any withholding or deduction required pursuant to FATCA.
FDIC means the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
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FDIC Rule means the FDICs rule regarding the treatment by the FDIC, as receiver or conservator of an insured depository institution, of financial assets transferred by the institution in connection with a securitization or participation (12 C.F.R. § 360.6).
Final Scheduled Payment Date means, with respect to (i) the Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-1 Final Scheduled Payment Date, (ii) the Class A-2a Notes, the Class A-2a Final Scheduled Payment Date, (iii) the Class A-2b Notes, the Class A-2b Final Scheduled Payment Date, (iv) the Class A-3 Notes, the Class A-3 Final Scheduled Payment Date, (v) the Class A-4 Notes, the Class A-4 Final Scheduled Payment Date, (vi) the Class B Notes, the Class B Final Scheduled Payment Date, (vii) the Class C Notes, the Class C Final Scheduled Payment Date, and (viii) the Class D Notes, the Class D Final Scheduled Payment Date.
Financed Vehicle means a new or used automobile, light-duty truck, SUV or van, together with all accessions thereto, securing an Obligors indebtedness under the applicable Receivable.
First Allocation of Principal means, for any Payment Date, an amount not less than zero equal to the excess, if any, of (a) the Note Balance of the Class A Notes as of such Payment Date (before giving effect to any principal payments made on the Class A Notes on such Payment Date) over (b) the Adjusted Pool Balance as of the last day of the related Collection Period; provided, further, that the First Allocation of Principal for any Payment Date on and after the Final Scheduled Payment Date for any Class of Class A Notes shall not be less than the amount that is necessary to reduce the Note Balance of that Class of Class A Notes to zero.
Fitch means Fitch Ratings, Inc. or any successor that is a nationally recognized statistical rating organization.
Form 10-D Disclosure Item means, with respect to any Person, (a) any legal proceedings pending against such Person or of which any property of such Person is then subject, or (b) any proceedings known to be contemplated by governmental authorities against such Person or of which any property of such Person would be subject, in each case that would be material to the Noteholders.
Fourth Allocation of Principal means, for any Payment Date, an amount not less than zero equal to the excess, if any, of (a) the sum of the Note Balance of the Class A Notes, the Class B Notes, the Class C Notes and the Class D Notes minus the sum of the First Allocation of Principal, the Second Allocation of Principal and the Third Allocation of Principal for that Payment Date as of such Payment Date (before giving effect to any principal payments made on the Notes on such Payment Date) over (b) the Adjusted Pool Balance as of the last day of the related Collection Period; provided, however, that the Fourth Allocation of Principal on and after the Final Scheduled Payment Date for the Class D Notes shall not be less than the amount that is necessary to reduce the Note Balance of the Class D Notes to zero (after the application of the First Allocation of Principal, Second Allocation of Principal and Third Allocation of Principal).
FRBNY means the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
FRBNYs Website means the website of the FRBNY, currently at https://apps.newyorkfed.org/markets/autorates/sofr-avg-ind or at such other page as may replace such page on the FRBNYs website.
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GAAP means generally accepted accounting principles in the USA, applied on a materially consistent basis.
Governmental Authority means any (a) Federal, state, municipal, foreign or other governmental entity, board, bureau, agency or instrumentality, (b) administrative or regulatory authority (including any central bank or similar authority) or (c) court or judicial authority.
Grant means mortgage, pledge, bargain, sell, warrant, alienate, remise, release, convey, assign, transfer, create, grant a Lien upon and a security interest in and right of set-off against, deposit, set over and confirm pursuant to the 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. Other forms of the verb to Grant shall have correlative meanings.
Holder means, as the context may require, a Certificateholder or a Noteholder or both.
Indenture means the Indenture, dated as of the Closing Date, between the Issuer and Indenture Trustee, as the same may be amended and supplemented from time to time.
Indenture Trustee means Wilmington Trust, National Association, a national banking association, not in its individual capacity but as indenture trustee under the Indenture, or any successor trustee under the Indenture.
Independent means, when used with respect to any specified Person, that such Person (i) is in fact independent of the Issuer, any other obligor upon the Notes, the Administrator and any Affiliate of any of the foregoing Persons, (ii) does not have any direct financial interest or any material indirect financial interest in the Issuer, any such other obligor upon the Notes, the Administrator or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing Persons and (iii) is not connected with the Issuer, any such other obligor upon the Notes, the Administrator or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing Persons as an officer, employee, promoter, underwriter, trustee, partner, director or Person performing similar functions.
Independent Certificate means a certificate or opinion to be delivered to the Indenture Trustee under the circumstances described in, and otherwise complying with, the applicable requirements of Section 11.1 of the Indenture, made by an independent appraiser or other expert appointed by an Issuer Order, and such opinion or certificate shall state that the signer has read the definition of Independent in this Appendix A and that the signer is Independent within the meaning thereof.
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Initial Certificate Transfer Opinion means an Opinion of Counsel rendered by nationally recognized tax counsel (i) upon the initial transfer by the Depositor of a Certificate that results in the Issuer not being wholly owned by the Depositor and (ii) while any Note retained by the Issuer or a Person that is considered the same Person as the Issuer for United States federal income tax purposes is outstanding that (x) such Note will be debt for United States federal income tax purposes or (y) the transfer by the Depositor of such Certificate will not cause the Issuer to be treated as an association or publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation, or to be treated as other than a grantor trust for United States federal income tax purposes.
Initial Class A-1 Note Balance means $337,000,000.
Initial Class A-2a Note Balance means $586,800,000.
Initial Class A-2b Note Balance means $126,400,000.
Initial Class A-3 Note Balance means $631,800,000.
Initial Class A-4 Note Balance means $160,110,000.
Initial Class B Note Balance means $19,000,000.
Initial Class C Note Balance means $19,000,000.
Initial Class D Note Balance means $19,000,000.
Initial Note Balance means, for any Class, the Initial Class A-1 Note Balance, the Initial Class A-2a Note Balance, the Initial Class A-2b Note Balance, the Initial Class A-3 Note Balance, the Initial Class A-4 Note Balance, the Initial Class B Note Balance, the Initial Class C Note Balance and the Initial Class D Note Balance, as applicable, or with respect to the Notes generally, the sum of the foregoing.
Initial Reserve Account Deposit Amount means an amount equal to $4,747,784.29.
Instituting Noteholders has the meaning set forth in Section 7.6(a) of the Indenture.
Insurance Policy means (i) any theft and physical damage insurance policy maintained by or on behalf of the Obligor under a Receivable, providing coverage against loss or damage to or theft of the related Financed Vehicle, (ii) any credit life or credit disability insurance maintained by or on behalf of an Obligor in connection with any Receivable and (iii) any vendors single interest policy provided by an Affiliate of the Bank in connection with any Receivable.
Interest Period means with respect to any Payment Date, (a) with respect to the Class A-1 Notes and the Class A-2b Notes, from and including the Closing Date (in the case of the first Payment Date) or from and including the most recent Payment Date to but excluding that Payment Date (for example, for a Payment Date in June, the Interest Period is from and including the Payment Date in May to but excluding the Payment Date in June) and (b) for the Class A-2a Notes, the Class A-3 Notes, the Class A-4 Notes, the Class B Notes, the Class C Notes and the Class D Notes, from and including the 15th day of the calendar month preceding such Payment Date (or from and including the Closing Date in the case of the first Payment Date) to but excluding the 15th day of the month in which such Payment Date occurs.
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Interest Rate means (a) with respect to the Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-1 Interest Rate, (b) with respect to the Class A-2a Notes, the Class A-2a Interest Rate, (c) with respect to the Class A-2b Notes, the Class A-2b Interest Rate, (d) with respect to the Class A-3 Notes, the Class A-3 Interest Rate, (e) with respect to the Class A-4 Notes, the Class A-4 Interest Rate, (f) with respect to the Class B Notes, the Class B Interest Rate (g) with respect to the Class C Notes, the Class C Interest Rate or (h) with respect to the Class D Notes, the Class D Interest Rate.
Investment Company Act means the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
ISDA Definitions means the 2006 ISDA Definitions published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. or any successor thereto, as amended or supplemented from time to time, or any successor definitional booklet for interest rate derivatives published from time to time.
ISDA Fallback Adjustment means the spread adjustment (which may be a positive or negative value or zero) that would apply for derivatives transactions referencing the ISDA Definitions to be determined upon the occurrence of an index cessation event with respect to the Benchmark.
ISDA Fallback Rate means the rate that would apply for derivatives transactions referencing the ISDA Definitions to be effective upon the occurrence of an index cessation date with respect to the Benchmark for the applicable tenor excluding the applicable ISDA Fallback Adjustment.
Issuer means Capital One Prime Auto Receivables Trust 2022-2, a Delaware statutory trust established pursuant to the Trust Agreement and the filing of the Certificate of Trust, until a successor replaces it and, thereafter, means such successor.
Issuer Order and Issuer Request means a written order or request of the Issuer signed in the name of the Issuer by any one of its Authorized Officers and delivered to the Indenture Trustee.
Item 1119 Party means the Depositor, the Bank, the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee, the Asset Representations Reviewer, any underwriter of the Notes and any other material transaction party identified by the Depositor, the Bank or to the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee in writing.
Lien means, for any asset or property of a Person, a lien, security interest, mortgage, pledge or encumbrance in, of or on such asset or property in favor of any other Person, except any Permitted Lien.
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Liquidation Expenses means auction, painting, repair or refurbishment expenses in respect of the disposition of a Financed Vehicle and any payments required by law to be remitted to the Obligor.
Liquidation Proceeds means, with respect to any Defaulted Receivable, (a) insurance proceeds received by the Servicer with respect to the Insurance Policies, (b) amounts received by the Servicer in connection with such Receivable pursuant to the exercise of rights under that Receivable and (c) the monies collected by the Servicer (from whatever source, including proceeds of a sale of a Financed Vehicle, a deficiency balance recovered from the Obligor after the charge-off of such Receivable or as a result of any recourse against the related Dealer, if any) on such Receivable, in the case of each of the foregoing clauses (a) through (c), net of any outstanding related Liquidation Expenses and any payments required by law to be remitted to the Obligor; provided, however, that the Repurchase Price for any Receivable shall not constitute Liquidation Proceeds.
Majority Certificateholders means Certificateholders holding in the aggregate more than 50% of the Percentage Interests.
Moodys means Moodys Investors Service, Inc., or any successor that is a nationally recognized statistical rating organization.
Net Pool Balance means, as of any date, the aggregate Outstanding Principal Balance of all Receivables (other than Defaulted Receivables) of the Issuer on such date.
Note means a Class A-1 Note, Class A-2a Note, Class A-2b Note, Class A-3 Note, Class A-4 Note, Class B Note, Class C Note or Class D Note, in each case substantially in the forms of Exhibit A to the Indenture.
Note Balance means, with respect to any date of determination, for any Class, the Class A-1 Note Balance, the Class A-2a Note Balance, the Class A-2b Note Balance, the Class A-3 Note Balance, the Class A-4 Note Balance, the Class B Note Balance, the Class C Note Balance or the Class D Note Balance, as applicable, or with respect to the Notes generally, the sum of all of the foregoing.
Note Factor means, with respect to the Notes or any Class of Notes on any Payment Date, a six-digit decimal figure equal to the Note Balance of the Notes or such Class of Notes, as applicable, as of the end of the preceding Collection Period divided by the Note Balance of the Notes or such Class of Notes, as applicable, as of the Closing Date. The Note Factor will be 1.000000 as of the Closing Date; thereafter, the Note Factor will decline to reflect reductions in the Note Balance of the Notes or such Class of Notes, as applicable.
Noteholder means, as of any date, the Person in whose name a Note is registered on the Note Register on such date.
Noteholder Direction has the meaning set forth in Section 7.6(a) of the Indenture.
Note Owner means, with respect to a Book-Entry Note, the Person who is the beneficial owner of such Book-Entry Note, as reflected on the books of the Clearing Agency or 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 and Note Registrar have the respective meanings set forth in Section 2.4 of the Indenture.
Obligor means, for any Receivable, each Person obligated to pay such Receivable.
Officers Certificate means (i) with respect to the Issuer, a certificate signed by any Authorized Officer of the Issuer and (ii) with respect to the Depositor or the Servicer, a certificate signed by any Responsible Officer thereof.
Opinion of Counsel means one or more written opinions of counsel who may, except as otherwise expressly provided in the Indenture or any other applicable Transaction Document, be employees of or counsel to the Issuer, the Servicer, the Depositor or the Administrator, and which opinion or opinions comply with any applicable requirements of the Transaction Documents and are in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the recipient(s). Opinions of Counsel need address matters of law only and may be based upon stated assumptions as to relevant matters of fact.
Optional Purchase has the meaning set forth in Section 7.1 of the Servicing Agreement.
Optional Purchase Price has the meaning set forth in Section 7.1 of the Servicing Agreement.
Originator means Capital One, National Association.
Other Assets means any assets (or interests therein) (other than the Trust Estate) conveyed or purported to be conveyed by the Depositor to another Person or Persons other than the Issuer, whether by way of a sale, capital contribution or by virtue of the granting of a lien.
Outstanding means, as of any date, all Notes (or all Notes of an applicable Class) theretofore authenticated and delivered under the Indenture except:
(i) Notes (or Notes of an applicable Class) theretofore cancelled by the Note Registrar or delivered to the Note Registrar for cancellation;
(ii) Notes (or Notes of an applicable Class) 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 related Noteholders (provided, however, that if such Notes are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to the Indenture or provision therefor, satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee, has been made); and
(iii) Notes (or Notes of an applicable Class) in exchange for or in lieu of other Notes (or Notes of such Class) that have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to the Indenture unless proof satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee is presented that any such Notes are held by a bona fide purchaser;
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provided, that in determining whether Noteholders holding the requisite Note Balance have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, vote or waiver hereunder or under any Transaction Document, Notes owned by the Issuer, the Depositor, any Certificateholder, the Servicer, the Administrator, the Asset Representations Reviewer or any of their respective Affiliates shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding unless all of the Notes are then owned by the Issuer, the Depositor, any Certificateholder, the Servicer, the Administrator, the Asset Representations Reviewer or any of their respective Affiliates, except that, in determining whether the Indenture Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, vote or waiver, only Notes that a Responsible Officer of 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 thereof establishes to the satisfaction of the Indenture Trustee such pledgees right so to act with respect to such Notes and that such pledgee is not the Issuer, the Depositor, any Certificateholder, the Seller, the Servicer, the Administrator, the Asset Representations Reviewer or any of their respective Affiliates.
Outstanding Principal Balance means, with respect to any Receivable as of any date, the outstanding principal balance of such Receivable calculated in accordance with the Customary Servicing Practices.
Owner Trustee means BNY Mellon Trust of Delaware, a Delaware banking corporation, not in its individual capacity but solely as owner trustee under the Trust Agreement, and any successor Owner Trustee thereunder.
Paying Agent means (i) prior to the payment in full of principal and interest on the Notes, the Indenture Trustee or any other Person that meets the eligibility standards for the Indenture Trustee set forth in Section 6.11 of the Indenture and is authorized by the Issuer to make the payments to and distributions from the Collection Account and the Principal Distribution Account, including the payment of principal of or interest on the Notes on behalf of the Issuer and (ii) following the payment in full of principal and interest on the Notes, the Certificate Paying Agent or any other Person appointed as the successor Certificate Paying Agent pursuant to Section 3.9 of the Trust Agreement.
Payment Date means the 15th day of each calendar month beginning September 15, 2022; provided, however, whenever a Payment Date would otherwise be a day that is not a Business Day, the Payment Date shall be the immediately succeeding Business Day. As used herein, the related Payment Date with respect to a Collection Period shall be deemed to be the Payment Date which immediately follows such Collection Period.
Payment Default has the meaning set forth in Section 5.4(a) of the Indenture.
Percentage Interest means, with respect to a Certificate, the individual percentage interest of such Certificate, which shall be specified on the face thereof and which shall represent the percentage of certain distributions of the Issuer beneficially owned by such Certificateholder. The sum of the Percentage Interests for all of the Certificates shall be 100%.
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Permitted Investments means any one or more of the following types of investments:
(a) direct obligations of, and obligations fully guaranteed as to timely payment by, the United States of America;
(b) demand deposits, money market deposit accounts, time deposits or certificates of deposit of any depository institution (including, the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee or any of their respective Affiliates) or trust company incorporated under the laws of the United States of America or any state thereof or the District of Columbia (or any domestic branch of a foreign bank) and subject to supervision and examination by Federal or state banking or depository institution authorities (including depository receipts issued by any such institution or trust company as custodian with respect to any obligation referred to in clause (a) above or a portion of such obligation for the benefit of the holders of such depository receipts); provided that at the time of the investment or contractual commitment to invest therein (which shall be deemed to be made again each time funds are reinvested following each Payment Date), the commercial paper or other short-term senior 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) of such depository institution or trust company shall have a credit rating from Moodys of at least Prime-1 and from S&P of at least A-1;
(c) commercial paper (including commercial paper of any Affiliate of the Seller, the Servicer, the Bank, the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee or any of their respective Affiliates) having, at the time of the investment or contractual commitment to invest therein, a rating from Moodys of at least Prime-1 and from S&P of at least A-1;
(d) investments in money market funds (including funds for which the Seller, the Servicer, the Bank, the Indenture Trustee or Owner Trustee or any of their respective Affiliates is investment manager or advisor) having a credit rating in the highest rating category from each of Fitch, if rated by Fitch, Moodys and S&P; and
(e) bankers acceptances issued by any depository institution or trust company referred to in clause (b) above;
provided that, in each case, no withholding tax would be imposed if acquired directly by a person not described in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code assuming such person delivered a properly completed and executed IRS Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E (as applicable).
Each of the Permitted Investments may be purchased from the Indenture Trustee or through an Affiliate of the Indenture Trustee. Each Permitted Investment must mature or be liquidated on the Business Day immediately preceding the next Payment Date.
Permitted Liens means: (a) any liens created by the Transaction Documents; (b) any liens for taxes not yet due and payable or the amount of which is being contested in good faith by appropriate Proceedings; and (c) any liens of mechanics, suppliers, vendors, materialmen, laborers, employees, repairmen and other like liens securing obligations which are not due and payable or the amount or validity of which is being contested in good faith by appropriate Proceedings.
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Permitted Modification has the meaning set forth in Section 3.2 of the Servicing Agreement.
Person means any individual, corporation, limited liability company, estate, partnership, joint venture, association, joint stock company, trust (including any beneficiary thereof), unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
Physical Property has the meaning specified in the definition of Delivery above.
Plan means: (i) any employee benefit plan as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA, whether or not subject to ERISA; (ii) a plan as described by Section 4975(e)(1) of the Code, whether or not subject to Section 4975 of the Code; or (iii) any entity deemed to hold the plan assets of any of the foregoing by reason of such employee benefit plans or other plans investment in the entity.
Pool Factor on a Payment Date means a six-digit decimal figure equal to the Net Pool Balance as of the end of the preceding Collection Period divided by the aggregate Outstanding Principal Balance of the Receivables as of the Cut-Off Date. The Pool Factor will be 1.000000 as of the Cut-Off Date; thereafter, the Pool Factor will decline to reflect reductions in the Net Pool Balance.
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; provided, however, for the purpose of this definition, any Note authenticated and delivered under Section 2.5 of the Indenture in lieu of a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Note shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Note.
Principal Distribution Account means the account by that name established and maintained pursuant to Section 8.2(a)(ii) of the Indenture.
Proceeding means any suit in equity, action at law or other judicial or administrative proceeding.
Purchase Agreement means the Purchase Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, between the Bank and the Depositor, as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time.
Purchased Assets has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1 of the Purchase Agreement.
Qualified Dispute Resolution Professional means an attorney or retired judge that is independent, impartial, knowledgeable about and experienced with the laws of the State of New York, specializing in commercial litigation with at least fifteen (15) years of experience and whose name is on a list of neutral parties maintained by the AAA.
Qualified Institutional Buyer means a qualified institutional buyer as defined in Rule 144A.
Rating Agency means either or each of Moodys and S&P, as indicated by the context.
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Rating Agency Condition means, with respect to any event or circumstance and each Rating Agency, either (a) written confirmation (which may be in the form of a letter, press release or other publication, or a change in such Rating Agencys published ratings criteria to this effect) by such Rating Agency that the occurrence of such event or circumstance will not cause it to downgrade, qualify or withdraw its rating assigned to any of the Notes or (b) that such Rating Agency shall have been given notice of such event or circumstance at least ten (10) days prior to the occurrence of such event or circumstance (or, if ten (10) days advance notice is impracticable, as much advance notice as is practicable) and such Rating Agency shall not have issued any written notice that the occurrence of such event or circumstance will cause it to downgrade, qualify or withdraw its rating assigned to the Notes.
Receivable means any Contract with respect to a new or used automobile, light-duty truck, SUV or van, which shall appear on the Schedule of Receivables and all Related Security in connection therewith which has not been released from the lien of the Indenture.
Receivable Files has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(a) of the Servicing Agreement.
Record Date means, unless otherwise specified in any Transaction Document, with respect to any Payment Date or Redemption Date, (i) for any Definitive Notes and for any Definitive Certificates, the close of business on the last Business Day of the calendar month immediately preceding the calendar month in which such Payment Date or Redemption Date occurs and (ii) for any Book-Entry Notes and for any Book-Entry Certificates, the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding such Payment Date or Redemption Date.
Records means, for any Receivable, all contracts, books, records and other documents or information (including computer programs, tapes, disks, software and related property and rights, to the extent legally transferable) relating to such Receivable or the related Obligor.
Redemption Date means in the case of a redemption of the Notes pursuant to Section 10.1 of the Indenture, the Payment Date specified by the Administrator or the Issuer pursuant to Section 10.1 of the Indenture.
Redemption Price means an amount equal to the sum of (a) the unpaid Note Balance of all Notes redeemed plus (b) accrued and unpaid interest thereon at the applicable Interest Rate for the Notes being so redeemed through the Redemption Date.
Reference Time means, with respect to any setting of the then-current Benchmark, the time determined by the Administrator.
Regular Principal Distribution Amount means, for any Payment Date, an amount not less than zero equal to the excess of (a) the excess of (A) the sum of the aggregate Note Balance of the Notes as of such Payment Date (before giving effect to any principal payments made on the Notes on such Payment Date) over (B) the Adjusted Pool Balance as of the last day of the related Collection Period minus the Target Overcollateralization Amount over (b) the sum of the First Allocation of Principal, the Second Allocation of Principal, the Third Allocation of Principal and the Fourth Allocation of Principal for that Payment Date; provided, however, that the Regular Principal Distribution Amount on and after the Final Scheduled Payment Date for any Class of Notes will not be less than the amount that is necessary to reduce the Note Balance of that Class to zero (after the application of the First Allocation of Principal, the Second Allocation of Principal, the Third Allocation of Principal and the Fourth Allocation of Principal).
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Regulation AB means Subpart 229.1100 Asset Backed Securities (Regulation AB), 17 C.F.R. §§229.1100-229.1125, as such regulation 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 (January 7, 2005)) or by the staff of the Commission, or as may be provided in writing by the Commission or its staff from time to time.
Related Security means, for any Receivable: (i) the security interest in the related Financed Vehicle; (ii) all rights of the Originator to proceeds from claims on any Insurance Policy; (iii) any other property securing the Receivables; (iv) all rights of the Originator to refunds in connection with extended service agreements relating to Receivables which became Defaulted Receivables; and (v) all proceeds of the foregoing.
Relevant Governmental Body means the Federal Reserve Board and/or the FRBNY, or a committee officially endorsed or convened by the Federal Reserve Board and/or the FRBNY or any successor thereto.
Relevant Trustee means (i) prior to the payment in full of principal of and interest on the Notes, the Indenture Trustee and (ii) following the payment in full of principal of and interest on the Notes, the Owner 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.
Reportable Event means any event required to be reported on Form 8-K, and in any event, the following:
(a) entry into a material definitive agreement related to the Issuer, the Notes, the Receivables or an amendment to a Transaction Document, even if the Seller is not a party to such agreement (e.g., a servicing agreement with a servicer contemplated by Item 1108(a)(2) of Regulation AB);
(b) termination of a Transaction Document (other than by expiration of the agreement on its stated termination date or as a result of all parties completing their obligations under such agreement), even if the Seller is not a party to such agreement (e.g., a servicing agreement with a servicer contemplated by Item 1108(a)(3) of Regulation AB);
(c) with respect to the Servicer only, the occurrence of a Servicer Replacement Event;
(d) an Event of Default;
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(e) the resignation, removal, replacement or substitution of the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee; and
(f) with respect to the Indenture Trustee only, a required distribution to Holders of the Notes is not made as of the required Payment Date under the Indenture.
Repurchase Price means, with respect to any Repurchased Receivable, a price equal to the Outstanding Principal Balance of such Receivable plus any unpaid accrued interest related to such Receivable accrued to and including the earlier of (a) the end of the Collection Period preceding the date that such Repurchased Receivable was purchased by the Bank or the Servicer, as applicable or (b) the end of the Collection Period preceding the date that such Repurchased Receivable was charged-off (in whole or in part) by the Servicer in accordance with its Customary Servicing Practices.
Repurchased Receivable means a Receivable purchased by the Bank pursuant to Section 3.4 of the Purchase Agreement or by the Servicer pursuant to Section 3.6 of the Servicing Agreement.
Requesting Investor has the meaning set forth in Section 7.5(a) of the Indenture.
Requesting Party has the meaning set forth in Section 3.11(a) of the Purchase Agreement.
Reserve Account means the account designated as such, established and maintained pursuant to Section 8.2(a)(iii) of the Indenture.
Reserve Account Draw Amount means, for any Payment Date, the amount withdrawn from the Reserve Account, equal to the lesser of (a) the Available Funds Shortfall Amount, if any, for such Payment Date and (b) the amount on deposit in the Reserve Account on the Business Day prior to such Payment Date. In addition, if the sum of the amounts in the Reserve Account and the remaining Available Funds after the payments under clauses first through ninth and eleventh of Section 8.5(a) of the Indenture would be sufficient to pay in full the aggregate unpaid Note Balance of all of the outstanding Classes of Notes, then the Reserve Account Draw Amount will, if so specified in the Servicers Report, include such additional amount as may be necessary to pay all Outstanding Notes in full.
Reserve Account Excess Amount means, with respect to any Payment Date, an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (a) the amount of cash or other immediately available funds in the Reserve Account on the Business Day prior to that Payment Date, after giving effect to all deposits to and withdrawals from the Reserve Account relating to that Payment Date, over (b) the Specified Reserve Account Balance with respect to that Payment Date; provided, however, that if such Payment Date is the Redemption Date, the Reserve Account Excess Amount shall mean an amount equal to the amount of cash or other immediately available funds in the Reserve Account on that Payment Date after giving effect to all deposits to and withdrawals from the Reserve Account relating to that Payment Date.
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Responsible Officer means: (a) with respect to the Indenture Trustee, any officer within the corporate trust department of the Indenture Trustee, including any vice president, assistant vice president, assistant secretary, assistant treasurer, trust officer or any other officer of the Indenture Trustee who customarily performs functions similar to those performed by the persons who at the time shall be such officers, respectively, or to whom any corporate trust matter is referred because of such persons knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject and who, in each case, shall have direct responsibility for the administration of the Indenture; (b) with respect to the Owner Trustee, any officer within the Corporate Trust Office of the Owner Trustee and having direct responsibility for the administration of the Issuer, including any vice president, assistant vice president, assistant treasurer, assistant secretary, associate, trust officer or financial services officer, or any other officer 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 officers knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject; (c) with respect to the Servicer, the Bank, the Seller or the Administrator, any officer of such Person having direct responsibility for the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, including the president, treasurer, secretary or assistant secretary, controller, vice president of capital markets funding, or any other officer customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated officers for any such entities and also, with respect to a particular matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of such officers knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject; and (d) with respect to the Depositor, any officer of such Person having direct responsibility for the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, including the president, treasurer, secretary or assistant secretary, deputy controller, assistant vice president, or any other officer customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated officers for the Depositor and also, with respect to a particular matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of such officers knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.
Retained Certificate means any Certificate beneficially owned by the Depositor or an Affiliate thereof.
Review Notice is defined in Section 7.6(b) of the Indenture.
Review Report has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 1.01 of the Asset Representations Review Agreement.
Review Satisfaction Date means, with respect to any Asset Review, the first date on which (a) the Delinquency Percentage for any Payment Date exceeds the Delinquency Trigger and (b) a Noteholder Direction with respect to such Asset Review has occurred.
Rule 144A means Rule 144A under the Securities Act and any successor rule thereto.
Rule 144A Information means the information specified pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) of the Securities Act (or any successor provision thereto).
Rules has the meaning set forth in Section 3.11(b) of the Purchase Agreement.
S&P means S&P Global Ratings, or any successor that is a nationally recognized statistical rating organization.
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Sale Agreement means the Sale Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, between the Seller and the Issuer, as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time.
Sarbanes Certification has the meaning set forth in Section 8.19(b)(iii) of the Servicing Agreement.
Sarbanes-Oxley Act means the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, and any successor law thereto.
Schedule of Receivables means the electronic data file of the schedule of Receivables transferred to the Issuer on the Closing Date.
Second Allocation of Principal means, for any Payment Date, an amount not less than zero equal to the excess, if any, of (a) the sum of the Note Balance of the Class A Notes and the Class B Notes as of such Payment Date (before giving effect to any principal payments made on such Payment Date) minus the First Allocation of Principal for that Payment Date over (b) the Adjusted Pool Balance as of the last day of the related Collection Period; provided, however, that the Second Allocation of Principal on and after the Final Scheduled Payment Date for the Class B Notes shall not be less than the amount that is necessary to reduce the Note Balance of the Class B Notes to zero (after the application of the First Allocation of Principal).
Section 385 Certificateholder means a holder of a Certificate (or interest therein) that is (1) a Domestic Corporation, (2) an entity (foreign or domestic) that (i) is treated as a partnership for United States federal income tax purposes and 80 percent or more of its ownership interests are controlled, directly or indirectly, by an expanded group, within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.385-1(c)(4) and (ii) has an expanded group partner (as defined in Treasury Regulation Section 1.385-3(g)(12)) that is a Domestic Corporation or (3) a disregarded entity or grantor trust of an entity described in clause (1) or (2).
Section 385 Controlled Partnership has the meaning set forth in Treasury Regulation Section 1.385-1(c)(1) for a controlled partnership.
Section 385 Expanded Group has the meaning set forth in Treasury Regulation Section 1.385-1(c)(4) for an expanded group.
Section 941 Effective Date has the meaning set forth in Section 12.4 of the Indenture.
Section 941 Rules has the meaning set forth in Section 12.4 of the Indenture.
Securities Act means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Securitization Regulations means the EU Securitization Regulation together with the UK Securitization Regulation.
Seller means Capital One Auto Receivables, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
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Servicer means the Bank, initially, and any replacement Servicer appointed pursuant to the Servicing Agreement.
Servicer Replacement Event means any one or more of the following that shall have occurred and be continuing:
(a) any failure by the Servicer to deliver or cause to be delivered any required payment to the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee for deposit into the Collection Account, which failure continues unremedied for five (5) Business Days after discovery thereof by a Responsible Officer of the Servicer or receipt by a Responsible Officer of the Servicer of written notice thereof from the Indenture Trustee or Noteholders evidencing at least a majority of the Note Balance (or, if no Notes are Outstanding, from the Majority Certificateholders);
(b) any failure by the Servicer to duly observe or perform in any material respect any other of its covenants or agreements in the Servicing Agreement (other than Section 3.15 of the Servicing Agreement), which failure materially and adversely affects the rights of the Issuer, the Noteholders or the Certificateholders, and which continues unremedied for ninety (90) days after discovery thereof by a Responsible Officer of the Servicer or receipt by the Servicer of written notice thereof from the Indenture Trustee or Noteholders evidencing at least a majority of the Note Balance (or, if no Notes are Outstanding, from the Majority Certificateholders) (it being understood that no Servicer Replacement Event will result from a breach by the Servicer of any covenant for which the repurchase of the affected Receivable is specified as the sole remedy pursuant to Section 3.6 of the Servicing Agreement); or
(c) the Servicer suffers a Bankruptcy Event;
provided, that (A) any delay or failure of performance referred to in clause (a) above shall have been caused by force majeure or other similar occurrence, the five (5) Business Day grace period referred to in such clause (a) shall be extended for an additional sixty (60) days and (B) if any delay or failure of performance referred to in clause (b) above shall have been caused by force majeure or other similar occurrence, the ninety (90) day grace period referred to in clause (b) shall be extended for an additional sixty (60) days. The existence or occurrence of any material instance of noncompliance (within the meaning of Item 1122 of Regulation AB) shall not create any presumption that any event in clauses (a), or (b) above has occurred.
Servicing Agreement means the Servicing Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, among the Issuer, the Servicer and the Indenture Trustee, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time.
Servicing Criteria means the servicing criteria set forth in Item 1122(d) of Regulation AB.
Servicing Fee means, for any Payment Date, the product of (A) one-twelfth (or, in the case of the first Payment Date, one-sixth), (B) the Servicing Fee Rate and (C) the Net Pool Balance as of the first day of the related Collection Period (or, in the case of the first Payment Date, as of the Cut-Off Date).
Servicing Fee Rate means 1.00% per annum.
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Servicers Report means the Servicers Report delivered pursuant to Section 3.9(a) of the Servicing Agreement.
Severely Distressed Receivable means, as of any date of determination, a Receivable (other than a Repurchased Receivable) (i) that is sixty (60) or more days delinquent, (ii) that is a Defaulted Receivable, (iii) for which the Obligor is the subject of a bankruptcy or other insolvency proceeding, (iv) for which the related Financed Vehicle has been repossessed (or for which the Servicer has initiated repossession proceedings) or (v) for which the related Financed Vehicle has been subject to theft or suffered destruction or damage that would be determined to be beyond repair in accordance with Customary Servicing Practices.
Similar Law means any federal, state, local or other law that is substantially similar to Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code.
Simple Interest Method means the method of calculating interest due on a motor vehicle receivable on a daily basis based on the actual outstanding principal balance of the receivable on that date.
Simple Interest Receivable means any motor vehicle receivable pursuant to which the payments due from the Obligors during any month are allocated between interest, principal and other charges based on the actual date on which a payment is received and for which interest is calculated using the Simple Interest Method.
SOFR means the secured overnight financing rate published for any day by the FRBNY on the FRBNYs website, or by a successor Administrator of such benchmark rate on such successors website.
SOFR Adjustment Conforming Changes means, with respect to any SOFR Rate, any technical, administrative or operational changes (including changes to the interest period, timing and frequency of determining rates and making payments of interest, rounding of amounts or tenors, and other administrative matters) that the Administrator decides, from time to time, may be appropriate to adjust such SOFR Rate in a manner substantially consistent with or conforming to market practice (or, if the Administrator decides that adoption of any portion of such market practice is not administratively feasible or if the Administrator determines that no market practice exists, in such other manner as the Administrator determines is reasonably necessary).
SOFR Adjustment Date means, for each interest period, the second U.S. Government Securities Business Day before the first day of such interest period.
SOFR Determination Time means 3:00 p.m. (New York time) on such U.S. Government Securities Business Day, at which time Compounded SOFR is published on the FRBNYs Website.
SOFR Rate means, with respect to the Class A-2b Notes as of any SOFR Adjustment Date, a rate equal to Compounded SOFR; provided, that, the Administrator will have the right, in its sole discretion, to make applicable SOFR Adjustment Conforming Changes.
