0001193125-23-175231.txt : 20230901 0001193125-23-175231.hdr.sgml : 20230901 20230626170630 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-23-175231 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SF-3 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 13 0001658982 0000869090 FILED AS OF DATE: 20230626 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20230804 ABS ASSET CLASS: Credit card FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: CHASE ISSUANCE TRUST CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001174821 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES [6189] IRS NUMBER: 222382028 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SF-3 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-272941 FILM NUMBER: 231043144 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 201 N. WALNUT STREET 2: DE1-1001 CITY: WILMINGTON STATE: DE ZIP: 19801 BUSINESS PHONE: 3025944000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 201 N. WALNUT ST STREET 2: DE1-1001 CITY: WILMINGTON STATE: DE ZIP: 19801 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: BANK ONE ISSUANCE TRUST DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20020604 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Chase Card Funding LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001658982 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES [6189] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SF-3 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-272941-01 FILM NUMBER: 231043145 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O CHASE BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION STREET 2: 201 NORTH WALNUT STREET CITY: WILMINGTON STATE: DE ZIP: 19801 BUSINESS PHONE: 30228240000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O CHASE BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION STREET 2: 201 NORTH WALNUT STREET CITY: WILMINGTON STATE: DE ZIP: 19801 SF-3 1 d526539dsf3.htm SF-3 SF-3
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 26, 2023

Registration Nos. [            ] and [            ]

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM SF-3

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

 

CHASE ISSUANCE TRUST

(Issuing Entity)

State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization: Delaware

I.R.S. Employer Identification Number: N.A.

Commission File Number: [    ]

Central Index Key Number: 0001174821

CHASE CARD FUNDING LLC

(Depositor and Transferor)

State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization: Delaware

I.R.S. Employer Identification Number: N.A.

Commission File Number: [    ]

Central Index Key Number: 0001658982

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

(Sponsor, Originator, Administrator and Servicer)

Central Index Key Number: 0000869090

I.R.S. Employer Identification Number: 13-4994650

 

 

Chase Card Funding LLC

201 North Walnut Street

Wilmington, Delaware 19801

(302) 282-6545

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)

 

 

 


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Patricia M. Garvey

Chase Card Funding LLC

201 North Walnut Street

Wilmington, Delaware 19801

(302) 282-6545

(Name, address including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

 

 

Copies of all Communications to:

 

Boong-Kyu Lee, Esq.

SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE,

MEAGHER & FLOM LLP

One Manhattan West

New York, New York 10001

(212) 735-2416

 

Angela Liuzzi, Esq.

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

277 Park Avenue, 12th Floor

New York, New York 10172

(212) 270-8210

 

John Hwang, Esq.

ALLEN & OVERY LLP

1221 Avenue of the Americas

New York, New York 10020

(212) 610-6395

 

 

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: From time to time after this registration statement becomes effective as determined by market conditions and other factors.

If any of the securities being registered on this Form SF-3 are to be offered pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, check the following box:  ☒

If this Form SF-3 is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.  ☐

If this Form SF-3 is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.  ☐

 

 

 


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INTRODUCTORY NOTE

This Registration Statement includes a representative form of prospectus relating to the offering by the Chase Issuance Trust of a part of a designated tranche within a class of the CHASEseries, a multiple tranche series of asset-backed notes secured by credit card receivables.


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The information in this prospectus is not complete and may be changed. We may not sell these securities until the registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is effective. This prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities and we are not seeking an offer to buy these securities in any state where the offer or sale is not permitted.

 

[FORM OF PROSPECTUS]

SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED [            ], 202[    ]

Prospectus dated [            ], 202[    ]

Chase Issuance Trust

Issuing Entity

CIK Number: 0001174821

Chase Card Funding LLC

Depositor and Transferor

CIK Number: 0001658982

JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association

Sponsor, Originator, Administrator and Servicer

CIK Number: 0000869090

CHASEseries

$[        ] Class [A]/[B]/[C](202[    ]-[    ]) Notes

 

 

You should consider the discussion under “Risk Factors” beginning on page 21 of this prospectus before you purchase any Class [A]/[B]/[C](202[    ]-[    ]) notes.

The Class [A]/[B]/[C](202[    ]-[    ]) notes are obligations of the issuing entity only and are not interests in or obligations of JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, Chase Card Funding LLC, any of their affiliates or any other person or entity.

The Class [A]/[B]/[C](202[    ]-[    ]) notes are not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency or instrumentality.

 

 

 

The issuing entity will issue and sell:   

Class [A]/[B]/[C](202[    ]-[    ])  Notes

Principal amount

  

$[            ]

Interest rate

  

[[Benchmark]1plus] [        ]% per annum per annum

Interest payment dates

  

[15th] day of each [calendar month], beginning

Scheduled principal payment date

  

[        ] [    ], [        ]

Legal maturity date

  

[        ] [    ], [        ]

Expected issuance date

  

[        ] [    ], [        ]

Price to public

  

$[            ] (or [        ]%)

Underwriting discount

  

$[            ] (or [        ]%)

Proceeds to the issuing entity

  

$[            ] (or [        ]%)

The Class [A]/[B]/[C](202[    ]-[    ]) notes, or the “offered notes,” are a tranche of the Class A notes of the CHASEseries.

For a description of how the amount of interest payable on the Class [A]/[B]/[C](202[    ]-[    ]) notes is determined see [“Transaction Summary” and “Summary—Interest”] [“Transaction Summary,” “Summary—Interest” and “Glossary of Defined Terms”] in this prospectus.

The assets of the issuing entity include:

 

 

1 

The interest rate for the Class [A]/[B]/[C](202[    ]-[    ]) will be a rate based on [insert a floating rate benchmark (other than LIBOR based rate)] [other indices limited exclusively to interest rates; provided that no notes will be issued with interest accruing based on LIBOR][; provided, that if the sum of [insert floating rate benchmark] + [●]% is less than 0.00% for any interest accrual period, then the interest rate for the Class [A]/[B]/[C](202[    ]-[    ]) for such interest accrual period will be deemed to be 0.00%.


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Credit card receivables that arise in certain revolving credit card accounts owned by JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association; and

 

 

Funds on deposit in the collection account, the excess funding account, the interest funding account, the principal funding account and the Class C reserve account.

The assets of the issuing entity may include in the future:

 

 

Additional credit card receivables that arise in revolving credit card accounts owned by JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association or by one of its affiliates; and

 

 

One or more collateral certificates, each representing an undivided interest in a securitization special purpose entity whose assets consist primarily of credit card receivables arising in revolving credit card accounts owned by JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association or by one of its affiliates.

Enhancement for the Class [A]/[B]/[C](202[    ]-[    ]) notes is provided in the form of outstanding subordinated notes as described in “Transaction Summary” and “Summary—Subordination, Credit Enhancement” [and the Class C Reserve Account as described in “Summary—[Class C Reserve Subaccount for the Offered Notes]”] in this prospectus.

The issuing entity is not now, and immediately following the issuance of the Class [A]/[B]/[C](202[    ]-[    ]) notes pursuant to the indenture will not be, a “covered fund” for purposes of regulations adopted under Section 13 of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended, commonly known as the “Volcker Rule.” In reaching this conclusion, although other statutory or regulatory exemptions under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and under the Volcker Rule and its related regulations may be available, the issuing entity has relied on the exemption from registration set forth in Rule 3a-7 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. See “Summary—Certain Investment Company Act Considerations” and “Certain Investment Company Act Considerations” in this prospectus.

Neither the SEC nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of the Class [A]/[B]/[C](202[    ]-[    ]) notes or determined if this prospectus is truthful, accurate or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

 

 

Underwriters

 

[Underwriter A]    
  [Underwriter B]  
    [Underwriter C]

 


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IMPORTANT NOTICE ABOUT INFORMATION PRESENTED IN THIS PROSPECTUS

     v  

EU and UK Securitization Regulations

     v  

Notice to Residents of the European Economic Area

     vi  

Notice to Residents of the United Kingdom

     vi  

TRANSACTION PARTIES AND DOCUMENTS

     viii  

TRANSACTION SUMMARY

     ix  

SUMMARY

     1  

Risk Factors

     1  

The Issuing Entity

     3  

The Depositor and Transferor

     3  

The Sponsor, Originator, Servicer and Administrator

     3  

Indenture Trustee and Collateral Agent

     4  

Asset Representations Reviewer

     4  

Assets of the Issuing Entity

     4  

Composition of Issuing Entity Receivables

     4  

[Composition of [                     ] Portfolio]

     5  

Exceptions to Underwriting Criteria

     5  

Securities Offered by this Prospectus

     6  

Use of Proceeds

     6  

Series, Classes and Tranches of Notes

     6  

Interest

     6  

Principal

     7  

Revolving Period

     7  

Transferor Amount

     8  

Required Transferor Amount

     8  

Minimum Pool Balance

     9  

Risk Factors

     9  

Servicing Fee

     9  

Asset Representations Reviewer Fees

     10  

Nominal Liquidation Amount

     10  

Available Finance Charge Collections and Application

     10  

Application of Available Principal Collections

     12  

Subordination, Credit Enhancement

     14  

[Required Subordinated Amount]

     14  

[Class C Reserve Subaccount for the Offered Notes]

     15  

Limit on Repayment of All Notes

     16  

Optional Redemption and Early Amortization of Offered Notes

     17  

Events of Default

     17  

Events of Default Remedies

     17  

Limited Recourse to the Issuing Entity; Security for the Offered Notes

     18  

Denominations

     18  

Record Date

     19  

Ratings

     19  

U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations

     19  

Certain ERISA and Benefit Plan Considerations

     19  

Certain Investment Company Act Considerations

     19  

RISK FACTORS

     21  

Business Risks Relating to JPMorgan Chase Bank’s Credit Card Business

     21  

Insolvency and Security Interest Risks

     26  

Other Legal and Regulatory Risks

     29  

Transaction Structure Risks

     34  

General Risk Factors

     41  

GLOSSARY

     43  

 

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THE ISSUING ENTITY

     43  

General

     43  

The Trust Agreement

     44  

Issuing Entity Covenants

     45  

Owner Trustee

     45  

Bankruptcy Considerations

     46  

The Administrator

     46  

CHASE CARD FUNDING LLC

     47  

General

     47  

Transfer of the Transferor Interest and Role of Transferor from Chase USA to Chase Card Funding

     47  

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK

     47  

General

     47  

General Securitization Experience

     48  

U.S. Public Securitization Program for Credit Card Receivables

     48  

Repurchases of Receivables

     49  

RETAINED INTERESTS

     49  

Credit Risk Retention

     49  

Transferor Amount

     49  

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK’S CREDIT CARD PORTFOLIO

     50  

The Credit Card Receivables

     50  

Origination

     52  

Underwriting Criteria and Process

     53  

Compliance with Underwriting Criteria

     54  

Maintenance of Credit Card Accounts

     54  

Billing and Payments

     55  

Collection of Delinquent Accounts

     57  

Portfolio Information Tables

     58  

Delinquency and Loss Experience

     58  

Recoveries

     60  

Dilution

     61  

Interchange

     61  

Revenue Experience

     61  

Principal Payment Rates

     62  

Composition of Issuing Entity Receivables

     62  

[Composition of [                     ] Portfolio]

     65  

Credit Risk Management

     67  

Rule 193 Review

     68  

Findings of Rule 193 Review

     68  

Static Pool Information

     68  

THE INDENTURE TRUSTEE AND COLLATERAL AGENT

     69  

General

     69  

The Indenture Trustee

     70  

The Collateral Agent

     71  

ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER

     72  

SERVICING OF THE RECEIVABLES [and any Collateral Certificates]

     73  

General

     73  

Servicing Experience

     74  

Payment of Fees and Expenses; Servicing Compensation

     74  

Certain Matters Regarding the Servicer

     74  

Resignation and Removal of the Servicer; Issuing Entity Servicer Default

     75  

Outsourcing of Servicing

     76  

Evidence as to Compliance

     77  

THE NOTES

     77  

The Notes Offered by this Prospectus

     77  

General

     77  

 

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Stated Principal Amount, Outstanding Dollar Principal Amount and Nominal Liquidation Amount

     78  

Interest

     80  

Principal

     81  

Subordination of Interest and Principal

     81  

Required Subordinated Amount

     82  

Revolving Period

     83  

Redemption and Early Amortization of Notes; Early Amortization Events

     84  

Events of Default

     85  

Events of Default Remedies

     86  

Final Payment of the Notes

     87  

Issuances of New Series, Classes and Tranches of Notes

     88  

Payments on Notes; Paying Agent

     89  

Record Date

     90  

Addresses for Notices

     90  

List of Noteholders

     90  

Voting

     90  

Issuing Entity’s Annual Compliance Statement

     90  

Indenture Trustee’s Annual Report

     90  

Reports

     91  

Governing Law

     91  

Form, Exchange and Registration and Transfer of Notes

     91  

Book-Entry Notes

     92  

The Depository Trust Company

     93  

Clearstream Banking

     93  

Euroclear

     94  

Distributions on Book-Entry Notes

     94  

Global Clearance and Settlement Procedures

     94  

Definitive Notes

     95  

Replacement of Notes

     95  

Amendments to the Indenture, the Asset Pool One Supplement and Indenture Supplements

     96  

Tax Opinions for Amendments

     98  

Limited Recourse to the Issuing Entity; Security for the Notes

     98  

SOURCES OF FUNDS TO PAY THE NOTES

     98  

General

     98  

Transferor Amount

     100  

Required Transferor Amount

     100  

Minimum Pool Balance

     101  

Allocations of Amounts to the Excess Funding Account and Allocations of Amounts on Deposit in the Excess Funding Account

     101  

Increases in the Invested Amount of an Existing Collateral Certificate

     102  

Addition of Assets

     102  

Removal of Assets

     103  

Discount Receivables

     104  

Issuing Entity Bank Accounts

     104  

JPMorgan Chase Bank and Transferor Representations and Warranties

     105  

Sale of Assets

     109  

DEPOSIT AND APPLICATION OF FUNDS IN THE ISSUING ENTITY

     110  

Deposit and Application of Funds

     110  

Available Finance Charge Collections

     111  

Application of Available Finance Charge Collections

     112  

Targeted Deposits of Available Finance Charge Collections to the Interest Funding Account

     112  

Allocation to Interest Funding Subaccounts

     113  

Allocations of Reductions from Charge-Offs

     113  

Allocations of Reimbursements of Nominal Liquidation Amount Deficits

     114  

Application of Available Principal Collections

     115  

 

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Reductions to the Nominal Liquidation Amount of Subordinated CHASEseries Notes from Reallocations of Available Principal Collections

     116  

Limit on Allocations of Available Principal Collections and Available Finance Charge Collections to Tranches of Notes

     118  

Targeted Deposits of Available Principal Collections to the Principal Funding Account

     118  

Allocation to Principal Funding Subaccounts

     119  

Limit on Deposits to the Principal Funding Subaccount of Subordinated Notes; Limit on Repayment of all Tranches

     120  

Deposits of Withdrawals from the Class  C Reserve Account to the Principal Funding Account

     121  

Withdrawals from Interest Funding Subaccounts

     121  

Withdrawals from Principal Funding Account

     121  

[Targeted Deposits to the Class C Reserve Account]

     122  

[Withdrawals from the Class C Reserve Account]

     123  

Pro rata Payments Within a Tranche of Notes

     123  

Shared Excess Available Finance Charge Collections

     123  

Unapplied Excess Finance Charge Collections and Unapplied Master Trust Level Excess Finance Charge Collections

     124  

Shared Excess Available Principal Collections

     124  

Unapplied Master Trust Level Principal Collections

     124  

Segregated Finance Charge Collections

     125  

SHELF REGISTRATION ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

     125  

Transaction Requirements

     125  

Registrant Requirements

     129  

MATERIAL LEGAL ASPECTS OF THE CREDIT CARD RECEIVABLES

     129  

Transfer of Credit Card Receivables

     129  

Certain Matters Relating to Conservatorship or Receivership

     130  

Certain Regulatory Matters

     132  

Consumer Protection Laws

     133  

LITIGATION AND OTHER PROCEEDINGS

     136  

Litigation Regarding the Depositor and Issuing Entity

     136  

Litigation Regarding the Sponsor and Servicer

     137  

Industry Litigation

     137  

Indenture Trustee Litigation

     137  

U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSIDERATIONS

     138  

U.S. Federal Income Tax Characterizations of the Notes and the Issuing Entity

     139  

U.S. Holders

     140  

Non-U.S. Holders

     141  

Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act

     142  

CERTAIN ERISA AND BENEFIT PLAN CONSIDERATIONS

     142  

Plan Asset Issues for an Investment in the Notes

     142  

Prohibited Transactions between the Plan and a Party in Interest

     143  

Investment by Plan Investors

     144  

General Investment Considerations for Prospective Plan Investors in the Notes

     144  

Tax Consequences to Plans

     144  

CERTAIN INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT CONSIDERATIONS

     145  

CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS

     145  

UNDERWRITING (PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION, PROCEEDS AND CONFLICTS OF INTEREST)

     145  

LEGAL MATTERS

     148  

WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION

     148  

INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE

     148  

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

     149  

GLOSSARY OF DEFINED TERMS

     150  

Annex I Other Outstanding Classes and Tranches

     A-I-1  

[Annex II Static Pool Information]

     A-II-1  

 

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IMPORTANT NOTICE ABOUT INFORMATION PRESENTED IN THIS PROSPECTUS

You should rely only on the information provided in this prospectus including the information incorporated by reference. We have not authorized anyone to provide you with different information. We are not offering the offered notes in any state where the offer is not permitted. We do not claim the accuracy of the information in this prospectus as of any date other than the date stated on the cover.

Information regarding certain entities that are not affiliates of JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, referred to in this prospectus as “JPMorgan Chase Bank,” or Chase Card Funding LLC, referred to in this prospectus as “Chase Card Funding,” has been provided in this prospectus. See in particular “The Issuing Entity—Owner Trustee,” “The Indenture Trustee and Collateral Agent—General” and “Asset Representations Reviewer.

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, one of the underwriters of the offered notes, is a wholly owned subsidiary of JPMorgan Chase & Co., referred to in this prospectus as “JPMorgan Chase,” and an affiliate of JPMorgan Chase Bank, Chase Card Funding and Chase Issuance Trust, the issuing entity. See “Underwriting (Plan of Distribution, Proceeds and Conflicts of Interest).

On May 18, 2019, referred to in this prospectus as the “Merger Date,” Chase Bank USA, National Association, referred to in this prospectus as “Chase USA,” was merged with and into JPMorgan Chase Bank with JPMorgan Chase Bank as the surviving entity. Prior to the Merger Date, Chase USA was the sponsor, originator, administrator and servicer of the issuing entity. As of the Merger Date, JPMorgan Chase Bank assumed and agreed to perform all covenants and obligations of Chase USA as sponsor, originator, administrator and servicer of the issuing entity. For a description of the activities of the surviving entity see “JPMorgan Chase Bank.

Unless the context otherwise requires, all references to JPMorgan Chase Bank are to Chase USA for the period prior to the merger.

We include cross-references in this prospectus to captions in these materials where you can find further related discussions. The Table of Contents in this prospectus provides the pages on which these captions are located.

EU and UK Securitization Regulations

Prospective noteholders should note that none of JPMorgan Chase Bank, Chase Card Funding, Chase Issuance Trust, Wilmington Trust Company, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, the underwriters of the offered notes or any of their respective affiliates makes any representation or agreement that it is undertaking or will have undertaken to ensure that it will comply with (a) European Union regulation 2017/2402 (as amended, the “EU Securitization Regulation”) or (b) Regulation (EU) 2017/2402, as it forms part of UK domestic law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 as amended (the “EUWA”), and as amended by the Securitization (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (the “UK Securitization Regulation”). In particular, no such party will take or refrain from taking any action that may be required by any prospective investor or noteholder for the purposes of its compliance with any requirement of the EU Securitization Regulation or the UK Securitization Regulation.

Consequently, the notes may not be a suitable investment for any person that is now or may in the future be subject to any requirement of the EU Securitization Regulation or the UK Securitization Regulation. Prospective noteholders are responsible for analyzing their own regulatory position and are advised to consult with their own advisors regarding the suitability of the offered notes for investment and compliance with the applicable EU Securitization Regulation or the UK Securitization Regulation. If the regulatory treatment of an investment in the Notes is relevant to any investor’s decision whether or not to invest, the investor should make its own determination as to such treatment and for this purpose seek professional advice and consult its regulator.

For additional information regarding the EU Securitization Regulation and the UK Securitization Regulation, see “Risk Factors—Other Legal and Regulatory Risks—Certain EEA-regulated and UK-regulated investors are subject to due diligence and risk retention requirements relating to the notes.”

 

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Notice to Residents of the European Economic Area

This prospectus is not a prospectus for the purpose of the EU Prospectus Regulation (as defined below). This prospectus has been prepared on the basis that any offer of the notes in any member state of the European Economic Area (“EEA”) will be made pursuant to an exemption under the EU Prospectus Regulation from the requirement to publish a prospectus for offers of the notes. Accordingly, any person making or intending to make an offer in a EEA member state of the notes may only do so in circumstances in which no obligation arises for any of JPMorgan Chase Bank, Chase Card Funding, Chase Issuance Trust, Wilmington Trust Company, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, the underwriters of the offered notes or any of their respective affiliates to publish a prospectus pursuant to Article 3(1) of the EU Prospectus Regulation or supplement a prospectus pursuant to Article 23 of the EU Prospectus Regulation, in each case, in relation to such offer. None of JPMorgan Chase Bank, Chase Card Funding, Chase Issuance Trust, Wilmington Trust Company, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, the underwriters of the offered notes or any of their respective affiliates have authorized, nor do they authorize, the making of any offer of the notes in circumstances in which an obligation arises for any such person to publish a prospectus for such offer. The expression “EU Prospectus Regulation” means Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 as amended and includes any relevant implementing measure in any EEA member state.

The notes are not intended to be offered, sold or otherwise made available to and should not be offered, sold or otherwise made available to any EEA Retail Investor. For these purposes, an “EEA Retail Investor” means a person who is one (or more) of: (i) a retail client as defined in point (11) of Article 4(1) of Directive 2014/65/EU, as amended (“MiFID II”); or (ii) a customer within the meaning of Directive (EU) 2016/97 on insurance distribution (as amended) (the “EU Insurance Distribution Directive”), where that customer would not qualify as a professional client as defined in point (10) of Article 4(1) of MiFID II; or (iii) not a qualified investor as defined in Article 2 of the EU Prospectus Regulation. Consequently no key information document required by Regulation (EU) No 1286/2014, as amended (the “EU PRIIPs Regulation”) for offering or selling the notes or otherwise making them available to EEA Retail Investors has been prepared and therefore offering or selling the notes or otherwise making them available to any EEA Retail Investor may be unlawful under the EU PRIIPs Regulation.

Notice to Residents of the United Kingdom

This prospectus is only being distributed to and is only directed at (i) persons who are outside the United Kingdom (the “UK”) or (ii) have professional experience in matters relating to investments falling within Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005, as amended (the “Order”) or (iii) high net worth companies, and other persons, falling within Article 49(2)(a) to (d) of the Order or (iv) other persons to whom an invitation or inducement to engage in investment activity (within the meaning of Section 21 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (“FSMA”)) in connection with the offer of the notes may lawfully be communicated (all such persons together being referred to as “relevant persons”). The notes are only available to, and any invitation, offer or agreement to subscribe, purchase or otherwise acquire such notes will be engaged in only with, relevant persons. Any person who is not a relevant person must not act or rely on this document or any of its contents.

This prospectus is not a prospectus for the purpose of Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 as it forms part of UK domestic law by virtue of the EUWA (the “UK Prospectus Regulation”). This prospectus has been prepared on the basis that any offer of the notes in the UK will be made pursuant to an exemption under the UK Prospectus Regulation from the requirement to publish a prospectus for offers of the notes. Accordingly, any person making or intending to make an offer of the notes in the UK may only do so in circumstances in which no obligation arises for any of JPMorgan Chase Bank, Chase Card Funding, Chase Issuance Trust, Wilmington Trust Company, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, the underwriters of the offered notes or any of their respective affiliates to publish a prospectus pursuant to Section 85 of the FSMA or to supplement a prospectus pursuant to Article 23 of the UK Prospectus Regulation in relation to such offer. None of JPMorgan Chase Bank, Chase Card Funding, Chase Issuance Trust, Wilmington Trust Company, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, the underwriters of the offered notes or any of their respective affiliates have authorized, nor do they authorize, the making of any offer of the notes in circumstances in which an obligation arises for any such person to publish a prospectus for such offer.

 

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Prohibition on Sales to UK Retail Investors

The notes are not intended to be offered, sold or otherwise made available to and should not be offered, sold or otherwise made available to any UK Retail Investor in the UK. For these purposes, a “UK Retail Investor” means a person who is one (or more) of the following:

 

  (i)

a client, as defined in point (7) of Article 2(1) of Regulation (EU) 600/2014 as it forms part of UK domestic law by virtue of the EUWA subject to amendments made by the Markets in Financial Instruments (Amendments (EU Exit) Regulation 2018 (SI 2018/1403) who is not a professional client, as defined in point (8) of Article 2(1) of Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 as it forms part of UK domestic law by virtue of the EUWA subject to amendments made by the Markets in Financial Instruments (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (SI 2018/1403) (“UK MiFIR”); or

 

  (ii)

a customer within the meaning of the provisions of the FSMA and any rules or regulations made under the FSMA to implement the Directive (EU) 2016/97, where that customer would not qualify as a professional client, as defined in point (8) of Article 2(1) of UK MiFIR; or

 

  (iii)

not a qualified investor as defined in Article 2 of the UK Prospectus Regulation.

Consequently, no key information document required by the EU PRIIPs Regulation, as amended, as it forms part of UK domestic law by virtue of the EUWA subject to amendments made by the Packaged Retail and Insurance-based Investment Products (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (SI 2019/403) (the “UK PRIIPs Regulation”) for offering or selling the notes or otherwise making them available to retail investors has been prepared and therefore offering or selling the notes or otherwise making them available to any UK Retail Investor may be unlawful under the UK PRIIPs Regulation.

 

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TRANSACTION PARTIES AND DOCUMENTS

 

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TRANSACTION SUMMARY

This Transaction Summary provides information on the notes offered by this prospectus, which are a tranche of the Class [A]/[B]/[C] notes of the CHASEseries. General descriptions of the CHASEseries and the Class [A]/[B]/[C] notes are also included in this prospectus. For a description of other outstanding classes and tranches of Class A, Class B and Class C CHASEseries notes, see Annex I: Other Outstanding Classes and Tranches.

 

Issuing Entity:   Chase Issuance Trust
Depositor and Transferor:   Chase Card Funding LLC or “Chase Card Funding”
Sponsor, Originator, Administrator and Servicer:   JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, “JPMorgan Chase Bank” or “sponsor
Owner Trustee:   Wilmington Trust Company
Indenture Trustee and Collateral Agent:   Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
Expected Issuance Date:   [            ] [    ], [        ]
Assets of the Issuing Entity:   Receivables originated in VISA® and Mastercard® accounts owned by JPMorgan Chase Bank, including recoveries on charged-off receivables and interchange [and [a] collateral certificate[s] representing an undivided interest in [                ] [and             ]]
Notes Offered by this Prospectus:   Class [A]/[B]/[C](202[    ]-[    ]) notes, or the “offered notes,” which are a tranche of the Class [A]/[B]/[C] notes of the CHASEseries
Principal Amount:   $[            ]
Enhancement:   [Subordination of [the Class B notes and] the Class C notes] [Class C reserve subaccount]
[Class A Required Subordinated Amount of Class C Notes:]   [[        ]% of the adjusted outstanding dollar principal amount of the Class A(202[    ]-[    ]) notes]

[Class A Required Subordinated Amount of Class B Notes:]

 

[Class B Required Subordinated Amount of Class C Notes:]

 

[[        ]% of the adjusted outstanding dollar principal amount of the Class A(202[    ]-[    ]) notes]

 

[[        ]% of the adjusted outstanding dollar principal amount of the Class B(202[    ]-[    ]) notes]

Interest Rate:   [[Benchmark]2 plus] [    ]% per year [, with a minimum interest rate of 0.00%. See “Summary—Interest” and “Glossary of Defined Terms” in this prospectus for a description of how [Benchmark] will be determined and the calculation of interest on the Class [A]/[B]/[C](202[    ]-[    ]) notes]

 

 

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The interest rate for the Class [A]/[B]/[C](202[    ]-[    ]) will be a rate based on [insert a floating rate benchmark (other than LIBOR based rate)] [other indices limited exclusively to interest rates; provided that no notes will be issued with interest accruing based on LIBOR][; provided, that if the sum of [insert floating rate benchmark] + [●]% is less than 0.00% for any interest accrual period, then the interest rate for the Class [A]/[B]/[C](202[    ]-[    ]) for such interest accrual period will be deemed to be 0.00%. For a description of [Benchmark], see “Glossary of Defined Terms” beginning on page [149].

 

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Interest Accrual Method:   [Actual/360] [30/360]
Interest Payment Dates:   [Monthly on the 15th] [quarterly on the 15th of [            ], [            ], [            ], and [            ],] (unless the [15th] is not a business day, in which case it will be the next business day)
First Interest Payment Date:   [        ] [        ], [    ]
Scheduled Commencement of Accumulation Period:   [        ] [        ], [        ]
Scheduled Principal Payment Date:   [        ] [        ], [        ]
Legal Maturity Date:   [        ] [        ], [        ]
Price to Public:   $[            ] (or [        ]%)
Underwriting Discount:   $[            ] (or [        ]%)
Net proceeds from the sale of the Class [A]/[B]/[C](202[    ]-[    ]) notes net of estimated expenses:   $[            ] (or [        ]%)
CUSIP/ISIN/[Common Code]:   [        ] / [        ]/[        ]
Annual Servicing Fee:   1.5% for so long as JPMorgan Chase Bank is the servicer and 2.00% in the event JPMorgan Chase Bank is no longer the servicer
Clearance and Settlement:   DTC/Clearstream Banking/Euroclear

 

 

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SUMMARY

This summary does not contain all the information you may need to make an informed investment decision. You should read this entire prospectus before you purchase any of the offered notes.

Risk Factors

Investment in the Class [A]/[B]/[C](202[    ]-[    ]) notes involves risks, including business risks, legal and regulatory risks, and transaction structure risks, most of which could result in accelerated, delayed or reduced payments on your notes. We have summarized these risks below and described them more fully under the heading “Risk Factors,” beginning on page [20] in this prospectus. You should consider these risks carefully.

Business Risks Relating to JPMorgan Chase Bank’s Credit Card Business

 

   

A successful cyber attack affecting JPMorgan Chase Bank could cause significant harm to JPMorgan Chase Bank’s credit card origination and servicing activities, result in the loss of information or the disclosure or misuse of confidential or proprietary information, cause reputational harm and/or reduce the rate at which new receivables are generated and repaid, and consequently have an adverse impact on the timing and amount of payments on your notes.

 

   

JPMorgan Chase Bank’s operational costs and customer satisfaction could be adversely affected by the failure of an external operational system.

 

   

The effects of climate change could adversely impact the timing and amount of payments on your notes.

 

   

Competition in the credit card industry may result in a decline in ability to generate new credit card receivables. This may result in the payment of principal earlier or later than the scheduled principal payment date.

 

   

Payment patterns of cardholders may not be consistent over time and variations in these payment patterns may result in reduced payment of principal or receipt of payment of principal earlier or later than expected.

 

   

[Cardholder use, payment patterns and the performance of the credit card receivables may be adversely affected by any lasting effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, which may impact the timing and amount of collections and may reduce payments on your notes.]

 

   

JPMorgan Chase Bank may change the terms of the revolving credit card accounts in a way that reduces, accelerates or slows collections. These changes may result in reduced, accelerated or delayed payments to you.

 

   

Yield and payments on the assets in the issuing entity could decrease, resulting in the receipt of principal payments earlier or later than the scheduled principal payment date or the occurrence of an early amortization event.

Insolvency and Security Interest Risks

 

   

If a conservator or receiver is appointed for JPMorgan Chase Bank, delays or reductions in payment of your notes could occur.

 

   

Some liens may be given priority over your notes which could cause your receipt of payments to be delayed or reduced.

Other Legal and Regulatory Risks

 

   

Regulatory action could cause delays or reductions in payment of your notes to occur.

 

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Changes to consumer protection laws may impede collection efforts, alter timing and amount of collections and reduce the yield on the pool of credit card receivables which may result in acceleration of or reduction in payments on your notes.

 

   

Financial regulatory reforms could have a significant impact on the issuing entity, Chase Card Funding or JPMorgan Chase Bank.

 

   

The sponsor, servicer, transferor and the issuing entity could be named as defendants in litigation, resulting in increased expenses and greater risk of loss on your notes.

 

   

Legal proceedings may have a negative impact on JPMorgan Chase Bank which in turn could have a negative impact on Chase Card Funding and the issuing entity.

 

   

Certain EEA-regulated and UK-regulated investors are subject to due diligence and risk retention requirements relating to the notes.

Transaction Structure Risks

 

   

The note interest rate and the credit card receivables interest rate may re-set at different times or fluctuate differently, resulting in a delay or reduction in payments on your notes.

 

   

[Negative [insert floating rate benchmark] would reduce the rate of interest on the Class [A]/[B]/[C](202[    ]-[    ]) notes.]

 

   

[The Class [A]/[B]/[C](202[    ]-[    ]) notes’ interest rate being based on the Benchmark may impact the liquidity of the Class [A]/[B]/[C](202[    ]-[    ]) notes.]

 

   

[Allocations of the default amount and reallocation of principal collections could result in a reduction in payment on the subordinated notes.]

 

   

If JPMorgan Chase Bank or Chase Card Funding breaches representations and warranties relating to the credit card receivables, payments on your notes may be reduced.

 

   

Class A notes can lose the benefit of subordination under some circumstances resulting in delayed or reduced payments to you.

 

   

The composition of the assets in the issuing entity may change. This may decrease the credit quality of the assets securing the offered notes. If this occurs, your receipt of payments of principal and interest may be reduced, delayed or accelerated.

 

   

JPMorgan Chase Bank may not be able to generate new credit card receivables or designate new revolving credit card accounts or maintain or increase the size of a collateral certificate when required. This could result in an acceleration of or reduction in payments on your notes.

 

   

The asset representations review process has not been used in credit card securitization transactions and no assurance can be made as to its effectiveness.

 

   

The certification provided by the chief executive officer of the depositor does not guarantee that the securitization will produce expected cash flows at times and in amounts to service scheduled payments of interest and the ultimate repayment of principal on the offered notes in accordance with their terms as described in this prospectus.

 

   

Issuance of additional notes may affect the timing and amount of payments to you.

 

   

Some customers may provide information that is inaccurate or intentionally false during the underwriting process.

 

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The underwriting, risk management and servicing efforts of JPMorgan Chase Bank may not be effective.

 

   

The rate of collections on delinquent accounts may not be consistent over time and variations in this rate may lead to significant increases in the rate of charge-offs.

 

   

You may have limited or no ability to control actions under the indenture. This may result in, among other things, payment of principal being accelerated when it is in your interest to receive payment of principal on the scheduled principal payment date, or it may result in payment of principal not being accelerated when it is in your interest to receive early payment of principal.

 

   

If an event of default occurs, your remedies may be limited and you may not receive full payment of principal and accrued interest.

 

   

JPMorgan Chase Bank’s review of the pool asset disclosure in this prospectus does not provide absolute certainty that the pool asset disclosure is accurate in all material respects.

General Risk Factors

 

   

There is no public market for the offered notes. As a result you may be unable to sell your notes or the price of the offered notes may suffer.

 

   

If your notes are repaid prior to the scheduled principal payment date, you may not be able to reinvest your principal in a comparable security.

 

   

A reduction, withdrawal or qualification of the ratings on your notes, or the issuance of unsolicited ratings on your notes, could adversely affect the liquidity or the market value of your notes.

The Issuing Entity

Chase Issuance Trust, a Delaware statutory trust, is the issuing entity for the offered notes and is also referred to in this prospectus as the “issuing entity.”

The Depositor and Transferor

Chase Card Funding LLC is the depositor into the issuing entity and is referred to in this prospectus as “Chase Card Funding.” Chase Card Funding also is the transferor and holds the transferor certificate of the issuing entity.

The Sponsor, Originator, Servicer and Administrator

JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association is the sponsor of the issuing entity and is referred to in this prospectus as “JPMorgan Chase Bank” or “sponsor.” JPMorgan Chase Bank is also the originator and the servicer of all credit card receivables transferred to the issuing entity and will provide all administrative services on behalf of the issuing entity. JPMorgan Chase Bank is the sole member of Chase Card Funding.

On May 18, 2019, referred to in this prospectus as the “Merger Date,” Chase Bank USA, National Association, referred to in this prospectus as “Chase USA,” was merged with and into JPMorgan Chase Bank with JPMorgan Chase Bank as the surviving entity. Prior to the Merger Date, Chase USA was the sponsor, originator, administrator and servicer of the issuing entity and the sole member of Chase Card Funding. As of the Merger Date, JPMorgan Chase Bank assumed and agreed to perform all covenants and obligations of Chase USA as sponsor, originator, administrator and servicer of the issuing entity. For a description of the activities of the surviving entity see “JPMorgan Chase Bank.”

JPMorgan Chase Bank has outsourced certain servicing activities to an unaffiliated third party. For information about the unaffiliated third party vendor that provides these services, see “Servicing of the Receivables—Outsourcing of Servicing.”

 

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Indenture Trustee and Collateral Agent

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association is the indenture trustee under the indenture and the collateral agent under the asset pool one supplement and is referred to in this prospectus as “Wells Fargo Bank” or “indenture trustee.”

Under the terms of the indenture and the asset pool one supplement, the roles of the indenture trustee and the collateral agent are limited. See “The Indenture Trustee and Collateral Agent.”

Asset Representations Reviewer

FTI Consulting, Inc. is the asset representations reviewer under the asset representations review agreement and is referred to in this prospectus as the “asset representations reviewer.” See “Asset Representations Reviewer.”

Assets of the Issuing Entity

The assets of the issuing entity include:

 

   

credit card receivables arising in certain revolving credit card accounts owned by JPMorgan Chase Bank that meet the eligibility criteria for, and have been designated for, inclusion in the issuing entity; and

 

   

funds on deposit in the collection account, the excess funding account, the interest funding account, the principal funding account and the Class C reserve account.

For a description of JPMorgan Chase Bank’s revolving credit card accounts, see “JPMorgan Chase Bank’s Credit Card Portfolio.”

The composition of the issuing entity’s assets will likely change over time due to:

 

   

the designation of additional revolving credit card accounts to have their credit card receivables included in the issuing entity;

 

   

the removal of revolving credit card accounts included in the issuing entity; and

 

   

changes in the composition of the credit card receivables in the issuing entity.

JPMorgan Chase Bank, Chase Card Funding or an affiliated transferor may, in the future, designate one or more collateral certificates for inclusion in the issuing entity, each representing an undivided interest in a securitization special purpose entity whose assets consist primarily of credit card receivables arising in revolving credit card accounts owned by JPMorgan Chase Bank or any one of its affiliates and may increase or decrease the size of a collateral certificate included in the issuing entity or terminate or repurchase a collateral certificate included in the issuing entity.

See “Sources of Funds to Pay the Notes—Addition of Assets” and “Sources of Funds to Pay the Notes— Increases in the Invested Amount of an Existing Collateral Certificate.”

Composition of Issuing Entity Receivables

As of [                ] [    ], 20[    ]:

 

   

the Issuing Entity Receivables included $[        ] in total receivables;

 

   

the accounts in the issuing entity had an average total receivables balance of $[        ], including accounts with a zero balance and an average credit limit of $[        ];

 

   

the percentage of the aggregate total receivables balance in the Issuing Entity Receivables to the aggregate total credit limit was [    ]%;

 

   

the average age of the accounts, the receivables of which are in the Issuing Entity Receivables, was approximately [     ] months;

 

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for the [            ] 20[    ] monthly period, [    ]% of the accounts in the issuing entity received the minimum payment due and [    ]% of the accounts in the issuing entity received a full balance payment; and

 

   

of the accounts in the issuing entity, approximately [    ]% related to cardholders with billing addresses in [    ], [    ]% in [    ], [    ]% in [    ], [    ]% in [    ] and [    ]% in [    ]; no other single state accounts for more than 5% of the accounts in the issuing entity. Since the largest number of accountholders (based on billing addresses) whose accounts were included in the issuing entity were in [    ], [    ], [    ], [    ] and [    ], adverse economic, financial, social or environmental conditions affecting accountholders residing in these states could affect timely payment by the related accountholders of amounts due on the accounts and, accordingly, the actual rates of delinquencies and losses with respect to the issuing entity.

See “JPMorgan Chase Bank’s Credit Card Portfolio—Composition of Issuing Entity Receivables” for more detailed portfolio information on the assets of the issuing entity.

[Composition of [                    ] Portfolio]3

[As of [    ] [    ], 20[    ]:

 

   

the [                ] portfolio included $[        ] in total receivables;

 

   

the accounts in the [                ] portfolio had an average total receivables balance of $[        ], including accounts with a zero balance and an average credit limit of $[        ];

 

   

the percentage of the aggregate total receivables balance in the [                ] portfolio to the aggregate total credit limit was [    ]%;

 

   

the average age of the accounts, the receivables of which are in the [                ] portfolio, was approximately [     ] months;

 

   

for the [             ] 20[     ] monthly period, [     ]% of the accounts in the [                ] portfolio received the minimum payment due and [     ]% of the accounts in the [                ] portfolio received a full balance payment; and

 

   

of the accounts in [                ], approximately [     ]% related to cardholders with billing addresses in [     ], [     ]% in [     ], [     ]% in [     ], [     ]% in [     ] and [     ]% in [     ]; no other single state accounts for more than 5% of the accounts in the [                    ] portfolio. Since the largest number of accountholders (based on billing addresses) whose accounts were included in the [                     ] portfolio were in [    ], [    ], [    ], [    ] and [    ], adverse economic, financial, social or environmental conditions affecting accountholders residing in these states could affect timely payment by the related accountholders of amounts due on the accounts and, accordingly, the actual rates of delinquencies and losses with respect to the [                     ] portfolio.

See “JPMorgan Chase Bank’s Credit Card Portfolio—Composition of [                ] Portfolio” for more detailed portfolio information on the assets of [                ].]

Exceptions to Underwriting Criteria

Unless the context otherwise requires, all references to JPMorgan Chase Bank are to Chase USA for the period prior to the merger.

Based on a review of the manual credit decisions made during the three calendar months ended [    ] [    ], 20[    ], the number of accounts in the issuing entity identified with exceptions to JPMorgan Chase Bank’s underwriting process and criteria in effect during that time period as a percentage of the total number of accounts in the issuing entity was [less than 0.1%].

 

 

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See “JPMorgan Chase Bank’s Credit Card Portfolio—Underwriting Criteria and Process” and “JPMorgan Chase Bank’s Credit Card Portfolio— Compliance with Underwriting Criteria” for a description of JPMorgan Chase Bank’s underwriting criteria and the process for reviewing for any deviations from the disclosed underwriting criteria.

Securities Offered by this Prospectus

The issuing entity is offering by this prospectus the Class [A]/[B]/[C](202[    ]-[    ]) notes, also referred to in this prospectus as the “offered notes.” The offered notes will be issued pursuant to the indenture between the issuing entity and Wells Fargo Bank, as indenture trustee and the asset pool one supplement, the CHASEseries indenture supplement and the applicable terms document, each between the issuing entity and Wells Fargo Bank, as indenture trustee and collateral agent.

So long as there is sufficient credit enhancement and the required transferor amount and the minimum pool balance requirements have been satisfied, additional classes and tranches of notes may be issued on any date without notice to, or the consent of, the holders of any outstanding notes, including the offered notes.

Use of Proceeds

[The] [A portion of the] proceeds from the sale of the offered notes [will be used to make deposits to the Class C reserve subaccounts for outstanding Class C notes in an aggregate amount of $[        ] and the remaining proceeds, in the amount of $[        ]] before deduction of issuance expenses, will be paid by the issuing entity to Chase Card Funding. The estimated expenses are $[        ]. Therefore, the proceeds, net of [the deposits to the Class C reserve subaccounts and] issuance expenses, will be approximately $[        ]. Chase Card Funding will use such proceeds for the general purposes of Chase Card Funding, including the repayment of amounts owed to JPMorgan Chase Bank. [Expenses incurred in connection with the selection and acquisition of pool assets that are payable from the offering proceeds will be approximately $[        ].]

Series, Classes and Tranches of Notes

The offered notes are a tranche of the Class [A]/[B]/[C] notes of the CHASEseries.

The offered notes have, and each other tranche of notes has, a stated principal amount, an outstanding dollar principal amount and a nominal liquidation amount. The initial stated principal amount of the offered notes is the principal amount specified in “Transaction Summary.” For a description of how to determine, as of any date, the outstanding dollar principal amount and the nominal liquidation amount of the offered notes, see “The Notes—Stated Principal Amount, Outstanding Dollar Principal Amount and Nominal Liquidation Amount.”

Tranches of notes within a class of CHASEseries notes may be issued on different dates and have different stated principal amounts, interest rates, interest payment dates, scheduled principal payment dates, legal maturity dates and other varying characteristics.

The scheduled principal payment dates and the legal maturity dates of the tranches of senior and subordinated notes will in most cases be different. Some tranches of subordinated notes may have scheduled principal payment dates and legal maturity dates earlier than the offered notes or all of the tranches of senior notes. However, tranches of subordinated notes will not be repaid before their legal maturity dates unless, after payment of those tranches of subordinated notes, the remaining tranches of subordinated notes provide the required enhancement for the senior notes. In addition, tranches of senior notes will not be issued unless after issuance there are enough outstanding subordinated notes to provide the required subordinated amount for all outstanding tranches of senior notes. See “The Notes—Issuances of New Series, Classes and Tranches of Notes.”

See “Annex I: Other Outstanding Classes and Tranches” for additional information on other outstanding notes issued, or expected to be issued, on or prior to the issuance of the offered notes, by the issuing entity. Other series of notes secured by the assets in asset pool one may be issued by the issuing entity in the future.

Interest

[Floating Rate: [Benchmark] +/-] [●]% per year.

 

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[“Benchmark” means, [insert floating rate benchmark]. [Insert provisions for determining the floating rate benchmark.]

[The indenture trustee will calculate floating interest rates based on the Benchmark for the Class [A]/[B]/[C](202[    ]-[    ]) notes [monthly].] If the interest rate so calculated is less than 0.00% for any interest accrual period, the interest rate for such interest accrual period will be deemed to be 0.00%. Interest will be calculated on the outstanding dollar principal amount of the notes for the period from and including the preceding interest payment date (or for the first interest payment date, from and including the issuance date for the notes) to but excluding the current interest payment date on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed and a 360-day year.]

[Fixed Rate: per year.

Interest on the offered notes will equal the product of:

 

   

the interest rate for the offered notes for the applicable interest period; times

 

   

(x) the number of days in the applicable interest period based on a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months, divided by (y) 360; times

 

   

the outstanding dollar principal amount of the offered notes as of the close of business on the last interest payment date or, for the first interest payment, the outstanding dollar principal amount of the offered notes as of the issuance date.

Each interest period will begin on and include an interest payment date and end on but exclude the next interest payment date. However, the first interest period will begin on and include the issuance date and end on but exclude the first interest payment date. Each of the expected issuance date, the interest rate, the first interest payment date and the interest accrual method for the offered notes is specified in “Transaction Summary.”] See “The Notes — Interest” for more information.

The issuing entity will make interest payments on the offered notes on the dates specified in “Transaction Summary.” Interest payments due on a day that is not a business day in New York, New York, Wilmington, Delaware or Minneapolis, Minnesota will be made on the following business day.

Principal

The issuing entity expects to pay the stated principal amount of the offered notes in one payment on the scheduled principal payment date, and is obligated to do so if funds are available on that date for that purpose. If the stated principal amount of the offered notes is not paid in full on the scheduled principal payment date due to insufficient funds, noteholders will generally not have any remedies against the issuing entity until the legal maturity date of the offered notes. The timing of payment of the stated principal amount for the offered notes, including the scheduled principal payment date and the legal maturity date, is specified in “Transaction Summary.”

If the stated principal amount of the offered notes is not paid in full on the scheduled principal payment date, then, subject to the principal payment rules described in “ —Subordination, Credit Enhancement” and “ —Required Subordinated Amount,” an early amortization event with respect to the offered notes will occur and principal and interest payments on the offered notes will be made monthly until they are paid in full or the legal maturity date occurs, whichever is earlier. Principal of the offered notes may be paid earlier than the scheduled principal payment date for the offered notes if an early amortization event or an event of default and acceleration occurs with respect to the offered notes. See “The Notes—Redemption and Early Amortization of Notes; Early Amortization Events” and “The Notes—Events of Default.”

Revolving Period

The revolving period for the offered notes is the period from the issuance date through the beginning of the amortization period or accumulation period. The accumulation period is generally scheduled to begin twelve whole calendar months before the scheduled principal payment date. The accumulation period for the offered notes is scheduled to commence on the date specified in “Transaction Summary.” Under certain circumstances, the

 

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accumulation period length for the offered notes may be shortened by the servicer so long as there is at least one targeted deposit. For a description of when and how the accumulation period may be shortened see “The Notes—Revolving Period.”

Receivables arising in additional accounts may be added to the issuing entity at any time or receivables arising in designated accounts may be removed from the issuing entity at any time. There is no minimum or maximum amount of additional accounts that may be added during the revolving period for the offered notes but all accounts must meet the requirements for addition described in “Sources of Funds to Pay the Notes—Addition of Assets.”

Chase Card Funding will be permitted to designate for removal from the issuing entity, require release from the lien in favor of the trust and require reassignment to it, of credit card receivables arising under revolving credit card accounts only upon satisfaction of certain conditions as described in “Sources of Funds to Pay the Notes—Removal of Assets.”

[In addition, the amount of any collateral certificate included in the issuing entity may be increased or paid down at any time during the revolving period for that collateral certificate and additional collateral certificates may also be added to the issuing entity at any time. There is no minimum or maximum increase or decrease for an existing collateral certificate and no minimum or maximum amount of additional collateral certificates that may be added during the revolving period for the offered notes.]

Transferor Amount

The interest in the issuing entity not securing any series, class or tranche of notes is the “transferor amount.” The interest representing the transferor amount will be held by Chase Card Funding or an affiliate. The transferor amount does not provide credit enhancement to the offered notes or to any other tranche of notes.

The transferor amount will increase or decrease based on a variety of factors including:

 

   

increases and decreases in the principal amount of the assets included in the issuing entity, including the amount of principal receivables, without a corresponding increase or decrease in the nominal liquidation amount of any notes;

 

   

the issuance of a new series, class or tranche of notes by the issuing entity, assuming there is not a corresponding increase in the principal amount of the assets included in the issuing entity;

 

   

changes in the amount on deposit in the excess funding account; and

 

   

reductions in the nominal liquidation amount of any series, class or tranche of notes due to payments of principal on those notes or a deposit to the principal funding account with respect to those notes.

See “Sources of Funds to Pay the Notes—Transferor Amount.”

Required Transferor Amount

The issuing entity has a minimum transferor amount requirement called the “required transferor amount.” The required transferor amount for any month will equal the product of the amount of principal receivables included in the issuing entity for that month and the required transferor amount percentage. The required transferor amount percentage is currently 5%.

If, for any month, the transferor amount is less than the required transferor amount, Chase Card Funding, as transferor, will be required to transfer additional credit card receivables or collateral certificates to the issuing entity or, if applicable, Chase Card Funding will be required to increase the invested amount of an existing collateral certificate held by the issuing entity. When Chase Card Funding’s obligation to the issuing entity is triggered, JPMorgan Chase Bank will be required to designate additional credit card accounts from which receivables would be transferred to Chase Card Funding, transfer additional collateral certificates to Chase Card Funding or increase the invested amount of any existing collateral certificate.

 

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If JPMorgan Chase Bank is unable to either designate additional credit card accounts from which receivables would be transferred or transfer additional collateral certificates or if JPMorgan Chase Bank fails to increase the invested amount of any existing collateral certificate when required to do so or Chase Card Funding fails to transfer to the issuing entity additional collateral certificates or increase the invested amount of an existing collateral certificate or fails to transfer the credit card receivables in the additional credit card accounts or collateral certificates conveyed to it by JPMorgan Chase Bank, an early amortization event will occur with respect to the notes.

See “Sources of Funds to Pay the Notes—Required Transferor Amount” and “The Notes—Redemption and Early Amortization of Notes; Early Amortization Events.”

Minimum Pool Balance

In addition to the required transferor amount requirement, the issuing entity has a minimum pool balance requirement. The minimum pool balance for any month will equal the sum of (1) for all notes in their revolving period, the sum of the nominal liquidation amounts of those notes as of the close of business on the last day of that month and (2) for all notes in their amortization period, the sum of the nominal liquidation amounts of those notes as of the close of business as of the last day of the most recent revolving period for each of those notes, excluding any notes that will be paid in full or that will have a nominal liquidation amount of zero on their applicable payment date in the following month.

If, for any month, the pool balance is less than the minimum pool balance, Chase Card Funding will be required to transfer additional credit card receivables or collateral certificates to the issuing entity or, if applicable, Chase Card Funding will be required to increase the invested amount of an existing collateral certificate as described in “Sources of Funds to Pay the Notes—Addition of Assets” and “Sources of Funds to Pay the Notes—Increases in the Invested Amount of an Existing Collateral Certificate.” When Chase Card Funding’s obligation to the issuing entity is triggered, JPMorgan Chase Bank will be required to designate additional credit card accounts from which receivables would be transferred to Chase Card Funding, transfer additional collateral certificates to Chase Card Funding or increase the invested amount of any existing collateral certificate.

If JPMorgan Chase Bank is unable to either designate additional credit card accounts from which receivables would be transferred or transfer additional collateral certificates or if JPMorgan Chase Bank fails to increase the invested amount of any existing collateral certificate when required to do so or Chase Card Funding fails to transfer to the issuing entity additional collateral certificates or increase the invested amount of an existing collateral certificate or fails to transfer the credit card receivables in the additional credit card accounts or collateral certificates conveyed to it by JPMorgan Chase Bank, an early amortization event will occur with respect to the notes. See “Sources of Funds to Pay the Notes—Minimum Pool Balance” and “The Notes—Redemption and Early Amortization of Notes; Early Amortization Events.”

Risk Factors

Investment in the offered notes involves risks. You should consider carefully the risk factors beginning on page [20] in this prospectus.

Servicing Fee

As compensation for its servicing activities and as reimbursement for any expenses incurred by it as servicer for the issuing entity, JPMorgan Chase Bank is entitled to receive a servicing fee for each month that will equal the sum of:

 

   

the amount of the servicing fee for the credit card receivables included in the issuing entity; plus

 

   

the share of the servicing fee allocable to any collateral certificate included in the issuing entity.

The servicing fee for the issuing entity is generally equal to one-twelfth of the product of 1.50% per annum for so long as JPMorgan Chase Bank is the servicer and 2.00% per annum in the event JPMorgan Chase Bank is no longer the servicer, times the principal receivables in the issuing entity as of the close of business on the last day of the prior monthly period.

 

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The portion of the servicing fee allocated to the noteholders will be paid from available finance charge collections after they have been applied to make deposits for payments of interest on the notes, if any, as described in “Deposit and Application of Funds in the Issuing Entity—Application of Available Finance Charge Collections.”

See “Servicing of the Receivables [and any Collateral Certificates]—Payment of Fees and Expenses; Servicing Compensation.”

Asset Representations Reviewer Fees

The asset representations reviewer will be entitled to a one-time upfront fee and an annual fee. Payment of the asset representations reviewer’s fees will be made by JPMorgan Chase Bank, as sponsor.

Nominal Liquidation Amount

If the nominal liquidation amount of the offered notes is less than the adjusted outstanding dollar principal amount of the offered notes, principal of and interest on the offered notes may not be paid in full. If the nominal liquidation amount of the offered notes has been reduced, the amount of principal collections and finance charge collections allocated to the notes to pay principal of and interest on the offered notes will be reduced.

For a more detailed discussion of nominal liquidation amount, see “The Notes—Stated Principal Amount, Outstanding Dollar Principal Amount and Nominal Liquidation Amount.”

Available Finance Charge Collections and Application

Available finance charge collections consist of the note’s share of finance charge collections, investment earnings on amounts on deposit in the collection account, the excess funding account, the principal funding account and the interest funding account of the notes, segregated finance charge collections allocated to the notes to cover earning shortfalls on funds on deposit in the principal funding account, any shared excess available finance charge collections from other series in shared excess available finance charge collections group allocated to the notes, and any amounts to be treated as available finance charge collections pursuant to any terms document. Each month, the indenture trustee, at the direction of the servicer, will apply available finance charge collections for the prior month as described in “Deposit and Application of Funds in the Issuing Entity—Application of Available Finance Charge Collections,” and according to the diagram that follows.

 

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Application of Available Principal Collections

The available principal collections consist of the sum of the principal collections allocated to the notes, payments for principal under any supplemental credit enhancement agreement for tranches of notes, any amounts of available finance charge collections available to cover the default amount or any deficits in the nominal liquidation amount of the notes and any shared excess available principal collections allocated to the notes. Each month, the indenture trustee, at the direction of the servicer, will apply available principal collections for the prior month as described in “Deposit and Application of Funds in the Issuing Entity—Application of Available Principal Collections,” and according to the diagram that follows.

 

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Subordination, Credit Enhancement

The payment of principal and interest on subordinated notes will be subordinated to the payment of principal of and interest on senior notes.

Principal collections allocated to subordinated notes may be reallocated to pay interest on senior notes or the portion of the servicing fee allocable to the offered notes. These reallocations will reduce the nominal liquidation amount of the subordinated notes. In addition, the nominal liquidation amount of the subordinated notes will generally be reduced for charge-offs resulting from any uncovered default amount allocated to the notes prior to any reductions in the nominal liquidation amount of the offered notes. Charge-offs resulting from any uncovered default amount allocated to the notes will initially be allocated to each tranche pro rata based upon each tranche’s nominal liquidation amount. These charge-offs will then be reallocated from tranches of senior notes to tranches of subordinated notes to the extent credit enhancement in the form of subordination is still available to those tranches of senior notes.

In addition, principal collections allocated to the subordinated notes will first be used to fund targeted deposits to the principal funding subaccounts of senior notes before being applied to the principal funding subaccounts of subordinated notes.

A tranche of subordinated notes that reaches its scheduled principal payment date, or that has an early amortization event, event of default and acceleration, or an optional redemption, will not be paid to the extent that that tranche is necessary to provide the required subordination for tranches of senior notes. If a tranche of subordinated notes cannot be paid because of the subordination provisions of the senior notes, prefunding of the principal funding subaccounts for tranches of senior notes will begin as described in this prospectus under “Deposit and Application of Funds in the Issuing Entity—Targeted Deposits of Available Principal Collections to the Principal Funding Account—Prefunding of the Principal Funding Account of Senior Notes” and “Deposit and Application of Funds in the Issuing Entity—Limit of Deposits to the Principal Funding Subaccount of Subordinated Notes; Limit on Repayment of all Tranches.” After that time, that tranche of subordinated notes will be paid only to the extent that:

 

   

the principal funding subaccounts for the tranches of senior notes are prefunded to an appropriate level such that none of the tranches of subordinated notes that have reached their scheduled principal payment date are necessary to provide the required subordination; or

 

   

new tranches of subordinated notes are issued so that the tranches of subordinated notes that have reached their scheduled principal payment date are no longer necessary to provide the required subordination; or

 

   

enough tranches of senior notes are repaid so that the tranches of subordinated notes that have reached their scheduled principal payment date are no longer necessary to provide the required subordination; or

 

   

the tranches of subordinated notes reach their legal maturity date.

On the legal maturity date of a tranche of notes, principal collections, if any, allocated to that tranche and proceeds from any sale of credit card receivables or collateral certificates, if any, will be paid to the noteholders of that tranche, even if that payment would reduce the amount of available subordination below the required subordination for the senior notes.

[Required Subordinated Amount]

[The Class A required subordinated amount of Class C notes for the offered notes is the percentage of the adjusted outstanding dollar principal amount of the offered notes specified in “Transaction Summary.” The Class A required subordinated amount of Class B notes for the offered notes is the percentage of the adjusted outstanding dollar principal amount of the offered notes specified in “Transaction Summary.”]

[The Class B required subordinated amount of Class C notes for the offered notes will generally be an amount equal to the product of:

 

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the sum of

 

   

a fraction, the numerator of which is equal to the sum of the Class A required subordinated amount of Class C notes for all outstanding tranches of Class A notes for which the Class A required subordinated amount of Class B notes is greater than zero and the denominator of which is equal to the adjusted outstanding dollar principal amount of all outstanding Class B notes, including the offered notes, and

 

   

the product of (1) a percentage specified in “Transaction Summary” and (2) a fraction, the numerator of which is an amount, not less than zero, equal to the adjusted outstanding dollar principal amount of all outstanding Class B notes, [including the offered notes,] minus the Class A required subordinated amount of Class B notes for all outstanding tranches of Class A notes for which the Class A required subordinated amount of Class B notes is greater than zero and the denominator of which is equal to the adjusted outstanding dollar principal amount of all outstanding Class B notes, including the offered notes, and

 

   

the adjusted outstanding dollar principal amount of the offered notes.]

The percentage and methodology for calculating the required subordinated amount for the offered notes and other tranches of senior notes may change without notice to, or the consent of, any noteholders if each applicable note rating agency confirms that the change will not cause a reduction, qualification with negative implications or withdrawal of its then-current rating of any outstanding notes and the issuing entity has delivered to each applicable note rating agency and the indenture trustee an opinion that the change will not have certain adverse tax consequences for holders of outstanding notes.

The required subordinated amount of subordinated notes of other [Class A] [Class B] notes may be different from the percentage specified for the tranche of [Class A] [Class B] notes being offered hereby, as described in “Transaction Summary.”

[Class C Reserve Subaccount for the Offered Notes]

[In connection with the issuance of the offered notes, the issuing entity will establish a Class C reserve subaccount to provide credit enhancement solely for the holders of this tranche of Class C notes. The level of funding in the Class C reserve subaccount depends on the level of the three-month average excess spread percentage as described in the table below and whether an early amortization event or event of default has occurred. The amount targeted to be on deposit in the Class C reserve subaccount for the offered notes, on the issuance date, is $[        ].

The excess spread percentage for a month is determined by subtracting the base rate from the portfolio yield for that month. See “Glossary of Defined Terms” for a description of the base rate and portfolio yield.

Funds on deposit in the Class C reserve subaccount will be available to holders of the offered notes to cover shortfalls of interest payable on interest payment dates for the offered notes. Funds on deposit in the Class C reserve subaccount will also be available to holders of the offered notes to cover certain shortfalls in principal. Only the holders of the offered notes will have the benefit of the Class C reserve subaccount and holders of the offered notes will not have the benefit of the Class C reserve subaccount established for any other tranche of Class C notes. See “Deposit and Application of Funds in the Issuing Entity—[Withdrawals from the Class C Reserve Account].”

The following table indicates the amount required to be on deposit in the Class C reserve subaccount for the offered notes. The amount targeted to be on deposit with respect to any month on the note transfer date in the following month is equal to the funding percentage corresponding to the three-month average excess spread percentage as indicated in the following table, times the initial outstanding dollar principal amount of all CHASEseries notes, excluding any CHASEseries notes that will be paid in full or that will have a nominal liquidation amount of zero on the applicable payment date in the following month, times the nominal liquidation amount of the offered notes, excluding the amount deposited with respect to the targeted principal deposit amount for that month on the applicable note transfer date for the offered notes in the following month, divided by the nominal liquidation amount of all Class C notes, excluding the amount deposited with respect to the targeted principal deposit amount for that month on the applicable note transfer date for all tranches of Class C notes.

 

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Three-month average excess spread percentage    Funding
percentage
 

4.50% or greater

     [         ]% 

4.00% to 4.49%

     [         ]% 

3.50% to 3.99%

     [         ]% 

3.00% to 3.49%

     [         ]% 

2.50% to 2.99%

     [         ]% 

2.00% to 2.49%

     [         ]% 

0.00% to 1.99%

     [         ]% 

less than 0.00%

     [         ]% 

The amount targeted to be on deposit in the Class C reserve subaccount will be determined monthly based on the percentages specified in the table above as the three-month average excess spread percentage rises or falls, the initial dollar principal amount of all outstanding CHASEseries notes and the nominal liquidation amount of the offered notes relative to the nominal liquidation amount of other Class C notes. The amount targeted to be on deposit in the Class C reserve subaccounts of other Class C notes may be different from the amount specified for the offered notes.

The percentage and methodology for calculating the amount targeted to be on deposit in a Class C reserve subaccount may change without the consent of any noteholders if each applicable note rating agency confirms that the change will not cause a reduction, qualification with negative implications or withdrawal of its then-current rating of any outstanding notes and the issuing entity has delivered to each applicable note rating agency and the indenture trustee an opinion that the change will not have certain adverse tax consequences for holders of the outstanding notes. Any modifications will be disclosed on a Form 8-K of the issuing entity.

If an early amortization event or event of default occurs with respect to the offered notes, the targeted Class C reserve subaccount amount will be the initial dollar principal amount of the offered notes. See “Deposit and Application of Funds in the Issuing Entity—[Targeted Deposits to the Class C Reserve Account].”]

Limit on Repayment of All Notes

You, as a holder of the offered notes, may not receive full repayment of your notes if:

 

   

the nominal liquidation amount of the offered notes has been reduced by charge-offs due to any uncovered default amount or as a result of reallocations of principal collections to pay interest on senior notes or the portion of the servicing fee allocable to those senior notes, and those amounts have not been reimbursed from finance charge collections allocated to the offered notes; or

 

   

credit card receivables or any collateral certificates are sold (1) following an event of default and acceleration or (2) on the legal maturity date and the proceeds from the sale of those assets, plus any funds on deposit in the applicable subaccounts allocated to the offered notes, and any other amounts available to the offered notes, are insufficient to provide full repayment of the offered notes.

 

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Optional Redemption and Early Amortization of Offered Notes

JPMorgan Chase Bank, as the servicer for the issuing entity, has the right, but not the obligation, to redeem the offered notes in whole but not in part on or after the day on which the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the offered notes is reduced to less than 10% of their highest outstanding dollar principal amount. This redemption option is referred to as a “clean-up” call. JPMorgan Chase Bank, as servicer for the issuing entity, will not redeem subordinated notes if those notes are required to provide credit enhancement for the offered notes or other senior notes.

If JPMorgan Chase Bank, as servicer for the issuing entity, elects to redeem the offered notes, it will notify the registered holders of the offered notes at least 30 days prior to the redemption date. The redemption price of a note will equal 100% of the outstanding dollar principal amount of that note, plus accrued but unpaid interest and any additional interest or principal accreted and unpaid on that note to but excluding the date of redemption.

In addition, the issuing entity is required to repay any note upon the occurrence of an early amortization event with respect to that note, but only to the extent funds are available for repayment after giving effect to all allocations and reallocations and, in the case of tranches of subordinated notes, only to the extent that payment is permitted by the subordination provisions of the senior notes.

For a discussion of early amortization events, see “The Notes—Redemption and Early Amortization of Notes; Early Amortization Events.”

Events of Default

The occurrence of some events of default can result in an automatic acceleration of the affected series, class or tranche of notes, and other events of default result in the right of the noteholders of the affected series, class or tranche of notes to demand acceleration after an affirmative vote by holders of more than 66 2/3% of the outstanding dollar principal amount of the affected series, class or tranche of notes.

For a discussion of events of default see “The Notes—Events of Default.”

An event of default with respect to one series, class or tranche of notes will not necessarily be an event of default with respect to any other series, class or tranche of notes.

It is not an event of default if the issuing entity fails to redeem the offered notes prior to the legal maturity date for the offered notes because it does not have sufficient funds available or, in the case of the offered notes being subordinated notes, if payment of principal of the offered notes is delayed because the offered notes are necessary to provide required subordination for senior notes.

Events of Default Remedies

After an event of default and acceleration of the offered notes, funds on deposit in the applicable issuing entity bank accounts for the offered notes will be applied to pay principal of and interest on the offered notes. Then, in each following month, available principal collections and available finance charge collections allocated to the offered notes will be deposited into the applicable issuing entity bank accounts and applied to make monthly principal and interest payments on the offered notes until the earlier of the date the offered notes are paid in full and the legal maturity date of the offered notes. However, in the case of offered notes that are subordinated notes, the offered notes will receive payment of principal prior to their legal maturity date only if, and to the extent that, funds are available for that payment and, after giving effect to that payment, the required subordination will be maintained for senior notes.

If an event of default of the offered notes occurs and the offered notes are accelerated, the indenture trustee may, and at the direction of the holders of more than 66 2/3% of the outstanding dollar principal amount of the offered notes will, direct the collateral agent to sell assets. However, this sale of assets may occur only if:

 

   

the conditions described in “The Notes—Events of Default” and “The Notes—Events of Default Remedies” are satisfied and only to the extent that payments are permitted by the subordination provisions of the senior notes; or

 

   

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None of the transferor, any affiliate of the transferor, including JPMorgan Chase Bank, or any agent of the transferor will be permitted to purchase assets if the sale occurs or to participate in any vote with respect to that sale.

The holders of the offered notes and any other accelerated tranche of notes will be paid their allocable share of the proceeds of a sale of these assets and amounts previously deposited in issuing entity bank accounts for each series, class or tranche of accelerated notes. Upon the sale of those assets and payment of the proceeds from the sale, the nominal liquidation amount of each accelerated tranche of notes will be reduced to zero. See “Sources of Funds to Pay the Notes—Sale of Assets.”

Limited Recourse to the Issuing Entity; Security for the Offered Notes

The offered notes are secured by a security interest in the assets of the issuing entity that are allocated to them under the indenture, the asset pool one supplement, the CHASEseries indenture supplement and the terms document for the offered notes.

The offered notes will be secured by a security interest in:

 

   

credit card receivables in accounts designated for inclusion in the issuing entity;

 

   

additional credit card receivables or any collateral certificates that may be included in the issuing entity;

 

   

the collection account;

 

   

the excess funding account;

 

   

the principal funding subaccount for the offered notes [; and]

 

   

the interest funding subaccount for the offered notes [; and]

 

   

[the Class C reserve subaccount for the offered notes.]

The sole source of payment for principal of or interest on the offered notes is provided by:

 

   

the portion of collections of principal receivables and finance charge receivables received by the issuing entity for the credit card receivables and if applicable, under any collateral certificate, and available to the offered notes after giving effect to any reallocations, payments and deposits; and

 

   

funds in the applicable issuing entity bank accounts for the offered notes.

 

   

A noteholder will generally have no recourse to any other assets of the issuing entity—other than shared excess available finance charge collections—or any other person or entity for the payment of principal of or interest on the offered notes.

However, if there is a sale of assets included in the issuing entity (1) following an event of default and acceleration, or (2) on the legal maturity date, as described in “Sources of Funds to Pay the Notes— Sale of Assets,” following that sale the noteholders generally will have recourse only to their share of the proceeds of that sale, investment earnings on the proceeds of that sale and any funds previously deposited in any applicable issuing entity bank account held for the benefit of and allocated to the noteholders.

See “Sources of Funds to Pay the Notes—General.”

Denominations

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Record Date

The record date for payment of the offered notes will be the last day of the month before the related interest payment date or principal payment date, as applicable.

Ratings

The offered notes will be rated in one of the four highest rating categories by at least one nationally recognized rating agency.

A rating addresses the likelihood of the payment of interest on a note when due and the ultimate payment of principal of that note by its legal maturity date. A rating does not address the likelihood of payment of principal of a note on its scheduled principal payment date. In addition, a rating does not address the possibility of early payment or acceleration of a note, which could be caused by an early amortization event or an event of default. A rating is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold notes and may be changed or withdrawn at any time by the assigning rating agency.

See “Risk Factors—General Risk Factors—A reduction, withdrawal or qualification of the ratings on your notes, or the issuance of unsolicited ratings on your notes, could adversely affect the liquidity or the market value of your notes.”

U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations

At the time the notes are issued, Skadden Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, as special tax counsel to the issuing entity, will deliver an opinion to the effect that, based on and subject to the facts, assumptions, representations, and qualifications set forth therein, (1) such notes will be characterized as debt for U.S. federal income tax purposes and (2) the issuing entity will not be, and the issuance will not cause any securitization special purpose entity that has issued a collateral certificate that is included in the issuing entity to be, classified as an association, or publicly traded partnership subject to tax as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

By your acceptance of a note, you agree to treat the note as debt for U.S. federal, state and local income and franchise tax purposes.

See “U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations” for additional information concerning the U.S. federal income tax considerations with respect to owning and disposing of a note.

Certain ERISA and Benefit Plan Considerations

Subject to important considerations described in “Certain ERISA and Benefit Plan Considerations,” the offered notes are eligible for purchase by persons investing assets of employee benefit plans or individual retirement accounts.

Certain Investment Company Act Considerations

The issuing entity is not, and solely after giving effect to any offering and sale of the offered notes by the issuing entity and the application of the proceeds thereof will not be, a “covered fund” for purposes of regulations adopted under Section 13 of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended, commonly known as the “Volcker Rule.”

In reaching this conclusion, although other statutory or regulatory exemptions under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (referred to in this prospectus as the “Investment Company Act”) and under the Volcker Rule and its related regulations may be available, the issuing entity has relied on the determinations that:

 

   

the issuing entity may rely on the exemption from registration under the Investment Company Act provided by Rule 3a-7 thereunder, and accordingly

 

   

the issuing entity does not rely on Section 3(c)(1) or Section 3(c)(7) of the Investment Company Act for its exemption from registration under the Investment Company Act and may rely on the exemption from the definition of a “covered fund” under the Volcker Rule made available to entities that do not rely solely on

 

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Section 3(c)(1) or Section 3(c)(7) of the Investment Company Act for their exemption from registration under the Investment Company Act.

 

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RISK FACTORS

The risk factors disclosed in this section of the prospectus describe the principal risk factors of an investment in the offered notes. You should carefully consider the following risks before making an investment decision. If any of the following events or circumstances identified as risks actually occur or materialize, your investment could be adversely affected. References in this “Risk Factors” section to “your notes” are to the offered notes.

Business Risks Relating to JPMorgan Chase Bank’s Credit Card Business

A successful cyber attack affecting JPMorgan Chase Bank could cause significant harm to JPMorgan Chase Bank’s credit card origination and servicing activities, result in the loss of information or the disclosure or misuse of confidential or proprietary information, cause reputational harm and/or reduce the rate at which new receivables are generated and repaid, and consequently have an adverse impact on the timing and amount of payments on your notes.

JPMorgan Chase Bank experiences numerous attempted cyber attacks on its computer systems, software, networks and other technology assets on a daily basis from various actors, including groups acting on behalf of hostile countries, cyber-criminals, “hacktivists” (i.e., individuals or groups that use technology to promote a political agenda or social change) and others. These cyber attacks can take many forms, including attempts to introduce computer viruses or malicious code, which are commonly referred to as “malware,” into JPMorgan Chase Bank’s systems. These attacks are often designed to:

 

   

obtain unauthorized access to confidential information belonging to JPMorgan Chase Bank or its customers, counterparties or employees;

 

   

manipulate data;

 

   

destroy data or systems with the aim of rendering services unavailable;

 

   

disrupt, sabotage or degrade service on JPMorgan Chase Bank’s systems;

 

   

steal money; or

 

   

extort money through the use of so-calledransomware.”

JPMorgan Chase Bank has also experienced:

 

   

significant distributed denial-of-service attacks intended to disrupt online banking services and other business activities; and

 

   

a higher volume and complexity of cyber attacks against the backdrop of heightened geopolitical tensions.

JPMorgan Chase Bank has experienced security breaches due to cyber attacks in the past, and it is inevitable that additional breaches will occur in the future. Any such breach could result in serious and harmful consequences for JPMorgan Chase Bank or its customers.

A principal reason that JPMorgan Chase Bank cannot provide absolute security against cyber attacks is that it may not always be possible to anticipate, detect or recognize threats to JPMorgan Chase Bank’s systems, or to implement effective preventive measures against all breaches. This is because:

 

   

the techniques used in cyber attacks change frequently and are increasingly sophisticated, and therefore may not be recognized until an attack is launched;

 

   

cyber attacks can originate from a wide variety of sources, including JPMorgan Chase Bank’s own employees, cyber-criminals, hacktivists, groups linked to terrorist organizations or hostile countries, or third parties whose objective is to disrupt the operations of financial institutions more generally;

 

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JPMorgan Chase Bank does not have control over the cybersecurity of the systems of the large number of customers, counterparties and third-party service providers with which it does business; and

 

   

it is possible that a third party, after establishing a foothold on an internal network without being detected, might obtain access to other networks and systems.

The risk of a security breach due to a cyber attack could increase in the future due to factors such as:

 

   

JPMorgan Chase Bank’s ongoing expansion of its mobile banking and other internet-based product offerings and its internal use of internet-based products and applications, including those that use cloud computing services;

 

   

the acquisition and integration of new businesses; and

 

   

the increased use of remote access and third party video conferencing solutions to facilitate work-from-home arrangements for employees.

In addition, an unauthorized party could misappropriate confidential information obtained by intercepting signals or communications from mobile devices used by JPMorgan Chase Bank’s employees.

A successful penetration or circumvention of the security of JPMorgan Chase Bank’s systems or the systems of a vendor, governmental body or another market participant could cause serious negative consequences, including:

 

   

significant disruption of JPMorgan Chase Bank’s operations and those of its customers and counterparties, including losing access to operational systems, including credit origination and servicing operations;

 

   

misappropriation of confidential information of JPMorgan Chase Bank or that of its customers, counterparties, employees or regulators;

 

   

disruption of or damage to JPMorgan Chase Bank’s systems and those of its customers and counterparties;

 

   

the inability, or extended delays in the ability, to fully recover and restore data that has been stolen, manipulated or destroyed, or the inability to prevent systems from processing fraudulent transactions;

 

   

violations by JPMorgan Chase Bank of applicable privacy and other laws;

 

   

financial loss to JPMorgan Chase Bank or to its customers, counterparties or employees;

 

   

loss of confidence in JPMorgan Chase Bank’s cybersecurity and business resiliency measures;

 

   

dissatisfaction among JPMorgan Chase Bank’s customers or counterparties;

 

   

significant exposure to litigation and regulatory fines, penalties or other sanctions; and

 

   

harm to JPMorgan Chase Bank’s reputation.

The extent of a particular cyber attack and the steps that JPMorgan Chase Bank may need to take to investigate the attack may not be immediately clear, and it may take a significant amount of time before such an investigation can be completed. While such an investigation is ongoing, JPMorgan Chase Bank may not necessarily know the full extent of the harm caused by the cyber attack, and that damage may continue to spread. These factors may inhibit JPMorgan Chase Bank’s ability to provide rapid, full and reliable information about the cyber attack to its customers, counterparties and regulators, as well as the public. Furthermore, it may not be clear how best to contain and remediate the harm caused by the cyber attack, and certain errors or actions could be repeated or compounded before they are discovered and remediated. Any or all of these factors could further increase the costs and consequences of a cyber attack, could affect JPMorgan Chase Bank’s ability to originate and service credit card accounts and related receivables or to generate new receivables and may adversely impact the timing and amount of payments on your notes.

 

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JPMorgan Chase Bank’s operational costs and customer satisfaction could be adversely affected by the failure of an external operational system.

External operational systems with which JPMorgan Chase Bank is connected, whether directly or indirectly, can be sources of operational risk to JPMorgan Chase Bank. JPMorgan Chase Bank may be exposed not only to a systems failure or cyber attack that may be experienced by a vendor or market infrastructure with which JPMorgan Chase Bank is directly connected, but also to a systems breakdown or cyber attack involving another party to which such a vendor or infrastructure is connected. Similarly, retailers, payment systems and processors, data aggregators and other external parties with which JPMorgan Chase Bank’s customers do business can increase JPMorgan Chase Bank’s operational risk. This is particularly the case where activities of customers or those parties are beyond JPMorgan Chase Bank’s security and control systems, including through the use of the internet, cloud computing services, and personal smart phones and other mobile devices or services.

If an external party obtains access to customer account data on JPMorgan Chase Bank’s systems, whether authorized or unauthorized, and that party experiences a cyberbreach of its own systems or misappropriates that data, this could result in a variety of negative outcomes for JPMorgan Chase Bank and its customers, including:

 

   

heightened risk that external parties will be able to execute fraudulent transactions using JPMorgan Chase Bank’s systems;

 

   

losses from fraudulent transactions, as well as potential liability for losses that exceed thresholds established in consumer protection laws, rules and regulations;

 

   

increased operational costs to remediate the consequences of the external party’s security breach; and

 

   

reputational harm arising from the perception that JPMorgan Chase Bank’s systems may not be secure.

As JPMorgan Chase Bank’s interconnectivity with customers and other external parties continues to expand, JPMorgan Chase Bank increasingly faces the risk of operational failure or cyber attacks with respect to the systems of those parties. Security breaches affecting JPMorgan Chase Bank’s customers, or systems breakdowns or failures, security breaches or human error or misconduct affecting other external parties, may require JPMorgan Chase Bank to take steps to protect the integrity of its own operational systems or to safeguard confidential information, including restricting the access of customers to their accounts. These actions can increase JPMorgan Chase Bank’s operational costs and potentially diminish customer satisfaction and confidence in JPMorgan Chase Bank.

Furthermore, the widespread and expanding interconnectivity among financial institutions, clearing banks, central counterparties, payment processors, financial technology companies, securities exchanges, clearing houses and other financial market infrastructures increases the risk that the disruption of an operational system involving one institution or entity, including due to a cyber attack, may cause industry-wide operational disruptions that could materially affect JPMorgan Chase Bank’s ability to conduct business, including its ability to originate and service credit card accounts and related receivables or to generate new receivables, and may adversely impact the timing and amount of payments on your notes.

The effects of climate change could adversely impact the timing and amount of payments on your notes.

JPMorgan Chase Bank operates in many regions, countries and communities where its businesses, including the U.S. credit card business, and the activities of its cardholders, could be impacted by climate change. Climate change could manifest as a financial risk to JPMorgan Chase Bank, either through changes in the physical climate or from the process of transitioning to a low-carbon economy. Climate risks can also arise from inconsistencies and conflicts in the manner in which climate policy and financial regulation is implemented in the many regions where JPMorgan Chase Bank operates, including initiatives to apply and enforce policy and regulation with extraterritorial effect.

Climate-related physical risks include increased frequency or severity of acute weather events, such as floods, wildfires and tropical storms and chronic shifts in the climate, such as persistent changes in precipitation levels, rising sea levels or increases in average ambient temperature. Potential adverse impacts of climate-related physical risks include:

 

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declines in asset values, including due to the destruction or degradation of property;

 

   

reduced availability or increased cost of insurance for customers of JPMorgan Chase Bank;

 

   

interruptions to business operations, including supply chain disruptions; and

 

   

population migration or unemployment for affected areas.

The physical risks of climate change may result in changes in cardholder payment patterns and credit card usage. For example, cardholders living in areas affected by extreme weather and natural disasters may suffer financial harm, reducing their ability to make timely payments on their credit card balances. The impact of extreme weather and natural disasters may be concentrated in a particular geographic region. If such extreme weather or a natural disaster were to occur in a geographic region in which a large number of cardholders are located, these risks would be exacerbated. In addition to the potential negative impacts on cardholders, the physical risks of climate change may adversely affect the ability of the sponsor and servicer to perform their obligations with respect to the issuing entity, the credit card receivables and the notes issued by the issuing entity.

Transition risks arise from the societal adjustment to a low-carbon economy, such as changes in public policy, adoption of new technologies or changes in consumer preferences towards low-carbon goods and services. These risks could also be influenced by changes in the physical climate. Potential adverse impacts of transition risks include:

 

   

sudden devaluation of assets, including unanticipated write-downs (“stranded assets”);

 

   

increased operational and compliance costs driven by changes in climate policy;

 

   

increased energy costs driven by governmental actions and initiatives such as higher taxation and accelerated decarbonization policies;

 

   

negative consequences to business models, and the need to make changes in response to those consequences; and

 

   

damage to JPMorgan Chase Bank’s reputation, including due to any perception that its business practices are contrary to public policy or the preferences of different stakeholders.

Both the physical risks and transition risks associated with climate change could have negative impacts on the financial condition or creditworthiness of JPMorgan Chase Bank’s customers, and its exposure to those customers and could affect the timing and amount of payments on your notes.

Competition in the credit card industry may result in a decline in ability to generate new credit card receivables. This may result in the payment of principal earlier or later than the scheduled principal payment date.

