0001193125-19-227620.txt : 20190823 0001193125-19-227620.hdr.sgml : 20190823 20190823120556 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-19-227620 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SF-3 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 25 0001182534 0000833733 FILED AS OF DATE: 20190823 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20190823 ABS ASSET CLASS: Auto loans FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: VOLKSWAGEN AUTO LEASE/LOAN UNDERWRITTEN FUNDING, LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001182534 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES [6189] IRS NUMBER: 113650483 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SF-3 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-233424 FILM NUMBER: 191047899 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2200 FERDINAND PORSCHE DR. CITY: HERNDON STATE: VA ZIP: 20171 BUSINESS PHONE: (703) 364-7325 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2200 FERDINAND PORSCHE DR. CITY: HERNDON STATE: VA ZIP: 20171 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: VOLKSWAGEN AUTO LEASE UNDERWRITTEN FUNDING LLC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20020823 SF-3 1 d742675dsf3.htm SF-3 SF-3
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 23, 2019

Registration No. 333-            

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM SF-3

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

 

VOLKSWAGEN AUTO LEASE/LOAN

UNDERWRITTEN FUNDING, LLC

as depositor to the issuing entities described herein

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   11-3650483

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification Number)

Commission File Number of depositor: 333-            

Central Index Key Number of depositor: 0001182534

Central Index Key Number of sponsor: 0000833733

VW Credit, Inc.

(Exact name of sponsor as specified in its charter)

 

 

2200 Ferdinand Porsche Drive

Herndon, VA 20171

(703) 364-7000

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

 

 

Dr. Kevin McDonald, Esq.

2200 Ferdinand Porsche Drive

Herndon, VA 20171

(703) 251-5107

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

 

 

Copies To:

 

Stuart M. Litwin, Esq.
Mayer Brown LLP
71 S. Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606
(312) 782-0600
  Amanda L. Baker, Esq.
Mayer Brown LLP
1221 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10020
(212) 506-2500

 

 

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

If 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:  ☐

 

 

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 

 

Title of each class of

securities to be registered

 

Amount

to be

registered

 

Proposed

maximum
offering price
per unit
 (1)

 

Proposed

maximum
aggregate

offering price

 

Amount of

registration fee(2)

Asset-Backed Notes

              (3)    100%               (3)                (3) 

 

 

 

(1) 

Estimated for purposes of calculating the registration fee.

(2)

On July 31, 2015, the registrant previously filed a registration statement on Form SF-3 (Registration No. 333-205992) (as amended, the “Prior Registration Statement”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which was declared effective on August 25, 2016. As of the date of filing of this registration statement, there are $478,135,313.53 of unsold Asset-Backed Notes under the Prior Registration Statement. The registrant has paid filing fees of $57,950 in connection with such unsold Asset-Backed Notes. The registrant intends to include such unsold Asset-Backed Notes in this registration statement. The registrant may file an amendment to this registration statement, if necessary, to effect the inclusion of any unsold Asset-Backed Notes under the Prior Registration Statement in this registration statement pursuant to Rule 415(a)(6) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”).

(3)

The registrant is registering an unspecified amount of Asset-Backed Notes as may from time to time be offered at unspecified prices and is deferring payment of all of the registration fees for any such Asset-Backed Notes in accordance with Rule 456(c) and Rule 457(s) of the Securities Act.

 

 

THE REGISTRANT HEREBY AMENDS THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON SUCH DATE OR DATES AS MAY BE NECESSARY TO DELAY ITS EFFECTIVE DATE UNTIL THE REGISTRANT SHALL FILE A FURTHER AMENDMENT WHICH SPECIFICALLY STATES THAT THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT SHALL THEREAFTER BECOME EFFECTIVE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 8(a) OF THE SECURITIES ACT OR UNTIL THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE ON SUCH DATE AS THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, ACTING PURSUANT TO SAID SECTION 8(a), MAY DETERMINE.

 

 

 


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The information in this prospectus is not complete and may be changed. We may not deliver the notes described in this prospectus until we deliver a final prospectus. This prospectus is not an offer to sell these notes nor is it seeking an offer to buy these notes in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted.

 

Subject to Completion, Dated [                    ]

PROSPECTUS

 

 

LOGO

$[        ]

Volkswagen Auto Loan Enhanced Trust 20[    ]-[    ]

Issuing Entity

Central Index Key Number: [                    ]

 

Volkswagen Auto Lease/Loan Underwritten Funding, LLC

Depositor

Central Index Key Number: 0001182534

 

VW Credit, Inc.

Sponsor, Originator and Servicer

Central Index Key Number: 0000833733

 

 

 

 

You should carefully read the risk factors beginning on page [    ] of this prospectus.

 

The notes will represent obligations of the issuing entity only and are not guaranteed by any person including Volkswagen Auto Lease/Loan Underwritten Funding, LLC, VW Credit, Inc. or any of their respective affiliates. Neither the notes nor the underlying receivables are insured or guaranteed by any governmental entity.

 

The following notes(1) are being offered by this prospectus:

 

    Principal Amount   Interest Rate(2)     Final Scheduled
Payment Date
 

Class A-1 Notes

  $      

Class A-2[-A] Notes

  $(3)      

[Class A-2-B Notes

  $(3)     [LIBOR(4) +]     ]  

Class A-3 Notes

  $      

Class A-4 Notes

  $      

[Class B Notes]

  $      
 

 

   

Total

  $    
 

 

   

 

    Price to Public[(5)]     Underwriting Discount     Proceeds to the Depositor  

Per Class A-1 Note

  $                              

Per Class A-2[-A] Note

  $                              

[Per Class A-2-B Note

  $                               %] 

Per Class A-3 Note

  $                              

Per Class A-4 Note

  $                              

[Per Class B Note]

  $                              
 

 

 

     

Total

  $       $       $    
 

 

 

     

 

(1)

All or a portion of one or more classes of notes may be initially retained by the depositor or an affiliate thereof.

(2)

The interest rate for each class of notes will be a fixed rate or a combination of a fixed rate and a floating rate if that class has both a fixed rate tranche and a floating rate tranche.

[(3)

The allocation of the initial principal amount between the Class A-2-A notes and Class A-2-B notes will be determined at the time of pricing. The depositor expects that the initial principal amount of the Class A-2-B notes will not exceed $[    ].]

[(4)

The interest rate on the [Class A-2-B] notes will be based on one-month LIBOR. If the sum of one-month LIBOR plus __% is less than 0.00% for any interest period, then the interest rate for the [Class A-2-B] notes will be deemed to be 0.00%. For a description of how one-month LIBOR is determined, see “The Notes—Payments of Interest” in this prospectus.]

[(5)]

Plus accrued interest, if any, from the closing date.

 
   

The notes are payable solely from the assets of the issuing entity, which consist primarily of motor vehicle retail installment sale contracts and/or installment loans that are secured by new and used automobiles, minivans and sport utility vehicles, [payments due under an interest rate [swap] [cap] agreement] [and funds on deposit in the reserve account.] [A portion of the receivables may be acquired by the issuing entity subsequent to the closing date during the funding period described in this prospectus using amounts deposited in a pre-funding account on the closing date]. [[                ] will be the counterparty to the interest rate [swap] [cap] agreement.]

 

   

The issuing entity will pay interest and principal on the notes on the [ ] day of each month, or, if the [    ] is not a business day, the next business day, starting on [                ], 20[    ].

 

   

Credit enhancement for the notes offered hereby will consist of [a reserve account with an initial deposit of $[ ],] [subordinated certificates,] [excess interest on the receivables,] [overcollateralization [(in addition to the yield supplement overcollateralization amount)],] [the risk retention reserve account with a deposit on the closing date of $[ ]] and [the yield supplement overcollateralization amount] [and, in the case of the Class A notes, by subordination of certain payments to the Class B noteholders].

 

   

The issuing entity will issue the notes described in the table above. The issuing entity will also issue a certificate that represents a fractional undivided interest in the issuing entity, will not bear interest, and is not being offered hereby.

 

 

Title of each class of

securities to be registered

 

Amount

to be registered

 

Proposed

maximum

offering

price per unit(1)

 

Proposed

maximum

aggregate

offering price(1)

 

Amount of

registration fee[(2)](3)

Asset-Backed Notes

  $[    ][(2)]   100%   $[    ]   $[    ]

 

 

 

(1) 

Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee.

[(2) 

$[    ] of the registration fee related to the securities offered hereby is being offset, pursuant to Rule 457(p) of the General Rules and Regulations under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, by the registration fees paid in connection with unsold Asset Backed Notes registered under Registration Statement No. 333-205992, filed on July 31, 2015, and amended by Amendment No. 1 to Form SF-3 filed on July 1, 2016, and Amendment No. 2 to Form SF-3 filed on August 9, 2016.]

(3) 

$[    ] has been previously paid.

Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these notes or determined if this prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

 

 

[UNDERWRITERS]

The date of this prospectus is [                    ], [            ]


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     Page  

CAPITALIZED TERMS

     1  

WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION

     1  

INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

     2  

SUMMARY OF STRUCTURE AND FLOW OF FUNDS

     4  

SUMMARY OF TERMS

     6  

RISK FACTORS

     19  

USE OF PROCEEDS

     41  

THE ISSUING ENTITY

     41  

Capitalization and Liabilities of the Issuing Entity

     42  

The Issuing Entity Property

     43  

Material Covenants

     43  

THE TRUSTEES

     44  

The Owner Trustee

     44  

[The Issuer Delaware Trustee

     44  

The Indenture Trustee

     45  

THE DEPOSITOR

     46  

THE SPONSOR

     46  

Credit Risk Retention

     46  

THE ORIGINATOR

     50  

Pool Underwriting

     50  

THE SERVICER

     52  

Collection and Repossession Procedures

     53  

Extensions

     54  

Servicing Experience

     54  

Insurance

     54  

AFFILIATIONS AND CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS

     54  

THE ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER

     55  

[THE [SWAP] [CAP] COUNTERPARTY

     56  

THE RECEIVABLES POOL

     56  

Characteristics of the Receivables

     56  

Pool Stratifications

     57  

Delinquencies, Net Credit Loss and Repossession Experience

     63  

 

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     Page  

Delinquency Experience Regarding the Pool of Receivables

     65  

Static Pool Information About Certain Previous Securitizations

     65  

Review of Pool Assets

     65  

Asset Level Information

     66  

REPURCHASES AND REPLACEMENTS

     67  

WEIGHTED AVERAGE LIFE OF THE NOTES

     67  

[POOL FACTORS,] NOTE FACTORS AND POOL INFORMATION

     75  

THE NOTES

     75  

General

     75  

Book-Entry Registration

     76  

Definitive Notes

     76  

Notes Owned by Transaction Parties

     77  

Access to Noteholder Lists

     77  

Noteholder Communication

     77  

Delivery of Notes

     78  

Payments of Interest

     78  

Payments of Principal

     78  

[Interest Rate Swap Agreement

     80  

[Interest Rate Cap Agreement

     82  

[THE REVOLVING PERIOD

     83  

DESCRIPTION OF THE TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS

     84  

Sale and Assignment of Receivables and Related Security Interests

     84  

Representations and Warranties; Remedies

     85  

Asset Representations Review

     87  

Fees and Expenses for Asset Review

     89  

Asset Review

     89  

Indemnification of the Asset Representations Reviewer

     89  

Requests to Repurchase and Dispute Resolution

     90  

Collection and Other Servicing Procedures

     91  

Administration Agreement

     92  

The Accounts

     92  

[Acquisition of Subsequent Receivables During Funding Period

     94  

 

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     Page  

Advances

     95  

Priority of Payments

     95  

[Excess Interest

     97  

Fees and Expenses

     97  

The Owner Trustee[, the Issuer Delaware Trustee] and the Indenture Trustee

     98  

Indemnification of the Indenture Trustee[, the Issuer Delaware Trustee] and the Owner Trustee

     100  

Statements to Noteholders

     100  

[Yield Supplement Overcollateralization Amount

     102  

Optional Redemption

     102  

Servicing Compensation and Expenses

     102  

Modifications of Receivables

     103  

Servicer Replacement Events

     103  

Removal or Replacement of the Servicer

     104  

Waiver of Past Servicer Replacement Events

     105  

Events of Default

     105  

Rights Upon Event of Default

     105  

Priority of Payments May Change Upon an Event of Default

     106  

Limitation of Suits

     108  

Evidence of Compliance

     108  

Amendment Provisions

     109  

Indenture Trustee’s Annual Report

     110  

Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture

     111  

MATERIAL LEGAL ASPECTS OF THE RECEIVABLES

     111  

Rights in the Receivables

     111  

Security Interests in the Financed Vehicles

     112  

Repossession

     114  

Notice of Sale; Redemption Rights

     114  

Deficiency Judgments and Excess Proceeds

     114  

Consumer Protection Law

     115  

Servicemembers Civil Relief Act

     116  

Certain Matters Relating to Bankruptcy and Insolvency

     117  

Repurchase Obligation

     121  

 

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CAPITALIZED TERMS

The capitalized terms used in this prospectus, unless defined elsewhere in this prospectus, have the meanings set forth in the glossary at the end of this prospectus.

WHERE TO FIND INFORMATION IN THIS PROSPECTUS

This prospectus provides information about the issuing entity and the notes offered by this prospectus.

You should rely only on the information contained in this prospectus or information expressly incorporated by reference into this prospectus, including all appendices hereto. We have not authorized anyone to provide you with other or different information. If you receive any other information, you should not rely on it. We are not offering the notes in any jurisdiction where the offer is not permitted. We do not claim that the information in this prospectus is accurate on any date other than the date stated on the front cover page.

We have started with two introductory sections in this prospectus describing the notes and the issuing entity in abbreviated form, followed by a more complete description of the terms of the offering of the notes. The introductory sections are:

 

   

Summary of Terms—provides important information concerning the amounts and the payment terms of each class of notes and gives a brief introduction to the key structural features of the issuing entity; and

 

   

Risk Factors—describes briefly some of the risks to investors in the notes.

We include cross-references in this prospectus to captions where you can find additional related information. You can find the page numbers on which these captions are located under the Table of Contents in this prospectus. You can also find a listing of the pages where the principal terms are defined under “Index of Principal Terms” beginning on page [    ] of this prospectus.

If you have received a copy of this prospectus in electronic format, and if the legal prospectus delivery period has not expired, you may obtain at no cost a paper copy of this prospectus from the depositor or from the underwriters.

In this prospectus, the terms “we”, “us” and “our” refer to Volkswagen Auto Lease/Loan Underwritten Funding, LLC.

WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION

Volkswagen Auto Lease/Loan Underwritten Funding, LLC, as depositor, has filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) relating to the notes. This prospectus is a part of our registration statement. This prospectus does not contain all of the information in our registration statement. For further information, please see our registration statement and the accompanying exhibits which we have filed with the SEC. This prospectus summarizes certain contracts and/or other documents. For further information, please see the copy of the contract or other document filed as an exhibit to the registration statement. Annual reports on Form 10-K, distribution reports on Form 10-D, current reports on Form 8-K and amendments to those reports will be prepared, signed and filed with the SEC by the depositor or the servicer on behalf of the issuing entity. You can obtain copies of the registration statement free of charge upon written request to VW Credit, Inc., 2200 Ferdinand Porsche Drive, Herndon, Virginia 20171. In addition, you can obtain copies of the registration statement from the SEC upon payment of the prescribed charges, or you can examine the registration statement free of charge at the SEC’s offices. Reports and other information filed with the SEC can be inspected and copied at the Public Reference Room of the SEC at 100 F Street, NE, Washington D.C., 20549 on official business days between the hours of 10 a.m. and 3 p.m., at prescribed rates. You can obtain information on the operation of the Public Reference Room by calling 1-800-732-0330. The SEC also maintains a site on the World Wide Web at http//www.sec.gov at which users can view and download copies of reports, proxy and information statements and other information filed electronically through the EDGAR system. Our SEC filings may be located by using the SEC Central Index Key

 

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(CIK) for the depositor, 0001182534. For purposes of any electronic version of this prospectus, the preceding uniform resource locator, or URL, is an inactive textual reference only. We have taken steps to ensure that this URL was inactive at the time we created any electronic version of this prospectus.

INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

The SEC allows us to “incorporate by reference” 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. Information that we file later with the SEC will automatically update the information in this prospectus. In all cases, you should rely on the most recently filed information rather than contradictory information included in this prospectus. Information that will be incorporated by reference will be filed under the name of the issuing entity.

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), at no cost, by writing us at Volkswagen Auto Lease/Loan Underwritten Funding, LLC, 2200 Ferdinand Porsche Drive, Herndon, Virginia 20171 or calling us at (703) 364-7000.

REPORTS TO NOTEHOLDERS

After the notes are issued, unaudited monthly servicing reports containing information concerning the issuing entity, the notes and the receivables will be prepared by VW Credit, Inc. (“VW Credit”) and sent on behalf of the issuing entity to the indenture trustee, who will forward the same to Cede & Co., as nominee of the Depository Trust Company (“DTC”).

Owners of the notes may receive the reports by submitting a written request to the indenture trustee. In the written request you must state that you are an owner of notes and you must include payment for expenses associated with the distribution of the reports. [The indenture trustee will also make such reports (and, at its option, any additional files containing the same information in an alternative format) available to noteholders each month via its Internet website, which is presently located at [        ]. The indenture trustee will forward a hard copy of the reports to each noteholder promptly after it becomes aware that the reports are not accessible on its Internet website. Assistance in using this Internet website may be obtained by calling the indenture trustee’s customer service desk at [        ]. The indenture trustee is obligated to notify the noteholders in writing of any changes in the address or means of access to the Internet website where the reports are accessible.]

The reports do not constitute financial statements prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. VW Credit, the depositor and the issuing entity do not intend to send any of their financial reports to the beneficial owners of the notes. The issuing entity will file with the SEC all required annual reports on Form 10-K, distribution reports on Form 10-D and current reports on Form 8-K. Those reports will be filed with the SEC under the name “Volkswagen Auto Loan Enhanced Trust [    ]” and file number [    ].

NOTICE TO RESIDENTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM

THIS PROSPECTUS MAY ONLY BE COMMUNICATED OR CAUSED TO BE COMMUNICATED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM TO PERSONS AUTHORIZED TO CARRY ON A REGULATED ACTIVITY (“AUTHORIZED PERSONS”) UNDER THE FINANCIAL SERVICES AND MARKETS ACT 2000 OF THE UNITED KINGDOM, AS AMENDED (THE “FSMA”) OR TO PERSONS OTHERWISE HAVING PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE IN MATTERS RELATING TO INVESTMENTS AND QUALIFYING AS INVESTMENT PROFESSIONALS UNDER ARTICLE 19(5) OF THE FINANCIAL SERVICES AND MARKETS ACT 2000 (FINANCIAL PROMOTION) ORDER 2005, AS AMENDED (THE “ORDER”), OR TO PERSONS WHO FALL WITHIN ARTICLE 49(2)(A)-(D) (AS HIGH NET WORTH COMPANIES, UNINCORPORATED ASSOCIATIONS, ETC.) OF THE ORDER OR TO ANY OTHER PERSON TO WHOM THIS PROSPECTUS MAY OTHERWISE LAWFULLY BE COMMUNICATED OR CAUSED TO BE COMMUNICATED.

 

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NEITHER THIS PROSPECTUS NOR THE NOTES ARE OR WILL BE AVAILABLE TO OTHER CATEGORIES OF PERSONS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND NO ONE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM FALLING OUTSIDE SUCH CATEGORIES IS ENTITLED TO RELY ON, AND THEY MUST NOT ACT ON, ANY INFORMATION IN THIS PROSPECTUS. THE COMMUNICATION OF THIS PROSPECTUS TO ANY PERSON IN THE UNITED KINGDOM OTHER THAN PERSONS IN THE CATEGORIES STATED ABOVE IS UNAUTHORIZED AND MAY CONTRAVENE THE FSMA.

[THE CLASS [ ] NOTES HAVE NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE OFFERED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM OR TO UNITED KINGDOM PERSONS AND NO PROCEEDS OF THE CLASS [ ] NOTES WILL BE RECEIVED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM.]1

NOTICE TO RESIDENTS OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA

THIS PROSPECTUS IS NOT A PROSPECTUS FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE PROSPECTUS REGULATION (AS DEFINED BELOW). THIS PROSPECTUS HAS BEEN PREPARED ON THE BASIS THAT ANY OFFERS OF NOTES IN ANY MEMBER STATE OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA ( EACH, A “RELEVANT MEMBER STATE”) WILL BE MADE ONLY TO A PERSON OR LEGAL ENTITY QUALIFYING AS A QUALIFIED INVESTOR (AS DEFINED IN THE PROSPECTUS REGULATION (AS DEFINED BELOW)). ACCORDINGLY, ANY PERSON MAKING OR INTENDING TO MAKE AN OFFER IN A RELEVANT MEMBER STATE OF NOTES WHICH ARE THE SUBJECT OF THE OFFERING CONTEMPLATED IN THIS PROSPECTUS MAY ONLY DO SO TO ONE OR MORE QUALIFIED INVESTORS. NONE OF THE ISSUING ENTITY, THE DEPOSITOR OR ANY OF THE UNDERWRITERS HAS AUTHORIZED, NOR DO THEY AUTHORIZE, THE MAKING OF ANY OFFER OF NOTES TO ANY PERSON OR LEGAL ENTITY THAT DOES NOT QUALIFY AS A QUALIFIED INVESTOR. THE EXPRESSION “PROSPECTUS REGULATION” MEANS REGULATION (EU) 2017/1129 (AS AMENDED).

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 RETAIL INVESTOR IN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA. FOR THESE PURPOSES, A 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 (AS AMENDED), 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. CONSEQUENTLY NO KEY INFORMATION DOCUMENT REQUIRED BY REGULATION (EU) NO 1286/2014 (AS AMENDED, THE “PRIIPS REGULATION”) FOR OFFERING OR SELLING THE NOTES OR OTHERWISE MAKING THEM AVAILABLE TO RETAIL INVESTORS IN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA HAS BEEN PREPARED, AND THEREFORE, OFFERING OR SELLING THE NOTES OR OTHERWISE MAKING THEM AVAILABLE TO ANY RETAIL INVESTOR IN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA MAY BE UNLAWFUL UNDER THE PRIIPS REGULATION.

 

1 

To be included if any class of notes has a tenor of less than one year.

 

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SUMMARY OF STRUCTURE AND FLOW OF FUNDS

This structural summary briefly describes certain major structural components, the relationship among the parties, the flow of funds and certain other material features of the transaction. This structural summary does not contain all of the information that you need to consider in making your investment decision. You should carefully read this entire prospectus to understand all the terms of this offering.

Structural Diagram

 

LOGO

 

(1)

All or a portion of one or more classes of notes may be initially retained by the depositor or an affiliate thereof.



 

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Flow of Funds(1)

(Prior to an Acceleration after an Event of Default)

 

LOGO

 

(1)

For more information regarding priority of payments, see “Description of the Transaction Documents—Priority of Payments.”



 

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SUMMARY OF TERMS

This summary highlights selected information from this prospectus and does not contain all of the information that you need to consider in making your investment decision. This summary provides an overview of certain information to aid your understanding. You should carefully read this entire prospectus to understand all of the terms of the offering.

 

THE PARTIES

Issuing Entity/Trust

Volkswagen Auto Loan Enhanced Trust 20[    ]-[    ], a Delaware statutory trust, will be the “issuing entity” of the notes. The principal assets of the issuing entity will be a pool of receivables which are motor vehicle retail installment sale contracts and/or installment loans that are secured by new and used automobiles, minivans and sport utility vehicles.

Depositor

Volkswagen Auto Lease/Loan Underwritten Funding, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a wholly owned special purpose subsidiary of VW Credit, Inc., is the “depositor” of the issuing entity. The depositor will sell the receivables to the issuing entity. The depositor will be the initial holder of the issuing entity’s certificate.

You may contact the depositor by mail at 2200 Ferdinand Porsche Drive, Herndon, Virginia 20171, or by calling (703) 364-7000.

Servicer/Sponsor

VW Credit, Inc., a Delaware corporation, referred to as “VW Credit” or the “servicer”, will service the receivables held by the issuing entity and is the “sponsor” of the transaction described in this prospectus. The servicer will be entitled to receive a servicing fee for each collection period. The “servicing fee” for any payment date will be an amount equal to the product of (1) [1.00]%; (2) one-twelfth [(or, in the case of the first payment date, [a fraction equal to the number of days from but not including the [initial] cut-off date to and including the last day of the first collection period over 360] [one-sixth])] and (3) the net pool balance of the receivables as of the first day of the related collection period (or as of the cut-off date, in the case of the first payment date). As additional compensation, the servicer will be entitled to retain all supplemental servicing fees and investment income from amounts on deposit in the collection account and the principal

distribution account. The servicing fee, together with any portion of the servicing fee that remains unpaid from prior payment dates, will be payable on each payment date from funds on deposit in the collection account with respect to the collection period preceding such payment date, including funds, if any, deposited into the collection account from the reserve account[; provided, however, that available funds from the risk retention reserve account may not be used for this purpose so long as the servicer is VW Credit or an affiliate of VW Credit].

As described in “Description of the Transaction Documents—Collection and Other Servicing Procedures,” subject to certain conditions, the servicer will be obligated to purchase any receivables affected by breaches by the servicer of certain of its duties and covenants with respect to those receivables. This repurchase obligation will constitute the sole remedy available to the noteholders or the issuing entity for any uncured breach by the servicer of those duties and covenants.

Originator

VW Credit originated the receivables, which VW Credit will sell to the depositor. We refer to VW Credit as the “originator”. VW Credit will sell all of the receivables to be included in the receivables pool to the depositor and the depositor will sell those receivables to the issuing entity.

Administrator

VW Credit will be the “administrator” of the issuing entity, and in such capacity will provide administrative and ministerial services for the issuing entity.

Trustees

[    ], a [national banking association], will be the “indenture trustee”.

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[[    ], a [national banking association], will be the “issuer Delaware trustee”.]

[[Swap] [Cap] Counterparty]

[[            ], a [            ], will be the “[swap] [cap] counterparty”] [insert disclosure required by Item 1115 of Regulation AB].

Asset Representations Reviewer

[    ], a [    ], will be the “asset representations reviewer”.

THE OFFERED NOTES

The issuing entity will issue and offer the following notes:

 

Class of Notes (1)

   Principal
Amount
     Interest
Rate
    Final
Scheduled

Payment
Date
 

Class A-1

   $                                                     

Class A-2[-A ]

   $                        

[Class A-2-B

   $          [LIBOR+] %(2)                  ]  

Class A-3

   $                        

Class A-4

   $                        

 

(1)

All or a portion of one or more classes of notes may be initially retained by the depositor or an affiliate thereof.

(2) 

The interest rate on the [Class A-2-B] notes will be based on one-month LIBOR. If the sum of one-month LIBOR plus     % is less than 0.00% for any interest period, then the interest rate for the [Class A-2-B] notes will be deemed to be 0.00%. For a description of how one-month LIBOR is determined, see “The Notes—Payments of Interest” in this prospectus.

[The [Class A-2-B] notes are sometimes referred to as the “floating rate notes.”]

The issuing entity will also issue a subordinated and non-interest bearing “certificate” which represents an equity interest in the issuing entity and is not offered hereby. The certificateholder will be entitled on each payment date only to amounts remaining after payments on the notes and payments of issuing entity expenses and other required amounts on such payment date.

The notes are issuable in a minimum denomination of $[100,000] and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.

The issuing entity expects to issue the notes on or about [            ], which we refer to as the “closing date”.

INTEREST AND PRINCIPAL

The issuing entity will pay interest on the notes monthly, on the [    ] day of each month (or, if that day is not a business day, on the next business day), which we refer to as the “payment date”. The first payment date is [            ], 20[    ]. On each payment date, payments on the notes will be made to holders of record as of the close of business on the last business day preceding that payment date (except in limited circumstances where definitive notes are issued), which we refer to as the “record date”.

Interest Payments

 

    Interest on the Class A-1 notes [and the [Class A-2-B] notes] will accrue from and including the prior payment date (or, with respect to the first payment date, from and including the closing date) to but excluding the related payment date.

 

    Interest on the Class A-2[-A] notes, the Class A-3 notes and the Class A-4 notes will accrue from and including the 20th day of the calendar month preceding each payment date (or, with respect to the first payment date, from and including the closing date) to but excluding the 20th day of the month in which such payment date occurs.

 

    Interest accrued as of any payment date but not paid on that payment date will be payable on the next payment date, together with interest on such amount at the applicable interest rate (to the extent lawful).

 

    The issuing entity will pay interest on the Class A-1 notes [and the [Class A-2-B notes]] on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed during the period for which interest is payable and a 360-day year. This means that the interest due on each payment date for the Class A-1 notes [and the [Class A-2-B notes], as applicable] will be the product of (i) the outstanding principal balance of the Class A-1 notes [and the [Class A-2-B notes], as applicable] before giving effect to any payments made on that payment date, (ii) the applicable interest rate and (iii) the actual number of days from and including the previous payment date (or, in the case of the first payment date, from and including the closing date) to but excluding the current payment date divided by 360.

 

   

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360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. This means that the interest due on each payment date for the Class A-2[-A] notes, the Class A-3 notes, the Class A-4 notes[and the Class B notes] will be the product of (i) the outstanding principal balance of the related class of notes before giving effect to any payments made on that payment date, (ii) the applicable interest rate and (iii) 30 (or in the case of the first payment date, the number of days from and including the closing date to but excluding [            ] (assuming a 30 day calendar month)), divided by 360.

 

    Interest payments on all classes of [Class A] notes will have the same priority. [Interest payments on the Class B notes will be subordinated to interest payments and, in specified circumstances, principal payments of the Class A notes.]

 

    If the sum of one-month LIBOR and the applicable spread set forth on the front cover of this prospectus is less than 0.00% for any interest period, then the interest rate for the [Class A-2-B] notes for such interest period will be deemed to be 0.00%. See “The Notes—Payments of Interest” in this prospectus.

Principal Payments

 

    The issuing entity will generally pay principal on the notes monthly on each payment date in accordance with the payment priorities described below under “—Priority of Payments.”

 

    The issuing entity will make principal payments of the notes based on the amount of collections and defaults on the receivables during the prior collection period.

 

    This prospectus describes how available funds and amounts on deposit in the reserve account are allocated to principal payments of the notes.

 

    On each payment date, prior to the acceleration of the notes following an event of default, which is described below under “—Interest and Principal Payments after an Event of Default,” the issuing entity will distribute funds available to pay principal of the notes in the following order of priority:

 

  (1)

first, to the Class A-1 notes, until the Class A-1 notes are paid in full;

  (2)

second, [pro rata] to the Class A-2[-A] notes [and the Class A-2-B notes], until the Class A-2[-A] notes [and the Class A-2-B notes] are paid in full;

 

  (3)

third, to the Class A-3 notes, until the Class A-3 notes are paid in full;

 

  (4)

fourth, to the Class A-4 notes, until the Class A-4 notes are paid in full; and

 

  [(5)

fifth, to the Class B notes, until the Class B notes are paid in full.]

 

    [In addition, the issuing entity may make principal payments on the notes from funds on deposit in the pre-funding account, as described below under “Description of the Transaction Documents —Acquisition of Subsequent Receivables During Funding Period.”]

 

    All outstanding principal of a class of notes will be due on the related final scheduled payment date for that class.

Interest and Principal Payments after an Event of Default

On each payment date after an event of default under the indenture occurs [(other than an event of default based on the issuing entity’s breach of a covenant, representation or warranty)] and the notes are accelerated, after payment of certain amounts to the trustees, the servicer, the asset representations reviewer [and the swap counterparty], interest on the [Class A] notes will be paid ratably to each class of [Class A] notes and principal payments of each class of notes will be made first to the Class A-1 noteholders until the Class A-1 notes are paid in full. Next, the noteholders of all other classes of [Class A] notes will receive principal payments, ratably, based on the aggregate outstanding principal balance of each remaining class of [Class A] notes. [After interest on and principal of all of the Class A notes are paid in full, interest and principal payments will be made to noteholders of the Class B notes.] [On each payment date after an event of default under the indenture occurs and the notes are accelerated as the result of the issuing entity’s breach of a covenant, representation or warranty, after payment of certain amounts to the trustees, the servicer, the asset representations reviewer [and the swap counterparty], interest on the [Class A] notes will be paid ratably to each class of [Class A] notes [followed by interest on the Class B notes]. Principal payments of each class

 


 

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of [Class A] notes will then be made first to the Class A-1 noteholders until the Class A-1 notes are paid in full. Next, the noteholders of all other classes of [Class A] notes will receive principal payments, ratably, based on the outstanding principal amount of each remaining class of [Class A] notes until those other classes of [Class A] notes are paid in full. [Next, the Class B noteholders will receive principal payments until the Class B notes are paid in full.]] Payments of the foregoing amounts will be made from available funds and other amounts, including all amounts held on deposit in the reserve account. See “Description of the Transaction Documents—Rights Upon Event of Default” in this prospectus.

If an event of default has occurred but the notes have not been accelerated, then interest and principal payments will be made in the priority set forth below under “—Priority of Payments.”

Optional Redemption of the Notes

If VW Credit is the servicer, then the servicer will have the right at its option to exercise a “clean-up call” and to purchase the receivables and the other issuing entity property (other than the reserve account) from the issuing entity on any payment date if the outstanding net pool balance of the receivables as of the last day of the related collection period is less than or equal to [10]% of [the sum of (i)] the initial net pool balance as of the cut-off date [and (ii) the initial pre-funding deposit amount, if any]. (We use the term “net pool balance” to mean, as of any date, the aggregate outstanding principal balance of all receivables (other than defaulted receivables) of the issuing entity on such date.) If the servicer[, or any successor to the servicer], purchases the receivables and other issuing entity property (other than the reserve account), the purchase price will equal the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the notes plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon (after giving effect to all distributions due on that payment date), [plus all amounts owing to the swap counterparty as of that payment date] at the applicable interest rate up to but excluding that payment date. It is expected that at the time this option becomes available to the servicer, [or any successor to the servicer,] only the Class A-4 notes [and the Class B notes] will be outstanding.

Additionally, each of the notes is subject to redemption in whole, but not in part, on any payment date on which the sum of the amounts in the reserve account and the remaining available funds after the payments under clauses first through [eighth] set forth in “—Priority of Payments” below would be

sufficient to pay in full the aggregate unpaid note balance of all of the outstanding notes as determined by the servicer. On such payment date, (i) the indenture trustee upon written direction from the servicer shall transfer all amounts on deposit in the reserve account to the collection account and (ii) the outstanding notes shall be redeemed in whole, but not in part.

Notice of redemption under the indenture must be given by the indenture trustee not later than [10] days prior to the applicable redemption date to each holder of notes. All notices of redemption will state: (i) the redemption date; (ii) the redemption price; (iii) that the record date otherwise applicable to that redemption date is not applicable and that payments will be made only upon presentation and surrender of those notes, and the place where those notes are to be surrendered for payment of the redemption price; (iv) that interest on the notes will cease to accrue on the redemption date; and (v) the CUSIP numbers (if applicable) for the notes.

EVENTS OF DEFAULT

The occurrence and continuation of any one of the following events will be an “event of default” under the indenture:

 

    a default in the payment of any interest on any note [of the Controlling Class] when the same becomes due and payable, and such default shall continue for a period of five business days;

 

    default in the payment of principal of any note at the related final scheduled payment date or the redemption date;

 

    any failure by the issuing entity to duly observe or perform in any material respect any of its material covenants or agreements in the indenture, which failure materially and adversely affects the interests of the noteholders, and which continues unremedied for 90 days after receipt by the issuing entity of written notice thereof from the indenture trustee or noteholders evidencing at least a majority of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the outstanding notes [of the Controlling Class];

 

   

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by the issuing entity of written notice thereof from the indenture trustee or noteholders evidencing at least a majority of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the outstanding notes [of the Controlling Class]; and

 

    the occurrence of certain events (which, if involuntary, remain unstayed for more than 90 consecutive days) of bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or liquidation of the issuing entity.

[Notwithstanding the foregoing, a delay in or failure of performance referred to under the first four bullet points above for a period of [120] days will not constitute an event of default if that delay or failure was caused by force majeure or other similar occurrence.]

The amount of principal required to be paid to noteholders under the indenture, however, generally will be limited to amounts available to make such payments in accordance with the priority of payments. Thus, the failure to pay principal of a class of notes due to a lack of amounts available to make such a payment will not result in the occurrence of an event of default until the final scheduled payment date or the redemption date for that class of notes.

ISSUING ENTITY PROPERTY

The primary assets of the issuing entity will be a pool of motor vehicle retail installment sale contracts and/or installment loans secured by a combination of new and used automobiles, minivans and sport utility vehicles. We refer to these contracts and loans as “receivables”, to the pool of those receivables as the “receivables pool” and to the persons who financed their purchases or refinanced existing obligations with these contracts and loans as “obligors”. The receivables were underwritten in accordance with the originator’s underwriting criteria.

The receivables identified on the schedule of receivables delivered by VW Credit on the closing date will be transferred from VW Credit to the depositor and then transferred by the depositor to the issuing entity. The issuing entity will grant a security interest in the receivables and the other issuing entity property to the indenture trustee on behalf of the noteholders [and the swap counterparty].

The “issuing entity property” will include the following:

 

    the receivables, including collections on the receivables after the [applicable] cut-off date (the
   

cut-off date for the receivables sold to the issuing entity on the closing date is [                        ], which we refer to as the [initial] “cut-off date”, [and the cut-off date for the receivables sold to the issuing entity on a funding date, the “subsequent cut-off date,” is the date specified in the notice relating to that funding date)];

 

    security interests in the vehicles financed by the receivables, which we refer to as the “financed vehicles”;

 

    all receivable files relating to the original motor vehicle retail installment sale contracts and/or loans evidencing the receivables;

 

    [rights under the interest rate [swap] [cap] agreement and payments made by the [swap] [cap] counterparty under the interest rate [swap] [cap] agreement;]

 

    any other property securing the receivables;

 

    all rights of the originator under agreements with the dealers relating to receivables;

 

    rights to proceeds under insurance policies that cover the obligors under the receivables or the financed vehicles;

 

    amounts on deposit in the collection account, [the pre-funding account,] the reserve account, the principal distribution account [and the risk retention reserve account] and permitted investments of those accounts;

 

    rights of the issuing entity under the sale and servicing agreement and the administration agreement and of the depositor, as buyer, under the purchase agreement; and

 

    the proceeds of any and all of the above.

STATISTICAL INFORMATION

The statistical information in this prospectus is based on the receivables pool described below as of the cut-off date. We use the term “contract rate” to mean, with respect to a receivable, the rate per annum at which interest accrues under the motor vehicle retail installment sales contract or installment loan evidencing such receivable. Such rate may differ from the APR disclosed in the receivable.

 


 

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The receivables in the pool described in this prospectus had the following characteristics as of the close of business on the cut-off date:

 

    an aggregate receivables balance of $[            ];

 

    a weighted average contract rate of [            ]%;

 

    a weighted average original maturity of [            ] months; and

 

    a weighted average remaining maturity of [            ] months.

In connection with the offering of the notes, the depositor has performed a review of the receivables in the pool and certain disclosure in this prospectus relating to the receivables, as described under “The Receivables Pool—Review of Pool Assets” in this prospectus.

As described in “The Originator— Pool Underwriting” in this prospectus, under VW Credit’s origination process, credit applications are evaluated when received and are either automatically approved, automatically rejected or forwarded for review by a VW Credit credit analyst based on VW Credit’s electronic decisioning model. Applications that are not automatically approved are ultimately reviewed by a VW Credit credit analyst with appropriate approval authority. Approximately [    ]% of the net pool balance as of the cut-off date was automatically approved, while approximately [        ]% of the net pool balance as of the cut-off date was evaluated and approved by a VW Credit credit analyst with appropriate authority in accordance with VW Credit’s written underwriting guidelines. None of the receivables in the pool were originated with exceptions to VW Credit’s written underwriting guidelines, nor were any receivables in the pool approved after being automatically rejected by the electronic decisioning model.

In addition to the purchase of receivables from the issuing entity in connection with the servicer’s exercise of its clean-up call option as described above under “—Interest and Principal—Optional Redemption of the Notes,” receivables may be repurchased from the issuing entity by the depositor or sponsor, in connection with the breach of certain representations and warranties concerning the characteristics of the receivables, or purchased by the servicer, in connection with the breach of certain servicing covenants, as described under “The Servicer.”

RECEIVABLES REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

VW Credit and the depositor will each make certain representations and warranties regarding the characteristics of the receivables as of the cut-off date. Breach of these representations may, subject to certain conditions, result in VW Credit or the depositor, as applicable, being obligated to repurchase the related receivable. Any inaccuracy in the representations or warranties will be deemed not to constitute a breach if such inaccuracy does not affect the ability of the issuing entity to receive or retain payment in full on the receivable. See “Description of the Transaction Documents—Sale and Assignment of Receivables and Related Security Interests.” This repurchase obligation will constitute the sole remedy available to the noteholders or the issuing entity for any uncured breach by VW Credit or the depositor of those representations and warranties. If the issuing entity or the indenture trustee requests that VW Credit or the depositor repurchase any receivable due to a breach of a representation or warranty as described above, and the repurchase request has not been fulfilled or otherwise resolved to the reasonable satisfaction of the requesting party within 180 days of the receipt of notice of the request by the depositor or VW Credit, as applicable, the requesting party will have the right to refer the matter, at its discretion, to either mediation or third-party arbitration. The terms of the mediation or arbitration, as applicable, are described under “Description of the Transaction DocumentsRepresentations and Warranties; Remedies” and “—Requests to Repurchase and Dispute Resolution” in this prospectus.

As more fully described in “Description of the Transaction DocumentsAsset Representations Review” in this prospectus, if the aggregate amount of delinquent receivables exceeds a specified threshold then, subject to certain conditions, noteholders representing at least a majority of the voting noteholders may direct the asset representations reviewer to perform a review of specified delinquent receivables for compliance with the representations and warranties made by VW Credit and the depositor. See “Description of the Transaction DocumentsAsset Representations Review” in this prospectus.

[SUBSEQUENT RECEIVABLES]

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pre-funding account.” We refer to the amount deposited in the pre-funding account on the closing date as the “pre-funded amount.” During the funding period (defined below), the issuing entity will use the amounts on deposit in the pre-funding account to acquire additional receivables from the depositor, which we refer to as “subsequent receivables,” for an amount equal to [ ]% of the aggregate principal balance of the subsequent receivables as of the applicable subsequent cut-off date. The issuing entity may acquire subsequent receivables on any business day during the funding period (but no more than once a week) each of which we refer to as a “funding date.” Subsequent receivables must meet certain eligibility criteria as described in “The Receivables Pool” in this prospectus. Assuming that substantially all of the pre-funded amount is used for the purchase of subsequent receivables, the aggregate principal balance of the subsequent receivables as of their respective subsequent cut-off dates will equal approximately [    ]% of the aggregate principal balance of all receivables as of their respective cut-off dates.

The funding period will begin on the closing date and will end on the earliest to occur of:

 

    [    ], 20[    ];

 

    the date on which the amount in the pre-funding account is $[10,000] or less; or

 

    the occurrence of an event of default under the indenture.

On the first payment date following the end of the funding period, the indenture trustee will withdraw any funds remaining on deposit in the pre-funding account (excluding investment earnings) and distribute those funds to noteholders as payment of principal. Such payments will be made either on a sequential or pro rata basis as described under “Description of the Transaction Documents—Acquisition of Subsequent Receivables During Funding Period.”]

[THE REVOLVING PERIOD]

[The issuing entity will not make payments of principal on the notes on payment dates occurring during the revolving period.

The “revolving period” consists of the collection periods from the closing date through [            ] [Insert a date not to exceed three years from the closing

date.], and the related payment dates. We refer to the collection periods and the related payment dates following the revolving period as the “amortization period.”

If an early amortization event occurs, the revolving period will terminate early, and the amortization period will begin. See “The Revolving Period” in this prospectus.

On each payment date related to the revolving period, amounts otherwise available to make principal payments on the notes will be applied to purchase additional receivables from the depositor for the purpose of maintaining the initial aggregate principal balance of the receivables. Such additional receivables must meet certain eligibility criteria as described in “Description of the Transaction Documents —Sale and Assignment of Receivables and Related Security Interests” and “The Receivables Pool” in this prospectus.

The amount of additional receivables will be determined by the amount of cash available from payments and prepayments on existing receivables. [There are no stated limits on the amount of additional receivables allowed to be purchased during the revolving period in terms of either dollars or percentage of the initial aggregate principal balance of the receivables.] [Insert the maximum amount of additional assets that may be acquired during the revolving period and the percentage of the asset pool that may be acquired during the Revolving Period, to the extent applicable, in accordance with Items 1103(a)(5)(iii) and 1103(a)(5)(iv), respectively, of Regulation AB.] See “The Revolving Period” in this prospectus.]

PRIORITY OF PAYMENTS

On each payment date, except after the acceleration of the notes following an event of default, the indenture trustee will make the following payments and deposits from available funds in the collection account (including funds, if any, deposited into the collection account from the reserve account [and the risk retention reserve account] [and amounts, if any, paid by the [swap] [cap] counterparty]) in the following amounts and order of priority:

 

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    second, to the servicer, the servicing fee and all unpaid servicing fees with respect to prior periods[, except available funds from the risk retention reserve account will not be used for this purpose as long as the servicer is VW Credit or an affiliate of VW Credit];

 

    third, pro rata, to the owner trustee[, the issuer Delaware trustee], the indenture trustee and the asset representations reviewer, fees and expenses (including indemnification amounts) due and owing under the trust agreement, the indenture and the asset representations review agreement, as applicable, which have not been previously paid, provided, that the amounts payable pursuant to this clause will be limited to $[    ] per annum in the aggregate;

 

    [fourth, to the swap counterparty, the net swap payment;]

 

    [fifth], [pro rata, (1)] to the [Class A] noteholders, accrued interest on the [Class A] notes; provided, that if there are not sufficient funds available to pay the entire amount of accrued interest on the [Class A] notes, the amount will be applied to the payment of such interest on a pro rata basis based on the amount of interest owing; [and (2) to the swap counterparty any senior swap termination payments payable to the swap counterparty;]

 

    [sixth], to the principal distribution account for distribution to the noteholders pursuant to “Interest and Principal—Principal Payments” above, the [principal distribution amount][first allocation of principal], if any;

 

    [seventh, to the Class B noteholders, interest on the Class B notes;]

 

    [eighth, to the principal distribution account for distribution to the noteholders pursuant to “Interest and Principal—Principal Payments” above, the second allocation of principal;]

 

    [ninth], to the reserve account, any additional amounts required to increase the amount on deposit in the reserve account up to the specified reserve account balance;

 

    [tenth, to the swap counterparty, any subordinated swap termination payment and any other amounts payable by the issuing entity to the swap counterparty and not previously paid;]
    [eleventh], pro rata, to the owner trustee[, the issuer Delaware trustee], the indenture trustee and the asset representations reviewer, all amounts due pursuant to clause third above to the extent not paid in such clause; and

 

    [twelfth], to or at the direction of the certificateholder, any funds remaining.

The final distribution to any noteholder will be made only upon surrender and cancellation of the physical certificate representing that noteholder’s notes at an office or agency of the indenture trustee specified in a notice from the indenture trustee, in the name of and on behalf of the issuing entity.

Amounts deposited in the principal distribution account will be paid to the noteholders of the notes as described under “The Notes—Payments of Principal.

For a description of the priority of payments following an event of default and acceleration of the notes, see “Description of the Transaction Documents—Priority of Payments May Change Upon an Event of Default.

CREDIT ENHANCEMENT

The credit enhancement provides protection for the [Class A notes and the Class B] notes against losses and delays in payment or other shortfalls of cash flow. The credit enhancement for the notes will be the [subordination of the certificate,] [the reserve account,] [overcollateralization (in addition to the yield supplement overcollateralization amount) and the yield supplement overcollateralization amount,] [the risk retention reserve account][and the excess interest on the receivables]. If the credit enhancement is not sufficient to cover all amounts payable on the notes, notes having a later scheduled final maturity date generally will bear a greater risk of loss than notes having an earlier final scheduled maturity. See also “Risk Factors—Your share of possible losses may not be proportional” and “Description of the Transaction Documents—Priority of Payments.

 


 

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[The credit enhancement for the notes will be as follows:

 

[Class A notes]    [Subordination of principal payments of the Class B notes, which will have an initial note balance of $[        ],] the reserve account, [the risk retention reserve account] and excess interest on the receivables.]
[Class B notes]    [The reserve account [, the risk retention reserve account] and excess interest on the receivables]]

[Subordinated Certificates

The certificate [will have an initial principal balance of $[    ] (approximately [    ]% of the aggregate initial principal amount of the notes and the certificate) and] will be subordinated to the notes to provide credit enhancement for the notes because [no payments will be made on the certificate until the notes have been paid in full.] [no payments will be made on the certificate after an event of default until the notes have been paid in full.] See “Priority of Payments” above. The certificate is not being offered under this prospectus.]