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Specified Reserve Account Balance means, for any Payment Date while the Notes are Outstanding, 0.25% of the Adjusted Pool Balance as of the Cut-Off Date; provided, that on any Payment Date after the Notes are no longer Outstanding following payment in full of the principal and interest on the Notes, the Specified Reserve Account Balance shall be $0.
SR Rules means the EU SR Rules together with the UK SR Rules.
Statutory Trust Statute means Chapter 38 of Title 12 of the Delaware Code, 12 Del. Code § 3801 et seq.
Sub-Servicer means any Affiliate of the Servicer or any sub-contractor to whom any or all duties of the Servicer (including, without limitation, its duties as custodian) under the Transaction Documents have been delegated in accordance with Section 6.1 of the Servicing Agreement.
Supplemental Servicing Fees and Reimbursements means any and all (i) late fees, (ii) extension fees, (iii) non-sufficient funds charges, (iv) prepayment fees, (v) any and all other administrative fees or similar charges allowed by applicable law with respect to any Receivable and (vi) repossession fees and expenses, legal fees and expenses and similar out-of-pocket fees and expenses incurred by the Servicer and reimbursed to the Servicer with respect to any Receivable.
Target Overcollateralization Amount means, for any Payment Date, 0.25% of the Adjusted Pool Balance as of the Cut-Off Date.
Tax Information means information and/or properly completed and signed tax certifications (e.g., Form W-9 or W-8) sufficient to eliminate the imposition of or determine the amount of any withholding of tax, including backup withholding and FATCA Withholding Tax.
Third Allocation of Principal means, for any Payment Date, an amount not less than zero equal to the excess, if any, of (a) the sum of the Note Balance of the Class A Notes, the Class B Notes and the Class C Notes minus the sum of the First Allocation of Principal and Second Allocation of Principal for that Payment Date as of such Payment Date (before giving effect to any principal payments made on the Notes on such Payment Date) over (b) the Adjusted Pool Balance as of the last day of the related Collection Period; provided, however, that the Third Allocation of Principal for any Payment Date on and after the Final Scheduled Payment Date for the Class C Notes shall not be less than the amount that is necessary to reduce the Note Balance of the Class C Notes to zero (after the application of the First Allocation of Principal and the Second Allocation of Principal).
TIA or Trust Indenture Act means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended and as in force on the date hereof, unless otherwise specifically provided.
Transaction Documents means the Indenture, the Notes, the Depository Agreement, the Sale Agreement, the Servicing Agreement, the Purchase Agreement, the Asset Representations Review Agreement, the Administration Agreement and the Trust Agreement, as the same may be amended or modified from time to time.
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Transferred Assets means (a) the Purchased Assets, (b) all of the Depositors rights under the Purchase Agreement and (c) all proceeds of the foregoing.
Trust Account Property means the Trust Accounts, all amounts and investments held from time to time in any Trust Account (whether in the form of deposit accounts, book-entry securities, uncertificated securities or otherwise), and all proceeds of the foregoing.
Trust Accounts has the meaning set forth in Section 8.2(a)(iii) of the Indenture.
Trust Agreement means the Second Amended and Restated Trust Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, between the Depositor and the Owner Trustee, as the same may be amended and supplemented from time to time.
Trust Estate means all money, accounts, chattel paper, general intangibles, goods, instruments, investment property and other property of the Issuer, including without limitation (i) the Receivables acquired by the Issuer under the Sale Agreement, the Related Security relating thereto and Collections thereon after the Cut-Off Date, (ii) the Receivable Files, (iii) the rights of the Issuer to the funds on deposit from time to time in the Trust Accounts and any other account or accounts (other than the Certificate Distribution Account) established pursuant to the Indenture or Servicing Agreement and all cash, investment property and other property from time to time credited thereto and all proceeds thereof, (iv) the rights of the Seller, as buyer, under the Purchase Agreement (including the representations and warranties of the Bank therein) and the assignment executed by the Bank pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, (v) the rights of the Issuer under the Sale Agreement, the assignment executed by the Depositor pursuant to the Sale Agreement and the Servicing Agreement, (vi) the rights of the Issuer under the Administration Agreement and (vii) all proceeds of the foregoing.
UCC means, unless the context otherwise requires, the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the relevant jurisdiction, as amended from time to time.
UK Securitization Regulation means Regulation (EU) 2017/2402 as it forms part of UK domestic law as retained EU law by operation of the EUWA, and as amended by the Securitisation (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019.
UK SR Rules means the UK Securitization Regulation, together with (i) all applicable binding technical standards made under the UK Securitization Regulation, (ii) any EU regulatory technical standards or implementing technical standards relating to the EU Securitization Regulation (including such regulatory technical standards or implementing technical standards which are applicable pursuant to any transitional provisions of the EU Securitization Regulation) forming part of UK domestic law by operation of the EUWA, (iii) all relevant guidance, policy statements or directions relating to the application of the UK Securitization Regulation (or any binding technical standards) published by the Financial Conduit Authority and/or the Prudential Regulation Authority (or their successors), (iv) any guidelines relating to the application of the EU Securitization Regulation which are applicable in the UK, (v) any other transitional, saving or other provision relevant to the UK Securitization Regulation by virtue of the operation of the EUWA, and (vi) any other applicable laws, acts, statutory instruments, rules, guidance or policy statements published or enacted relating to the UK Securitization Regulation.
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Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement means the Benchmark Replacement excluding the Benchmark Replacement Adjustment.
Underwriter or Underwriters means, collectively, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Barclays Capital Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Academy Securities, Inc., Capital One Securities, Inc., CastleOak Securities, L.P., and Siebert Williams Shank & Co., LLC.
Underwriting Agreement means the Underwriting Agreement, dated as of August 2, 2022, among J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Barclays Capital Inc., and Citigroup Global Markets Inc., each on its own behalf and as a representative of the several underwriters named therein, the Bank and the Depositor.
United States or USA means the United States of America (including all states, the District of Columbia and political subdivisions thereof).
Unrelated Amounts means (a) amounts deposited by the Servicer into the Collection Account but later determined by the Servicer to be mistaken or returned deposits or postings and (b) amounts deposited by the Servicer into the Collection Account as Collections but which were later determined by the Servicer to not constitute Collections with respect to the Receivables.
U.S. Tax Person means a Person that is a United States person as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code, generally including:
(a) a citizen or resident of the United States;
(b) a corporation or partnership organized in or under the laws of the United States, any State or the District of Columbia;
(c) an estate, the income of which is includible in gross income for United States tax purposes, regardless of its source; or
(d) a trust if a U.S. court is able to exercise primary supervision over the administration of the trust and one or more U.S. Tax Persons have the authority to control all substantial decisions of the trust or a trust that has elected to be treated as a U.S. Tax Person.
U.S. Government Securities Business Day means any day except for a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association recommends that the fixed income departments of its members be closed for the entire day for purposes of trading in U.S. government securities.
Verification Documents means, with respect to any Note Owner, a certification from such Note Owner certifying that such Person is in fact, a Note Owner, as well as one additional piece of documentation reasonably satisfactory to the recipient, such as a trade confirmation, account statement, letter from a broker or dealer or other similar document.
YSOC Amount means, with respect to each Payment Date, an amount equal to the dollar amount set forth next to such Payment Date on Exhibit D to the Servicing Agreement.
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The foregoing definitions shall be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of the defined terms. Unless otherwise inconsistent with the terms of this Agreement, all accounting terms used herein shall be interpreted, and all accounting determinations hereunder shall be made, in accordance with GAAP. Amounts to be calculated hereunder shall be continuously recalculated at the time any information relevant to such calculation changes.
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Exhibit 10.4
SERVICING AGREEMENT
by and between
CAPITAL ONE PRIME AUTO RECEIVABLES TRUST 2022-2,
as Issuer
CAPITAL ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Servicer
and
WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Indenture Trustee
Dated as of August 10, 2022
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARTICLE I |
DEFINITIONS AND USAGE | 1 | ||||
SECTION 1.1 |
Definitions | 1 | ||||
SECTION 1.2 |
Other Interpretive Provisions | 1 | ||||
ARTICLE II |
SERVICER AS CUSTODIAN | 2 | ||||
SECTION 2.1 |
Custody of Receivable Files | 2 | ||||
ARTICLE III |
ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF RECEIVABLES AND TRUST PROPERTY | 4 | ||||
SECTION 3.1 |
Duties of Servicer | 4 | ||||
SECTION 3.2 |
Collection of Receivable Payments | 6 | ||||
SECTION 3.3 |
Realization Upon Receivables | 8 | ||||
SECTION 3.4 |
Maintenance of Security Interests in Financed Vehicles | 8 | ||||
SECTION 3.5 |
Covenants of Servicer | 9 | ||||
SECTION 3.6 |
Purchase of Receivables Upon Breach | 9 | ||||
SECTION 3.7 |
Servicing Fee | 10 | ||||
SECTION 3.8 |
Administrators Fee | 10 | ||||
SECTION 3.9 |
Servicers Report | 10 | ||||
SECTION 3.10 |
Annual Officers Certificate; Notice of Servicer Replacement Event | 10 | ||||
SECTION 3.11 |
Servicer Expenses | 11 | ||||
SECTION 3.12 |
Annual Registered Public Accounting Firm Attestation Report | 11 | ||||
SECTION 3.13 |
Exchange Act Filings | 11 | ||||
SECTION 3.14 |
Sarbanes-Oxley Act Requirements | 12 | ||||
SECTION 3.15 |
Compliance with the FDIC Rule | 12 | ||||
ARTICLE IV |
DISTRIBUTIONS; ACCOUNTS | 12 | ||||
SECTION 4.1 |
Establishment of Accounts | 12 | ||||
SECTION 4.2 |
Remittances | 12 | ||||
SECTION 4.3 |
Additional Deposits and Payments | 12 | ||||
ARTICLE V |
THE SERVICER | 13 | ||||
SECTION 5.1 |
Representations and Warranties of the Servicer | 13 | ||||
SECTION 5.2 |
Indemnities of Servicer | 14 | ||||
SECTION 5.3 |
Merger or Consolidation of, or Assumption of the Obligations of, Servicer | 15 | ||||
SECTION 5.4 |
Limitation on Liability of Servicer and Others | 15 |
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(continued)
SECTION 5.5 |
Delegation of Duties | 16 | ||||
SECTION 5.6 |
The Bank Not to Resign as Servicer | 16 | ||||
SECTION 5.7 |
Servicer May Own Notes and Certificates | 16 | ||||
ARTICLE VI |
REPLACEMENT OF SERVICER | 17 | ||||
SECTION 6.1 |
Replacement of Servicer | 17 | ||||
SECTION 6.2 |
Notification to Noteholders and Certificateholders | 18 | ||||
ARTICLE VII |
OPTIONAL PURCHASE | 18 | ||||
SECTION 7.1 |
Optional Purchase of Trust Estate | 18 | ||||
ARTICLE VIII |
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS | 19 | ||||
SECTION 8.1 |
Amendment | 19 | ||||
SECTION 8.2 |
Protection of Title | 20 | ||||
SECTION 8.3 |
Notices, Etc | 21 | ||||
SECTION 8.4 |
Choice of Law | 21 | ||||
SECTION 8.5 |
Headings | 21 | ||||
SECTION 8.6 |
Counterparts | 21 | ||||
SECTION 8.7 |
Waivers | 22 | ||||
SECTION 8.8 |
Entire Agreement | 22 | ||||
SECTION 8.9 |
Severability of Provisions | 22 | ||||
SECTION 8.10 |
Binding Effect | 22 | ||||
SECTION 8.11 |
Not Applicable to the Bank in Other Capacities | 22 | ||||
SECTION 8.12 |
Cumulative Remedies | 22 | ||||
SECTION 8.13 |
Nonpetition Covenant | 22 | ||||
SECTION 8.14 |
Submission to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial | 23 | ||||
SECTION 8.15 |
Limitation of Liability | 23 | ||||
SECTION 8.16 |
Third-Party Beneficiaries | 24 | ||||
SECTION 8.17 |
Information Requests | 24 | ||||
SECTION 8.18 |
Compliance with Regulation AB | 24 | ||||
SECTION 8.19 |
Information to Be Provided by the Indenture Trustee | 24 | ||||
SECTION 8.20 |
Form 8-K Filings | 26 | ||||
SECTION 8.21 |
Cooperation with Voting | 26 | ||||
SECTION 8.22 |
EU and UK Risk Retention | 26 |
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
(continued)
Exhibit A | SERVICING CRITERIA TO BE ADDRESSED IN INDENTURE TRUSTEES ASSESSMENT OF COMPLIANCE | |
Exhibit B | FORM OF INDENTURE TRUSTEES ANNUAL CERTIFICATION | |
Exhibit C | FORM OF INDENTURE TRUSTEES ANNUAL CERTIFICATION REGARDING ITEM 1117 AND ITEM 1119 OF REGULATION AB | |
Exhibit D | YSOC AMOUNT |
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This SERVICING AGREEMENT, dated as of August 10, 2022 (together with all exhibits, schedules and appendices hereto and as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified and in effect from time to time, this Agreement), by and among CAPITAL ONE PRIME AUTO RECEIVABLES TRUST 2022-2, a Delaware statutory trust (the Issuer), CAPITAL ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association (the Bank), as servicer (in such capacity, the Servicer), and Wilmington Trust, National Association, a national banking association, as indenture trustee (the Indenture Trustee).
WHEREAS, the Issuer has acquired a portfolio of motor vehicle receivables, including motor vehicle retail installment sales contracts and/or installment loans that are secured by new and used automobiles, light-duty trucks, SUVs and vans; and
WHEREAS, the Bank is willing to service such motor vehicle receivables and related property on behalf of the Issuer;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants herein contained, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND USAGE
SECTION 1.1 Definitions. Except as otherwise specified herein or as the context may otherwise require, capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein are defined in Appendix A to the Sale Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (as amended, supplemented, or otherwise modified and in effect from time to time, the Sale Agreement), between the Issuer and Capital One Auto Receivables, LLC, which also contains rules as to usage that are applicable herein.
SECTION 1.2 Other Interpretive Provisions. For purposes of this Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) accounting terms not otherwise defined in this Agreement, and accounting terms partly defined in this Agreement to the extent not defined, shall have the respective meanings given to them under GAAP (provided, that, to the extent that the definitions in this Agreement and GAAP conflict, the definitions in this Agreement shall control); (b) terms defined in Article 9 of the UCC as in effect in the relevant jurisdiction and not otherwise defined in this Agreement are used as defined in that Article; (c) the words hereof, herein and hereunder and words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement; (d) references to any Article, Section, Schedule, Appendix or Exhibit are references to Articles, Sections, Schedules, Appendices and Exhibits in or to this Agreement and references to any paragraph, subsection, clause or other subdivision within any Section or definition refer to such paragraph, subsection, clause or other subdivision of such Section or definition; (e) the term including and all variations thereof means including without limitation; (f) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, references to any law or regulation refer to that law or regulation as amended from time to time and include any successor law or regulation; (g) references to any Person include that Persons successors and assigns; and (h) headings are for purposes of reference only and shall not otherwise affect the meaning or interpretation of any provision herein.
ARTICLE II
SERVICER AS CUSTODIAN
SECTION 2.1 Custody of Receivable Files.
(a) Custody. The Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, upon the execution and delivery of this Agreement, hereby appoint the Servicer, for which appointment the Indenture Trustee has no liability, and the Servicer hereby accepts such appointment, to act solely on behalf of and for the benefit of the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee as custodian of the following documents or instruments with respect to each Receivable (but only to the extent applicable to such Receivable and only to the extent held in tangible paper or electronic form) (the Receivable Files):
(i) | the fully executed original, electronically authenticated original or authoritative copy of the Contract (in each case, within the meaning of the UCC) related to such Receivable, including any written amendments or extensions thereto; |
(ii) | the original credit application or a photocopy thereof to the extent held in paper form; |
(iii) | the original Certificate of Title or, if not yet received, evidence that an application therefor has been submitted with the appropriate authority, a guaranty of title from a Dealer or such other document (electronic or otherwise, as used in the applicable jurisdiction) that the Servicer keeps on file, in accordance with its Customary Servicing Practices, evidencing the security interest of the Originator in the Financed Vehicle; provided, however, that in lieu of being held in the Receivable File, the Certificate of Title may be held by a third party service provider engaged by the Servicer to obtain or hold Certificates of Title; and |
(iv) | any and all other documents that the Servicer keeps on file, in accordance with its Customary Servicing Practices, relating to a Receivable, an Obligor or a Financed Vehicle (but only to the extent applicable to such Receivable and only to the extent held in tangible paper form or electronic form). |
(b) Safekeeping. The Servicer, in its capacity as custodian, shall hold the Receivable Files for the benefit of the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, as pledgee of the Issuer. In performing its duties as custodian, the Servicer shall act in accordance with its Customary Servicing Practices. Nothing herein will be deemed to require an initial review or any periodic review by the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee of the Receivable Files. The Servicer may, in accordance with its Customary Servicing Practices: (i) maintain all or a portion of the Receivable Files in electronic form and (ii) maintain custody of all or any portion of the Receivable Files with one or more of its agents or designees.
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(c) Maintenance of and Access to Records. The Servicer will maintain all tangible documents or instruments included in each Receivable File in the United States (it being understood that the Receivable Files, or any part thereof, may be maintained at the offices of any Person to whom the Servicer has delegated responsibilities in accordance with Section 5.5). The Servicer will make available to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee or their duly authorized representatives, attorneys or auditors a list of locations of the Receivable Files held in tangible form upon request. The Servicer will provide access to the Receivable Files, and the related accounts, records and computer systems maintained by the Servicer at such times as the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee direct, but only upon reasonable notice and during the normal business hours, which do not unreasonably interfere with the Servicers normal operations, at the respective offices of the Servicer; provided, however, that in the case of this clause (c), an officer of the Bank must be present during any such visit or discussion.
(d) Release of Documents. Upon written instructions from the Indenture Trustee, the Servicer will release or cause to be released any document in the Receivable Files to the Indenture Trustee, the Indenture Trustees agent or the Indenture Trustees designee, as the case may be, at such place or places as the Indenture Trustee may designate, as soon thereafter as is practicable, to the extent it does not unreasonably interfere with the Servicers normal operations. Any document so released will be handled by the Indenture Trustee with reasonable care and returned to the Servicer for safekeeping as soon as the Indenture Trustee or its agent or designee, as the case may be, has no further need therefor. The Servicer shall not be responsible for any loss occasioned by the failure of the Indenture Trustee or its agent or designee to return any document or any delay in doing so.
(e) Instructions; Authority to Act. All instructions from the Indenture Trustee will be in writing and signed by an Authorized Officer of the Indenture Trustee, and the Servicer will be deemed to have received proper instructions with respect to the Receivable Files upon its receipt of such written instructions.
(f) Custodians Indemnification. Subject to Section 5.2, the Servicer as custodian will indemnify the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee for any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, compensatory damages, payments, costs or expenses (including reasonable legal fees and expenses) of any kind whatsoever that may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee as the result of any improper act or omission in any way relating to the maintenance and custody by the Servicer as custodian of the Receivable Files including those incurred in connection with any action, claim or suit brought to enforce the Indenture Trustees right to indemnification; provided, however, that the Servicer as custodian will not be liable (i) to the Indenture Trustee or to the Issuer for any portion of any such amount resulting from the willful misconduct, bad faith or negligence of the Indenture Trustee or the Issuer, respectively, or (ii) to the Indenture Trustee for any portion of any such amount resulting from the failure of the Indenture Trustee, the Indenture Trustees agent or the Indenture Trustees designee to handle with reasonable care any Certificate of Title or other document released to the Indenture Trustee, the Indenture Trustees agent or the Indenture Trustees designee pursuant to Section 2.1(d). The provisions of this Section 2.1(f) shall survive the termination or assignment of this Agreement and the resignation or removal of the Indenture Trustee or Servicer, in its capacity as custodian. Any amount payable to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to this Section 2.1(f), to the extent not paid by the Servicer, shall be paid by the Issuer in accordance with Section 8.5(a) of the Indenture.
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(g) Effective Period and Termination. The Servicers appointment as custodian will become effective as of the Cut-Off Date and will continue in full force and effect until terminated pursuant to this Section. If the Bank resigns as Servicer in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement or if all of the rights and obligations of the Servicer have been terminated under Section 6.1, the appointment of the Servicer as custodian hereunder may be terminated by the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Transaction Documents, or by the Noteholders evidencing not less than a majority of the Outstanding Note Balance of the Controlling Class (or, if the Notes are no longer Outstanding, by the Majority Certificateholders), in the same manner as the Relevant Trustee or such Noteholders (or Certificateholders) may terminate the rights and obligations of the Servicer under Section 6.1. As soon as practicable after any termination of such appointment, the Servicer will deliver to the successor custodian the Receivable Files and the related accounts and records maintained by the Servicer at such place or places as the successor custodian may reasonably designate; provided, however, that with respect to authoritative copies of the Receivables constituting electronic chattel paper, the Servicer, in its sole discretion, shall either (i) continue to hold any such authoritative copies on behalf of the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee or the Indenture Trustees agent (provided that the Servicer has not been terminated in accordance with the provisions of this Section 2.1(g)) or (ii) deliver copies of such authoritative copies and destroy the authoritative copies maintained by the Servicer prior to its termination such that the copy delivered to the Indenture Trustee or the Indenture Trustees agent becomes the authoritative copy of the Receivable constituting electronic chattel paper. No such termination or resignation shall be given effect until a successor custodian has assumed the duties as custodian hereunder and in the Transaction Documents.
(h) Liability of Indenture Trustee. The Indenture Trustee shall not be liable for the acts or omissions of the Servicer, in its capacity as custodian of the Receivable Files.
ARTICLE III
ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF
RECEIVABLES AND TRUST PROPERTY
SECTION 3.1 Duties of Servicer.
(a) The Servicer is hereby appointed and authorized by the Issuer to act as agent for the Issuer and in such capacity shall manage, service, administer and make collections on the Receivables in accordance with its Customary Servicing Practices, subject to the provisions herein, using the degree of skill and care that the Servicer exercises with respect to all comparable motor vehicle receivables that it services for itself or others. The Servicers duties will include collection and posting of all payments, responding to inquiries of Obligors on such Receivables, pursuing delinquencies, providing invoices or other payment information (which may be in electronic form) to Obligors, reporting any required tax information to Obligors and accounting for Collections. The Servicer is not required under the Transaction Documents to make any disbursements via wire transfer or otherwise on behalf of an Obligor. There are no requirements under the Receivables or the Transaction Documents for funds to be, and funds shall not be, held in trust for an Obligor. There are no requirements under the Receivables or the Transaction Documents for payments or disbursements to be made by the Servicer on behalf of the Obligor. The Servicer hereby accepts such appointment and authorization and agrees to perform the duties of Servicer with respect to the Receivables set forth herein.
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(b) Subject to the provisions of Section 3.2 and any other provision in this Agreement restricting the Servicer or specifying obligations different from the Customary Servicing Practices, the Servicer will follow its Customary Servicing Practices and will have full power and authority to do any and all things in connection with such managing, servicing, administration and collection that it may deem necessary or desirable as long as such activities will not result or cause the Issuer to be treated, for United States federal income tax purposes, as an association (or a publicly traded partnership) taxable as a corporation or as other than a fixed investment trust described in Treasury Regulation section 301.7701-4(c) that is treated as a grantor trust for United States federal income tax purposes. The Servicer is hereby authorized and empowered to execute and deliver, on behalf of itself, the Issuer, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Noteholders, the Certificateholders, or any of them, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or partial or full release or discharge, and all other comparable instruments, with respect to such Receivables or to the Financed Vehicles securing such Receivables. The Servicer is hereby authorized to commence, in its own name or in the name of the Issuer, a Proceeding to enforce a Receivable or an Insurance Policy or to commence or participate in any other Proceeding (including a bankruptcy Proceeding) relating to or involving a Receivable, an Obligor, a Financed Vehicle or an Insurance Policy. If the Servicer commences a Proceeding to enforce a Receivable, the Issuer will thereupon be deemed to have automatically assigned such Receivable or its rights under such Insurance Policy to the Servicer solely for purposes of commencing or participating in any such Proceeding as a party or claimant, and the Servicer is authorized and empowered by the Issuer to execute and deliver in the Servicers name any notices, demands, claims, complaints, responses, affidavits or other documents or instruments in connection with any such Proceeding. If in any Proceeding it is held that the Servicer may not enforce a Receivable or Insurance Policy on the ground that it is not a real party in interest or a holder entitled to enforce the Receivable or Insurance Policy, the Issuer will, at the Servicers expense and direction, take steps to enforce the Receivable or Insurance Policy, including bringing suit in its name or the name of the Indenture Trustee. The Issuer will 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. The Servicer, at its expense, will obtain on behalf of the Issuer all licenses, if any, reasonably requested by the Seller to be held by the Issuer in connection with ownership of the Receivables, and will make all filings and pay all fees as may be required in connection therewith during the term hereof.
(c) The Servicer hereby agrees that upon its resignation and the appointment of a successor Servicer hereunder, the Servicer will terminate its activities as Servicer hereunder in accordance with Section 6.1, and, in any case, in a manner which the successor Servicer reasonably determines will facilitate the transition of the performance of such activities to such successor Servicer, and the Servicer shall cooperate with and assist such successor Servicer.
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(d) The Servicer shall not be required to maintain a fidelity bond or error and omissions policy or to monitor whether Obligors maintain an Insurance Policy on the Financed Vehicles.
SECTION 3.2 Collection of Receivable Payments. (a) The Servicer will make reasonable efforts to collect all payments called for under the terms and provisions of the Receivables as and when the same become due in accordance with its Customary Servicing Practices. The Servicer may grant Permitted Modifications, but not any other extension, deferral, amendment, modification, alteration, temporary reduction in payments or adjustment, with respect to any Receivable in accordance with its Customary Servicing Practices; provided, however, that if the Servicer (i) extends the date for final payment by the Obligor of any Receivable beyond the last day of the Collection Period preceding the latest Final Scheduled Payment Date of any Notes issued under the Indenture or (ii) reduces the Contract Rate or Outstanding Principal Balance with respect to any Receivable, in either case other than (A) as required by law or court order, at the direction of a regulatory authority, in accordance with regulatory guidance or in accordance with the Servicers compliance procedures for complying with the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act and any similar applicable state law or (B) in connection with a modification, adjustment or settlement in the event the Receivable becomes a Severely Distressed Receivable, it will promptly purchase such Receivable in the manner provided in Section 3.6; provided, further, that the Servicer shall not make a modification described in the preceding clause (i) or (ii) that would trigger a purchase pursuant to Section 3.6 for the sole purpose of enabling the Servicer to purchase a Receivable from the Issuer. The Servicer may in its discretion waive any late payment charge or any other fees that constitute Supplemental Servicing Fees and Reimbursements that may be collected in the ordinary course of servicing a Receivable. The Servicer is not required to make any advances of funds or guarantees regarding collections, cash flows or distributions. Without limiting the foregoing, the Servicer and its Affiliates (each in its individual capacity and not on behalf of the Issuer) may engage in any marketing practice or promotion or any sale of any products, goods or services, including Insurance Policy, to Obligors with respect to the Receivables so long as such practices, promotions or sales are offered to obligors of comparable motor vehicle receivables serviced by the Servicer for itself and others, whether or not such practices, promotions or sales might result in a decrease in the aggregate amount of payments on the Receivables, prepayments or faster or slower timing of the payment of the Receivables.
Permitted Modification means an extension, deferral, alteration, amendment, modification, temporary reduction in payment or adjustment to the terms of, or with respect to, any Receivable with respect to which at least one of the following conditions has been satisfied:
(i) | any amendment, modification, alteration or adjustment, individually and collectively with any other amendment, modification, alteration or adjustment proposed to be made with respect to the Receivable, is ministerial in nature (including, without limitation, any change to the due date for monthly payments that is not classified by the Servicer as an extension); |
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(ii) | any amendment, modification, alteration or adjustment, individually and collectively with any other amendment, modification, alteration or adjustment that (A) is required by law, or (B) (i) is in accordance with the Servicers Customary Servicing Practices and (ii) is intended by the Servicer to comply with or respond to a law, government regulation or government enforcement activity pertaining to the Receivables or classes of loans similar to the Receivables; |
(iii) | in the case of any extension or deferral, (A) the Obligors address is within a geographic area determined by the President of the United States or the Governor of the applicable state to warrant individual, or individual and public, assistance from the federal government under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act or similar state law, as the case may be, or (B) the Obligor is a United States federal or state government employee that is furloughed on account of a shutdown of such government occurring as a result of a lapse in annual appropriations; |
(iv) | any amendment, modification, alteration or adjustment where (A) the Obligor is in payment default, the Receivable is a Severely Distressed Receivable or in the judgment of the Servicer, in accordance with the Servicers Customary Servicing Practices, it is reasonably foreseeable that the Obligor will default (it being understood that the Servicer may proactively contact any Obligor whom the Servicer believes may be at higher risk of a payment default under the related Receivable, and it being further understood that if the Obligor has notified the Servicer that the obligor has been materially and adversely impacted by a natural disaster or public terror attack, then the Servicer may reasonably conclude that it is reasonably foreseeable that such Obligor will default) and (B) the Servicer believes that such amendment, modification, alteration or adjustment is appropriate or necessary to preserve the value of the Receivable and to prevent the Receivable from going into default (or, where the Receivable is already in default, to prevent the Receivable from becoming further impaired); or |
(v) | any other extension, deferral, amendment, modification, alteration, temporary reduction in payment, or adjustment is (A) in accordance with the Servicers Customary Servicing Practices and (B) the Servicer has delivered an opinion to the Issuer and the Administrator to the effect that such extension, deferral, amendment, modification, alteration, temporary reduction in payment or adjustment will not cause the Issuer to be treated, for United States federal income tax purposes, as an association (or a publicly traded partnership) taxable as a corporation or as other than a grantor trust for United States federal income tax purposes. |
(b) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Servicer may refinance any Receivable at the request of the Obligor by making a new loan to the related Obligor and depositing the full Outstanding Principal Balance of such Receivable into the Collection Account. The receivable created by such refinancing shall not be the property of the Issuer. The Outstanding Principal Balance shall be treated for all purposes, including for United States federal income tax purposes, as a payoff of all amounts owed by the related Obligor with respect to such Receivable.
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(c) Nothing in any 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, such programs or modifications (i) would be consistent with its Customary Servicing Practices and (ii) would not cause the Issuer to be treated, for United States federal income tax purposes, as an association (or a publicly traded partnership) taxable as a corporation or as other than a grantor trust for United States federal income tax purposes.
SECTION 3.3 Realization Upon Receivables. On behalf of the Issuer, the Servicer will use commercially reasonable efforts, consistent with its Customary Servicing Practices, to repossess or otherwise convert the ownership of the Financed Vehicle securing any Receivable as to which the Servicer has determined eventual payment in full is unlikely, unless it determines in its sole discretion that repossession will not increase the Liquidation Proceeds by an amount greater than the expense of such repossession, that the proceeds ultimately recoverable with respect to such Receivable would be increased by forbearance or that repossessing such Financed Vehicle would otherwise not be consistent with the Servicers Customary Servicing Practices. The Servicer will follow such Customary Servicing Practices as it deems necessary or advisable, which may include reasonable efforts to realize upon any recourse to any Dealer and selling the Financed Vehicle at public or private sale. The foregoing will be subject to the provision that, in any case in which the Financed Vehicle has suffered damage, the Servicer shall not be required to expend funds in connection with the repair or the repossession of such Financed Vehicle. In addition, the Servicer may from time to time (but is not required to) sell any deficiency balance in accordance with its Customary Servicing Practices; provided, however, that (i) each sale must be made at a price equal to the fair market value of such deficiency balance in cash in immediately available funds and (ii) such sale must be without recourse, representation or warranty by the Issuer (other than any representation or warranty regarding the absence of Liens, that the Issuer has good title to the deficiency balance, or similar representation or warranty). To facilitate any such sale the Servicer may, in accordance with its Customary Servicing Practices, purchase from the Issuer such Receivables deficiency balance for a purchase price equal to the proceeds received by the Servicer from a third party for the sale of such Receivables deficiency balance. Net proceeds of any such sale allocable to the Receivable will constitute Liquidation Proceeds, and the sole right of the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee with respect to any such sold Receivables will be to receive such Liquidation Proceeds. Upon such sale, the Servicer will mark its computer records indicating that any such receivable sold is no longer a Receivable. The Servicer is authorized to take any and all actions necessary or appropriate on behalf of the Issuer to evidence the sale of the Financed Vehicle at a public or private sale or the sale of the Receivable to the Servicer to facilitate a deficiency balance sale pursuant to the provisions of this paragraph, in each case, free from any Lien or other interest of the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee.
SECTION 3.4 Maintenance of Security Interests in Financed Vehicles. The Servicer will, in accordance with its Customary Servicing Practices, take such steps as are necessary to maintain perfection of the security interest created by each Receivable in the related Financed Vehicle. The provisions set forth in this Section are the sole requirements under the Transaction
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Documents with respect to the maintenance of collateral or security for the Receivables. It is understood that the Financed Vehicles are the collateral and security for the Receivables, but that the Certificate of Title with respect to a Financed Vehicle does not constitute collateral for that Receivable and merely evidences such security interest. The Issuer hereby authorizes the Servicer to take such steps as are necessary to re-perfect such security interest created by the Receivable in the event of the relocation of a Financed Vehicle or for any other reason.
SECTION 3.5 Covenants of Servicer. Unless required by law or court order, at the direction of a regulatory authority or in accordance with regulatory guidance, the Servicer will not release the Financed Vehicle securing each such Receivable from the security interest granted by such Receivable in whole or in part except (a) in the event of payment in full by or on behalf of the Obligor thereunder or payment in full less a deficiency which the Servicer would not attempt to collect in accordance with its Customary Servicing Practices, (b) in connection with repossession or (c) as may be required by an insurer in order to receive proceeds from any Insurance Policy covering such Financed Vehicle.
SECTION 3.6 Purchase of Receivables Upon Breach. Upon discovery by any party hereto of a breach of any of the covenants set forth in Section 3.2, 3.3, 3.4 or 3.5 with respect to any Receivable which materially and adversely affects the interests of the Issuer, the Certificateholders or the Noteholders, the party discovering or receiving written notice of such breach shall give prompt written notice thereof to the other parties hereto; provided, that (i) delivery of a Servicers Report which identifies that Receivables are being or have been purchased pursuant to this Section 3.6 shall be deemed to constitute prompt notice by the Servicer and the Issuer of such breach and (ii) the Servicer or the Indenture Trustee shall be deemed to have knowledge of such breach only if a Responsible Officer has actual knowledge thereof, including without limitation upon receipt of written notice; provided, further, that the failure to give such notice shall not affect any obligation of the Servicer hereunder. If the breach materially and adversely affects the interests of the Issuer, the Certificateholders or the Noteholders or if the Servicer is required to purchase a Receivable pursuant to Section 3.2, then the Servicer shall either (a) correct or cure such breach, if applicable, or (b) purchase such Receivable from the Issuer, in either case on or before the Payment Date following the end of the Collection Period which includes the sixtieth (60th) day (or, if the Servicer elects, an earlier date) after the date that the Servicer became aware or was notified of such breach or obligation to repurchase, as applicable. Any such breach or failure will be deemed not to have a material and adverse effect if such breach or failure has not affected the ability of the Issuer to receive and retain timely payment in full on such Receivable. Any such purchase by the Servicer shall be at a price equal to the Repurchase Price. In consideration for such purchase, the Servicer shall make (or shall cause to be made) a payment to the Issuer equal to the Repurchase Price by depositing such amount into the Collection Account prior to 11:00 a.m., New York City time on the date of such purchase, if such date is not a Payment Date or, if such date is a Payment Date, then prior to the close of business on the Business Day prior to such date. Upon payment of such Repurchase Price by the Servicer, the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, on behalf of the Noteholders, shall release and shall execute and deliver such instruments of release, transfer or assignment, in each case without recourse or representation and as prepared by and at the expense of the Servicer, as shall be reasonably necessary to vest in the Servicer or its designee any Receivable and the related Transferred Assets purchased pursuant hereto. It is understood and agreed that the obligation of the Servicer to purchase any Receivable as described above shall constitute the sole remedy respecting such breach available to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee.