The credit card industry is highly competitive. As new credit card companies enter the market and companies try to expand their market share, effective advertising, target marketing and pricing strategies grow in importance. Additionally, the acceptance and use of other consumer loan products, such as buy now pay later products, for consumer spending has increased significantly in recent years. JPMorgan Chase Bank’s ability to compete in this environment will affect its ability to generate new credit card receivables and might also affect payment patterns on the credit card receivables. If the rate at which JPMorgan Chase Bank generates new credit card receivables declines significantly, JPMorgan Chase Bank might be unable to transfer additional credit card receivables to Chase Card Funding and through Chase Card Funding to the issuing entity or to maintain the balance of any collateral certificates held by the issuing entity and a payout event for a collateral certificate, if applicable, or an early amortization event could occur, resulting in payment of principal sooner than expected. If the rate at which JPMorgan Chase Bank generates new credit card receivables decreases significantly at a time when noteholders are scheduled to receive principal, noteholders might receive principal more slowly than planned.

 

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Payment patterns of cardholders may not be consistent over time and variations in these payment patterns may result in reduced payment of principal or receipt of payment of principal earlier or later than expected.

Collections of principal receivables available to pay the notes on any principal payment date or to make deposits into an issuing entity bank account will depend on many factors, including:

 

   

the rate of repayment of credit card balances by cardholders, which may be slower or faster than expected which may cause payment on the notes to be earlier or later than expected;

 

   

the extent of credit card usage by cardholders, and the creation of additional credit card receivables; and

 

   

the rate of default by cardholders.

Changes in payment patterns and credit card usage result from a variety of economic, customer related, competitive, social and legal factors. Economic factors include, among other things, the rate of inflation, unemployment levels and relative or rising interest rates. The availability of incentive or other award programs may also affect cardholders’ actions. Social factors include consumer confidence levels and the public’s attitude about incurring debt and the consequences of personal bankruptcy. In addition, inflationary pressures, rapidly rising interest rates, the failure of market participants or global tensions (including secondary effects of the war in Ukraine) may result in negative impacts to global supply chains, market disruption, government actions (including with respect to monetary policies), and other geopolitical consequences that have an adverse effect on general economic conditions, consumer confidence and general market liquidity.

After years of historically low inflation, consumer prices in the United States have experienced steep increases. The general effects of inflation on the economy of the United States may be wide ranging, evidenced by rising wages and rising costs of consumer goods and services. JPMorgan Chase Bank cannot predict how these or other factors will affect repayment patterns or card usage and, consequently, the timing and amount of payments on the notes.

Cardholder use, payment patterns and the performance of the credit card receivables may be adversely affected by any lasting effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, which may impact the timing and amount of collections and may reduce payments on your notes.

In May 2023, both the World Health Organization and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ended the public health emergencies declared in connection with the COVID-19 pandemic. Certain adverse consequences of the pandemic, however, including labor shortages, disruptions of global supply chains and inflationary pressures continue to impact the macroeconomic environment. Should these ongoing effects of the pandemic continue for an extended period or worsen, cardholder use, payment patterns and the performance of the credit card receivables could be adversely affected, which could result in accelerated, delayed or reduced payments on your notes. See “The Notes—Redemption and Early Amortization of Notes; Early Amortization Events” and “The Notes—Events of Default.” To the extent that the COVID-19 pandemic adversely affects JPMorgan Chase Bank’s credit card business, it may also have the effect of heightening many of the other risks described below.

JPMorgan Chase Bank may change the terms of the revolving credit card accounts in a way that reduces, accelerates or slows collections. These changes may result in reduced, accelerated or delayed payments to you.

As owner of the revolving credit card accounts, JPMorgan Chase Bank retains the right to change various terms and conditions of those credit card accounts, including finance charges and other fees it charges and the required minimum monthly payment. A payout event for a collateral certificate, if applicable, or early amortization event for the offered notes could occur if JPMorgan Chase Bank decreased the finance charges or fees it charges and that reduction resulted in a material decrease in the yield on the credit card receivables arising in those credit card accounts. In addition, JPMorgan Chase Bank may change the terms of those credit card accounts to maintain its competitive position in the credit card industry or to comply with regulatory guidelines or relevant law. Changes in the terms of those credit card accounts may reduce (1) the amount of credit card receivables arising under those credit card accounts, (2) the amount of collections on those credit card receivables, or (3) the amount of collections allocated to a collateral certificate, if applicable. If payment rates decrease significantly at a time when you are scheduled to receive payments of principal, you might receive principal more slowly than expected.

 

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JPMorgan Chase Bank has agreed in the transfer and servicing agreement that it will not change the terms of the revolving credit card accounts designated to have their credit card receivables transferred through Chase Card Funding to the issuing entity or its policies relating to the operation of its credit card business, including the reduction of the required minimum monthly payment and the calculation of the amount, or the timing, of charge-offs, finance charges and other fees, unless it reasonably believes such a change would not cause an early amortization event or an event of default to occur for the issuing entity and it takes the same action on its other substantially similar revolving credit card accounts, to the extent permitted by those credit card accounts.

Subject to the regulatory and other limitations described in this prospectus, JPMorgan Chase Bank has the ability to change the terms of the revolving credit card accounts. Changes in relevant law, changes in relevant regulatory guidance, changes in the marketplace or prudent business practices could cause JPMorgan Chase Bank to change revolving credit card account terms.

Yield and payments on the assets in the issuing entity could decrease, resulting in the receipt of principal payments earlier or later than the scheduled principal payment date or the occurrence of an early amortization event.

There is no assurance that the stated principal amount of your notes will be paid on their scheduled principal payment date.

A significant decrease in the amount of assets in the issuing entity for any reason could result in the occurrence of an early amortization event and therefore, early payment of your notes. In addition, the effective yield on the assets in the issuing entity could decrease due to, among other factors, a change in periodic finance charges on the revolving credit card accounts, an increase in the level of delinquencies or increased convenience use of credit cards whereby cardholders pay their credit card balance in full each month and incur no finance charges. This could reduce the amount of finance charge collections allocated to the offered notes. If for any month, the three-month average excess spread percentage is less than the required excess spread percentage for that month, an early amortization event will occur and could result in an early repayment of your notes. See “The Notes—Redemption and Early Amortization of Notes; Early Amortization Events.”

Insolvency and Security Interest Risks

If a conservator or receiver is appointed for JPMorgan Chase Bank, delays or reductions in payment of your notes could occur.

JPMorgan Chase Bank is chartered as a national banking association and is subject to regulation and supervision by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency—referred to in this prospectus as the “OCC.” If JPMorgan Chase Bank becomes insolvent, is in an unsound condition or engages in certain violations of its bylaws or regulations, or if other similar circumstances occur, the OCC is authorized to appoint the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation—referred to in this prospectus as the “FDIC”— as conservator or receiver. If the FDIC is appointed as conservator or receiver for JPMorgan Chase Bank, payments of principal of and interest on your notes could be delayed or reduced. Prior to January 20, 2016, Chase USA transferred receivables directly to the issuing entity. From January 20, 2016 through May 17, 2019, receivables were transferred by Chase USA to Chase Card Funding and by Chase Card Funding to the issuing entity. Beginning on May 18, 2019, receivables have been and will be transferred by JPMorgan Chase Bank to Chase Card Funding and by Chase Card Funding to the issuing entity.

The FDIC, as conservator or receiver, is authorized to repudiate any contract of JPMorgan Chase Bank. This authority may permit the FDIC to repudiate the transfer of credit card receivables or a collateral certificate to Chase Card Funding, and through Chase Card Funding, to the issuing entity (including the grant to the issuing entity of a security interest in credit card receivables or any collateral certificate). Under an FDIC regulation in effect before September 30, 2010, which we refer to as the “Original Safe Harbor,” the FDIC, as conservator or receiver, will not use its repudiation authority to reclaim, recover or recharacterize financial assets, such as the credit card receivables and a collateral certificate, transferred by a bank if certain conditions are met, including that the transfer was made for adequate consideration, and was not made fraudulently, in contemplation of insolvency or with the intent to hinder, delay or defraud the bank or its creditors and that the transfer satisfies the requirements for sale accounting treatment under generally accepted accounting principles, other than the legal isolation requirement. Under accounting standards that became effective on January 1, 2010 for calendar year reporting entities, Chase USA consolidated the issuing entity onto its balance sheet and the transfers of credit card receivables to the issuing entity, which had satisfied the

 

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requirements for sale accounting treatment prior to January 1, 2010, no longer satisfied the requirements for sale accounting treatment. On September 27, 2010, the FDIC issued a final rule amending the Original Safe Harbor, which we refer to as the “Revised Safe Harbor,” that extends the benefit of the FDIC’s legal isolation safe harbor under the Original Safe Harbor to any obligations of master trusts and revolving trusts for which obligations were issued on or before September 27, 2010, and for which the conditions for sale accounting treatment, other than legal isolation, that were in place before November 15, 2009, and all other requirements of the Original Safe Harbor, are satisfied. The Revised Safe Harbor extends to obligations issued by such trusts both before and after September 27, 2010. JPMorgan Chase Bank believes that the conditions of the Revised Safe Harbor are currently being satisfied for issuances from the issuing entity.

If the FDIC, as conservator or receiver, were to determine that the Revised Safe Harbor did not apply to the issuing entity and repudiated JPMorgan Chase Bank’s transfer of credit card receivables or any collateral certificate to Chase Card Funding, the amount of compensation the FDIC would be required to pay is limited to “actual direct compensatory damages” measured as of the date of conservatorship or receivership. These damages do not include damages for lost profits or opportunity, and may not include damages, such as accrued interest, for the period between the date of conservatorship or receivership and the date of repudiation. The FDIC could delay its decision to repudiate JPMorgan Chase Bank’s transfer of credit card receivables or any collateral certificate for a reasonable period following its appointment as conservator or receiver for JPMorgan Chase Bank.

Even if the FDIC did not repudiate the transfer of credit card receivables or any collateral certificate, the FDIC, as conservator or receiver, could:

 

   

require the collateral agent to go through an administrative claims procedure to establish its right to payments collected on the credit card receivables or the collateral certificate, as applicable;

 

   

request a stay of any judicial action or proceeding with respect to the issuing entity’s claims against JPMorgan Chase Bank or Chase Card Funding; or

 

   

repudiate without compensation and refuse to perform JPMorgan Chase Bank’s ongoing obligations under the transfer and servicing agreement, such as the duty to collect payments or otherwise service the credit card receivables, to transfer additional credit card receivables to Chase Card Funding for transfer to the issuing entity or to provide administrative services to the issuing entity.

Furthermore, the Federal Deposit Insurance Act provides that, with certain exceptions, during the 45-day period beginning on the date of the appointment of the FDIC as conservator for a bank or the 90-day period beginning on the date of the appointment of the FDIC as receiver for a bank, no person may, without the consent of the FDIC as conservator or receiver, exercise any right or power to terminate, accelerate, or declare a default under any contract to which the bank is a party, or to obtain possession of or exercise control over any property of the bank or affect the contractual rights of the bank, provided that (among other exceptions) this requirement does not permit the FDIC as conservator or receiver to fail to comply with otherwise enforceable provisions of any such contract. Even if the issuing entity receives the benefit of the Revised Safe Harbor, the Federal Deposit Insurance Act could be interpreted to prohibit the indenture trustee, the collateral agent, noteholders or other persons from taking certain actions to implement contractual provisions, such as the early amortization provisions of the indenture. Such interpretation, whether or not ultimately sustained, could lead to a delay and reduction in payments on your notes.

There are also statutory prohibitions on (1) any attachment or execution being issued by any court upon assets in the possession of the FDIC as receiver and (2) any property in the possession of the FDIC as receiver being subject to levy, attachment, garnishment, foreclosure or sale without the consent of the FDIC.

If the FDIC were appointed as conservator or receiver for JPMorgan Chase Bank, then under the terms of the indenture, an early amortization event would occur for all outstanding notes. If the issuing entity’s assets included credit card receivables at that time, new principal receivables would not be transferred through Chase Card Funding to the issuing entity. An early amortization event with respect to your notes could result in an acceleration of or reduction in payments on your notes as described in “The Notes—Redemption and Early Amortization of Notes; Early Amortization Events.”

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regardless of the terms of the issuing entity trust agreement, the indenture, the transfer and servicing agreement or the instructions of those authorized to direct the indenture trustee’s actions, (1) to prevent the beginning of an early amortization period, (2) to prevent the early sale, liquidation or other disposition of the credit card receivables or (3) to require new principal receivables to continue being transferred to the issuing entity; or

 

   

regardless of the terms of the issuing entity trust agreement, the indenture, the transfer and servicing agreement or the instructions of the noteholders, (1) to require the early sale of the issuing entity’s credit card receivables or, if applicable, a collateral certificate, (2) to require termination of any outstanding collateral certificate included in the issuing entity or (3) to prohibit the continued transfer of principal receivables to the issuing entity.

In addition, the FDIC, as conservator or receiver, may have the power to (i) prevent the indenture trustee, the collateral agent or the noteholders from appointing a new servicer under the transfer and servicing agreement or (ii) authorize JPMorgan Chase Bank to stop servicing the credit card receivables.

In the receivership of a national bank, a court has held that certain of the rights and powers of the FDIC as receiver extended to a statutory trust formed by that national bank in connection with a securitization of credit card receivables. If JPMorgan Chase Bank were to enter conservatorship or receivership, the FDIC could argue that its rights and powers as receiver extend to Chase Card Funding and to the issuing entity. If the FDIC were to take this position and seek to repudiate or otherwise affect the rights of noteholders under any transaction document, you could suffer losses on your notes.

Some liens may be given priority over your notes which could cause your receipt of payments to be delayed or reduced.

Prior to January 20, 2016, Chase USA transferred receivables directly to the issuing entity. From January 20, 2016 through May 17, 2019, receivables were transferred by Chase USA to Chase Card Funding and by Chase Card Funding to the issuing entity. Beginning on May 18, 2019, receivables have been and will be transferred by JPMorgan Chase Bank to Chase Card Funding and by Chase Card Funding to the issuing entity.

JPMorgan Chase Bank, or its predecessor as originator, has represented and warranted that its transfer of the credit card receivables and any collateral certificate to Chase Card Funding and any increase of the invested amount of any collateral certificate, and Chase Card Funding has represented and warranted that its transfer of the credit card receivables and any collateral certificate to the issuing entity and any increase of the invested amount of any collateral certificate, are each either a complete transfer and assignment to Chase Card Funding or the issuing entity, as applicable, of those receivables and any collateral certificate, except for the interest of Chase Card Funding as holder of the transferor certificate of the issuing entity, or a grant to the issuing entity of a security interest in those receivables, any collateral certificate and any increased invested amount of any collateral certificate. While a court could conclude that JPMorgan Chase Bank or Chase Card Funding still owns the credit card receivables or any collateral certificate included in the issuing entity, JPMorgan Chase Bank and Chase Card Funding have taken steps to give the collateral agent, on behalf of the noteholders, a first priority perfected security interest in the credit card receivables and will take such steps with respect to any collateral certificate.

If a court concludes that the transfer of credit card receivables or any collateral certificate to Chase Card Funding is only a grant by JPMorgan Chase Bank of a security interest in those credit card receivables or in that collateral certificate, then a tax or government lien, or other lien, imposed under applicable state or federal law without the consent of JPMorgan Chase Bank on JPMorgan Chase Bank’s property arising before new credit card receivables come into existence or a collateral certificate is issued may be senior to Chase Card Funding’s and the issuing entity’s interest in those credit card receivables or Chase Card Funding’s and the issuing entity’s interest in that collateral certificate. Also, if JPMorgan Chase Bank becomes insolvent or the FDIC is appointed conservator or receiver of JPMorgan Chase Bank, the FDIC’s administrative expenses might be paid from collections on the credit card receivables or a collateral certificate included in the issuing entity, before the issuing entity received any payments. If insolvency proceedings are commenced by or against JPMorgan Chase Bank, as servicer of the credit card receivables, or if certain time periods elapse, the issuing entity may not have a first priority perfected security interest in collections commingled and used for the benefit of JPMorgan Chase Bank, as servicer. If these events occur, payments to you

 

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could be delayed or reduced. See “Material Legal Aspects of the Credit Card Receivables—Transfer of Credit Card Receivables.”

Other Legal and Regulatory Risks

Regulatory action could cause delays or reductions in payment of your notes to occur.

Federal banking agencies have broad enforcement powers over JPMorgan Chase Bank and its affiliates. If the appropriate banking agency were to find that any agreement or contract, including a securitization agreement, of JPMorgan Chase Bank, Chase Card Funding or the issuing entity, or the performance of any obligation under such an agreement or contract, constitutes an unsafe or unsound practice, violates any law, rule, regulation, or written condition or agreement applicable to JPMorgan Chase Bank or would adversely affect the safety and soundness of JPMorgan Chase Bank, that banking agency has the power to order JPMorgan Chase Bank, among other things, to rescind that agreement or contract, refuse to perform that obligation, terminate that activity, or take such other action as such banking agency determines to be appropriate. If an appropriate banking agency did reach such a conclusion, and ordered JPMorgan Chase Bank to rescind or amend the securitization agreements, payments to you could be delayed or reduced, and JPMorgan Chase Bank may not be liable to you for contractual damages for complying with such an order and you may not have any legal recourse against the appropriate banking agency. See “Material Legal Aspects of the Credit Card Receivables—Certain Regulatory Matters.”

In addition, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, referred to in this prospectus as the “CFPB,” has broad authority to enforce certain federal consumer financial protection laws. If the CFPB were to determine that any practices or procedures of JPMorgan Chase Bank or the terms of any of JPMorgan Chase Bank’s credit card accounts were not in accordance with law, it could bring an enforcement action against JPMorgan Chase Bank. Moreover, a number of U.S. states have significant consumer credit protection, disclosure and other laws (in certain cases more stringent than U.S. federal laws). U.S. federal law also regulates abusive debt collection practices which, along with bankruptcy and debtor relief laws, can affect the ability to collect amounts owed. See “Material Legal Aspects of the Credit Card Receivables— Consumer Protection Laws.”

Recently, one federal district court, in denying the defendants’ motion to dismiss, concluded that securitization trusts that hold student loans and hire third parties to service those loans may be viewed as engaged in offering or providing a consumer financial product or service and are, therefore, subject to the CFPB’s enforcement authority under the Consumer Financial Protection Act (CFPA). Consumer Financial Protection Bureau v. National Collegiate Master Student Loan Trust, No. 1:17-cv-1323-SB (D. Del. Dec. 12, 2021). If the district court’s decision is confirmed on appeal, it raises the prospect of further actions being brought by the CFPB against securitization trusts. Notably, the district court did not address the extent to which and under what legal theories a passive securitization trust could be held liable for the acts of a third-party servicer. That unaddressed issue could be important because liability may require a finding of vicarious liability by the trust for it to be held responsible for the acts of the servicer. If such liability were successfully asserted in a CFPA claim against a securitization trust, such as the issuing entity, it could subject the issuing entity to significant exposure. In addition, an accountholder may be entitled to assert such violations by way of setoff against the obligation to pay the amount of receivables owing. If this were to occur with respect to the issuing entity, you may suffer a delay in payment or incur losses on your notes.

JPMorgan Chase Bank is subject to ongoing scrutiny by its regulators of its compliance with new and existing regulations, and with respect to its controls and operational processes. Accordingly, JPMorgan Chase Bank’s banking supervisors may, in the future, take formal enforcement actions for any identified deficiencies with its compliance and controls.

Changes to consumer protection laws may impede collection efforts, alter timing and amount of collections and reduce the yield on the pool of credit card receivables which may result in acceleration of or reduction in payments on your notes.

Practices with respect to revolving credit card accounts that do not comply with consumer protection laws may result in certain credit card receivables not being valid or enforceable in accordance with the terms of such accounts against the obligors of those credit card receivables. Federal and state consumer protection laws regulate the creation and enforcement of consumer loans, including credit card receivables.

 

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The Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act of 2009 (the “CARD Act”), and its implementing rules, amended the Truth in Lending Act by mandating various standards and practices with respect to the marketing, underwriting, pricing, billing and other aspects of the consumer credit card business. The implementation of the CARD Act, and any future adverse changes in federal and state consumer protection laws or regulations, or changes in their applicability or interpretation, may result in a decrease in the amount of interest charges and fees collected by JPMorgan Chase Bank, a decrease in the number of additional accounts originated, and changes in how consumers obtain and use credit cards less frequently. Each of these effects, independently or collectively, may reduce the yield on the pool of credit card receivables, which may result in a payout event or an early amortization event and may result in an acceleration of payment or reduced payments on your notes. See “Material Legal Aspects of the Credit Card Receivables—Consumer Protection Laws” in this prospectus for a more complete description of the significant provisions of the CARD Act.

There have been numerous other attempts at the federal, state and local levels to further regulate the credit card industry. For instance, legislation has been proposed restricting interchange fees on credit card transactions, imposing a ceiling on the rate of interest a financial institution may assess on a credit card account and requiring consumer lenders to abide by the interest rate limits of the state in which the consumer resides. Legislation restricting interchange fees or imposing a ceiling on interest rates could result in a reduction of the yield on the pool of credit card receivables which could result in an early amortization event for the offered notes or a payout event for any collateral certificate and could result in an acceleration of payment or reduced payments on your notes. See “Material Legal Aspects of the Credit Card Receivables—Consumer Protection Laws” and “The Notes—Redemption and Early Amortization of Notes; Early Amortization Events.”

If a cardholder sought protection under federal or state bankruptcy or debtor relief laws, a court could reduce or discharge completely the cardholder’s obligations to repay amounts due on the cardholder’s credit card account and, as a result, the related credit card receivables arising in that credit card account would be written off as uncollectible. You could suffer a loss if no funds are available from credit enhancement or other sources and collections of finance charge receivables allocated to your notes are insufficient to cover the applicable defaulted amount. See “Material Legal Aspects of the Credit Card Receivables—Consumer Protection Laws.”

Financial regulatory reforms could have a significant impact on the issuing entity, Chase Card Funding or JPMorgan Chase Bank.

The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, enacted in 2010 and referred to in this prospectus as the “Dodd-Frank Act,” has significantly increased the regulation of the financial services industry. This legislation, among other things:

 

   

required federal regulators to adopt regulations requiring securitizers or originators to retain at least 5% of the credit risk of securitized exposures unless the underlying exposures are qualified residential mortgages or meet certain underwriting standards to be determined by regulation;

 

   

required the SEC to promulgate rules requiring issuers of asset-backed securities to (i) disclose data regarding the underlying assets as determined to be necessary for investors to independently perform due diligence and (ii) perform a review of the underlying assets and disclose the nature of the review;

 

   

increased oversight of credit rating agencies;

 

   

required the SEC to promulgate rules generally prohibiting firms from underwriting or sponsoring a securitization that would result in a material conflict of interest with respect to investors in that securitization;

 

   

restricted the interchange fees payable on debit card transactions;

 

   

established the CFPB, which has broad authority to regulate the credit, savings, payment and other consumer financial products and services that JPMorgan Chase Bank and its affiliates offer;

 

   

established the Financial Stability Oversight Council, referred to in this prospectus as the “FSOC,” to oversee systemic risk, and provides regulators with the power to require companies deemed “systemically important” to sell or transfer assets and terminate activities if the regulators determine that the size or scope of activities

 

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of the company pose a threat to the safety and soundness of the company or the financial stability of the United States; and

 

   

required JPMorgan Chase Bank and its affiliates to provide a credible plan for resolution under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, referred to in this prospectus as the “Bankruptcy Code,” and provides sanctions that include divestiture of assets or restructuring in the event the plan is deemed insufficient.

The Department of the Treasury, FSOC, SEC, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, referred to in this prospectus as the “CFTC,” Federal Reserve Board, OCC, CFPB and FDIC are engaged in extensive rule-making mandated by the Dodd-Frank Act.

In October 2014, the SEC, the FDIC, the Federal Reserve Board and certain other prudential banking regulators approved a final rule that mandates risk retention for securitizations, including credit card securitizations. The final rule, which became effective December 24, 2016, requires the sponsor or a wholly-owned affiliate of the sponsor to retain, unhedged, a minimum of 5% of the credit risk of the securitized assets. See “Retained Interests—Credit Risk Retention” for more information on the application of this rule to the issuing entity.

In August 2014, the SEC adopted final rules that significantly revise Regulation AB and modified the existing regulations that govern disclosure requirements, offering processes and periodic reporting for asset-backed securities, including those offered under JPMorgan Chase Bank’s credit card securitization program, referred to in this prospectus as “Regulation AB II.” The SEC has indicated it may revisit certain proposals not reflected in the final rules, such as required disclosure of grouped-account data for credit card securitizations, in the future.

In September 2011, the SEC issued a notice of proposed rulemaking intended to implement the prohibition regarding material conflicts of interest relating to certain securitizations pursuant to Section 621 of the Dodd-Frank Act. At this time, we cannot predict whether further action will be taken by the SEC, what form any final rules and any related interpretive guidance from the SEC may take, or whether such rules would materially impact JPMorgan Chase Bank’s securitization program.

In August 2011, the SEC issued an advance notice of proposed rulemaking relating to the exemptions from status as an investment company under the Investment Company Act relied upon by the issuing entity. At this time, we cannot predict whether further action will be taken by the SEC, whether the exemptions that the issuing entity relies on will continue to be available, or whether any new rules that may be adopted in the future as part of this initiative would materially impact JPMorgan Chase Bank’s securitization program.

A certain amount of the rule-making under the Dodd-Frank Act still remains to be done. As a result, the complete impact of the Dodd-Frank Act remains uncertain. It is not clear what form some of these remaining regulations will ultimately take, or how the asset-backed securities market, including the issuing entity, Chase Card Funding or JPMorgan Chase Bank, as well as credit card lending generally, will be affected.

No assurance can be given that the Dodd-Frank Act and related regulations or any other new legislative changes enacted will not have a significant impact on the issuing entity, Chase Card Funding or JPMorgan Chase Bank, including on the level of receivables held in the issuing entity or the amount of notes that may be issued in the future.

The sponsor, servicer, transferor and the issuing entity could be named as defendants in litigation, resulting in increased expenses and greater risk of loss on your notes.

The sponsor, servicer, transferor and the issuing entity are subject to the risks of litigation as a result of a number of factors and from various sources, including the highly regulated nature of the financial services industry, the focus of state and federal prosecutors on banks and the financial services industry and the structure of securitization funding programs in the credit card industry.

In June 2019, a lawsuit (Petersen et al. v. Chase Card Funding, LLC et al., No. 1:19-cv-00741 (W.D.N.Y. June 6, 2019)) was filed against Chase Card Funding and the issuing entity. The putative class action was brought by several New York residents with credit card accounts originated by JPMorgan Chase Bank (which is not named as a defendant), who allege that JPMorgan Chase Bank securitized their credit card receivables in the issuing entity. The complaint contended that the defendants are required to comply with New York state’s usury law under the United

 

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States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit decision in Madden v. Midland Funding, LLC, 786 F.3d 246 (2d Cir. 2015), cert. denied, 136 S. Ct. 2505 (June 27, 2016) because they are non-bank entities that are not entitled to the benefits of federal preemption. The defendants filed a motion to dismiss the complaint in August 2019 and in January 2020, and in September 2020 the court granted the defendants’ motion to dismiss and judgment was granted in favor of the defendants. On October 21, 2020, plaintiffs filed an appeal to the Second Circuit and the appeal was dismissed by agreement of the parties effective November 20, 2020.

Although the appeal of the Petersen action has been dismissed, we cannot assure you that additional similar litigation would not be initiated against the sponsor, servicer, transferor and the issuing entity. Litigation of this type could result in a negative impact on the sponsor, servicer, transferor and the issuing entity.

Legal proceedings may have a negative impact on JPMorgan Chase Bank which in turn could have a negative impact on Chase Card Funding and the issuing entity.

JPMorgan Chase Bank has developed and implemented compliance functions to monitor its operations to ensure that it complies with all applicable laws. However, JPMorgan Chase Bank is party to various legal proceedings. JPMorgan Chase Bank believes it has numerous substantive legal defenses to all pending claims and intends to vigorously defend the cases. However, because JPMorgan Chase Bank is unable to estimate damages at this time, there can be no assurance that the defense or resolution of these matters will not have a material adverse effect on its financial position, which in turn could have a negative impact on Chase Card Funding and the issuing entity.

Certain EEA-regulated and UK-regulated investors are subject to due diligence and risk retention requirements relating to the notes.

Prospective investors should be aware of, and in some cases are required to be aware of, the risk retention and due diligence requirements that apply in the EU and the UK.

The EU Securitization Regulation imposes certain requirements on institutional investors (as defined in the EU Securitization Regulation), being (subject to certain conditions and exceptions) (a) institutions for occupational retirement provision and investment managers and authorized entities appointed by such institutions; (b) credit institutions (as defined in Regulation (EU) No 575/2013, as amended (the “CRR”)); (c) alternative investment fund managers who manage and/or market alternative investment funds in the EU; (d) investment firms (as defined in the CRR); (e) insurance and reinsurance undertakings; and (f) management companies of UCITS funds (or internally managed UCITS funds); and the investor due diligence requirements of Article 5 of the EU Securitization Regulation (the “EU Due Diligence Requirements”) apply also to certain consolidated affiliates of the firms specified in (b) and (d) above. Each such institutional investor and each relevant affiliate is referred to herein as an “EU Institutional Investor.

The UK Securitization Regulation (together with the EU Securitization Regulation, the “EU and UK Securitization Regulation,” and collectively with any supplementary regulatory technical standards, implementing technical standards and any guidance published in relation thereto, as well as any implementing laws and regulations, each as in force on the date hereof, the “EU and UK Securitization Requirements”) imposes certain requirements on institutional investors (as defined in the UK Securitization Regulation) being (subject to certain conditions and exceptions): (a) insurance undertakings and reinsurance undertakings as defined in the FSMA; (b) occupational pension schemes as defined in the Pension Schemes Act 1993 that have their main administration in the UK, and certain fund managers of such schemes; (c) alternative investment fund managers as defined in the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Regulations 2013 which market or manage alternative investment funds in the UK; (d) UCITS funds as defined in the FSMA, which are authorized open ended investment companies as defined in the FSMA, and management companies as defined in the FSMA; and (e) credit institutions and investment firms as defined in Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 as it forms part of UK domestic law by virtue of the EUWA. The investor due diligence requirements of Article 5 of the UK Securitization Regulation (the “UK Due Diligence Requirements”) apply also to certain consolidated affiliates of the firms specified in (e) above. Each such institutional investor and each relevant affiliate is referred to herein as a “UK Institutional Investor.” EU Institutional Investors and UK Institutional Investors are referred to together as “Affected Investors.

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UK, as applicable), the originator, sponsor or original lender will retain, on an ongoing basis, a material net economic interest of not less than five percent in the securitization determined in accordance with Article 6 of the EU Securitization Regulation (the “EU Risk Retention Requirements”) or Article 6 of the UK Securitization Regulation (the “UK Risk Retention Requirements” and together with the EU Risk Retention Requirements, the “EU and UK Risk Retention Requirements”), as applicable, and the risk retention is disclosed to institutional investors; (ii) the originator, sponsor or SSPE (each as defined in the EU and UK Securitization Regulation) has, where applicable, made available the information required by Article 7 of the EU Securitization Regulation and/or Article 7 of the UK Securitization Regulation, as applicable, (as to which, see below) in accordance with the frequency and modalities provided for in that Article (the “Transparency and Reporting Requirements”); and (iii) where the originator or original lender is established in a third country (meaning outside the EU or the UK, as applicable), the originator or original lender grants all the credits giving rise to the underlying exposure on the basis of sound and well-defined criteria and clearly established processes for approving, amending, renewing and financing those credits and has effective systems in place to apply those criteria and processes to ensure that credit-granting is based on thorough assessment of the obligor’s creditworthiness, and (b) they are able to demonstrate that they have undertaken certain due diligence in respect of their securitization position and the underlying exposures and that procedures are established by the relevant Affected Investor for such diligence to be monitored on an ongoing basis.

Failure to comply with the EU and UK Securitization Requirements may result in various penalties being imposed on Affected Investors including, in the case of those investors subject to regulatory capital requirements, the imposition of a punitive capital charge on any notes acquired by the relevant investor or, in the case of alternative investment fund managers and UCITS funds, the requirement to take such corrective action as is in the best interests of the investors in the relevant alternative investment fund or collective investment scheme, as applicable. Investors in the Notes are responsible for analyzing their own regulatory position, and should consult their own advisers in this respect.

Affected Investors should note that none of JPMorgan Chase Bank, Chase Card Funding, Chase Issuance Trust, Wilmington Trust Company, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, the underwriters of the offered notes or any of their respective affiliates or any other person (i) makes any representation, warranty or guarantee that the information described herein is sufficient in all circumstances for such purposes or any other purpose or that the structure of the notes and the transactions described herein are compliant with the EU and UK Securitization Requirements described above or any other applicable legal, regulatory or other requirements; (ii) shall have any liability to any Affected Investor with respect to any deficiency in such information or any failure of the transactions or structure contemplated hereby to comply with or otherwise satisfy any such requirements; and (iii) will have any obligation to any Affected Investor to enable such Affected Investor’s compliance with the relevant EU and UK Securitization Requirements or any other applicable legal, regulatory or other requirements. Affected Investors should note that any relevant regulator’s views with regard to the EU and UK Securitization Requirements may not be based on technical standards, guidance or other information known at this time.

Proposals for the reform of UK financial services regulation announced by the UK government on December 9, 2022 (known as the Edinburgh Reforms) contemplate, among other things, the repeal of technical standards contained in the UK Securitization Regulation and their replacement by rules to be made or developed by the Financial Conduct Authority and the Prudential Regulation Authority. At the date of this prospectus, no such proposals have been finalized into law, although a draft statutory instrument has been published (the “Securitization Regulations 2023”). This contains indicative legislative drafting as well as areas for further policy development. It remains unclear what will be required for institutional investors to demonstrate compliance with the various due diligence requirements (and in particular in relation to the transparency and disclosure verification requirements applicable) under any new rules, including but not limited to the Securitization Regulations 2023, that are made into law, and whether the limited information that will be provided to noteholders in relation to this securitization transaction is or will be sufficient to meet such requirements, and also what view the relevant UK regulator of any UK Affected Investor might take. Prospective investors that are UK Affected Investors should note that there are substantive differences between the transparency and disclosure verification requirements of Article 5 of the EU Securitization Regulation and those considered by the proposed Securitization Regulations 2023 and that there is uncertainty as to the implications of such differences.

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notes. Any changes in the law or regulation, the interpretation or application of any law or regulation, or changes in the regulatory capital treatment of the notes for some or all investors may negatively impact the regulatory position of individual investors and, in addition, may have a negative impact on the price and liquidity of the notes in the secondary market. Without limiting the foregoing, no assurance can be given that the EU and UK Securitization Requirements, or the interpretation or application thereof, will not change and, if any such change is effected, whether such change would affect the regulatory position of current or future investors in the notes. Affected Investors shall themselves be responsible for monitoring any changes to such laws or regulations.

None of JPMorgan Chase Bank, Chase Card Funding, Chase Issuance Trust, Wilmington Trust Company, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, the underwriters of the offered notes or any of their respective affiliates or any other person intends to comply with the EU and UK Risk Retention Requirements or to comply with or provide the information required under the Transparency and Reporting Requirements and none of JPMorgan Chase Bank, Chase Card Funding, Chase Issuance Trust, Wilmington Trust Company, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, the underwriters of the offered notes or any of their respective affiliates or any other person makes any representation or gives any assurance as to whether, and to what extent, the information set out herein and in any periodic or other report provided in relation to the transaction is sufficient for the purpose of satisfying the EU and UK Securitization Requirements, including any due diligence obligations applicable to any Affected Investor. Each prospective investor in the notes should independently assess and determine whether the information provided herein and in any periodic or other reports provided to investors in relation to this transaction is sufficient to comply with the EU and UK Securitization Requirements or any similar requirements.

Affected Investors subject to the due diligence requirements of the EU and UK Securitization Requirements will need to satisfy themselves that the notes are suitable investments, given that neither the EU and UK Risk Retention Requirements nor the Transparency and Reporting Requirements will be complied with. Consequently, the notes may not be suitable for such investors, and the value and/or liquidity of the notes may be adversely affected.

In the event that the transaction is not in compliance with EU and UK Securitization Requirements, an Affected Investor may be less likely to purchase any of the notes, which may have a negative impact on the ability of investors in the notes to resell their notes in the secondary market or on the price realized for such notes. In addition, as described above, in the event that a regulator determines that the transaction did not comply or is no longer in compliance with EU and UK Securitization Requirements, an Affected Investor may be required by its regulators to set aside additional capital against its investment in the notes or take other remedial measures in respect of its investment in the notes.

All Affected Investors and other investors whose investment activities are subject to investment laws and regulations, regulatory capital requirements, or review by regulatory authorities should consult with their own legal, accounting and other advisors in determining whether, and to what extent, the notes will constitute legal investments for them or are subject to investment or other restrictions, unfavorable accounting treatment, capital charges or reserve requirements. None of the none of JPMorgan Chase Bank, Chase Card Funding, Chase Issuance Trust, Wilmington Trust Company, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, the underwriters of the offered notes or any of their respective affiliates or any other person makes any representation, warranty or guarantee that the structure of the notes is compliant with any applicable legal, regulatory or other framework.

Transaction Structure Risks

The note interest rate and the credit card receivables interest rate may re-set at different times or fluctuate differently, resulting in a delay or reduction in payments on your notes.

Revolving credit card accounts may have finance charges set at a variable rate based on a designated index (for example, the prime rate). A tranche of notes may bear interest either at a fixed rate or at a floating rate based on a different index. The variable rate for a revolving credit card account may re-set at a point in time when the applicable floating rate index for your notes has not re-set. If so, the rate charged on the revolving credit card accounts may decline, and finance charge collections may be reduced without a corresponding reduction in the amounts payable as interest on the notes and other amounts paid from finance charge collections allocated to your notes. This could result in delayed or reduced principal and interest payments to you.

 

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[Negative [insert floating rate benchmark] would reduce the rate of interest on the Class [A]/[B]/[C](202[    ]-[    ]) notes.]

[The Class [A]/[B]/[C](202[    ]-[    ]) notes accrue interest at a rate based on the Benchmark. As a result, changes in the Benchmark will affect the rate at which the Class [A]/[B]/[C](202[    ]-[    ]) notes accrue interest and the level of interest payments on the Class [A]/[B]/[C](202[    ]-[    ]) notes. To the extent that the Benchmark decreases below 0.00% for any interest accrual period, the rate at which the Class [A]/[B]/[C](202[    ]-[    ]) notes accrue interest for such interest accrual period will also be reduced by the amount by which the Benchmark is negative; provided that the interest rate for any interest accrual period will not be less than 0.00%. A negative Benchmark could result in the interest applied to the Class [A]/[B]/[C](202[    ]-[    ]) notes decreasing to 0.00% for the related interest accrual period.]

[The Class [A]/[B]/[C](202[    ]-[    ]) notes’ interest rate being based on the Benchmark may impact the liquidity of the Class [A]/[B]/[C](202[    ]-[    ]) notes.]

[For floating rate note issuances, describe risks related to the Benchmark, if any.]

[Allocations of the default amount and reallocation of principal collections could result in a reduction in payment on the subordinated notes.

JPMorgan Chase Bank, as servicer of the credit card receivables in the issuing entity, will write off credit card receivables arising in revolving credit card accounts if those credit card receivables become uncollectible. The notes will be allocated a portion of the default amount for credit card receivables and any collateral certificates included in the issuing entity. In addition, principal collections allocated to subordinated notes may be reallocated to pay interest on senior notes or to pay the portion of the servicing fee allocable to senior notes. You may not receive full repayment of your notes and full payment of interest due if the nominal liquidation amount of your notes has been reduced by charge-offs resulting from any uncovered default amount or as a result of reallocations of principal collections to pay interest on senior notes or the portion of the servicing fee allocable to senior notes, and those amounts have not been reimbursed from finance charge collections allocated to the CHASEseries. For a discussion of nominal liquidation amount, see “The Notes—Stated Principal Amount, Outstanding Dollar Principal Amount and Nominal Liquidation Amount.”]

If JPMorgan Chase Bank or Chase Card Funding breaches representations and warranties relating to the credit card receivables, payments on your notes may be reduced.

Prior to January 20, 2016, Chase USA transferred receivables directly to the issuing entity and made certain representations and warranties to the issuing entity. From January 20, 2016 through May 17, 2019, receivables were transferred by Chase USA to Chase Card Funding and by Chase Card Funding to the issuing entity. Beginning on May 18, 2019, receivables have been and will be transferred by JPMorgan Chase Bank to Chase Card Funding and by Chase Card Funding to the issuing entity, and such representations and warranties are made by JPMorgan Chase Bank to Chase Card Funding and by Chase Card Funding to the issuing entity.

JPMorgan Chase Bank, as transferor of the credit card receivables to Chase Card Funding, makes, and its predecessor Chase USA, as transferor of credit card receivables to Chase Card Funding and, prior to January 20, 2016, as transferor of the credit card receivables to the issuing entity, made representations and warranties relating to the validity and enforceability of the credit card receivables arising under the revolving credit card accounts, and as to the perfection and priority of the security interest in the credit card receivables. However, the issuing entity owner trustee—referred to in this prospectus as the “owner trustee”—will not make any examination of the credit card receivables or the related records for the purpose of determining the presence or absence of defects, compliance with representations and warranties, or for any other purpose.

Chase Card Funding, as transferor of the credit card receivables, makes representations and warranties relating to the validity and enforceability of the credit card receivables arising under the revolving credit card accounts in the issuing entity, and as to the perfection and priority of the issuing entity’s security interest in the credit card receivables. However, the owner trustee will not make any examination of the credit card receivables or the related records for the purpose of determining the presence or absence of defects, compliance with representations and warranties, or for any other purpose.

 

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If a representation or warranty relating to the credit card receivables is violated, the related obligors may have defenses to payment or offset rights, or creditors of JPMorgan Chase Bank or Chase Card Funding may claim rights to the assets of the issuing entity. If a representation or warranty is violated, JPMorgan Chase Bank or Chase Card Funding may have an opportunity to cure the violation. If it is unable to cure the violation, subject to certain conditions described in “Sources of Funds to Pay the Notes—JPMorgan Chase Bank and Transferor Representations and Warranties,” JPMorgan Chase Bank or Chase Card Funding must accept reassignment of each credit card receivable affected by the violation. These reassignments are the only remedy for breaches of representations and warranties, even if your damages exceed your share of the reassignment price, reducing the payment on your notes. See “Sources of Funds to Pay the Notes— JPMorgan Chase Bank and Transferor Representations and Warranties.”

Class A notes [and Class B Notes] can lose the benefit of subordination under some circumstances resulting in delayed or reduced payments to you.

Subordinated notes may have scheduled principal payment dates and legal maturity dates earlier than some or all of the senior notes.

If subordinated notes reach their scheduled principal payment date at a time when they are needed to provide the required subordination for the senior notes and the issuing entity is unable to issue additional subordinated notes or obtain acceptable alternative forms of credit enhancement, prefunding of the senior notes will begin and those subordinated notes may not be paid on their scheduled principal payment date. The principal funding subaccounts of the senior notes will be prefunded with principal collections available for that purpose up to the amount necessary to permit the payment of those subordinated notes while maintaining the required subordination for the senior notes. See “Deposit and Application of Funds in the Issuing Entity—Targeted Deposits of Available Principal Collections to the Principal Funding Account.”

Subordinated notes which have reached their scheduled principal payment date will not be paid until the remaining subordinated notes provide the required subordination for the senior notes, which payment may be delayed further as other subordinated notes reach their scheduled principal payment date. The subordinated notes will be paid on their legal maturity date, to the extent that any funds are available from proceeds of the sale of assets and amounts on deposit in applicable issuing entity bank accounts, whether or not the senior notes have been fully prefunded. If the rate of repayment of principal on the assets in the issuing entity were to decline during the prefunding period for the senior notes, then the principal funding subaccounts of the senior notes may not be fully prefunded before the legal maturity date of the subordinated notes. In that event and only to the extent not fully prefunded, the senior notes would not have the required subordination as of the legal maturity date of those subordinated notes unless additional subordinated notes were issued or a sufficient amount of senior notes would have matured so that the remaining outstanding subordinated notes are sufficient to provide the necessary subordination.

The table in “JPMorgan Chase Bank’s Credit Card Portfolio—Principal Payment Rates” will show the highest and lowest cardholder monthly principal payment rates for the trust portfolio during the periods shown in that table. Principal payment rates for the issuing entity may change due to a variety of factors including economic, social, legal and regulatory factors and changes in the terms of the revolving credit card accounts by JPMorgan Chase Bank. Accordingly, the principal payment rate for the issuing entity may change due to these factors as well as due to the inclusion in the issuing entity of credit card receivables with different characteristics than those currently included or the inclusion in the issuing entity of collateral certificates. There can be no assurance that the principal payment rate for the issuing entity will remain in the range shown in that table in the future.

The composition of the assets in the issuing entity may change. This may decrease the credit quality of the assets securing the offered notes. If this occurs, your receipt of payments of principal and interest may be reduced, delayed or accelerated.

The assets in the issuing entity currently consist of credit card receivables arising in revolving credit card accounts owned by JPMorgan Chase Bank and funds on deposit in the issuing entity bank accounts. JPMorgan Chase Bank cannot guarantee that new assets will be of the same credit quality as the assets that are currently included in the issuing entity.

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transfer to the issuing entity. The revolving credit card accounts from which those additional credit card receivables arise may have terms and conditions that are different from the terms and conditions that apply with respect to the revolving credit card accounts whose credit card receivables are already included in the issuing entity. For example, the new credit card accounts may have higher or lower fees or interest rates, or different payment terms. In addition, JPMorgan Chase Bank may transfer the credit card receivables in revolving credit card accounts purchased by JPMorgan Chase Bank to Chase Card Funding and in turn to the issuing entity if specified conditions are satisfied. Those credit card accounts purchased by JPMorgan Chase Bank will have been originated using the account originator’s underwriting criteria, not those of JPMorgan Chase Bank or its predecessors. That account originator’s underwriting criteria may have been more or less stringent than those of JPMorgan Chase Bank and its predecessors. Also, JPMorgan Chase Bank may transfer credit card receivables to Chase Card Funding, which will be transferred in turn to the issuing entity that arise in revolving credit card accounts that may have been originated by JPMorgan Chase Bank using different credit criteria from the criteria applied by JPMorgan Chase Bank for the revolving credit card accounts whose credit card receivables are currently transferred to the issuing entity. JPMorgan Chase Bank cannot guarantee that new credit card accounts will be of the same credit quality as the credit card accounts currently or historically designated to have their credit card receivables transferred to the issuing entity. If the credit quality of the credit card receivables transferred to and included in the issuing entity were to deteriorate, your receipt of principal and interest payments may be reduced, delayed or accelerated.

In addition, principal collections and other amounts treated as principal collections received on a collateral certificate not allocated to noteholders and not required to be deposited to a principal funding account or applicable principal funding subaccount for the benefit of a tranche of notes or used to pay interest on senior notes or the portion of the servicing fee allocable to senior notes, will be paid by the servicer, on behalf of the issuing entity, to the transferor or deposited in the excess funding account. Additional credit card receivables or collateral certificates may be transferred to the issuing entity and the invested amount of a collateral certificate included in the issuing entity may be increased without the payment of cash if the conditions to that transfer and designation or increase have been satisfied. New assets included in the issuing entity, either through a designation for inclusion of new assets or the increase in the invested amount of an existing collateral certificate, may have characteristics, terms and conditions that are different from those of the credit card receivables or collateral certificates already included in the issuing entity and may be of a different credit quality due to differences in underwriting criteria and payment terms. There are currently no collateral certificates included in the issuing entity.

If any collateral certificate is included in the issuing entity, the transferor, on behalf of the issuing entity, will direct any increases or decreases to the invested amount of any collateral certificate, over time. These increases or decreases may result in increases or decreases in the relative amounts of different types of assets included in the issuing entity and such changes in the composition of the assets in the issuing entity may impact the credit quality of the assets securing the offered notes. If the credit quality of the assets included in the issuing entity were to deteriorate, your receipt of principal and interest payments may be reduced, delayed or accelerated. See “Sources of Funds to Pay the Notes.”

JPMorgan Chase Bank may not be able to generate new credit card receivables or designate new revolving credit card accounts or maintain or increase the size of a collateral certificate when required. This could result in an acceleration of or reduction in payments on your notes.

The issuing entity’s ability to make payments on the notes will be impaired if sufficient new credit card receivables are not generated by JPMorgan Chase Bank. JPMorgan Chase Bank may be prevented from generating sufficient new credit card receivables or designating new credit card receivables to add to the issuing entity due to current or future regulatory restrictions or for other reasons. JPMorgan Chase Bank does not guarantee that new credit card receivables will be created, that any credit card receivables will be transferred through Chase Card Funding to the issuing entity, that the size of any collateral certificates transferred to the issuing entity will be maintained or increased when required or that credit card receivables will be repaid at a particular time or with a particular pattern.

If the principal amount of assets included in the issuing entity falls below specific levels, the transfer and servicing agreement provides that JPMorgan Chase Bank must transfer additional credit card receivables or collateral certificates to Chase Card Funding and Chase Card Funding will be required to transfer additional credit card receivables or collateral certificates to the issuing entity or increase the invested amount of any existing collateral certificate included in the issuing entity. There is no guarantee that JPMorgan Chase Bank will have enough credit card receivables to transfer through Chase Card Funding to the issuing entity or that JPMorgan Chase Bank will be

 

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able to transfer collateral certificates through Chase Card Funding to the issuing entity or increase the invested amount of an existing collateral certificate included in the issuing entity. If JPMorgan Chase Bank does not make an addition of assets through Chase Card Funding to the issuing entity or increase the invested amount of an existing collateral certificate when it is required to do so, then an early amortization event will occur, which will result in acceleration of or a reduction in payments on your notes. See “The Notes— Redemption and Early Amortization of Notes; Early Amortization Events.”

The asset representations review process has not been used in credit card securitization transactions and no assurance can be made as to its effectiveness.

If the percentage of receivables that are 60 or more days delinquent reaches or exceeds the delinquency trigger, as discussed in “Shelf Registration Eligibility Requirements—Transaction Requirements—Asset Review—Delinquency Trigger,” and the requisite votes are obtained as described in “Shelf Registration Eligibility Requirements—Transaction Requirements—Asset Review—Voting Procedure for Asset Representations Review,” the asset representations reviewer will perform a review in accordance with the procedures set forth in the asset representations review agreement.

At the time the asset representations reviewer was selected, there were no asset representations reviewers with experience reviewing representations and warranties in credit card securitization transactions and no third party asset representations review of the nature required under the asset representations review agreement had been conducted on a credit card securitization transaction.

The review procedures for the asset representations review have been designed to determine whether a receivable under review was not in compliance with the representations and warranties made about it in the transaction documents at the relevant time, which is usually at origination of the receivable or as of the addition cutoff date for the related credit card account. The review is not designed to determine why the obligor is delinquent or the creditworthiness of the obligor. The review is not designed to determine whether the receivable was serviced in compliance with the transfer and servicing agreement after the cutoff date. The review is not designed to establish cause, materiality or recourse for any non-compliance. The review is not designed to determine whether JPMorgan Chase Bank’s origination or underwriting policies and procedures are adequate, reasonable or prudent.

Following any asset representations review, the indenture trustee, the issuing entity, the transferor, the sponsor and the servicer will receive a report of the findings of the asset representations reviewer. If the report identifies any instance of non-compliance with the representations and warranties, as evidenced by a failure to pass the applicable review procedure set forth in the asset representations review agreement and referred to in this prospectus as a “test failure,” the servicer will determine whether all additional conditions for repurchase have been met, including for certain representations and warranties whether the non-compliance constituted a breach that had a material and adverse effect on any credit card receivable that had not been cured during the relevant cure period. The servicer is currently JPMorgan Chase Bank, the same entity that originates the receivables. If the servicer determines that the conditions for repurchase have been met, the servicer will provide notice to the transferor requesting the transferor to repurchase the ineligible receivable. There is no guarantee that a test failure will automatically result in a repurchase obligation. In addition, investors may request that the indenture trustee provide notice to the transferor requesting repurchase of an ineligible receivable, but there is no guarantee that the indenture trustee will decide to do so.

In addition, there may be no correlation between any breach of representations or warranties and any increase in delinquencies.

The certification provided by the chief executive officer of the depositor does not guarantee that the securitization will produce expected cash flows at times and in amounts to service scheduled payments of interest and the ultimate repayment of principal on the offered notes in accordance with their terms as described in this prospectus.

One of the transaction requirements for the use of a shelf registration statement is the filing at the time of each offering from the shelf of a certification from the chief executive officer of the depositor of the issuing entity concerning the disclosure contained in the prospectus and the structure of the securitization.

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repayments of interest and the ultimate payment of principal on the offered notes in accordance with their terms, investors should be aware that the certification does not guarantee that the securitization will produce those expected cash flows or that you will not suffer from delays or reductions in or acceleration of repayment on your notes.

Issuance of additional notes may affect the timing and amount of payments to you.

The issuing entity may issue new notes of any series, class or tranche from time to time. New notes may be issued by the issuing entity without notice to existing noteholders and without their consent, and may have different terms from outstanding notes. For a description of the conditions that must be met before the issuing entity can issue new notes, see “The Notes—Issuances of New Series, Classes and Tranches of Notes.”

The issuance of new notes could adversely affect the timing and amount of payments on outstanding notes. For example, some notes issued after the offered notes may have a higher interest rate than the offered notes. This could result in a reduction in the finance charge collections used to pay interest on your notes. Also, when new notes are issued, the voting rights of your notes will be diluted. See “ —You may have limited or no ability to control actions under the indenture. This may result in, among other things, payment of principal being accelerated when it is in your interest to receive payment of principal on the scheduled principal payment date, or it may result in payment of principal not being accelerated when it is in your interest to receive early payment of principal..”

Some customers may provide information that is inaccurate or intentionally false during the underwriting process.

Receivables are originated generally in accordance with the underwriting criteria and process described in this prospectus. Customers supply a variety of information regarding income, occupation, and employment status that is used in the underwriting process. JPMorgan Chase Bank generally does not verify this information, and this information may be inaccurate or intentionally false. Credit card transactions arising from credit card accounts that are underwritten based on such inaccurate or intentionally false information either (i) may lead to increased receivable delinquencies or charge-offs, which could result in a payout event or an early amortization event and could result in an acceleration of payment or reduced payments on your notes or (ii) if any transaction is determined to be a fraudulent charge, could result in an increase in adjustments to the issuing entity’s transferor amount.

The underwriting, risk management and servicing efforts of JPMorgan Chase Bank may not be effective.

JPMorgan Chase Bank’s underwriting criteria and process may not be successful in identifying and declining applicants with higher than average credit risks, such as applicants that may have had difficulty obtaining loans from other sources, including other banks and other financial institutions, due to credit problems, limited credit histories, adverse financial circumstances or high debt-to-income ratios. JPMorgan Chase Bank’s risk management policies, procedures and techniques may not be sufficient to identify all of the risks to which it is exposed, to mitigate the risks it has identified, or to identify additional risks to which it may become subject in the future. In addition, a failure to effectively identify, manage, monitor and mitigate operational risks may negatively impact JPMorgan Chase Bank’s ability to service the credit card receivables of the issuing entity or, if applicable, a collateral certificate that is included in the issuing entity. These risks may result in your principal and interest payments being reduced, delayed or accelerated.

The rate of collections on delinquent accounts may not be consistent over time and variations in this rate may lead to significant increases in the rate of charge-offs.

If JPMorgan Chase Bank is unable to collect amounts owing on delinquent accounts, it will charge off these accounts. Future charge-offs in the trust portfolio and overall credit quality for the trust portfolio are subject to uncertainties which may cause actual results to differ from current and historical performance. These uncertainties could include the trend and level of credit card loan delinquencies, changes in consumer behavior, bankruptcy trends and changes in the bankruptcy law, the rate of unemployment, portfolio seasoning, interest rate movements, and portfolio mix, among others.

The credit performance of the trust portfolio could be adversely affected by any decline in U.S. housing prices and increase in the unemployment rate. An increase in charge-offs may reduce the effective yield on the credit card receivables and the amount of outstanding balances in the trust portfolio. These reductions could result in an early amortization event for the notes or a payout event for a collateral certificate, if applicable, and could result in an

 

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acceleration of payment or reduced payments on your notes. See “JPMorgan Chase Bank’s Credit Card Portfolio—Delinquency and Loss Experience.”

You may have limited or no ability to control actions under the indenture. This may result in, among other things, payment of principal being accelerated when it is in your interest to receive payment of principal on the scheduled principal payment date, or it may result in payment of principal not being accelerated when it is in your interest to receive early payment of principal.

Under the indenture, some actions require the consent of noteholders holding more than a specified percentage of the aggregate outstanding dollar principal amount of a series, class or tranche of notes or all of the notes. In the case of votes by holders of a series, class or tranche of notes or votes by holders of all the notes, the outstanding dollar principal amount of the senior-most class of notes will generally be substantially greater than the outstanding dollar principal amount of the subordinated notes. Consequently, the holders of the senior-most class of notes will generally have the ability to determine whether and what actions should be taken. The subordinated noteholders will generally need the concurrence of the senior-most noteholders to cause actions to be taken. This may result in, among other things, payment of principal being accelerated when it is in your interest to receive payment of principal on the scheduled principal payment date, or it may result in payment of principal not being accelerated when it is in your interest to receive early payment of principal.

If an event of default occurs, your remedies may be limited and you may not receive full payment of principal and accrued interest.

Your remedies may be limited if an event of default under the offered notes occurs. After an event of default affecting your notes and an acceleration of your notes, any funds in the issuing entity bank accounts with respect to the offered notes will be applied to pay principal of and interest on the offered notes. Then, in each following month, available principal collections and available finance charge collections allocated to the offered notes will be deposited into the applicable issuing entity bank accounts and applied to make monthly principal and interest payments on the offered notes until the legal maturity date.

[However, because your tranche of notes is subordinated, you generally will receive payment of principal of that tranche only if, and to the extent that, after giving effect to that payment, the required subordination will be maintained for the senior notes.]

Following an event of default and acceleration, holders of the affected tranche of notes will have the ability to direct a sale of the assets in the issuing entity under the limited circumstances as described in “The Notes—Events of Default Remedies” and “Sources of Funds to Pay the Notes—Sale of Assets.”

However, following an event of default and acceleration, if the indenture trustee or the holders of more than 66 2/3% of the outstanding dollar principal amount of the affected tranche of notes direct the sale of a portion of the assets securing that tranche, the sale will occur only if, after giving effect to that payment, the required subordination will be maintained for the senior notes by the remaining subordinated notes or if that sale occurs on the legal maturity date of that tranche. If principal of or interest on a tranche of notes has not been paid in full on its legal maturity date, the sale will automatically take place on that date regardless of the subordination requirements of any senior notes, provided that the principal amount of the assets sold in any such sale will not exceed the limits set forth in the indenture, and any proceeds from such sale will be allocated in accordance with the indenture.

Even if a sale of assets is permitted, there is no assurance that the proceeds of the sale will be enough to pay unpaid principal of and interest on the accelerated tranche of notes.

JPMorgan Chase Bank’s review of the pool asset disclosure in this prospectus does not provide absolute certainty that the pool asset disclosure is accurate in all material respects.

JPMorgan Chase Bank performed a review under Rule 193 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of the information required to be included in this prospectus relating to the receivables pursuant to Item 1111 of Regulation AB. Such information is referred to in this prospectus as “Rule 193 Information.” This review is further described under “JPMorgan Chase Bank’s Credit Card Portfolio—Rule 193 Review.” JPMorgan Chase Bank’s review was designed to provide reasonable assurance that the Rule 193 Information is accurate in all material respects, however,

 

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the review was not designed, and was not likely, to be sufficient to provide absolute certainty that the Rule 193 Information is accurate in all material respects. JPMorgan Chase Bank used judgment to determine the scope of the review, and the completion of the review process required the application of a significant level of human diligence and judgment. As a result, the review by JPMorgan Chase Bank was designed and effected to provide reasonable assurance that the Rule 193 Information is accurate in all material respects. Investors should be aware that the review did not provide complete assurance that the Rule 193 Information is, in fact, accurate in all material respects.

General Risk Factors

There is no public market for the offered notes. As a result you may be unable to sell your notes or the price of the offered notes may suffer.

The underwriters of the offered notes may assist in resales of the offered notes but they are not required to do so. A secondary market for the offered notes may not develop. If a secondary market does develop, it might not continue or it might not be sufficiently liquid to allow you to resell any of your notes.

In addition, some notes may have a more limited trading market and experience more price volatility. There may be a limited number of buyers when you decide to resell those notes. This may affect the price you receive for the notes or your ability to resell the notes. Moreover, adverse events in financial markets, such as increased illiquidity, de-valuation of various assets in secondary markets and the lowering of ratings on certain asset-backed securities may reduce the market price or adversely affect the liquidity of your notes.

You should not purchase the offered notes unless you understand and know you can bear these and other investment risks as outlined in this section.

If your notes are repaid prior to the scheduled principal payment date, you may not be able to reinvest your principal in a comparable security.

If your notes are repaid early and this occurs at a time when prevailing interest rates are lower than when your notes were issued, you may not be able to reinvest your proceeds in a comparable security with an effective interest rate equivalent to that of your notes.

A reduction, withdrawal or qualification of the ratings on your notes, or the issuance of unsolicited ratings on your notes, could adversely affect the liquidity or the market value of your notes.

The initial rating of the offered notes addresses the likelihood of the payment of interest on the offered notes when due and the ultimate payment of principal of the offered notes by the legal maturity date. The ratings do not address the likelihood of payment of principal of the offered notes on the scheduled principal payment date. In addition, the ratings do not address the possibility of early payment or acceleration of the offered notes, which could be caused by an early amortization event or an event of default. See “The Notes—Redemption and Early Amortization of Notes; Early Amortization Events” and “The Notes—Events of Default.”

The ratings of the offered notes are not a recommendation to buy, hold or sell that tranche. The ratings of the offered notes may be reduced, withdrawn or qualified at any time by the applicable rating agency. If the ratings on your notes are reduced, withdrawn or qualified, it could adversely affect the liquidity or the market value of your notes.

We note that the rating agencies hired by JPMorgan Chase Bank to rate a tranche of notes may be perceived to have a conflict of interest because JPMorgan Chase Bank has paid the fee charged by the rating agencies for their rating services.

Rating agencies not hired to rate a tranche of notes may assign unsolicited ratings, which may differ from the ratings assigned by any hired rating agencies. The SEC adopted a rule in December 2009 for NRSROs aimed at enhancing transparency, objectivity and competition in the credit rating process. Pursuant to the rule, all information provided by an issuer, sponsor or underwriter to a hired NRSRO in connection with an initial credit rating or in connection with surveillance of an existing rating must be posted on a password protected website accessible by non-hired NRSROs in order to make it possible for non-hired NRSROs to assign unsolicited ratings. An unsolicited rating

 

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could be assigned at any time, including prior to the closing date. NRSROs, including the hired NRSROs, have different rating methodologies, criteria, models and requirements. If any non-hired NRSRO assigns an unsolicited rating on a tranche of notes, there can be no assurance that such rating will not differ from, or be lower than, the ratings provided by the hired NRSROs, which could adversely affect the liquidity or the market value of your notes. Potential investors in the notes are urged to make their own evaluation of the creditworthiness of the receivables and the credit enhancement on the notes, and not to rely solely on the ratings on a tranche of notes.

Certain of the rating agencies have indicated that their ratings on the notes could potentially be affected by a change in the corporate structure or rating of JPMorgan Chase Bank even without a change in the quality or performance of the receivables in the issuing entity. We cannot assure you that no such corporate structure or rating change will occur before your notes mature. If JPMorgan Chase Bank is not able to satisfy rating agency requirements, such as completing certain credit enhancement actions if requested by the rating agencies, to maintain the ratings of asset-backed securities issued by the issuing entity, it could limit JPMorgan Chase Bank’s ability to access the securitization markets.

Additional factors affecting the extent to which JPMorgan Chase Bank will securitize its credit card receivables in the future include the overall credit quality of the receivables, the costs of securitizing the receivables and the legal, regulatory, accounting and tax requirements governing securitization transactions. A decision to cease issuing additional notes from the issuing entity could reduce the market price or adversely affect the liquidity of your notes.

 

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GLOSSARY

This prospectus uses defined terms. You can find a listing of defined terms in the “Glossary of Defined Terms” beginning on page [149] in this prospectus.

THE ISSUING ENTITY

General

Chase Issuance Trust, a Delaware statutory trust, also called the “issuing entity,” is the issuing entity of the offered notes. The issuing entity was established on April 24, 2002 under the direction of a predecessor to JPMorgan Chase Bank, as sponsor and depositor. Its principal offices are at 1100 North Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19890-1600, in care of Wilmington Trust Company, as owner trustee, telephone number (302) 651-1000. The issuing entity was previously known as the Bank One Issuance Trust. The fiscal year for the issuing entity ends December 31.

JPMorgan Chase Bank is the owner of the revolving credit card accounts which have been designated to have their receivables included as assets of the issuing entity.

The issuing entity’s activities are limited to:

 

   

acquiring and holding credit card receivables, collateral certificates and the other assets of the issuing entity and the proceeds from those assets;

 

   

issuing notes;

 

   

making payments on the notes; and

 

   

engaging in other activities as may be required in connection with conservation of the issuing entity estate and the making of distributions to the noteholders and the transferor.

The assets of the issuing entity currently consist of:

 

   

credit card receivables arising in certain revolving credit card accounts owned by JPMorgan Chase Bank that meet the eligibility criteria for, and have been designated for, inclusion in the issuing entity; and

 

   

funds on deposit in the collection account, the excess funding account, the interest funding account, the principal funding account and the Class C reserve account.

The assets of the issuing entity may include in the future:

 

   

credit card receivables that arise in revolving credit card accounts owned by JPMorgan Chase Bank or by one of its affiliates;

 

   

the issuing entity bank accounts, including any supplemental accounts, established for the benefit of any future series, classes or tranches of notes; and

 

   

one or more collateral certificates, each representing an undivided interest in a securitization special purpose entity whose assets consist primarily of credit card receivables arising in revolving credit card accounts owned by JPMorgan Chase Bank or by one of its affiliates.

The issuing entity has established a collection account to receive payments in respect of the assets, including collections on credit card receivables that are held directly by the issuing entity and amounts allocated to any collateral certificates. The issuing entity has also established an excess funding account and will retain Principal Collections in that account that, if otherwise paid to Chase Card Funding, as holder of the Transferor Certificate, would have resulted in the Transferor Amount being less than the Required Transferor Amount or the Pool Balance being less than the Minimum Pool Balance.

 

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Prior to January 20, 2016, Chase USA transferred receivables directly to the issuing entity. From January 20, 2016 through May 17, 2019, receivables were transferred by Chase USA to Chase Card Funding and by Chase Card Funding to the issuing entity. Beginning on May 18, 2019, receivables have been and will be transferred by JPMorgan Chase Bank to Chase Card Funding and by Chase Card Funding to the issuing entity.

The credit card receivables are transferred to Chase Card Funding pursuant to the “receivables purchase agreement” between JPMorgan Chase Bank, as originator and Chase Card Funding, as purchaser. The credit card receivables are transferred to the issuing entity from Chase Card Funding pursuant to the “transfer and servicing agreement,” among JPMorgan Chase Bank, as servicer, account owner and administrator, Chase Card Funding, as transferor, the issuing entity, and Wells Fargo Bank, as indenture trustee and collateral agent. The issuing entity then transferred the credit card receivables to asset pool one pursuant to the “asset pool one supplement,” among the issuing entity and Wells Fargo Bank, as indenture trustee and collateral agent. Additional revolving credit card accounts may, from time to time, also be designated to have their credit card receivables transferred to Chase Card Funding, then to the issuing entity and to asset pool one pursuant to the respective agreements referenced above. The receivables have been, and all additional credit card receivables will be, pledged to secure the notes pursuant to the indenture.

The original indenture contemplated the ability to create multiple asset pools, each of which would have its own assets. Asset pool one is currently the only asset pool in the issuing entity. The indenture has been amended to provide that there will be no asset pools other than asset pool one.

Asset pool one currently consists of Issuing Entity Eligible Receivables arising in certain revolving credit card accounts owned by JPMorgan Chase Bank. All of the assets included in the issuing entity are included in asset pool one pursuant to the asset pool one supplement, in which the collateral agent has been granted a security interest to secure notes which have been designated in an indenture supplement as being secured by that collateral. In the future, any additional assets added to the issuing entity, including (1) Issuing Entity Eligible Receivables that arise in revolving credit card accounts owned by JPMorgan Chase Bank or by one of its affiliates and (2) any collateral certificates, each representing an undivided interest in a securitization special purpose entity for which JPMorgan Chase Bank, Chase Card Funding or an affiliate of JPMorgan Chase Bank acts as transferor or seller and as servicer, and whose assets consist primarily of credit card receivables arising in revolving credit card accounts owned by JPMorgan Chase Bank or by one of its affiliates, will be included in asset pool one. Asset pool one is governed by the asset pool one supplement.

JPMorgan Chase Bank has transferred and assigned all of its right, title and interest in and to the credit card receivables in the revolving credit card accounts designated for the issuing entity and all credit card receivables created afterward in those credit card accounts through Chase Card Funding to the issuing entity. Other than indicating in its computer files that the credit card receivables have been conveyed through Chase Card Funding to the issuing entity, the records and agreements relating to the revolving credit card accounts and the credit card receivables in the issuing entity maintained by the issuing entity are not and will not be: (1) segregated by JPMorgan Chase Bank, the servicer or the issuing entity, as applicable, from other documents and agreements relating to other revolving credit card accounts and credit card receivables or (2) stamped or marked to reflect the transfer of the credit card receivables to the issuing entity, but the computer records of JPMorgan Chase Bank are and will be required to be marked to evidence that transfer.

JPMorgan Chase Bank and Chase Card Funding have filed and will file UCC financing statements meeting the requirements of Delaware state law with respect to the credit card receivables to perfect the security interests of the issuing entity and the collateral agent on behalf of the noteholders. See “Risk Factors” and “Material Legal Aspects of the Credit Card Receivables.”

The Trust Agreement

The issuing entity operates pursuant to an agreement, referred to in this prospectus as the “issuing entity trust agreement” or the “trust agreement,” between Chase Card Funding, as transferor, and Wilmington Trust Company, as owner trustee. On January 20, 2016, Chase USA transferred its beneficial interest in the issuing entity to Chase Card Funding, a permitted affiliate transferee under the trust agreement. The issuing entity does not have any officers or directors. Its sole beneficiary is Chase Card Funding. As beneficiary, Chase Card Funding will generally direct the actions of the issuing entity.

 

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Chase Card Funding and the owner trustee may amend the trust agreement without the consent of the noteholders or the indenture trustee, and upon the issuance of a tax opinion, so long as the amendment will not and is not reasonably expected to (1) adversely affect in any material respect the interests of the noteholders or (2) significantly change the permitted activities of the issuing entity, as described in the trust agreement.

In addition, the trust agreement may also be amended from time to time with the consent of Chase Card Funding and the owner trustee and, (a) in the case of a significant change in the permitted activities of the issuing entity which is not reasonably expected to have a material adverse effect on the noteholders, the consent of not less than a majority of the aggregate outstanding dollar principal amount of each class and tranche of notes affected by the change and, (b) in all other cases, with the consent of more than 66 2/3% of the aggregate outstanding dollar principal amount of each series, class or tranche of notes affected by that amendment.

However, without the consent of the holders of 100% of each series, class or tranche of notes then outstanding and affected by an amendment, no amendment will:

 

   

result in an increase or a reduction in any manner of the amount of, or acceleration or delay in the timing of, collections of payments in respect of any credit card receivables or any collateral certificate or distributions that are required to be made for the benefit of the noteholders, or

 

   

result in a reduction of the percentage of the outstanding dollar principal amount of any series, class or tranche of notes, the holders of which are required to consent to an amendment.

See “The Notes—Tax Opinions for Amendments” for additional conditions to amending the trust agreement.

Issuing Entity Covenants

The issuing entity will not, among other things:

 

   

fail to pay any amount owed with respect to principal and interest payable on the notes, other than amounts withheld in good faith under the Internal Revenue Code or other applicable tax law including foreign withholding;

 

   

voluntarily dissolve or liquidate; or

 

   

fail to maintain the security interest in the collateral or otherwise impair the rights of the issuing entity or the noteholders in the collateral.

Owner Trustee

Wilmington Trust Company—also referred to in this prospectus as the “issuing entity owner trustee” or the “owner trustee”—is a Delaware trust company incorporated in 1903. The issuing entity owner trustee’s principal place of business is located at 1100 North Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19890. Since 1998, Wilmington Trust Company has served as owner trustee in numerous asset-backed securities transactions involving credit card receivables.

Wilmington Trust Company is subject to various legal proceedings that arise from time to time in the ordinary course of business. Wilmington Trust Company does not believe that the ultimate resolution of any of these proceedings will have a materially adverse effect on its services as owner trustee.

Wilmington Trust Company has provided the above information for purposes of complying with Regulation AB. Other than the above two paragraphs, Wilmington Trust Company has not participated in the preparation of, and is not responsible for, any other information contained in this prospectus.

The owner trustee is responsible for maintaining the trust distribution account for the benefit of the depositor, as holder of the residual interest in the issuing entity. The owner trustee may execute documents on behalf of the issuing entity and may take other actions on behalf of the issuing entity at the direction of the noteholders, the indenture trustee, the collateral agent, the depositor, the administrator or the servicer.

 

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The owner trustee will not be liable for (i) any action it takes or omits to take unless the action or omission constitutes willful misconduct, negligence or bad faith by the owner trustee or (ii) any action it takes or omits to take in good faith at the instruction of the administrator. The owner trustee will not be required to exercise any of its rights or powers under the transaction documents or to institute, conduct or defend any litigation on behalf of the issuing entity at the direction of the depositor unless the depositor has offered indemnity satisfactory to the owner trustee to protect it against the costs and liabilities that may be incurred.

The owner trustee may resign at any time by notifying the administrator. The administrator may remove the owner trustee, and will remove the owner trustee if the owner trustee becomes legally unable to act, becomes subject to a bankruptcy-related event or is no longer eligible to act as owner trustee under the trust agreement. However, no resignation or removal of the owner trustee will be effective until the appointment of a replacement owner trustee is effective. JPMorgan Chase Bank, on behalf of the issuing entity, will pay out of its own funds, without reimbursement, the fees of the owner trustee and will reimburse the owner trustee for its expenses and indemnify the owner trustee against all liabilities, in each case incurred by the owner trustee in connection with the performance of its duties unless incurred through the owner trustee’s own willful misconduct, negligence or bad faith, except for errors in judgment.

Bankruptcy Considerations

The issuing entity is organized as a Delaware statutory trust. As such, it is subject to a proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code. However, the trust agreement for the issuing entity includes limitations on its activities designed to make remote the likelihood of a bankruptcy of the issuing entity. These limitations include restrictions on the nature of its activities and on the incurrence of additional indebtedness and restrictions on its ability to commence a voluntary case or proceeding under U.S. bankruptcy laws or any similar state law.

In addition, pursuant to the trust agreement and the transfer and servicing agreement, the owner trustee, the indenture trustee, the collateral agent and the noteholders will agree to not institute any proceeding against the issuing entity under U.S. bankruptcy laws or any similar state laws in connection with any obligations under the notes, the trust agreement or the transfer and servicing agreement.

Under Delaware law, the insolvency or receivership of Chase Card Funding or the bankruptcy of the holder of a beneficial interest in the issuing entity would not in and of itself result in the termination or dissolution of the issuing entity.

The Administrator

JPMorgan Chase Bank is the administrator for the issuing entity under the transfer and servicing agreement, a copy of which has been filed as an exhibit to the registration statement. As administrator, JPMorgan Chase Bank will agree, to the extent provided in the transfer and servicing agreement, to provide notices and to perform on behalf of the issuing entity all administrative obligations required by the indenture and as described in the transfer and servicing agreement. Duties of the administrator may include the execution of documents on behalf of the issuing entity.

As compensation for its performance of the administrator’s obligations under the transfer and servicing agreement and as reimbursement for its expenses related thereto, the administrator will be entitled to a monthly administration fee to be paid by JPMorgan Chase Bank. JPMorgan Chase Bank, on behalf of the issuing entity, will pay out of its own funds, without reimbursement, all expenses incurred, fees and disbursements of the administrator.

The administrator may resign upon giving the issuing entity 60 days’ prior written notice. The issuing entity may remove the administrator upon giving the administrator 60 days’ prior written notice, and may remove the administrator immediately if the administrator defaults in its duties under the transfer and servicing agreement or becomes subject to a bankruptcy-related event. However, no resignation or removal of the administrator will be effective until the appointment of a replacement administrator is effective.

 

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CHASE CARD FUNDING LLC

General

Chase Card Funding is the depositor into the issuing entity. Chase Card Funding, a wholly-owned subsidiary of JPMorgan Chase Bank, was formed in November 2015 and is headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware. The principal executive office of Chase Card Funding is located at 201 North Walnut Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19801, telephone number (302) 282-6545. JPMorgan Chase Bank is the sole member of Chase Card Funding.

Chase Card Funding was created for the limited purpose of purchasing, holding, owning and transferring receivables and collateral certificates and related activities. Since its formation, the transferor has been engaged in these activities solely as (i) the purchaser of receivables from JPMorgan Chase Bank pursuant to the receivables purchase agreement, (ii) the transferor of receivables to the issuing entity pursuant to the transfer and servicing agreement, (iii) the beneficiary and transferor of the issuing entity pursuant to the trust agreement, and (iv) the beneficiary and transferor that executes underwriting, subscription and purchase agreements in connection with the issuance of notes. Chase Card Funding may also act as the depositor for other master trusts or securitization special purpose entities affiliated with JPMorgan Chase Bank, but has not done so to date.

Transfer of the Transferor Interest and Role of Transferor from Chase USA to Chase Card Funding

On January 20, 2016, Chase Card Funding took over the role of transferor, and assumed the corresponding covenants and obligations thereto. On that same date, Chase USA, the predecessor to JPMorgan Chase Bank, conveyed the Transferor Certificate and certain tranches of retained subordinated notes to Chase Card Funding. The transfer of such assets may be treated as a capital contribution by JPMorgan Chase Bank to Chase Card Funding or may be paid for by Chase Card Funding in the form of a loan under a subordinated note issued by Chase Card Funding in favor of JPMorgan Chase Bank or a combination thereof.

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK

General

JPMorgan Chase Bank is the sponsor of, and the servicer for, the issuing entity and is the originator of the credit card receivables. JPMorgan Chase Bank is also the administrator of the issuing entity.

On the Merger Date, Chase USA was merged with and into JPMorgan Chase Bank with JPMorgan Chase Bank as the surviving entity. Prior to the Merger Date, Chase USA was the sponsor, originator administrator and servicer of the issuing entity. On the Merger Date, JPMorgan Chase Bank succeeded Chase USA as sponsor, originator, administrator and servicer of the issuing entity and sole member of Chase Card Funding, the depositor and transferor of the issuing entity.

JPMorgan Chase Bank is a wholly-owned bank subsidiary of JPMorgan Chase, which is a leading global financial services firm and one of the largest banking institutions in the United States, with operations worldwide. JPMorgan Chase Bank is a national banking association that is subject to supervision and regulation by the OCC. JPMorgan Chase Bank’s main office is located in Columbus, Ohio, and it has retail branches in 38 states and Washington, D.C.

JPMorgan Chase Bank operates nationally as well as through non-U.S. bank branches and subsidiaries, and representative offices. JPMorgan Chase Bank either directly or through such branches, subsidiaries and offices offers a wide range of banking services to its U.S. and non-U.S. customers including investment banking, financial services for consumers and small businesses, commercial banking, financial transactions processing and asset management. Under the J.P. Morgan and Chase brands, JPMorgan Chase Bank serves millions of customers in the U.S. and many of the world’s most prominent corporate, institutional and government clients. JPMorgan Chase Bank’s principal operating subsidiary in the U.K. is J.P. Morgan Securities plc.

JPMorgan Chase Bank’s activities that relate to consumer and small business credit card lending and other forms of consumer lending are primarily operated out of its offices located at 201 North Walnut Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19801. JPMorgan Chase Bank is one of the largest issuers of VISA® and Mastercard® credit cards in the United States.

 

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JPMorgan Chase Bank offers a wide variety of bankcard products to targeted segments of creditworthy customers throughout the United States, most of whom are experienced users of general purpose credit products. These products cover a range which includes both Chase-branded products as well as products that are developed and marketed through co-brand partnerships.

JPMorgan Chase Bank markets a variety of bankcard products through multiple distribution channels, including direct mail, the extensive branch network of JPMorgan Chase Bank, an array of websites and other direct response media channels.

The principal executive office of JPMorgan Chase Bank is located at 383 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10179, and its telephone number is (212) 270-6000.

General Securitization Experience

JPMorgan Chase Bank and its predecessor institutions have been securitizing credit card receivables since 1990. The First USA Credit Card Master Trust was established in September 1992 by First USA Bank, a predecessor of JPMorgan Chase Bank, and was active until it was terminated in December 2013. The Chase Credit Card Master Trust (formerly known as Chemical Master Credit Card Trust I), which was established in October 1995 by Chemical Bank, a predecessor of JPMorgan Chase Bank, was active through August 15, 2017 until it was terminated on May 18, 2019.

JPMorgan Chase Bank securitizes its credit card receivables because the market for securitization of financial assets provides JPMorgan Chase Bank with a diversified source of funding and liquidity among different markets and investors. JPMorgan Chase Bank meets a portion of its funding requirements through securitization of its credit card receivables. JPMorgan Chase Bank participates in the securitization market in the United States.

In the U.S. securitization market, JPMorgan Chase Bank sponsors securitization transactions through the issuing entity both in the public markets and in private transactions. The credit card receivables securitized through securitization programs sponsored by JPMorgan Chase Bank including those of its predecessor institutions were $[        ] billion as of [        ] [        ], 20[        ], $[        ] billion as of December 31, 20[        ], $[        ] billion as of December 31, 20[        ], $[        ] billion as of December 31, 20[        ] and $[        ] billion as of December 31, 20[        ].

U.S. Public Securitization Program for Credit Card Receivables

JPMorgan Chase Bank and its predecessor institutions have historically used three main public credit card securitization programs for securitizing its credit card receivables. There have been securitizations through the issuing entity, the Chase Credit Card Master Trust and the First USA Credit Card Master Trust. The issuing entity has been active since 2002. The First USA Credit Card Master Trust was active from 1992 through December 23, 2013, when it was terminated. The Chase Credit Card Master Trust was active from 1995 through May 20, 2019, when it was terminated. Since July 2004, JPMorgan Chase Bank and its predecessor institutions have only issued public credit card-backed securities through the issuing entity.

None of the asset-backed securities issued by the issuing entity have experienced any losses, events of default or early amortization events and JPMorgan Chase Bank has not taken any action outside of the ordinary performance of any of the issuing entity’s transactions to prevent such an occurrence. On June 1, 2009, JPMorgan Chase Bank began discounting principal collections by designating a yield factor of 1.5% for all principal receivables included in the issuing entity arising on and after June 1, 2009, the purpose of which was to increase Finance Charge Collections. This yield factor was reduced to 0% on July 1, 2010. See “Sources of Funds to Pay the Notes—Discount Receivables.”

In addition, none of the asset-backed securities issued by the First USA Credit Card Master Trust had experienced any losses, events of default or early amortization events and JPMorgan Chase Bank had not taken any action outside of the ordinary performance of any of the First USA Credit Card Master Trust’s transactions to prevent such an occurrence. None of the asset-backed securities issued by the Chase Credit Card Master Trust had experienced any losses, events of default or early amortization events. However, in June 2003, a predecessor to JPMorgan Chase Bank completed a consent solicitation to amend the documentation for three series of securities with high fixed interest rates issued by the Chase Credit Card Master Trust. The purpose of the amendment was to reduce the likelihood of an early amortization event by modifying the definitions used to determine whether the average yield for the portfolio net of losses for three months would exceed the average interest requirement and servicing fee for the same period.

 

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Repurchases of Receivables

With respect to the information required by Item 1104(e) of Regulation AB, in the past year there has been no repurchase activity as a result of a breach of a representation or warranty for any securitization of credit card receivables for which JPMorgan Chase Bank is securitizer. JPMorgan Chase Bank, as securitizer, discloses all fulfilled and unfulfilled repurchase requests for receivables that were the subject of a demand to repurchase on SEC Form ABS-15G. As of the date of this prospectus, JPMorgan Chase Bank filed its most recent Form ABS-15G with the SEC on January 26, 2023. JPMorgan Chase Bank also discloses all such demands for repurchase with respect to the issuing entity in the monthly reports on Form 10-D. JPMorgan Chase Bank’s Central Index Key number is 0000869090. See “Where You Can Find More Information” for information as to how these reports may be accessed.