[Subordination of Payments on the Class B Notes

As long as the Class A notes remain outstanding, payments of interest on any payment date on the Class B notes will be subordinated to payments of interest on the Class A notes and certain other payments on that payment date (including principal payments of the Class A notes in specified circumstances), and payments of principal of the Class B notes will be subordinated to all payments of principal of and interest on the Class A notes and certain other payments on that payment date. If the notes have been accelerated after an event of default under the indenture [(other than events of default based on the issuing entity’s breach of covenant, representation or warranty)], all payments on the Class B notes will be subordinated to all payments on the Class A notes until the Class A notes are paid in full. See “Description of the Transaction Documents—Priority of Payments May Change Upon the Event of Default” in this prospectus.]

Reserve Account

On the closing date, the depositor will deposit from the proceeds of the sale of the notes $[    ] ([    ]% of the adjusted pool balance as of the closing date) in cash into the reserve account[, plus an amount

expected to cover the negative carry with respect to the accrued interest on that portion of the note balance equal to amounts on deposit in the pre-funding account and earnings on funds, if any, on deposit in the pre-funding account]. [(We use the term “adjusted pool balance” to mean, (i) as of the closing date, the net pool balance as of the cut-off date minus the yield supplement overcollateralization amount (as described below) for the closing date and (ii) for any payment date, the net pool balance at the end of the related collection period, minus the yield supplement overcollateralization amount (as described below) for that payment date).] Collections on the receivables and other available funds, to the extent available after payments and deposits of higher priority are made, will be added to the reserve account on each payment date until the amount on deposit in the reserve account is equal to the specified reserve account balance (as described below).

[The initial amount deposited in the reserve account on the closing date from the proceeds of the sale of the notes will be [    ]% of the initial [adjusted] pool balance as of the initial cut-off date.]

On each payment date, available funds will be deposited in the reserve account in accordance with the priority of payments described above until the amount on deposit in the reserve account equals the specified reserve account balance. The “specified reserve account balance” is, on any payment date, the lesser of (a) $[    ] ([    ]% of the adjusted pool balance as of the closing date) and (b) the aggregate [principal balance of all receivables as of the applicable subsequent cut-off date] [outstanding principal balance of the notes after giving effect to all payments of principal on that payment date].

On each payment date, the indenture trustee will withdraw funds from the reserve account to cover any shortfalls in the amounts required to be paid on that payment date with respect to clauses [first] through [eighth] under “Priority of Payments” above.

On any payment date, if the amount in the reserve account exceeds the specified reserve account balance, the excess will be transferred to the collection account and distributed on that payment date [as available funds] [to the holder of the issuing entity’s certificates]. See “Description of the Transaction Documents—The Accounts—Reserve Account” in this prospectus.

 


 

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Overcollateralization

Overcollateralization is the amount by which the adjusted pool balance [(plus, during the funding period, the amount on deposit in the pre-funding account)] exceeds the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the notes. Overcollateralization means that there will be additional assets (in addition to the yield supplement overcollateralization amount described below) generating collections that will be available to cover credit losses on the receivables. The initial amount of overcollateralization will be $[            ], or approximately [            ]% of the adjusted pool balance as of the closing date.

[Yield Supplement Overcollateralization Amount

The yield supplement overcollateralization amount for any payment date is equal to the sum of the amount for each receivable equal to the excess, if any, of (x) the scheduled payments due on the receivable for each future collection period discounted to present value as of the end of the preceding collection period at the contract rate of that receivable over (y) the scheduled payments due on the receivable for each future collection period discounted to present value as of the end of the preceding collection period at a discount rate equal to the greater of the contract rate of that receivable and [    ]%.

As of the closing date, the yield supplement overcollateralization amount will equal $[    ], which is approximately [    ]% of the adjusted pool balance as of the closing date. The yield supplement overcollateralization amount will decline on each payment date. The yield supplement overcollateralization amount is intended to compensate for low contract rates on some of the receivables and is in addition to the overcollateralization referred to above.

See “Description of the Transaction Documents—Yield Supplement Overcollateralization Amount” in this prospectus for more detailed information about the yield supplement overcollateralization amount.]

[Risk Retention Reserve Account

On or prior to the closing date, the issuing entity will establish an eligible horizontal cash reserve account, which we refer to herein as the risk retention reserve account. The risk retention reserve account will be fully funded on the closing date in an amount equal to $[    ], which is the amount required to be deposited therein under Regulation RR. The risk retention

reserve account will be an eligible account held by the indenture trustee, and will be pledged to the indenture trustee for the benefit of the noteholders.

All amounts on deposit in the risk retention reserve account on any payment date serve as credit enhancement since those amounts will be available to make up shortfalls in the amounts payable to the noteholders on such payment date to the extent described herein.

Amounts on deposit in the risk retention reserve account will be invested as provided in the sale and servicing agreement in eligible investments. Any amounts held on deposit in the risk retention reserve account and any investment earnings thereon will be the property of the issuing entity and shall be held by the indenture trustee for the benefit of the noteholders and certificateholder as provided in the sale and servicing agreement.]

[Excess Interest

Because more interest is expected to be paid by the obligors in respect of the receivables than is necessary to pay the related servicing fee, any net swap payment and interest on the notes each month, there is expected to be “excess interest”. Any excess interest will be applied on each payment date as an additional source of available funds for distribution in accordance with the “Priority of Payments” described above.]

[INTEREST RATE SWAP

On the closing date, the issuing entity will enter into a transaction pursuant to an interest rate swap agreement with the swap counterparty to hedge the floating interest rate on the [Class A-2-B notes]. The interest rate swap for the [Class A-2-B notes] will have an initial notional amount equal to the note balance of the [Class A-2-B notes] on the closing date, and that notional amount will decrease by the amount of any principal payments made on the [Class A-2-B notes]. The notional amount under the interest rate swap will at all times be equal to the note balance of the [Class A-2-B notes].

In general, under the interest rate swap agreement on each payment date, the issuing entity will be obligated to pay the swap counterparty a fixed rate payment based on a per annum fixed rate of [    ]% times the notional amount of the interest rate swap, and the swap counterparty will be obligated to pay a floating interest rate payment based on a per annum floating rate of LIBOR plus [    ]% times the notional

 


 

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amount of the interest rate swap. Payments (other than swap termination payments) on the interest rate swap agreement will be exchanged on a net basis. Any “net swap payment” owed by the issuing entity to the swap counterparty on the interest rate swap agreement ranks higher in priority than all payments on the notes.

Any interest rate swap agreement may be terminated upon an event of default or other termination event specified in such interest rate swap agreement. If any interest rate swap agreement is terminated due to an event of default or other termination event, a termination payment may be due to the swap counterparty by the issuing entity out of available funds.

A “senior swap termination payment” means any payment which is pro rata with payments of interest on the notes and is higher in priority than payments of principal on the notes that may be owed by the issuing entity to the swap counterparty under the interest rate swap agreement that is not a subordinated swap termination payment. A “subordinated swap termination payment” means any payment which is subordinate to payments of principal and interest on the notes that may be owed by the issuing entity to the swap counterparty under the interest rate swap agreement where the swap counterparty is the defaulting party or sole affected party (other than with respect to illegality or a tax event) as each such term is defined in the interest rate swap agreement. The issuing entity’s obligation to pay any net swap payment and any other amounts due under the interest rate swap agreement is secured under the indenture by the issuing entity property.

For a more detailed description of the interest rate swap agreement and the swap counterparty, see “The Notes—Interest Rate Swap Agreement” and “The Swap Counterparty” in this prospectus.]

[INTEREST RATE CAP

On the closing date, the issuing entity will enter into a transaction pursuant to an interest rate cap agreement with the cap counterparty to hedge the floating interest rate on the [Class A-2-B notes]. The interest rate cap for the [Class A-2-B notes] will have an initial notional amount equal to the note balance of the [Class A-2-B notes] on the closing date, and that notional amount will decrease by the amount of any principal payments made on the [Class A-2-B notes]. The notional amount under the interest rate cap will at all times be equal to the note balance of the [Class A-2-B notes].

In general, under the interest rate cap agreement, if LIBOR related to any payment date exceeds the cap rate of [    ]%, the cap counterparty will pay to the issuing entity an interest rate payment based (i) on a per annum floating rate of LIBOR for that payment date minus the cap rate of [    ]% times (ii) the notional amount of the interest rate cap.

Any interest rate cap agreement may be terminated upon an event of default or other termination event specified in such interest rate cap agreement. If any interest rate cap agreement is terminated due to an event of default or other termination event, a termination payment may be due from the cap counterparty. [The issuing entity should not be required to make any payments to the cap counterparty under the interest rate cap agreement(s) other than an upfront payment.]

For a more detailed description of the interest rate cap agreement and the cap counterparty, see “The Notes—Interest Rate Cap Agreement” and “The Cap Counterparty” in this prospectus.]

TAX STATUS

On the closing date, Mayer Brown LLP, special federal tax counsel to the depositor, will deliver an opinion, subject to the assumptions and qualifications therein, to the effect that (i) for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the issuing entity will not be classified as an association taxable as a corporation and the issuing entity will not be treated as a publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation and (ii) the notes, to the extent beneficially owned by a person other than the issuing entity or its affiliates, will be treated as debt for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

Each holder of a note, by acceptance of a note, will agree to treat the note as indebtedness for federal, state and local income and franchise tax purposes.

We encourage you to consult your own tax advisor regarding the U.S. federal income tax consequences of the purchase, ownership and disposition of the notes and the tax consequences arising under the laws of any state or other taxing jurisdiction.

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CERTAIN ERISA CONSIDERATIONS

Subject to the considerations disclosed in “Certain Considerations for ERISA and Other U.S. Employee Benefit Plans” in this prospectus, the [Class A] notes may be purchased by employee benefit plans and accounts. An employee benefit plan, any other retirement plan, and any entity deemed to hold “plan assets” of any employee benefit plan or other plan should consult with its counsel before purchasing the notes.

See “Certain Considerations for ERISA and Other U.S. Employee Benefit Plans” in this prospectus.

[MONEY MARKET INVESTMENT

The Class A-1 notes will be structured to be “eligible securities” for purchase by money market funds as defined in paragraph (a)(11) of Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”). Rule 2a-7 includes additional criteria for investments by money market funds, including additional requirements and clarifications relating to portfolio credit risk analysis, maturity, liquidity and risk diversification. If you are a money market fund contemplating a purchase of Class A-1 notes, you or your advisor should consider these requirements before making a purchase.]

[CERTAIN INVESTMENT CONSIDERATIONS

The issuing entity will be relying on an exclusion or exemption from the definition of “investment company” under the Investment Company Act contained in [Section [            ] of] [Rule [    ] promulgated under] the Investment Company Act, although there may be additional exclusions or exemptions available to the issuing entity. The issuing entity is being structured so as not to constitute a “covered fund” as defined in the final regulations issued December 10, 2013 implementing the statutory provision known as the “Volcker Rule” (Section 619 of the Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act).]

RATINGS

The depositor expects that the notes will receive credit ratings from two nationally recognized statistical rating organizations hired by the sponsor to rate the notes (the “Hired Agencies”). Although the Hired Agencies are not contractually obligated to monitor the ratings on the notes, we believe that the Hired Agencies will continue to monitor the transaction while the notes are outstanding. The Hired Agencies’ ratings on the notes may be lowered, qualified or withdrawn at any time. In addition, a rating agency not hired by the sponsor to rate the transaction may provide an unsolicited rating that

differs from (or is lower than) the ratings provided by the Hired Agencies. A rating is based on each rating agency’s evaluation of the receivables and the availability of any credit enhancement for the notes. [The ratings of the notes also will take into account the provisions of the interest rate [swap] [cap] agreement and the ratings currently assigned the debt obligations of the [swap] [cap] counterparty. A downgrade, suspension or withdrawal of any rating of the debt of the [swap] [cap] counterparty may result in the downgrade, suspension or withdrawal of the rating assigned to any class of notes. For more specific information concerning risks associated with the interest rate [swap] [cap] agreement, see “Risk Factors—Risks associated with the interest rate [swap] [cap]” in this prospectus.] A rating, or a change or withdrawal of a rating, by one rating agency will not necessarily correspond to a rating, or a change or a withdrawal of a rating, from any other rating agency.

See “Risk Factors—The ratings of the notes may be withdrawn or lowered, or the notes may receive an unsolicited rating, which may have an adverse effect on the liquidity or the market price of the notes” in this prospectus.

CREDIT RISK RETENTION

[Pursuant to the SEC’s credit risk retention rules, 17 C.F.R. Part 246 (“ Regulation RR”), VW Credit, as sponsor, is required to retain an economic interest in the credit risk of the receivables, either directly or through a majority-owned affiliate. VW Credit intends to satisfy this obligation through the retention by the depositor, its wholly-owned affiliate, of [a combination of] an [“eligible vertical interest”] [and an] [“eligible horizontal residual interest”] in an [aggregate] amount equal to at least 5% of [the fair value, as of] the closing date, of the notes and the certificate issued by the issuing entity on the closing date]

[Retained vertical interest: The eligible vertical interest retained by the depositor will take the form of [at least [    ]% of each class of notes and the certificate issued by the issuing entity], [a single vertical security] though the depositor may retain more than [    ]% of one or more classes of notes or of the certificate. The material terms of the notes are described in this prospectus under “The Notes,” and the material terms of the certificate are described in this prospectus under “The Issuing Entity – Capitalization and Liabilities of the Issuing Entity.”]

 


 

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[Retained horizontal interest: The eligible horizontal residual interest retained by the depositor will take the form of the issuing entity’s certificate. VW Credit expects the certificate to have a fair value of [between $[    ] and] $[    ], which is [between [    ]% and] [    ]% of the fair value, as of the closing date, of the notes and the certificate issued by the issuing entity on the closing date. The certificate represents 100% of the beneficial interest in the issuing entity. For a description of the valuation methodology used to calculate the fair values of the notes and the certificate and of the eligible horizontal residual interest set forth in the preceding sentence, see “The Sponsor—Credit Risk Retention” in this prospectus. The material terms of the notes are described in this prospectus under “The Notes,” and the material terms of the certificate are described in this prospectus under “The Issuing Entity – Capitalization and Liabilities of the Issuing Entity.”]

In addition, the depositor or an affiliate thereof may retain some or all of one or more classes of notes.

[The depositor may transfer all or a portion of [the eligible vertical interest] [and] [the eligible horizontal residual interest] to another majority-owned affiliate of VW Credit [on or] after the closing date.]

[Risk Retention Reserve Account: On or prior to the closing date, the depositor will establish a risk retention reserve account for the benefit of the noteholders. The risk retention reserve account will be fully funded on the closing date by a deposit of a portion of the proceeds of the sale of the notes in an amount equal to $[    ]. The risk retention reserve account will be an eligible account held by the indenture trustee, and will be pledged to the indenture trustee for the benefit of the noteholders. To the extent that funds from principal and interest collections on the receivables are not sufficient to pay the amounts that are prior to the deposits into the reserve account as described under “Description of the Transaction Documents—Priority of Payments” in this prospectus, the amount previously deposited in the risk retention reserve account will provide an additional source of funds for those payments; provided, however that available funds from the risk retention reserve account will not be used for payments to the servicer so long as VW Credit or an affiliate of VW Credit is the servicer. For further discussion, see “The Sponsor—Credit Risk Retention” in this prospectus.]

The portion of the depositor’s retained economic interest that is intended to satisfy the requirements of Regulation RR will not be transferred or hedged except as permitted by applicable law.

REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT

The depositor has filed a registration statement relating to the notes with the SEC on Form SF-3. The depositor has met the requirements for registration on Form SF-3 contained in General Instruction I.A.1 to Form SF-3.

 


 

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RISK FACTORS

An investment in the notes involves significant risks. Before you decide to invest, we recommend that you carefully consider the following risk factors.

 

An economic downturn may adversely affect the performance of the receivables, which could result

in losses on your notes.

  

An economic downturn may adversely affect the performance of the receivables. High unemployment and a general reduction in the availability of credit may lead to increased delinquencies and defaults by obligors, as well as decreased consumer demand for automobiles and reduced vehicle prices, which could increase the amount of a loss in the event of a default by an obligor. If an economic downturn is experienced for a prolonged period of time, delinquencies and losses on the receivables could increase, which could result in losses on your notes.

 

A deterioration in economic conditions could adversely affect the ability and willingness of obligors to meet their payment obligations under the receivables. The economic conditions could deteriorate in connection with an economic recession or due to events such as rising oil prices, housing price declines, terrorist events, extreme weather conditions or an increase of obligors’ payment obligations under other indebtedness incurred by the obligors. As a result, you may experience payment delays and losses on your notes. An improvement in economic conditions could result in prepayments by the obligors of their payment obligations under the receivables. As a result, you may receive principal payments of your notes earlier than anticipated. No prediction or assurance can be made as to the effect of an economic downturn or economic growth on the rate of delinquencies, prepayments and/or losses on the receivables.

The return on your notes could be reduced by shortfalls due to extreme weather conditions and natural disasters.    Extreme weather conditions could cause substantial business disruptions, economic losses, unemployment and/or an economic downturn. As a result, the related obligors’ ability to make payments on the notes could be adversely affected. The issuing entity’s ability to make payments on the notes could be adversely affected if the related obligors were unable to make timely payments.
The geographic concentration of the obligors in the receivables pool and varying economic circumstances may increase the risk of losses or reduce the return on your notes.    The concentration of the receivables in specific geographic areas may increase the risk of loss. A deterioration in economic conditions in the states where obligors reside could adversely affect the ability and willingness of obligors to meet their payment obligations under the receivables and may consequently affect the delinquency, loss and repossession experience of the issuing entity with respect to the receivables. As a result, you may experience payment delays or losses on your notes. An improvement in economic conditions could result in prepayments by the obligors of their payment obligations under the receivables. As a result, you may receive principal payments of your notes earlier than anticipated. No prediction can be made and no assurance can be given as to the effect of an economic downturn or economic growth on the rate of delinquencies, prepayments and/or losses on the receivables. See “—Returns on your investments may be reduced by prepayments on the receivables, events of default, optional redemption of the notes or repurchases of receivables from the issuing entity” below. As of the [initial][statistical] cut-off date, based on the billing addresses of the obligors, [    ]%, [    ]% and [    ]% of the net pool balance of the receivables were located in [                    ],

 

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[                    ] and [                    ], respectively. No other state accounts for more than 5.00% of the net pool balance of the receivables as of the cut-off date. Management believes that there are no factors unique to any state or region in which 10% or more of the receivables are located that may materially impact the trust’s ability to pay principal and interest on the notes. Economic factors such as unemployment, interest rates, the price of gasoline, the rate of inflation and consumer perceptions of the economy may affect the rate of prepayment and defaults on the receivables. Further, the effect of natural disasters, such as hurricanes and floods, on the performance of the receivables, is unclear, but there may be a significant adverse effect on general economic conditions, consumer confidence and general market liquidity. Because of the concentration of the obligors in certain states, any adverse economic factors or natural disasters in those states may have a greater effect on the performance of the notes than if the concentration did not exist.

 

Additionally, during periods of economic slowdown or recession, delinquencies, defaults, repossessions and losses generally increase. These periods may also be accompanied by decreased consumer demand for SUVs or other vehicles and declining values of automobiles securing outstanding automobile loan contracts, which weakens collateral coverage and increases the amount of a loss in the event of default by an obligor. Significant increases in the inventory of used automobiles, especially during periods of economic slowdown or recession, may also depress the prices at which repossessed automobiles may be sold or delay the timing of these sales, which may delay and reduce the amount of recoveries and increase net credit losses. All of these factors could result in losses on your notes.

Credit scores and historical loss experience may not accurately predict the likelihood of losses on the receivables.   

Information regarding credit scores for the obligors obtained at the time of acquisition from the originating dealer of their contracts is presented in “The Receivables Pool” in this prospectus. A credit score purports only to be a measurement of the relative degree of risk a borrower represents to a lender, i.e., that a borrower with a higher score is statistically expected to be less likely to default in payment than a borrower with a lower score. Neither the depositor, the sponsor nor any other party makes any representations or warranties as to any obligor’s current credit score or the actual performance of any motor vehicle receivable or that a particular credit score should be relied upon as a basis for an expectation that a receivable will be paid in accordance with its terms.

 

Additionally, historical loss and delinquency information set forth in this prospectus under “The Receivables Pool” was affected by several variables, including general economic conditions and market interest rates, that are likely to differ in the future. Therefore, there can be no assurance that the net loss experience calculated and presented in this prospectus with respect to VW Credit’s managed portfolio of contracts will reflect actual experience with respect to the receivables in the receivables pool. There can be no assurance that the future delinquency or loss experience of the servicer with respect to the receivables will be better or worse than that set forth in this prospectus with respect to VW Credit’s managed portfolio.

 

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[Payments on the Class B notes are subordinated to payments on the Class A notes.    Interest payments on the Class B notes on each payment date will be subordinated to servicing fees due to the servicer, fees and expenses due to the trustees and the asset representations reviewer, any net swap payment, any senior swap termination payment and interest on and, in specified circumstances, principal payments of the Class A notes. Principal payments of the Class B notes will be fully subordinated to principal and interest payments of the Class A notes.]
[The occurrence of certain events of default under the indenture that result in acceleration of the notes may result in a delay or default in the payment of interest on or principal of the Class B notes.    After an event of default under the indenture that results in acceleration of the notes [(other than an event of default that arises from the issuing entity’s breach of a covenant, representation or warranty)], the issuing entity will not make any distributions of principal or interest on the Class B notes until payment in full of principal and interest on the Class A notes. This may result in a delay or default in paying interest on or principal of the Class B notes.]
Your share of possible losses may not be proportional.    Principal payments on the notes generally will be made to the holders of the notes sequentially so that no principal will be paid on any class of notes until each class of notes with an earlier final scheduled payment date has been paid in full. As a result, a class of notes with a later maturity may absorb more losses than a class of notes with an earlier maturity.
[You may experience reduced returns on your notes resulting from distribution of amounts in the pre-funding account.    On one or more occasions following the closing date, the issuing entity may purchase receivables from the seller, which, in turn, will acquire these receivables from VW Credit, with funds on deposit in the pre-funding account.
   You will receive as a prepayment of principal any amounts remaining in the pre-funding account (excluding investment earnings) that have not been used to purchase receivables by the end of the Funding Period. See “Description of the Transaction Documents —Acquisition of Subsequent Receivables During Funding Period,” in this prospectus, this prepayment of principal could have the effect of shortening the weighted average life of your notes. The inability of the seller to obtain receivables meeting the requirements for sale to the issuing entity will increase the likelihood of a prepayment of principal. In addition, you will bear the risk that you may be unable to reinvest any principal prepayment at yields at least equal to the yield on your notes.]
[Risks associated with the interest rate swap.]   

[The issuing entity will enter into an interest rate swap transaction under an interest rate swap agreement because the receivables owned by the issuing entity bear interest at fixed rates while the [Class A-2-B notes] will bear interest at a floating rate. The issuing entity may use payments made by the swap counterparty to make interest and other payments on each payment date.

 

During those periods in which the floating rate payable by the swap counterparty is substantially greater than the fixed rate payable by the issuing entity, the issuing entity will be more dependent on receiving payments from the swap counterparty in order to make interest payments on the notes without using amounts that would otherwise be paid as principal on the notes. If the swap counterparty fails to pay a net swap receipt, and collections on the receivables and funds on deposit in the reserve account are insufficient to make payments of interest on the notes, you may experience delays and/or reductions in the interest on and principal payments of your notes.

 

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During those periods in which the floating rate payable by the swap counterparty under the interest rate swap agreement is less than the fixed rate payable by the issuing entity under the interest rate swap agreement, the issuing entity will be obligated to make a net swap payment to the swap counterparty. The issuing entity’s obligation to pay a net swap payment to the swap counterparty is secured by the issuing entity property.

 

An event of default under the indenture may result in payments on your notes being accelerated. The swap counterparty’s claim for a net swap payment will be higher in priority than all payments on the notes, and the swap counterparty’s claim for any due and unpaid senior swap termination payment will be equal in priority to payments of interest on the notes and higher in priority than all payments of principal on the notes. If a net swap payment is due to the swap counterparty on a payment date and there are insufficient collections on the receivables and insufficient funds on deposit in the reserve account to make payments of interest and principal on the notes, you may experience delays and/or reductions in the interest and principal payments on your notes.

 

The interest rate swap agreement generally may not be terminated except upon the occurrence of specific events, which are described in this prospectus in “The Notes—Interest Rate Swap Agreement.” Depending on the reason for the termination, a termination payment may be due to the issuing entity or to the swap counterparty. Any such termination payment could, if market interest rates and other conditions have changed materially, be substantial.

 

If the swap counterparty fails to make a termination payment owed to the issuing entity under the interest rate swap agreement, the issuing entity may not be able to enter into a replacement interest rate swap agreement. If this occurs, the amount available to pay principal of and interest on the notes will be reduced to the extent the interest rate on the [Class A-2-B] notes exceeds the fixed rate the issuing entity would have been required to pay the swap counterparty under the interest rate swap agreement.

 

If the issuing entity is required to make a senior swap termination payment to the swap counterparty, that payment will be senior to [all payments on the Class B notes and] principal payments on the [Class A] notes but equal in priority to interest payments on the [Class A] notes. A senior swap termination payment to the swap counterparty could cause a shortfall in funds available on any payment date, in which case you may experience delays or reductions on the interest and principal payments of your notes.

 

If the interest rate swap agreement is terminated and no replacement is entered into and collections on the receivables and funds on deposit in the reserve account are insufficient to make payments of interest and principal on your notes you may experience delays and/or reductions in the interest on and principal payments of your notes.]

 

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[Risks associated with the interest rate cap.]   

[The issuing entity will enter into an interest rate cap transaction under an interest rate cap agreement because the receivables owned by the issuing entity bear interest at fixed rates while the [Class A-2-B notes] will bear interest at a floating rate. The issuing entity may use payments made by the cap counterparty to make interest and other payments on each payment date.

 

During those periods in which LIBOR exceeds the cap rate of [    ]%, the issuing entity will be more dependent on receiving payments from the cap counterparty in order to make interest payments on the notes without using amounts that would otherwise be paid as principal on the notes. If the cap counterparty fails to make a required payment under the interest rate cap, and collections on the receivables and funds on deposit in the reserve account are insufficient to make payments of interest on the notes, you may experience delays and/or reductions in the interest on and principal payments of your notes.

 

The interest rate cap agreement generally may not be terminated except upon the occurrence of specific events, which are described in this prospectus in “The Notes—Interest Rate Cap Agreement.” Depending on the reason for the termination, a termination payment may be due to the issuing entity. Any such termination payment could, if market interest rates and other conditions have changed materially, be substantial.

 

If the cap counterparty fails to make a termination payment owed to the issuing entity under the interest rate cap agreement, the issuing entity may not be able to enter into a replacement interest rate cap agreement. If this occurs, the amount available to pay principal of and interest on the notes will be reduced to the extent the interest rate on the [Class A-2-B] notes exceeds the cap rate of [    ]% under the interest rate cap agreement.

 

If the interest rate cap agreement is terminated and no replacement is entered into and collections on the receivables and funds on deposit in the reserve account are insufficient to make payments of interest and principal on your notes you may experience delays and/or reductions in the interest on and principal payments of your notes.]

Risk of loss or delay in payment may result from delays in the transfer of servicing due to the servicing fee structure.    Because the servicing fee is structured as a percentage of the net pool balance of the receivables, the amount of the servicing fee payable to the servicer may be considered insufficient by potential replacement servicers if servicing is required to be transferred at a time when much of the net pool balance of the receivables has been repaid. Due to the reduction in servicing fee as described in the foregoing sentence, it may be difficult to find a replacement servicer. Consequently, the time it takes to effect the transfer of servicing to a replacement servicer under such circumstances may result in delays and/or reductions in the interest and principal payments on your notes.
You may suffer losses due to receivables with low contract rates.    The receivables pool includes receivables that have contract rates that are lower than the interest rates on your notes. Interest paid on the higher contract rate receivables compensates for the lower contract rate receivables to the extent such interest is paid by the issuing entity as principal on your notes and additional overcollateralization is created. Excessive prepayments on the higher contract rate receivables may adversely impact your notes by reducing the interest payments available.

 

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Prepayments, potential losses and a change in the order of priority of principal payments may result from an event of default under the indenture.   

An event of default under the indenture may result in payments on your notes being accelerated. As a result:

 

•   you may suffer losses on your notes if the assets of the issuing entity are insufficient to pay the amounts owed on your notes;

 

•   payments on your notes may be delayed until more senior classes of notes are repaid; and

 

•   your notes may be repaid earlier than scheduled, which may require you to reinvest your principal at a lower rate of return.

Lack of liquidity in the secondary market may adversely affect the ability to sell your notes.    Recent and, in some cases, continuing events in the global financial markets, including the failure, acquisition or government seizure of several major financial institutions, the establishment of government bailout programs for financial institutions, problems related to subprime mortgages and other financial assets, the de-valuation of various assets in secondary markets, the forced sale of asset-backed and other securities as a result of the de-leveraging of structured investment vehicles, hedge funds, financial institutions and other entities, the lowering of rates on certain asset-backed securities and the current uncertainty surrounding the future of the United Kingdom’s relationship with the European Union, have caused a significant reduction in liquidity in the secondary market for asset-backed securities. This period of illiquidity may continue, and even worsen, and may adversely affect the value of your notes. As a result of the foregoing, you may not be able to sell your notes when you want to do so or you may not be able to obtain the price you wish to receive. See “Risk Factors—The absence of a secondary market for the notes could limit your ability to resell your notes” in this prospectus.
The rate of depreciation of certain financed vehicles could exceed the amortization of the outstanding principal amount of the related receivables, which may result in losses.    There can be no assurance at any time that the value of any financed vehicle will be greater than the outstanding principal amount of the related receivable. For example, new vehicles normally experience an immediate decline in value after purchase because they are no longer considered new. As a result, it is highly likely that the principal amount of a receivable will exceed the value of the related financed vehicle during the early years of a receivable’s term. The lack of any significant equity in their vehicles may make it more likely that those obligors will default in their payment obligations if their personal financial conditions change. Defaults during these earlier years are likely to result in losses because the proceeds of repossession of the related financed vehicle are less likely to pay the full amount of interest and principal owed on the related receivable. Further, the frequency and amount of losses may be greater for receivables with longer terms, because these receivables tend to have a somewhat greater frequency of delinquencies and defaults and because the slower rate of amortization of the principal balance of a longer term receivable may result in a longer period during which the value of the related financed vehicle is less than the remaining principal balance of the receivable. Additionally, although the frequency of delinquencies and defaults tends to be greater for receivables secured by used vehicles, loss severity tends to be greater with respect to receivables secured by new vehicles because of the higher rate of depreciation described above.

 

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Declines in the value of used vehicles may result in losses on the notes.    The prices for used vehicles have generally declined over the last year and may decline further. The pricing of used vehicles is affected by the supply and demand for those vehicles, which, in turn, is affected by consumer tastes, economic factors (including the price of gasoline), the introduction and pricing of new vehicle models, the volume of vehicles whose lease terms are expiring and other factors, including the impact of vehicle recalls or the discontinuation of vehicle models or brands. Decisions by a manufacturer with respect to new vehicle production, pricing and incentives may reduce used vehicle prices, particularly those for the same or similar models. Further, the insolvency of a manufacturer may negatively affect used vehicle prices for vehicles manufactured by that company. The imposition of increased tariffs on imported vehicles may also affect the pricing and availability of both new and used vehicles. An increase in supply or a decrease in the demand for used vehicles may impact the resale value of the financed vehicles securing the receivables. Decreases in the value of those vehicles may, in turn, reduce the incentive of obligors to make payments on the receivables and decrease the proceeds realized by the issuing entity from repossessions of financed vehicles which could result in losses on your notes. In any of the foregoing cases, the delinquency and net loss figures shown in the tables appearing under “The Receivables Pool” in this prospectus might be a less reliable indicator of the rates of delinquencies, repossessions and losses that could occur on the receivables than would otherwise be the case.
Retention of some or all of one or more classes of notes by the depositor or an affiliate of the depositor may reduce the liquidity of such notes.    Some or all of one or more classes of notes may be retained or purchased by the depositor or an affiliate of the depositor. Accordingly, the market for such a retained class of notes may be less liquid than would otherwise be the case. In addition, if any retained notes are subsequently sold in the secondary market, demand and market price for notes of that class already in the market could be adversely affected. Additionally, if any retained notes are subsequently sold in the secondary market, the voting power of the noteholders of the outstanding notes may be diluted.
Federal financial regulatory reform could have a significant impact on the servicer, the sponsor, the depositor or the issuing entity and could adversely affect the timing and amount of payments on your notes.   

On July 21, 2010, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the “Dodd-Frank Act”) was enacted. Although the Dodd-Frank Act itself took effect on July 22, 2010, many of its provisions had delayed implementation dates or required implementing regulations to be issued. A number of these implementing regulations still have not been issued. The Dodd-Frank Act is extensive and significant legislation that, among other things:

 

•   created a framework for the liquidation of certain bank holding companies and other nonbank financial companies, determined to be “covered financial companies”, in the event such a company is in default or in danger of default and the resolution of such a company under other applicable law would have serious adverse effects on financial stability in the United States, and also for the liquidation of certain of their respective subsidiaries, defined as “covered subsidiaries”, in the event such a subsidiary also determined to be a “covered financial company” because it is, among other things, in default or in danger of default and the liquidation of such subsidiary would avoid or mitigate serious adverse effects on the financial stability or economic conditions of the United States;

 

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•   created a new framework for the regulation of over-the-counter derivatives activities;

 

•   expanded the regulatory oversight of securities and capital markets activities by the SEC; and

 

•   created the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (the “CFPB”), an agency responsible for, among other things, administering and enforcing the laws and regulations for consumer financial products and services and conducting examinations of large banks and their affiliates for purposes of assessing compliance with the requirements of consumer financial laws.

 

The CFPB has supervisory, examination and enforcement authority over certain non-depository institutions, including those entities that are larger participants of a market for consumer financial products or services as defined by the rule. As of August 31, 2015 VW Credit is subject to the CFPB’s supervision with respect to VW Credit’s compliance with applicable consumer protection laws.

 

The Dodd-Frank Act also increased the regulation of the securitization markets. For example, it gives broader powers to the SEC to regulate credit rating agencies and adopt regulations governing these organizations and their activities.

 

Compliance with the implementing regulations under the Dodd-Frank Act or the oversight of the SEC, CFPB or other government entities, as applicable, may impose costs on, create operational constraints for, or place limits on pricing with respect to finance companies such as VW Credit. Because of the complexity of the Dodd-Frank Act, the ultimate impact and its effects on the financial markets and their participants will not be fully known for an extended period of time. In particular, no assurance can be given that these new requirements imposed, or to be imposed after implementing regulations are issued, by the Dodd-Frank Act will not have a significant impact on the servicing of the receivables, and on the regulation and supervision of the servicer, the sponsor, the administrator, the depositor, the issuing entity and/or their respective affiliates.

 

In addition, no assurances can be given that the framework for the liquidation of “covered financial companies” or their “covered subsidiaries” would not apply to VW Credit or its affiliates, including the issuing entity and the depositor, or, if it were to apply, would not result in a repudiation of any of the transaction documents where further performance is required or an automatic stay or similar power preventing the indenture trustee or other transaction parties from exercising their rights. This repudiation power could also affect certain transfers of receivables pursuant to the transaction documents as described in “Material Legal Aspects of the Receivables—Certain Matters Relating to Bankruptcy and Insolvency—Dodd-Frank Orderly Liquidation Framework—FDIC’s Repudiation Power Under OLA” in this prospectus. Application of this framework could materially adversely affect the timing and amount of payments of principal and interest on your notes. Furthermore, on May 24, 2018, President Trump signed into law the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act, which repealed or amended certain provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act.

 

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Repurchase obligations are limited.    The depositor will be obligated to repurchase from the issuing entity, and VW Credit will be obligated to repurchase from the depositor, a receivable if there is a breach of the representations or warranties regarding the eligibility of such receivable (and such breach is not cured and materially and adversely affects the interest of the issuing entity or the noteholders in such receivable). Any inaccuracy in the representations or warranties will be deemed not to constitute a breach if such inaccuracy does not affect the ability of the issuing entity to receive or retain payment in full on the receivable. The depositor and VW Credit will represent that each receivable is secured by a financed vehicle and that each receivable has been originated or acquired by VW Credit. The issuing entity, the depositor and VW Credit will make warranties with respect to the perfection and priority of the security interests in the financed vehicles other than any statutory liens arising on or after the closing date which may have priority even over perfected security interests in the financed vehicles. While the depositor and VW Credit are obligated to remove or repurchase any receivable if there is a breach of any of their respective representations and warranties regarding the eligibility of such receivable (and if such breach is not cured and materially and adversely affects the interest of the issuing entity or the noteholders in such receivable), there can be no assurance given that any entity will financially be in a position to fund its repurchase obligation. In particular, the depositor has limited assets and is likely not to have sufficient resources to repurchase a receivable if VW Credit fails to repurchase such receivable from the depositor.
The ratings of the notes may be withdrawn or lowered, or the notes may receive an unsolicited rating, which may have an adverse effect on the liquidity or the market price of the notes.    Ratings are not recommendations to buy, sell or hold the notes. Rather, ratings are an assessment by the applicable rating agency of the likelihood that any interest on the notes will be paid on a timely basis and that a note will be paid in full by its final scheduled payment date. Ratings do not consider to what extent the notes will be subject to prepayment or that the principal of any note will be paid prior to its final scheduled payment date, nor do the ratings consider the prices of the notes or their suitability to a particular investor. A rating agency may revise or withdraw the ratings at any time in its sole discretion, including as a result of a failure by the sponsor to comply with its obligation to post information provided to the Hired Agencies on a website that is accessible by a rating agency that is not a Hired Agency. The ratings of any notes may be lowered by a rating agency (including the Hired Agencies) following the initial issuance of the notes as a

 

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result of losses on the related receivables in excess of the levels contemplated by a rating agency at the time of its initial rating analysis. Neither the depositor nor the sponsor nor any of their respective affiliates will have any obligation to replace or supplement any credit support, or to take any other action to maintain any ratings of the notes.

 

Accordingly, there is no assurance that the ratings assigned to any note on the date on which the note is originally issued will not be lowered or withdrawn by any rating agency at any time thereafter. If any rating with respect to the notes is revised or withdrawn, the liquidity or the market value of your note may be adversely affected.

 

It is possible that other rating agencies not hired by the sponsor may provide an unsolicited rating that differs from (or is lower than) the rating provided by the Hired Agencies. As of the date of this prospectus, the depositor was not aware of the existence of any unsolicited rating provided (or to be provided at a future time) by any rating agency not hired to rate the transaction. However, there can be no assurance that an unsolicited rating will not be issued prior to or after the closing date, and none of the sponsor, the depositor nor any underwriter is obligated to inform investors (or potential investors) in the notes if an unsolicited rating is issued after the date of this prospectus. Consequently, if you intend to purchase any notes, you should monitor whether an unsolicited rating of the notes has been issued by a non-hired rating agency and should consult with your financial and legal advisors regarding the impact of an unsolicited rating on a class of notes. If any non-hired rating agency provides an unsolicited rating that differs from (or is lower than) the rating provided by the Hired Agencies, the liquidity or the market value of your note may be adversely affected.

[The rating of a [swap] [cap] counterparty could have an adverse affect on the ratings of the notes.   

If the issuing entity enters into [the] interest rate [swap] [cap] agreement, the hired rating agencies will consider the provisions of the interest rate [swap] [cap] agreement, and the rating of the [swap] [cap] counterparty in rating the notes. If a rating agency downgrades the debt rating of the [swap] [cap] counterparty, it is also likely to downgrade the rating of the notes. Any downgrade in the rating of the notes could have severe adverse consequences on their liquidity or market value.

 

To provide some protection against the adverse consequences of a downgrade, the [swap] [cap] counterparty may be permitted, but generally not required, to take the following actions if the rating agencies reduce its debt ratings below certain levels:

 

1.  assign the interest rate [swap] [cap] agreement to another party;

 

2.  obtain a replacement interest rate [swap] [cap] agreement, as applicable, on substantially the same terms as the interest rate [swap] [cap] agreement; or

 

3.  establish any other arrangement satisfactory to the rating agencies.

 

Any interest rate [swap] [cap] involves a high degree of risk. The issuing entity will be exposed to this risk should it enter into the interest rate [swap] [cap] agreement. For this reason, only investors capable of understanding these risks should invest in the notes. See “The Notes—Interest Rate [Swap] [Cap] Agreement(s)” in this prospectus]

 

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Potential rating agency conflict of interest and regulatory scrutiny.    The Hired Agencies have been hired by the sponsor to provide their ratings on the notes. We note that a rating agency may have a conflict of interest where, as is the case with the ratings of the notes by the Hired Agencies, the sponsor or the issuer of a security pays the fee charged by the rating agency for its rating services. Furthermore, rating agencies, including the Hired Agencies, have been and may continue to be under scrutiny by federal and state legislative and regulatory bodies for their roles in the financial crisis and such scrutiny and any actions such legislative and regulatory bodies may take as a result thereof may also have an adverse effect on the market value of the notes and your ability to resell your notes.
[The issuing entity may issue floating rate notes, but the issuing entity will not enter into any interest rate hedge agreements and you may suffer losses on your notes if interest rates rise.   

The receivables sold to the issuing entity on the closing date will provide for level monthly payments, while the [Class A-2-B] notes will bear interest at a floating rate based on a spread over one-month LIBOR. Even though the issuing entity will issue the [Class A-2-B] notes as floating rate notes, it will not enter into any interest rate swap or cap agreements in connection with the issuance of the [Class A-2-B] notes.

 

If the floating rate payable by the issuing entity in respect of the [Class A-2-B] notes increases to the point where the amount of interest and principal due on the notes, together with other fees and expenses payable by the issuing entity, exceeds the amount of collections and other funds available to the issuing entity to make such payments, the issuing entity may not have sufficient funds to make payments on the notes, including the [Class A-2-B] notes. If the issuing entity does not have sufficient funds to make payments, you may experience delays or reductions in the interest and principal payments on your notes.

 

The issuing entity will make payments on the [Class A-2-B] notes out of its generally available funds—not solely from funds that are dedicated to the [Class A-2-B] notes. Therefore, an increase in one-month LIBOR would reduce the amounts available for distribution to holders of all notes, not just the holders of the [Class A-2-B] notes.]

[Risks associated with unknown allocation of Class [A-2] notes.    The allocation of the principal balance between the Class [A-2-A] notes and the Class [A-2-B] notes may not be known until the day of pricing and may result in any of a number of possible allocation scenarios, including a scenario in which the entire principal balance of the Class [A-2] notes is allocated to the fixed rate [Class A-2-A] notes and none of the principal balance is allocated to the floating rate Class [A-2-B] notes.]
[Negative LIBOR rates would reduce the rate of interest on the [Class A-2-B] notes.   

The interest rate to be borne by the [Class A-2-B] notes is based on a spread over one-month LIBOR. The London Interbank Offered Rate, or LIBOR, serves as a global benchmark for home mortgages, student loans and what various issuers pay to borrow money.

 

Changes in one-month LIBOR will affect the rate at which the [Class A-2-B] notes accrue interest and the amount of interest payments on the [Class A-2-B] notes. To the extent that one-month LIBOR

 

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   decreases below 0.00% for any interest period, the rate at which the [Class A-2-B] notes accrue interest for such interest period will be reduced by the amount by which one-month LIBOR is negative; provided that the interest rate on the [Class A-2-B] notes for any interest period will not be less than 0.00%. A negative one-month LIBOR rate could result in the interest rate applied to the [Class A-2-B] notes decreasing to 0.00% for the related interest period.]

[Uncertainty about the future of the

LIBOR industry may have an adverse

impact on the [Class A-2-B] notes.

  

No assurance can be provided that LIBOR accurately represents the offered rate applicable to loans in U.S. dollars for a one-month period between leading European banks or that LIBOR’s prominence as a benchmark interest rate will be preserved. LIBOR rates (“ICE LIBOR”) are calculated and published for various currencies and periods by the benchmark’s administrator, ICE Benchmark Administration Limited (“IBA”), which is regulated for such purposes by the United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority (the “FCA”).

 

It is uncertain whether ICE LIBOR will continue to be calculated and published on the same (or a similar) basis to that currently in effect, or at all. In particular, in a speech on July 27, 2017, Mr. Andrew Bailey, the Chief Executive of the FCA, indicated that the FCA expects, by no later than the end of 2021, to cease taking steps aimed at ensuring the continuing availability of ICE LIBOR in its current form. The announcement was stated to be aimed at encouraging market participants to use other benchmarks or reference rates in place of ICE LIBOR. On November 24, 2017, the FCA announced that the panel banks that submit information to IBA, as administrator of ICE LIBOR, have undertaken to continue to do so until the end of 2021. If IBA continues to calculate and publish ICE LIBOR up to the end of 2021, and if it does so after that time, there can be no certainty as to the basis on which it will do so. These FCA announcements and any change to the basis on which ICE LIBOR is calculated and published (or its ceasing to be published) could cause or contribute to market volatility and could affect the market value and/or liquidity of the [Class A-2-B] notes.

 

If a published LIBOR rate is unavailable and banks are not providing quotations, the rate of interest applicable for an interest period on the [Class A-2-B] notes will be the same as in effect for the preceding interest period, and such rate could remain the rate of interest on the [Class A-2-B] notes for the remaining life of the [Class A-2-B] notes.]

You may experience a loss if defaults on the receivables and related losses exceed the available credit enhancement.    The issuing entity does not have, nor is it permitted or expected to have, any significant assets or sources of funds other than the receivables together with [its right to payments under any interest rate or currency swap or cap agreement or] credit enhancement and available funds in certain accounts. The notes represent obligations solely of the issuing entity and will not be insured or guaranteed by any entity. Accordingly, you will rely primarily upon collections on the receivables owned by the issuing entity and, to the extent available, any credit enhancement for the issuing entity, including [payments under any interest rate or currency swap or cap agreement and] amounts on deposit in the reserve account. Funds on deposit in the reserve account will cover shortfalls due to delinquencies and losses on the receivables up to some level. However, if delinquencies and losses create shortfalls which exceed the available credit enhancement, you may experience delays in payments due to you and you could suffer a loss. You will have no claim to any amounts properly distributed to the depositor or others from time to time.

 

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Returns on your investments may be reduced by prepayments on the receivables, events of default, optional redemption of the notes or repurchases of receivables from the issuing entity.   

You may receive payments on your notes earlier than you expected for the reasons set forth below. You may not be able to invest the amounts paid to you earlier than you expected at a rate of return that is equal to or greater than the rate of return on your notes.

 

•   The rate of return of principal is uncertain. The amount of distributions of principal of your notes and the time when you receive those distributions depend on the amount in which and times at which obligors make principal payments on the receivables. Those principal payments may be regularly scheduled payments or unscheduled payments resulting from prepayments or defaults of the receivables. Additionally, if the originator, the depositor or the servicer is required to repurchase receivables from the issuing entity because of a breach of a representation, warranty or covenant, as applicable, payment of principal on the notes will be accelerated.

 

•   You may be unable to reinvest distributions in comparable investments. The occurrence of an optional redemption or event of default resulting in acceleration may require repayment of the notes prior to the expected principal payment date for the notes. Asset backed securities, like the notes, usually produce a faster return of principal to investors if market interest rates fall below the interest rates on the receivables and produce a slower return of principal when market interest rates are above the interest rates on the receivables. As a result, you are likely to receive more money to reinvest at a time when other investments generally are producing a lower yield than that on your notes, and are likely to receive less money to reinvest when other investments generally are producing a higher yield than that on your notes. You will bear the risk that the timing and amount of distributions on your notes will prevent you from attaining your desired yield.

 

•   An early redemption of the notes from an optional redemption will shorten the life of your investment which may reduce your yield to maturity. If the receivables are sold upon exercise of a “clean-up call” by the servicer, the issuing entity will redeem the notes and you will receive the remaining principal amount of your notes plus any other amounts due to noteholders, such as accrued interest through the related payment date. Because your notes will no longer be outstanding, you will not receive the additional interest payments or other distributions that you would have received had the notes remained outstanding. If you bought your notes at par or at a premium, your yield to maturity will be lower than it would have been if the optional redemption had not been exercised.

The failure to make principal payments on any notes will generally not result in an event of default under the indenture until the applicable final scheduled payment date.    The amount of principal required to be paid on a note prior to the applicable final scheduled payment date generally will be limited to amounts available for those purposes. Therefore, the failure to pay principal of a note generally will not result in an event of default under the indenture until the applicable final scheduled payment date for the applicable notes.