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SECTION 3.7 Servicing Fee. On each Payment Date, the Issuer shall pay to the Servicer the Servicing Fee in accordance with Section 8.5 of the Indenture for the immediately preceding Collection Period as compensation for its services. In addition, the Servicer will be entitled to retain all Supplemental Servicing Fees and Reimbursements. The Servicer also will be entitled to receive investment earnings (net of investment losses and expenses) on funds deposited in the Collection Account during each Collection Period.
SECTION 3.8 Administrators Fee. The Servicer shall pay the fees and expenses of the Administrator described in Section 3 of the Administration Agreement.
SECTION 3.9 Servicers Report.
(a) On or before the Determination Date preceding each Payment Date, the Servicer shall deliver to the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee and each Paying Agent, with a copy to each of the Rating Agencies, a Servicers Report containing all information necessary to make the payments, transfers and distributions pursuant to Section 4.3 hereof and Sections 8.2, 8.4 and 8.5 of the Indenture, together with the information to be made available by the Indenture Trustee pursuant to Section 7.4 of the Indenture, in each case, on such Payment Date, and any information reasonably requested by the Owner Trustee for it to prepare the reports pursuant to Section 5.3 of the Trust Agreement. At the sole option of the Servicer, each Servicers Report may be delivered in electronic or hard copy format.
(b) No disbursements shall be made directly by the Servicer to a Noteholder or a Certificateholder, and the Servicer shall not be required to maintain any investor record relating to the posting of disbursements or otherwise.
SECTION 3.10 Annual Officers Certificate; Notice of Servicer Replacement Event.
(a) The Servicer will deliver to the Issuer, with a copy to the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee, on or before March 30th of each year, beginning on March 30, 2023, an Officers Certificate (with appropriate insertions) providing such information as is required under Item 1123 of Regulation AB.
(b) The Servicer will deliver to the Issuer, with a copy to the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee promptly after having obtained knowledge thereof written notice in an Officers Certificate of any event which has occurred and is continuing, with the giving of notice or lapse of time or both, would become a Servicer Replacement Event. Except to the extent set forth in this Section 3.10(b), Section 6.2 and Section 8.20 of this Agreement and Section 3.12 and Section 6.5 of the Indenture, the Transaction Documents do not require any policies or procedures to monitor any performance or other triggers and events of default.
(c) The Servicer will deliver to the Issuer on or before March 30th of each year, beginning on March 30, 2023, a report regarding the Servicers assessment of compliance with the Servicing Criteria during the immediately preceding calendar year, including disclosure of any material instance of non-compliance identified by the Servicer, as required under paragraph (b) of Rule 13a-18 and Rule 15d-18 of the Exchange Act and Item 1122 of Regulation AB.
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(d) If a Servicer Replacement Event occurs and is continuing and if it is either actually known by a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee or written notice of the existence thereof has been delivered to a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee, the Indenture Trustee shall provide the Owner Trustee and the Administrator written notice of such Servicer Replacement Event.
SECTION 3.11 Servicer Expenses. The Servicer shall pay all expenses (other than Liquidation Expenses) incurred by it in connection with its activities hereunder, including fees and disbursements of independent accountants, taxes imposed on the Servicer and expenses incurred in connection with distributions and reports to the Noteholders and the Certificateholders. The Servicer shall also pay all fees, expenses, and indemnities of the Indenture Trustee (as described in, and pursuant to the limitations set forth in, Section 6.7 of the Indenture) and the Owner Trustee (as described in, and pursuant to the limitations set forth in, Sections 8.1 and 8.2 of the Trust Agreement). The Servicer will not be entitled to reimbursement of such expenses except for Liquidation Expenses and fees and expenses included in Supplemental Servicing Fees and Reimbursements paid to the Servicer as reimbursements.
SECTION 3.12 Annual Registered Public Accounting Firm Attestation Report.
(a) On or before the ninetieth (90th) day following the end of each fiscal year, beginning with the fiscal year ending December 31, 2022, the Servicer shall cause a firm of independent registered public accountants (who may also render other services to the Servicer, the Seller or their respective Affiliates) to furnish to the Issuer, with a copy to the Indenture Trustee, the Bank, the Servicer and the Seller each attestation report on assessments of compliance with the Servicing Criteria with respect to the Servicer or any Affiliate thereof during the related fiscal year delivered by such accountants pursuant to paragraph (c) of Rule 13a-18 or Rule 15d-18 of the Exchange Act and Item 1122 of Regulation AB. The certification required by this paragraph may be replaced by any similar certification using other procedures or attestation standards which are now or in the future in use by servicers of comparable assets, or which otherwise comply with any rule, regulation, no action letter or similar guidance promulgated by the Commission.
(b) Notwithstanding Section 3.10(a), the Servicer, however, shall not be obligated to add as an addressee or reliance party with respect to any report described above any Person who does not comply with or agree to the required procedures of such firm of independent certified public accountants, including but not limited to execution of engagement letters or access letters regarding such reports.
(c) The Indenture Trustee shall not be liable for any claims, liabilities or expenses relating to such accountants engagement or any report issued in connection with such engagement.
SECTION 3.13 Exchange Act Filings. The Issuer hereby authorizes the Servicer to prepare, sign, certify and file or furnish any and all reports, statements and information respecting the Issuer and/or the Notes required to be filed pursuant to the Exchange Act, and the rules thereunder.
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SECTION 3.14 Sarbanes-Oxley Act Requirements. To the extent any documents are required to be filed or any certification is required to be made with respect to the Issuer or the Notes pursuant to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, the Issuer hereby authorizes the Servicer to prepare, sign, certify and file any such documents or certifications on behalf of the Issuer.
SECTION 3.15 Compliance with the FDIC Rule. The Servicer (i) shall perform the covenants set forth in Article XII of the Indenture applicable to it and (ii) shall facilitate compliance with Article XII of the Indenture by the Capital One Parties.
ARTICLE IV
DISTRIBUTIONS; ACCOUNTS
SECTION 4.1 Establishment of Accounts. (a) The Servicer shall cause to be established the Trust Accounts and the Certificate Distribution Account in the manner set forth in Section 8.2(a) of the Indenture. If the Certificate Distribution Account ceases to be an Eligible Account, the Servicer, on behalf of the Owner Trustee, shall comply with Section 5.4 of the Trust Agreement if the Certificate Distribution Account is not then held by the Owner Trustee or an Affiliate thereof. If any Trust Account ceases to be an Eligible Account, the Servicer shall comply with Section 8.3(b) of the Indenture.
(b) The Servicer may, but shall not be obligated to, select Permitted Investments with respect to funds on deposit in the Collection Account in accordance with Section 8.3 of the Indenture. The Servicer acknowledges that upon its written request and at no additional cost, it has the right to receive notification after the completion of each purchase and sale of Permitted Investments or the Indenture Trustees receipt of a brokers confirmation. The Servicer agrees that such notifications shall not be provided by the Indenture Trustee hereunder, and the Indenture Trustee shall make available, upon request and in lieu of notifications, periodic account statements that reflect such investment activity.
SECTION 4.2 Remittances. The Servicer shall deposit an amount equal to all Collections into the Collection Account within the time, not to exceed two (2) Business Days after its receipt thereof, necessary for the Servicer to clear any payments of Collections received; provided, however, that the Servicer may deduct from such Collections all Unrelated Amounts to the extent such Unrelated Amounts have not been previously reimbursed to the Servicer. Pending deposit in the Collection Account, Collections may be used by the Servicer at its own risk and are not required to be segregated from its own funds.
SECTION 4.3 Additional Deposits and Payments. On the date specified in Section 3.6 of this Agreement, the Servicer will deposit into the Collection Account the aggregate Repurchase Price with respect to Repurchased Receivables purchased by the Servicer pursuant to Section 3.6 on such date and the Servicer will deposit into the Collection Account all amounts, if any, to be paid under Section 7.1 in connection with the Optional Purchase. All such deposits with respect to any such date which is a Payment Date will be made, in immediately available funds by the close of business on the Business Day prior to such Payment Date related to such Collection Period.
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ARTICLE V
THE SERVICER
SECTION 5.1 Representations and Warranties of the Servicer. The Servicer makes the following representations and warranties as of the Closing Date on which the Issuer will be deemed to have relied in acquiring the Transferred Assets and which will survive the conveyance of the Transferred Assets to the Issuer and the pledge thereof by the Issuer to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Indenture:
(a) Existence and Power. The Servicer is a national banking association validly existing under the laws of the United States of America and has, in all material respects, all power and authority to carry on its business as it is now conducted. The Servicer has obtained all necessary licenses and approvals in each jurisdiction where the failure to do so would materially and adversely affect the ability of the Servicer to perform its obligations under this Agreement or affect the enforceability or collectability of the Receivables or any other part of the Transferred Assets.
(b) Authorization and No Contravention. The execution, delivery and performance by the Servicer of this Agreement (i) have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of the Servicer and (ii) do not contravene or constitute a default under (A) any applicable order, law, rule or regulation, (B) its organizational documents or (C) any material agreement, contract, order or other instrument to which it is a party or its property is subject (other than violations of such laws, rules, regulations, indentures or agreements which do not affect the legality, validity or enforceability of any of such agreements or which, individually or in the aggregate, would not materially and adversely affect the transactions contemplated by, or the Servicers ability to perform its obligations under, this Agreement).
(c) No Consent Required. No approval or authorization by, or filing with, any Governmental Authority is required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by the Servicer of this Agreement other than (i) UCC filings, (ii) approvals and authorizations that have previously been obtained and filings that have previously been made and (iii) approvals, authorizations or filings which, if not obtained or made, would not have a material adverse effect on the enforceability or collectability of the Receivables or would not materially and adversely affect the ability of the Servicer to perform its obligations under this Agreement.
(d) Binding Effect. This Agreement constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Servicer enforceable against the Servicer in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, receivership, conservatorship or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors rights generally and, if applicable, the rights of creditors of corporations from time to time in effect or by general principles of equity.
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(e) No Proceedings. There are no Proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Servicer, threatened against the Servicer before or by any Governmental Authority that (i) assert the invalidity or unenforceability of this Agreement or (ii) seek any determination or ruling that would materially and adversely affect the performance by the Servicer of its obligations under this Agreement.
SECTION 5.2 Indemnities of Servicer. The Servicer will be liable in accordance herewith only to the extent of the obligations specifically undertaken by the Servicer under this Agreement, and hereby agrees to the following:
(a) The Servicer will defend, indemnify and hold harmless the Issuer, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee and the Seller from and against any and all costs, expenses, losses, damages, claims and liabilities, arising out of or resulting from the use, ownership or operation by the Servicer or any Affiliate thereof of a Financed Vehicle. The Servicer will compensate and indemnify the Administrator to the extent and subject to the conditions set forth in Section 3 of the Administration Agreement.
(b) The Servicer will indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Issuer, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee from and against any taxes that may at any time be asserted against any such Person with respect to the transactions contemplated herein or in the other Transaction Documents, if any, including, without limitation, any sales, gross receipts, general corporation, tangible personal property, privilege, or license taxes (but, in the case of the Issuer, not including any taxes asserted with respect to, and as of the date of, the conveyance of the Receivables to the Issuer or the issuance and original sales of the Notes, or asserted with respect to ownership of the Receivables, or United States federal or other Applicable Tax State income taxes arising out of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents) and costs and expenses in defending against the same. For the avoidance of doubt, the Servicer will not indemnify for any costs, expenses, losses, claims, damages or liabilities due to the credit risk of the Obligors and for which reimbursement would constitute recourse for uncollectible Receivables. Any amounts payable to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to this Section 5.2(b), to the extent not paid by the Servicer, shall be paid by the Issuer in accordance with Section 8.5(a) of the Indenture.
(c) The Servicer will indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Issuer, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee and the Seller from and against any and all costs, expenses, losses, claims, damages, and liabilities to the extent that such cost, expense, loss, claim, damage, or liability arose out of, or was imposed upon any such Person through, the negligence, willful misfeasance, or bad faith (other than errors in judgment) of the Servicer in the performance of its duties under this Agreement or any other Transaction Document to which it is a party, or by reason of its failure to perform its obligations or of reckless disregard of its obligations and duties under this Agreement or any other Transaction Document to which it is a party; provided, however, that the Servicer will not indemnify for any costs, expenses, losses, claims, damages or liabilities arising from its breach of any covenant for which the repurchase of the affected Receivables is specified as the sole remedy pursuant to Section 3.6.
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(d) The Servicer will compensate and indemnify the Owner Trustee to the extent and subject to the conditions set forth in Sections 8.1 and 8.2 of the Trust Agreement. The Servicer will compensate and indemnify the Indenture Trustee to the extent and subject to the conditions set forth in Section 6.7 of the Indenture, except to the extent that any cost, expense, loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is incurred in connection with the performance by the Indenture Trustee of the duties of a successor Servicer hereunder.
(e) Indemnification under this Section 5.2 by the Bank (or any successor thereto pursuant to Section 6.1), as Servicer, with respect to the period such Person was the Servicer, will survive the termination of such Person as Servicer or a resignation by such Person as Servicer as well as the termination or assignment of this Agreement and the Trust Agreement or the resignation or removal of the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee and will include reasonable fees and expenses of counsel and expenses of litigation and those amounts incurred in connection with any action, claim or suit brought by the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee to enforce its right to indemnification. If the Servicer has made any indemnity payments pursuant to this Section 5.2 and the Person to or on behalf of whom such payments are made thereafter collects any of such amounts from others, such Person will promptly repay such amounts to the Servicer, without interest.
SECTION 5.3 Merger or Consolidation of, or Assumption of the Obligations of, Servicer. Any Person (i) into which the Servicer may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, to which it may sell or transfer its business and assets as a whole or substantially as a whole, (ii) resulting from any merger, sale, transfer conversion or consolidation to which the Servicer shall be a party, (iii) succeeding to the business of the Servicer or (iv) more than 50% of the voting stock or voting power and 50% or more of the economic equity of which is owned directly or indirectly by Capital One Financial Corporation, 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 document or any further act on the part of any of the parties to this Agreement anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding. The Servicer shall provide prior notice of the effective date of any merger, conversion, consolidation or succession pursuant to this Section 5.3 to the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee and the Seller. The Servicer shall provide the Seller in writing such information as reasonably requested by the Seller to comply with its Exchange Act reporting obligations with respect to a successor Servicer.
SECTION 5.4 Limitation on Liability of Servicer and Others. (a) Neither the Servicer nor any of the directors or officers or employees or agents of the Servicer will be under any liability to the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee, the Noteholders or the Certificateholders, except as provided in Section 5.2 of this Agreement and as otherwise 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 will not protect the Servicer or any such Person against any liability that would otherwise be imposed by reason of willful misfeasance or bad faith in the performance of duties or by reason of its failure to perform its obligations or of reckless disregard of obligations and duties under this Agreement, or by reason of negligence in the performance of its duties under this Agreement (except for errors in judgment). The Servicer and any director, officer or employee or agent of the Servicer may rely in good faith on any Opinion of Counsel or on any Officers Certificate of the Seller or certificate of auditors believed to be genuine and to have been signed by the proper party in respect of any matters arising under this Agreement.
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(b) Except as provided in this Agreement, the Servicer will not be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any legal action that is not incidental to its duties to service the Receivables in accordance with this Agreement, and that in its opinion may involve it in any expense or liability; provided, however, that the Servicer may undertake any reasonable action that it may deem necessary or desirable in respect of this Agreement and the rights and duties of the parties to this Agreement and the interests of the Noteholders and the Certificateholders under this Agreement. In such event, the legal expenses and costs of such action and any liability resulting therefrom will be expenses, costs and liabilities of the Servicer.
SECTION 5.5 Delegation of Duties. The Servicer may, at any time without notice or consent, delegate (a) any or all of its duties (including, without limitation, its duties as custodian) under the Transaction Documents to any of its Affiliates or (b) specific duties (including, without limitation, its duties as custodian) to sub-contractors who are in the business of performing such duties; provided, that no such delegation shall relieve the Servicer of its responsibility with respect to such duties and the Servicer shall remain obligated and liable to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee for its duties hereunder as if the Servicer alone were performing such duties.
SECTION 5.6 The Bank Not to Resign as Servicer. Subject to the provisions of Sections 5.3 and 5.5, the Bank will 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 is no longer permissible under applicable law. Notice of any such determination permitting the resignation of the Bank will be communicated to the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and Owner Trustee at the earliest practicable time (and, if such communication is not in writing, will be confirmed in writing at the earliest practicable time) and any such determination will be evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel to such effect delivered to the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and Owner Trustee concurrently with or promptly after such notice. No such resignation will become effective until a successor Servicer has (i) assumed the responsibilities and obligations of the Bank as Servicer and (ii) provided in writing the information reasonably requested by the Seller to comply with its reporting obligations under the Exchange Act with respect to a replacement Servicer.
SECTION 5.7 Servicer May Own Notes and Certificates. The Servicer, and any Affiliate of the Servicer, may, in its individual or any other capacity, become the owner or pledgee of Notes and Certificates with the same rights as it would have if it were not the Servicer or an Affiliate thereof, except as otherwise expressly provided herein or in the other Transaction Documents. Except as set forth herein or in the other Transaction Documents, Notes and Certificates so owned by or pledged to the Servicer or such Affiliate will have an equal and proportionate benefit under the provisions of this Agreement, without preference, priority or distinction as among all of the Noteholders and Certificateholders.
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ARTICLE VI
REPLACEMENT OF SERVICER
SECTION 6.1 Replacement of Servicer.
(a) If a Servicer Replacement Event shall have occurred and be continuing, the Relevant Trustee shall, at the direction of 662⁄3% of the Outstanding Note Balance of the Controlling Class (or, if no Notes are Outstanding, the Majority Certificateholders), by notice given to the Servicer, the Owner Trustee, the Issuer, the Administrator, the Certificateholders and the Noteholders, terminate the rights and obligations of the Servicer under this Agreement with respect to the Receivables. In the event the Servicer is removed or resigns as Servicer with respect to servicing the Receivables, the Indenture Trustee, acting at the direction of 662⁄3% of the Outstanding Note Balance of the Controlling Class (or, if no Notes are Outstanding, the Majority Certificateholders), shall appoint a successor Servicer. Upon the Servicers receipt of notice of termination the predecessor Servicer will continue to perform its functions as Servicer under this Agreement only until the date specified in such termination notice or, if no such date is specified in such termination notice, until receipt of such notice. If a successor Servicer has not been appointed at the time when the predecessor Servicer ceases to act as Servicer in accordance with this Section, the Indenture Trustee without further action will automatically be appointed the successor Servicer. Notwithstanding the above, the Indenture Trustee, if it is legally unable or is unwilling to so act in its sole discretion, will appoint, or petition a court of competent jurisdiction to appoint, a successor Servicer. Any successor Servicer shall be an established institution having a net worth of not less than $100,000,000 and whose regular business includes the servicing of comparable motor vehicle receivables having an aggregate outstanding principal amount of not less than $50,000,000.
(b) Noteholders holding not less than a majority of the Outstanding Note Balance of the Controlling Class (or, if no Notes are Outstanding, the Majority Certificateholders) may waive any Servicer Replacement Event. Upon any such waiver, such Servicer Replacement Event shall cease to exist and be deemed to have been cured and not to have occurred and any Servicer Replacement Event arising therefrom shall be deemed not to have occurred for every purpose of this Agreement, but no such waiver shall extend to any prior, subsequent or other Servicer Replacement Event or impair any right consequent thereto.
(c) If replaced, the Servicer agrees that it will use commercially reasonable efforts to effect the orderly and efficient transfer of the servicing of the Receivables to a successor Servicer. All reasonable costs and expenses incurred in connection with transferring the Receivable Files to the successor Servicer and all other reasonable costs and expenses incurred in connection with the transfer to the successor Servicer related to the performance by the Servicer hereunder will be paid by the predecessor Servicer upon presentation of reasonable documentation of such costs and expenses.
(d) Upon the effectiveness of the assumption by the successor Servicer of its duties pursuant to this Section 6.1, the successor Servicer shall be the successor in all respects to the Servicer in its capacity as Servicer under this Agreement with respect to the Receivables, and shall be subject to all the responsibilities, duties and liabilities relating thereto, except with
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respect to the obligations of the predecessor Servicer that survive its termination as Servicer, including indemnification obligations as set forth in Section 5.2(e). In such event, the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee are hereby authorized and empowered (but not obligated) to execute and deliver, on behalf 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 termination and replacement of the Servicer, whether to complete the transfer and endorsement of the Receivables and related documents, or otherwise. No Servicer shall resign or be relieved of its duties under this Agreement, as Servicer of the Receivables, until a newly appointed Servicer for the Receivables shall have assumed the responsibilities and obligations of the resigning or terminated Servicer under this Agreement.
(e) In connection with such appointment, the Issuer may make such arrangements for the compensation of the successor Servicer out of Available Funds as it and such successor Servicer will agree; provided, however, that no such compensation will be in excess of the amount paid to the predecessor Servicer under this Agreement.
SECTION 6.2 Notification to Noteholders and Certificateholders. Upon any termination of, or appointment of a successor to, the Servicer pursuant to this Article VI, the Indenture Trustee will give prompt (but in no case later than five (5) Business Days after such occurrence) written notice thereof to the Owner Trustee, the Issuer and the Administrator, the Asset Representations Reviewer and to the Noteholders and Certificateholders at their respective addresses of record.
ARTICLE VII
OPTIONAL PURCHASE
SECTION 7.1 Optional Purchase of Trust Estate. The Servicer shall have the right at its option (the Optional Purchase) to purchase (and/or to designate one or more other Persons to purchase) the Trust Estate (other than the Reserve Account) from the Issuer on any Payment Date if both of the following conditions are satisfied: (a) as of the last day of the related Collection Period, the Net Pool Balance has declined to 10% or less of the Net Pool Balance as of the Cut-Off Date; and (b) the sum of the Optional Purchase Price and Available Funds for such Payment Date would be sufficient to pay (x) the amounts required to be paid under clauses first through ninth and eleventh of Section 8.5(a) of the Indenture (assuming that such Payment Date is not a Redemption Date) and (y) the Outstanding Note Balance (after giving effect to the payments described in the preceding clause (x)). The purchase price for the Trust Estate (other than the Reserve Account) (the Optional Purchase Price) shall equal the Net Pool Balance plus accrued and unpaid interest on the Receivables as of the last day of the Collection Period immediately preceding the Redemption Date, which amount (net of any Collections deposited into the Collection Account after the last day of the Collection Period immediately preceding the Redemption Date) shall be deposited by the Servicer (or its designee) into the Collection Account on or prior to noon, New York City time, on the Redemption Date. If the Servicer (or its designee), exercises the Optional Purchase, the Notes shall be redeemed and in each case in whole but not in part on the related Payment Date for the Redemption Price.
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ARTICLE VIII
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
SECTION 8.1 Amendment.
(a) Any term or provision of this Agreement may be amended by the Servicer without the consent of the Indenture Trustee, the Issuer, any Noteholder, the Owner Trustee or any other Person subject to the satisfaction of one of the following conditions:
(i) | The Servicer delivers an Opinion of Counsel or an Officers Certificate to the Indenture Trustee to the effect that such amendment will not materially and adversely affect the interests of the Noteholders; or |
(ii) | The Rating Agency Condition is satisfied with respect to such amendment and the Servicer notifies the Indenture Trustee in writing that the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied with respect to such amendment. |
(b) This Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the Servicer, with the consent of the Holders of Notes evidencing not less than a majority of the Outstanding Note Balance of the Controlling Class, 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. It will not be necessary for the consent of Noteholders or Certificateholders to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment or consent, but it will be sufficient if such consent approves the substance thereof. The manner of obtaining such consents (and any other consents of Noteholders and Certificateholders provided for in this Agreement) and of evidencing the authorization of the execution thereof by Noteholders and Certificateholders will be subject to such reasonable requirements as the Indenture Trustee and Owner Trustee may prescribe, including the establishment of record dates pursuant to the Note Depository Agreement.
(c) Prior to the execution of any amendment pursuant to this Section 8.1, the Issuer shall provide written notification of the substance of such amendment to each Rating Agency; and promptly after the execution of any such amendment, the Servicer shall furnish a copy of such amendment to each Rating Agency, the Issuer, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee; provided, that no amendment pursuant to this Section 8.1 shall be effective which materially and adversely affects the rights, protections or duties of the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee without the prior written consent of such Person.
(d) Prior to the execution of any amendment to this Agreement, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to receive and conclusively rely upon an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such amendment is authorized or permitted by this Agreement and an Officers Certificate of the Seller or the Administrator that all conditions precedent to the execution and delivery of such amendment have been satisfied. The Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such amendment which materially and adversely affects the Owner Trustees or the Indenture Trustees, as applicable, own rights, privileges, indemnities, duties or obligations under this Agreement, the Transaction Documents or otherwise.
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(e) Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b) of this Section 8.1, this Agreement may only be amended by the Servicer if (i) the Majority Certificateholders or, if 100% of the aggregate Percentage Interests is then beneficially owned by the Bank and/or its Affiliates, such Person (or Persons), consent to such amendment or (ii) such amendment shall not, as evidenced by an Officers Certificate of the Servicer or an Opinion of Counsel delivered to the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee, materially and adversely affect the interests of the Certificateholders. In determining whether 100% of the aggregate Percentage Interests is then beneficially owned by the Bank and/or its Affiliates for purposes of clause (i), any party shall be entitled to rely on an Officers Certificate or similar certification of the Bank or any Affiliate thereof to such effect.
(f) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, for purposes of classifying the Issuer as a grantor trust under the Code, no amendment shall be made to this Agreement that would (i) result in a variation of the investment of the beneficial owners of the Certificates for purposes of the United States Treasury Regulation section 301.7701-4(c) without the consent of Noteholders evidencing at least a majority of the Outstanding Note Balance of the Controlling Class and the Majority Certificateholders or (ii) cause the Issuer (or any part thereof) to be classified as other than a grantor trust for United States federal income tax purposes.
SECTION 8.2 Protection of Title.
(a) The Servicer shall maintain (or shall cause its Sub-Servicer to maintain) in accordance with its Customary Servicing Practices 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.
(b) The Servicer shall maintain (or shall cause its Sub-Servicer to maintain) its computer systems so that, from time to time after the conveyance under this Agreement of the Receivables, the master computer records (including any backup archives) that refer to a Receivable shall indicate clearly the interest of the Issuer in such Receivable and that such Receivable is owned by the Issuer and has been pledged to the Indenture Trustee on behalf of the Noteholders pursuant to the Indenture. Indication of the Issuers interest in a Receivable shall not be deleted from or modified on such computer systems until, and only until, the related Receivable shall have been paid in full, repurchased by the Bank pursuant to Section 3.3 of the Receivables Sale Agreement or purchased by the Servicer pursuant to either Section 3.6 or 7.1 of this Agreement.
(c) If at any time the Servicer shall propose to sell, grant a security interest in or otherwise transfer any interest in motor vehicle receivables to any prospective purchaser, lender or other transferee, the Servicer shall give to such prospective purchaser, lender or other transferee computer tapes, records or printouts (including any restored from backup archives) that, if they shall refer in any manner whatsoever to any Receivable, shall indicate clearly that such Receivable has been sold and is owned by the Issuer and has been pledged to the Indenture Trustee on behalf of the Noteholders.
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(d) The Servicer, upon receipt of reasonable prior notice, shall permit the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee and their respective agents at any time during normal business hours, to the extent it does not unreasonably interfere with the Servicers normal operations, to inspect, audit and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, make copies of and abstracts from Servicers (or any Sub-Servicers) records regarding any Receivable.
(e) Upon request, the Servicer shall furnish to the Issuer or to the Indenture Trustee, within thirty (30) Business Days, a list of all Receivables then owned by the Issuer, together with a reconciliation of such list to each of the Servicers Reports furnished before such request indicating removal of Receivables from the Issuer.
SECTION 8.3 Notices, Etc. All demands, notices and communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be delivered or mailed by registered or certified first-class United States mail, postage prepaid, hand delivery, prepaid courier service, or by e-mail (if an applicable e-mail address is provided on Schedule I to the Sale Agreement), and addressed in each case as specified on Schedule I to the Sale Agreement, or at such other address as shall be designated by any of the specified addressees in a written notice to the other parties hereto. Any notice required or permitted to be mailed to a Noteholder or Certificateholder shall be given by first class mail, postage prepaid, at the address of such Noteholder or Certificateholder as shown in the Note Register. Delivery shall occur only upon receipt or reported tender of such communication by an officer of the recipient entitled to receive such notices located at the address of such recipient for notices hereunder; provided, however, that any notice to a Noteholder or Certificateholder mailed within the time and manner prescribed in this Agreement shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the Noteholder or Certificateholder shall receive such notice.
SECTION 8.4 Choice of Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL, SUBSTANTIVE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REFERENCE TO THE RULES THEREOF RELATING TO CONFLICTS OF LAW, OTHER THAN SECTIONS 5-1401 AND 5-1402 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.
SECTION 8.5 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.
SECTION 8.6 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, regardless of whether delivered in physical or electronic form, but all of such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
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SECTION 8.7 Waivers. No failure or delay on the part of the Servicer, the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee in exercising any power or right hereunder (to the extent such Person has any power or right hereunder) shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such power or right preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other power or right. No notice to or demand on any party hereto in any case shall entitle it to any notice or demand in similar or other circumstances. No waiver or approval by any party hereto under this Agreement shall, except as may otherwise be stated in such waiver or approval, be applicable to subsequent transactions. No waiver or approval under this Agreement shall require any similar or dissimilar waiver or approval thereafter to be granted hereunder.
SECTION 8.8 Entire Agreement. The Transaction Documents contain a final and complete integration of all prior expressions by the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter thereof and shall constitute the entire agreement among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter thereof, superseding all prior oral or written understandings. There are no unwritten agreements among the parties.
SECTION 8.9 Severability of Provisions. If any one or more of the covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of this Agreement shall be for any reason whatsoever held invalid, 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.
SECTION 8.10 Binding Effect. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns. This Agreement shall create and constitute the continuing obligations of the parties hereto in accordance with its terms, and shall remain in full force and effect until such time as the parties hereto shall agree.
SECTION 8.11 Not Applicable to the Bank in Other Capacities. Nothing in this Agreement shall affect any obligation the Bank may have in any other capacity.
SECTION 8.12 Cumulative Remedies. The remedies herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any remedies provided by law.
SECTION 8.13 Nonpetition Covenant. Each party hereto agrees that, prior to the date which is one year and one day after payment in full of all obligations of each Bankruptcy Remote Party in respect of all securities issued by any Bankruptcy Remote Party (i) such party shall not authorize any Bankruptcy Remote Party to commence a voluntary winding-up or other voluntary case or other Proceeding seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief with respect to such Bankruptcy Remote Party or its debts under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect in any jurisdiction or seeking the appointment of an administrator, a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official with respect to such Bankruptcy Remote Party or any substantial part of its property or to consent to any such relief or to the appointment of or taking possession by any such official in an involuntary case or other Proceeding commenced against such Bankruptcy Remote Party, or to make a general assignment for the benefit of, its creditors generally, any party hereto or any other creditor of such Bankruptcy Remote Party, and (ii) such party shall not commence or join with any other Person in commencing any Proceeding against such Bankruptcy Remote Party under any bankruptcy, reorganization, liquidation or insolvency law or statute now or hereafter in effect in any jurisdiction. This Section shall survive the termination of this Agreement.
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SECTION 8.14 Submission to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally:
(a) submits for itself and its property in any Proceeding relating to this Agreement or any documents executed and delivered in connection herewith, or for recognition and enforcement of any judgment in respect thereof, to the nonexclusive general jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York, the courts of the United States of America for the Southern District of New York and appellate courts from any thereof;
(b) consents that any such Proceeding may be brought in such courts and waives any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the venue of such action or Proceeding in any such court or that such action or Proceeding was brought in an inconvenient court and agrees not to plead or claim the same;
(c) agrees that service of process in any such Proceeding may be effected by mailing a copy thereof by registered or certified mail (or any substantially similar form of mail), postage prepaid, to such Person at its address determined in accordance with Section 8.3;
(d) agrees that nothing herein shall affect the right to effect service of process in any other manner permitted by law or shall limit the right to sue in any other jurisdiction; and
(e) to the extent permitted by applicable law, each party hereto irrevocably waives all right of trial by jury in any action, Proceeding or counterclaim based on, or arising out of, under or in connection with this Agreement, any other Transaction Document, or any matter arising hereunder or thereunder.
SECTION 8.15 Limitation of Liability.
(a) It is expressly understood and agreed by the parties hereto that (a) this Agreement is executed and delivered by BNY Mellon Trust of Delaware, not individually or personally but solely as Owner Trustee of the Issuer, in the exercise of the powers and authority conferred and vested in it under the Trust Agreement, (b) each of the representations, undertakings and agreements herein made on the part of the Issuer is made and intended not as personal representations, undertakings and agreements by BNY Mellon Trust of Delaware, but is made and intended for the purpose for binding only the Issuer, (c) nothing herein contained shall be construed as creating any liability on BNY Mellon Trust of Delaware, individually or personally, to perform any covenant, either express or implied, contained herein, all such liability, if any, being expressly waived by the parties hereto and any Person claiming by, through or under the parties hereto, (d) BNY Mellon Trust of Delaware has made no investigation as to the accuracy or completeness of any representations and warranties made by the Issuer in this Agreement and (e) under no circumstances shall BNY Mellon Trust of Delaware be personally liable for the payment of any indebtedness or expenses of the Issuer or be liable for the breach or failure of any obligation, representation, warranty or covenant made or undertaken by the Issuer under this Agreement or the other related documents.
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(b) Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, this Agreement has been executed and delivered by Wilmington Trust, National Association, not in its individual capacity but solely as Indenture Trustee, and in no event shall it have any liability for the representations, warranties, covenants, agreements or other obligations of the Issuer under the Notes or any of the other Transaction Documents or in any of the certificates, notices or agreements delivered pursuant thereto, as to all of which recourse shall be had solely to the assets of the Issuer; provided that the Indenture Trustee shall be responsible for its actions as Indenture Trustee hereunder and under the Indenture. Under no circumstances shall the Indenture Trustee be personally liable for the payment of any indebtedness or expense of the Issuer or be liable for the breach or failure of any obligations, representation, warranty or covenant made or undertaken by the Issuer under the Transaction Documents. For the purposes of this Agreement, in the performance of its duties or obligations hereunder, the Indenture Trustee shall be subject to, and entitled to the benefits of, the terms and provisions of Article VI of the Indenture.
SECTION 8.16 Third-Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns and (i) the Owner Trustee shall be an express third party beneficiary hereof and may enforce the provisions hereof as if it were a party hereto (ii) and the Seller shall be an express third party beneficiary of Sections 8.18, 8.19, 8.20 and 8.21 and may enforce such provisions as if it were a party hereto. Except as otherwise provided in this Section, no other Person will have any right hereunder.
SECTION 8.17 Information Requests.