RETAINED INTERESTS

Credit Risk Retention

In October 2014, the SEC, the FDIC, the Federal Reserve Board and certain other prudential banking regulators approved a final rule that mandates risk retention for securitizations, including credit card securitizations, referred to in this prospectus as the “U.S. Risk Retention Requirements.” The final rule, which became effective with respect to credit card securitizations on December 24, 2016, requires that the sponsor or a wholly-owned affiliate of the sponsor retain, unhedged, a minimum of 5% of the credit risk of the securitized assets. The U.S. Risk Retention Requirements permit the retained risk to be held in the form of a Seller’s Interest representing at least 5% of the aggregate unpaid principal balance of all outstanding investor asset-backed security interests in the issuing entity. Chase Card Funding retains a Seller’s Interest to satisfy the U.S. Risk Retention Requirements.

The U.S. Risk Retention Requirements permit the amount of risk retention held in the form of the Seller’s Interest to be offset by amounts in an excess funding account. The beginning and ending balance of the excess funding account with respect to each monthly period is included in the Form 10-D report of the issuing entity. There are no amounts currently deposited in the excess funding account of the issuing entity, but Chase Card Funding may offset the amount of the Seller’s Interest by amounts deposited in the excess funding account in the future.

If the assets of the issuing entity include one or more collateral certificates, the U.S. Risk Retention Requirements may be satisfied by JPMorgan Chase Bank, Chase Card Funding, or one or more wholly-owned affiliates of JPMorgan Chase Bank retaining the Seller’s Interest in the revolving pool securitization that issues the collateral certificate. There are no collateral certificates currently held by the issuing entity.

The required Seller’s Interest will be held by the depositor through retention of the Transferor Amount. The Transferor Amount retained by Chase Card Funding on the issuance date is expected to be approximately $[        ]. The percentage equivalent of the Transferor Amount divided by the aggregate principal amount of CHASEseries notes outstanding on the issuance date, referred to in this prospectus as the “Seller’s Interest Percentage,” is expected to be approximately [    ]%. For purposes of estimating the Transferor Amount and the Seller’s Interest Percentage on the issuance date we have used the aggregate outstanding dollar amount of principal receivables in the issuing entity as of [                ], 20[    ] and the principal amount of CHASEseries notes expected to be outstanding on the issuance date, including $[        ] of Class [A]/[B]/[C](202[    ]-[    ]) notes. The Seller’s Interest Percentage will be affected by the issuance of notes, the repayment of principal of one or more tranches of notes, the daily fluctuations in the Pool Balance and other factors. Chase Card Funding does not expect the Seller’s Interest Percentage on the issuance date of the offered notes to be less than 5% and each of the Transferor Amount and the Seller’s Interest Percentage as of the issuance date will be included in a Form 8-K filed with the SEC within 2 Business Days after the issuance date. Additionally, the Seller’s Interest Percentage as of the last day of a monthly period will be included in the Form 10-D report with respect to that monthly period.

In addition, as of the date hereof, the transferor holds the Class B(2022-1) and Class C(2022-1) CHASEseries notes, which will not be relied upon to satisfy the U.S. Risk Retention Requirements.

Transferor Amount

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tranche of notes issued by the issuing entity. The Transferor Amount is currently held by the transferor in the form of an uncertificated interest in the issuing entity referred to in this prospectus as the “Transferor Certificate.”

The Transferor Amount is equal to, for any month, the Pool Balance for that month minus the aggregate Nominal Liquidation Amount of all series, classes and tranches of notes as of the close of business as of the last day of that month. The Transferor Amount will fluctuate due to changes in the amount of principal receivables included in the issuing entity, the aggregate Nominal Liquidation Amount of all notes, the amount, if any, on deposit in the excess funding account and the Invested Amount of a collateral certificate included in the issuing entity, if any. The Transferor Amount will generally increase if there are reductions in the Nominal Liquidation Amount of a series, class or tranche of notes due to payments of principal on that series, class or tranche or a deposit to the principal funding account or applicable principal funding subaccount with respect to that series, class or tranche or an increase in the Invested Amount of an existing collateral certificate included in the issuing entity without a corresponding increase in the Nominal Liquidation Amount of series, classes or tranches of notes. The Transferor Amount will generally decrease as a result of the issuance of a new series, class or tranche of notes, assuming that there is not a corresponding increase in the principal amount of the assets included in the issuing entity. The Transferor Amount does not provide credit enhancement to the notes and will not provide credit enhancement to any series, class or tranche of notes that may be issued by the issuing entity. The Transferor Amount as of the most recent Form 10-D, filed on [            ], 20[    ], was approximately $[        ].

The issuing entity is required to add receivables in additional accounts if the Transferor Amount on the measurement date – which is the last day of each calendar month – is less than the Required Transferor Amount, which will equal the product of (i) the amount of principal receivables included in the issuing entity as of the close of business on the measurement date and (ii) a designated percentage—referred to as the “Required Transferor Amount Percentage.” The Required Transferor Amount Percentage is currently 5%. See “Sources of Funds to Pay the Notes—Required Transferor Amount” and “Sources of Funds to Pay the Notes—Addition of Assets” for a more detailed description.

Though similar in concept, the Transferor Amount requirement described above, when expressed as a percentage relative to the Required Transferor Amount Percentage, is calculated on a basis that is different from that of the Seller’s Interest Percentage. The Transferor Amount percentage is calculated by dividing the Transferor Amount by the aggregate outstanding dollar amount of principal receivables in the issuing entity. The Seller’s Interest Percentage is calculated, as defined in the U.S. Risk Retention Requirements, by dividing the Transferor Amount by the aggregate unpaid principal balance of all outstanding investor asset-backed security interests in the issuing entity. The Seller’s Interest Percentage should generally be higher than the Transferor Amount percentage because the denominator used to determine the Seller’s Interest Percentage should be smaller than the denominator used to calculate the Transferor Amount percentage.

In accordance with the transfer and servicing agreement, the Transferor Certificate or an interest in the Transferor Amount may be transferred by the holder in whole or in part to an affiliate upon (1) delivery of an Issuing Entity Tax Opinion and (2) receipt of written confirmation from each Note Rating Agency that has rated any outstanding notes that the transfer will not result in the reduction, qualification with negative implications or withdrawal of its then-current rating of any outstanding notes. In addition, prior to any transfer of the Transferor Certificate or an interest in the Transferor Amount, (x) the new transferor must agree to assume all of the duties and obligations of the transferor under the transfer and servicing agreement and (y) any additional conditions to the transfer of a beneficial interest as provided in the trust agreement must have been satisfied. The Transferor Amount will not be transferred to an unaffiliated entity.

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK’S CREDIT CARD PORTFOLIO

The Credit Card Receivables

The credit card receivables conveyed or to be conveyed to the issuing entity pursuant to the transfer and servicing agreement have been or will be generated from transactions made by holders of selected VISA and Mastercard revolving credit card accounts from the portfolio of VISA and Mastercard revolving credit card accounts owned by JPMorgan Chase Bank or by one of its predecessors or affiliates. The credit card receivables included in the issuing entity may include credit card receivables that are contractually delinquent.

 

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VISA and Mastercard International license their respective trademarks permitting financial institutions to issue credit cards to their customers. In addition, VISA and Mastercard International provide clearing services facilitating exchange of payments among member institutions and networks linking members’ credit authorization systems.

The VISA and Mastercard credit cards are issued by JPMorgan Chase Bank as part of the worldwide VISA and Mastercard International systems, and transactions creating the receivables through the use of these credit cards are processed through the VISA and Mastercard International authorization and settlement systems. In addition, JPMorgan Chase Bank has worked with VISA to develop a platform called ChaseNet that is dedicated exclusively to the processing of certain JPMorgan Chase Bank credit card transactions and JPMorgan Chase Bank debit card transactions. The platform, which has been operating since 2013, allows JPMorgan Chase Bank to process transactions from enrolled merchants directly over ChaseNet, instead of processing through the standard VISA network.

VISA and Mastercard credit cards may be used:

 

   

to purchase merchandise and services,

 

   

to obtain cash advances from a financial institution, automated teller machine, a check drawn on the account or as overdraft protection, and

 

   

to consolidate and transfer balances from other credit cards.

Amounts due on accounts for any of these purposes are included as receivables in the issuing entity and are unsecured.

Throughout the term of the issuing entity, the revolving credit card accounts from which the credit card receivables arise will be the revolving credit card accounts added to the issuing entity on each addition date minus any reconveyed revolving credit card accounts.

JPMorgan Chase Bank has the right, subject to certain limitations and conditions described in the receivables purchase agreement, to designate from time to time additional revolving credit card accounts and to transfer to Chase Card Funding all credit card receivables arising in those additional credit card accounts, whether those credit card receivables are then existing or thereafter created. Chase Card Funding has the right, subject to certain limitations and conditions described in the transfer and servicing agreement, to designate from time to time additional revolving credit card accounts and to transfer to the issuing entity all credit card receivables arising in those additional credit card accounts, whether those credit card receivables are then existing or thereafter created. Chase Card Funding will obtain the additional revolving credit accounts and related receivables from JPMorgan Chase Bank. Any additional revolving credit card accounts designated must be Issuing Entity Eligible Accounts as of the date the transferor selects those accounts to have their credit card receivables transferred to the issuing entity and must have been selected as additional credit card accounts absent a selection procedure believed by JPMorgan Chase Bank or Chase Card Funding to be materially adverse to the interests of the holders of notes secured by the assets of the issuing entity.

Additional revolving credit card accounts that may be designated to have their credit card receivables included in the issuing entity may be selected using different criteria from those used in selecting the revolving credit card accounts already designated to have their receivables included in the Issuing Entity Receivables. Consequently, actual delinquency and loss, yield percentage and principal payment rate experience with respect to the additional Issuing Entity Eligible Accounts may be different from the experience for the Trust Portfolio described in this prospectus.

Pursuant to the transfer and servicing agreement, Chase Card Funding will have the right to designate certain revolving credit card accounts for removal subject to the conditions set forth in “Sources of Funds to Pay the Notes—Removal of Assets,” and to require the issuing entity to reconvey all credit card receivables arising in those credit card accounts to Chase Card Funding, whether those credit card receivables are then existing or thereafter created. In connection with a removal of credit card accounts, JPMorgan Chase Bank will represent that no selection procedures believed by Chase Card Funding to be materially adverse to the interests of the noteholders were utilized in selecting the accounts to be removed. See “Sources of Funds to Pay the Notes— Removal of Assets.”

 

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Origination

Origination Channels

JPMorgan Chase Bank originates credit card accounts, including the accounts designated for inclusion in the issuing entity, in the following ways:

 

   

Applications for new accounts: JPMorgan Chase Bank makes applications for VISA and Mastercard accounts available through a variety of channels. The most prominent origination channels are online channels, including proprietary websites, partner websites, third-party advertisers, email, and through search engine marketing. Other channels include partner-sourced channels, and physical locations, including JPMorgan Chase Bank branches and point of sale outlets. JPMorgan Chase Bank also mails applications directly to existing and prospective cardholders. JPMorgan Chase Bank advertises on television, radio, print media, billboard, and digital marketing channels with the goal of building awareness for the products and product benefits, as well as generating customer applications. In each case, JPMorgan Chase Bank reviews an application for completeness and creditworthiness.

 

   

Mergers and Portfolio Acquisitions: JPMorgan Chase Bank has added, and may continue to add, accounts to its credit card portfolio by purchasing credit card portfolios from other financial institutions or through the acquisition by JPMorgan Chase Bank or one of its predecessors or affiliates of other financial institutions with credit card portfolios. Prior to acquiring a portfolio, JPMorgan Chase Bank reviews the historical performance and seasoning of the portfolio and the policies and practices of the selling institution. However, individual revolving credit card accounts are not requalified by JPMorgan Chase Bank at the time of a portfolio acquisition. There can be no assurance that revolving credit card accounts so acquired were originated in a manner consistent with JPMorgan Chase Bank’s underwriting policies or that the underwriting and qualification of those credit card accounts conformed to the originating bank’s standards at the time of origination. However, once acquired, each account will be subject to terms and conditions that are consistent with those applicable to an account originated by JPMorgan Chase Bank and will continue to operate under those terms and conditions for so long as it is being held by JPMorgan Chase Bank. The revolving credit card accounts whose credit card receivables comprise the Issuing Entity Receivables include revolving credit card accounts previously acquired by JPMorgan Chase Bank. Any revolving credit card accounts previously acquired or acquired in the future by JPMorgan Chase Bank may be added as additional credit card accounts to the issuing entity, provided that, at the time of addition, they constitute Issuing Entity Eligible Accounts.

JPMorgan Chase Bank previously originated credit card accounts through exclusive marketing partnership relationships with banks and other financial institutions, as well as through outbound telemarketing solicitation campaigns. The financial institutions program and telemarketing have not been utilized since the end of January 2012 and the third quarter of 2010, respectively.

Products Marketed

JPMorgan Chase Bank’s credit card portfolio, including the Trust Portfolio, includes the following types of products:

 

   

Proprietary Products: JPMorgan Chase Bank markets products with the Chase brand. These products may offer customers value in the form of points or cash equivalent value which can then be redeemed with JPMorgan Chase Bank.

 

   

Co-Branding: JPMorgan Chase Bank participates in co-branding, which involves a partnership between JPMorgan Chase Bank and a products or services company to solicit the customers of that company. JPMorgan Chase Bank’s co-branding partners include companies such as airlines, hotels, retailers, and other affinity groups. JPMorgan Chase Bank typically pays to the co-branding partners referral compensation and/or a portion of ongoing revenue, with the benefit of such ongoing revenue payment generally accruing to the customer in the form of “points” or cash equivalent value which can then be redeemed with JPMorgan Chase Bank and/or the respective co-branding partners. JPMorgan Chase Bank markets co-branded consumer products in the channels mentioned above, with focus on co-branding partners’ channels and websites.

 

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[If applicable in the future, this prospectus will disclose the name of each originator or group of affiliated originators expected to originate 10% or more of the pool assets in accordance with Item 1110(a) of Regulation AB.] [If applicable in the future, this prospectus will disclose the name of each originator or group of affiliated originators expected to originate less than 10% of the pool assets, if the cumulative amount originated by parties other than the sponsor or its affiliates is more than 10% of the pool assets in accordance with Item 1110(a) of Regulation AB.] [If applicable in the future, this prospectus will provide disclosure with respect to each originator’s or group of affiliated originators’ origination program if such entity is expected to originate 20% or more of the pool assets in accordance with Item 1110(b)(2) of Regulation AB.]

Underwriting Criteria and Process

JPMorgan Chase Bank uses underwriting criteria that focus on the obligor’s creditworthiness and ability to pay. JPMorgan Chase Bank revises its underwriting criteria periodically and at appropriate frequencies as determined by JPMorgan Chase Bank based on factors such as historical portfolio performance, card utilization, consumer trends and employment statistics. Data sources are evaluated from time to time and additional data sources are used when appropriate to improve underwriting results.

Generally, the credit risk of each applicant is evaluated using JPMorgan Chase Bank’s proprietary credit scoring system, along with available information about the obligor’s credit history and outstanding debt. The credit scoring system uses JPMorgan Chase Bank’s proprietary models, as well as models developed by independent consulting firms. Credit scoring is intended to provide a general indication, based on the information received from the applicants, independent credit bureaus or other sources, of the applicant’s creditworthiness. Credit scoring assigns values to the information obtained from each applicant’s application, credit bureau report and other sources and uses those assigned values to estimate credit risk. JPMorgan Chase Bank’s personnel and outside consultants regularly evaluate the performance of the scoring models as a general indicator of the credit risk of applicants. The score generally required for an applicant to be approved may be adjusted to reflect, among other things, JPMorgan Chase Bank’s credit risk tolerance and the economic environment at the time of the approval. Assessing an obligor’s ability to pay and creditworthiness may be complicated by external factors, including economic factors that may change an obligor’s behavior or performance. While JPMorgan Chase Bank uses the best information available to it, the determination of a credit score does not provide absolute assurances as to an obligor’s willingness and ability to pay.

JPMorgan Chase Bank’s underwriting process includes both automated underwriting and manual credit decision-making by JPMorgan Chase Bank personnel. Automated underwriting utilizes the data received from applicants, credit bureaus and other sources to reach a credit decision under JPMorgan Chase Bank’s underwriting criteria. Entry of such information and systems coding may be subject to operational error. JPMorgan Chase Bank’s internal control function periodically reviews the quality of data input and the systems’ coding. JPMorgan Chase Bank uses manual credit decision-making as part of the underwriting process to supplement its automated underwriting, primarily when it believes an experienced lender’s review would enhance the credit decision-making, additional information is needed, and/or under specific circumstances, such as when fraud concerns are present. The portion of the credit decisions that are made through the manual process varies from time to time depending on the number of applications received, credit line increases requested and other factors. When an application is identified to be reviewed manually, JPMorgan Chase Bank personnel will evaluate an individual’s credit bureau information and other available information, including supplemental information from the individual, to make a judgment with respect to the individual’s ability to repay his or her obligations. Such manual process involves human judgment and a certain amount of discretion, to be exercised within parameters applicable at the time of the credit request and established by JPMorgan Chase Bank.

JPMorgan Chase Bank originates credit card accounts through online and non-online channels. Invitations to apply are made through online advertisements, such as through proprietary and partner websites, email, and search engine marketing. Invitations to apply are also made at physical locations, including JPMorgan Chase Bank branches and point of sale outlets, as well as through direct mail sent to existing and prospective cardholders. JPMorgan Chase Bank also utilizes preapproved offers to originate credit card accounts in online and retail branch channels, with firm offers of credit sent through direct mail when required.

Initial credit limits are determined based on, among other things, proprietary credit scores, credit bureau data and application data, including income information, credit history and outstanding debt. In the case of existing cardholders, increased credit limits, both customer requested and JPMorgan Chase Bank initiated, are evaluated utilizing, among

 

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other things, the cardholder’s prior credit card account performance, proprietary credit scores, and updated income information.

Compliance with Underwriting Criteria

JPMorgan Chase Bank considers the decision to approve a new credit card account or a credit line increase to be an exception to the underwriting criteria in effect during the related time period only if such decision is a result of an error or mistake during the manual credit decision-making process. These mistakes may occur because the manual credit decision-making process involves the exercise of human judgment. Such mistakes may result in the approval of a new credit card account or an increased line of credit to an obligor who has attributes that could include, but are not limited to:

 

   

failure to satisfy the debt-to-income measurement required by the underwriting criteria in effect at the time;

 

   

evidence suggesting a lack of demonstrated ability to pay;

 

   

delinquency for more than a designated period and/or for more than the acceptable frequency; or

 

   

bankruptcy or charged-off status.

JPMorgan Chase Bank monitors the occurrence of exceptions to its underwriting criteria. On a monthly basis, JPMorgan Chase Bank generates reports with respect to all new credit card account or credit line increase approvals made through the manual credit decision-making process during the most recent calendar month to identify any potential exceptions occurring in the accounts in the issuing entity. Any account so identified is further manually reviewed by JPMorgan Chase Bank personnel to determine and confirm the occurrence of an exception.

Based on this review of the manual credit decisions made during the three calendar months ended [    ] [        ], 20[    ], the number of accounts in the issuing entity identified with exceptions, as described above, to JPMorgan Chase Bank’s underwriting process and criteria in effect during that time period as a percentage of the total number of accounts in the issuing entity was [less than 0.1%]. JPMorgan Chase Bank believes that the inclusion of receivables arising from such accounts in the asset pool would not have a material adverse effect on the issuing entity.

Maintenance of Credit Card Accounts

Each cardholder is subject to an agreement with JPMorgan Chase Bank governing the terms and conditions of the related VISA or Mastercard revolving credit card account. However, regardless of origination channel, each account is subject to a systematic evaluation of payment and behavioral information by JPMorgan Chase Bank which may result in periodic modifications to the terms of that account.

In each cardholder agreement, JPMorgan Chase Bank has reserved the right, pursuant to applicable law:

 

   

to add to, change or terminate any terms, conditions, services or features of each VISA or Mastercard credit card account at any time in accordance with applicable law, including increasing or decreasing periodic interest charges, other charges, fees, credit limits or minimum payment terms, and

 

   

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The agreement with each cardholder provides that, subject to applicable law, after notice to a cardholder of any new or changed terms, those new or changed terms will become effective at the time stated in the notice. The cardholder can avoid certain changes in terms by giving timely written notification to JPMorgan Chase Bank and not using the credit card account.

JPMorgan Chase Bank’s ability to change the terms of the accounts is limited by applicable law, including the CARD Act. For example, except in limited circumstances, an increase by JPMorgan Chase Bank in the cardholder’s rate of interest will apply to future balances but not existing balances. See “Material Legal Aspects of the Credit Card Receivables—Consumer Protection Laws.” JPMorgan Chase Bank’s ability to change the terms of the accounts may also be limited by the terms of its contractual relationships with its co-branding partners.

 

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Billing and Payments

The revolving credit card accounts designated to have their receivables included in the issuing entity have various billing and payment structures, including varying minimum payment levels and fees. A billing statement is sent to each cardholder at the end of each monthly billing cycle for which (1) the account has a credit balance of more than one dollar, (2) an interest charge has been imposed, (3) the account has a debit transaction or (4) the account has a debit balance.

Generally, the minimum payment due on each month on each account is calculated as:

 

   

Any past-due amounts; plus

 

   

Any special payment obligations in connection with Flexible Financing Offers which require repayment of the balance over a pre-selected number of billing periods; plus

 

   

The larger of:

 

   

$40 (or total amount owed if less than $40); or

 

   

the sum of:

 

   

1% of the new balance (excluding any Flexible Financing Offer balances which require special payment obligations to ensure repayment of the balance over a pre-selected number of billing periods); plus

 

   

any periodic interest charges and late fees that may have been billed on the statement for which the minimum payment is calculated.

Flexible Financing Offers include the My Chase Loan® and My Chase Plan®. Special repayment options will be made available to eligible cardholders from time to time through Flexible Financing Offers. Eligibility is based on a variety of factors, such as a cardholder’s creditworthiness, credit limit and past account behavior.

 

   

If eligible, a cardholder may use the My Chase Loan feature to obtain cash as an electronic deposit into an eligible bank account held by a financial institution located in the United States by accepting a My Chase Loan offer. Each offer will include a My Chase Loan APR, which may be lower than the standard APR for the credit card account, and the number of billing periods it will take to pay the My Chase Loan balance in full by making regular payments each monthly billing period.

 

   

If eligible, a cardholder may use the My Chase Plan feature through Chase.com or the Chase mobile app to create, from recent eligible purchase transactions, a My Chase Plan balance with set repayment terms, subject to the My Chase Plan fee. From the available offers, a cardholder selects how many billing periods it will take to pay the My Chase Plan balance in full by making regular payments each monthly billing period. For each billing period during which there is a balance in the My Chase Plan, a cardholder will be charged the My Chase Plan fee, rather than interest under the APR for the credit card account. My Chase Plan fees will be treated as finance charge receivables. Promotional fees for My Chase Plan may be offered from time to time.

JPMorgan Chase Bank generally charges annual membership fees on some, but not all, accounts. In connection with solicitations of new accounts, JPMorgan Chase Bank typically does not solicit new accounts with an annual membership fee unless the account participates in certain rewards programs. In addition to any annual membership fee, JPMorgan Chase Bank may, in accordance with applicable law, assess late payment fees, returned payment fees and transaction fees for cash advances, balance transfers and certain purchases.

Pursuant to the CARD Act and the implementing rules, JPMorgan Chase Bank is not permitted to charge overlimit fees to a customer unless the customer has opted-in to overlimit coverage. In response to these regulatory changes, JPMorgan Chase Bank has implemented a policy to no longer charge overlimit fees to any of its customers. In addition, JPMorgan Chase Bank no longer charges returned access check fees, administrative fees or service fees to any of its customers but there can be no assurance that these policies will remain in place in the future.

 

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If applicable, accounts are assessed transaction fees generally ranging in amounts of up to 5% of the amount of the transaction for cash advances, purchases of money orders, wire transfers, or other cash-like items, balance transfers or the use of checks posted to an account, with a minimum ranging from $0 to $15. Foreign transactions may be assessed fees up to 3% of the amount of the transaction.

JPMorgan Chase Bank may assess a late payment fee, up to $40 for most revolving credit card accounts, if it does not receive the minimum payment by the payment due date shown on the monthly billing statement.

JPMorgan Chase Bank may assess a returned payment fee of up to $40. Any late payment fee or returned payment fee is added to the purchase balance.

JPMorgan Chase Bank offers variable rate revolving credit card accounts. JPMorgan Chase Bank also offers temporary introductory or promotional rates. The introductory rates on the revolving credit card accounts generating the Issuing Entity Receivables are primarily non-variable annual percentage rates, referred to in this prospectus as “APRs.” After the introductory rate period, the APRs are usually floating periodic rates that adjust periodically according to an index. Post-introductory APRs are usually floating periodic rates that adjust periodically according to an index. For example, during the first week of June 2022 the Chase branded product APRs generally could range from 15.24% to 29.99%. In addition, JPMorgan Chase Bank may extend reduced rate offers to retain certain accounts. JPMorgan Chase Bank may not generally raise the rate on any revolving credit card account during the first year following account opening. In addition, JPMorgan Chase Bank may not generally raise the rate on any revolving credit card account without at least 45 days’ advance notice to the cardholder.

JPMorgan Chase Bank generally calculates periodic interest charges for each category of transactions by multiplying the daily balance for each of those categories by the daily periodic rate for each of those categories, each day. To calculate the daily balance for each day of the billing cycle, JPMorgan Chase Bank takes the beginning balance for each feature, adds any new transactions or other debits (including fees, unpaid interest charges and other charges), subtracts any payments or credits, and makes other adjustments. Transactions are added as of the transaction date, the beginning of the billing cycle in which they are posted to the account, or a later date (except that check transactions are added as of the date deposited by the payee or a later date). Fees are added either on the date of a related transaction, the date they are posted to the account, or the last day of the billing cycle. This gives that day’s daily balance. A credit balance is treated as a balance of zero. If a daily periodic rate applies to any feature, JPMorgan Chase Bank multiplies the daily balance by the daily periodic rate to calculate the periodic interest charges for that day. JPMorgan Chase Bank then adds these periodic interest charges to the daily balance to calculate the beginning balance for the next day. While this daily compounding method of calculating interest is the standard and predominant means used for JPMorgan Chase Bank credit card accounts, there are also a certain number of accounts that use the simple interest method and do not compound interest daily.

To calculate the total periodic interest charge for a billing cycle when a daily periodic rate(s) applies, JPMorgan Chase Bank adds all of the daily periodic interest charges for all features. To calculate the total periodic interest charge for a billing cycle when a monthly periodic rate applies, JPMorgan Chase Bank multiplies the average daily balance for each feature by the applicable monthly periodic rate and adds the results together. The total will equal the periodic interest charges for the billing cycle, except for minor variations due to rounding. To determine an average daily balance, JPMorgan Chase Bank adds the daily balances for each day in the applicable billing cycle and divides by the number of the days in the billing cycle.

JPMorgan Chase Bank accrues periodic interest charges on a transaction, fee, or interest charge from the date it is added to the daily balance until payment in full is received on the account. However, JPMorgan Chase Bank generally does not charge periodic interest charges on new purchases billed during a billing cycle if it receives payment of the new balance on the current and previous billing statement by the date and time the minimum payment is due which is generally 21 to 28 days from the current or previous cycle billing date, as applicable. This “grace period” only applies to purchases and does not apply to balance transfers, balance transfer checks, cash advances, cash advance checks, My Chase Loans, or overdraft advances, if applicable.

JPMorgan Chase Bank applies payments equal to or less than the required minimum payment amount and any credits to balances on the credit card account in the order determined by JPMorgan Chase Bank. Generally, and except as required by law, JPMorgan Chase Bank credits payments under the required minimum due amount to any Flexible Financing Offer balances with special payment obligations which require repayment of the balance over a pre-selected

 

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number of billing periods and then to lower rate balances before crediting payments towards higher APR balances. JPMorgan Chase Bank credits payments over the required minimum payment to balances with the highest APR balances first. JPMorgan Chase Bank can provide no assurance that periodic interest charges, fees and other charges will remain at current levels in the future.

The foregoing provisions apply with respect to cardholders that have entered into one of JPMorgan Chase Bank’s standard agreements by, in the case of a new credit card account, use of or payment on an account or, in the case of a credit card account acquired by JPMorgan Chase Bank from another institution, acceptance of the terms of JPMorgan Chase Bank’s agreement as permitted by applicable law, such as by not rejecting the agreement. If the cardholder of a credit card account acquired by JPMorgan Chase Bank from another institution has not entered into one of JPMorgan Chase Bank’s standard agreements, the terms of the credit card account will continue to be governed by the agreement between the cardholder and the seller of the credit card account, which may differ in material respects from the terms described above.

JPMorgan Chase Bank has outsourced certain check processing and related services to an unaffiliated third party. For information about the unaffiliated third party vendor that provides these services, see “Servicing of the Receivables—Outsourcing of Servicing.”

Collection of Delinquent Accounts

JPMorgan Chase Bank considers an account to be delinquent if the minimum monthly payment due on the account is not received by JPMorgan Chase Bank by the due date shown on the billing statement. An account that is not already delinquent is not classified as delinquent if at least the required minimum payment is received by the next billing date.

Efforts to collect delinquent credit card receivables are made by JPMorgan Chase Bank’s collection department personnel and collection agencies retained by JPMorgan Chase Bank. JPMorgan Chase Bank uses risk-based statistical models to determine the appropriate collection strategies at various stages of delinquencies based on proprietary credit score, account performance, account balance and other account financial information. Generally, JPMorgan Chase Bank includes a request for payment of overdue amounts on billing statements issued after the account becomes delinquent. In addition, JPMorgan Chase Bank may notify the cardholder of a request for payment of the overdue amounts by mail, digital channels, or phone calls.

Generally, collection personnel attempt to initiate telephone contact with cardholders whose credit card accounts have become one cycle or more delinquent. If the initial telephone contact fails to resolve the delinquency, JPMorgan Chase Bank continues its efforts to communicate with the cardholder to resolve the delinquency as permitted by applicable law.

JPMorgan Chase Bank generally charges off an account at the end of the month in which that credit card account becomes greater than six billing cycles past due unless a payment has been received in an amount sufficient to bring the credit card account into a different delinquency category or to bring the credit card account current. Charge-offs may occur earlier in some circumstances, for example, as in the case of bankrupt cardholders, cardholders who are deceased with loan balances outstanding which are not assumed or retired by their estate, or restructured loans that do not comply with their modified terms. At the time of charge-off, an evaluation is made on a case by case basis to determine whether to pursue further collection activities and the type of collection activities. Generally, after an account is charged off, debt collection continues by JPMorgan Chase Bank’s collection department personnel or debt-collection vendors. Once an account is charged off it is no longer considered a delinquent account.

If JPMorgan Chase Bank receives notice that a cardholder is the subject of a bankruptcy proceeding, JPMorgan Chase Bank generally charges off that cardholder’s account upon the earlier of 60 days after receipt of such notice and the time period set forth in the previous paragraph.

JPMorgan Chase Bank’s reaging policy and practices are in compliance with guidelines established by the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council. JPMorgan Chase Bank may restore or “reage” a delinquent revolving credit card account to current status when the cardholder has demonstrated a renewed willingness and ability to repay the account according to its terms, and has made payments in an amount equal to three minimum monthly payments within a consecutive three-month period. A credit card account may be reaged no more than once in twelve months

 

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and no more than twice in five years. An additional workout reage is also permitted under appropriate circumstances once in five years. A credit card account may only be reaged if it has existed for at least nine months.

JPMorgan Chase Bank also offers restructured loan programs to certain financially distressed cardholders. In addition, third-party consumer credit counseling services, with which JPMorgan Chase Bank has no affiliation, provide external debt management programs, which those cardholders may elect to use. For both program types, participating cardholders must agree with JPMorgan Chase Bank to a schedule of fixed monthly payments for a specified duration at a lowered APR and must agree to closure of all enrolling accounts.

The credit evaluation, servicing and charge-off policies and collection practices of JPMorgan Chase Bank may change over time in accordance with the business judgment of its management, applicable law and guidelines established by applicable regulatory authorities.

Portfolio Information Tables

The information presented in the tables that follow is current as of [    ] [        ], 20[    ], unless otherwise noted, and incorporates by reference certain reports that we subsequently file with the SEC. We incorporate by reference any monthly reports on Form 10-D and current reports on Form 8-K subsequently filed by or on behalf of the issuing entity prior to the termination of the offering of the notes. Information that we file later with the SEC that is incorporated by reference will automatically update the information in this prospectus. In all cases, you should rely on the later information over different information included in this prospectus. See “Where You Can Find More Information” and “Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference.”

As of the May 2018 monthly period, the servicer revised the reporting methodology for calculating the number of accounts. The number of accounts reported in the following delinquency experience table and tables in “JPMorgan Chase Bank’s Credit Card Portfolio—Composition of Issuing Entity Receivables” presenting composition by account balance, credit limit, delinquency and account age includes all non-charged off credit card accounts in the Trust Portfolio, but does not include inactivated credit card accounts where the credit card had been lost or stolen or that had been flagged for potential fraud and replaced with a new credit card account. These inactivated credit card accounts had a credit limit of $0.00. Prior to the May 2018 monthly period, we included such inactivated credit card accounts in the number of accounts calculation.

Delinquency and Loss Experience4

The following tables describe the delinquency and loss experience for each of the periods shown for the Trust Portfolio and include all receivables included in the Trust Portfolio as of the date specified in the tables. There can be no assurance that the delinquency and loss experience for the Issuing Entity Receivables will be similar to the historical experience set forth below because, among other things, economic and financial conditions affecting the ability of cardholders to make payments may be different from those that have prevailed during the periods reflected below.

Delinquency Experience

Chase Issuance Trust

(dollars in thousands)

 

     As of [    ] [        ], 20[    ]  
     Number of
Accounts(1)
     Amount of
Receivables(2)
     Percentage
of Total
Receivables
 

Pool Balance

      $                          

Number of Days Delinquent:

        

30-59 days

      $                          

60-89 days

        

 

4 

The issuing entity will not issue and sell the Class [A]/[B]/[C](202[     ]-[    ]) notes if delinquent assets constitute 20% or more, as measured by dollar volume, of the asset pool as of the measurement date.

 

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     As of [     ] [         ], 20[     ]  
     Number of
Accounts(1)
     Amount of
Receivables (2)
     Percentage
of Total
Receivables
 

90-119 days

        

120-149 days

        

150-179 days

                          

180 or more days

        
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

      $                      
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

     As of December 31,  
     20[    ]     20[    ]  
     Number of
Accounts(1)
     Amount of
Receivables(2)
     Percentage
of Total
Receivables
    Number of
Accounts(1)
     Amount of
Receivables(2)
     Percentage
of Total
Receivables
 

Pool Balance

      $                                $                          

Number of Days Delinquent:

                

30-59 days

      $                    $              

60-89 days

                

90-119 days

                

120-149 days

                

150-179 days

                

180 or more days

                
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

      $                    $              
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

     As of December 31,  
     20[    ]     20[    ]  
     Number of
Accounts(1)
     Amount of
Receivables(2)
     Percentage
of Total
Receivables
    Number of
Accounts(1)
     Amount of
Receivables(2)
     Percentage
of Total
Receivables
 

Pool Balance

      $                                                 $                          

Number of Days Delinquent:

                

30-59 days

      $                    $              

60-89 days

                

90-119 days

                

120-149 days

                

150-179 days

                

180 or more days

                
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

      $                    $              
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(1)

The number of accounts includes all non-charged off credit card accounts in the Trust Portfolio, but does not include inactivated credit card accounts where the credit card had been lost or stolen or that had been flagged for potential fraud and replaced with a new credit card account.

(2)

The amount of receivables reflected includes all principal, finance charge and fee amounts due from cardholders as of the date specified.

The following graph represents an illustration of the delinquency information provided in the above table.

 

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[GRAPH to be inserted showing changes in delinquencies]

Loss Experience

Chase Issuance Trust

(dollars in thousands)

 

     [    ] Months
Ended
    Year Ended December 31,  
     [    ][        ], 20[    ]     20[    ]     20[    ]     20[    ]     20[    ]  

Average Pool Balance

   $                   $                   $                   $       $    

Gross Losses(1)

   $       $                   $       $       $    

Recoveries(2)

          

Net Losses(3)

   $               $               $       $                   $                

Net Losses as a percentage of Average Pool Balance

          % (4)                                         

 

(1)

Gross Losses are charge-offs of principal receivables. Gross Losses do not include the amount of any reductions in principal receivables due to fraud, returned goods or customer disputes, the amount of which instead results in the reduction of the Transferor Amount. The number of accounts experiencing a loss for the [    ] months ended [    ] [        ], 20[     ] was [    ].

(2)

Recoveries are amounts received on previously charged-off receivables. As Recoveries are amounts received from defaulted accounts and allocated to the issuing entity from the Servicer’s managed portfolio of credit card receivables, the number of accounts with a recovery cannot be calculated. Recoveries as a percentage of Gross Losses for the [    ] months ended [    ] [        ], 20[    ] were [    ]% and for each of the years ended December 31, 20[    ], 20[    ], 20[    ] and 20[    ] were [    ]%, [    ]%, [    ]% and [    ]%, respectively.

(3)

Net Losses are Gross Losses minus Recoveries. Net Losses do not include any reductions in principal receivables due to fraud, returned goods or customer disputes, the amount of which instead results in the reduction of the Transferor Amount. Net Losses as a percentage of Gross Losses for the [    ] months ended [    ][    ], 20[    ] were [    ]% and for each of the years ended December 31, 20[    ], 20[    ], 20[    ] and 20[    ] were [    ]%, [    ]%, [    ]% and [    ]%, respectively.

(4)

Annualized.

The following graph represents an illustration of the loss information provided in the above table.

[GRAPH to be inserted showing changes in net losses]

The delinquency and net loss percentages for the Trust Portfolio at any time reflect, among other factors, the quality of the related credit card loans in the Trust Portfolio, the average seasoning of the related revolving credit card accounts in the Trust Portfolio, the success of JPMorgan Chase Bank’s collection efforts and general economic conditions. Future charge-offs in the Trust Portfolio and overall credit quality for the Trust Portfolio are subject to uncertainties which may cause actual results to differ from current and historical performance.

The Trust Portfolio continues to reflect a well-seasoned portfolio that has good national geographic diversification. Future charge-offs in the Trust Portfolio and overall credit quality for the Trust Portfolio are subject to uncertainties which may cause actual results to differ from current and historical performance. These uncertainties could include the direction and changes in the bankruptcy law, the rate of unemployment, portfolio seasoning, interest rate movements and portfolio mix, among others.

Recoveries

Unless JPMorgan Chase Bank is the servicer, JPMorgan Chase Bank, as account owner, is required, pursuant to the terms of the transfer and servicing agreement, to notify the servicer, to deposit into the collection accounts a percentage of the recoveries on charged-off accounts received each month. The amounts described in the preceding sentence are called “Recoveries” or “Issuing Entity Recoveries.” Each month, Recoveries allocated to the issuing entity are equal to the total recoveries collected by JPMorgan Chase Bank from the revolving credit card accounts in the

 

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Bank Servicing Portfolio, times defaulted receivables in the issuing entity, divided by defaulted receivables in the Bank Servicing Portfolio.

Collections of Recoveries will be generally treated as Principal Collections, except that to the extent the amount of Recoveries received by the issuing entity with respect to any month exceeds the aggregate amount of principal receivables (other than Ineligible Receivables) in Defaulted Accounts that became Defaulted Accounts in that month, the amount of that excess will be treated as Finance Charge Collections.

Dilution

The servicer for the issuing entity will adjust the amount of any principal receivable as a result of transactions in respect of any principal receivable which was discovered as having been created through a fraudulent or counterfeit charge or because of transactions occurring in respect of a rebate or refund to a cardholder, or because that principal receivable was created in respect of merchandise which was refused or returned by a cardholder. This is called a “credit adjustment” or “dilution.” To the extent that the servicer adjusts the amount of any principal receivable as a result of dilution then the Transferor Amount will be reduced by the amount of the adjustment.

Interchange

Interchange” means the fees payable to issuers of credit cards as partial compensation for taking credit risk, absorbing fraud losses and funding credit card receivables for a limited period before initial billing through bankcard payment networks or other similar payment systems. Under the VISA and Mastercard payment systems, Interchange in connection with cardholder charges for goods and services is collected by banks that issue credit cards by applying a discount to the amount paid by those banks to the banks that clear the related transactions for merchants. VISA and Mastercard may from time to time change the amount of Interchange reimbursed to banks issuing their credit cards. JPMorgan Chase Bank also receives Interchange on credit card transactions processed through JPMorgan Chase Bank’s own platform developed with VISA.

As an approximation of the amount of Interchange generated by principal receivables arising in revolving credit card accounts in the issuing entity, JPMorgan Chase Bank will, with respect to each month, pay to the servicer, for inclusion as collections of finance charge receivables, an amount determined by JPMorgan Chase Bank or an affiliate, as applicable, as owner of the account, in its sole discretion, to be reasonably representative of the amount of Interchange generated by the receivables arising in the accounts of JPMorgan Chase Bank or an affiliate, as applicable, as owner of the account. Currently, this amount is equal to the product of (A) Interchange for the monthly period and (B)(1) the total amount of purchases of merchandise and services in the issuing entity’s portfolio of revolving credit card accounts divided by (2) the total amount of purchases of merchandise and services in JPMorgan Chase Bank’s portfolio of revolving credit card accounts. This amount— referred to in this prospectus as the “Issuing Entity Interchange Amount”—will be in addition to the amount of collections of principal receivables and the amount of collections of finance charge receivables otherwise allocated to the issuing entity.

In addition, to the extent that additional revolving credit card accounts are designated to have their credit card receivables included in the issuing entity, the transferor with respect to those credit card receivables will determine for any month, in its sole discretion, the amount of Interchange generated by the principal receivables included in the issuing entity. This amount will be included as collections of finance charge receivables.

Revenue Experience

The revenue experience for the issuing entity for the [    ] months ended [    ] [        ], 20[    ] and for each of the years ended December 31, 20[    ], 20[    ], 20[    ] and 20[    ] is described in the following table.

The revenue experience for the issuing entity in the following table is calculated on a cash basis. Finance charges, fees and interchange are comprised of monthly periodic finance charges, annual membership fees and other credit card fees and interchange amounts.

 

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Revenue Experience

Chase Issuance Trust

(dollars in thousands)

 

     [    ] Months
Ended
    Year Ended December 31,  
     [    ] [        ],
20[    ]
    20[    ]     20[    ]     20[    ]     20[    ]  

Finance Charges, Fees and Interchange

   $                   $                   $                   $                   $                

Yield from Finance Charges, Fees and Interchange(1)

          %(2)                                

 

(1)

Yield from Finance Charges, Fees and Interchange is the result of dividing finance charges, fees and interchange amounts, by the Average Pool Balance for the periods indicated.

(2)

Annualized.

The revenue experience will be affected by numerous factors, including, but not limited to, the monthly periodic finance charges on the credit card receivables, other fees and interchange amounts, changes in the delinquency and loss rates on the credit card receivables, the percentage of revolving credit card accounts bearing finance charges at promotional rates and the percentage of cardholders who pay their balances in full each month and do not incur monthly periodic finance charges. These factors may in turn be caused or affected by a variety of other factors, including seasonal spend variations, the availability of other sources of credit and general economic conditions (including the rate of inflation), unemployment levels, consumer spending and borrowing patterns. In addition, revenue experience will be affected by future changes in the types of charges and fees assessed by JPMorgan Chase Bank on the revolving credit card accounts and on the types of additional revolving credit card accounts added to the issuing entity from time to time.

The revenue experience from periodic finance charges and fees—other than annual fees—depends in part upon the collective preference of cardholders to use their credit cards as revolving debt instruments for purchases and cash advances and to pay account balances over several months—as opposed to convenience use, where cardholders pay off their entire balance each month, thereby avoiding periodic finance charges on their purchases—and upon other credit card related services for which the cardholder pays a fee.

Principal Payment Rates

The following table sets forth the highest and lowest cardholder monthly principal payment rates for the Trust Portfolio during any month in the periods shown and the average of the cardholder monthly principal payment rates for all months in the periods shown. The cardholder monthly principal payment rate for each month is calculated as a percentage of the Pool Balance as of the first day of that month, subject to adjustment for additions and removals of assets that occur in that month. Payment rates shown in the table are based on amounts which are deemed payments of principal receivables with respect to the revolving credit card accounts.

Cardholder Monthly Principal Payment Rates

Chase Issuance Trust

 

     [    ] Months
Ended
    Year Ended December 31,  
Receivables Principal Payment Rate    [    ] [        ], 20[    ]     20[    ]     20[    ]     20[    ]     20[    ]  

Lowest Month

                                             

Highest Month

                                             

Monthly Average

                                             

Composition of Issuing Entity Receivables

As of [    ] [        ], 20[    ]:

 

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the Issuing Entity Receivables included $[        ] in total receivables;

 

   

the accounts in the issuing entity had an average total receivables balance of [    ], including accounts with a zero balance and an average credit limit of $[        ];

 

   

the percentage of the aggregate total receivables balance in the Issuing Entity Receivables to the aggregate total credit limit was [    ]%;

 

   

the average age of the accounts, the receivables of which are in the Issuing Entity Receivables, was approximately [    ] months;

 

   

for the [    ] 20[    ] monthly period, [    ]% of the accounts in the issuing entity received the minimum payment due and [    ]% of the accounts in the issuing entity received a full balance payment; and

 

   

of the accounts in the issuing entity, approximately [    ]% related to cardholders with billing addresses in [    ], [    ]% in [    ], [    ]% in [    ], [    ]% in [    ] and [    ]% in [    ]; no other single state accounts for more than 5% of the accounts in the issuing entity. Since the largest number of accountholders (based on billing addresses) whose accounts were included in the issuing entity were in [    ], [    ], [    ], [    ] and [    ], adverse economic, financial, social or environmental conditions affecting accountholders residing in these states could affect timely payment by the related accountholders of amounts due on the accounts and, accordingly, the actual rates of delinquencies and losses with respect to the issuing entity.

The following tables summarize the Issuing Entity Receivables by various criteria as of [    ] [        ], 20[    ]. Receivables in the following tables include principal, finance charge and fee receivables held directly by the issuing entity. Because the composition of the Issuing Entity Receivables may change over time, these tables are not necessarily indicative of the composition of the receivables in the issuing entity at any future time. In addition, in each of the following tables the number of accounts includes all non-charged off credit card accounts in the Trust Portfolio, but does not include inactivated credit card accounts where the credit card had been lost or stolen or that had been flagged for potential fraud and replaced with a new credit card account.

Composition by Account Balance

Chase Issuance Trust

 

Account Balance Range

   Number of
Accounts
     Percentage
of Total
Number of
Accounts
    Amount of
Receivables
     Percentage of
Total Amount
of Receivables
 

Credit Balance

                   $                              

No Balance

          

$0.00 to $5,000.00 Balance

          

$5,000.01 to $10,000.00 Balance

          

$10,000.01 to $15,000.00 Balance

          

$15,000.01 to $20,000.00 Balance

          

$20,000.01 to $25,000.00 Balance

          

$25,000.01 to $50,000.00 Balance

          

$50,000.01 or More

          
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

               $              
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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Composition by Credit Limit

Chase Issuance Trust

 

     Number of
Accounts
     Percentage
of Total
Number of
Accounts
    Amount of
Receivables
     Percentage of
Total Amount
of Receivables
 

$0.01 to $5,000.00

               $                          

$5,000.01 to $10,000.00

          

$10,000.01 to $15,000.00

          

$15,000.01 to $20,000.00

          

$20,000.01 to $25,000.00

          

$25,000.01 to $50,000.00

          

$50,000.01 or More

          
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

               $              
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Composition by Period of Delinquency

Chase Issuance Trust

 

Payment Status (Days Contractually

Delinquent)                                         

   Number of
Accounts
     Percentage
of Total
Number of
Accounts
    Amount of
Receivables
     Percentage of
Total Amount
of Receivables
 

Not Delinquent

               $                          

Up to 29 Days

          

30 to 59 Days

          

60 to 89 Days

          

90 to 119 Days

          

120 to 149 Days

          

150 to 179 Days

          

180 or More Days

          
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

               $                          
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Composition by Account Age

Chase Issuance Trust

 

Age Range

   Number of
Accounts
     Percentage
of Total
Number of
Accounts
    Amount of
Receivables
     Percentage of
Total Amount
of Receivables
 

Less than or equal to 6 Months

               $                          

Over 6 Months to 12 Months

          

Over 12 Months to 24 Months

          

Over 24 Months to 36 Months

          

Over 36 Months to 48 Months

          

Over 48 Months to 60 Months

          

Over 60 Months to 120 Months

          

Over 120 Months

          
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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Age Range

   Number of
Accounts
   Percentage
of Total
Number of
Accounts
    Amount of
Receivables
     Percentage of
Total Amount
of Receivables
 

Total

               $                          
  

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

[Composition of [    ] Portfolio]5

As of [    ] [        ], 20[    ]:

 

   

the [                ] portfolio included $[        ] in total receivables;

 

   

the accounts in the [                 ] portfolio had an average total receivables balance of $[        ], including accounts with a zero balance and an average credit limit of $[        ];

 

   

the percentage of the aggregate total receivables balance in the [                ] portfolio to the aggregate total credit limit was [    ]%;

 

   

the average age of the accounts, the receivables of which are in the [                ] portfolio, was approximately [    ] months;

 

   

for the [    ] 20[    ] monthly period, [    ]% of the accounts in the [                ] portfolio received the minimum payment due and [    ]% of the accounts in the [                ] portfolio received a full balance payment; and

 

   

of the accounts in [                ], approximately [    ]% related to cardholders with billing addresses in [    ], [    ]% in [    ], [    ]% in [    ], [    ]% in [    ] and [    ]% in [    ]; no other single state accounts for more than 5% of the accounts in the [    ] portfolio. Since the largest number of accountholders (based on billing addresses) whose accounts were included in the issuing entity were in [    ], [    ], [    ], [    ] and [    ], adverse economic, financial, social or environmental conditions affecting accountholders residing in these states could affect timely payment by the related accountholders of amounts due on the accounts and, accordingly, the actual rates of delinquencies and losses with respect to the issuing entity.]

Composition by Account Balance

[                ] Portfolio

 

Account Balance Range

   Number of
Accounts
     Percentage
of Total
Number of
Accounts
    Amount of
Receivables
     Percentage of
Total Amount
of Receivables
 

Credit Balance

               $                      %  

No Balance

          

$0.00 to $5,000.00 Balance

          

$5,000.01 to $10,000.00 Balance

          

$10,000.01 to $15,000.00 Balance

          

$15,000.01 to $20,000.00 Balance

          

$20,000.01 to $25,000.00 Balance

          

$25,000.01 to $50,000.00 Balance

          

$50,000.01 or More

          
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

               $              
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

5 

Chase Issuance Trust does not currently hold any collateral certificates in its Trust Portfolio, but may, in the future, include collateral certificates. This section and the tables that follow serve as a placeholder for a summary description of the composition of a collateral certificate portfolio.

 

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Composition by Credit Limit

[                ] Portfolio

 

     Number of
Accounts
     Percentage
of Total
Number of
Accounts
    Amount of
Receivables
     Percentage of
Total Amount
of Receivables
 

$0.01 to $5,000.00

               $                              

$5,000.01 to $10,000.00

          

$10,000.01 to $15,000.00

          

$15,000.01 to $20,000.00

          

$20,000.01 to $25,000.00

          

$25,000.01 to $50,000.00

          

$50,000.01 or More

          
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

               $              
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Composition by Period of Delinquency

[                ] Portfolio

 

Payment Status (Days Contractually

Delinquent)                                         

   Number of
Accounts
     Percentage
of Total
Number of
Accounts
    Amount of
Receivables
     Percentage of
Total Amount
of Receivables
 

Not Delinquent

               $                          

Up to 29 Days

          

30 to 59 Days

          

60 to 89 Days

          

90 to 119 Days

          

120 to 149 Days

          

150 to 179 Days

          

180 or More Days

          
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

               $              
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Composition by Account Age

[                ] Portfolio

 

Age Range

   Number of
Accounts
     Percentage
of Total
Number of
Accounts
    Amount of
Receivables
     Percentage of
Total Amount
of Receivables
 

Less than or equal to 6 Months

               $                          

Over 6 Months to 12 Months

          

Over 12 Months to 24 Months

          

Over 24 Months to 36 Months

          

Over 36 Months to 48 Months

          

Over 48 Months to 60 Months

          

Over 60 Months to 120 Months

          

Over 120 Months

          
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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Age Range

   Number of
Accounts
   Percentage
of Total
Number of
Accounts
    Amount of
Receivables
     Percentage of
Total Amount
of Receivables
 

Total

               $              
  

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Credit Risk Management

JPMorgan Chase Bank primarily uses a proprietary credit scoring model to assess the credit risk of potential and existing cardholders. However, JPMorgan Chase Bank is including FICO® 6 score information for a random sample of the Trust Portfolio in this prospectus consistent with the credit card industry’s acceptance of FICO scores as a general indicator of credit risk. A FICO score is a measurement determined by Fair, Isaac & Company using information collected by the major credit bureaus to assess an individual’s credit risk. A FICO score is based on a borrower’s historical credit data, including, among other things, payment history, delinquencies on accounts, levels of outstanding indebtedness, length of credit history, types of credit, and bankruptcy experience. FICO scores are based on independent third party information, the accuracy of which cannot be verified by JPMorgan Chase Bank. FICO scores may vary by credit bureau depending on credit history available at each credit bureau. FICO scores provided by each credit bureau may also vary depending on which version of FICO is used. FICO scores range from approximately 250 to approximately 900. A FICO score purports to be a measurement of the relative degree of risk a borrower represents to a lender, i.e., a borrower with a higher score is statistically expected to be less likely to default in payment than a borrower with a lower score. Although FICO scores are generally accepted as having a good ability to rank-order the risk of a wide variety of types of consumer loans, they should not be used to draw inferences about the performance of any individual credit card account or set of accounts. JPMorgan Chase Bank has not made, nor will it make, any representation as to the actual performance of the receivables arising in any credit card account or that a particular credit score should be relied upon as a basis for an expectation that the cardholder will repay the receivables arising in any credit card account in accordance with the terms of that account.

The following table reflects the distribution of the FICO scores for a statistically significant random sample of credit card accounts included in the Trust Portfolio received by JPMorgan Chase Bank in [            ] 20[    ] and the outstanding receivables balances of the related accounts as of [            ] 20[    ]. The FICO scores set forth below are Experian/FICO® Bankcard Score 8 scores. Because the composition of the Trust Portfolio is expected to change over time, there can be no assurance that the FICO score distribution for the Trust Portfolio in future periods will be similar to the information set forth below. In addition, FICO scores may change over time, depending on the conduct of the cardholder and changes in credit score technology.

Chase Issuance Trust

FICO® Scores

 

     As of [    ] [        ], 20[    ]  

FICO Score Range(1)

   Amount of
Receivables
     Percentage of
Total Amount
of Receivables
 

No FICO Score

   $                          

Less Than 600

     

600 to 659

     

660 to 719

     

720 and Above

     
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $              
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

6 

FICO® is a federally registered servicemark of Fair, Isaac & Company.

 

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(1)

The FICO scores are Experian/FICO® Bankcard Score 8 scores.

Rule 193 Review

JPMorgan Chase Bank has performed the review described below of the receivables in the issuing entity in order to provide reasonable assurance that the information contained in this prospectus regarding the pool assets underlying the CHASEseries notes—referred to in this prospectus as the “Rule 193 Information”—is accurate in all material respects.

JPMorgan Chase Bank began the review process by identifying the disclosure in this prospectus that is required to be included pursuant to Item 1111 of Regulation AB and which comprises the Rule 193 Information. JPMorgan Chase Bank determined the scope and type of review procedures to be utilized in respect of each portion of the Rule 193 Information.

JPMorgan Chase Bank evaluated and reviewed the information contained in this prospectus regarding the portfolio of receivables. Responsible internal personnel at JPMorgan Chase Bank reviewed the descriptions in this “JPMorgan Chase Bank’s Credit Card Portfolio” section under “—The Credit Card Receivables,” “—Origination,” “—Underwriting Criteria and Process,” “—Compliance with Underwriting Criteria,” “—Maintenance of Credit Card Accounts,” “—Billing and Payments” and “—Collection of Delinquent Accounts.” JPMorgan Chase Bank also consulted with internal and external counsel who reviewed certain relevant sections of this prospectus containing Rule 193 Information. The review process will be performed periodically at appropriate frequencies as determined by JPMorgan Chase Bank. JPMorgan Chase Bank attributes all findings and conclusions of the review to itself.

JPMorgan Chase Bank is responsible for the preparation and review of the portfolio information tables in this prospectus. The FICO Scores table was prepared by obtaining FICO score data from the credit bureaus on a statistically significant, random sample of the credit card accounts included in the Trust Portfolio and stratifying the receivables balance by FICO scores, which is based on data from JPMorgan Chase Bank’s credit card loan processing system and databases. All other tables were prepared using data from JPMorgan Chase Bank’s credit card loan processing system and databases. For the review of the Delinquency Experience, Composition by Period of Delinquency, Loss Experience, Revenue Experience, and Cardholder Monthly Principal Payment Rate tables, JPMorgan Chase Bank verified that the information presented in these tables agreed to the data in its credit card loan processing system. For the review of the Composition of the Issuing Entity Receivables, and for the review of the Composition by Account Balance, Composition by Credit Limit, Composition by Account Age, and FICO Scores tables, JPMorgan Chase Bank recalculated the information in these tables using data from its credit card databases and verified that the recalculated information agreed with the information presented in these tables. Additionally, because the issuing entity is consolidated into JPMorgan Chase Bank, the issuing entity is included in JPMorgan Chase Bank’s control environment and monitoring structure. The control environment includes a quarterly control affirmation which relies on self-assessment of internal controls, compliance with Section 404 of the Sarbanes–Oxley Act of 2002, review of financial risk events, operational risk reports, and internal audits.

JPMorgan Chase Bank engaged a third-party service provider to assist in its review of the portfolio information tables using certain procedures as requested and determined by JPMorgan Chase Bank. JPMorgan Chase Bank assumes responsibility for the findings and conclusions of the third-party review and attributes all findings and conclusions of the review to itself.

Findings of Rule 193 Review

JPMorgan Chase Bank has concluded that the review described above provides reasonable assurance that the Rule 193 Information in this prospectus is accurate in all material respects.

Static Pool Information

Although static pool information (principal receivables outstanding, net losses, total receivables delinquent, yield from finance charges, fees, and interchange, receivables principal payment rate, percentage total of accounts making minimum payment and percentage of total accounts making minimum payment) regarding the performance of the receivables in the Trust Portfolio has been included in past prospectuses, such information is not being included in this or other prospectuses relating to the notes at this time because all of the accounts relating to such receivables are

 

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sixty or more months past the date on which they were originated. The origination date for each such account is the date on which the account was opened. As a result, the Trust Portfolio is currently a pool comprised entirely of seasoned accounts.

[Static Pool Information

Static pool information regarding the Trust Portfolio is provided in Annex II to this prospectus, which forms an integral part of this prospectus. Static pool information consists of principal receivables outstanding, net losses, total receivables delinquent, yield from finance charges, fees, and interchange, receivables principal payment rate, percentage of accounts making minimum payments and percentage of accounts making full payments for the issuing entity. The static pool information regarding the Trust Portfolio does not include cumulative losses or prepayments, which are not relevant measures for the credit card receivables in the Trust Portfolio. Net losses are disclosed as a more relevant measure for the credit card receivables in the Trust Portfolio. Additionally, standardized credit scores are not included because JPMorgan Chase Bank does not obtain standardized credit score information on the entire Trust Portfolio on any regular basis.]7

THE INDENTURE TRUSTEE AND COLLATERAL AGENT

General

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association is the indenture trustee under the indenture. Wells Fargo Bank is also the collateral agent for asset pool one under the asset pool one supplement. Wells Fargo Bank is a national banking association and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Wells Fargo & Company, a U.S. bank holding company with approximately $1.9 trillion in assets as of December 31, 2022. Wells Fargo & Company provides banking, insurance, trust, mortgage and consumer finance services throughout the United States and internationally. Wells Fargo Bank provides retail and commercial banking services and corporate trust, custody, securities lending, securities transfer, cash management, investment management and other financial and fiduciary services. The transaction parties may maintain banking and other commercial relationships with Wells Fargo Bank and its affiliates.

On March 23, 2021, Wells Fargo Bank and Wells Fargo Delaware Trust Company, N.A. (“WFDTC” and collectively with Wells Fargo Bank and Wells Fargo & Company, “Wells Fargo”) entered into a definitive agreement with Computershare Trust Company, N.A. (“CTCNA”), Computershare Delaware Trust Company (“CDTC”) and Computershare Limited (“CPU Ltd.,” and collectively with CTCNA and CDTC, “Computershare”) to sell substantially all of its Corporate Trust Services (“CTS”) business. The sale to Computershare closed on November 1, 2021, and virtually all CTS employees of Wells Fargo, along with most existing CTS systems, technology, and offices transferred to Computershare as part of the sale. On November 1, 2021, for some of the transactions in its CTS business, Wells Fargo Bank transferred its roles, and the duties, rights, and liabilities for such roles, under the relevant transaction agreements (the “Roles”) to CTCNA or CDTC. For other transactions in Wells Fargo’s CTS business, Wells Fargo intends to transfer its Roles in stages after November 1, 2021. The specific date of transfer of Roles for any such transaction in Wells Fargo’s CTS business is not known at this time.

On March 23, 2021, Wells Fargo and Computershare entered into a Servicing Agreement, which was amended and restated as of October 31, 2021 (as amended, the “Servicing Agreement”). For those transactions in Wells Fargo’s CTS business where one or more of its Roles did not transfer to CTCNA or CDTC on November 1, 2021 (the “Non-Transferred Roles Transactions”), CTCNA or CDTC will perform all or virtually all of such Roles on behalf of Wells Fargo as its agent pursuant to the Servicing Agreement. Any duties and responsibilities not performed by CTCNA or CDTC as agent pursuant to the Servicing Agreement will continue to be performed by Wells Fargo Bank. The Servicing Agreement became effective on November 1, 2021 for Non-Transferred Roles Transactions.

The CHASEseries of notes issued by the issuing entity is currently a Non-Transferred Roles Transaction. As of November 1, 2021 and pursuant to the Servicing Agreement, CTCNA will perform all or virtually all of Wells Fargo Bank’s roles under the transaction documents. However, the appointment of CTCNA as agent to Wells Fargo Bank does not relieve Wells Fargo Bank of responsibility for its duties and obligations under the transaction documents.

 

 

7 

The bracketed alternative disclosure for Static Pool Information would be used in offerings in which the pool included receivables from accounts that were seasoned less than 5 years. The relevant form of tables are attached as Annex II.

 

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Any duties and responsibilities not performed by CTCNA as agent pursuant to the Servicing Agreement will continue to be performed by Wells Fargo Bank.

CTCNA has provided corporate trust related services since 2000 through its predecessors and affiliates. CTCNA provides trustee services for a variety of transactions and asset types, including corporate and municipal bonds, mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities, and collateralized debt obligations. As of December 31, 2022, CTCNA was acting in some cases as the named trustee or indenture trustee, and in most cases as agent for the named trustee or indenture trustee, on approximately 514 asset-backed securities transactions with an aggregate outstanding principal balance of approximately $109 billion. CTCNA maintains a corporate trust office for correspondence purposes at 1505 Energy Park Drive, St. Paul, Minnesota 55108, Attn: Asset-Backed Securities Department.

JPMorgan Chase Bank and its affiliates may from time to time enter into normal banking and trustee relationships with the indenture trustee, the collateral agent and their respective affiliates. The indenture trustee, the collateral agent, Chase Card Funding, JPMorgan Chase Bank and any of their respective affiliates may hold notes issued by the issuing entity in their own names. For purposes of meeting the legal requirements of certain local jurisdictions generally as authorized under the indenture, the indenture trustee will have the power to appoint a co-indenture trustee or separate indenture trustees of all or any part of the issuing entity. In the event of an appointment, all rights, powers, duties and obligations conferred or imposed upon the indenture trustee by the indenture will be conferred or imposed upon that indenture trustee and that separate trustee or co-trustee jointly, or, in any jurisdiction in which the indenture trustee is considered to be incompetent or unqualified to perform certain acts, singly upon that separate trustee or co-trustee who will exercise and perform those rights, powers, duties and obligations solely at the direction of the indenture trustee.

The Indenture Trustee

As indenture trustee, Wells Fargo Bank has agreed to perform only those duties specifically set forth in the indenture. Many of the duties of the indenture trustee are described throughout this prospectus. Under the terms of the indenture, the indenture trustee’s limited responsibilities include the following:

 

   

to deliver to noteholders of record certain notices, reports and other documents received by the indenture trustee, as required under the indenture;

 

   

to authenticate, deliver, cancel and otherwise administer the notes;

 

   

to serve as the initial transfer agent, paying agent and registrar, and, if it resigns these duties, to appoint a successor transfer agent, paying agent and registrar;

 

   

to direct the collateral agent to invest funds in the issuing entity bank accounts at the direction of the issuing entity;

 

   

to represent the noteholders in interactions with clearing agencies and other similar organizations;

 

   

to periodically report on and notify noteholders of certain matters relating to actions taken by the indenture trustee, property and funds that are possessed by the indenture trustee (including in its capacity as collateral agent), and other similar matters; and

 

   

to perform certain administrative functions identified in the indenture.

In addition, the indenture trustee has the discretion to require the issuing entity to cure a potential event of default and to institute and maintain suits to protect the interest of the noteholders in the collateral. The indenture trustee is not liable for any errors of judgment as long as the errors are made in good faith and the indenture trustee was not negligent. The indenture trustee is not responsible for any investment losses to the extent that they result from permitted investments except for losses attributable to the indenture trustee’s failure to make payments on permitted investments issued by the indenture trustee.

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skill as a fiduciary would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his or her own affairs. If an event of default occurs and is continuing, the indenture trustee will be responsible for enforcing the agreements and the rights of the noteholders. See “The Notes—Events of Default Remedies.” The indenture trustee may, under certain limited circumstances, have the right or the obligation to do the following:

 

   

demand immediate payment by the issuing entity of all principal and accrued interest on the notes;

 

   

enhance monitoring of the securitization;

 

   

protect the interests of the noteholders in any collateral certificate included in the issuing entity or the receivables in a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding;

 

   

prepare and send timely notice to noteholders of the event of default;

 

   

institute judicial proceedings for the collection of amounts due and unpaid;

 

   

rescind and annul a declaration of acceleration of the notes by the noteholders following an event of default; and

 

   

cause the collateral agent to sell assets (see “Sources of Funds to Pay the Notes—Sale of Assets”).

The indenture trustee is required to provide written notice to all noteholders of a series, class or tranche of notes within 90 days of the occurrence of any event known to the indenture trustee to be an event of default with respect to that series, class or tranche of notes. Following an event of default, the holders of more than 66 2/3% of the outstanding dollar principal amount of any series, class or tranche of notes will have the right to direct the indenture trustee to exercise certain remedies available to the indenture trustee under the indenture. In such case, the indenture trustee may decline to follow the direction of the holders only if it determines that: (1) the action so directed is unlawful or conflicts with the indenture, (2) the action so directed would involve it in personal liability, or (3) the action so directed would be unjustly prejudicial to the noteholders not taking part in such direction.

If an Issuing Entity Servicer Default occurs, in addition to the responsibilities described above the indenture trustee may be required to appoint a successor servicer or to take over servicing responsibilities under the transfer and servicing agreement. See “Servicing of the Receivables [and any Collateral Certificates]—Resignation and Removal of the Servicer; Issuing Entity Servicer Default.”

The indenture trustee is required under the Trust Indenture Act to mail an annual report to all registered noteholders with respect to the occurrence of any of the events specified in the Trust Indenture Act during the previous twelve months, including: a change to the indenture trustee’s eligibility under the Trust Indenture Act, a conflict of interest specified in the Trust Indenture Act and any action taken by the indenture trustee that materially affects the notes. If none of the events specified in the Trust Indenture Act occurred during the previous twelve months, the indenture trustee will be under no obligation to mail an annual report.

The indenture trustee may resign at any time by notifying the issuing entity. The indenture trustee may be removed with respect to any series, class or tranche of notes at any time by a majority of the holders of that series, class or tranche of notes. The issuing entity must remove the indenture trustee if the indenture trustee is no longer eligible to act as trustee under the indenture or if the indenture trustee becomes insolvent. In all circumstances, the issuing entity must appoint a successor indenture trustee for the notes. Any resignation or removal of the indenture trustee and appointment of a successor indenture trustee will not become effective until the successor indenture trustee accepts the appointment. JPMorgan Chase Bank, on behalf of the issuing entity, will pay out of its own funds, without reimbursement, all expenses incurred by, and fees and disbursements of, the indenture trustee.

The Collateral Agent

The collateral agent will agree to perform only those duties specifically set forth in the asset pool one supplement. Many of the duties the collateral agent has are described throughout this prospectus. Under the terms of the asset pool one supplement, the collateral agent’s limited responsibilities will include the right or obligation to do the following:

 

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establish and maintain necessary issuing entity bank accounts and maintain accurate records of activity in those accounts;

 

   

invest funds in the issuing entity bank accounts on behalf of the indenture trustee at the direction of the issuing entity;

 

   

distribute and transfer funds at the direction of the servicer, as applicable, in accordance with the terms of the indenture supplement and the asset pool one supplement, as applicable;

 

   

remove and reassign ineligible receivables and accounts from asset pool one;

 

   

maintain custody of any collateral certificates included in the issuing entity; and

 

   

perform certain other administrative functions identified in the asset pool one supplement.

The collateral agent is not liable for any errors of judgment as long as the errors are made in good faith and the collateral agent was not negligent. In addition, the collateral agent is not liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the direction of the indenture trustee or holders of more than 66 2/3% of the outstanding dollar principal amount of the notes relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the collateral agent, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the collateral agent with respect to a series, class or tranche of notes.

The collateral agent may resign at any time by notifying the issuing entity. The collateral agent may also be removed at any time upon receipt of notice from a majority of the holders of the outstanding dollar principal amount of the notes delivered to the collateral agent on behalf of the indenture trustee and the issuing entity. The issuing entity must also remove the collateral agent if the collateral agent is no longer eligible to act as collateral agent under the asset pool one supplement or if the collateral agent becomes insolvent. In all circumstances, the issuing entity must appoint a successor collateral agent. Any resignation or removal of the collateral agent and appointment of a successor collateral agent will not become effective until the successor collateral agent accepts the appointment. JPMorgan Chase Bank, on behalf of the issuing entity, will pay out of its own funds, without reimbursement, all expenses incurred by, and fees and disbursements of, the collateral agent.

The issuing entity, Chase Card Funding, JPMorgan Chase Bank and any of their affiliates may maintain accounts and other banking or trustee relationships with the indenture trustee and the collateral agent and any of their affiliates.

ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER

FTI Consulting, Inc., a Maryland corporation, has been selected and appointed to act as the asset representations reviewer and is referred to in this prospectus as the “asset representations reviewer.” The asset representations reviewer is not affiliated with the issuing entity, sponsor, depositor, servicer or any trustee for the issuing entity and neither the asset representations reviewer nor any of its affiliates has been hired by the sponsor or any underwriter to perform pre-closing due diligence work on the pool assets. If the asset representations reviewer becomes affiliated with the issuing entity, sponsor, depositor, servicer or any trustee at any time while the notes are outstanding, the asset representations reviewer will resign and, upon the appointment of a successor asset representations reviewer, will be replaced. FTI Consulting, Inc. is a global business advisory firm dedicated to helping organizations protect and enhance their enterprise value. FTI Consulting, Inc. has significant experience in the securitization sector, including acting as securitization control party or administrator, and providing collateral analysis, valuation and due diligence services. FTI Consulting, Inc. currently acts as an asset representations reviewer for other credit card securitization programs, but had not acted as an asset representations reviewer prior to the effectiveness of Regulation AB II. See “Risk Factors—Transaction Structure Risks—The asset representations review process has not been used in credit card securitization transactions and no assurance can be made as to its effectiveness.”

The indenture and the asset representations review agreement provide that the asset representations reviewer will perform the procedures in the asset representations review agreement to review 60-day-plus delinquent assets in connection with the representations and warranties set forth in the asset representations review agreement upon the occurrence of a Delinquency Trigger Breach and a required vote of noteholders as described in “Shelf Registration Eligibility Requirements—Transaction Requirements—Asset Review.”

 

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The asset representations reviewer is required to provide a report to the indenture trustee, the issuing entity, the transferor, the sponsor and the servicer of the findings and conclusions of the review, and a summary of the asset representations reviewer’s report will be included in the issuing entity’s Form 10-D for the period in which the report was received. The sponsor will indemnify and hold harmless the asset representations reviewer from and against any and all claims, liabilities, damages, obligations, costs and expenses arising out of or relating to the retention of the asset representations reviewer and the performance of its obligations under the asset representations review agreement, subject to certain limitations. The sponsor will not indemnify the asset representations reviewer to the extent that any such claim, liability, obligation, damage, cost or expense (i) shall have been determined by final non-appealable order of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from the fraud, bad faith, gross negligence or willful misconduct of the asset representations reviewer or (ii) arise from the indemnification obligations of the asset representations reviewer under the asset representations review agreement.

The fees of the asset representations reviewer incurred in connection with a review of the applicable accounts and receivables and any expenses incurred by the asset representations reviewer in connection with the performance of its duties will be paid by JPMorgan Chase Bank, as sponsor. The asset representations reviewer will be entitled to a one-time upfront fee and an annual fee, which will also be paid by JPMorgan Chase Bank, as sponsor.

The asset representations reviewer may resign under certain circumstances, as described in the asset representations review agreement, including if it determines it is not eligible to be the asset representations reviewer under the asset representations review agreement, it is legally unable to act or perform its obligations under the asset representations review agreement and there is no reasonable action that it could take to make the performance of its obligations under the asset representations review agreement permitted under applicable law or a conflict of interest exists that could not be resolved by the sponsor and the asset representations reviewer. The asset representations reviewer will deliver a notice of its resignation to the sponsor, the servicer, the transferor, the issuing entity and the indenture trustee, together with an opinion of counsel in the case of resignation upon ineligibility or illegality, unless otherwise waived by the sponsor, supporting its determination.

The sponsor may remove the asset representations reviewer and appoint a replacement asset representations reviewer if the asset representations reviewer is no longer an eligible asset representations reviewer, breaches any of its representations, warranties, covenants or obligations under the asset representations review agreement, becomes legally unable to act, or becomes subject to a bankruptcy-related event. No resignation or removal of the asset representations reviewer will be effective, and the asset representations reviewer will continue to perform its obligations under the asset representations review agreement, until a successor asset representations reviewer has accepted its engagement in accordance with the asset representations review agreement. If the asset representations reviewer resigns, is removed or is substituted, such information will be provided to investors in a timely Form 10-D filing.

The sponsor and the asset representations reviewer may amend the asset representations review agreement at any time by mutual agreement evidenced in writing.

See “Shelf Registration Eligibility Requirements—Transaction Requirements—Asset Review” for more information about the asset representations review process.

SERVICING OF THE RECEIVABLES [AND ANY COLLATERAL CERTIFICATES]

General

As discussed under “JPMorgan Chase Bank” above, JPMorgan Chase Bank is the servicer for the credit card receivables arising in a portfolio of revolving credit card accounts owned by JPMorgan Chase Bank or one of its affiliates which are included in the issuing entity pursuant to the transfer and servicing agreement. Under the transfer and servicing agreement, the servicer is responsible for servicing and administering the credit card receivables in accordance with the servicer’s policies and procedures for servicing comparable credit card receivables. The servicer’s duties include billing, collecting and investigating payment delinquencies on accounts, maintaining records for each cardholder account and other managerial and custodial functions. The servicer also deposits collections on the receivables into the collection account maintained for the issuing entity, calculates allocations of the amounts from those collections and prepares monthly reports.

 

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JPMorgan Chase Bank, as servicer, has the right to waive or modify various terms and provisions of the accounts whose credit card receivables have been added to the issuing entity. For example, the servicer may, under certain circumstances and subject to regulatory and other limitations, either increase or reduce the amount of finance charges or other fees owed by an accountholder or the required minimum monthly payment due on an account or may amend the penalty fees for failure to pay an amount due. The servicer will typically waive or reduce these provisions in an effort to (i) create a payment incentive for a non-paying accountholder, (ii) retain customers that might otherwise be lost through attrition or (iii) promote new or additional cardholder activity.

JPMorgan Chase Bank has outsourced certain check processing and related services to Exela Technologies, Inc. (formerly known as BancTec, Inc.) and Deluxe Financial Services, LLC, each an unaffiliated third party. Notwithstanding any such outsourcing, JPMorgan Chase Bank will continue to be liable for all of its obligations under the transfer and servicing agreement and remains the sole “servicer” of the issuing entity for purposes of Item 1101(j) of Regulation AB. For a description of outsourcing, see “—Outsourcing of Servicing.”

Servicing Experience

JPMorgan Chase Bank and its predecessor institutions have been servicing credit card receivables since 1982 and, as of [    ] [        ], 20[    ], JPMorgan Chase Bank serviced over [        ] million credit card accounts. Common servicing practices and procedures are used for all accounts (as determined under the revised reporting methodology that took effect as of the May 2018 monthly period). See “JPMorgan Chase Bank’s Credit Card Portfolio—Portfolio Information Tables.”

Payment of Fees and Expenses; Servicing Compensation

As compensation for its servicing activities and as reimbursement for any expenses incurred by it as servicer for the issuing entity, JPMorgan Chase Bank is entitled to receive a servicing fee in the amounts and at the times specified in “Deposit and Application of Funds in the Issuing Entity—Application of Available Finance Charge Collections” and “Deposit and Application of Funds in the Issuing Entity—Application of Available Principal Collections.”

 

Fee

  

Amount

Servicing Fee    The product of (a) the CHASEseries Floating Allocation Percentage and (b) one-twelfth times 1.5% (if JPMorgan Chase Bank is the servicer) or 2.0% (if JPMorgan Chase Bank is not the servicer) times the Issuing Entity Average Principal Balance

The servicing fee will be paid from Available Finance Charge Collections as described in “Deposit and Application of Funds in the Issuing Entity—Application of Available Finance Charge Collections” after all required interest is paid. The servicing fee is the only fee or expense to be paid out of the cash flows from the receivables.

JPMorgan Chase Bank, as servicer, has agreed to pay out of its own funds the fees, expenses and disbursements of the owner trustee, the indenture trustee, the collateral agent and the independent certified public accountants, without reimbursement from the cash flows from the receivables, on behalf of the issuing entity.

Certain Matters Regarding the Servicer

The servicer may not resign from its obligations and duties under the transfer and servicing agreement, except (a) upon determination that (i) performance of its duties is no longer permissible under applicable law and (ii) there is no reasonable action which the servicer could take to make the performance of its duties under the transfer and servicing agreement permissible under applicable law or (b) upon the assumption, by a supplemental agreement to the transfer and servicing agreement, executed and delivered to the owner trustee, the indenture trustee and the collateral agent, of the obligations and duties of the servicer by any of its affiliates or by any entity the appointment of which each applicable Note Rating Agency confirms will not cause a reduction, qualification with negative implications or withdrawal of its then-current rating of any outstanding notes and which, in either case, qualifies as an eligible servicer. No such resignation will become effective until the indenture trustee or a successor to the servicer has assumed that servicer’s responsibilities and obligations under the transfer and servicing agreement.

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damage or injury resulting from (1) the servicer’s actions or inaction as servicer, (2) the administration of the issuing entity by the owner trustee, (3) the issuance by the issuing entity of any notes, (4) any Issuing Entity Servicer Default, as described in “—Resignation and Removal of the Servicer; Issuing Entity Servicer Default,” or (5) any termination of the rights and obligations of the servicer.

The servicer will not indemnify any party for (1) liabilities imposed by reason of fraud, negligence, or willful misconduct by that party, (2) any liabilities, costs or expenses arising from actions taken by the owner trustee, the indenture trustee or the collateral agent at the request of noteholders, (3) any losses, claims or damages incurred by any of them in their capacities as investors, or (4) any liabilities, costs or expenses arising under any tax law. Any such indemnification will not be payable from the assets transferred to the issuing entity. The servicer is required to maintain fidelity bond coverage insuring against losses through wrongdoing of its officers and employees who are involved in the servicing of credit card receivables covering those actions and in those amounts as the servicer believes to be reasonable from time to time.

Resignation and Removal of the Servicer; Issuing Entity Servicer Default

In the event of any Issuing Entity Servicer Default, either the indenture trustee or noteholders representing more than 50% of the aggregate unpaid principal amount of all affected notes may deliver a notice of termination of all of the rights and obligations of the servicer as servicer under the transfer and servicing agreement. The indenture trustee will then be obligated to appoint a successor servicer as promptly as possible. The rights and interest of JPMorgan Chase Bank under the transfer and servicing agreement will not be affected by a termination of JPMorgan Chase Bank as servicer. Because JPMorgan Chase Bank, as servicer, has significant responsibilities with respect to the servicing of the receivables, the indenture trustee may have difficulty finding a suitable successor servicer. Potential successor servicers may not have the capacity to adequately perform the duties required of a successor servicer or may not be willing to perform such duties for the amount of the servicing fee currently payable to the servicer.

If a successor servicer has not been appointed or has not accepted appointment by the time the servicer ceases to act as servicer, the indenture trustee will automatically become the successor servicer for the issuing entity. If Wells Fargo Bank is automatically appointed as successor servicer it may not have the capacity to perform the duties required of a successor servicer and current servicing compensation may not be sufficient to cover its actual costs and expenses of servicing the accounts. If such entity is legally unable to act as servicer, it will petition a court of competent jurisdiction to appoint any established institution qualifying as an eligible servicer as the successor servicer under the transfer and servicing agreement.

An “Issuing Entity Servicer Default” includes any of the following events:

 

   

failure by the servicer to make any payment, transfer or deposit, or to give instructions to the indenture trustee to do so, on the required date under the transfer and servicing agreement, or within the applicable grace period;

 

   

failure on the part of the servicer to duly observe or perform in any material respect any other covenants or agreements of the servicer if that failure:

 

   

has a material and adverse effect on the holders of any outstanding notes issued by the issuing entity; and

 

   

continues unremedied for a period of 60 days after written notice;

 

   

the delegation by the servicer of its duties under the transfer and servicing agreement, except as specifically permitted under such agreement;

 

   

any representation, warranty or certification made by the servicer in the transfer and servicing agreement proves to have been incorrect when made if it:

 

   

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continues to be incorrect in any material respect and continues to have a material adverse effect on those noteholders, for a period of 60 days after written notice; or

 

   

the occurrence of certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency, conservatorship or receivership of the servicer.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, a delay in or failure of performance referred to in the first bullet point above for a period of 10 Business Days after the applicable grace period, or referred to under the second or fourth bullet point above for a period of 60 Business Days after the applicable grace period, will not constitute an Issuing Entity Servicer Default if the delay or failure could not be prevented by the exercise of reasonable diligence by the servicer and the delay or failure was caused by an act of God or the public enemy, acts of declared or undeclared war, public disorder, rebellion or sabotage, epidemics, landslides, lightning, fire, hurricanes, earthquakes, floods or similar causes.

In the event of an Issuing Entity Servicer Default, if a conservator or receiver is appointed for the servicer and no Issuing Entity Servicer Default other than that conservatorship or receivership or the insolvency of the servicer exists, the conservator or receiver may have the power to prevent the indenture trustee, the collateral agent or the noteholders from effecting a transfer of the servicing obligations. See “Risk Factors— Insolvency and Security Interest Risks—If a conservator or receiver is appointed for JPMorgan Chase Bank, delays or reductions in payment of your notes could occur.”

Outsourcing of Servicing

Pursuant to the transfer and servicing agreement, JPMorgan Chase Bank, as servicer, has the right to delegate or outsource its duties as servicer on behalf of the issuing entity to any person who agrees to conduct such duties in accordance with the transfer and servicing agreement and JPMorgan Chase Bank’s credit card guidelines. JPMorgan Chase Bank has outsourced certain of its servicing functions by contracting with affiliated and unaffiliated third parties.

Notwithstanding any such outsourcing, JPMorgan Chase Bank will continue to be liable for all of its obligations under the transfer and servicing agreement and remains the sole “servicer” of the issuing entity for purposes of Item 1101(j) of Regulation AB. In certain circumstances, however, JPMorgan Chase Bank could be relieved of its duties as servicer for the issuing entity upon the assumption of such duties by another entity.

JPMorgan Chase Bank has outsourced certain servicing activities including certain customer service and telephone service center operations, fraud services, data processing, administrative functions and collection activities to certain affiliates and subsidiaries and various third parties. These third parties also provide these services with respect to credit card receivables that have not been securitized through the issuing entity.