 

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The issuing entity’s interest in the receivables could be defeated because the contracts will not be delivered to the issuing entity.   

The servicer, as custodian of the receivables, will maintain possession of the original contracts for each of the receivables and the original contracts will not be segregated or marked as belonging to the issuing entity. If the servicer sells or pledges and delivers the original contracts for the receivables to another party, in violation of its contractual obligations, this party could acquire an interest in the receivable having a priority over the issuing entity’s interest.

 

In addition, another person could acquire an interest in a receivable that is superior to the issuing entity’s interest in the receivable if the receivable is evidenced by an electronic contract and the servicer loses, or never obtains, control over the authoritative copy of the contract and another party purchases the receivable evidenced by the contract without knowledge of the issuing entity’s interest. If the servicer loses, or never obtains, control over the contract through fraud, forgery, negligence or error, or as a result of a computer virus or a hacker’s actions or otherwise, a person other than the issuing entity may be able to modify or duplicate the authoritative copy of the contract.

 

As a result of any of the above events, the issuing entity may not have a perfected security interest in the receivables. The possibility that the issuing entity may not have a perfected security interest in the receivables may affect the issuing entity’s ability to repossess and sell the underlying financed vehicles. Therefore, you may be subject to delays in payment and may incur losses on your investment in the notes.

 

Furthermore, if the servicer, as custodian of the receivables, becomes the subject of a bankruptcy proceeding, competing claims to ownership or security interests in the receivables could arise. These claims, even if unsuccessful, could result in delays in payments on the notes. If successful, these claims could result in losses or delays in payments to you or an acceleration of the repayment of the notes.

 

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The issuing entity’s security interest in the financed vehicles will not be noted on the certificates of title, which may cause losses on your notes.   

Upon the origination of a receivable, the originator or its predecessor in interest or affiliate, as applicable, takes a security interest in the financed vehicle by placing a lien on the title to the financed vehicle. In connection with each sale of receivables to the depositor, the originator will assign its security interests in the financed vehicles to the depositor, who will further assign them to the issuing entity. Finally, the issuing entity will pledge its interest in the financed vehicles as collateral for the notes. The lien certificates or certificates of title relating to the financed vehicles will not be amended or reissued to identify the issuing entity as the new secured party. In the absence of an amendment or reissuance, the issuing entity may not have a perfected security interest in the financed vehicles securing the receivables in some states. The depositor, the originator or another entity may be obligated to repurchase any receivable sold to the issuing entity which did not have a perfected security interest in the name of the originator or an affiliate, as applicable, in the financed vehicle.

 

The depositor, the servicer, the originator or another entity may be required to purchase or repurchase, as applicable, any receivable sold to the issuing entity as to which it failed to obtain or maintain a perfected security interest in the financed vehicle securing the receivable. All of these purchases and repurchases are limited to breaches that materially and adversely affect the interests of the noteholders in the receivable and are subject to the expiration of a cure period. If the issuing entity has failed to obtain or maintain a perfected security interest in a financed vehicle, its security interest would be subordinate to, among others, a bankruptcy trustee of the obligor, a subsequent purchaser of the financed vehicle or a holder of a perfected security interest in the financed vehicle or a bankruptcy trustee of such holder. If the issuing entity elects to attempt to repossess the related financed vehicle, it might not be able to realize any liquidation proceeds on the financed vehicle and, as a result, you may suffer a loss on your investment in the notes.

Failure to comply with consumer protection laws could result in a loss.    Federal and state consumer protection laws impose requirements on retail installment sale contracts and installment loans such as the receivables. The failure by VW Credit to comply with these requirements may give rise to liabilities on the part of the issuing entity. The originator will represent and warrant that each receivable complies with applicable law in all material respects. If that representation and warranty relating to any receivable proves incorrect, materially and adversely affects the interests of the issuing entity or the noteholders and is not timely cured, VW Credit will be required to repurchase the noncompliant receivable from the depositor, and the depositor will be required to repurchase such noncompliant receivable from the issuing entity. To the extent that the originator fails to make such a repurchase, or to the extent that a court holds the issuing entity liable for violating consumer protection laws regardless of such a repurchase, a failure to comply with consumer protection laws could result in required payments by the issuing entity. If sufficient funds are not available to make both payments to obligors and on your notes, you may suffer a loss on your investment in the notes.

 

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On December 14, 2017, the Department of Defense (the “DoD”) published interpretive guidance under the Military Lending Act (the “MLA”) that motor vehicle retail installment sale contracts that include ancillary products (for example, guaranteed asset protection, credit life, and similar credit products) may need to comply with the requirements of the MLA, and will not qualify under an MLA exemption for credit transactions to finance the purchase of motor vehicles. The DoD has recently submitted revisions to the guidance for publication in the Federal Register; however, the content and effective date of these revisions is unknown at this time. The MLA provides protections to active-duty members of the military and certain family members, including a limit on the Military Annual Percentage Rate of 36%, delivery of certain required disclosures before origination and a prohibition on arbitration agreements. Financial services industry groups are continuing to seek further clarification of the DoD interpretation of the rule implementing the MLA. Although not expected to be material at this time, if the recent DoD interpretation remains unchanged, certain of the issuing entity’s receivables may be covered by the MLA. To the extent that the MLA applies to any of the issuing entity’s receivables and such receivables do not comply with the applicable MLA requirements, those receivables could be unenforceable. This could impact the cashflows available for the issuing entity. Under some circumstances, the unenforceability of a receivable could result in a repurchase obligation of VW Credit and the depositor, respectively.

 

For a discussion of federal and state consumer protection laws which may affect the receivables, you should refer to “Material Legal Aspects of the Receivables—Consumer Protection Law” in this prospectus.

A depositor or sponsor bankruptcy could delay or limit payments to you.   

Following a bankruptcy or insolvency of the sponsor or the depositor, a court could conclude that the receivables are owned by the sponsor or the depositor, instead of the issuing entity. This conclusion could be either because the transfer of the receivables from VW Credit to the depositor or from the depositor to the issuing entity was not a true sale or because the court concluded that the depositor or the issuing entity should be treated as the same entity as the sponsor or the depositor for bankruptcy purposes. VW Credit will not treat the sale of receivables to the depositor as a sale for generally accepted accounting principle purposes, and this fact could make a court more likely to reach that conclusion than if such sale were treated as a sale by VW Credit for generally accepted accounting principle purposes. If this were to occur, you could experience delays in payments due to you or you may not ultimately receive all amounts due to you as a result of:

 

•   the automatic stay, which prevents a secured creditor from exercising remedies against a debtor in bankruptcy without permission from the court, and provisions of the United States Bankruptcy Code that permit substitution of collateral in limited circumstances;

 

•   tax or government liens on the sponsor’s or depositor’s property (that arose prior to the transfer of the receivables to the issuing entity) having a prior claim on collections before the collections are used to make payments on the notes; or

 

•   the fact that the issuing entity and the indenture trustee may not have a perfected security interest in any cash collections of the receivables held by the servicer at the time that a bankruptcy proceeding begins.

 

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   For a discussion of how a bankruptcy proceeding of the sponsor or the depositor may affect the issuing entity and the notes, you should refer to “Material Legal Aspects of the Receivables—Certain Matters Relating to Bankruptcy and Insolvency” in this prospectus.
The originator, the servicer and the depositor have limited obligations to the issuing entity and will not make payments on the notes.   

The originator, the servicer, the depositor and their affiliates are not obligated to make any payments to you on your notes. The originator, the servicer, the depositor and their affiliates do not guarantee payments on the receivables or your notes. However, the originator and the depositor make representations and warranties about certain characteristics of the receivables.

 

If a representation or warranty made by the originator or the depositor with respect to a receivable is untrue, then the originator or the depositor may be required to repurchase that receivable. If the originator or the depositor fails to repurchase that receivable, you might experience delays and/or reductions in payments on the notes. In addition, in some circumstances, the servicer may be required to purchase receivables. If the servicer fails to purchase receivables, you might experience delays and/or reductions in payments on your notes. See “Description of the Transaction Documents—Representations and Warranties; Remedies” in this prospectus.

Interests of other persons in the receivables and financed vehicles could be superior to the issuing entity’s interest, which may result in reduced payments on your notes.    The issuing entity could lose the priority of its security interest in a financed vehicle due to, among other things, liens for repairs or storage of a financed vehicle or for unpaid taxes of an obligor. Neither the servicer nor the originator will have any obligation to purchase or repurchase, respectively, a receivable if these liens result in the loss of the priority of the security interest in the financed vehicle after the cut-off date. Generally, no action will be taken to perfect the rights of the issuing entity in proceeds of any insurance policies covering individual financed vehicles or obligors. Therefore, the rights of a third party with an interest in the proceeds could prevail against the rights of the issuing entity prior to the time the proceeds are deposited by the servicer into an account controlled by the indenture trustee. See “Material Legal Aspects of the Receivables—Security Interests in the Financed Vehicles” in this prospectus.
You must rely for repayment only upon the issuing entity’s assets, which may not be sufficient to make full payments on your notes.    Your notes are secured solely by the assets of the issuing entity. Your notes will not represent an interest in or obligation of VW Credit, the depositor or any other person. VW Credit and the depositor may have a limited obligation to repurchase some receivables under some circumstances as described in this prospectus. Distributions on any class of notes will depend solely on the amount of and timing of payments and other collections in respect of the receivables and any credit enhancement for the notes specified in this prospectus. We cannot assure you that these amounts, together with other payments and collections in respect of the receivables, will be sufficient to make full and timely distributions on your notes. The notes and the receivables will not be insured or guaranteed, in whole or in part, by the United States or any governmental entity.

 

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You may experience a loss or a delay in receiving payments on the notes if the assets of the issuing entity are liquidated.    If certain events of default under the indenture occur and the notes are accelerated, the indenture trustee may liquidate the assets of the issuing entity. If a liquidation occurs close to the date when any class otherwise would have been paid in full, repayment of that class might be delayed while liquidation of the assets is occurring. The issuing entity cannot predict the length of time that will be required for liquidation of the assets of the issuing entity to be completed. In addition, liquidation proceeds may not be sufficient to repay the notes in full. Even if liquidation proceeds are sufficient to repay the notes in full, any liquidation that causes the outstanding principal balance of a class of notes to be paid before the related final scheduled payment date will involve the prepayment risks described under “— Returns on your investments may be reduced by prepayments on the receivables, events of default, optional redemption of the notes or repurchases of receivables from the issuing entity” in this prospectus.
Inadequate insurance on financed vehicles may cause losses on your investment.   

Each retail installment sale contract requires the obligor to obtain and maintain physical damage insurance on the financed vehicle with VW Credit named as the loss payee. The obligors select their own insurers to provide the required coverage, so the specific terms and conditions of their insurance policies vary.

 

Although VW Credit typically assures that the obligor’s insurance requirement is satisfied at the inception of a contract, VW Credit is not obligated to monitor whether an obligor continues to satisfy its insurance requirement after the contract is acquired by VW Credit. In the event insurance coverage is not maintained by obligors, then insurance recoveries may not be available in the event of losses or damages to financed vehicles included in the pool, and you could suffer a loss on your investment.

The servicer’s commingling of funds with its own funds could result in a loss.    Subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions, VW Credit, as the servicer, may be able to commingle funds relating to a transaction such as collections from the loans and proceeds from the disposition of any repossessed financed vehicles with its own funds during each collection period and may make a single deposit to the collection account on each payment date. Commingled funds may be used or invested by the servicer at its own risk and for its own benefit. If the servicer were unable to remit those funds or the servicer were to become a debtor under any insolvency laws, delays or reductions in distributions to you may occur.
Extensions and deferrals of payments on receivables could increase the average life of the notes.    In some circumstances, the servicer may permit an extension on payments due on receivables on a case-by-case basis. In addition, the servicer may from time to time offer obligors an opportunity to defer payments. Any of these extensions or deferrals may extend the maturity of the receivables and increase the weighted average life of the notes. The weighted average life and yield on your notes may be adversely affected by extensions and deferrals on the receivables. However, the servicer will be required to purchase a receivable from the issuing entity if it extends the term of the receivable beyond the last day of the collection period prior to the final scheduled payment date for the latest maturing class of notes.

 

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Prepayments on contracts may affect the average life of the notes.   

If an obligor on a simple interest contract makes a payment on the contract ahead of schedule, the weighted average life of the notes could be affected. This is because the additional scheduled payments will be treated as a principal prepayment and applied to reduce the principal balance of the related contract and the obligor will generally not be required to make any scheduled payments during the period for which it has paid ahead. During this prepayment period, interest will continue to accrue on the principal balance of the contract, as reduced by the application of the additional scheduled payments, but the obligor’s contract would not be considered delinquent. While the servicer may elect to make interest advances during this period, no principal advances will be made. Furthermore, when the obligor resumes the required payments, the payments so paid may be insufficient to cover the interest that has accrued since the last payment by the obligor. This situation will continue until the regularly scheduled payments are once again sufficient to cover all accrued interest and to reduce the principal balance of the contract.

 

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

 

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The return on your notes could be reduced by shortfalls due to application of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act.    The Servicemembers Civil Relief Act and similar state legislation may limit the interest payable on a receivable during an obligor’s period of active military duty, including reservists or national guard members. This legislation could adversely affect the ability of the servicer to collect full amounts of interest on a receivable as well as to foreclose on an affected receivable during and, in certain circumstances, after the obligor’s period of active military duty. This legislation may thus result in delays and losses in payments to holders of the notes. See “Material Legal Aspects of the Receivables—Servicemembers Civil Relief Act” in this prospectus.
Changes to federal or state bankruptcy or debtor relief laws may impede collection efforts or alter the timing and amount of collections, which may result in acceleration of or reduction in payment on your notes.    If an obligor sought protection under federal or state bankruptcy or debtor relief laws, a court could reduce or discharge completely the obligor’s obligations to repay amounts due on its receivable. As a result, that receivable would be written off as uncollectible. You could suffer a loss if no funds are available from credit enhancement or other sources and finance charge amounts allocated to the notes are insufficient to cover the applicable default amount.
The absence of a secondary market for the notes could limit your ability to resell your notes.    If you want to sell your notes you must locate a purchaser that is willing to purchase those notes. The underwriters intend to make a secondary market for the notes. The underwriters will do so by offering to buy the notes from investors that wish to sell. However, the underwriters will not be obligated to make offers to buy the notes and may stop making offers at any time. In addition, the prices offered, if any, may not reflect prices that other potential purchasers would be willing to pay, were they to be given the opportunity. There have been times in the past where there have been very few buyers of asset-backed securities, and there may be these times again in the future. As a result, you may not be able to sell your notes when you want to do so or you may not be able to obtain the price that you wish to receive.
Because the notes are in book-entry form, your rights can only be exercised indirectly.   

Because the notes will initially be issued in book-entry form, you will be required to hold your interest in your notes through The Depository Trust Company in the United States, or Clearstream Banking, société anonyme or Euroclear Bank S.A./NV as operator of the Euroclear System in Europe or Asia. Transfers of interests in the notes within The Depository Trust Company, Clearstream Banking, société anonyme or Euroclear Bank/S.A./NV as operator of the Euroclear System must be made in accordance with the usual rules and operating procedures of those systems. So long as the notes are in book-entry form, you will not be entitled to receive a definitive note representing your interest. The notes will remain in book-entry form except in the limited circumstances described under the caption “The Notes—Definitive Notes” in this prospectus. Unless and until the notes cease to be held in book-entry form, the related transaction parties will not recognize you as a holder of the related notes.

 

As a result, you will only be able to exercise the rights as a noteholder indirectly through The Depository Trust Company (if in the United States) and its participating organizations, or Clearstream Banking, société anonyme and Euroclear Bank S.A./NV as operator of the Euroclear System (in Europe or Asia) and their participating organizations. Holding the notes in book-entry form could also limit your ability to pledge or transfer your notes to persons or entities that do not participate in The Depository Trust Company, Clearstream

 

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   Banking, société anonyme or Euroclear Bank S.A./NV as operator of the Euroclear System. In addition, having the notes in book-entry form may reduce their liquidity in the secondary market since certain potential investors may be unwilling to purchase securities for which they cannot obtain physical notes.
   Interest on and principal of the notes will be paid by the issuing entity to The Depository Trust Company as the record holder of those notes while they are held in book-entry form. The Depository Trust Company will credit payments received from the issuing entity to the accounts of its participants which, in turn, will credit those amounts to noteholders either directly or indirectly through indirect participants. This process may delay your receipt of principal and interest payments from the issuing entity.
Adverse events with respect to VW Credit or its affiliates or third party providers to whom VW Credit outsources its activities could affect the timing of payments on your notes or have other adverse effects on your notes.    Adverse events with respect to VW Credit or any of its affiliates or a third party provider to whom VW Credit outsources its activities could result in servicing disruptions or reduce the market value of your notes. For example, in the event of a termination and replacement of VW Credit as the servicer, there may be some disruption of the collection activity with respect to delinquent loans and therefore delinquencies and credit losses could increase. Similarly, if VW Credit becomes unable to repurchase any receivables which do not comply with representations and warranties about the receivables made by VW Credit in the related transfer agreement (for example, representations relating to the compliance of the receivables with applicable laws), then investors could suffer losses. In addition, adverse corporate developments with respect to servicers of asset-backed securities or their affiliates have in some cases also resulted in a reduction in the market value of the related asset-backed securities. For example, VW Credit is an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Volkswagen AG. Although Volkswagen AG is not guaranteeing the obligations of the issuing entity, if Volkswagen AG ceased to manufacture vehicles or support the sale of vehicles or if Volkswagen AG faced financial or operational difficulties or issued recall notices with respect to vehicles it manufactured, such events may reduce the market value of the notes and/or reduce the market value of Volkswagen and Audi vehicles, and ultimately the amount realized on any Volkswagen or Audi vehicle repossessed following an obligor’s default under the related receivable.
The notes may not be a suitable investment for you.    The notes are not a suitable investment for you if you require a regular or predictable schedule of payments or payment on any specific date. The notes are complex investments that should be considered only by investors who, either alone or with their financial, tax and legal advisors, have the expertise to analyze the prepayment, reinvestment, default and market risks, the tax consequences of an investment in the notes and the interaction of these factors.
The servicer’s discretion over the servicing of the receivables may impact the amount and timing of funds available to make payments on the notes.    The servicer is obligated to service the receivables in accordance with its customary practices. The servicer has discretion in servicing the receivables including the ability to grant payment extensions and to determine the timing and method of collection and liquidation procedures. In addition, the servicer’s customary practices may change from time to time and those changes could reduce collections on the receivables. Although the servicer’s customary practices at any time will apply to all receivables serviced by the servicer, without regard to

 

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   whether a receivable has been sold to the issuing entity, the servicer is not obligated to maximize collections from receivables. Consequently, the manner in which the servicer exercises its serving discretion or changes its customary practices could have an impact on the amount and timing of collections on the receivables, which may impact the amount and timing of funds available to make payments on the notes.
[A distribution of amounts in the pre-funding account may result in a reduced return on your investment.   

On one or more occasions following the closing date until the end of the funding period, the issuing entity may apply amounts on deposit in the pre-funding account to purchase subsequent receivables from the depositor, which, in turn, will acquire these receivables from VW Credit.

 

Any amounts remaining on deposit in the pre-funding account (excluding investment earnings) that have not been used to purchase subsequent receivables by the end of the funding period will be used to prepay the principal of the notes either on a sequential or pro rata basis as described under “Description of the Transaction Documents—Acquisition of Subsequent Receivables During Funding Period.” This prepayment of principal could have the effect of shortening the weighted average life of your notes. The inability of the depositor to obtain receivables meeting the requirements for sale to the issuing entity will increase the likelihood of this prepayment of principal. As a result, you will bear the risk that you may be unable to reinvest any principal prepayment at yields at least equal to the yield on your notes.]

Vehicle recalls may have an adverse effect on the receivables and your notes.   

From time to time, automobile manufacturers or their suppliers may discover an element in a vehicle which might possibly affect the safety or other features of the vehicle, including compliance with applicable safety or emissions standards. In such cases the manufacturer in consultation with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration may recall the affected vehicles for repair or other necessary service. In certain cases, such a recall may give rise to the obligor having the right to rescind or terminate its contract or an obligation of the related vehicle manufacturer to repurchase the related recalled vehicle. In addition, recalls or other service campaigns could cause a temporary suspension of sales of the affected vehicles, which may cause a delay of the timing of the sales in the used car markets. Recalls or other service campaigns, including as a result of failure of a particular model to comply with applicable safety or emission standards, may also cause a decrease in demand for used recalled vehicles, which may cause a decline in values of those vehicles. Declines in values of used vehicles could cause an increase in credit losses. If any of these events materially affect collections on the receivables securing your notes, you may experience delays in payments or principal losses on your notes if the available credit enhancement has been exhausted.

 

[Volkswagen and Audi vehicles are currently subject to vehicle recalls for [        ]. While there can be no assurance that this recall (or any other existing or future recalls and service campaigns) will not adversely affect the timing or amount of proceeds from sales of used vehicles, based on the information that they currently possess, neither the depositor nor the sponsor expects that the impact of this recall on collections on the receivables or payments on the notes will be material.]

 

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USE OF PROCEEDS

The depositor will use the net proceeds from the offering of the notes to:

 

   

purchase the receivables from VW Credit, Inc. (which we sometimes refer to as “VW Credit”); [and]

 

   

[deposit the pre-funded amount, if any, into the pre-funding account; and]

 

   

make the initial deposit into the reserve account.

Any remaining amounts will be added to the depositor’s general funds and may be dividended to VW Credit, as the sole equity member of the depositor.

The depositor or its affiliates will use the proceeds of the net offering of the notes for general corporate purposes. [The depositor or its affiliates will [not use][use $[            ]] of the net proceeds of the offering of the notes to pay [any] “warehouse” debt secured by the receivables prior to their transfer to the issuing entity.] [Any debt may be owed to the owner trustee, the indenture trustee or to one or more of the underwriters or their affiliates or entities for which their respective affiliates act as administrator and/or provide liquidity lines, so a portion of the proceeds that is used to pay debt may be paid to the underwriters, the owner trustee, the indenture trustee or their respective affiliates.] [Payment of any expenses incurred in connection with the selection and acquisition of the receivables will be made by the depositor or its affiliates directly, rather than out of offering proceeds.]

THE ISSUING ENTITY

The “issuing entity”, Volkswagen Auto Loan Enhanced Trust [    ] –[    ] is a [statutory trust formed on [    ], 20[    ] under the laws of the State of Delaware] [common law trust formed on [    ], 20[    ] under the laws of the State of [New York] [Delaware]] by the depositor for the purpose of owning the receivables and issuing the notes. The trust agreement will be amended and restated on the closing date. The issuing entity will be established and operated pursuant to a trust agreement. VW Credit will be the “administrator” of the issuing entity. The depositor will be the initial holder of the issuing entity’s certificate.

The issuing entity will engage in only the following activities:

 

   

issuing the notes and the certificate;

 

   

making payments on the notes and distributions on the certificate;

 

   

selling, transferring and exchanging the notes and the certificate to the depositor;

 

   

[entering into and performing its obligations under the interest rate [swap] [cap] agreement;]

 

   

acquiring, holding and managing the receivables and other assets of the issuing entity;

 

   

making deposits to and withdrawals from the trust accounts;

 

   

paying the organizational, start-up and transactional expenses of the issuing entity;

 

   

pledging the receivables and other assets of the issuing entity pursuant to the indenture;

 

   

entering into and performing its obligations under the transfer agreements to which it is a party; and

 

   

taking any action necessary, suitable or convenient to fulfill the role of the issuing entity in connection with the foregoing activities or engaging in other activities [including, without limitation, entering into the interest rate [swap] [cap] agreements,] as may be required in connection with conservation of the assets of the issuing entity and the making of payments on the notes and distributions on the certificate.

 

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The depositor or its affiliate may retain all or a portion of a class or classes of notes for its own account. Some or all of such retained notes may be resold by the depositor or its affiliate at any time on or after the closing date in one or more negotiated transactions at varying prices to be determined at the time of sale. Notes owned by the issuing entity, the depositor and their respective affiliates will be entitled to all benefits afforded to the notes except that they generally will not be deemed outstanding for the purpose of making requests, demands, authorizations, directions, notices, consents or other actions under the transaction documents.

Capitalization and Liabilities of the Issuing Entity

The following table illustrates the expected capitalization and/or liabilities of the issuing entity as of the closing date(1):

 

Class A-1 Notes

   $                

Class A-2[-A] Notes

   $                

[Class A-2-B Notes

   $              

Class A-3 Notes

   $    

Class A-4 Notes

   $    

[Class B Notes]

   $    

Overcollateralization

   $    

Yield Supplement Overcollateralization Amount

   $                
  

 

 

 

Total

   $    

The following table illustrates the expected assets of the issuing entity as of the closing date:

 

Receivables

   $                

[Initial Pre-Funding Account Balance]

   $    

[Risk Retention Reserve Account]

   $    

Initial Reserve Account Balance

   $    
  

 

 

 

Total

   $    

 

(1) 

All or a portion of one or more classes of notes may be initially retained by the depositor or an affiliate thereof.

The issuing entity will also issue a certificate, which is not offered by this prospectus, and initially will be held by the depositor. On each payment date, the holder of the certificate will be entitled to any funds remaining on that payment date after all deposits and distributions of higher priority, as described in “Description of the Transaction Documents—Priority of Payments”.

[The issuing entity will also be liable for payments to the swap counterparty as described in “The Notes—Interest Rate Swap Agreement.”]

The issuing entity’s fiscal year ends on [December 31st].

The issuing entity’s trust agreement, including its permissible activities, may be amended in accordance with the procedures described in “Description of the Transaction Documents—Amendment Provisions” in this prospectus.

The issuing entity’s principal offices are in [Wilmington, Delaware], in care of [                ], as owner trustee, at the address listed in “The Trustees—The Owner Trustee” below.

For a description of the roles and responsibilities of the indenture trustee, see “Description of the Transaction Documents— The Owner Trustee[, the Issuer Delaware Trustee] and the Indenture Trustee in this prospectus and “The Trustees—The Indenture Trustee in this prospectus.

 

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The Issuing Entity Property

The notes will be collateralized by the issuing entity property. The primary assets of the issuing entity will be the receivables, which are amounts owed by individuals under motor vehicle retail installment sale contracts or installment loans with respect to new or used automobiles, minivans or sport utility vehicles originated by VW Credit.

The property of the issuing entity (the “issuing entity property”) will consist of all the right, title and interest of the issuing entity in and to:

 

   

the receivables acquired by the issuing entity from the depositor on the closing date [and on each funding date] and payments made on the receivables [on or] after the [applicable] cut-off date [and related subsequent cut-off date, as applicable];

 

   

the receivable files;

 

   

the security interests in the financed vehicles;

 

   

any proceeds from (1) claims on any theft and physical damage insurance policy maintained by an obligor under a receivable providing coverage against loss or damage to or theft of the related financed vehicle or (2) claims on any credit life or credit disability insurance maintained by an obligor in connection with any receivable;

 

   

any other property securing the receivables;

 

   

all rights of VW Credit under agreements with dealers relating to receivables;

 

  [•

rights under the interest rate [swap] [cap] agreement and payments made by the [swap] [cap] counterparty under the interest rate [swap] [cap] agreement;]

 

   

the rights of the issuing entity to funds on deposit in the reserve account, the collection account, [the pre-funding account,] [the risk retention reserve account] and the principal distribution account and any other accounts established pursuant to the indenture or sale and servicing agreement, and all cash, investment property and other property from time to time credited thereto and all proceeds thereof (including investment earnings, net of losses and investment expenses, on amounts on deposit);

 

   

rights of the issuing entity under the sale and servicing agreement and the administration agreement and of the depositor, as buyer, under the purchase agreement; and

 

   

the proceeds of any and all of the above.

The issuing entity will pledge the issuing entity property to the indenture trustee under the indenture.

Material Covenants

Pursuant to the indenture, the issuing entity will covenant that it will not, among other things:

 

   

except as expressly permitted by the indenture, the sale and servicing agreement, the trust agreement, the administration agreement or the other transaction documents, sell, transfer, exchange or otherwise dispose of any of its assets;

 

   

claim any credit on or make any deduction from the principal and interest payable in respect of the notes (other than amounts withheld under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Internal Revenue Code”), or applicable state law) or assert any claim against any present or former holder of the notes because of the payment of taxes levied or assessed upon any part of the issuing entity property;

 

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dissolve or liquidate in whole or in part;

 

   

merge or consolidate with, or transfer substantially all of its assets to, any other person;

 

   

permit the validity or effectiveness of the indenture to be impaired, or permit the lien of the indenture to be amended, hypothecated, subordinated, terminated or discharged, or permit any person to be released from any covenants or obligations with respect to the notes except as may be expressly permitted thereby;

 

   

permit any lien, charge, excise, claim, security interest, mortgage or other encumbrance (except certain permitted encumbrances) to be created on or extend to or otherwise arise upon or burden the assets of the issuing entity or any part thereof, or any interest therein or the proceeds thereof; or

 

   

incur, assume or guarantee any indebtedness other than indebtedness incurred in accordance with the transaction documents.

THE TRUSTEES

The Owner Trustee

[                ] is the “owner trustee” of the issuing entity under the trust agreement. [                ] is a [Delaware banking corporation][national banking association] and its principal offices are located at [                ]. The owner trustee’s liability in connection with the issuance and sale of the notes is limited solely to the express obligations of the owner trustee set forth in the trust agreement. The depositor and its affiliates may maintain normal commercial banking or investment banking relations with the owner trustee and its affiliates. The [servicer] [administrator] will be responsible for paying the owner trustee’s fees and expenses and for indemnifying the owner trustee against specified losses, liabilities or expenses incurred by the owner trustee in connection with the transaction documents. To the extent these fees and expenses and indemnification amounts are not paid by the servicer, they will be payable out of Available Funds as described in “Description of the Transaction Documents—Priority of Payments” and “—Priority of Payments May Change Upon an Event of Default” in this prospectus.

[                 ] has served and currently is serving as owner trustee for numerous securitization transactions and programs involving pools of motor vehicle receivables.

[                ] is subject to various legal proceedings that arise from time to time in the ordinary course of business. [                ] does not believe that the ultimate resolution of any of these proceedings is material to noteholders.

[Insert additional disclosure, if applicable, pursuant to Item 1109 of Regulation AB.]

For a description of the roles and responsibilities of the owner trustee, see “Description of the Transaction DocumentsThe Owner Trustee[, the Issuer Delaware Trustee] and the Indenture Trustee” in this prospectus.

[The Issuer Delaware Trustee

[                ] is the “issue Delaware trustee” of the issuing entity under the trust agreement. [                ] is a [Delaware banking corporation] [national banking association] and its principal place of business is located at [                ]. The issuer Delaware trustee’s liability in connection with the issuance and sale of the notes is limited solely to the express obligations of the issuer Delaware trustee set forth in the trust agreement. The depositor and its affiliates may maintain normal commercial banking or investment banking relations with the issuer Delaware trustee and its affiliates. The [servicer][administrator] will be responsible for paying the issuer Delaware trustee’s fees and

 

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expenses and for indemnifying the issuer Delaware trustee against specified losses, liabilities or expenses incurred by the issuer Delaware trustee in connection with the transaction documents. To the extent these fees and expenses and indemnification amounts are not paid by the servicer, they will be payable out of Available Funds as described in “Description of the Transaction Documents—Priority of Payments” and “—Priority of Payments May Change Upon an Event of Default” in this prospectus.

The issuer Delaware trustee has been appointed solely for the purpose of complying with the requirement of the Delaware Statutory Trust Statute that the trust have one trustee, which, in the case of a natural person, is a resident of the State of Delaware, or which in all other cases, has its principal place of business in the State of Delaware. The duties and responsibilities of the issuer Delaware trustee shall be limited solely to the execution and delivery of all documents and certificates to form and maintain the existence of the trust under the Delaware Statutory Trust Statute. Except for the purpose of the foregoing sentence, the issuer Delaware trustee shall not be deemed a trustee and shall have no management responsibilities or owe any fiduciary duties to the issuing entity, the depositor or any beneficial owner.

[                 ] has served and currently is serving as issuer Delaware trustee for numerous securitization transactions and programs involving pools of motor vehicle receivables.

[                ] is subject to various legal proceedings that arise from time to time in the ordinary course of business. [                ] does not believe that the ultimate resolution of any of these proceedings is material to noteholders.

[Insert additional disclosure, if applicable, pursuant to Item 1109 of Regulation AB.]

For a description of the roles and responsibilities of the issuer Delaware trustee, see “Description of the Transaction DocumentsThe Owner Trustee[, the Issuer Delaware Trustee] and the Indenture Trustee” in this prospectus.]

The Indenture Trustee

[                ], a [national banking association], is the “indenture trustee” under the indenture for the benefit of the noteholders. You may contact the indenture trustee at its corporate trust office located at [                ], or by calling [                ].

The indenture trustee’s duties are limited to those duties specifically set forth in the indenture. The depositor and its affiliates may maintain normal commercial and investment banking relations with the indenture trustee and its affiliates. The [servicer] [administrator] will be responsible for paying the indenture trustee’s fees and for indemnifying the indenture trustee against specified losses, liabilities or expenses incurred by the indenture trustee in connection with the transaction documents. To the extent these fees and indemnification amounts are not paid by the servicer, they will be payable out of Available Funds as described in “Description of the Transaction Documents—Priority of Payments” and “—Priority of Payments May Change Upon an Event of Default” in this prospectus.

[                 ] has served and currently is serving as indenture trustee for numerous securitization transactions and programs involving pools of motor vehicle receivables.

[                ] is subject to various legal proceedings that arise from time to time in the ordinary course of business. [                ] does not believe that the ultimate resolution of any of these proceedings is material to noteholders.

[Insert additional disclosure, if applicable, pursuant to Item 1109 of Regulation AB.]

For a description of the roles and responsibilities of the indenture trustee, see “The Trustees—The Indenture Trustee” and “Description of the Transaction Documents—The Owner Trustee[, the Issuer Delaware Trustee] and the Indenture Trustee” and “Description of the Transaction Documents” in this prospectus.

 

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THE DEPOSITOR

The “depositor”, Volkswagen Auto Lease/Loan Underwritten Funding, LLC, a wholly owned special purpose subsidiary of VW Credit, was formed on August 9, 2002 as a Delaware limited liability company named Volkswagen Auto Lease Underwritten Funding, LLC. On December 15, 2006, Volkswagen Auto Lease Underwritten Funding, LLC changed its name to Volkswagen Auto Lease/Loan Underwritten Funding, LLC. The principal place of business of the depositor is at 2200 Ferdinand Porsche Drive, Herndon, Virginia 20171. You may also reach the depositor by telephone at (703) 364-7000. The depositor was formed to purchase, accept capital contributions of or otherwise acquire beneficial interests in portfolios of motor vehicle leases and the related leased vehicles, motor vehicle retail installment sale contracts and motor vehicle loans; to own, sell, and assign the receivables and to issue and sell one or more securities. Since its inception, the depositor has been engaged in these activities solely as (i) the purchaser of receivables and beneficial interests in vehicle lease portfolios from VW Credit pursuant to purchase agreements, (ii) the depositor of receivables and beneficial interests in vehicle lease and loan portfolios to securitization trusts pursuant to sale and servicing agreements or sale agreements, (iii) the depositor that formed various securitization trusts pursuant to trust agreements and (iv) the entity that executed underwriting agreements and purchase agreements in connection with issuances of asset-backed securities.

THE SPONSOR

VW Credit was incorporated in the State of Delaware in April 1981 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (“Volkswagen Group of America”). Volkswagen Group of America is a wholly owned subsidiary of Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft (“Volkswagen AG”). The principal activity of VW Credit is acting as a finance subsidiary of Volkswagen Group of America, including purchasing retail installment sale contracts, installment loans and leases from Volkswagen and Audi dealers. VW Credit offers and services a wide range of automobile-related financial products, including wholesale floorplan financing and retail auto loan and lease financing.

The principal place of business of VW Credit is at 2200 Ferdinand Porsche Drive, Herndon, Virginia 20171. You may also reach VW Credit by telephone at (703) 364-7000. VW Credit will act as the “servicer”.

VW Credit securitized its first portfolio of motor vehicle loans in 1988 and last sponsored a motor vehicle loan securitization in conjunction with a public offering of asset-backed securities in [    ] 20[    ]. VW Credit’s experience in and overall procedures for originating or acquiring receivables is described in “The Originator—Pool Underwriting” in this prospectus. [No public securitizations sponsored by VW Credit have defaulted or experienced an early amortization triggering event.]

VW Credit has participated in the structuring of the transaction described in this prospectus [and has originated the receivables to be assigned to the issuing entity]. VW Credit is responsible for servicing the receivables included in the receivables pool as described below. VW Credit is also the administrator of the issuing entity.

[Insert any disclosure about adverse legal or regulatory developments, if applicable, pursuant to Item 1104 of Regulation AB.]

Credit Risk Retention

Pursuant to Regulation RR, VW Credit, as sponsor, is required to retain an economic interest in the credit risk of the receivables, either directly or through a majority-owned affiliate. VW Credit intends to satisfy this obligation through the retention by the depositor, its wholly-owned affiliate, of [a combination of] [an “eligible vertical interest”] [and] [an “eligible horizontal residual interest”] in an [aggregate] amount equal to at least 5% [of the fair value], as of the closing date, of all of the notes and the certificate issued by the issuing entity on the closing date. Pursuant to Regulation RR, the depositor [or any other holder] is required to retain the [“eligible vertical interest”] [or the] [“eligible horizontal residual interest”] and may not transfer (except to VW Credit or another majority –owned affiliate of VW Credit) such interest until the latest of two years after the Closing Date, the date the net pool balance is 33% or less of the initial net pool balance, or the date the aggregate principal amount the notes is 33% or less of the original principal amount of the notes. [VW Credit, the depositor and their affiliates may not

 

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hedge or finance the [“eligible vertical interest”] [and the] [“eligible horizontal residual interest”] during this period except as permitted under applicable law. The depositor may transfer all or any portion of the [“eligible vertical interest”] [and the] [“eligible horizontal residual interest”] to VW Credit or another majority-owned affiliate of VW Credit on or after the closing date.]

[Insert disclosure required by Items 1104(g), 1108(e) or 1110(b)(3) of any hedges materially related to the credit risk of the securities.]

[Retained vertical interest: The vertical interest retained by the depositor is structured to be an “eligible vertical interest” and will take the form of [at least [    ]% of each class of notes and the certificate issued by the issuing entity, though the depositor may retain more than [    ]% of one or more classes of notes or of the certificate] [a single vertical security, which will have an initial principal amount of $[    ] (which equals [    ]% of the aggregate principal amount of the notes and the certificate) and which will be entitled to receive [    ]% of all payments on the notes and the certificate]. The material terms of the notes are described in this prospectus under “The Notes,” and the material terms of the certificate are described in this prospectus under “The Issuing Entity – Capitalization and Liabilities of the Issuing Entity.”

By retaining the “eligible vertical interest,” the depositor will be a noteholder of [a single vertical security][[    ]% of each class of notes and the certificate] and will be entitled to receive [    ]% of all payments of interest and principal made on each class of notes and, if any class of notes incurs losses, will bear [    ]% of those losses. [Each class of notes retained by the depositor as part of the “eligible vertical interest” will have the same terms as all other notes in that class.] Notes retained by the depositor will not be included for purposes of determining whether a required percentage of any class of notes have taken any action under the indenture or any other transaction document as described in “The Notes—Notes Owned by Transaction Parties. For a description of the Notes, and thus of the “eligible vertical interest,” and the credit enhancement available for notes see “The Notes” and “Description of the Transaction Documents.”

In order to satisfy the requirement to retain an eligible vertical interest on the closing date, the depositor [or its affiliate] will retain [an amount equal to 5% of each class of notes and the certificate][a single vertical security entitling the depositor [or its affiliate] to at least 5% of the principal and interest payable on each class of notes and the certificate (not including such single vertical security).]

In accordance with Regulation RR, if the amount of the eligible vertical interest retained by the depositor at closing is materially different from the amount described above, within a reasonable time after the closing date we will disclose that material difference. [This disclosure will be made on [Form 10-D] filed under the CIK number of the depositor.]]

[Retained horizontal interest: The residual interest retained by the depositor is structured to be an “eligible horizontal residual interest” and will take the form of the issuing entity’s certificate, VW Credit expects the certificate to have an approximate fair value, as of the closing date, of [between $[    ] and] $[    ], which is [between [    ]% and] [    ]% of the fair value, as of the closing date, of all of the notes and the certificate issued by the issuing entity on the closing date.

The certificate represents a 100% beneficial interest in the issuing entity.

The [expected] fair value of the notes and the certificate is summarized below:

 

Class

   Fair Value
(in dollars)
   Fair Value
(as a percentage)

Class A-1

   $[    ] [to $[    ]]    [    ]% [to [    ]%]

Class A-2[-A]

   $[    ] [to $[    ]]    [    ]% [to [    ]%]

[Class A-2-B

   $[    ] [to $[    ]]    [    ]% [to [    ]%]]

Class A-3

   $[    ] [to $[    ]]    [    ]% [to [    ]%]

Class A-4

   $[    ] [to $[    ]]    [    ]% [to [    ]%]

[Class B]

   $[    ] [to $[    ]]    [    ]% [to [    ]%]

Certificate

   $[    ] [to $[    ]]    [    ]% [to [    ]%]
  

 

  

 

Total

   $[    ] [to $[    ]]    100.00%
  

 

  

 

 

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VW Credit and the depositor will use a fair value measurement framework under generally accepted accounting principles to calculate the fair value of the notes and certificate. The fair value of the notes will be assumed to be equal to the initial principal amount of the notes[, as adjusted by any discount on the notes set forth on the cover page to this prospectus]. An internal valuation model using discounted cash flow analysis will be used to calculate fair value of the certificate.

The fair value measurement framework will consider various inputs including [(i) quoted prices for identical instruments, (ii) quoted prices for similar instruments, (iii) current economic conditions, including interest rates and yield curves, (iv) experience with similar receivables in VW Credit’s managed retail portfolio and prior securitized pools, including prepayments, net losses and recoveries based on information for receivables similar to the receivables sold to the issuing entity on the closing date, and (v) management judgment about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the instrument].

The fair value of the notes is [assumed to be] equal to the initial principal amount of the notes, or par[, as adjusted by any discount on the notes set forth on the cover page to this prospectus]. This reflects the expectation that the final interest rates of the notes will be consistent with the interest rate assumptions below:

 

Class

   Interest Rate

Class A-1

   [    ]% [to [    ]%]

Class A-2[-A]

   [    ]% [to [    ]%]

[Class A-2-B

   [LIBOR +] [    ]% [to [LIBOR +][    ]%]]

Class A-3

   [    ]% [to [    ]%]

Class A-4

   [    ]% [to [    ]%]

Class B

   [    ]% [to [    ]%]

These interest rates are estimated based on recent pricing of notes issued in similar securitization transactions and market-based expectations for interest rates and credit risk.

To calculate the fair value of the certificate, VW Credit used an internal valuation model. This model projects future interest and principal payments of the pool of receivables, the interest and principal payments on the notes, and any other fees and expenses payable by the issuing entity. The resulting cash flows to the certificate are discounted to present value based on a discount rate that reflects the credit exposure to these cash flows. In completing these calculations, VW Credit made the following assumptions:

 

   

interest accrues on the notes at the rates described above [and in determining the interest payments on the Class A-2-B notes, one-month LIBOR is assumed to reset consistent with the applicable forward rate curve as of [______], 20[__];

 

   

except as otherwise described in this section, principal and interest cash flows for the receivables are calculated using the assumptions as described in “Weighted Average Life of the Notes;”

 

   

receivables prepay at a [__]% ABS rate based on amortization resulting from voluntary prepayments;

 

   

cumulative net losses on the receivables, as a percentage of the initial net pool balance, will be at the levels set forth in the chart below at the end of each month:

 

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          Month               Cumulative Net
Losses

(as a percentage of
the initial net pool
balance)
    Month    Cumulative Net
Losses

(as a percentage of
the initial net pool
balance)
    Month    Cumulative Net
Losses

(as a percentage of
the initial net pool
balance)
 
1      [     ]%    11      [     ]%    21      [     ]% 
2      [     ]%    12      [     ]%    22      [     ]% 
3      [     ]%    13      [     ]%    23      [     ]% 
4      [     ]%    14      [     ]%    24      [     ]% 
5      [     ]%    15      [     ]%    25      [     ]% 
6      [     ]%    16      [     ]%    26      [     ]% 
7      [     ]%    17      [     ]%    27      [     ]% 
8      [     ]%    18      [     ]%    28      [     ]% 
9      [     ]%    19      [     ]%    29      [     ]% 
10      [     ]%    20      [     ]%    30      [     ]% 

 

   

certificate cash flows are discounted at [    ]%; and

 

   

the servicer will [not] exercise its opportunity to purchase the receivables [at the earliest payment date it is permitted to do so].

VW Credit developed these inputs and assumptions by considering the following factors:

 

   

ABS rate – estimated considering the composition of the receivables, the performance of VW Credit’s prior securitized pools and more recent originations,

 

   

Cumulative net loss rate – estimated using assumptions for both the magnitude of lifetime cumulative net losses and the shape of the cumulative net loss curve. The lifetime cumulative net loss assumption was developed considering the composition of the receivables, the performance of VW Credit’s prior securitized pools and more recent originations, trends in used vehicle values, economic conditions, and the cumulative net loss assumptions of the Hired Agencies. The shape of the cumulative net loss curve is based on a historical average of VW Credit’s prior securitized pools and more recent originations. Default and recovery rate estimates are included in the cumulative net loss assumption, and

 

   

Discount rate applicable to the residual cash flows – estimated to reflect the credit exposure to the residual cash flows. Due to the lack of an actively traded market in residual interests, the discount rate was derived from both quantitative factors, such as prevailing market rates of return for similar instruments, and qualitative factors that consider the subordinate nature of the first-loss exposure.

VW Credit believes that the inputs and assumptions described above include the inputs and assumptions that could have a material impact on the fair value calculation or a prospective noteholder’s ability to evaluate the fair value calculation. The fair value of the notes and the certificate was calculated based on the assumptions described above. You should be sure you understand these assumptions when considering the fair value calculation.

The methodology above was used to determine the estimated fair value of the eligible horizontal residual interest retained on the closing date by the depositor. In accordance with Regulation RR, within a reasonable time after the closing date, VW Credit will disclose the actual fair value of the eligible horizontal residual interest retained based on the final pricing information and bond structure, as well as the fair value of the eligible horizontal residual interest required to be retained under Regulation RR. In addition, to the extent the valuation methodology used with respect to the eligible horizontal residual interest actually retained, or any of the key inputs and assumptions used therein, differ materially from those set forth above, we will disclose those material differences. [These disclosures will be made on [Form 10-D] filed under the CIK number of the issuing entity.]

In addition the depositor may retain some or all of one or more of the classes of notes.

As described under “Description of the Transaction Documents—Priority of Payments” and “—Priority of Payments May Change Upon an Event of Default” below, payments to certificateholders on any payment date are subordinated to all payments of principal and interest on the notes by the issuing entity. In accordance with the

 

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requirements for an “eligible horizontal residual interest” under Regulation RR, on any payment date on which the issuing entity has insufficient funds to make all of the distributions described under “Description of the Transaction Documents—Priority of Payments”, any resulting shortfall will, through operation of the priority of payments, reduce amounts payable to the certificateholders prior to any reduction in the amounts payable for interest on, or principal of, any class of notes. The material terms of the notes are described in this prospectus under “The Notes,” and the other material terms of the certificates are described in this prospectus under “The Issuing Entity—Capitalization and Liabilities of the Issuing Entity.”]

[Risk Retention Reserve Account: On or prior to the closing date, the depositor will establish an account in the name of the indenture trustee for the benefit of the noteholders. The risk retention reserve account is structured to be an “eligible horizontal cash reserve account” and will be fully funded by a deposit of a portion of the proceeds of the sale of the offered notes on the closing date in the amount equal to $[____]. Funds on deposit in the risk retention reserve account may not be used to pay the servicing fee for as long as VW Credit or an affiliate of VW Credit is the servicer, and may not be used to reimburse servicer advances. For all other purposes, the risk retention reserve account may be used to make any payments that are due as described under “Description of the Transaction Documents—Priority of Payments” in this prospectus but are otherwise unpaid, including each of the notes on the related final scheduled payment date to the extent collections on the receivables are insufficient to make such payments. After the closing date, information regarding the risk retention reserve account, including the balance and the amount of any withdrawals therefrom or deposits thereto, will be reported on a monthly basis in the servicer’s monthly statement to noteholders. See “Description of the Transaction Documents—Statements to Noteholders.”]

THE ORIGINATOR

The following is a description of the origination, underwriting and servicing of motor vehicle receivables by the originator as of the date of this prospectus.