(a) The parties hereto shall provide any information reasonably requested by the Servicer, the Issuer, the Seller or any of their Affiliates, in order to comply with or obtain more favorable treatment under any current or future law, rule, regulation, accounting rule or principle.
(b) The Servicer shall furnish to the Indenture Trustee from time to time information (which is in the possession of the Servicer and is freely deliverable) related to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents as the Indenture Trustee shall reasonably request.
SECTION 8.18 Compliance with Regulation AB. The Servicer shall cooperate fully with the Seller to deliver to the Seller (including any of its assignees or designees) any and all statements, reports, certifications, records and any other information necessary in the good faith determination of the Seller to permit the Seller to comply with the provisions of Regulation AB and its reporting obligations under the Exchange Act, together with such disclosures relating to the Servicer and the Receivables, or the servicing of the Receivables, reasonably believed by the Seller to be necessary in order to effect such compliance.
SECTION 8.19 Information to Be Provided by the Indenture Trustee.
(a) The Indenture Trustee shall (i) on or before the fifth (5th) Business Day of each month, notify the Seller, in writing, of any Form 10-D Disclosure Item with respect to the Indenture Trustee, together with a description of any such Form 10-D Disclosure Item in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Seller; provided, however, that, the Indenture
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Trustee shall not be required to provide such information in the event that there has been no change to the information previously provided by the Indenture Trustee to Seller, and (ii) as promptly as practicable following notice to or actual knowledge by a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee of any changes to such information, provide to the Seller, in writing, such updated information.
(b) As soon as available but no later than March 1st of each calendar year for so long as the Seller is filing reports with respect to the Issuer under the Exchange Act, commencing on March 1, 2023, the Indenture Trustee shall:
i. | deliver to the Seller a report regarding the Indenture Trustees assessment of compliance with the Servicing Criteria during the immediately preceding calendar year, as required under paragraph (b) of Rule 13a-18, Rule 15d-18 of the Exchange Act and Item 1122 of Regulation AB. Such report shall be signed by an authorized officer of the Indenture Trustee, and shall address each of the Servicing Criteria specified in Exhibit A as applicable to the Indenture Trustee or such other criteria as mutually agreed upon by the Seller and the Indenture Trustee; |
ii. | cause a firm of registered public accountants that is qualified and independent within the meaning of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act to deliver to the Seller a report for inclusion in the Sellers filing of Exchange Act Form 10-K with respect to the Issuer that attests to, and reports on, the assessment of compliance made by the Indenture Trustee and delivered to the Seller pursuant to the preceding paragraph. Such attestation shall be in accordance with Rules 1-02(a)(3) and 2-02(g) of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act; |
iii. | deliver to the Seller and any other Person that will be responsible for signing the certification (a Sarbanes Certification) required by Rules 13a-14(d) and 15d-14(d) under the Exchange Act (pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act) on behalf of the Issuer or the Seller, a back-up certification substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B or such form as mutually agreed upon by the Seller and the Indenture Trustee; and |
iv. | deliver to the Seller the certification substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C or such other form as is mutually agreed upon by the Seller and the Indenture Trustee regarding any affiliations or relationships (as described in Item 1119 of Regulation AB) between the Indenture Trustee and any Item 1119 Party and any Form 10-D Disclosure Item. |
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The Indenture Trustee acknowledges that the parties identified in clause (iii) above may rely on the certification provided by the Indenture Trustee pursuant to such clause in signing a Sarbanes Certification and filing such with the Commission. The Indenture Trustee further 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 agrees to cooperate with the Seller to deliver to the Seller and the Servicer such information necessary in the good faith determination of the Seller or the Servicer to permit the Seller or the Servicer, as applicable, to comply with the provisions of Regulation AB.
(c) The Indenture Trustee shall provide the Seller and the Servicer (each, a Transaction Party and, collectively, the Transaction Parties) with (i) notification, as soon as practicable and in any event within ten (10) Business Days of all demands communicated to the Indenture Trustee for the repurchase or replacement of any Receivable pursuant to the Transaction Documents and (ii) promptly upon request by a Transaction Party, any other information reasonably requested by a Transaction Party to facilitate compliance by the Transaction Parties with Rule 15Ga-1 under the Exchange Act and Items 1104(e) and 1121(c) of Regulation AB. In no event shall the Indenture Trustee be deemed to be a securitizer as defined in Section 15G(a) of the Exchange Act nor shall it have any responsibility for making any filing to be made by a securitizer under the Exchange Act or Regulation AB. The Transaction Parties hereby acknowledge and agreed that the Indenture Trustees reporting is limited to information that it has received or acquired solely in its capacity as indenture trustee under this Agreement and the Indenture and not in any other capacity. The Transaction Parties further hereby acknowledge and agree that, other than any express duties or responsibilities as trustee under the Transaction Documents, the Indenture Trustee has no duty or obligation to undertake any investigation or inquiry related to repurchase demand activity in connection with any Transaction Documents, and no obligations or duties are otherwise implied by this section.
SECTION 8.20 Form 8-K Filings. The Indenture Trustee shall promptly notify the Seller, but in no event later than one (1) Business Day after its occurrence, of any Reportable Event of which a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee has actual knowledge (other than a Reportable Event described in clause (a) or (b) of the definition thereof as to which the Servicer has actual knowledge). The Indenture Trustee shall be deemed to have actual knowledge of any such event to the extent that it relates to the Indenture Trustee or any action or failure to act by the Indenture Trustee.
SECTION 8.21 Cooperation with Voting. Each of the Servicer and the Issuer hereby acknowledges and agrees that it shall cooperate with the Indenture Trustee to facilitate any vote by the Instituting Noteholders pursuant to the terms of Section 7.6 of the Indenture.
SECTION 8.22 EU and UK Risk Retention. The Bank hereby covenants and agrees, in connection with the EU Securitization Regulation and the UK Securitization Regulation, in each case as in effect and applicable on the Closing Date, on an ongoing basis, so long as any Notes remain Outstanding:
(a) The Bank, as originator (as such term is defined for the purposes of each of the Securitization Regulations), will retain, upon issuance of the Notes and on an ongoing basis a material net economic interest (the Retained Interest) of not less than 5% in the securitization transaction described in the Prospectus, in the form of retention of at least 5% of the nominal value of each of the tranches sold or transferred to investors in accordance with option (a) of
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Article 6(3) of the EU Securitization Regulation and option (a) of Article 6(3) of the UK Securitization Regulation, by holding (i) at least 5% of the nominal value of each Class of Notes and (ii) all the membership interest in the Seller (or one or more other wholly-owned special purpose subsidiaries of the Bank), which in turn will hold at least 5% of the nominal value of the Certificates;
(b) The Bank will not (and will not permit the Seller or any of its other affiliates to) hedge or otherwise mitigate its credit risk under or associated with the Retained Interest, or sell, transfer or otherwise surrender all or part of the rights, benefits or obligations arising from the Retained Interest, except, in each case, to the extent permitted by the SR Rules;
(c) The Bank will not change the manner or form in which it retains the Retained Interest while any of the Notes are outstanding, except as permitted by the SR Rules; and
(d) The Bank will provide ongoing confirmation of its continued compliance with its obligations described in the foregoing clauses (a), (b) and (c), in or concurrently with the delivery of each Servicers Report.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized as of the day and year first above written.
CAPITAL ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, | ||
as Servicer | ||
By: | /s/ Franco Harris | |
Name: | Franco Harris | |
Title: | Managing Vice President, Treasury Capital Markets |
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CAPITAL ONE PRIME AUTO RECEIVABLES TRUST 2022-2 | ||
By: | BNY MELLON TRUST OF DELAWARE, | |
not in its individual capacity | ||
but solely as Owner Trustee | ||
By: | /s/ JoAnn C. DiOssi | |
Name: | JoAnn C. DiOssi | |
Title: | Vice President |
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WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, | ||
not in its individual capacity | ||
but solely as Indenture Trustee | ||
By: | /s/ Julia Linian | |
Name: | Julia Linian | |
Title: | Vice President |
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EXHIBIT A
SERVICING CRITERIA TO BE ADDRESSED IN
INDENTURE TRUSTEES ASSESSMENT OF COMPLIANCE
The assessment of compliance to be delivered by the Indenture Trustee shall address, at a minimum, the criteria identified below as Applicable Servicing Criteria:
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Applicable Servicing Criteria | |||
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General Servicing Considerations | ||||
1122(d)(1)(i) | Policies and procedures are instituted to monitor any performance or other triggers and events of default in accordance with the transaction agreements. | |||
1122(d)(1)(ii) | If any material servicing activities are outsourced to third parties, policies and procedures are instituted to monitor the third partys performance and compliance with such servicing activities. | |||
1122(d)(1)(iii) | Any requirements in the transaction agreements to maintain a back-up servicer for the pool assets are maintained. | |||
1122(d)(1)(iv) | A fidelity bond and errors and omissions policy is in effect on the party participating in the servicing function throughout the reporting period in the amount of coverage required by and otherwise in accordance with the terms of the transaction agreements. | |||
1122(d)(1)(v) | Aggregation of information, as applicable, is mathematically accurate and the information conveyed accurately reflects the information. | |||
Cash Collection and Administration | ||||
1122(d)(2)(i) | Payments on pool assets are deposited into the appropriate custodial bank accounts and related bank clearing accounts no more than two business days following receipt, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements. | |||
1122(d)(2)(ii) | Disbursements made via wire transfer on behalf of an obligor or to an investor are made only by authorized personnel. | X | ||
1122(d)(2)(iii) | Advances of funds or guarantees regarding collections, cash flows or distributions, and any interest or other fees charged for such advances, are made, reviewed and approved as specified in the transaction agreements. | |||
1122(d)(2)(iv) | The related accounts for the transaction, such as cash reserve accounts or accounts established as a form of overcollateralization, are separately maintained (e.g., with respect to commingling of cash) as set forth in the transaction agreements. | X | ||
1122(d)(2)(v) | Each custodial account is maintained at a federally insured depository institution as set forth in the transaction agreements. For purposes of this criterion, federally insured depository institution with respect to a foreign financial institution means a foreign financial institution that meets the requirements of Rule 13k-1(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act. | X | ||
1122(d)(2)(vi) | Unissued checks are safeguarded so as to prevent unauthorized access. | |||
1122(d)(2)(vii) | Reconciliations are prepared on a monthly basis for all asset-backed securities related bank accounts, including custodial accounts and related bank clearing accounts. These reconciliations are (A) mathematically accurate; (B) prepared within 30 calendar days after the bank statement cutoff date, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements; (C) reviewed and approved by someone other than the person who prepared the reconciliation; and (D) contain explanations for reconciling items. These reconciling items are resolved within 90 calendar days of their original identification, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements. |
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Applicable Servicing Criteria | |||
Reference |
Criteria |
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Investor Remittances and Reporting | ||||
1122(d)(3)(i) | Reports to investors, including those to be filed with the Commission, are maintained in accordance with the transaction agreements and applicable Commission requirements. Specifically, such reports (A) are prepared in accordance with timeframes and other terms set forth in the transaction agreements; (B) provide information calculated in accordance with the terms specified in the transaction agreements; (C) are filed with the Commission as required by its rules and regulations; and (D) agree with investors or the trustees records as to the total unpaid principal balance and number of pool assets serviced by the Servicer. | |||
1122(d)(3)(ii) | Amounts due to investors are allocated and remitted in accordance with timeframes, distribution priority and other terms set forth in the transaction agreements. | X(1) | ||
1122(d)(3)(iii) | Disbursements made to an investor are posted within two business days to the Servicers investor records, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements. | X | ||
1122(d)(3)(iv) | Amounts remitted to investors per the investor reports agree with cancelled checks, or other form of payment, or custodial bank statements. | X | ||
Pool Asset Administration | ||||
1122(d)(4)(i) | Collateral or security on pool assets is maintained as required by the transaction agreements or related asset pool documents. | |||
1122(d)(4)(ii) | Pool assets and related documents are safeguarded as required by the transaction agreements | |||
1122(d)(4)(iii) | Any additions, removals or substitutions to the asset pool are made, reviewed and approved in accordance with any conditions or requirements in the transaction agreements. | |||
1122(d)(4)(iv) | Payments on pool assets, including any payoffs, made in accordance with the related pool asset documents are posted to the Servicers obligor records maintained no more than two business days after receipt, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements, and allocated to principal, interest or other items (e.g., escrow) in accordance with the related asset pool documents. | |||
1122(d)(4)(v) | The Servicers records regarding the accounts and the accounts agree with the Servicers records with respect to an obligors unpaid principal balance. | |||
1122(d)(4)(vi) | Changes with respect to the terms or status of an obligors account (e.g., loan modifications or re-agings) are made, reviewed and approved by authorized personnel in accordance with the transaction agreements and related pool asset documents. | |||
1122(d)(4)(vii) | Loss mitigation or recovery actions (e.g., forbearance plans, modifications and deeds in lieu of foreclosure, foreclosures and repossessions, as applicable) are initiated, conducted and concluded in accordance with the timeframes or other requirements established by the transaction agreements. | |||
1122(d)(4)(viii) | Records documenting collection efforts are maintained during the period a pool asset is delinquent in accordance with the transaction agreements. Such records are maintained on at least a monthly basis, or such other period specified in the transaction agreements, and describe the entitys activities in monitoring delinquent pool assets including, for example, phone calls, letters and payment rescheduling plans in cases where delinquency is deemed temporary (e.g., illness or unemployment). |
(1) | With respect to the Servicing Criteria 1122(d)(3)(ii), the Indenture Trustee is responsible for assessing compliance with this Servicing Criteria solely with respect to the information provided by it in connection with the preparation of remittances. With respect to all activities other than those detailed hereinabove in respect of Servicing Criteria 1122(d)(3)(ii), such activities are performed by the Bank. |
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Servicing Criteria |
Applicable Servicing Criteria | |||
Reference |
Criteria |
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1122(d)(4)(ix) | Adjustments to interest rates or rates of return for pool assets with variable rates are computed based on the related pool asset documents. | |||
1122(d)(4)(x) | Regarding any funds held in trust for an obligor (such as escrow accounts): (A) such funds are analyzed, in accordance with the obligors Account documents, on at least an annual basis, or such other period specified in the transaction agreements; (B) interest on such funds is paid, or credited, to obligors in accordance with applicable Account documents and state laws; and (C) such funds are returned to the obligor within 30 calendar days of full repayment of the related Accounts, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements. | |||
1122(d)(4)(xi) | Payments made on behalf of an obligor (such as tax or insurance payments) are made on or before the related penalty or expiration dates, as indicated on the appropriate bills or notices for such payments, provided that such support has been received by the servicer at least 30 calendar days prior to these dates, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements. | |||
1122(d)(4)(xii) | Any late payment penalties in connection with any payment to be made on behalf of an obligor are paid from the servicers funds and not charged to the obligor, unless the late payment was due to the obligors error or omission. | |||
1122(d)(4)(xiii) | Disbursements made on behalf of an obligor are posted within two business days to the obligors records maintained by the servicer, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements. | |||
1122(d)(4)(xiv) | Delinquencies, charge-offs and uncollectible accounts are recognized and recorded in accordance with the transaction agreements. | |||
1122(d)(4)(xv) | Any external enhancement or other support, identified in Item 1114(a)(1) through (3) or Item 1115 of Regulation AB, is maintained as set forth in the transaction agreements. |
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EXHIBIT B
FORM OF INDENTURE TRUSTEES ANNUAL CERTIFICATION
Re: | CAPITAL ONE PRIME AUTO RECEIVABLES TRUST 2022-2 |
I, [ ], the [ ] of [NAME OF COMPANY] (the Company), certify to the Seller, and its officers, with the knowledge and intent that they will rely upon this certification, that:
(i) | I have reviewed the report on assessment of the Companys compliance provided in accordance with Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act), and Item 1122 of Regulation AB (the Servicing Assessment), the registered public accounting firms attestation report provided in accordance with Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 under the Exchange Act and Item 1122(b) of Regulation AB (the Attestation Report), and any other information provided in furtherance of Item 1122(c) of Regulation AB pursuant to Section 8.19 of the Agreement (the Servicing Assessment Supplemental Information), that were delivered by the Company to the Seller pursuant to the Agreement (collectively, the Company Information); |
(ii) | To the best of my knowledge, the Servicing Assessment and any Servicing Assessment Supplemental Information, taken as a whole, does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in the light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period of time covered by the Servicing Assessment; |
(iii) | To the best of my knowledge, all of the Company Information required to be provided by the Company under the Agreement has been provided to the Seller; and |
(iv) | To the best of my knowledge, except as disclosed in the Servicing Assessment or the Attestation Report, the Company has fulfilled its obligations under the Agreement and the other Transaction Documents (as defined in the Agreement). |
Date: | ||
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: |
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EXHIBIT C
FORM OF INDENTURE TRUSTEES ANNUAL CERTIFICATION
REGARDING ITEM 1117 AND ITEM 1119 OF REGULATION AB
Reference is made to the Form 10-K of Capital One Prime Auto Receivables Trust 2022-2 (the Form 10-K) for the [reporting period] ended December 31, 20[ ]. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings given to them in the Form 10-K.
Wilmington Trust, National Association, a national banking association (Wilmington Trust), does hereby certify to the Bank, the Seller and the Issuing Entity that:
1. As of the date of the Form 10-K, there are no pending legal Proceedings against Wilmington Trust or Proceedings known to be contemplated by governmental authorities against Wilmington Trust that would be material to the investors in the Notes.
2. As of the date of the Form 10-K, there are the following affiliations, as contemplated by Item 1119 of Regulation AB, between Wilmington Trust and any of Capital One, National Association (in its capacity as Originator, Servicer and Administrator), Capital One Auto Receivables, LLC, the Owner Trustee and the Issuing Entity, or any affiliates of such parties: [__________]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Wilmington Trust has caused this certificate to be executed in its corporate name by an officer thereunto duly authorized.
Dated: ____________, 20[ ]
Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Indenture Trustee | ||
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: |
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EXHIBIT D
YSOC Amount
With respect to any Payment Date, the YSOC Amount is the dollar amount specified below with respect to such Payment Date:
Payment Date |
Yield Supplement Overcollateralization Amount |
|||
Closing Date |
$ | 167,549,877.72 | ||
September 15, 2022 |
$ | 157,415,155.11 | ||
October 15, 2022 |
$ | 152,449,204.24 | ||
November 15, 2022 |
$ | 147,551,735.12 | ||
December 15, 2022 |
$ | 142,723,405.49 | ||
January 15, 2023 |
$ | 137,964,881.87 | ||
February 15, 2023 |
$ | 133,276,832.25 | ||
March 15, 2023 |
$ | 128,659,928.55 | ||
April 15, 2023 |
$ | 124,114,844.73 | ||
May 15, 2023 |
$ | 119,642,258.00 | ||
June 15, 2023 |
$ | 115,242,856.42 | ||
July 15, 2023 |
$ | 110,917,325.88 | ||
August 15, 2023 |
$ | 106,666,356.27 | ||
September 15, 2023 |
$ | 102,490,631.36 | ||
October 15, 2023 |
$ | 98,390,834.78 | ||
November 15, 2023 |
$ | 94,367,654.80 | ||
December 15, 2023 |
$ | 90,421,785.13 | ||
January 15, 2024 |
$ | 86,553,932.02 | ||
February 15, 2024 |
$ | 82,764,804.20 | ||
March 15, 2024 |
$ | 79,055,113.36 | ||
April 15, 2024 |
$ | 75,425,560.36 | ||
May 15, 2024 |
$ | 71,876,827.54 | ||
June 15, 2024 |
$ | 68,409,583.63 | ||
July 15, 2024 |
$ | 65,024,447.12 | ||
August 15, 2024 |
$ | 61,721,977.97 | ||
September 15, 2024 |
$ | 58,502,740.97 | ||
October 15, 2024 |
$ | 55,367,292.81 | ||
November 15, 2024 |
$ | 52,316,204.11 | ||
December 15, 2024 |
$ | 49,350,074.70 | ||
January 15, 2025 |
$ | 46,469,512.53 | ||
February 15, 2025 |
$ | 43,674,955.43 | ||
March 15, 2025 |
$ | 40,966,857.28 | ||
April 15, 2025 |
$ | 38,345,796.57 | ||
May 15, 2025 |
$ | 35,812,448.72 |
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Payment Date |
Yield Supplement Overcollateralization Amount |
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June 15, 2025 |
$ | 33,367,432.72 | ||
July 15, 2025 |
$ | 31,011,240.39 | ||
August 15, 2025 |
$ | 28,744,134.89 | ||
September 15, 2025 |
$ | 26,566,437.19 | ||
October 15, 2025 |
$ | 24,478,497.39 | ||
November 15, 2025 |
$ | 22,480,655.57 | ||
December 15, 2025 |
$ | 20,573,286.44 | ||
January 15, 2026 |
$ | 18,756,778.34 | ||
February 15, 2026 |
$ | 17,031,304.88 | ||
March 15, 2026 |
$ | 15,396,957.42 | ||
April 15, 2026 |
$ | 13,853,885.88 | ||
May 15, 2026 |
$ | 12,402,198.82 | ||
June 15, 2026 |
$ | 11,042,061.79 | ||
July 15, 2026 |
$ | 9,772,850.08 | ||
August 15, 2026 |
$ | 8,592,962.93 | ||
September 15, 2026 |
$ | 7,500,756.16 | ||
October 15, 2026 |
$ | 6,494,340.87 | ||
November 15, 2026 |
$ | 5,571,862.82 | ||
December 15, 2026 |
$ | 4,731,592.68 | ||
January 15, 2027 |
$ | 3,971,760.96 | ||
February 15, 2027 |
$ | 3,289,252.40 | ||
March 15, 2027 |
$ | 2,680,293.71 | ||
April 15, 2027 |
$ | 2,143,052.62 | ||
May 15, 2027 |
$ | 1,676,450.67 | ||
June 15, 2027 |
$ | 1,279,181.00 | ||
July 15, 2027 |
$ | 948,251.25 | ||
August 15, 2027 |
$ | 678,556.85 | ||
September 15, 2027 |
$ | 464,905.74 | ||
October 15, 2027 |
$ | 301,483.77 | ||
November 15, 2027 |
$ | 182,013.84 | ||
December 15, 2027 |
$ | 100,297.96 | ||
January 15, 2028 |
$ | 49,969.03 | ||
February 15, 2028 |
$ | 22,287.57 | ||
March 15, 2028 |
$ | 7,496.56 | ||
April 15, 2028 |
$ | 1,184.36 | ||
May 15, 2028 |
$ | 0.00 |
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Exhibit 10.5
CAPITAL ONE PRIME AUTO RECEIVABLES TRUST 2022-2
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED
TRUST AGREEMENT
between
CAPITAL ONE AUTO RECEIVABLES, LLC,
as the Depositor
and
BNY MELLON TRUST OF DELAWARE,
as the Owner Trustee
Dated as of August 10, 2022
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page | ||||||
ARTICLE I |
DEFINITIONS | 1 | ||||
SECTION 1.1. |
Capitalized Terms | 1 | ||||
SECTION 1.2. |
Other Interpretive Provisions | 1 | ||||
ARTICLE II |
ORGANIZATION | 2 | ||||
SECTION 2.1. |
Name | 2 | ||||
SECTION 2.2. |
Office | 2 | ||||
SECTION 2.3. |
Purposes and Powers | 2 | ||||
SECTION 2.4. |
Appointment of the Owner Trustee | 3 | ||||
SECTION 2.5. |
Initial Capital Contribution of Trust Estate | 3 | ||||
SECTION 2.6. |
Declaration of Trust | 3 | ||||
SECTION 2.7. |
Organizational Expenses; Liabilities of the Holders | 4 | ||||
SECTION 2.8. |
Title to the Trust Estate | 5 | ||||
SECTION 2.9. |
Representations and Warranties of the Depositor | 5 | ||||
SECTION 2.10. |
Situs of Issuer | 6 | ||||
SECTION 2.11. |
Covenants of the Certificateholders | 6 | ||||
ARTICLE III |
CERTIFICATES AND TRANSFER OF CERTIFICATES | 6 | ||||
SECTION 3.1. |
Initial Ownership | 6 | ||||
SECTION 3.2. |
Authorization of the Certificates | 6 | ||||
SECTION 3.3. |
The Certificates | 6 | ||||
SECTION 3.4. |
Notices to Clearing Agency | 8 | ||||
SECTION 3.5. |
Definitive Certificates | 8 | ||||
SECTION 3.6. |
Registration of the Certificates | 10 | ||||
SECTION 3.7. |
Transfer of the Certificates | 10 | ||||
SECTION 3.8. |
Lost, Stolen, Mutilated or Destroyed Certificates | 17 | ||||
SECTION 3.9. |
Appointment of the Certificate Paying Agent | 17 | ||||
SECTION 3.10. |
Maintenance of Office or Agency | 18 | ||||
ARTICLE IV |
ACTIONS BY OWNER TRUSTEE | 18 | ||||
SECTION 4.1. |
Prior Notice to Certificateholders with Respect to Certain Matters | 18 | ||||
SECTION 4.2. |
Action by Certificateholders with Respect to Certain Matters | 18 | ||||
SECTION 4.3. |
Action by Certificateholders with Respect to Bankruptcy | 19 |
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SECTION 4.4. |
Restrictions on Certificateholders Power | 19 | ||||
SECTION 4.5. |
Acts of Certificateholders; Majority Control | 19 | ||||
SECTION 4.6. |
Compliance with the FDIC Rule | 20 | ||||
ARTICLE V |
APPLICATION OF TRUST FUNDS; CERTAIN DUTIES | 20 | ||||
SECTION 5.1. |
Application of Trust Funds | 20 | ||||
SECTION 5.2. |
Method of Payment | 20 | ||||
SECTION 5.3. |
Reports by Owner Trustee to Certificateholders | 20 | ||||
SECTION 5.4. |
Certificate Distribution Account | 21 | ||||
SECTION 5.5. |
Withholding | 21 | ||||
SECTION 5.6. |
No Reinvestment | 22 | ||||
SECTION 5.7. |
Sarbanes-Oxley Act | 22 | ||||
ARTICLE VI |
AUTHORITY AND DUTIES OF OWNER TRUSTEE | 22 | ||||
SECTION 6.1. |
General Authority | 22 | ||||
SECTION 6.2. |
General Duties | 22 | ||||
SECTION 6.3. |
Action upon Instruction | 23 | ||||
SECTION 6.4. |
No Duties Except as Specified in this Agreement or in Instructions | 24 | ||||
SECTION 6.5. |
No Action Except under Specified Documents or Instructions | 24 | ||||
SECTION 6.6. |
Restrictions | 24 | ||||
SECTION 6.7. |
Relevant Trustee | 25 | ||||
ARTICLE VII |
CONCERNING OWNER TRUSTEE | 25 | ||||
SECTION 7.1. |
Acceptance of Trusts and Duties | 25 | ||||
SECTION 7.2. |
Furnishing of Documents | 27 | ||||
SECTION 7.3. |
Preservation of Information; Communications to Certificateholders | 27 | ||||
SECTION 7.4. |
Statements to Certificateholders | 27 | ||||
SECTION 7.5. |
Notice of Events of Default and Servicer Replacement Event | 28 | ||||
SECTION 7.6. |
Representations and Warranties | 28 | ||||
SECTION 7.7. |
Reliance; Advice of Counsel | 29 | ||||
SECTION 7.8. |
Not Acting in Individual Capacity | 29 |
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SECTION 7.9. |
The Owner Trustee May Own Notes | 29 | ||||
SECTION 7.10. |
Rule 144A Information | 30 | ||||
ARTICLE VIII |
COMPENSATION OF OWNER TRUSTEE | 30 | ||||
SECTION 8.1. |
The Owner Trustees Compensation | 30 | ||||
SECTION 8.2. |
Indemnification | 30 | ||||
SECTION 8.3. |
Payments to the Owner Trustee | 31 | ||||
SECTION 8.4. |
Rights, Protections, Immunities and Indemnities of the Certificate Paying Agent, Relevant Trustee and Paying Agent | 31 | ||||
ARTICLE IX |
TERMINATION OF TRUST AGREEMENT | 31 | ||||
SECTION 9.1. |
Dissolution of Issuer | 31 | ||||
SECTION 9.2. |
Termination of Trust Agreement | 32 | ||||
SECTION 9.3. |
Limitations on Termination | 32 | ||||
ARTICLE X |
SUCCESSOR OWNER TRUSTEES AND ADDITIONAL OWNER TRUSTEES | 33 | ||||
SECTION 10.1. |
Eligibility Requirements for the Owner Trustee | 33 | ||||
SECTION 10.2. |
Resignation or Removal of the Owner Trustee | 33 | ||||
SECTION 10.3. |
Successor Owner Trustee | 34 | ||||
SECTION 10.4. |
Merger or Consolidation of the Owner Trustee | 34 | ||||
SECTION 10.5. |
Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee | 34 | ||||
ARTICLE XI |
MISCELLANEOUS | 36 | ||||
SECTION 11.1. |
Amendments | 36 | ||||
SECTION 11.2. |
No Legal Title to Trust Estate in Certificateholders | 37 | ||||
SECTION 11.3. |
Limitations on Rights of Others | 37 | ||||
SECTION 11.4. |
Notices | 37 | ||||
SECTION 11.5. |
Severability | 38 | ||||
SECTION 11.6. |
Separate Counterparts | 38 | ||||
SECTION 11.7. |
Successors and Assigns | 38 | ||||
SECTION 11.8. |
No Petition | 38 | ||||
SECTION 11.9. |
Information Request | 39 | ||||
SECTION 11.10. |
Headings | 40 | ||||
SECTION 11.11. |
GOVERNING LAW | 40 |
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SECTION 11.12. |
Waiver of Jury Trial | 40 | ||||
SECTION 11.13. |
Information to Be Provided by the Owner Trustee | 40 | ||||
SECTION 11.14. |
Form 10-D Filings, Item 1117 and Item 1119 of Regulation AB | 40 | ||||
SECTION 11.15. |
Form 8-K Filings | 41 |
EXHIBIT A |
Form of Certificate | |
EXHIBIT B |
Form of Certificate Investor Representation Letter | |
EXHIBIT C |
Form of Notice of Requests to Repurchase Receivables | |
EXHIBIT D |
Form of Registration of Definitive Certificate Transfer Direction Letter Pursuant to the Trust Agreement | |
EXHIBIT E |
Form of Owner Trustees Monthly Certification Regarding Item 1117 and Item 1119 of Regulation AB |
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This SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED TRUST AGREEMENT is made as of August 10, 2022 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified and in effect from time to time, this Agreement or this Trust Agreement) between CAPITAL ONE AUTO RECEIVABLES, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as the depositor (the Depositor), and BNY MELLON TRUST OF DELAWARE, a Delaware banking corporation, as the owner trustee (in such capacity, the Owner Trustee).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the Depositor and the Owner Trustee entered into that certain trust agreement dated as of December 10, 2019 (the Original Trust Agreement) and filed a certificate of trust with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware pursuant to which the Issuer (as defined below) was created;
WHEREAS, the Seller and the Owner Trustee entered into that certain trust agreement dated as of July 1, 2022, which amended the Original Trust Agreement (the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement) and filed an amendment to the certificate of trust with the Secretary of State of the state of Delaware, pursuant to which the Issuers name was changed; and
WHEREAS, the parties have agreed to amend and restate the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement;
NOW THEREFORE, 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 1.1. Capitalized Terms. Except as otherwise defined herein or as the context may otherwise require, capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein are defined in Appendix A to the Sale Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (as amended, supplemented, or otherwise modified and in effect from time to time, the Sale Agreement), between the Issuer and the Depositor, which also contains rules as to usage that are applicable herein.
SECTION 1.2. Other Interpretive Provisions. All terms defined in this Agreement shall have the defined meanings when used in any certificate or other document delivered pursuant hereto unless otherwise defined therein. For purposes of this Agreement and all such certificates and other documents, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) accounting terms not otherwise defined in this Agreement, and accounting terms partly defined in this Agreement to the extent not defined, shall have the respective meanings given to them under GAAP (provided, that, to the extent that the definitions in this Agreement and GAAP conflict, the definitions in this Agreement shall control); (b) terms defined in Article 9 of the UCC as in effect in the State of Delaware and not otherwise defined in this Agreement are used as defined in that Article; (c) the words hereof, herein and hereunder and words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement; (d) references to any Article, Section, Schedule or
Exhibit are references to Articles, Sections, Schedules and Exhibits in or to this Agreement, and references to any paragraph, subsection, clause or other subdivision within any Section or definition refer to such paragraph, subsection, clause or other subdivision of such Section or definition; (e) the term including and all variations thereof means including without limitation; (f) references to any law or regulation refer to that law or regulation as amended from time to time and include any successor law or regulation; (g) references to any Person include that Persons successors and assigns; and (h) headings are for purposes of reference only and shall not otherwise affect the meaning or interpretation of any provision hereof.
ARTICLE II
ORGANIZATION
SECTION 2.1. Name. The trust created under the Original Trust Agreement and renamed under the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement is known as Capital One Prime Auto Receivables Trust 2022-2 (the Issuer), in which name the Owner Trustee, the Administrator or the Servicer (to the extent set forth in the Transaction Documents) may conduct the business of such trust, make and execute contracts and other instruments on behalf of such trust and sue and be sued.
SECTION 2.2. Office. The office of the Issuer shall be in care of the Owner Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office or at such other address as the Owner Trustee may designate by written notice to each Certificateholder, the Depositor and the Administrator.
SECTION 2.3. Purposes and Powers. The purpose of the Issuer is, and the Issuer shall have the power and authority, to engage in the following activities:
(a) to issue the Notes pursuant to the Indenture and the Certificates pursuant to this Agreement, and to sell, transfer and exchange the Notes and the Certificates and to pay interest on and principal of the Notes to the Noteholders and to make distributions to the Certificateholders;
(b) to acquire the property and assets set forth in the Sale Agreement from the Depositor pursuant to the terms thereof, to make deposits to and withdrawals from the Collection Account, the Principal Distribution Account, the Certificate Distribution Account and the Reserve Account and to pay the organizational, start-up and transactional expenses of the Issuer;
(c) to assign, Grant, transfer, pledge, mortgage and convey the Trust Estate pursuant to the Indenture and to hold, manage and distribute to the Certificateholders any portion of the Trust Estate released from the Lien of, and remitted to the Issuer pursuant to, the Indenture;
(d) to enter into and perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents to which it is a party;
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(e) 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
(f) subject to compliance with the Transaction Documents, to engage in such other activities as may be required in connection with conservation of the Trust Estate and the making of distributions to the Certificateholders and payments to the Noteholders.
Each of the Owner Trustee and the Administrator, as applicable, is hereby authorized to engage in the foregoing activities on behalf of the Issuer. Neither the Issuer nor any Person acting on behalf of the Issuer shall engage in any activity other than in connection with the foregoing or other than as required or authorized by the terms of this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Transaction Documents or in any other document, neither the Issuer nor the Owner Trustee (nor any agent of either person) shall be authorized or empowered to acquire any other investments, reinvest any proceeds of the Issuer or engage in activities other than the foregoing, and, in particular neither the Issuer nor the Owner Trustee (nor any agent of either person) shall be authorized or empowered to do anything that would cause the Issuer to fail to qualify as a grantor trust for United States federal income tax purposes.
SECTION 2.4. Appointment of the Owner Trustee. The Depositor hereby appoints the Owner Trustee as trustee of the Issuer effective as of the date hereof, to have all the rights, powers and duties set forth herein.