JPMorgan Chase Bank and its affiliates retain the right to change various terms and conditions of the agreements with the third party vendors, and retain the right to change the third party vendors themselves. These changes may be the result of several different factors, including but not limited to: customer satisfaction, informational accuracy, adherence to privacy and corporate security standards or requirements, quality evaluation, performance or skill evaluations, risk management policies, or cost structure. Affiliates, subsidiaries and third party vendors who provide services to JPMorgan Chase Bank, its affiliates and its customers may change from time to time, and noteholders will not be notified of any change. Similarly, to the extent that the terms and conditions are altered for agreements with affiliates, subsidiaries and third party vendors, noteholders will not be given notice of those changes.

If an affiliated or unaffiliated third party performing certain outsourced or delegated functions were to enter bankruptcy or become insolvent, then the servicing of the accounts in the issuing entity could be delayed and payments on your notes could be accelerated, delayed or reduced.

Decisions by JPMorgan Chase Bank to outsource certain duties either to affiliated or unaffiliated third parties are based on cost, the ability of such parties to provide greater flexibility to JPMorgan Chase Bank, experience and various other factors. JPMorgan Chase Bank or one of its affiliates monitors the third parties performing the outsourced functions based on the level of risk associated with, and the particular duties being provided by, each third party.

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receivables. Since 2007, JPMorgan Chase Bank has been performing credit card processing services for the issuing entity in-house under a license of the TS2® technology platform from TSYS.

JPMorgan Chase Bank has a contractual arrangement with Exela Technologies, Inc. (formerly known as BancTec, Inc.) and Deluxe Financial Services, LLC, each an unaffiliated third party, under which such parties will perform certain check processing and related services. Specifically, each of Exela Technologies, Inc. and Deluxe Financial Services, LLC is responsible for the opening, listing and depositing of remittance payments mailed to post office boxes serviced by JPMorgan Chase Bank.

Evidence as to Compliance

The fiscal year for the issuing entity will end on December 31 of each year. The servicer will file with the SEC an annual report on Form 10-K on behalf of the issuing entity within ninety days after the end of each fiscal year or sooner if required by Regulation AB.

Within ninety days after the fiscal year end of the issuing entity, or sooner if required by Regulation AB, the servicer will deliver to the owner trustee, the indenture trustee, the collateral agent and each Note Rating Agency that has rated any outstanding notes and, if required, file with the SEC as part of an annual report on the Form 10-K filed on behalf of the issuing entity, the following documents:

 

   

a report regarding its assessment of compliance during the preceding fiscal year with all applicable servicing criteria set forth in relevant SEC regulations with respect to asset-backed securities transactions taken as a whole involving the servicer that are backed by the same types of assets as those backing the notes;

 

   

with respect to each assessment report described immediately above, a report by a registered public accounting firm that attests to, and reports on, the assessment made by the asserting party, as set forth in relevant SEC regulations; and

 

   

a servicer compliance certificate, signed by an authorized officer of the servicer, to the effect that:

 

   

a review of the servicer’s activities during the reporting period and of its performance under the transfer and servicing agreement has been made under such officer’s supervision; and

 

   

to the best of such officer’s knowledge, based on such review, the servicer has fulfilled all of its obligations under the transfer and servicing agreement in all material respects throughout the reporting period or, if there has been a failure to fulfill any such obligation in any material respect, specifying each such failure known to such officer and the nature and status thereof.

Copies of all statements, certificates and reports furnished to the owner trustee may be obtained by a request in writing delivered to the owner trustee.

THE NOTES

The Notes Offered by this Prospectus

The notes offered by this prospectus (the “offered notes”) will have the terms and conditions described in this section, as applicable, and in the “Transaction Summary.”

General

The CHASEseries notes will be issued pursuant to the indenture, the asset pool one supplement and an indenture supplement called the “CHASEseries indenture supplement.” A copy of the form of each of these documents is filed as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part or incorporated by reference into this prospectus. For each tranche of notes, there will be a terms document that will contain the specific terms for that tranche. The following discussion summarizes the material terms of the CHASEseries notes, the indenture, the asset pool one supplement, the CHASEseries indenture supplement and the form of terms document. These summaries do

 

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not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the provisions of the CHASEseries notes, the indenture, the asset pool one supplement, the CHASEseries indenture supplement and the form of terms document.

The indenture, the asset pool one supplement and the CHASEseries indenture supplement do not limit the aggregate principal amount of notes that may be issued.

The CHASEseries consists of multiple classes of notes. When we refer to Class A notes, Class B notes or Class C notes in this prospectus, we mean Class A notes, Class B notes and Class C notes of the CHASEseries, respectively. A class designation determines the relative seniority for receipt of cash flows and funding of the default amount allocated to the CHASEseries notes. The CHASEseries is a multiple tranche series, meaning each class of CHASEseries notes has multiple discrete issuances called “tranches” which have been issued at different times and have different terms. Whenever a “class” of CHASEseries notes is referred to in this prospectus, it also includes all tranches of that class of CHASEseries notes, unless the context otherwise requires.

Holders of the notes of any outstanding tranche will not have the right to prior review of, or consent to, any subsequent issuance of a tranche of notes.

The issuing entity will pay principal of and interest on a class or tranche of notes solely from Available Finance Charge Collections, Available Principal Collections and other amounts in any issuing entity bank accounts, including any supplemental accounts, relating to that class or tranche, after giving effect to all required allocations and any reallocations. If those sources are not sufficient for payment of principal of and interest on that class or tranche, the noteholders will have no recourse to any other assets of the issuing entity or any other person or entity for the payment of principal of or interest on that class or tranche.

The notes represent a contractual debt obligation of the issuing entity. The notes are not interests in or obligations of JPMorgan Chase Bank or any of its affiliates and none of the notes, any credit card receivables or any collateral certificate is insured or guaranteed by the FDIC or any other governmental agency or instrumentality.

Stated Principal Amount, Outstanding Dollar Principal Amount and Nominal Liquidation Amount

Each class or tranche of notes has a stated principal amount, an outstanding dollar principal amount and a Nominal Liquidation Amount. The stated principal amount of the offered notes is the principal amount specified in “Transaction Summary.” This section describes how to determine, as of any date, the outstanding dollar principal amount and the nominal liquidation amount of the offered notes and other tranches of notes.

Stated Principal Amount

The stated principal amount of a class or tranche of notes is the amount that is stated on the face of the notes of that class or tranche to be payable to the holder of that class or tranche. It can be denominated in U.S. dollars or in a foreign currency.

Outstanding Dollar Principal Amount

For a class or tranche of U.S. dollar notes, the outstanding dollar principal amount is the initial dollar principal amount of that class or tranche less principal payments made to the noteholders. For a class or tranche of foreign currency notes, the outstanding dollar principal amount is the U.S. dollar equivalent of the initial principal amount of that class or tranche, less dollar payments converted to make payments to noteholders, each with respect to principal for that class or tranche. The outstanding dollar principal amount of any class or tranche of notes will decrease as a result of each payment of principal on that class or tranche.

In addition, a class or tranche of notes may have an Adjusted Outstanding Dollar Principal Amount. The Adjusted Outstanding Dollar Principal Amount of a class or tranche of notes is the outstanding dollar principal amount of that class or tranche, less any funds on deposit in the principal funding subaccount for that class or tranche. The Adjusted Outstanding Dollar Principal Amount of any class or tranche of notes will decrease as a result of each deposit into the principal funding subaccount for that class or tranche.

 

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Nominal Liquidation Amount

The “Nominal Liquidation Amount” of a class or tranche of notes is a U.S. dollar amount based on the initial dollar principal amount at issuance of that class or tranche minus certain reductions—including reductions for (1) reallocations of Principal Collections allocated to that class or tranche, (2) allocations of charge-offs for any uncovered Default Amount and (3) deposits in the principal funding account or applicable principal funding subaccount for that class or tranche, plus increases described below. The Nominal Liquidation Amount of the notes is equal to the sum of the Nominal Liquidation Amounts of all classes or tranches of notes.

There are three ways that the Nominal Liquidation Amount of a class or tranche of notes can be increased:

 

   

The Nominal Liquidation Amount will increase if Finance Charge Collections are available to reimburse earlier reductions in the Nominal Liquidation Amount due to charge-offs for any uncovered Default Amount or from reallocations of Principal Collections from subordinated notes to pay interest on senior notes or the portion of the Servicing Fee allocable to senior notes. The increases will be allocated first to the senior-most notes with a deficiency in their Nominal Liquidation Amount and then, in succession, to the more subordinated notes with a deficiency in their Nominal Liquidation Amount.

 

   

The Nominal Liquidation Amount of a class or tranche of notes will increase by an amount equal to the portion of the amount on deposit in the principal funding subaccount for that class or tranche, in excess of the amount targeted to be on deposit in the principal funding account for that class or tranche, that is deposited into the principal funding subaccount for another class or tranche of notes or is paid to the issuing entity pursuant to the CHASEseries indenture supplement.

 

   

The Nominal Liquidation Amount of that class or tranche of notes will increase by an amount equal to the principal amount of any additional notes of that class or tranche issued after the initial issuance of notes of that class or tranche.

The increases will be further allocated to each tranche of a class of notes pro rata based on the deficiency in the Nominal Liquidation Amount of each tranche of that class.

The Nominal Liquidation Amount of a class or tranche of notes may be reduced as follows:

 

   

If Available Finance Charge Collections are insufficient to fund the CHASEseries Default Amount, any uncovered CHASEseries Default Amount will result in a reduction of the Nominal Liquidation Amount of the notes. Subordinated notes will generally bear the risk of reduction in their Nominal Liquidation Amount due to charge-offs resulting from any uncovered CHASEseries Default Amount before senior notes.

While these reductions will be initially allocated pro rata to each tranche of notes based on the Nominal Liquidation Amount used for that tranche in the calculation of the CHASEseries Floating Allocation Percentage, they will then be reallocated to the tranches of subordinated notes in succession based on class designation, beginning with the tranches of the most subordinated notes. However, these reallocations will be made from tranches of senior notes to subordinated notes only to the extent that those tranches of senior notes have not used all of their required subordinated amount. Reductions that cannot be reallocated to a more subordinated tranche will reduce the Nominal Liquidation Amount of the tranche to which the reductions were initially allocated.

 

   

If Available Principal Collections allocable to subordinated notes are reallocated to pay interest on senior notes or any shortfall in the payment of the portion of the Servicing Fee allocable to senior notes, the Nominal Liquidation Amount of the subordinated notes will be reduced by the amount of the reallocations. The amount of the reallocation of Available Principal Collections will be applied to reduce the Nominal Liquidation Amount of the subordinated notes in succession, beginning with the most subordinated notes. However, Available Principal Collections will be reallocated only to the extent that those senior notes have not used all of their required subordinated amount. In addition, no Available Principal Collections will be reallocated to pay interest on a senior note or any portion of the Servicing Fee allocable to senior classes of notes if the reallocation would result in the reduction of the Nominal Liquidation Amount of those senior notes.

 

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These reductions will generally be allocated within each class pro rata to each outstanding tranche of notes of the related class based on the Nominal Liquidation Amount used for that tranche in the calculation of the CHASEseries Floating Allocation Percentage.

 

   

The Nominal Liquidation Amount of a class or tranche of notes will be reduced by the amount on deposit in the applicable principal funding subaccount.

 

   

The Nominal Liquidation Amount of a class or tranche of notes will be reduced by the amount of payments of principal on that class or tranche.

 

   

Upon a sale of assets following an event of default and acceleration or on the legal maturity date of a class or tranche of notes, the Nominal Liquidation Amount of that class or tranche will be reduced to zero. See “Sources of Funds to Pay the Notes—Sale of Assets.”

Available Finance Charge Collections will be applied, as described in “Deposit and Application of Funds in the Issuing Entity,” to cover the CHASEseries Default Amount. If Available Finance Charge Collections are sufficient to cover the CHASEseries Default Amount, the Nominal Liquidation Amount of the notes will not be reduced. Available Finance Charge Collections also will be applied, as described in “Deposit and Application of Funds in the Issuing Entity,” to reimburse earlier reductions in the Nominal Liquidation Amount of the notes for any uncovered Default Amount or for reallocations of Principal Collections from subordinated notes to pay interest on senior notes or the portion of the Servicing Fee allocable to the senior notes. Available Finance Charge Collections used to reimburse earlier reductions of the Nominal Liquidation Amount will be treated as Available Principal Collections.

In most circumstances, the Nominal Liquidation Amount of a class or tranche of notes, together with any accumulated Available Principal Collections held in the applicable principal funding subaccount, will be equal to the outstanding dollar principal amount of that class or tranche. However, if there are reductions in the Nominal Liquidation Amount as a result of charge-offs for any uncovered Default Amount or as a result of reallocations of Principal Collections allocated to that class or tranche to pay interest on more senior notes or the portion of the Servicing Fee allocable to senior notes, there will be a deficit in the Nominal Liquidation Amount of that class or tranche. Unless that deficiency is reimbursed through the application of Available Finance Charge Collections, the stated principal amount of that class or tranche will not be paid in full. This means that if the Nominal Liquidation Amount of a class or tranche of notes has been reduced by charge-offs for any uncovered CHASEseries Default Amount or by reallocations of Available Principal Collections allocated to subordinated notes to pay interest on senior notes or the portion of the Servicing Fee allocable to senior notes, the holders of the class or tranche of notes with the reduced Nominal Liquidation Amount may receive less than the full stated principal amount of their class or tranche of notes. This occurs because the amount of dollars allocated to pay them is less than the outstanding dollar principal amount of that class or tranche.

The Nominal Liquidation Amount of a class or tranche of notes may not be reduced below zero, and may not be increased above the outstanding dollar principal amount of that class or tranche, less any amounts on deposit in the applicable principal funding subaccount.

Charge-offs for any uncovered CHASEseries Default Amount and reallocations of Principal Collections to pay interest on senior notes or the portion of the Servicing Fee allocable to senior notes reduce the Nominal Liquidation Amount of outstanding classes and tranches of notes only and do not affect classes or tranches of notes that are issued after that time.

Interest

Interest will accrue on a tranche of notes from the relevant issuance date at the applicable interest rate for that tranche, which may be a fixed, floating or other type of rate. Interest on a tranche of notes will be distributed on the dates specified in the prospectus for such tranche as an “Interest Payment Date,” or, if the Interest Payment Dates for that tranche of notes occur less frequently than monthly, interest will be deposited in the interest funding account or the applicable interest funding subaccount pending distribution to that tranche. Each tranche of notes has a separate interest funding subaccount. Interest payments or deposits will be funded from Available Finance Charge Collections allocated to that tranche during the preceding month or months, from any applicable credit enhancement, if necessary, and from certain other amounts specified in the prospectus for that tranche.

 

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The prospectus for a tranche of notes will specify the rate of interest (including, in the case of floating rate notes, the applicable interest rate index) at which interest will accrue on that tranche, the first interest payment date and the interest accrual method. In addition, the prospectus for a tranche of notes will specify if that tranche of notes receives any additional interest and how it is to be or will be calculated. See “Summary— Interest” for a description of how the amount of interest payable on the offered notes is determined.

Each payment of interest on a tranche of notes will include all interest accrued from the preceding Interest Payment Date—or, for the first period in which interest accrues, from the issuance date—through the day preceding the current Interest Payment Date, or any other period as may be specified in the prospectus for that tranche of notes. Interest on a tranche of notes will be due and payable on each Interest Payment Date.

If interest on a tranche of notes is not paid within 35 days after that interest is due, an event of default will occur with respect to that tranche. See “—Events of Default.”

Principal

The timing of payment of principal of a tranche of notes is specified in the prospectus for that tranche of notes and each date on which payment is made will be referred to in that prospectus as a “Principal Payment Date.”

The Scheduled Principal Payment Date on which the principal of a tranche of notes is scheduled to be repaid and the legal maturity date on which the principal of that tranche of notes must be paid, to the extent of available funds will be specified in the prospectus for that tranche. Principal of a tranche of notes may be paid later than its Scheduled Principal Payment Date if sufficient funds are not allocated from the issuing entity to the tranche of notes to be paid. Additionally, in the case of a tranche of subordinated notes, principal of that tranche will be paid on its Scheduled Principal Payment Date only to the extent that payment is permitted by the subordination provisions of the senior notes.

It is not an event of default if the principal of a tranche of notes is not paid on its Scheduled Principal Payment Date. However, if the stated principal amount of a tranche of notes is not paid in full by its legal maturity date, an event of default will occur with respect to that tranche. See “—Events of Default.

Principal of a tranche of notes may be paid earlier than its Scheduled Principal Payment Date if an early amortization event (other than non-payment of the stated principal amount of a tranche on its Scheduled Principal Payment Date) or an event of default and acceleration occurs with respect to that tranche. See “—Redemption and Early Amortization of Notes; Early Amortization Events” and “—Events of Default.”

See “Risk Factors” for a discussion of factors that may affect the timing of principal payments on the offered notes.

Subordination of Interest and Principal

Interest payments on and principal payments of Class B notes and Class C notes are subordinated to payments on Class A notes. Subordination of Class B notes and Class C notes provides credit enhancement for Class A notes. Interest and principal payments on Class C notes are subordinated to payments on Class A notes and Class B notes. Subordination of Class C notes provides credit enhancement for Class A notes and Class B notes.

In certain circumstances, the credit enhancement for a tranche of Class A notes may be provided solely by the subordination of Class C notes and the Class B notes will not, in that case, provide credit enhancement for that tranche of Class A notes. Funds on deposit in the Class C reserve subaccount for any tranche of Class C notes will, however, be available only to the holders of that tranche of Class C notes to cover shortfalls of interest on any interest payment date and principal on the legal maturity date and other specified dates for that tranche of Class C notes. See “Deposit and Application of Funds in the Issuing Entity—[Withdrawals from the Class C Reserve Account].”

Available Principal Collections may be reallocated to pay interest on senior notes and to pay the portion of the Servicing Fee allocable to the senior notes, subject to certain limitations. In addition, charge-offs due to any uncovered CHASEseries Default Amount are generally first applied against the subordinated notes. See “—Stated Principal Amount, Outstanding Dollar Principal Amount and Nominal Liquidation Amount—Nominal Liquidation Amount.”

 

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Available Principal Collections allocable to subordinated notes may be deposited into the principal funding subaccount of subordinated notes or used to make payments of principal on subordinated notes while senior notes are outstanding only under the following circumstances:

 

   

If after giving effect to the proposed principal payment there is still a sufficient amount of subordinated notes to provide the required subordination for the outstanding senior notes. See “Deposit and Application of Funds in the Issuing Entity—Targeted Deposits of Available Principal Collections to the Principal Funding Account” and “Deposit and Application of Funds in the Issuing Entity—Allocation to Principal Funding Subaccounts.” For example, if a tranche of Class A notes has matured and been repaid, this generally means that, unless other Class A notes are issued, at least some Class B notes that were providing credit enhancement to the Class A notes and some Class C notes that were providing credit enhancement to the Class A notes, may be repaid when they mature even if other tranches of Class A notes are outstanding.

 

   

If the principal funding subaccounts of the senior notes have been sufficiently prefunded as described in “Deposit and Application of Funds in the Issuing Entity—Targeted Deposits of Available Principal Collections to the Principal Funding Account—Prefunding of the Principal Funding Account of Senior Notes.”

 

   

If new subordinated notes are issued so that the subordinated notes that have reached their scheduled principal payment date are no longer necessary to provide the required subordination.

 

   

If the tranche of subordinated notes reaches its legal maturity date.

Available Principal Collections remaining after any reallocations for payments of interest on the senior notes or for the payment of the portion of the Servicing Fee allocable to the senior notes will be first applied to make targeted deposits to the principal funding subaccounts of senior notes before being applied to make targeted deposits to the principal funding subaccounts of the subordinated notes.

Required Subordinated Amount

The issuing entity may issue different tranches of notes at the same time or at different times, but no tranche of senior notes may be issued unless a sufficient amount of subordinated notes will be issued on that date or has previously been issued and is outstanding and available as subordination for that tranche of senior notes. The required subordinated amount of a class or tranche of senior notes is the aggregate Nominal Liquidation Amount of subordinated notes that is required to be outstanding and available on the date when a class or tranche of senior notes is issued. Such amount is specified in “Transaction Summary” of the prospectus of such tranche of notes. The required subordinated amount is also used, in conjunction with the consumption of enhancement from subordinated notes, referred to as “usage,” to determine whether a class or tranche of subordinated notes may be repaid before its legal maturity date while senior notes are outstanding.

The issuing entity may change the required subordinated amount for any class or tranche of notes, or the method of computing the required subordinated amount, at any time without notice to, or the consent of, any noteholders so long as the issuing entity has:

 

   

received written confirmation from each Note Rating Agency that has rated any outstanding notes that the change will not result in the reduction, qualification with negative implications or withdrawal of its then-current rating of any outstanding notes; and

 

   

delivered an Issuing Entity Tax Opinion to the indenture trustee and each Note Rating Agency that has rated any outstanding notes.

In order to issue Class A notes, the issuing entity must calculate the amount of Class B notes and Class C notes available as subordination for a new tranche of Class A notes. The issuing entity will first calculate the available amount of Class B notes for the new tranche of Class A notes. This is done by computing the following:

 

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the aggregate Nominal Liquidation Amount of all tranches of outstanding Class B notes on that date, after giving effect to issuances, deposits, allocations, reallocations or payments with respect to Class B notes to be made on that date; plus

 

   

the aggregate amount of all Class A Usage of Class B Required Subordinated Amount by any outstanding tranche of Class A notes on that date, after giving effect to any issuances, deposits, allocations, reallocations or payments to be made on that date; minus

 

   

the aggregate amount of the Class A required subordinated amount of Class B notes for all other tranches of Class A notes outstanding on that date, after giving effect to any issuances, deposits, allocations, reallocations or payments to be made on that date.

The issuing entity then will calculate the amount of Class C notes available as subordination for a new tranche of Class A notes by computing the following:

 

   

the aggregate Nominal Liquidation Amount of all tranches of outstanding Class C notes on that date, after giving effect to issuances, deposits, allocations, reallocations or payments with respect to Class C notes to be made on that date; plus

 

   

the aggregate amount of all Class A Usage of Class C Required Subordinated Amount by any outstanding tranche of Class A notes on that date, after giving effect to issuances, deposits, allocations, reallocations or payments to be made on that date; minus

 

   

the aggregate amount of the Class A required subordinated amount of Class C notes for all other tranches of Class A notes outstanding on that date, after giving effect to any issuances, deposits, allocations, reallocations or payments to be made on that date.

In order to issue Class B notes, the issuing entity must calculate the amount of Class C notes available as subordination for a new tranche of Class B notes by computing the following:

 

   

the aggregate Nominal Liquidation Amount of all tranches of outstanding Class C notes on that date, after giving effect to issuances, deposits, allocations, reallocations or payments with respect to Class C notes to be made on that date; plus

 

   

the sum of the aggregate amount of all Class B Usage of Class C Required Subordinated Amount by any outstanding tranche of Class B notes and the aggregate amount of Class A Usage of Class C Required Subordinated Amount by any outstanding tranche of Class A notes with a Class A required subordinated amount of Class B notes of zero on that date, after giving effect to issuances, deposits, allocations, reallocations or payments to be made on that date; minus

 

   

the sum of the aggregate amount of the Class B required subordinated amount of Class C notes for all other tranches of Class B notes outstanding on that date plus the aggregate amount of Class A required subordinated amount of Class C notes for all outstanding tranches of Class A notes with a Class A required subordinated amount of Class B notes of zero, after giving effect to any issuances, deposits, allocations, reallocations or payments to be made on that date.

Revolving Period

The revolving period for a tranche of notes is the period from the issuance date for that tranche of notes through the beginning of the amortization period or accumulation period. The accumulation period is generally scheduled to begin twelve whole calendar months before the Scheduled Principal Payment Date for a tranche of notes. This is referred to as the “accumulation period length.” The deposit targeted to be made into the principal funding subaccount for that tranche for each month during the accumulation period will be one-twelfth of the outstanding dollar principal amount of that tranche. The accumulation period for the offered notes is scheduled to commence on the date specified in “Transaction Summary.”

 

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The issuing entity may postpone the beginning of the accumulation period for a tranche of notes if the servicer determines that less than twelve months will be required to accumulate Available Principal Collections necessary to pay the outstanding dollar principal amount of that tranche of notes on its Scheduled Principal Payment Date. The targeted deposit for each month during the accumulation period will become proportionately larger for each month that the commencement of the accumulation period is postponed. There must be at least one targeted deposit.

Receivables arising in additional revolving credit card accounts may be added to the issuing entity and receivables arising in designated accounts may be removed from the issuing entity at any time. In addition, the Invested Amount of any existing collateral certificate may be increased or paid down at any time during the revolving period for that collateral certificate and additional collateral certificates may also be added to the issuing entity at any time. There is no minimum or maximum increase or decrease for an existing collateral certificate and no minimum or maximum amount of additional revolving credit card accounts or collateral certificates that may be added during the revolving period but all revolving credit card accounts and additional collateral certificates must meet the requirements for addition described in “Sources of Funds to Pay the Notes— Addition of Assets.”

Redemption and Early Amortization of Notes; Early Amortization Events

The servicer of the issuing entity may, at its option, redeem any tranche of notes at any time when the outstanding principal amount of the noteholders’ interest in that tranche is less than 10% of the highest outstanding dollar principal amount at any time of that tranche. JPMorgan Chase Bank, as servicer for the issuing entity, will not redeem subordinated notes if those notes are required to provide credit enhancement for senior notes.

If JPMorgan Chase Bank, as servicer for the issuing entity, elects to redeem a tranche of notes, it will notify the registered holders of that tranche at least 30 days prior to the redemption date. The redemption price of a note will equal 100% of the outstanding dollar principal amount of that note, plus accrued but unpaid interest and any additional interest or principal accreted and unpaid on that note to but excluding the date of redemption.

In addition, if an early amortization event (other than non-payment of those notes on the Scheduled Principal Payment Date) occurs with respect to any tranche of notes, the issuing entity will be required to repay, to the extent that funds are available for that repayment after giving effect to all allocations and reallocations and, with respect to subordinated notes, to the extent payment is permitted by the subordination provisions of the senior notes, the principal of each affected tranche of notes before the Scheduled Principal Payment Date of that tranche. If the early amortization event described in the sixth bullet point in the next paragraph occurs, the issuing entity will be required to make principal and interest payments on those notes monthly until the outstanding dollar principal amount of those notes plus accrued, past due and additional interest are paid in full or their legal maturity date—which for the offered notes is the date specified in “Transaction Summary”— occurs, whichever is earlier. The issuing entity will give notice to holders of the affected notes before an early amortization date. An early amortization event with respect to one tranche of notes does not necessarily affect other classes or tranches of notes. However, in the case of an early amortization event involving a tranche of Class B or Class C notes, payment of the principal maybe limited due to the subordination provisions for the benefit of more senior notes.

Early amortization events include the following:

 

   

for any month, the three-month average Excess Spread Percentage is less than zero (or any greater required excess spread percentage designated in accordance with the CHASEseries indenture supplement for that month);

 

   

JPMorgan Chase Bank or Chase Card Funding fails to designate additional credit card receivables or any collateral certificates for inclusion in the issuing entity or JPMorgan Chase Bank or Chase Card Funding fails to increase the Invested Amount of any existing collateral certificate included in the issuing entity when either action is required;

 

   

any Issuing Entity Servicer Default occurs that would have a material adverse effect on the holders of the notes;

 

   

the ability of JPMorgan Chase Bank or Chase Card Funding to designate additional credit card receivables for inclusion in the issuing entity or to designate additional credit card receivables for inclusion in a

 

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securitization special purpose entity that has issued a collateral certificate included in the issuing entity is restricted and that restriction causes either (1) the Pool Balance to not equal or exceed the Minimum Pool Balance or (2) the Transferor Amount to not equal or exceed the Required Transferor Amount, each calculated excluding the Invested Amount of the credit card receivables arising in any affected revolving credit card account included in the issuing entity or any affected existing collateral certificate included in the issuing entity, as the case may be, and the issuing entity fails to meet those tests for 10 days;

 

   

the occurrence of an event of default and acceleration of a class or tranche of notes;

 

   

the occurrence of the Scheduled Principal Payment Date of a tranche of notes;

 

   

the issuing entity becoming an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act;

 

   

the insolvency, conservatorship or receivership of JPMorgan Chase Bank or Chase Card Funding; or

 

   

any additional early amortization event specified in this prospectus with respect to the offered notes.

The amount repaid with respect to any class or tranche of notes will be the outstanding dollar principal amount of that class or tranche of notes, plus accrued, past due and additional interest to but excluding the date of repayment. If the amount of Available Finance Charge Collections and Available Principal Collections allocated to the tranche of notes to be repaid, together with funds on deposit in the applicable principal funding subaccount, interest funding subaccount and Class C reserve subaccount, if applicable, are insufficient to pay the outstanding dollar principal amount plus accrued, past due and additional interest in full on the next Principal Payment Date after giving effect to the subordination provisions of the senior notes and allocations to any other notes ranking equally with that tranche of notes, monthly payments on the notes to be repaid will thereafter be made on each Principal Payment Date until the outstanding dollar principal amount of the notes plus all accrued, past due and additional interest are paid in full, or the legal maturity date of the notes occurs, whichever is earlier.

No Principal Collections will be allocated to a tranche of notes with a Nominal Liquidation Amount of zero, even if the stated principal amount of that tranche has not been paid in full. However, any funds previously deposited in the applicable principal funding subaccount, interest funding subaccount and Class C reserve subaccount, if applicable, will still be available to pay principal of and interest on that tranche of notes on each Interest Payment Date and/or Principal Payment Date, as applicable, until those amounts have been disbursed. In addition, Finance Charge Collections allocated to the CHASEseries notes, after payment of certain other items, can be applied to reimburse reductions in the Nominal Liquidation Amount of that tranche of notes resulting from reallocations of Available Principal Collections allocable to the subordinated notes to pay interest on senior notes or the portion of the Servicing Fee allocable to the senior notes or from charge-offs for any uncovered CHASEseries Default Amount.

Events of Default

Events of default include the following:

 

   

the issuing entity’s failure, for a period of 35 days, to pay interest on any tranche of notes when that interest becomes due and payable;

 

   

the issuing entity’s failure to pay the stated principal amount of any tranche of notes on their applicable legal maturity date;

 

   

the issuing entity’s default in the performance, or breach, of any other of its covenants or warranties in the indenture, for a period of 90 days after either the indenture trustee or the holders of 25% of the aggregate outstanding dollar principal amount of the outstanding notes of the affected class or tranche has provided written notice requesting remedy of that breach, and, as a result of that default, the interests of the related noteholders are materially and adversely affected and continue to be materially and adversely affected during the 90-day period; and

 

   

the occurrence of certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency of the issuing entity.

 

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Failure to pay the full stated principal amount of a note on its Scheduled Principal Payment Date will not constitute an event of default. An event of default with respect to a tranche of notes will not necessarily be an event of default with respect to any other series, class or tranche of notes that may be issued. However, other than payment defaults, the events of default are consistent across all tranches and would be triggered at the same time.

It is not an event of default if the issuing entity fails to redeem a note prior to the legal maturity date of that note because it does not have sufficient funds available or because payment of principal of a subordinated note is delayed because it is necessary to provide required subordination for senior notes.

Events of Default Remedies

The occurrence of the event of default involving the bankruptcy or insolvency of the issuing entity results in an automatic acceleration of all of the notes. If other events of default occur and are continuing with respect to any class or tranche of notes, either the indenture trustee or the holders of more than 66 2/3% of the outstanding dollar principal amount of that class or tranche of notes may declare the principal of all those outstanding notes to be immediately due and payable. This declaration of acceleration may generally be rescinded by the holders of more than 66 2/3% of the outstanding dollar principal amount of that class or tranche of notes.

If a class or tranche of notes is accelerated before its legal maturity date, the indenture trustee may at any time thereafter, and at the direction of the holders of more than 66 2/3% of the outstanding dollar principal amount of that class or tranche of notes at any time thereafter will, direct the collateral agent to sell assets as provided herein.

In addition, a sale of assets following an event of default and acceleration of a tranche of subordinated notes may be delayed as described in “Sources of Funds to Pay the Notes—Sale of Assets” if the payment is not permitted by the subordination provisions of the senior notes.

If an event of default occurs relating to the failure to pay principal of or interest on a tranche of notes in full on the legal maturity date, assets will automatically be sold on that date, as described in “Sources of Funds to Pay the Notes—Sale of Assets,” provided that no assets will be sold in order to repay a tranche of notes with a Nominal Liquidation Amount equal to zero and no such tranche will receive any proceeds from any such sale.

Upon a sale of assets, the Nominal Liquidation Amount of the applicable tranche of notes will be automatically reduced to zero and thereafter Available Principal Collections and Available Finance Charge Collections will no longer be allocated to that tranche of notes. Holders of the applicable tranche of notes will receive the proceeds of the sale plus any amounts on deposit in issuing entity bank accounts in each case that are allocable to that tranche of notes in an amount not to exceed the outstanding dollar principal amount of, plus any accrued, past due and additional interest on, that tranche of notes.

Any money or other property collected by the indenture trustee or the collateral agent with respect to a tranche of notes in connection with a sale of assets following an event of default will be applied in the following priority, at the dates fixed by the indenture trustee:

 

   

first, to pay all compensation and reimbursements owed to the indenture trustee and the collateral agent for services rendered in connection with the indenture and the asset pool one supplement, or indemnification of the indenture trustee and the collateral agent for any and all losses, liabilities or expenses incurred without negligence or bad faith on their part, arising out of or in connection with the performance of their duties and obligations;

 

   

second, to pay the amounts of principal then due and unpaid plus any accrued but unpaid interest and any additional interest on that tranche of notes;

 

   

third, to pay any servicing fee owed to the servicer and any other fees or expenses then owing for that tranche of notes; and

 

   

fourth, any remaining amounts will be paid to the issuing entity.

 

   

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The issuing entity will continue to hold the assets, and distributions on the assets will continue to be applied in accordance with the distribution provisions of the indenture, the asset pool one supplement and the CHASEseries indenture supplement.

 

   

Principal will be paid on the accelerated tranche of notes to the extent funds are received by the issuing entity and available to the accelerated tranche after giving effect to all allocations and reallocations and payment is permitted by the subordination provisions of the senior notes.

 

   

If the accelerated notes are a tranche of subordinated notes, and the subordination provisions of the senior notes prevent the payment of the accelerated tranche of subordinated notes, prefunding of the senior notes will begin. Afterward, payment will be made to the extent provided in the CHASEseries indenture supplement.

 

   

On the legal maturity date of the accelerated tranche of notes, if that tranche of notes has not been paid in full, the collateral agent will sell, or cause to be sold, assets.

The holders of more than 66 2/3% of the outstanding dollar principal amount of any accelerated tranche of notes have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the indenture trustee or the collateral agent, or exercising any trust or power conferred on the indenture trustee or on the collateral agent. However, this right may be exercised only if the direction provided by the noteholders does not conflict with applicable law or the indenture or the CHASEseries indenture supplement or have a substantial likelihood of involving the indenture trustee or the collateral agent in personal liability. The holder of any note will have the right to institute suit for the enforcement of payment of principal of and interest on that note on the legal maturity date expressed in that note, provided that payment of principal and interest on any note on the legal maturity date is subject to the payment and allocation provisions of the indenture.

Generally, if an event of default occurs and any notes are accelerated, neither the indenture trustee nor the collateral agent is obligated to exercise any of its rights or powers under the indenture unless the holders of the affected notes offer the indenture trustee or the collateral agent reasonable indemnity. Upon acceleration of the maturity of a tranche of notes following an event of default, the indenture trustee and the collateral agent will have a lien on the collateral for those notes ranking senior to the lien of those notes for their unpaid fees and expenses.

The indenture trustee has agreed, and the noteholders will agree, that they will not at any time institute against the issuing entity or any securitization special purpose entity whose assets consist primarily of credit card receivables arising in revolving credit card accounts owned by JPMorgan Chase Bank or by one of its affiliates, any bankruptcy, reorganization or other proceeding under any federal or state bankruptcy or similar law.

Final Payment of the Notes

Noteholders are entitled to payment of principal in an amount equal to the outstanding dollar principal amount of their respective notes. However, Available Principal Collections will be allocated to pay principal on the notes only up to their Nominal Liquidation Amount, which will be reduced for charge-offs for any uncovered CHASEseries Default Amount and reallocations of Available Principal Collections to pay interest on senior notes or the portion of the Servicing Fee allocable to the senior notes. In addition, if a sale of assets occurs, as described in “Sources of Funds to Pay the Notes—Sale of Assets,” the amount of assets sold generally will be limited to the lesser of (i) 105% of the Nominal Liquidation Amount of the applicable tranche of notes or (ii) the sum of (1) the product of (A) the Transferor Percentage, (B) the aggregate outstanding Pool Balance and (C) a fraction, the numerator of which is the CHASEseries Floating Allocation Percentage and the denominator of which is the sum of the CHASEseries Noteholder Percentages for the allocation of Finance Charge Collections for all series of notes backed by asset pool one, and (2) the Nominal Liquidation Amount of the affected tranche. If the Nominal Liquidation Amount of a tranche has been reduced, noteholders of that tranche will receive full payment of principal only to the extent proceeds from the sale of assets are sufficient to pay the full principal amount or amounts have been previously deposited in an issuing entity bank account for that tranche.

On the date of a sale of assets, the proceeds of that sale will be available to pay the outstanding dollar principal amount of, plus any accrued, past due and additional interest on, that tranche.

 

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A tranche of notes will be considered to be paid in full, the holders of that tranche will have no further right or claim, and the issuing entity will have no further obligation or liability for principal or interest, on the earliest to occur of:

 

   

the date of the payment in full of the outstanding dollar principal amount of, and all accrued, but unpaid interest and any additional interest on, that tranche;

 

   

the date on which the outstanding dollar principal amount of that tranche, after giving effect to all deposits, allocations, reallocations, sales of assets and payments to be made on that date, is reduced to zero, and all accrued, past due and additional interest on that tranche is paid in full;

 

   

the legal maturity date of that tranche, after giving effect to all deposits, allocations, reimbursements, reallocations, sales of assets and payments to be made on that date; or

 

   

the date of the payment following the date on which a sale of assets has taken place with respect to that tranche, as described in “Sources of Funds to Pay the Notes—Sale of Assets.”

Issuances of New Series, Classes and Tranches of Notes

Conditions to Issuance

The issuing entity may issue new notes of any tranche only if the conditions of issuance are met or waived as described below. These conditions include:

 

   

on or prior to the third Business Day before the new issuance is to occur, the issuing entity delivers to the indenture trustee and each applicable Note Rating Agency that has rated any outstanding series, class or tranche of notes notice of the new issuance;

 

   

on or prior to the date that the new issuance is to occur, the issuing entity delivers to the indenture trustee and each applicable Note Rating Agency a certificate to the effect that:

 

   

the issuing entity reasonably believes that the new issuance will not, at the time of its occurrence, (1) result in the occurrence of an early amortization event or event of default with respect to any series, class or tranche of notes then outstanding, (2) have a material adverse effect on the amount of funds available to be distributed to holders of any series, class or tranche of notes or the timing of those distributions or (3) adversely affect the security interest of the collateral agent;

 

   

all instruments furnished to the indenture trustee conform to the requirements of the indenture and constitute sufficient authority under the indenture for the indenture trustee to authenticate and deliver the new notes;

 

   

the form and terms of the new notes have been established in conformity with the provisions of the indenture; and

 

   

the issuing entity has satisfied any other matters as reasonably requested by the indenture trustee;

 

   

on or prior to the date that the new issuance is to occur, the issuing entity delivers to the indenture trustee, an indenture supplement and, if applicable, a terms document relating to the applicable series, class and tranche of notes;

 

   

in the case of foreign currency notes, the issuing entity has appointed one or more paying agents in the appropriate countries;

 

   

on or prior to the date that the new issuance is to occur, the issuing entity has obtained written confirmation from each applicable Note Rating Agency that the new issuance will not cause a reduction, qualification with negative implications or withdrawal of its then-current rating of any outstanding series, class or tranche of notes; and

 

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the required subordination amount condition is satisfied.

If the issuing entity obtains approval from each Note Rating Agency that has rated any outstanding series, class or tranche of notes, then any or all of the conditions described above may be waived or modified.

Notwithstanding the conditions to issuance described above, if so specified in the terms document relating to the issuance of a new tranche of notes, the issuing entity will not be required to obtain written confirmation from each applicable Note Rating Agency that any subsequent new issuance will not cause a reduction, qualification with negative implications or withdrawal of its then-current rating of any outstanding notes if those outstanding notes were issued on or after May 22, 2012.

The issuing entity and the indenture trustee are not required to permit any prior review by or to obtain the consent of any noteholder of any outstanding series, class or tranche of notes to issue any additional notes of any series, class or tranche.

JPMorgan Chase Bank may from time to time, without notice to, or the consent of, the registered holders of a tranche of notes, create and issue further notes equal in rank to the tranche of notes offered by this prospectus in all respects—or in all respects except for the payment of interest accruing prior to the issue date of the further tranche of notes or except for the first payment of interest following the issue date of the further tranche of notes. This is called a “reopening.” When issued, the additional notes of a tranche will equally and ratably be entitled to the benefits of the indenture and the related indenture supplement and terms document applicable to those notes with the other outstanding notes of that tranche without preference, priority or distinction. These further tranches of notes may be consolidated and form a single tranche with the previously issued notes and will have the same terms as to status, redemption or otherwise as the previously issued tranche of notes.

There are no restrictions on the timing or amount of any additional issuance of notes of an outstanding tranche of notes, so long as the conditions described above are met or waived. As of the date of any issuance of additional notes of an outstanding tranche of notes, the stated principal amount, outstanding dollar principal amount and Nominal Liquidation Amount of that tranche will be increased to reflect the principal amount of the additional notes. The targeted deposits, if any, to the principal funding account, the interest funding account and the Class C reserve account will be increased proportionately to reflect the principal amount of the additional notes.

In addition, JPMorgan Chase Bank, Chase Card Funding, or an affiliate may retain any notes upon initial issuance or upon a reopening and may sell them on a subsequent date.

Payments on Notes; Paying Agent

The issuing entity, the indenture trustee, the owner trustee, Chase Card Funding, JPMorgan Chase Bank and any agent of the foregoing will treat the registered holder of any note as the absolute owner of that note, whether or not the note is overdue and notwithstanding any notice to the contrary, for the purpose of making payment and for all other purposes.

The issuing entity will make payments on a note to the registered holder of that note at the close of business on the record date established for the related Interest Payment Date or Principal Payment Date, as applicable.

The issuing entity has designated the corporate trust office of Wells Fargo Bank as its paying agent for the notes. The issuing entity will be required to maintain a paying agent in each place of payment for the notes but may at any time designate additional paying agents or rescind the designation of any paying agent.

After notice by publication, all funds paid to a paying agent for the payment of the principal of or interest on any note which remains unclaimed at the end of two years after the principal or interest becomes due and payable will be repaid to the issuing entity. After funds are repaid to the issuing entity, the holder of that note may look only to the issuing entity for payment of that principal or interest.

 

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Record Date

The record date for payment of the notes will be the last day of the month before the related Interest Payment Date or Principal Payment Date, as applicable.

Addresses for Notices

Notices to noteholders will be given by mail sent to the addresses of those noteholders as they appear in the note register.

List of Noteholders

Three or more holders of notes of any series, class or tranche, each of whom has owned a note for at least six months, may, upon written request to the indenture trustee, obtain access to the current list of noteholders of the issuing entity for purposes of communicating with other noteholders concerning their rights under the indenture or the notes. The indenture trustee may elect not to give the requesting noteholders access to the list if it agrees to mail the desired communication or proxy to all applicable noteholders. For requests to communicate relating to an investor exercising its rights under the notes, the issuing entity will include certain information on its Form 10-D. See “Shelf Registration Eligibility Requirements—Transaction Requirements— Investor Communication.”

Voting

Except for voting related to the asset representations review, any action or vote to be taken by the holders of more than 66 2/3%, or other specified percentage, of any tranche of notes may be adopted by the affirmative vote of the holders of more than 66 2/3%, or the applicable other specified percentage, of the outstanding dollar principal amount of the outstanding class or tranche of notes, as the case may be.

Any action or vote taken by holders of notes in accordance with the indenture will be binding on all holders of the affected notes or the affected class or tranche of notes, as the case may be.

Notes held by the issuing entity, Chase Card Funding, JPMorgan Chase Bank or any affiliate of these entities will not be deemed outstanding for purposes of voting.

For voting procedures relating to the asset representations review, see “Shelf Registration Eligibility Requirements—Transaction Requirements—Asset Review—Voting Procedure for Asset Representations Review.”

Issuing Entity’s Annual Compliance Statement

The issuing entity is required to furnish annually to the indenture trustee a statement concerning its performance and fulfillment of covenants, agreements or conditions in the indenture as well as the presence or absence of defaults under the indenture.

Indenture Trustee’s Annual Report

The indenture trustee is required to mail each year to all registered noteholders a report concerning:

 

   

its eligibility and qualifications to continue as trustee under the indenture,

 

   

any amounts advanced by it under the indenture,

 

   

the amount, interest rate and maturity date of indebtedness owing by the issuing entity to it and the collateral agent, each in its individual capacity,

 

   

the property and funds physically held by it as collateral agent,

 

   

any release or release and substitution of collateral subject to the lien of the asset pool one supplement that has not previously been reported, and

 

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any action taken by it or the collateral agent, on behalf of the indenture trustee, that materially affects the notes and that has not previously been reported.

If none of the events specified in the Trust Indenture Act occurred during the previous twelve months, the indenture trustee will be under no obligation to mail an annual report.

Reports

Monthly Reports

Monthly reports containing distribution and pool performance information on the notes and the collateral securing the notes required under Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as modified by Regulation AB, will be filed with the SEC on Form 10-D. These reports will not be sent to noteholders. See “Where You Can Find More Information” for information as to how these reports may be accessed. Requests from investors to communicate with other investors will also be included on Form 10-D. See “Shelf Registration Eligibility Requirements—Transaction Requirements—Investor Communication.”

Annual Reports

An annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as modified by Regulation AB, will be filed with the SEC on Form 10-K. The annual report filed on Form 10-K will include as exhibits (1) an assessment report of compliance with servicing criteria pursuant to Item 1122(a) and (d) of Regulation AB, (2) an accountant’s attestation report pursuant to Item 1122(b) of Regulation AB and (3) a servicer compliance statement pursuant to Item 1123 of Regulation AB. These reports will not be sent to noteholders. See “Where You Can Find More Information” for information as to how these reports may be accessed.

On or before January 31 of each calendar year, the paying agent, on behalf of the indenture trustee, will furnish to each person who at any time during the prior calendar year was a noteholder of record a statement containing the information required to be provided by an issuer of indebtedness under the Internal Revenue Code. See “U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations.”

Governing Law

The laws of the State of Delaware will govern the notes and the indenture.

Form, Exchange and Registration and Transfer of Notes

The notes will be delivered in registered form. The notes will be represented by one or more global notes registered in the name of The Depository Trust Company, as depository, or its nominee. We refer to each beneficial interest in a global note as a “book-entry note.” For a description of the special provisions that apply to book-entry notes, see “—Book-Entry Notes.”

A holder of notes may exchange those notes for other notes of the same class and tranche of any authorized denominations and of the same aggregate stated principal amount and tenor.

Any holder of a note may present that note for registration of transfer, with the form of transfer properly executed, at the office of the note registrar or at the office of any transfer agent that the issuing entity designates. Holders of notes will not be charged any service charge for the exchange or transfer of their notes. Holders of notes that are to be transferred or exchanged will be liable for the payment of any taxes and other governmental charges described in the indenture before the transfer or exchange will be completed. The note registrar or transfer agent, as the case may be, will effect a transfer or exchange when it is satisfied with the documents of title and identity of the person making the request.

The issuing entity has appointed Wells Fargo Bank as the note registrar for the notes. The issuing entity also may at any time designate additional transfer agents for the notes. The issuing entity may at any time rescind the designation of any transfer agent or approve a change in the location through which any transfer agent acts. However, the issuing entity will be required to maintain a transfer agent in each place of payment for the notes.

 

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Book-Entry Notes

The notes will be delivered in book-entry form. This means that, except under the limited circumstances described in “—Definitive Notes,” purchasers of notes will not be entitled to have the notes registered in their names and will not be entitled to receive physical delivery of the notes in definitive paper form. Instead, upon issuance, all the notes of a class will be represented by one or more fully registered permanent global notes, without interest coupons.

Each global note will be deposited with The Depository Trust Company, referred to as “DTC” in this prospectus, and will be registered in the name of its nominee, Cede & Co. No global note representing book-entry notes may be transferred except as a whole by DTC to a nominee of DTC, or by a nominee of DTC to another nominee of DTC. Thus, DTC or its nominee will be the only registered holder of the notes and will be considered the sole representative of the beneficial owners of notes for purposes of the indenture.

The registration of the global notes in the name of Cede & Co. will not affect beneficial ownership and is performed merely to facilitate subsequent transfers. The book-entry system, which is also the system through which most publicly traded common stock is held, is used because it eliminates the need for physical movement of securities. The laws of some jurisdictions, however, may require some purchasers to take physical delivery of their notes in definitive form. These laws may impair the ability to own or transfer book-entry notes.

Purchasers of notes in the United States may hold interests in the global notes through DTC, either directly, if they are participants in that system—such as a bank, brokerage house or other institution that maintains securities accounts for customers with DTC—or otherwise indirectly through a participant in DTC. Purchasers of notes in Europe may hold interests in the global notes through Clearstream Banking S.A., referred to in this prospectus as “Clearstream Banking,” or through Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V., as operator of the Euroclear System, referred to in this prospectus as “Euroclear.”

Because DTC will be the only registered owner of the global notes, Clearstream Banking and Euroclear will hold positions through their respective U.S. depositories, which in turn will hold positions on the books of DTC.

As long as the notes are in book-entry form, they will be evidenced solely by entries on the books of DTC, its participants and any indirect participants. DTC will maintain records showing:

 

   

the ownership interests of its participants, including the U.S. depositories; and

 

   

all transfers of ownership interests between its participants.

The participants and indirect participants, in turn, will maintain records showing:

 

   

the ownership interests of their customers, including indirect participants, that hold the notes through those participants; and

 

   

all transfers between these persons.

Thus, each beneficial owner of a book-entry note will hold its note indirectly through a hierarchy of intermediaries, with DTC at the “top” and the beneficial owner’s own securities intermediary at the “bottom.”

The issuing entity, the indenture trustee, any agent of the indenture trustee, any paying agent and the note registrar will not be liable for the accuracy of, and are not responsible for maintaining, supervising or reviewing DTC’s records or any participant’s records relating to book-entry notes. In addition, after distribution by the issuing entity, the indenture trustee, any agent of the indenture trustee, any paying agent or the note registrar, as applicable, to DTC or its nominee of amounts owed in respect of book-entry notes, the issuing entity, the indenture trustee, any agent of the indenture trustee, any paying agent and the note registrar will not be responsible or liable for payments made or failed to be made by DTC or its nominee in connection therewith.

Unless definitive notes, that is, notes in physical form, are issued to the beneficial owners as described in “—Definitive Notes,” all references to “holders” of notes means DTC. The issuing entity, the indenture trustee and any paying agent, transfer agent or note registrar may treat DTC as the absolute owner of the notes for all purposes.

 

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Beneficial owners of book-entry notes should realize that the issuing entity will make all distributions of principal and interest on their notes to DTC and will send all required reports and notices solely to DTC as long as DTC is the registered holder of the notes. DTC and the participants are generally required by law to receive and transmit all distributions, notices and directions from the indenture trustee to the beneficial owners through the chain of intermediaries.

Similarly, the indenture trustee will accept notices and directions solely from DTC. Therefore, in order to exercise any rights of a holder of notes under the indenture, each person owning a beneficial interest in the notes must rely on the procedures of DTC and, in some cases, Clearstream Banking or Euroclear. If the beneficial owner is not a participant in that system, then it must rely on the procedures of the participant through which that person owns its interest. DTC has advised the issuing entity that it will take actions under the indenture only at the direction of its participants, which in turn will act only at the direction of the beneficial owners. Some of these actions, however, may conflict with actions it takes at the direction of other participants and beneficial owners.

Notices and other communications by DTC to participants, by participants to indirect participants, and by participants and indirect participants to beneficial owners will be governed by arrangements among them.

Beneficial owners of book-entry notes should also realize that book-entry notes may be more difficult to pledge because of the lack of a physical note. Beneficial owners may also experience delays in receiving distributions on their notes since distributions will initially be made to DTC and must be transferred through the chain of intermediaries to the beneficial owner’s account.

The Depository Trust Company

DTC is a limited-purpose trust company organized under the New York Banking Law and is a “banking organization” within the meaning of the New York Banking Law. DTC is also a member of the Federal Reserve System, a “clearing corporation” within the meaning of the New York UCC, and a “clearing agency” registered under Section 17A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. DTC was created to hold securities deposited by its participants and to facilitate the clearance and settlement of securities transactions among its direct participants through electronic book-entry changes in accounts of the participants, thus eliminating the need for physical movement of securities. DTC is a wholly owned subsidiary of The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation, referred to in this prospectus as “DTCC.” DTCC is the holding company for DTC, National Securities Clearing Corporation and Fixed Income Clearing Corporation, all of which are registered clearing agencies. DTCC is owned by the users of its regulated subsidiaries. The rules applicable to DTC and its participants are on file with the SEC.

Clearstream Banking

As a licensed credit institution in Luxembourg, Clearstream Banking, S.A. is supervised by the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier and must comply with financial, legal, regulatory and statutory reporting banking requirements as specified in the law on the financial sector (as subsequently amended) of 5 April 1993. As a securities settlement system in which the Banque Centrale du Luxembourg (“BCL”) participates, Clearstream Banking is also supervised by BCL and must report according to and comply with rules and recommendations by the BCL (especially relating to systemic risks). Clearstream Banking is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Deutsche Börse AG. Clearstream Banking holds securities for its customers and facilitates the clearance and settlement of securities transactions by electronic book-entry transfers between their accounts. Clearstream Banking provides various services, including safekeeping, administration, clearance and settlement of internationally traded securities and securities lending and borrowing. Clearstream Banking has established an electronic bridge with Euroclear to facilitate settlement of trades between Clearstream Banking and Euroclear. Over 300,000 domestic and internationally traded bonds, equities and investment funds are currently deposited with Clearstream Banking.

Clearstream Banking’s customers are worldwide financial institutions including underwriters, securities brokers and dealers, banks, trust companies and clearing corporations. Clearstream Banking’s U.S. customers are limited to securities brokers and dealers and banks. Currently, Clearstream Banking has approximately 2,500 customers located in over 110 countries, including all major European countries, Canada, and the United States. Indirect access to Clearstream Banking is available to other institutions that clear through or maintain a custodial relationship with an account holder of Clearstream Banking.

 

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Euroclear

Euroclear was created in 1968 to hold securities for participants of Euroclear and to clear and settle transactions between Euroclear participants through simultaneous electronic book-entry delivery against payment. This system eliminates the need for physical movement of securities and any risk from lack of simultaneous transfers of securities and cash. Euroclear includes various other services, including securities lending and borrowing and interfaces with domestic markets in several countries. The Euroclear System is operated by Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V., as the Euroclear operator. The Euroclear operator conducts all operations. All Euroclear securities clearance accounts and Euroclear cash accounts are accounts with the Euroclear operator. The Euroclear operator establishes policy for Euroclear on behalf of Euroclear participants. Euroclear participants include banks, including central banks, securities brokers and dealers and other professional financial intermediaries and may include the underwriters. Indirect access to Euroclear is also available to other firms that clear through or maintain a custodial relationship with a Euroclear participant, either directly or indirectly.

Securities clearance accounts and cash accounts with the Euroclear operator are governed by the Terms and Conditions Governing Use of Euroclear and the related Operating Procedures of the Euroclear System, and applicable Belgian law. These Terms and Conditions govern transfers of securities and cash within Euroclear, withdrawals of securities and cash from Euroclear, and receipts of payments with respect to securities in Euroclear. All securities in Euroclear are held on a fungible basis without attribution of specific securities to specific securities clearance accounts. The Euroclear operator acts under the Terms and Conditions only on behalf of Euroclear participants, and has no record of or relationship with persons holding through Euroclear participants.

This information about DTC, Clearstream Banking and Euroclear has been compiled from public sources for informational purposes only and is not intended to serve as a representation, warranty or contract modification of any kind.

Distributions on Book-Entry Notes

The issuing entity will make distributions of principal of and interest on book-entry notes to DTC. These payments will be made in immediately available funds by the issuing entity’s paying agent at the office of the paying agent that the issuing entity designates for that purpose.

In the case of principal payments, the global notes must be presented to the paying agent in time for the paying agent to make those payments in immediately available funds in accordance with its normal payment procedures.

Upon receipt of any payment of principal of or interest on a global note, DTC will immediately credit the accounts of its participants on its book-entry registration and transfer system. DTC will credit those accounts with payments in amounts proportionate to the participants’ respective beneficial interests in the stated principal amount of the global note as shown on the records of DTC. Payments by participants to beneficial owners of book-entry notes will be governed by standing instructions and customary practices, as is now the case with securities held for the accounts of customers in bearer form or registered in “street name,” and will be the responsibility of those participants.

Distributions on book-entry notes held beneficially through Clearstream Banking will be credited to cash accounts of Clearstream Banking participants in accordance with its rules and procedures, to the extent received by its U.S. depository.

Distributions on book-entry notes held beneficially through Euroclear will be credited to the cash accounts of Euroclear participants in accordance with the Terms and Conditions, to the extent received by its U.S. depository.

In the event definitive notes are issued, distributions of principal and interest on definitive notes will be made directly to the holders of the definitive notes in whose names the definitive notes were registered at the close of business on the related record date.

Global Clearance and Settlement Procedures

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available funds using DTC’s Same-Day Funds Settlement System. Secondary market trading between Clearstream Banking participants and/or Euroclear participants will occur in the ordinary way in accordance with the applicable rules and operating procedures of Clearstream Banking and Euroclear and will be settled using the procedures applicable to conventional eurobonds in immediately available funds.

Cross-market transfers between persons holding directly or indirectly through DTC, on the one hand, and directly or indirectly through Clearstream Banking or Euroclear participants, on the other, will be effected in DTC in accordance with DTC’s rules on behalf of the relevant European international clearing system by the U.S. depositories. However, cross-market transactions of this type will require delivery of instructions to the relevant European international clearing system by the counterparty in that system in accordance with its rules and procedures and within its established deadlines, European time. The relevant European international clearing system will, if the transaction meets its settlement requirements, deliver instructions to its U.S. depository to take action to effect final settlement on its behalf by delivering or receiving notes in DTC, and making or receiving payment in accordance with normal procedures for same-day funds settlement applicable to DTC. Clearstream Banking participants and Euroclear participants may not deliver instructions directly to DTC.

Because of time-zone differences, credits to notes received in Clearstream Banking or Euroclear as a result of a transaction with a DTC participant will be made during subsequent securities settlement processing and will be credited the Business Day following a DTC settlement date. The credits to or any other transactions in the notes settled during processing will be reported to the relevant Euroclear or Clearstream Banking participants on that Business Day. Cash received in Clearstream Banking or Euroclear as a result of sales of notes by or through a Clearstream Banking participant or a Euroclear participant to a DTC participant will be received with value on the DTC settlement date, but will be available in the relevant Clearstream Banking or Euroclear cash account only as of the Business Day following settlement in DTC.

Although DTC, Clearstream Banking and Euroclear have agreed to these procedures in order to facilitate transfers of notes among participants of DTC, Clearstream Banking and Euroclear, they are under no obligation to perform or continue to perform these procedures and these procedures may be discontinued at any time.

Definitive Notes

Beneficial owners of book-entry notes may exchange those notes for definitive notes in physical form registered in their name only if:

 

   

DTC is unwilling or unable to continue as depository for the global notes or ceases to be a registered “clearing agency” and the issuing entity is unable to find a qualified replacement for DTC;

 

   

the issuing entity, in its sole discretion, elects to replace any series, class or tranche, or portion thereof, of book-entry notes held through DTC with definitive notes; or

 

   

any event of default has occurred with respect to those book-entry notes and beneficial owners evidencing not less than 50% of the unpaid outstanding dollar principal amount of the notes of that series, class or tranche advise the indenture trustee and DTC that the continuation of a book-entry system is no longer in the best interests of those beneficial owners.

If any of these three events occurs, DTC is required to notify the beneficial owners through the chain of intermediaries that definitive notes are available. The appropriate global note will then be exchangeable in whole for definitive notes in registered form of like tenor and of an equal aggregate stated principal amount, in specified denominations. Definitive notes will be registered in the name or names of the person or persons specified by DTC in a written instruction to the note registrar. DTC may base its written instruction upon directions it receives from its participants. Afterward, the holders of the definitive notes will be recognized as the “holders” of the notes under the indenture.

Replacement of Notes

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evidence of the destruction, loss or theft of those notes satisfactory to the issuing entity and the indenture trustee. In the case of a destroyed, lost or stolen note, the issuing entity and the indenture trustee may require the holder of the note to provide an indemnity satisfactory to the indenture trustee and the issuing entity before a replacement note will be issued.

Amendments to the Indenture, the Asset Pool One Supplement and Indenture Supplements

No material changes may be made to the indenture, the asset pool one supplement or any indenture supplement without the consent of noteholders as discussed below. However, the asset pool one supplement or any indenture supplement may be amended without the consent of any noteholders, but with prior notice to each Note Rating Agency, upon delivery by the issuing entity to the indenture trustee and the collateral agent of:

 

   

an officer’s certificate stating that the issuing entity reasonably believes that amendment will not (1) and is not reasonably expected to result in the occurrence of an early amortization event or event of default for any series, class or tranche of notes, (2) have a material adverse effect on the interest of the holders of any series, class or tranche of notes, or (3) adversely affect the security interest of the collateral agent in the collateral securing any series, class or tranche of notes,

 

   

except for amendments described in the first two bullet points in the next section below, an opinion of counsel as described in “—Tax Opinions for Amendments,” and

 

   

except for amendments listed in the bullet points below, confirmation in writing from each Note Rating Agency that has rated any outstanding series, class or tranche of notes that such Note Rating Agency will not withdraw or downgrade its then-current ratings on any outstanding series, class or tranche of notes as a result of the proposed amendment.

The types of amendments of the indenture, the asset pool one supplement or any indenture supplement, that, subject to the conditions described above, do not require the consent of any noteholders, include, but are not limited to:

 

   

to cure any ambiguity or mistake or to correct or supplement any provision in the indenture which may be inconsistent with any other provision;

 

   

to establish any form of note and to provide for the issuance of any series, class or tranche of notes and to establish the terms of the notes or to add to the rights of the holders of any series, class or tranche of notes;

 

   

to evidence the succession of another entity to the issuing entity, and the assumption by the successor of the covenants of the issuing entity in the indenture and the notes;

 

   

to add to the covenants of the issuing entity, or have the issuing entity surrender any of its rights or powers under the indenture, for the benefit of the holders of any or all series, classes or tranches of notes;

 

   

to add to the indenture certain provisions expressly permitted by the Trust Indenture Act, as amended;

 

   

to provide for the acceptance of a successor indenture trustee under the indenture with respect to one or more series, classes or tranches of notes and add to or change any of the provisions of the indenture as necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts under the indenture by more than one indenture trustee;

 

   

to provide for acceptance of a successor collateral agent under the asset pool one supplement and to add to or change any of the provisions of the asset pool one supplement as necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts under the asset pool one supplement by more than one collateral agent;

 

   

to add any additional early amortization events or events of default with respect to the notes of any or all series, classes or tranches;

 

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if the transferor under the transfer and servicing agreement or any pooling and servicing agreement is replaced, or one or more additional beneficiaries under the trust agreement are added or removed, to make any necessary changes to the indenture or any other related document;

 

   

to provide for additional or alternative credit enhancement for any tranche of notes;

 

   

to comply with any regulatory, accounting or tax law; or

 

   

to qualify for sale treatment under generally accepted accounting principles in effect prior to November 15, 2009.

In addition, the indenture allows for an amendment to the Regulation AB Item 1122 servicing criteria identified as applicable in the annual assessment of compliance by the indenture trustee without the consent of any noteholders or written confirmation from each Note Rating Agency that has rated any outstanding series, class or tranche of notes that the proposed amendment will not result in the withdrawal or downgrade of its then-current ratings on any outstanding series, class or tranche of notes.

By purchasing an interest in any note each noteholder will be deemed to have consented to amendments to the indenture or any indenture supplement to satisfy conditions for sale accounting treatment that were in place prior to November 15, 2009 for credit card receivables in the issuing entity, which could include amendments providing for the transfer of credit card receivables and the Transferor Amount to a newly formed bankruptcy remote special purpose entity that would then transfer the credit card receivables to the issuing entity. Promptly following the execution of any amendment to the indenture and the applicable indenture supplement, the indenture trustee will furnish written notice of the substance of that amendment to each noteholder.

The issuing entity and the indenture trustee may modify and amend the indenture, the asset pool one supplement or any indenture supplement, for reasons other than those stated in the prior paragraphs in this section, upon (1) prior notice to each Note Rating Agency, (2) the consent of the holders of more than 66 2/3% of the aggregate outstanding dollar principal amount of each series, class or tranche of notes affected by that modification or amendment and (3) the delivery of an opinion of counsel as described in “—Tax Opinions for Amendments.” However, the prior consent of 100% of the adversely affected noteholders of each outstanding series, class or tranche of notes is required for any amendment that would result in:

 

   

a change in any date scheduled for the payment of interest on any note, the Scheduled Principal Payment Date or legal maturity date of any note;

 

   

a reduction of the stated principal amount of, or interest rate on, any note, or a change in the method of computing the outstanding dollar principal amount, the Adjusted Outstanding Dollar Principal Amount, or the Nominal Liquidation Amount in a manner that is adverse to any noteholder;

 

   

an impairment of the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on any note;

 

   

a reduction of the percentage in outstanding dollar principal amount of notes of any series, class or tranche required for any waiver or consent under the indenture;

 

   

a modification of any provision requiring the noteholder to consent to an amendment of the indenture or any indenture supplement, except to increase any percentage of noteholders required to consent;

 

   

permission being given to create any lien or other encumbrance on the collateral ranking senior to the lien in favor of the holders of any tranche of notes;

 

   

a change in any place of payment where any principal of, or interest on, any note is payable;

 

   

a change in the method of computing the amount of principal of, or interest on, any note on any date; or

 

   

any other amendment other than those explicitly permitted by the indenture without the consent of noteholders.

 

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The holders of more than 66 2/3% of the outstanding dollar principal amount of the notes of a series, class or tranche may waive, on behalf of the holders of all the notes of that series, class or tranche, compliance by the issuing entity with specified restrictive provisions of the indenture or the indenture supplement.

The holders of more than 66 2/3% of the outstanding dollar principal amount of the notes of an affected series, class or tranche may, on behalf of all holders of notes of that series, class or tranche, waive any past default under the indenture or the indenture supplement with respect to notes of that series, class or tranche. However, the consent of the holders of all outstanding notes of a series, class or tranche is required to waive any past default in the payment of principal of, or interest on, any note of that series, class or tranche or in respect of a covenant or provision of the indenture that cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the holders of each outstanding note of that series, class or tranche.

Tax Opinions for Amendments

No amendment to the indenture, the asset pool one supplement or any indenture supplement to be made without the consent of noteholders—other than an amendment made to cure an ambiguity or correct an inconsistency, to establish any form of note and to provide for the issuance of any series, class or tranche of notes and to establish the terms of the notes or to add to the rights of the holders of any series, class or tranche of notes, as described in “—Amendments to the Indenture, the Asset Pool One Supplement and Indenture Supplements”— and no amendment to the trust agreement will be effective unless the issuing entity has delivered to the indenture trustee, the owner trustee, the collateral agent and the Note Rating Agencies an Issuing Entity Tax Opinion.

Limited Recourse to the Issuing Entity; Security for the Notes

The issuing entity has a single pool of assets, primarily credit card receivables, that are pledged to secure all of the outstanding notes. Each tranche of notes is secured by a security interest in the assets in the issuing entity that are allocated to it as described, with respect to the offered notes, in “Summary—Limited Recourse to the Issuing Entity; Security for the Offered Notes,” including the collection account and the excess funding account. Therefore, only a portion of the collections allocated to the issuing entity and amounts on deposit in the collection account and the excess funding account are available to the notes. The notes are entitled only to their allocable share of Finance Charge Collections, Principal Collections, amounts on deposit in the collection account and the excess funding account and proceeds of the sale of assets. Holders of notes will generally have no recourse to any other assets of the issuing entity—other than Shared Excess Available Finance Charge Collections—or any other person or entity for the payment of principal of or interest on the notes.

Each tranche of notes is secured by a security interest in the applicable principal funding subaccount, the applicable interest funding subaccount, in the case of a tranche of Class C notes, the applicable Class C reserve subaccount and any other applicable supplemental account.

SOURCES OF FUNDS TO PAY THE NOTES

General

The issuing entity’s primary assets consist of credit card receivables that arise in revolving credit card accounts owned by JPMorgan Chase Bank or by one of its affiliates and issuing entity bank accounts. The assets of the issuing entity, in the future, may include one or more collateral certificates issued by securitization special purpose entities whose assets consist primarily of credit card receivables arising in revolving credit card accounts owned by JPMorgan Chase Bank or by one of its affiliates. Each collateral certificate will represent an undivided interest in the assets of the applicable securitization special purpose entity.

The assets in the issuing entity currently include credit card receivables arising in revolving credit card accounts owned by JPMorgan Chase Bank that JPMorgan Chase Bank has designated to be transferred, through Chase Card Funding, to the issuing entity and funds on deposit in the issuing entity bank accounts.

For a description of the credit card receivables included in the issuing entity, see “JPMorgan Chase Bank’s Credit Card Portfolio—Composition of Issuing Entity Receivables.”

 

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The composition of the issuing entity’s assets will likely change over time due to:

 

   

JPMorgan Chase Bank’s ability to designate additional revolving credit card accounts to have their credit card receivables transferred to the issuing entity through Chase Card Funding;

 

   

changes in the composition of the credit card receivables in the issuing entity as new credit card receivables are created, existing credit card receivables are paid off or charged-off, additional revolving credit card accounts are designated to have their credit card receivables included in the issuing entity and revolving credit card accounts are designated to have their credit card receivables removed from the issuing entity;

 

   

JPMorgan Chase Bank’s ability to designate collateral certificates for transfer to the issuing entity, through Chase Card Funding, or to increase and decrease the size of any existing collateral certificates; and

 

   

the termination or repurchase of any collateral certificate included in the issuing entity.

All newly generated credit card receivables arising in revolving credit card accounts that have been designated to the issuing entity for inclusion in asset pool one will be transferred to the issuing entity and designated for inclusion in asset pool one, which will result in changes in the composition of the issuing entity.

JPMorgan Chase Bank, through Chase Card Funding, can increase the Invested Amount of an existing collateral certificate on any Business Day in order to accommodate the issuance of new notes or solely to increase the Transferor Amount. If there are multiple collateral certificates and credit card receivables included in the issuing entity, JPMorgan Chase Bank, through Chase Card Funding, can choose to increase one, all or any combination thereof in any amount. Any increase in the Invested Amount of an existing collateral certificate without a corresponding increase in the principal amount of credit card receivables included in the issuing entity and the Invested Amount of any other collateral certificate then included in the issuing entity will result in a change in the composition of the issuing entity.

Alternatively, if a collateral certificate is designated for inclusion in the issuing entity, principal payments received on that collateral certificate not allocated to noteholders or used to pay interest on senior notes or the portion of the Servicing Fee allocable to senior notes, or not required to be deposited to a principal funding account for the benefit of the notes or the excess funding account, will be instead paid to Chase Card Funding, thereby resulting in a shift in the composition of the issuing entity. If the transferor amount of the securitization special purpose entity is sufficient, and Chase Card Funding is the transferor for that securitization special purpose entity and the issuing entity, the amount of a collateral certificate may be increased with a resulting decrease of the transferor interest in that securitization special purpose entity and an increase in the Transferor Amount in the issuing entity. Any principal collections received under an existing collateral certificate without a corresponding increase in that collateral certificate will decrease the size of that collateral certificate. The occurrence of a payout event with respect to an existing collateral certificate would result in the commencement of the amortization period for that collateral certificate. The payments made upon the occurrence of a payout event for a collateral certificate, if any, would be paid to noteholders or paid to Chase Card Funding as holder of the Transferor Certificate or deposited in the excess funding account to the extent required.

Payments on the notes will be funded by the following amounts:

 

   

that class or tranche’s allocable share of the collections received on the assets included in the issuing entity; and

 

   

Shared Excess Available Principal Collections from any other series of notes.

In addition, Shared Excess Available Finance Charge Collections from any other series of notes in Shared Excess Available Finance Charge Collections Group A may be available to the notes to make required payments. If a collateral certificate is included in the issuing entity, payments on the note may also be funded by excess principal collections available after application to other series for the related securitization special purpose entity.

As indicated above, the composition of the issuing entity is expected to change over time, and additional credit card receivables and collateral certificates may be designated for inclusion in the issuing entity in the future. The pertinent characteristics of the credit card receivables included in the issuing entity are described under “JPMorgan

 

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Chase Bank’s Credit Card Portfolio.” In addition, if collateral certificates are designated for inclusion in the issuing entity, the pertinent characteristics of such collateral certificates will be described at that time.

Transferor Amount

The interest in the issuing entity not securing any series, class or tranche of notes issued by the issuing entity is the Transferor Amount. The Transferor Amount, which may be held either in an uncertificated form or evidenced by a Transferor Certificate, will be held by Chase Card Funding or an affiliate. The Transferor Certificate or an interest in the Transferor Amount may be transferred by the holder in whole or in part to an affiliate upon (1) delivery of an Issuing Entity Tax Opinion and (2) receipt of written confirmation from each Note Rating Agency that has rated any outstanding notes that the transfer will not result in the reduction, qualification with negative implications or withdrawal of its then-current rating of any outstanding notes. In addition, prior to any transfer of the Transferor Certificate or an interest in the Transferor Amount, (x) the new transferor must agree to assume all of the covenants and obligations of the transferor under the transfer and servicing agreement and (y) any additional conditions to the transfer of a beneficial interest as provided in the trust agreement must have been satisfied.

For any month, the Transferor Amount is equal to the Pool Balance for that month minus the aggregate Nominal Liquidation Amount of all series, classes and tranches of notes as of the close of business as of the last day of that month. The Transferor Amount will fluctuate due to changes in the amount of principal receivables included in the issuing entity, the aggregate Nominal Liquidation Amount of all notes, the amount on deposit in the excess funding account and the Invested Amount of a collateral certificate included in the issuing entity, if any. The Transferor Amount will generally increase if there are reductions in the Nominal Liquidation Amount of a series, class or tranche of notes due to payments of principal on that series, class or tranche or a deposit to the principal funding account or applicable principal funding subaccount with respect to that series, class or tranche or an increase in the Invested Amount of an existing collateral certificate included in the issuing entity without a corresponding increase in the Nominal Liquidation Amount of series, classes or tranches of notes. The Transferor Amount will generally decrease as a result of the issuance of a new series, class or tranche of notes, assuming that there is not a corresponding increase in the principal amount of the assets included in the issuing entity. The Transferor Amount does not provide credit enhancement to the notes and will not provide credit enhancement to any series, class or tranche of notes that may be issued by the issuing entity.

Required Transferor Amount

The issuing entity has a requirement to maintain a Required Transferor Amount. The Required Transferor Amount for any month will equal the product of the Required Transferor Amount Percentage and the amount of principal receivables included in the issuing entity as of the close of business on the last day of that month. The Required Transferor Amount Percentage is currently 5%.

The servicer may designate a different Required Transferor Amount Percentage but prior to reducing the percentage, the servicer must provide the following to the indenture trustee and the collateral agent:

 

   

written confirmation from each Note Rating Agency that has rated any outstanding notes that the change will not result in the reduction, qualification with negative implications or withdrawal of its then-current rating of any outstanding notes; and

 

   

an Issuing Entity Tax Opinion.

If, for any month, the Transferor Amount is less than the Required Transferor Amount, Chase Card Funding, as transferor, will be required to designate additional credit card receivables or collateral certificates for inclusion in the issuing entity or Chase Card Funding will be required to increase the Invested Amount of an existing collateral certificate as described in “—Addition of Assets.” When Chase Card Funding’s obligation to the issuing entity is triggered, JPMorgan Chase Bank will be required to designate additional credit card accounts from which receivables would be transferred to Chase Card Funding, transfer additional collateral certificates to Chase Card Funding or increase the invested amount of any existing collateral certificate.

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Invested Amount of any existing collateral certificate when required to do so or Chase Card Funding fails to transfer to the issuing entity additional collateral certificates or increase the Invested Amount of an existing collateral certificate or fails to transfer the credit card receivables in the additional credit card accounts or collateral certificates conveyed to it by JPMorgan Chase Bank, an early amortization event will occur with respect to the notes.

Minimum Pool Balance

In addition to the Required Transferor Amount requirement, the issuing entity has a Minimum Pool Balance requirement.

The “Pool Balance” for any month is comprised of (1) the amount of principal credit card receivables in the issuing entity at the end of the month plus (2) the Invested Amount of any outstanding collateral certificates included in the issuing entity at the end of the month plus (3) the amount on deposit in the excess funding account at the end of the month.

The “Minimum Pool Balance” for any month will generally be an amount equal to the sum of (1) for all notes in their revolving period, the sum of the Nominal Liquidation Amounts of those notes as of the close of business on the last day of that month and (2) for all notes in their amortization period, the sum of the Nominal Liquidation Amounts of those notes as of the close of business on the last day of the most recent revolving period for each of those notes, excluding any notes which will be paid in full on the applicable payment date for those notes in the following month and any notes which will have a Nominal Liquidation Amount of zero on the applicable payment date for those notes in the following month.

If, for any month, the pool balance is less than the minimum pool balance, Chase Card Funding will be required to transfer additional credit card receivables or collateral certificates to the issuing entity or, if applicable, Chase Card Funding will be required to increase the invested amount of an existing collateral certificate as described in “—Addition of Assets.” When Chase Card Funding’s obligation to the issuing entity is triggered, JPMorgan Chase Bank will be required to designate additional credit card accounts from which receivables would be transferred to Chase Card Funding, transfer additional collateral certificates to Chase Card Funding or increase the invested amount of any existing collateral certificate.

If JPMorgan Chase Bank is unable to either designate additional credit card accounts from which receivables would be transferred or transfer additional collateral certificates or if JPMorgan Chase Bank fails to increase the invested amount of any existing collateral certificate when required to do so or Chase Card Funding fails to transfer to the issuing entity additional collateral certificates or increase the Invested Amount of an existing collateral certificate or fails to transfer the credit card receivables in the additional credit card accounts or collateral certificates conveyed to it by JPMorgan Chase Bank, an early amortization event will occur with respect to the notes. See “The Notes—Redemption and Early Amortization of Notes; Early Amortization Events.”

Allocations of Amounts to the Excess Funding Account and Allocations of Amounts on Deposit in the Excess Funding Account

With respect to each month, if (1) the Transferor Amount is, or as a result of a payment would become, less than the Required Transferor Amount or (2) the Pool Balance is, or as a result of a payment would become, less than the Minimum Pool Balance, the collateral agent will, at the direction of the servicer, allocate Principal Collections that would otherwise have been paid to the holder of the Transferor Certificate to the excess funding account in an amount equal to the greater of the amount by which the Transferor Amount would be less than the Required Transferor Amount and the amount by which the Pool Balance would be less than the Minimum Pool Balance, each determined with respect to the related month.

Amounts on deposit in the excess funding account will be treated as Shared Excess Available Principal Collections and, to the extent required, allocated to each series of notes in accordance with the applicable indenture supplement. Any remaining amounts on deposit in the excess funding account in excess of the amount required to be treated as Shared Excess Available Principal Collections for a month will be released to the holder of the Transferor Certificate in accordance with the related indenture supplement to the extent that after the release (1) the Transferor Amount is equal to or greater than the Required Transferor Amount and (2) the Pool Balance is equal to or greater than the Minimum Pool Balance.

 

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Increases in the Invested Amount of an Existing Collateral Certificate

The Invested Amount of any existing collateral certificate included in the issuing entity may be increased by JPMorgan Chase Bank, through Chase Card Funding, on any Business Day in connection with the issuance of an additional series, class or tranche of notes or an increase of the Transferor Amount.

Increases in the Invested Amount of an existing collateral certificate included in the issuing entity will be funded from the proceeds of the issuance of an additional series, class or tranche of notes or funded by the transferor, which funding may be in cash or through an increase in the Transferor Amount.

Notwithstanding the descriptions of increases in the Invested Amount of any existing collateral certificate included in the issuing entity in the two prior paragraphs, the Invested Amount of an existing collateral certificate will not be increased if an early amortization event has occurred as a result of a failure to transfer additional assets to the issuing entity or a failure to increase the Invested Amount of an existing collateral certificate included in the issuing entity at a time when the Pool Balance for the prior month is less than the Minimum Pool Balance for the prior month, and if increasing the Invested Amount of or reinvesting in that collateral certificate would result in a reduction in the allocation percentage applicable for principal collections for that collateral certificate.

Addition of Assets

JPMorgan Chase Bank and Chase Card Funding will have the right, from time to time, (1) to designate additional revolving credit card accounts to have their credit card receivables transferred to the issuing entity, (2) to transfer one or more collateral certificates to the issuing entity or (3) to increase the Invested Amount of an existing collateral certificate included in the issuing entity. You are not entitled to receive prior notice from JPMorgan Chase Bank or Chase Card Funding of any addition of credit card accounts or collateral certificates to the issuing entity or of the increase in the Invested Amount of any existing collateral certificates included in the issuing entity. JPMorgan Chase Bank and Chase Card Funding will be required to designate for transfer additional revolving credit card accounts, transfer collateral certificates, or increase the Invested Amount of any existing collateral certificates included in the issuing entity, if on any Determination Date, (1) the Transferor Amount is less than the Required Transferor Amount for the prior month, or (2) the Pool Balance is less than the Minimum Pool Balance for the prior month. If JPMorgan Chase Bank fails to maintain certain short-term credit ratings as described in the transfer and servicing agreement, the Transferor Amount and the Pool Balance will be determined on a daily basis in accordance with a method to be determined by the servicer, subject to receipt of written confirmation from each Note Rating Agency that has rated any outstanding notes that the method of determination will not result in the withdrawal or downgrade of its then-current rating of any outstanding notes.

Each additional revolving credit card account must be an Issuing Entity Eligible Account and each additional collateral certificate must be an Issuing Entity Eligible Collateral Certificate at the time of its transfer. However, credit card receivables arising in additional revolving credit card accounts, if any, may not be of the same credit quality as the credit card receivables arising in revolving credit card accounts already included in the issuing entity and any additional collateral certificates may not be of the same credit quality as any existing collateral certificate. Additional revolving credit card accounts may have been originated by JPMorgan Chase Bank or an affiliate using credit criteria different from those which were applied to the revolving credit card accounts already included in the issuing entity or may have been acquired by JPMorgan Chase Bank from a third-party financial institution which may have used different credit criteria from those applied to the revolving credit card accounts already included in the issuing entity.