The originator originates or acquires receivables through a variety of origination channels across a wide spectrum of credit quality obligors. [VW Credit will act as servicer for all receivables to be sold to the issuing entity on the closing date.]

The originator purchases retail installment sale contracts and installment loans, secured by automobiles or other motor vehicles, through dealerships throughout the United States. Additionally, VW Credit may utilize direct marketing to offer automobile financing directly to consumers. The originator’s direct marketed products may include financing for the purchase of new and used vehicles, as well as refinancing of existing motor vehicle loans. The originator customizes product features, such as interest rate, loan amount, and loan terms, enabling it to lend to customers with a wide range of credit profiles.

Pool Underwriting

VW Credit’s underwriting standards emphasize the prospective obligor’s willingness and ability to repay the amounts when due on the contract, as well as the asset value of the motor vehicle to be financed. Contracts that are purchased must comply with VW Credit’s underwriting standards and other requirements under existing agreements between VW Credit and dealers. VW Credit’s underwriting, servicing and collection activities are conducted principally at processing centers located in Libertyville, Illinois and Hillsboro, Oregon.

Each applicant for a retail installment sale contract is required to complete a credit application. Applications submitted to VW Credit include the following information about the applicant:

 

   

residential information;

 

   

source and amount of monthly income;

 

   

monthly mortgage or rent payment;

 

   

social security number; and

 

   

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Dealers submit applications together with information about the proposed terms of the retail installment sale contract to VW Credit through website based systems. VW Credit generally obtains a credit report on the applicant from a national credit bureau selected based upon VW Credit’s assessment of which credit bureau provides the most accurate and complete credit reports in the applicant’s geographic area. In a limited number of cases, a credit report is not available because an applicant does not have an established credit history. If an individual applicant has sufficient recent credit history, the credit bureau data includes the applicant’s credit risk score, often referred to as a “credit bureau score” or a FICO® score, which is generated using statistical models created by Fair Isaac Corporation. The credit bureau score measures the likelihood an applicant will repay an obligation as expected. Credit scores are the primary factors used as measuring devices to indicate the degree of risk on contracts offered to VW Credit by dealers.

VW Credit also evaluates each application using a proprietary credit scoring algorithm developed by a third party credit scoring company for VW Credit and referred to as a scorecard. The scorecard is used to assess the creditworthiness of an applicant using the credit bureau data to assign the applicant a proprietary credit score.

Credit applications are evaluated when received and are either automatically approved, automatically rejected or forwarded for review by a VW Credit credit analyst based on VW Credit’s electronic decisioning model. The model uses the VW Credit-derived credit score, the applicant’s credit bureau score, and a set of business rules designed to identify certain credit-related items such as loan-to-value ratio, affordability measures (e.g., payment-to-income ratio) and collateral type and quality. The model also identifies incomplete or inconsistent data such as an address or social security number mismatch, which is often caused by incorrect data entry but could possibly be a sign of fraud. In some cases, an application is not automatically rejected but does not meet the criteria for automatic approval, either because of incomplete or inconsistent information or because one or more credit-related terms is not within prescribed automatic approval levels. In such cases, a credit analyst evaluates the application to make a purchase decision using the company’s written underwriting guidelines. The credit analyst considers the same information included in the electronic decisioning model and may weigh other factors, such as the prospective purchaser’s prior experience with VW Credit, credit bureau data, collateral information and valuation and payment and debt ratios. If data entry or inconsistent information is the reason an application did not receive automatic approval, the credit analyst will contact the dealer if necessary to verify the data in question and to make corrections if necessary or obtain proof of the inconsistent data. For less creditworthy applicants, or if there is a discrepancy in the information provided by the applicant, the credit analyst may verify the identity, employment, income, residency and other applicant information using VW Credit’s established procedures before the decision is made. Based on the credit analyst’s assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of each application, the analyst will then either approve the application, reject the application or forward the application for review by a VW Credit credit analyst with higher approval authority. The credit analyst may condition approval on the addition of a qualified co-applicant or guarantor or on changes to the financing terms, such as a higher cash down payment or a less expensive vehicle being financed. If an application is forwarded to a credit analyst with higher approval authority, that credit analyst will undertake a similar review of the findings with the initial credit analyst.

Of the receivables to be sold to the issuing entity on the closing date, [    ] receivables, having an aggregate principal balance of approximately $[    ] (approximately [    ]% of the net pool balance as of the cut-off date) were automatically approved, while [    ] receivables, having an aggregate principal balance of approximately $[    ] (approximately [    ]% of the net pool balance as of the cut-off date) were evaluated and approved by a VW Credit credit analyst with appropriate authority in accordance with VW Credit’s written underwriting guidelines. [None] of the receivables in the pool were originated with exceptions to VW Credit’s written underwriting guidelines, nor were any receivables in the pool approved after being automatically rejected by the electronic decisioning model.

VW Credit uses risk-based pricing that includes a tiered system of interest rates and advance rates representing the varying degrees of risk assigned to different ranges of credit risk. If VW Credit considers an applicant to be relatively less creditworthy and, as a result, a greater risk, VW Credit will assign the applicant a higher interest rate and lower permissible advance rates. VW Credit makes its final credit decision based upon its assessment of the degree of credit risk with respect to each applicant.

 

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VW Credit regularly reviews and analyzes its portfolio of receivables to evaluate the effectiveness of its underwriting guidelines and purchasing criteria. If external economic factors, credit loss or delinquency experience, market conditions or other factors change, VW Credit may adjust its underwriting guidelines and purchasing criteria in order to change the asset quality of its portfolio or to achieve other goals and objectives.

THE SERVICER

VW Credit will be the servicer. VW Credit offers indirect automotive consumer loan and lease financing and direct dealer financing through (and to) approximately [    ] dealers in the United States that sell Volkswagen and/or Audi vehicles. VW Credit has been directly servicing motor vehicle receivables since 1996. Prior to 1996, receivables originated by VW Credit were serviced through a third party servicer. VW Credit’s auto loan asset-backed securitization program was first used in a term securitization in 1988. After the 1988 term securitization, VW Credit began securitizing auto loans again in 2003.

So long as VW Credit is the servicer, it will also act as custodian of the receivables and will maintain possession of the receivables as the issuing entity’s and the indenture trustee’s agent. The servicer, among other things, will manage, service, administer and make collections on the receivables in accordance with its customary servicing practices, using the degree of skill and attention that the servicer exercises with respect to all comparable motor vehicle receivables that it services for itself or others. The servicer is permitted to delegate some or all of its duties to its affiliates or specific duties to sub-contractors who are in the business of performing such duties, although the servicer will remain liable for the performance of any duties that it delegates to another entity.

The servicer will have full power and authority to do any and all things in connection with such managing, servicing, administration and collection that it may deem necessary or desirable. The servicer will make reasonable efforts to collect all payments called for under the terms and provisions of the receivables as and when the same become due in accordance with its customary servicing practices.

VW Credit has made adjustments to its customary servicing practices over time, particularly in the areas of collections timing, collections intensity, repossession timing and business processes and workflow. Most of these adjustments are introduced on a limited and controlled trial basis and are implemented program-wide after VW Credit determines that those adjustments will result in an overall improvement in servicing and collections.

The servicer will, in accordance with its customary servicing practices, take such steps as are necessary to maintain perfection of the security interest created by each receivable in the related financed vehicle. The issuing entity will authorize the servicer to take such steps as are necessary to re-perfect such security interest on behalf of the issuing entity and the indenture trustee in the event of the relocation of a financed vehicle or for any other reason.

Under the sale and servicing agreement, the servicer covenants not to release the financed vehicle securing each receivable from the security interest granted by that receivable in whole or in part, except as required by applicable law or court order or in the event of payment in full by or on behalf of the related obligor or payment in full less a deficiency which the servicer would not attempt to collect in accordance with its customary servicing practices or in connection with repossession or except as may be required by an insurer in order to receive proceeds from any insurance policy covering that financed vehicle. If this covenant is breached, under the sale and servicing agreement, the servicer will be required to repurchase the related receivable if such breach materially and adversely affects the interests of the issuing entity or the noteholders in the related receivable. In addition, if the servicer extends the date for final payment by the obligor on any receivable beyond the last day of the collection period prior to the final scheduled payment date for the latest maturing class of notes or reduces the contract rate or outstanding principal balance with respect to any receivable other than as required by applicable law or court order, under the sale and servicing agreement the servicer will be required to repurchase the related receivable, if such change in the receivable would materially and adversely affect the interests of the issuing entity or the noteholders in such receivable.

The servicer, in its capacity as custodian, will hold the receivable files for the benefit of the issuing entity and the indenture trustee. In performing its duties as custodian, the servicer will act in accordance with its customary servicing practices. The servicer will promptly report to the issuing entity and the indenture trustee any failure on its

 

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part to hold a material portion of the receivable files and maintain its accounts, records, and computer systems as provided by the sale and servicing agreement and promptly take appropriate action to remedy any such failure. The servicer may, in accordance with its customary servicing practices, (i) maintain all or a portion of the receivable files in electronic form and (ii) maintain custody of all or any portion of the receivable files with one or more of its agents or designees.

Additionally, under the sale and servicing agreement the servicer and its affiliates may engage in any marketing practice or promotion or any sale of any products, goods or services to obligors with respect to the receivables so long as such practices, promotions or sales are offered to obligors of comparable motor vehicle receivables serviced by the servicer for itself and others, whether or not such practices, promotions or sales might result in a decrease in the aggregate amount of payments on the receivables, prepayments or faster or slower timing of the payment of the receivables, provided, however, that if the servicer (i) extends the date for final payment by the obligor of any receivable beyond the last day of the collection period prior to the final scheduled payment date for the latest maturing class of notes or (ii) reduces the contract date or outstanding principal balance with respect to any receivable other than as required by applicable law or court order, it will promptly purchase such receivable. The servicer may refinance any receivable and deposit the full outstanding principal balance of such receivable into the collection account. The receivable created by such refinancing shall not be property of the issuing entity. The servicer and its affiliates may also sell insurance or debt cancellation products, including products which result in the cancellation of some or all of the amount of a receivable upon the death or disability of the obligor or any casualty with respect to the financed vehicle.

The servicer, in its sole discretion, may in accordance with its customary servicing practices sell any receivable’s deficiency balance. Net proceeds of any such sale allocable to the receivable will constitute Liquidation Proceeds, and the sole right of the issuing entity and the indenture trustee with respect to any such sold receivables will be to receive such Liquidation Proceeds. Upon such sale, the servicer will mark its computer records indicating that any such receivable sold no longer belongs to the issuing entity. The servicer is authorized to take any and all actions necessary or appropriate on behalf of the issuing entity to evidence the sale of the receivable free from any lien or other interest of the issuing entity or the indenture trustee.

Collection and Repossession Procedures

The customer billing process is generally initiated by the mailing of invoices on a monthly basis. Monthly payments are received at a lockbox account, mailed directly to VW Credit, or are paid electronically, including through direct debit or telephonic payment systems. Customers may enroll in a variety of recurring and one-time automated clearinghouse programs that debit funds directly from their bank accounts. As payments are received, they are electronically transferred to VW Credit and processed through VW Credit’s servicing system for the application of payments to the appropriate accounts.

VW Credit measures delinquency by the number of days elapsed from the date a payment is due under the installment contract. VW Credit considers an account delinquent if more than 25% of the scheduled monthly payment is past due. VW Credit utilizes behavioral scoring to drive contact strategies for delinquent accounts. VW Credit generally mails a notice to the purchaser between 2 and 28 days delinquent and initiates telephone contact requesting payment between 2 and 45 days delinquent. VW Credit improves its collection efficiency through the use of technology such as automatic dialing, predictive dialing and behavioral scoring of loan accounts. If the delinquent loan cannot be brought current or completely collected within 60 to 90 days, VW Credit generally assigns the vehicle to a repossession agent and attempts to repossess the related vehicle. VW Credit holds repossessed vehicles in inventory to comply with any applicable statutory requirements for reinstatement or redemption and then sells or otherwise disposes of the vehicles. VW Credit’s current policy is to generally charge-off a loan contract on the earlier of (1) the date on which the proceeds of sale of the vehicle are applied to the loan contract and (2) the month in which the loan contract reaches its 120th day of delinquency if the loan has been assigned to a repossession agent for 45 days. Deficiencies remaining after repossession and sale of the vehicle or after the full charge-off of the installment contract may be sold or pursued by or on behalf of VW Credit to the extent practicable and legally permitted. See “Material Legal Aspects of the Receivables—Deficiency Judgments and Excess Proceeds” in this prospectus.

 

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The servicer will use commercially reasonable efforts, consistent with its customary servicing practices, to repossess or otherwise convert the ownership of the financed vehicle securing any receivable as to which the servicer had determined eventual payment in full is unlikely unless it determines in its sole discretion that repossession will not increase the liquidation proceeds by an amount greater than the expense of such repossession or that the proceeds ultimately recoverable with respect to such receivable would be increased by forbearance. The servicer will follow such customary servicing practices as it deems necessary or advisable, which may include reasonable efforts to realize upon any recourse to any dealer and selling the financed vehicle at public or private sale. The foregoing will be subject to the provision that, in any case in which the financed vehicle has suffered damage, the servicer will not be required to expend funds in connection with the repair or the repossession of such financed vehicle unless it determines in its sole discretion that such repair and/or repossession will increase the liquidation proceeds by an amount greater than the amount of such expenses.

VW Credit’s underwriting and collection standards are reviewed by its Retail Credit Committee. Any change in VW Credit’s underwriting and collection standards requires prior approval from the Retail Credit Committee.

Extensions

VW Credit will grant extensions or deferments of retail installment sale contracts in accordance with its customary servicing procedures and the sale and servicing agreement. See “Description of the Transaction Documents—Modifications of Receivables” in this prospectus.

Servicing Experience

None of VW Credit’s term securitization transactions have experienced early amortizations, servicer defaults or events of default. Neither VW Credit nor any issuing entity can guarantee that there will not be any early amortizations, servicer defaults or events of default in the future.

Insurance

Each retail installment sale contract requires the purchaser to obtain and maintain physical damage insurance on the purchased vehicle. VW Credit’s dealer agreements include a requirement that the dealer provide VW Credit with written evidence that the purchaser has physical damage insurance which meets the requirements of the related contract at the inception of the receivable; nevertheless, there can be no assurance that each purchased vehicle will continue to be covered by physical damage insurance for the entire term of the related contract. VW Credit does not monitor insurance after the contract is acquired by VW Credit. The amount of insurance required by the related contracts is at least equal to the amount required by applicable state law, subject to customary deductibles. VW Credit requires the policy to name VW Credit as loss payee with respect to physical damage.

VW Credit does not require purchasers to carry credit disability, credit life, credit health or other similar insurance coverage which provides for payments to be made on the receivable on behalf of purchasers in the event of disability or death. To the extent that the purchaser obtains any of these insurance coverages, payments received on that coverage may, if permitted by applicable law, be applied to payments on the related receivable to the extent that the purchaser’s beneficiary chooses to do so.

AFFILIATIONS AND CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS

The issuing entity, the depositor and VW Credit, as servicer, as sponsor and as administrator, are affiliates. Neither the indenture trustee nor the owner trustee is an affiliate of any of the foregoing parties[, but [    ], the [indenture][owner] trustee[, [    ], the issuer Delaware trustee] and [    ], one of the underwriters, are affiliates]. Additionally, neither the indenture trustee nor the owner trustee is an affiliate of the other. Finally, the asset representations reviewer is not an affiliate of any of the depositor, the sponsor, the servicer, the administrator, the issuing entity, the owner trustee or the indenture trustee.

 

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THE ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER

[    ], a [    ], has been appointed as asset representations reviewer pursuant to an agreement between the issuing entity, the servicer and the asset representations reviewer. [Insert description of the extent to which the asset representations reviewer has had prior experience serving as an asset representations reviewer for asset-backed securities transactions involving motor vehicle receivables.]

The asset representations reviewer is not, and will not be, affiliated with the sponsor, the depositor, the servicer, the indenture trustee, the owner trustee[, the issuer Delaware trustee] or any of their affiliates, nor has the asset representations reviewer been hired by the sponsor or an underwriter to perform pre-closing due diligence work on the receivables. If the asset representations reviewer is merged into or becomes an affiliate of the sponsor, the depositor, the servicer, the indenture trustee, the owner trustee or any person hired by the sponsor or an underwriter to perform pre-closing due diligence work on the receivables, the asset representations reviewer will promptly resign and the servicer will appoint a successor asset representations reviewer. In addition, the asset representations reviewer will promptly resign and the servicer will appoint a successor asset representations reviewer, if either (i) the asset representations reviewer no longer meets the eligibility requirements included in the asset representations review agreement or (ii) the asset representations reviewer has determined that the performance of its duties under the asset representations review agreement is no longer permissible under applicable law. The servicer may remove the asset representations reviewer if the asset representations reviewer, (i) no longer meets the eligibility requirements included in the asset representations review agreement, (ii) breaches any of its representations, warranties, covenants or obligations in the asset representations review agreement or (iii) is subject to a bankruptcy event.

Following the resignation or removal of the asset representations reviewer, the servicer will engage a successor asset representations reviewer who meets certain eligibility requirements included in the asset representations review agreement. No resignation or removal of the asset representations reviewer will be effective until a successor asset representations reviewer has accepted its appointment and agreed to perform the obligations of the asset representations reviewer.

If the asset representations reviewer has resigned, been removed, replaced or substituted, or if a successor asset representations reviewer has been appointed, the issuing entity will disclose on the Form 10-D filed after the collection period in which the event occurred, the date of the event and the circumstances surrounding the resignation, removal, replacement, substitution, or appointment, as applicable. The predecessor asset representations reviewer shall pay the expenses associated with the required resignation of the asset representations reviewer and the appointment of a successor asset representations reviewer.

The asset representations reviewer will be responsible for reviewing the Subject Receivables for compliance with the representations and warranties made by the sponsor and the depositor on the receivables if the conditions described below under “Description of the Transaction DocumentsAsset Representations Review” are satisfied. Under the asset representations review agreement, the asset representations reviewer will be entitled to be paid the fees and expenses set forth under “Description of the Transaction DocumentsFees and Expenses” in this prospectus. The asset representations reviewer is required to perform only those duties specifically required of it under the asset representations review agreement, as described under “Description of the Transaction DocumentsAsset Representations Review” in this prospectus. The asset representations reviewer’s liability in connection with the asset representations review is limited solely to the express obligations of the asset representations reviewer set forth in the asset representations review agreement. The asset representations reviewer will not be liable for any action taken, or not taken, in good faith under the asset representations review agreement or for errors in judgment, however the asset representations reviewer will be liable for its own willful misconduct, bad faith, breach of the asset representations review agreement or negligence in performing its obligations under the asset representations review agreement. The servicer is required under the asset representations review agreement to provide the asset representations reviewer access to the review materials. The asset representations reviewer will be required to keep all information about the receivables obtained by it in confidence and may not disclose that information other than as required by the terms of the asset representations review agreement and applicable law.

 

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[THE [SWAP] [CAP] COUNTERPARTY

[            ] will be the [swap] [cap] counterparty. It is organized as a [            ] under the laws of [            ].

Upon the occurrence of an event of default or termination event specified in the interest rate [swap] [cap] agreement, the interest rate [swap] [cap] agreement may be replaced with a replacement interest rate [swap] [cap] agreement as described above under “The Notes—Interest Rate [Swap] [Cap].”

Based on a reasonable good faith estimate of maximum probable exposure, the significance percentage of the interest rate [swap] [cap] agreement is less than 10%.] [Insert disclosure required by Item 1115 of Regulation AB.]]

THE RECEIVABLES POOL

The characteristics set forth in this section are based on the pool of receivables as of the cut-off date.

Characteristics of the Receivables

The receivables sold to the issuing entity on the closing date will be selected for inclusion in the pool based upon the satisfaction of several criteria. In addition, each of VW Credit and the depositor will make certain representations and warranties about the receivables, which if breached, could result in VW Credit or the depositor, as applicable, being required to repurchase the related receivables. [The characteristics of the subsequent receivables to be sold to the issuing entity on each funding date as of the applicable subsequent cut-off date may vary somewhat from the characteristics of the receivables in the pool as of the initial cut-off date illustrated in the tables below. Any such variance is not expected to be material.]

As of the cut-off date, each receivable to be acquired by the issuing entity on the closing date:

 

   

had an original term to maturity of [    ] months to [    ] months;

 

   

had a maturity of no later than [    ];

 

   

had a remaining principal balance of at least $[    ];

 

   

had a contract rate of not less than [    ]%;

 

   

was not more than 30 days past due; and

 

   

satisfied the Eligibility Representations described under “Description of the Transaction Documents—Representations and Warranties” in this prospectus.

Receivables are originated in either tangible or electronic form. As of the cut-off date, approximately [    ]% of the receivables were originated as electronic contracts.

Interest on all of the receivables is calculated using [either] the Simple Interest Method [or the Scheduled Interest Method]. See “Glossary” in this prospectus.

As of the cut-off date, the weighted average FICO®(1) score of the receivables as of origination of the related receivables is [    ]. The FICO® score of an obligor is calculated as of the origination of the related receivable in the manner described in “The Originator—Pool Underwriting” in this prospectus. A FICO® score is a measurement determined by Fair Isaac Corporation using information collected by the major credit bureaus to assess credit risk. Data from an independent credit reporting agency, such as FICO® score, is one of several factors that

 

(1) 

FICO® is a federally registered trademark of Fair Isaac Corporation.

 

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may be used by the originator in its credit scoring system to assess the credit risk associated with each applicant, see “The Originator—Pool Underwriting” in this prospectus. Additionally, FICO® scores are based on independent third party information, the accuracy of which cannot be verified. FICO® scores should not necessarily be relied upon as a meaningful predictor of the performance of the receivables. In addition, FICO® scores may change over time, depending on the conduct of the obligor and changes in credit score technology and therefore, an obligor’s FICO® score at any time in the future may be higher or lower than the obligor’s FICO® score as of origination of the related receivable. See “Risk Factors—Credit scores and historical loss experience may not accurately predict the likelihood of losses on the receivables” in this prospectus.

Payment of any expenses incurred in connection with the selection and acquisition of the receivables will be made by the depositor or its affiliates directly, rather than out of the offering proceeds.

There are no material direct or contingent claims that parties other than the secured parties under the indenture have regarding any receivables.

Each receivable will be selected using selection procedures that were not known or intended by VW Credit to be adverse to the depositor.

Pool Stratifications

The composition, distribution by remaining term, distribution by contract rate, distribution by FICO® score, distribution by original term, distribution by seasoning, geographic distribution by state of the billing address of the obligor and distribution by vehicle type, in each case of the receivables as of the cut-off date are set forth in the tables below.

Composition of the Receivables Pool

As of the Cut-off Date

 

Number of Receivables

                   

Aggregate Outstanding Principal Balance

  

Outstanding Principal Balance

  

Average

  

Minimum

  

Maximum

  

Contract Rate

  

Weighted Average(1)

  

Minimum

  

Maximum

  

Original Term (Months)

  

Weighted Average(1)

  

Minimum

  

Maximum

  

Remaining Term (Months)

  

Weighted Average(1)

  

Minimum

  

Maximum

  

Percentage By Principal Balance of New Vehicles

  

Percentage By Principal Balance of Used Vehicles

  

Percentage By Principal Balance of Volkswagen Vehicles

  

Percentage By Principal Balance of Audi Vehicles

  

FICO® Score(2)(3)

  

Weighted Average(1)(3)

  

Minimum(3)

  

Maximum(3)

  

 

(1)

Weighted by principal balance as of the cut-off date.

 

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(2)

FICO® is a federally registered trademark of Fair Isaac Corporation.

(3)

FICO® scores are calculated as of origination of the related receivables.

 

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Distribution of the Receivables by Remaining Term

As of the Cut-off Date

 

Remaining Term Range

   Number of
Receivables
     Percent of
Total
Number of
Receivables(1)
     Outstanding
Principal
Balance
     Percent of
Total

Outstanding
Principal
Balance(1)
 

6 months or less

           

7 months to 12 months

           

13 months to 18 months

           

19 months to 24 months

           

25 months to 30 months

           

31 months to 36 months

           

37 months to 42 months

           

43 months to 48 months

           

49 months to 54 months

           

55 months to 60 months

           

61 months to 66 months

                                                                               

67 months to 71 months

           
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

           
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(1)

Sum may not equal 100% due to rounding.

Distribution of the Receivables by Contract Rate

As of the Cut-off Date

 

Contract Rate Range

   Number of
Receivables
     Percent of
Total
Number of

Receivables(1)
     Outstanding
Principal
Balance
     Percent of
Total

Outstanding
Principal
Balance(1)
 

0.00% to 0.99%

           

1.00% to 1.99%

           

2.00% to 2.99%

           

3.00% to 3.99%

           

4.00% to 4.99%

           

5.00% to 5.99%

                                                                               

6.00% to 6.99%

           

7.00% to 7.99%

           

8.00% to 8.99%

           

9.00% to 9.99%

           

10.00% to 10.99%

           

11.00% to 11.99%

           

12.00% to 12.99%

           

13.00% to 13.99%

           

14.00% to 14.99%

           

15.00% to 15.99%

           

16.00% to 16.99%

           

17.00% to 17.99%

           

18.00% to 18.99%

           
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

           
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(1)

Sum may not equal 100% due to rounding.

 

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Distribution of the Receivables by FICO® Score

As of the Cut-off Date

 

FICO® Score Range(2)

   Number of
Receivables
     Percent of
Total
Number of
Receivables(1)
     Outstanding
Principal
Balance
     Percent of
Total
Outstanding

Principal
Balance(1)
 

600 to 660

           

661 to 700

                                                                               

701 to 750

           

751 to 800

           

801 to 880

           

881 to 900

           
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

           
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(1)

Sum may not equal 100% due to rounding.

(2)

FICO® scores are calculated as of the origination of the related receivables.

 

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Geographic Distribution of the Receivables by State

As of the Cut-off Date

 

State(1)

   Number of
Receivables
     Percent of
Total
Number of
Receivables(2)
     Aggregate
Outstanding
Principal
Balance
     Percent of
Total
Aggregate
Outstanding
Principal
Balance(2)
 

Alabama

           

Alaska

           

Arizona

           

Arkansas

           

California

           

Colorado

           

Connecticut

           

Delaware

           

District of Columbia

           

Florida

           

Georgia

           

Hawaii

           

Idaho

           

Illinois

           

Indiana

           

Iowa

           

Kansas

           

Kentucky

           

Louisiana

           

Maine

           

[Maryland]

           

Massachusetts

           

Michigan

           

Minnesota

           

Mississippi

           

Missouri

           

Montana

           

Nebraska

           

Nevada

           

New Hampshire

           

New Jersey

           

New Mexico

           

New York

           

North Carolina

           

North Dakota

           

Ohio

           

Oklahoma

           

Oregon

           

Pennsylvania

           

Rhode Island

           

South Carolina

           

South Dakota

           

Tennessee

           

Texas

           

Utah

           

Vermont

           

Virginia

           

Washington

           

West Virginia

           

Wisconsin

                                                                               

Wyoming

           
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

           
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(1)

Based on the billing address of the obligor on the receivables.

(2)

Sum may not equal 100% due to rounding.

[Insert description of any economic or other factors specific to any state or region where 10% or more of the receivables are located which may materially impact the pool assets or pool asset fund.]

[Insert description of any economic or other factors specific to that concentration that may materially impact the receivables or transaction cash flows.]

 

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Distribution of the Receivables by Original Term

As of the Cut-off Date

 

Original Term Range

   Number of
Receivables
     Percent of
Total
Number of
Receivables(1)
     Outstanding
Principal
Balance
     Percent of
Total
Outstanding

Principal
Balance(1)
 

12 months to 18 months

           

19 months to 24 months

           

25 months to 30 months

           

31 months to 36 months

           

37 months to 42 months

           

43 months to 48 months

           

49 months to 54 months

           

55 months to 60 months

           

61 months to 66 months

           

67 months to 72 months

           
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

           
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(1)

Sum may not equal 100% due to rounding.

Distribution of the Receivables by Seasoning

As of the Cut-off Date

 

Seasoning Range

   Number of
Receivables
     Percent of
Total
Number of
Receivables(1)
     Outstanding
Principal
Balance
     Percent of
Total
Outstanding

Principal
Balance(1)
 

6 months or less

           

7 months to 12 months

           

13 months to 18 months

           

19 months to 24 months

           

25 months to 30 months

           

31 months to 36 months

           

37 months to 42 months

           

43 months to 48 months

           

49 months to 54 months

           

55 months to 60 months

           

61 months to 66 months

           

67 months to 69 months

           
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

           
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(1)

Sum may not equal 100% due to rounding.

Distribution of the Receivables by Vehicle Type

As of the Cut-off Date

 

Vehicle Type

   Number of
Receivables
     Percent of
Total
Number of
Receivables(1)
     Outstanding
Principal
Balance
     Percent of
Total
Outstanding

Principal
Balance(1)
 

Car

           

SUV

           

Minivan

           
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

           
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(1)

Sum may not equal 100% due to rounding.

 

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Delinquencies, Net Credit Loss and Repossession Experience

The following tables provide information relating to delinquency, credit loss and repossession experience for each period indicated with respect to all motor vehicle receivables serviced by VW Credit. This information includes the experience with respect to all motor vehicle receivables serviced as of each respective date or during each listed period. The following statistics include motor vehicle receivables with a variety of payment and other characteristics that may not correspond to the motor vehicle receivables in the receivables pool. In addition, motor vehicle receivables with an original term greater than 60 months and the relative percentage of used vehicles in VW Credit’s portfolio has increased over time, which has resulted in a higher percentage of longer term loans and loans financing used vehicles being held by the issuing entity than was present in VW Credit’s motor vehicle receivables servicing portfolio as of the dates and for the periods indicated. As a result, there can be no assurance that the delinquency and credit loss experience with respect to the motor vehicle receivables in the receivables pool will correspond to the delinquency and credit loss experience of VW Credit’s motor vehicle receivables servicing portfolio set forth in the following tables.

VW Credit Managed Retail Portfolio

Delinquency Experience(1)(2)(4)

(dollars in thousands)

 

     At [    ],     At December 31,  
     20[    ]     20[    ]     20[    ]     20[    ]     20[    ]     20[    ]     20[    ]  

Principal Amount Outstanding

     $        [    ]       $        [    ]       $        [    ]       $        [    ]       $        [    ]       $        [    ]       $        [    ]  

Number of Receivables Outstanding

     [    ]       [    ]       [    ]       [    ]       [    ]       [    ]       [    ]  
     Units     %     Units     %     Units     %     Units     %     Units     %     Units     %     Units     %  

Delinquencies(2)(3)

                            

31-60 days

     [         [         [         [         [         [         [         [         [         [         [         [         [         [    

61-90 days

     [         [         [         [         [         [         [         [         [         [         [         [         [         [    

91-120 days

     [         [         [         [         [         [         [         [         [         [         [         [         [         [    
    

 

 

                         

121 or more days

     [         [         [         [         [         [         [         [         [         [         [         [         [         [    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total 30+ Delinquencies

     [         [         [         [         [         [         [         [         [         [         [         [         [         [    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(1)

Data presented in the table is based upon retail balances for new and used vehicles financed by VW Credit, including those that have been sold but are serviced by VW Credit.

(2)

An account is considered delinquent if 25% or more of the scheduled monthly payment is past due.

(3)

VW Credit generally charges-off a receivable on the earlier of (a) the date on which proceeds from the sale of the vehicle securing that receivable are applied to the contract and (b) the month in which the receivable reaches its 120th day of delinquency if the contract has been assigned to a repossession agent for 60 days.

(4)

Balances and percentages may not add to total due to rounding.

 

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VW Credit Managed Retail Portfolio

Net Credit Loss and Repossession Experience(1)

(dollars in thousands)

 

     At or for the [    ] months
ended [    ],
    At or for the twelve months ended
December 31,
 
     20[    ]     20[    ]     20[    ]     20[    ]     20[    ]     20[    ]     20[    ]  

Principal Amount Outstanding

   $ [    ]     $ [    ]     $ [    ]     $ [    ]     $ [    ]     $ [    ]     $ [    ]  

Average Principal Amount Outstanding(2)

   $ [    ]     $ [    ]     $ [    ]     $ [    ]     $ [    ]     $ [    ]     $ [    ]  

Number of Receivables Outstanding

     [    ]       [    ]       [    ]       [    ]       [    ]       [    ]       [    ]  

Average Number of Receivables Outstanding(2)

     [    ]       [    ]       [    ]       [    ]       [    ]       [    ]       [    ]  

Number of Receivables Repossessed

     [    ]       [    ]       [    ]       [    ]       [    ]       [    ]       [    ]  

Number of Receivables Repossessed as a percent of the Average Number of Receivables Outstanding(2)

     [    ]     [    ]     [    ]     [    ]     [    ]     [    ]     [    ]

Charge-Offs(3)(4)

   $ [    ]     $ [    ]     $ [    ]     $ [    ]     $ [    ]     $ [    ]     $ [    ]  

Recoveries(3)

   $ [    ]     $ [    ]     $ [    ]     $ [    ]     $ [    ]     $ [    ]     $ [    ]  

Net Losses(5)

   $ [    ]     $ [    ]     $ [    ]     $ [    ]     $ [    ]     $ [    ]     $ [    ]  

Net Losses as a percent of Average Principal Amount Outstanding

     [    ] %(6)      [    ] %(6)      [    ]     [    ]     [    ]     [    ]     [    ]

 

(1)

Data presented in the table is based upon Retail Balances for new and used vehicles financed by VW Credit, including those that have been sold but are serviced by VW Credit.

(2)

Averages are computed by taking a simple average of the month end outstanding amounts for each period presented.

(3)

Recoveries generally include the net amounts received with respect to retail contracts previously charged off.

(4)

Charge-offs generally represent the total aggregate net outstanding balance of the retail contracts determined to be uncollectible in the period less proceeds from the disposition of related retail vehicles, other than recoveries described in Note (5) below.

(5)

Net Losses generally represent the total aggregate net outstanding balance of receivables determined to be uncollectible during the period less proceeds from the disposition of related vehicles, including net amounts received from customers.

[(6)

Percentages have been annualized at or for the [___] months ended [___] and are not necessarily indicative of the experience for the entire year.]

In addition to the payment and other characteristics of a pool of receivables, delinquencies and credit losses are also affected by a number of social and economic factors, including changes in interest rates and unemployment levels, and there can be no assurance as to the level of future total delinquencies or the severity of future credit losses as a result of these factors. Accordingly, the delinquency and credit loss experience of the receivables may differ from those shown in the foregoing tables.

See “The Originator—Pool Underwriting” in this prospectus for additional information.

 

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Delinquency Experience Regarding the Pool of Receivables

The following table sets forth the delinquency experience regarding the pool of receivables. The servicer considers a receivable delinquent when an obligor fails to make more than 25% of a scheduled payment by the related due date. The period of delinquency is based on the number of days payments are contractually past due. As of the cut-off date, none of the receivables in the pool were more than 30 days delinquent or have experienced a loss [, and as of the cut-off date, none of the receivables in the pool to be sold to the issuing entity on the closing date will be more than 30 days delinquent or have experienced a loss].

 

Historical Delinquency Status

   Number of
Receivables
     Percent of
Total Number of
Receivables
     Outstanding
Principal Balance
     Percent of Total
Outstanding
Principal Balance
 

Delinquent no more than once for 31-60 days(1)

           

Delinquent more than once for 31-60 days but never for 61 days or more

           

Delinquent at least once for 61 days or more

           

 

(1)

Delinquent no more than once for 31-60 days represent accounts that were delinquent one time but never exceeded 60 days past due.

Static Pool Information About Certain Previous Securitizations

Appendix A, which is incorporated by reference into this prospectus sets forth in tabular and graphic format static pool information about prior securitized pools of retail installment sale contracts and installment loans that were sponsored by VW Credit in the last [five] years, including those receivables acquired and securitized by Volkswagen Auto Lease/Loan Underwritten Funding, LLC, that were included in the Volkswagen Auto Loan Enhanced Trust [ ] transactions. Static pool information consists of cumulative credit losses, delinquency and prepayment data for prior securitized pools and summary information for the original characteristics of the prior pools. The term “securitized pool” refers to the securitized pool of receivables as of the related cut-off date. The characteristics of the securitized pools included in Appendix A vary from the characteristics of the receivables in this transaction.

The characteristics of receivables included in the static pool data discussed above, as well as the social, economic and other conditions existing at the time when those receivables were originated and repaid, may vary materially from the characteristics of the receivables in this transaction and the social, economic and other conditions existing at the time when the receivables in this transaction were originated and those that will exist in the future when the receivables in the current transaction are required to be repaid. Additionally, since VW Credit’s underwriting standards and procedures have remained stable over time, it is VW Credit’s belief that the prior securitized pools are generally comparable to the pool of receivables described in this prospectus, however the pool of receivables described in this prospectus [(a)(i) has a higher weighted average FICO® score, (ii) has a higher weighted average seasoning and (iii) has a lower weighted average remaining term, in each case, than most prior securitized pools, and (b)(i) includes a higher percentage by principal balance of Audi vehicles, (ii) includes a higher percentage by principal balance of sport utility vehicles and (iii) includes a higher percentage by principal balance of used automobiles, in each case, than each prior securitized pool.]

Review of Pool Assets

In connection with the offering of the notes, the depositor has performed a review of the receivables in the pool [as of the initial cut-off date (and will perform such review with respect to any subsequent receivables as of the applicable subsequent cut-off date)] and the disclosure regarding those receivables required to be included in this prospectus by Item 1111 of Regulation AB (such disclosure, the “Rule 193 Information”). This review was designed and effected to provide the depositor with reasonable assurance that the Rule 193 Information is accurate in all material respects.

 

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As part of the review, VW Credit identified the Rule 193 Information to be covered and identified the review procedures for each portion of the Rule 193 Information. Descriptions consisting of factual information were reviewed and approved by VW Credit’s responsible personnel to ensure the accuracy of such descriptions. VW Credit also reviewed the Rule 193 Information consisting of descriptions of portions of the transaction documents and compared that Rule 193 Information to the transaction documents to ensure the descriptions were accurate. Members of VW Credit’s capital markets group also consulted with internal regulatory personnel and counsel, as well as external counsel, with respect to the description of the legal and regulatory provisions that may materially and adversely affect the performance of the receivables or payments on the notes.

In addition, VW Credit also performed a review of the receivables in the pool [as of the initial cut-off date (and will perform such review with respect to any subsequent receivables as of the applicable subsequent cut-off date)] to confirm that those receivables satisfied the criteria set forth under “The Receivables Pool—Characteristics of the Receivables” in this prospectus. The first aspect of that review tested the accuracy of the individual receivables data contained in VW Credit’s data tape. The data tape is an electronic record maintained by VW Credit, which includes certain attributes of the receivables. VW Credit selected a random sample of [    ] receivable files to confirm [    ] data points such as FICO® score, contract rate and original term conformed to the applicable information on the data tape. A second aspect of that review consisted of a comparison of the statistical information contained under “The Receivables Pool” to data in, or derived from, the data tape. [No variances between the data points reviewed and the data tape were found.] Statistical information relating to the receivables in the pool was recalculated using the applicable information on the data tape. In addition to this review, VW Credit performs periodic internal control reviews and internal audits of various processes, including its origination and reporting system processes.

Portions of the review of legal matters and the review of statistical information were performed with the assistance of third parties engaged by the depositor. The depositor determined the nature, extent and timing of the review and the sufficiency of the assistance provided by the third parties for purposes of its review. The depositor had ultimate authority and control over, and assumes all responsibility for, the review and the findings and conclusions of the review. The depositor attributes all finding and conclusions of the review to itself.

After undertaking the review described above, the depositor has found and concluded that it has reasonable assurance that the Rule 193 Information in this prospectus is accurate in all material respects.

Asset Level Information

The issuing entity has provided asset-level information regarding the receivables that will be owned by the issuing entity as of the closing date (the “asset-level data”) as an exhibit to a Form ABS-EE that was filed by the issuing entity by the date of the filing of this prospectus, which is hereby incorporated by reference. The asset-level data comprises each of the of the data points required with respect to automobile loans identified on Schedule AL to Regulation AB and generally includes, with respect to each receivable, the related asset number, the reporting period covered, general information about the receivable, information regarding the related financed vehicle, information about the related obligor, information about activity on the receivable and information about modifications of the receivable since it was origination. In addition, the issuing entity will provide updated asset-level data with respect to the receivables each month as an exhibit to the monthly distribution reports filed with the SEC on Form 10-D.

 

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REPURCHASES AND REPLACEMENTS

[No assets securitized by VW Credit were the subject of a demand to repurchase or replace for breach of the representations and warranties during the three year period ending [    ].] [The following table provides information regarding the demand, repurchase and replacement history with respect to receivables securitized by VW Credit during the period from [______], 20[__] to [______], 20[__].] Please refer to Form ABS-15G filed by VW Credit on [    ] for additional information. The CIK number of VW Credit is 0000833733.

 

Name of
Issuing Entity

   Check if
Registered
     Name of
Originator
     Total
Receivables
in ABS by
Originator
     Receivables
that Were
Subject of
Demand
     Receivables
That Were
Repurchased
or Replaced
     Receivables
Pending
Repurchase or
Replacement
(within
cure period)
     Demand in
Dispute
     Demand
Withdrawn
     Demand
Rejected
 

Volkswagen Auto Loan Enhanced Trust 20[__]-[_]

        Originator 1        #      $          %        #      $          %        #      $          %        #      $          %        #      $          %        #      $          %        #      $          %  

Volkswagen Auto Loan Enhanced Trust 20[__]-[_]

        Originator 2        #      $          %        #      $          %        #      $          %        #      $          %        #      $          %        #      $          %        #      $          %  

WEIGHTED AVERAGE LIFE OF THE NOTES

The weighted average life of the notes will generally be influenced by the rate at which the outstanding principal balances of the receivables are paid, which payments may be in the form of scheduled payments or prepayments. Each receivable is prepayable in full by the obligor at any time. Full and partial prepayments on motor vehicle receivables included in the issuing entity property will be paid or distributed to the noteholders on the next payment date following the collection period in which they are received. To the extent that any receivable included in the issuing entity property is prepaid in full, whether by the obligor, or as the result of a purchase by the servicer or a repurchase by the originator or otherwise, the actual weighted average life of the receivables included in the issuing entity property will be shorter than a weighted average life calculation based on the assumptions that payments will be made on schedule and that no prepayments will be made. Weighted average life means the average amount of time until the entire principal amount of a receivable is repaid. Full prepayments may also result from liquidations due to default, receipt of proceeds from theft, physical damage, credit life or credit disability insurance policies, repurchases by the depositor as a result of the failure of a receivable to meet the Eligibility Representations or as a result of a breach of covenants with respect to the receivables or purchases made by the servicer as a result of a breach of a covenant made by it related to its servicing duties in the transaction documents. In addition, early retirement of the notes may be effected at the option of the servicer to purchase the remaining receivables as described under “Description of the Transaction Documents—Optional Redemption” in this prospectus.

The rate of full prepayments by obligors on the receivables may be influenced by a variety of economic, social and other factors. These factors include the unemployment rate, servicing decisions, seasoning of loans, destruction of vehicles by accident, loss of vehicles due to theft, sales of vehicles, market interest rates, the availability of alternative financing and restrictions on the obligor’s ability to sell or transfer the financed vehicle securing a receivable without the consent of the servicer. Any full prepayments or partial prepayments applied immediately will reduce the average life of the receivables.

The originator can make no prediction as to the actual prepayment rates that will be experienced on the receivables included in the issuing entity property in either stable or changing interest rate environments. Noteholders will bear all reinvestment risk resulting from the rate of prepayment of the receivables included in the issuing entity property.

The following information is provided solely to illustrate the effect of prepayments of the receivables on the unpaid principal amounts of the notes and the weighted average life of the notes under the assumptions stated below, and is not a prediction of the prepayment rates that might actually be experienced with respect to the receivables.

Prepayments on motor vehicle receivables can be measured against prepayment standards or models. The model used in this prospectus, the absolute prepayment model, or “ABS”, assumes a rate of prepayment each month which is related to the original number of receivables in a pool of receivables. ABS also assumes that all of the

 

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receivables in a pool are the same size, that all of those receivables amortize at the same rate, and that for every month that any individual receivable is outstanding, payments on that particular receivable will either be made as scheduled or the receivable will be prepaid in full. For example, in a pool of receivables originally containing 10,000 receivables, if a 1% ABS were used, that would mean that 100 receivables would prepay in full each month. The percentage of prepayments that is assumed for ABS is not a historical description of prepayment experience on pools of receivables or a prediction of the anticipated rate of prepayment on the pool of receivables involved in this transaction or on any pool of motor vehicle receivables. You should not assume that the actual rate of prepayments on the receivables will be in any way related to the percentage of prepayments that was assumed for ABS.

The tables below which are captioned “Percent of the Initial Outstanding Balance at Various ABS Percentages” (the “ABS Tables”) are based on ABS and were prepared using the following assumptions:

 

 

the issuing entity holds [12] pools of receivables with the following characteristics:

 

Pool

   Outstanding
Principal Balance
     Gross Contract Rate      Original Term to
Maturity (in Months)
     Remaining Term to
Maturity (in Months)
 

1

   $          %        

2

   $          %        

3

   $          %        

4

   $          %        

5

   $          %        

6

   $          %        

7

   $          %        

8

   $          %        

9

   $          %        

10

   $          %        

11

   $          %        

12

   $          %        

Total

   $             

 

 

all prepayments on the receivables each month are made in full at the specified constant percentage of ABS and there are no defaults, losses or repurchases;

 

 

interest accrues on the notes at the following coupon rates: Class A-1 notes, [                ]%; Class A-2[-A] notes, [    ]%; [Class A-2-B notes, [    ]%;] Class A-3 notes, [    ]%; Class A-4 notes, [    ]%; [and Class B notes, [    ]%];

 

 

each scheduled payment on the receivables is made on the last day of each month commencing in [                ], and each month has 30 days;

 

  [•

the original outstanding balance of the Class A-2 notes is allocated to the Class A-2-A notes in the amount of $[    ] and to the Class A-2-B notes in the amount of $[    ];]

 

 

the original outstanding balance of the notes is $[    ], the original outstanding balance of the Class A-1 notes will be $[    ], [of the Class A-2 notes will be $[    ],] of the Class A-3 notes will be $[    ] [,][and] of the Class A-4 notes will be $[    ] [and of the Class B notes will be $[    ]];

 

 

payments on the notes are paid in cash on each payment date commencing [________________],and on the [ ] calendar day of each subsequent month whether or not that day is a business day;

 

 

the notes are purchased on [________________];

 

 

the Class A-1 notes [and the Class A-2-B notes] will be paid interest on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed during the period for which interest is payable and a 360-day year;

 

 

the Class A-2[-A] notes, the Class A-3 notes, the Class A-4 notes [and the Class B notes] will be paid interest on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months;

 

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the scheduled payment for each receivable was calculated on the basis of the characteristics described in the ABS Tables and in such a way that each receivable would amortize in a manner that would be sufficient to repay the receivable balance of that receivable by its indicated remaining term to maturity;

 

 

except as indicated in the tables, the clean-up call option to redeem the notes will be exercised at the earliest opportunity;

 

 

the initial amount of overcollateralization will be $[    ], or approximately [    ]% of the adjusted pool balance as of the closing date;

 

 

the owner trustee fees, indenture trustee fees and asset representations reviewer fees are zero;

 

 

the servicing fee will be an amount equal to the product of (1) 1.00%, (2) one-twelfth [(or, in the case of the first payment date, [a fraction equal to the number of days from but not including the [initial] cut-off date to and including the last day of the first collection period over 360] [one-sixth])] and (3) the net pool balance of the receivables as of the first day of the related collection period (or as of the cut-off date, in the case of the first payment date);

 

  [•

$[                ] will be deposited in the pre-funding account on the closing date;]

 

  [•

all of the funds in the pre-funding account are used to purchase subsequent receivables;]

 

 

the cut-off date is [                ].

 

 

no event of default has occurred; and

 

 

there have been no defaults, losses or repurchases on any of the receivables.

The ABS Tables were created relying on the assumptions listed above. The tables indicate the percentages of the original outstanding balances of each class of notes that would be outstanding after each of the listed payment dates if certain percentages of ABS are assumed. The ABS Tables also indicate the corresponding weighted average lives of each class of notes if the same percentages of ABS are assumed. The assumptions used to construct the ABS Tables are hypothetical and have been provided only to give a general sense of how the principal cash flows might behave under various prepayment scenarios. The actual characteristics and performance of the receivables may differ materially from the assumptions used to construct the ABS Tables.

As used in the ABS Tables, the “weighted average life” of a class of notes is determined by:

 

 

multiplying the amount of each principal payment on a note by the number of years from the date of the issuance of the note to the related payment date;

 

 

adding the results; and

 

 

dividing the sum by the related original outstanding balance of the note.