SECTION 2.5. Initial Capital Contribution of Trust Estate. As of the date of the Original Trust Agreement, the Depositor sold, assigned, transferred, conveyed and set over to the Owner Trustee the sum of $1. The Owner Trustee hereby acknowledges receipt in trust from the Depositor, as of such date, of the foregoing contribution, which shall constitute the initial Trust Estate and shall be deposited in the Collection Account.
SECTION 2.6. Declaration of Trust. The Owner Trustee hereby declares that it will hold the Trust Estate 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 Issuer under the Transaction Documents. It is the intention of the parties hereto that the Issuer constitute a statutory trust under the Statutory Trust Statute and that (i) this Agreement constitute the governing instrument of such statutory trust and (ii) for United States federal, state and local income and franchise tax purposes, the Issuer shall be treated as a grantor trust for United States federal income tax purposes, with the assets of the Issuer constituting the Receivables and other assets held by the Issuer, and the Notes constituting non-recourse debt of the Certificateholder(s), provided that if it is successfully asserted by the appropriate tax authorities that the Issuer is not properly characterized as a grantor trust for United States federal income tax purposes, the Issuer shall be treated, for United States federal, state and local income and franchise tax purposes, as (A) a disregarded entity if there is only one beneficial owner for United States federal income tax purposes of the Certificates and any Notes that are treated as equity in the Issuer, or (B) a partnership (other than an association or publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation) if there is more than one beneficial owner for
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United States federal income tax purposes of the Certificates and any Notes that are treated as equity for United States federal income tax purposes in the Issuer, with the assets of the partnership being the Receivables and other assets held by the Issuer, the partners of the partnership being the Certificateholders and the holders of the Notes that are treated as equity in the Issuer for United States federal income tax purposes, and the remaining Notes constituting indebtedness of the partnership. The parties hereto and each Certificateholder, by acceptance of a Certificate, agree to treat the Issuer in accordance with the intention that the Issuer be characterized as a grantor trust for United States federal income tax purposes and, unless otherwise required by appropriate taxing authorities or by law, not to take any action or, direct any other party to take any action, inconsistent therewith, including, but not limited to, modifying, or directing any other party to modify, the terms of a Receivable unless the modification is a Permitted Modification. In furtherance of the foregoing, (i) the purpose of the Issuer shall be to protect and conserve the assets of the Issuer, and the Issuer shall not at any time engage in or carry on any kind of business for United States federal income tax purposes or any kind of commercial activity and (ii) the Issuer and Owner Trustee (upon direction from the Certificateholders) (and any agent of either person) shall take, or refrain from taking, all such action as is necessary to maintain the status of the Issuer as a grantor trust for United States federal income tax purposes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or otherwise, neither the Issuer nor the Owner Trustee (nor any agent of either person) shall (1) acquire any assets or dispose of any portion of the Issuer other than pursuant to the specific provisions of this Agreement, (2) vary the investment of the Issuer within the meaning of Treasury Regulation section 301.7701-4(c) or (3) substitute new investments or reinvest so as to enable the Issuer to take advantage of variations in the market to improve the investment of any Certificateholder. The provisions of this Trust Agreement shall be interpreted consistently with and to further this intention of the parties. The parties agree that, unless otherwise required by appropriate tax authorities, the Issuer will file or cause to be filed annual or other necessary tax returns, reports and other forms consistent with the foregoing characterization of the Issuer for United States federal, state and local income and franchise tax purposes. No election will be made by or on behalf of the Issuer to be classified as an association taxable as a corporation for United States federal income tax purposes. Effective as of the date hereof, the Owner Trustee shall have all rights, powers and duties set forth herein and, to the extent not inconsistent herewith, in the Statutory Trust Statute with respect to accomplishing the purposes of the Issuer. The Owner Trustee has heretofore filed the Certificate of Trust with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware as required by Section 3810(a) of the Statutory Trust Statute, such filing hereby being ratified and approved in all respects. Notwithstanding anything herein or in the Statutory Trust Statute to the contrary, it is the intention of the parties hereto that the Issuer constitute a business trust within the meaning of Section 101(9)(A)(v) of the Bankruptcy Code.
SECTION 2.7. Organizational Expenses; Liabilities of the Holders.
(a) The Servicer shall pay organizational expenses of the Issuer as they may arise.
(b) No Certificateholder (including the Depositor if the Depositor becomes a Certificateholder) shall have any personal liability for any liability or obligation of the Issuer.
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SECTION 2.8. Title to the Trust Estate. Legal title to all of the Trust Estate shall be vested at all times in the Issuer as a separate legal entity.
SECTION 2.9. Representations and Warranties of the Depositor. The Depositor hereby represents and warrants to the Owner Trustee that:
(a) Existence and Power. The Depositor is a limited liability company validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and has, in all material respects, all power and authority required to carry on its business as it is now conducted. The Depositor has obtained all necessary licenses and approvals in each jurisdiction where the failure to do so would materially and adversely affect the ability of the Depositor to perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents.
(b) Authorization and No Contravention. The execution, delivery and performance by the Depositor of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party (i) have been duly authorized by all necessary limited liability company action on the part of the Depositor and (ii) do not contravene or constitute a default under (A) any applicable law, rule or regulation, (B) its organizational documents or (C) any material indenture or material agreement or other instrument to which it is a party or its property is subject (other than violations which do not affect the legality, validity or enforceability of any of such agreements or which, individually or in the aggregate, would not materially and adversely affect the transactions contemplated by, or the Depositors ability to perform its obligations under, the Transaction Documents to which it is a party).
(c) No Consent Required. No approval or authorization by, or filing with, any Governmental Authority is required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by the Depositor of any Transaction Document other than (i) UCC filings, (ii) approvals and authorizations that have previously been obtained and filings that have previously been made and (iii) approvals, authorizations or filings which, if not obtained or made, would not have a material adverse effect on the ability of the Depositor to perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents to which it is a party.
(d) Binding Effect. Each Transaction Document to which the Depositor is a party constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Depositor enforceable against the Depositor in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, receivership, conservatorship or other similar laws affecting creditors rights generally and, if applicable, the rights of creditors of limited liability companies from time to time in effect or by general principles of equity or other similar laws of general application relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors rights generally and subject to general principles of equity.
(e) No Proceedings. There are no Proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Depositor, threatened against the Depositor before or by any Governmental Authority that (i) assert the invalidity or unenforceability of this Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents, (ii) seek to prevent the issuance of the Notes or the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents or (iii) seek any determination or ruling that would materially and adversely affect the performance by the Depositor of its obligations under this Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents.
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SECTION 2.10. Situs of Issuer. The Issuer shall be located in the State of Delaware (it being understood that the Issuer may have bank accounts located and maintained outside of Delaware).
SECTION 2.11. Covenants of the Certificateholders. Each Certificateholder, by becoming an owner of a Certificate and beneficial owner of the Issuer, hereby acknowledges and agrees (a) that the Certificateholder is subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of this Agreement, to which the Certificateholder agrees to be bound; and (b) that it shall not take any position in such Certificateholders tax returns inconsistent with Section 2.6 herein and Section 2.15 of the Indenture.
ARTICLE III
CERTIFICATES AND TRANSFER OF CERTIFICATES
SECTION 3.1. Initial Ownership. Upon the formation of the Issuer and until the issuance of the Certificates, the Depositor shall be the sole beneficiary of the Issuer and, upon the issuance of the Certificates, the Depositor will no longer be a beneficiary of the Issuer, except to the extent that the Depositor is a Certificateholder.
SECTION 3.2. Authorization of the Certificates. Concurrently with the sale of the Transferred Assets to the Issuer pursuant to the Sale Agreement, at the direction of the Depositor, (a) one or more Book-Entry Certificates substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto shall be executed by the Owner Trustee on behalf of the Issuer and authenticated and delivered by the Certificate Registrar in the name of Cede & Co. or (b) one or more Definitive Certificates substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto shall be executed by the Owner Trustee on behalf of the Issuer and authenticated and delivered by the Certificate Registrar to or upon the written order of the Depositor. The Certificates shall, in the aggregate, represent 100% of the Percentage Interest in the Issuer and shall be fully paid and nonassessable.
SECTION 3.3. The Certificates.
(a) To the extent Book-Entry Certificates have been issued, such Certificates will be issued substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, representing the Certificates to be delivered to the Certificate Registrar, as initial agent for the Clearing Agency, by, or on behalf of, the Issuer. The Retained Certificate will be delivered by the Certificate Registrar to or upon the written order of the Depositor. The Certificates will be issued in an aggregate nominal principal amount of $100,000 (which shall be deemed to be the equivalent of 100,000 units), and all beneficial interests in the Book-Entry Certificates shall be owned, in the minimum principal amount of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1 in excess thereof. The Issuer shall not issue any Certificate that would cause the aggregate nominal principal amount of all Certificates to exceed $100,000, or 100,000 units, without the prior written consent of all Certificateholders. No distributions of moneys to the Certificateholders under the Transaction Documents shall be deemed to reduce the
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nominal principal amount of any Certificate prior to payment in full of all Notes; provided, however, that the final aggregate $100,000 distributed to the Certificateholders under the Transaction Documents upon final distribution of the Trust Estate and termination of the Issuer pursuant to Sections 9.1 and 9.2 shall be deemed to repay the aggregate nominal principal amount of the Certificates in full; provided, further, that any failure to pay in full the nominal principal amount of a Certificate on such final distribution date shall not result in any recourse to, claim against or liability of any Person for such shortfall. Any amounts payable to the Certificateholders on or in respect of the Certificates under the Transaction Documents shall be paid and allocated to the various Certificateholders ratably based on their respective Percentage Interests. To the extent Book-Entry Certificates have been issued, unless the Seller directs otherwise pursuant to Section 3.2, such Certificates shall initially be registered on the Certificate Register in the name of Cede & Co., the nominee of DTC as the initial Clearing Agency, and no Certificateholder of a Book-Entry Certificate will receive a Definitive Certificate representing such Certificateholders interest in such Certificate, except as provided in Section 3.5. Except with respect to the Retained Certificate, unless and until definitive, fully registered Certificates (the Definitive Certificates) have been issued to the applicable Certificateholders pursuant to Section 3.2 or 3.5:
(i) the provisions of this Section shall be in full force and effect;
(ii) the Certificate Registrar, the Certificate Paying Agent, the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee shall be entitled to deal with the Clearing Agency for all purposes of this Agreement (including the payment of amounts payable under the Transaction Documents and the giving of instructions or directions hereunder) as the sole Certificateholders, and shall have no obligation to the Certificate Owners;
(iii) to the extent that the provisions of this Section conflict with any other provisions of this Agreement, the provisions of this Section shall control;
(iv) the rights of Certificate Owners shall be exercised only through the Clearing Agency and shall be limited to those established by law and/or agreement between or among such Certificate Owners and the Clearing Agency and/or the Clearing Agency Participants or Persons acting through Clearing Agency Participants. Pursuant to the Depository Agreement, unless and until Definitive Certificates (other than the Retained Certificate) are issued pursuant to Section 3.5, the initial Clearing Agency shall make book-entry transfers among the Clearing Agency Participants and receive and transmit payments due under the Transaction Documents with regard to the Certificates to such Clearing Agency Participants;
(v) whenever this Agreement requires or permits actions to be taken based upon instructions or directions of Certificateholders evidencing a specified percentage of the Percentage Interest, the Clearing Agency shall deliver instructions to the Owner Trustee only to the extent that it has received instructions to such effect from Certificate Owners and/or Clearing Agency Participants or Persons acting through Clearing Agency Participants owning or representing, respectively, such required percentage of the beneficial interest in the Certificates;
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(vi) owners of a beneficial interest in a Book-Entry Certificate will not be entitled to have any portion of a Book-Entry Certificate registered in their names and will not be considered to be the Certificate Owners or Certificateholders of any Certificates under this Agreement; and
(vii) payments on a Book-Entry Certificate will be made to the Clearing Agency, or its nominee, as the registered owner thereof, and none of the Issuer, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee or the Certificate Paying Agent will have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records relating to or payments made on account of beneficial ownership interests in a Book-Entry Certificate or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to the beneficial ownership interests.
(b) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary herein, so long as a Book-Entry Certificate remains outstanding and is held by or on behalf of the Clearing Agency, transfers of a Book-Entry Certificate, in whole or in part, shall only be made in accordance with Section 3.3(a). Subject to clauses (i) through (iii) of Section 3.3(a), transfers of a Book-Entry Certificate shall be limited to transfers of such Book-Entry Certificate in whole, but not in part, to a nominee of the Clearing Agency or to a successor of the Clearing Agency or such successors nominee.
In the event that a Book-Entry Certificate is exchanged for one or more Definitive Certificates pursuant to Section 3.5, such Certificates may be exchanged for one another only in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and with such procedures as may be from time to time adopted by the Issuer and the Owner Trustee.
SECTION 3.4. Notices to Clearing Agency. Whenever a notice or other communication to the Certificateholders is required under this Agreement, except with respect to the Retained Certificate, and otherwise, unless and until Definitive Certificates shall have been issued to Certificate Owners pursuant to Section 3.5, the Owner Trustee shall give all such notices and communications specified herein to be given to the Certificateholders to the Clearing Agency, and shall have no obligation to the Certificate Owners.
SECTION 3.5. Definitive Certificates.
(a) Except with respect to the Retained Certificate (which will be originally issued as a Definitive Certificate), if (i) the Depositor advises the Owner Trustee in writing that the Clearing Agency is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities with respect to the Certificates, and the Depositor is unable to locate a qualified successor or (ii) the Depositor at its option advises the Owner Trustee in writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Clearing Agency, then the Clearing Agency shall notify all Certificate Owners and the Owner Trustee of the occurrence of any such
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event and of the availability of Definitive Certificates representing the Certificates to Certificate Owners requesting the same. Upon surrender to the Owner Trustee of the typewritten Certificate or Certificates representing the Book-Entry Certificates by the Clearing Agency, accompanied by re-registration instructions, the Issuer shall execute and the Certificate Registrar shall authenticate the Definitive Certificates representing the Certificates in accordance with the instructions of the Clearing Agency. None of the Issuer, the Certificate Registrar or the Owner 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 Certificates representing the Certificates, the Owner Trustee shall recognize such Holders of the Definitive Certificates as the applicable Certificateholders.
(b) Subject to the transfer restrictions contained herein and in the Certificates, any Holder of a Definitive Certificate may transfer all or any portion of the Percentage Interest (subject to the requirements set forth in Sections 3.3 and 3.7) evidenced by such Certificate upon surrender thereof to the Certificate Registrar accompanied by the documents required by this Section 3.5. Such transfer may be made by a registered Certificateholder in person or by his attorney duly authorized in writing upon surrender of the Certificate to the Certificate Registrar accompanied by (a) a written instrument of transfer in the form of the Assignment attached to the Form of Certificate attached hereto as Exhibit A and with such signature guarantees and evidence of authority of the Persons signing the instrument of transfer as the Certificate Registrar may reasonably require, (b) an executed direction letter regarding registration of such transfer in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B, and (c) the documents required by Section 3.7(c) hereof. Promptly upon the receipt of such documents and receipt by the Certificate Registrar of the transferors Certificate, the Certificate Registrar shall record the name of such transferee as a Certificateholder and its Percentage Interest in the Certificate Register and the Owner Trustee shall execute, and the Certificate Registrar shall authenticate and deliver to such Certificateholder, a Certificate evidencing such Percentage Interest. In the event a transferor transfers only a portion of its Percentage Interest, the Owner Trustee shall execute, and the Certificate Registrar shall register, authenticate and deliver to such transferor, a new Certificate evidencing such transferors new Percentage Interest and the Owner Trustee shall execute, and the Certificate Registrar shall register, authenticate and deliver to such transferee, a new Certificate evidencing such transferees Percentage Interest. Subsequent to each transfer of a beneficial interest and upon the issuance of the new Certificate or Certificates, the Certificate Registrar shall cancel and destroy in accordance with its customary practices the Certificate surrendered to it in connection with such transfer. The Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Indenture Trustee shall treat, for all purposes whatsoever (other than as required by Section 3.7 or under applicable law), the Person in whose name any Certificate is registered as the owner of the Percentage Interest evidenced by such Certificate without regard to any notice to the contrary.
Definitive Certificates will not be eligible for clearing or settlement through DTC, Euroclear or Clearstream.
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SECTION 3.6. Registration of the Certificates. The Indenture Trustee, as an agent of the Issuer, in its capacity as Certificate Registrar (the Certificate Registrar) shall maintain at its Corporate Trust Office, or at the office of any agent appointed by it and approved in writing by the Certificateholders at the time of such appointment, a register (the Certificate Register) for the registration and transfer of any Certificate. Prior to the due presentment for registration of transfer of any Certificate, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee and the Certificate Registrar or any agent of the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee or the Certificate Registrar shall treat the Person in whose name any Certificate is registered (as of the applicable Record Date) as the owner of such Certificate for the purpose of receiving distributions on such Certificate and for all other purposes whatsoever. For the avoidance of doubt, a Certificate is not negotiable and the records maintained by the Certificate Registrar in the Certificate Register with respect to each Certificate and its related registered owner are intended to cause the Certificates to be issued in registered form, within the meaning of Treasury Regulation section 5f.103-1(c), and shall record (a) the Percentage Interest evidenced by each Certificate and (b) all distributions made to each Certificateholder with respect to the Issuers assets.
SECTION 3.7. Transfer of the Certificates.
(a) A Certificateholder may assign, convey or otherwise transfer all or any of its right, title and interest in the related Certificate. Each purchaser and transferee of a Definitive Certificate (other than the Retained Certificate), and any fiduciary acting on behalf of a purchaser or transferee of a Definitive Certificate (other than the Retained Certificate), will be required to provide a Certificate Investor Representation Letter substantially in the form of Exhibit B and each purchaser and transferee of a beneficial interest in a Book-Entry Certificate shall be deemed to represent and warrant:
(i) (a) such transferee is either an Affiliate of the Depositor or (b) (1) is a Qualified Institutional Buyer, (2) is aware that the sale of the Certificates (other than a sale of the Certificates by the Depositor or any of its Affiliates as part of the initial distribution or any redistribution of the Certificates by the Depositor or any of its Affiliates) to it is being made in reliance on the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144A, and (3) is acquiring the Certificates for its own account or for one or more accounts, each of which is a Qualified Institutional Buyer, and as to each of which the owner exercises sole investment discretion or for resale pursuant to Rule 144A;
(ii) such transferee understands that the Certificates will bear the applicable legends substantially as set forth in Section 3.7(g);
(iii) such transferee understands that the Certificates are being offered only in a transaction not involving any public offering in the United States within the meaning of the Securities Act, none of the Certificates have been or will be registered under the Securities Act, and, if in the future the transferee decides to offer, resell, pledge or otherwise transfer the Certificates, such Certificates may be offered, resold, pledged or otherwise transferred solely in accordance with this Agreement and the applicable legend or legends on such Certificates. The transferee acknowledges that no representation is being made by the Issuer as to the availability of any exemption under the Securities Act or any applicable State securities laws for resale of the Certificates;
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(iv) such transferee understands that an investment in the Certificates involves certain risks, including the risk of loss of all or a substantial part of its investment under certain circumstances. The transferee has had access to such financial and other information concerning the Issuer and the Certificates as it deemed necessary or appropriate in order to make an informed investment decision with respect to its purchase of the Certificates. The transferee has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters that the transferee is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of its investment in the Certificates, and the transferee and any accounts for which it is acting are each able to bear the economic risk of such investment;
(v) such transferee will not make any general solicitation by means of general advertising or in any other manner, or take any other action that would constitute a distribution of the Certificates under the Securities Act or that would render the disposition of the Certificates a violation of Section 5 of the Securities Act or any other applicable securities laws or require registration pursuant thereto, and will not authorize any Person to act on its behalf, in such manner with respect to the Certificates;
(vi) such transferee is not acquiring the Certificates with a view to the resale, distribution or other disposition thereof in violation of the Securities Act;
(vii) such transferee will provide notice to each Person to whom it proposes to transfer any interest in the Certificates of the transfer restrictions and representations set forth in this Agreement, including the Exhibits hereto;
(viii) such transferee is not acquiring such Certificate (or any interest therein) on behalf of or with any assets of (i) a Benefit Plan, or (ii) any governmental plan, non-U.S. plan, church plan or any other plan or arrangement that is subject to Similar Law;
(ix) such transferee acknowledges that the Issuer, the Owner Trustee, the Depositor and others will rely upon the truth and accuracy of the acknowledgements, representations, warranties and agreements in this Section 3.7 and agrees that if any of the acknowledgements, representations, warranties or agreements made by it in connection with its purchase of the Certificates are no longer accurate, the transferee will promptly notify the Issuer, the Owner Trustee and the Depositor;
(x) such transferee acknowledges that in connection with the transfer of the Certificates: (a) none of the Issuer, the Servicer, the Depositor or the Owner Trustee is acting as a fiduciary or financial or investment adviser for the transferee; (b) the transferee is not relying (for purposes of making any investment decision or otherwise) upon any advice, counsel or representations (whether written or oral) of
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the Issuer, the Servicer, the Depositor or the Owner Trustee other than in the most current private placement memorandum for such Certificates and any representations expressly set forth in a written agreement with such party; (c) none of the Issuer, the Servicer, the Depositor or the Owner Trustee has given to the transferee (directly or indirectly through any other Person, in any documentation for the Certificates or otherwise) any assurance, guarantee or representation whatsoever as to the expected or projected success, profitability, return, performance, result, effect, consequence or benefit (including legal, regulatory, tax, financial, accounting or otherwise) of its purchase of the Certificates; (d) the transferee has consulted with its own legal, regulatory, tax, business, investment, financial, and accounting advisers to the extent it has deemed necessary and it has made its own investment decisions (including decisions regarding the suitability of any transaction pursuant to or contemplated by this Agreement) based upon its own judgment and upon any advice from such advisers as it has deemed necessary and not upon any view expressed by the Issuer, the Servicer, the Depositor or the Owner Trustee; (e) the transferee has determined that the rates, prices or amounts and other terms of the purchase and sale of the applicable Certificates reflect those in the relevant market for similar transactions; (f) the transferee is purchasing the Certificates with a full understanding of all of the terms, conditions and risks thereof (economic and otherwise), and is capable of assuming and willing to assume (financially and otherwise) these risks; and (g) the transferee is a sophisticated investor familiar with transactions similar to its investment in the Certificates; and
(xi) no transfers shall be permitted if such transfer is effected through an established securities market or secondary market (or the substantial equivalent thereof) within the meaning of the Code Section 7704 and any proposed, temporary or final Treasury regulations thereunder.
By accepting and holding a Certificate (or any interest therein), the Holder, and any fiduciary acting on behalf of a Holder, shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that it is not, and is not purchasing the Certificate (or any interest therein) on behalf of or with any assets of, a Benefit Plan or any governmental, non-U.S., church or any other plan or arrangement that is subject to Similar Law. Subject to the transfer restrictions contained herein and in the Certificates, any Certificateholder may transfer all or any portion of the Percentage Interest evidenced by such Certificate upon surrender thereof to the Owner Trustee accompanied by the documents required by this Section. Such transfer may be made by the registered Certificateholder in person or by his attorney duly authorized in writing upon surrender of the Certificate to the Owner Trustee accompanied by: (a) a written instrument of transfer in the form of the Assignment attached to the Form of Certificate (attached hereto as Exhibit A) and with such signature guarantees and evidence of authority of the Persons signing the instrument of transfer as the Owner Trustee may reasonably require; provided, however, that the Owner Trustee shall not require the signature of the Depositor to be medallion guaranteed for the transfers from the Depositor to the applicable transferees on the date hereof; (b) an executed direction letter regarding registration of such transfer in the form attached hereto as Exhibit D; (c) the documents required by Section 3.7(c); and (d) a Certificate Investor Representation Letter substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B. Promptly upon the receipt of such documents and receipt by the Owner Trustee of the
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transferors Certificate, the Owner Trustee shall record the name of such transferee as a Certificateholder and its Percentage Interest in the Certificate Register and issue, execute and deliver to such Certificateholder a Certificate evidencing such Percentage Interest. In the event a transferor transfers only a portion of its Percentage Interest, the Owner Trustee shall issue, execute and deliver to such transferor a new Certificate evidencing such transferors new Percentage Interest. Subsequent to a transfer of a Percentage Interest and upon the related issuance of the new Certificate or Certificates, the Owner Trustee shall cancel and destroy the Certificate surrendered to it in connection with such transfer. Unless otherwise provided in this Section 3.7 or under applicable law, the Owner Trustee may treat the Person in whose name any Certificate is registered as the sole owner of the beneficial interest in the Issuer evidenced by such Certificate.
(b) As a condition precedent to any registration of transfer under this Section 3.7, the Owner Trustee may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover the payment of any tax or taxes or other governmental charges required to be paid in connection with such transfer.
(c) Each registered owner of and, if different, each owner of a beneficial interest in, a Certificate that is a U.S. Tax Person shall deliver to the Owner Trustee, the Administrator and the Certificate Paying Agent two properly completed and duly executed originals of U.S. Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 (or applicable successor form) certifying that it is not subject to backup withholding and that it is a U.S. Tax Person. Each registered owner of and, if different, each owner of a beneficial interest in, a Certificate that is not a U.S. Tax Person shall deliver to the Owner Trustee, the Administrator and the Certificate Paying Agent two properly completed and duly executed originals of U.S. Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN (Certification of Foreign Status of Beneficial Owner for United States Tax Withholding and Reporting (Individuals)), U.S. Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN-E (Certificate of Status of Beneficial Owner for United States Tax Withholding and Reporting (Entities)), U.S. Internal Revenue Service Form W-8IMY (Certificate of Foreign Intermediary, Foreign Flow-Through Entity, or Certain U.S. Branches for United States Tax Withholding and Reporting) or U.S. Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI (Certificate of Foreign Persons Claim That Income Is Effectively Connected With the Conduct of a Trade or Business in the United States), or any applicable successors to such U.S. Internal Revenue Service forms or other reasonable information or certification requested by the Owner Trustee, the Administrator or the Certificate Paying Agent (i) to permit the Owner Trustee, the Administrator and the Certificate Paying Agent to make payments to the registered owner of, and if different, each owner of a beneficial interest in, a Certificate without withholding or deduction (including any FATCA Withholding Tax), (ii) to enable the Issuer to qualify for a reduced rate of withholding in any jurisdiction from or through which the Issuer receives payments on its assets, or (iii) to enable the Owner Trustee, the Administrator and the Certificate Paying Agent to satisfy any reporting or other obligations under any applicable tax law (including FATCA), and will update or replace such form, certification or other information as necessary in accordance with its terms or its subsequent amendments. The applicable U.S. Internal Revenue Service forms and information required to be delivered, as described above, shall be delivered on or prior to the date on which a Certificateholder and, if different, a Certificate Owner becomes a Certificateholder or Certificate Owner under this Agreement and from time to time thereafter as prescribed by applicable law or upon the request of the Certificate Paying Agent.
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(d) Each registered owner of, and, if different, each owner of a beneficial interest in, a Certificate represents to the Issuer and Owner Trustee by acceptance of a Certificate or interest therein that it is not and will not become subject to any FATCA Withholding. In the case of a Certificateholder that is not a U.S. Tax Person and provides a U.S. Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN or U.S. Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN-E under Section 3.7(c) in order to claim the benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest under sections 871 or 881 of the Code (instead of, for example, claiming the benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States is a party), such Certificateholder (or in the case of a Certificateholder providing U.S. Internal Revenue Service Form W-8IMY, the beneficial owner of the Certificate) hereby represents that it is not (i) a bank within the meaning of Code section 881(c)(3), (ii) a 10 percent shareholder of an obligor on a Receivable within the meaning of Code section 871(h) or 881(c)(3) (as the case may be) or (iii) a controlled foreign corporation with respect to such an obligor described in Code section 881(c)(3).
(e) Each registered owner of, and, if different, each owner of a beneficial interest in, a Certificate represents to the Issuer and Owner Trustee by acceptance of this Certificate or interest therein that it is not and will not become subject to any FATCA Withholding Tax.
(f) Each purchaser, beneficial owner and subsequent transferee of Certificates or an interest therein will be required or deemed to acknowledge that the Issuer may provide such information and any other information concerning its investment in the Certificates to the U.S. Internal Revenue Service. In addition, each purchaser, beneficial owner and subsequent transferee of Certificates or an interest therein will be required or deemed to understand and acknowledge that the Issuer has the right, hereunder, to withhold on any beneficial owner of an interest in a Certificate that fails to comply with the foregoing requirements.
(g) Each Certificate shall bear a legend in substantially the following form, unless the Depositor determines otherwise in accordance with applicable law:
THIS CERTIFICATE OR ANY INTEREST HEREIN HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE SECURITIES ACT) OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES, AND THE ISSUER HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940, AS AMENDED (THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT). THIS CERTIFICATE OR ANY INTEREST HEREIN MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED, EXCEPT (A) (1) TO A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER) WHO IS EITHER PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A OR (2) TO THE DEPOSITOR OR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES AND BY THE DEPOSITOR OR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES AS PART OF THE
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INITIAL DISTRIBUTION OR ANY REDISTRIBUTION OF THE CERTIFICATES BY THE DEPOSITOR OR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES AND (B) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES AND ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION. EACH PURCHASER WILL BE DEEMED TO HAVE MADE CERTAIN REPRESENTATIONS AND AGREEMENTS SET FORTH IN THE TRUST AGREEMENT. ANY TRANSFER IN VIOLATION OF THE FOREGOING WILL BE OF NO FORCE AND EFFECT, WILL BE VOID AB INITIO, AND WILL NOT OPERATE TO TRANSFER ANY RIGHTS TO THE TRANSFEREE, NOTWITHSTANDING ANY INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CONTRARY TO THE ISSUER, THE OWNER TRUSTEE, OR ANY INTERMEDIARY. IF AT ANY TIME, THE ISSUER DETERMINES OR IS NOTIFIED THAT THE HOLDER OF SUCH CERTIFICATE OR PERCENTAGE INTEREST IN SUCH CERTIFICATE WAS IN BREACH, AT THE TIME GIVEN, OF ANY OF THE REPRESENTATIONS SET FORTH IN THE TRUST AGREEMENT, THE ISSUER AND THE OWNER TRUSTEE MAY CONSIDER THE ACQUISITION OF THIS CERTIFICATE OR SUCH INTEREST IN SUCH CERTIFICATE VOID AND REQUIRE THAT THIS CERTIFICATE OR SUCH INTEREST HEREIN BE TRANSFERRED TO A PERSON DESIGNATED BY THE ISSUER.
BY ACQUIRING THIS CERTIFICATE, EACH PURCHASER AND TRANSFEREE, AND ANY FIDUCIARY ACTING ON BEHALF OF A PURCHASER OR TRANSFEREE, WILL BE DEEMED TO REPRESENT AND WARRANT THAT IT IS NOT ACQUIRING THIS CERTIFICATE (OR ANY INTEREST HEREIN) ON BEHALF OF OR WITH ANY ASSETS OF (I) AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN AS DEFINED IN SECTION 3(3) OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED (ERISA), WHICH IS SUBJECT TO TITLE I OF ERISA, (II) A PLAN AS DESCRIBED BY SECTION 4975(e)(1) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE CODE), WHICH IS SUBJECT TO SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE, (III) ANY ENTITY DEEMED TO HOLD THE PLAN ASSETS OF ANY OF THE FOREGOING BY REASON OF SUCH EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS OR PLANS INVESTMENT IN THE ENTITY, OR (IV) ANY GOVERNMENTAL, CHURCH, NON-U.S. OR OTHER PLAN OR ARRANGEMENT THAT IS SUBJECT TO ANY FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL OR OTHER LAW THAT IS SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR TO TITLE I OF ERISA OR SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE.
(h) If a Responsible Officer of the Owner Trustee has actual knowledge that (1) a transfer or attempted or purported transfer of any Certificate or interest therein was consummated in compliance with the provisions of this Section 3.7 on the basis of a materially incorrect certification from the transferor or purported transferee, (2) a transferee of a Definitive Certificate failed to deliver to the Owner Trustee a Certificate Investor Representation Letter substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto or (3) the Certificateholder of any Certificate or interest therein is in material breach of any representation or agreement set forth in any Certificate or any deemed representation or agreement of such Certificateholder, the Owner Trustee will direct the Certificate Registrar not to register such attempted or purported transfer and, if a transfer has been registered, such transfer shall be absolutely null and void ab initio and shall not operate to transfer any rights to the purported transferee (such purported transferee, a Disqualified Transferee) and the last preceding Certificateholder of such Certificateholder that was not a Disqualified Transferee shall be restored to all rights as a Certificateholder thereof retroactively to the date of the purported transfer of such Certificate by such Certificateholder.
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(i) After the Closing Date, a Certificate (or beneficial interest therein) may not be sold or transferred to a Person that beneficially owns a Note (or interest therein) if such sale or transfer will result in such Person beneficially owning more than 99% of the Certificates of the Issuer (and any other interest in the Issuer treated as equity for United States federal income tax purposes); provided, however, that such sale or transfer shall be permitted if such Person covenants and agrees in writing, in form and substance satisfactory to the Issuer and Indenture Trustee, that it will not transfer its Certificates or Notes except upon prior delivery to the Indenture Trustee of an Opinion of Counsel substantially to the effect described in Section 2.17(a) of the Indenture and subject to any tracking conditions that may be imposed by the Administrator with respect to such Notes pursuant to Section 2.17(a).
(j) In the case of the first transfer of a Certificate that will result in the Issuer being deemed to have more than one beneficial owner for United States federal income tax purposes, the Seller shall be entitled to request an Initial Certificate Transfer Opinion.
(k) Unless the Depositor has received an opinion from a nationally recognized tax counsel that the restriction on the proposed acquisition or ownership of a Certificate (or interest therein) described by this paragraph is no longer necessary to conclude that any such acquisition (and subsequent resale of the applicable Notes described below) will not cause the Treasury Regulations under Code section 385 to apply to the applicable Notes described below in a manner that could cause a material adverse effect on the Issuer or the Issuer to be treated as other than a grantor trust for U.S. federal income tax purposes, (A) a Section 385 Certificateholder cannot acquire or hold a Certificate (or interest therein) if (i) a member of any expanded group (as defined in Treasury Regulation Section 1.385-1(c)(4)) that includes the Section 385 Certificateholder owns any Notes or (ii) a Section 385 Controlled Partnership of such expanded group owns any Notes and (B) a Section 385 Certificateholder cannot hold a Certificate (or interest therein) if (i) a member of any expanded group (as defined in Treasury Regulation Section 1.385-1(c)(4)) that includes the Section 385 Certificateholder acquires any Notes from the Issuer or any Affiliate of the Issuer or through the marketplace or (ii) a Section 385 Controlled Partnership of such expanded group acquires any Notes from the Issuer or any Affiliate of the Issuer or through the marketplace. The preceding sentence shall not apply if the holder or potential holder of the applicable Notes is a U.S. corporate member of the same U.S. corporate affiliated group (as defined in Section 1504 of the Code) filing a consolidated federal income tax return that includes each of any applicable related Section 385 Certificateholders (including in the case of a partnership, the relevant expanded group partner (as defined in Treasury Regulation Section 1.385-3(g)(12)). If a Certificateholder (or Certificate Owner) fails to comply with the requirements of this paragraph, the Issuer or Depositor is authorized, at its discretion, to compel such Certificateholder (or Certificate Owner) to sell its Certificate (or interest therein) to a Person whose ownership does not result in a failure to comply with this paragraph so long as such sale does not otherwise cause a material adverse effect on the Issuer or the Issuer to be treated as other than a grantor trust for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
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SECTION 3.8. Lost, Stolen, Mutilated or Destroyed Certificates. If (i) any mutilated Certificate is surrendered to the Owner Trustee, or (ii) the Owner Trustee receives evidence to its satisfaction that any Certificate has been destroyed, lost or stolen, and upon proof of ownership satisfactory to the Owner Trustee together with such security or indemnity as may be requested by the Owner Trustee to save it and the Issuer harmless, the Owner Trustee shall execute and deliver a new Certificate for the same Percentage Interest as the Certificate so mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen, of like tenor and bearing a different issue number, with such notations, if any, as the Owner Trustee shall determine. Upon the issuance of any new Certificate under this Section 3.8, the Issuer or Owner Trustee may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of the Certificate and any other reasonable expenses (including the reasonable fees and expenses of the Issuer and the Owner Trustee) connected therewith. Any duplicate Certificate issued pursuant to this Section 3.8 shall constitute complete and indefeasible evidence of ownership in the Issuer, as if originally issued, whether or not the lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate shall be found at any time. The provisions of this Section 3.8 are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, defaced, destroyed, lost or stolen Certificates.