The transfer by Chase Card Funding to the issuing entity of credit card receivables arising in additional revolving credit card accounts or collateral certificates or, with respect to the first bullet point below, the increase by Chase Card Funding of the Invested Amount of an existing collateral certificate, is subject to the following conditions, among others:

 

   

Chase Card Funding must give written notice to the owner trustee, the indenture trustee, the servicer, the collateral agent and each Note Rating Agency that has rated any outstanding series, class or tranche of notes, unless the notice requirement is waived, that the additional revolving credit card accounts and/or additional collateral certificates will be included in the issuing entity or that the Invested Amount of an existing collateral certificate is going to be increased;

 

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Chase Card Funding will have delivered to the collateral agent and the servicer a written assignment for the additional revolving credit card accounts or additional collateral certificates and Chase Card Funding will have delivered to the collateral agent a true and complete list of the additional revolving credit card accounts in the form of a computer file, microfiche list, CD-ROM or such other form as is agreed upon between JPMorgan Chase Bank and the collateral agent;

 

   

JPMorgan Chase Bank, as servicer, will represent and warrant that (x) (1) each additional revolving credit card account is an Issuing Entity Eligible Account or (2) each additional collateral certificate is an Issuing Entity Eligible Collateral Certificate and (y) JPMorgan Chase Bank is not insolvent;

 

   

the acquisition by the issuing entity of the credit card receivables arising in the additional revolving credit card accounts or of the additional collateral certificate will not, in the reasonable belief of JPMorgan Chase Bank, (1) result in the occurrence of an early amortization event or event of default with respect to any series, class or tranche of notes then outstanding, (2) have a material adverse effect on the amount of funds available to be distributed to holders of any series, class or tranche of notes or the timing of those distributions or (3) adversely affect the security interest of the collateral agent;

 

   

the assignment to the issuing entity of the credit card receivables arising in the additional revolving credit card accounts or of the additional collateral certificate constitutes (1) a valid sale, transfer and assignment to the issuing entity of all right, title and interest in the credit card receivables or collateral certificate, as applicable, or (2) a grant of a “security interest” (as defined in the UCC) in the credit card receivables or collateral certificate, as applicable, to the issuing entity;

 

   

if, with respect to any three-month period, the aggregate number of additional revolving credit card accounts designated to have their credit card receivables included in the issuing entity equals or exceeds 15%—or with respect to any twelve-month period, 20%—of the aggregate number of revolving credit card accounts designated for inclusion in the issuing entity as of the first day of that period, the collateral agent will have received notice that no Note Rating Agency will withdraw or downgrade its then-current ratings on any outstanding series, class or tranche of notes as a result of the addition;

 

   

if so notified by any Note Rating Agency that has rated any outstanding series, class or tranche of notes that the Note Rating Agency has elected to confirm existing ratings prior to a transfer of additional collateral certificates, the collateral agent will have received notice that, on or prior to the applicable addition date, the Note Rating Agency will not withdraw or downgrade its then-current ratings on any outstanding series, class or tranche of notes as a result of the proposed transfer of additional collateral certificates;

 

   

Chase Card Funding and the issuing entity will have delivered to the owner trustee, and the issuing entity will have delivered to the collateral agent, an officer’s certificate confirming the items described above; and

 

   

Chase Card Funding will have delivered to the indenture trustee, with a copy to each Note Rating Agency that has rated any outstanding notes, an opinion of counsel stating that the provisions of the written assignment are effective to create, in favor of the collateral agent, a valid security interest in all of JPMorgan Chase Bank’s right, title and interest in and to that portion of the additional revolving credit card accounts.

Removal of Assets

Chase Card Funding may, but will not be obligated to, designate certain credit card accounts and the credit card receivables in those credit card accounts for removal from the assets of the issuing entity. You are not entitled to receive prior notice from JPMorgan Chase Bank of any removal of credit card accounts from the issuing entity.

Chase Card Funding will be permitted to designate for removal from the issuing entity and require reassignment to it, of credit card receivables arising under revolving credit card accounts only upon satisfaction of the following conditions:

 

   

the removal of any credit card receivables arising in any removed revolving credit card accounts will not, in the reasonable belief of Chase Card Funding, (1) result in the occurrence of an early amortization event or event of default with respect to any series, class or tranche of notes then outstanding, (2) have a material

 

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adverse effect on the amount of funds available to be distributed to holders of any series, class or tranche of notes or the timing of those distributions or (3) adversely affect the security interest of the collateral agent, or cause the Transferor Amount to be less than the Required Transferor Amount or the Pool Balance to be less than the Minimum Pool Balance for the month in which the removal occurs;

 

   

Chase Card Funding will have delivered to the issuing entity and the issuing entity will have delivered to the collateral agent, for execution a written assignment and Chase Card Funding shall have delivered, within 5 Business Days after the removal date, or as otherwise agreed upon between Chase Card Funding and the collateral agent, a true and complete list, in the form of a computer file, microfiche list, CD-ROM or such other form as is agreed upon between Chase Card Funding and the owner trustee, of all removed accounts designated by the written assignment identified by account number and the aggregate amount of credit card receivables outstanding in each removed account;

 

   

JPMorgan Chase Bank, as servicer, will represent and warrant that (1) a random selection procedure was used by the servicer in selecting the removed revolving credit card accounts and only one removal of randomly selected revolving credit card accounts will occur in the then-current month, (2) the removed revolving credit card accounts arose pursuant to an affinity, private-label, agent-bank, co-branding or other arrangement with a third party that has been cancelled by that third party or has expired without renewal and which by its terms permits the third party to repurchase the revolving credit card accounts subject to that arrangement upon that cancellation or non-renewal and the third party has exercised that repurchase right or (3) the removed revolving credit card accounts were selected using another method that will not preclude transfers from satisfying the conditions for sale accounting treatment under generally accepted accounting principles in effect for reporting periods before November 15, 2009;

 

   

on or prior to the removal date, if the removed revolving credit card accounts were selected as specified in clause (3) of the preceding bullet point, Chase Card Funding will have received confirmation from each Note Rating Agency that has rated any outstanding series, class or tranche of notes that the proposed removal will not result in a withdrawal or downgrade of its then-current ratings for any outstanding series, class or tranche of notes; and

 

   

Chase Card Funding and the issuing entity will have delivered to the owner trustee and the collateral agent officer’s certificates confirming the items set forth above.

Discount Receivables

With 30 days’ prior written notice to the servicer, the collateral agent, the owner trustee, the indenture trustee and each Note Rating Agency that has rated any outstanding notes, and without notice to or consent from the noteholders, Chase Card Funding may exercise a discount option by designating a percentage (referred to as the “yield factor”), which may be a fixed percentage or a variable percentage based on a formula, of the amount of principal receivables arising in credit card accounts designated for inclusion in the issuing entity to be treated after the designation, or for the period specified, as finance charge receivables. The discount option will take effect at the time specified in the notice unless, in the reasonable belief of Chase Card Funding, it would cause an early amortization event or event of default with respect to any series, class or tranche of notes. After the discount option takes effect, the product of the yield factor and newly-generated principal receivables (or receivables generated during the specified period) will be treated as finance charge receivables and referred to as discount receivables, and in processing collections of principal receivables, the product of the yield factor and collections of newly-generated principal receivables (or receivables generated during the specified period) will be treated as Finance Charge Collections. Chase Card Funding may, from time to time, increase, reduce or eliminate the yield factor, without notice to or consent from the noteholders. Currently, the discount option is not in effect and the yield factor is zero percent.

Issuing Entity Bank Accounts

The issuing entity has established a collection account for the purpose of receiving amounts collected on the credit card receivables designated for inclusion in the issuing entity and amounts collected on the other assets in the issuing entity, including collateral certificates that may be transferred at a later date.

 

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The issuing entity has also established an excess funding account for the purpose of depositing Principal Collections that would otherwise be paid to Chase Card Funding, as holder of the Transferor Certificate, at a time when payments of those Principal Collections to Chase Card Funding would cause the Transferor Amount to be less than the Required Transferor Amount or the Pool Balance to be less than the Minimum Pool Balance.

In connection with the notes, the issuing entity has also established a principal funding account and an interest funding account for the benefit of the notes, which will have subaccounts for each tranche of notes, and a Class C reserve account solely for the benefit of the Class C notes, which will have subaccounts for each tranche of Class C notes.

The issuing entity may direct the indenture trustee to cause the collateral agent to establish and maintain in the name of the collateral agent additional supplemental accounts for any series, class or tranche of notes for the benefit of the indenture trustee, the collateral agent and the related noteholders.

The supplemental accounts described in this section are also referred to as issuing entity bank accounts. Amounts maintained in issuing entity bank accounts may only be invested in CHAIT Permitted Investments.

Each month, collections allocated to the Issuing Entity Receivables, any existing collateral certificate, and any other assets in the issuing entity will first be deposited into the collection account, and then will be allocated among each series of notes secured by the assets in the issuing entity and Chase Card Funding, as holder of the Transferor Certificate. Amounts on deposit in the collection account for the benefit of the holders of the notes will then be allocated to the applicable principal funding account, interest funding account, Class C reserve account and any other supplemental account for each class of notes for the purposes described in “Deposit and Application of Funds in the Issuing Entity.”

Funds on deposit in the principal funding account and the interest funding account will be used to make payments of principal of and interest on the notes when those payments are due. Payments of interest and principal will be due in the month when the funds are deposited into the accounts, or in later months. If interest on a tranche of notes is not scheduled to be paid every month, the issuing entity will deposit accrued interest amounts funded from Available Finance Charge Collections into the interest funding subaccount for that tranche to be held until the interest is due. See “Deposit and Application of Funds in the Issuing Entity—Targeted Deposits of Available Finance Charge Collections to the Interest Funding Account.”

If the earnings on funds in the principal funding subaccount with respect to a tranche of notes are less than the interest payable on the portion of the outstanding dollar principal amount of that tranche, Segregated Finance Charge Collections will be allocated to the notes up to the amount of the shortfall and treated as Available Finance Charge Collections to be applied as described in “Deposit and Application of Funds in the Issuing Entity—Available Finance Charge Collections” and “Deposit and Application of Funds in the Issuing Entity—Segregated Finance Charge Collections.”

JPMorgan Chase Bank and Transferor Representations and Warranties

Reassignment of Collateral

Prior to January 20, 2016, Chase USA, as transferor, has made and since January 20, 2016, Chase Card Funding, as transferor, has made and will make certain representations and warranties to the issuing entity to the effect that, among other things, as of (1) each date of issuance of a tranche of notes, (2) each date the Invested Amount of any existing collateral certificate is increased and (3) each date additional revolving credit card accounts are designated to have their credit card receivables transferred to the issuing entity or one or more collateral certificates are transferred to the issuing entity:

 

   

the transferor is an entity duly organized, validly existing and in good standing and has the authority to perform its obligations under the transfer and servicing agreement and the receivables purchase agreement;

 

   

the execution and delivery of the transfer and servicing agreement and the receivables purchase agreement have been duly authorized by the transferor;

 

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the execution and delivery of the transfer and servicing agreement and the receivables purchase agreement will not conflict with or result in a breach of any of the material terms of or constitute a material default under any instrument to which the transferor is a party or by which its properties are bound;

 

   

as of each date that (1) a new credit card receivable is transferred to the issuing entity, (2) additional revolving credit card accounts are designated to have their credit card receivables transferred to the issuing entity, and (3) one or more collateral certificates are transferred to the issuing entity, the transfer and servicing agreement, the receivables purchase agreement and any related written assignment each constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the transferor subject to certain insolvency-related exceptions;

 

   

as of each date of issuance of a series, class or tranche of notes, the transfer and servicing agreement and the receivables purchase agreement each constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the transferor subject to certain insolvency-related exceptions;

 

   

as of each date the invested amount of any existing collateral certificate is increased, the transfer and servicing agreement, the pooling and servicing agreement and series supplement each constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the transferor subject to certain insolvency-related exceptions; and

 

   

as of each date a new credit card receivable is transferred to the issuing entity, each date the invested amount of any existing collateral certificate is increased, each date additional revolving credit card accounts are designated to have their credit card receivables transferred to the issuing entity and each date one or more collateral certificates are transferred to the issuing entity, the transferor has caused or will have caused within ten days, the filing of all appropriate financing statements in the proper filing office in the appropriate jurisdictions under applicable law in order to perfect the security interest in such property granted to the issuing entity and upon the filing of all such appropriate financing statements, the issuing entity shall have a first priority perfected security or ownership interest in such property and proceeds.

JPMorgan Chase Bank or Chase USA as its predecessor has made representations and warranties parallel to those described above to Chase Card Funding pursuant to the receivables purchase agreement. The rights under the transfer and servicing agreement and the receivables purchase agreement with respect to the credit card receivables, including the rights and remedies related to the representations and warranties, are pledged to the noteholders, under the indenture and the asset pool one supplement.

If a breach of any representation and warranty described in this section occurs which has a material adverse effect on any related credit card receivable or existing collateral certificate, then, any of the owner trustee, the indenture trustee, the applicable collateral agent or the holders of notes evidencing more than 66 2/3% of the aggregate unpaid principal amount of all outstanding notes, by notice then given to the transferor, the administrator and the servicer (and to the owner trustee, the indenture trustee and the applicable collateral agent, if given by the noteholders), may direct the transferor to accept a reassignment of all receivables or collateral certificates, as applicable—unless such breach and any material adverse effect caused by such breach is cured within 60 days of such notice (or within such longer period as may be specified in such notice).

Chase Card Funding has the obligation to accept reassignments of receivables or collateral certificates transferred to the issuing entity. JPMorgan Chase Bank will be obligated to accept reassignments from Chase Card Funding of receivables and collateral certificates subject to equivalent conditions.

Transfer of Ineligible Receivables and Ineligible Collateral Certificates

Removal After Cure Period

Prior to January 20, 2016, Chase USA, as transferor, made and since January 20, 2016, Chase Card Funding, as transferor, has made and will make certain representations and warranties to the issuing entity to the effect that, among other things:

 

   

as of each date additional revolving credit card accounts are designated to have their credit card receivables transferred to the issuing entity and each date one or more collateral certificates are transferred to the issuing entity, the information on the scheduled list of credit card accounts and/or collateral certificates incorporated

 

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in the transfer and servicing agreement describing those credit card accounts and/or collateral certificates that are transferred to the issuing entity is accurate in all material respects;

 

   

as of each date a new credit card receivable is transferred to the issuing entity, each date the Invested Amount of any existing collateral certificate is increased, each date additional revolving credit card accounts are designated to have their credit card receivables transferred to the issuing entity and each date one or more collateral certificates are transferred to the issuing entity, all authorizations, consents, orders or approvals or registrations or declarations have been obtained, effected or given by the transferor in connection with the transfer of the credit card receivables and/ or collateral certificates or the increased Invested Amount of a collateral certificate;

 

   

as of the initial issuance date of any existing collateral certificate, each date the Invested Amount of any existing collateral certificate is increased, each date additional revolving credit card accounts are designated to have their credit card receivables transferred to the issuing entity, each date one or more collateral certificates are transferred to the issuing entity and each date of issuance of a series, class or tranche of notes, the transfer and servicing agreement and the receivables purchase agreement each constitutes a valid sale, transfer and assignment to the issuing entity of all right, title and interest of the transferor in and to any existing collateral certificate, the increased Invested Amount of any collateral certificate, any credit card receivables existing on that addition date or thereafter created and any additional collateral certificate or a valid and perfected security interest that is prior to all other liens (other than any lien for municipal or local taxes if those taxes are due and payable or if the transferor is contesting the validity of those taxes and has set aside adequate reserves), in the existing collateral certificate, the increased Invested Amount of that collateral certificate, any credit card receivables existing on that addition date or thereafter created and those additional collateral certificates;

 

   

as of the initial issuance date of any existing collateral certificate, each date the Invested Amount of an existing collateral certificate is increased, each date additional revolving credit card accounts are designated to have their credit card receivables transferred to the issuing entity, each date one or more collateral certificates are transferred to the issuing entity and each date of issuance of a series, class or tranche of notes, other than the security interest granted to the issuing entity pursuant to the transfer and servicing agreement or any other security interest that has been terminated, the transferor has not pledged, assigned, sold, granted a security interest in, or otherwise conveyed the relevant credit card receivables or collateral certificate, as applicable;

 

   

as of the date additional revolving credit card accounts are designated to have their credit card receivables transferred to the issuing entity, each related additional revolving credit card account is an Issuing Entity Eligible Account and no selection procedure believed to be materially adverse to the interest of the holders of notes has been used in selecting those credit card accounts designated to have their credit card receivables transferred to the issuing entity;

 

   

as of the date additional revolving credit card accounts are designated to have their credit card receivables transferred to the issuing entity or the date of the creation of each new credit card receivable transferred to the issuing entity by the transferor, as applicable, the receivable is an Issuing Entity Eligible Receivable and, as of these dates and each date of issuance of a series, class or tranche of notes, each receivable constitutes an “account” within the meaning of the applicable UCC; and

 

   

as of the initial issuance date of any existing collateral certificate, each date the Invested Amount of any existing collateral certificate is increased and each date one or more collateral certificates are transferred to the issuing entity, the existing collateral certificate or each additional collateral certificate, as applicable, is an Issuing Entity Eligible Collateral Certificate.

If a breach of any representation and warranty described in this “—Removal After Cure Period” section occurs which has a material and adverse effect on (i) any related credit card receivable such that as a result of the breach the receivable is charged off as uncollectible, the issuing entity’s rights in, to or under such receivable or its proceeds are impaired or the proceeds of such receivable are not available for any reason to the trust or (ii) any existing collateral certificate such that the issuing entity’s rights in, to or under the collateral certificate or its proceeds are impaired or

 

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the proceeds of such collateral certificate are not available for any reason to the issuing entity free and clear of any lien, then—unless cured within 60 days, or a longer period, not in excess of 120 days, as may be agreed to by the indenture trustee, the collateral agent and the servicer, after the earlier to occur of the discovery of the breach by the transferor or receipt by the transferor of written notice of the breach, referred to in this prospectus as a “Repurchase Notice,” given by the owner trustee, the indenture trustee, the collateral agent or the servicer—the transferor will accept reassignment of the Ineligible Collateral Certificate or Ineligible Receivable, as applicable.

JPMorgan Chase Bank will make representations and warranties parallel to those described above to Chase Card Funding pursuant to the receivables purchase agreement. The rights under the transfer and servicing agreement and the receivables purchase agreement with respect to the credit card receivables, including the rights and remedies related to the representations and warranties, are pledged to the noteholders, under the indenture and the asset pool one supplement.

Chase Card Funding, as transferor, has the obligation to accept reassignments of receivables or collateral certificates transferred to the issuing entity and JPMorgan Chase Bank will be obligated to accept reassignments from Chase Card Funding of receivables and collateral certificates subject to equivalent conditions, in each case under the circumstances described below.

Removal Without Cure Period

If:

 

   

(1) (a) there is a breach of the representation and warranty that the transferor owns and has good and marketable title to that credit card receivable, collateral certificate, or increased invested amount of a collateral certificate, and that credit card receivable, collateral certificate, or increased invested amount of a collateral certificate will be transferred to the issuing entity by the transferor free and clear of any lien (other than any lien for municipal or local taxes if those taxes are due and payable or if the transferor is contesting the validity of those taxes and has set aside adequate reserves), claim or encumbrance by any person and in compliance with all requirements of law or (b) a credit card receivable is not an Issuing Entity Eligible Receivable or a collateral certificate is not an Issuing Entity Eligible Collateral Certificate, and (2) any of the following three conditions is met:

 

   

as a result of that breach or event, that credit card receivable is charged off as uncollectible or the issuing entity’s rights in, to or under that collateral certificate or credit card receivable or its proceeds are impaired or the proceeds of that collateral certificate or credit card receivable are not available for any reason to the issuing entity free and clear of any lien; or

 

   

a lien upon that credit card receivable or collateral certificate arises in favor of the United States of America or any state or any agency or instrumentality thereof and involves taxes or liens arising under Title IV of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, referred to in this prospectus as “ERISA,” or has been consented to by the transferor; or

 

   

with respect to that credit card receivable, except in connection with the enforcement or collection of an account, the transferor has taken an action that causes that credit card receivable to be deemed to be an “instrument” as defined in the UCC;

then, upon the earlier to occur of the discovery of the breach or event by the transferor or the servicer or receipt by the transferor of written notice of the breach or event given by the indenture trustee, the collateral agent or the owner trustee, the transferor will accept reassignment of that credit card receivable or that collateral certificate.

Procedures for Removal

The transferor will accept reassignment of each Ineligible Collateral Certificate upon delivery to it of the Ineligible Collateral Certificate with a valid assignment by the collateral agent who will then direct the servicer to (1) deduct the Invested Amount of each Ineligible Collateral Certificate from the Pool Balance and (2) decrease the Transferor Amount by the Invested Amount of the Ineligible Collateral Certificate. The transferor will accept reassignment of

 

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each Ineligible Receivable by directing the servicer to (1) deduct the principal balance of each Ineligible Receivable from the Pool Balance and (2) decrease the Transferor Amount by the principal balance of the Ineligible Receivable.

If the exclusion of an Ineligible Collateral Certificate or an Ineligible Receivable from the calculation of the Transferor Amount would cause the Transferor Amount to be reduced below the Required Transferor Amount or the Pool Balance to be reduced below the Minimum Pool Balance or would otherwise not be permitted by law, the transferor who conveyed the Ineligible Collateral Certificate or Ineligible Receivable will immediately, but in no event later than 10 Business Days after that event, make a deposit in the excess funding account in immediately available funds in an amount equal to the amount by which the Transferor Amount would be reduced below the Required Transferor Amount or the Pool Balance would be reduced below the Minimum Pool Balance.

See “Shelf Registration Eligibility Requirements—Transaction Requirements—Asset Review” and “Shelf Registration Eligibility Requirements—Transaction Requirements—Dispute Resolution Provision” for information on the rights of noteholders to engage a third party asset representations reviewer to conduct a review of compliance with representations and warranties in accordance with the procedures set forth in the asset representations review agreement after the occurrence of a Delinquency Trigger Breach and the voting requirements have been satisfied.

Sale of Assets

Assets may be sold upon an event of default and acceleration with respect to a tranche of notes and will be sold on the legal maturity date of a tranche of notes so long as the conditions described in “The Notes—Events of Default” and “The Notes—Events of Default Remedies” are satisfied, and with respect to subordinated notes, only to the extent that payment is permitted by the subordination provisions of the senior notes. None of the transferor, any affiliate of the transferor, including JPMorgan Chase Bank, or any agent of the transferor will be permitted to purchase assets if a sale occurs or to participate in any vote with respect to that sale.

A sale will take place at the option of the indenture trustee or at the direction of the holders of more than 66 2/3% of the outstanding dollar principal amount of notes of that tranche. However, a sale will only be permitted if at least one of the following conditions is met:

 

   

the holders of more than 90% of the aggregate outstanding dollar principal amount of the accelerated tranche of notes consent;

 

   

the net proceeds of that sale, plus amounts on deposit in the applicable subaccounts would be sufficient to pay all amounts due on the accelerated tranche of notes; or

 

   

if the indenture trustee determines that the funds to be allocated to the accelerated tranche of notes including Available Finance Charge Collections and Available Principal Collections allocated to the accelerated tranche of notes and amounts on deposit in the applicable subaccounts may not be sufficient to make payments on the accelerated tranche of notes when due and the holders of more than 66 2/3% of the outstanding dollar principal amount of the accelerated tranche of notes consent to the sale.

Any sale of assets for a tranche of subordinated notes may be delayed for that tranche but not beyond the legal maturity date for that tranche of subordinated notes if the subordination provisions prevent payment of the accelerated tranche. Such sale will be delayed until (1) a sufficient amount of the senior notes are prefunded, (2) enough senior notes are repaid, or (3) a sufficient amount of new subordinated notes have been issued, and the tranche of subordinated notes that is to be accelerated is no longer needed to provide the required subordination for the senior notes. If a tranche of senior notes directs a sale of assets, then after the sale, that tranche will no longer be entitled to subordination from subordinated notes.

If principal of or interest on a tranche of notes has not been paid in full on its legal maturity date, after giving effect to any adjustments, deposits and distributions to be made on that date, a sale of assets will automatically take place on that date regardless of the subordination requirements of any senior notes. Proceeds from the sale and amounts on deposit in issuing entity bank accounts related to that tranche will be immediately paid to the noteholders of that tranche.

 

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In connection with any sale of assets for notes that have been accelerated or have reached their legal maturity date, the principal amount of assets sold will, in the aggregate, not exceed 105% of the Nominal Liquidation Amount of the accelerated notes, and in no event more than an amount of assets equal to the sum of:

 

   

the product of:

 

   

the Transferor Percentage;

 

   

the aggregate outstanding Pool Balance; and

 

   

a fraction, the numerator of which is the CHASEseries Floating Allocation Percentage and the denominator of which is the sum of the CHASEseries Noteholder Percentages for the allocation of Finance Charge Collections; and

 

   

the Nominal Liquidation Amount of the affected tranche of notes.

The Nominal Liquidation Amount of any tranche of notes will be automatically reduced to zero upon the occurrence of the sale. After the sale, Available Principal Collections and Available Finance Charge Collections will no longer be allocated to that tranche. If a tranche of senior notes directs a sale of assets, then after the sale that tranche will no longer be entitled to credit enhancement from subordinated notes. Tranches of notes that have directed sales of assets are not considered outstanding under the indenture.

After giving effect to a sale of assets for a tranche of notes, the amount of proceeds on deposit in a principal funding account or subaccount may be less than the outstanding dollar principal amount of that tranche. This deficiency can arise because of a Nominal Liquidation Amount Deficit or if the sale price for the assets was less than the outstanding dollar principal amount and accrued, past due and additional interest of that tranche. These types of deficiencies will not be reimbursed unless, in the case of Class C notes, there are sufficient amounts on deposit in the related Class C reserve subaccount.

Any amount remaining on deposit in the interest funding subaccount for a tranche of notes that has received final payment as described in “The Notes—Final Payment of the Notes” and that has caused a sale of assets will be treated as Available Finance Charge Collections and be allocated as described in “Deposit and Application of Funds in the Issuing Entity—Application of Available Finance Charge Collections.”

DEPOSIT AND APPLICATION OF FUNDS IN THE ISSUING ENTITY

The asset pool one supplement specifies how Finance Charge Collections, Principal Collections, the Default Amount and the Servicing Fee will be allocated among the outstanding series of notes and the Transferor Certificate. The CHASEseries indenture supplement specifies how Available Finance Charge Collections, which are the notes’ share of Finance Charge Collections plus other amounts treated as Available Finance Charge Collections, and Available Principal Collections, which are the notes’ share of Principal Collections plus other amounts treated as Available Principal Collections, will be deposited into the issuing entity bank accounts established for the notes to provide for the payment of principal of and interest on the notes as payments become due. The following sections summarize those provisions.

For a detailed description of the percentage used by the collateral agent, at the direction of the servicer, in allocating Finance Charge Collections, the Default Amount and the Receivables Servicing Fee to the notes, see the definition of “CHASEseries Floating Allocation Percentage” in the “Glossary of Defined Terms.” For a detailed description of the percentage used by the collateral agent, at the direction of the servicer, in allocating Principal Collections to the notes, see the definition of “CHASEseries Principal Allocation Percentage” in the “Glossary of Defined Terms.”

Deposit and Application of Funds

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the CHASEseries Noteholder Percentage and

 

   

the amount of Finance Charge Collections plus the amount of investment earnings on amounts on deposit in the collection account and the excess funding account.

The collateral agent will also, at the direction of the servicer, allocate to the notes:

 

   

the product of (1) the applicable CHASEseries Noteholder Percentage and (2) the amount of Principal Collections,

 

   

the product of (1) the applicable CHASEseries Noteholder Percentage and (2) the Default Amount, and

 

   

the product of (1) the applicable CHASEseries Noteholder Percentage and (2) the Receivables Servicing Fee.

The CHASEseries Noteholder Percentage means, for any month, (1) with respect to Finance Charge Collections, the Default Amount and the Receivables Servicing Fee, the CHASEseries Floating Allocation Percentage, and (2) with respect to Principal Collections, the CHASEseries Principal Allocation Percentage.

If Principal Collections allocated to the notes for any month are less than the targeted monthly principal payment or deposit for the notes, and any other series of notes has excess Principal Collections and any other amounts available to be treated as Principal Collections remaining after its application of its allocation as described above, then the amount of excess from each series of notes will be applied to cover the principal shortfalls of each other series of notes, to the extent of any shortfall in a monthly principal payment, pro rata based on the aggregate principal shortfalls for each series. If, after the application of excess Principal Collections from other series of notes, shortfalls still exist in Principal Collections allocated to a series, then Collateral Certificate Principal Shortfall Payments, if any, will be applied to cover the remaining principal shortfalls.

Upon a sale of assets, or interests therein, following an event of default and acceleration, or on the applicable legal maturity date for a tranche of notes the portion of the Nominal Liquidation Amount related to that tranche of notes will be reduced to zero and thereafter that tranche of notes will no longer receive any allocations of Finance Charge Collections or Principal Collections from the issuing entity or be allocated a portion of the Default Amount or the Receivables Servicing Fee. For a discussion on how assets are selected for sale if multiple assets exist, see “Sources of Funds to Pay the Notes—Sale of Assets.”

The servicer will allocate to the holder of the Transferor Certificate, the Transferor Percentage of Finance Charge Collections and investment earnings on amounts on deposit in the collection account and the excess funding account, Principal Collections, the Default Amount and the Receivables Servicing Fee. However, if the Transferor Amount is, or as a result of the allocation would become, less than the Required Transferor Amount or the Pool Balance is, or as a result of the payment would become, less than the Minimum Pool Balance, the amount of Principal Collections allocated to the holder of the Transferor Certificate will be deposited in the excess funding account. Finance Charge Collections initially allocated to the holder of the Transferor Certificate will be applied to cover certain shortfalls in the amount of investment earnings on investments of funds in certain issuing entity bank accounts, such as the principal funding subaccount, for the benefit of noteholders to the extent specified herein.

Available Finance Charge Collections

Available Finance Charge Collections consist of the following amounts:

 

   

The notes’ share of Finance Charge Collections. See “—Deposit and Application of Funds.”

 

   

Investment earnings on amounts on deposit in the principal funding account and the interest funding account of the notes.

 

   

Segregated Finance Charge Collections allocated to the notes to cover earning shortfalls on funds on deposit in the principal funding account.

 

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Any Shared Excess Available Finance Charge Collections from other series in Shared Excess Available Finance Charge Collections Group A allocated to the notes. See “—Shared Excess Available Finance Charge Collections.”

 

   

Any amounts to be treated as Available Finance Charge Collections pursuant to any terms document.

After a sale of assets as described in “Sources of Funds to Pay the Notes—Sale of Assets,” any amount on deposit in the interest funding subaccount for the related class or tranche of notes remaining after payment to that class or tranche will be treated as Available Finance Charge Collections for the benefit of other classes or tranches of notes and that class or tranche will not be entitled to any Available Finance Charge Collections.

Application of Available Finance Charge Collections

Each month, the indenture trustee, at the direction of the servicer, will apply Available Finance Charge Collections for the prior month as follows:

 

   

first, on the applicable Note Transfer Date for each tranche of notes, to make the targeted deposits to the interest funding account to fund the payment of interest on the notes as described in “—Allocation to Interest Funding Subaccounts”;

 

   

second, on the First Note Transfer Date, to pay the Servicing Fee for the prior month, plus any previously due and unpaid Servicing Fee;

 

   

third, on the First Note Transfer Date, to be treated as Available Principal Collections in an amount equal to the CHASEseries Default Amount for the prior month;

 

   

fourth, on the First Note Transfer Date, to be treated as Available Principal Collections in an amount equal to the aggregate Nominal Liquidation Amount Deficit, if any, of the notes;

 

   

fifth, on the applicable Note Transfer Date for each tranche of Class C notes, to make the targeted deposit to the Class C reserve account, if any;

 

   

sixth, on the applicable Note Transfer Date, to make any other payments or deposits required for any tranche of notes;

 

   

seventh, on the First Note Transfer Date, to be treated as Shared Excess Available Finance Charge Collections;

 

   

eighth, to be applied as Unapplied Excess Finance Charge Collections from Shared Excess Available Finance Charge Collections Group A as described in “—Unapplied Excess Finance Charge Collections and Unapplied Master Trust Level Excess Finance Charge Collections”; and

 

   

ninth, on the First Note Transfer Date, to Chase Card Funding, as transferor.

See “Summary—Available Finance Charge Collections and Application” for a diagram of the priority of payments described above.

Targeted Deposits of Available Finance Charge Collections to the Interest Funding Account

The aggregate deposit targeted to be made each month to the interest funding account will be equal to the sum of the interest funding account deposits targeted to be made for that month for each tranche of notes. The interest funding account deposit targeted for any month will also include any shortfall in the targeted deposit from any prior month which has not been previously deposited.

 

   

Interest Payments. The deposit targeted for any tranche of outstanding interest bearing notes for any month, to be deposited on the applicable Note Transfer Date, will be equal to the amount of interest accrued on the outstanding dollar principal amount of that tranche during the period from and including the Monthly Interest

 

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Accrual Date in that month—or in the case of the first Monthly Interest Accrual Date, from and including the date of issuance of that tranche—to but excluding the Monthly Interest Accrual Date in the following month.

 

   

Specified Deposits. If the terms document relating to any tranche of notes provides for deposits in addition to or different from the deposits described above to be made to the interest funding subaccount for that tranche, the deposits targeted for that tranche for any month will be the specified amounts.

 

   

Additional Interest. Unless otherwise specified in the terms document relating to any tranche of notes, the deposit targeted for any tranche of notes for any month that has accrued and overdue interest for that month will include the interest accrued on the overdue interest during the period from and including the Monthly Interest Accrual Date in that month to but excluding the Monthly Interest Accrual Date in the following month.

Each deposit to the interest funding account for each month will be made on the applicable Note Transfer Date for that tranche of notes in the following month. A tranche of notes may be entitled to more than one of the preceding deposits, plus deposits from other sources.

A class or tranche of notes for which assets have been sold by JPMorgan Chase Bank as described in “Sources of Funds to Pay the Notes—Sale of Assets” will not be entitled to receive any of the above deposits to be made from Available Finance Charge Collections after the sale has occurred.

Allocation to Interest Funding Subaccounts

The aggregate amount on deposit in the interest funding account will be allocated, and a portion deposited in the interest funding subaccount established for each tranche of notes on each applicable Note Transfer Date, as follows:

 

   

Available Finance Charge Collections are at least equal to or greater than targeted amounts. If Available Finance Charge Collections are at least equal to or greater than the sum of the deposits targeted by each tranche of notes as described above, then that targeted amount will be deposited in the interest funding subaccount established for each tranche of notes on the applicable Note Transfer Date.

 

   

Available Finance Charge Collections are less than targeted amounts. If Available Finance Charge Collections are less than the sum of the deposits targeted by each tranche of notes as described above, then Available Finance Charge Collections will be allocated as follows:

 

   

first, to cover the deposits with respect to and payments to the Class A notes, pro rata,

 

   

second, to cover the deposits with respect to and payments to the Class B notes, pro rata, and

 

   

third, to cover the deposits with respect to and payments to the Class C notes, pro rata.

In each case, Available Finance Charge Collections allocated to a class of notes will be allocated to each tranche of notes within that class pro rata based on the ratio of:

 

   

the aggregate amount of the deposits and payments targeted with respect to that tranche, to

 

   

the aggregate amount of the deposits and payments targeted with respect to all tranches of notes in that class.

Allocations of Reductions from Charge-Offs

On each First Note Transfer Date when there is a charge-off for an uncovered CHASEseries Default Amount for the prior month, that reduction will be allocated, and reallocated, on that date to each tranche of notes as described below.

Initially, the amount of the charge-off will be allocated to each tranche of outstanding notes pro rata based on the ratio of the Nominal Liquidation Amount used for that tranche in the calculation of the CHASEseries Floating

 

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Allocation Percentage for the prior month to the aggregate Nominal Liquidation Amount used in the calculation of the CHASEseries Floating Allocation Percentage for that month.

Immediately afterwards, the amount of charge-offs allocated to the Class A notes and Class B notes will be reallocated to the Class C notes as described below, and the amount of charge-offs allocated to the Class A notes and not reallocated to the Class C notes because of the limits described below will be reallocated to the Class B notes as described below. In addition, charge-offs initially allocated to the Class B notes and charge-offs allocated to the Class A notes which are reallocated to Class B notes because of Class C usage limitations can be reallocated to Class C notes if permitted as described below. Any amount of charge-offs which cannot be reallocated to subordinated notes as a result of the limits described below will reduce the Nominal Liquidation Amount of the tranche of notes to which it was initially allocated.

For each tranche of notes, the Nominal Liquidation Amount of that tranche will be reduced by an amount equal to the charge-offs which are allocated or reallocated to that tranche less the amount of charge-offs that are reallocated from that tranche to subordinated notes.

Limitations on Reallocations of Charge-Offs to a Tranche of Class C Notes from Tranches of Class A Notes and Class B Notes

No reallocations of charge-offs from a tranche of Class A notes to Class C notes may cause that tranche’s Class A Usage of Class C Required Subordinated Amount to exceed that tranche’s Class A required subordinated amount of Class C notes.

No reallocations of charge-offs from a tranche of Class B notes to Class C notes may cause that tranche’s Class B Usage of Class C Required Subordinated Amount to exceed that tranche’s Class B required subordinated amount of Class C notes.

The amount permitted to be reallocated to tranches of Class C notes will be applied to each tranche of Class C notes pro rata based on the ratio of the Nominal Liquidation Amount used for that tranche of Class C notes in the calculation of the CHASEseries Floating Allocation Percentage for the prior month to the Nominal Liquidation Amount of all Class C notes used in the calculation of the CHASEseries Floating Allocation Percentage for the prior month.

No reallocation will reduce the Nominal Liquidation Amount of any tranche of Class C notes below zero.

Limitations on Reallocations of Charge-Offs to a Tranche of Class B Notes from Tranches of Class A Notes

No reallocations of charge-offs from a tranche of Class A notes to Class B notes may cause that tranche’s Class A Usage of Class B Required Subordinated Amount to exceed that tranche’s Class A required subordinated amount of Class B notes.

The amount permitted to be reallocated to tranches of Class B notes will be applied to each tranche of Class B notes pro rata based on the ratio of the Nominal Liquidation Amount used for that tranche of Class B notes in the calculation of the CHASEseries Floating Allocation Percentage for the prior month to the Nominal Liquidation Amount of all Class B notes used in the calculation of the CHASEseries Floating Allocation Percentage for the prior month.

No reallocation will reduce the Nominal Liquidation Amount of any tranche of Class B notes below zero.

Allocations of Reimbursements of Nominal Liquidation Amount Deficits

If there are Available Finance Charge Collections available to reimburse any Nominal Liquidation Amount Deficits on any First Note Transfer Date, those funds will be allocated as follows:

 

   

first, to the Class A notes;

 

   

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third, to the Class C notes.

In each case, Available Finance Charge Collections allocated to a class will be allocated to each tranche of notes within that class pro rata based on the ratio of:

 

   

the Nominal Liquidation Amount Deficit of that tranche, to

 

   

the aggregate Nominal Liquidation Amount Deficit of all tranches of that class.

In no event will the Nominal Liquidation Amount of a tranche of notes be increased above the Adjusted Outstanding Dollar Principal Amount of that tranche.

Application of Available Principal Collections

Each month, the indenture trustee, at the direction of the servicer, will apply Available Principal Collections for the prior month as follows:

 

   

first, if after giving effect to deposits to be made on each applicable Note Transfer Date, Available Finance Charge Collections for the prior month are insufficient to make the full targeted deposit into the interest funding subaccount for any tranche of Class A notes on that applicable Note Transfer Date, then Available Principal Collections for the prior month, in an amount not to exceed the Principal Collections, plus certain other amounts, allocable to the Class B notes and Class C notes for that month, will be allocated, to the extent available, to the interest funding subaccount of each tranche of Class A notes pro rata based on, for each tranche of Class A notes, the lesser of:

 

   

the amount of the deficiency of the targeted amount to be deposited into the interest funding subaccount of that tranche of Class A notes, and

 

   

an amount equal to the sum of the Class A Unused Subordinated Amount of Class C notes plus the Class A Unused Subordinated Amount of Class B notes, in each case, for that tranche of Class A notes, determined after giving effect to the allocation of charge-offs for any uncovered CHASEseries Default Amount on the First Note Transfer Date;

 

   

second, if after giving effect to deposits to be made on each applicable Note Transfer Date, Available Finance Charge Collections are insufficient to make the full targeted deposit into the interest funding subaccount for any tranche of Class B notes on that applicable Note Transfer Date, then Available Principal Collections for the prior month, in an amount not to exceed the Principal Collections plus certain other amounts, allocable to the Class B notes and Class C notes for that month, minus the aggregate amount of Available Principal Collections, reallocated as described in the preceding paragraph, will be allocated, to the extent available, to the interest funding subaccount of each such tranche of Class B notes pro rata based on, for each tranche of Class B notes, the lesser of:

 

   

the amount of the deficiency of the targeted amount to be deposited into the interest funding subaccount of that tranche of Class B notes, and

 

   

an amount equal to the Class B Unused Subordinated Amount of Class C notes for that tranche of Class B notes, determined after giving effect to the allocation of charge-offs for any uncovered CHASEseries Default Amount on the First Note Transfer Date and the reallocation of Available Principal Collections as described in the first paragraph above;

 

   

third, if after giving effect to deposits to be made on the First Note Transfer Date, Available Finance Charge Collections for the prior month are insufficient to pay the portion of the Servicing Fee allocable to the Class A notes for that month, plus any previously due and the unpaid Servicing Fee allocable to the Class A notes, then Available Principal Collections for the prior month, in an amount not to exceed the Principal Collections, plus certain other amounts, allocable to the Class B notes and Class C notes for that month, minus the aggregate amount of Available Principal Collections reallocated as described in the preceding paragraphs,

 

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will be paid to the servicer in an amount equal to, and allocated to each tranche of Class A notes pro rata based on, for each tranche of Class A notes, the lesser of:

 

   

the amount of the deficiency allocated to that tranche of Class A notes pro rata based on the ratio of the Nominal Liquidation Amount used for that tranche in the calculation of the CHASEseries Floating Allocation Percentage for the prior month to the aggregate Nominal Liquidation Amount used in the calculation of the CHASEseries Floating Allocation Percentage for that month, and

 

   

an amount equal to the sum of the Class A Unused Subordinated Amount of Class C notes plus the Class A Unused Subordinated Amount of Class B notes, in each case, for that tranche of Class A notes, determined after giving effect to the allocation of charge-offs for any uncovered CHASEseries Default Amount on that First Note Transfer Date and the reallocation of Available Principal Collections as described in the preceding paragraphs;

 

   

fourth, if after giving effect to deposits to be made on the First Note Transfer Date, Available Finance Charge Collections for the prior month are insufficient to pay the portion of the Servicing Fee allocable to the Class B notes for that month, plus any previously due and unpaid Servicing Fee allocable to the Class B notes, then Available Principal Collections, plus certain other amounts, for the prior month, in an amount not to exceed the Principal Collections allocable to the Class B notes and Class C notes for that month, minus the aggregate amount of Available Principal Collections reallocated as described in the preceding paragraphs, will be paid to the servicer in an amount equal to, and allocated to each tranche of Class B notes pro rata based on, for each tranche of Class B notes, the lesser of:

 

   

the amount of the deficiency allocated to that tranche of Class B notes pro rata based on the ratio of the Nominal Liquidation Amount used for that tranche in the calculation of the CHASEseries Floating Allocation Percentage for the prior month to the aggregate Nominal Liquidation Amount used in the calculation of the CHASEseries Floating Allocation Percentage for that month, and

 

   

an amount equal to the Class B Unused Subordinated Amount of Class C notes for that tranche of Class B notes, determined after giving effect to the allocation of charge-offs for any uncovered CHASEseries Default Amount on that First Note Transfer Date and the reallocation of Available Principal Collections as described in the preceding paragraphs;

 

   

fifth, on the applicable Note Transfer Dates, to make the targeted deposits to the principal funding subaccounts of all tranches of notes as described in “—Targeted Deposits of Available Principal Collections to the Principal Funding Account”;

 

   

sixth, on the applicable Note Transfer Date, to be treated as Shared Excess Available Principal Collections for the benefit of all other series;

 

   

seventh, to be deposited in the excess funding account until the Transferor Amount for the prior monthly period equals or exceeds the Required Transferor Amount for the prior monthly period and the Pool Balance for such prior monthly period equals or exceeds the Minimum Pool Balance for such prior monthly period; and

 

   

eighth, to be paid to Chase Card Funding, as the transferor.

A tranche of notes for which assets have been sold as described in “Sources of Funds to Pay the Notes— Sale of Assets,” will not be entitled to receive any further allocations of Available Finance Charge Collections, Available Principal Collections or any other assets of the issuing entity. See “Summary—Application of Available Principal Collections” for a diagram of the priority of payments described above.

Reductions to the Nominal Liquidation Amount of Subordinated CHASEseries Notes from Reallocations of Available Principal Collections

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Nominal Liquidation Amount of the Class C notes. However, the aggregate amount of that reduction for each such tranche of Class A notes will not exceed the Class A Unused Subordinated Amount of Class C notes for that tranche of Class A notes.

Each reallocation of Available Principal Collections deposited to the interest funding subaccount of a tranche of Class A notes described in the first paragraph of “—Application of Available Principal Collections” which does not reduce the Nominal Liquidation Amount of Class C notes pursuant to the preceding paragraph will reduce the Nominal Liquidation Amount of the Class B notes. However, the amount of that reduction for each such tranche of Class A notes will not exceed the Class A Unused Subordinated Amount of Class B notes for that tranche of Class A notes and those reductions in the Nominal Liquidation Amount of the Class B notes may be reallocated to the Class C notes if permitted as described below.

Each reallocation of Available Principal Collections deposited to the interest funding subaccount of a tranche of Class B notes described in the second paragraph of “—Application of Available Principal Collections” will reduce the Nominal Liquidation Amount—determined after giving effect to the preceding paragraphs—of the Class C notes. However, the amount of that reduction for each such tranche of Class B notes will not exceed the Class B Unused Subordinated Amount of Class C notes for that tranche of Class B notes.

Each reallocation of Available Principal Collections paid to the servicer described in the third paragraph of “—Application of Available Principal Collections” will reduce the Nominal Liquidation Amount—determined after giving effect to the preceding paragraphs—of the Class C notes. However, the amount of that reduction for each such tranche of Class A notes will not exceed the Class A Unused Subordinated Amount of Class C notes for that tranche of Class A notes—determined after giving effect to the preceding paragraphs.

Each reallocation of Available Principal Collections paid to the servicer described in the third paragraph of “—Application of Available Principal Collections” which does not reduce the Nominal Liquidation Amount of the Class C notes as described above will reduce the Nominal Liquidation Amount—determined after giving effect to the preceding paragraphs—of the Class B notes. However, the amount of that reduction for each such tranche of Class A notes will not exceed the Class A Unused Subordinated Amount of Class B notes for that tranche of Class A notes—determined after giving effect to the preceding paragraphs—and that reduction in the Nominal Liquidation Amount of the Class B notes may be reallocated to the Class C notes if permitted as described below.

Each reallocation of Available Principal Collections paid to the servicer described in the fourth paragraph of “—Application of Available Principal Collections” will reduce the Nominal Liquidation Amount— determined after giving effect to the preceding paragraphs—of the Class C notes. However, the amount of that reduction for each such tranche of Class B notes will not exceed the Class B Unused Subordinated Amount of Class C notes for that tranche of Class B notes.

Subject to the following paragraph, each reallocation of Available Principal Collections which reduces the Nominal Liquidation Amount of Class B notes as described above will reduce the Nominal Liquidation Amount of each tranche of the Class B notes pro rata based on the ratio of the Nominal Liquidation Amount for that tranche of Class B notes used in the CHASEseries Floating Allocation Percentage for the prior month to the Nominal Liquidation Amount for all Class B notes used in the CHASEseries Floating Allocation Percentage for the prior month.

Each reallocation of Available Principal Collections which reduces the Nominal Liquidation Amount of Class B notes as described in the preceding paragraph may be reallocated to the Class C notes and that reallocation will reduce the Nominal Liquidation Amount of the Class C notes. However, the amount of that reduction for each tranche of Class B notes will not exceed the Class B Unused Subordinated Amount of Class C notes for that tranche of Class B notes.

Each reallocation of Available Principal Collections which reduces the Nominal Liquidation Amount of Class C notes as described above will reduce the Nominal Liquidation Amount of each tranche of the Class C notes pro rata based on the ratio of the Nominal Liquidation Amount for that tranche of Class C notes used in the CHASEseries Floating Allocation Percentage for the prior month to the Nominal Liquidation Amount for all Class C notes used in the CHASEseries Floating Allocation Percentage for the prior month.

 

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None of these reallocations will reduce the Nominal Liquidation Amount of any tranche of Class B notes or Class C notes below zero.

For each tranche of notes, the Nominal Liquidation Amount of that tranche will be reduced by the amount of reductions which are allocated or reallocated to that tranche less the amount of reductions which are reallocated from that tranche to subordinated notes.

Limit on Allocations of Available Principal Collections and Available Finance Charge Collections to Tranches of Notes

Each tranche of notes is allocated Available Principal Collections and Available Finance Charge Collections based solely on its Nominal Liquidation Amount. Accordingly, if the Nominal Liquidation Amount of any tranche of notes has been reduced due to reallocations of Available Principal Collections to cover payments of interest on senior notes or the portion of the Servicing Fee allocable to senior notes or due to charge-offs for any uncovered CHASEseries Default Amount, that tranche will not be allocated Available Principal Collections or Available Finance Charge Collections to the extent of these reductions. However, any funds in the applicable principal funding subaccount, any funds in the applicable interest funding subaccount and in the case of Class C notes, any funds in the applicable Class C reserve account, will still be available to pay principal of and interest on that tranche. If the Nominal Liquidation Amount of a tranche of notes has been reduced due to reallocations of Available Principal Collections to pay interest on senior notes or the portion of the Servicing Fee allocable to senior notes, or due to charge-offs for any uncovered CHASEseries Default Amount, it is possible for that tranche’s Nominal Liquidation Amount to be increased by allocations of Available Finance Charge Collections to that tranche. However, there are no assurances that there will be any Available Finance Charge Collections available for these allocations.

Targeted Deposits of Available Principal Collections to the Principal Funding Account

With respect to any month, the amount targeted to be deposited into the principal funding subaccount for any tranche of notes on the applicable Note Transfer Date will be the sum of the amounts listed below and any deposits targeted in prior months for which the full targeted deposit was not made. A tranche of notes may be entitled to more than one of the following deposits with respect to a particular month, which deposit will be made on the applicable Note Transfer Date in the following month:

 

   

Principal Payment Date. For the month before any principal payment date of a tranche of notes, the deposit targeted for that tranche will be equal to the Nominal Liquidation Amount of that tranche, determined immediately before giving effect to that deposit but after giving effect to charge-offs for any uncovered CHASEseries Default Amount allocated to that tranche and any reductions of the Nominal Liquidation Amount as a result of reallocations of Available Principal Collections allocated to that tranche or increases of the Nominal Liquidation Amount of that tranche as a result of reimbursement of a Nominal Liquidation Amount Deficit from Available Finance Charge Collections allocated to that tranche to be made on the First Note Transfer Date in the following month.

 

   

Budgeted Deposits. Beginning with the twelfth month before the scheduled principal payment date of a tranche of notes, the deposit targeted to be made into the principal funding subaccount for a tranche of notes for each month will be one-twelfth of the expected outstanding dollar principal amount of that tranche as of its scheduled principal payment date.

The issuing entity may postpone the date of the commencement of the targeted deposits under the previous bullet point as described in “The Notes—Revolving Period.”

 

   

Prefunding of the Principal Funding Account of Senior Notes. If on any date on which principal is payable or to be deposited into a principal funding subaccount with respect to any tranche of Class C notes that payment of or deposit with respect to all or part of that tranche of Class C notes would be prohibited because it would cause a deficiency in the remaining available subordination for the Class A notes or Class B notes, the targeted deposit amount for the Class A notes and Class B notes will be an amount equal to the portion of the Adjusted Outstanding Dollar Principal Amount of the Class A notes and Class B notes that would have to cease to be outstanding in order to permit the payment of or deposit with respect to that tranche of Class C notes.

 

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If on any date on which principal is payable or to be deposited into a principal funding subaccount with respect to any tranche of Class B notes that payment of or deposit with respect to all or part of that tranche of Class B notes would be prohibited because it would cause a deficiency in the remaining available subordination for the Class A notes, the targeted deposit amount for the Class A notes will be an amount equal to the portion of the Adjusted Outstanding Dollar Principal Amount of the Class A notes that would have to cease to be outstanding in order to permit the deposit with respect to or the payment of that tranche of Class B notes.

Prefunding of the principal funding subaccounts of tranches of senior notes will continue until:

 

   

enough senior notes are repaid so that the subordinated notes which are payable are no longer necessary to provide the required subordination for the outstanding senior notes;

 

   

new subordinated notes are issued so that the subordinated notes which are payable are no longer necessary to provide the required subordination for the outstanding senior notes; or

 

   

the principal funding subaccounts of the senior notes are prefunded to an appropriate level so that the subordinated notes that are payable are no longer necessary to provide the required subordination for the outstanding senior notes.

For purposes of calculating the prefunding requirements, the required subordinated amount of a tranche of senior notes will be calculated based on the Adjusted Outstanding Dollar Principal Amount on that date as described in “The Notes—Required Subordinated Amount.”

If any tranche of senior notes becomes payable as a result of an early amortization event, event of default or other optional or mandatory redemption, or upon reaching its scheduled principal payment date, any prefunded amounts on deposit in the principal funding subaccount of that tranche will be paid to noteholders of that tranche and deposits to pay the notes will continue as necessary to pay that tranche.

When the prefunded amounts for any tranche of Class A notes or Class B notes are no longer necessary, they will be withdrawn from the applicable principal funding subaccount and first allocated among and deposited to the principal funding subaccounts of other tranches of notes as necessary, second deposited in the excess funding account until the Transferor Amount for the prior month equals or exceeds the Required Transferor Amount for the prior month and the Pool Balance for the prior month equals or exceeds the Minimum Pool Balance for the prior month, and third paid to the transferor in respect of the month in which the withdrawal occurs. The Nominal Liquidation Amount of the prefunded tranche will be increased by those amounts withdrawn from the applicable principal funding subaccount.

 

   

Event of Default, Early Amortization Event or Other Optional or Mandatory Redemption. If any tranche of notes has been accelerated after the occurrence of an event of default, or an early amortization event or other optional or mandatory redemption has occurred with respect to any tranche of notes, the deposit targeted for that tranche with respect to that month and each following month will be equal to the Nominal Liquidation Amount of that tranche, determined immediately before giving effect to that deposit but after giving effect to charge-offs for any uncovered CHASEseries Default Amount allocated to that tranche and any reductions of the Nominal Liquidation Amount as a result of reallocations of Available Principal Collections allocated to that tranche or increase in the Nominal Liquidation Amount of that tranche as a result of reimbursement of a Nominal Liquidation Amount Deficit from Available Finance Charge Collections allocated to that tranche to be made on the First Note Transfer Date in the following month.

Allocation to Principal Funding Subaccounts

Available Principal Collections, after reallocation to cover Available Finance Charge Collections shortfalls, if any, will be allocated each month, and a portion deposited in the principal funding subaccount established for each tranche of notes on each applicable Note Transfer Date, as follows:

 

   

Available Principal Collections Are at least Equal to Targeted Amounts. If Available Principal Collections remaining after giving effect to items one through four described in “—Application of Available Principal

 

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Collections” are at least equal to the sum of the deposits targeted by each tranche of notes, then the applicable targeted amount will be deposited in the principal funding subaccount established for each tranche.

 

   

Available Principal Collections Are Less Than Targeted Amounts. If Available Principal Collections remaining after giving effect to items one through four described in “—Application of Available Principal Collections” are less than the sum of the deposits targeted by each tranche of notes, then Available Principal Collections will be deposited in the principal funding subaccounts in the following priority:

 

   

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second, the amount available after the application above will be allocated to the Class B notes; and

 

   

third, the amount available after the applications above will be allocated to the Class C notes.

In each case, Available Principal Collections allocated to a class will be allocated to each tranche of notes within that class pro rata based on the ratio of:

 

   

the amount targeted to be deposited into the principal funding subaccount for the applicable tranche of that class, to

 

   

the aggregate amount targeted to be deposited into the principal funding subaccount for all tranches of that class.

If restrictions described in “—Limit on Deposits to the Principal Funding Subaccount of Subordinated Notes; Limit on Repayment of all Tranches” prevent the deposit of Available Principal Collections into the principal funding subaccount of any subordinated notes, the aggregate amount of Available Principal Collections available to make the targeted deposit for that tranche will be allocated first to the Class A notes and then to the Class B notes, in each case pro rata based on the dollar amount of subordinated notes required to be outstanding for each tranche of senior notes. See “—Targeted Deposits of Available Principal Collections to the Principal Funding Account.”

Limit on Deposits to the Principal Funding Subaccount of Subordinated Notes; Limit on Repayment of all Tranches

Limit on Deposits to the Principal Funding Subaccount of Subordinated Notes

No Available Principal Collections will be deposited in the principal funding subaccount of any tranche of Class B notes unless, following that deposit, the available subordinated amount of Class B notes is at least equal to the aggregate Class A Unused Subordinated Amount of Class B notes for all outstanding Class A notes. For this purpose, the available subordinated amount of Class B notes is equal to the aggregate Nominal Liquidation Amount of all other Class B notes which will be outstanding after giving effect to any reductions in the Nominal Liquidation Amount of all such outstanding Class B notes occurring in that month.

No Available Principal Collections will be deposited in the principal funding subaccount of any tranche of Class C notes unless, following that deposit:

 

   

the available subordinated amount of Class C notes is at least equal to the aggregate Class A Unused Subordinated Amount of Class C notes for all outstanding Class A notes; and

 

   

the available subordinated amount of Class C notes is at least equal to the aggregate Class B Unused Subordinated Amount of Class C notes for all outstanding Class B notes.

For this purpose, the available subordinated amount of Class C notes is equal to the aggregate Nominal Liquidation Amount of all other Class C notes which will be outstanding after giving effect to any reductions in the Nominal Liquidation Amount of all such outstanding Class C notes occurring in that month.

 

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Available Principal Collections will be deposited in the principal funding subaccount of a subordinated note on a Note Transfer Date if and only to the extent the deposit is not contrary to any of the preceding three paragraphs and the prefunding target amount for each senior note is zero or the prefunding target amount has been funded to the extent necessary for that Note Transfer Date.

Limit on Repayment of all Tranches

No amount on deposit in a principal funding subaccount of any tranche of notes, or with respect to the Class C notes only, if applicable, a Class C reserve subaccount of any such tranche, will be applied to pay principal of that tranche in excess of the highest outstanding dollar principal amount of that tranche or, in the case of foreign currency notes, any other amount that may be specified in the related terms document for that tranche.

Deposits of Withdrawals from the Class C Reserve Account to the Principal Funding Account

Withdrawals from any Class C reserve subaccount will be deposited into the principal funding subaccount for the applicable tranche of Class  C notes to the extent required pursuant to the CHASEseries indenture supplement.

Withdrawals from Interest Funding Subaccounts

After giving effect to all deposits of funds to the interest funding account in a month, the following withdrawals from the applicable interest funding subaccount will be made to the extent funds are available in the applicable interest funding subaccount. A tranche of notes may be entitled to more than one withdrawal in a particular month:

 

   

Withdrawals for U.S. Dollar Notes. On each applicable interest payment date for each tranche of U.S. dollar notes, an amount equal to interest due on the applicable tranche of notes on the applicable interest payment date, including any overdue interest payments and additional interest on overdue interest payments with respect to prior interest payment dates, will be withdrawn from the applicable interest funding subaccount and paid to the applicable paying agent.

If the aggregate amount available for withdrawal from an interest funding subaccount of any tranche of notes in a month is less than all withdrawals required to be made from that subaccount for that tranche in that month after giving effect to all deposits, then the amount on deposit in that interest funding subaccount will be withdrawn and, if payable to more than one person, applied pro rata based on the amounts of the withdrawals required to be made. After payment in full of any tranche of notes, any amount remaining on deposit in the applicable interest funding subaccount will be first applied to cover any interest funding subaccount shortfalls for other tranches of notes in the manner described in “—Allocation to Interest Funding Subaccounts,” second applied to cover any principal funding subaccount shortfalls in the manner described in “—Allocation to Principal Funding Subaccounts,” and third paid to the transferor.

Withdrawals from Principal Funding Account

After giving effect to all deposits of funds to the principal funding account in a month, the following withdrawals for each tranche of notes from the applicable principal funding subaccount will be made to the extent funds are available in the applicable principal funding subaccount. A tranche of notes may be entitled to more than one of the following withdrawals in a particular month:

 

   

Withdrawal of Prefunding Excess Amounts. If the issuing entity on any date determines with respect to any senior notes that, after giving effect to all issuances, deposits, allocations, reimbursements, reallocations and payments on that date, the prefunding excess amount of that class is greater than zero, that amount will be withdrawn by the servicer from the principal funding subaccount of that class and first, allocated among and deposited to the principal funding subaccounts of the Class A notes up to the amount then targeted to be on deposit in those principal funding subaccounts; second, allocated among and deposited to the principal funding subaccounts of the Class B notes up to the amount then targeted to be on deposit in those principal funding subaccounts; third, allocated among and deposited to the principal funding subaccounts of the Class C notes up to the amount then targeted to be on deposit in those principal funding subaccounts; fourth, deposited in the excess funding account until the Transferor Amount for the prior month equals or exceeds the Required Transferor Amount for the prior month and the Pool Balance for the prior month equals or

 

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exceeds the Minimum Pool Balance for the prior month; and, fifth, paid to the transferor in respect of the month in which the withdrawal occurs; provided, however, that the servicer does not have to make any deposit or payment until the applicable Note Transfer Date.

 

   

Withdrawals on the Legal Maturity Date. On the legal maturity date of any tranche of notes, after giving effect to any deposits, allocations, reimbursements, reallocations, sales of collateral or other payments to be made on that date, amounts on deposit in the principal funding subaccount of any tranche of subordinated notes may be applied to pay principal of that tranche or to make other payments specified in a terms document.

Upon payment in full of any tranche of notes, any remaining amount on deposit in the applicable principal funding subaccount will be first applied to cover any interest funding subaccount shortfalls for other tranches of notes, second applied to cover any principal funding subaccount shortfalls, and third paid to the transferor. If the aggregate amount available for withdrawal from a principal funding subaccount for any tranche of notes is less than all withdrawals required to be made from that principal funding subaccount for that tranche in a month, after giving effect to all deposits to be made with respect to that month, then the amounts on deposit will be withdrawn and applied pro rata based on the amounts of the withdrawals required to be made.

[Targeted Deposits to the Class C Reserve Account]

[The Class C reserve account will be funded on each applicable Note Transfer Date, as necessary, from Available Finance Charge Collections as described under “—Application of Available Finance Charge Collections.”

The aggregate deposit targeted to be made to the Class C reserve account in each month will be the sum of the Class C reserve subaccount deposits targeted to be made for each tranche of Class C notes. With respect to any monthly period after the issuance date, the amount targeted to be on deposit in the Class C reserve subaccount for a tranche of Class C notes will be an amount equal to the product of (A) the Class C Reserve Account Percentage for such monthly period times (B) the initial dollar principal amount of the CHASEseries notes (exclusive of (x) any class or tranche of notes that will be paid in full on the applicable payment date and (y) any class or tranche of notes which will have a Nominal Liquidation Amount of zero on the applicable payment date) times (C) a fraction, the numerator of which is the Nominal Liquidation Amount of that tranche of Class C notes as of the close of business on the last day of such monthly period (exclusive of the amount deposited with respect to the targeted principal deposit amount on the applicable Note Transfer Date for such tranche of Class C notes) and the denominator of which is the Nominal Liquidation Amount of all Class C notes as of the close of business on the last day of such monthly period (exclusive of the amount deposited with respect to the targeted principal deposit amount on the applicable Note Transfer Date for all tranches of Class C notes in the next succeeding monthly period); provided however, that if an early redemption event or event of default occurs with respect to a tranche of Class C notes, the amount targeted to be on deposit will be the initial dollar principal amount of such tranche of Class C notes. See “Summary[Class C Reserve Subaccount for the Offered Notes]” for more information on the Class C Reserve Account.

The percentage and methodology for calculating the amount targeted to be on deposit in the Class C reserve subaccount may change without the consent of any noteholders if each note rating agency confirms that the change will not cause a ratings downgrade and the issuing entity has delivered to each note rating agency and the indenture trustee both a master trust tax opinion and an issuing entity tax opinion. Chase Card Funding, as depositor of the issuing entity, would instruct the issuing entity to make such adjustment in consultation with JPMorgan Chase Bank, as sponsor, originator, administrator and servicer. Any modifications will be disclosed on a Form 8-K of the issuing entity.

In addition, without the consent of any noteholders, the issuing entity may utilize a form of credit enhancement other than the Class C reserve account if each note rating agency confirms that the form of credit enhancement to be used will not cause a ratings downgrade and the issuing entity has delivered to each note rating agency and the indenture trustee an issuing entity tax opinion. Any new forms of credit enhancement being utilized will be disclosed through the filing of a post-effective amendment to the registration statement by the issuing entity.

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up to the targeted deposit pro rata based on the ratio of the Nominal Liquidation Amount of that tranche used in the CHASEseries Floating Allocation Percentage for that month to the Nominal Liquidation Amount of all tranches of Class C notes used in the CHASEseries Floating Allocation Percentage for that month that have a targeted amount to be deposited in their Class C reserve subaccounts for that month. After the initial allocation, any excess will be further allocated in a similar manner to those Class C reserve subaccounts which still have an uncovered targeted deposit.]

[Withdrawals from the Class C Reserve Account]

[Withdrawals will be made from the Class C reserve subaccount for any tranche of Class C notes, but in no event more than the amount on deposit in that Class C reserve subaccount, in the following order:

 

   

Payments of Interest. If the amount on deposit in the interest funding subaccount for any tranche of Class C notes is insufficient to pay in full the amounts for which withdrawals are required, the amount of the deficiency will be withdrawn from the applicable Class C reserve subaccount and deposited into the applicable interest funding subaccount;

 

   

Payments of Principal. If, on and after the earliest to occur of (1) the date on which any tranche of Class C notes is accelerated pursuant to the indenture following an event of default with respect to that tranche, (2) any date on or after the applicable Note Transfer Date immediately preceding the scheduled principal payment date on which the amount on deposit in the principal funding subaccount for any tranche of Class C notes plus the aggregate amount on deposit in the applicable Class C reserve subaccount equals or exceeds the outstanding dollar principal amount of those Class C notes and (3) the legal maturity date for any tranche of Class C notes, the amount on deposit in the principal funding subaccount for any tranche of Class C notes is insufficient to pay in full the amounts for which withdrawals are required, the applicable amount of the deficiency will be withdrawn from the applicable Class C reserve subaccount; and

 

   

Excess Amounts. If on any Note Transfer Date the aggregate amount on deposit in any Class C reserve subaccount is greater than the amount required to be on deposit in that Class C reserve subaccount and such Class C notes have not been accelerated, the excess will be withdrawn and first allocated among and deposited to the other Class C reserve subaccounts with a targeted deposit pro rata based on the ratio of the Nominal Liquidation Amount of the applicable tranche of Class C notes to the Nominal Liquidation Amount of all tranches of Class C notes and then paid to the issuing entity. In addition, after payment in full of any tranche of Class C notes, any amount remaining on deposit in the applicable Class C reserve subaccount will be applied in accordance with the preceding sentence.]

Pro rata Payments Within a Tranche of Notes

All notes of a tranche will receive payments of principal and interest pro rata based on the Nominal Liquidation Amount of each note in that tranche.

Shared Excess Available Finance Charge Collections

Available Finance Charge Collections for any month remaining after making the sixth application described in “—Application of Available Finance Charge Collections” above will be available for allocation to other series of notes in Shared Excess Available Finance Charge Collections Group A. This excess, plus excesses, if any, from other series of notes in Shared Excess Available Finance Charge Collections Group A, called Shared Excess Available Finance Charge Collections, will be allocated to cover certain shortfalls in Finance Charge Collections allocated to the series in Shared Excess Available Finance Charge Collections Group A, if any. If these shortfalls exceed the amount of Shared Excess Available Finance Charge Collections for any month, Shared Excess Available Finance Charge Collections will be allocated pro rata among the applicable series in Shared Excess Available Finance Charge Collections Group A based on the relative amounts of those shortfalls.

Shared Excess Available Finance Charge Collections, to the extent available and allocated to the notes plus any other payments received in respect of the notes, will cover shortfalls in the first six applications described in “—Application of Available Finance Charge Collections.”

 

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Shared Excess Available Finance Charge Collections Group A may include any other series of notes which may be issued by the issuing entity.

Unapplied Excess Finance Charge Collections and Unapplied Master Trust Level Excess Finance Charge Collections

If the amount of Shared Excess Available Finance Charge Collections for any month exceeds the amount required to cover all Finance Charge Collections shortfalls for all series of notes in Shared Excess Available Finance Charge Collections Group A, that excess, called “Unapplied Excess Finance Charge Collections,” will be made available to cover finance charge shortfalls for certain series of certificates issued by designated securitization special purpose entities that have issued collateral certificates included in the issuing entity and designated as unapplied excess finance charge sharing collateral certificates. Currently there are no collateral certificates held by the issuing entity.

If after application of Shared Excess Available Finance Charge Collections for any month, a shortfall remains with respect to any of the first six applications described in “—Application of Available Finance Charge Collections,” finance charge collections remaining with respect to certain series issued by designated securitization special purpose entities that have issued collateral certificates included in the issuing entity and designated as unapplied master trust level excess finance charge sharing collateral certificates, after all required applications are made with respect to those securitization special purpose entities, called “Unapplied Master Trust Level Excess Finance Charge Collections,” may be allocated to the CHASEseries to cover remaining shortfalls with respect to any of the first six applications described in “—Application of Available Finance Charge Collections.” If shortfalls with respect to all series in Shared Excess Available Finance Charge Collections Group A exceed the amount of Unapplied Master Trust Level Excess Finance Charge Collections for any month, Unapplied Master Trust Level Excess Finance Charge Collections will be allocated pro rata among the applicable series in Shared Excess Available Finance Charge Collections Group A based on the relative amounts of the shortfalls. Currently there are no collateral certificates held by the issuing entity.

Shared Excess Available Principal Collections

Available Principal Collections remaining after making the fifth application described in “—Application of Available Principal Collections,” plus amounts on deposit in the excess funding account as described in “Sources of Funds to Pay the Notes—Issuing Entity Bank Accounts,” will be available for allocation to other series of notes. This excess, plus excesses, if any, from other series of notes, called Shared Excess Available Principal Collections, will be allocated to cover certain shortfalls in the targeted deposits to the principal funding account of the notes and, with respect to series of notes other than the CHASEseries, to cover shortfalls specified in the applicable indenture supplements.

Shared Excess Available Principal Collections, to the extent available and allocated to the notes, will cover shortfalls in the fifth application described in “—Application of Available Principal Collections.” If the shortfalls for all series of notes issued by the issuing entity exceed Shared Excess Available Principal Collections for any month, Shared Excess Available Principal Collections will be allocated pro rata among all series of notes based on the relative amounts of those shortfalls for that month.

Unapplied Master Trust Level Principal Collections

If after application of Shared Excess Available Principal Collections for any month, a shortfall remains with respect to the fifth application described in “—Application of Available Principal Collections,” if a collateral certificate is included in the issuing entity, Principal Collections remaining after all required applications at the related securitization special purpose entity, called “Unapplied Master Trust Level Principal Collections,” may be allocated to the CHASEseries to cover remaining shortfalls with respect to the fifth application described in “—Application of Available Principal Collections.” If these shortfalls with respect to all series of notes exceed the amount of Unapplied Master Trust Level Principal Collections for any month, Unapplied Master Trust Level Principal Collections will be allocated pro rata among the applicable series based on the relative amounts of those shortfalls. Currently there are no collateral certificates held by the issuing entity.

 

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Segregated Finance Charge Collections

Segregated Finance Charge Collections” are Finance Charge Collections initially allocated to Chase Card Funding, as holder of the Transferor Certificate, that are reallocated to the notes to cover the shortfalls arising when the earnings on funds in the principal funding subaccount for any tranche of notes are less than the interest payable on the portion of the outstanding dollar principal amount of that tranche on deposit in the principal funding subaccount for that tranche. Segregated Finance Charge Collections will be allocated to any tranche of notes with respect to each month beginning with the second month during which a deposit is made to the principal funding subaccount for that tranche. Segregated Finance Charge Collections allocated to the notes will be treated as Available Finance Charge Collections and will be applied as described in “—Available Finance Charge Collections.”

SHELF REGISTRATION ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

Transaction Requirements

The offered notes are being offered under a shelf registration statement on Form SF-3. Form SF-3 contains the following transaction requirements:

 

   

the registrant must file a certification signed by the chief executive officer of the depositor with respect to each offering of notes;

 

   

the transaction documents must provide for selection and appointment of an asset representations reviewer and allow the review of certain assets for compliance with asset related representations and warranties upon the occurrence of a Delinquency Trigger Breach, defined below, and a required vote of noteholders;

 

   

the transaction documents must contain a dispute resolution provision; and

 

   

the transaction documents must contain a provision requiring the party responsible for making periodic filings on Form 10-D to include disclosure of investors’ requests to communicate with other investors with respect to the exercise of the investor’s rights under the transaction documents.

CEO Certification

The certification from the chief executive officer of the depositor, referred to in this prospectus as the “CEO Certification,” addresses the disclosure contained in the prospectus for each offering and the structure of the securitization. The CEO Certification will be filed under cover of a Form 8-K at the time of the filing of the final prospectus for each offering from the shelf as an exhibit to the final 424(b)(2) prospectus. The CEO Certification will be signed by the officer acting as the chief executive officer of Chase Card Funding at the time of the filing, which may include any chief executive officer acting in that capacity in the absence, or upon the incapacity, of any former or future chief executive officer. A form of the CEO Certification has been filed as an exhibit to the registration statement.

Asset Review

Asset Representations Review

FTI Consulting, Inc. has been selected and appointed to act as the asset representations reviewer under the asset representations review agreement. See “Asset Representations Reviewer.

The indenture provides that if the 60-day-plus delinquency percentage is equal to or greater than the Delinquency Trigger on a date of determination—referred to in this prospectus as a “Delinquency Trigger Breach”—a vote on the question of whether to initiate a review by the asset representations reviewer of the 60-day-plus delinquent accounts and receivables for compliance with the representations and warranties set forth in the asset representations review agreement may be requested by holders of at least 5% of the outstanding dollar principal amount of the CHASEseries notes, not including any CHASEseries notes held by affiliates of the sponsor or servicer. If a vote is initiated, an asset representations review will occur if holders of at least 5% of the outstanding dollar principal amount of the CHASEseries notes (not including any CHASEseries notes held by affiliates of the sponsor or servicer) participate in

 

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the vote and holders of at least a simple majority of the outstanding dollar principal amount of CHASEseries notes casting a vote direct the asset representations reviewer to initiate the review in accordance with the procedures described below in “—Voting Procedure for Asset Representations Review.”

The asset representations reviewer will review 60-day-plus delinquent assets for compliance with the applicable representations and warranties in the related underlying transaction agreements in accordance with the procedures set forth in the asset representations review agreement. If a prior review has been conducted, the asset representations reviewer may use any information that was obtained in and findings of the prior review to assist in the current review. The review procedures were designed to determine whether a receivable under review was not in compliance with the representations and warranties made about it in the transaction documents at the relevant time, which is usually at origination of the receivable or as of the addition cutoff date for the related credit card account. The review is not designed to determine why the obligor is delinquent or the creditworthiness of the obligor. The review is not designed to determine whether the receivable was serviced in compliance with the transfer and servicing agreement after the cutoff date. The review is not designed to establish cause, materiality or recourse for any non-compliance. The review is not designed to determine whether JPMorgan Chase Bank’s origination or underwriting policies and procedures are adequate, reasonable or prudent.

The asset representations reviewer is required to provide a report to the indenture trustee, the issuing entity, the transferor, the sponsor and the servicer of the findings and conclusions of any review, and a summary of the asset representations reviewer’s report may be included in the issuing entity’s Form 10-D for the period in which the report was received. The servicer will determine whether any reported non-compliance of a receivable under review with the representations and warranties, as evidenced by a test failure, satisfies the contractual requirements for a repurchase and will notify the indenture trustee and the transferor of its determination. If the servicer determines that the conditions for repurchase have been met, the servicer will provide notice to the transferor requesting the transferor to repurchase the ineligible receivable. The indenture trustee can provide notice of a Repurchase Request, defined below, based on available information, which includes the report prepared by the asset representations reviewer. Additionally, investors will be able to review the summary included in the Form 10-D and determine whether to request that the indenture trustee submit a Repurchase Request.

The fees of the asset representations reviewer incurred in connection with a review of the applicable accounts and receivables and any expenses incurred by the asset representations reviewer in connection with the performance of its duties will be paid by JPMorgan Chase Bank, as sponsor. The asset representations reviewer will be entitled to a one-time upfront fee and an annual fee, which will also be paid by JPMorgan Chase Bank, as sponsor.

Delinquency Trigger

The asset representations review process may be initiated if the percentage of 60-day-plus delinquent receivables for any monthly period reaches or exceeds a threshold of delinquent assets, referred to in this prospectus as the “Delinquency Trigger.” The relevant delinquency percentage for each monthly period will be equal to the aggregate dollar amount of 60-day-plus delinquent receivables in the issuing entity expressed as a percentage of the aggregate dollar amount of all receivables in the issuing entity for that monthly period. The issuing entity’s current Delinquency Trigger is 7.62%, which equals two times the historical peak 60-day-plus delinquency percentage since inception of the issuing entity of 3.81%. The Delinquency Trigger is subject to adjustment as described below.

Even during periods of severe economic conditions (such as the financial crisis during the period from 2008 through 2010) during which the issuing entity experienced peak delinquency and loss levels, the issuing entity continued to meet all its obligations. No performance-based payout event or early amortization event has occurred throughout the existence of the issuing entity. In addition, JPMorgan Chase Bank is not aware of any repurchase request from any investor in the CHASEseries notes for any reason. The Trust Portfolio has not experienced any material deterioration in its performance as a result of material non-compliance with representations and warranties. Therefore, in order to determine a Delinquency Trigger that, if breached, may serve as an indicator of potential asset-related issues, distinct from severe economic conditions or adverse consumer trends, that may be causing significant deterioration in Trust Portfolio performance, JPMorgan Chase Bank believes it is reasonable to set the Delinquency Trigger at a level that is a multiple of the issuing entity’s historical peak 60-day-plus delinquency percentage.

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at the time of any new shelf registration filing of the issuing entity; or

 

   

if there are changes in applicable law or regulation that may have a material impact on JPMorgan Chase Bank, the issuing entity or the Trust Portfolio.

Any adjustment to the Delinquency Trigger will be disclosed on a Form 8-K of the issuing entity filed with the SEC.

Voting Procedure for Asset Representations Review

Pursuant to the indenture, upon the filing of a Form 10-D disclosing a Delinquency Trigger Breach, the holders of at least 5% of the outstanding dollar principal amount of the CHASEseries notes, referred to in this prospectus as the “Requisite Petition Percentage,” not including any CHASEseries notes held by affiliates of the sponsor or servicer, may, within 90 days of the filing of such Form 10-D, petition the indenture trustee for a vote to determine if an asset representations review should be initiated. If the Requisite Petition Percentage for a vote is met and if holders of at least 5% of the outstanding dollar principal amount of the CHASEseries notes (not including any CHASEseries notes held by affiliates of the sponsor or servicer) participate in the vote and holders of at least a simple majority of the outstanding dollar principal amount of CHASEseries notes that do cast a vote in favor of initiating the review, then the indenture trustee will notify the sponsor, servicer and transferor of the results of the vote and the indenture trustee will notify the asset representations review to conduct the review.

The vote to direct an asset representations review must be completed within 150 days of the filing of a Form 10-D disclosing the Delinquency Trigger Breach. If the voting process is not completed within such 150-day period and there has been no subsequent Delinquency Trigger Breach, the investors may not initiate, or, if already initiated, complete a vote to conduct an asset representations review with respect to that Delinquency Trigger Breach. However, if a Delinquency Trigger Breach occurs in a subsequent period, the 90-day petition period described above and the 150-day period for the completion of a vote as described in this paragraph will restart from the filing of the latest Form 10-D disclosing a breach, if no petition to vote has been initiated, no vote has been scheduled and no asset representations review is being conducted.

There can be only one petition to vote, scheduled vote or asset representations review in process at any point in time. If a petition to vote has already been initiated, a vote has been scheduled or an asset representations review is underway, no noteholder will be able to request or petition for a vote. If a vote is conducted with respect to the Delinquency Trigger Breach in a given month and the required votes to commence a review are not obtained, then there will be no further vote permitted with respect to the Delinquency Trigger Breach for that particular month.

Notice of a meeting or a vote must be given to all noteholders. In addition to submitting requests to communicate with other noteholders through Form 10-D, as described below under “—Investor Communication,” a noteholder may also submit a request to the indenture trustee to disseminate a notice to all noteholders through DTC. The noteholders representing at least the Requisite Petition Percentage must engage the indenture trustee to initiate a vote to direct an asset representations review by contacting the indenture trustee in accordance with the notice provision set forth in the indenture. The indenture trustee, upon being engaged by the noteholders as described in the previous sentence, will submit the matter to a vote of all noteholders through DTC. The indenture trustee will follow its standard procedures with respect to conducting the vote.

A person is entitled to vote if that person is (i) a holder of an outstanding CHASEseries note as of the record date prior to the vote or (ii) a representative of the persons in clause (i) that is appointed by a written proxy, and is not an affiliate of the sponsor or the servicer.

The servicer will reimburse the indenture trustee for the reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the indenture trustee in connection with the vote described in this section.

Dispute Resolution Provision

Pursuant to the terms of the indenture, if a request is made to the transferor to repurchase or accept reassignment of a receivable in the Trust Portfolio, referred to in this prospectus as a “Repurchase Request,” and such Repurchase Request is not resolved by the end of the 150-day period beginning when the Repurchase Request is received by the

 

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transferor, then the indenture trustee or other transaction participant who submitted the Repurchase Request, referred to in this prospectus as the “Requesting Party” will have the right to refer the matter within 30 days to either mediation (or non-binding arbitration) or arbitration and the transferor, referred to in this prospectus as the “Responding Party,” must agree to the selected resolution method.

The issuing entity will file Form ABS 15-G reports on a monthly basis, if a Repurchase Request has been received by the transferor. The Form ABS 15-G is publicly available and will provide required information regarding the Repurchase Request on a monthly basis at least until the Repurchase Request is resolved. The Form ABS 15-G will also include the date on which the Repurchase Request was received by the transferor.

Mediation or Non-Binding Arbitration

The Requesting Party may refer an unresolved Repurchase Request to non-binding mediation or non-binding arbitration with the Responding Party administered by a nationally recognized arbitration or mediation organization, referred to in this prospectus as the “Organization,” selected by the transferor, in accordance with its Commercial Mediation Rules that are then in effect, referred to in this prospectus as the “Mediation Rules,” by filing a request for mediation or non-binding arbitration with the Organization in accordance with the Mediation Rules. The Requesting Party and the Responding Party will jointly appoint the mediator within 30 days from the date of the request for mediation or non-binding arbitration. In the event the mediator is not timely appointed, he or she will be appointed by the Organization. The mediation or non-binding arbitration will be conducted in New York, New York. Any dispute not resolved in writing prior to the termination of the mediation or non-binding arbitration may be resolved in litigation as set forth in “—Litigation; Submission to Jurisdiction; Jury Trial Waiver” below.

The parties will mutually determine the allocation of any expenses of the mediation, provided that, if they cannot reach a mutual determination, the expenses of the mediation will be borne equally by the parties.

The parties agree that the mediation, and all information disclosed therein, will be confidential information exchanged for the purposes of settlement, and that the information and communications exchanged in the mediation will be privileged and will not be used or disclosed in any legal or arbitral proceeding, except as otherwise required by applicable law.

Binding Arbitration

The Requesting Party may also refer an unresolved Repurchase Request to binding arbitration, and in that case the Repurchase Request will be resolved by final and binding arbitration administered by the Organization selected by the transferor in accordance with its Commercial Arbitration Rules that are then in effect, except as modified under the indenture as described below. The arbitral tribunal will not have jurisdiction to consider any class action or class claim, or any claim other than the resolution of the Repurchase Request, except that the arbitral tribunal will determine the allocation of any expenses of the arbitration, including attorney’s fees, costs and related expenses, to such extent and to such parties as it sees fit. The seat of arbitration will be New York, New York.

There will be three arbitrators, of whom the Requesting Party will appoint one in the demand for arbitration and the Responding Party will appoint another in the answer. The two party-appointed arbitrators will appoint the third arbitrator, who will serve as the chairperson of the arbitral tribunal, within 30 days of the date of appointment of the second arbitrator. Any arbitrator not timely appointed will be appointed by the Organization. Any arbitrator appointed by the Organization will be a lawyer with at least 15 years of experience relating to securitizations or other complex commercial transactions and shall not have any actual or potential conflict of interest in deciding or hearing the dispute. In any arbitration, there will be limited document discovery of specifically identified documents directly relevant and material to the matter in dispute, except as ordered by the arbitral tribunal upon good cause shown. There will be no depositions.

A pending arbitration may be consolidated with any other arbitration between the parties concerning another Repurchase Request for the purposes of efficiency and to avoid the possibility of inconsistent awards. An application for such consolidation may be made by the Requesting Party or the Responding Party to the arbitral tribunal for the earliest arbitration to be consolidated.

 

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The award of the arbitral tribunal in a binding arbitration will be final and binding on the parties, and may be enforced in any court of competent jurisdiction.

Any arbitration hereunder will be confidential, and the parties and their agents agree not to disclose to any third party the existence or status of the arbitration and all information made known and documents produced in the arbitration not otherwise in the public domain, and all awards arising from the arbitration, except and to the extent that disclosure is required by applicable law or is required to protect or pursue a legal right.