 

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Percent of the Initial Outstanding Balance at Various ABS Percentages, Class A-1 Notes

 

Payment Date

   0.00%      0.50%      1.00%      1.30%      1.50%      1.70%      2.00%  

Weighted Average Life (Years) to Call

                    

Weighted Average Life (Years) to Maturity

                    

 

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Percent of the Initial Outstanding Balance at Various ABS Percentages, Class A-2 Notes

 

Payment Date

   0.00%      0.50%      1.00%      1.30%      1.50%      1.70%      2.00%  

Weighted Average Life (Years) to Call

                    

Weighted Average Life (Years) to Maturity

                    

 

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Percent of the Initial Outstanding Balance at Various ABS Percentages, Class A-3 Notes

 

Payment Date

   0.00%      0.50%      1.00%      1.30%      1.50%      1.70%      2.00%  

Weighted Average Life (Years) to Call

                    

Weighted Average Life (Years) to Maturity

                    

 

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Percent of the Initial Outstanding Balance at Various ABS Percentages, Class A-4 Notes

 

Payment Date

   0.00%      0.50%      1.00%      1.30%      1.50%      1.70%      2.00%  

Weighted Average Life (Years) to Call

                    

Weighted Average Life (Years) to Maturity

                    

 

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[Percent of the Initial Outstanding Balance at Various ABS Percentages

Class B Notes]

 

Payment Date

   0.00%      0.50%      1.00%      1.30%      1.50%      1.70%      2.00%  

Weighted Average Life (Years) to Call

                    

Weighted Average Life (Years) to Maturity

                    

 

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[POOL FACTORS,] NOTE FACTORS AND POOL INFORMATION

Each month the servicer will compute [both] [a Pool Factor] [and] [a Note Factor].

[The “Pool Factor” will be a six-digit decimal equal to (1) the sum of the net pool balance and any subsequent receivables added to the issuing entity property as of the end of the preceding collection period divided by (2) the sum of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the receivables as of the cut-off date. The Pool Factor will be 1.000000 as of the cut-off date; thereafter, the Pool Factor will decline to reflect reductions in the net pool balance. The amount of a noteholder’s pro rata share of the net pool balance for a given month can be determined by multiplying the original denomination of the holder’s security by the Pool Factor for that month.]

The “Note Factor” will be a six-digit decimal figure equal to the outstanding balance of the notes, at the end of the preceding collection period divided by the original balance of the notes as of the closing date. The Note Factor will be 1.000000 as of the closing date; thereafter, the Note Factor will decline to reflect reductions in the outstanding balance of the notes. As a noteholder, your share of the principal balance of the notes is the product of (1) the original denomination of your note and (2) the Note Factor.

The noteholders of record will receive monthly reports from the indenture trustee concerning payments received on the receivables, the note balance, the [Pool Factor and/or the] Note Factor, and other relevant information. If the notes are issued in book-entry form, then The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) (or its successors) will supply these reports to noteholders in accordance with its procedures. Since owners of beneficial interests in a global note will not be recognized as noteholders, DTC will not forward monthly reports to those owners. Copies of monthly reports may be obtained by owners of beneficial interests in a global note by a request in writing addressed to the trustee or indenture trustee, as applicable. Noteholders of record during any calendar year will be furnished information for tax reporting purposes not later than the latest date permitted by applicable law. See “Description of the Transaction Documents—Statements to Noteholders” in this prospectus.

THE NOTES

The following information summarizes material provisions of the notes and related provisions in the indenture. The following summary supplements the description of the general terms and provisions of the notes and the indenture set forth in this prospectus, to which you should refer.

General

The notes will be issued pursuant to the terms of the indenture to be dated as of the closing date between the issuing entity and the indenture trustee for the benefit of the noteholders [and the swap counterparty]. We will file a copy of the indenture with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) concurrently with or prior to the time we file this prospectus with the SEC. Holders of the notes will have the right to receive payments made with respect to the receivables and other assets in the issuing entity property and certain rights and benefits available to the indenture trustee under the indenture.

All payments required to be made on the notes will be made monthly on each payment date, which will be the [    ] day of each month or, if that day is not a business day, then the next business day beginning [                 ].

The indenture trustee will distribute principal and interest on each payment date to holders in whose names the notes were registered on the latest record date.

The original outstanding balance, interest rate and final scheduled payment date for the notes offered hereby are set forth on the cover page to this prospectus.

Distributions to the certificateholder will be subordinated to distributions of principal of and interest on the notes to the extent described in “Description of the Transaction Documents—Priority of Payments” in this prospectus.

 

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Book-Entry Registration

Each class of notes offered by this prospectus will be available only in book-entry form except in the limited circumstances described under “The Notes—Definitive Notes” in this prospectus. All notes will be held in book-entry form by DTC in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of DTC. Investors’ interests in the notes will be represented through financial institutions acting on their behalf as direct and indirect participants in DTC. Investors may hold their notes through DTC, Clearstream Banking Luxembourg S.A. (“Clearstream”), or Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V. (“Euroclear”), which will hold positions on behalf of their customers or participants either directly or indirectly through their respective depositories, which in turn will hold such positions in accounts as DTC participants. The notes will be traded as home market instruments in both the U.S. domestic and European markets. Initial settlement and all secondary trades will settle in same-day funds.

Investors electing to hold their notes through DTC will follow the settlement practices applicable to U.S. corporate debt obligations. Investors electing to hold global notes through Clearstream or Euroclear accounts will follow the settlement procedures applicable to conventional eurobonds, except that there will be no temporary global notes and no “lock-up” or restricted period.

Actions of noteholders under the indenture will be taken by DTC upon instructions from its participants and all payments, notices, reports and statements to be delivered to noteholders will be delivered to DTC or its nominee as the registered holder of the book-entry notes for distribution to holders of book-entry notes in accordance with DTC’s procedures.

Investors should review the procedures of DTC, Clearstream and Euroclear for clearing, settlement and withholding tax procedures applicable to their purchase of the notes.

Definitive Notes

The notes will be issued in fully registered, certificated form to owners of beneficial interests in a global note or their nominees rather than to DTC or its nominee, only if:

 

 

the administrator advises the indenture trustee in writing that DTC is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities as depository with respect to the notes, and the indenture trustee or the administrator is unable to locate a qualified successor;

 

 

the administrator, at its option, advises the indenture trustee in writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system through DTC; or

 

 

after an event of default, beneficial owners representing in the aggregate at least a majority of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the notes, advise the indenture trustee through DTC (or its successor) in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system through DTC (or its successor) is no longer in the best interest of those owners.

Payments or distributions of principal of, and interest on, the notes will be made by a paying agent directly to holders of notes in definitive registered form in accordance with the procedures set forth in this prospectus and the indenture, the sale and servicing agreement or the trust agreement. Payments or distributions on each payment date and on the final scheduled payment date will be made to holders in whose names the definitive notes were registered on the record date. Payments or distributions will be made by check mailed to the address of each noteholder as it appears on the register maintained by the indenture trustee or by other means to the extent provided in this prospectus. The final payment or distribution on any note, whether notes in definitive registered form or notes registered in the name of Cede & Co., however, will be made only upon presentation and surrender of the note at the office or agency specified in the notice of final payment or distribution to noteholders.

Notes in definitive registered form will be transferable and exchangeable at the offices of the issuing entity or indenture trustee, or at the offices of a registrar named in a notice delivered to holders of notes in definitive registered form. No service charge will be imposed for any registration of transfer or exchange, but the issuing entity may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge imposed in connection therewith.

 

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Notes Owned by Transaction Parties

In determining whether noteholders holding the requisite note balance have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, vote or waiver under any transaction document, notes owned by the issuing entity, the depositor, any certificateholder, the servicer, the administrator or any of their respective affiliates will be disregarded and deemed not to be “outstanding” unless all of the notes are then owned by the issuing entity, the depositor, any certificateholder, the servicer, the administrator or any of their respective affiliates. In determining whether the indenture trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, vote or waiver, only notes that a responsible officer of the indenture trustee knows to be so owned will be so disregarded. Notes that have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as “outstanding” if the pledgee of those notes establishes to the satisfaction of the indenture trustee that the pledgee has the right to act with respect to those notes and that the pledgee is not the issuing entity, the depositor, any certificateholder, the servicer, the administrator or any of their respective affiliates.

Access to Noteholder Lists

If definitive notes are issued in the limited circumstances set forth above, or if the indenture trustee is not the registrar for the notes, the issuing entity will furnish or cause to be furnished to the indenture trustee a list of the names and addresses of the noteholders:

 

 

as of each record date, within five days of that record date; and

 

 

within 30 days after receipt by the issuing entity of a written request from the indenture trustee for that list, as of not more than ten days before that list is furnished.

Noteholder Communication

The owner of a beneficial interest in a note or, to the extent definitive notes have been issued, a noteholder (collectively, “investors”) may send a request to the depositor at any time notifying the depositor that the investor would like to communicate with other investors with respect to an exercise of their rights under the terms of the transaction documents. If the requesting investor is not a noteholder as reflected on the note register, the depositor may require that the requesting investor provide a certification from the requesting investor that it is, in fact, a beneficial owner of notes, as well as additional documentation reasonably satisfactory to the depositor, such as a trade confirmation, account statement, letter from a broker or dealer or another similar document (collectively, the “verification documents”). So long as the issuing entity is filing monthly distribution reports on Form 10-D under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (as amended, the “Exchange Act”), the issuing entity will include in each such Form 10-D disclosure regarding any request received during the related Collection Period from an investor to communicate with other investors related to the investors exercising their rights under the terms of the transaction documents. The disclosure in the Form 10-D regarding the request to communicate will 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 with regard to the possible exercise of rights under the transaction documents and a description of the method other investors may use to contact the requesting investor. VW Credit and the depositor will be responsible for any expenses incurred in connection with the filing of such disclosure and the reimbursement of any costs incurred by the indenture trustee in connection with the preparation thereof.

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Delivery of Notes

The offered notes will be issued in the minimum denomination of $[100,000] and in integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof on or about the closing date in book-entry form through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company, Clearstream and the Euroclear System against payment in immediately available funds.

Payments of Interest

Interest on the unpaid outstanding balance of each class of notes will accrue at the applicable interest rate listed on the cover of this prospectus and will be payable monthly on each payment date. Interest will accrue during each interest period at the applicable interest rate [(a) for the Class A-1 notes and the floating rate notes,] from and including the prior payment date (or from and including the closing date in the case of the first interest period) to but excluding the following payment date [or (b) for each other class of notes, from and including the [___] day of the calendar month preceding each payment date (or from and including the closing date in the case of the first interest period) to but excluding the [___] day of the month] in which that payment date occurs.

Interest will accrue and will be calculated on the various classes of notes as follows:

 

 

Actual/360. Interest on the Class A-1 notes [and the Class A-2-B notes] will be calculated on the basis of actual days elapsed during the applicable interest period, but assuming a 360-day year. This means that the interest due on each payment date for the Class A-1 notes [and the Class A-2-B notes] will be the product of (i) the outstanding principal balance on the Class A-1 notes [and the Class A-2-B notes] before giving effect to any payments made on that payment date, (ii) the applicable interest rate and (iii) the actual number of days from and including the previous payment date (or, in the case of the first payment date, from and including the closing date) to but excluding the current payment date, divided by 360.

 

 

30/360. Interest on the Class A-2[-A] notes, the Class A-3 notes, the Class A-4 notes [and the Class B notes] will be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. This means that the interest due on each payment date for the Class A-2[-A] notes, the Class A-3 notes, the Class A-4 notes [and the Class B notes] will be the product of (i) the outstanding principal balance of the related class of notes before giving effect to any payments made on that payment date, (ii) the applicable interest rate and (iii) 30 (or in the case of the first payment date, the number of days from and including the closing date to but excluding [    ] (assuming a 30 day calendar month)), divided by 360.

 

 

Interest Accrual Periods. Interest will accrue on the outstanding principal balance of each class of notes [(a) with respect to the Class A-1 notes and the floating rate notes,] from and including the prior payment date (or in the case of the first payment date, the closing date) to but excluding that payment date [or (b) with respect to the Class A-2[-A] notes, the Class A-3 notes and the Class A-4 notes, from and including the [ ]th day of the calendar month preceding a payment date (or in the case of first payment date, from and including the closing date) to but excluding the [ ]th day of the month] in which that payment date occurs. Interest accrued as of any payment date but not paid on that payment date will be payable on the next payment date, together with interest on such amount at the applicable interest rate (to the extent lawful).

Interest on each note will be paid to the person in whose name that note is registered on the record date. If the notes are issued as book-entry notes, then the “record date” is the close of business on the business day immediately preceding the applicable payment date. If the notes are issued as definitive notes, then the “record date” is the close of business on the last business day of the calendar month immediately preceding the calendar month in which the applicable payment date occurs. (The holders of record of the notes are referred to as “noteholders in this prospectus.) The final interest payment on each class of notes is due on the earlier of (a) the payment date (including any redemption date) on which the principal amount of that class of notes is reduced to zero or (b) the applicable final scheduled payment date for that class of notes. In this transaction, a business day” will be any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in the states of Delaware, Michigan, Virginia, New York [or the principal place of business of the [swap] [cap] counterparty] or in the state in which the corporate trust office of the indenture trustee is located, are authorized or obligated by law, executive order or government decree to be closed.

 

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[A failure to pay the interest due on the notes [of the Controlling Class] on any payment date that continues for a period of [five] business days or more will result in an event of default.] See “Description of the Transaction Documents—Events of Default in this prospectus.

[If the sum of LIBOR and the applicable spread set forth on the front cover of this prospectus is less than 0.00% for any interest period, then the interest rate for the floating rate notes for such interest period will be deemed to be 0.00%.]

Payments of Principal

On each payment date, except as described below, the [Principal Distribution Amount][First Allocation of Principal and the Second Allocation of Principal] will be applied to make principal payments on the notes. Prior to acceleration of the notes after an event of default, principal payments will be applied to the notes in sequential priority so that no principal payments will be made on any class of notes until all notes with an earlier final scheduled payment date have been paid in full. Thus, on each payment date, the Principal Distribution Amount will be applied to the notes as follows:

 

 

first, to the Class A-1 notes, until the Class A-1 notes are paid in full;

 

 

second, [pro rata] to the Class A-2[-A] notes [and the Class A-2-B notes], until the Class A-2[-A] notes [and the Class A-2-B notes] are paid in full;

 

 

third, to the Class A-3 notes, until the Class A-3 notes are paid in full; [and]

 

 

fourth, to the Class A-4 notes, until the Class A-4 notes are paid in full[; and]

 

 

[fifth, to the Class B notes, until the Class B notes are paid in full].

At any time that the outstanding balances of the notes have been declared due and payable following the occurrence of an event of default under the indenture, principal payments will be made first to the Class A-1 noteholders until the Class A-1 notes are paid in full, and then ratably to all other [Class A] noteholders on each payment date, based on the aggregate outstanding principal balance of [each class of Class A][the] notes (other than the Class A-1 notes), until all events of default have been cured or waived as provided in the indenture or all [Class A] notes have been paid in full[, and then to the Class B noteholders until the Class B notes have been paid in full], including all amounts held on deposit in the reserve account [and the risk retention reserve account].

To the extent not previously, the outstanding amount of notes will be payable in full on the payment date specified below (each, a “final scheduled payment date”):

 

   for the Class A-1 notes, [    ] payment date;
   for the Class A-2 notes, [    ] payment date;
   for the Class A-3 notes, [    ] payment date; and
   for the Class A-4 notes, [    ] payment date[; and]
[•    for the Class B notes, [    ] payment date].

Failure to pay the full principal amount of the notes by the applicable final scheduled payment date or redemption date will be an event of default under the indenture.

 

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Payments of Principal on each Payment Date

(other than Payment Dates after the Notes Have Been Accelerated

Following the Occurrence of an Event of Default)

 

LOGO

[Interest Rate Swap Agreement

On the closing date, the issuing entity will enter into an “interest rate swap agreement” consisting of the ISDA Master Agreement, the schedule thereto, the credit support annex thereto, if applicable, and the confirmation with the swap counterparty to hedge the floating interest rate risk on the [Class A-2-B notes]. The interest rate swap for the [Class A-2-B notes] will have an initial notional amount equal to the initial note balance of the [Class A-2-B notes] on the closing date and will decrease by the amount of any principal payments on the [Class A-2-B notes]. The notional amount of the interest rate swap at all times that the interest rate swap is in place will be equal to the note balance of the [Class A-2-B notes].

On each payment date the issuing entity will make and receive payments under the interest rate swap agreements calculated with respect to the preceding interest accrual period and exchanged on a net basis. The issuing entity will pay to the swap counterparty the amounts set forth below with respect to the related interest rate swap agreement, in each case on a notional amount equal to the outstanding principal balance of the related class of floating rate notes and the swap counterparty will pay to the issuing entity the following amounts on such notional amount:

 

Class [A-2-B] Notes

 

Amount Payable to

Swap Counterparty

 

Amount Payable to

Issuing Entity

 

In general, under the interest rate swap agreement on each payment date, the issuing entity will be obligated to pay the swap counterparty a per annum fixed rate payment based on a fixed rate of [ ]% times the notional amount of the interest rate swap and the swap counterparty will be obligated to pay a per annum floating rate payment based on the interest rate of the [Class A-2-B notes] times the same notional amount. Payments on the interest rate swap (other than Swap Termination Payments) will be exchanged on a net basis. The payment obligations of the issuing entity to the swap counterparty under the interest rate swap agreement are secured under the indenture by the same lien in favor of the indenture trustee that secures payments to the noteholders. A Net Swap Payment made by the issuing entity ranks higher in priority than all payments on the notes.

 

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Among other things, an event of default under the interest rate swap agreement includes:

 

 

failure to make payments due under the interest rate swap agreement; or

 

 

the occurrence of certain bankruptcy events of the issuing entity or bankruptcy and insolvency events of the swap counterparty.

 

 

any breach of the interest rate swap agreement or related agreements by the swap counterparty;

 

 

failure to post collateral or return collateral pursuant to the terms of the credit support annex by the swap counterparty or the issuing entity (solely with respect to the return of collateral);

 

 

misrepresentation by the swap counterparty; or

 

 

merger by the swap counterparty without assumption of its obligations under the interest rate swap agreement.

Among other things, a termination event under the interest rate swap agreement includes:

 

 

illegality of the transactions contemplated by the interest rate swap agreement;

 

 

any commencement of the liquidation of the issuing entity property following an event of default under the indenture;

 

 

failure of the swap counterparty to provide the financial information required by Regulation AB and other requested information or to assign the interest rate swap agreement to an eligible counterparty that is able to provide the information;

 

 

certain tax events;

 

 

any amendment to the sale and servicing agreement or the indenture by the issuing entity that has a material and adverse affect on the swap counterparty without the prior written consent of the swap counterparty to the extent such consent is required under the related agreement;

 

 

a merger or consolidation of the swap counterparty into an entity with materially weaker creditworthiness; or

 

 

failure of the swap counterparty (or its credit support provider, if any) to maintain its credit rating at certain levels required by the interest rate swap agreement, which failure may not constitute a termination event if the swap counterparty maintains certain minimum credit ratings and, among other things:

 

 

at its own expense obtains an unconditional guarantee or similar assurance from a guarantor with the appropriate credit rating, along with a legal opinion regarding the guarantee;

 

 

posts collateral; or

 

 

assigns its rights and obligations under the interest rate swap agreement to a substitute swap counterparty that satisfies the eligibility criteria set forth in the interest rate swap agreement.

 

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Upon the occurrence of any event of default or termination event specified in the interest rate swap agreement, the non-defaulting or non-affected party or, in some instances, the affected party or burdened party may elect to terminate the interest rate swap agreement. If the interest rate swap agreement is terminated due to an event of default or a termination event, a Swap Termination Payment under the interest rate swap agreement may be due to the swap counterparty by the issuing entity out of Available Funds. Any Swap Termination Payment that constitutes a Subordinated Swap Termination Payment will be subordinated to payments of principal of and interest on the notes and any Swap Termination Payment that constitutes a Senior Swap Termination Payment will be paid pro rata with interest on the [Class A] notes. The amount of any Swap Termination Payment may be based on the actual cost or market quotations of the cost of entering into a similar swap transaction or such other methods as may be required under the interest rate swap agreement, in each case in accordance with the procedures set forth in the interest rate swap agreement. Any Swap Termination Payment could if market rates or other conditions have changed materially, be substantial. If a replacement interest rate swap agreement is entered into, any payments made by the replacement swap counterparty in consideration for replacing the swap counterparty, will be applied to any Swap Termination Payment owed to the swap counterparty, under the interest rate swap agreement to the extent not previously paid.]

[Interest Rate Cap Agreement

On the closing date, the issuing entity will enter into an “interest rate cap agreement” consisting of the ISDA Master Agreement, the schedule thereto, the credit support annex thereto, if applicable, and the confirmation with the cap counterparty to hedge the floating interest rate risk on the [Class A-2-B notes]. The interest rate cap for the [Class A-2-B notes] will have an initial notional amount equal to the initial Note Balance of the [Class A-2-B notes] on the closing date and will decrease by the amount of any principal payments on the [Class A-2-B notes]. The notional amount of the interest rate cap at all times that the interest rate cap is in place will be equal to the Note Balance of the [Class A-2-B notes].

In general, under the interest rate cap agreement on each payment date, the issuing entity will pay an upfront premium to the cap counterparty and, if [LIBOR] related to any payment date exceeds [    ] (the “Cap Rate”), the cap counterparty will pay to the issuing entity an interest rate payment (the “Cap Receipt”) based (i) on a per annum floating rate of LIBOR for that payment date minus the Cap Rate times (ii) the notional amount of the interest rate cap.

Among other things, an event of default under the interest rate cap agreement includes:

 

 

failure to make payments due under the interest rate cap agreement; or

 

 

the occurrence of certain bankruptcy events of the issuing entity or bankruptcy and insolvency events of the cap counterparty.

 

 

any breach of the interest rate cap agreement or related agreements by the cap counterparty;

 

 

misrepresentation by the cap counterparty; or

 

 

merger by the cap counterparty without assumption of its obligations under the interest rate cap agreement.

Among other things, a termination event under the interest rate cap agreement includes:

 

 

illegality of the transactions contemplated by the interest rate cap agreement;

 

 

failure of the cap counterparty to provide the financial information required by Regulation AB and other requested information or to assign the interest rate cap agreement to an eligible counterparty that is able to provide the information;

 

 

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a merger or consolidation of the cap counterparty into an entity with materially weaker creditworthiness; or

 

 

failure of the cap counterparty (or its credit support provider, if any) to maintain its credit rating at certain levels required by the interest rate cap agreement, which failure may not constitute a termination event if the cap counterparty maintains certain minimum credit ratings and, among other things:

 

 

at its own expense obtains an unconditional guarantee or similar assurance from a guarantor with the appropriate credit rating, along with a legal opinion regarding the guarantee;

 

 

posts collateral; or

 

 

assigns its rights and obligations under the interest rate cap agreement to a substitute cap counterparty that satisfies the eligibility criteria set forth in the interest rate cap agreement.

Upon the occurrence of any event of default or termination event specified in the interest rate cap agreement, the non-defaulting or non-affected party or, in some instances, the affected party or burdened party may elect to terminate the interest rate cap agreement. If the interest rate cap agreement is terminated due to an event of default or a termination event, a cap termination payment under the interest rate cap agreement may be due to the issuing entity by the cap counterparty. The amount of any cap termination payment may be based on the actual cost or market quotations of the cost of entering into a similar cap transaction or such other methods as may be required under the interest rate cap agreement, in each case in accordance with the procedures set forth in the interest rate cap agreement.]

[THE REVOLVING PERIOD

During the revolving period, noteholders will not receive principal payments. Instead, on each payment date during the revolving period, the issuing entity will seek to reinvest amounts that would otherwise be distributed as principal in additional receivables to be purchased from the depositor.

The issuing entity will purchase additional receivables meeting the eligibility requirements described in “The Receivables Pool.” The purchase price for each additional receivable will be [insert formula for determining purchase price].

The depositor will seek to purchase additional receivables from the originator, with a purchase price equal to the reinvestment amount, to the extent of available funds. The sponsor will seek to make receivables available to the depositor as additional receivables in an amount approximately equal to the amount of the available funds, but it is possible that the sponsor will not have sufficient additional receivables for this purpose. Any portion of available funds that is not used to purchase additional receivables on a payment date during the revolving period will be applied on subsequent payment dates in the revolving period to purchase additional receivables. Noteholders will be notified of the purchase of additional receivables on Form 10-D.

The amount of additional receivables will be determined by the amount of cash available from payments and prepayments on existing receivables. [There are no stated limits on the amount of additional receivables allowed to be purchased during the revolving period in terms of either dollars or percentage of the initial asset pool. Further, there are no requirements regarding minimum amounts of additional receivables that can be purchased during the revolving period.] [Insert the maximum amount of additional assets that may be acquired during the revolving period and the percentage of the asset pool that may be acquired during the revolving period, to the extent applicable, in accordance with Items 1103(a)(5)(iii) and 1103(a)(5)(iv), respectively, of Regulation AB.]

The revolving period consists of the collection periods beginning with the [_____] collection period and ending with the [__________] collection period and the related payment dates. Reinvestments in additional receivables will be made on each payment date related to those collection periods. The revolving period will terminate sooner if an early amortization event occurs in one of those collection periods, in which case the

 

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amortization period will begin and no reinvestment in additional receivables will be made on the related payment date. During the amortization period, noteholders will be entitled to receive principal payments in accordance with the priorities set forth in “Description of the Transaction Documents—Priority of Payments.”]

An “early amortization event” will occur if:

 

 

[the amount on deposit in the reserve account is less than the Specified Reserve Account Balance for two consecutive months;

 

 

an event of default occurs as described under “Description of the Transaction Documents —Events of Default” in this prospectus; or

 

 

a servicer replacement event occurs as described under “Description of the Transaction Documents —Servicer Replacement Events” in this prospectus.

The occurrence of an early amortization event is not necessarily an event of default under the indenture.]

[Insert any additional limitation on the ability of the issuing entity to acquire additional receivables and any additional disclosure required in accordance with Item 1111(g) of Regulation AB.]

DESCRIPTION OF THE TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS

The information in this section summarizes material provisions of the “purchase agreement entered into between VW Credit and the depositor, the “sale and servicing agreement entered into among the depositor, the servicer, the issuing entity and the indenture trustee and the “indenture entered into between the issuing entity and the indenture trustee. We sometimes refer to these agreements collectively as the “transfer agreements. This section also summarizes the administration agreement entered into among the issuing entity, VW Credit, as administrator, and the indenture trustee, the “asset representations review agreement” entered into among the issuing entity, the servicer and the asset representations reviewer and the “trust agreement” entered into among the depositor, the owner trustee and the issuer Delaware trustee. We sometimes refer to the transfer agreements, together with the administration agreement, the asset representations review agreement and the trust agreement as the “transaction documents.

We will file a copy of the actual transaction documents with the SEC concurrently with or prior to the time we file this prospectus with the SEC and forms of the transaction documents have been filed as exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part.

This is not a complete description of the transaction documents, and the summaries of the transaction documents in this prospectus are subject to all of the provisions of the transaction documents.

Sale and Assignment of Receivables and Related Security Interests

Under the purchase agreement, VW Credit will transfer, assign, set over, sell and otherwise convey to the depositor, without recourse, all of its right, title and interest in, to and under the receivables, Collections after the cut-off date, the receivable files and the related security relating to those receivables. The purchase agreement will create a first priority ownership/security interest in that property in favor of the depositor.

Under the sale and servicing agreement, the depositor will sell, transfer, assign and otherwise convey to the issuing entity, without recourse, all of its right, title and interest in, to and under the receivables, Collections after the cut-off date, the receivable files and the related security relating to those receivables and related property. Each receivable will be identified in a schedule delivered in connection with the execution of the sale and servicing agreement and the purchase agreement. The sale and servicing agreement will create a first priority ownership/security interest in that property in favor of the issuing entity.

 

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Under the indenture, the issuing entity will pledge all of its right, title and interest in and to the issuing entity property to the indenture trustee. The terms of the indenture create a first priority perfected security interest in the issuing entity property in favor of the indenture trustee for the benefit of the noteholders. Neither the owner trustee nor the indenture trustee will independently verify the existence and qualification of any receivables. The issuing entity or indenture trustee will, concurrently with the sale, contribution and/or assignment of the receivables to the issuing entity, execute, authenticate and deliver the notes.

Representations and Warranties; Remedies

VW Credit, pursuant to the purchase agreement, and the depositor, pursuant to the sale and servicing agreement, will make the Eligibility Representations (defined below) with respect to each receivable. As of the cut-off date, VW Credit and the depositor will represent and warrant that each receivable satisfies the following “Eligibility Representations”:

 

 

be fully executed by the obligor thereto;

 

 

been either (a) originated by a dealer located in the United States to finance the sale by a dealer of the related financed vehicle and been purchased by the originator or (b) originated or acquired by the originator;

 

 

as of the closing date, be secured by a first priority perfected security interest in the financed vehicle in favor of the originator, as secured party, or all necessary actions have been commenced that would result in a first priority validly perfected security interest in the financed vehicle in favor of the originator, as secured party;

 

 

contains provisions that permit the repossession and sale of the financed vehicle upon a default under the receivable by the obligor;

 

 

provided, at origination, for level monthly payments which fully amortize the initial outstanding principal balance over the original term; provided, that the amount of the first and last payments may be different but in no event more than three times the level monthly payment;

 

 

be secured by a new or used automobile, minivan or sport utility vehicle;

 

 

be a [Simple Interest][Scheduled Interest] Receivable with a contract rate of no less than [    ] % and the contract rate is accurately stated in the schedule of receivables provided by VW Credit pursuant to the purchase agreement;

 

 

(a) had an original term to maturity of not more than [    ] months and not less than [    ] months; (b) has a remaining term to maturity of [    ] months or more; and (c) has a scheduled maturity date not later than [    ];

 

 

be denominated in dollars and have an outstanding principal balance of greater than or equal to $[    ];

 

 

be not more than [    ] days past due;

 

 

not be noted in the records of VW Credit or the servicer as being the subject of any pending bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding;

 

 

not be subject to a force-placed insurance policy on the related financed vehicle;

 

 

complied, at the time it was originated or made, in all material respects with all requirements of law in effect at that time and applicable to such receivable;

 

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constitutes the legal and binding payment obligation in writing of the obligor, enforceable by the holder thereof in all material respects, subject as to enforcement, to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, liquidation or other laws and equitable principles, consumer protection laws and the Relief Act;

 

 

neither VW Credit’s nor the servicer’s records related to such receivable indicate that the receivable has been satisfied, subordinated or rescinded or that the related financed vehicle been released from the lien granted by the receivable in whole or in part;

 

 

except for payment delinquencies continuing for a period of not more than 30 days, the records of the servicer do not disclose that any default, breach, violation or event permitting acceleration under the terms of the receivable existed as of the cut-off date or that any continuing condition that with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default, breach, violation or event permitting acceleration under the terms of the receivable had arisen as of the cut-off date;

 

 

requires the obligor thereunder to insure the financed vehicle under a physical damage insurance policy;

 

 

the obligor is not the United States of America or any state thereof or any local government, or any agency, department, political subdivision or instrumentality of the United States of America or any state thereof or any local government;

 

 

the terms of such receivable do not prohibit the sale, transfer or assignment of such receivable or the grant of a security interest in such receivable under the indenture;

 

 

immediately prior to the transfers and assignments (a) by VW Credit to the depositor and (b) by the depositor to the issuing entity, the transferring party had good and marketable title to such receivable free and clear of all liens (except any permitted liens), and, immediately upon the transfer thereof to the transferee, the transferring party had good and marketable title to such receivable, free and clear of all liens except any permitted liens;

 

 

there is only one original executed copy of each “tangible record” constituting or forming a part of such receivable that is tangible chattel paper and a single “authoritative copy” (as such term is used in Section 9-105 of the UCC) of each electronic record constituting or forming a part of such receivable that is electronic chattel paper; and the receivable files that constitute or evidence such receivable do not have any marks or notations indicating that the receivable has been pledged, assigned or otherwise conveyed (a) by VW Credit to any person other than the depositor and (b) by the depositor to any person other than the issuing entity;

 

 

the FiServ electronic data warehouse containing records of VW Credit and the servicer related to such receivable do not reflect any right of rescission, set-off, counterclaim or defense, or of the same being asserted or threatened, in writing by any obligor with respect to such receivable; and

 

 

the related financed vehicle shall not have been repossessed.

If the depositor or VW Credit discovers a breach of any of the Eligibility Representations with respect to any receivable at the time such Eligibility Representations were made which breach materially and adversely affects the interests of the issuing entity, the noteholders [or the swap counterparty] in such receivables, the party discovering that breach will give prompt written notice of that breach to the other parties to the related transfer agreement; provided, that delivery of the monthly servicer’s certificate will be deemed to constitute prompt notice by VW Credit, the depositor and the issuing entity of that breach; provided, further, that the failure to give that notice will not affect any obligation of VW Credit or the depositor under the related transfer agreement. Any inaccuracy in the Eligibility Representations will be deemed not to constitute a breach if such inaccuracy does not affect the ability of the issuing entity to receive or retain payment in full on the receivable. The indenture trustee will not be obligated to investigate the facts stated in a servicer’s certificate for purposes of the second preceding

 

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sentence. If the breach materially and adversely affects the interests of the issuing entity or the noteholders in the related receivable, then the depositor or VW Credit will either (a) correct or cure that breach or (b) repurchase that receivable from the issuing entity, in either case on or before the payment date following the end of the collection period which includes the 60th day (or if the depositor or VW Credit elects, an earlier date) after the date the depositor or VW Credit became aware or was notified of that breach. The issuing entity or the indenture trustee (in its discretion or at the direction of an investor) may notify VW Credit or the depositor of a breach by delivering written notice to VW Credit or the depositor, as applicable, identifying the receivable and the related breach of an Eligibility Representation. Any such purchase by VW Credit or the depositor will be at a repurchase price equal to the outstanding principal balance of that receivable plus accrued interest. In consideration for that repurchase, the repurchasing party will pay (or will cause to be paid) the repurchase price by depositing the repurchase price into the collection account on the date of repurchase. The repurchase obligation will constitute the sole remedy available to the noteholders or the issuing entity for the failure of a receivable to meet any of the Eligibility Representations.

An investor wishing to direct the indenture trustee to request a repurchase as described above may do so as described below under “—Requests to Repurchase and Dispute Resolution.”

Asset Representations Review

As discussed above under “—Representations and Warranties; Remedies,” each of VW Credit and the depositor will make the Eligibility Representations regarding the receivables. The asset representations reviewer will be responsible for performing a review of certain receivables for compliance with the Eligibility Representations when the following asset review conditions (the Review Conditions”) have been satisfied:

 

 

The Delinquency Percentage for any payment date exceeds the Delinquency Trigger, as described below under “—Delinquency Trigger”; and

 

 

The investors have voted to direct a review of the applicable Subject Receivables pursuant to the process described below under “—Asset Review Voting”.

If the Review Conditions are satisfied (the first date on which the Review Conditions are satisfied is referred to as the “Review Satisfaction Date”), then, pursuant to the direction described below under “—Asset Review Voting” the asset representations reviewer will review the Subject Receivables (as defined below) for compliance with the Eligibility Representations as described below under “—Asset Review”.

Delinquency Trigger

On or prior to each payment date, the servicer will calculate the Delinquency Percentage for the related collection period. The “Delinquency Percentage” for each payment date and the related collection period is an amount equal to the ratio (expressed as a percentage) of (i) the aggregate Principal Balance of all 61-Day Delinquent Receivables as of the last day of that collection period to (ii) the net pool balance as of the last day of that collection period. “61-Day Delinquent Receivables” means, as of any date of determination, [all receivables (other than repurchased receivables and Defaulted Receivables) that are 61 or more days delinquent as of such date (or, if such date is not the last day of a collection period, as of the last day of the collection period immediately preceding such date), as determined in accordance with the servicer’s customary servicing practices]. The “Delinquency Trigger” for any payment date and the related collection period is [[    ]%].

[The Delinquency Trigger was calculated as a multiple of [    ] times the previous historical peak Delinquency Percentage [plus [     ]%].] VW Credit developed the Delinquency Trigger from an analysis of the historical 61 day or more delinquency rate over the life of VW Credit’s other public securitization transactions since [2007]. VW Credit then applied a multiple of [__] to the highest delinquency percentage observed. The multiple derived from this analysis corresponds generally to the multiple of expected cumulative net losses that the [Class A] notes are expected to be able to withstand before realizing their first dollar loss and is intended to account for future volatility and stressed economic conditions. [VW Credit then added a buffer of [ ]% to further ensure that the Delinquency Trigger is not breached due to ordinary fluctuations in the economy.]

 

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For prior pools of retail installment sale contracts that were securitized by VW Credit since [2007], the percentage of receivables that have been 61 or more days delinquent have ranged from [__]% to [__]%. The following chart shows the percentage of receivables 61 or more days delinquent in VW Credit’s prior securitized pools of retail installment sale contracts for the periods shown. For more information regarding 61 day or more delinquent asset statistics for certain of VW Credit’s prior securitized pools of retail installment sale contracts, see “Appendix A—Static Pool Information Regarding Certain Previous Securitizations” in this prospectus.

[Include chart comparing the delinquency trigger to the delinquency statistics for prior pools.]

Subject Receivables” means, for any Asset Review, all receivables which are, as of the Review Satisfaction Date, 60 or more days delinquent as of such date (or, if such date is not the last day of a collection period, as of the last day of the collection period immediately preceding such date) as determined in accordance with the servicer’s customary servicing practices. However, any receivable which becomes a repurchased receivable or is paid off after the Review Satisfaction Date will no longer be a Subject Receivable.

Asset Review Voting

The monthly distribution report filed by the issuing entity on Form 10-D will disclose if the Delinquency Percentage on any payment date exceeds the Delinquency Trigger. Investors holding at least 5% of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the notes (the “Instituting Noteholders”) may then elect to initiate a vote to determine whether the asset representations reviewer will conduct the review described under “ —Asset Review” below by giving written notice to the indenture trustee of their desire to institute such a vote. If any of the Instituting Noteholders is not a noteholder as reflected on the note register, the indenture trustee may require that investor to provide verification documents to confirm that the investor that it is, in fact, a beneficial owner of notes. Any such vote shall be (i) initiated no later than 90 days from the filing of the Form 10-D that discloses that the Delinquency Trigger was breached and (ii) completed no later than 150 days from the filing of the Form 10-D that discloses that the Delinquency Trigger was breached. VW Credit will be responsible for any expenses incurred in connection with such disclosure, the voting process and reimbursing any expenses incurred by the indenture trustee in connection therewith.

If the Instituting Noteholders initiate a vote as described in the preceding paragraph, the indenture trustee will submit the matter to a vote of all noteholders through DTC (if the notes are then held through DTC) and the issuing entity will notify investors via the Form 10-D for the related collection period for which a vote has been called. Under the current voting procedures of DTC, DTC (as the holder of record for the notes) transfers the right to vote with respect to securities to the DTC participants that hold record date positions via an omnibus proxy. DTC notifies its participants holding positions in the security of their entitlement to vote. DTC participants are responsible for distribution of information to their customers, including any ultimate beneficial owners of interests in the notes. See “Risk Factors—Because the notes are in book-entry form, your rights can only be exercised indirectly.” The indenture trustee may set a record date for purposes of determining the identity of investors entitled to vote in accordance with Section 316(c) of the Trust Indenture Act.

The “Noteholder Direction” will be deemed to have occurred if investors representing at least a majority of the voting investors vote in favor of directing an asset review by the asset representations reviewer. The sponsor, the depositor and the issuing entity are required under the sale and servicing agreement to cooperate with the indenture trustee to facilitate the voting process. Following the completion of the voting process, the next Form 10-D filed by the issuing entity will disclose whether or not a Noteholder Direction has occurred.

Within [five] business days of the Noteholder Direction, the indenture trustee will send a notice to VW Credit, the depositor, the servicer and the asset representations reviewer directing the asset representations reviewer to conduct an Asset Review and specifying the applicable Review Satisfaction Date. Within [ten] business days of receipt of such notice, the servicer will provide the asset representations reviewer, with a copy to the indenture trustee, a list of the Subject Receivables.

 

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Fees and Expenses for Asset Review

As described under “Fees and Expenses”, the asset representations reviewer will be paid [an annual][a monthly] fee of $[    ] from the servicer in accordance with the asset representations review agreement. However, that annual fee does not include the fees and expenses of the asset representations reviewer in connection with an asset review of the Subject Receivables. Under the asset representations review agreement, the asset representations reviewer will be entitled to receive a fee of $[     ] [for each Subject Receivable for which an Asset Review is started] [per hour for its time spent conducting the Asset Review]. The servicer will reimburse the asset representations reviewer for all out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the asset representations reviewer in connection with its review of the Subject Receivables. All fees payable to, and expenses incurred by, the asset representations reviewer in connection with the Asset Review (the “Review Expenses”) will be payable by the servicer and, to the extent the Review Expenses remain unpaid after 30 calendar days, they will be payable out of amounts on deposit in the Collection Account as described under “Description of the Transaction Documents—Priority of Payments” in this prospectus.

Asset Review

The asset representations reviewer will perform a review of the Subject Receivables for compliance with the Eligibility Representations (an “Asset Review”) in accordance with such procedures as [the asset representations reviewer shall deem appropriate, in the discretion of the asset representations reviewer][set forth in the asset representations review agreement].

Under the asset representations review agreement, the asset representations reviewer is required to complete its review of the Subject Receivables by the [60th][90th] day after receipt of review materials related to the Subject Receivables. However, if review materials are missing or insufficient for the asset representations reviewer to perform any test, the asset representations reviewer will request that the servicer provide an updated copy of that review material and the review period will be extended for an additional [30] days. Upon completion of its review, the asset representations reviewer will provide a report to the indenture trustee, the servicer and the issuing entity of the findings and conclusions of the review of the Subject Receivables, and that report will be included with the Form 10-D filed by the issuing entity with respect to the collection period in which the asset representations reviewer’s report is provided.

The asset representations reviewer will only be responsible for determining whether there was noncompliance with any Eligibility Representation with respect to any Subject Receivable, and will not determine whether such noncompliance gives rise to an obligation to repurchase the related Subject Receivable. If the asset representations reviewer determines that there was such noncompliance, the sponsor and the depositor will determine whether the sponsor or the depositor, as applicable, would be required to make a repurchase. In conducting this investigation, VW Credit and the depositor, as applicable, will refer to the information available to it, including the asset representations reviewer’s report. If VW Credit or the depositor, as applicable, determines that there has been a breach of an Eligibility Representation that materially and adversely affects the interest of the issuing entity or the noteholders in the related receivable and such breach cannot be corrected or cured, VW Credit or the depositor, as applicable, will be obligated to repurchase the related receivable as described under “—Representations and Warranties; Remedies.”

Indemnification of the Asset Representations Reviewer

Under the asset representations review agreement, the servicer will indemnify the asset representations reviewer against any and all loss, liability or expense (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) incurred by the asset representations reviewer in connection with its administration of, and the performance of its duties under, the asset representations review agreement. However, the servicer will not reimburse any expense or indemnify against any loss, liability or expense incurred by the asset representations reviewer arising out of or resulting from the asset representations reviewer’s own willful misfeasance, bad faith, negligence or breach of the asset representations review agreement. To the extent that any such indemnities are not otherwise satisfied, they will be paid from Available Funds as described below under “—Priority of Payments”.

 

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Requests to Repurchase and Dispute Resolution

If the depositor, the issuing entity or the indenture trustee (at the direction of an investor) (each, a “requesting party”) requests that VW Credit or the depositor repurchase any receivable due to a breach of an Eligibility Representation as described under “Description of the Transaction Documents—Representations and Warranties; Remedies” in this prospectus and the repurchase request has not been fulfilled or otherwise resolved to the reasonable satisfaction of the requesting party within 180 days of the receipt of notice of the request by VW Credit or the depositor, as applicable, the requesting party may refer the matter, at its discretion, to either mediation or arbitration. An investor wishing to direct the indenture trustee to request a repurchase as described above may contact the indenture trustee in writing with the details of the purported breach of an Eligibility Representation and the related receivable. If the requesting investor is not a noteholder as reflected on the note register, each written notice from such requesting investor will be accompanied by verification documents to confirm that the requesting investor is, in fact, a beneficial owner of notes. VW Credit and the depositor will be responsible for reimbursing the indenture trustee for any expenses incurred in connection with such verification. VW Credit will inform the requesting party in writing upon a determination by VW Credit that a receivable subject to a demand to repurchase will be repurchased and the monthly distribution report filed by the issuing entity on Form 10-D for the collection period in which such receivables were repurchased will include disclosure of such repurchase. A failure of VW Credit to inform the requesting party that a receivable subject to a demand will be repurchased within 180 days of the receipt of notice of the request shall be deemed to be a determination by VW Credit that no repurchase of that receivable due to a breach of an Eligibility Representation is required. Additionally, VW Credit will file Form ABS-15G disclosing the status of repurchase demands on a periodic basis as required by applicable law.

Although the indenture trustee may request that VW Credit repurchase a receivable due to a breach of an Eligibility Representation, nothing in the transaction documents requires the indenture trustee to exercise this discretion and the transaction documents do not provide any requirements regarding what factors the indenture trustee should consider when determining whether to exercise its discretion to request a repurchase. Consequently, it is likely that the requesting party will be the indenture trustee acting at the direction of an investor. If more than one investor directs the indenture trustee in connection with a request to repurchase, the indenture trustee will act at the direction of the investors holding a majority of the outstanding note balance of the notes held by such directing investors.

If a Subject Receivable that was reviewed by the asset representations reviewer during an Asset Review is the subject of a dispute resolution proceeding, the asset representations reviewer will participate in the dispute resolution proceeding on request of a party to the proceeding. The reasonable out-of-pocket expenses of the asset representations reviewer for its participation in any dispute resolution proceeding will be considered expenses of the requesting party for the dispute resolution and will be paid by a party to the dispute resolution as determined by the mediator or arbitrator for the dispute resolution, and if such expenses are not paid within 90 days after the end of the proceeding, will be payable by the servicer.

If the requesting party selects mediation, the mediation will be administered by [a nationally recognized arbitration and mediation association][one of [identify options]] selected by the requesting party. The fees and expenses of the mediation will be allocated as mutually agreed by the parties as part of the mediation. The mediator will be appointed from a list of neutrals maintained by the American Arbitration Association (the “AAA”).

If the requesting party selects arbitration, the arbitration will be administered by [a nationally recognized arbitration and mediation association][one of [identify options]] jointly selected by the parties (or, if the parties are unable to agree on an association, by the AAA). The arbitrator will be appointed from a list of neutrals maintained by the AAA. In its final determination, the arbitrator will determine and award the costs of the arbitration (including the fees of the arbitrator, cost of any record or transcript of the arbitration and administrative fees) and reasonable attorneys’ fees to the parties as determined by the arbitrator in its reasonable discretion. The arbitrator will not have the power to award punitive damages or consequential damages in any arbitration conducted by it, and VW Credit or the depositor, as applicable, will not be required to pay more than the applicable repurchase amount with respect to any receivable which VW Credit or the depositor, as applicable, is required to repurchase.

 

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Any mediation and arbitration described above will be held in [City, State] (or, such other location as the parties mutually agree upon) and will be subject to certain confidentiality restrictions (which will not limit disclosures required by applicable law) and additional terms set forth in the sale and servicing agreement. A requesting party may not initiate a mediation or arbitration as described above with respect to a receivable that is, or has been, the subject of an ongoing or previous mediation or arbitration (whether by that requesting party or another requesting party) but will have the right, subject to a determination by the parties to the existing mediation or arbitration that the joinder would not prejudice the rights of the participants to the existing mediation or arbitration or unduly delay such proceeding, to join an existing mediation or arbitration with respect to that receivable if the mediation or arbitration has not yet concluded.

Collection and Other Servicing Procedures

The servicer will make reasonable efforts to collect all payments called for under the terms and provisions of the receivables as and when the same become due in accordance with its customary servicing practices. Currently, the servicer uses fiscal months rather than calendar months. Each fiscal month is either four or five weeks and generally begins on a Sunday and ends on a Saturday. The servicer uses fiscal months rather than calendar months to assure that each month ends on a weekend, which facilitates an easier internal end of month accounting cut-off. Because the fiscal month does not precisely correspond to the calendar month, a particular fiscal month (for example, the June fiscal month) may include one or more days of the preceding calendar month (for example, a few days of May) at the beginning of the fiscal month and/or a few days of the next calendar month (for example, a few days of July). Fiscal months are determined from time to time by the servicer. Each “collection period will be the period commencing on the first day of each fiscal month of the servicer and ending on the last day of such fiscal month (or in the case of the initial collection period, the period commencing on the close of business on the cut-off date and ending on [    ]). The servicer may elect in the future to have its fiscal months coincide with calendar months. It is expected that there generally will be a greater amount of Collections received and paid in the aggregate to investors on a payment date relating to a five week collection period than a payment date relating to a four week collection period.