SECTION 3.9. Appointment of the Certificate Paying Agent. To the extent Definitive Certificates have been issued, the Certificate Paying Agent shall make distributions to Certificateholders pursuant to Section 5.1 and shall report the amounts of such distributions to the Owner Trustee and the Servicer; provided, however, that no such reports shall be required so long as the Depositor or an affiliate of the Depositor is the sole Certificateholder. Any Certificate Paying Agent shall have the revocable power to withdraw funds from the Certificate Distribution Account for the purpose of making the distributions referred to above. The Issuer may revoke such power and remove the Certificate Paying Agent if the Issuer determines in its sole discretion that the Certificate Paying Agent shall have failed to perform its obligations under this Agreement in any material respect. The Certificate Paying Agent shall initially be the Indenture Trustee and any co-paying agent chosen by the Certificate Paying Agent. The Indenture Trustee shall be permitted to resign as Certificate Paying Agent upon thirty (30) days written notice to the Administrator. If the Indenture Trustee shall no longer be the Certificate Paying Agent, the Administrator shall appoint a successor to act as Certificate Paying Agent (which shall be a bank or trust company). The Administrator shall cause such successor Certificate Paying Agent or any additional Certificate Paying Agent appointed by the Administrator to execute and deliver a written agreement in which such successor Certificate Paying Agent or additional Certificate Paying Agent shall agree with the Issuer that, as Certificate Paying Agent, such successor Certificate Paying Agent or additional Certificate Paying Agent shall 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. Subject to applicable laws with respect to the escheat of funds, the Certificate Paying Agent shall return all funds that have remained unclaimed by a Certificateholder for two years to the Owner Trustee and, upon removal of a Certificate Paying Agent, such Certificate Paying Agent shall also return all funds (including any unclaimed funds) in its possession to the Owner Trustee. The rights, protections, indemnities and
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immunities of the Indenture Trustee under the Indenture and the Servicing Agreement shall apply to the Indenture Trustee also in its role as Certificate Paying Agent or Certificate Registrar for so long as the Indenture Trustee shall act as Certificate Paying Agent or Certificate Registrar and, to the extent applicable, to any other paying agent, certificate registrar or authenticating agent appointed hereunder. Any reference in this Agreement to the Certificate Paying Agent shall include any co-paying agent unless the context requires otherwise.
SECTION 3.10. Maintenance of Office or Agency. As long as any of the Certificates remain outstanding, the Issuer shall maintain an office or agency where Certificates may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange, and where notices and demands to or upon the Issuer in respect of the Certificates and this Agreement may be served. The Issuer hereby initially designates the Corporate Trust Office of the Certificate Registrar for the foregoing purposes. The Issuer shall give prompt written notice to the Owner Trustee and 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 Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee with the address thereof, such surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the applicable Corporate Trust Office, and the Issuer hereby appoints the Owner Trustee as its agent to receive all such surrenders, notices and demands.
ARTICLE IV
ACTIONS BY OWNER TRUSTEE
SECTION 4.1. Prior Notice to Certificateholders with Respect to Certain Matters. With respect to the following matters, unless the Administrator provides written notice to the Owner Trustee that the relevant Transaction Document provides that the consent of the Certificateholders shall not be required, the Owner Trustee shall not take action unless, at least ten (10) Business Days before the taking of such action (or if ten (10) Business Days advance notice is impracticable, as much advance notice as is practicable), the Owner Trustee shall have notified the Certificateholders in writing of the proposed action and no Certificateholder shall have notified the Owner Trustee in writing within such notice period that such Certificateholder has withheld consent or provided alternative direction:
(a) the appointment pursuant to the Indenture of a successor Indenture Trustee;
(b) the appointment pursuant to the Servicing Agreement of a successor Servicer; or
(c) the consent to the assignment by the Note Registrar or the Indenture Trustee of its obligations under the Indenture or this Agreement.
SECTION 4.2. Action by Certificateholders with Respect to Certain Matters. The Owner Trustee shall not have the power, except upon the direction of the Majority Certificateholders, to (a) except as expressly provided in the Transaction Documents, sell the Collateral after the termination of the Indenture in accordance with its terms, (b) remove the Administrator under the Administration Agreement pursuant to Section 8 thereof or (c) appoint a successor Administrator pursuant to Section 8 of the Administration Agreement. The Owner Trustee shall take the actions referred to in the preceding sentence only upon written instructions signed by the Majority Certificateholders.
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SECTION 4.3. Action by Certificateholders with Respect to Bankruptcy.
(a) The Owner Trustee shall not have the power to commence a voluntary Proceeding in bankruptcy relating to the Issuer until one year and one day after the Note Balance of all Notes has been reduced to zero without the prior written approval of each Certificateholder and the delivery to the Owner Trustee by each Certificateholder of a certificate certifying that such Certificateholder reasonably believe that the Issuer is insolvent.
(b) The parties hereto stipulate and agree that no Certificateholder has the power to commence any Bankruptcy Event on the part of the Issuer.
SECTION 4.4. 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 obligation of the Issuer or the Owner Trustee under this Agreement or any of the Transaction Documents or would be contrary to Section 2.3, nor shall the Owner Trustee be obligated to follow any such direction, if given.
SECTION 4.5. Acts of Certificateholders; Majority Control.
(a) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this Agreement to be given or taken by Certificateholders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Certificateholders 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 Owner Trustee, and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Issuer. Such instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the Act of the Certificateholders signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Agreement and (subject to Article VI) conclusive in favor of the Owner 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 Owner Trustee deems sufficient.
(c) The ownership of Certificates shall be proved by the Certificate Register.
(d) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action by any Certificateholder shall bind the Holder of every Certificate 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 Owner Trustee or the Issuer in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Certificate.
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(e) Except as otherwise provided herein, to the extent that there is more than one Certificateholder, any action which may be taken or consent or instructions which may be given by the Certificateholder under this Agreement may be taken by the Majority Certificateholders at the time of such action.
SECTION 4.6. Compliance with the FDIC Rule. The Owner Trustee shall (i) perform the covenants set forth in Article XII of the Indenture applicable to it and (ii) use reasonable efforts to comply with any request of the Depositor or the Servicer to facilitate compliance with Article XII of the Indenture by the Capital One Parties.
ARTICLE V
APPLICATION OF TRUST FUNDS; CERTAIN DUTIES
SECTION 5.1. Application of Trust Funds. Deposits into the Certificate Distribution Account shall be made in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture and this Agreement. On each Payment Date to the extent Definitive Certificates have been issued, the Certificate Paying Agent shall withdraw from the Certificate Distribution Account and distribute to the Certificateholders, pro rata based on the Percentage Interest of each Certificateholder (or in the case of the Retained Certificate, deposit directly to the Certificate Distribution Account), all funds received in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture and this Agreement. Subject to the Lien of the Indenture and Section 5.5 of this Agreement, the Certificate Paying Agent shall promptly distribute to the Certificateholders all other amounts (if any) received by the Certificate Paying Agent on behalf of the Issuer in respect of the Trust Estate (pro rata based on the Percentage Interest of each such Certificateholder). After the termination of the Indenture in accordance with its terms, the Certificate Paying Agent shall distribute all amounts received (if any) by the Issuer and the Owner Trustee in respect of the Trust Estate at the direction of the Certificateholders.
SECTION 5.2. Method of Payment. Subject to the Indenture, distributions required to be made to the Certificateholders on any Payment Date and all amounts received by the Issuer or the Owner Trustee on any other date that are payable to the Certificateholders pursuant to this Agreement or any other Transaction Document shall be made to the Certificateholders by wire transfer, in immediately available funds, to the account of each Certificateholder designated by such Certificateholder to the Owner Trustee and Indenture Trustee in writing.
SECTION 5.3. Reports by Owner Trustee to Certificateholders.
(a) The Owner Trustee shall prepare (or cause to be prepared) and shall sign pursuant to the power granted thereto pursuant to Section 2.4, on behalf of the Issuer, the Issuers tax returns, if any, unless applicable law requires a Certificateholder to sign such documents.
(b) The Owner Trustee, shall: (a) maintain (or cause to be maintained) the books of the Issuer on a calendar year basis and the accrual method of accounting; (b) deliver (or cause to be delivered) to each Certificateholder such information in its possession hereunder that is customarily provided to a Certificateholder to enable such Holder to prepare its United States federal and state income tax returns and any further information
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reasonably requested by such Certificateholder to the extent such information is reasonably obtainable, and may be required to enable each Certificateholder to prepare its United States federal and state income tax returns; (c) prepare (or cause to be prepared), file (or cause to be filed) such tax returns relating to the Issuer (including, if applicable, a trust return U.S. Internal Revenue Service Form 1041, U.S. Internal Revenue Service Form 1099, or reporting for widely held fixed investment trusts under Treasury Regulations Section 1.671-5); (d) upon direction from the Certificateholders (or any agent of such persons) make such elections as from time to time may be required or appropriate under any applicable state or federal statute or any rule or regulation thereunder so as to maintain the Issuers tax characterization as described in Section 2.6 hereof; and (e) collect or cause to be collected any withholding tax as described in Section 5.5 and in accordance with Section 5.1 with respect to income or distributions to Certificateholders.
(c) The Depositor shall cause to be provided to the Owner Trustee upon its reasonable request from time to time such information and documentation as may be available to the Depositor (including without limitation Servicers Reports) to enable the Owner Trustee to perform its obligations under this Section 5.3.
SECTION 5.4. Certificate Distribution Account. The Certificate Distribution Account shall be established pursuant to Section 8.2 of the Indenture if any Definitive Certificates are issued and outstanding. If a Certificate Distribution Account is established, the Certificateholders shall possess all beneficial right, title and interest in and to all funds on deposit from time to time in the Certificate Distribution Account and all proceeds thereof. Except as otherwise provided herein or in the Indenture, the Certificate Distribution Account shall be under the sole dominion and control of the Certificate Paying Agent for the benefit of the Certificateholders. Except as otherwise provided herein or in the Indenture, if, at any time, the Certificate Distribution Account ceases to be an Eligible Account, the Servicer shall within ten (10) Business Days establish a new Certificate Distribution Account as an Eligible Account and shall cause the transfer of any cash then on deposit in the Certificate Distribution Account to such new Certificate Distribution Account. For the avoidance of doubt, distributions payable to the Depositor, as holder of the Retained Certificate, shall be made to the Certificate Distribution Account.
SECTION 5.5. Withholding. In the event that any withholding tax is imposed on the Issuers payment (or allocations of income) to a Certificateholder, such tax shall reduce the amount otherwise distributable to the Certificateholder. The Owner Trustee and Certificate Paying Agent are hereby authorized and directed, and the Indenture Trustee is authorized pursuant to Section 3.3(c) of the Indenture, to retain from amounts otherwise distributable to the Certificateholders sufficient funds for the payment of any tax that is legally payable by the Issuer (but such authorization shall not prevent the Owner Trustee or Certificate Paying Agent from contesting any such tax in an appropriate Proceeding and withholding payment of such tax, if permitted by law, pending the outcome of such Proceeding). 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 Issuer 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. Tax Person), the Owner Trustee or Certificate Paying Agent may in its sole discretion withhold such amounts in accordance with this Section 5.5 and the Indenture Trustee may withhold such amounts in accordance with Section 3.3(c) of the Indenture.
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SECTION 5.6. No Reinvestment. The Certificate Paying Agent shall distribute all amounts collected in respect of the assets of the Issuer and neither the Certificate Paying Agent nor the Owner Trustee shall apply any such amounts toward the purchase of additional assets on behalf of the Issuer; provided, however, that such amounts may be invested in Permitted Investments selected in writing by the Servicer but only until the next Payment Date (and only where such investments mature on or prior to such Payment Date without a disposition thereof prior to maturity), when they shall be distributed.
SECTION 5.7. Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any Transaction Document, the Owner Trustee shall not be required to execute, deliver or certify in accordance with the provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act on behalf of the Issuer or any other Person, any periodic reports filed pursuant to the Exchange Act, or any other documents pursuant to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
ARTICLE VI
AUTHORITY AND DUTIES OF OWNER TRUSTEE
SECTION 6.1. General Authority. The Owner Trustee is authorized and directed to execute and deliver (i) the Transaction Documents to which the Issuer is named as a party and (ii) each certificate or other document attached as an exhibit to or contemplated by the Transaction Documents to which the Issuer or the Owner Trustee is named as a party and any amendment thereto, in each case, in such form as the Depositor shall approve, as evidenced conclusively by the Owner Trustees execution thereof, and at the written direction of the Depositor, to execute on behalf of the Issuer and to direct the Indenture Trustee to authenticate and deliver Notes in the aggregate principal amount of $1,899,110,000. In addition to the foregoing, the Owner Trustee is authorized, but shall not be obligated, to take all actions required of the Issuer pursuant to the Transaction Documents. The Owner Trustee is further authorized from time to time to take such action as the Depositor, the Administrator or the Majority Certificateholders recommend or direct in writing with respect to the Transaction Documents, except to the extent that this Agreement expressly requires the consent of each Certificateholder for such action.
SECTION 6.2. 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 other Transaction Documents and to administer the Issuer in the interest of the Certificateholders, subject to Transaction Documents, and in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Owner Trustee shall be deemed to have discharged its duties and responsibilities hereunder and under the Transaction Documents to the extent the Administrator has agreed in the Administration Agreement to perform any act or to discharge any duty of the Issuer or the Owner Trustee hereunder or under any Transaction Document, and the Owner Trustee shall not be liable for the default or failure of the Administrator to carry out its obligations under the Administration Agreement and shall have no duty to monitor or supervise the performance of the Administrator or any other Person under the Administration Agreement or any other document. The Owner Trustee shall have no obligation to administer, service or collect the Receivables or to maintain, monitor or otherwise supervise the administration, servicing or collection of the Receivables. For the avoidance of doubt, the Owner Trustee shall not be required to perform any of the obligations of the Issuer under any Transaction Document that are required to be performed by the Sponsor, the Servicer, the Depositor, the Administrator or the Indenture Trustee.
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SECTION 6.3. Action upon Instruction.
(a) Subject to Article IV, and in accordance with the Transaction Documents, each of the Certificateholders and the Administrator may, by written instruction, direct the Owner Trustee in the management of the Issuer. Such direction may be exercised at any time by written instruction of the Certificateholders pursuant to Article IV. Further, with respect to provisions hereunder that provide for instruction by the Certificateholders, for so long as all outstanding Certificates are Book-Entry Certificates, if the Owner Trustee shall have notified the Certificateholders in writing of a proposed action and within fifteen (15) days of such notice none of the Certificateholders shall have notified the Owner Trustee in writing that such Certificateholder has withheld consent or provided alternative instruction, the Owner Trustee, in the place of Certificateholder instruction hereunder, may accept and rely on written instruction of the Administrator. If subsequently the Owner Trustee receives alternative written instruction from the Certificateholders, such instruction shall control.
(b) Subject to Section 7.1, the Owner Trustee shall not be required to take any action hereunder or under any Transaction Document if the Owner Trustee shall have reasonably determined or been advised by counsel that such action is likely to result in liability on the part of the Owner Trustee or is contrary to the terms hereof or of any Transaction Document or is otherwise contrary to law.
(c) Whenever the Owner Trustee is unable to decide between alternative courses of action permitted or required by the terms of this Agreement or any Transaction Document or is unsure as to the application of any provision of this Agreement or any Transaction Document or any such provision is ambiguous as to its application, or is, or appears to be, in conflict with any other applicable provision, or in the event that this Agreement permits any determination by the Owner Trustee or is silent or is incomplete as to the course of action that the Owner Trustee is required to take with respect to a particular set of facts, the Owner Trustee shall promptly give notice (in such form as shall be appropriate under the circumstances) to the Certificateholders or the Administrator requesting instruction as to the course of action to be adopted or application of such provision, and to the extent the Owner Trustee acts or refrains from acting in good faith in accordance with any written instruction of the Majority Certificateholders or the Administrator (or, if specifically required hereunder, all Certificateholders) received, the Owner Trustee shall not be liable on account of such action or inaction to any Person. If the Owner Trustee shall not have received appropriate instruction within ten (10) Business Days of such notice (or within such shorter period of time as reasonably may be specified in such notice or may be necessary under the circumstances) it may, but shall be under no duty to, take or refrain from taking such action, not inconsistent with this Agreement or the Transaction Documents, as it shall deem to be in the best interests of the Certificateholders, and shall have no liability to any Person for such action or inaction.
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(d) The Owner Trustee shall not be personally liable for any distribution made in accordance with the provisions set forth in Section 9.1(b).
SECTION 6.4. 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 Trust Estate, or to otherwise take or refrain from taking any action under, or in connection with, any document contemplated hereby to which the Issuer or the Owner Trustee is a party, except as expressly provided by the terms of this Agreement or in any document or written instruction received by the Owner Trustee pursuant to Section 6.3; and no implied duties (including fiduciary duties existing at law or in equity) or obligations shall be read into this Agreement or any Transaction 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 to otherwise perfect or maintain the perfection of any security interest or Lien granted to it hereunder or to prepare or file any Commission filing (including any filings required under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act), for the Issuer or to record this Agreement or any Transaction Document. BNY Mellon Trust of Delaware 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 Trust Estate that result from actions by, or claims against, BNY Mellon Trust of Delaware that are not related to the ownership or the administration of the Trust Estate. The Owner Trustee shall have no responsibility or liability for or with respect to the genuineness, value, sufficiency or validity of the Trust Estate.
Further, the Owner Trustee shall have no responsibility for or liability to determine or monitor the status or applicability of any benchmark, index or other modifier applicable thereto, determine whether a substitute benchmark or index should or could be selected, determine the selection of any such substitute benchmark or index, or exercise any right related to the foregoing on behalf of the Issuer or any other Person.
SECTION 6.5. 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 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 Transaction Documents and (iii) in accordance with any document or instruction delivered to the Owner Trustee pursuant to Section 6.3.
SECTION 6.6. Restrictions. The Owner Trustee shall not take any action (a) that is inconsistent with the purposes of the Issuer set forth in Section 2.3 or (b) that, to the actual knowledge of a Responsible Officer of the Owner Trustee, would (i) affect the treatment of the Notes as indebtedness for United States federal income, state and local income and franchise tax purposes, (ii) be deemed to cause a taxable exchange of the Notes for United States federal income or state income or franchise tax purposes or (iii) cause the Issuer or any portion thereof to be treated as an association or publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation for United States federal income, state and local income or franchise tax purposes or cause the Issuer to be treated as other than a grantor trust for United States federal income tax purposes. Neither the Depositor, the Administrator nor any Certificateholder shall direct the Owner Trustee to take action that would violate the provisions of this Section.
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SECTION 6.7. Relevant Trustee. Following the payment in full of principal and interest on the Notes, the Owner Trustee shall assume the role of Relevant Trustee for purposes of Section 6.1(a) of the Servicing Agreement and Section 7.4 and Article VIII of the Indenture (notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture following payment in full of principal and interest on the Notes), which are incorporated by reference into this Agreement; provided, however, that, for purposes of Section 7.4 of the Indenture, the Owner Trustee shall disseminate the Servicers Report in the manner set forth in Section 7.4(b) hereof.
ARTICLE VII
CONCERNING OWNER TRUSTEE
SECTION 7.1. Acceptance of Trusts and Duties. 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 also agrees to disburse all moneys actually received by it constituting part of the Trust Estate upon the terms of the Transaction Documents and this Agreement. The Owner Trustee shall not be personally liable or accountable hereunder or under any Transaction Document under any circumstances notwithstanding anything herein or in the Transaction Documents to the contrary, except (i) for its own willful misconduct, bad faith or gross negligence, (ii) in the case of the inaccuracy of any representation or warranty contained in Section 7.6 expressly made by BNY Mellon Trust of Delaware in its individual capacity, (iii) for liabilities arising from the failure of BNY Mellon Trust of Delaware to perform obligations expressly undertaken by it in the second to last sentence of Section 6.4, or (iv) for taxes, fees or other charges on, based on or measured by, any fees, commissions or compensation received by the Owner Trustee. In particular, but not by way of limitation (and subject to the exceptions set forth in the preceding sentence) of the foregoing:
(a) The Owner Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in accordance with a direction received by it from the Administrator or the required Certificateholders, as the case may be, in accordance with the Transaction Documents;
(b) No provision of this Agreement or any Transaction Document shall require the Owner Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder or under any Transaction Document or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if the Owner Trustee shall have reasonable grounds to believe that repayment of such funds or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Owner Trustee against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it;
(c) The Owner Trustee shall not be liable solely for any action or inaction of the Issuer, the Depositor or the Certificateholders or any other party (or agent thereof) to any Transaction Document, and may assume compliance by such parties with their obligations under this Agreement or any other Transaction Document unless a Responsible Officer of the Owner Trustee has actual knowledge of or has received written notice to the contrary;
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(d) The Owner Trustee shall not be under any obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Agreement, or to institute, conduct or defend any litigation under this Agreement or otherwise or in relation to this Agreement or any Transaction Document, at the request, order or direction of any of the Certificateholders or the Administrator, unless such Certificateholders or the Administrator have offered to the Owner Trustee security or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Owner Trustee against the reasonable costs, expenses and liabilities that may be incurred by it therein or thereby;
(e) The Owner Trustee shall not be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations hereunder arising out of or caused by, directly or indirectly, forces beyond its control, including, without limitation, acts of war or terrorism, civil or military disturbances, nuclear or natural catastrophes or acts of God; it being understood that the Owner Trustee shall use reasonable efforts which are consistent with accepted practices in the banking industry to resume performance of their respective obligations as soon as practicable under the circumstances;
(f) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or otherwise, under no circumstances will the Owner Trustee be liable for special, punitive, indirect or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including lost profits);
(g) The Owner Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge or notice of any event or information, including any Event of Default, or be required to act upon any event or information (including the sending of any notice), unless written notice of such event or information is received by a Responsible Officer of the Owner Trustee and such notice references the event or information. Absent written notice in accordance with this Section or actual knowledge of such event or information by a Responsible Officer of the Owner Trustee, the Owner Trustee may assume that no such event has occurred. The Owner Trustee shall not have any obligation to inquire into, or investigate as to, the occurrence of any such event (including any Event of Default). For purposes of determining the Owner Trustees responsibility and liability hereunder, whenever reference is made in this Trust Agreement to any event (including, but not limited to, an Event of Default), such reference shall be construed to refer only to such event of which the Owner Trustee has actual knowledge or has received written notice as described in this Section. Knowledge of the Owner Trustee shall not be attributed or imputed to BNY Mellon Trust of Delawares other roles in the transaction (if any);
(h) Under no circumstances shall the Owner Trustee be personally liable for any representation, warranty, covenant, obligation or indebtedness of the Issuer;
(i) The Owner Trustee shall not be personally responsible for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this Agreement or for the due execution hereof by any Person other than the Owner Trustee or for the form, character, genuineness, sufficiency, value or validity of the Trust Estate, or for or in respect of the accuracy, validity or sufficiency of any statement of any other party in the Transaction Documents, the Certificates or any other document supplied to the Owner Trustee;
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(j) The Owner Trustee shall not be personally liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by any of its officers or employees unless it is proved that such Persons were negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts; and
(k) The Owner Trustee shall not be required to investigate any claims with respect to any breach of a representation or warranty under any of the Transaction Documents.
SECTION 7.2. 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 Transaction Documents.
SECTION 7.3. Preservation of Information; Communications to Certificateholders.
(a) The Certificate Registrar shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, the names and addresses of Certificateholders received by the Indenture Trustee in its capacity as the Certificate Registrar; provided, however, that so long as the Indenture Trustee is the Certificate Registrar, no list separate from the Certificate Register shall be required to be preserved or maintained.
(b) The Certificateholders may communicate with other Certificateholders with respect to their rights under this Agreement or under the Certificates. Upon receipt by the Certificate Registrar of any written request by three or more Certificateholders or by one or more Certificateholders holding in the aggregate more than 25% of the Percentage Interests to receive a copy of the most current list of Certificateholders together with a copy of the communication that the applicant proposes to send, the Certificate Registrar shall distribute such list to the requesting Certificateholders; provided, that the Certificate Registrar may elect not to afford the requesting Certificateholders access to the list of Certificateholders if it agrees to mail the desired communication or proxy, on behalf of and at the expense of the requesting Certificateholders, to all Certificateholders. Each Certificateholder or Certificate Owner, by receiving and holding a Certificate or interest therein, shall be deemed to have agreed not to hold the Certificate Registrar accountable by reason of the disclosure of its name and address, regardless of the source from which such information was derived.
SECTION 7.4. Statements to Certificateholders.
(a) The Owner Trustee shall promptly give notice to each Certificateholder of any change in the Indenture Trustees website pursuant to which the Servicers Report is made available to the extent the Owner Trustee is notified of such change by the Administrator, the Servicer or the Indenture Trustee in writing.
(b) To the extent the Owner Trustee has assumed the role of Relevant Trustee pursuant to the terms of Section 6.7, the Owner Trustee may make all reports or notices required to be provided by the Owner Trustee under Section 7.4 of the Indenture available via its website; provided, however, that the Owner Trustee shall, if requested by the Administrator, deliver any such reports or notices in writing or via email to the Administrator. Any information that is disseminated in accordance with the provisions of this Section 7.4 shall not be required to be disseminated in any other form or manner. The Owner Trustee will make no representations or warranties as to the accuracy or completeness of such documents and will assume no responsibility therefor.
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(c) The Owner Trustees website shall be initially located at https://GCTInvestorReporting.bnymellon.com or at such other address as shall be specified by the Owner Trustee from time to time in writing to the Certificateholders, the Servicer, the Issuer or any Paying Agent. In connection with providing access to the Owner Trustees website, the Owner Trustee may require registration and the acceptance of a disclaimer. The Owner Trustee shall not be liable for the dissemination of information in accordance with this Agreement. The Owner Trustee shall notify Certificateholders in writing of any changes in the address or means of access to the website where the reports are accessible. Assistance in access to the website can be obtained by calling the Owner Trustees customer service desk at 800-332-4550.
(d) Upon receipt by the Owner Trustee from the Depositor of any reports or general loan data, the Owner Trustee will make such reports or data available to the Certificateholders via its website as specified pursuant to clause (c) above; provided, that the Owner Trustee shall not be required to forward any such reports to any Certificateholder who is the Depositor or an Affiliate of the Depositor. The Owner Trustee shall have no duty or obligations to review, verify or confirm the reports or any information contained therein, and shall have no liability in connection therewith.
SECTION 7.5. Notice of Events of Default and Servicer Replacement Event. The Owner Trustee shall promptly give notice to each Certificateholder of any (a) Default or Event of Default of which it has been provided notice pursuant to Section 6.5 of the Indenture and (b) Servicer Replacement Event of which it has been provided notice pursuant to Section 6.1 of the Servicing Agreement.
SECTION 7.6. Representations and Warranties. The Owner Trustee hereby represents and warrants to the Depositor for the benefit of the Certificateholders, that:
(a) It is a Delaware banking corporation formed and validly existing in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and having its principal place of business within the State of Delaware. It has all requisite corporate power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement.
(b) It has taken all corporate action necessary to authorize the execution and delivery by it of this Agreement, and this Agreement will be executed and delivered by one of its officers who is duly authorized to execute and deliver this Agreement on its behalf.
(c) This Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Owner Trustee, enforceable against the Owner Trustee in accordance with its terms, subject, as to enforceability, to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, conservatorship, receivership, liquidation and other similar laws affecting enforcement of the rights of creditors of banks generally and to equitable limitations on the availability of specific remedies.
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(d) Neither the execution nor the delivery by it of this Agreement, nor the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby nor compliance by it with any of the terms or provisions hereof 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.
SECTION 7.7. Reliance; Advice of Counsel.
(a) The Owner Trustee shall incur no personal 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, secretary or other Authorized Officers 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 this Agreement or the Transaction Documents, the Owner Trustee (i) may act directly or through its agents or attorneys pursuant to agreements entered into with any of them, but the Owner Trustee shall not be personally liable for the conduct or misconduct of such agents, custodians, nominees (including Persons acting under a power of attorney) or attorneys selected in good faith and (ii) may consult with counsel, accountants and other skilled Persons knowledgeable in the relevant area to be selected in good faith and employed by it at the expense of the Issuer. The Owner Trustee shall not be personally liable for anything done, suffered or omitted in good faith by it in accordance with the written opinion or advice of any such counsel, accountants or other such Persons.
SECTION 7.8. Not Acting in Individual Capacity. Except as provided in this Article VII, in accepting the trusts hereby created, the Owner Trustee acts solely as the Owner Trustee hereunder and not in its individual capacity and all Persons having any claim against the Owner Trustee by reason of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any Transaction Document shall look only to the Trust Estate for payment or satisfaction thereof.
SECTION 7.9. The Owner Trustee May Own Notes. The Owner Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Notes. The Owner Trustee may deal with the Depositor, the Indenture Trustee, the Administrator and their respective Affiliates in banking transactions with the same rights as it would have if it were not the Owner Trustee, and the Depositor, the Indenture Trustee, the Administrator and their respective Affiliates may maintain normal commercial banking relationships with the Owner Trustee and its Affiliates.
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SECTION 7.10. Rule 144A Information. At any time when the Depositor is not subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act and is not exempt from reporting pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Exchange Act, upon the request of a Certificateholder in connection with the sale or transfer of such Certificateholders Certificate, the Depositor shall promptly furnish or cause to be furnished Rule 144A Information to such Certificateholder, to a prospective purchaser of such Certificate (as designated by such Certificateholder) or to the Owner Trustee for delivery (and the Owner Trustee shall deliver such Rule 144A Information) to such Certificateholder or such prospective purchaser, as the case may be, in order to permit compliance by such Certificateholder with Rule 144A in connection with the resale of such Certificate by such Certificateholder.
ARTICLE VIII
COMPENSATION OF OWNER TRUSTEE
SECTION 8.1. The Owner Trustees Compensation. The Depositor shall cause the Servicer to agree to pay to the Owner Trustee pursuant to Section 3.11 of the Servicing Agreement from time to time compensation for all services rendered by the Owner Trustee under this Agreement pursuant to a fee letter between the Servicer and the Owner Trustee (which compensation shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust). The Servicer, pursuant to Section 3.11 of the Servicing Agreement and the fee letter between the Servicer and the Owner Trustee, shall reimburse the Owner Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Owner Trustee in accordance with any provision of this Agreement (including the reasonable compensation, expenses and disbursements of such agents, experts and counsel as the Owner Trustee may employ in connection with the exercise and performance of its rights and its duties hereunder), except any such expense as may be attributable to its willful misconduct, gross negligence (other than an error in judgment) or bad faith. To the extent not paid by the Servicer, such fees and reasonable expenses shall be paid by the Issuer in accordance with Sections 8.5 or 5.4(b) of the Indenture, as applicable.
SECTION 8.2. Indemnification. The Depositor shall cause the Servicer to agree to indemnify the Owner Trustee in its individual capacity and as Owner Trustee and its successors, assigns, directors, officers, employees and agents (the Indemnified Parties) from and against, any and all loss, liability, expense, tax, penalty or claim (including reasonable legal fees and expenses, including legal fees and expenses in connection with enforcement of its rights to indemnity hereunder) of any kind and nature whatsoever which may at any time be imposed on, incurred by, or asserted against the Owner Trustee in its individual capacity and as Owner Trustee or any Indemnified Party in any way relating to or arising out of this Agreement, the Transaction Documents, the Trust Estate, the administration of the Trust Estate or the action or inaction of the Owner Trustee hereunder and those incurred in connection with any action, claim or suit brought to enforce the owner trustees right to indemnification; provided, however, that neither the Depositor nor the Servicer shall be liable for or required to indemnify the Owner Trustee from and against any of the foregoing expenses or indemnities arising or resulting from (i) its own willful
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misconduct, gross negligence or bad faith, (ii) the inaccuracy of any representation or warranty contained in Section 7.6 expressly made by the Owner Trustee in its individual capacity, (iii) liabilities arising from the failure of the Owner Trustee in its individual capacity to perform obligations expressly undertaken by it in the second to last sentence of Section 6.4 or (iv) taxes, fees or other charges on, based on or measured by, any fees, commissions or compensation received by the Owner Trustee in its individual capacity. To the extent not paid by the Servicer, such indemnification shall be paid by the Issuer in accordance with, and solely to the extent set forth in Sections 8.5 or 5.4(b) of the Indenture, as applicable. The provisions of this Section 8.2 shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the resignation or removal of the Owner Trustee.
SECTION 8.3. Payments to the Owner Trustee. Any amounts paid to the Owner Trustee pursuant to this Article VIII and the Indenture shall be deemed not to be a part of the Trust Estate immediately after such payment.
SECTION 8.4. Rights, Protections, Immunities and Indemnities of the Relevant Trustee. The rights, protections, immunities and indemnities of the Owner Trustee under this Agreement are hereby extended to the Owner Trustee as Relevant Trustee.
ARTICLE IX
TERMINATION OF TRUST AGREEMENT
SECTION 9.1. Dissolution of Issuer. (a) The Issuer shall wind up and dissolve and this Agreement shall terminate (other than provisions hereof which by their terms survive termination) upon the final distribution by the Issuer and the Certificate Paying Agent of all moneys or other property or proceeds of the Trust Estate in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the Servicing Agreement and Article V hereof. The bankruptcy, liquidation, dissolution, death or incapacity of a Certificateholder shall not (x) operate to terminate this Agreement or the Issuer, nor (y) entitle any such Certificateholders legal representatives or heirs to claim an accounting or to take any Proceeding in any court for a partition or winding up of all or any part of the Issuer or Trust Estate nor (z) otherwise affect the rights, obligations and liabilities of the parties hereto.
(b) Notice of any dissolution and termination of the Issuer, specifying the Payment Date upon which Certificateholders shall surrender their Certificates to the Owner Trustee for payment of the final distribution and cancellation, shall be given by the Owner Trustee to Certificateholders, and if the Owner Trustee is notified of a redemption of the Notes by the Administrator or the Issuer pursuant to Section 10.1(c) of the Indenture, such notice shall be mailed within five (5) Business Days of the Owner Trustees receipt of such notice from the Issuer or Administrator. Each such notice to a Certificateholder shall state (i) the Payment 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 Owner Trustee therein designated, (ii) the amount of any such final payment and (iii) that the Record Date otherwise applicable to such Payment Date is not applicable and that payments are being made only upon presentation and surrender of the Certificates at the office of the Owner Trustee therein specified. The Owner Trustee shall give such notice to the Certificate Registrar (if other than the Owner Trustee) and the Certificate Paying Agent at the time such notice is given to Certificateholders. Upon presentation and surrender of each Certificate, the Certificate Paying Agent shall cause to be distributed to such Certificateholders, subject to Section 3808 of the Statutory Trust Statute, amounts distributable on such Payment Date pursuant to Article V.