Litigation; Submission to Jurisdiction; Jury Trial Waiver

Unless a Requesting Party submits a Repurchase Request to mediation or arbitration as provided above, any dispute relating to a Repurchase Request will be submitted exclusively to the jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York or the United States of America located in New York County, New York, referred to in this prospectus as the “New York Courts.” In any such action, the Requesting Party submits to the personal jurisdiction of the New York Courts and all parties waive the right to a trial by jury to the greatest extent permitted by law.

Investor Communication

The indenture includes a provision that requires the issuing entity to disclose a request by an investor to communicate with other investors, that is received in a reporting period, in the issuing entity’s Form 10-D for that reporting period. Only requests to communicate relating to the investor exercising its rights under the terms of the transaction documents and the notes will be included. Requests to communicate for other purposes, such as identifying potential customers and marketing efforts, will not be accommodated.

The disclosure in Form 10-D will only include the name of the investor making the request, the date the request was received, a statement to the effect that the issuing entity has received a request from the investor, stating that the investor is interested in communicating with other investors about the possible exercise of rights under the transaction documents and the notes, and a description of the method by which other investors may contact the requesting investor.

Investors who wish to communicate with other investors through this mechanism can contact Chase Card Funding at CHAIT_Investor_Communication@jpmchase.com. Investors that are not record holders but are beneficial holders of book-entry notes need to provide a written certification and a form of documentation, such as a trade confirmation, an account statement or a letter from the broker or dealer, verifying ownership, whereas investors that are holders of definitive notes do not have to provide verification of ownership. Expenses incurred in connection with the inclusion of investor communication information in the Form 10-D and the filing of the Form 10-D will be paid by the servicer; provided, that the payment will not include any reimbursement for legal or other investigation expenses incurred by the investors relating to an investor communication request.

Registrant Requirements

Chase Card Funding, as the registrant under the registration statement, has met the registrant requirements of paragraph I.A.1 of the General Instructions to Form SF-3.

MATERIAL LEGAL ASPECTS OF THE CREDIT CARD RECEIVABLES

Transfer of Credit Card Receivables

Prior to January 20, 2016, referred to in this prospectus as the “Conversion Date,” Chase USA transferred receivables directly to the issuing entity and made certain representations and warranties to the issuing entity. From January 20, 2016 through May 17, 2019, receivables were transferred by Chase USA to Chase Card Funding and by Chase Card Funding to the issuing entity and such representations and warranties were made by Chase USA to Chase Card Funding. Beginning on May 18, 2019, receivables have been and will be transferred by JPMorgan Chase Bank to Chase Card Funding and by Chase Card Funding to the issuing entity and such representations and warranties are made by JPMorgan Chase Bank to Chase Card Funding.

JPMorgan Chase Bank, or its predecessor as originator, has represented and warranted that its transfer of any credit card receivables to Chase Card Funding (or, prior to the Conversion Date, to the issuing entity) and Chase Card Funding has represented and warranted that its transfer of any credit card receivables to the issuing entity and their

 

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respective transfer of any collateral certificate or any increased Invested Amount of any existing collateral certificate to Chase Card Funding or the issuing entity, as applicable, are each either a complete transfer and assignment to such entity of those credit card receivables or that collateral certificate or any increased Invested Amount of that collateral certificate, except for the interest of Chase USA as holder of the Transferor Certificate prior to the Conversion Date and Chase Card Funding as current holder of the Transferor Certificate, or the grant to the issuing entity of a security interest in those credit card receivables, that collateral certificate or any increased Invested Amount of that collateral certificate.

JPMorgan Chase Bank has also represented and warranted to Chase Card Funding (or, prior to the Conversion Date, to the issuing entity) and Chase Card Funding has also represented and warranted to the issuing entity that in the event the transfer of credit card receivables or any collateral certificate to Chase Card Funding or the issuing entity, as applicable, or an increase in the Invested Amount of an existing collateral certificate included in the issuing entity is deemed to create a security interest under the Delaware UCC then it will constitute a valid, subsisting and enforceable first priority perfected security interest in the credit card receivables or collateral certificate, as applicable, created in favor of the issuing entity on and after their creation, initial issuance date or date of increase in Invested Amount, except for certain tax and other governmental liens, subject to the limitations described below. For a discussion of the issuing entity’s rights arising from a breach of these warranties, see “Sources of Funds to Pay the Notes—JPMorgan Chase Bank and Transferor Representations and Warranties.”

Chase Card Funding has represented as to credit card receivables previously conveyed to the issuing entity, and will represent as to credit card receivables to be conveyed to the issuing entity, that the credit card receivables are “accounts” for purposes of the Delaware UCC. JPMorgan Chase Bank has represented as to credit card receivables previously conveyed to Chase Card Funding (or, prior to the Conversion Date, to the issuing entity), and will represent as to credit card receivables to be conveyed to Chase Card Funding, that the credit card receivables are “accounts” for purposes of the Delaware UCC. Both the transfer and assignment of accounts and the transfer of accounts as security for an obligation are treated under Article 9 of the Delaware UCC as creating a security interest therein and are subject to its provisions, and the filing of an appropriate financing statement is required to perfect the security interest of the issuing entity. Financing statements covering the credit card receivables have been and will be filed with the appropriate state governmental authority to protect the interests of the issuing entity in the credit card receivables.

There are certain limited circumstances in which a prior or subsequent transferee of credit card receivables coming into existence after the closing date could have an interest in those credit card receivables with priority over the issuing entity’s interest. Under the transfer and servicing agreement Chase Card Funding has represented and warranted that it is transferring its interest in the credit card receivables to the issuing entity free and clear of the lien of any third party. In addition, Chase Card Funding has covenanted and will covenant that it will not sell, pledge, assign, transfer or grant any lien on any credit card receivable in the issuing entity, or any interest therein, other than to the issuing entity.

A tax or government lien or other nonconsensual lien on property of JPMorgan Chase Bank arising prior to the time a credit card receivable comes into existence or a collateral certificate is issued may also have priority over the interest of the issuing entity in that credit card receivable or in that collateral certificate. In addition, if the FDIC were appointed as conservator or receiver of JPMorgan Chase Bank, the FDIC’s administrative expenses may also have priority over the interest of the issuing entity in that credit card receivable or the interest of the securitization special purpose entity that issued the collateral certificate in the credit card receivable.

Collections on certain credit card receivables conveyed to the issuing entity held by the servicer may be commingled and used for the benefit of the servicer prior to each Note Transfer Date and, in the event of the insolvency of the servicer or, in certain circumstances, the lapse of certain time periods, the issuing entity may not have a first priority perfected security interest in those collections. If these events occur, the amount payable to you could be lower than the outstanding principal and accrued interest on the offered notes, thus resulting in losses to you.

Certain Matters Relating to Conservatorship or Receivership

JPMorgan Chase Bank is chartered as a national banking association and is subject to regulation and supervision by the OCC. If JPMorgan Chase Bank becomes insolvent, is in an unsound condition or engages in certain violations of its bylaws or regulations, or if other similar circumstances occur, the OCC is authorized to appoint the FDIC as conservator or receiver. Prior to January 20, 2016, Chase USA transferred receivables directly to the issuing entity.

 

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From January 20, 2016 through May 17, 2019, receivables were transferred by Chase USA to Chase Card Funding and by Chase Card Funding to the issuing entity. Beginning on May 18, 2019, receivables have been and will be transferred by JPMorgan Chase Bank to Chase Card Funding and by Chase Card Funding to the issuing entity.

The FDIC, as conservator or receiver, is authorized to repudiate any “contract” of JPMorgan Chase Bank. This authority may permit the FDIC to repudiate the transfer of credit card receivables or a collateral certificate to Chase Card Funding, and through Chase Card Funding, to the issuing entity (including the grant to the issuing entity of a security interest in the credit card receivables or any collateral certificate). Under the Original Safe Harbor, the FDIC, as conservator or receiver, will not use its repudiation authority to reclaim, recover or recharacterize financial assets, such as the credit card receivables and a collateral certificate, transferred by a bank if certain conditions are met, including that the transfer was made for adequate consideration, and was not made fraudulently, in contemplation of insolvency or with the intent to hinder, delay or defraud the bank or its creditors and that the transfer satisfies the requirements for sale accounting treatment under generally accepted accounting principles, other than the legal isolation requirement. Under accounting standards that became effective January 1, 2010 for calendar year reporting entities, JPMorgan Chase Bank consolidated the issuing entity onto its balance sheet and the transfers of credit card receivables to the issuing entity, which had satisfied the requirements for sale accounting treatment prior to January 1, 2010, no longer satisfied the requirements for sale accounting treatment. On September 27, 2010, the FDIC issued the Revised Safe Harbor amending the Original Safe Harbor, that extends the benefit of the FDIC’s legal isolation safe harbor under the Original Safe Harbor to any obligations of master trusts and revolving trusts for which obligations were issued on or before September 27, 2010, and for which the conditions for sale accounting treatment, other than legal isolation, that were in place before November 15, 2009, and all other requirements of the Original Safe Harbor, are satisfied. The Revised Safe Harbor extends to obligations issued by such trusts both before and after September 27, 2010. JPMorgan Chase Bank believes that the conditions of the Revised Safe Harbor are currently being satisfied for issuances from the issuing entity.

If the FDIC, as conservator or receiver, were to determine that the Revised Safe Harbor did not apply to the issuing entity and repudiated JPMorgan Chase Bank’s transfer of the credit card receivables or any collateral certificate to Chase Card Funding, the amount of compensation the FDIC would be required to pay would be limited to “actual direct compensatory damages” determined as of the date of the FDIC’s appointment as conservator or receiver. There is no statutory definition of “actual direct compensatory damages” but the term does not include damages for lost profits or opportunity. The staff of the FDIC may take the position that upon repudiation these damages would not include interest accrued to the date of actual repudiation, so that certificateholders, including, if applicable, the issuing entity, as holder of a collateral certificate, or holders of notes issued by the issuing entity, would receive interest only through the date of the appointment of the FDIC as conservator or receiver. Since the FDIC may delay repudiation for a reasonable period of time (which may be at least six months) following that appointment, investors may not have a claim for interest accrued during this period. In addition, in one case involving the repudiation by the Resolution Trust Corporation, formerly a sister agency of the FDIC, of certain secured zero-coupon bonds issued by a savings association, a United States federal district court held that “actual direct compensatory damages” in the case of a marketable security meant the market value of the repudiated bonds as of the date of repudiation. If that court’s view were applied to determine the “actual direct compensatory damages” payable to the issuer of a collateral certificate included in the issuing entity in the event the FDIC repudiated the transfer of credit card receivables to that issuer, the amount paid to certificateholders including, if applicable, the issuing entity as the holder of a collateral certificate, could, depending upon circumstances existing on the date of the repudiation, be less than the principal of a collateral certificate and the interest accrued thereon to the date of payment.

If the FDIC were appointed as conservator or receiver for JPMorgan Chase Bank, the FDIC could:

 

   

require the collateral agent to go through an administrative claims procedure to establish its right to payments collected on credit card receivables or on a collateral certificate included in the issuing entity, if any;

 

   

request a stay of any judicial action or proceeding with respect to the issuing entity’s claims against JPMorgan Chase Bank or Chase Card Funding; or

 

   

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receivables, to transfer additional credit card receivables to Chase Card Funding for transfer to the issuing entity or to provide administrative services to the issuing entity.

Furthermore, the Federal Deposit Insurance Act provides that, with certain exceptions, during the 45-day period beginning on the date of the appointment of the FDIC as conservator for a bank or the 90-day period beginning on the date of the appointment of the FDIC as receiver for a bank, no person may, without the consent of the FDIC as conservator or receiver, exercise any right or power to terminate, accelerate, or declare a default under any contract to which the bank is a party, or to obtain possession of or exercise control over any property of the bank or affect the contractual rights of the bank, provided that (among other exceptions) this requirement does not permit the FDIC as conservator or receiver to fail to comply with otherwise enforceable provisions of any such contract. Even if the issuing entity receives the benefit of the Revised Safe Harbor, the Federal Deposit Insurance Act could be interpreted to prohibit the indenture trustee, the collateral agent, the noteholders or other persons from taking certain actions to implement contractual provisions, such as the early amortization provisions of the indenture. Such interpretation, whether or not ultimately sustained, could lead to a delay and reduction in payments on your notes.

There are also statutory prohibitions on (1) any attachment or execution being issued by any court upon assets in the possession of the FDIC as receiver and (2) any property in the possession of the FDIC as receiver being subject to levy, attachment, garnishment, foreclosure or sale without the consent of the FDIC.

Pursuant to the indenture, the appointment of a conservator or receiver, as applicable, or a voluntary liquidation with respect to JPMorgan Chase Bank constitutes an early amortization event. Pursuant to the transfer and servicing agreement, newly created credit card receivables and collateral certificates will not be transferred to the issuing entity, and the Invested Amount of any existing collateral certificates will not be increased, on and after the appointment of a conservator or receiver, as applicable, or upon a voluntary liquidation with respect to JPMorgan Chase Bank. The FDIC as conservator or receiver, however, may have the power, regardless of the terms of the indenture, the transfer and servicing agreement, the issuing entity trust agreement or the instructions of those authorized to direct the indenture trustee’s actions, (1) to prevent the beginning of an early amortization period, (2) to prevent the early sale, liquidation or other disposition of the credit card receivables or (3) to require new principal receivables to continue to be transferred to the issuing entity. In addition, the FDIC, as conservator or receiver, may, regardless of the terms of the issuing entity trust agreement, the indenture, the transfer and servicing agreement or the instructions of the noteholders, have the power to (1) require the early sale of the issuing entity’s credit card receivables or, if applicable, a collateral certificate, (2) require termination of any outstanding collateral certificate included in the issuing entity or (3) prohibit the continued transfer of principal receivables to the issuing entity. In addition, the FDIC as conservator or receiver for the servicer may have the power to (i) prevent the indenture trustee, the collateral agent or the noteholders, from appointing a successor servicer under the transfer and servicing agreement or (ii) authorize JPMorgan Chase Bank to stop servicing the credit card receivables.

In the receivership of a national bank, a court has held that certain of the rights and powers of the FDIC as receiver extended to a statutory trust formed by that national bank in connection with a securitization of credit card receivables. If JPMorgan Chase Bank were to enter conservatorship or receivership, the FDIC could take the position that its rights and powers as receiver extend to Chase Card Funding and to the issuing entity.

Certain Regulatory Matters

JPMorgan Chase Bank is regulated and supervised by the OCC, the CFPB and the FDIC. See “Risk Factors—Other Legal and Regulatory Risks—Regulatory action could cause delays or reductions in payment of your notes to occur” and “Risk Factors—Other Legal and Regulatory Risks—Financial regulatory reforms could have a significant impact on the issuing entity, Chase Card Funding or JPMorgan Chase Bank.” These regulatory authorities, as well as others, have broad powers of enforcement over the operations and financial condition of JPMorgan Chase Bank and its affiliates.

If any of these regulatory authorities were to conclude that an obligation under the transaction documents constituted an unsafe or unsound practice or violated any law, regulation, written condition, or agreement applicable to JPMorgan Chase Bank or its affiliates, that regulatory authority may have the power to order JPMorgan Chase Bank or the related affiliate to rescind the transaction document, to refuse to perform the obligation, to amend the terms of the obligation, or to take any other action considered appropriate by that authority. These enforcement actions may

 

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adversely affect the operation of the issuing entity and your rights under the securitization agreements prior to the appointment of a receiver or conservator.

In one case, the OCC issued a consent order against a national banking association in connection with a securitization of that bank’s credit card receivables that directed that bank to, among other things:

 

   

cease to act as servicer upon the appointment of a successor servicer, but in any case no later than a specified date;

 

   

withhold funds from collections in an amount determined by a servicing compensation schedule set forth in the consent order, notwithstanding the priority of payments established in the securitization agreements and the relevant trust’s perfected security interest in those funds; and

 

   

withhold funds from current collections in an amount sufficient to reimburse that bank retroactively for the servicing compensation amount established for the calendar month in which the order was issued, less servicing fees or compensation withheld by that bank during this period pursuant to the securitization agreements and the temporary cease and desist order.

The servicing fee rates described in the schedule set forth in the consent order were higher than the servicing fee rate established in that bank’s securitization agreements. A temporary cease and desist order had directed that bank to withhold funds from collections in an amount sufficient to compensate that bank for its actual costs and expenses of servicing its securitized receivables. The notice of charges for a permanent cease and desist order had asserted that the servicing fee which that bank was entitled to receive under the securitization agreements was inadequate compensation due to the nature of its portfolio, and therefore contrary to safe and sound banking practices, because (i) that bank’s actual cost of servicing exceeded the contractual servicing fee and (ii) as a result of the subordination of the servicing fee, that bank was receiving reduced or no payments for certain services. In addition, the OCC separately ordered that bank to cease extending new credit on its credit cards.

If JPMorgan Chase Bank was in economic or regulatory difficulty and servicing fees payable under the securitization agreements did not fully compensate JPMorgan Chase Bank for its actual servicing costs, a banking agency might order JPMorgan Chase Bank to amend or rescind its securitization agreements, or to withhold amounts equal to its actual servicing costs as determined by the banking agency. In addition, the appropriate banking agency would have the power to order JPMorgan Chase Bank to cease extending new credit to its credit card customers. While JPMorgan Chase Bank has no reason to believe that any banking agency would currently consider provisions relating to JPMorgan Chase Bank acting as servicer or the payment of a servicing fee to JPMorgan Chase Bank, or any other obligation of JPMorgan Chase Bank under any securitization agreements, to be unsafe or unsound or violative of any law, rule or regulation applicable to it, there can be no assurance that a banking agency in the future would not conclude otherwise. If a banking agency did reach such a conclusion, and ordered JPMorgan Chase Bank to rescind or amend its securitization agreements, payments to you could be delayed or reduced.

Consumer Protection Laws

The relationship of the cardholder and credit card issuer is extensively regulated by federal and state consumer protection laws. With respect to credit cards issued by JPMorgan Chase Bank, the most significant laws include the federal Truth in Lending Act, Equal Credit Opportunity Act, Fair Credit Reporting Act, Fair Debt Collections Practices Act and Electronic Funds Transfer Act, the Consumer Financial Protection Act prohibition against unfair, deceptive, and abusive acts and practices, the Federal Trade Commission Act prohibition against unfair and deceptive acts and practices, and similar state laws including each state’s statutes governing unfair and deceptive trade practices. These statutes impose disclosure requirements when a credit card account is advertised, when it is opened, at the end of monthly billing cycles, and at year end. In addition, these statutes limit customer liability for unauthorized use, prohibit discriminatory practices in connection with the extension and servicing of credit, and impose certain limitations on the type of credit card account-related charges that may be assessed. Cardholders are entitled under these laws to have payments and credits applied to the credit card accounts promptly, to receive prescribed notices and to require billing errors to be resolved promptly. Failure to comply with the laws or regulations described herein could lead to private causes of action, such as class action lawsuits, and lawsuits and other enforcement actions brought by states’ attorneys general or federal regulatory enforcement actions, including those brought by the CFPB.

 

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Many states have usury laws limiting interest rates, and while federal banking laws may preempt application of these interest rates to credit extended pursuant to a credit card issued by a national bank, consumers or regulators may argue that in some circumstances (such as when the issuing bank transfers debt or receivables to a non-bank entity, including an affiliated securitization-related entity or other non-bank entity) those federal banking preemption laws do not apply. For example, the litigation in Madden v. Midland Funding, LLC, 786 F.3d 246 (2d Cir. 2015), cert. denied, 136 S. Ct. 2505 (June 27, 2016), involved a defaulted and charged off credit card loan, made by a bank, that was sold to an unaffiliated non-bank debt collector that continued to charge and attempt to collect interest at the rate charged by the bank. The borrower alleged, among other things, that the rate charged by the non-bank entity exceeded the maximum interest rates permitted under New York law. The court concluded that federal preemption generally applicable to national banks did not apply to non-bank assignees if the assignee was not acting on behalf of the bank, if the bank no longer had an interest in the loan or if application of the state law did not significantly interfere with the bank’s exercise of its federal banking powers. The OCC and the FDIC have issued rules, in part in response to the Madden decision, codifying the “valid-when-made” doctrine. The valid-when-made doctrine affirms that if the interest rate on a loan is permissible under federal banking law at the time the loan was originated, the interest rate continues to be permissible if it is sold, assigned or otherwise transferred. A federal district court rejected challenges to the OCC and FDIC rules brought by certain state attorneys general. See California et al. v. OCC (No. 4:20-cv-5200-JSW) (N.D. Cal. Feb. 8, 2022); California et al. v. FDIC (No. 4:20-cv-5860-JSW) (N.D. Cal. Feb. 8, 2022). No appeal was filed in either case before the deadline expired. It remains uncertain what deference courts will give to these final rules. See also “Litigation and Other Proceedings—Litigation Regarding the Depositor and Issuing Entity.”

The CARD Act, as implemented by a series of implementing regulations, amended the Truth in Lending Act by mandating various new and additional standards and practices with respect to the marketing, underwriting, pricing, billing and other aspects of the consumer credit card business. Among other things, the CARD Act and the implementing rules prevent increases in the APR on outstanding balances and penalty fees except under limited circumstances, require creditors to allocate payments in excess of the minimum payment to the portion of the balance with the highest outstanding rate first, and then to remaining balances in descending interest rate order, restrict imposition of a default APR on existing balances unless an account is 60 days past due, require that the increased APR resulting from an account being 60 days past due be reduced if payments are timely made for six consecutive months after the APR increase, and require card issuers to review accounts at least every six months when an APR has been increased after January 1, 2009 to determine whether the APR should be reduced. In addition, the CARD Act and the implementing rules require penalty fees to be “reasonable” and “proportional” to the consumer’s violation of the account terms or within the safe harbor applicable thereto, creditors to mail billing statements at least 21 calendar days before the payment due date and the payment due date for a credit card account to be the same calendar day each month, and if such day is a holiday or weekend, creditors may not treat the payment as late if received on the next business day.

The future implementation of any federal and state consumer protection laws or regulations, or changes in their applicability or interpretation, may cause the amount of interest charges and fees collected by JPMorgan Chase Bank to decrease, the number of additional accounts originated to decrease and the use of credit cards to decrease. Each of these effects, independently or collectively, may reduce the yield on the pool of credit card receivables, which may result in a payout event or an early amortization event and may result in an acceleration of payment or reduced payments on your notes.

On February 1, 2023 the CFPB issued a proposed rule aimed at late fees charged on consumer credit card accounts. The proposed rule would, among other things, lower the safe harbor amount to $8 for first and subsequent late fees, down from $30 for the first late fee and $41 for a subsequent late fee; end annual inflation adjustment to the late fee safe harbor; and restrict such late fee charges to 25% of the minimum payment owed. The CFPB also solicited comment on adding an additional 15-day grace period before imposing a safe harbor late fee, reducing safe harbors for other penalty fees, and eliminating safe harbors altogether. At this stage it is unknown whether a final rule will be issued or the exact requirements of any final rule if issued.

The CFPB is currently reviewing the functioning of the consumer credit card market, which may lead to regulatory changes or increased compliance and enforcement risk. The CFPB’s review is conducted every two years as mandated by the CARD Act. The 2023 review includes orders directed to credit card issuers requiring the production of information about their practices relating to, among other topics, applications and approvals, debt collection, and digital account servicing. The review also comes against the backdrop of a recent CFPB proposed rule to alter the late

 

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fee safe harbor set forth in Regulation Z. Together, the CFPB’s actions suggest the possibility of increased regulatory scrutiny, regulatory changes, and heightened compliance and enforcement risk for credit card issuers and servicers. We cannot at this time predict the extent to which further CFPB actions may affect JPMorgan Chase Bank or the consumer finance markets in which it operates, or the extent to which such CFPB actions could lead to reductions in the effective yield on the credit card accounts in the trust portfolio.

There have been numerous other attempts at the federal, state and local levels to further regulate the credit card industry. For instance, legislation has been proposed restricting interchange fees on credit card transactions, imposing a ceiling on the rate of interest a financial institution may assess on a credit card account and requiring consumer lenders to abide by the interest rate limits of the state in which the consumer resides. Legislation restricting interchange fees or imposing a ceiling on interest rates could result in a reduction of the yield on the pool of credit card receivables which could result in a payout event for any collateral certificate or an early amortization event for the offered notes and could result in an acceleration of payment or reduced payments on your notes. See “The Notes—Redemption and Early Amortization of Notes; Early Amortization Events” and “Risk Factors—Other Legal and Regulatory Risks—Changes to consumer protection laws may impede collection efforts, alter timing and amount of collections and reduce the yield on the pool of credit card receivables which may result in acceleration of or reduction in payments on your notes.”

The Dodd-Frank Act has significantly increased the regulation of the financial services industry. This legislation, among other things: required federal regulators to adopt regulations requiring securitizers or originators to retain at least 5% of the credit risk of securitized exposures unless the underlying exposures are qualified residential mortgages or meet certain underwriting standards to be determined by regulation; required the SEC to promulgate rules requiring issuers of asset-backed securities to (i) disclose data regarding the underlying assets as determined to be necessary for investors to independently perform due diligence and (ii) perform a review of the underlying assets and disclose the nature of the review; increased oversight of credit rating agencies; required the SEC to promulgate rules generally prohibiting firms from underwriting or sponsoring a securitization that would result in a material conflict of interest with respect to investors in that securitization; restricted the interchange fees payable on debit card transactions; established the CFPB, which has broad authority to regulate the credit, savings, payment and other consumer financial products and services that JPMorgan Chase Bank and its affiliates offer; established the FSOC to oversee systemic risk, and provided regulators with the power to require companies deemed “systemically important” to sell or transfer assets and terminate activities if the regulators determine that the size or scope of activities of the company pose a threat to the safety and soundness of the company or the financial stability of the United States; increased regulation of the over-the-counter derivatives market by requiring central clearing of standardized over-the-counter derivatives, and imposing heightened supervision of over-the-counter derivatives dealers and major market participants; imposed margin requirements on derivative transactions that could significantly reduce customer appetite for such products; required bank regulators to phase out the treatment of trust preferred capital debt securities as Tier 1 capital for regulatory capital purposes; and required JPMorgan Chase Bank and its affiliates to provide a credible plan for resolution under the Bankruptcy Code, and provided sanctions that include divestiture of assets or restructuring in the event the plan is deemed insufficient.

The Department of the Treasury, FSOC, SEC, CFTC, Federal Reserve Board, OCC, CFPB and FDIC have engaged in, and continue to engage in, extensive rule-making mandated by the Dodd-Frank Act. For example, on October 27, 2022, the CFPB issued an outline of proposals to implement Section 1033 of the Dodd-Frank Act via a consumer data rights rule. The CFPB has indicated that a purpose of such a rule would be to make it easier for consumers to switch providers of financial products. It is not clear what form continued implementation of the Dodd-Frank Act will take, or how the issuing entity, Chase Card Funding or JPMorgan Chase Bank will be affected.

Pursuant to the Dodd-Frank Act, in July 2011, regulatory authority over certain federal consumer financial protection statutes was transferred to the CFPB. In addition, the CFPB was granted general authority to prevent covered persons or service providers from committing or engaging in unfair, deceptive or abusive acts or practices (“UDAAP”) under federal law in connection with any transaction with a consumer for a consumer financial product or service, or the offering of a consumer financial product or service. The CFPB has applied, and is likely to continue to apply, its broad UDAAP authority to a wide range of market conduct. Certain other federal consumer financial laws including, but not limited to, the Truth in Lending, Equal Credit Opportunity, Fair Credit Reporting Act, and Electronic Funds Transfer Act, are also interpreted, supervised, and enforced by the CFPB, subject to certain statutory limitations.

 

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Under the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, members of the military on active duty who have incurred consumer credit card debt may cap the interest rates on debts incurred before active duty at 6%. In addition, subject to judicial discretion, any action or court proceeding in which an individual in military service is involved may be stayed if the individual’s rights would be prejudiced by denial of a stay. Currently, a small portion of the accounts in the issuing entity may be affected by the limitations and restrictions of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act. JPMorgan Chase Bank does not expect that the inclusion of the receivables arising in such accounts in the issuing entity will have a material effect on your interests.

Department of Defense regulations implementing the Military Lending Act of 2006 became effective for credit card products in October 2017. The Military Lending Act provides protections to servicemembers and their dependents at the time they originate certain types of consumer credit transactions. These protections include limiting interest to 36 percent, referred to in this prospectus as the “Military APR,” prohibiting arbitration and prepayment penalties, and requiring delivery of special disclosures before consummation of the transaction. The final rule expanded the definition of “consumer credit” to apply to a much broader range of closed-end and open-end credit products – including credit cards. The Military APR interest rate cap includes “finance charges” under Regulation Z, as well as charges defined as “interest” by the Military Lending Act, which includes service charges, renewal charges, credit insurance premiums, and ancillary products. The Military APR excludes certain “bona fide” fees if they are deemed reasonable. The revised regulation impacts JPMorgan Chase Bank’s origination practices by imposing additional requirements for credit cards issued to qualifying military borrowers and their dependents. None of the credit card accounts currently in the issuing entity are subject to these regulations. However, if credit card accounts that have the benefit of the Military Lending Act provisions were to be added to the issuing entity in the future, the amount of finance charge collections allocated to the notes could be negatively impacted.

The issuing entity may be liable for certain violations of consumer protection laws that apply to the related credit card receivables. A cardholder may be entitled to assert those violations by way of set-off against his or her obligation to pay the amount of credit card receivables owing. JPMorgan Chase Bank represents and warrants in the transfer and servicing agreement that all of the credit card receivables have been and will be created in compliance with the requirements of those laws. The servicer also agrees in the transfer and servicing agreement to indemnify the issuing entity, among other things, for any liability arising from those violations caused by the servicer. For a discussion of the issuing entity’s rights arising from the breach of these warranties, see “Sources of Funds to Pay the Notes—JPMorgan Chase Bank and Transferor Representations and Warranties.”

Failure to comply with the laws or regulations described above could lead to private causes of action, such as class action lawsuits, and lawsuits and other enforcement actions brought by state or federal agencies.

LITIGATION AND OTHER PROCEEDINGS

In the following description of litigation and other proceedings, all references to JPMorgan Chase Bank are to JPMorgan Chase Bank as successor by merger to Chase USA.

Litigation Regarding the Depositor and Issuing Entity

In June 2019, a lawsuit (Petersen et al. v. Chase Card Funding, LLC et al., No. 1:19-cv-00741 (W.D.N.Y. June 6, 2019)) was filed against Chase Card Funding and the issuing entity. The putative class action was brought by several New York residents with credit card accounts originated by JPMorgan Chase Bank (which is not named as a defendant), who allege that JPMorgan Chase Bank securitized their credit card receivables in the issuing entity. The complaint contended that the defendants are required to comply with New York state’s usury law under the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit decision in Madden v. Midland Funding, LLC, 786 F.3d 246 (2d Cir. 2015), cert. denied, 136 S. Ct. 2505 (June 27, 2016) because they are non-bank entities that are not entitled to the benefits of federal preemption. The defendants filed a motion to dismiss the complaint in August 2019 and in January 2020, and in September 2020 the court granted the defendants’ motion to dismiss and judgment was granted in favor of the defendants. On October 21, 2020, plaintiffs filed an appeal to the Second Circuit and the appeal was dismissed by agreement of the parties effective November 20, 2020.

 

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Litigation Regarding the Sponsor and Servicer

A number of lawsuits seeking class action certification have been filed in both state and federal courts against JPMorgan Chase Bank. These lawsuits challenge certain policies and practices of JPMorgan Chase Bank’s credit card business. JPMorgan Chase Bank has defended itself against claims in the past and intends to continue to do so in the future. While it is impossible to predict the outcome of any of these lawsuits, JPMorgan Chase Bank believes that any liability that might result from any of these lawsuits will not have a material adverse effect on the credit card receivables.

Industry Litigation

Groups of merchants and retail associations filed a series of class action complaints alleging that Visa and Mastercard, as well as certain banks, conspired to set the price of credit and debit card interchange fees and enacted related rules in violation of antitrust laws. In 2012, the parties initially settled the cases for a cash payment, but that settlement was reversed on appeal and remanded to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (the “District Court”).

The original class action was divided into two separate actions, one seeking primarily monetary relief and the other seeking primarily injunctive relief. In September 2018, the parties to the monetary class action finalized an agreement which amends and supersedes the prior settlement agreement. Pursuant to this settlement, the defendants collectively contributed an additional $900 million to the approximately $5.3 billion previously held in escrow from the original settlement. In December 2019, the amended settlement agreement was approved by the District Court. Certain merchants appealed the District Court’s approval order, and in March 2023, the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed that approval order. Based on the percentage of merchants that opted out of the amended class settlement, $700 million has been returned to the defendants from the settlement escrow in accordance with the settlement agreement. The injunctive class action continues separately, and in September 2021, the District Court granted plaintiffs’ motion for class certification in part, and denied the motion in part.

Of the merchants who opted out of the amended damages class settlement, certain merchants filed individual actions raising similar allegations against Visa and Mastercard, as well as against JPMorgan Chase Bank and other banks. While some of those actions remain pending, the defendants have reached settlements with the merchants who opted out representing approximately 65% of the combined Mastercard-branded and Visa-branded payment card sales volume.

Indenture Trustee Litigation

In December 2014, Phoenix Light SF Limited (“Phoenix Light”) and certain related entities filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York alleging claims against Wells Fargo Bank, National Association (“Wells Fargo Bank”), in its capacity as trustee for a number of residential mortgage-backed securities (“RMBS”) trusts. Complaints raising similar allegations have been filed by Commerzbank AG in the Southern District of New York and by IKB International and IKB Deutsche Industriebank in New York state court. In each case, the plaintiffs allege that Wells Fargo Bank, as trustee, caused losses to investors, and plaintiffs assert causes of action based upon, among other things, the trustee’s alleged failure to notify and enforce repurchase obligations of mortgage loan sellers for purported breaches of representations and warranties, notify investors of alleged events of default, and abide by appropriate standards of care following alleged events of default. In July 2022, the district court dismissed Phoenix Light’s claims and certain of the claims asserted by Commerzbank AG, and subsequently entered judgment in each case in favor of Wells Fargo Bank. In August 2022, Phoenix Light and Commerzbank AG appealed the district court’s decision to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. The Company previously settled two class actions filed by institutional investors and an action filed by the National Credit Union Administration with similar allegations. In addition, Park Royal I LLC and Park Royal II LLC have filed substantially similar lawsuits in New York state court alleging Wells Fargo Bank, as trustee, failed to take appropriate actions upon learning of defective mortgage loan documentation. With respect to the foregoing litigations, Wells Fargo Bank believes plaintiffs’ claims are without merit and intends to contest the claims vigorously, but there can be no assurances as to the outcome of the litigations or the possible impact of the litigations on Wells Fargo Bank or the related RMBS trusts.

 

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U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSIDERATIONS

The following is a summary of U.S. federal income tax considerations generally applicable to the ownership and disposition of the notes as of the date hereof. Unless otherwise noted, this summary deals only with notes that are held as capital assets by holders that acquired the notes upon original issuance at their initial offering price.

This discussion is based on the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), its legislative history, Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder, and published rulings and court decisions, all as in effect as of the date hereof, and all of which are subject to change and differing interpretations, possibly with retroactive effect. As of the date of this prospectus, no transaction closely comparable to that contemplated herein has been the subject of any judicial decision, Treasury regulation or administrative guidance. Opinions of counsel, such as those described below, are not binding on the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) or the courts; accordingly, there can be no assurance that the IRS or a court will concur with the conclusions in this summary.

This summary does not address all aspects of U.S. federal income taxation that may be relevant to a particular holder in light of that holder’s particular circumstances, or certain types of holders subject to special treatment under U.S. federal income tax law such as:

 

   

financial institutions;

 

   

insurance companies;

 

   

partnerships or other pass-through entities;

 

   

expatriates or former long-term residents of the United States;

 

   

persons subject to the alternative minimum tax;

 

   

individual retirement accounts or other tax-deferred accounts;

 

   

broker-dealers;

 

   

traders in securities that elect to use a mark-to-market method of accounting for their securities holdings;

 

   

real estate investment trusts;

 

   

regulated investment companies;

 

   

persons holding notes as a position in a “straddle,” or as part of a synthetic security or “hedge,” “conversion transaction,” “constructive sale,” or other integrated investment;

 

   

persons whose functional currency is not the U.S. dollar;

 

   

tax-exempt organizations;

 

   

passive foreign investment companies,” “controlled foreign corporations,” or “personal holding companies,” each as defined for U.S. federal income tax purposes; and

 

   

members of the issuing entity’s “expanded group,” as defined in Treasury regulations section 1.385-1(c)(4).

Furthermore, this summary does not address the Medicare tax on certain net investment income or tax consequences arising under the tax laws of any state, locality, or non-U.S. jurisdiction or non-income tax matters.

As used herein, the term “U.S. Holder” means a beneficial owner of a note that is, for U.S. federal income tax purposes,

 

   

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a corporation or other entity subject to tax as a corporation created or organized in, or under the laws of, the United States or any political subdivision thereof,

 

   

an estate, the income of which is subject to U.S. federal income taxation regardless of its source, or

 

   

a trust if (a) it is subject to the primary supervision of a court within the United States and one or more United States persons (as defined in the Code) are authorized to control all of its substantial decisions or (b) it has a valid election in effect under applicable U.S. Treasury Regulations to be treated as a United States person.

As used herein, the term “Non-U.S. Holder” means any beneficial owner of a note (other than a partnership or other entity treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes) that is not a U.S. Holder.

If a partnership or an entity or arrangement treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes holds notes, the U.S. federal income tax treatment of a partner in such partnership will generally depend on the status of the partner and the activities of the partnership. A partner in a partnership holding notes should consult its tax advisor with regard to the U.S. federal income tax treatment of an investment in the notes.

EACH PROSPECTIVE INVESTOR SHOULD CONSULT AN INDEPENDENT TAX ADVISOR AS TO THE U.S. FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL, NON-U.S. AND ANY OTHER TAX CONSEQUENCES TO IT OF AN INVESTMENT IN THE NOTES.

U.S. Federal Income Tax Characterizations of the Notes and the Issuing Entity

At the time the notes are issued, Skadden Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP (“Skadden”), as special tax counsel to the issuing entity, will deliver an opinion to the effect that, based on and subject to the facts, assumptions, representations, and qualifications set forth therein (1) such notes will be characterized as debt for U.S. federal income tax purposes and (2) the issuing entity will not be, and the issuance will not cause any securitization special purpose entity that has issued a collateral certificate that is included in the issuing entity to be, classified as an association or publicly traded partnership subject to tax as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

The issuing entity will agree by entering into the indenture, and all holders will agree by purchasing and holding notes, to treat the notes as debt for U.S. federal, state and local income and franchise tax purposes.

Potential Alternative Characterizations of the Notes and the Issuing Entity

If, as expected and consistent with Skadden’s opinion, the notes are characterized as debt and neither the issuing entity nor any securitization special purpose entity that has issued a collateral certificate that is included in the issuing entity is classified as an association or publicly traded partnership subject to tax as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes, then neither the issuing entity nor any such securitization special purpose entity will be subject to tax at the entity level. As noted above, however, opinions of counsel are not binding on the IRS or any court. If the IRS were to successfully challenge the treatment of all or any of the notes as debt for U.S. federal income tax purposes, such notes could be treated as equity interests in the issuing entity, in which case, the issuing entity and, possibly, any securitization special purpose entity that has issued a collateral certificate that is included in the issuing entity, could be treated as a publicly traded partnership subject to tax as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes. In such event, payments to holders (other than interest on any notes respected as debt for U.S. federal income tax purposes) would generally not be deductible in computing the issuing entity’s taxable income and such taxable income would be subject to U.S. federal income tax (and any corresponding state or local taxes) at corporate tax rates. Such taxes could result in reduced payments to holders (including those holding notes that are not recharacterized as equity interests in the issuing entity). In addition, all or a portion of any payments on such notes would, to the extent of the issuing entity’s current and accumulated earnings and profits, be treated as dividend income to the holders, and, in the case of Non-U.S. Holders, may be subject to U.S. withholding tax at a rate of 30% (or such lower rate as an applicable treaty may provide).

Alternatively, the issuing entity, and, possibly, any securitization special purpose entity that has issued a collateral certificate that is included in the issuing entity, could be treated as a partnership that is not a publicly traded partnership. In such event, the partnership itself would generally not be subject to tax at the entity level; rather, the partners in any such partnership (including holders holding notes that are recharacterized as partnership interests for U.S. federal

 

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income tax purposes) would be subject to tax individually on their respective distributive shares of the partnership’s items of income, gain, loss, deduction, and credit. The items of income and deduction of a holder of notes that are recharacterized as partnership interests could differ materially in amount, timing, and characterization from those described herein. If a note were to be recharacterized as a partnership interest, it may not be an appropriate instrument for investment by tax exempt organizations or Non-U.S. Holders because income expected to be recognized by the issuing entity would, to a substantial extent, constitute unrelated business taxable income and income effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business in the United States. In addition, the issuing entity, and, possibly, any securitization special purpose entity that has issued a collateral certificate that is included in the issuing entity, could become liable for withholding taxes to the extent that items of partnership income are allocated to Non-U.S. Holders or Non-U.S. Holders dispose of notes recharacterized as partnership interests or equity interests in the issuing entity.

If the issuing entity or any securitization special purpose entity that has issued a collateral certificate that is included in the issuing entity were to be treated as a partnership that is not a publicly traded partnership, it would be subject to the partnership audit rules in sections 6221 through 6241 of the Code, which generally provide that adjustments to partnership-related items are determined at the partnership level and that, in the absence of a “push-out” election, taxes attributable to such adjustments will be assessed and collected at the partnership level. The issuing entity intends to take such actions as may be necessary to make a valid push-out election pursuant to which such taxes would be assessed and collected from the partnership’s partners (including holders holding notes recharacterized as partnership interests). There can be no assurance, however, that the issuing entity will satisfy the eligibility requirements for such an election.

Prospective investors should consult their tax advisors concerning the U.S. federal income tax considerations relating to the potential alternative characterizations of the notes, the issuing entity, and any securitization special purpose entity that has issued a collateral certificate that is included in the issuing entity.

The issuing entity and each holder, by acquiring notes, agree to treat the notes as debt for all U.S. federal, state, and local income and franchise tax purposes. Accordingly, the issuing entity will not attempt to satisfy the tax reporting requirements that would apply under alternative characterizations of the notes unless required by applicable law. Certain investors, such as Non-U.S. Holders and qualified plans, should consult their tax advisors in determining the U.S. federal, state, local, and other tax consequences to them of an investment in th

e notes. The following discussion assumes that the notes will be treated as debt for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

U.S. Holders

Stated Interest and Original Issue Discount

Stated Interest

It is expected that the stated rate of interest on each note will constitute “qualified stated interest” for U.S. federal income tax purposes, generally defined as stated interest that is unconditionally payable in cash or property (other than debt instruments of the issuer) at least annually at a single fixed rate. Such interest will generally be includible in the gross income of a U.S. Holder as ordinary income at the time it is paid or accrued in accordance with such U.S. Holder’s method of accounting for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

Original Issue Discount (“OID”)

In general, if the “stated redemption price at maturity” of a debt instrument exceeds the instrument’s “issue price” by at least a statutory de minimis threshold, the instrument will be treated as issued with OID in an amount equal to such excess. The stated redemption price at maturity of an instrument is generally equal to the sum of its stated principal amount plus all other payments thereunder, other than payments of qualified stated interest. The issue price of a debt instrument is generally the first price at which a substantial amount of the debt instruments are sold for cash, excluding sales to underwriters, placement agents, or wholesalers. Each U.S. Holder of notes issued with OID will be required to include such OID in gross income on an economic accrual basis before the receipt of cash attributable to that income, regardless of such U.S. Holder’s method of accounting for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Any OID so included will increase the U.S. Holder’s adjusted tax basis in its notes by an equivalent amount.

 

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Sale, Exchange, Retirement, or Other Taxable Disposition

A U.S. Holder will generally recognize gain or loss upon the sale, exchange, retirement, or other taxable disposition of notes in an amount equal to the difference between the amount realized on the disposition (other than any amount attributable to accrued stated interest not previously included in income, which will be subject to tax as ordinary income) and the U.S. Holder’s adjusted tax basis in the notes. A U.S. Holder’s adjusted tax basis in a note will generally be equal to the purchase price of the note, increased by any OID included in the U.S. Holder’s income prior to the disposition of the note, and decreased by any payments received on the note other than payments of stated interest. Any gain or loss recognized on a disposition of notes will be capital gain or loss, and will be long-term capital gain or loss if the U.S. Holder’s holding period for the notes exceeds one year at the time of the disposition. Long-term capital gains recognized by individuals and certain other non-corporate U.S. Holders are generally eligible for reduced rates of taxation. Deductions in respect of capital losses are subject to limitations.

Non-U.S. Holders

Interest on the Notes

A Non-U.S. Holder will generally not be subject to U.S. federal income or withholding tax on interest (including OID) received in respect of the notes if the interest is not effectively connected with the Non-U.S. Holder’s conduct of a trade or business in the United States and the Non-U.S. Holder (i) does not own, directly or indirectly, actually or constructively, 10% or more of the total combined voting power of the issuing entity, and (ii) certifies, under penalty of perjury, as to its non-U.S. status and that no withholding is required pursuant to FATCA (discussed below) on IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E (or appropriate substitute or successor form).

A Non-U.S. Holder that cannot satisfy the foregoing requirements will generally be exempt from U.S. federal withholding tax with respect to interest (including OID) received in respect of the notes if the Non-U.S. Holder establishes that such interest is effectively connected with the Non-U.S. Holder’s conduct of a trade or business in the United States (and, if an applicable treaty so requires, is attributable to a permanent establishment or fixed base maintained by the Non-U.S. Holder in the United States) (generally, by providing an IRS Form W-8ECI). Any such interest will generally be subject to U.S. federal income tax on a net income basis and, if the Non-U.S. Holder is a foreign corporation, may also be subject to a U.S. branch profits tax at a rate of 30% (or such lower rate as an applicable treaty may provide).

A Non-U.S. Holder that does not qualify for an exemption from U.S. federal withholding tax under the rules described above will generally be subject to withholding on interest (including OID) received in respect of the notes at a rate of 30% (or such lower rate as an applicable treaty may provide).

Sale, Exchange, Retirement, or Other Disposition of Notes

A Non-U.S. Holder will generally not be subject to U.S. federal income taxation with respect to gain realized on the sale, exchange, retirement, or other disposition of a note (except to the extent such amount is attributable to accrued but unpaid interest (including OID), which will be subject to tax as interest as described above), unless (1) such gain is effectively connected with the Non-U.S. Holder’s conduct of a trade or business in the United States (and, if an applicable treaty so requires, is attributable to a permanent establishment or fixed base maintained by the Non-U.S. Holder in the United States) or (2) the Non-U.S. Holder is an individual who is present in the United States for 183 days or more during the taxable year in which gain is realized and certain other conditions are met.

Gain realized by Non-U.S. Holder described in clause (1) of the preceding paragraph will generally be subject to U.S. federal income tax on a net income basis and, if the Non-U.S. Holder is a corporation, may be subject to a U.S. branch profits tax at a rate of 30% (or such lower rate as an applicable treaty may provide). Gain realized by a Non-U.S. Holder described in clause (2) of the preceding paragraph will generally be subject to U.S. federal income tax at a rate of 30% (or such lower rate as an applicable treaty may provide) on the amount by which such Non-U.S. Holder’s capital gains allocable to U.S. sources (including gains from the sale, exchange, retirement, or other disposition of notes) exceed its capital losses allocable to U.S. sources.

 

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Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act

Under the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (commonly known as “FATCA”), withholding at a rate of 30% will generally apply with respect to interest payments on notes held by or through certain foreign financial institutions (including investment funds) unless such institution (i) enters into, and complies with, an agreement with the IRS to report, on an annual basis, information with respect to interests in, and accounts maintained by, the institution that are owned by certain U.S. persons and by certain non-U.S. entities that are wholly or partially owned by U.S. persons and to withhold on certain payments, or (ii) if required under an intergovernmental agreement between the United States and an applicable foreign country, reports such information to its local tax authority, which will exchange such information with the U.S. authorities. An intergovernmental agreement between the United States and an applicable foreign country, or other guidance, may modify these requirements. Accordingly, the entity through which the notes are held will affect the determination of whether such withholding is required. Similarly, in certain circumstances, interest payments on notes held by an investor that is a non-financial non-U.S. entity that does not qualify under certain exemptions will generally be subject to withholding at a rate of 30%, unless such entity either (i) certifies that such entity does not have any “substantial United States owners” or (ii) provides certain information regarding the entity’s “substantial United States owners,” which in turn will be provided to the IRS. The issuing entity will not pay any additional amounts to Non-U.S. Holders in respect of any amounts withheld under FATCA. Prospective investors should consult their tax advisors regarding the possible implications of these rules on an investment in the notes.

CERTAIN ERISA AND BENEFIT PLAN CONSIDERATIONS

ERISA and Section 4975 of the Code impose restrictions on:

 

   

employee benefit plans (as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) that are subject to Title I of ERISA;

 

   

plans (as defined in Section 4975(e)(1) of the Code) that are subject to Section 4975 of the Code, including individual retirement accounts and Keogh plans;

 

   

entities whose underlying assets include plan assets by reason of a plan’s investment in these entities, which may include, without limitation certain insurance company general accounts—each of the entities described in the two preceding clauses and this clause are referred to in this prospectus as a “Plan”; and

 

   

persons who have specified relationships to Plans which are “parties in interest” under ERISA and “disqualified persons” under the Code, which collectively are referred to in this prospectus as “Parties in Interest.”

Governmental plans (as defined in Section 3(32) of ERISA), certain church plans (as defined in Section 3(33) of ERISA) and non-U.S. plans (as described in Section 4(b)(4) of ERISA) are not subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of Title I of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of Section 406 of ERISA and Section 4975 of the Code. However, these plans may be subject to substantially similar rules under applicable non-U.S., federal, state or local law or regulation, and may also be subject to the prohibited transaction rules of Section 503 of the Code.

Plan Asset Issues for an Investment in the Notes

Provisions of ERISA and the regulations issued thereunder (as modified by Section 3(42) of ERISA)— referred to in this prospectus as the “Plan Asset Rules”—provide that if a Plan makes an “equity” investment in a corporation, partnership, trust or other specified entities, the underlying assets and properties of the entity will be deemed for purposes of ERISA and Section 4975 of the Code to be assets of the investing Plan unless one or more of the exceptions set forth in the Plan Asset Rules apply. One of the exceptions set forth in the Plan Asset Rules provides that the underlying assets and properties of an entity will not be treated as assets of investing Plans if equity participation in the entity by Plans is not significant. Equity participation in the issuing entity by Plans will not be considered “significant” for purposes of the Plan Asset Rules as long as Plans hold less than 25% of the total value of each class of equity interest in the issuing entity (excluding interests held by persons, or certain of their affiliates, that have discretionary authority or control over, or provide investment advice for a fee to, the issuing entity).

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statutory or regulatory guidance on this subject, and there can be no assurances in this regard, because the notes (i) are expected to be treated as indebtedness under applicable local law and (ii) should not be deemed to have any “substantial equity features” at the time of the offering, the issuing entity believes that the notes should not be treated as an equity interest for purposes of the Plan Asset Rules. These conclusions are based, in part, upon the opinion described herein under “U.S. Federal Tax Considerations” that the notes will be treated as debt for U.S. federal tax purposes, and the traditional debt features of the notes, including the reasonable expectation of purchasers of the notes that the notes will be repaid when due, as well as the absence of conversion rights, warrants and other typical equity features. Accordingly, the issuing entity believes that (i) the assets of the issuing entity are not expected to be treated as the assets of Plans investing in the notes, and (ii) since the beneficial interest in the issuing entity is held by Chase Card Funding, whose sole member is JPMorgan Chase Bank, equity participation by Plans in the issuing entity would not be “significant” for purposes of the Plan Asset Rules. It should be noted, however, that if the notes were to be treated as “equity interests” or have “substantial equity features” for purposes of the Plan Asset Rules, there can be no assurance that ownership of the notes by Plans would not be considered “significant” under ERISA and that the assets of the issuing entity would not be treated as assets of a Plan investing in the notes. If, under the Plan Asset Rules, the assets of the issuing entity are treated as if they were plan assets of a Plan invested in a note, management of, and transactions entered into by, the issuing entity would be subject to the applicable requirements of ERISA and/or Section 4975 of the Code, including the prohibited transaction rules thereunder.

Prohibited Transactions between the Plan and a Party in Interest

Without regard to the treatment of the notes as equity interests under the Plan Asset Rules, the issuing entity, JPMorgan Chase Bank and any underwriter, as a provider of services to Plans or by reason of a relationship with such a service provider, may be deemed to be Parties in Interest with respect to many Plans. For example, prohibited transactions could arise on the grounds that a Plan, by purchasing notes, engaged in a prohibited transaction with a Party in Interest. The acquisition, holding and disposition of notes (or any interest in a note) by or on behalf of one or more of these Plans could result in a prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 or 407 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code. However, the acquisition, holding and disposition of notes (or any interest in a note) may be subject to one or more statutory or administrative exemptions from the prohibited transaction rules of ERISA and Section 4975 of the Code.

Examples of Prohibited Transaction Exemptions

Potentially applicable prohibited transaction exemptions include the following:

 

   

the statutory exemption under Section 408(b)(17) of ERISA and Section 4975(d)(20) of the Code, which exempts specific transactions in which a Plan receives no less, nor pays any more, than adequate consideration, involving persons who are Parties in Interest solely by reason of providing services to the Plan or solely by reason of a relationship to such a service provider;

 

   

Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption (“PTCE”) 90-1, which exempts specific transactions involving insurance company pooled separate accounts;

 

   

PTCE 95-60, which exempts specific transactions involving insurance company general accounts;

 

   

PTCE 91-38, which exempts specific transactions involving bank collective investment funds;

 

   

PTCE 84-14, which exempts specific transactions effected on behalf of a Plan by a “qualified professional asset manager” as that term is defined in the exemption, and which is referred to as a QPAM; or

 

   

PTCE 96-23, which exempts specific transactions effected on behalf of a Plan by an “in-house asset manager” as that term is defined in the exemption, and which is referred to as an INHAM.

Even if the conditions specified in one or more of these exemptions, or any other exemption, are met, the scope of relief provided by these exemptions may not necessarily cover all acts that might be construed as prohibited transactions in connection with a Plan’s investment in the notes.

 

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Investment by Plan Investors

Prior to making an investment in the notes of any series, each fiduciary causing the notes to be purchased by, on behalf of or using “plan assets” of a Plan, should consider carefully, among other things, the prohibited transaction rules under ERISA and Section 4975 of the Code, and must determine whether one or more exemptions from the prohibited transaction rules is necessary, and if so whether any such exemption applies, so that the use of plan assets of the Plan to purchase and hold the notes (or any interest in a note) does not and will not constitute or otherwise result in a non-exempt prohibited transaction in violation of Section 406 or 407 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code (or, in the case of a governmental, church or non-U.S. plan, a violation of any substantially similar non-U.S., federal, state or local law or regulation).

Representation

Each purchaser or transferee of notes of any series, or any beneficial interest therein, shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that either (i) it is not, and is not directly or indirectly acquiring the notes or any beneficial interest therein for, on behalf of or with any assets of, a Plan or (ii) its acquisition, holding and disposition of the notes or any beneficial interest therein does not and will not constitute or otherwise result in a non-exempt prohibited transaction in violation of Section 406 or 407 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code (or, in the case of a governmental, church or non-U.S. plan, a violation of any substantially similar non-U.S., federal, state or local law). For purposes of this paragraph, references to “Plan” shall include a governmental, church or non U.S. plan.

General Investment Considerations for Prospective Plan Investors in the Notes

Prior to making an investment in the notes, prospective Plan investors should consult with their legal advisors concerning the impact of ERISA and the Code and the potential consequences of this investment with respect to their specific circumstances. Moreover, each Plan fiduciary should take into account, among other considerations:

 

   

whether the fiduciary has the authority to make the investment;

 

   

whether the investment constitutes a direct or indirect transaction with a Party in Interest;

 

   

the composition of the Plan’s portfolio with respect to diversification by type of asset;

 

   

the Plan’s funding objectives;

 

   

the tax effects of the investment; and

 

   

whether under ERISA and the general fiduciary standards of investment prudence and diversification an investment in the notes is appropriate for the Plan, including taking into account the overall investment policy of the Plan and the composition of the Plan’s investment portfolio.

The foregoing discussion is general in nature and does not address all issues that may arise under ERISA, the Code or other applicable similar laws or regulations, and should not be construed as legal advice or a legal opinion. Neither this prospectus nor the sale of notes (including interests in notes) to a Plan will be deemed, and holders by acquiring a note (or interest therein) acknowledge it is not, a recommendation or advice to purchase or hold notes, or a representation by JPMorgan Chase Bank or the underwriters, that the investment meets all relevant legal requirements or is otherwise appropriate or suitable with respect to Plans generally or any particular Plan. Purchasers of the notes (including any interest in a note) have the exclusive responsibility for ensuring that their investment in the notes (including any interest in a note) complies with the applicable fiduciary responsibility rules of ERISA, and the prohibited transaction restrictions under ERISA, the Code or applicable similar law or regulation.

Tax Consequences to Plans

In general, assuming the notes are debt for U.S. federal income tax purposes, interest income on notes would not be taxable to Plans that are tax-exempt under the Code, unless the notes were “debt-financed property” because of borrowings by the Plan itself. However, if, contrary to the opinion of tax counsel, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the notes are equity interests in a partnership and the partnership or the master trust is viewed as having other

 

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outstanding debt, then all or part of the interest income on the notes would be taxable to the Plan as “debt-financed income.” Plans should consult their tax advisors concerning the tax consequences of purchasing notes.

CERTAIN INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT CONSIDERATIONS

The issuing entity is not, and solely after giving effect to any offering and sale of notes by the issuing entity and the application of the proceeds thereof will not be, a “covered fund” for purposes of regulations adopted under Section 13 of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended, commonly known as the “Volcker Rule.”

In reaching this conclusion, although other statutory or regulatory exemptions under the Investment Company Act and under the Volcker Rule and its related regulations may be available, the issuing entity has relied on the determinations that:

 

   

the issuing entity may rely on the exemption from registration under the Investment Company Act provided by Rule 3a-7 thereunder, and accordingly

 

   

the issuing entity does not rely on Section 3(c)(1) or Section 3(c)(7) of the Investment Company Act for its exemption from registration under the Investment Company Act and may rely on the exemption from the definition of a “covered fund” under the Volcker Rule made available to entities that do not rely solely on Section 3(c)(1) or Section 3(c)(7) of the Investment Company Act for their exemption from registration under the Investment Company Act.

CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS

As described in the disclosure above in “JPMorgan Chase Bank—General,” JPMorgan Chase Bank is the sponsor of, and servicer for, the issuing entity. JPMorgan Chase Bank is the sole member of Chase Card Funding, which is the depositor into the issuing entity. JPMorgan Chase Bank is also the administrator of the issuing entity and the originator of the credit card receivables. JPMorgan Chase Bank is not an affiliate of the indenture trustee, the collateral agent, the asset representations reviewer or the owner trustee. As described in the disclosure below in “Underwriting (Plan of Distribution, Proceeds and Conflicts of Interest),” J.P. Morgan Securities LLC is an affiliate of JPMorgan Chase Bank and Chase Card Funding. J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and any of its affiliates may from time to time purchase or acquire a position in any notes and may, at its option, hold or resell those notes. J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and any of its affiliates may offer and sell previously issued notes in the course of its business as a broker-dealer. J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and any of its affiliates may act as a principal or an agent in those transactions.

The indenture trustee, the collateral agent and the owner trustee may, from time to time, engage in arm’s-length transactions with JPMorgan Chase Bank, which are distinct from their respective role as indenture trustee, collateral agent or owner trustee, as applicable. See “The Indenture Trustee and Collateral Agent.”

UNDERWRITING (PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION, PROCEEDS AND CONFLICTS OF INTEREST)

Subject to the terms and conditions of the underwriting agreement for the offered notes, the issuing entity has agreed to sell to each of the underwriters named below, and each of those underwriters has severally agreed to purchase, the principal amount of the offered notes opposite its name:

 

Underwriters

   Principal Amount  

[Underwriter A]

   $ [        

[Underwriter B]

     [        

[Underwriter C]

     [        
  

 

 

 

Total

   $ [        
  

 

 

 

The several underwriters have agreed, subject to the terms and conditions of the underwriting agreement, to purchase all $[         ] aggregate principal amount of the offered notes if any of the offered notes are not purchased.

 

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The underwriters have advised the issuing entity that the several underwriters propose initially to offer the offered notes to the public at the public offering price on the cover of this prospectus, and to certain dealers at that public offering price less a concession not in excess of [    ]% of the principal amount of the offered notes. The underwriters may allow, and those dealers may reallow to other dealers, a concession not in excess of [    ]% of the principal amount.

After the public offering, the public offering price and other selling terms may be changed by the underwriters.

Each underwriter of the offered notes has represented and agreed that:

 

   

it has complied and will comply with all applicable provisions of the FSMA with respect to anything done by it in relation to the offered notes in, from or otherwise involving the United Kingdom; and

 

   

it has only communicated or caused to be communicated and it will only communicate or cause to be communicated any invitation or inducement to engage in investment activity (within the meaning of Section 21 of the FSMA) received by it in connection with the issue or sale of any offered notes in circumstances in which Section 21(1) of the FSMA does not apply to the issuing entity.

Further, each underwriter has, severally and not jointly, represented and agreed that it has not offered, sold or otherwise made available and will not offer, sell or otherwise make available any Class [A]/[B]/[C](202[    ]-[    ]) notes to any retail investor in the EEA or the UK. For the purposes of this provision the expression “retail investor” means a person who is one (or more) of the following: (i) a retail client as defined in point (11) of Article 4(1) of MiFID II; or (ii) a customer within the meaning of the Insurance Distribution Directive (Directive (EU) 2016/97), where that customer would not qualify as a professional client as defined in point (10) of Article 4(1) of MiFID II; or (iii) not a qualified investor as defined in the Prospectus Regulation.

This prospectus is for distribution only to, and is directed only at, persons in the UK who (i) have professional experience in matters relating to investments falling within Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 (as amended, the “Order”) or (ii) are a high net worth entity or other person falling within Article 49(2)(a) to (d) of the Order or (iii) are persons to whom an invitation or inducement to engage in investment activity (within the meaning of Section 21 of the FSMA) in connection with the issue or sale of any offered notes may otherwise lawfully be communicated or caused to be communicated (all such persons together being “relevant persons”).

European Economic Area

Each underwriter has, severally and not jointly, represented and warranted that it has not offered, sold or otherwise made available and will not offer, sell or otherwise make available any of the notes to any EEA Retail Investor. For the purposes of this provision:

 

  (i)

the expression “EEA Retail Investor” means a person in the EEA who is one (or more) of the following:

 

  (a)

a retail client as defined in point (11) of Article 4(1) of MiFID II;

 

  (b)

a customer within the meaning of the EU Insurance Distribution Directive, where that customer would not qualify as a professional client as defined in point (10) of Article 4(1) of MiFID II; or

 

  (c)

not a qualified investor as defined in Article 2 of the EU Prospectus Regulation; and

 

  (ii)

the expression “offer” includes the communication in any form and by any means of sufficient information on the terms of the offer and the notes to be offered so as to enable an investor to decide to purchase or subscribe for the notes.

United Kingdom

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  (i)

it has not offered, sold or otherwise made available and will not offer, sell or otherwise make available any notes to any UK Retail Investor in the UK;

 

  (ii)

it has only communicated or caused to be communicated and will only communicate or cause to be communicated any invitation or inducement to engage in investment activity (within the meaning of Section 21 of the FSMA) received by it in connection with the issue or sale of any notes in circumstances in which Section 21(1) of the FSMA does not apply to any of JPMorgan Chase Bank, Chase Card Funding, Chase Issuance Trust, Wilmington Trust Company, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, the underwriters of the offered notes or any of their respective affiliates or any other person; and

 

  (iii)

it has complied and will comply with all applicable provisions of the FSMA with respect to anything done by it in relation to the notes in, from or otherwise involving the UK.

For the purposes of this provision:

 

  (i)

the expression “UK Retail Investor” means a person who is one (or more) of the following: (i) a retail client, as defined in point (8) of article 2 of Regulation (EU) 2017/565, as it forms part of UK domestic law by virtue of the EUWA; or (ii) a customer within the meaning of the provisions of the FSMA and any rules or regulations made under the FSMA to implement Directive (EU) 2016/97 (as amended), where that customer would not qualify as a professional client, as defined in point (8) of Article 2(1) of Regulation (EU) 600/2014, as it forms part of UK domestic law by virtue of the EUWA, and as amended; or (iii) not a qualified investor as defined in Article 2 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 (as amended), as it forms part of UK domestic law by virtue of the EUWA; and

 

  (ii)

the expression “offer” includes the communication in any form and by any means of sufficient information on the terms of the offer and the notes to be offered so as to enable an investor to decide to purchase or subscribe for the notes.

In connection with the sale of the offered notes, the underwriters may engage in:

 

   

over-allotments, in which members of the syndicate selling the offered notes sell more notes than the issuing entity actually sold to the syndicate, creating a syndicate short position;

 

   

stabilizing transactions, in which purchases and sales of the offered notes may be made by the members of the selling syndicate at prices that do not exceed a specified maximum;

 

   

syndicate covering transactions, in which members of the selling syndicate purchase the offered notes in the open market after the distribution has been completed in order to cover syndicate short positions; and

 

   

penalty bids, by which the underwriter reclaims a selling concession from a syndicate member when any of the offered notes originally sold by that syndicate member are purchased in a syndicate covering transaction to cover syndicate short positions.

These stabilizing transactions, syndicate covering transactions and penalty bids may cause the price of the offered notes to be higher than it would otherwise be. These transactions, if commenced, may be discontinued at any time.

The issuing entity and JPMorgan Chase Bank will, jointly and severally, indemnify the underwriters against certain liabilities, including liabilities under applicable securities laws, or contribute to payments the underwriters may be required to make in respect of those liabilities. The issuing entity’s obligation to indemnify the underwriters will be limited to available finance charge collections after making all required payments and required deposits under the indenture.

The issuing entity will receive proceeds of $[        ] from the sale of the offered notes. This amount represents [    ]% of the principal amount of those notes and is net of the underwriting discount of $[        ]. The underwriting discount represents [    ]% of the principal amount of those notes. Deposits will be made to Class C reserve subaccounts for outstanding Class C notes in an aggregate amount of $[        ]. The issuing entity will pay these proceeds to Chase Card Funding.

 

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J.P. Morgan Securities LLC is a wholly owned subsidiary of JPMorgan Chase & Co. and an affiliate of JPMorgan Chase Bank, Chase Card Funding and the issuing entity. Furthermore, as a result of this relationship, more than 5% of the net offering proceeds will be received by affiliates under common control with J.P. Morgan Securities LLC. Accordingly, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC will be subject to the applicable requirements relating to conflicts of interest set forth in Rule 5121 of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority and may not make sales in the offering of the offered notes to any of its discretionary accounts without the specific written approval of the account holder. In addition, affiliates of JPMorgan Chase Bank, Chase Card Funding and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC may purchase all or a portion of the offered notes. Any offered notes purchased by such an affiliate may in certain circumstances be resold to an unaffiliated party at prices related to prevailing market prices at the time of such resale. In connection with such resale, such affiliate may be deemed to be participating in a distribution of the offered notes, or an agent participating in the distribution of the offered notes, and such affiliate may be deemed to be an “underwriter” of the offered notes under the Securities Act of 1933. In such circumstances any profit realized by such affiliate on such resale may be deemed to be underwriting discounts and commissions.

LEGAL MATTERS

Certain legal matters relating to the issuance of the offered notes and any collateral certificates included in the issuing entity will be passed upon for JPMorgan Chase Bank and Chase Card Funding by Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, special Delaware counsel to JPMorgan Chase Bank and Chase Card Funding. Certain legal matters relating to the federal tax consequences of the issuance of the offered notes will be passed upon for JPMorgan Chase Bank and Chase Card Funding by Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP. Certain legal matters relating to the issuance of the offered notes will be passed upon for the underwriters by Allen & Overy LLP.

WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION

The depositor of the issuing entity filed a registration statement (Registration Numbers: , ) relating to the offered notes with the SEC. This prospectus is part of the registration statement, but the registration statement includes additional information.

The servicer will file with the SEC all required annual, monthly and special SEC reports, including all reports on Form 10-D, Form 8-K and Form 10-K, and other information about the issuing entity (Central Index Key: 0001174821) .

Any materials filed electronically with the SEC by JPMorgan Chase Bank, Chase Card Funding or the issuing entity will be available to the public on the SEC website (http://www.sec.gov).

As soon as reasonably practicable after filing with the SEC, JPMorgan Chase Bank will provide a link to the SEC website which contains all Form 10-D, Form 8-K and Form 10-K filings and all special SEC reports made on behalf of the issuing entity on its website at: http://www.jpmorgan.com/pages/jpmc/ir/financial/abs/cc. You may also obtain more information about JPMorgan Chase Bank on JPMorgan Chase’s website at https://www.jpmorganchase.com/corporate/investor-relations/investor-relations.htm.

INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE

We “incorporate by reference” certain information we file with the SEC, which means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you to those documents. The information incorporated by reference is considered to be part of this prospectus. We incorporate by reference any monthly reports on Form 10-D and current reports on Form 8-K subsequently filed by or on behalf of the issuing entity prior to the termination of the offering of the offered notes. We will incorporate the issuing entity’s latest annual report on Form 10-K that contains financial statements for the issuing entity’s latest fiscal year for which a Form 10-K was required to be filed and all other Form 8-K and Form 10-D filings made since the end of the fiscal year covered by the Form 10-K. We note, however, that the issuing entity has not included financial statements in its annual report on Form 10-K and does not expect to do so in the future.

Information that we file later with the SEC that is incorporated by reference will automatically update the information in this prospectus. In all cases, you should rely on the later information over different information included in this prospectus.

 

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As a recipient of this prospectus, you may request a copy of any document we incorporate by reference, except exhibits to the documents (unless the exhibits are specifically incorporated by reference in such documents), at no cost. Requests for a copy of any document should be directed to: Office of the Secretary, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., 4 New York Plaza, 8th floor, New York, New York 10004, telephone: (212) 270-6000.

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

Our disclosures in this prospectus, including information included or incorporated by reference in this prospectus, may contain certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. In addition, certain statements made in future SEC filings by JPMorgan Chase Bank, in press releases and in oral and written statements made by or with JPMorgan Chase Bank’s approval that are not statements of historical fact may constitute forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements may relate to, without limitation, JPMorgan Chase Bank’s financial condition, results of operations, plans, objectives, future performance or business.

Words such as “believes,” “anticipates,” “expects,” “intends,” “plans,” “estimates” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements but are not the only means to identify these statements.

Forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties. Actual conditions, events or results may differ materially from those contemplated by the forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause this difference—many of which are beyond JPMorgan Chase Bank’s control—include the following, without limitation:

 

   

local, regional and national business, political or economic conditions may differ from those expected;

 

   

the effects and changes in trade, monetary and fiscal policies and laws, including the interest rate policies of the Federal Reserve Board, may adversely affect JPMorgan Chase Bank’s business;

 

   

the timely development and acceptance of new products and services may be different than anticipated;

 

   

technological changes instituted by JPMorgan Chase Bank and by persons who may affect JPMorgan Chase Bank’s business may be more difficult to accomplish or more expensive than anticipated or may have unforeseen consequences;

 

   

acquisitions and integration of acquired businesses or portfolios may be more difficult or expensive than anticipated;

 

   

the ability to increase market share and control expenses may be more difficult than anticipated;

 

   

competitive pressures among financial services companies may increase significantly;

 

   

changes in laws and regulations, particularly changes in financial services regulation, may adversely affect JPMorgan Chase Bank and its business;

 

   

changes in accounting policies and practices, as may be adopted by regulatory agencies and the Financial Accounting Standards Board, may affect expected financial reporting;

 

   

the costs, effects and outcomes of litigation may adversely affect JPMorgan Chase Bank or its business; and

 

   

JPMorgan Chase Bank may not manage the risks involved in the foregoing as well as anticipated.

Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made. JPMorgan Chase Bank undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statement to reflect subsequent circumstances or events.

 

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GLOSSARY OF DEFINED TERMS

Adjusted Outstanding Dollar Principal Amount” means, at any time during a month for any series, class or tranche of notes, the outstanding dollar principal amount of all outstanding notes of that series, class or tranche, minus any funds on deposit in the principal funding subaccount for that series, class or tranche.

APRs” has the meaning described in “JPMorgan Chase Bank’s Credit Card Portfolio—Billing and Payments.”

Asset Representations Reviewer” has the meaning described in “Asset Representations Reviewer.”

Available Finance Charge Collections” means, with respect to any month, the amounts to be treated as Available Finance Charge Collections as described in “Deposit and Application of Funds in the Issuing Entity—Available Finance Charge Collections.”

Available Principal Collections” means, for any month, the sum of the Principal Collections allocated to the notes, payments for principal under any supplemental credit enhancement agreement for tranches of notes, any amounts of Available Finance Charge Collections available to cover the CHASEseries Default Amount or any deficits in the Nominal Liquidation Amount of the notes and any Shared Excess Available Principal Collections allocated to the notes.

Bank Servicing Portfolio” means the portfolio of VISA and Mastercard revolving credit card accounts owned by JPMorgan Chase Bank and its affiliates.

Base Rate” means, for any month, the sum of (i) the Servicing Fee Percentage and (ii) the weighted average (based on the outstanding dollar principal amount of the related notes) of the rate of interest applicable to that tranche for the related accrual period.

[“Benchmark” means, [insert floating rate benchmark and other relevant definitions].]

Business Day” means, unless otherwise indicated, any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in New York, New York, Wilmington, Delaware or Minneapolis, Minnesota are authorized or obligated by law, executive order or governmental decree to be closed.

CEO Certification” has the meaning described in “Shelf Registration Eligibility Requirements— Transaction Requirements—CEO Certification.”

CHAIT Permitted Investments” means

 

   

instruments, investment property or other property consisting of:

 

   

obligations of, or fully guaranteed by, the United States of America;

 

   

time deposits, promissory notes or certificates of deposit of any depository institution or trust company incorporated under the laws of the United States of America or any state thereof, or domestic branches of foreign depository institutions or trust companies, and subject to supervision and examination by federal or state banking or depository institution authorities; provided, however, that at the time of the issuing entity’s investment or contractual commitment to invest therein, the certificates of deposit or short-term deposits of that depository institution or trust company must have the highest rating from each rating agency;

 

   

commercial paper (including but not limited to asset backed commercial paper) having, at the time of the issuing entity’s investment, a rating in the highest rating category from each rating agency;

 

   

bankers’ acceptances issued by any depository institution or trust company described in the second bullet point above; and

 

   

investments in money market funds which have the highest rating from, or have otherwise been approved in writing by, each Note Rating Agency;

 

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demand deposits in the name of the indenture trustee in any depository institution or trust company described in the second bullet point above;

 

   

uncertificated securities that are registered in the name of the indenture trustee upon books maintained for that purpose by the issuing entity of those securities and identified on books maintained for that purpose by the indenture trustee as held for the benefit of the noteholders, and consisting of shares of an open end diversified investment company which is registered under the Investment Company Act, and (1) which invests its assets exclusively in obligations of or guaranteed by the United States of America or any instrumentality or agency thereof having in each instance a final maturity date of less than one year from their date of purchase or other permitted investments, (2) which seeks to maintain a constant net asset value per share, (3) which has aggregate net assets of not less than $100,000,000 on the date of purchase of those shares and (4) with respect to which each Note Rating Agency that has rated any outstanding notes has confirmed in writing that the investment will not cause a reduction, qualification with negative implications or withdrawal of any then current rating of the notes; and

 

   

any other investment if each Note Rating Agency that has rated any outstanding notes confirms in writing that investment will not cause a reduction, qualification with negative implications or withdrawal of any then current rating of the notes.

CHASEseries Default Amount” means, for any month, an amount equal to the product of (i) the CHASEseries Floating Allocation Percentage and (ii) the Default Amount for that month.

CHASEseries Floating Allocation Percentage” means, for any month, a fraction:

 

   

the numerator of which is equal to the sum of:

 

   

the Nominal Liquidation Amounts of all classes or tranches of notes as of the close of business on the last day of the preceding month, or with respect to the first month for any class or tranche of notes, the initial dollar principal amount of that class or tranche, exclusive of (1) any class or tranche of notes which have been or will be paid in full during that month and (2) any class or tranche of notes which will have a Nominal Liquidation Amount of zero during that month, plus

 

   

the aggregate amount of any increase in the Nominal Liquidation Amount of any class or tranche of notes due to (1) the issuance of additional notes of that class or tranche during that month or (2) the release of prefunding excess amounts other than amounts that were deposited into the applicable principal funding subaccount for that class or tranche of notes during that month, and

 

   

the denominator of which is equal to the greater of:

 

   

the sum of (1) for any collateral certificate included in the issuing entity, the numerator used to calculate the floating allocation percentage for that collateral certificate for the related month, plus (2) the Issuing Entity Average Principal Balance for that month, plus (3) the excess funding amount following any deposit or withdrawal on the First Note Transfer Date in that month, and

 

   

the sum of the numerators used to calculate the CHASEseries Noteholder Percentages for the allocation of Finance Charge Collections, the Default Amount or the Receivables Servicing Fee, as applicable, for all series of notes for that month.

CHASEseries Noteholder Percentage” means, for any month, (1) with respect to Finance Charge Collections, the Default Amount and the Receivables Servicing Fee, the CHASEseries Floating Allocation Percentage, and (2) with respect to Principal Collections, the CHASEseries Principal Allocation Percentage.

CHASEseries notes” means any notes issued by the issuing entity pursuant to the indenture, the indenture supplement and the applicable terms document.

CHASEseries Principal Allocation Percentage” means, for any month, a fraction:

 

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the numerator of which is equal to the sum of:

 

   

for any class or tranche of notes in an amortization period with respect to that month, the sum of the Nominal Liquidation Amounts of all such classes or tranches of notes as of the close of business on the day prior to the commencement of the most recent amortization period for that class or tranche exclusive of (1) any class or tranche of notes which will be paid in full during that month and (2) any class or tranche of notes which will have a Nominal Liquidation Amount of zero during that month, plus

 

   

for all other classes or tranches of notes outstanding the sum of (1) the Nominal Liquidation Amount of those classes and tranches of notes, as of the close of business on the last day of the immediately preceding month, or with respect to the first month for any class or tranche of notes, the initial dollar principal amount of that class or tranche plus (2) the aggregate amount of any increase in the Nominal Liquidation Amount of any class or tranche due to (a) the issuance of additional notes of that class or tranche during that month or (b) the release of prefunding excess amounts, other than amounts that were deposited into the applicable principal funding subaccount for that class or tranche of notes during that month, and

 

   

the denominator of which is equal to the greater of:

 

   

the sum of (1) for any collateral certificate included in the issuing entity, the numerator used to calculate the principal allocation percentage for that collateral certificate for that month, plus (2) the Issuing Entity Average Principal Balance for that month, plus (3) the excess funding amount following any deposit or withdrawal on the First Note Transfer Date in that month and

 

   

the sum of the numerators used to calculate the CHASEseries Noteholder Percentages for the allocation of Principal Collections for all series of notes for that month.

Class A Unused Subordinated Amount of Class B notes” means, with respect to any tranche of Class A notes, for any date, an amount equal to the Class A required subordinated amount of Class B notes minus the Class A Usage of Class B Required Subordinated Amount, each as of that date.

Class A Unused Subordinated Amount of Class C notes” means, with respect to any tranche of Class A notes, for any date, an amount equal to the Class A required subordinated amount of Class C notes minus the Class A Usage of Class C Required Subordinated Amount, each as of that date.

Class A Usage of Class B Required Subordinated Amount” means, with respect to any tranche of outstanding Class A notes, (A) on the date of issuance of that tranche and on each date to but not including the initial First Note Transfer Date for that tranche, zero, and (B) on each date in the period from and including the initial First Note Transfer Date for that tranche to but not including the second First Note Transfer Date for that tranche, the sum of the amounts listed below and, (C) on each date in the period from and including the second or any subsequent First Note Transfer Date for that tranche to but not including the next succeeding First Note Transfer Date, the Class A Usage of Class B Required Subordinated Amount as of the close of business on the prior First Note Transfer Date plus the sum of the amounts listed below (in each case, that amount may not exceed the Class A Unused Subordinated Amount of Class B notes for that tranche of Class A notes after giving effect to the previous clauses, if any):

 

  (1)

an amount equal to the product of a fraction, the numerator of which is the Class A Unused Subordinated Amount of Class B notes for that tranche of Class A notes, as of the close of business on the last day of the prior month, and the denominator of which is the aggregate Nominal Liquidation Amount of all tranches of Class B notes, as of the close of business on the last day of the prior month, and the amount of charge-offs for any uncovered CHASEseries Default Amount initially allocated to Class B notes which did not result in a Class A Usage of Class C Required Subordinated Amount for that tranche of Class A notes on that First Note Transfer Date; plus

 

  (2)

the amount of charge-offs for any uncovered CHASEseries Default Amount initially allocated to that tranche of Class A notes and then reallocated to Class B notes on that First Note Transfer Date; plus

 

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the amount of Available Principal Collections reallocated on that First Note Transfer Date to the interest funding subaccount for that tranche of Class A notes which did not result in a Class A Usage of Class C Required Subordinated Amount for that tranche of Class A notes on that First Note Transfer Date; plus

 

  (4)

the amount of Available Principal Collections reallocated to pay any amount to the servicer for that tranche of Class A notes which did not result in a Class A Usage of Class C Required Subordinated Amount for that tranche of Class A notes on that First Note Transfer Date; minus

 

  (5)

the amount—which will not exceed the Class A Usage of Class B Required Subordinated Amount for that tranche of Class A notes after giving effect to the amounts computed in items (1) through (4) above—equal to the sum of:

 

  (A)

the product of:

 

   

a fraction, the numerator of which is the Class A Usage of Class B Required Subordinated Amount for that tranche of Class A notes, prior to giving effect to the reimbursement of a Nominal Liquidation Amount Deficit for any tranche of Class B notes on that First Note Transfer Date, and the denominator of which is the aggregate Nominal Liquidation Amount Deficits for all tranches of Class B notes, prior to giving effect to any reimbursement of a Nominal Liquidation Amount Deficit for any tranche of Class B notes on that First Note Transfer Date, times

 

   

the aggregate amount of the Nominal Liquidation Amount Deficits of all tranches of Class B notes which are reimbursed on that First Note Transfer Date, plus

 

  (B)

if the aggregate Class A Usage of Class B Required Subordinated Amount for all tranches of Class A notes, prior to giving effect to any reimbursement of Nominal Liquidation Amount Deficits for any tranches of any Class B notes on that First Note Transfer Date, exceeds the aggregate Nominal Liquidation Amount Deficits for all tranches of Class B notes, prior to giving effect to any reimbursement of a Nominal Liquidation Amount Deficit for any tranche of Class B notes on that First Note Transfer Date, the product of:

 

   

a fraction, the numerator of which is the amount of such excess and the denominator of which is the aggregate Nominal Liquidation Amount Deficits for all tranches of Class C notes, prior to giving effect to any reimbursement of a Nominal Liquidation Amount Deficit for any tranche of Class C notes on that First Note Transfer Date, times

 

   

the aggregate amount of the Nominal Liquidation Amount Deficits for all tranches of Class C notes which are reimbursed on that First Note Transfer Date, times

 

   

a fraction, the numerator of which is the Class A Usage of Class B Required Subordinated Amount for that tranche of Class A notes, prior to giving effect to that reimbursement, and the denominator of which is the Class A Usage of Class B Required Subordinated Amount for all tranches of Class A notes, prior to giving effect to that reimbursement.