The servicer may in its discretion waive any late payment charge or any other fees that may be collected in the ordinary course of servicing a receivable. Subject to the purchase obligation described in “—Modifications of Receivables” below, the servicer and its affiliates may engage in any marketing practice or promotion or any sale of any products, goods or services to obligors with respect to the receivables so long as such practices, promotions or sales are offered to obligors of comparable motor vehicle receivables serviced by the servicer for itself and others, whether or not such practices, promotions or sales might result in a decrease in the aggregate amount of payments on the receivables, prepayments or faster or slower timing of the payment of the receivables. Additionally, the servicer may refinance any receivable by accepting a new promissory note from the related obligor and depositing the full outstanding principal balance of such receivable into the collection account. The receivable created by such refinancing shall not be property of the issuing entity. The servicer and its affiliates may also sell insurance or debt cancellation products, including products which result in the cancellation of some or all of the amount of a receivable upon the death or disability of the related obligor or any casualty with respect to the financed vehicle.

Unless required by law or court order, the servicer will not release the financed vehicle securing each such receivable from the security interest granted by such receivable in whole or in part except in the event of payment in full by or on behalf of the obligor thereunder or payment in full less a deficiency which the servicer would not attempt to collect in accordance with its customary servicing practices or in connection with repossession or except as may be required by an insurer in order to receive proceeds from any insurance policy covering such financed vehicle.

Upon discovery of a breach of certain servicing covenants set forth in the sale and servicing agreement which materially and adversely affects the interests of the issuing entity, the noteholders [or the swap counterparty] in a receivable, the party discovering that breach will give prompt written notice of that breach to the other parties to the sale and servicing agreement; provided, that delivery of the monthly servicer’s certificate will be deemed to constitute prompt notice by the servicer and the issuing entity of that breach; provided, further, that the failure to give that notice will not affect any obligation of the servicer under the sale and servicing agreement. The indenture trustee will not be obligated to investigate the facts stated in a servicer’s certificate for purposes of the preceding sentence. If the breach materially and adversely affects the interests of the issuing entity or the noteholders in the

 

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related receivable, then the servicer will either (a) correct or cure that breach or (b) purchase that receivable from the issuing entity, in either case on or before the payment date following the end of the collection period which includes the 60th day after the date the servicer became aware or was notified of that breach. Such breach will be deemed not to have a material and adverse effect if such breach does not affect the ability of the issuing entity to receive and retain timely payment in full on such receivable. Any such purchase by the servicer will be at a purchase price equal to the outstanding principal balance of that receivable plus accrued interest. In consideration for that purchase, the servicer will pay (or will cause to be paid ) to the issuing entity the purchase price by depositing the purchase price into the collection account on the date of purchase. The purchase obligation will constitute the sole remedy available to the noteholders or the issuing entity for a breach by the servicer of the related servicing covenants under the sale and servicing agreement.

Administration Agreement

VW Credit will be the administrator under the administration agreement. The administrator will perform all of its duties as administrator under the transaction documents and certain duties and obligations of the issuing entity and the owner trustee under certain transaction documents to which the issuing entity is a party (except those duties and obligations of the owner trustee under the trust agreement related to Regulation AB). However, except as otherwise provided in such documents, the administrator will have no obligation to make any payment required to be made by the issuing entity under any such document. The administrator will monitor the performance of the issuing entity and the owner trustee and will advise the issuing entity and the owner trustee when action is necessary to comply with the issuing entity’s and the owner trustee’s duties and obligations under such documents. In furtherance of the foregoing, the administrator will take all appropriate action that is the duty of the issuing entity to take pursuant to such documents.

As compensation for the performance of the administrator, the administrator will be entitled to receive $[    ] annually, which shall be solely an obligation of the servicer.

The Accounts

The issuing entity will have the following bank accounts, which initially will be maintained at and will be maintained in the name of the indenture trustee on behalf of the noteholders [and the swap counterparty]:

 

 

the collection account;

 

 

the principal distribution account; [and]

 

 

the reserve account[;

 

 

the pre-funding account; and

 

 

the risk retention reserve account].

The Collection Account

Under the sale and servicing agreement, unless the monthly remittance condition described below is not satisfied, VW Credit as servicer will remit Collections it receives on the receivables to the collection account on the following payment date or, if the collection account is not maintained at the indenture trustee, then on the business day preceding each payment date (so long as the monthly remittance condition is met). However, if the monthly remittance condition is not satisfied, the servicer will be required to deposit an amount equal to all Collections into the collection account within two business days after identification. The “monthly remittance condition” will be satisfied if (i) VW Credit is the servicer, (ii) no servicer replacement event has occurred and is continuing and (iii) either (x) VW Credit has a short-term debt rating of at least [___] from [___] and [___] from [___] or (y) an entity with such ratings has guaranteed the obligations of VW Credit under the sale and servicing agreement. The servicer may also remit Collections to the collection account on any other alternate remittance schedule (but not later than the related payment date) if the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied with respect to such alternate remittance

 

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schedule. Pending deposit into the collection account, Collections may be commingled and used by the servicer at its own risk and are not required to be segregated from its own funds. Currently, the monthly remittance condition is [not] satisfied. [The indenture trustee will deposit into the collection account, promptly on the day of receipt, the Net Swap Receipt, if any, received from the swap counterparty, for any payment date.]

On each payment date, the indenture trustee will withdraw from the reserve account and deposit into the collection account any amount of funds required under the sale and servicing agreement to be withdrawn from the reserve account and distributed on that payment date.

Principal Distribution Account

On each payment date, the indenture trustee will make payments from amounts deposited in the principal distribution account on that date in the order of priority described above under “The NotesPayments of Principal.”

Reserve Account

The servicer will establish the reserve account in the name of the indenture trustee for the benefit of the noteholders [and the swap counterparty]. To the extent that Collections on the receivables and amounts on deposit in the reserve account [and amounts paid by the [swap] [cap] counterparty (if any)] are insufficient, the noteholders will have no recourse to the assets of the certificateholder, [the [swap] [cap] counterparty,] the depositor or servicer as a source of payment.

The reserve account initially will be funded by a deposit from proceeds of the offering of the notes on the closing date in an amount equal to [the sum of (a)] [    ]% of the Adjusted Pool Balance as of the closing date of the receivables [and (b) an amount expected to cover the negative carry with respect to the accrued interest on that portion of the note balance equal to amounts in the pre-funding account and earnings on funds, if any, on deposit in the pre-funding account]. [The reserve account will be funded by deposits from proceeds of the sale by the seller of subsequent receivables on each funding date in an amount equal to [    ]% of the aggregate receivables balance of the subsequent receivables as of the related subsequent cut-off date.]

As of any payment date, the amount of funds actually on deposit in the reserve account may, in certain circumstances, be less than the Specified Reserve Account Balance. On each payment date, the issuing entity will, to the extent available, deposit the amount, if any, necessary to cause the amount of funds on deposit in the reserve account to equal the Specified Reserve Account Balance to the extent set forth below under “—Priority of Payments.”

Amounts on deposit in the collection account, the principal distribution account[, the risk retention reserve account] and the reserve account will be invested by the indenture trustee at the direction of the servicer in Permitted Investments selected by the servicer. Permitted Investments are limited to obligations or securities that mature on or before the next payment date.

The amount of funds on deposit in the reserve account may decrease on each payment date by withdrawals of funds to cover shortfalls in the amounts required to be distributed pursuant to clauses first through [eighth] under “—Priority of Payments” below.

If the amount of funds on deposit in the reserve account on any payment date, after giving effect to all deposits and withdrawals from the reserve account on that payment date, is greater than the Specified Reserve Account Balance for that payment date, then the indenture trustee will deposit the amount of the excess into the collection account and the excess will then be distributed as part of Available Funds for that payment date for distribution as specified under “—Priority of Payments below.

In addition, on any payment date [occurring after the end of the Funding Period,] if the sum of the amount in the reserve account and the amount of remaining Available Funds after payment of the amounts set forth in clauses first through [eighth] under “—Priority of Payments would be sufficient to pay in full the aggregate unpaid principal amount of all of the outstanding notes, then the indenture trustee will, if instructed by the servicer, withdraw all amounts from the reserve account for distribution as part of Available Funds for that payment date.

 

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[Risk Retention Reserve Account

On or prior to the closing date, the issuing entity will establish a separate account that will be structured to be an eligible horizontal cash reserve account (the “risk retention reserve account”) and will make a deposit thereto of an amount equal to $[    ] on the closing date. The risk retention reserve account will be an eligible account held by the indenture trustee, and will be pledged to the indenture trustee for the benefit of the noteholders. Amounts on deposit in the risk retention reserve account will be invested as provided in the sale and servicing agreement in eligible investments.

The risk retention reserve account is intended to assist with the payment of interest on and/or principal of the notes and other expenses and amounts owed by the issuing entity in the manner specified below.

Amounts held in the risk retention reserve account will be held for the benefit of the noteholders. On each payment date, funds will be withdrawn from the risk retention reserve account to the extent the total required payment for such payment date exceeds the available amounts and the amounts in the reserve account for such payment date and will be deposited in the collection account for distribution to the noteholders, in the priority set forth under “Description of the Transaction Documents—Priority of Payments”.]

[Acquisition of Subsequent Receivables During Funding Period

On the closing date, $[    ] (the “pre-funded amount”) of the proceeds from the sale of the notes will be deposited into the pre-funding account, which will be included in the issuing entity property. Subsequent receivables will be sold by VW Credit to the depositor under an assignment executed pursuant to the purchase agreement and will be sold by the depositor to the issuing entity under an assignment executed pursuant to the sale and servicing agreement. The amount of funds withdrawn from the pre-funding account for the acquisition of subsequent receivables on a funding date will be equal to the Receivables Purchase Price with respect to such subsequent receivables.

In order to acquire subsequent receivables on a funding date, certain conditions precedent set forth in the sale and servicing agreement must be satisfied, including that such subsequent receivables may not be acquired through the pre-funding account if the effect of such acquisition would be to [(i) reduce the weighted average contract rate of all subsequent receivables to less than [    ]%, (ii) reduce the weighted average FICO® score at origination of all subsequent receivables to less than [    ], (iii) increase the weighted average remaining term to maturity of all subsequent receivables to greater than [    ] months, or (iv) increase the portion of all receivables due from obligors having a billing address in any given state to a level greater than 20% of the Pool Balance]. Additionally, each subsequent receivable must satisfy, as of the applicable subsequent cut-off date, the eligibility criteria set forth in the [second] paragraph under “The Receivables Pool—Characteristics of the Receivables” in this prospectus. The underwriting criteria for subsequent receivables will be the same as those described for the initial receivables under “The Originator”. Assuming that substantially all of the pre-funded amount is used for the purchase of subsequent receivables, the aggregate principal balance of the subsequent receivables as of their respective subsequent cut-off dates will equal approximately [    ]% of the aggregate principal balance of all receivables as of their respective cut-off dates.

[On the first payment date following the end of the funding period, and after the application of Available Funds in accordance with the priority of payments set forth in “—Priority of Payments” below, the indenture trustee will withdraw any remaining funds on deposit in the pre-funding account (excluding investment earnings, if any) and pay those remaining funds as principal to the noteholders after giving effect to any distributions of principal made on that payment date in sequential order of priority beginning with the Class A-1 notes until each such class is paid in full, if the aggregate of those amounts is $100,000 or less. If the remaining funds on deposit in the pre-funding account exceed $100,000, the funds will be paid as principal on a pro rata basis to all the noteholders based on the original note balance of each class of notes; provided, that if the pro rata portion of the remaining funds allocable to any class of notes would exceed the outstanding note balance of that class after giving effect to any distributions of principal made on that payment date, then the funds in excess of such outstanding note balance will be paid sequentially to the remaining classes of notes beginning with the Class A-1 notes until each such class is paid in full.]

 

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Amounts on deposit in the pre-funding account will be invested by the indenture trustee at the direction of the servicer in Permitted Investments and investment earnings thereon will be deposited into the collection account as Available Funds on each payment date.

In connection with each purchase of subsequent receivables, officers on behalf of the servicer, the depositor and the issuing entity will certify that the requirements summarized above are met with regard to that funding. Neither the Hired Agencies nor any other person will provide independent verification of that certification.]

Advances

On each payment date, the servicer may, in its sole discretion, deposit into the collection account an advance in an amount equal to the lesser of (1) any shortfall in the amounts available to make the payments described in clauses [first] through [eighth] of the payment waterfall described below and (2) the aggregate scheduled monthly payments due on the receivables but not received during and prior to the related collection period (an “advance”).

However, the servicer will not be obligated to make any such advances. No advances will be made with respect to Defaulted Receivables. In making advances, the servicer will assist in maintaining a regular flow of payments on the receivables, rather than guarantee or insure against losses. Accordingly, all advances will be reimbursable to the servicer, without interest (from Available Funds, including Collections on the receivables pool), prior to any distributions on the notes[; provided, however, that available funds from the risk retention reserve account will not be used for this purpose]. See “—Priority of Payments” below.

Priority of Payments

On each payment date, except after acceleration of the notes after an event of default under the indenture, [(and, with respect to the first payment date following the end of the funding period, prior to the application of funds in accordance with the second paragraph set forth under “Description of the Transaction Documents—Acquisition of Subsequent Receivables During Funding Period” above)] the indenture trustee will make the following deposits and distributions (in accordance with the servicer’s instructions delivered pursuant to the sale and servicing agreement), to the extent of the Available Funds then on deposit in the collection account with respect to the collection period preceding that payment date—including funds, if any, deposited into the collection account from the reserve account [and the risk retention reserve account] and any advance made by the servicer—in the following order of priority (which we sometimes refer to as the “payment waterfall”):

 

  (1)

first, to the servicer (or any predecessor servicer, if applicable), for reimbursement of all outstanding advances[, except available funds from the risk retention reserve account will not be used for this purpose];

 

  (2)

second, to the servicer, the servicing fee and all unpaid servicing fees with respect to prior periods[, except available funds from the risk retention reserve account will not be used for this purpose as long as the servicer is VW Credit or an affiliate of VW Credit];

 

  (3)

third, pro rata, to the owner trustee[, the issuer Delaware trustee], the indenture trustee and the asset representations reviewer, fees and expenses (including indemnification amounts) due and owing under the trust agreement, the indenture and the asset representations review agreement, as applicable, which have not been previously paid, provided, that the amounts payable pursuant to this clause will be limited to $[    ] per annum in the aggregate;

 

  [(4)

fourth, to the swap counterparty, the Net Swap Payment, if any, for such payment date;]

 

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  [(5)]

[fifth], [pro rata based on amounts due, (i) to the swap counterparty, any Senior Swap Termination Payments for such payment date and (ii)] to the [Class A] noteholders, the accrued [Class A] note interest, which is the sum of (a) the aggregate amount of interest due and accrued for the related interest period on each class of the [Class A] notes at the respective interest rate for that class on the respective note balances as of the previous payment date or the closing date, as the case may be (after giving effect to all payments of principal to the [Class A] noteholders on or prior to such preceding payment date); and (b) the excess, if any, of the amount of interest due and payable to the noteholders on the preceding payment date over the amounts actually paid to the [Class A] noteholders on the preceding payment date, plus interest on any such shortfall at the respective interest rates on each class of the [Class A] notes for the related interest period (to the extent permitted by law); provided, that if there are not sufficient funds available to pay the entire amount of accrued note interest, the amounts available will be applied to the payment of such interest on the notes on a pro rata basis based on the amount of interest owing;

 

  [(6)]

[sixth], to the principal distribution account for distribution pursuant to “The Notes—Payments of Principal” above, the [Principal Distribution Amount][First Allocation of Principal];

 

  [(7)

seventh, to the Class B noteholders, the accrued Class B note interest, which is the sum of (a) the aggregate amount of interest due and accrued for the related interest period on the Class B notes at the Class B notes at the Class B interest rate on the note balance as of the previous payment date after giving effect to all payments of principal to the Class B noteholders on the preceding payment date; and (b) the excess, if any, of the amount of interest due and payable to the Class B noteholders on prior payment dates over the amounts actually paid to the Class B noteholders on those prior payment dates, plus interest on any such shortfall at the interest rate on the Class B notes (to the extent permitted by law);]

 

  [(8)

eighth, to the principal distribution account for distribution pursuant to “The Notes—Payments of Principal” above, the Second Allocation of Principal;]

 

  [(9)]

[ninth], to the reserve account, any additional amounts required to increase the amount on deposit in the reserve account up to the specified reserve account balance;

 

  [(10)

tenth, to the swap counterparty, any Subordinated Swap Termination Payments and any other amounts payable by the issuing entity to the swap counterparty and not previously paid for such payment date;]

 

  [(11)]

[eleventh], pro rata, to the owner trustee[, the issuer Delaware trustee], the indenture trustee and the asset representations reviewer, all amounts due pursuant to clause third above to the extent not paid in such clause; and

 

  [(12)]

[twelfth], to or at the direction of the certificateholder, any funds remaining.

[ “First Allocation of Principal” means, for any payment date, an amount not less than zero equal to the excess, if any, of (a) the note balance of the Class A notes as of the preceding payment date over (b)(i) the sum of the pool balance as of the last day of the related collection period [minus the yield supplement overcollateralization amount] plus (ii) amounts, if any, on deposit in the pre-funding account as of the last day of the related collection period; provided, however, that the First Allocation of Principal will not exceed the note balance of the Class A notes; provided, further, that the First Allocation of Principal on and after the final scheduled payment date for any class of Class A notes will not be less than the amount that is necessary to reduce the note balance of that class of Class A notes to zero.]

[“Second Allocation of Principal“ means, for any payment date an amount not less than zero equal to the excess, if any, of (a) the note balance of the notes minus the First Allocation of Principal for the specified payment date over (b)(i) the pool balance as of the last day of the related collection period [minus the yield supplement overcollateralization amount] plus (ii) amounts, if any, on deposit in the pre-funding account as of the last day of the related collection period; provided, however, that the Second Allocation of Principal on and after the final scheduled payment date for any class of notes will not be less than the amount that is necessary to reduce the note balance of that class to zero (after the application of the First Allocation of Principal).]

 

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Upon and after any distribution to the certificateholder of any amounts, the noteholders will not have any rights in, or claims to, those amounts. On each payment date, after all deposits and distributions of higher priority as described above, the certificateholder will be entitled to any funds remaining on that payment date.

If the sum of the amounts required to be distributed pursuant to clauses first through [eighth] above exceeds the sum of Available Funds [and servicer advances] for that payment date, the indenture trustee will withdraw from the reserve account and deposit in the collection account for distribution in accordance with the payment waterfall an amount equal to the lesser of the funds in the reserve account and the shortfall.

[Excess Interest

Because more interest is expected to be paid by the obligors in respect of the receivables than is necessary to pay the related servicing fee, any net swap payment and interest on the notes each month, there is expected to be excess interest. Any excess interest will be applied on each payment date as an additional source of Available Funds as described under “—Priority of Payments” above.]

[Insert financial information for any credit enhancement provider liable or contingently liable to provide payments representing 10% or more of the cash flow supporting the notes in accordance with Item 1114(b) of Regulation AB.]

Fees and Expenses

The fees and expenses paid or payable from Available Funds are set forth in the table below. Those fees and expenses are paid on each payment date as described above under “—Priority of Payments”.

 

Type of Fee

  

Amount of Fee

  

Party

Receiving Fee

  

Priority in Distribution

Servicing Fee(1)    Product of (a) one-twelfth [(or, in the case of the first payment date, [a fraction equal to the number of days from but not including the [initial] cut-off date to and including the last day of the first collection period over 360][one-sixth])], (b) [1.00]% per annum and (c) the net pool balance of the receivables as of the first day of the related collection period [(or as of the [initial] cut-off date, in the case of the first payment date)]    servicer    Payable prior to payment of [net amounts due to the swap counterparty and] interest and principal on the notes.
Unpaid Indenture Trustee Compensation or Indemnification Payments(1)    $[________] as compensation for its services on a per annum basis, plus reasonable expenses and any indemnification amounts due under the transaction documents to the extent not paid under the transaction documents(2)    indenture trustee    Payable following payment of the Servicing Fee.(3)
Unpaid Owner Trustee Compensation or Indemnification Payments(1)    $[________] as compensation for its services on a per annum basis, plus reasonable expenses and any indemnification amounts due under the transaction documents to the extent not paid under the transaction documents(2)    owner trustee    Payable following payment of the Servicing Fee.(3)

 

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Type of Fee

  

Amount of Fee

  

Party

Receiving Fee

  

Priority in Distribution

[Unpaid Issuer Delaware Trustee Compensation or Indemnification Payments(1)    Reasonable expenses and any indemnification amounts due under the transaction documents to the extent not paid under the transaction documents(2)    issuer Delaware trustee    Payable following payment of the Servicing Fee.(3)]
Unpaid Asset Representations Reviewer Fees(1)    $[    ] as compensation for its services on a [per annum] [monthly] basis, plus reasonable expenses and any indemnification amounts due under the transaction documents to the extent not paid under the transaction documents    asset representations reviewer    Payable following payment of the Servicing Fee.(3)
Asset Review Expenses    $[    ] for each receivable reviewed in connection with an Asset Review plus reasonable expenses incurred in connection with an Asset Review, in each case, to the extent not paid under the transaction documents    asset representations reviewer    Payable following payment of the Servicing Fee.(3)

 

(1)

VW Credit, as the servicer pursuant to the sale and servicing agreement, is required to pay the fees, expenses and indemnity payments of the indenture trustee, the owner trustee[, the issuer Delaware trustee] and the asset representations reviewer. However, to the extent that the servicer fails to make these payments, the fees, expenses and indemnity payments will be paid out of Available Funds in accordance with the payment waterfall to the extent they have not been previously paid when due.

(2)

The fees and expenses described above do not change upon an event of default although actual expenses incurred may be higher after an event of default.

(3)

Following an event of default and acceleration of the notes (which has not been rescinded), these amounts will be paid prior to payments to the servicer as described in “Description of the Transaction Documents—Priority of Payments May Change Upon an Event of Default.”

In addition to the fees and expenses set forth above, VW Credit and the depositor will incur certain other fees and expenses in connection with the issuance of the notes, which will not be payable out of Available Funds or other assets of the issuing entity. An estimate of these expenses in connection with the offering of the notes is set forth below:

 

Registration Fee

   $[    ]

Blue Sky Fees and Expenses

   $[    ]

Printing Fees and Expenses

   $[    ]

Trustees’ Fees and Expenses

   $[    ]

Legal Fees and Expense

   $[    ]

[Accounting Fees and Expenses

   $[    ]]

Rating Agencies’ Fees

   $[    ]

Miscellaneous

   $[    ]
  

 

Total

   $[    ]
  

 

The Owner Trustee[, the Issuer Delaware Trustee] and the Indenture Trustee

Generally, prior to an event of default (and with respect to the owner trustee [and the issuer Delaware trustee] both prior to and after an event of default), the owner trustee[, the issuer Delaware trustee] and indenture trustee will be required to perform only those duties specifically required of them under the sale and servicing agreement, trust agreement, administration agreement or indenture, as applicable. Generally, those duties are limited to the receipt of the various certificates, reports or other instruments required to be furnished to the owner trustee[, the issuer Delaware trustee] or indenture trustee under the sale and servicing agreement, trust agreement, administration agreement, or indenture, as applicable, and the making of payments or distributions to noteholders in the amounts specified in reports provided by the servicer.

 

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Each of the owner trustee[, the issuer Delaware trustee] and indenture trustee, and any of their respective affiliates, may hold securities in their own names. In addition, for the purpose of meeting the legal requirements of local jurisdictions, each of the owner trustee[, the issuer Delaware trustee] and indenture trustee, in some circumstances, acting jointly with the depositor and the administrator, respectively, will have the power to appoint co-trustees or separate trustees of all or any part of the issuing entity property. In the event of the appointment of co-trustees or separate trustees, all rights, powers, duties and obligations conferred or imposed upon the owner trustee[, the issuer Delaware trustee] or indenture trustee by the transaction documents will be conferred or imposed upon the owner trustee[, the issuer Delaware trustee] or indenture trustee and the separate trustee or co-trustee jointly, or, in any jurisdiction in which the owner trustee[, the issuer Delaware trustee] or indenture trustee is incompetent or unqualified to perform specified acts, singly upon the separate trustee or co-trustee who will exercise and perform any rights, powers, duties and obligations solely at the direction of the owner trustee or indenture trustee.

The indenture trustee may resign at any time, in which event the issuing entity will be obligated to appoint a successor indenture trustee. The issuing entity will remove the indenture trustee if, among other things, the indenture trustee ceases to be eligible to continue as such under the indenture or if the indenture trustee becomes insolvent. In such circumstances, the issuing entity will be obligated to appoint a successor indenture trustee. In addition, the holders of a majority of the outstanding principal amount of [the controlling class of] the notes, may remove the indenture trustee without cause upon 30 days’ prior written notice to the indenture trustee and the issuing entity and may appoint a successor indenture trustee. Any resignation or removal of the indenture trustee and appointment of a successor indenture trustee does not become effective until acceptance of the appointment by the successor indenture trustee and payment of all fees and expenses owed to the outgoing indenture trustee.

The owner trustee may resign at any time, in which event the depositor and the administrator, acting jointly, will be obligated to appoint a successor owner trustee. The depositor or the administrator may remove the owner trustee if, among other things, the owner trustee ceases to be eligible to continue as such under the trust agreement or if the owner trustee becomes insolvent. In such circumstances, the depositor and the administrator, acting jointly, will be obligated to appoint a successor owner trustee. Any resignation or removal of the owner trustee and appointment of a successor owner trustee does not become effective until acceptance of the appointment by the successor owner trustee and payment of all fees and expenses owed to the outgoing owner trustee.

[The issuer Delaware trustee may resign at any time, in which event the depositor and the administrator, acting jointly, will be obligated to appoint a successor issuer Delaware trustee. The depositor or the administrator may remove the issuer Delaware trustee if, among other things, the issuer Delaware trustee ceases to be eligible to continue as such under the trust agreement or if the issuer Delaware trustee becomes insolvent. In such circumstances, the depositor and the administrator, acting jointly, will be obligated to appoint a successor issuer Delaware trustee. Any resignation or removal of the issuer Delaware trustee and appointment of a successor issuer Delaware trustee does not become effective until acceptance of the appointment by the successor issuer Delaware trustee and payment of all fees and expenses owed to the outgoing issuer Delaware trustee.]

Before the indenture trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require an officer’s certificate or an opinion of counsel, as applicable, and the indenture trustee will not be liable for any action it takes, suffers or omits to take in good faith in reliance on such officer’s certificate or opinion of counsel. Further, the indenture trustee will not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith which it reasonably believes to be authorized or within discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by the indenture; provided, however, that the indenture trustee’s conduct does not constitute willful misconduct, negligence or bad faith. The indenture trustee will not be relieved from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act or its own willful misconduct, except to the limited extent as set forth in the indenture. In no event will the indenture trustee be responsible or liable for special, indirect, punitive or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including, but not limited to, loss of profit) irrespective of whether the indenture trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action.

 

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[Neither the][The] owner trustee [nor the issuer Delaware trustee] will [not] be personally liable or accountable under any of the transaction documents under any circumstances notwithstanding anything in the transaction documents to the contrary, except for its own willful misconduct, bad faith or gross negligence and, among other things, for taxes, fees or other charges on, based on or measured by, any fees, commissions or compensation received by the owner trustee. The owner trustee will not be personally liable for special, consequential or punitive damages, however styled, including, without limitation, lost profits.

[Neither the][The] owner trustee [nor the issuer Delaware trustee] will [not] have any responsibility to monitor compliance with or enforce compliance with the credit risk retention requirements for asset-backed securities or other rules or regulations relating to risk retention.

Indemnification of the Indenture Trustee[, the Issuer Delaware Trustee] and the Owner Trustee

Under the indenture, the issuing entity will agree to cause the [servicer] to indemnify the indenture trustee for any loss, liability or expense (including reasonable attorney’s fees) incurred without willful misconduct, [gross] negligence or bad faith on the part of the indenture trustee in connection with the administration of the trust or trusts under the indenture or the performance of its duties as indenture trustee, including, with certain limitations, the costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties under the indenture. To the extent that any such indemnities are not otherwise paid by the servicer, they will be paid from Available Funds as described above under “—Priority of Payments” and below under “—Priority of Payments May Change Upon an Event of Default.”

Under the trust agreement, the depositor will cause the servicer and the issuing entity to indemnify the owner trustee [and the issuer Delaware trustee] from and against any and all loss, liability, expense, tax, penalty or claim (including reasonable legal fees and expenses) of any kind and nature whatsoever which may at any time be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against the owner trustee [or the issuer Delaware trustee] in any way relating to or arising out of the trust agreement, the other transaction documents, the issuing entity property, the administration of the issuing entity property or the action or inaction of the owner trustee [or the issuer Delaware trustee, as applicable]. However, none of the depositor, the issuing entity nor the servicer will be liable for or required to indemnify the owner trustee [or the issuer Delaware trustee, as applicable,] from and against any of the foregoing expenses arising or resulting from (i) the owner trustee’s [or the issuer Delaware trustee’s] own willful misconduct, bad faith or [gross] negligence, (ii) the inaccuracy of certain of the owner trustee’s [or the issuer Delaware trustee’s] representations and warranties, (iii) liabilities arising from the failure of the owner trustee [or the issuer Delaware trustee] to perform certain obligations or (iv) taxes, fees or other charges on, based on or measured by, any fees, commissions or compensation received by the owner trustee [or the issuer Delaware trustee]. To the extent that any such indemnities are not otherwise paid by the servicer, they will be paid from Available Funds as described above under “—Priority of Payments” and below under “—Priority of Payments May Change Upon an Event of Default.”

Statements to Noteholders

On each payment date the indenture trustee will forward (or make available on its website) to each noteholder a statement (prepared by the servicer) setting forth for that payment date and the related collection period, the following information (to the extent applicable):

 

 

the aggregate amount being paid on such payment date in respect of interest on and principal of each class of notes;

 

 

the outstanding principal balance for each class of notes in each case after giving effect to payments on such payment date;

 

 

[the payments to any enhancement provider with respect to any credit or liquidity enhancement on that payment date;]

 

 

(i) the amount on deposit in the reserve account and the specified reserve account balance, each as of the beginning and end of the related collection period, (ii) the amount deposited in the reserve account in respect of such payment date, if any, (iii) the reserve account draw amount and the reserve account excess amount, if any, to be withdrawn from the reserve account on such payment date, (iv) the balance on deposit in the reserve account on such payment date after giving effect to withdrawals therefrom and deposits thereto in respect of such payment date and (v) the change in such balance from the immediately preceding payment date;

 

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the principal distribution amount for such payment date;

 

 

the net pool balance[, the Pool Factor] and the Note Factor as of the close of business on the last day of the preceding collection period;

 

 

the number of, and aggregate amount of monthly principal and interest payments due on, the related receivables which are delinquent as of the end of the related collection period;

 

 

the amount of the servicing fee to be paid to the servicer with respect to the related collection period and the amount of any unpaid servicing fees;

 

 

the amount of the noteholders’ interest carryover shortfall, if any, on such payment date and the change in such amounts from the preceding payment date;

 

 

the aggregate repurchase price with respect to repurchased receivables paid by (i) the servicer and (ii) the depositor with respect to the related collection period;

 

 

the amount of advances, if any, on such payment date;

 

 

the amount of Collections for the related collection period;

 

 

the aggregate amount of proceeds received by the servicer, net of reimbursable out-of-pocket expenses, in respect of a receivable which is a Defaulted Receivable;

 

 

the number and outstanding of balance of receivables for which the related financed vehicle has been repossessed;

 

 

the amount remaining of any yield supplement overcollateralization amount, credit, or liquidity enhancement, if applicable;

 

 

[(i) the balance on deposit in the risk retention reserve account on such payment date after giving effect to withdrawals therefrom and deposits thereto in respect of such payment date, if any and (ii) the amount and application of any funds withdrawn from the risk retention reserve account with respect to such payment date, if any;]

 

 

the Delinquency Percentage for the related collection period; and

 

 

the Delinquency Trigger for such payment date.

The indenture trustee will make the above listed statements available via the indenture trustee’s internet website. The indenture trustee’s internet website shall be initially located at “[            ]” or at such other address as will be specified by the indenture trustee from time to time in writing to the noteholders, the servicer, the issuing entity or any paying agent. The indenture trustee will not be liable for the dissemination of information in accordance with the indenture. The indenture trustee will notify the noteholders in writing of any changes in the address of or means of access to the internet website where the statements are accessible

Within a reasonable period of time after the end of each calendar year during the term of the issuing entity, but not later than the latest date permitted by applicable law, the indenture trustee or paying agent will furnish information required by law to complete federal and state income tax returns to each person who on any record date during the calendar year was a registered noteholder. See “Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences” in this prospectus.

 

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[Yield Supplement Overcollateralization Amount

As of the closing date, the yield supplement overcollateralization amount will equal [    ], which is approximately [    ]% of the Adjusted Pool Balance as of the closing date. The yield supplement overcollateralization amount will decline on each payment date. It is intended to compensate for the low contract rates on some of the receivables and is in addition to the overcollateralization referred to in “Summary of Terms—Credit Enhancement—Overcollateralization”.

With respect to any payment date, the “yield supplement overcollateralization amount” is the amount specified below with respect to that payment date:

 

Payment Date

   Yield Supplement
Overcollateralization
Amount
 

Closing Date

   $            

The yield supplement overcollateralization amount for each payment date is equal to the sum of the amount for each receivable equal to the excess, if any, of (x) the scheduled payments due on the receivable for each future collection period discounted to present value as of the end of the preceding collection period at the contract rate of that receivable over (y) the scheduled payments due on the receivable for each future collection period discounted to present value as of the end of the preceding collection period at a discount rate equal to the greater of the contract rate of that receivable and [    ]%. For purposes of the preceding definition, future scheduled payments on the receivables are assumed to be made on their scheduled due dates without any delay, defaults or prepayments.]

Optional Redemption

If VW Credit, as servicer, exercises its optional clean-up call to purchase the assets of the issuing entity (other than the reserve account) on any payment date when the net pool balance of the receivables as of the last day of the related collection period has declined to [10]% or less of [the sum of (i)] the net pool balance as of the cut-off date [and (ii) the initial amount, if any, deposited into the pre-funding account], then the outstanding notes will be redeemed in whole, but not in part, on the payment date on which VW Credit exercises this option. The purchase price will be equal to the outstanding principal balance of all the notes plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon (after giving effect to all distributions for that payment date in accordance with “—Priority of Payments” above) up to but excluding that payment date at the applicable interest rate [and any amounts due to the swap counterparty].

Additionally, each of the notes is subject to redemption in whole, but not in part, on any payment date on which the sum of the amounts in the reserve account and the remaining Available Funds after the payments under clauses first through [eighth] set forth in “—Priority of Payments” above would be sufficient to pay in full the aggregate unpaid note balance of all of the outstanding notes as determined by the servicer. On such payment date, (i) the indenture trustee upon written direction from the servicer shall transfer all amounts on deposit in the reserve account to the collection account and (ii) the outstanding notes shall be redeemed in whole, but not in part.

If the notes are to be redeemed pursuant to this section, the administrator or the issuing entity will provide at least 20 days’ prior notice of the redemption to the indenture trustee and the owner trustee and the indenture trustee will provide prompt (but not later than 10 days) notice thereof to the noteholders.

It is expected that at the time this clean-up call option becomes available to the servicer, only the Class A-4 notes [and Class  B notes] will be outstanding.

Servicing Compensation and Expenses

The servicer will be entitled to receive a servicing fee for each collection period. The “servicing fee for any payment date will be an amount equal to the product of (1) one-twelfth [(or, in the case of the first payment date, [a fraction equal to the number of days from but not including the [initial] cut-off date to and including the last

 

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day of the first collection period over 360][one-sixth])], (2) [1.00]% and (3) the net pool balance of the receivables as of the first day of the related collection period [(or as of the [initial] cut-off date, in the case of the first payment date)]. As additional compensation, the servicer will be entitled to retain all Supplemental Servicing Fees. In addition, the servicer will be entitled to receive all investment earnings (net of investment losses and expenses) from the investment of funds in the collection account[, the reserve account][, the risk retention reserve account] and the principal distribution account. The servicing fee, together with any portion of the servicing fee that remains unpaid from prior payment dates, will be payable on each payment date from funds on deposit in the collection account with respect to the collection period preceding that payment date, including funds, if any, deposited into the collection account from the reserve account and any advances made by the servicer. The servicer will pay all expenses (apart from certain expenses incurred in connection with liquidating a financed vehicle related to a receivable, such as auction, painting, repair or refurbishment expenses in respect of that financed vehicle) incurred by it in connection with its servicing activities (including any fees and expenses of the indenture trustee, of the owner trustee [and of the issuer Delaware trustee]) and generally will not be entitled to reimbursement of those expenses. The servicer will have no responsibility, however, to pay any losses with respect to the receivables.

Modifications of Receivables

Pursuant to the sale and servicing agreement, the servicer may grant extensions, rebates, deferrals, amendments, modifications or adjustments on a receivable in accordance with its customary servicing practices; provided, however, that if the servicer (1) extends the date for final payment by the obligor of any receivable beyond the last day of the collection period prior to the latest final scheduled payment date for any notes or (2) reduces the contract rate or outstanding principal balance of any receivable other than as required by applicable law (including, without limitation, by the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act) or court order, then the servicer will be required to purchase that receivable from the issuing entity if such change in the receivable would materially and adversely affect the interests of the issuing entity or the noteholders in such receivable.

Servicer Replacement Events

The following events constitute “servicer replacement events” under the sale and servicing agreement:

 

 

any failure by the servicer to deliver or cause to be delivered any required payment to the indenture trustee for distribution to the noteholders, which failure continues unremedied for ten business days after discovery thereof by a responsible officer of the servicer or receipt by the servicer of written notice thereof from the indenture trustee or noteholders evidencing a majority of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the notes;

 

 

any failure by the servicer to duly observe or perform in any material respect any other of its covenants or agreements in the sale and servicing agreement, which failure materially and adversely affects the rights of the issuing entity or the noteholders, and which continues unremedied for 90 days after discovery thereof by a responsible officer of the servicer or receipt by the servicer of written notice thereof from the indenture trustee or the noteholders evidencing a majority of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the notes;

 

 

any representation or warranty of the servicer made in any transaction document to which the servicer is a party or by which it is bound or any certificate delivered pursuant to the sale and servicing agreement proves to have been incorrect in any material respect when made, which failure materially and adversely affects the rights of the issuing entity or the noteholders, and which failure continues unremedied for 90 days after discovery thereof by a responsible officer of the servicer or receipt by the servicer of written notice thereof from the indenture trustee or the noteholders evidencing a majority of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the notes (it being understood that any repurchase of a receivable by VW Credit pursuant to the purchase agreement or the depositor or the servicer pursuant to the sale and servicing agreement shall be deemed to remedy any incorrect representation or warranty with respect to such receivable); or

 

 

the occurrence of certain events (which, if involuntary, remain unstayed for more than 90 consecutive days) of bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or liquidation of the servicer.

 

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[Notwithstanding the foregoing, a delay in or failure of performance referred to under the first three bullet points above for a period of [120] days will not constitute a servicer replacement event if that delay or failure was caused by force majeure or other similar occurrence.]

The existence or occurrence of any “material instance of noncompliance” (within the meaning of Item 1122 of Regulation AB) shall not create any presumption that any event under the first three bullet points above has occurred.

If the commencement of a bankruptcy or similar case or proceeding were the only servicer replacement event, and a bankruptcy trustee or similar official has been appointed for the servicer, the trustee or such official may have the power to prevent the servicer’s removal.

Removal or Replacement of the Servicer

If a servicer replacement event has occurred and is continuing, the indenture trustee, acting at the direction of noteholders evidencing at least 6623% of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the outstanding notes, will terminate all of the servicing rights and obligations of the servicer with respect to the receivables. The indenture trustee will effect that termination by delivering notice to the servicer, the owner trustee, the issuing entity, the administrator, [the swap counterparty] and the noteholders. Any successor servicer must be an established institution having a net worth of not less than $100,000,000 and whose regular business includes the servicing of comparable motor vehicle receivables having an aggregate outstanding principal balance of not less than $50,000,000.

VW Credit, as servicer, may not resign from its servicing obligations and duties except upon determination that the performance of its duties as servicer is no longer permissible under applicable law. Except as set forth below, no such resignation will become effective until a successor servicer has assumed the obligations and duties of VW Credit, as servicer, and provided in writing the information reasonably requested by the depositor to comply with its reporting obligations under the Exchange Act with respect to a replacement servicer. The servicer may, at any time without notice or consent, delegate (a) any or all of its duties (including, without limitation, its duties as custodian) under the transaction documents to any of its affiliates or (b) specific duties to sub-contractors who are in the business of performing similar duties. However, no delegation to affiliates or sub-contractors will release the servicer from its duties under the sale and servicing agreement, and the servicer will remain obligated and liable to the issuing entity and the indenture trustee for those duties as if the servicer alone were performing those duties.

Upon the servicer’s receipt of notice of termination, the predecessor servicer will continue to perform its functions as servicer only until the date specified in that termination notice or, if no date is specified therein, until receipt of that notice. If a successor servicer has not been appointed at the time when the predecessor servicer ceases to act as servicer of the receivables, the indenture trustee without further action will automatically be appointed the successor servicer. However, if the indenture trustee is legally unable or is unwilling to act as servicer, the indenture trustee will appoint (or petition a court to appoint) a successor servicer.

Upon appointment of a successor servicer, the successor servicer will assume all of the responsibilities, duties and liabilities of the servicer with respect to the receivables (other than the obligations of the predecessor servicer that survive its termination as servicer, including indemnification obligations against certain events arising before its replacement). In a bankruptcy or similar proceeding for the servicer, a bankruptcy trustee or similar official may have the power to prevent the indenture trustee, the owner trustee or the noteholders from effecting a transfer of servicing to a successor servicer.

 

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Waiver of Past Servicer Replacement Events

The holders of a majority of the aggregate outstanding principal balance [of the Controlling Class] of the notes may waive any servicer replacement event.

Events of Default

The occurrence and continuation of any one of the following events (whatever the reason for such event of default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body) will be an “event of default” under the indenture:

 

 

a default in the payment of any interest on any note [of the Controlling Class] when the same becomes due and payable, and that default continues for a period of five business days;

 

 

a default in the payment of principal of any note at the related final scheduled payment date or the redemption date;

 

 

any failure by the issuing entity to duly observe or perform in any material respect any of its material covenants or agreements in the indenture, which failure materially and adversely affects the interests of the noteholders, and which failure continues unremedied for 90 days after receipt by the issuing entity of written notice thereof from the indenture trustee or noteholders evidencing at least a majority of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the outstanding notes (and such written notice must specify the related failure, require it to be remedied and state that such notice is a “Notice of Default”);

 

 

any representation or warranty of the issuing entity made in the indenture proves to have been incorrect in any material respect when made, which failure materially and adversely affects the interests of the noteholders, and which failure continues unremedied for 90 days after receipt by the issuing entity of written notice thereof from the indenture trustee or noteholders evidencing at least a majority of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the outstanding notes (and such written notice must specify the related failure, require it to be remedied and state that such notice is a “Notice of Default”); or

 

 

the occurrence of certain events (which, if involuntary, remain unstayed for a period of 90 consecutive days) of bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or liquidation (such events, “bankruptcy events”) of the issuing entity.

[Notwithstanding the foregoing, a delay in or failure of performance referred to under the first four bullet points above for a period of [120] days will not constitute an event of default if that delay or failure was caused by force majeure or other similar occurrence.]

The amount of principal required to be paid to noteholders under the indenture, however, generally will be limited to amounts available to make such payments in accordance with the priority of payments. Thus, the failure to pay principal on a class of notes due to a lack of amounts available to make such a payment will not result in the occurrence of an event of default until the final scheduled payment date for that class of notes.

Rights Upon Event of Default

Upon the occurrence and continuation of any event of default [(other than an event of default resulting from a bankruptcy event of the issuing entity)], the indenture trustee may or if directed by the noteholders of a majority of the aggregate outstanding note principal balance of the outstanding notes will, declare the notes to be immediately due and payable by a notice in writing to the issuing entity. [Upon the occurrence of an event of default resulting from a bankruptcy event of the issuing entity, the notes will automatically be accelerated, and all accrued and unpaid interest on and principal of the notes will be due and payable without any declaration or other act by the indenture trustee or the noteholders.]

 

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If the notes have become due and payable following an event of default, the indenture trustee may institute proceedings to collect amounts due, exercise remedies as a secured party (including foreclosure or sale of the issuing entity property) or elect to maintain the receivables and the other issuing entity property and, if the indenture trustee elects to maintain such possession, it will apply the proceeds from the receivables and the other issuing entity property in the manner described below under “—Priority of Payments May Change Upon an Event of Default”. However, the indenture trustee is prohibited from selling or liquidating the receivables and the other issuing entity property following an event of default unless:

 

 

the holders of 100% of the aggregate outstanding principal balance [of the Controlling Class] of the outstanding notes [and the swap counterparty] consent to such sale or liquidation;

 

 

the proceeds of such sale or liquidation are sufficient to pay in full the principal of and the accrued interest on all outstanding notes [and all amounts owed to the swap counterparty at the date of such sale]; or

 

 

the default relates to the failure to pay interest or principal when due (a “payment default”), the indenture trustee determines that the Collections on the receivables will not be sufficient on an ongoing basis to make all payments on the notes as those payments would have become due if the notes had not been declared due and payable, and the indenture trustee obtains the consent of the holders of 6623% of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the outstanding notes [of the Controlling Class] [and the swap counterparty].

In addition, if the event of default does not relate to a payment default or a bankruptcy event of the issuing entity, the indenture trustee is prohibited from selling or liquidating the receivables and the other issuing entity property unless the holders of 100% of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the outstanding notes consent to a sale or the proceeds of a sale are sufficient to pay in full the principal of and the accrued interest on the outstanding notes [and all amounts owed to the swap counterparty].

The indenture trustee will be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers under the indenture or to institute, conduct or defend any litigation under the indenture or in relation to the indenture or to honor the request or direction of any of the noteholders unless such noteholders shall have offered to the indenture trustee reasonable security or indemnity satisfactory to the indenture trustee against the reasonable costs, expenses, disbursements, advances and liabilities that might be incurred by it, its agents and its counsel in complying with such request or direction. Subject to the provisions for indemnification and certain limitations contained in the indenture, the holders of a majority of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the outstanding notes [of the Controlling Class] will have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the indenture trustee, and the holders of a majority of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the outstanding notes [of the Controlling Class] may, prior to the acceleration of the notes following an event of default, waive any event of default, except a default in payment of principal of or interest on any of the notes, a default in respect of a covenant or provision of the indenture that cannot be modified without the consent of the holders of 100% of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the outstanding notes or a default arising from a bankruptcy event of the issuing entity.