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(c) In the event that any of the Certificateholders shall not surrender their Certificates for cancellation within six (6) 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 with respect thereto. If within one year after the second notice any of 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. Subject to applicable escheat laws, any funds remaining in the Trust Estate after exhaustion of such remedies shall be distributed by the Certificate Paying Agent to the last Certificateholder of record identified in the Certificate Register for each such remaining Certificate.
SECTION 9.2. Termination of Trust Agreement. Upon dissolution of the Issuer, the Owner Trustee shall, at the direction of the Administrator, wind up the business and affairs of the Issuer as required by Section 3808 of the Statutory Trust Statute. Upon the satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture, and receipt of a certificate from the Indenture Trustee stating that all Noteholders have been paid in full and that no Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee has actual knowledge or has received written notice of any claims remaining against the Issuer in respect of the Indenture and the Notes, the Administrator, in the absence of actual knowledge of any other claim against the Issuer, shall be deemed to have made reasonable provision to pay all claims and obligations (including conditional, contingent or unmatured obligations) for purposes of Section 3808(e) of the Statutory Trust Statute. The Certificate Paying Agent, upon surrender of the outstanding Certificates shall distribute the remaining Trust Estate (if any) in accordance with Article V hereof and, at the written direction and expense of the Administrator, the Owner Trustee shall cause the Certificate of Trust to be cancelled by filing a certificate of cancellation with the Delaware Secretary of State in accordance with the provisions of Section 3810 of the Statutory Trust Statute, at which time the Issuer shall terminate and this Agreement (other than Article VIII) shall be of no further force or effect.
SECTION 9.3. Limitations on Termination. Except as provided in Section 9.1, neither the Depositor nor any Certificateholders shall be entitled to revoke or terminate the Issuer.
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ARTICLE X
SUCCESSOR OWNER TRUSTEES AND ADDITIONAL
OWNER TRUSTEES
SECTION 10.1. Eligibility Requirements for the Owner Trustee. The Owner Trustee shall at all times be a bank (i) authorized to exercise corporate trust powers, (ii) having a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 and (iii) subject to supervision or examination by Federal or state authorities. If such bank 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, 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 10.2.
SECTION 10.2. Resignation or Removal of the 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 Administrator, the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee and each Certificateholder. Upon receiving such notice of resignation, the Depositor and the Administrator, acting jointly, shall promptly appoint a successor Owner Trustee which satisfies the eligibility requirements set forth in Section 10.1 by written instrument, in duplicate, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the resigning Owner Trustee and one copy to the successor Owner Trustee. If no successor Owner Trustee shall have been so appointed and have accepted appointment within thirty (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; provided, however, that such right to appoint or to petition for the appointment of any such successor shall in no event relieve the resigning Owner Trustee from any obligations otherwise imposed on it under the Transaction Documents until such successor has in fact assumed such appointment.
If at any time the Owner Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of Section 10.1 and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Depositor or the Administrator, 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, conservation or liquidation, then the Depositor or the Administrator may remove the Owner Trustee. If the Depositor or the Administrator shall remove the Owner Trustee under the authority of the immediately preceding sentence, the Depositor and the Administrator, acting jointly, shall promptly appoint a successor Owner Trustee by written instrument, in duplicate, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the outgoing Owner Trustee so removed and one copy to the successor Owner Trustee and shall pay all fees 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 10.3 and payment of all fees and expenses owed to the outgoing Owner Trustee. The Depositor shall provide (or shall cause to be provided) notice of such resignation or removal of the Owner Trustee to each of the Rating Agencies.
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SECTION 10.3. Successor Owner Trustee. Any successor Owner Trustee appointed pursuant to Section 10.2 shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Depositor, 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 the 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 Depositor 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 be eligible pursuant to Section 10.1.
Upon acceptance of appointment by a successor Owner Trustee pursuant to this Section, the Depositor shall mail (or shall cause to be mailed) notice of the successor of such Owner Trustee to the Certificateholders, Indenture Trustee, the Noteholders and each of the Rating Agencies. If the Depositor shall fail to mail (or cause to be mailed) such notice within ten (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 Depositor. Any successor Owner Trustee appointed pursuant to this Section 10.3 shall promptly file an amendment to the Certificate of Trust with the Secretary of State identifying the name and the principal place of business of such successor Owner Trustee in the State of Delaware.
SECTION 10.4. Merger or Consolidation of the Owner Trustee. Any Person into which the Owner Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any Person resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Owner Trustee shall be a party, or any Person succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust business of the Owner Trustee, shall, 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, be the successor of the Owner Trustee hereunder; provided that such Person shall be eligible pursuant to Section 10.1; and provided, further, that the Owner Trustee shall file an amendment to the Certificate of Trust of the Issuer, if required by applicable law, and mail notice of such merger or consolidation to the Depositor and the Administrator.
SECTION 10.5. 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 Trust Estate may at the time be located, the Depositor 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 Trust Estate, and to vest in such Person, in such capacity, such title to the Trust Estate, or any part thereof, and, subject to the other provisions of this Section, such powers, duties, obligations, rights and trusts as the Depositor and the Owner Trustee may consider necessary or desirable. If the Depositor shall not have joined in such appointment within fifteen (15) days after the receipt by it of a request to do so, 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 successor trustee pursuant to Section 10.1 and no notice of the appointment of any co-trustee or separate trustee shall be required pursuant to Section 10.3.
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Each separate trustee and co-trustee shall, to the extent permitted by law, be appointed and act subject to the following provisions and conditions:
(i) all rights, powers, duties and obligations conferred or imposed upon the 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 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 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 Depositor 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 effectively as if given to each of them. Every instrument appointing any separate trustee or co-trustee shall refer to this Agreement and the conditions of this Article. Each separate trustee and co-trustee, upon its acceptance of the trusts conferred, 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 copies thereof given to the Depositor and the Administrator.
Any separate trustee or co-trustee may at any time appoint the Owner Trustee, its agent or attorney-in-fact with full power and authority, to the extent not prohibited by law, to do any lawful act under or in respect of this Agreement on its behalf and in its name. If any separate trustee or co-trustee shall 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. The Owner Trustee shall have no obligation to determine whether a co-trustee or separate trustee is legally required in any jurisdiction in which any part of the Trust Estate may be located.
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ARTICLE XI
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 11.1. Amendments.
(a) Any term or provision of this Agreement may be amended by the Depositor and the Owner Trustee, at the direction of the Administrator, without the consent of the Indenture Trustee, any Noteholder, any Certificateholder, the Issuer or any other Person subject to the satisfaction of one of the following conditions:
(i) The Depositor delivers an Opinion of Counsel or an Officers Certificate to the Indenture Trustee to the effect that such amendment will not materially and adversely affect the interests of the Noteholders; or
(ii) The Rating Agency Condition is satisfied with respect to such amendment and the Depositor notifies the Indenture Trustee in writing that the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied with respect to such amendment.
(b) This Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the Depositor and the Owner Trustee, with the consent of the Holders of Notes evidencing not less than a majority of the Outstanding Note Balance of the Controlling Class, 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. It will not be necessary for the consent of Noteholders or Certificateholders to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment or consent, but it will be sufficient if such consent approves the substance thereof. The manner of obtaining such consents (and any other consents of Noteholders and Certificateholders provided for in this Agreement) and of evidencing the authorization of the execution thereof by Noteholders and Certificateholders will be subject to such reasonable requirements as the Indenture Trustee and Owner Trustee may prescribe, including the establishment of record dates pursuant to the Depository Agreement.
(c) Prior to the execution of any amendment pursuant to this Section 11.1, the Depositor shall provide written notification of the substance of such amendment to each Rating Agency and the Owner Trustee; and promptly after the execution of any such amendment, the Depositor shall furnish a copy of such amendment to each Rating Agency, the Owner Trustee, the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee; provided, that no amendment pursuant to this Section 11.1 shall be effective which materially and adversely affects the rights, protections or duties of the Indenture Trustee without the prior written consent of such Person.
(d) Prior to the execution of any amendment to this Agreement, the Owner Trustee shall be entitled to receive and conclusively rely upon an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such amendment is authorized or permitted by this Agreement and an Officers Certificate from the Depositor or the Administrator stating that all conditions precedent to the execution and delivery of such amendment have been satisfied. The Owner Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such amendment which materially and adversely affects the Owner Trustees own rights, duties or immunities under this Agreement.
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(e) Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b) of this Section 11.1, this Agreement may only be amended by the Depositor and the Owner Trustee at the direction of the Administrator if (i) the Majority Certificateholders or, if 100% of the aggregate Percentage Interests is then beneficially owned by the Bank and/or its Affiliates, such Person (or Persons), consent to such amendment or (ii) such amendment shall not, as evidenced by an Officers Certificate of the Depositor or an Opinion of Counsel delivered to the Owner Trustee, materially and adversely affect the interests of the Certificateholders. In determining whether 100% of the aggregate Percentage Interests is then beneficially owned by the Bank and/or its Affiliates for purposes of clause (i), any party shall be entitled to rely on an Officers Certificate or similar certification of the Bank or any Affiliate thereof to such effect.
(f) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, for purposes of classifying the Issuer as a grantor trust under the Code, no amendment shall be made to this Agreement that would (i) result in a variation of the investment of the beneficial owners of the Certificates for purposes of the United States Treasury Regulation section 301.7701-4(c) without the consent of Noteholders evidencing at least a majority of the Outstanding Note Balance of the Controlling Class and the Majority Certificateholders or (ii) cause the Issuer (or any part thereof) to be classified as other than a grantor trust for United States federal income tax purposes without the consent of all of the Noteholders and all of the Certificateholders.
SECTION 11.2. No Legal Title to Trust Estate in Certificateholders. Neither the Depositor nor any Certificateholder shall have legal title to any part of the Trust Estate. Each Certificateholder shall be entitled to receive distributions with respect to its undivided Percentage 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 a Certificateholder to and in its ownership interest in the 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 Trust Estate.
SECTION 11.3. Limitations on Rights of Others. The provisions of this Agreement are solely for the benefit of the Owner Trustee, the Depositor, the Administrator, the Certificateholders and, to the extent expressly provided herein, 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 Trust Estate or under or in respect of this Agreement or any covenants, conditions or provisions contained herein.
SECTION 11.4. Notices.
(a) Unless otherwise expressly specified or permitted by the terms hereof, all notices shall be in writing and shall be delivered or mailed by registered or certified first-class United States mail, postage prepaid, hand delivery, prepaid courier service, by facsimile or, if so provided on Schedule I to the Sale Agreement, by electronic transmission, and addressed in each case as specified on Schedule I to the Sale Agreement, or at such other address as shall be designated by any of the specified addressees in a written notice to the other parties hereto.
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(b) Any notice required or permitted to be given to any Certificateholder shall be given by first-class mail, postage prepaid, at the address 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 such Certificateholder receives such notice.
SECTION 11.5. 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 11.6. 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, regardless of whether delivered in physical or electronic form, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
SECTION 11.7. 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 11.8. No Petition.
(a) To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, each of the Owner Trustee (in its individual capacity and as the Owner Trustee by entering into this Agreement), the Depositor, each Certificateholder, by accepting a Certificate, and the Indenture Trustee and each Noteholder or Note Owner by accepting the benefits of this Agreement, hereby covenants and agrees that prior to the date which is one year and one day after payment in full of all obligations of each Bankruptcy Remote Party in respect of all securities issued by the Bankruptcy Remote Parties (i) such party shall not authorize any Bankruptcy Remote Party to commence a voluntary winding-up or other voluntary case or other Proceeding seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief with respect to such Bankruptcy Remote Party or its debts under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect in any jurisdiction or seeking the appointment of an administrator, a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official with respect to such Bankruptcy Remote Party or any substantial part of its property or to consent to any such relief or to the appointment of or taking possession by any such official in an involuntary case or other Proceeding commenced against such Bankruptcy Remote Party, or to make a general assignment for the benefit of, its creditors generally, any party hereto or any other creditor of such Bankruptcy Remote Party, and (ii) such party shall not commence, join or institute against, with any other Person, any Proceeding against such
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Bankruptcy Remote Party under any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, liquidation or insolvency law or statute now or hereafter in effect in any jurisdiction. Without limiting the foregoing, in no event shall the Owner Trustee authorize, institute or join in any bankruptcy or similar Proceeding described in the preceding sentence other than in accordance with Section 4.3; provided, however, nothing in this Section shall prevent the Owner Trustee from (i) filing a proof of claim in any such Proceeding or (ii) from commencing against the Issuer or any of its property any legal action which is not a bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency, moratorium or liquidation Proceeding.
(b) The Depositors obligations under this Agreement are obligations solely of the Depositor and will not constitute a claim against the Depositor to the extent that the Depositor does not have funds sufficient to make payment of such obligations. In furtherance of and not in derogation of the foregoing, each of the Owner Trustee (in its individual capacity and as the Owner Trustee), by entering into or accepting this Agreement, each Certificateholder, by accepting a Certificate, and the Indenture Trustee and each Noteholder or Note Owner, by accepting the benefits of this Agreement, hereby acknowledges and agrees that such Person has no right, title or interest in or to the Other Assets of the Depositor. To the extent that, notwithstanding the agreements and provisions contained in the preceding sentence, each of the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, each Noteholder or Note Owner and each Certificateholder either (i) asserts an interest or claim to, or benefit from, Other Assets, or (ii) is deemed to have any such interest, claim to, or benefit in or from Other Assets, whether by operation of law, legal process, pursuant to applicable provisions of insolvency laws or otherwise (including by virtue of Section 1111(b) of the Bankruptcy Code or any successor provision having similar effect under the Bankruptcy Code), then such Person further acknowledges and agrees that any such interest, claim or benefit in or from Other Assets is and will be expressly subordinated to the indefeasible payment in full of the other obligations and liabilities, which, under the terms of the relevant documents relating to the securitization or conveyance of such Other Assets, are entitled to be paid from, entitled to the benefits of, or otherwise secured by such Other Assets (whether or not any such entitlement or security interest is legally perfected or otherwise entitled to a priority of distributions or application under applicable law, including insolvency laws, and whether or not asserted against the Depositor), including the payment of post-petition interest on such other obligations and liabilities. This subordination agreement will be deemed a subordination agreement within the meaning of Section 510(a) of the Bankruptcy Code. Each of the Owner Trustee (in its individual capacity and as the Owner Trustee), by entering into or accepting this Agreement, each Certificateholder, by accepting a Certificate, and the Indenture Trustee and each Noteholder or Note Owner, by accepting the benefits of this Agreement, hereby further acknowledges and agrees that no adequate remedy at law exists for a breach of this Section and the terms of this Section may be enforced by an action for specific performance. The provisions of this Section will be for the third party benefit of those entitled to rely thereon and will survive the termination of this Agreement.
SECTION 11.9. Information Request. The Owner Trustee shall provide any information regarding the Issuer in its possession reasonably requested by the Servicer, the Administrator, the Depositor or any of their Affiliates, in order to comply with or obtain more favorable treatment under any current or future law, rule, regulation, accounting rule or principle.
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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 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.
SECTION 11.12. Waiver of Jury Trial. To the extent permitted by applicable law, each party hereto irrevocably waives all right of trial by jury in any Proceeding or counterclaim based on, or arising out of, under or in connection with this Agreement, any other Transaction Document, or any matter arising hereunder or thereunder.
SECTION 11.13. Information to Be Provided by the Owner Trustee. The Owner Trustee shall provide the Depositor, the Bank and the Servicer (each, a Transaction Party and, collectively, the Transaction Parties) with (i) notification, as soon as practicable and in any event within ten (10) Business Days, of all demands communicated to a Responsible Officer of the Owner Trustee for the purchase, repurchase or replacement of any Receivable pursuant to Section 3.4 of the Purchase Agreement, and (ii) promptly upon reasonable request in writing by a Transaction Party, any other information in the Owner Trustees possession reasonably requested by a Transaction Party to facilitate compliance by the Transaction Parties with Rule 15Ga-1 under the Exchange Act. In no event shall the Owner Trustee be deemed to be a securitizer as defined in Section 15G(a) of the Exchange Act with respect to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, nor shall it have any responsibility for making any filing to be made by a securitizer under the Exchange Act with respect to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. Such notification to be substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto.
SECTION 11.14. Form 10-D Filings, Item 1117 and Item 1119 of Regulation AB. So long as the Depositor is filing Exchange Act Reports with respect to the Issuer and until the Depositor notifies the Owner Trustee that such action is no longer required, on or before the 15th of each calendar month for so long as the Depositor is filing Exchange Act Reports with respect to the Issuer, commencing on September 15, 2022, the Owner Trustee shall deliver to the Depositor (but only upon receipt of written direction from the Depositor to do so) the certification substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit E or such form as mutually agreed upon by the Depositor and the Owner Trustee regarding any affiliations or relationships (as contemplated in Item 1119 of Regulation AB) between the Owner Trustee and any Item 1119 Party and any Form 10-D Disclosure Item.
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SECTION 11.15. Form 8-K Filings. So long as the Depositor is filing Exchange Act Reports with respect to the Issuer and until the Depositor notifies the Owner Trustee that such action is no longer required, the Owner Trustee shall promptly notify the Depositor, but in no event later than four (4) Business Days after its occurrence, of any Reportable Event described in clause (e) of the definition thereof with respect to the Owner Trustee of which a Responsible Officer of the Owner Trustee has actual knowledge (other than a Reportable Event described in clause (e) of the definition thereof as to which the Depositor or the Servicer has actual knowledge). The Owner Trustee shall be deemed to have actual knowledge of any such event to the extent that it relates to the Owner Trustee in its individual capacity or any action by the Owner Trustee under this Agreement.
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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.
BNY MELLON TRUST OF DELAWARE, | ||
as Owner Trustee | ||
By: | /s/ JoAnn C. DiOssi | |
Name: | JoAnn C. DiOssi | |
Title: | Vice President | |
CAPITAL ONE AUTO RECEIVABLES, LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Eric Bauder | |
Name: | Eric Bauder | |
Title: | Assistant Vice President |
Acknowledged and Agreed:
WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Certificate Registrar and Certificate Paying Agent | ||
By: | /s/ Julia Linian | |
Name: | Julia Linian | |
Title: | Vice President |
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EXHIBIT A
FORM OF CERTIFICATE
NUMBER | Principal Amount of this Certificate: $[___________] | |
R-______ | Aggregate Amount of all Certificates: $100,000 (which shall be | |
deemed to be the equivalent of 100,000 units) | ||
Percentage Interest of this Certificate: [__]% | ||
CUSIP NO. ____________ | ||
ISIN ____________ |
CAPITAL ONE PRIME AUTO RECEIVABLES TRUST 2022-2
CERTIFICATE
[UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE 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 CERTIFICATE 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.]
(This Certificate does not represent an interest in or obligation of Capital One Auto Receivables, LLC, Capital One, National Association or any of their respective Affiliates, except to the extent described below.)
THIS CERTIFICATE IS NOT NEGOTIABLE.
THIS CERTIFICATE OR ANY INTEREST HEREIN HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE SECURITIES ACT) OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES, AND THE ISSUER HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940, AS AMENDED (THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT). THIS CERTIFICATE OR ANY INTEREST HEREIN MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED, EXCEPT (A) (1) TO A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER) WHO IS EITHER PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A OR (2) TO THE DEPOSITOR OR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES AND BY THE DEPOSITOR OR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES AS PART OF THE
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INITIAL DISTRIBUTION OR ANY REDISTRIBUTION OF THE CERTIFICATES BY THE DEPOSITOR OR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES AND (B) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES AND ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION. EACH PURCHASER WILL BE DEEMED TO HAVE MADE CERTAIN REPRESENTATIONS AND AGREEMENTS SET FORTH IN THE TRUST AGREEMENT. ANY TRANSFER IN VIOLATION OF THE FOREGOING WILL BE OF NO FORCE AND EFFECT, WILL BE VOID AB INITIO, AND WILL NOT OPERATE TO TRANSFER ANY RIGHTS TO THE TRANSFEREE, NOTWITHSTANDING ANY INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CONTRARY TO THE ISSUER, THE OWNER TRUSTEE, OR ANY INTERMEDIARY. IF AT ANY TIME, THE ISSUER DETERMINES OR IS NOTIFIED THAT THE HOLDER OF SUCH CERTIFICATE OR PERCENTAGE INTEREST IN SUCH CERTIFICATE WAS IN BREACH, AT THE TIME GIVEN, OF ANY OF THE REPRESENTATIONS SET FORTH IN THE TRUST AGREEMENT, THE ISSUER AND THE OWNER TRUSTEE MAY CONSIDER THE ACQUISITION OF THIS CERTIFICATE OR SUCH INTEREST IN SUCH CERTIFICATE VOID AND REQUIRE THAT THIS CERTIFICATE OR SUCH INTEREST HEREIN BE TRANSFERRED TO A PERSON DESIGNATED BY THE ISSUER.
BY ACQUIRING THIS CERTIFICATE, EACH PURCHASER AND TRANSFEREE, AND ANY FIDUCIARY ACTING ON BEHALF OF A PURCHASER OR TRANSFEREE, WILL BE DEEMED TO REPRESENT AND WARRANT THAT IT IS NOT ACQUIRING THIS CERTIFICATE (OR ANY INTEREST HEREIN) ON BEHALF OF OR WITH ANY ASSETS OF (I) AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN AS DEFINED IN SECTION 3(3) OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED (ERISA), WHICH IS SUBJECT TO TITLE I OF ERISA, (II) A PLAN AS DESCRIBED BY SECTION 4975(e)(1) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE CODE), WHICH IS SUBJECT TO SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE, (III) ANY ENTITY DEEMED TO HOLD THE PLAN ASSETS OF ANY OF THE FOREGOING BY REASON OF SUCH EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS OR PLANS INVESTMENT IN THE ENTITY, OR (IV) ANY GOVERNMENTAL, CHURCH, NON-U.S. OR OTHER PLAN OR ARRANGEMENT THAT IS SUBJECT TO ANY FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL OR OTHER LAW THAT IS SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR TO TITLE I OF ERISA OR SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE.
THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE TRANSFERRED ONLY IN MINIMUM DENOMINATIONS OF $2,000 AND INTEGRAL MULTIPLES OF $1 IN EXCESS THEREOF. NO DISTRIBUTIONS OF MONEYS TO THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS UNDER THE TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS SHALL BE DEEMED TO REDUCE THE NOMINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF ANY CERTIFICATE PRIOR TO PAYMENT IN FULL OF ALL OUTSTANDING NOTES; PROVIDED, THAT THE FINAL AGGREGATE $100,000 DISTRIBUTED TO THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS UNDER THE TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS UPON FINAL DISTRIBUTION OF THE TRUST ESTATE AND TERMINATION OF THE ISSUER SHALL BE DEEMED TO REPAY THE AGGREGATE NOMINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF THE CERTIFICATES IN FULL; PROVIDED, FURTHER, THAT ANY FAILURE TO PAY IN FULL THE OUTSTANDING PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF A CERTIFICATE ON SUCH FINAL DISTRIBUTION DATE SHALL NOT RESULT IN ANY RECOURSE TO, CLAIM AGAINST OR LIABILITY OF ANY PERSON FOR SUCH SHORTFALL.
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THIS CERTIFIES THAT _______________________________ is the registered owner of a ___% nonassessable, fully-paid, Percentage Interest in CAPITAL ONE PRIME AUTO RECEIVABLES TRUST 2022-2, a Delaware statutory trust (the Issuer) formed by CAPITAL ONE AUTO RECEIVABLES, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as depositor (the Depositor).
The Issuer was created pursuant to a Trust Agreement dated as of December 10, 2019 (as amended and restated as of July 1, 2022, and as further amended and restated as of August 10, 2022, the Trust Agreement), between the Depositor, and BNY Mellon Trust of Delaware, as owner trustee (the Owner Trustee), a summary of certain of the pertinent provisions of which is set forth below. To the extent not otherwise defined herein, the capitalized terms used herein have the meanings assigned to them in Appendix A to the Sale Agreement, dated as of August 10, 2022, between the Depositor and the Issuer, as the same may be amended or supplemented from time to time.
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 provisions and conditions of the Trust Agreement are hereby incorporated by reference as though set forth in their entirety herein.
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 Indenture and the Trust Agreement, as applicable.
THIS CERTIFICATE SHALL BE 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.
By accepting this Certificate, the Certificateholder hereby covenants and agrees that prior to the date which is one year and one day after payment in full of all obligations of each Bankruptcy Remote Party in respect of all securities issued by the Bankruptcy Remote Parties such Person shall not commence, join or institute against, with any other Person, any proceeding against such Bankruptcy Remote Party under any bankruptcy, reorganization, liquidation or insolvency law or statute now or hereafter in effect in any jurisdiction.
By accepting and holding this Certificate (or any interest herein), the holder hereof, and any fiduciary acting on behalf of a holder, shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that it is not acquiring this Certificate (or any interest herein) on behalf of or with any assets of, (i) an employee benefit plan as defined in Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (ERISA), which is subject to Title I of ERISA, (ii) a plan as described
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by Section 4975(e)(1) of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Code), which is subject to Section 4975 of the Code, (iii) any entity deemed to hold the plan assets of any of the foregoing by reason of such employee benefit plans or plans investment in the entity or (iv) any governmental, church, non-U.S. or other plan or arrangement that is subject to any federal, state, local or other law that is substantially similar to Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code.
It is the intention of the parties to the Trust Agreement that, for purposes of United States federal, state and local income and franchise tax purposes, the Issuer will be treated as a grantor trust under subtitle A, chapter 1, subchapter J, part I, subpart E of the Code. By accepting this Certificate, the Certificateholder consents to and agrees to take no action inconsistent with, the foregoing intended tax treatment.
By accepting this Certificate, the Certificateholder acknowledges that this Certificate represents a Percentage Interest only and does not represent interests in or obligations of the Depositor, the Servicer, the Administrator, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee or any of their respective Affiliates and no recourse may be had against such parties or their assets, except as expressly set forth or contemplated in this Certificate, the Trust Agreement or any other Transaction Document.
Each Certificateholder, by acceptance of this Certificate, acknowledges and agrees that the purpose of Article XII of the Indenture is to facilitate compliance with the FDIC Rule by the Bank, the Depositor, the Servicer and the Issuer (collectively, the Capital One Parties) and that the interpretations of the requirements of the FDIC Rule may change over time, whether due to interpretive guidance provided by the FDIC or its staff, consensus amount participants in the asset-backed securities markets, advice of counsel, or otherwise, and agrees that the provisions set forth in Article XII of the Indenture shall have the effect and meanings that are appropriate under the FDIC Rule as such effect and meanings change over time on the basis of evolving interpretations of the FDIC Rule.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer has caused this Certificate to be duly executed.
CAPITAL ONE PRIME AUTO RECEIVABLES TRUST 2022-2 | ||
By: BNY Mellon Trust of Delaware, not in its individual capacity, but solely as Owner Trustee | ||
Dated: | By: |
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CERTIFICATE REGISTRARS CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is the Certificate referred to in the within-mentioned Trust Agreement.
Wilmington Trust, National Association, not in its individual capacity but solely as Certificate Registrar | ||
By: |
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Authenticating Agent |
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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, (Asset Backed Certificate No. R-[__] issued by CAPITAL ONE PRIME AUTO RECEIVABLES TRUST 2022-2), 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: ___________________, 20[__]
[ ] |
By:_____________________________________ |
Name: |
Title: |
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EXHIBIT B
FORM OF CERTIFICATE INVESTOR REPRESENTATION LETTER
[ ], 20__
CAPITAL ONE PRIME AUTO RECEIVABLES TRUST 2022-2
[Address]
[____________],
[Address]
[Transferor]
[Address]
Attention: CAPITAL ONE PRIME AUTO RECEIVABLES TRUST 2022-2
Re: | Transfer of CAPITAL ONE PRIME AUTO RECEIVABLES TRUST 2022-2 Certificates, (the Certificates) |
Ladies and Gentlemen:
a. | This letter is delivered pursuant to Section 3.7 of the Second Amended and Restated Trust Agreement, dated as of August 10, 2022 (the Trust Agreement), between CAPITAL ONE AUTO RECEIVABLES, LLC, as Depositor (the Depositor), and BNY Mellon Trust of Delaware, as Owner Trustee (the Owner Trustee), in connection with the transfer by _________________________ (the Transferor) to the undersigned (the Transferee) of [__]% Percentage Interest of the Certificates with a nominal principal amount of $[ ]1. 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:
(i) The Transferee is either (a) an Affiliate of the Depositor or (b) (1) is a Qualified Institutional Buyer, (2) is aware that the sale of the Certificates (other than a sale of the Certificates by the Depositor or any of its Affiliates as part of the initial distribution or any redistribution of the Certificates by the Depositor or any of its Affiliates) to it is being made in reliance on the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144A, and (3) is acquiring the Certificates for its own account or for one or more accounts, each of which is a Qualified Institutional Buyer, and as to each of which the owner exercises sole investment discretion;
1 | In minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1 in excess thereof. |
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(ii) The Transferee understands that the Certificates will bear a legend to the following effect:
THIS CERTIFICATE OR ANY INTEREST HEREIN HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE SECURITIES ACT) OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES, AND THE ISSUER HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940, AS AMENDED (THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT). THIS CERTIFICATE OR ANY INTEREST HEREIN MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED, EXCEPT (A) (1) TO A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER) WHO IS EITHER PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A OR (2) TO THE DEPOSITOR OR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES AND BY THE DEPOSITOR OR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES AS PART OF THE INITIAL DISTRIBUTION OR ANY REDISTRIBUTION OF THE CERTIFICATES BY THE DEPOSITOR OR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES AND (B) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES AND ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION. EACH PURCHASER WILL BE DEEMED TO HAVE MADE CERTAIN REPRESENTATIONS AND AGREEMENTS SET FORTH IN THE TRUST AGREEMENT. ANY TRANSFER IN VIOLATION OF THE FOREGOING WILL BE OF NO FORCE AND EFFECT, WILL BE VOID AB INITIO, AND WILL NOT OPERATE TO TRANSFER ANY RIGHTS TO THE TRANSFEREE, NOTWITHSTANDING ANY INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CONTRARY TO THE ISSUER, THE OWNER TRUSTEE, OR ANY INTERMEDIARY. IF AT ANY TIME, THE ISSUER DETERMINES OR IS NOTIFIED THAT THE HOLDER OF SUCH CERTIFICATE OR PERCENTAGE INTEREST IN SUCH CERTIFICATE WAS IN BREACH, AT THE TIME GIVEN, OF ANY OF THE REPRESENTATIONS SET FORTH IN THE TRUST AGREEMENT, THE ISSUER AND THE OWNER TRUSTEE MAY CONSIDER THE ACQUISITION OF THIS CERTIFICATE OR SUCH INTEREST IN SUCH CERTIFICATE VOID AND REQUIRE THAT THIS CERTIFICATE OR SUCH INTEREST HEREIN BE TRANSFERRED TO A PERSON DESIGNATED BY THE ISSUER.
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BY ACQUIRING THIS CERTIFICATE, EACH PURCHASER AND TRANSFEREE, AND ANY FIDUCIARY ACTING ON BEHALF OF A PURCHASER OR TRANSFEREE, WILL BE DEEMED TO REPRESENT AND WARRANT THAT IT IS NOT ACQUIRING THIS CERTIFICATE (OR ANY INTEREST HEREIN) ON BEHALF OF OR WITH ANY ASSETS OF (I) AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN AS DEFINED IN SECTION 3(3) OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED (ERISA), WHICH IS SUBJECT TO TITLE I OF ERISA, (II) A PLAN AS DESCRIBED BY SECTION 4975(e)(1) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE CODE), WHICH IS SUBJECT TO SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE, (III) ANY ENTITY DEEMED TO HOLD THE PLAN ASSETS OF ANY OF THE FOREGOING BY REASON OF SUCH EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS OR PLANS INVESTMENT IN THE ENTITY, OR (IV) ANY GOVERNMENTAL, CHURCH, NON-U.S. OR OTHER PLAN OR ARRANGEMENT THAT IS SUBJECT TO ANY FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL OR OTHER LAW THAT IS SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR TO TITLE I OF ERISA OR SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE.