Class A Usage of Class C Required Subordinated Amount” means, with respect to any tranche of outstanding Class A notes, (A) on the date of issuance of that tranche and on each date to but not including the initial First Note Transfer Date for that tranche, zero, and (B) on each date in the period from and including the initial First Note Transfer Date for that tranche to but not including the second First Note Transfer Date for that tranche, the sum of the amounts listed below and (C) on each date in the period from and including the second or any subsequent First Note Transfer Date for that tranche to but not including the next succeeding First Note Transfer Date, the Class A Usage of Class C Required Subordinated Amount as of the close of business on the prior First Note Transfer Date plus the sum of the amounts listed below (in each case, that amount will not exceed the Class A Unused Subordinated Amount of Class C notes for that tranche of Class A notes after giving effect to the previous clauses, if any):

 

  (1)

an amount equal to the product of:

 

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a fraction, the numerator of which is the Class A Unused Subordinated Amount of Class C notes for that tranche of Class A notes, as of the close of business on the last day of the preceding month, and the denominator of which is the aggregate Nominal Liquidation Amount of all tranches of Class C notes, as of the close of business on the last day of the preceding month, times

 

   

the amount of charge-offs for any uncovered CHASEseries Default Amount initially allocated on that First Note Transfer Date to Class C notes; plus

 

  (2)

the amount of charge-offs for any uncovered CHASEseries Default Amount initially allocated to that tranche of Class A notes and then reallocated on that First Note Transfer Date to Class C notes; plus

 

  (3)

an amount equal to the product of:

 

   

a fraction, the numerator of which is the Class A Unused Subordinated Amount of Class B notes for that tranche of Class A notes, as of the close of business on the last day of the preceding month, and the denominator of which is the aggregate Nominal Liquidation Amount of all tranches of Class B notes, as of the close of business on the last day of the preceding month, times

 

   

the amount of charge-offs for any uncovered CHASEseries Default Amount initially allocated on that First Note Transfer Date to Class B notes; plus

 

  (4)

the amount of Available Principal Collections reallocated on that First Note Transfer Date that will be deposited in the interest funding subaccount for that tranche of Class A notes on the applicable Note Transfer Date; plus

 

  (5)

an amount equal to the product of:

 

   

a fraction, the numerator of which is the Class A Unused Subordinated Amount of Class B notes for that tranche of Class A notes, as of the close of business on the last day of the preceding month, and the denominator of which is the aggregate Nominal Liquidation Amount of all tranches of Class B notes, as of the close of business on the last day of the preceding month, times

 

   

the amount of Available Principal Collections reallocated on that First Note Transfer Date that will be deposited in the interest funding subaccount for any tranche of Class B notes on the applicable Note Transfer Date; plus

 

  (6)

the amount of Available Principal Collections reallocated to pay any amount to the servicer for that tranche of Class A notes on that First Note Transfer Date; plus

 

  (7)

an amount equal to the product of:

 

   

a fraction, the numerator of which is the Class A Unused Subordinated Amount of Class B notes for that tranche of Class A notes, as of the close of business on the last day of the preceding month, and the denominator of which is the aggregate Nominal Liquidation Amount of all tranches of Class B notes, as of the close of business on the last day of the preceding month, times

 

   

the amount of Available Principal Collections reallocated on that First Note Transfer Date to pay any amount to the servicer for any tranche of Class B notes on that First Note Transfer Date; minus

 

  (8)

an amount—which will not exceed the Class A Usage of Class C Required Subordinated Amount for that tranche of Class A notes after giving effect to the amounts computed in items (1) through (7) above—equal to the product of:

 

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a fraction, the numerator of which is the Class A Usage of Class C Required Subordinated Amount for that tranche of Class A notes, prior to giving effect to any reimbursement of a Nominal Liquidation Amount Deficit for any tranche of Class C notes on that First Note Transfer Date, and the denominator of which is the aggregate Nominal Liquidation Amount Deficits, prior to giving effect to that reimbursement, of all tranches of Class C notes, times

 

   

the aggregate Nominal Liquidation Amount Deficits of all tranches of Class C notes which are reimbursed on that First Note Transfer Date.

Class B Unused Subordinated Amount of Class C notes” means, with respect to any tranche of Class B notes, for any date, an amount equal to the Class B required subordinated amount of Class C notes minus the Class B Usage of Class C Required Subordinated Amount, each as of that date.

Class B Usage of Class C Required Subordinated Amount” means, with respect to any tranche of outstanding Class B notes, (A) on the date of issuance of that tranche and on each date to but not including the initial First Note Transfer Date for that tranche, zero, and (B) on each date in the period from and including the initial First Note Transfer Date for that tranche to but not including the second First Note Transfer Date for that tranche, the sum of the amounts listed below and, (C) on each date in the period from and including the second or any subsequent First Note Transfer Date for that tranche to but not including the next succeeding First Note Transfer Date, the Class B Usage of Class C Required Subordinated Amount as of the close of business on the preceding First Note Transfer Date plus the sum of the following amounts (in each case, that amount will not exceed the Class B Unused Subordinated Amount of Class C notes for that tranche of Class B notes after giving effect to the previous clauses, if any):

 

  (1)

an amount equal to the product of:

 

   

a fraction, the numerator of which is the Class B Unused Subordinated Amount of Class C notes for that tranche of Class B notes, as of the close of business on the last day of the preceding month, and the denominator of which is the aggregate Nominal Liquidation Amount of all tranches of Class C notes, as of the close of business on the last day of the preceding month, and

 

   

the amount of charge-offs for any uncovered CHASEseries Default Amount initially allocated on that First Note Transfer Date to Class C notes; plus

 

  (2)

an amount equal to the product of:

 

   

a fraction, the numerator of which is the Nominal Liquidation Amount for that tranche of Class B notes, as of the close of business on the last day of the preceding month, and the denominator of which is the aggregate Nominal Liquidation Amount of all Class B notes, as of the close of business on the last day of the preceding month, times

 

   

the sum of (i) the amount of charge-offs for any uncovered CHASEseries Default Amount initially allocated on that First Note Transfer Date to any tranche of Class A notes that has a Class A Unused Subordinated Amount of Class B notes that was included in Class A Usage of Class C Required Subordinated Amount, and (ii) the amount of charge-offs for any uncovered CHASEseries Default Amount initially allocated on that First Note Transfer Date to any tranche of Class A notes that has a Class A Unused Subordinated Amount of Class B notes that was included in Class A Usage of Class B Required Subordinated Amount; plus

 

  (3)

the amount of charge-offs for any uncovered CHASEseries Default Amount initially allocated to that tranche of Class B notes, and then reallocated on that date to the Class C notes on that First Note Transfer Date; plus

 

  (4)

an amount equal to the product of:

 

   

a fraction, the numerator of which is the Nominal Liquidation Amount for that tranche of Class B notes, as of the close of business on the last day of the preceding month, and the denominator

 

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of which is the aggregate Nominal Liquidation Amount of all tranches of Class B notes, as of the close of business on the last day of the preceding month, times

 

   

the amount of Available Principal Collections reallocated on that First Note Transfer Date that will be deposited in the interest funding subaccount for any tranche of Class A notes that has a Class A Unused Subordinated Amount of Class B notes on the applicable Note Transfer Date for that tranche of Class A notes; plus

 

  (5)

the amount of Available Principal Collections reallocated on that First Note Transfer Date that will be deposited in the interest funding subaccount for that tranche of Class B notes on the applicable Note Transfer Date for that tranche of Class B notes; plus

 

  (6)

an amount equal to the product of:

 

   

a fraction, the numerator of which is the Nominal Liquidation Amount for that tranche of Class B notes, as of the close of business on the last day of the preceding month, and the denominator of which is the aggregate Nominal Liquidation Amount of all tranches of Class B notes, as of the close of business on the last day of the preceding month, times

 

   

the amount of Available Principal Collections reallocated on that First Note Transfer Date to pay any amount to the servicer for any tranche of Class A notes that has a Class A Unused Subordinated Amount of Class B notes; plus

 

  (7)

the amount of Available Principal Collections reallocated to pay any amount to the servicer for that tranche of Class B notes on that First Note Transfer Date; minus

 

  (8)

an amount—which will not exceed the Class B Usage of Class C Required Subordinated Amount after giving effect to the amounts computed in items (1) through (7) above—equal to the product of:

 

   

a fraction, the numerator of which is the Class B Usage of Class C Required Subordinated Amount for that tranche of Class B notes, prior to giving effect to any reimbursement of a Nominal Liquidation Amount Deficit for any tranche of Class C notes on that First Note Transfer Date, and the denominator of which is the aggregate Nominal Liquidation Amount Deficits of all tranches of Class C notes, prior to giving effect to that reimbursement; times

 

   

the aggregate Nominal Liquidation Amount Deficits of all tranches of Class C notes which are reimbursed on that First Note Transfer Date.

[“Class C Reserve Account Percentage” means, for any monthly period, (i) 1.50%, if the three-month average excess spread percentage for such monthly period is greater than or equal to 4.50%, (ii) 2.50%, if the three-month average excess spread percentage for such monthly period is less than 4.50% and greater than or equal to 4.00%, (iii) 3.00%, if the three-month average excess spread percentage for such monthly period is less than 4.00% and greater than or equal to 3.50%, (iv) 4.00%, if the three-month average excess spread percentage for such monthly period is less than 3.50% and greater than or equal to 3.00%, (v) 5.50%, if the three-month average excess spread percentage for such monthly period is less than 3.00% and greater than or equal to 2.50%, (vi) 6.50%, if the three-month average excess spread percentage for such monthly period is less than 2.50% and greater than or equal to 2.00% and (vii) 7.00%, if the three-month average excess spread percentage for such monthly period is less than 2.00%.]

Collateral Certificate Principal Shortfall Payments” means remaining excess principal collections received on collateral certificates designated for inclusion in the issuing entity in respect of remaining shortfalls in Principal Collections for series of notes after application of shared excess available principal collections.

Commercial Arbitration Rules” means the Commercial Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association amended and effective June 1, 2009.

Commercial Mediation Rules” means the Commercial Mediation Rules of the American Arbitration Association, as in effect from time to time.

 

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Conversion Date” has the meaning described in “Material Legal Aspects of the Credit Card Receivables—Transfer of Credit Card Receivables.”

Default Amount” means, for any month, the sum of:

 

   

with respect to credit card receivables in the issuing entity, an amount, which may not be less than zero, equal to (1) the aggregate amount of principal receivables, other than Ineligible Receivables, in each Defaulted Account that became a Defaulted Account during that month, on the day that revolving credit card account became a Defaulted Account, minus (2) the aggregate amount of Recoveries received in that month, and

 

   

with respect to any collateral certificate in the issuing entity, the investor default amount or similar amount allocated to the holder of the collateral certificate for that month.

Defaulted Accounts” means revolving credit card accounts, the credit card receivables of which have been written off as uncollectible by the applicable servicer.

Delaware UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in the State of Delaware.

Delinquency Trigger” has the meaning described in “Shelf Registration Eligibility Requirements— Transaction Requirements—Asset Review—Delinquency Trigger.”

Delinquency Trigger Breach” has the meaning described in “Shelf Registration Eligibility Requirements—Transaction Requirements—Asset Review—Asset Representations Review.”

Determination Date” means the Business Day before the First Note Transfer Date for a series in a month.

EEA” has the meaning described in “Important Notice About Information Presented in This Prospectus— Notice to Residents of the European Economic Area.”

Electronic Funds Transfer Act” means 15 U.S.C. §§ 1693 et seq. as amended from time to time.

Equal Credit Opportunity Act” means the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, as amended.

EU” means the European Union.

EU Insurance Distribution Directive” has the meaning described in “Important Notice About Information Presented in This Prospectus—Notice to Residents of the European Economic Area.”

EU PRIIPs Regulation” has the meaning described in “Important Notice About Information Presented in This Prospectus—Notice to Residents of the European Economic Area.”

EU Prospectus Regulation” has the meaning described in “Important Notice About Information Presented in This Prospectus—Notice to Residents of the European Economic Area.”

EU Securitization Regulation” has the meaning described in “Important Notice About Information Presented in This Prospectus—EU and UK Securitization Regulations.”

EUWA” has the meaning described in “Important Notice About Information Presented in This Prospectus—EU and UK Securitization Regulations.”

Excess Spread Percentage” means, with respect to the notes for any month, as determined on each Determination Date, the amount, if any, by which the Portfolio Yield for that month exceeds the Base Rate for that month.

Fair Credit Reporting Act” means the Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1681, as amended.

 

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Fair Debt Collection Practices Act” means the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 1692, as amended.

Federal Deposit Insurance Act” means the Federal Deposit Insurance Act of 1950, as amended.

Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council” means that agency of the federal government created pursuant to 12 United States Code chapters 34 and 34A, as amended.

Federal Reserve System” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States.

Finance Charge Collections” means, for any month, the sum of (1) with respect to credit card receivables designated for inclusion in the issuing entity, all collections received by the servicer on behalf of the issuing entity of finance charge receivables (including collections of discount receivables and Recoveries received for that month to the extent those Recoveries exceed the aggregate amount of principal receivables (other than Ineligible Receivables) in Defaulted Accounts that became Defaulted Accounts with respect to that month), (2) with respect to any collateral certificate designated for inclusion in the issuing entity, collections of finance charge receivables allocated to the holder of the collateral certificate for that month and (3) any amounts received by the issuing entity which are designated as Finance Charge Collections. Finance Charge Collections with respect to any month will include the amount of Interchange (if any) deposited into the applicable collection account on the First Note Transfer Date following that month.

First Note Transfer Date” means, for any month, the initial Note Transfer Date for any series, class or tranche of notes in that month.

Ineligible Collateral Certificate” means a collateral certificate which fails to meet one or more of the representations or warranties contained in the transfer and servicing agreement.

Ineligible Receivable” means a credit card receivable which has been transferred to the issuing entity which fails to meet one or more of the representations or warranties contained in the transfer and servicing agreement.

Insurance Distribution Directive” means Directive (EU) 2016/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 January 2016 on insurance distribution.

Interchangehas the meaning described in “JPMorgan Chase Bank’s Credit Card Portfolio— Interchange.”

Interest Payment Date” means, for any series, class or tranche of notes, any date on which a payment in respect of interest is to be made.

Invested Amount” means, for any series of certificates issued by a securitization special purpose entity that has issued a collateral certificate that is included in the issuing entity, as of the close of business on any date of determination with respect to that collateral certificate, an amount equal to the Invested Amount as of the close of business on the prior day, or, with respect to the first day of the first month, the initial invested amount of that collateral certificate; minus Principal Collections, if any, paid on that date of determination; minus the Default Amount, if any, allocated to that collateral certificate on that date of determination; plus any additional undivided interests in that securitization special purpose entity sold to the holder of that collateral certificate.

Issuing Entity Average Principal Balance” means, with respect to the issuing entity, (1) for any month in which no addition of revolving credit card accounts, removal of revolving credit card accounts or exercise of the discount option occurs, the principal receivables at the close of business on the last day of the prior month and (2) for any month in which one or more additions of revolving credit card accounts, removals of revolving credit card accounts or exercising of the discount option occurs, the sum of:

 

   

the product of:

 

   

the principal receivables in the issuing entity as of the close of business on the last day of the prior month, times

 

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a fraction, (a) the numerator of which is the number of days from and including the first day of that month to but excluding the initial date on which revolving credit card accounts were added or removed or the discount option was exercised during that month and (b) the denominator of which is the number of days in that month; and

 

   

the product of:

 

   

the principal receivables in the issuing entity as of the close of business on the initial date on which revolving credit card accounts were added or removed or the discount option was exercised during that month, after giving effect to that addition, removal or discount, as the case may be, times

 

   

a fraction, (a) the numerator of which is the number of days from and including the initial date on which revolving credit card accounts were added or removed or the discount option was exercised during that month, as the case may be, to but excluding the next subsequent date on which revolving credit card accounts were added or removed or the discount option was exercised during that month or, if no next subsequent date occurs in that month, to and including the last day of that month and (b) the denominator of which is the number of days in that month; and

 

   

for each subsequent date on which revolving credit card accounts are added or removed or the discount option is exercised in that month, the product of:

 

   

the principal receivables in the issuing entity at the close of business on the date of that addition, removal or discount, after giving effect to that addition, removal or discount, as the case may be, times

 

   

a fraction, (a) the numerator of which is the number of days from and including the date of that addition, removal or discount, as the case may be, in that month to but excluding the next subsequent date on which revolving credit card accounts are added or removed or the discount option is exercised or, if no next subsequent date occurs in that month, to and including the last day of that month and (b) the denominator of which is the number of days in that month.

Issuing Entity Eligible Account” means, for the issuing entity, each revolving credit card account which meets the following requirements as of the date that credit card account is selected for inclusion in the issuing entity:

 

   

which is a revolving credit card account in existence and maintained with JPMorgan Chase Bank or an affiliate;

 

   

which is payable in United States dollars;

 

   

which has an obligor who has provided, as his or her most recent billing address, an address located in the United States or its territories or possessions or a military address;

 

   

which has an obligor who has not been identified by the servicer in its computer files as being involved in a voluntary or involuntary bankruptcy proceeding;

 

   

which has not been classified by the servicer in its computer files as cancelled, counterfeit, deleted, fraudulent, stolen or lost;

 

   

which does not have credit card receivables which are at the time of transfer sold or pledged to any other party (except pursuant to the transaction documents);

 

   

which has not been charged-off by the servicer in its customary and usual manner for charging-off revolving credit card accounts as of their date of designation for inclusion in the issuing entity; and

 

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which has an obligor who has not been identified by the servicer in its computer files as being deceased.

Issuing Entity Eligible Collateral Certificate” means a collateral certificate that has been duly authorized by the transferor and validly issued by a securitization special purpose entity and is entitled to the benefits of the related securitization special purpose entity agreement and with respect to which the representations and warranties made by the transferor in the transfer and servicing agreement are accurate in all material respects.

Issuing Entity Eligible Receivable” means, for the issuing entity, each credit card receivable:

 

   

which has arisen in a revolving credit card account which was an Issuing Entity Eligible Account as of the date that credit card account was selected for inclusion in the issuing entity;

 

   

which was created in compliance, in all material respects, with all requirements of law applicable to JPMorgan Chase Bank, and pursuant to a credit card agreement which complies in all material respects with all requirements of law applicable to JPMorgan Chase Bank;

 

   

with respect to which all consents, licenses or authorizations of, or registrations with, any governmental authority required to be obtained or given by JPMorgan Chase Bank in connection with the creation of that credit card receivable or the execution, delivery, creation and performance by JPMorgan Chase Bank of the related credit card agreement have been duly obtained or given and are in full force and effect as of the date of the creation of that credit card receivable;

 

   

as to which at the time of the transfer of that credit card receivable to the issuing entity, the transferor or the issuing entity has good and marketable title to that credit card receivable, free and clear of all liens occurring under or through the transferor or any of its affiliates, other than certain tax liens for taxes not then due or which JPMorgan Chase Bank is contesting;

 

   

which is the legal, valid and binding payment obligation of the related obligor, legally enforceable against that obligor in accordance with its terms, subject to certain insolvency-related exceptions;

 

   

which constitutes an “account” under and as defined in Article 9 of the UCC; and

 

   

which, for so long as any notes issued prior to January 20, 2016 remain outstanding, is not subject to any setoff, right of rescission, counterclaim, or other defense, including the defense of usury, other than defenses arising out of applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights in general.

Issuing Entity Interchange Amount” has the meaning described in “JPMorgan Chase Bank’s Credit Card Portfolio—Interchange.”

Issuing Entity Receivables” means the credit card receivables transferred to the issuing entity arising in the revolving credit card accounts owned by JPMorgan Chase Bank or an affiliate designated to have their receivables transferred to the issuing entity.

Issuing Entity Recoveries” has the meaning described in “JPMorgan Chase Bank’s Credit Card Portfolio—Recoveries.”

Issuing Entity Servicer Default” has the meaning described in “Servicing of the Receivables— Resignation and Removal of the Servicer; Issuing Entity Servicer Default.”

Issuing Entity Tax Opinion” means, with respect to any action, an opinion of counsel to the effect that, for U.S. federal income tax purposes (a) such action will not cause any outstanding series, class or tranche of notes that was characterized as debt at the time of its issuance to be characterized as other than debt, (b) such action will not

 

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cause the issuing entity to be treated as an association (or publicly traded partnership) taxable as a corporation and (c) such action will not cause or constitute an event in which gain or loss would be recognized by any holder of any of

Mediation Rules” has the meaning described in “Shelf Registration Eligibility Requirements— Transaction Requirements—Dispute Resolution Provision—Mediation or Non-Binding Arbitration.”

Merger Date” has the meaning described in “Important Notice About Information Presented in This Prospectus.”

MiFID II” has the meaning described in “Important Notice About Information Presented in This Prospectus—Notice to Residents of the European Economic Area.”

Military Lending Act” means 10 U.S.C. 987, as amended from time to time.

Minimum Pool Balance” has the meaning described in “Sources of Funds to Pay the Notes— Minimum Pool Balance.”

Monthly Interest Accrual Date” means, with respect to any outstanding class or tranche of notes:

 

   

each interest payment date for that class or tranche, and

 

   

for any month in which no interest payment date occurs, the date in that month corresponding numerically to the next interest payment date for that class or tranche, or, if the next interest payment date is later than it otherwise would have been because that interest payment date would have fallen on a day that is not a Business Day, the date in that month corresponding numerically to the date on which the interest payment date would have fallen had it been a Business Day for that tranche; provided, however, that:

 

   

for the month in which a class or tranche of notes is issued, the date of issuance of that class or tranche will be the first Monthly Interest Accrual Date for that month for that tranche;

 

   

any date on which proceeds from a sale of credit card receivables or collateral certificates included in the issuing entity following an event of default and acceleration of any class or tranche of notes are deposited into the interest funding subaccount for that class or tranche will be a Monthly Interest Accrual Date for that tranche;

 

   

if there is no numerically corresponding date in that month, then the Monthly Interest Accrual Date will be the last Business Day of that month; and

 

   

if the numerically corresponding date in that month is not a Business Day, then the Monthly Interest Accrual Date will be the next following Business Day, unless that Business Day would fall in the following month, in which case the Monthly Interest Accrual Date will be the last Business Day of the earlier month.

Monthly Principal Accrual Date” means, with respect to any outstanding class or tranche of notes:

 

   

for any month in which the scheduled principal payment date occurs for that class or tranche, that scheduled principal payment date, or if that day is not a Business Day, then the next following Business Day, and

 

   

for any month in which no scheduled principal payment date occurs for that class or tranche, the date in that month corresponding numerically to the scheduled principal payment date, or, if the scheduled principal payment date is later than it otherwise would be because the scheduled principal payment date would have fallen on a day that is not a Business Day the date in that month corresponding numerically to the date on which the scheduled principal payment date would have fallen had it been a Business Day for that class or tranche; but:

 

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any date on which prefunding excess amounts are released from any principal funding account or applicable principal funding subaccount on or after the scheduled principal payment date for that class or tranche will be a Monthly Principal Accrual Date for that tranche;

 

   

any date on which proceeds from a sale of credit card receivables or collateral certificates included in the issuing entity following an event of default and acceleration of that class or tranche are deposited into the principal funding account or applicable principal funding subaccount for that tranche will be a Monthly Principal Accrual Date for that tranche;

 

   

if there is no numerically corresponding date in that month, then the Monthly Principal Accrual Date will be the last Business Day of the month; and

 

   

if the numerically corresponding date in that month is not a Business Day, the Monthly Principal Accrual Date will be the next following Business Day, unless that Business Day would fall in the following month, in which case the Monthly Principal Accrual Date will be the last Business Day of the earlier month.

New York Courts” has the meaning described in “Shelf Registration Eligibility Requirements— Transaction Requirements—Dispute Resolution Provision—Litigation; Submission to Jurisdiction; Jury Trial Waiver.”

Nominal Liquidation Amount” has the meaning described in “The Notes—Stated Principal Amount, Outstanding Dollar Principal Amount and Nominal Liquidation Amount—Nominal Liquidation Amount.”

Nominal Liquidation Amount Deficit” means, with respect to any tranche of notes, the Adjusted Outstanding Dollar Principal Amount of that tranche minus the Nominal Liquidation Amount of that tranche.

Note Rating Agency” means, with respect to each series, class or tranche of notes, each statistical rating agency selected by the issuing entity to rate such notes; provided, that any reference to each note rating agency shall only apply to any specific note rating agency if that note rating agency is then rating any outstanding series, class or tranche of notes.

Note Transfer Date” means, for any series, class or tranche of notes:

 

  (i)

the Business Day prior to:

 

  (a)

the Payment Date for that series, class or tranche of notes; or

 

  (b)

for any month in which no Payment Date occurs for that series, class or tranche of notes, the date in that month corresponding numerically to the next Payment Date (without regard to whether or not such Payment Date is a Business Day) for such series, class or tranche of notes, provided that (1) if there is no such numerically corresponding date, such date shall be the last Business Day of such month, or (2) if such numerically corresponding date is not a Business Day, the date will be the immediately preceding Business Day; or

 

  (ii)

such other date as shall be specified in the applicable indenture supplement or terms document for such series, class or tranche of notes.

NRSRO” means a nationally recognized statistical rating organization within the meaning of Section 3(a)(62) of the Securities Exchange Act.

OID” means the original issue discount.

OCC” means the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.

Payment Date” means, with respect to any series, class or tranche of notes, the applicable Principal Payment Date or Interest Payment Date.

 

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Pool Balancehas the meaning described in “Sources of Funds to Pay the Notes—Minimum Pool Balance.”

Portfolio Yield” means, for any month, the annualized percentage equivalent of a fraction:

 

   

the numerator of which is equal to the sum of:

 

   

Finance Charge Collections; plus

 

   

the investment earnings, if any, on amounts on deposit in the collection account and the excess funding account allocated to notes for that month; plus

 

   

the aggregate amount of interest funding subaccount earnings for all tranches of notes for that month; plus

 

   

any amounts to be treated as Available Finance Charge Collections remaining in any interest funding subaccounts after a sale of credit card receivables and/or collateral certificates included in the issuing entity during that month, as described in “Sources of Funds to Pay the Notes— Sale of Assets;minus

 

   

the excess, if any, of the shortfalls in the investment earnings on amounts in any principal funding subaccounts for all tranches of notes for that month over any Segregated Finance Charge Collections for that month available to cover those shortfalls as described in “Deposit and Application of Funds in the Issuing Entity—Segregated Finance Charge Collections;minus

 

   

the CHASEseries Default Amount for that month; and

 

   

the denominator of which is the numerator used in the calculation of the CHASEseries Floating Allocation Percentage for that month.

Principal Collections” means, for any month, the sum of (1) for credit card receivables designated for inclusion in the issuing entity, all collections other than those designated as Finance Charge Collections on revolving credit card accounts designated for that month and (2) for any collateral certificate designated for inclusion in the issuing entity, all collections of principal receivables, including Collateral Certificate Principal Shortfall Payments, allocated to the holder of that collateral certificate for that month.

Principal Payment Date” means, for any series, class or tranche of notes, any date on which a payment in respect of principal is to be made.

Prospectus Regulation” has the meaning described in “Prohibition of Sales to EEA Retail Investors.”

PTCE” has the meaning described in “Certain ERISA and Benefit Plan Considerations—Prohibited Transactions between the Plan and a Party in Interest—Examples of Prohibited Transaction Exemptions.”

Receivables Servicing Fee” means, for any month, one-twelfth of the product of (1) the Receivables Servicing Fee Percentage and (2) the Issuing Entity Average Principal Balance for that month.

Receivables Servicing Fee Percentage” means, 1.50% for so long as JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association is the servicer, or 2.00% if JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association is no longer the servicer.

Recoveries” has the meaning described in “JPMorgan Chase Bank’s Credit Card Portfolio— Recoveries.”

Regulation AB” means subpart 229.1100—Asset Backed Securities (Regulation AB), 17 C.F.R. §§229.1100—229.1125, and all related rules and regulations of the SEC, as such rules may be amended from time to time, and subject to such clarification and interpretation as have been provided by the SEC or by the staff of the SEC, or as may be provided by the SEC or its staff from time to time.

 

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Regulation AB II” means the revisions to Regulation AB published in the Federal Register on September 24, 2014.

Regulation Z” means the regulations, all amendments thereto and official interpretations thereof (12 C.F.R., Part 226) issued by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

Repurchase Notice” has the meaning described in “Sources of Funds to Pay the Notes—JPMorgan Chase Bank and Transferor Representations and Warranties—Transfer of Ineligible Receivables and Ineligible Collateral Certificates.”

Repurchase Request” has the meaning described in “Sources of Funds to Pay the Notes—JPMorgan Chase Bank and Transferor Representations and Warranties—Transfer of Ineligible Receivables and Ineligible Collateral Certificates—Removal After Cure Period.”

Requesting Party” has the meaning described in “Shelf Registration Eligibility Requirements— Transaction Requirements—Dispute Resolution Provision.”

Required Transferor Amount” means, for any month, the product of (1) with respect to any date of determination, the aggregate outstanding dollar amount of receivables in the issuing entity that are principal receivables as of the close of business on the last day of that month and (2) the Required Transferor Amount Percentage.

Required Transferor Amount Percentage” means 5% or such other percentage as will be designated from time to time by the servicer, but, if that other percentage is less than 5%, the servicer must have provided to the indenture trustee and the collateral agent (A) an Issuing Entity Tax Opinion, and (B) written confirmation from each Note Rating Agency that has rated any outstanding notes that the change will not result in the reduction, qualification with negative implications or withdrawal of its then-current rating of any outstanding notes.

Requisite Petition Percentage” has the meaning described in “Shelf Registration Eligibility Requirements—Transaction Requirements—Asset Review—Voting Procedure for Asset Representations Review.”

Resolution Trust Corporation” means the corporation created pursuant to United States Code, title 12, section 1811 et seq., or its subsidiaries or assignees.

Responding Party” has the meaning described in “Shelf Registration Eligibility Requirements— Transaction Requirements—Dispute Resolution Provision.”

RMBS” has the meaning described in “Litigation and Other Proceedings—Indenture Trustee Litigation.”

Scheduled Principal Payment Date” means, for any series, class or tranche of notes, the date on which the stated principal amount of that series, class or tranche is expected to be repaid.

SEC” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, as from time to time constituted, created under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

Segregated Finance Charge Collections” has the meaning described in “Deposit and Application of Funds in the Issuing Entity—Segregated Finance Charge Collections.”

Seller’s Interest,” for purposes of compliance with U.S. Risk Retention Requirements, means an asset-backed security interest or interests (1) collateralized by the securitized assets and servicing assets owned or held by the issuing entity, other than the following that are not considered a component of Seller’s Interest: (i) servicing assets that have been allocated as collateral only for a specific series in connection with administering the revolving pool securitization, such as a principal accumulation or interest reserve account; and (ii) assets that are not eligible under the terms of the securitization transaction to be included when determining whether the revolving pool securitization holds aggregate securitized assets in specified proportions to aggregate outstanding investor asset-backed security interests issued; and (2) that is pari passu with each series of investor asset-backed security interests issued, or partially or fully subordinated to one or more series in identical or varying amounts, with respect to the allocation of all distributions and losses with respect to the securitized assets prior to early amortization of the revolving securitization

 

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(as specified in the securitization transaction documents); and (3) that adjusts for fluctuations in the outstanding principal balance of the securitized assets in the pool.

Servicing Fee” means, for any month, the product of (1) the Receivables Servicing Fee for that month and (2) the CHASEseries Floating Allocation Percentage for that month.

Servicing Fee Percentage” means, for any month, the annualized percentage equivalent of a fraction, the numerator of which is the Servicing Fee and the denominator of which is the Nominal Liquidation Amount used in the calculation of the CHASEseries Floating Allocation Percentage for that month.

Shared Excess Available Finance Charge Collections” means, for any month, as of the related Determination Date, with respect to any series of notes in Shared Excess Available Finance Charge Collections Group A, the sum of (1) the amount of Available Finance Charge Collections with respect to that month, available after application to cover targeted deposits to the interest funding account, payment of the Servicing Fee and application to cover any unfunded CHASEseries Default Amount or any deficits in the Nominal Liquidation Amount of the notes, targeted deposits to the Class C reserve account, if applicable, and any other payments in respect of CHASEseries notes and (2) the Finance Charge Collections remaining after all required payments and deposits from all other series identified as belonging to Shared Excess Available Finance Charge Collections Group A which the applicable indenture supplements for those series specify are to be treated as “Shared Excess Available Finance Charge Collections.”

Shared Excess Available Finance Charge Collections Group A” means the various series of notes— which will include the CHASEseries notes—that may be designated as a single group for the purpose of sharing Shared Excess Available Finance Charge Collections.

Shared Excess Available Principal Collections” means, for any month, the sum of (1) with respect to the notes, the amount of Available Principal Collections remaining after all required applications of those amounts described in “Deposit and Application of Funds in the Issuing Entity—Application of Available Principal Collections,” (2) with respect to any series of notes other than the CHASEseries, the Principal Collections allocated to that series of notes remaining after all required payments and deposits that are specified to be treated as “Shared Excess Available Principal Collections” in the applicable indenture supplement, and (3) the aggregate amount on deposit in the excess funding account following any deposit or withdrawal made during that month as described in “Sources of Funds to Pay the Notes—Issuing Entity Bank Accounts.”

Sherman Act” means the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

Transferor Amount” means, for any month, an amount equal to (1) the Pool Balance for that month minus (2) the aggregate Nominal Liquidation Amount of all notes as of the close of business on the last day of that month.

Transferor Certificate” means (1) the certificate representing the Transferor Amount or (2) the uncertificated interest in the issuing entity comprising the Transferor Amount.

Transferor Percentage” means, for any month, 100% minus the sum of the aggregate CHASEseries Noteholder Percentage of all series outstanding with respect to Principal Collections, Finance Charge Collections, the Receivables Servicing Fee or the Default Amount, as applicable.

Trust Portfolio” means the issuing entity portfolio.

Truth in Lending Act” means the Truth in Lending Act of 1968, as amended.

UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in the applicable jurisdiction.

UCITS” means Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities (Directive 2009/65/EC).

Unapplied Excess Finance Charge Collections” has the meaning described in “Deposit and Application of Funds in the Issuing Entity—Unapplied Excess Finance Charge Collections and Unapplied Master Trust Level Excess Finance Charge Collections.”

 

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Unapplied Master Trust Level Excess Finance Charge Collections” has the meaning described in “Deposit and Application of Funds in the Issuing Entity—Unapplied Excess Finance Charge Collections and Unapplied Master Trust Level Excess Finance Charge Collections.”

Unapplied Master Trust Level Principal Collections” has the meaning described in “Deposit and Application of Funds in the Issuing Entity—Unapplied Master Trust Level Principal Collections.”

UK” means the United Kingdom.

UK MiFIR” has the meaning described in “Important Notice About Information Presented in This Prospectus—Notice to Residents of the United Kingdom—Prohibition on Sales to UK Retail Investors.”

UK PRIIPs Regulation” has the meaning described in “Important Notice About Information Presented in This Prospectus—Notice to Residents of the United Kingdom—Prohibition on Sales to UK Retail Investors.”

UK Prospectus Regulation” has the meaning described in “Important Notice About Information Presented in This Prospectus—Notice to Residents of the United Kingdom.”

U.S. Risk Retention Requirements” has the meaning described in “Retained Interests—Credit Risk Retention.”

 

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Annex I

Other Outstanding Classes and Tranches

The following classes and tranches of CHASEseries notes are expected to be outstanding on the issuance date of the offered notes. The information provided in this Annex I is an integral part of the prospectus.

 

Class A

   Issuance Date    Nominal
Liquidation
Amount
     Note
Interest
Rate
    Scheduled
Principal
Payment Date
   Legal Maturity
Date

Class A(2022-1)

   September 16, 2022    $ 1,000,000,000        3.97   September 15, 2025    September 15, 2027

Class B

   Issuance Date    Nominal
Liquidation
Amount
     Note
Interest
Rate
    Scheduled
Principal
Payment Date
   Legal Maturity
Date

Class B(2022-1)*

   June 24, 2022    $ 750,000,000        4.30   June 16, 2025    June 15, 2027

Class C

   Issuance Date    Nominal
Liquidation
Amount
     Note
Interest
Rate
    Scheduled
Principal
Payment Date
   Legal Maturity
Date

Class C(2022-1)*

   June 24, 2022    $ 750,000,000        4.74   June 16, 2025    June 15, 2027

 

*

The Class B(2022-1) and Class C(2022-1) CHASEseries notes are currently retained by the Transferor.

 

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[Annex II

Static Pool Information]8

The following tables set forth static pool information (principal receivables outstanding, net losses, total receivables delinquent, yield from finance charges, fees, and interchange, receivables principal payment rate, percentage of total accounts making minimum payment and percentage of total accounts making minimum payment) regarding the historical performance of the receivables for the accounts based on the date of their origination and for the period ended as disclosed. In the tables:

 

   

Principal Receivables Outstanding are amounts owed by cardholders, as of the last day of the monthly period, including amounts owing for the payment of goods and services but excludes Discount Receivables and Finance Charges and Fee Receivables;

 

   

Total Receivables Outstanding are amounts owed by cardholders, as of the last day of the monthly period, including amounts owing for the payment of goods and services, Finance Charges and Fees;

 

   

Net Losses are charge-offs of principal receivables less amounts received on previously charged off receivables. Net Losses do not include any reductions in fraud, returned goods or customer disputes. The percentage of Net Losses is calculated as a percentage of the Issuing Entity Average Principal Balance;

 

   

Total Receivables Delinquent 30+ days includes amount of principal, finance charge and fee amounts due from cardholders at least 30 days past their due date. The percentage of Total Receivables Delinquent 30+ days is calculated as a percentage of the Total Receivables Outstanding as of the last day of the monthly period;

 

   

Finance Charges, Fees and Interchange include the finance charges, fees and Interchange received with respect to the outstanding amount of principal receivables in the issuing entity. The Yield from Finance Charges, Fees and Interchange is calculated as a percentage of the Issuing Entity Average Principal Balance;

 

   

Receivables Principal Payments include the collections of Principal Receivables and excludes the collections of Finance Charges, Fees and Interchange. The Receivables Principal Payment Rate is calculated as of a percentage of the Issuing Entity Average Principal Balance;

 

   

The Percentage of Total Accounts making Minimum Payment shows the number of cardholder accounts that the minimum amount due was paid as a percentage of total number of accounts. The number of accounts used to calculate the Percentage of Total Accounts making Minimum Payment includes all non-charged off credit card accounts in the Trust Portfolio, but does not include inactivated credit card accounts where the credit card had been lost or stolen or that had been flagged for potential fraud and replaced with a new credit card account. This change to the reporting methodology for the number of the accounts was implemented as of the May 2018 monthly period. Prior to May 2018, such inactivated credit card accounts were included in the number of accounts used to calculate the Percentage of Total Accounts making Minimum Payment;

 

   

The Percentage of Total Accounts making Full Payment shows the number of cardholder accounts that the full payment due or an overpayment was paid as a percentage of total number of accounts. The number of accounts used to calculate the Percentage of Total Accounts making Full Payment includes all non-charged off credit card accounts in the Trust Portfolio, but does not include inactivated credit card accounts where the credit card had been lost or stolen or that had been flagged for potential fraud and replaced with a new credit card account. This change to the reporting methodology for the number of the accounts was implemented as of the May 2018 monthly period. Prior to May 2018, such inactivated credit card accounts were included in the number of accounts used to calculate the Percentage of Total Accounts making Full Payment; and

 

   

All static pool information is presented by the year in which the credit card account was originated.

 

 

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This Annex II would be used to disclose Static Pool Information in offerings in which the pool included receivables from accounts that were seasoned less than 5 years.

 

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Dec-

[    ]

 

20[    ]

                                                                                                            

20[    ]

                                                                                                            

20[    ]

                                                                                                            

20[    ]

                                                                                                            

20[    ]

                                                                                                            

Prior to 20[    ]

                                                                                                            

Total

                                                                                                            
     20[    ]  

Percentage of Total Receivables

Delinquent 30+ Days

  

Jan-

[    ]

   

Feb-

[    ]

   

Mar-

[    ]

   

Apr-

[    ]

   

May-

[    ]

   

Jun-

[    ]

   

Jul-

[    ]

   

Aug-

[    ]

   

Sep-

[    ]

   

Oct-

[    ]

   

Nov-

[    ]

   

Dec-

[    ]

 

20[    ]

                                                                                                            

20[    ]

                                                                                                            

20[    ]

                                                                                                            

20[    ]

                                                                                                            

20[    ]

                                                                                                            

Prior to 20[    ]

                                                                                                            

Total

                                                                                                            

 

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     20[    ]  

Yield from Finance Charges, Fees

and Interchange

   Jan-
[    ]
    Feb-
[    ]
    Mar-
[    ]
    Apr-
[    ]
    May-
[    ]
    Jun-
[    ]
    Jul-
[    ]
    Aug-
[    ]
    Sep-
[    ]
    Oct-
[    ]
    Nov-
[    ]
    Dec-
[    ]
 

20[    ]

                                                                                                            

20[    ]

                                                                                                            

20[    ]

                                                                                                            

20[    ]

                                                                                                            

20[    ]

                                                                                                            

Prior to 20[    ]

                                                                                                            

Total

                                                                                                            
     20[    ]  
Receivables Principal Payment Rate    Jan-
[    ]
    Feb-
[    ]
    Mar-
[    ]
    Apr-
[    ]
    May-
[    ]
    Jun-
[    ]
    Jul-
[    ]
    Aug-
[    ]
    Sep-
[    ]
    Oct-
[    ]
    Nov-
[    ]
    Dec-
[    ]
 

20[    ]

                                                                                                            

20[    ]

                                                                                                            

20[    ]

                                                                                                            

20[    ]

                                                                                                            

20[    ]

                                                                                                            

Prior to 20[    ]

                                                                                                            

Total

                                                                                                            
     20[    ]  

Percentage of Total Accounts Making

Minimum Payment(1)

   Jan-
[    ]
    Feb-
[    ]
    Mar-
[    ]
    Apr-
[    ]
    May-
[    ]
    Jun-
[    ]
    Jul-
[    ]
    Aug-
[    ]
    Sep-
[    ]
    Oct-
[    ]
    Nov-
[    ]
    Dec-
[    ]
 

20[    ]

                                                                                                            

20[    ]

                                                                                                            

20[    ]

                                                                                                            

20[    ]

                                                                                                            

20[    ]

                                                                                                            

Prior to 20[    ]

                                                                                                            

Total

                                                                                                            

 

(1)

The number of accounts used to calculate the Percentage of Total Accounts making Minimum Payment includes all non-charged off credit card accounts in the Trust Portfolio, but does not include inactivated credit card accounts where the credit card had been lost or stolen or that had been flagged for potential fraud and replaced with a new credit card account. This change to the reporting methodology for the number of the accounts was implemented as of the May 2018 monthly period. Prior to May 2018, such inactivated credit card accounts were included in the number of accounts used to calculate the Percentage of Total Accounts making Minimum Payment. The Percentage of Total Accounts making Minimum Payment that had been previously reported has been revised to reflect the exclusion of such inactivated credit card accounts.

 

     202[    ]  

Percentage of Total Accounts Making

Full Payment(2)

  

Jan-

[    ]

   

Feb-

[    ]

   

Mar-

[    ]

   

Apr-

[    ]

   

May-

[    ]

   

Jun-

[    ]

   

Jul-

[    ]

   

Aug-

[    ]

   

Sep-

[    ]

   

Oct-

[    ]

   

Nov-

[    ]

   

Dec-

[    ]

 

20[    ]

                                                                                                            

20[    ]

                                                                                                            

20[    ]

                                                                                                            

20[    ]

                                                                                                            

20[    ]

                                                                                                            

Prior to 20[    ]

                                                                                                            

Total

                                                                                                            

 

(2)

The number of accounts used to calculate the Percentage of Total Accounts making Full Payment includes all non-charged off credit card accounts in the Trust Portfolio, but does not include inactivated credit card accounts where the credit card had been lost or stolen or that had been flagged for potential fraud and replaced with a new credit card account. This change to the reporting methodology for the number of the accounts was implemented as of the May 2018 monthly period. Prior to May 2018, such inactivated credit card accounts were included in the number of accounts used to calculate the Percentage of Total Accounts making Full Payment. The Percentage of Total Accounts making Full Payment that had been previously reported has been revised to reflect the exclusion of such inactivated credit card accounts.

 

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CHASE ISSUANCE TRUST

Issuing Entity

CHASEseries

$[                 ]

Class [A]/[B]/[C](202[    ]-[    ]) notes

CHASE CARD FUNDING LLC

Depositor and Transferor

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

Sponsor, Originator, Administrator and Servicer

 

 

PROSPECTUS

 

 

Underwriters

[Underwriter A]

[Underwriter B]

[Underwriter C]

 

 

You should rely only on the information contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectus. We have not authorized anyone to provide you with different information.

We are not offering the CHASEseries notes in any state where the offer is not permitted.

We do not claim the accuracy of the information in this prospectus as of any date other than the date stated on the cover.

Dealers will deliver a prospectus when acting as underwriters of the offered notes and with respect to their unsold allotments or subscriptions. In addition, all dealers selling the offered notes will deliver a prospectus until [            ], 202[  ].

 

 

 


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Item 12.

Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution.

The following is an itemized list of the estimated expenses to be incurred in connection with the offering of the securities being offered hereunder other than underwriting discounts and commissions.

 

Registration Fee*

   $ 2,092,651.40  

Printing and Engraving Expenses

     600,000.00  

Trustee’s Fees and Expenses

     80,000.00  

Legal Fees and Expenses

     2,500,000.00  

Blue Sky Fees and Expenses

     0.00  

Accountants’ Fees and Expenses

     600,000.00  

Rating Agency Fees

     7,000,000.00  

Miscellaneous Fees and Expenses

     0.00  
  

 

 

 

Total

   $ 12,872,651.40

 

*

Pursuant to Rule 415(a)(6) under Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), the registrant is including carry forward securities of $18,989,577,132.49 in this registration statement. The registrant previously filed a registration statement on Form SF-3 (File Nos. 333-239581 and 333-239581-01) (as amended, the “Prior Registration Statement”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”), which became effective on July 31, 2020. Pursuant to the Prior Registration Statement, there are $18,989,577,132.49 of unsold securities thereunder as of the date of this registration statement (the “Unsold Securities”). The registration fee represents the filing fee of $2,092,651.40 that was previously paid in connection with Unsold Securities to be carried forward.

An unspecified additional amount of securities is being registered as may from time to time be offered at unspecified prices. The registrant is deferring payment of all of the registration fees for such additional securities in accordance with Rule 456(c) and 457(s) of the Securities Act, after the registrant offers and sells all carry forward securities.

 

Item 13.

Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

Section 18-108 of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act provides that, subject to such standards and restrictions, if any, as are set forth in its limited liability company agreement, a limited liability company may, and shall have the power to, indemnify and hold harmless any member or manager or other person from and against any and all claims and demands whatsoever.

The registrant was formed under the laws of the State of Delaware. The limited liability company agreement of the registrant provides, in effect, that, subject to certain limited exceptions, it will indemnify its member, officers, managers, employees and agents and the employees, representatives, agents and affiliates of its member (collectively, the “Covered Persons”), to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, for any loss, damage or claim incurred by such Covered Person by reason of any act or omission performed or omitted by such Covered Person in good faith on behalf of the registrant and in a manner reasonably believed to be within the scope of the authority conferred on such Covered Person by the limited liability company agreement, except that no Covered Person shall be entitled to be

 

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indemnified in respect of any loss, damage or claim incurred by such Covered Person by reason of such Covered Person’s gross negligence or willful misconduct with respect to such acts or omissions; provided, however, that, so long as any Secured Obligation (as defined in the Limited Liability Company Agreement of the registrant, included as Exhibit 3.2 to this Registration Statement) is outstanding, any indemnity under the limited liability company agreement shall be provided out of and to the extent of registrant assets only, and the member shall not have personal liability on account thereof.

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, expenses (including legal fees) incurred by a Covered Person defending any claim, demand, action, suit or proceeding shall, from time to time, be advanced by the registrant prior to the final disposition of such claim, demand, action, suit or proceeding upon receipt by the registrant of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Covered Person to repay such amount if it shall be determined that the Covered Person is not entitled to be indemnified as authorized in the limited liability company agreement.

A Covered Person shall be fully protected in relying in good faith upon the records of the registrant and upon such information, opinions, reports or statements presented to the registrant by any person as to matters the Covered Person reasonably believes are within such other person’s professional or expert competence and who has been selected with reasonable care by or on behalf of the registrant, including information, opinions, reports or statements as to the value and amount of the assets or liabilities of the registrant, or any other facts pertinent to the existence and amount of assets from which distributions to the member might properly be paid.

To the extent that, at law or in equity, a Covered Person has duties (including fiduciary duties) and liabilities relating thereto to the registrant or to any other Covered Person, a Covered Person acting under the limited liability company agreement shall not be liable to the registrant or to any other Covered Person for its good faith reliance on the provisions of the limited liability company agreement or any approval or authorization granted by the registrant or any other Covered Person. The provisions of the limited liability company agreement, to the extent that they restrict the duties and liabilities of a Covered Person otherwise existing at law or in equity, are agreed by the member to replace such other duties and liabilities of such Covered Person.

There are directors and officers liability insurance policies presently outstanding which insure directors and officers of the registrant, the registrant’s parent and certain of its subsidiaries. The policies cover losses for which the registrant, the registrant’s parent or any of those subsidiaries shall be required or permitted by law to indemnify directors and officers and which result from claims made against such directors or officers based upon the commission of wrongful acts in the performance of their duties. The policies also cover losses which the directors or officers must pay as the result of claims brought against them based upon the commission of wrongful acts in the performance of their duties and for which they are not indemnified by the registrant, the registrant’s parent or any of those subsidiaries. The losses covered by the policies are subject to certain exclusions and do not include fines or penalties imposed by law or other matters deemed uninsurable under the law. The policies contain self-insured retention provisions.

The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and is, therefore, unenforceable.

Each underwriting agreement will generally provide that the underwriter will indemnify the registrant and its directors, officers and controlling parties against specified liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933 relating to certain information provided or actions taken by the underwriter. The registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission this indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and is, therefore, unenforceable.

 

Item 14.

Exhibits,

(a) Exhibits. Exhibits will be filed no later than the date the final prospectus is filed.

 

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Exhibit

Number

       

Description

    1.1

      Form of Underwriting Agreement (included in Exhibit 1.1 to registrants Form SF-3, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 1, 2020, which is hereby incorporated by reference)

    3.1

      Certificate of Formation of Chase Card Funding LLC (included in Exhibit 3.1 to registrant’s Form SF-3, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 11, 2015, which is hereby incorporated by reference)

    3.2

      Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Chase Card Funding LLC (included in Exhibit 3.2 to registrant’s Form 8-K, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 22, 2016, which is hereby incorporated by reference)

    4.1

      Fourth Amended and Restated Indenture for the Notes (included in Exhibit 4.1 to registrant’s Form 8-K, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 22, 2016, which is hereby incorporated by reference)

    4.2

      Third Amended and Restated Asset Pool One Supplement (included in Exhibit 4.2 to registrant’s Form 8-K, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 22, 2016, which is hereby incorporated by reference)

    4.3

      Second Amended and Restated Indenture Supplement (included in Exhibit 4.3 to registrant’s Form 8-K, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 22, 2016, which is hereby incorporated by reference)

    4.4

      Receivables Purchase Agreement (included in Exhibit 4.4 to registrant’s Form 8-K, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 22, 2016, which is hereby incorporated by reference)

    4.5

      Fourth Amended and Restated Transfer and Servicing Agreement (included in Exhibit 4.5 to registrant’s Form 8-K, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 22, 2016, which is hereby incorporated by reference)

    4.6

      Fourth Amended and Restated Trust Agreement of Chase Issuance Trust (included in Exhibit 4.6 to registrant’s Form 8-K, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 22, 2016, which is hereby incorporated by reference)

    4.7

      Amended and Restated Asset Representation Review Agreement (included in Exhibit 4.7 to registrant’s Form 8-K, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 2, 2016, which is hereby incorporated by reference)

    4.8

      Form of Notes (included in Exhibit 4.8 to registrant’s Form SF-3, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 11, 2015, which is hereby incorporated by reference)

    4.9

      Form of Terms Document for Class  A Notes (included in Exhibit 4.9 to registrant’s Form SF-3, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 11, 2015, which is hereby incorporated by reference)

 

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       4.10

      Form of Terms Document for Class  B Notes (included in Exhibit 4.10 to registrant’s Form SF-3, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 11, 2015, which is hereby incorporated by reference)

       4.11

      Form of Terms Document for Class  C Notes (included in Exhibit 4.11 to registrant’s Form SF-3, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 11, 2015, which is hereby incorporated by reference)

       4.12

      Assignment and Assumption Agreement (included in Exhibit 4.12 to registrant’s Form 8-K, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 22, 2016, which is hereby incorporated by reference)

       4.13

      Assignment and Assumption Agreement (RPA) (included in Exhibit 10.1 to registrant’s Form 8-K, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 19, 2019, which is hereby incorporated by reference)

       4.14

      Assignment and Assumption Agreement (TSA) (included in Exhibit 10.2 to registrant’s Form 8-K, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 19, 2019, which is hereby incorporated by reference)

       5.1

      Opinion of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, with respect to corporate matters

       8.1

      Opinion of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, with respect to tax matters

     21.1

      Subsidiaries of the Registrant (included in Exhibit 21.1 to registrant’s Form SF-3, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 11, 2015, which is hereby incorporated by reference)

     23.1

      Consent of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP (included in the opinions filed as Exhibit 5.1 and Exhibit 8.1)

     24.1

      Power of Attorney

     25.1

      Form T-l Statement of Eligibility and Qualification under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, of Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Indenture Trustee under the Indenture

     36.1

      Form of Certification (included in Exhibit 36.1 to registrant’s Form SF-3, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 11, 2015, which is hereby incorporated by reference)

   107.1

      Calculation of Filing Fee Tables

 

Item 15.

Undertakings

(a)    Rule 415 Offering:

The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:

(i) To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;

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change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement.

(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement;

Provided, however, That:

(A) Paragraphs (a)(1)(i), (a)(1)(ii), and (a)(1)(iii) of this section do not apply if the registration statement is on Form S-1, Form S-3, Form SF-3 or Form F-3 and the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement, or, as to a registration statement on Form S-3, Form SF-3 or Form F-3, is contained in a form of prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) that is part of this registration statement; and

(B) Provided further, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the registration statement is for an offering of asset-backed securities on Form SF–1 or Form SF–3, and the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment is provided pursuant to Item 1100(c) of Regulation AB.

(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

(4) That for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser:

(i) If the registrant is relying on Rule 430D:

(A) Each prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) and (h) shall be deemed to be part of the registration statement as of the date the filed prospectus was deemed part of and included in the registration statement; and

(B) Each prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2), (b)(5), or (b)(7) as part of a registration statement in reliance on Rule 430D relating to an offering made pursuant to Rule 415(a)(1)(vii) or (a)(1)(xii) for the purpose of providing the information required by section 10(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the earlier of the date such form of prospectus is first used after effectiveness or the date of the first contract of sale of securities in the offering described in the prospectus. As provided in Rule 430D, for liability purposes of the issuer and any person that is at that date an underwriter, such date shall be deemed to be a new effective date of the registration statement relating to the securities in the registration statement to which that prospectus relates, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. Provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such effective date, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such effective date.

(5) That, for the purpose of determining liability of the registrant under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities:

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securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:

(i) Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424;

(ii) Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned registrant;

(iii) The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about the undersigned registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant; and

(iv) Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned registrant to the purchaser.

(6) If the registrant is relying on Rule 430D, with respect to any offering of securities registered on Form SF-3, to file the information previously omitted from the prospectus filed as part of an effective registration statement in accordance with Rule 424(h) and Rule 430D.

 

  (b)

Filings Incorporating Subsequent Exchange Act Documents by Reference.

The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant’s annual report pursuant to section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered herein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

 

  (c)

Request for Acceleration of Effective Date or Filing of Registration Statement Becoming Effective Upon Filing.

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

 

  (d)

Filings Regarding Asset-Backed Securities Incorporating by Reference Subsequent Exchange Act Documents by Third Parties.

The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 of a third party that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement in accordance with Item 1100(c)(1) of Regulation AB shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form SF-3 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York, on June 26, 2023.

 

CHASE CARD FUNDING LLC,
as depositor of Chase Issuance Trust
By:  

/s/ Simon Braeutigam

  Name:   Simon Braeutigam
  Title:   Chief Executive Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

Signature

  

Title

 

Date

/s/ Simon Braeutigam

   Principal Executive Officer, Chief Executive Officer and Manager   June 26, 2023
Simon Braeutigam  

/s/ Patricia M. Garvey

   Principal Financial Officer, Principal Accounting Officer, Treasurer and Manager   June 26, 2023
Patricia M. Garvey  

/s/ Maria Laura Sarcone

   Manager   June 26, 2023
Maria Laura Sarcone     

/s/ Sean L. Emerick

   Manager   June 26, 2023
Sean L. Emerick     
EX-5.1 2 d526539dex51.htm EX-5.1 EX-5.1

Exhibit 5.1

[Letterhead of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP]

June 26, 2023                        

 

JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association

383 Madison Avenue

New York, New York 10179

  

 

  Re:

Registration Statement on Form SF-3 for Chase Issuance Trust

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as special counsel to JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, a national banking association (the “Bank” or “Our Client”), as successor by merger to Chase Bank USA, National Association (the “Predecessor Bank”), in connection with the registration statement on Form SF-3 (the “Registration Statement”) filed on the date hereof with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), with respect to the issuance from time to time of certain asset backed securities (the “Notes”) pursuant to Rule 415 of the General Rules and Regulations promulgated under the Securities Act (the “Rules and Regulations”).

The Notes will be issued by Chase Issuance Trust (the “Issuing Entity”), a Delaware statutory trust created pursuant to the Delaware Statutory Trust Act (12 Del. C. §§ 3801 et seq.) and the Fourth Amended and Restated Trust Agreement, dated as of January 20, 2016 (the “Trust Agreement”), between Chase Card Funding LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Depositor” and, collectively with the Bank and the Issuing Entity, the “Opinion Parties,” and each, an “Opinion Party”), as beneficiary and transferor, and Wilmington Trust Company, as owner trustee (the “Owner Trustee”). The Notes will be issued in one or more classes under the Fourth Amended and Restated Indenture, dated as of January 20, 2016 (the “Master Indenture”), between the Issuing Entity and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as indenture trustee (the “Indenture Trustee”), as supplemented by (a) the Third Amended and Restated Asset Pool One Supplement, dated as of January 20, 2016 (the “Asset Pool One Supplement”), among the Issuing Entity, the Indenture Trustee and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as collateral agent (the “Collateral Agent”), (b) the Second Amended and Restated CHASEseries Indenture Supplement, dated as of January 20, 2016 (the “CHASEseries Indenture Supplement”), among the Issuing Entity, the Indenture Trustee and the Collateral Agent, and (c) the applicable form of Terms Document for each class of Notes (each, a “Terms Document” and, together with the Master Indenture, the Asset Pool One Supplement and the CHASEseries Indenture Supplement, the “Indenture”), to be dated


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as of the date of the issuance of a class of Notes, between the Issuing Entity and the Indenture Trustee. The Indenture, together with the Trust Agreement, the Receivables Purchase Agreement, dated as of January 20, 2016 (as amended, the “Receivables Purchase Agreement”), by and between the Bank and the Depositor, and the Fourth Amended and Restated Transfer and Servicing Agreement, dated as of January 20, 2016 (as amended, the “Transfer and Servicing Agreement”), among the Depositor, the Bank, as servicer, account owner and administrator, the Issuing Entity, the Indenture Trustee and the Collateral Agent, are collectively referred to herein as the “Basic Documents.”

This opinion is being furnished in accordance with the requirements of Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act.

In rendering the opinions stated herein, we have examined and relied upon the following: (i) the Registration Statement; (ii) an executed copy of the Master Indenture; (iii) an executed copy of the Asset Pool One Supplement; (iv) an executed copy of the CHASEseries Indenture Supplement; (v) the form of Terms Documents for each class of Notes; (vi) an executed copy of the Trust Agreement; (vii) an executed copy of the Receivables Purchase Agreement; (viii) an executed copy of the Transfer and Servicing Agreement; and (ix) a copy of the Certificate of Trust of the Issuing Entity, certified by the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware as of June 26, 2023 (the “Certificate of Trust” and together with the Trust Agreement, the “Trust Organizational Documents”). We have also examined originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of such records of the Opinion Parties and such agreements, certificates and records of public officials, certificates of officers or other representatives of the Opinion Parties and others, and such other documents as we have deemed necessary or appropriate as a basis for the opinions stated below.

In our examination, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, including electronic signatures, the legal capacity and competency of all natural persons, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as facsimile, electronic, certified or photocopied copies, and the authenticity of the originals of such copies.

In making our examination of executed documents or documents to be executed, we have assumed that the parties thereto, had or will have the power, corporate or other, to enter into and perform all obligations thereunder and have also assumed the due authorization by all requisite action, corporate or other, and execution and delivery by such parties of such documents and the validity and binding effect on such parties. As to any facts relevant to the opinions stated herein that we did not independently establish or verify, we have relied upon statements and representations of officers and other representatives of the Opinion Parties and others and of public officials, including the factual representations and warranties contained in the Basic Documents.

We do not express any opinion with respect to the laws of any jurisdiction other than the laws of the State of Delaware (the “Opined-on Law”).

The opinion stated below presumes that all of the following (collectively, the “general conditions”) shall have occurred prior to the issuance of the Notes referred to therein: (i) the Registration Statement, as finally amended (including all necessary post-effective


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amendments), has become effective under the Securities Act; (ii) an appropriate prospectus supplement or term sheet with respect to such Notes has been prepared, delivered and filed in compliance with the Securities Act and the applicable Rules and Regulations; (iii) the applicable Basic Documents shall have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Issuing Entity and the other parties thereto; (iv) the Board of Directors of the Bank, including any duly authorized committee thereof, in its capacity as administrator of the Issuing Entity, acting pursuant to the Transfer and Servicing Agreement and the Trust Agreement, shall have taken all necessary national banking association action to authorize, on behalf of the Issuing Entity, the issuance and sale of such Notes and related matters and appropriate officers of the Bank have taken all related action as directed by or under the direction of the Board of Directors of the Bank; (v) the Board of Managers of the Depositor, including any duly authorized committee thereof, in its capacity as transferor and beneficiary of the Issuing Entity, acting pursuant to the Trust Agreement, shall have taken all necessary limited liability company action to authorize, on behalf of the Issuing Entity, the issuance and sale of such Notes and related matters and appropriate officers of the Depositor have taken all related action as directed by or under the direction of the Board of Manager of the Depositor; and (vi) the terms of the applicable Basic Documents and the issuance and sale of such Notes have been duly established in conformity with the Trust Organizational Documents so as not to violate any applicable law or the Trust Organizational Documents, or result in a default under or breach of any agreement or instrument binding upon the Issuing Entity, and so as to comply with any requirement or restriction imposed by any court or governmental body having jurisdiction over the Issuing Entity.

Based upon the foregoing and subject to the qualifications and assumptions stated herein, we are of the opinion that when (i) the general conditions have been satisfied, (ii) the issuance, sale and terms of the Notes have been duly established in conformity with the Basic Documents, and (iii) the Notes have been issued in a form that complies with the Basic Documents and the Notes have been duly executed and authenticated in accordance with the terms of the Basic Documents and issued and sold or otherwise distributed in accordance with the provisions of the applicable Basic Documents against payment of the agreed-upon consideration therefor, the Notes will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Issuing Entity enforceable against the Issuing Entity in accordance with their respective terms under the laws of the State of Delaware.

The opinions stated herein are subject to the following qualifications:

(a)    the opinions stated herein are limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent transfer, preference and other similar laws or similar orders affecting creditors’ rights generally, and by general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in equity or at law);

(b)    we do not express any opinion with respect to any law, rule or regulation that is applicable to any party to any of the Basic Documents or the transactions contemplated thereby solely because such law, rule or regulation is part of a regulatory regime applicable to any such party or any of its affiliates as a result of the specific assets or business operations of such party or such affiliates;


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(c)    except to the extent expressly stated in the opinions contained herein, we have assumed that each of the Basic Documents constitutes the valid and binding obligation of each party to such Basic Document, enforceable against such party in accordance with its terms;

(d)    we do not express any opinion with respect to the enforceability of any provision contained in any Basic Document relating to any indemnification, contribution, exculpation, release, limitation or exclusion of remedies, waiver or other provisions having similar effect that may be contrary to public policy or violative of federal or state securities laws, rules or regulations, or to the extent any such provision purports to, or has the effect of, waiving or altering any statute of limitations;

(e)    we do not express any opinion with respect to the enforceability of any provision of any Basic Document to the extent that such section purports to bind any Opinion Party to the exclusive jurisdiction of any particular federal court or courts;

(f)     we call to your attention that irrespective of the agreement of the parties to any Basic Document, a court may decline to hear a case on grounds of forum non conveniens or other doctrine limiting the availability of such court as a forum for resolution of disputes; in addition, we call to your attention that we do not express any opinion with respect to the subject matter jurisdiction of the federal courts of the United States of America in any action arising out of or relating to any Basic Document;

(g)    we have assumed that any agent of service will have accepted appointment as agent to receive service of process and call to your attention that we do not express any opinion if and to the extent such agent shall resign such appointment. Further, we do not express any opinion with respect to the irrevocability of the designation of such agent to receive service of process;

(h)    we have assumed that the choice of Delaware law to govern the Basic Documents is a valid and legal provision; and

(i)    we have assumed that the Terms Document will be duly authorized, executed and delivered by the trustee in substantially the form reviewed by us, and that any Notes that may be issued will be manually authenticated, signed or countersigned, as the case may be, by duly authorized officers of the Issuing Entity.

In addition, in rendering the foregoing opinions we have assumed that:

(a)    each Opinion Party is duly organized or formed, as applicable, and is validly existing and in good standing, (ii) has requisite legal status and legal capacity under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization or formation, as applicable, and (iii) has complied and will comply with all aspects of the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization or formation, as applicable, in connection with the transactions contemplated by, and the performance of its obligations under, the Basic Documents to which such Opinion Party is a party;

(b)    each Opinion Party has the requisite national banking association, limited liability company or trust, as applicable, power and authority to execute, deliver and perform all its obligations under each of the Basic Documents to which such Opinion Party is a party;


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(c)    each of the Basic Documents to which an Opinion Party is a party has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by all requisite national banking association, limited liability company or trust, as applicable, action on the part of such Opinion Party;

(d)    neither the execution and delivery by each Opinion Party of the Basic Documents to which such Opinion Party is a party nor the performance by each Opinion Party of its obligations thereunder, including the issuance and sale of the applicable Notes, (i) conflicts or will conflict with the articles of association, certificate of trust, certificate of formation, trust agreement, limited liability company agreement, by-laws, or comparable organizational documents, of such Opinion Party, (ii) constitutes or will constitute a violation of, or a default under, any lease, indenture, instrument or other agreement to which the such Opinion Party or its property is subject, (iii) contravenes or will contravene any order or decree of any governmental authority to which the Opinion Party or its property is subject, or (iv) violates or will violate any law, rule or regulation to which the Opinion Party or its property is subject (except that we do not make the assumption set forth in this clause (iv) with respect to the Opined-on Law); and

(e)    neither the execution and delivery by each Opinion Party of the Basic Documents to which the Opinion Party is a party nor the performance by such Opinion Party of its obligations thereunder, including the issuance and sale of the applicable Notes, requires or will require the consent, approval, licensing or authorization of, or any filing, recording or registration with, any governmental authority under any law, rule or regulation of any jurisdiction.

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We hereby consent to the reference to our firm under the heading “Legal Matters” in the prospectus forming part of the Registration Statement. We also hereby consent to the filing of this opinion with the Commission as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. In giving this consent, we do not thereby admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the Rules and Regulations. This opinion is expressed as of the date hereof unless otherwise expressly stated, and we disclaim any undertaking to advise you of any subsequent changes in the facts stated or assumed herein or of any subsequent changes in applicable laws.

 

  Very truly yours,
  /s/ SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER & FLOM LLP
EX-8.1 3 d526539dex81.htm EX-8.1 EX-8.1

Exhibit 8.1

[Letterhead of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP]

June 26, 2023                        

 

JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association

383 Madison Avenue

New York, New York 10179

  

 

  Re:

Chase Issuance Trust

[Class A][Class B][Class C] CHASEseries Notes, Series 202[    ]-[    ]

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as special U.S. federal income tax counsel to JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, a national banking association organized under the laws of the United States (as successor by merger to Chase Bank USA, National Association, the “Bank” or “Our Client”), in connection with the issuance and sale of [Class A CHASEseries Notes, Series 202[    ]-[    ] (the “Class A(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes”)] [Class B CHASEseries Notes, Series 202[    ]-[    ] (the “Class B(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes”)] [Class C CHASEseries Notes, Series 202[    ]-[    ] (the “Class C(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes”)] by the Chase Issuance Trust (the “Issuing Entity”) pursuant to the Fourth Amended and Restated Indenture, dated as of January 20, 2016 (as amended from time to time, the “Indenture”), as supplemented by the Third Amended and Restated Asset Pool One Supplement, dated as of January 20, 2016 (as amended from time to time, the “Asset Pool One Supplement”), and as supplemented by the Second Amended and Restated CHASEseries Indenture Supplement, dated as of January 20, 2016 (as amended from time to time, the “CHASEseries Indenture Supplement”), and as further supplemented by the [Class A(202[    ]-[    ])] [Class B(202[    ]-[    ])] [Class C(202[    ]-[    ])] Terms Document, dated as of [DATE] (the “Terms Document”), the Receivables Purchase Agreement, dated as of January 20, 2016 (as amended from time to time, the “Receivables Purchase Agreement”), between the Bank and Chase Card Funding LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as transferor (“Chase Card Funding” and, in such capacity, the “Transferor”), the Fourth Amended and Restated


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Transfer and Servicing Agreement, dated as of January 20, 2016 (as amended from time to time, the “Transfer and Servicing Agreement”), among the Issuing Entity, the Transferor, the Bank, as servicer (in such capacity, the “Servicer”), account owner and administrator, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as indenture trustee (in such capacity, the “Indenture Trustee”) and collateral agent (in such capacity, the “Collateral Agent”), and the Fourth Amended and Restated Trust Agreement, dated as of January 20, 2016 (the “Trust Agreement”), between Chase Card Funding, as Transferor and beneficiary, and Wilmington Trust Company, as owner trustee (in such capacity, the “Owner Trustee”) for the Issuing Entity.

The [Class A(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class B(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class C(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] will be offered for sale to investors pursuant to the Prospectus, dated [DATE] (the “Prospectus”). The Issuing Entity has previously issued multiple tranches of, and anticipates issuing, from time to time, additional tranches of, Class A CHASEseries Notes ([together with the Class A(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes,] the “Class A Notes”), Class B CHASEseries Notes ([together with the Class B(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes,] the “Class B Notes”), and Class C CHASEseries Notes ([together with the Class C(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes,] the “Class C Notes,” and, together with the Class A Notes and the Class B Notes, the “Notes”).

In connection with the issuance of the [Class A(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class B(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class C(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] and the consummation of the transactions set forth in the Transaction Documents, you have requested our opinion (our “Opinion”) that (i) for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the [Class A(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class B(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class C(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] will be properly treated as debt and (ii) for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the Issuing Entity will not be classified as an association or a publicly traded partnership subject to tax as a corporation. No opinion has been requested, or will be rendered, as to the U.S. federal income tax characterization of any other interests in the Issuing Entity. We note that, in certain circumstances, debt instruments held by persons treated as members of the Issuing Entity’s “expanded group” (as defined in Treas. Regs. § 1.385-1(c)(4)) may be recharacterized as stock pursuant to section 385 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”)1 and the Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder. This Opinion does not address the U.S. federal income tax characterization of [Class A(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class B(202[     ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class C(202[    ]-

 

1 

Unless otherwise indicated, all section references herein are to the Code.


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[    ]) Notes] held by any person treated as a member of an “expanded group” with respect to the Issuing Entity.

This Opinion is being furnished in accordance with the requirements of Item 601(b)(8) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) and pursuant to subsection 8(II)(c) of the Underwriting Agreement, dated [    ] [    ], 202[    ], by and among J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, as representative of the several underwriters, the Bank, as sponsor, servicer and administrator, Chase Card Funding, as depositor, transferor and beneficiary, and the Issuing Entity. The delivery of this Opinion is not intended to create, nor shall it create, an attorney-client relationship with any party except Our Client.

For purposes of this Opinion, “Transaction Documents” means the Indenture, the Asset Pool One Supplement, the CHASEseries Indenture Supplement, the Terms Document, the Transfer and Servicing Agreement and the Receivables Purchase Agreement and “Transaction” means the transactions contemplated thereby. Each capitalized term not otherwise defined herein has the meaning assigned to such term in, or incorporated by reference into, the Prospectus, or if not therein, the Transaction Documents.

FACTS

The Issuing Entity was established on April 24, 2002 and is governed by the Trust Agreement. Pursuant to the Trust Agreement, the Owner Trustee is not permitted to take any action that, to the actual knowledge of a Responsible Officer of the Issuing Entity, would result in the Issuing Entity becoming subject to tax as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes.2 In addition, the Transfer and Servicing Agreement provides that no election may be made under Treas. Reg. § 301.7701-3 to classify the Issuing Entity as an association subject to tax as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes.3

The Issuing Entity currently owns no material assets other than the “Collateral,” which consists solely of assets pledged to Asset Pool One.4 Such assets

 

2 

See Section 5.07 of the Trust Agreement.

3 

See Section 4.07 of the Transfer and Servicing Agreement.

4 

Asset Pool One is the Issuing Entity’s only asset pool. It was originally intended that the Issuing Entity would establish multiple asset pools over time, but the Indenture has since been revised to provide that there will be no asset pools other than Asset Pool One.


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include a pool of credit card receivables originated by the Bank (the “Receivables”) as well as the Excess Funding Account, the Collection Account, the Interest Funding Account (including all of its sub-accounts) established for the Notes, the Principal Funding Account (including all of its sub-accounts) established for the Notes, the Class C Reserve Account (including all of its sub-accounts) established for the Class C Notes, all amounts held in such accounts, all rights, benefits and powers under the Transfer and Servicing Agreement with respect to any additional Asset Pool One Collateral Certificates and Asset Pool One Receivables, and all proceeds and amounts derived from such assets.5

The Receivables were sold by the Bank to the Transferor pursuant to the Receivables Purchase Agreement, and transferred by the Transferor to the Issuing Entity pursuant to the Transfer and Servicing Agreement. The Issuing Entity granted a security interest in the Collateral in Asset Pool One to the Collateral Agent and the Collateral secures the CHASEseries of Notes.6

As of the date hereof, the Issuing Entity has outstanding the “Transferor Interest,” an uncertificated interest in the Issuing Entity that entitles the holder thereof to receive, pari passu with holders of the Notes and any other outstanding series, class, or tranche of notes, the “Transferor Amount,” as well as all cash flows from the assets of the Issuing Entity in excess of the amounts required to make payments on the Notes and any

 

5 

In the future, the Collateral may include additional Receivables, additional bank accounts, and one or more collateral certificates (each representing an undivided interest in a securitization special purpose entity for which the Bank, Chase Card Funding, or an affiliate of the Bank acts as transferor or seller and servicer, and whose assets consist primarily of credit card receivables arising in revolving credit card accounts owned by the Bank or one of its affiliates), as well as rights, benefits and powers under derivative agreements, supplemental credit enhancement agreements, and supplemental liquidity agreements.

6 

If, for any month, the Pool Balance is less than the Minimum Pool Balance, the Transferor will be required to transfer additional Receivables or collateral certificates to the Issuing Entity (or, if applicable, to increase the Invested Amount of an existing collateral certificate) and the failure to do so will trigger an Early Amortization Event. The “Pool Balance” for any month is the sum of (i) the amount of principal credit card receivables in the Issuing Entity at the end of the month, (ii) the Invested Amount of any outstanding collateral certificates included in the Issuing Entity at the end of the month and (iii) the amount on deposit in the Excess Funding Account at the end of the month. The “Minimum Pool Balance” for any month will generally be an amount equal to the sum of (x) for all Notes in their revolving period, the sum of the Nominal Liquidation Amounts of those Notes as of the close of business on the last day of that month and (y) for all Notes in their amortization period, the sum of the Nominal Liquidation Amounts of those Notes as of the close of business on the last day of the most recent revolving period for each of those Notes, excluding any Notes which will be paid in full on the applicable payment date for those Notes in the following month and any Notes which will have a Nominal Liquidation Amount of zero on the applicable payment date for those Notes in the following month.


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other outstanding series, class, or tranche of notes and pay certain expenses of the Issuing Entity. As of the date hereof, the Transferor Amount is expected to be approximately $[    ] billion.7 The Transferor Amount will generally not provide credit enhancement for the [Class A(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class B(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class C(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes]. The Transferor Interest is owned entirely by the Transferor, which is treated as a disregarded subsidiary of the Bank for U.S. federal income tax purposes. As of the Closing Date, the Issuing Entity also has outstanding for U.S. federal income tax purposes the Class A(20[    ]-[    ]) Notes (Legal Maturity Date: [    ] [    ], 202[    ]; Scheduled Principal Payment Date: [    ] [    ], 202[    ]). Upon issuance of such class of Class A Notes, an Opinion of Counsel was rendered to the effect that such Class A Notes will be treated as debt for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Finally, the Issuing Entity has issued the Class B (20[    ]-[    ]) Notes (Legal Maturity Date: [    ] [    ], 202[    ]; Scheduled Principal Payment Date: [    ] [    ], 202[    ]) and Class C (20[    ]-[    ]) Notes (Legal Maturity Date: [    ] [    ], 202[    ]; Scheduled Principal Payment Date: [    ] [    ], 202[    ]), all of which are held by the Transferor and, consequently, are not treated as outstanding for U.S. federal income tax purposes. The interest rates on and terms of the Notes differ materially from those of the Receivables.

The Transferor may not transfer the Transferor Interest (or any portion thereof) to any Person other than certain of its affiliates. Any such transfer will not be effective unless, among other things, the Transferor delivers to the Owner Trustee an Issuing Entity Tax Opinion that the issuance will not cause the Issuing Entity to be treated as an association or publicly traded partnership subject to tax as a corporation.8

 

 

7 

The Transferor Amount is equal to, for any month, the Pool Balance for that month minus the aggregate Nominal Liquidation Amount of all series, classes and tranches of notes as of the close of business as of the last day of that month. The Transferor Amount will fluctuate due to changes in the amount of principal receivables included in the Issuing Entity, the aggregate Nominal Liquidation Amount of all notes, the amount, if any, on deposit in the excess funding account and the Invested Amount of a collateral certificate included in the Issuing Entity, if any. The Transferor Amount will generally increase if there are reductions in the Nominal Liquidation Amount of a series, class or tranche of notes due to payments of principal on that series, class or tranche or a deposit to the principal funding account or applicable principal funding subaccount with respect to that series, class or tranche or an increase in the Invested Amount of an existing collateral certificate included in the Issuing Entity without a corresponding increase in the Nominal Liquidation Amount of series, classes or tranches of notes. The Transferor Amount will generally decrease as a result of the issuance of a new series, class or tranche of notes, assuming that there is not a corresponding increase in the principal amount of the assets included in the Issuing Entity.

8 

See Section 3.02 of the Trust Agreement.


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The proceeds from the sale of the [Class A(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class B(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class C(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] will be used to make the required deposits to the applicable subaccounts of the Class C Reserve Account for outstanding Class C Notes9 and the remaining proceeds, net of issuance expenses, will be paid by the Issuing Entity to the Transferor.

The right to receive principal and interest on the Notes is secured by the portion of the Collateral allocable to the Notes, which is determined at any time based on the Nominal Liquidation Amount of the Notes as of such time. The Nominal Liquidation Amount of each class or tranche of Notes as of any time will generally be equal to its initial Outstanding Dollar Principal Amount at issuance reduced by: (i) allocations to such Notes of CHASEseries Default Amounts, (ii) the reallocation of CHASEseries Available Principal Collections otherwise allocable to such Notes to pay interest and certain fees and expenses, (iii) amounts on deposit in the principal funding sub-account for such Notes and (iv) principal payments on such Notes. CHASEseries Available Finance Charge Collections10 that are not used to pay interest on the Notes or the CHASEseries Servicing Fee will generally be applied to reimburse reductions in the Nominal Liquidation Amount

 

9 

In the event that the percentage equivalent of the mathematical mean for any three consecutive Monthly Periods of (i) the Portfolio Yield for each Monthly Period minus (ii) the Base Rate for the corresponding Monthly Period (the “Quarterly Excess Spread Percentage”) is less than a certain amount, an amount will be required to be on deposit in the Class C Reserve Sub-Account for the Class C(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes. The amount required to be on deposit in the Class C Reserve Sub-Account will depend upon the extent to which the Quarterly Excess Spread Percentage is less than a certain amount. Generally, as the Quarterly Excess Spread Percentage declines below a certain amount, the amount required to be on deposit in the Class C Reserve Sub-Account for the Class C(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes increases. Such deposits will be funded by CHASEseries Available Finance Charge Collections available for application after payment of interest on the Notes, payment of the CHASEseries Servicing Fee, and the reallocation of CHASEseries Available Finance Charge Collections as CHASEseries Available Principal Collections in order to cover the CHASEseries Default Amount and the aggregate Nominal Liquidation Amount Deficit of the CHASEseries Notes.

10 

The CHASEseries Available Finance Charge Collections will generally be equal to the sum of (1) the portion of the Asset Pool One Finance Charge Collections and the investment earnings on amounts on deposit in the Collection Account and the Excess Funding Account that are allocated to the Notes, (2) certain Finance Charge Collections originally allocated to the Transferor that are reallocated to the Notes, (3) investment earnings on amounts on deposit in the Principal Funding Account and the Interest Funding Account of the Notes, and (4) Shared Excess Available Finance Charge Collections from certain other series of notes issued by the Issuing Entity that are allocated to the Notes. At the time of issuance of the [Class A(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class B(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class C(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes], no series of notes of the Issuing Entity will be outstanding other than the CHASEseries. Consequently, at the time of issuance, the [Class A(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class B(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class C(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] will not benefit from Shared Excess Available Finance Charge Collections from other series of notes of the Issuing Entity.


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of the Notes (other than those attributable to amounts on deposit in the principal funding sub-account for such Notes or to principal payments on such Notes) and to fund the Class C Reserve Account,11 if necessary. CHASEseries Available Finance Charge Collections in excess thereof (such excess, the “Excess Spread”) will generally be distributable to the Bank as beneficial owner of the Transferor Interest. The net present value of the Excess Spread is expected to be substantial in all reasonably anticipated scenarios.12

The Class B Notes and the Class C Notes are subordinated to Class A Notes to the extent of the applicable Class A Required Subordinated Amount. Thus, Investor Charge-Offs (i.e., charge-offs resulting from any unrecovered CHASEseries Default Amounts) initially allocated to the Class A(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes will be reallocated first to the Class C Notes and then to the Class B Notes to the extent of the Class A Required Subordinated Amount for the [Class B(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class C(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes]. In addition, CHASEseries Available Principal Collections initially allocated to the Class B Notes and the Class C Notes will be reallocated to the Class A(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes to the extent of the lesser of (i) the deficit in the CHASEseries Available Finance Charge Collections allocated to the Class A Notes to pay interest on such Notes and (ii) the Class A Required Subordinated Amount less the Investor Charge-Offs reallocated to the holders of the Class B Notes and the Class C Notes as described above. With respect to the Class A(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes, the Class A Required Subordinated Amount of Class B Notes and the

 

11 

In certain circumstances, the credit enhancement for a tranche of Class A Notes may be provided solely by the subordination of Class C Notes and the Class B Notes will not, in that case, provide credit enhancement for that tranche of Class A Notes. Funds on deposit in the Class C Reserve Account for any tranche of Class C Notes will, however, be available only to the holders of that tranche of Class C Notes to cover shortfalls of interest on any interest payment date and principal on the legal maturity date and other specified dates for that tranche of Class C Notes.

12 

The Issuing Entity intends to issue additional tranches of Class A Notes as well as Class B Notes and Class C Notes. Upon issuance of additional Notes, the Collateral will be increased by an amount equal to the principal amount of the additional Notes. Consequently, it is expected that the CHASEseries Available Finance Charge Collections will increase by an amount proportionate to the principal amount of additional Notes issued. The interest rates applicable to additional Notes, however, may be greater than the weighted average interest rate applicable to the Notes outstanding as of the date hereof. As a result, the relative amount of interest payable on the Notes would increase which would potentially decrease the amount of Excess Spread relative to the principal amount of the Notes. The effect of such additional issuances will be limited by the Transaction Documents which provide, as a condition precedent to any such additional issuance, that the Issuing Entity must reasonably believe that such issuance will not cause an Early Amortization Event. See Section 3.10(a)(ii)(A) of the Indenture. Nevertheless, no assurance can be given that the Issuing Entity will not issue additional Notes that may affect the relative amounts of Excess Spread and, thus, the analysis set forth herein.