Priority of Payments May Change Upon an Event of Default

Following the occurrence and during the continuation of an event of default under the indenture which has resulted in an acceleration of the notes, the priority of payments changes (including payments of principal on the notes). On each payment date after an event of default and acceleration of the notes, payments will be made from all funds (including all amounts held on deposit in the reserve account) available to the issuing entity (net of liquidation costs associated with the sale of the trust estate) in the following order of priority:

 

  (1)

first, pro rata, to the indenture trustee, the owner trustee [and the issuer Delaware trustee], any accrued and unpaid fees and reasonable expenses (including indemnification amounts) permitted under the trust agreement and the indenture, as applicable, which have not been previously paid;

 

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  (2)

second, to the asset representations reviewer, any accrued and unpaid fees and reasonable expenses (including indemnification amounts) permitted under the asset representations review agreement which have not been previously paid, provided, that the amounts payable pursuant to this clause will be limited to $[    ] per annum in the aggregate;

 

  (3)

third, to the servicer (or any predecessor servicer, if applicable), for reimbursement of all outstanding advances[, except available funds from the risk retention reserve account will not be used for this purpose];

 

  (4)

fourth, to the servicer, the servicing fee and all unpaid servicing fees with respect to prior periods[, except available funds from the risk retention reserve account will not be used for this purpose as long as the servicer is VW Credit or an affiliate of VW Credit];

 

  [(5)

fifth, to the swap counterparty, any due and unpaid Net Swap Payments];

 

  [(6)]

[sixth] [pro rata, (A) to the swap counterparty for any due and unpaid Senior Swap Termination Payments and (B)] to the [Class A] noteholders, the accrued [Class A] note interest; provided that if there are not sufficient funds available to pay the entire amount of the accrued note interest, the amount available will be applied to the payment of such interest on each class of [Class A] notes on a pro rata basis based on the amount of interest payable to each class of [Class A] notes;

 

  [(7)]

[seventh], [if an Event of Default has occurred that arises from (A) a default in the payment of any interest on any note of the Controlling Class when the same becomes due and payable, (B) a default in the payment of the principal of or any installment of the principal of any note when the same becomes due and payable or (C) the occurrence of certain bankruptcy events,] in the following order of priority:

 

 

to the Class A-1 noteholders in respect of principal thereof, until the Class A-1 notes have been paid in full;

 

 

to the Class A-2[-A] noteholders, [the Class A-2-B noteholders,] the Class A-3 noteholders and the Class A-4 noteholders in respect of principal thereof, pro rata (based on the outstanding principal balance of each class of outstanding notes on such payment date), until all classes of the notes have been paid in full;

 

 

[to the Class B noteholders, the accrued Class B note interest;]

 

 

[to the Class B noteholders in respect of principal thereof, until the Class B notes have been paid in full;]

 

  [(8)

[eighth, if an Event of Default has occurred that arises from any event other than those events described above in clause [seventh], in the following order of priority:

 

 

[to the Class B noteholders, the accrued Class B note interest;]

 

 

to the Class A-1 noteholders in respect of principal thereof, until the Class A-1 notes have been paid in full;

 

 

to the Class A-2[-A] noteholders, [the Class A-2-B noteholders,] the Class A-3 noteholders and the Class A-4 noteholders in respect of principal thereof, pro rata (based on the outstanding principal balance of each class of outstanding notes on such payment date), until all classes of the notes have been paid in full; [and]

 

 

[to the Class B noteholders in respect of principal thereof, until the Class B notes have been paid in full;]]

 

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  [(9)

ninth, to the swap counterparty, any due and unpaid Subordinated Swap Termination Payments];

 

  [(10)]

[tenth], pro rata, to the owner trustee, the indenture trustee[, the issuer Delaware trustee] and the asset representations reviewer, any accrued and unpaid fees, reasonable expenses and indemnity payments not previously paid; and

 

  [(11)]

[eleventh], any remaining funds to or at the direction of the certificateholder.

Following the occurrence of any event of default under the indenture which has not resulted in an acceleration of the notes, the issuing entity will continue to pay interest and principal on the notes on each payment date in the manner set forth under “—Priority of Payments” above, until the notes are accelerated following the occurrence of an event of default.

Limitation of Suits

No holder of any note will have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to the indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy under the indenture, unless (i) such holder has previously given written notice to the indenture trustee of a continuing event of default; (ii) the holders of not less than 25% of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the outstanding notes have made written request to the indenture trustee to institute such proceeding in respect of such event of default in its own name as the indenture trustee under the indenture; (iii) such holder or holders have offered to the indenture trustee indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in complying with such request; (iv) the indenture trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity has failed to institute such proceedings; and (v) no direction inconsistent with such written request has been given to the indenture trustee during such 60-day period by the holders of a majority of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the outstanding notes.

No noteholder or group of noteholders will have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision of the indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other noteholders or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any other noteholders or to enforce any right under the indenture, except, in each case, to the extent and in the manner provided for in the indenture. In the event the indenture trustee shall receive conflicting or inconsistent requests and indemnity from two or more groups of noteholders, each representing less than a majority of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the outstanding notes, the indenture trustee in its sole discretion may determine what action, if any, shall be taken, notwithstanding any other provisions of the indenture.

No noteholder will have any right to vote except as provided pursuant to the indenture and the notes, nor any right in any manner to otherwise control the operation and management of the issuing entity. However, in connection with any action as to which noteholders are entitled to vote or consent under the indenture and the notes, the issuing entity may set a record date for purposes of determining the identity of noteholders entitled to vote or consent in accordance with Section  316(c) of the Trust Indenture Act.

Evidence of Compliance

The sale and servicing agreement provides for delivery by the servicer, on or before March 30 of each calendar year, to the issuing entity, a report regarding its assessment of compliance during the preceding fiscal year with all applicable servicing criteria set forth in relevant SEC regulations for asset-backed securities transactions that are backed by the same types of assets as the receivables. In addition, on or before March 30 of each calendar year, a firm of independent registered public accountants (who may also render other services to the servicer, the depositor or their respective affiliates) will furnish to the issuing entity, with a copy to the servicer, the depositor and the indenture trustee, a report that expresses an opinion, or states that an opinion cannot be expressed, concerning the servicer’s assessment of compliance with the applicable servicing criteria.

The servicer will also give the issuing entity, indenture trustee, administrator and each Hired Agency notice of any servicer replacement event.

 

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The indenture will require the issuing entity to deliver annually to the indenture trustee a written officer’s statement as to the fulfillment of its obligations under the indenture, which among other things, will state that to the best of the officer’s knowledge, the issuing entity has complied in all material respects with all conditions and covenants under the indenture throughout that year, or, if there has been a default in the compliance of any condition or covenant, specifying each default know to that officer and the nature and status of that default.

For so long as the issuing entity is required to report under the Exchange Act, an annual report on Form 10-K will be filed with the SEC within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year. The annual report will contain the statements and reports discussed in the first paragraph of this section.

Amendment Provisions

(a) The trust agreement, the purchase agreement and the asset representations review agreement generally may be amended by the parties thereto without the consent of the noteholders or any other person, (b) the sale and servicing agreement may be amended by the depositor and the servicer without the consent of the noteholders or any other person and (c) the administration agreement may be amended by the administrator without the consent of the noteholders or any other person, in each case, if one of the following documents specified in clauses (i) and (ii) below is delivered to the indenture trustee by VW Credit, the depositor, the servicer or the administrator, as applicable, or clause (iii) below is satisfied:

(i) an opinion of counsel to the effect that such amendment will not materially and adversely affect the interests of the noteholders;

(ii) an officer’s certificate to the effect that such amendment will not materially and adversely affect the interests of the noteholders; or

(iii) the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied with respect to such amendment and VW Credit, the depositor, the servicer or the administrator, as applicable, notifies the indenture trustee in writing that the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied with respect to such amendment.

Any amendment to the transaction documents (excluding the indenture) also may be made by the parties thereto with the consent of the noteholders holding not less than a majority of the aggregate outstanding balance of the [notes, voting as a single class] [Controlling Class]; provided, that the sale and servicing agreement may not be amended if that amendment would (i) reduce the interest rate or principal amount of any note or change or delay the final scheduled payment date of any note, in each case, without the consent of the applicable noteholder or (ii) reduce the percentage of the aggregate outstanding amount of the notes, the holders of which are required to consent to any matter without the consent of the holders of at least the percentage of the aggregate outstanding amount of the notes which were required to consent to such matter before giving effect to such amendment.

The issuing entity and the indenture trustee, when authorized by an issuing entity order, may enter into supplemental indentures, without obtaining the consent of the noteholders for the purpose of, among other things, adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the indenture or for the purpose of modifying in any manner the rights of the noteholders under the indenture; provided that (i) either (x) the Rating Agency Condition has been satisfied or (y) the action will not, as evidenced by an officer’s certificate or an opinion of counsel delivered to the indenture trustee, materially and adversely affect the interests of the noteholders; and (ii) such action shall not, as evidenced by an opinion of counsel delivered to the indenture trustee, (x) affect the treatment of the notes as debt for U.S. federal income tax purposes or (y) be deemed to cause a taxable exchange of the notes for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

The issuing entity and the indenture trustee, when authorized by an issuing entity order, may, with prior notice to the Hired Agencies and with the consent of the noteholders of not less than a majority of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the outstanding notes, execute a supplemental indenture for the purpose of adding provisions to, changing in any manner or eliminating any provisions of, the indenture, or modifying (except as provided below) in any manner the rights of the noteholders under the indenture; provided, that no such supplemental indenture will without the consent of the holder of each outstanding note affected thereby:

 

 

change the final scheduled payment date of any note or reduce the principal amount thereof, the interest rate thereon or the redemption price with respect thereto or change any place of payment where, or the coin or currency in which, any note or any interest thereon is payable;

 

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impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of the provisions of the indenture regarding payment;

 

 

impair the right of the noteholders to institute suit for the enforcement of principal and interest payments on the notes that such noteholders own;

 

 

reduce the percentage of the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding notes, the consent of the holders of which is required for any supplemental indenture or the consent of the holders of which is required for any waiver of compliance with certain provisions of the indenture or of certain defaults thereunder and their consequences as provided for in the indenture;

 

 

modify or alter the provisions of the indenture regarding the voting of notes held by the issuing entity, any other obligor on the notes, the depositor or an affiliate of any of them;

 

 

reduce the percentage of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the outstanding notes, the consent of the holders of which is required to direct the indenture trustee to sell or liquidate the issuing entity property if the proceeds of the sale would be insufficient to pay the principal amount of and accrued but unpaid interest on the outstanding notes;

 

 

decrease the percentage of the aggregate principal amount of the notes required to amend the sections of the indenture which specify the applicable percentage of aggregate principal amount of the notes necessary to amend the indenture or the other transaction documents;

 

 

provide that additional provisions of the indenture or the other transaction documents may be modified or waived without the consent of the holder of each outstanding note affected thereby;

 

 

affect the calculation of the amount of interest on or principal of any note payable on any payment date (including the calculation of any of the individual components of such calculation) or to affect the rights of noteholders to the benefit of any provisions for the mandatory redemption of the notes; or

 

 

permit the creation of any lien ranking prior to or on a parity with the lien of the indenture with respect to any part of the issuing entity property or, except as otherwise permitted or contemplated in the transaction documents, terminate the lien of the indenture on any property at any time or deprive the holder of any note of the security afforded by the lien of the indenture.

No amendment or supplemental indenture will be effective which affects the rights, protections or duties of the indenture trustee or the owner trustee, as applicable, without the prior written consent of the indenture trustee or the owner trustee, respectively. [No amendment or supplemental indenture will be effective which materially and adversely affects the rights of the swap counterparty under the interest rate swap agreement without the consent of the swap counterparty.]

Indenture Trustee’s Annual Report

If required by the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, the indenture trustee will be required to deliver each year to all noteholders a brief report setting forth the following:

 

 

its eligibility and qualification to continue as indenture trustee under the indenture;

 

 

information regarding a conflicting interest of the indenture trustee;

 

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if the indenture requires the indenture trustee to make advances, the character and amount of any advances made by it under the indenture;

 

 

any change to the amount, interest rate and maturity date of any indebtedness owing by the issuing entity to the indenture trustee in its individual capacity;

 

 

any change to the property and funds physically held by the indenture trustee in its capacity as indenture trustee;

 

 

any release, or release and substitution, of property subject to the lien of the indenture that has not been previously reported;

 

 

any additional issue of notes that has not been previously reported; and

 

 

any action taken by it that materially affects the notes or the issuing entity property and that has not been previously reported.

Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture

The indenture will be discharged with respect to the collateral securing the notes upon the delivery to the indenture trustee for cancellation of all the notes or, subject to specified limitations, upon deposit with the indenture trustee of funds sufficient for the payment in full of principal of and accrued interest on notes.

MATERIAL LEGAL ASPECTS OF THE RECEIVABLES

Rights in the Receivables

The transfer of the receivables by the originator to the depositor, and by the depositor to the issuing entity, and the pledge thereof to an indenture trustee, if any, the perfection of the security interests in the receivables and the enforcement of rights to realize on the related financed vehicles as collateral for the receivables are subject to a number of federal and state laws, including the Uniform Commercial Code and certificate of title acts as in effect in various states. The servicer and the depositor will take the actions described below to perfect the rights of the issuing entity and the indenture trustee in the receivables.

Under the sale and servicing agreement or indenture, as applicable, the servicer or a subservicer may be appointed by the issuing entity or indenture trustee to act as the custodian of the receivables. The servicer or a subservicer, as the custodian, will have possession of the original contracts giving rise to the receivables. To the extent any of the receivables arise under or are evidenced by contracts in electronic form (such electronic contracts, together with the original contracts in tangible form, collectively “chattel paper”), the servicer or subservicer, as the custodian, will have printed copies of the electronic contracts and the capability of accessing the electronic information. While neither the original contracts nor the printed copies of electronic contracts giving rise to the receivables will be marked to indicate the ownership interest thereof by the issuing entity, and neither the custodian nor the indenture trustee will have “control” of the authoritative copy of those contracts that are in electronic form, appropriate UCC-1 financing statements reflecting the transfer and assignment of the receivables by the originator to the depositor and by the depositor to the issuing entity, and the pledge thereof to an indenture trustee will be filed to perfect that interest and give notice of the issuing entity’s ownership interest in, and the indenture trustee’s security interest in, the receivables and related chattel paper. If, through inadvertence or otherwise, any of the receivables were sold or pledged to another party who purchased (including a pledgee) the receivables in good faith in the ordinary course of its business and took possession of the original contracts in tangible form or “control” of the authoritative copy of the contracts in electronic form giving rise to the receivables, the purchaser would acquire an interest in the receivables superior to the interests of the issuing entity and the indenture trustee if the purchaser acquired the receivables for new value and without knowledge that the purchase violates the rights of the issuing entity or the indenture trustee, which could cause investors to suffer losses on their notes.

 

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Generally, the rights held by assignees of the receivables, including without limitation the issuing entity and the indenture trustee, will be subject to:

 

 

all the terms of the contracts related to or evidencing the receivable; and any defense or claim in recoupment arising from the transaction that gave rise to the contracts; and

 

 

any other defense or claim of the obligor against the assignor of such receivable which accrues before the obligor receives notification of the assignment.

Because none of the originator, the depositor or the issuing entity is obligated to give the obligors notice of the assignment of any of the receivables, the issuing entity and the indenture trustee, if any, will be subject to defenses or claims of the obligor against the assignor even if such claims are unrelated to the receivable.

VW Credit typically takes physical possession of the signed original retail installment sale contracts to assure that it has priority in its rights under the receivables against the dealers and their respective creditors. Under the UCC, a purchaser of chattel paper who takes physical possession or obtains control of the chattel paper has priority over a trustee in bankruptcy for the seller and the seller’s creditors in the event of the seller’s bankruptcy if the purchaser purchased the chattel paper in good faith in the ordinary course of its business, giving new value and without knowledge that its purchase violates the rights of the seller’s creditors. If a retail installment contract is amended and the purchaser does not or is unable to take physical possession of the signed original amendment there is a risk that creditors of the selling dealer could have priority over the issuer’s rights in the contract.

Security Interests in the Financed Vehicles

Obtaining Security Interests in Financed Vehicles. In all states in which the receivables have been originated, motor vehicle retail installment sale contracts and/or installment loans such as the receivables evidence the credit sale or refinancing of automobiles, light-duty trucks and/or other types of motor vehicles. The receivables also constitute personal property security agreements and include grants of security interests in the vehicles under the applicable Uniform Commercial Code. Perfection of security interests in the vehicles is generally governed by the motor vehicle registration laws of the state in which the vehicle is located. In most states, a security interest in an automobile, a light-duty truck and/or another type of motor vehicle is perfected by obtaining the certificate of title to the financed vehicle or the notation of the secured party’s lien on the vehicle’s certificate of title. However, in California and in certain other states, certificates of title and the notation of the related lien may be maintained solely in the electronic records of the applicable department of motor vehicles or the analogous state office. As a result, any reference to a certificate of title in this prospectus includes certificates of title maintained in physical form and electronic form which may also be held by third-party servicers. In some states, certificates of title maintained in physical form are held by the obligor and not the lienholder or a third-party servicer. The originator will warrant to the depositor that it has taken all steps necessary to obtain a perfected first priority security interest with respect to all financed vehicles securing the receivables. If the originator fails, because of clerical errors or otherwise, to effect or maintain the notation of the security interest on the certificate of title relating to a financed vehicle, the issuing entity may not have a perfected first priority security interest in that financed vehicle.

If the originator did not take the steps necessary to cause its security interest to be perfected as described above until more than 30 days after the date the related obligor granted such security interest, and the related obligor was insolvent on the date such steps were taken, the perfection of such security interest may be avoided as a preferential transfer under bankruptcy law if the obligor under the related receivable becomes the subject of a bankruptcy proceeding commenced within 90 days of the date of such perfection, in which case the originator, and subsequently, the depositor, the issuing entity and the indenture trustee, if any, may be treated as an unsecured creditor of such obligor.

Perfection of Security Interests in Financed Vehicles. The originator will sell the receivables and assign its security interest in each financed vehicle to the depositor. The depositor will sell the receivables and assign the security interest in each financed vehicle to the issuing entity. However, because of the administrative burden and expense of retitling, the servicer, the depositor and the issuing entity will not amend any certificate of title to identify the issuing entity as the new secured party on the certificates of title relating to the financed vehicles. Accordingly, the originator will continue to be named as the secured party on the certificates of title relating to the financed

 

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vehicles. In most states, assignments such as those under the purchase agreement and the sale and servicing agreement relating to the issuing entity are an effective conveyance of the security interests in the financed vehicles without amendment of the lien noted on the related certificate of title, and the new secured party succeeds to the assignor’s rights as the secured party. However, a risk exists in not identifying the issuing entity as the new secured party on the certificate of title because, through fraud or negligence, the security interest of the issuing entity could be released or another person could obtain a security interest in the applicable vehicle that is higher in priority than the interest of the issuing entity.

In the absence of fraud, forgery or neglect by the financed vehicle owner or administrative error by state recording officials, notation of the lien of the originator generally will be sufficient to protect the issuing entity against the rights of subsequent purchasers of a financed vehicle or subsequent lenders who take a security interest in a financed vehicle. If there are any financed vehicles as to which the originator has failed to perfect the security interest assigned to the issuing entity, that security interest would be subordinate to, among others, subsequent purchasers of the financed vehicles and holders of perfected security interests.

Under the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in most states, if a security interest in a financed vehicle is perfected by any method under the laws of one state, and the financed vehicle is then moved to another state and titled in that other state, the security interest that was perfected under the laws of the original state remains perfected as against all persons other than a purchaser of the vehicle for value for as long as the security interest would have been perfected under the law of the original state. However, a security interest in a financed vehicle that is covered by a certificate of title from the original state becomes unperfected as against a purchaser of that financed vehicle for value and is deemed never to have been perfected as against that purchaser if the security interest in that financed vehicle is not perfected under the laws of that other state within four months after the financed vehicle became covered by a certificate of title from the other state. A majority of states requires surrender of a certificate of title to re-register a vehicle. Therefore, the servicer will provide the department of motor vehicles or other appropriate state or county agency of the state of relocation with the certificate of title so that the owner can effect the re-registration. If the financed vehicle owner moves to a state that provides for notation of a lien on the certificate of title to perfect the security interests in the financed vehicle, absent clerical errors or fraud, the originator would receive notice of surrender of the certificate of title if its lien is noted thereon. Accordingly, the secured party will have notice and the opportunity to re-perfect the security interest in the financed vehicle in the state of relocation. If the financed vehicle owner moves to a state which does not require surrender of a certificate of title for registration of a motor vehicle, re-registration could defeat perfection. In the ordinary course of servicing its portfolio of motor vehicle retail installment sale contracts and/or installment loans, the servicer takes steps to effect re-perfection upon receipt of notice of registration or information from the obligor as to relocation. Similarly, when an obligor under a receivable sells a financed vehicle, the servicer must provide the owner with the certificate of title, or the servicer will receive notice as a result of its lien noted thereon and accordingly will have an opportunity to require satisfaction of the related receivable before release of the lien. Under each sale and servicing agreement, the servicer will, in accordance with its customary servicing practices, take such steps as are necessary to maintain perfection of the security interest created by each receivable in the related financed vehicle. Each issuing entity will authorize the servicer to take such steps as are necessary to re-perfect the security interest on behalf of the issuing entity and the indenture trustee in the event of the relocation of a financed vehicle or for any other reason.

The requirements for the creation, perfection, transfer and release of liens in financed vehicles generally are governed by state law, and these requirements vary on a state-by-state basis. Failure to comply with these detailed requirements could result in liability to the trust or the release of the lien on the vehicle or other adverse consequences. For example, the State of New York recently passed legislation allowing a dealer of used motor vehicles to have the lien of a prior lienholder in a motor vehicle released, and to have a new certificate of title with respect to that motor vehicle reissued without the notation of the prior lienholder’s lien, upon submission to the Commissioner of the New York Department of Motor Vehicles of evidence that the prior lien has been satisfied without any signature or formal release by the prior lienholder. It is possible that, as a result of fraud, forgery, negligence or error, a lien on a financed vehicle could be released without prior payment in full of the receivable.

Under the laws of most states, statutory liens such as liens for unpaid taxes, liens for towing, storage and repairs performed on a motor vehicle, motor vehicle accident liens and liens arising under various state and federal criminal statutes take priority over a perfected security interest in a financed vehicle. Under the Internal Revenue Code, federal tax liens that are filed have priority over a subsequently perfected lien of a secured party. In addition,

 

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certain states grant priority to state tax liens over a prior perfected lien of a secured party. The laws of most states and federal law permit the confiscation of motor vehicles by governmental authorities under some circumstances if used in or acquired with the proceeds of unlawful activities, which may result in the loss of a secured party’s perfected security interest in a confiscated vehicle. With respect to each issuing entity, the depositor will represent in each receivables sale and servicing agreement that, as of the initial issuance of the notes of, no state or federal liens exist with respect to any financed vehicle securing payment on any related receivable. However, liens could arise, or a confiscation could occur, at any time during the term of a receivable. It is possible that no notice will be given to the servicer in the event that a lien arises or a confiscation occurs, and any lien arising or confiscation occurring after the closing date would not give rise to the originator’s repurchase obligations under the purchase agreement.

Repossession

In the event of a default by an obligor, the holder of the related motor vehicle retail installment sale contract and/or installment loan has all the remedies of a secured party under the Uniform Commercial Code, except as specifically limited by other state laws. Among the Uniform Commercial Code remedies, the secured party has the right to repossess a financed vehicle by self-help means, unless that means would constitute a breach of the peace under applicable state law or is otherwise limited by applicable state law. Unless a financed vehicle is voluntarily surrendered, self-help repossession is accomplished simply by retaking possession of the financed vehicle. In cases where the obligor objects or raises a defense to repossession, or if otherwise required by applicable state law, a court order must be obtained from the appropriate state court, and the financed vehicle must then be recovered in accordance with that order. In some jurisdictions, the secured party is required to notify the obligor of the default and the intent to repossess the collateral and to give the obligor a time period within which to cure the default prior to repossession. Generally, this right to cure may only be exercised on a limited number of occasions during the term of the related receivable. Other jurisdictions permit repossession without prior notice if it can be accomplished without a breach of the peace (although in some states, a course of conduct in which the creditor has accepted late payments has been held to create a right by the obligor to receive prior notice). In some states, after the financed vehicle has been repossessed, the obligor may reinstate the related receivable by paying the delinquent installments and other amounts due.

Notice of Sale; Redemption Rights

In the event of a default by the obligor, some jurisdictions require that the obligor be notified of the default and be given a time period within which the obligor may cure the default prior to repossession. Generally, this right of reinstatement may be exercised on a limited number of occasions in any one year period.

The Uniform Commercial Code and other state laws require the secured party to provide the obligor with reasonable notice concerning the disposition of the collateral including, among other things, the date, time and place of any public sale and/or the date after which any private sale of the collateral may be held and certain additional information if the collateral constitutes consumer goods. In addition, some states also impose substantive timing requirements on the sale of repossessed vehicles and/or various substantive timing and content requirements relating to those notices. In some states, after a financed vehicle has been repossessed, the obligor may reinstate the account by paying the delinquent installments and other amounts due, in which case the financed vehicle is returned to the obligor. The obligor has the right to redeem the collateral prior to actual sale or entry by the secured party into a contract for sale of the collateral by paying the secured party the unpaid outstanding principal balance of the obligation, accrued interest thereon, reasonable expenses for repossessing, holding and preparing the collateral for disposition and arranging for its sale, plus, in some jurisdictions, reasonable attorneys’ fees and legal expenses.

Deficiency Judgments and Excess Proceeds

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discount. In addition to the notice requirement, the Uniform Commercial Code requires that every aspect of the sale or other disposition, including the method, manner, time, place and terms, be “commercially reasonable.” In the case of consumer goods, some courts have held that when a sale is not “commercially reasonable,” the secured party loses its right to a deficiency judgment. Generally, in the case of collateral that does not constitute consumer goods, the Uniform Commercial Code provides that when a sale is not “commercially reasonable,” the secured party may retain its right to at least a portion of the deficiency judgment.

The Uniform Commercial Code also permits the debtor or other interested party to recover for any loss caused by noncompliance with the provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code. In particular, if the collateral is consumer goods, the Uniform Commercial Code grants the debtor the right to recover in any event an amount not less than the credit service charge plus 10% of the principal amount of the debt. In addition, prior to a sale, the Uniform Commercial Code permits the debtor or other interested person to prohibit or restrain on appropriate terms the secured party from disposing of the collateral if it is established that the secured party is not proceeding in accordance with the “default” provisions under the Uniform Commercial Code.

Occasionally, after resale of a repossessed vehicle and payment of all expenses and indebtedness, there is a surplus of funds. In that case, the Uniform Commercial Code requires the creditor to remit the surplus to any holder of a subordinate lien with respect to the vehicle or if no subordinate lienholder exists, the Uniform Commercial Code requires the creditor to remit the surplus to the obligor.

Consumer Protection Law

Numerous federal and state consumer protection laws and related regulations impose substantial requirements upon lenders and servicers involved in consumer finance, including requirements regarding the adequate disclosure of contract terms and limitations on contract terms, collection practices and creditor remedies. These laws include the Truth-in-Lending Act, the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, the Federal Trade Commission Act, the Fair Credit Reporting Act, the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Regulations B and Z, the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (“Relief Act”), state adoptions of the National Consumer Act and the Uniform Consumer Credit Code, state motor vehicle retail installment sale acts, consumer lending laws, unfair or deceptive practices acts including requirements regarding the adequate disclosure of contract terms and limitations on contract terms, collection practices and creditor remedies and other similar laws. Many states have adopted “lemon laws” which provide redress to consumers who purchase a vehicle that remains out of compliance with its manufacturer’s warranty after a specified number of attempts to correct a problem or a specified time period. Also, state laws impose finance charge ceilings and other restrictions on consumer transactions and require contract disclosures in addition to those required under federal law. VW Credit is subject to supervision and examination by a number of state regulatory agencies and the CFPB, who oversee compliance with these federal and state consumer protection laws. These requirements impose specific statutory liabilities upon creditors who fail to comply with their provisions. In some cases, this liability could affect an assignee’s ability to enforce consumer finance contracts such as the receivables described above.

With respect to used vehicles, the Federal Trade Commission’s Rule on Sale of Used Vehicles (the “FTC Rule”) requires all sellers of used vehicles to prepare, complete and display a “Buyers’ Guide” which explains the warranty coverage for such vehicles. The Federal Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act and state lemon laws may impose further obligations on motor vehicle dealers. Holders of the receivables may have liability for claims and defenses under those statutes, the FTC Rule and similar state statutes.

The so-called “Holder-in-Due-Course” rule of the Federal Trade Commission (the “HDC Rule”) has the effect of subjecting any assignee of the seller in a consumer credit transaction, and related creditors and their assignees, to all claims and defenses which the obligor in the transaction could assert against the seller. Liability under the HDC Rule is limited to the amounts paid by the obligor under the receivable, and the holder of the receivable may also be unable to collect any balance remaining due thereunder from the obligor. The HDC Rule is generally duplicated by the Uniform Consumer Credit Code, other state statutes or the common law in some states. Liability of assignees for claims under state consumer protection laws may differ though and some state laws could impose greater liability on assignees than the HDC Rule.

 

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To the extent the receivables constitute retail installment sale contracts, those receivables will be subject to the requirements of the HDC Rule. Accordingly, each issuing entity, as holder of the related receivables, will be subject to any claims or defenses that the purchaser of the applicable financed vehicle may assert against the seller of the financed vehicle. As to each obligor, those claims under the HDC Rule are limited to a maximum liability equal to the amounts paid by the obligor on the related receivable. The originator will represent in the purchase agreement that each of the receivables complied at the time it was originated or made in all material respects with all requirements of law in effect at that time and applicable to such receivable.

Any shortfalls or losses arising in connection with the matters described in the three preceding paragraphs, to the extent not covered by amounts payable to the noteholders from amounts available under a credit enhancement mechanism, could result in losses to noteholders.

Courts have applied general equitable principles to secured parties pursuing repossession and litigation involving deficiency balances. These equitable principles may have the effect of relieving an obligor from some or all of the legal consequences of a default.

In several cases, consumers have asserted that the self-help remedies of secured parties under the Uniform Commercial Code and related laws violate the due process protections provided under the 14th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. Courts have generally upheld the notice provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code and related laws as reasonable or have found that the repossession and resale by the creditor do not involve sufficient state action to afford constitutional protection to obligors.

Servicemembers Civil Relief Act

Under the terms of the Relief Act, a borrower who enters military service after the origination of such obligor’s receivable (including a borrower who was in reserve status and is called to active duty after origination of the receivable), may not be charged interest (including fees and charges) above an annual rate of 6% during the period of such obligor’s active duty status, unless a court orders otherwise upon application of the lender. Interest at a rate in excess of 6% that would otherwise have been incurred but for the Relief Act is forgiven. The Relief Act applies to obligors who are servicemembers and includes members of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, National Guard, Reserves (when such enlisted person is called to active duty), Coast Guard, officers of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, officers of the U.S. Public Health Service assigned to duty with the Army or Navy and certain other persons as specified in the Relief Act. Because the Relief Act applies to obligors who enter military service (including reservists who are called to active duty) after origination of the related receivable, no information can be provided as to the number of receivables that may be affected by the Relief Act. In addition, increased military operations that may increase the number of citizens who are in active military service, including persons in reserve or national guard status who have been called or will be called to active duty. Application of the Relief Act would adversely affect, for an indeterminate period of time, the ability of the servicer to collect full amounts of interest on certain of the receivables. Any shortfall in interest collections resulting from the application of the Relief Act or similar legislation or regulations which would not be recoverable from the related receivables, would result in a reduction of the amounts distributable to the noteholders. In addition, the Relief Act imposes limitations that would impair the ability of the servicer to repossess or recover on an affected receivable during the lessee’s period of active duty status, and, under certain circumstances, during an additional 180 day period thereafter. Also, the laws of some states impose similar limitations during the related obligor’s period of active duty status and, under certain circumstances, during an additional period thereafter as specified under the laws of those states. Thus, in the event that the Relief Act or similar state legislation or regulations applies to any receivable which goes into default, there may be delays in payment and losses on your notes. Any other interest shortfalls, deferrals or forgiveness of payments on the receivables resulting from the application of the Relief Act or similar state legislation or regulations may result in delays in payments or losses on your notes.

Any shortfalls or losses arising in connection with the matters described above, to the extent not covered by amounts payable to the noteholders from amounts available under a credit enhancement mechanism, could result in losses to noteholders.

 

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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

The CFPB is responsible for implementing and enforcing various federal consumer protection laws and supervising certain depository institutions and non-depository institutions offering financial products and services to consumers, including indirect automobile loans and retail automobile leases. VW Credit is subject to the CFPB’s enforcement authority. The CFPB has supervisory, examination and enforcement authority over certain non-depository institutions, including those entities that are larger participants of a market for consumer financial products or services, as defined by rule. In June 2015, the CFPB issued a final rule defining which non-depository institutions would be considered larger participants of a market for automobile financing. Under the definitions included in the final rule, VW Credit is considered a larger participant and is subject to the supervisory and examination authority of the CFPB. Expanded CFPB jurisdiction over VW Credit’s business will likely increase compliance costs and regulatory risks. The CFPB has been conducting fair lending examinations of automobile lenders, including VW Credit, and their dealer markup and compensation policies. Furthermore, we understand that the CFPB has also been investigating certain automobile lending practices, including the sale of extended warranties, credit insurance and other add-on products. If any of these practices were found to violate the Equal Credit Opportunity Act or other laws, we or the sponsor could be obligated to repurchase from the issuing entity any receivable that fails to comply with law. In addition, the sponsor or the issuing entity could also possibly be subject to claims by the obligors on those contracts, and any relief granted by a court could potentially adversely affect the issuing entity. For additional discussion of how a failure to comply with consumer protection laws may impact the issuing entity, the receivables or your investment in the securities, see “Risk Factors—Failure to comply with consumer protection laws could result in a loss” in this prospectus.

VW Credit may also periodically perform reviews of its lending policies and analyses of both dealer-specific and portfolio-wide loan pricing data for potential disparities resulting from dealer markup and compensation policies. Depending upon the results of these reviews and analyses or any regulatory agency actions, VW Credit or any other applicable originator may consider taking, or may be required to take, corrective actions, which could include reductions to the interest rates on the applicable automobile loans. Corrective actions could be taken by VW Credit without the occurrence of any violation of law. If VW Credit, as servicer, were to voluntarily reduce the interest rate on any automobile loan, it may be required under the applicable transaction documents to repurchase the affected receivables; however, under some circumstances the servicer would not be required under the applicable transaction documents to repurchase the affected receivables. See “Description of the Transaction Documents—Collection and Other Servicing Procedures” in this prospectus for a discussion of the purchase obligations of the servicer. In May 2019, the CFPB issued a proposed rule governing the activities of third-party debt collectors. While the proposed rules did not address first-party debt collectors, the CFPB has previously indicated that it would address this activity in a later rulemaking. It is unclear what changes will be included in any final debt collection rules issued by the CFPB and what effect, if any, such changes would have on the receivables or the servicer’s practices, procedures and other servicing activities relating to the receivables in ways that could reduce the associated recoveries.

Certain Matters Relating to Bankruptcy and Insolvency

General. The depositor has been structured as a limited purpose entity and will engage only in activities permitted by its organizational documents. Under the depositor’s organizational documents, the depositor is limited in its ability to file a voluntary petition under the United States Bankruptcy Code (the “Bankruptcy Code”) or any similar applicable state law. There can be no assurance, however, that the depositor, or the originator, will not become insolvent and file a voluntary petition under the Bankruptcy Code or any similar applicable state law or become subject to a conservatorship or receivership, as may be applicable in the future.

The voluntary or involuntary petition for relief under the Bankruptcy Code or any similar applicable state law or the establishment of a conservatorship or receivership, as may be applicable, with respect to the originator should not necessarily result in a similar voluntary application with respect to the depositor. The depositor has taken certain steps in structuring the transactions contemplated hereby that are intended to make it unlikely that any voluntary or involuntary petition for relief by the originator under applicable insolvency laws will result in the consolidation pursuant to such insolvency laws or the establishment of a conservatorship or receivership, of the assets and liabilities of the depositor with those of the originator. These steps include the organization of the depositor as a limited purpose entity pursuant to its limited liability company agreement or trust agreement containing certain limitations (including restrictions on the limited nature of depositor’s business and on its ability to commence a voluntary case or proceeding under any insolvency law without an affirmative vote of all of its directors, including independent directors).

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financial statements and there will be no commingling of the assets of the originator with those of the depositor) the assets and liabilities of the depositor should not be substantively consolidated with the assets and liabilities of the originator in the event of a petition for relief under the Bankruptcy Code with respect to the originator; and the transfer of receivables by the originator should constitute an absolute transfer, and, therefore, such receivables would not be property of the originator in the event of the filing of an application for relief by or against the originator under the Bankruptcy Code. See “Material Legal Aspects of the Receivables—Certain Matters Relating to Bankruptcy and Insolvency—Dodd-Frank Orderly Liquidation Framework” in this prospectus.

On the closing date, Mayer Brown LLP, special counsel to the depositor, will deliver an opinion based on a reasoned analysis of analogous case law (although there is no precedent based on directly similar facts) to the effect that, subject to certain facts, assumptions and qualifications specified therein, under present reported decisional authority and applicable statutes to federal bankruptcy cases, if the originator were to become a debtor in a case under the United States Bankruptcy Code, a court having jurisdiction over such case (the “bankruptcy court”) would:

 

 

determine that the transfer of receivables pursuant to the purchase agreement constitutes a sale of such receivables to the depositor by the originator, as opposed to a loan, such that (1) the receivables would not be property of the originator’s bankruptcy estate under Section 541 of the Bankruptcy Code, and (2) Section 362(a) of the Bankruptcy Code would not operate to stay payments by the servicer of collections on the receivables in accordance with the applicable transaction documents; and/or

 

 

not order substantive consolidation of the assets and liabilities of the originator, on the one hand, and those of the depositor or the issuing entity, on the other hand.

If, however, a bankruptcy court for the originator or a creditor of the originator were to take the view that the originator and the depositor should be substantively consolidated or that the transfer of the receivables from the originator to the depositor should be recharacterized as a pledge of such receivables, then you may experience delays and/or shortfalls in payments on the notes.

Dodd-Frank Orderly Liquidation Framework

General. On July 21, 2010, President Obama signed into law the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the “Dodd-Frank Act”). The Dodd-Frank Act, among other things, gives the FDIC authority to act as receiver of bank holding companies, financial companies and their respective subsidiaries in specific situations under the “Orderly Liquidation Authority” (“OLA”) as described in more detail below. The OLA provisions were effective on July 22, 2010. The proceedings, standards, powers of the receiver and many other substantive provisions of OLA differ from those of the Bankruptcy Code in several respects. In addition, because the legislation remains subject to clarification through FDIC regulations and has yet to be applied by the FDIC in any receivership, it is unclear exactly what impact these provisions will have on any particular company, including VW Credit, the depositor or a particular issuing entity, or their respective creditors.

Potential Applicability to VW Credit, the depositor and issuing entities. There is uncertainty about which companies will be subject to OLA rather than the Bankruptcy Code. For a company to become subject to OLA, the Secretary of the Treasury (in consultation with the President of the United States) must determine, among other things, that the company is in default or in danger of default, the failure of such company and its resolution under the Bankruptcy Code would have serious adverse effects on financial stability in the United States, no viable private sector alternative is available to prevent the default of the company and an OLA proceeding would mitigate these adverse effects.

The issuing entity or the depositor could also potentially be subject to the provisions of OLA as a “covered subsidiary” of VW Credit. For an issuing entity or the depositor to be subject to receivership under OLA as a covered subsidiary of VW Credit (1) the FDIC would have to be appointed as receiver for VW Credit under OLA as described above, and (2) the FDIC and the Secretary of the Treasury would have to jointly determine that (a) the issuing entity or the depositor is in default or in danger of default, (b) the liquidation of that covered subsidiary would avoid or mitigate serious adverse effects on the financial stability or economic conditions of the United States and (c) such appointment would facilitate the orderly liquidation of VW Credit.

 

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There can be no assurance that the Secretary of the Treasury would not determine that the failure of VW Credit or any potential covered subsidiary thereof would have serious adverse effects on financial stability in the United States. In addition, no assurance can be given that OLA would not apply to VW Credit, the depositor or the issuing entity or, if it were to apply, that the timing and amounts of payments to the noteholders would not be less favorable than under the Bankruptcy Code.

FDIC’s Repudiation Power Under OLA. If the FDIC were appointed receiver of VW Credit or of a covered subsidiary under OLA, the FDIC would have various powers under OLA, including the power to repudiate any contract to which VW Credit or a covered subsidiary was a party, if the FDIC determined that performance of the contract was burdensome and that repudiation would promote the orderly administration of VW Credit’s or such covered subsidiary’s affairs. In January 2011, the Acting General Counsel of the FDIC issued an advisory opinion respecting, among other things, its intended application of the FDIC’s repudiation power under OLA. In that advisory opinion, the Acting General Counsel stated that nothing in the Dodd-Frank Act changes the existing law governing the separate existence of separate entities under other applicable law. As a result, the Acting General Counsel was of the opinion that the FDIC as receiver for a covered financial company, which could include VW Credit or its subsidiaries (including the depositor or the issuing entity), cannot repudiate a contract or lease unless it has been appointed as receiver for an entity that is a party to that contract or lease or the separate existence of that entity may be disregarded under other applicable law. In addition, the Acting General Counsel was of the opinion that until such time as the FDIC Board of Directors adopts a regulation further addressing the application of Section 210I of the Dodd-Frank Act, if the FDIC were to become receiver for a covered financial company, which could include VW Credit or its subsidiaries (including the depositor or the issuing entity), the FDIC will not, in the exercise of its authority under Section 210I of the Dodd-Frank Act, reclaim, recover, or recharacterize as property of that covered financial company or the receivership assets transferred by that covered financial company prior to the end of the applicable transition period of a regulation provided that such transfer satisfies the conditions for the exclusion of such assets from the property of the estate of that covered financial company under the Bankruptcy Code. Although this advisory opinion does not bind the FDIC or its Board of Directors, and could be modified or withdrawn in the future, the advisory opinion also states that the Acting General Counsel will recommend that the FDIC Board of Directors incorporate a transition period of 90 days for any provisions in any further regulations affecting the statutory power to disaffirm or repudiate contracts. To the extent any future regulations or subsequent FDIC actions in an OLA proceeding involving VW Credit or its subsidiaries (including the depositor or your issuing entity), are contrary to this advisory opinion, payment or distributions of principal and interest on the notes issued by the issuing entity could be delayed or reduced.

We will structure the transfers of receivables under the purchase agreement and the sale and servicing agreement with the intent that they would be treated as legal true sales under applicable state law. If the transfers are so treated, based on the Acting General Counsel of the FDIC’s advisory opinion rendered in January 2011 and other applicable law, VW Credit believes that the FDIC would not be able to recover the receivables transferred under the purchase agreement and the sale and servicing agreement using its repudiation power. However, if those transfers were not respected as legal true sales, then the depositor under the purchase agreement would be treated as having made a loan to VW Credit, and the issuing entity under the sale and servicing agreement would be treated as having made a loan to the depositor, in each case secured by the transferred receivables. The FDIC, as receiver, generally has the power to repudiate secured loans and then recover the collateral after paying actual direct compensatory damages to the lenders as described below. If VW Credit or the depositor were placed in receivership under OLA, the FDIC could assert that VW Credit or the depositor, as applicable, effectively still owned the transferred receivables because the transfers by VW Credit to the depositor or by the depositor to the issuing entity were not true sales. In such case, the FDIC could repudiate that transfer of receivables and the issuing entity would have a secured claim for actual direct compensatory damages as described below. Furthermore, if the issuing entity were placed in receivership under OLA, this repudiation power would extend to the notes issued by the issuing entity. In such event, the noteholders would have a secured claim in the receivership of the issuing entity. The amount of damages that 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 receiver. There is no general statutory definition of “actual direct compensatory damages” in this context, but the term does not include damages for lost profits or opportunity. However, under OLA, in the case of any debt for borrowed money, actual direct compensatory damages is no less

 

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than the amount lent plus accrued interest plus any accreted original issue discount as of the date the FDIC was appointed receiver and, to the extent that an allowed secured claim is secured by property the value of which is greater than the amount of such claim and any accrued interest through the date of repudiation or disaffirmance, such accrued interest.

Regardless of whether the transfers under the purchase agreement and the sale and servicing agreement are respected as legal true sales, as receiver for VW Credit or a covered subsidiary the FDIC could:

 

 

require the issuing entity, as assignee of VW Credit and the depositor, to go through an administrative claims procedure to establish its rights to payments collected on the related receivables;

 

 

if an issuing entity were a covered subsidiary, require the indenture trustee for the notes to go through an administrative claims procedure to establish its rights to payments on the notes;

 

 

request a stay of proceedings to liquidate claims or otherwise enforce contractual and legal remedies against VW Credit or a covered subsidiary (including the issuing entity);

 

 

repudiate VW Credit’s ongoing servicing obligations under a servicing agreement, such as its duty to collect and remit payments or otherwise service the receivables; or

 

 

prior to any such repudiation of the sale and servicing agreement, prevent any of the indenture trustee or the noteholders from appointing a successor servicer.

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, (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, and (3) any person exercising any right or power to terminate, accelerate or declare a default under any contract to which VW Credit or a covered subsidiary (including any issuing entity) that is subject to OLA is a party, or to obtain possession of or exercise control over any property of VW Credit or any covered subsidiary or affect any contractual rights of VW Credit or a covered subsidiary (including any issuing entity) that is subject to OLA, without the consent of the FDIC for 90 days after appointment of FDIC as receiver. The requirement to obtain the FDIC’s consent before taking these actions relating to a covered company’s contracts or property is comparable to the “automatic stay” in bankruptcy.

If the FDIC, as receiver for VW Credit, the depositor or the issuing entity, were to take any of the actions described above, payments and/or distributions of principal and interest on the notes issued by the issuing entity would be delayed and may be reduced.

FDIC’s Avoidance Power Under OLA. The proceedings, standards and many substantive provisions of OLA relating to preferential transfers differ from those of the Bankruptcy Code. If VW Credit or any of its affiliates were to become subject to OLA, there is an interpretation under OLA that previous transfers of receivables by VW Credit or those affiliates perfected for purposes of state law and the Bankruptcy Code could nevertheless be avoided as preferential transfers.

In December 2010, the Acting General Counsel of the FDIC issued an advisory opinion providing an interpretation of OLA which concludes that the treatment of preferential transfers under OLA was intended to be consistent with, and should be interpreted in a manner consistent with, the related provisions under the Bankruptcy Code. In addition, on July 6, 2011, the FDIC issued a final rule that, among other things, codified the Acting General Counsel’s interpretation. Based on the final rule, a transfer of the receivables perfected by the filing of a Uniform Commercial Code financing statement against VW Credit, the depositor and the issuing entity as provided in the purchase agreement and sale and servicing agreement would not be avoidable by the FDIC as a preference under OLA due to any inconsistencies between OLA and the Bankruptcy Code in defining when a transfer has occurred under the preferential transfer provisions of OLA. To the extent subsequent FDIC actions in an OLA proceeding are contrary to the final rule, payment or distributions of principal and interest on the notes issued by the issuing entity could be delayed or reduced.

 

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Repurchase Obligation

The originator will make representations and warranties in the transaction documents that each receivable complies with all requirements of law in all material respects. If any representation and warranty proves to be incorrect with respect to any receivable, has certain material and adverse effects and is not timely cured, the originator will be required under the transaction documents to repurchase the affected receivables. Any inaccuracy in the representations or warranties will be deemed not to constitute a breach if such inaccuracy does not affect the ability of the issuing entity to receive or retain payment in full on the receivable. VW Credit is subject from time to time to litigation alleging that the receivables or its lending practices do not comply with applicable law. The commencement of any such litigation generally would not result in a breach of any of the originator’s representations or warranties.

Other Limitations

In addition to the laws limiting or prohibiting deficiency judgments, numerous other statutory provisions, including the Bankruptcy Code and similar state laws, may interfere with or affect the ability of a secured party to realize upon collateral or to enforce a deficiency judgment. For example, if an obligor commences bankruptcy proceedings, a bankruptcy court may prevent a creditor from repossessing a vehicle, and, as part of the rehabilitation plan, reduce the amount of the secured indebtedness to the market value of the vehicle at the time of filing of the bankruptcy petition, as determined by the bankruptcy court, leaving the creditor as a general unsecured creditor for the remainder of the indebtedness. A bankruptcy court may also reduce the monthly payments due under a receivable or change the rate of interest and time of repayment of the receivable.

State and local government bodies across the United States generally have the power to create licensing and permit requirements. It is possible that an issuing entity could fail to have some required licenses or permits. In that event, the issuing entity could be subject to liability or other adverse consequences.

Any shortfalls or losses arising in connection with the matters described above, to the extent not covered by amounts payable to the noteholders from amounts available under a credit enhancement mechanism, could result in losses to noteholders.

LEGAL INVESTMENT

[Money Market Investment

The Class A-1 notes will be structured to be “eligible securities” for purchase by money market funds as defined in paragraph (a)(11) of Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”). There are a number of other requirements under Rule 2a-7 that must be satisfied prior to the purchase of any security, and it is the responsibility solely of the investor and its advisor to satisfy those requirements.]

[Certain Investment Considerations

The issuing entity will be relying on an exclusion or exemption from the definition of] “investment company” under the Investment Company Act contained in [Section [_______] of] [Rule                [    ] promulgated under] the Investment Company Act, although there may be additional exclusions or exemptions available to the issuing entity. The issuing entity is being structured so as not to constitute a “covered fund” as defined in the final regulations issued December 10, 2013 implementing the statutory provision known as the “Volcker Rule” (Section 619 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act)].