(iii) The Transferee understands that the Certificates are being offered only in a transaction not involving any public offering in the United States within the meaning of the Securities Act, none of the Certificates have been or will be registered under the Securities Act, and, if in the future the Transferee decides to offer, resell, pledge or otherwise transfer the Certificates, such Certificates may only be offered, resold, pledged or otherwise transferred in accordance with the Trust Agreement. The Transferee acknowledges that no representation is being made by the Issuer as to the availability of any exemption under the Securities Act or any applicable State securities laws for resale of the Certificates;
(iv) The Transferee understands that an investment in the Certificates involves certain risks, including the risk of loss of all or a substantial part of its investment under certain circumstances. The Transferee has had access to such financial and other information concerning the Issuer and the Certificates as it deemed necessary or appropriate in order to make an informed investment decision with respect to its purchase of the Certificates. The Transferee has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters that the Transferee is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of its investment in the Certificates, and the transferee and any accounts for which it is acting are each able to bear the economic risk of its investment;
(v) The Transferee will not make any general solicitation by means of general advertising or in any other manner, or take any other action that would constitute a distribution of the Certificates under the Securities Act or that would render the disposition of the Certificates a violation of Section 5 of the Securities Act or any other applicable securities laws or require registration pursuant thereto, and will not authorize any Person to act on its behalf, in such manner with respect to the Certificates;
(vi) The Transferee is not acquiring the Certificates with a view to the resale, distribution or other disposition thereof in violation of the Securities Act;
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(vii) The transferee will provide notice to each Person to whom it proposes to transfer any interest in the Certificates of the transfer restrictions and representations set forth in the Trust Agreement, including the Exhibits thereto;
(viii) The Transferee agrees that it will not offer or sell, or otherwise transfer the Certificates to any person unless the transferee of the Certificates has executed a Certificate Investor Representation Letter;
(ix) The Transferee is not acquiring the Certificates (or any interest therein) with the assets of (a) an employee benefit plan as defined in Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (ERISA), which is subject to Title I of ERISA, (b) a plan as described by Section 4975(e)(1) of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Code), which is subject to Section 4975 of the Code, (c) any entity deemed to hold the plan assets of any of the foregoing by reason of such employee benefit plans or plans investment in the entity or (d) any governmental, church, non-U.S. or other plan or arrangement that is subject to any federal, state, local or other law that is substantially similar to Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code;
(x) The Transferee acknowledges that the Issuer, the Owner Trustee, the Depositor and others will rely upon the truth and accuracy of the acknowledgements, representations, warranties and agreements herein and in the Trust Agreement and agrees that if any of the acknowledgements, representations, warranties or agreements made by it in connection with its purchase of any Certificates are no longer accurate, the Transferee will promptly notify the Issuer, the Owner Trustee and the Depositor;
(xi) The Transferee understands that if Responsible Officer of the Owner Trustee becomes aware that (a) a transfer or attempted or purported transfer of any Certificate or interest therein was consummated in compliance with the provisions of the Trust Agreement on the basis of a materially incorrect certification from the Transferor or purported transferee, (b) a transferee failed to deliver to the Owner Trustee a Certificate Investor Representation Letter or (c) the Certificateholder of any Certificate or interest therein is in material breach of any representation or agreement set forth in any certificate or any deemed representation or agreement of such Certificateholder, the Owner Trustee will direct the Certificate Registrar not to register such attempted or purported transfer and, if a transfer has been registered, such transfer shall be absolutely null and void ab initio and shall not operate to transfer any rights to the purported transferee (such purported transferee, a Disqualified Transferee) and the last preceding Certificateholder of such Certificateholder that was not a Disqualified Transferee shall be restored to all rights as a Certificateholder thereof retroactively to the date of the purported transfer of such Certificate by such Certificateholder;
(xii) The Transferee acknowledges and agrees that it has complied with the following representations, to the extent applicable:
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a. Each registered owner of and, if different, each owner of a beneficial interest in, a Certificate that is a U.S. Tax Person shall deliver to the Owner Trustee, the Administrator and the Certificate Paying Agent two properly completed and duly executed originals of U.S. Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 (or applicable successor form) certifying that it is not subject to backup withholding and that it is a U.S. Tax Person. Each registered owner of and, if different, each owner of a beneficial interest in, a Certificate that is not a U.S. Tax Person shall deliver to the Owner Trustee, the Administrator and the Certificate Paying Agent two properly completed and duly executed originals of U.S. Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN (Certification of Foreign Status of Beneficial Owner for United States Tax Withholding and Reporting (Individuals)), U.S. Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN-E (Certificate of Status of Beneficial Owner for United States Tax Withholding and Reporting (Entities)), U.S. Internal Revenue Service Form W-8IMY (Certificate of Foreign Intermediary, Foreign Flow-Through Entity, or Certain U.S. Branches for United States Tax Withholding and Reporting) or U.S. Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI (Certificate of Foreign Persons Claim That Income Is Effectively Connected With the Conduct of a Trade or Business in the United States), or any applicable successors to such U.S. Internal Revenue Service forms or other reasonable information or certification requested by the Owner Trustee, the Administrator or the Certificate Paying Agent (i) to permit the Owner Trustee, the Administrator and the Certificate Paying Agent to make payments to the registered owner of, and if different, each owner of a beneficial interest in, a Certificate without withholding or deduction (including any FATCA Withholding Tax), (ii) to enable the Issuer to qualify for a reduced rate of withholding in any jurisdiction from or through which the Issuer receives payments on its assets, or (iii) to enable the Owner Trustee, the Administrator and the Certificate Paying Agent to satisfy any reporting or other obligations under any applicable tax law (including FATCA), and will update or replace such form, certification or other information as necessary in accordance with its terms or its subsequent amendments. The applicable U.S. Internal Revenue Service forms required to be delivered, as described above, shall be delivered on or prior to the date on which a registered owner of, and, if different, each owner of a beneficial interest in, a Certificate becomes a holder of a Certificate and from time to time thereafter as prescribed by applicable law or upon the request of the Certificate Paying Agent.
b. Each registered owner of, and, if different, each owner of a beneficial interest in, a Certificate represents to the Issuer and Owner Trustee by acceptance of a Certificate or interest therein that it is not and will not become subject to any FATCA Withholding. In the case of a Certificateholder that is not a U.S. Tax Person and provides an U.S. Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN or U.S. Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN-E under Section 3.7(c) in order to claim the benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest under Sections 871 or 881 of the Code
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(instead of, for example, claiming the benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States is a party), such Certificateholder (or in the case of a Certificateholder providing U.S. Internal Revenue Service Form W-8IMY, the beneficial owner of the Certificate) hereby represents that it is not (i) a bank within the meaning of Code section 881(c)(3), (ii) a 10 percent shareholder of an obligor on a Receivable within the meaning of Code section 871(h) or 881(c)(3) (as the case may be) or (iii) a controlled foreign corporation with respect to such an obligor described in Code section 881(c)(3).
c. Each registered owner of, and, if different, each owner of a beneficial interest in, a Certificate represents to the Issuer and Owner Trustee by acceptance of this Certificate or interest therein that it is not and will not become subject to any FATCA Withholding Tax.
d. Each purchaser, beneficial owner and subsequent transferee of Certificates or an interest therein will be required or deemed to acknowledge that the Issuer may provide such information and any other information concerning its investment in the Certificates to the U.S. Internal Revenue Service. In addition, each purchaser, beneficial owner and subsequent transferee of Certificates or an interest therein will be required or deemed to understand and acknowledge that the Issuer has the right, hereunder, to withhold on any beneficial owner of an interest in a Certificate that fails to comply with the foregoing requirements.
(xiii) The Transferee acknowledges that in connection with the transfer of the Certificates (a) none of the Issuer, the Servicer, the Depositor nor the Owner Trustee is acting as a fiduciary or financial or investment adviser for the transferee, (b) the transferee is not relying (for purposes of making any investment decision or otherwise) upon any advice, counsel or representations (whether written or oral) of the Issuer, the Servicer, the Depositor or the Owner Trustee other than in the most current private placement memorandum for such Certificates and any representations expressly set forth in a written agreement with such party, (c) none of the Issuer, the Servicer, the Depositor or the Owner Trustee has given to the transferee (directly or indirectly through any other person) any assurance, guarantee or representation whatsoever as to the expected or projected success, profitability, return, performance, result, effect, consequence or benefit (including legal, regulatory, tax, financial, accounting or otherwise) of its purchase or the documentation for the Certificates, (d) the transferee has consulted with its own legal, regulatory, tax, business, investment, financial, and accounting advisers to the extent it has deemed necessary, and it has made its own investment decisions (including decisions regarding the suitability of any transaction pursuant to the Trust Agreement) based upon its own judgment and upon any advice from such advisers as it has deemed necessary and not upon any view expressed by the Issuer, the Servicer, the Depositor or the Owner Trustee, (e) the transferee has determined that the rates, prices or amounts and other terms of the purchase and sale of the Certificates reflect those in the relevant market for similar transactions, (f) the transferee is purchasing the Certificates with a full understanding of all of the terms, conditions and risks thereof (economic and otherwise), and is capable of assuming and willing to assume (financially and otherwise) these risks, and (g) the transferee is a sophisticated investor familiar with transactions similar to its investment in the Certificates.
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(xiv) No transfers shall be permitted if such transfer is effected through an established securities market or secondary market (or the substantial equivalent thereof) within the meaning of the Code Section 7704 and any proposed, temporary or final Treasury regulations thereunder.
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EXHIBIT C
FORM OF NOTICE OF REQUESTS TO REPURCHASE RECEIVABLES
[________], 20[ ]
[Depositor]
[Servicer]
Re: | CAPITAL ONE PRIME AUTO RECEIVABLES TRUST 2022-2 Notice of Requests to Repurchase Receivables |
Reference is hereby made to the Second Amended and Restated Trust Agreement, dated as of August 10, 2022 (the Trust Agreement), between CAPITAL ONE AUTO RECEIVABLES, LLC, as depositor (the Depositor), and BNY Mellon Trust of Delaware, as owner trustee (the Owner Trustee). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings assigned such terms in the Trust Agreement. This Notice is being delivered pursuant to Section 11.13 of the Trust Agreement.
The Owner Trustee hereby certifies as to the checked option below:
[ ] During the period from and including [_________] to but excluding [________], the Owner Trustee received no requests from the holders of any of the Notes or Certificates outstanding during that period requesting that any Receivables be purchased, repurchased or replaced with respect to such Notes or Certificates.
[ ] During the period from and including [___________] to but excluding [_________], the Owner Trustee received one or more requests from the holders of any of the Notes or Certificates outstanding during that period requesting that any Receivables be purchased, repurchased or replaced with respect to such Notes or Certificates. Copies of such requests received in writing are attached hereto, and details of any such requests received orally are as set forth below:
Date of Request
Number of Receivables
Aggregate Principal Balance of Receivables Subject to Request
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BNY Mellon Trust of Delaware, not in its individual capacity but solely as Owner Trustee | ||
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EXHIBIT D
FORM OF REGISTRATION OF DEFINITIVE CERTIFICATE TRANSFER DIRECTION LETTER PURSUANT TO THE TRUST AGREEMENT
[_______], 20[ ]
[____________],
[Address]
Reference is hereby made to the Second Amended and Restated Trust Agreement, dated as of August 10, 2022 (the Trust Agreement), between CAPITAL ONE AUTO RECEIVABLES, LLC, as Depositor (the Depositor), and BNY MELLON TRUST OF DELAWARE, as Owner Trustee (the Owner Trustee), governing CAPITAL ONE PRIME AUTO RECEIVABLES TRUST 2022-2 (the Issuer). Capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Trust Agreement.
You are hereby notified that [name of Transferor] (the Transferor) has transferred its [__]% beneficial interest in the Issuer evidenced by Certificate No. ____. Enclosed, please find the following documentation as required by the Trust Agreement:
1. | Original Certificate No. R-[__] for cancellation; |
2. | Written instrument of transfer executed by Transferor with signature medallion guaranteed;2 |
3. | Incumbency certificate of Transferor certified by an officer of the Transferor; |
4. | Certificate Investor Representation Letter executed by Transferee; |
5. | [FormW-9][Form W-8BEN][Form W-8BEN-E][Form W-8ECI][Form W-8IMY][applicable successor form] of Transferee. |
You are hereby directed, as Owner Trustee and Certificate Registrar, to take the following actions to register the certificate transfer in the order enumerated below:
(a) | cancel and dispose of, in accordance with the customary practices of the Owner Trustee, the Certificate representing [___] Percentage Interest in the Issuer, bearing certificate number R-__, registered in the name of the Transferor; |
(b) | execute and authenticate one or more Certificates, as specified in Schedule A hereto, representing the relevant Percentage Interest in the Issuer specified in Schedule A hereto, bearing such appropriate certificate number as determined by the Certificate Registrar and to register said Certificate in the name of the Transferee specified in the corresponding column on Schedule A hereto; and |
2 | [Please use form of Assignment attached to the back of the Form of Certificate on Exhibit A of the Trust Agreement.] |
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(c) | to deliver said authenticated Certificates to the addresses specified in the corresponding column on Schedule A hereto. |
The wire instructions of each Certificateholder are set forth on Schedule A hereto.
The undersigned Transferee hereby certifies to the Owner Trustee that (i) the transfer requested hereby does not violate any of the transfer restrictions stated in the Trust Agreement, including but not limited to clauses (d) and (e) of Section 3.5 thereof.
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SCHEDULE A
[To be updated]
Name of Transferee |
Tax ID Number of Transferee |
Principal Amount3 |
Percentage |
Delivery Address |
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3 | Aggregate Percentage Interest and Principal Amount of new Certificates must match the Percentage Interest and Principal Amount of the transferred Certificate being cancelled pursuant to (a) above. |
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EXHIBIT E
FORM OF OWNER TRUSTEES MONTHLY CERTIFICATION
REGARDING ITEM 1117 AND ITEM 1119 OF REGULATION AB
Reference is made to the Form 10-D of CAPITAL ONE PRIME AUTO RECEIVABLES TRUST 2022-2 (the Form 10-D) for the month ended [ ], 20[ ]. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings given to them in the Form 10-D.
BNY Mellon Trust of Delaware, a Delaware banking corporation (BNY Mellon), does hereby certify to the Sponsor, the Depositor and the Issuing Entity that:
1. As of the date of the Form 10-D, there are no pending legal Proceedings against BNY Mellon or Proceedings known to be contemplated by governmental authorities against BNY Mellon that would be material to the investors in the Notes.
2. As of the date of the Form 10-D, there are no affiliations, as contemplated by Item 1119 of Regulation AB, between BNY Mellon and any of Capital One, National Association, Capital One Auto Receivables, LLC, Wilmington Trust, National Association (the Indenture Trustee) and the Issuing Entity, or any affiliates of such parties.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, BNY Mellon has caused this certificate to be executed in its corporate name by an officer thereunto duly authorized.
Dated: ____________, 20[ ]
BNY MELLON TRUST OF DELAWARE |
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Exhibit 10.6
ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT
between
CAPITAL ONE PRIME AUTO RECEIVABLES TRUST 2022-2,
as Issuer,
CAPITAL ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Administrator,
and
WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Indenture Trustee
Dated as of August 10, 2022
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Duties of the Administrator |
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Records |
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Compensation; Payment of Fees and Expenses |
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Independence of the Administrator |
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No Joint Venture |
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Other Activities of the Administrator |
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Representations and Warranties of the Administrator |
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Administrator Replacement Events; Termination of the Administrator |
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Action upon Termination or Removal |
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Liens |
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Notices |
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Amendments |
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Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial |
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Counterparts |
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Entire Agreement |
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Severability of Provisions |
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Not Applicable to the Bank in Other Capacities |
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Benefits of the Administration Agreement |
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Delegation of Duties |
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Assignment |
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Nonpetition Covenant |
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Limitation of Liability |
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Compliance with the FDIC Rule |
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THIS ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified and in effect from time to time, this Agreement), dated as of August 10, 2022, is between CAPITAL ONE PRIME AUTO RECEIVABLES TRUST 2022-2, a Delaware statutory trust (the Issuer), CAPITAL ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association, as administrator (the Bank or the Administrator), and WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association, as indenture trustee (the Indenture Trustee). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned such terms in Appendix A to the Sale Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified and in effect from time to time, the Sale Agreement), between Capital One Auto Receivables, LLC (the Seller), and the Issuer, which contains rules as to usage and other interpretive provisions that are applicable herein.
W I T N E S S E T H :
WHEREAS, the Seller and BNY Mellon Trust of Delaware (the Owner Trustee) have entered into the Second Amended and Restated Trust Agreement dated as of the date hereof (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified and in effect from time to time, the Trust Agreement);
WHEREAS, the Issuer has issued the Notes pursuant to the Indenture and the Certificates pursuant to the Trust Agreement and has entered into certain agreements in connection therewith, including, (i) the Sale Agreement, (ii) the Servicing Agreement, (iii) the Indenture and (iv) the Depository Agreement (the Trust Agreement and each of the agreements referred to in clauses (i) through (iv) are referred to herein collectively as the Issuer Documents);
WHEREAS, to secure payment of the Notes, the Issuer has pledged the Collateral to the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Noteholders pursuant to the Indenture;
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Issuer Documents, the Issuer is required to perform certain duties;
WHEREAS, the Issuer desires to have the Administrator administer the affairs of the Issuer and perform certain of the duties of the Issuer, and to provide such additional services consistent with this Agreement and the Issuer Documents as the Issuer may from time to time request;
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 terms and 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 Issuer Documents. The Administrator shall perform all of its duties as Administrator under this Agreement and the Issuer Documents and the duties and obligations of the Issuer under the Issuer Documents; provided, however, except as otherwise provided in the Issuer Documents, that the Administrator shall have no obligation to make any payment required to be made by the Issuer under any Issuer Document. In addition, the Administrator shall consult with the Issuer and the Owner Trustee regarding the Issuers duties and obligations under the Issuer Documents. The Administrator shall monitor the performance of the Issuer and shall advise the Issuer when action is necessary to comply with the Issuers duties and obligations under the Issuer Documents. Other than such items to be performed by the Owner Trustee pursuant to Section 5.3 of the Trust Agreement and the Certificate Paying Agent pursuant to Section 5.4 of the Trust Agreement and by the Paying Agent pursuant to Section 6.6(a) and (b) of the Indenture, the Administrator shall perform such calculations, and shall prepare for execution by the Issuer or shall cause the preparation by other appropriate Persons of all such documents, reports, filings, instruments, certificates, notices and opinions as it shall be the duty of the Issuer to prepare, execute, file or deliver pursuant to the Issuer Documents. In furtherance of the foregoing, the Administrator shall take all appropriate action that is the duty of the Issuer to take pursuant to the Issuer Documents, and shall prepare, execute, file and deliver on behalf of the Issuer all such documents, reports, filings, instruments, certificates, notices and opinions as it shall be the duty of the Issuer to prepare, execute, file or deliver pursuant to the Issuer Documents or otherwise by law.
(b) Notices to Rating Agencies. The Administrator, on behalf of the Issuer, shall give notice to each Rating Agency of (i) any material breach of the perfection representations, warranties and covenants contained in Schedule I of the Purchase Agreement, Schedule II of the Sale Agreement and Schedule I of the Indenture; (ii) the termination of, and/or appointment of a successor to, the Servicer pursuant to Sections 6.1 and 6.2 of the Servicing Agreement; (iii) any waiver of a Servicer Replacement Event pursuant to Section 6.1(b) of the Servicing Agreement; (iv) any amendment to the Servicing Agreement pursuant to Section 8.1 of the Servicing Agreement; (v) any Officers Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 3.12 of the Indenture with respect to any Event of Default under the Indenture; (vi) any officers certificate of the Issuer delivered pursuant to Section 3.9 of the Indenture; (vii) any resignation or removal of the Indenture Trustee pursuant to Section 6.8 of the Indenture; (viii) any merger or consolidation of the Indenture Trustee pursuant to Section 6.9 of the Indenture; (ix) any notice of Default pursuant to Section 6.5 of the Indenture; (x) any supplemental indenture pursuant to Sections 9.1 or 9.2 of the Indenture; (xi) any notice of merger, consolidation or succession of the Servicer pursuant to Section 5.3 of the Servicing Agreement; (xii) any amendment pursuant to Section 12 of this Agreement; and (xiii) any merger or consolidation of the Seller pursuant to Section 3.4 of the Sale Agreement, which notice shall be given promptly upon the Administrator being notified thereof by the Purchaser, the Owner Trustee (to the extent a Responsible Officer of the Owner Trustee has received written notice thereof), the Indenture Trustee (to the extent a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee has received written notice or has actual knowledge thereof) or the Servicer.
(c) Dissolution of the Issuer. Upon dissolution of the Issuer, the Administrator shall wind up the business and affairs of the Issuer in accordance with Section 9.2 of the Trust Agreement.
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(d) No Action by Administrator. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Administrator shall not be obligated to, and shall not, take any action that the Issuer directs the Administrator not to take or which would result in a violation or breach of the Issuers covenants, agreements or obligations under any of the Issuer Documents.
(e) Non-Ministerial Matters; Exceptions to Administrator Duties.
(i) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, with respect to matters that in the reasonable judgment of the Administrator are non-ministerial, the Administrator shall not take any action unless, within a reasonable time before the taking of such action, the Administrator shall have notified the Issuer of the proposed action and the Issuer shall not have withheld consent or provided an alternative direction. For the purpose of the preceding sentence, non-ministerial matters shall include, without limitation:
(A) the initiation of any claim or lawsuit by the Issuer and the compromise of any action, claim or lawsuit brought by or against the Issuer;
(B) the appointment of successor Note Registrars, successor Paying Agents, successor Indenture Trustees, successor Administrators or successor Servicers, or the consent to the assignment by the Note Registrar, the Paying Agent or the Indenture Trustee of its obligations under the Indenture; and
(C) 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 or Certificateholders under the Transaction Documents, (y) except as provided in the Transaction Documents, sell the Trust Estate or (z) take any other action that the Issuer directs the Administrator not to take on its behalf.
2. Records. The Administrator shall maintain appropriate books of account and records relating to services performed hereunder, which books of account and records shall be accessible for inspection upon reasonable written request by the Issuer, the Seller and the Indenture Trustee at any time during normal business hours.
3. Compensation; Payment of Fees and Expenses. As compensation for the performance of the Administrators obligations under this Agreement and as reimbursement for its expenses related thereto, the Administrator shall be entitled to receive $12,000 annually which shall be solely an obligation of the Servicer. The Administrator shall pay all expenses incurred by it in connection with its activities hereunder.
4. 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 with respect to the manner in which it accomplishes the performance of its obligations hereunder. Unless expressly authorized by the Issuer, the Administrator shall have no authority to act for or to represent the Issuer in any way (other than as permitted hereunder) and shall not otherwise be deemed an agent of the Issuer.
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5. No Joint Venture. Nothing contained in this Agreement (i) shall constitute the Administrator and the Issuer as members of any partnership, joint venture, association, syndicate, unincorporated business or other separate entity, (ii) shall be construed to impose any liability as such on the Administrator or the Issuer or (iii) shall be deemed to confer on the Administrator or the Issuer any express, implied or apparent authority to incur any obligation or liability on behalf of the other.
6. Other Activities of the Administrator. Nothing herein shall prevent the Administrator or its Affiliates from engaging in other businesses or, in its sole discretion, from acting in a similar capacity as an Administrator for any other Person even though such Person may engage in business activities similar to those of the Issuer, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee.
7. Representations and Warranties of the Administrator. The Administrator represents and warrants to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee as follows:
(a) Existence and Power. The Administrator is a national banking association validly subsisting under the laws of the United States of America and has, in all material respects, all power and authority to carry on its business as it is now conducted. The Administrator has obtained all necessary licenses and approvals in each jurisdiction where the failure to do so would materially and adversely affect the ability of the Administrator to perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents or affect the enforceability or collectability of the Receivables or any other part of the Collateral.
(b) Authorization and No Contravention. The execution, delivery and performance by the Administrator of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party (i) have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of the Administrator and (ii) do not contravene or constitute a default under (A) any applicable order, law, rule or regulation, (B) its organizational documents or (C) any material indenture or material agreement, contract, order or other instrument to which it is a party or its property is subject (other than violations which do not affect the legality, validity or enforceability of any of such agreements or which, individually or in the aggregate, would not materially and adversely affect the transactions contemplated by, or the Administrators ability to perform its obligations under, the Transaction Documents).
(c) No Consent Required. No approval or authorization by, or filing with, any Governmental Authority is required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by the Administrator of any Transaction Document other than (i) UCC filings, (ii) approvals and authorizations that have previously been obtained and filings that have previously been made and (iii) approvals, authorizations or filings which, if not obtained or made, would not have a material adverse effect on the enforceability or collectibility of the Receivables or any other part of the Collateral or would not materially and adversely affect the ability of the Administrator to perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents.
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(d) Binding Effect. Each Transaction Document to which the Administrator is a party constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Administrator enforceable against the Administrator in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, receivership, conservatorship or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors rights generally and, if applicable, the rights of creditors of banking corporations from time to time in effect or by general principles of equity.
(e) No Proceedings. There are no Proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Administrator, threatened against the Administrator before or by any Governmental Authority that (i) assert the invalidity or unenforceability of this Agreement or (ii) seek any determination or ruling that would materially and adversely affect the performance by the Administrator of its obligations under this Agreement.
8. Administrator Replacement Events; Termination of the Administrator.
(a) Subject to clause (c) below, the Administrator may resign from its duties hereunder by providing the Issuer with at least sixty (60) days prior written notice.
(b) The occurrence of any one of the following events (each, an Administrator Replacement Event) shall also entitle the Issuer, subject to Section 21 hereof, to terminate and replace the Administrator:
(i) any failure by the Administrator to duly observe or perform in any material respect any other of its covenants or agreements in this Agreement, which failure materially and adversely affects the rights of the Issuer, the Noteholders or the Certificateholders, and which continues unremedied for ninety (90) days after discovery thereof by a Responsible Officer of the Administrator or receipt by the Administrator of written notice thereof from the Indenture Trustee (to the extent a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee has actual knowledge or has received written notice thereof) or Noteholders evidencing at least a majority of the Outstanding Note Balance (or, if no Notes are Outstanding, by the Majority Certificateholders); or
(ii) the Administrator suffers a Bankruptcy Event;
provided, however, that if any delay or failure of performance referred to in clause (b)(i) above shall have been caused by force majeure or other similar occurrence, the ninety (90) day grace period referred to in such clause (b)(i) shall be extended for an additional sixty (60) days.
(c) If an Administrator Replacement Event shall have occurred, the Issuer may, subject to Section 21 hereof, by notice given to the Administrator and the Owner Trustee, terminate all or a portion of the rights and powers of the Administrator under this Agreement, including the rights of the Administrator to receive the annual fee for services hereunder for all periods following such termination; provided, however, that such termination shall not become effective until such time as the Issuer, subject to Section 21 hereof, shall have appointed a successor Administrator in the manner set forth
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below. Upon any such termination or upon a resignation of the Administrator in accordance with Section 8(a) hereof, all rights, powers, duties and responsibilities of the Administrator under this Agreement shall vest in and be assumed by any successor Administrator appointed by the Issuer, subject to Section 21 hereof, pursuant to a management or administration agreement between the Issuer and such successor Administrator, containing substantially the same provisions as this Agreement (including with respect to the compensation of such successor Administrator), and the successor Administrator is hereby irrevocably authorized and empowered to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Administrator, as attorney-in-fact or otherwise, all documents and other instruments, and to do or accomplish all other acts or things necessary or appropriate to effect such vesting and assumption. Further, in such event, the Administrator shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to effect the orderly and efficient transfer of the administration of the Issuer to the new Administrator. No resignation or removal of the Administrator shall be effective until a successor Administrator shall have been appointed by the Issuer.
(d) The Issuer, subject to Section 21 hereof, may waive in writing any Administrator Replacement Event by the Administrator in the performance of its obligations hereunder and its consequences. Upon any such waiver of a past Administrator Replacement Event, such Administrator Replacement Event shall cease to exist, and any Administrator Replacement Event 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 Administrator Replacement Event or impair any right consequent thereon.
9. Action upon Termination or Removal. Promptly upon the effective date of termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 8, or the removal or resignation of the Administrator pursuant to Section 8, the Administrator shall be entitled to be paid by the Servicer all fees and reimbursable expenses accruing to it to the date of such termination or removal.
10. Liens. The Administrator will not directly or indirectly create, allow or suffer to exist any Lien on the Collateral other than Permitted Liens.
11. Notices. All demands, notices and communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be delivered or mailed by registered or certified first-class United States mail, postage prepaid, hand delivery, prepaid courier service, or by facsimile or e-mail (if an applicable facsimile number or e-mail address is provided on Schedule I to the Sale Agreement), and addressed in each case as specified on Schedule I to the Sale Agreement or at such other address as shall be designated by any of the specified addressees in a written notice to the other parties hereto. Delivery shall occur only upon receipt or reported tender of such communication by an officer of the recipient entitled to receive such notices located at the address of such recipient for notices hereunder.
12. Amendments.
(a) Any term or provision of this Agreement may be amended by the Administrator without the consent of the Indenture Trustee, any Noteholder, the Issuer, the Owner Trustee or any other Person subject to the satisfaction of one of the following conditions:
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(i) the Administrator delivers an Opinion of Counsel or an Officers Certificate to the Indenture Trustee to the effect that such amendment will not materially and adversely affect the interests of the Noteholders; or
(ii) the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied with respect to such amendment and the Administrator notifies the Indenture Trustee in writing that the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied with respect to such amendment.
(b) This Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the Administrator and the Indenture Trustee, with the consent of the Holders of Notes evidencing not less than a majority of the Outstanding Note Balance of the Controlling Class, 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. It will not be necessary for the consent of Noteholders or Certificateholders to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment or consent, but it will be sufficient if such consent approves the substance thereof. The manner of obtaining such consents (and any other consents of Noteholders and Certificateholders provided for in this Agreement) and of evidencing the authorization of the execution thereof by Noteholders and Certificateholders will be subject to such reasonable requirements as the Indenture Trustee and Owner Trustee may prescribe, including the establishment of record dates pursuant to the Depository Agreement.
(c) Prior to the execution of any amendment pursuant to this Section 12, the Administrator shall provide written notification of the substance of such amendment to each Rating Agency and the Owner Trustee; and promptly after the execution of any such amendment, the Administrator shall furnish a copy of such amendment to each Rating Agency, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee; provided, that no amendment pursuant to this Section 12 shall be effective which materially and adversely affects the rights, protections or duties of the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee without the prior written consent of such Person.
(d) Prior to the execution of any amendment to this Agreement, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to receive and conclusively rely upon an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such amendment is authorized or permitted by this Agreement and an Officers Certificate of the Seller or the Administrator that all conditions precedent to the execution and delivery of such amendment have been satisfied. The Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such amendment which materially and adversely affects the Owner Trustees or the Indenture Trustees, as applicable, own rights, privileges, indemnities, duties or obligations under this Agreement, the Transaction Documents or otherwise.
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(e) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this Section 12, this Agreement may only be amended by the Administrator if (i) the Majority Certificateholders or, if 100% of the aggregate Percentage Interests is then beneficially owned by the Bank and/or its Affiliates, such Person (or Persons), consent to such amendment or (ii) such amendment shall not, as evidenced by an Officers Certificate of the Administrator or an Opinion of Counsel delivered to the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee, materially and adversely affect the interests of the Certificateholders. In determining whether 100% of the aggregate Percentage Interests is then beneficially owned by the Bank and/or its Affiliates for purposes of clause (i), any party shall be entitled to rely on an Officers Certificate or similar certification of the Bank or any Affiliate thereof to such effect.
(f) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, for purposes of classifying the Issuer as a grantor trust under the Code, no amendment shall be made to this Agreement that would (i) result in a variation of the investment of the beneficial owners of the Certificates for purposes of the United States Treasury Regulation section 301.7701-4(c) without the consent of Noteholders evidencing at least a majority of the Outstanding Note Balance of the Controlling Class and the Majority Certificateholders or (ii) cause the Issuer (or any part thereof) to be classified as other than a grantor trust under subtitle A, chapter 1, subchapter J, part I, subpart E of the Code without the consent of all of the Noteholders and all of the Certificateholders.
13. Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial.
(a) THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL, SUBSTANTIVE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REFERENCE TO THE RULES THEREOF RELATING TO CONFLICTS OF LAW, OTHER THAN SECTIONS 5-1401 AND 5-1402 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.
(b) Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally:
(i) submits for itself and its property in any Proceeding relating to this Agreement or any documents executed and delivered in connection herewith, or for recognition and enforcement of any judgment in respect thereof, to the nonexclusive general jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York, the courts of the United States of America for the Southern District of New York and appellate courts from any thereof;
(ii) consents that any such Proceeding may be brought in such courts and waives any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the venue of such Proceeding in any such court or that such Proceeding was brought in an inconvenient court and agrees not to plead or claim the same;
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(iii) agrees that service of process in any such Proceeding may be effected by mailing a copy thereof by registered or certified mail (or any substantially similar form of mail), postage prepaid, to such Person at its address determined in accordance with Section 11 of this Agreement;
(iv) agrees that nothing herein shall affect the right to effect service of process in any other manner permitted by law or shall limit the right to sue in any other jurisdiction; and
(v) to the extent permitted by applicable law, each party hereto irrevocably waives all right of trial by jury in any Proceeding or counterclaim based on, or arising out of, under or in connection with this Agreement, any other Transaction Document, or any matter arising hereunder or thereunder.
14. Headings. The section headings hereof have been inserted for convenience of reference only and shall not be construed to affect the meaning, construction or effect of this Agreement.
15. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts (including by way of electronic or facsimile transmission), each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all of such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
16. Entire Agreement. The Transaction Documents contain a final and complete integration of all prior expressions by the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter thereof and shall constitute the entire agreement among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter thereof, superseding all prior oral or written understandings. There are no unwritten agreements among the parties.
17. Severability of Provisions. If any one or more of the covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of this Agreement shall be for any reason whatsoever held invalid, 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.
18. Not Applicable to the Bank in Other Capacities.
(a) Nothing in this Agreement shall affect any obligation the Bank may have in any other capacity.
(b) Any entity (i) into which the Administrator may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, to which it may sell or transfer its business and assets as a whole or substantially as a whole or any entity resulting from any merger, sale, transfer, conversion or consolidation to which the Administrator shall be a party, or any entity succeeding to the business of the Administrator or (ii) more than 50% of the voting stock or voting power and 50% or more of the economic equity of which is owned directly or indirectly by Capital One Financial Corporation and which executes an agreement of assumption to perform every obligation of the Administrator under this Agreement, shall be the successor to the Administrator under this Agreement, in each case, without the execution or filing of any paper of any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto, anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding.
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19. Benefits of the Administration Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall give to any Person other than the parties hereto and their successors hereunder, the Owner Trustee and any separate trustee or co-trustee appointed under Section 6.10 of the Indenture any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, the Owner Trustee is a third party beneficiary of this Agreement and is entitled to the rights and benefits hereunder and may enforce the provisions hereof as if it were a party hereto.
20. Delegation of Duties. The Administrator may, at any time without notice or consent, delegate (a) any or all of its duties under the Transaction Documents to any of its Affiliates or (b) specific duties to sub-contractors or other professional services firms (including accountants, outside legal counsel or similar concerns) who are in the business of performing such duties; provided, that no such delegation shall relieve the Administrator of its responsibility with respect to such duties and the Administrator shall remain obligated hereunder as if the Administrator alone were performing such duties.
21. Assignment. Each party hereto hereby acknowledges and consents to the 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 of the Issuers rights under this Agreement. In addition, the Administrator hereby acknowledges and agrees that for so long as any Notes are outstanding, the Indenture Trustee will have, pursuant to the Transaction Documents, the right to exercise all waivers and consents, rights, remedies, powers, privileges and claims of the Issuer under this Agreement in the event the Issuer shall fail to exercise the same.
22. Nonpetition Covenant. Each party hereto agrees that, prior to the date which is one year and one day after payment in full of all obligations of each Bankruptcy Remote Party in respect of all securities issued by any Bankruptcy Remote Party, (i) such party shall not authorize any Bankruptcy Remote Party to commence a voluntary winding-up or other voluntary case or other Proceeding seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief with respect to such Bankruptcy Remote Party or its debts under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect in any jurisdiction or seeking the appointment of an administrator, a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official with respect to such Bankruptcy Remote Party or any substantial part of its property or to consent to any such relief or to the appointment of or taking possession by any such official in an involuntary case or other Proceeding commenced against such Bankruptcy Remote Party, or to make a general assignment for the benefit of, its creditors generally, any party hereto or any other creditor of such Bankruptcy Remote Party, and (ii) such party shall not commence or join with any other Person in commencing any Proceeding against such Bankruptcy Remote Party under any bankruptcy, reorganization, liquidation or insolvency law or statute now or hereafter in effect in any jurisdiction.
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23. Limitation of Liability. It is expressly understood and agreed by the parties hereto that (a) this Agreement is executed and delivered by BNY Mellon Trust of Delaware, not individually or personally but solely as Owner Trustee of the Issuer, in the exercise of the powers and authority conferred and vested in it under the Trust Agreement, (b) each of the representations, undertakings and agreements herein made on the part of the Issuer is made and intended not as personal representations, undertakings and agreements by BNY Mellon Trust of Delaware, but is made and intended for the purpose for binding only the Issuer, (c) nothing herein contained shall be construed as creating any liability on BNY Mellon Trust of Delaware, individually or personally, to perform any covenant, either express or implied, contained herein, all such liability, if any, being expressly waived by the parties hereto and any Person claiming by, through or under the parties hereto, (d) BNY Mellon Trust of Delaware has made no investigation as to the accuracy or completeness of any representations and warranties made by the Issuer in this Agreement and (e) under no circumstances shall BNY Mellon Trust of Delaware be personally liable for the payment of any indebtedness or expenses of the Issuer or be liable for the breach or failure of any obligation, representation, warranty or covenant made or undertaken by the Issuer under this Agreement or the other related documents.
24. Compliance with the FDIC Rule. The Administrator (i) shall perform the covenants set forth in Article XII of the Indenture applicable to it and (ii) shall facilitate compliance with Article XII of the Indenture by the Capital One Parties.
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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.
CAPITAL ONE PRIME AUTO RECEIVABLES TRUST 2022-2 | ||
By: BNY Mellon Trust of Delaware, not in its individual capacity but solely as Owner Trustee | ||
By: | /s/ JoAnn C. DiOssi | |
Name: | JoAnn C. DiOssi | |
Title: | Vice President |
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CAPITAL ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Administrator | ||
By: | /s/ Franco Harris | |
Name: | Franco Harris | |
Title: | Managing Vice President, Treasury Capital Markets |
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WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Indenture Trustee | ||
By: | /s/ Julia Linian | |
Name: | Julia Linian | |
Title: | Vice President |
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