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Class C Notes is 8.13953% and 8.13953%, respectively, of the Adjusted Outstanding Dollar Principal Amount of the Class A(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes.13

[The Class C Notes are subordinated to the Class B Notes to the extent of the Class B Required Subordinated Amount of Class C Notes. Thus, Investor Charge-Offs (i.e., charge-offs resulting from any unrecovered CHASEseries Default Amounts) initially allocated to the Class B(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes will be reallocated to the Class C Notes to the extent of the Class B Required Subordinated Amount for the Class C(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes. In addition, CHASEseries Available Principal Collections initially allocated to the Class C Notes will be reallocated to the Class B(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes to the extent of the lesser of (i) the deficit in the CHASEseries Available Finance Charge Collections allocated to the Class B Notes to pay interest on such Notes and (ii) the Class B Required Subordinated Amount of Class C Notes less the Investor Charge-Offs reallocated to the holders of the Class C Notes as described above. [With respect to the Class B(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes, the Class B Required Subordinated Amount of Class C Notes is 7.52688% of the Adjusted Outstanding Dollar Principal Amount of the Class B(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes.]]

Subordination of the Class B Notes and Class C Notes to the Class A Notes [and subordination of the Class C Notes to the Class B Notes] also results from the order in which CHASEseries Available Finance Charge Collections are allocated to the Interest Funding Sub-Accounts for the Class A Notes, the Class B Notes, and the Class C Notes. Such collections will first be allocated to the Class A Notes to the extent of interest due on the Class A Notes, then to Class B Notes to the extent of interest due on the Class B Notes, and then to the Class C Notes to the extent of interest due on the Class C Notes. Thus, deficiencies in CHASEseries Available Finance Charge Collections will first be borne by the Class C Notes and then the Class B Notes as a result of the priority of interest payments.

Although the [Class A(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class B(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class C(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] must be repaid on or before their Legal Maturity Date of [                ] [    ], 202[    ], the Issuing Entity expects to pay the Stated Principal Amount of the [Class A(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class B(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class C(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] in one payment on [                ] [    ], 202[    ], the Scheduled Principal Payment Date for the [Class A(202[    ]-[    

 

13 

As of any time, the Adjusted Outstanding Dollar Principal Amount of the [Class A(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class B(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class C(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] will generally be equal to the sum of Nominal Liquidation Amount of the [Class A(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class B(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class C(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] as of such time and the amount on deposit in the principal funding account with respect to the [Class A(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class B(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class C(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] as of such time.


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]) Notes] [Class B(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class C(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes], and is obligated to do so if funds are available on that date for that purpose. If the Stated Principal Amount of the [Class A(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class B(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class C(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] is not paid in full on Scheduled Principal Payment Date for the [Class A(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class B(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class C(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes], then an Early Amortization Event will occur with respect to the [Class A(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class B(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class C(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes].

An Early Amortization Event will also occur with respect to the [Class A(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class B(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class C(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] if the average Excess Spread Percentage14 for any three consecutive Monthly Periods is less than zero (which amount is subject to increase by the Indenture Trustee provided that certain conditions are met). Thus, an Early Amortization Event will occur if the yield on the Receivables (plus earnings on certain amounts on deposit in certain accounts of the Issuing Entity) does not continue to provide sufficient funds to make interest payments on the [Class A(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class B(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class C(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes], pay the portion of the Servicing Fee allocable to the [Class A(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class B(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class C(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes], and cover CHASEseries Default Amounts. Upon the occurrence of an Early Amortization Event, payment of principal on the [Class A(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class B(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class C(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] will be accelerated.

[Based on the structure and credit support described above, the [Class A(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] will be rated “[“AAA(sf)” by S&P Global Ratings,] [“Aaa(sf)” by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.,] and [“AAAsf” by Fitch Ratings, Inc.]]

 

 

14 

The Excess Spread Percentage equals the amount, if any, by which the Portfolio Yield exceeds the Base Rate for any Monthly Period. The Portfolio Yield is generally the percentage equivalent of the (i) sum of Asset Pool One Finance Charge Collections allocated to the Notes; investment earnings on certain amounts on deposit in the Collection Account and the Excess Funding Account and on amounts on deposit in the Interest Funding Sub-Accounts of the Notes; and certain proceeds from the sale of Collateral minus the sum of the CHASEseries Default Amount and the deficiencies of investment earnings on amounts on deposit in the Principal Funding Sub-Accounts of the Notes that are not covered by allocations of Transferor Finance Charge Collections, divided by (ii) the aggregate Nominal Liquidation Amount of the Notes. The Base Rate is generally the sum of (i) the percentage equivalent of the CHASEseries Servicing Fee divided by Nominal Liquidation Amount of the Notes, and (ii) the weighted average interest rate on the Notes.


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[Based on the structure and credit support described above, the [Class B(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] will be rated [“A(sf)” by S&P Global Ratings,] [“A2(sf)” by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.,] and [“Asf” by Fitch Ratings Inc.]]

[Based on the structure and credit support described above, the [Class C(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] will be rated [“BBB(sf)” by S&P Global Ratings,] [“Baa2(sf)” by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.,] and [“BBBsf” by Fitch Ratings Inc.]]

The holders of the [Class A(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class B(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class C(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] have certain rights under the Indenture to enforce their entitlements to payments of principal and accrued interest in defined Events of Default. In most such Events of Default, including failures by the Issuing Entity to pay principal or interest then due and payable, either the Indenture Trustee or holders of more than two thirds of the Outstanding Dollar Principal Amount of the [Class A(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class B(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class C(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] may declare the principal and all accrued interest of the such Notes immediately due and payable. In order to meet these accelerated obligations, the Indenture Trustee may sell or liquidate the assets of the Issuing Entity if so directed by holders of more than two thirds of the Outstanding Dollar Principal Amount of the [Class A(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class B(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class C(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes].

The Transaction Documents contemplate that all [Class A(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class B(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class C(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] will be held through the Depository Trust Company (“DTC”), whose nominee will be the sole holder of record of the [Class A(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class B(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class C(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes], and that any beneficial owners of [Class A(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class B(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class C(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] will hold their interests through direct participants in DTC. The Transferor, the Issuing Entity, and holders of [Class A(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class B(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class C(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes], by their purchase of such Notes, agree to treat such Notes as indebtedness for U.S. federal income tax purposes.15

No interests in the Issuing Entity with respect to which no Opinion of Counsel has been rendered that such interests will properly be treated as debt for U.S. federal income tax purposes will be (or have been) issued in transactions that are required to be registered under the Securities Act, and no interests in the Issuing Entity will be (or have been) registered under the Securities Act. In addition, no such interests in the Issuing

 

15 

See Section 12.04 of the Indenture.


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Entity will be traded on (a) a national securities exchange registered under section 6 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “1934 Act”), 15 U.S.C. § 78f, (b) a national securities exchange exempt from registration under section 6 of the 1934 Act because of the limited volume of transactions, (c) a foreign securities exchange that, under the law of the jurisdiction where it is organized, satisfies regulatory requirements that are analogous to the foregoing regulatory requirements under the 1934 Act, or (d) a regional or local exchange.

REPRESENTATIONS

An officer of the Bank has provided the following representations in the Sponsor’s Officer’s Certificate:

1.    The undersigned is the Executive Director of the Bank, and is duly authorized to execute and deliver this certificate on behalf of the Bank.

2.    The facts, information, representations, and covenants described in the Prospectus and the Opinion are true, accurate, and complete in all material respects.

3.    The information set forth in the [Class A(202[    ]-[    ]) Spreadsheet] [Class B(202[    ]-[    ]) Spreadsheet] [Class C(202[    ]-[    ]) Spreadsheet] (as defined below) is true, fair, and accurate.

4.    The Bank shall use its reasonable efforts to monitor the number of holders of interests in the Issuing Entity with respect to which no Opinion of Counsel (as defined in the Indenture) has been rendered that such interests will be characterized as debt for U.S. federal income tax purposes and will take reasonable actions within the Bank’s control to prevent the total number of holders of such interests in the Issuing Entity from being equal to or greater than one hundred.

5.    The Bank has not participated in the structuring of the terms or characteristics of any derivative investments in the [Class A(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class B(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class C(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] or of any securities collateralized or otherwise supported by any such [Class A(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class B(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class C(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes].


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ASSUMPTIONS

In rendering the opinion set forth herein, we have examined and relied upon originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of (i) the registration statement declared effective by the Commission under the Securities Act on [                ] [    ], 2023, (ii) the Prospectus, (iii) the Transaction Documents, (iv) the Notes to be issued, and (v) such other documents, certificates, and records as we have deemed necessary or appropriate as a basis for the opinions set forth below.

In our examination, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity of all natural persons, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as certified, electronic or photostatic copies, and the authenticity of the originals of such copies. In addition, we have relied upon the accuracy and completeness of each of the CEO Certification,16 certain statements and representations made by the Bank, including the representations set forth the Officer’s Certificate of the Bank dated as of the date hereof and attached hereto as Annex I, and the information in the Bank’s cash flow model for Issuing Entity and the [Class A(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class B(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class C(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes], which was developed using default, recovery, loss, and principal payment curves derived through historical portfolio analysis and which was provided by the Bank in the form of a spreadsheet (the [“Class A(202[    ]-[    ]) Spreadsheet”] [“Class B(202[    ]-[    ]) Spreadsheet”] [“Class C(202[    ]-[    ]) Spreadsheet”]) attached to the Officer’s Certificate as Exhibit A. For purposes of rendering the Opinion, we have assumed that such statements and representations are, and such information is, true, correct, and complete without regard to any qualification as to knowledge or belief. The Opinion assumes and is expressly conditioned upon, among other things, the initial and continuing accuracy of the facts, information, and representations set forth in such documents and such statements and representations. The Opinion further assumes that the Transaction Documents have been executed in substantially the form reviewed by us, the Transaction has been consummated in accordance with the terms of the Transaction Documents, the parties will act consistently with the Transaction Documents, and the Transaction Documents incorporate all the agreements and understanding between the parties.

 

 

16 

The CEO Certification addresses the disclosure contained in the Prospectus and the structure of the Transaction and is filed under cover of a Form 8-K as an exhibit to the Prospectus at the time the Prospectus is filed. The CEO Certification is signed by the officer acting as the chief executive officer of Chase Card Funding at the time of the filing.


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SUMMARY OF CONCLUSIONS

Based on and subject to the description of the facts, assumptions, representations, and analysis described herein, we are of the opinion that, under current U.S. federal income tax law:

 

   

the [Class A(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class B(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class C(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes], to the extent treated for U.S. federal income tax purposes as beneficially owned by a person other than the Bank, will be characterized as indebtedness for U.S. federal income tax purposes; and

 

   

the Issuing Entity will not be classified as an association or publicly traded partnership subject to tax as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

For purposes of our analysis, we have considered and relied upon the Code, administrative rulings, judicial decisions, Treasury regulations, and such other authorities as we have deemed appropriate. The statutory provisions, Treasury regulations, interpretations, and other authorities upon which our opinion is based are subject to change and such changes could apply retroactively. In addition, no authorities directly address transactions like the Transaction. Thus, the conclusions set forth herein are based on our analysis and interpretation of the applicable authorities and our views regarding the most appropriate interpretation of such authorities as applicable to the facts described herein. There can be no assurance that positions contrary to those stated in this Opinion will not be taken by the Internal Revenue Service (the “Service”) or that a court would not uphold such positions.

This opinion is based upon the terms and characteristics of the [Class A(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class B(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class C(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] solely in the form that such [Class A(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class B(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class C(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] are expected to be issued by the Issuing Entity to initial investors pursuant to the Indenture and does not in any way address the characterization of any derivative investments in any such [Class A(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class B(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class C(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] or of any securities collateralized or otherwise supported by any such [Class A(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class B(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class C(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes]. This opinion is also based upon the Bank’s representation that it has not participated in the structuring, terms or characteristics of any such derivative investments or securities


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collateralized by the [Class A(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class B(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class C(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes].

DISCUSSION

I.    U.S. Federal Income Tax Characterization of the [Class A(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class B(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class C(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes].

The Code does not contain a single defined set of standards for distinguishing between debt and equity,17 and the courts have indicated that each debt-equity case must be decided on its own facts.18 Moreover, because there are so many combinations of factual circumstances, precedents in these cases are generally of limited value.19 The cases do, however, identify various factors for resolving the debt-equity question, which may differ among courts but typically include all or most of the following:

 

   

the names given to the certificates evidencing the indebtedness;

 

   

the presence or absence of a fixed maturity date;

 

   

the source of principal payments;

 

   

the right to enforce payment of principal and interest;

 

   

participation in management flowing as a result;

 

   

the status of the contribution in relation to regular corporate creditors;

 

   

the intent of the parties;

 

   

“thin” or adequate capitalization;

 

17 

Section 385(b) lists five factors that may be included in regulations distinguishing debt from equity: “(1) whether there is a written unconditional promise to pay on demand or on a specified date a sum certain in money in return for an adequate consideration in money or money’s worth and to pay a fixed rate of interest; (2) whether there is subordination to or preference over any indebtedness of the corporation; (3) the ratio of debt to equity of the corporation; (4) whether there is convertibility into the stock of the corporation; and (5) the relationship between holdings of stock in the corporation and holdings of the interest in question.” 26 U.S.C. § 385(b).

18 

See John Kelley Co. v. Comm’r, 326 U.S. 521 (1946); Georgia-Pacific Corp. v. Comm’r, 63 T.C. 790, 796 (1975).

19 

Georgia-Pacific, 63 T.C. at 796.


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identity of interest between creditor and stockholder;

 

   

source of interest payments;

 

   

the ability of the corporation to obtain loans from outside lending institutions;

 

   

the extent to which the advance was used to acquire capital assets; and

 

   

the result of failure of the debtor to repay on the due date or to seek a postponement.20

These factors are merely aids in answering the ultimate question: whether the investment, analyzed in terms of its economic reality, constitutes risk capital entirely subject to the fortunes of the business or whether it exhibits the characteristics of a bona fide loan that is expected, or may be compelled, to be repaid in full.

When applied to the [Class A(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class B(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class C(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] and the Transaction as a whole, nearly all of the foregoing factors support the conclusion that, to the extent treated for U.S. federal income tax purposes as beneficially owned by persons other than the Bank, the [Class A(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class B(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class C(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] will properly be considered debt as of the Closing Date.

A.    Name given the certificate

The issuance of a stock certificate indicates an equity contribution; the issuance of a bond, debenture, or note is indicative of a bona fide indebtedness.21 Here, the [Class A(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class B(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class C(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] are denominated as debt and issued pursuant to the Indenture evidencing a formal, unconditional promise to pay. This tends to support the conclusion that the Transaction complies with arm’s-length standards and normal business practice as it relates to an issuance of debt and weighs in favor of debt treatment of the [Class A(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class B(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class C(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

 

 

20 

See Estate of Mixon v. United States, 464 F.2d 394, 402 (5th Cir. 1972).

21 

Montclair, Inc. v. Comm’r, 318 F.2d 38, 40 (5th Cir. 1963).


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B.    Presence or absence of a maturity date

The presence of a fixed maturity date indicates a fixed obligation to repay, a characteristic of a debt obligation. The absence of the same on the other hand would indicate that repayment was in some way tied to the fortunes of the business, indicative of an equity advance.22 Here, the Transactions have been structured such that repayment of the [Class A(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class B(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class C(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] is expected to occur on the Scheduled Principal Payment Date of [    ] [    ], 202[    ]. In any case, however, the [Class A(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class B(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class C(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] must be repaid on or before the Legal Maturity Date of [    ] [    ], 202[    ]. Thus, repayment of the [Class A(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class B(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class C(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] is subject to a binding contractual maturity date, which supports a finding that the advance is in the nature of a loan.

C.    Source of principal payments

“[I]f repayment is possible only out of corporate earnings, the transaction has the appearance of a contribution of equity capital, but if repayment is not dependent upon earnings, the transaction reflects a loan to the corporation.”23 In this case, the Issuing Entity’s ability to repay the [Class A(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class B(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class C(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] depends upon earnings only to the extent that the Receivables deteriorate significantly because, as described below, the Transaction is structured such that, under all reasonable default and interest rate fluctuation scenarios, risk of loss with respect to the Receivables will not be borne by holders of the Class A [Class A(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class B(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class C(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes].

First, the interest rates on and the terms of the Receivables differ materially from those of the [Class A(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class B(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class C(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes]. In addition, the Transaction is generally designed to allocate risks associated with the performance of the Receivables to the holder of the Transferor Interest and away from holders of the [Class A(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class B(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class C(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes]. The principal risks associated with the performance of the Receivables are (i) the risk of loss due to the failure of obligors on the Receivables to make timely payments of finance charges, fees, and other charges or the principal amount of such Receivables,

 

22 

See Tyler v. Tomlinson, 414 F.2d 844 (5th Cir. 1969).

23 

Estate of Mixon, supra. See also Harlan v. United States, 409 F.2d 904, 909 (5th Cir. 1969).


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which may cause such receivables to become defaulted Receivables and reduce amounts received by the Issuing Entity as holder of the Receivables (“Credit Risk”), and (ii) the risk that, as prevailing market rates for periodic finance charges and other fees and charges applicable to receivables comparable to the Receivables decline, the periodic finance charges and other fees and charges applied on the Receivables will be insufficient to make payments on the [Class A(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class B(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class C(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] (“Market Risk”).

1.    Credit Risk

[Class A] [Holders of the [Class A(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] will be insulated from Credit Risk by Excess Spread and the subordination of the Class B Notes and the Class C Notes to the [Class A(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes]. Losses on the Receivables that are attributable to Credit Risk and that would otherwise be allocable to the [Class A(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] will first be absorbed by (and, thus, reduce) Excess Spread. Based on the information in the Class A(202[    ]-[    ]) Spreadsheet, the net present value of the Excess Spread as of the Closing Date is expected to be substantial under all reasonably expected scenarios. Thus, the Excess Spread represents an amount subordinated to the [Class A(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] that provides meaningful credit support for the [Class A(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes].]

[In addition, the Class B Notes and the Class C Notes are subordinated to the [Class A(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] to the extent of the Class A Required Subordinated Amount. Thus, the reallocation of Principal Collections will first be borne by holders the Class C Notes and then the holders of the Class B Notes. The Class A Required Subordinated Amount of Class C Notes is 8.13953% of the initial Outstanding Dollar Principal Amount of the [Class A(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] and the Class A Required Subordinated Amount of Class B Notes is 8.13953% of the initial Outstanding Dollar Principal Amount of the [Class A(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes], a material amount of overcollateralization for the [Class A(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes]. Furthermore, the repayment of principal on the Class C Notes is subordinated to repayment of principal on the Class B Notes and repayment of principal on the Class B Notes and the Class C Notes is subordinated to repayment of principal on the Class A Notes. Accordingly, losses on the Receivables that are attributable to Credit Risk and that are not absorbed by Excess Spread will first be absorbed by the Class C Notes and then by the Class B Notes to the extent of the Class A Required Subordinated Amount. Consequently, the holders of the Class A Notes will not bear Credit Risk under any reasonable default scenarios.]


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[Class B] [Holders of the [Class B(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] will be insulated from Credit Risk by Excess Spread and the subordination of the Class C Notes to the [Class B(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes]. Losses on the Receivables that are attributable to Credit Risk and that would otherwise be allocable to the [Class B(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] will first be absorbed by (and, thus, reduce) Excess Spread. Based on the information in the Class B(202[    ]-[    ]) Spreadsheet, the net present value of the Excess Spread as of the Closing Date is expected to be substantial under all reasonably expected scenarios. Thus, the Excess Spread represents an amount subordinated to the [Class B(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] that provides meaningful credit support for the [Class B(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes].]

[In addition, the Class C Notes are subordinated to the Class B Notes to the extent of the Class B Required Subordinated Amount of the Class C Notes. Thus, the reallocation of Principal Collections will first be borne by holders the Class C Notes. The Class B Required Subordinated Amount of Class C Notes is [    ]% of the initial Outstanding Dollar Principal Amount of the [Class B(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes], a material amount of overcollateralization for the [Class B(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes]. Furthermore, the repayment of principal on the Class C Notes is subordinated to repayment of principal on the Class B Notes. Accordingly, losses on the Receivables that are attributable to Credit Risk and that are not absorbed by Excess Spread will first be absorbed by the Class C Notes to the extent of the Class B Required Subordinated Amount of Class C Notes. Consequently, the holders of the Class B Notes will not bear Credit Risk under any reasonable default scenarios.]

[Class C] [Holders of the [Class C(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] will be insulated from Credit Risk by Excess Spread and by amounts on deposit in the applicable subaccount of the Class C Reserve Account. Losses on the Receivables that are attributable to Credit Risk and that would otherwise be allocable to the [Class C(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] will first be absorbed by (and, thus, reduce) Excess Spread. Based on the information in the Class C(202[    ]-[    ]) Spreadsheet, the net present value of the Excess Spread as of the Closing Date is expected to be substantial under all reasonably expected scenarios. Thus, the Excess Spread represents an amount subordinated to the [Class C(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] that provides meaningful credit support for the [Class C(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes].]

[Holders of the [Class C(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] will also have the benefit of amounts on deposit in the applicable subaccount of the Class C Reserve Account to cover shortfalls in interest and principal payable. Such amounts will absorb losses on the Receivables that are not absorbed by amounts that would otherwise constitute Excess Spread. Accordingly, the Class C Reserve Account will also provide significant credit


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support for the [Class C(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes]. Consequently, the holders of the Class C Notes will not bear Credit Risk under any reasonable default scenarios.]

2.    Market Risk

[In all reasonable interest rate fluctuation scenarios, Market Risk will not be borne by holders of the [Class A(202[ ]-[ ]) Notes] [Class B(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class C(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] but instead will be borne by the Transferor as holder of the Transferor Interest [and, in the case of the [Class C(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes], amounts on deposit in the applicable subaccount of the Class C Reserve Account.]] As noted above, an Early Amortization Event will occur if the average Excess Spread Percentage for any three consecutive Monthly Periods is less than zero. Thus, an Early Amortization Event will occur if the yield on the Receivables (plus earnings on certain amounts on deposit in certain accounts of the Issuing Entity) does not continue to provide sufficient funds to make interest payments on the [Class A(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class B(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class C(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes], pay the portion of the Servicing Fee allocable to the [Class A(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class B(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class C(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes], and cover CHASEseries Default Amounts. Upon the occurrence of an Early Amortization Event, payment of principal on the [Class A(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class B(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class C(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] will be accelerated, and as a result, fewer interest payments will become due on the [Class A(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class B(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class C(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes]. Market Risk will, therefore, be shifted from holders of the [Class A(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class B(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class C(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] to the Transferor.

The requirement to accelerate the repayment of principal on the [Class A(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class B(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class C(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] when the yield on the Receivables declines supports the conclusion that, in all reasonable interest rate fluctuation scenarios, Market Risk will not be borne by holders of the [Class A(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class B(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class C(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes].

In addition, in the event that the yield on the Receivables falls below a certain amount, amounts which would otherwise constitute Excess Spread must be retained in the applicable subaccount of the Class C Reserve Sub-Account for the Class C(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes, and made available to pay interest and principal shortfalls on the Class C(202[    ]- [    ]) Notes, rather than paid to the Transferor. Market Risk will, thereby, be shifted from holders of the Class C Notes to the Transferor.]


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[Finally, as noted above, the [Class A(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] will be rated [“AAA(sf)” by S&P Global Ratings,] [“Aaa(sf)” by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.,] and [“AAAsf” by Fitch Ratings, Inc.] Such ratings indicate a strong likelihood that holders of the [Class A(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] do not bear the risk of loss associated with the Receivables.]

[Finally, as noted above, the [Class B(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] will be rated [“A(sf)” by S&P Global Ratings,] [“A2(sf)” by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.,] and [“Asf” by Fitch Ratings Inc.] Such ratings indicate a strong likelihood that holders of the [Class B(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] do not bear the risk of loss associated with the Receivables.]

[Finally, as noted above, the [Class C(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] will be rated [“BBB(sf)” by S&P Global Ratings,] [“Baa2(sf)” by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.,] and [“BBBsf” by Fitch Ratings Inc.] Such ratings indicate a strong likelihood that holders of the [Class C(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] do not bear the risk of loss associated with the Receivables.]

Based on the foregoing, repayment of the [Class A(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class B(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class C(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] should not reasonably be considered to be dependent on earnings of the Issuing Entity in a manner that would favor equity characterization for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

D.    Right to enforce payment

Where there is a definite obligation to repay an advance, the transaction has indicia of a loan.24 In this case, the Issuing Entity is required under the Indenture to pay all principal and interest of the [Class A(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class B(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class C(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] by the Legal Maturity Date and, as described above, holders of the [Class A(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class B(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class C(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] may invoke traditional creditors’ rights to enforce payment of the [Class A(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class B(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class C(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] upon Events of Default. Thus, the Issuing Entity is legally obligated to repay holders of the [Class A(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class B(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class C(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes], which supports debt characterization of the [Class A(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class B(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class C(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

 

 

24 

See Campbell v. Carter Found. Prod. Co., 322 F.2d 827, 831 (5th Cir. 1963).


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E.    Participation in management

Ownership of the [Class A(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class B(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class C(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] does not entitle holders to participate in management of the Issuing Entity or the Receivables. The Issuing Entity will effectively retain legal title, control, and possession of the Receivables, which Receivables will change during the term of the [Class A(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class B(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class C(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes], while the Servicer is responsible for the servicing, collection, and administration of the Receivables and will bear all costs and expenses incurred in connection with such activities. The inability of holders to affect the business of the Issuing Entity is evidence that the [Class A(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class B(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class C(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] should be characterized as debt for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

F.    Relation to regular corporate creditors

Although the status of an advance in relation to that of regular corporate creditors is relevant in determining its nature, “[t]he fact that an obligation to repay principal is subordinate to claims of other creditors does not . . . necessarily indicate that the purported debt is in reality an equity contribution, especially where the advance is given a superior status to that of other equity contributions.”25 In this case, the [Class A(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class B(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class C(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] are expressly subordinated to the claims of the Servicer, the Owner Trustee, and other service providers and each individual class of Notes is subordinated to classes of earlier alphabetical designations. The subordination of the [Class A(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class B(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class C(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] to the Issuing Entity’s general creditors generally weighs against debt characterization of the [Class A(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class B(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class C(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] for U.S. federal income tax purposes. All the [Class A(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] are senior, however, to the Class B Notes, the Class C Notes, and the Transferor Interest to the extent that it represents the right to receive the Excess Spread. [All the [Class B(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] are senior, however, to the Class C Notes and the Transferor Interest to the extent that it represents the right to receive the Excess Spread.] [All the [Class C(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] are senior, however, to the Transferor Interest to the extent that it represents the right to receive the Excess Spread.] In addition, the [Class A(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class B(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class C(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] are secured to the extent of their Nominal Liquidation Amount, which generally must be replenished using CHASEseries Available Finance

 

25 

Estate of Mixon, 464 F.2d at 406.


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Charge Collections that would otherwise be distributable to the Transferor. These features generally tend to support debt characterization of the [Class A(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class B(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class C(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Thus, in this context, subordination should not be construed as strong evidence against debt characterization of the [Class A(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class B(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class C(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

G.    Intent of the parties

The intent of the parties is to be considered in analyzing the debt-equity question, but “[the] subjective intent on the part of an actor will not alter the relationship or duties created by an otherwise objectively indicated intent.”26 Rather, subjective intent is relevant in cases in which the outward signs, i.e., the objective facts of the case, are ambiguous and do not result in a clear manifestation of objective intent.27 Here, consistent with the form of the Transaction and the terms of the Transaction Documents, the Issuing Entity, the Transferor, and holders of the [Class A(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class B(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class C(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes], by their purchase of the [Class A(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class B(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class C(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes], intend and agree to treat the [Class A(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class B(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class C(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] as indebtedness of the Issuing Entity for U.S. federal, state, and local income tax and franchise tax purposes as indebtedness of the Issuing Entity.28 Accordingly, to the extent of any ambiguity as to the nature of the Transaction, the subjective intent of the parties indicates debt characterization of the [Class A(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class B(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class C(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

H.    “Thin” or adequate capitalization

The adequacy of an issuer’s capitalization at the time a purported loan is made represents a measure of whether the purported creditor intends to be repaid in accordance with the terms of the instrument and, thus, an indication of whether the purported loan is properly characterized as debt for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Because equity capitalization protects creditors against losses and a decline in the value of the issuer’s assets, “thin” or inadequate capitalization of the issuer increases the risk that repayment is subject to the fortunes of the business and, therefore, more likely in the nature

 

26 

Estate of Mixon, 464 F.2d at 407; See also Tyler, 414 F.2d at 849-50.

27 

See Estate of Mixon, 464 F.2d at 407.

28 

See Section 12.04 of the Indenture.


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of an equity advance. Courts often use the debt-to-equity ratio as a measure of thin capitalization when assessing whether there was a reasonable expectation of repayment at the time the debt was issued.29 Whether a given debt-to-equity ratio is within acceptable limits, however, depends upon the industry involved and the character of the business being conducted.30 Even in cases where the debt-to-equity ratio is extremely high, courts have characterized an instrument as debt if there is substantial certainty as to the issuer’s financial success.31 In addition, as the court in Truschel noted, “[i]n the ordinary thin capitalization case, the alleged bondholders or noteholders and stockholders are the same persons.”32 Thus, a disproportionate ratio between ownership of an issuer’s stock, on the one hand, and such issuer’s bonds or notes, on the other, neutralizes the inference that might be drawn from a high debt-to-equity ratio.33 In fact, the Service itself has minimized the effect of a high debt-to-equity ratio where independent lenders are involved.34

As of the Closing Date, the Issuing Entity’s debt-to-equity ratio is roughly 1-to-[    ].35 For purposes of this discussion, we have assumed that for issuers like the Issuing

 

29 

See, e.g., Bauer v. Comm’r, 748 F2d 1365, 1369 (9th Cir. 1984) (“The purpose of examining the debt-to-equity ratio in characterizing a stockholder advance is to determine whether a corporation is so thinly capitalized that a business loss would result in an inability to repay the advance; such an advance would be indicative of venture capital rather than a loan. Essentially, we are concerned with the degree of risk the loan presents to the lender and whether an independent lender, such as a bank, would be willing to make the loan. In addition to the numerical debt-to-equity ratio, other factors in the financial picture would also be important to an independent lender in analyzing the risk.” (citation omitted)).

30 

Scotland Mills, Inc. v. Comm’r, 24 TCM 265 (1965).

31 

See Truschel v. Comm’r, 29 TC 433, 439 (1957) (instrument issued to former owner treated as debt despite debt-to-equity ratio of 22,000:1), acq. 1960-1 CB 6. See Baker Commodities v. Comm’r, 48 TC 396–398 (1967) (a 692:1 ratio was not excessive for a financially well-established business that was capable of making principal and interest payments out of current earnings and that had good future prospects). Sun Properties v. United States, 220 F2d 171 (5th Cir. 1955) (debt-to-equity ratio of 310:1 was approved); Byerlite Corp. v. Williams, 286 F2d 285 (6th Cir. 1960).

32 

Truschel v. Comm’r, 29 TC at 439 (1957).

33 

Plumb, “The Federal Income Tax Significance of Corporate Debt: A Critical Analysis and a Proposal,” 26 Tax L. Rev. 369, 474 (1971). See also Jaeger Auto Fin. Co. v. Nelson, 191 F. Supp. 693 (ED Wis. 1961) (debt was respected where non-shareholders made loans to the companies on the same terms as the shareholders), and Security Fin. & Loan Co. v. Hoehler, 210 F. Supp. 603 (D. Kan. 1962) (same).

34 

Priv. Ltr. Rul. 8523009 (Feb. 25, 1985) (excessive debt-to-equity ratio was a “less useful” test in a leveraged buyout context where third-party creditors were lending to the corporation).

35 

This debt-to-equity ratio is an approximation that was determined by dividing (i) the aggregate Nominal Liquidation Amount of all Notes outstanding for U.S. federal income tax purposes as of the Closing Date ($[        ]) by (ii) the sum of the Transferor Amount as of the Closing Date (~$[        ]) and the aggregate Nominal Liquidation Amount of the Class B Notes and the Class C Notes held by the Transferor ($[        ]). Because it would only reduce (i.e., improve) the debt-to-equity ratio, this calculation does not take into account the net present value of the Excess Spread.


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Entity this is high. Nonetheless, as previously discussed, the Transaction has been structured to ensure that, under all reasonably anticipated scenarios, the [Class A(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class B(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class C(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] will be repaid. In addition, as discussed below, it is anticipated that most, if not all, holders of the [Class A(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class B(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class C(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] will be unrelated third-party investors. This indicates that, as of the Closing Date, the parties are not of the view that the Issuing Entity is undercapitalized and that a reasonable expectation of payment exists. Based on the foregoing, even if, based on its debt-to-equity ratio taken in isolation, the Issuing Entity were considered to be thinly capitalized, this should not be a considered a significant factor in assessing the characterization of the [Class A(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class B(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class C(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] for U.S. federal income tax purposes.36

I.    Identity of interest

“If advances are made by stockholders in proportion to their respective stock ownership, an equity capital contribution is indicated.”37 “A sharply disproportionate ratio between a stockholder’s percentage interest in stock and debt is, however, strongly indicative that the debt is bona fide.”38 The Transaction Documents do not prohibit an identity of interest between holders of the [Class A(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class B(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class C(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] on the one hand and holders of the Transferor Interest or other equity in the Issuing Entity on the other hand. No such identity of interest is planned or anticipated, however, as, at issuance, the [Class A(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class B(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class C(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] will be offered to unrelated third-party investors through DTC. Thus, while it is not certain that there will be no overlap between holders of the [Class A(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class B(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class C(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] on the one hand and holders of equity in the Issuing Entity on the other hand, a potential identity of interest should not weigh heavily against debt characterization for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

 

 

36 

See Principal Life Ins. v. United States, 70 Fed. Cl. 144, 162-63 (Fed. Cl. March 17, 2006) (noting that “most decisions do not afford independent weight to a transferee corporation’s thin capitalization, but rather view the adequacy of such capitalization through the prism of the overall risk allocations effectuated among the parties by the transaction.”).

37 

Estate of Mixon, 464 F.2d at 409.

38 

Estate of Mixon, 464 F.2d at 407; See also Tyler 414 F.2d at 848; Berkowitz v. United States, 411 F.2d 818, 821 (5th Cir. 1969); Charter Wire, Inc. v. United States, 309 F.2d 878, 880 (7th Cir. 1962); Leach Corp. v. Comm’r, 30 T.C. 563, 579 (1958).


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J.    Source of interest payments

“[A] true lender is concerned with interest.”39 The failure to insist on interest payments ordinarily indicates that the payors are not seriously expecting any substantial interest income but are “interested in the future earnings of the corporation or the increased market value of [their] interest.”40 In this case, pursuant to the Indenture, the Issuing Entity is required to pay a fixed amount of market-rate interest on the [Class A(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class B(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class C(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] on a monthly basis and the failure to make those payments will result in an Event of Default. In addition, holders of the [Class A(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class B(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class C(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] will not benefit from any increase in the value of the Issuing Entity due to an increase in the value of Receivables. For example, if prevailing market finance charge rates for receivables comparable to the Receivables decrease in relation to the yield on the Receivables, the Receivables and, therefore, the Transferor Interest will increase in value. If prevailing market finance charge rates for receivables comparable to the Receivables remain constant but customers take longer periods of time to pay their principal balances, the Transferor, not holders of the [Class A(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class B(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class C(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes], will benefit by continuing to receive Excess Spread over a longer period of time. If default rates on the Receivables are lower than expected, a lesser amount of a lesser amount of CHASEseries Available Finance Charge Collections will be reallocated as CHASEseries Principal Collections. This will increase the Excess Spread distributed to the Transferor in respect of the Transferor Interest but will not alter payments on the [Class A(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class B(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class C(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes]. The Transferor will also benefit directly from lower default rates, because smaller Default Amounts will be allocated to the Transferor Interest. Finally, any increase (to the extent permitted by applicable law and the terms of the Transaction Documents) in the rate at which finance charges and other fees and charges are assessed on the Receivables will generally also increase the amount of CHASEseries Available Finance Charge Collections and, thus, the Excess Spread, which will generally increase distributions to the Transferor in respect of the Transferor Interest but, again, will not increase payments on the [Class A(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class B(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class C(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes]. Accordingly, the [Class A(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class B(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class C(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] require and can

 

39 

Curry v. United States, 396 F.2d 630, 634 (5th Cir. 1968); See also Nat’l Carbide Corp. v. Comm’r, 336 U.S. 422, 435 n.16[ 37 AFTR 834](1949).

40 

Curry, 396 F.2d at 634.


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be expected to provide nothing more than a fixed return, which points toward debt characterization for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

K.    Ability to obtain loans from outside lending institutions

“If a corporation is able to borrow funds from outside sources at the time an advance is made, the transaction has the appearance of a bona fide indebtedness.”41 “If no reasonable creditor would have loaned funds to the corporation at the time of the advance, an inference arises that a reasonable shareholder would likewise not so act.”42 The [Class A(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class B(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class C(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] are being sold to unrelated third-party investors through DTC, and as noted above, it is not planned or anticipated that there will be an identity of interest between holders of the [Class A(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class B(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class C(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] on the one hand and the holder of the Transferor Interest or other equity interests in the Issuing Entity. Thus, this factor should be construed as evidence of debt characterization of the [Class A(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class B(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class C(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

L.    The extent to which the advance was used to acquire capital assets

The extent to which an advance is used to acquire capital assets can shed light on whether the advance is likely to be repaid regardless of the success of the venture. “Generally, the fact that an advance is used to satisfy the daily operating needs of a corporation indicates a bona fide indebtedness, whereas an advance resembles equity if it is used to acquire capital assets.”43 In particular, the use of an advance to purchase capital assets and to finance initial operations suggests the funds may be equity.44

The Issuing Entity was established in 2002 and has issued CHASEseries notes periodically since then; thus, the proceeds from the sale of the [Class A(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class B(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class C(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] are not being used to finance the Issuing Entity’s initial operations. Rather, the Issuing Entity will use the proceeds to make deposits to the Class C reserve sub-accounts for the outstanding Class C Notes, and will pay any remaining proceeds, net of issuance expenses, to the Transferor, which, in

 

41 

Estate of Mixon, 464 F.2d at 410.

42 

Id. at 411.

43 

Thomas M. Fries, et ux., TC Memo 1997-93 (citation omitted).

44 

Plantation Patterns, Inc. v. Commissioner, 462 F.2d 712, 722 (5th Cir. 1972).


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turn, will use such proceeds for general purposes, including the repayment of amounts owed to the Bank for the purchase of the Receivables and for the purchase of new Receivables. Any such new Receivables will then be transferred to the Issuing Entity pursuant to the Transfer and Servicing Agreement. Cash flows generated by the Receivables are the sole source of payments for the [Class A(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class B(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class C(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes].

Given the structure of the Transaction, the proper application of this factor is unclear. As noted above, the Transferor is wholly owned by the Bank and is treated as a disregarded entity for U.S. federal income tax purposes. As discussed in Part II of this Opinion, the Bank is also the sole beneficial owner of the Issuing Entity, which is also treated as a disregarded entity for U.S. federal income tax purposes. As a result, the Bank is treated as the sole owner of the Receivables for U.S. federal income tax purposes and it is possible that the Transaction may be characterized as a financing by the Bank that is secured by the Receivables.45 If the Transaction is so characterized, the proceeds from the sale of the [Class A(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class B(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class C(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] may be considered as used for general corporate purposes and not for the purchase of capital assets.

Alternatively, if the legal form of the Transaction is respected, it is possible that the use of proceeds from the sale of the [Class A(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class B(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class C(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] may be characterized as capital expenditures because the Issuing Entity was established for the purpose of issuing CHASEseries notes the proceeds from which finance the Receivables the payments on which are used to service those notes.

Given the uncertainty with respect to application of this factor in this context, it should not ultimately bear on the U.S. federal income tax characterization of the [Class A(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class B(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class C(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes].

M.    Consequences of failure to repay

Debt obligates the receiver of the funds to make ongoing payments, usually under the terms of the contract, while equity has no obligation to make any payments. A debtor may not miss a required interest payment without suffering consequences, such as

 

45 

See footnote 46 and accompanying text.


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default. If a debtor fails to make a required payment on a debt, the holder of that debt has legal recourse against the debtor. A receiver of equity capital, on the other hand, may decide not to pay dividends without suffering any similar contractual limitations. Equity holders generally cannot legally force the liquidation of an issuing entity based on a failure to pay.46

Here, the Issuing Entity’s failure to make payments when due would cause an Event of Default that would allow holders to accelerate the payments on the [Class A(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class B(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class C(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] and force liquidation of the Issuing Entity’s assets to the extent required to recover principal and interest due on the [Class A(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class B(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class C(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes]. Accordingly, this feature favors debt characterization of the [Class A(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class B(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class C(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

The foregoing analysis demonstrates that, although the subordination of the [Class A(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class B(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class C(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] to certain service providers may be construed as evidence against debt characterization, the [Class A(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class B(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class C(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] generally exhibit the characteristics of bona fide debt that is expected or may be compelled to be repaid in full, and that the holders of such [Class A(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class B(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class C(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] are not reasonably expected to absorb the economic risk associated with the performance of the Receivables.

Accordingly, based upon and subject to the foregoing, although there are no authorities involving closely comparable situations, in our opinion, the [Class A(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class B(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes] [Class C(202[    ]-[    ]) Notes], to the extent treated for U.S. federal income tax purposes as beneficially owned by persons other than the Bank, will be characterized as indebtedness for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

II.    U.S. Federal Income Tax Classification of the Issuing Entity

A domestic entity such as the Issuing Entity that is not classified as a trust under Treas. Regs. § 301.7701-4 or as a corporation under Treas. Regs. § 301.7701-2(b) (an “eligible entity”) can elect under Treas. Regs. § 301.7701-3 to be treated as an association subject to tax as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes. In the

 

46 

Pritired 1, LLC v. United States, 816 F. Supp. 2d 693, 724 (S.D. Iowa 2011).


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absence of such an election, a domestic eligible entity with only a single owner will generally be disregarded as an entity separate from its owner (a “disregarded entity”) while a domestic eligible entity with multiple owners will generally be classified as a partnership. The Issuing Entity is not classified as a trust for U.S. federal income tax purposes because the Issuing Entity was not formed merely to “vest in trustees responsibility for the protection and conservation of property for beneficiaries . . . .”47 The Issuing Entity is also not classified as a corporation under Treas. Regs. § 301.7701-2(b). In addition, under Section 4.07 of the Transfer and Servicing Agreement, no election may be made under Treas. Regs. § 301.7701-3 to classify the Issuing Entity or any portion thereof as an association subject to tax as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Accordingly, the Issuing Entity will not be treated as an association subject to tax as a corporation, and will not otherwise be subject to tax as a corporation, provided that it is not classified as a publicly traded partnership (“PTP”) pursuant to section 7704.

A.    The Issuing Entity will not be classified as a PTP

1.    The Issuing Entity is not classified as a partnership

The Issuing Entity will not be classified as a PTP pursuant to section 7704 if it is not classified as a partnership. The Issuing Entity will not be classified as a partnership unless it is considered to have more than a single owner for U.S. federal income tax purposes. As of the date hereof, the Issuing Entity has outstanding for U.S. federal income tax purposes the Class A Notes and the Transferor Interest. The Issuing Entity has also issued the Class B Notes and the Class C Notes all of which are held by the Transferor and are not treated as outstanding for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

As described above, upon issuance of each class of Class A Notes, an Opinion of Counsel was rendered to the effect that such Class A Notes will be treated as

 

47 

Treas. Regs. § 301.7701-4(a). We note that, in many respects, the Issuing Entity is similar to trusts established to hold collateral pledged as security in connection with lending transactions. In such situations, the trust is disregarded and the collateral is treated as held directly by the trust beneficiary. Treas. Regs. § 1.61-13(b); Rev. Rul. 76-265, 1976-2 C.B. 448; See also Rev. Rul. 73-100, 1973-1 C.B. 613 (domestic corporation’s transfer of securities to Canadian security holder, to secure liabilities to policyholders in Canada, does not create a trust where discretionary powers retained by corporation); Rev. Rul. 71-119, 1971-1 C.B. 163 (settlement fund administered by “trustee” not a trust). If the Issuing Entity were characterized as a mere security device, it would not be classified as an association or publicly traded partnership subject to tax as a corporation. Because we reach the same conclusion under Treas. Regs. § 301.7701-1 et. seq., however, the characterization of the Issuing Entity as a mere security device is not a basis for the opinion set forth herein.


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debt for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Thus, assuming the accuracy of such Opinions of Counsel, the Class A Notes outstanding as of the date hereof will not be treated as equity interests in the Issuing Entity. On the other hand, no opinion has been rendered as to the U.S. federal income tax characterization of the Class B Notes and the Class C Notes. Accordingly, we have assumed for purposes of this analysis that the Class B Notes and the Class C Notes will be treated as equity interests in the Issuing Entity. In addition, the Transferor Interest, which represents an entitlement to collections on a portion of the Receivables as well as to certain amounts of Excess Spread, is expected to be characterized as equity for U.S. federal income tax purposes. As of the Closing Date, the Bank is the sole beneficial owner of the Class B Notes, the Class C Notes and the Transferor Interest. Thus, as of the Closing Date, the Issuing Entity has only a single owner and will be treated as a disregarded entity for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Accordingly, the Issuing Entity will not be classified as a partnership and, therefore, cannot be classified as a PTP under section 7704.

2.    Subsequent transfers

Under the Trust Agreement, the Transferor Interest may not be transferred except to Permitted Affiliate Transferees, which is inherently inconsistent with the classification of the Issuing Entity as publicly traded. In addition, although such a transfer could cause the Issuing Entity to classified as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes, no such transfer will be effective unless there has been delivered to the Master Trust Trustee and the Owner Trustee an Issuing Entity Tax Opinion, which must provide, among other things, that any such transfer would not cause the Issuing Entity to be treated as an association or a publicly traded partnership subject to tax as a corporation.48 Similarly, an Issuing Entity Tax Opinion is required under the Indenture upon any future issuance of any Series, Class, or Tranche of Notes (including any issuance resulting from the transfer of the Class B Notes or Class C Notes to a person regarded as separate from the Bank for U.S. federal income tax purposes).49

Based and subject to the foregoing, in our opinion, the Issuing Entity will not be classified as an association or a publicly traded partnership subject to tax as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

 

 

48 

See Section 3.02 of the Trust Agreement.

49 

See Section 9.01(e) of the Indenture.


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*        *        *

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion with the Commission as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. We also consent to the reference to our firm under the caption “Legal Matters” in the Registration Statement. In giving this consent, we do not thereby admit that we are included in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission.

Except as expressly set forth above, we express no other opinion. Our Opinion is furnished to you solely for your benefit in connection with the transactions described herein and is not to be relied upon for any other purpose or by anyone else without our prior written consent. The Opinion is expressed as of the date hereof, and we are under no obligation to supplement or revise the Opinion to reflect any legal developments or factual matters arising subsequent to the date hereof or the impact of any information, document, certificate, record, statement, representation, covenant, or assumption relied upon herein that becomes incorrect or untrue.

 

Very truly yours,
/s/ SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER & FLOM LLP


Annex I

[Officer’s Certificate of the Bank]

EX-24.1 4 d526539dex241.htm EX-24.1 EX-24.1

Exhibit 24.1

POWER OF ATTORNEY

June 26, 2023

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Simon Braeutigam, Angela M. Liuzzi, Patricia M. Garvey, Maria Laura Sarcone, and John Keller, or any one of them, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all instruments the attorneys-in-fact and agents may deem necessary or advisable to enable CHASE CARD FUNDING LLC, in its own capacity and as Depositor of CHASE ISSUANCE TRUST to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any requirements of the Securities Exchange Commission, in connection with a Registration Statement or Registration Statements as well as any and all amendments to the Registration Statement or Registration Statements, including post-effective amendments, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and does hereby grant unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their or his or her substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

 

/s/ Simon Braeutigam

   

/s/ Patricia M. Garvey

Simon Braeutigam

Principal Executive Officer, Chief Executive Officer and Manager

   

Patricia M. Garvey

Principal Financial Officer, Principal Accounting Officer and Treasurer

/s/ Maria Laura Sarcone

   

/s/ Sean L. Emerick

Maria Laura Sarcone

Manager

   

Sean L. Emerick

Manager

EX-25.1 5 d526539dex251.htm EX-25.1 EX-25.1

Exhibit 25.1

Filing pursuant to Registration

Statement number                     

 

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM T-1

 

 

STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY

UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939

OF A CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE

 

CHECK IF AN APPLICATION TO DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY OF A TRUSTEE PURSUANT TO SECTION 305(b) (2)

 

 

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

A National Banking Association   94-1347393

(Jurisdiction of incorporation or

organization if not a U.S. national bank)

 

(I. R .S. Employer

Identification No.)

101 North Phillips Avenue

Sioux Falls, SD

  57104
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip code)

Wells Fargo & Company

Law Department, Trust Section

MAC N9305-175

Sixth Street and Marquette Avenue, l9th Floor

Minneapolis, Minnesota 55479

(612) 667-4608

(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)

 

 

CHASE ISSUANCE TRUST

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   51-0269396

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

CHASE ISSUANCE TRUST

c/o Chase Card Funding LLC

201 North Walnut Street

Wilmington, Delaware

  19801
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip code)

 

 

Asset Backed Notes of Chase Issuance Trust

(Title of Indenture Securities)

 

 

 


Item 1. General Information. Furnish the following information as to the trustee:

 

  (a)

Name and address of each examining or supervising authority to which it is subject.

Comptroller of the Currency

Treasury Department

Washington, D. C.

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Washington, D.C.

Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

San Francisco, California 94120

 

  (b)

Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.

The trustee is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.

Item 2. Affiliations with Obligor. If the obligor is an affiliate of the trustee, describe each such affiliation.

None with respect to the trustee.

No responses are included for Items 3-14 of this Form T -1 because the obligor is not in default as provided under Item 13.

Item 15 . Foreign Trustee.              Not applicable.

Item 16. List of Exhibits.                List below all exhibits filed as a part of this Statement of Eligibility.

 

  Exhibit 1.

A copy of the Articles of Association of the trustee now in effect.

 

  Exhibit 2.

A copy of the Comptroller of the Currency Certificate of Corporate Existence and Fiduciary Powers for Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, dated May 4, 2023.

 

  Exhibit 3.

A copy of the authorization of the trustee to exercise corporate trust powers. See Exhibit 2.

 

  Exhibit 4.

Copy of By-laws of the trustee as now in effect.

 

  Exhibit 5.

Not applicable.

 

  Exhibit 6.

The consent of the trustee required by Section 32l(b) of the Act.


  Exhibit 7.

A copy of the latest report of condition of the trustee published pursuant to law or the requirements of its supervising or examining authority.

 

  Exhibit 8.

Not applicable.

 

  Exhibit 9.

Not applicable.


SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, the trustee, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, a national banking association organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, has duly caused this statement of eligibility to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in the City of St. Paul and State of Minnesota on June 26, 2023.

 

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
By: COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY N.A., as attorney-in-fact and agent

/s/ Kristen Walters

Name: Kristen Walters
Title: Vice President


EXHIBIT 1

ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION

OF

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

(Effective as of February 20, 2004)

ARTICLE I - NAME

The title of this Association shall be Wells Fargo Bank, National Association. The Association may also use the abbreviation Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.

ARTICLE II - OFFICES

1. Main Office. The main office of this Association shall be in the City of Sioux Falls, County of Minnehaha, State of South Dakota. The Board of Directors shall have the power to change the location of the main office to any other place within the limits of the City of Sioux Falls, without the approval of the shareholders but subject to the approval of the Comptroller of the Currency.

2. Branch Offices. The Board of Directors shall have the power to establish or change the location of any branch or branches of this Association to any other location, without the approval of the shareholders but subject to the approval of the Comptroller of the Currency.

3. Conduct of Business. The general business of the Association shall be conducted at its main office and its branches.

ARTICLE III - BOARD OF DIRECTORS

1. Number. The Board of Directors of this Association shall consist of not less than five nor more than twenty-five persons, the exact number to be fixed and determined from time to time by resolution of a majority of the full Board of Directors or by resolution of the shareholders at any annual or special meeting thereof.

2. Qualification. Each director, during the full term of his or her directorship, shall own a minimum of $1,000 par value of stock of this Association or an equivalent interest, as determined by the Comptroller of the Currency, in any company which has control over this Association within the meaning of Section 2 of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956.

3. Vacancy. The Board of Directors, by the vote of a majority of the full Board, may, between annual meetings of shareholders, fill vacancies created by the death, incapacity or resignation of any director and by the vote of a majority of the full Board may also, between annual meetings of shareholders, increase the membership of the Board by not more than four members and by like vote appoint qualified persons to fill the vacancies created thereby; provided, however, that at no time shall there be more than twenty-five directors of this Association; and provided further, however, that not more than two members may be added to the Board of Directors in the event that the total number of directors last elected by shareholders was fifteen or less.

4. Appointment of Officers. The Board of Directors shall appoint one of its members President of this Association, who shall act as Chairman of the Board, unless the Board appoints another director to act as Chairman. In the event the Board of Directors shall appoint a President and a Chairman, the Board shall designate which person shall act as the chief executive officer of this Association. The Board of Directors shall have the power to appoint one or more Vice Presidents and to appoint a Cashier and such other officers and employees as may be required to transact the business of this Association.


5. Powers. The Board of Directors shall have the power to define the duties of the officers and employees of this Association; to fix the salaries to be paid to them; to dismiss them; to require bonds from them and to fix the penalty thereof; to regulate the manner in which the increase of the capital of this Association shall be made; to manage and administer the business and affairs of this Association; to make all Bylaws that it may be lawful for them to make; and generally to do and perform all acts that it may be legal for a Board of Directors to do and perform.

ARTICLE IV - MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS

1. Annual Meeting. The annual meeting of the shareholders for the election of directors and the transaction of whatever other business may be brought before said meeting shall be held at the main office, or such other place as the Board of Directors may designate, on the day of each year specified therefor in the Bylaws, but if no election is held on that day, it may be held on any subsequent day according to the provisions of law; and all elections shall be held according to such lawful regulations as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors.

2. Special Meetings. The Board of Directors, the Chairman, the President, or any one or more shareholders owning, in the aggregate, not less than 25 percent of the stock of this Association, may call a special meeting of shareholders at any time.

3. Notice of Meetings. Unless otherwise provided by the laws of the United States, a notice of the time, place, and purpose of every annual and special meeting of the shareholders shall be given by first-class mail, postage prepaid, mailed at least ten days prior to the date of such meeting to each shareholder of record at his or her address as shown upon the books of this Association.

4 Written Consents. Any action required or permitted to be taken at an annual or special meeting of the shareholders of the Association may be taken without prior written notice and without any meeting if such action is taken by written action, containing a waiver of notice, signed by all of the shareholders entitled to vote on that action.

ARTICLE V - CAPITAL

1. Capitalization. The amount of authorized capital stock of this Association shall be $1,122,000,000, divided into 112,200,000 shares of common stock of the par value of Ten Dollars ($10.00) each; but said capital stock may be increased or decreased from time to time, in accordance with the provisions of the laws of the United States.

2. Voting Rights. Each holder of common stock of the Association shall be entitled to vote on all matters, one vote for each share of common stock held by such holder. No holder of shares of the capital stock of any class of this Association shall have any pre-emptive or preferential right of subscription to any shares of any class of stock of this Association, whether now or hereafter authorized, or to any obligations convertible into stock of this Association, issued or sold, nor any right of subscription to any thereof other than such, if any, as the Board of Directors, in its discretion, may from time to time determine and at such price as the Board of Directors may from time to time fix.

3. Debt Obligations. The Association, at any time and from time to time, may authorize and issue debt obligations, whether or nor subordinated, without the approval of the shareholders.

ARTICLE VI - PERPETUAL EXISTENCE

The corporate existence of this Association shall continue until terminated in accordance with the laws of the United States.


ARTICLE VII - INDEMNIFICATION

To the extent permitted by 12 CFR 7.2014 and consistent with the requirements of 12 USC 1828(k) and the implementing regulations thereunder:

(a) Elimination of Certain Liability of Directors. A director of the Association shall not be personally liable to the Association or its shareholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability (i) for any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to the Association or its shareholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) under Section 174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.

(b)(1) Right to Indemnification. Each person who was or is made a party or is threatened to be made a party to or is involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (hereinafter a “proceeding”), by reason of the fact that he or she, or a person of whom he or she is the legal representative, is or was a director or officer of the Association or is or was serving at the request of the Association as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, whether the basis of such proceeding is alleged action or inaction in an official capacity as a director, officer, employee, or agent or in any other capacity while serving as a director, officer, employee or agent, shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Association to the fullest extent authorized by the Delaware General Corporation Law, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (but, in the case of any such amendment, only to the extent that such amendment permits the Association to provide broader indemnification rights than said law permitted the Association to provide prior to such amendment), against all expense, liability and loss (including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes or penalties and amounts paid or to be paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by such person in connection therewith and such indemnification shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of his or her heirs, executors and administrators; provided, however, that the Association shall indemnify any such person seeking indemnification in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such person only if such proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by the Board of Directors of the Association. The right to indemnification conferred in this paragraph (b) shall be a contract right and shall include the right to be paid by the Association the expenses incurred in defending any such proceeding in advance of its final disposition; provided, however, that, if the Delaware General Corporation Law requires, the payment of such expenses incurred by a director of officer in his or her capacity as a director or officer (and not in any other capacity in which service was or is rendered by such person while a director or officer, including, without limitation, service to an employee benefit plan) in advance of the final disposition of a proceeding, shall be made only upon delivery to the Association of an undertaking, by or on behalf of such director or officer, to repay all amounts so advanced if it shall ultimately be determined that such director of officer is not entitled to be indemnified under this paragraph (b) or otherwise. The Association may, by action of its Board of Directors, provide indemnification to employees and agents of the Association with the same scope and effect as the foregoing indemnification of directors and officers.

(2) Non-Exclusivity of Rights. The right to indemnification and the payment of expenses incurred in defending a proceeding in advance of its final disposition conferred in this paragraph (b) shall not be exclusive of any other right which any person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the Articles of Association, by-law, agreement, vote of shareholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.

(3) Insurance. The Association may maintain insurance, at its expense, to protect itself and any director, officer, employee or agent of the Association or another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any such expense, liability or loss, whether or not the Association would have the power to indemnify such person against such expense, liability or loss under the Delaware General Corporation Law.


ARTICLE VIII - AMENDMENT

These Articles of Association may be amended at any regular or special meeting of the shareholders by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the stock of this Association, unless the vote of the holders of a greater amount of stock is required by law, and in that case by the vote of holders of such greater amount.


EXHIBIT 2

 

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Office of the Comptroller of the Currency

  Washington, DC 20219

CERTIFICATE OF CORPORATE EXISTENCE AND FIDUCIARY POWERS

I, Michael J. Hsu, Acting Comptroller of the Currency, do hereby certify that:

1. The Comptroller of the Currency, pursuant to Revised Statutes 324, et seq, as amended, and 12 USC 1, et seq, as amended, has possession, custody, and control of all records pertaining to the chartering, regulation, and supervision of all national banking associations.

2. “Wells Fargo Bank, National Association,” Sioux Falls, South Dakota (Charter No. 1), is a national banking association formed under the laws of the United States and is authorized thereunder to transact the business of banking and exercise fiduciary powers on the date of this certificate.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, today, May 4, 2023. I have hereunto subscribed my name and caused my seal of office to be affixed to these presents at the U.S. Department of the Treasury, in the City of Washington, District of Columbia.

 

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Acting Comptroller of the Currency

 

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2023-00700-C


EXHIBIT 4

AMENDED AND RESTATED BY-LAWS

OF

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

(November 22, 2010)

ARTICLE I

Meetings of Shareholders

Section 1.1 Annual Meeting. The regular annual meeting of the shareholders for the election of directors and the transaction of whatever other business may properly come before the meeting shall be held at the main office of the Association in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, or such other place as the Board of Directors or shareholders may designate, at 1:00 p.m. Central time, on the first Thursday of May in each year. If for any cause the annual meeting of shareholders for the election of directors is not held on the date fixed in this by-law, such meeting may be held at some other time designated by the Board of Directors or shareholders, notice thereof having been given in accordance with the requirements of 12 U.S.C. §75, and the meeting conducted according to the provisions of these by-laws.

Section 1.2 Special Meetings. Except as otherwise specifically provided by statute, special meetings of shareholders may be called for any purpose at any time by the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board, if any, the President, or any one or more shareholders owning in the aggregate not less than twenty-five percent of the then outstanding shares, as provided in Article IV of the Articles of Association.

Section 1.3 Notice of Meetings. A notice of each annual or special shareholders ‘meeting, setting forth the time, place, and purpose of the meeting, shall be given, by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to each shareholder of record at least ten days prior to the date on which such meeting is to be held; but any failure to mail such notice of any annual meeting, or any irregularity therein, shall not affect the validity of such annual meeting or of any of the proceedings thereat. Notwithstanding anything in these by-laws to the contrary, a valid shareholders’ meeting may be held without notice whenever notice thereof shall be waived in writing by all shareholders, or whenever all shareholders shall be present or represented at the meeting.

Section 1.4 Quorum. The holders of a majority of the stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at all meetings of the shareholders for the transaction of business, and may transact any business except such as may, under the provisions of law, the Articles of Association, or these by-laws, require the vote of holders of a greater number of shares. If, however, such majority shall not be present or represented at any meeting of the shareholders, the shareholders entitled to vote thereat, present in person or by proxy, shall have power to adjourn the meeting, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until the requisite amount of voting stock shall be present. At any such reconvened meeting at which the requisite amount of voting stock shall be represented, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally called.

Section 1.5 Proxies and Voting Rights. At each meeting of the shareholders, each shareholder having the right to vote shall be entitled to vote in person or by proxy appointed by an instrument in writing subscribed by such shareholder, which proxy shall be valid for that meeting or any adjournments thereof, shall be dated, and shall be filed with the records of the meeting. No officer or employee of this Association may act as proxy. Each shareholder shall have one vote for each share of stock having voting power which is registered in such shareholder’s name on the books of the Association. Voting for the election of directors and voting upon any other matter which may be brought before any shareholders’ meeting may, but need not, be by ballot, unless voting by ballot be requested by a shareholder present at the meeting.


Section 1.6 Proceedings and Record. The Chairman of the Board, if any, shall preside at all meetings of the shareholders or, in case of his absence or inability to act, the President or, in case of the absence or inability to act of both of them, any Vice President may preside at any such meeting. The presiding officer shall appoint a person to act as secretary of each shareholders’ meeting; provided, however, that the shareholders may appoint some other person to preside at their meetings or to act as secretary thereof. A record of all business transacted shall be made of each shareholders’ meeting showing, among other things, the names of the shareholders present and the number of shares of stock held by each, the names of the shareholders represented by proxy and the number of shares held by each, the names of the proxies, the number of shares voted on each motion or resolution and the number of shares voted for each candidate for director. This record shall be entered in the minute book of the Association and shall be subscribed by the secretary of the meeting.

Section 1.7 Action Without a Meeting. Any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting of the shareholders of the Association may be taken without a meeting by written action signed by all of the shareholders entitled to vote on that action.

ARTICLE II

Directors

Section 2.1 Board of Directors. The Board of Directors (hereinafter referred to as the “Board”) shall have power to manage and administer the business and affairs of the Association. Except as expressly limited by law, all corporate powers of the Association shall be vested in and may be exercised by the Board.

Section 2.2 Number and Qualifications. The Board shall consist of not less than five nor more than twenty-five persons, the exact number within such minimum and maximum limits to be fixed and determined from time to time by resolution of a majority of the full Board or by resolution of the shareholders at any meeting thereof; provided, however, that a majority of the full Board may not increase the number of directors to a number which (i) exceeds by more than two the number of directors last elected by shareholders where such number was fifteen or less; and (ii) exceeds by more than four the number of directors last elected by shareholders where such number was sixteen or more, but in no event shall the number of directors exceed twenty-five.

Each director shall, during the full term of his directorship, be a citizen of the United States. Each director, during the full term of his directorship, shall own a minimum of $ 1,000 par value of stock of this Association or an equivalent interest, as determined by the Comptroller of the Currency, in any company which has control over this Association within the meaning of Section 2 of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended.

Section 2.3 Organization Meeting. A meeting of the newly elected Board shall be held, without notice, immediately following the adjournment of the annual meeting of the shareholders, or at such other time and at such place to which said meeting may be adjourned. No business shall be transacted at any such meeting until a majority of the directors elected shall have taken an oath of office as prescribed by law, and no director elected shall participate in the business transacted at any such meeting of the Board until he shall have taken said oath. If at any such meeting there is not a quorum of the directors present who shall have taken the oath of office, the members present may adjourn the meeting until a quorum is secured. At such meeting of the newly elected Board, if a quorum is present, the directors may elect officers for the ensuing year and transact any and all business which may be brought before them.

Section 2.4 Regular Meetings. The regular meetings of the Board may be held at such time and place as shall be determined by the Board. When any regular meeting of the Board falls upon a holiday, the meeting shall be held on the next banking business day.


Section 2.5 Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board may be called by the Chairman of the Board, the President or the Secretary, or at the request of one-third or more of the directors.

Section 2.6 Notice of Meetings. Each member of the Board shall be given not less than one day’s notice by telephone, facsimile, letter, electronic mail or in person, stating the time and place of any regular or special meeting; such notice may, but need not, state the purpose of said meeting. Notwithstanding anything in these by-laws to the contrary, a valid directors’ meeting may be held without notice whenever notice thereof shall be waived in writing by all of the directors, or whenever all of the directors are present at the meeting.

Section 2.7 Quorum and Voting. A majority of the directors shall constitute a quorum at all directors’ meetings. Except where the vote of a greater number of directors is required by the Articles of Association, these by-laws or under provisions of law, the vote of a majority of the directors at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be sufficient to transact business.

Section 2.8 Proceedings and Record. The Chairman of the Board, if such officer shall have been designated by the Board, shall preside at all meetings thereof, and in his or her absence or inability to act (or if there shall be no Chairman of the Board) the President, and in his or her absence or inability to act any other director appointed chairman of the meeting pro tempore, shall preside at meetings of the directors. The Secretary, or any other person appointed by the Board, shall act as secretary of the Board and shall keep accurate minutes of all meetings.

Section 2.9 Electronic Communications. A conference among directors by any means of communication through which the directors may simultaneously hear each other during the conference constitutes a Board meeting, if the same notice is given of the conference as would be required for a meeting, and if the number of directors participating in the conference would be sufficient to constitute a quorum at a meeting. A director may participate in a regular or special Board meeting by any means of communication through which the director, other directors so participating and all directors physically present at the meeting may simultaneously hear each other during the meeting. Participation in a meeting by any means referred to in this Section 2.9 constitutes presence in person at the meeting.

Section 2.10 Action Without a Meeting. Any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting of the Board of the Association may be taken without a meeting by written action signed by all of the directors.

Section 2.11 Vacancies. Any vacancy in the Board may be filled by appointment at any regular or special meeting of the Board by the remaining directors in accordance with the laws of the United States or by action of the shareholders in accordance with Article I of these by-laws. Any director so appointed shall hold his place until the next election.

ARTICLE III

Committees of the Board

Section 3.1 Executive Committee. The Board may appoint annually or more often an Executive Committee consisting of two or more directors. In the event an Executive Committee is appointed, the Executive Committee shall have the power to approve, review, and delegate authority to make loans and otherwise extend credit and to purchase and sell bills, notes, bonds, debentures and other legal investments and to establish and review general loan and investment policies. In addition, when the Board is not in session, the Executive Committee shall have the power to exercise all powers of the Board, except those that cannot legally be delegated by the Board. The Executive Committee shall keep minutes of its meetings, and such minutes shall be submitted at the next regular meeting of the Board at which a quorum is present.


Section 3.2 Trust Committees. The Board shall appoint a Trust Audit Committee which shall, at least once during each calendar year, make suitable audits of the Trust Department or cause suitable audits to be made by auditors responsible only to the Board and at such time shall ascertain and report to the Board whether said Department has been administered in accordance with applicable laws and regulations and sound fiduciary principles. Every report to the Board under this section, together with the action taken thereon, shall be noted in the minutes of the Board. The Board shall from time to time appoint such other committees of such membership and with such powers and duties as it is required to appoint under the provisions of Regulation 9 issued by the Comptroller of the Currency relating to the trust powers of national banks, or any amendments thereto, and may appoint such other committees of such membership and with such powers and duties as the Board may provide and as are permitted by said Regulation 9, or any amendments thereto.

Section 3.3 Other Committees. The Board, by a majority vote of the whole Board, may create from its own members or (to the extent permitted by applicable law) a combination of its own members and/or officers or employees of the Association or such other persons as the Board may designate or solely from persons who are not members of the Board such other committees as the Board may from time to time deem necessary or appropriate, and the Board may designate the name and term of existence of any such committee and prescribe the duties thereof.

Section 3.4 Proceedings and Record. Each committee appointed by the Board may hold regular meetings at such time or times as may be fixed by the Board or by the committee itself. Special meetings of any committee may be called by the chairman or vice chairman or any two members thereof. The Board may, at the time of the appointment of any committee, designate alternate or advisory members, designate its chairman, vice chairman, and secretary, or any one or more thereof, and the committee itself may appoint such of said officers as have not been so designated by the Board if they deem such appointment necessary or advisable. The secretary may but need not be a member of the committee. The Board may at any time prescribe or change the number of members whose presence is required to constitute a quorum at any or all meetings of a committee. The quorum so prescribed need not be a majority of the members of the committee. If no quorum is prescribed by the Board, the presence of a majority of the members of the committee shall be required to constitute a quorum. Each committee shall keep such records of its meetings and proceedings as may be required by law or applicable regulations and may keep such additional records of its meetings and proceedings as it deems necessary or advisable, and each committee may make such rules of procedure for the conduct of its own meetings and the method of discharge of its duties as it deems advisable. Each committee appointed by the Board may appoint subcommittees composed of its own members or other persons and may rely on information furnished to it by such subcommittees or by statistical or other fact-finding departments or employees of this Association, provided that final action shall be taken in each case by the committee. Any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting of any such committee or subcommittee may be taken without a meeting by written action signed by all of the members of such committee or subcommittee.

ARTICLE IV

Officers and Employees

Section 4.1 Appointment of Officers. The Board shall appoint a President, one or more Vice Presidents and a Secretary and may appoint a Chairman of the Board and such other officers as from time to time may appear to the Board to be required or desirable to transact the business of the Association. Only directors shall be eligible for appointment as President or Chairman of the Board. If a director other than the President is appointed Chairman of the Board, the Board shall designate either of these two officers as the chief executive officer of this Association. Any officer designated by the Director of Human Resources as the head of a business or staff group may appoint officers at the rank of Senior Vice President, Managing Director or below, and any such designated officer may delegate this authority to another officer.


Section 4.2 Tenure of Office. Officers shall hold their respective offices for the current year for which they are appointed unless they resign, become disqualified or are removed. Any officer appointed by the Board may be removed at any time by the affirmative vote of a majority of the full Board or in accordance with authority granted by the Board. Any officer appointed by another officer may be removed at any time by the filing of a written notice by the appointing officer with the Secretary. During the year between its organization meetings, the Board may appoint additional officers and shall promptly fill any vacancy occurring in any office required to be filled.

Section 4.3 Chief Executive Officer. The chief executive officer shall supervise the carrying out of policies adopted or approved by the Board, shall have general executive powers as well as the specific powers conferred by these by-laws, and shall also have and may exercise such further powers and duties as from time to time may be conferred upon or assigned to him or her by the Board.

Section 4.4 Secretary. The Secretary shall attend to the giving of all notices required by these by-laws to be given; shall be custodian of the corporate seal, records, documents and papers of the Association; shall provide for the keeping of proper records of all transactions of the Association; shall have and may exercise any and all other powers and duties pertaining by law, regulation or practice, to the office of Secretary’, or imposed by these by-laws; and shall also perform such other duties as may be assigned from time to time by the Board.

Section 4.5 General Authority and Duties. Officers shall have the general powers and duties customarily vested in the office of such officers of a corporation and shall also exercise such powers and perform such duties as may be prescribed by the Articles of Association, by these by-laws, or by the laws or regulations governing the conduct of the business of national banking associations, and shall exercise such other powers and perform such other duties not inconsistent with the Articles of Association, these by-laws or laws or regulations as may be conferred upon or assigned to them by the Board or the chief executive officer.

Section 4.6 Employees and Agents. Subject to the authority of the Board, the chief executive officer, or any other officer of the Association authorized by him or by the Board, may appoint or dismiss all or any employees and agents and prescribe their duties and the conditions of their employment, and from time to time fix their compensation.

Section 4.7 Bonds of Officers and Employees. The officers and employees of this Association shall give bond with security to be approved by the Board in such penal sum as the Board shall require, as a condition for the faithful and honest discharge of their respective duties and for the faithful application and accounting of all monies, funds and other property which may come into their possession or may be entrusted to their care or placed in their hands. In the discretion of the Board in lieu of having individual bonds for each officer and employee, there may be substituted for the bonds provided for herein a blanket bond covering all officers and employees providing coverage in such amounts and containing such conditions and stipulations as shall be approved by the chief executive officer of this Association or his delegate but subject to the supervision and control of the Board.

ARTICLE V

Stock and Stock Certificates

Section 5.1 Transfers. Shares of stock shall be transferable only on the books of the Association upon surrender of the certificate for cancellation, and a transfer book shall be kept in which all transfers of stock shall be recorded.


Section 5.2 Stock Certificates. Certificates of stock shall be signed by the Chairman of the Board, if any, the President or a Vice President and the Secretary, any Assistant Secretary or any other officer appointed by the Board for that purpose, and shall be sealed with the corporate seal. Each certificate shall recite on its face that the stock represented thereby is transferable only upon the books of the Association properly endorsed, and shall meet the requirements of 12 U.S.C. §52, as amended.

Section 5.3 Dividends. Transfers of stock shall not be suspended preparatory to the declaration of dividends and, unless an agreement to the contrary shall be expressed in the assignments, dividends shall be paid to the shareholders in whose name the stock shall stand at the time of the declaration of the dividends or on such record date as may be fixed by the Board.

Section 5.4 Lost Certificates. In the event of loss or destruction of a certificate of stock, a new certificate may be issued in its place upon proof of such loss or destruction and upon receipt of an acceptable bond or agreement of indemnity as may be required by the Board.

ARTICLE VI

Corporate Seal

Section 6.1 Form. The corporate seal of the Association shall have inscribed thereon the name of the Association.

Section 6.2 Authority to Impress. The Chairman of the Board, if any, the President, the Secretary, any Assistant Secretary or other officer designated by the Board shall have authority to impress or affix the corporate seal to any document requiring such seal, and to attest the same.

ARTICLE VII

Miscellaneous Provisions

Section 7.1 Banking Hours. The days and hours during which this Association shall be open for business shall be fixed from time to time by the Board, the Chairman of the Board, if any, or the President, consistent with national and state laws governing banking and business transactions.

Section 7.2 Execution of Written Instruments. The execution, acknowledgement, verification , delivery or acceptance on behalf of this Association of agreements, instruments, and other documents relating to or affecting the property or business and affairs of this Association, or of this Association when acting in any representative or fiduciary capacity, shall be binding upon this Association if signed on its behalf by any of the following officers: the Chairman of the Board, if any, the President, any Senior Executive Vice President, any Executive Vice President or any Senior Managing Director. Whenever any other officer or person shall be authorized to execute any agreement, instrument or other document by resolution of the Board of Directors, or by the chief executive officer, or by any officer designated by the chief executive officer or any of the officers identified in the immediately preceding sentence, such execution by such other officer or person shall be equally binding upon this Association.

Section 7.3 Records. The Articles of Association, these by-laws, and any amendments thereto, and the proceedings of all regular and special meetings of the directors and of the shareholders shall be recorded in appropriate minute books provided for the purpose. The minutes of each meeting shall be signed by the person appointed to act as secretary of the meeting.

Section 7.4 Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Association shall be the calendar year.

Section 7.5 Corporate Governance Procedures. In accordance with 12 C.F.R. Section 7.2000, to the extent not inconsistent with applicable federal banking statutes or regulations or bank safety and


soundness, this Association designates and elects to follow the corporate governance procedures of the Delaware General Corporation Law, as amended from time to time.

Section 7.6 Indemnification. The Association may make or agree to make indemnification payments to an institution-affiliated party, as defined at 12 U.S. C. Section 1813(u), for an administrative proceeding or civil action initiated by any federal banking agency , that are reasonable and consistent with the requirements of 12 U.S.C. Section 1828(k) and its implementing regulations.

The Association may indemnify an institution-affiliated party for damages and expenses, including the advancement of expenses and legal fees, in cases involving an administrative proceeding or civil action not initiated by a federal banking agency, in accordance with the provisions set forth in the Association’s Articles of Association, which provisions are in accordance with the Delaware General Corporation Law, provided such payments are consistent with safe and sound banking practices.

Section 7.7. Ownership Interests in Other Entities. With respect to any corporation, limited liability company, partnership or any other legal entity in which the Bank has or may acquire an ownership interest, the Chairman of the Board, if any, the President, the Chief Financial Officer or the Treasurer, acting alone, or any other officer or officers appointed from time to time by the Board of Directors or the Executive Committee thereof, may (a) personally authorize, sign and deliver on behalf of the Bank or authorize another person to sign and deliver on behalf of the Bank (i) any proxy, written consent, ballot or other similar instrument solicited by the entity from its owners, (ii) any stock power, assignment, bill of sale or other instrument transferring all or any part of the Bank’s ownership of the entity or any agreement, instrument or other document relating thereto, (iii) any purchase of stock or other ownership interest in or contribution to the capital of such entity or any agreement, instrument or other document authorizing or evidencing the same and (iv) any agreement, consent, waiver or other document or instrument sought by the entity or an owner from the owners of the entity and (b) without limiting the generality of the foregoing, personally take, or authorize another person to take, any other action on behalf of the Bank as an owner of such entity.

ARTICLE VIII

By-Laws

Section 8.1 Inspection. A copy of these by-laws, with all amendments thereto, shall at all times be kept in a convenient place at the main office of the Association, and shall be open for inspection to all shareholders during banking hours.

Section 8.2 Amendments. These by-laws may be changed or amended at any regular or special meeting of the Board by a vote of a majority of the full Board or at any regular or special meeting of shareholders by the vote of the holders of a majority of the stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote thereat.


EXHIBIT 6

June 26, 2023

Securities and Exchange Commission

Washington, D.C. 20549

Gentlemen:

In accordance with Section 32l(b) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, the undersigned hereby consents that reports of examination of the undersigned made by Federal, State, Territorial, or District authorities authorized to make such examination may be furnished by such authorities to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon its request therefore.

 

Very truly yours,

 

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

By: COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY N.A., as attorney-in-fact and agent

 

/s/ Kristen Walters

Name: Kristen Walters
Title: Vice President

 


EXHIBIT 7

Consolidated Report of Condition of

Wells Fargo Bank National Association

101 North Phillips Avenue, Sioux Falls, SD 57104

And Foreign and Domestic Subsidiaries,

at the close of business March 31, 2023, filed in accordance with 12 U.S.C. §161 for National Banks.

 

            Dollar Amounts
In Millions
 

ASSETS

     

Cash and balances due from depository institutions:

     

Noninterest-bearing balances and currency and coin

      $ 31,080  

Interest-bearing balances

        129,392  

Securities:

     

Held-to-maturity securities

        277,147  

Available-for-sale securities

        135,226  

Equity Securities with readily determinable fair value not held for trading

        21  

Federal funds sold and securities purchased under agreements to resell:

     

Federal funds sold in domestic offices

        95  

Securities purchased under agreements to resell

        42,160  

Loans and lease financing receivables:

     

Loans and leases held for sale

        4,596  

Loans and leases, held for Investment

     907,335     

LESS: Allowance for loan and lease losses

     13,073     

Loans and leases held for Investment, net of allowance

        894,262  

Trading Assets

        57,806  

Premises and fixed assets (including capitalized leases)

        10,555  

Other real estate owned

        214  

Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries and associated companies

        17,946  

Direct and indirect investments in real estate ventures

        0  

Intangible assets

        32,480  

Other assets

        54,527  
     

 

 

 

Total assets

      $ 1,687,507  

LIABILITIES

     

Deposits:

     

In domestic offices

      $ 1,387,849  

Noninterest-bearing

     471,705     

Interest-bearing

     916,144     

In foreign offices, Edge and Agreement subsidiaries, and IBFs

        18,947  

Noninterest-bearing

     189     

Interest-bearing

     18,758     

Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase:

     

Federal funds purchased in domestic offices

        1,434  

Securities sold under agreements to repurchase

        6,855  


            Dollar Amounts
In Millions
 

Trading liabilities

        20,579  

Other borrowed money
(Includes mortgage indebtedness and obligations under capitalized leases)

        49,675  

Subordinated notes and debentures

                         11 ,036  

Other liabilities

        28,607  
     

 

 

 

Total liabilities

      $ 1,524,982  

EQUITY CAPITAL

     

Perpetual preferred stock and related surplus

        0  

Common stock

        519  

Surplus (exclude all surplus related to preferred stock)

        114,848  

Retained earnings

        57,305  

Accumulated other comprehensive income

        (10,177

Other equity capital components

        0  
     

 

 

 

Total bank equity capital

        162,495  

Noncontrolling (minority) interests in consolidated subsidiaries

        30  

Total equity capital

        162,525  
     

 

 

 

Total liabilities, and equity capital

      $ 1,687,507  

I, Michael P. Santomassimo, Sr. EVP & CFO of the above-named bank do hereby declare that this Report of Condition has been prepared in conformance with the instructions issued by the appropriate Federal regulatory authority and is true to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Michael P. Santomassimo

Sr. EVP & CFO

We, the undersigned directors, attest to the correctness of this Report of Condition and declare that it has been examined by us and to the best of our knowledge and belief has been prepared in conformance with the instructions issued by the appropriate Federal regulatory authority and is true and correct.

Directors

Maria R. Morris

Theodore F. Craver, Jr.

Juan A Pujadas

EX-FILING FEES 6 d526539dexfilingfees.htm EX-FILING FEES EX-FILING FEES

Exhibit 107.1

Calculation of Filing Fee Tables

SF-3

(Form Type)

Chase Card Funding LLC

(Depositor)

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Table 1: Newly Registered and Carry Forward Securities

 

                         
     Security  
Type  
 

Security  
Class  

Title  

    Fee  
Calculation  
or Carry  
Forward  
Rule  
   

Amount  

Registered  

    Proposed  
Maximum  
Offering  
Price Per  
Unit(c)  
    Maximum  
Aggregate Offering  
Price(c)  
    Fee  
Rate  
    Amount of  
Registration  
Fee  
    Carry  
Forward  
Form  
Type  
    Carry  
Forward  
File  
Number  
    Carry  
Forward  
Initial  
Effective  
Date  
    Filing Fee  
Previously Paid  
In Connection  
with Unsold  
Securities to be  
Carried  
Forward  
 
 

Newly Registered Securities

 

 
Fees to be   Paid     Asset-  

Backed  
Securities  

    Notes         457(s)(a)                                                                            

Fees  

Previously  

Paid  

                                                                                           
 

Carry Forward Securities

 

 
                         

Carry  

Forward  

Securities  

  Asset-  
Backed  
Securities  
  Notes       415(a)(6)(b)       $18,989,577,132.49       100%     $18,989,577,132.49                             SF-3    

333-  

239581  

and 333-  

239581-  
01

    July 31,
2020
    $2,092,651.40  
    Total Offering Amounts(a)(b)             $ 18,989,577,132.49                                                    
    Total Fees Previously Paid                                                                  
    Total Fee Offsets                                                                  
    Net Fee Due                                                                  

 

  (a)

An unspecified additional amount of securities is being registered as may from time to time be offered at unspecified prices. The registrant is deferring payment of all of the registration fees for such additional securities in accordance with Rule 456(c) and 457(s) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), after the registrant offers and sells all carry forward securities.

  (b)

Pursuant to Rule 415(a)(6) under the Securities Act, the registrant is including the above carry forward securities in this registration statement. The registrant previously filed a registration statement on Form SF-3 (File Nos. 333-239581 and 333-239581-01) (as amended, the “Prior Registration Statement”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”), which became effective on July 31, 2020. Pursuant to the Prior Registration Statement, there are $18,989,577,132.49 of unsold securities thereunder as of the date of this registration statement (the “Unsold Securities”). A filing fee of $2,092,651.40 was previously paid in connection with Unsold Securities to be carried forward.

  (c)

Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee.

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[Letterhead of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP]

June 26, 2023

Securities and Exchange Commission

100 F. Street, N.E.

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

  Re:

Chase Issuance Trust

Chase Card Funding LLC

Registration Statement on Form SF-3

Ladies and Gentlemen:

On behalf of Chase Card Funding LLC, as depositor to the Chase Issuance Trust, transmitted herewith through the EDGAR system for filing pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, is the Registration Statement on Form SF-3.

Should you have any questions or require anything further in connection with this filing, please do not hesitate to contact me at (212) 735-2416.

 

Sincerely yours,
/s/ Boong-Kyu Lee
Boong-Kyu Lee