 

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Requirements for Certain European Regulated Investors and Affiliates

Regulation (EU) 2017/2402 of the European Parliament and of the Council of December 12, 2017 (the “EU Securitization Regulation”), places certain conditions on investments in or other exposures to securitizations (as defined in the EU Securitization Regulation) by “institutional investors”, which include (with certain exceptions) credit institutions and investment firms, insurance and reinsurance undertakings, alternative investment fund managers (AIFMs), undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities (UCITS) and their management companies, and institutions for occupational retirement provision (IORPs) and their investment managers or authorized entities. In the case of credit institutions and investments firms, certain of those requirements apply on a consolidated basis to investments and exposures by certain consolidated affiliates of those entities wherever located. The EU Securitization Regulation has direct effect in member states of the European Union (the “EU”) and is to be implemented by national legislation in other countries in the European Economic Area (the “EEA”). The EU Securitization Regulation, together with any relevant regulatory and/or implementing technical standards adopted by the European Commission in relation thereto, any relevant regulatory and/or implementing technical standards applicable in relation thereto pursuant to any transitional arrangements made pursuant to the EU Securitization Regulation, and, in each case, any relevant guidance published in relation thereto by the European Banking Authority or the European Securities and Markets Authority (or, in either case, any predecessor authority) or by the European Commission, are referred to in this prospectus as the “EU Securitization Rules”.

Pursuant to Article 5 of the EU Securitization Regulation, prior to investing in (or otherwise holding an exposure to) a securitization, an institutional investor, other than the originator, sponsor or original lender (each as defined in the EU Securitization Regulation) must, among other things: (a) verify that, where the originator or original lender is established in a third country (that is, not within the EU or the EEA), the originator or original lender grants all the credits giving rise to the underlying exposures 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 a thorough assessment of the obligor’s creditworthiness, (b) verify that, if established in a third country, the originator, sponsor or original lender retains on an ongoing basis a material net economic interest which, in any event, shall not be less than 5%, determined in accordance with Article 6 of the EU Securitization Regulation, and discloses the risk retention to institutional investors, and (c) verify that the originator, sponsor or securitisation special purpose entity (“SSPE”) has, where applicable, made available the information required by Article 7 of the EU Securitization Regulation (which sets out transparency requirements for originators, sponsors and SSPEs).

Although the sponsor will retain credit risk through the depositor, its majority-owned affiliate, in accordance with Regulation RR as described in this prospectus under “The Sponsor—Credit Risk Retention”, none of the sponsor, the depositor, the underwriters or any of their affiliates will retain or commit to retain a 5% net economic interest with respect to this transaction for the purposes of the EU Securitization Rules or to take or refrain from taking any other action in order to facilitate compliance by investors with any applicable requirements of the EU Securitization Rules. Lack of compliance with those requirements will preclude certain investors from purchasing the notes, and this lack of suitability may impair the marketability and liquidity of the notes.

Failure by an investor or investment manager to comply with any applicable requirements under the EU Securitization Rules with respect to an investment in the notes offered by this prospectus may result in the imposition of a penalty regulatory capital charge on that investment or of other regulatory sanctions. The EU Securitization Rules and any other changes to the regulation or regulatory treatment of the notes for some or all investors may negatively impact the regulatory position of affected investors and investment managers and have an adverse impact on the value and liquidity of the notes offered by this prospectus. Prospective investors should analyze their own regulatory position, and are encouraged to consult with their own investment and legal advisors, regarding application of and compliance with any applicable requirements of the EU Securitization Rules or other applicable regulations and the suitability of the offered notes for investment.

 

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MATERIAL U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES

Set forth below is a discussion of the material U.S. federal income tax consequences relevant to the purchase, ownership and disposition of the notes. This discussion is based upon current provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), existing and proposed Treasury Regulations thereunder, current administrative rulings, judicial decisions and other applicable authorities. To the extent that the following summary relates to matters of law or legal conclusions with respect thereto, such summary represents the opinion of Mayer Brown LLP, Special Tax Counsel for each issuing entity, subject to the qualifications set forth in this section. There are no cases or Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) rulings on similar transactions involving both debt and equity interests issued by an issuing entity with terms similar to those of the notes. As a result, there can be no assurance that the IRS will not challenge the conclusions reached in this prospectus, and no ruling from the IRS has been or will be sought on any of the issues discussed below. Furthermore, legislative, judicial or administrative changes may occur, perhaps with retroactive effect, which could affect the accuracy of the statements and conclusions set forth in this prospectus as well as the tax consequences to noteholders.

This discussion is not a complete analysis of all potential U.S. federal income tax consequences and does not address any tax consequences arising under any state, local or non-U.S. tax laws, any income tax treaties, or any other U.S. federal income tax laws, including U.S. federal estate and gift tax laws. The following discussion also does not purport to deal with all aspects of U.S. federal income taxation that may be relevant to the noteholders in light of their personal investment circumstances nor, except for limited discussions of particular topics, to holders subject to special treatment under the U.S. federal income tax laws, including:

 

 

financial institutions;

 

 

broker-dealers;

 

 

life insurance companies;

 

 

tax-exempt organizations;

 

 

persons that hold the notes as a position in a “straddle” or as part of a synthetic security or “hedge,” “conversion transaction” or other integrated investment;

 

 

persons that have a “functional currency” other than the U.S. dollar; and

 

 

investors in pass-through entities.

Rather, this information is directed to prospective purchasers who are unrelated to the depositor and who purchase notes at their issue price in the initial distribution thereof, and who hold the notes as “capital assets” within the meaning of Section 1221 of the Code. We suggest that prospective investors consult with their tax advisors as to the federal, state, local, foreign and any other tax consequences to them of the purchase, ownership and disposition of the notes.

The following discussion addresses notes which the depositor, the servicer and the noteholders will agree to treat as indebtedness secured by the receivables. On the closing date, Special Tax Counsel will deliver an opinion stating that, subject to certain qualifications, assumptions and representations, based on the terms of the notes, the transactions relating to the receivables as set forth herein and the applicable provisions of the issuing entity’s formation document and related documents, the notes, to the extent beneficially owned by a person other than the issuing entity or its affiliates, will be characterized as indebtedness for U.S. federal income tax purposes; and for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the issuing entity will not be classified as an association taxable as a corporation or as a publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation. The tax opinion of Special Tax Counsel with respect to the issuing entity will be subject to certain assumptions, conditions and qualifications as described in detail below. Noteholders should be aware that, as of the closing date, no transaction closely comparable to that contemplated herein has been the subject of any judicial decision, Treasury Regulation or IRS revenue ruling.    Although Special Tax Counsel will issue a tax opinion to the effect described above, the IRS may successfully take a contrary position and the tax opinions are not binding on the IRS or on any court. The following discussion assumes the notes are characterized as indebtedness for U.S. federal income tax purposes. For purposes of this discussion, references to a “holder” are to the beneficial owner of a note.    The term “U.S. Holder” means a holder of a note that is, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, (i) an individual citizen or resident of the U.S., (ii) a corporation (or other entity subject to U.S. federal income taxation as a corporation) created or organized in or under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, or (iii) an estate or trust treated as a U.S. person under Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code. The term “Non-U.S. Holder” means a holder of a note other than a U.S. Holder or an entity treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

 

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Special rules, not addressed in this discussion, may apply to persons purchasing notes through entities or arrangements treated for U.S. federal income tax purposes as partnerships, and any such partnership purchasing notes and persons purchasing notes through such a partnership should consult their own tax advisors in that regard.

U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences to U.S. Holders of the Notes

Treatment of Stated Interest. It is anticipated that no class of notes offered hereunder will be issued with more than a de minimis amount (i.e., 14% of the principal amount of a class of notes multiplied by its weighted average life to maturity) of original issue discount (“OID”). In such case, the stated interest on a note will be taxable to a U.S. Holder as ordinary income when received or accrued in accordance with the noteholder’s regular method of tax accounting. Interest received on a note may constitute “investment income” for purposes of some limitations of the Code concerning the deductibility of investment interest expense.

Original Issue Discount. In general, OID is the excess of the stated redemption price at maturity of a debt instrument over its issue price, unless that excess falls within a statutorily defined de minimis exception. A note’s stated redemption price at maturity is the aggregate of all payments required to be made under the note through maturity except qualified stated interest. Qualified stated interest is generally interest that is unconditionally payable in cash or property, other than debt instruments of the issuing entity, at fixed intervals of one year or less during the entire term of the instrument at specified rates. The issue price will be the first price at which a substantial amount of the notes are sold, excluding sales to bond holders, brokers or similar persons acting as underwriters, placement agents or wholesalers.

In the case of notes issued with de minimis OID, generally, a portion of such OID is taken into income upon each principal payment on the note. Such portion equals the de minimis OID times a fraction whose numerator is the amount of principal payment made and whose denominator is the stated principal amount of the note. Such income generally is capital gain.

If the notes offered hereunder are in fact issued at a greater than de minimis discount or are treated as having been issued with OID under the Treasury Regulations, a U.S. Holder would be required to include OID in income as interest over the term of the note under a constant yield method. In general, OID must be included in income in advance of the receipt of cash representing that income. Thus, each cash distribution would be treated as an amount already included in income, to the extent OID has accrued as of the date of the interest distribution and is not allocated to prior distributions, or as a repayment of principal. This treatment would have no significant effect on U.S. Holders using the accrual method of accounting. However, a U.S. Holder using the cash method of accounting may be required to report income on the notes in advance of the receipt of cash attributable to that income.

In the case of a debt instrument (such as a note) as to which the repayment of principal may be accelerated as a result of the prepayment of other obligations securing the debt instrument, under Section 1272(a)(6) of the Code, the periodic accrual of OID is determined by taking into account (i) a reasonable prepayment assumption in accruing OID (generally, the assumption used to price the debt offering) and (ii) adjustments in the accrual of OID when prepayments do not conform to the prepayment assumption, and regulations could be adopted applying those provisions to the notes. It is unclear whether those provisions would be applicable to the notes in the absence of such regulations or whether use of a reasonable prepayment assumption may be required or permitted without reliance on these rules. If this provision applies to the notes, the amount of OID that will accrue in any given “accrual period” may either increase or decrease depending upon the actual prepayment rate. In the absence of such regulations (or statutory or other administrative clarification), any information reports or returns to the IRS and the U.S. Holders regarding OID, if any, will be based on the assumption that the receivables will prepay at a rate based on the assumption used in pricing the notes offered hereunder. However, no representation will be made regarding the prepayment rate of the receivables. See “Weighted Average Life of the Notes in this prospectus. Accordingly, we suggest prospective investors to consult with their own tax advisors regarding the impact of any prepayments under the receivables (and the OID rules) if the notes offered hereunder are issued with OID.

 

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A holder of a Short-Term Note which has a fixed maturity date not more than one year from the issue date of that note will generally not be required to include OID on the Short-Term Note in income as it accrues, provided the holder of the note is not an accrual method taxpayer, a bank, a broker or dealer that holds the note as inventory, a regulated investment company or common trust fund, or the beneficial owner of pass-through entities specified in the Code, or provided the holder does not hold the instrument as part of a hedging transaction, or as a stripped bond or stripped coupon. Instead, the holder of a Short-Term Note would include the OID accrued on the note in gross income upon a sale or exchange of the note or at maturity, or if the note is payable in installments, as principal is paid thereon. A holder of a Short-Term Note would be required to defer deductions for any interest expense on an obligation incurred to purchase or carry the note to the extent it exceeds the sum of the interest income, if any, and OID accrued on the note. However, a holder may elect to include OID in income as it accrues on all obligations having a maturity of one year or less held by the holder in that taxable year or thereafter, in which case the deferral rule of the preceding sentence will not apply. For purposes of this paragraph, OID accrues on a Short-Term Note on a ratable, straight-line basis, unless the holder irrevocably elects, under regulations to be issued by the Treasury Department, to apply a constant interest method to such obligation, using the holder’s yield to maturity and daily compounding.

If the notes are not issued with OID but a holder purchases a note at a discount greater than the de minimis amount set forth above, such discount will be market discount. Generally, a portion of each principal payment will be treated as ordinary income to the extent of the accrued market discount not previously recognized as income. Gain on sale of such note is treated as ordinary income to the extent of the accrued but not previously recognized market discount. Market discount generally accrues ratably, absent an election to base accrual on a constant yield to maturity basis. A holder who purchases a note at a premium will be subject to the “bond premium amortization” rules of the Code.

Disposition of Notes. If a U.S. Holder sells a note, the holder will recognize gain or loss in an amount equal to the difference between the amount realized on the sale and the holder’s adjusted tax basis in the note. The adjusted tax basis of the note to a particular U.S. Holder will equal the holder’s cost for the note, increased by any OID and market discount previously included by the noteholder in income from the note and decreased by any bond premium previously amortized and any principal payments previously received by the noteholder on the note. Any gain or loss will be capital gain or loss if the note was held as a capital asset, except for gain representing accrued interest or accrued market discount not previously included in income. Capital gain or loss will be long-term if the note was held by the holder for more than one year and otherwise will be short-term. Any capital losses realized generally may be used by a corporate taxpayer only to offset capital gains, and by an individual taxpayer only to the extent of capital gains plus $3,000 of other income.

Potential Acceleration of Income. An accrual method taxpayer that prepares an “applicable financial statement” (as defined in Section 451 of the Internal Revenue Code, which includes any GAAP financial statement, Form 10-K annual statement, audited financial statement or a financial statement filed with any federal agency for non-tax purposes) generally would be required to include certain items of income such as OID and possibly de minimis OID in gross income no later than the time such amounts are reflected on such a financial statement. This could result in an acceleration of income recognition for income items differing from the above description, although the precise application of this rule is unclear at this time.

Net Investment Income. Certain non-corporate U.S. Holders will be subject to a 3.8 percent tax, in addition to regular tax on income and gains, on some or all of their “net investment income,” which generally will include interest, original issue discount and market discount realized on a note and any net gain recognized upon a disposition of a note. U.S. Holders should consult their tax advisors regarding the applicability of this tax in respect of their notes.

Information Reporting and Backup Withholding. The issuing entity will be required to report annually to the IRS, and to each noteholder of record, the amount of interest paid on the notes, and the amount of interest withheld for U.S. federal income taxes, if any, for each calendar year, except as to exempt holders which are, generally, corporations, tax-exempt organizations, qualified pension and profit-sharing trusts, individual retirement accounts or nonresident aliens who provide certification as to their status. Each U.S. Holder will be required to provide to the issuing entity, under penalties of perjury, IRS Form W-9 or other similar form containing the holder’s

 

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name, address, correct federal taxpayer identification number and a statement that the holder is not subject to backup withholding. If a nonexempt noteholder fails to provide the required certification, the issuing entity will be required to withhold at the currently applicable rate from interest otherwise payable to the holder, and remit the withheld amount to the IRS as a credit against the holder’s U.S. federal income tax liability. Holders should consult their tax advisors regarding the application of the backup withholding and information reporting rules to their particular circumstances.

Because the depositor will not treat the issuing entity as an association or publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation, and will treat all notes as indebtedness for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the depositor will not comply with the tax reporting requirements that would apply under any alternative characterizations of the issuing entity.

U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences to Non-U.S. Holders

If interest paid to or accrued by a Non-U.S. Holder is not effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States by the Non-U.S. Holder (or under certain tax treaties is not attributable to a United States permanent establishment maintained by the Non-U.S. Holder), the interest generally will be considered “portfolio interest”, and generally will not be subject to U.S. federal income tax and withholding tax, as long as the Non-U.S. Holder:

 

 

is not actually or constructively a “10 percent shareholder” of the issuing entity or the depositor, including a holder of 10 percent of the applicable outstanding certificates, or a “controlled foreign corporation” with respect to which the issuing entity or the depositor is a “related person” within the meaning of the Code, and

 

 

provides an appropriate statement on IRS Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E signed under penalties of perjury, certifying that the Non-U.S. Holder is a Foreign Person and providing that Non-U.S. Holder’s name and address. If the information provided in this statement changes, the Non-U.S. Holder must so inform the issuing entity within 30 days of change.

If the interest were not portfolio interest or if applicable certification requirements were not satisfied, then the interest would be subject to U.S. federal income and withholding tax at a rate of 30 percent unless reduced or eliminated pursuant to an applicable tax treaty. Non-U.S. Holders should consult their tax advisors with respect to the application of the withholding and information reporting regulations to their particular circumstances.

Any capital gain realized on the sale, redemption, retirement or other taxable disposition of a note by a Non-U.S. Holder will be exempt from U.S. federal income and withholding tax, provided that:

 

 

the gain is not effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business in the United States by the Non-U.S. Holder (or under certain tax treaties is not attributable to a United States permanent establishment maintained by the Non-U.S. Holder); and

 

 

in the case of a Non-U.S. Holder that is an individual, the Non-U.S. Holder is not present in the United States for 183 days or more in the taxable year.

If the interest, gain or income on a note held by a Non-U.S. Holder is effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business in the United States by the Non-U.S. Holder (and under certain tax treaties is attributable to a United States permanent establishment maintained by the Non-U.S. Holder), the holder, although exempt from the withholding tax previously discussed if an appropriate statement is furnished, generally will be subject to U.S. federal income tax on the interest, gain or income at regular federal income tax rates. In addition, if the Non-U.S. Holder is a foreign corporation, it may be subject to a branch profits tax equal to the currently applicable rate of its “effectively connected earnings and profits” within the meaning of the Code for the taxable year, as adjusted for specified items, unless it qualifies for a lower rate under an applicable tax treaty.

 

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FATCA. Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code (commonly known as (“FATCA”))impose additional reporting requirements on certain Foreign Persons, including certain foreign financial institutions and non-financial foreign entities. Such Foreign Persons must comply with information gathering and reporting rules with respect to their U.S. account holders and investors, and, in the case of certain foreign financial institutions, may be required to enter into agreements with the IRS or comply with an applicable intergovernmental agreement pursuant to which such foreign financial institution must gather and report certain information to the IRS or to the tax authority in its country of residence and withhold U.S. tax from certain payments made by it. Such Foreign Persons that fail to comply with the FATCA requirements will be subject to a 30% withholding tax on U.S. source payments, including interest and original issue discount, and, under rules previously scheduled to take effect beginning January 1, 2019, on gross proceeds from the sale of any equity or debt instruments of U.S. issuers. Treasury Regulations were recently published in proposed form that eliminate withholding on payments of gross proceeds from such dispositions. Pursuant to these proposed Treasury Regulations, the issuing entity and any withholding agent may rely on this change to FATCA withholding until the final Treasury Regulations are issued. Such withholding could apply to payments regardless of whether they are made to such Foreign Person in its capacity as a holder of a note or in a capacity of holding a note for the account of another. The issuing entity will not pay additional amounts in respect of FATCA withholding tax. Accordingly, if a noteholder (or possibly an intermediary through which a noteholder holds its notes) is subject to FATCA withholding, the noteholder will receive significantly less than the amount that the noteholder would have otherwise received with respect to the notes. Certain countries have entered into, and other countries are expected to enter into, agreements with the U.S. to facilitate the type of information reporting required under FATCA. While the existence of such agreements will not eliminate the risk that notes will be subject to the withholding described above, these agreements are expected to reduce the risk of the withholding for investors in (or indirectly holding notes through financial institutions in) those countries. It is suggested that prospective investors consult their own tax advisors on how these rules may apply to payments they receive under the notes.

Tax Regulations for Related-Party Note Acquisitions

The United States Department of the Treasury and the IRS recently issued Treasury Regulations under Section 385 of the Code that address the debt or equity treatment of instruments held by certain parties related to the issuing entity. In particular, in certain circumstances, a note that otherwise would be treated as debt is treated as stock for U.S. federal income tax purposes during periods in which the note is held by an applicable related party (meaning a member of an “expanded group” that includes the issuing entity (or its owner(s)), generally based on a group of corporations or controlled partnerships connected through 80% direct or indirect ownership links). Under these Treasury Regulations, any notes treated as stock under these rules could result in adverse tax consequences to such related party Holder, including that U.S. federal withholding taxes could apply to distributions on the notes. If the issuing entity were to become liable for any such withholding or failure to so withhold, the resulting impositions could reduce the cash flow that would otherwise be available to make payments on all notes. In addition, when a recharacterized note is acquired by a beneficial owner that is not an applicable related party, that note is generally treated as reissued for U.S. federal income tax purposes and thus may have tax characteristics differing from notes of the same class that were not previously held by a related party. The issuing entity does not intend to separately track any such notes. As a result of considerations arising from these rules, prospective investors should be aware that, if they purchase notes, they may be restricted in certain circumstances from investing in certificates through certain affiliates covered by these Treasury Regulations that are generally United States persons for U.S. federal income tax purposes. The issuing entity does not expect that these Treasury Regulations will apply to any of the notes. However, these Treasury Regulations are complex and have not been applied by the IRS or any court. In addition, the IRS has reserved certain portions of the Treasury Regulations pending its further consideration. Prospective investors should note that the Treasury Regulations are complex and we urge you to consult your tax advisors regarding the possible effects of these rules.

Possible Alternative Treatments of the Notes and the Issuing Entity

Although, as discussed above, it is the opinion of Special Tax Counsel that the notes will be characterized as debt for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the IRS may take a contrary position. If the IRS were to contend successfully that any class of notes were not debt for U.S. federal income tax purposes, such notes might be treated as equity interests in the issuing entity. As a result, even if the depositor or other single person was the sole certificateholder of the issuing entity, the issuing entity would be considered to have multiple equity owners and might be classified for U.S. federal income tax purposes as an association taxable as a corporation or as a

 

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partnership. (Additionally, even if all the notes were treated as debt for U.S. federal income tax purposes, but there is more than one person (and all such persons are not treated as the same person for U.S. federal income tax purposes) holding a certificate (or interest therein), the issuing entity may be considered to have multiple equity owners and might be classified for U.S. federal income tax purposes as an association taxable as a corporation or as a partnership.)

A partnership is generally not subject to an entity level tax for U.S. federal income tax purposes, while an association or corporation is subject to an entity level tax. If the issuing entity were treated as a partnership (which most likely would not be treated as a publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation) and one or more classes of notes were treated as equity interests in that partnership, each item of income, gain, loss, deduction, and credit generated through the ownership of the receivables by the partnership would be passed through to the partners, including the affected holders, according to their respective interests therein. Under current law, the income reportable by noteholders as partners in such a partnership could differ from the income reportable by the noteholders as holders of debt. Generally, such differences are not expected to be material; however, certain noteholders may have adverse tax consequences. For example, cash basis noteholders might be required to report income when it accrues to the partnership rather than when it is received by the noteholders. Payments on the recharacterized notes would likely be treated as “guaranteed payments” within the meaning of Section 707 of the Code, in which case the amount and timing of income to a U.S. Holder would generally not be expected to materially differ from that which would be the case were the notes not recharacterized. On the other hand, if payments are not treated as “guaranteed payments”, note that U.S. Holders would be taxed on the partnership income regardless of when distributions are made to them and are not entitled to deduct miscellaneous itemized deductions that are not allocable to a trade or business (which may include their share of partnership expenses) for the tax years 2018-2025. In addition, to the extent partnership expenses are treated as allocable to a trade or business, the amount or value of interest expense deductions available to the holders of recharacterized notes with respect to the issuing entity’s interest expense may be limited under the rules of Section 163(j) of the Code. Any income allocated to a noteholder that is a tax-exempt entity may constitute unrelated business taxable income because all or a portion of the issuing entity’s taxable income may be considered debt-financed. The receipt of unrelated business taxable income by a tax-exempt noteholder could give rise to additional tax liability to such tax-exempt holder. Depending on the circumstances, a noteholder that is a Foreign Person might be required to file a United States individual or corporate income tax return, as the case may be, and it is possible that (i) such person may be subject to (x) withholding of tax on purchase price paid to it in the event of a disposition of the note (treated as a partnership interest) and (y) tax (and withholding) on its allocable interest at regular U.S. rates and, in the case of a corporation, a 30% branch profits tax rate (unless reduced or eliminated pursuant to an applicable tax treaty) or (ii) gross income allocated to such person may be subject to 30% withholding tax (i.e., unreduced by any interest deductions or other expenses) unless reduced or eliminated pursuant to an applicable tax treaty.

If the issuing entity is treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the partnership audit rules would generally apply to the issuing entity. Under these rules, unless an entity elects otherwise, taxes arising from audit adjustments are required to be paid by the entity rather than by its partners or members. The parties responsible for the tax administration of the issuing entity described herein will have the authority to utilize, and intend to utilize, any exceptions available under these provisions (including any changes) and IRS regulations so that the issuing entity’s members, to the fullest extent possible, rather than the issuing entity itself, will be liable for any taxes arising from audit adjustments to the issuing entity’s taxable income if the issuing entity is treated as a partnership. It is unclear to what extent these elections will be available to the issuing entity and how any such elections may affect the procedural rules available to challenge any audit adjustment that would otherwise be available in the absence of any such elections. Prospective investors are urged to consult with their tax advisors regarding the possible effect of these rules.

If, alternatively, the issuing entity were treated as either an association taxable as a corporation or a publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation, the issuing entity would be subject to U.S. federal income taxes at corporate tax rates on its taxable income generated by ownership of the receivables. Moreover, distributions by the issuing entity to all or some of the noteholders would probably not be deductible in computing the issuing entity’s taxable income and all or part of the distributions to noteholders would probably be treated as dividends. Such an entity-level tax could result in reduced distributions to noteholders and adversely affect the issuing entity’s ability to make payments of principal and interest with respect to the notes. To the extent distributions on such notes were treated as dividends, a non-U.S. Holder would generally be subject to tax (and withholding) on the gross amount of such dividends at a rate of 30% unless reduced or eliminated pursuant to an applicable income tax treaty.

 

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STATE AND LOCAL TAX CONSEQUENCES

The discussion above does not address the tax consequences of purchase, ownership or disposition of the notes under any state or local tax law. We encourage prospective investors to consult with their own tax advisors regarding state and local tax consequences.

The above discussion does not address the tax treatment of the issuing entity, notes, or noteholders under any state or local tax laws. The activities to be undertaken by the servicer in servicing and collecting the receivables will take place throughout the United States and, therefore, many different tax regimes potentially apply to different portions of these transactions. Additionally, it is possible a state or local jurisdiction may assert its right to impose tax on the issuing entity with respect to its income related to receivables collected from customers located in such jurisdiction. It is also possible that a state may require that a noteholder treated as an equity-owner (including non-resident holders) file state income tax returns with the state pertaining to receivables collected from customers located in such state (and may require withholding on related income). Certain states have also recently enacted partnership audit rules that correspond with the audit rules that now apply to partnerships for U.S. federal income tax purposes, and similar considerations apply to those state partnership audit rules as apply to the current federal partnership audit rules. Prospective investors are urged to consult with their tax advisors regarding the state and local tax treatment of the issuing entity as well as any state and local tax considerations for them of purchasing, holding and disposing of notes or membership interests.

TAX SHELTER DISCLOSURE AND INVESTOR LIST REQUIREMENTS

Treasury Regulations directed at “potentially abusive” tax shelter activity can apply to transactions not conventionally regarded as tax shelters. These regulations require taxpayers to report certain information on IRS Form 8886 if they participate in a “reportable transaction” and to retain certain information relating to such transactions. Organizers and sellers of the transaction are required to maintain records including investor lists containing identifying information and to furnish those records to the IRS upon demand. A transaction may be a “reportable transaction” based upon any of several indicia, one or more of which may be present with respect to your investment in the notes. You may be required to report your investment in the notes even if your notes are treated as debt for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Significant penalties can be imposed for failure to comply with these disclosure and investor list requirements. Prospective investors should consult their tax advisors concerning any possible disclosure obligation with respect to their investment.

We suggest prospective investors consult with their tax advisors concerning any possible disclosure obligation with respect to your investment in the notes, and should be aware that the transferor and other participants in the transaction intend to comply with such disclosure and investor list requirement as each participant in its own discretion determines apply to them with respect to this transaction.

CERTAIN CONSIDERATIONS FOR ERISA AND OTHER U.S. EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS

Subject to the following discussion, the notes may be acquired with the assets of an “employee benefit plan” as defined in Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”), that is subject to Title I of ERISA, a “plan” as defined in and subject to Section 4975 of the Code, or an entity deemed to hold plan assets of the foregoing by reason of any employee benefit plan’s or plan’s investment in such entity (each, a “benefit plan investor”), as well as by governmental plans (as defined in Section 3(32) of ERISA) and church plans. Section 406 of ERISA and Section 4975 of the Code prohibit benefit plan investors from engaging in certain transactions with persons that are “parties in interest” under ERISA or “disqualified persons” under the Code with respect to such benefit plan investor. A violation of these “prohibited transaction” rules may result in an excise tax or other penalties and liabilities under ERISA and the Code for such persons or the fiduciaries of such benefit plan investor. In addition, Title I of ERISA requires fiduciaries of a benefit plan investor subject to ERISA to make investments that are prudent, diversified and in accordance with the governing plan documents. Additionally, governmental plans, although not subject to the fiduciary and prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, may be subject to substantially similar restrictions under applicable state, local or other law (“Similar Law”). Governmental and certain church plans are also subject to the prohibited transaction rules in Section 503(b) of the Code.

 

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Certain transactions involving the issuing entity might be deemed to constitute prohibited transactions under ERISA and the Code with respect to a benefit plan investor that acquired notes if assets of the issuing entity were deemed to be assets of the benefit plan investor. Under a regulation issued by the U.S. Department of Labor, as modified by Section 3(42) of ERISA (the “regulation”), the assets of the issuing entity would be treated as plan assets of a benefit plan investor for the purposes of ERISA and the Code only if the benefit plan investor acquired an “equity interest” in the issuing entity and none of the exceptions to plan assets contained in the regulation were applicable. An equity interest is defined under the regulation as an interest other than an instrument which is treated as indebtedness under applicable local law and which has no substantial equity features. Although there is little guidance on the subject, it is anticipated that, at the time of their issuance, the notes should be treated as indebtedness of the issuing entity without substantial equity features for purposes of the regulation. This determination is based upon the traditional debt features of the notes, including the reasonable expectation of purchasers of notes that the notes will be repaid when due, traditional default remedies, as well as on the absence of conversion rights, warrants and other typical equity features. The debt treatment of the notes for ERISA purposes could change subsequent to their issuance if the issuing entity incurs losses. [This risk of recharacterization is enhanced for notes that are subordinated to other classes of securities.] In the event of a withdrawal or downgrade to below investment grade of the rating of the notes or a characterization of the notes as other than indebtedness under applicable local law, the subsequent acquisition of the notes or interests therein by a benefit plan investor or other employee benefit plan or retirement arrangement that is subject to Similar Law is prohibited.

However, without regard to whether the notes are treated as an equity interest in the issuing entity for purposes of the regulation, the acquisition or holding of notes by or on behalf of a benefit plan investor could be considered to give rise to a prohibited transaction if the issuing entity, the depositor, the originator, the servicer, the administrator, the underwriters, the owner trustee, the indenture trustee [, the [swap] [cap] counterparty] or any of their affiliates is or becomes a party in interest or a disqualified person with respect to such benefit plan investors. Certain exemptions from the prohibited transaction rules could be applicable to the acquisition and holding of notes by a benefit plan investor depending on the type and circumstances of the plan fiduciary making the decision to acquire such notes and the relationship of the party in interest or disqualified person to the benefit plan investor. Included among these exemptions are: Section 408(b)(17) of ERISA and Section 4975(d)(20) of the Code for certain transactions between a benefit plan investor and persons who are parties in interest or disqualified persons solely by reason of providing services to the benefit plan investor or being affiliated with such service providers; Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption (“PTCE”) 96-23, regarding transactions effected by “in-house asset managers;” PTCE 95-60, regarding investments by insurance company general accounts; PTCE 91-38, regarding investments by bank collective investment funds; PTCE 90-1, regarding investments by insurance company pooled separate accounts; and PTCE 84-14, regarding transactions effected by “qualified professional asset managers.” Even if the conditions specified in one or more of these exemptions are met, the scope of the relief provided by these exemptions might or might not cover all acts which might be construed as prohibited transactions. There can be no assurance that any of these, or any other exemption, will be available with respect to any particular transaction involving the notes, and prospective purchasers that are benefit plan investors should consult with their legal advisors regarding the applicability of any such exemption.

In addition, because the issuing entity, the depositor, the originator, the servicer, the administrator, the underwriters and their respective affiliates (collectively, the “Transaction Parties”) may receive certain benefits in connection with the sale or holding of the notes, the purchase of any of the notes using assets of a benefit plan investor over which any of the Transaction Parties has investment authority, or renders investment advice for a fee with respect to the assets of the benefit plan investor, or is the employer or other sponsor of such benefit plan investor, may be deemed to be a violation of a provision of Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code. Accordingly, the notes may not be purchased or acquired using the assets of any benefit plan investor if a Transaction Party has investment authority or renders investment advice for a fee with respect to the assets of such benefit plan investor, or is the employer or other sponsor of such benefit plan investor, unless an applicable prohibited transaction exemption is available to cover the purchase or holding of any such notes or the transaction is not otherwise prohibited.

By acquiring a note (or interest therein), each purchaser or transferee (and its fiduciary, if applicable) will be deemed to represent and warrant that either (a) it is not acquiring and will not hold such note (or interest therein) with the assets of a benefit plan investor or an employee benefit plan or retirement arrangement that is subject to Similar Law or (b)(i) such note is rated at least “BBB-” or its equivalent by a nationally recognized statistical rating agency at the time of purchase or transfer and (ii) its acquisition, holding and disposition of the note (or interest therein) will not give rise to a nonexempt prohibited transaction under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code or a violation of any Similar Law.

 

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A plan fiduciary considering the acquisition of notes (or interest therein) should consult its legal advisors regarding the matters discussed above and other applicable legal requirements.

The sale of notes (or interest therein) to a benefit plan investor or any other employee benefit plan or retirement arrangement is in no respect a representation that this investment meets all relevant legal requirements with respect to investments by benefit plan investors or any other employee benefit plans or retirement arrangements generally or for any particular benefit plan investor or any other employee benefit plan or retirement arrangement, or that this investment is appropriate for benefit plan investors or any other employee benefit plans or retirement arrangements generally or any particular benefit plan investor or any other employee benefit plan or retirement arrangement.

UNDERWRITING

Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the underwriting agreement relating to the [Class A] notes, the depositor has agreed to sell and the underwriters named below have severally but not jointly agreed to purchase the principal amount of the notes set forth opposite its name below:

 

Underwriter

   Class A-1
Notes
(1)
     Class  A-2[-A]
Notes
(1)[ (2)]
     [Class  A-2-B
Notes
(1) (2)]
     Class A-3
Notes
(1)
     Class A-4
Notes
(1)
     [Class B
Notes(1)]
     Total  
   $        $        $        $        $        $        $    
   $        $        $        $        $        $        $    
   $        $        $        $        $        $        $    
   $        $        $        $        $        $        $    
   $        $        $        $        $        $        $    
   $        $        $        $        $        $        $    
   $        $        $        $        $        $        $    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $        $ [(3)]       $ [(3)]       $        $        $        $    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(1) 

All or a portion of one or more classes of notes may be initially retained by the depositor or an affiliate thereof.

[(2) 

The allocation of the initial principal amount between the Class A-2-A notes and Class A-2-B notes will be determined at the time of pricing.]

[(3) 

The aggregate initial principal amount of the Class A-2-A notes and the Class A-2-B notes will be $[    ].]

The underwriting agreement provides that the obligations of the underwriters are subject to certain conditions precedent and that the underwriters will be obligated to purchase all the notes if any are purchased. The underwriting agreement provides that, in the event of a default by an underwriter, in certain circumstances the purchase commitments of the non-defaulting underwriters may be increased or the underwriting agreement may be terminated.

The depositor has been advised by the underwriters that the underwriters propose to offer the notes to the public initially at the offering prices set forth on the cover page of this prospectus, and to certain dealers at these prices less the concessions and reallowance discounts set forth below:

 

Class

   Selling Concession      Reallowance Discount  

Class A-1 Notes

     %        %  

Class A-2[-A] Notes

     %        %  

[Class A-2-B Notes

     %        %

Class A-3Notes

     %        %  

Class A-4 Notes

     %        %  

[Class B Notes

     %        %

If all of the classes of notes are not sold at the initial offering price, the underwriters may change the offering price and other selling terms. After the initial public offering, the underwriters may change the public offering price and selling concessions and reallowance discounts to dealers.

 

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[If market conditions permit, the depositor may decide to increase the amount of notes being offered and the size of the related pool of motor vehicles loans in a particular transaction subsequent to the delivery of the prospectus. If the pool balance of the portfolio of motor vehicle loans, the amount of each class of notes and the credit enhancement related thereto are proportionally increased, and if there are no material changes to the composition of the portfolio of motor vehicle loans on a percentage basis, then it is expected that no additional disclosure would be provided prior to the time the notes are sold.]

The depositor and VW Credit have agreed, jointly and severally, to indemnify the underwriters against certain liabilities, including civil liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or to contribute to payments which the underwriters may be required to make in respect thereto. In the opinion of the SEC, such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and may, therefore, be unenforceable.

Until the distribution of the [Class A] notes is completed, rules of the SEC may limit the ability of the underwriters and certain selling group members to bid for and purchase the [Class A] notes. As an exception to these rules, the underwriters are permitted to engage in certain transactions that stabilize the prices of the [Class A] notes. Such transactions consist of bids or purchases for the purpose of pegging, fixing or maintaining the price of such [Class A] notes.

The underwriters may engage in over-allotment transactions, stabilizing transactions, syndicate covering transactions and penalty bids with respect to the [Class A] notes in accordance with Regulation M under the Exchange Act. Over-allotment transactions involve syndicate sales in excess of the offering size, which creates a syndicate short position. Stabilizing transactions permit bids to purchase the [Class A] notes so long as the stabilizing bids do not exceed a specified maximum. Syndicate coverage transactions involve purchases of the [Class A] notes in the open market after the distribution has been completed in order to cover syndicate short positions. Penalty bids permit the underwriters to reclaim a selling concession from a syndicate member when the [Class A] notes originally sold by the syndicate member are purchased in a syndicate covering transaction. These over-allotment transactions, stabilizing transactions, syndicate covering transactions and penalty bids may cause the prices of the [Class A] notes to be higher than they would otherwise be in the absence of these transactions. Neither the depositor nor any of the underwriters will represent that they will engage in any of these transactions or that these transactions, once commenced, will not be discontinued without notice.

[It is expected that delivery of the notes will be made against payment therefor on or about the closing date. Rule 15c6-1 of the SEC under the Exchange Act generally requires trades in the secondary market to settle in two business days, unless the parties to any such trade expressly agree otherwise. Accordingly, purchasers who wish to trade notes on the date hereof will be required, by virtue of the fact that the notes initially will settle more than three business days after the date hereof, to specify an alternate settlement cycle at the time of any such trade to prevent a failed settlement. It is suggested that purchasers of notes who wish to trade notes on the date hereof consult their own advisors.]

[Upon receipt of a request by an investor who has received an electronic prospectus from an underwriter or a request by that investor’s representative within the period during which there is an obligation to deliver a prospectus, VW Credit, the depositor or the underwriters will promptly deliver, or cause to be delivered, without charge, a paper copy of this prospectus.]

In the ordinary course of its business one or more of the underwriters and affiliates have provided, and in the future may provide other investment banking and commercial banking services to the depositor, the servicer, the issuing entity and their affiliates. [One of the underwriters, or its affiliates, may be the [swap] [cap] counterparty under the interest rate [swap] [cap] agreement.] [[    ], the [owner][indenture] trustee[, [    ], the issuer Delaware trustee] and [    ], one of the underwriters, are affiliates.]

[As discussed under “Use of Proceeds” above, the depositor or its affiliates may apply all or any portion of the net proceeds of this offering to the repayment warehouse debt secured by the receivables prior to their contribution to the issuing entity. One or more of the underwriters, the owner trustee, the indenture trustee, or their respective affiliates or entities for which their respective affiliates act as administrator and/or provide liquidity lines, may receive a portion of the proceeds as a repayment of the debt.]

 

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The indenture trustee, on behalf of the issuing entity and at the direction of the servicer, may from time to time invest the funds in accounts and Permitted Investments acquired from the underwriters or their affiliates.

The [Class A] notes are new issues of securities with no established trading market. The underwriters tell us that they intend to make a market in the [Class A] notes as permitted by applicable laws and regulations. However, the underwriters are not obligated to make a market in the [Class A] notes and any such market-making may be discontinued at any time at the sole discretion of the underwriters. Accordingly, we give no assurance regarding the liquidity of, or trading markets for, the [Class A] notes.

The depositor will receive aggregate proceeds of approximately $[    ] from the sale of the [Class A] notes (representing approximately [    ]% of the initial note balance of the [Class A] notes) after paying the aggregate underwriting discount of $[    ] on the [Class A] notes. Additional offering expenses are estimated to be $[    ].

Certain of the offered notes initially may be retained by the depositor or an affiliate of the depositor (the “Retained Notes”). Any Retained Notes will not be sold to the underwriters under the underwriting agreement. Retained Notes may be subsequently sold from time to time to purchasers directly by the depositor or through underwriters, broker-dealers or agents who may receive compensation in the form of discounts, concessions or commissions from the depositor or the purchasers of the Retained Notes. If the Retained Notes are sold through underwriters or broker-dealers, the depositor will be responsible for underwriting discounts or commissions or agent’s commissions. The Retained Notes may be sold in one or more transactions at fixed prices, prevailing market prices at the time of sale, varying prices determined at the time of sale or negotiated prices.

Offering Restrictions

Each underwriter has severally represented to and agreed with the issuing entity that:

 

 

it will not offer or sell any notes within the United States, its territories or possessions or to persons who are citizens thereof or residents therein, except in transactions that are not prohibited by any securities, bank regulatory or other applicable law that applies to such underwriter; and

 

 

it will not offer or sell any notes in any other country, its territories or possessions or to persons who are citizens thereof or residents therein, except in transactions that are not prohibited by any applicable securities law.

Each underwriter has further severally represented to and agreed with the issuing entity that:

 

 

it has only communicated or caused to be communicated and will only communicate or cause to be communicated an invitation or inducement to engage in investment activity (within the meaning of Section 21 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 of the United Kingdom, as amended (“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 the issuing entity or the depositor; and

 

 

it has complied and will comply with all applicable provisions of the FSMA with respect to anything done by it in relation to any notes in, from or otherwise involving the United Kingdom.

Each underwriter has further represented and agreed that it has not offered, sold or otherwise made available and will not offer, sell or otherwise make available any notes to any retail investor in the European Economic Area. 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, (ii) a customer within the meaning of Directive (EU) 2016/97 (as amended), 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; and

 

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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 the notes.

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This prospectus, including information included or incorporated by reference in this prospectus, may contain certain forward-looking statements. In addition, certain statements made in future SEC filings by the issuing entity or the depositor, in press releases and in oral and written statements made by or with the issuing entity’s or the depositor’s approval may constitute forward-looking statements. Statements that are not historical facts, including statements about beliefs and expectations, are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements include information relating to, among other things, continued and increased business competition, an increase in delinquencies (including increases due to worsening of economic conditions), changes in demographics, changes in local, regional or national business, economic, political and social conditions, regulatory and accounting initiatives, changes in customer preferences, and costs of integrating new businesses and technologies, many of which are beyond the control of VW Credit, the issuing entity or the depositor. Forward-looking statements also include statements using words such as “expect,” “anticipate,” “hope,” “intend,” “plan,” “believe,” “estimate” or similar expressions. The issuing entity and the depositor have based these forward-looking statements on their current plans, estimates and projections, and you should not unduly rely on them.

Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance. They involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions, including the risks discussed below. Future performance and actual results may differ materially from those expressed in these forward-looking statements. Many of the factors that will determine these results and values are beyond the ability of VW Credit, the issuing entity or the depositor to control or predict. The forward-looking statements made in this prospectus speak only as of the date stated on the cover of this prospectus. The issuing entity and the depositor undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

[Other than as described under “The Sponsor – [    ] in this prospectus, there][There] are no legal or governmental proceedings pending, or to the knowledge of the sponsor, contemplated, against the sponsor, depositor, issuing entity, servicer or originator, or of which any property of the foregoing is the subject, that are material to noteholders.

Each of the owner trustee and the indenture trustee has represented to the issuing entity that it is not a party to any current legal proceedings that are not already described in this prospectus, nor is its management aware of any legal proceedings threatened against it that, if determined adversely to such party, would be expected to be material to investors.

LEGAL MATTERS

Certain legal matters relating to the notes will be passed upon for the servicer and the depositor by [_____], Attorney for VW Credit. Certain other legal matters with respect to the notes, including U.S. federal income tax matters, will be passed upon for the servicer and the depositor by Mayer Brown LLP, Chicago, Illinois. Mayer Brown LLP has from time to time represented VW Credit and its affiliates in other transactions. [_____] will act as counsel for the underwriters.

 

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GLOSSARY

Adjusted Pool Balance” means (a) as of the closing date, an amount equal to (x) the net pool balance as of the cut-off date minus (y) the yield supplement overcollateralization amount for the closing date and (b) for any payment date an amount equal to (x) the net pool balance at the end of the collection period preceding that payment date minus (y) the yield supplement overcollateralization amount for that payment date.

Available Funds” means, for any payment date and the related collection period, if any, an amount equal to the sum of the following amounts: (i) all Collections received by the servicer during such collection period, (ii) the sum of the repurchase prices deposited in the collection account with respect to each receivable that will be purchased by VW Credit, the depositor or the servicer on that payment date, [and] (iii) any amounts in the reserve account in excess of the Specified Reserve Account Balance, [(iv) the Net Swap Receipts (excluding any [swap] [cap] termination payments received from the [swap] [cap] counterparty and deposited into the [swap] [cap] termination payment account), (v) amounts on deposit in the [swap] [cap] termination payment account that exceed the cost of entering into a replacement interest rate [swap] [cap] agreement or any amounts on deposit in the [swap] [cap] termination payment account if the issuing determines not to replace the initial interest rate [swap] [cap] agreement and the Rating Agency Condition is met with respect to such determination, and (vi) the amount by which any amounts received from a replacement swap counterparty in consideration for entering into a replacement swap agreement exceeds the payments due to the swap counterparty following the termination of the interest rate swap agreement following an event of default or termination event under the interest rate swap agreement].

[“Controlling Class” means, with respect to any notes outstanding, the Class A notes (voting together as a single class) as long as any Class A notes are outstanding, and thereafter the Class B notes as long as any Class B notes are outstanding (excluding, in each case, notes held by the servicer or its affiliates).]

Collections” means, with respect to any receivable and to the extent received by the servicer after the cut-off date, (i) any monthly payment by or on behalf of the obligor under that receivable, (ii) any full or partial prepayment of that receivable, (iii) all Liquidation Proceeds and (iv) any other amounts received by the servicer which, in accordance with the customary servicing practices, would customarily be applied to the payment of accrued interest or to reduce the outstanding principal balance of that receivable; provided, however, that the term Collections in no event will include (1) for any payment date, any amounts in respect of any receivable the repurchase price of which has been included in the Available Funds on that payment date or a prior payment date, (2) any Supplemental Servicing Fees or (3) rebates of premiums with respect to the cancellation or termination of any insurance policy, extended warranty or service contract that was not financed by that receivable.

Defaulted Receivable means, with respect to any collection period, any receivable as to which (a) any payment is past due 90 or more days or (b) the date on which the related vehicle has been repossessed. The outstanding principal balance of any receivable that becomes a “Defaulted Receivable” will be deemed to be zero as of the date it becomes a “Defaulted Receivable”.

Financial Institution” means any securities clearing organization, bank or other financial institution that holds customers’ securities in the ordinary course of its trade or business.

[“Fitch” means Fitch Ratings, Inc., or any successor that is a nationally recognized statistical rating organization.]

Foreign Person” means any person other than (i) a citizen or resident of the United States, (ii) a corporation or partnership organized in or under the laws of the United States or any state or the District of Columbia, (iii) an estate the income of which is includable in gross income for U.S. federal income tax purposes, regardless of its source, or (iv) a trust, if a United States court is able to exercise primary supervision over the administration of such trust and one (1) or more U.S. Persons has the authority to control all substantial decisions of the trust or if it has made a valid election under U.S. Treasury regulations to be treated as a domestic trust.

[“funding date“ means each date (but not more than once per week) after the closing date on which subsequent receivables are purchased by the issuing entity.]

 

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[“Funding Period“ means the period from the closing date until the earliest of (1) two full calendar months following the closing date; (2) the date the amount on deposit in the pre-funding account is $10,000 or less; and (3) the occurrence of an event of default under the indenture.]

[“LIBOR” means, with respect to any interest period, the London interbank offered rate for deposits in U.S. dollars having a maturity of one month commencing on the related LIBOR Determination Date which appears on Bloomberg Screen BBAM Page (or any successor page) [(or, with respect to the interest rate [swap] [cap] agreement, the source of LIBOR under the interest rate [swap] [cap] agreement)] as of 11:00 a.m., London time, on such LIBOR Determination Date; provided, however, that for the first interest period, LIBOR shall mean an interpolated rate for deposits based on London interbank offered rates for deposits in U.S. dollars for a period that corresponds to the actual number of days in the first interest period. If the rates used to determine LIBOR do not appear on the Bloomberg Screen BBAM Page [(or, with respect to the interest rate [swap] [cap] agreement, the source of LIBOR under the interest rate [swap] [cap] agreement)], the rates for that day will be determined on the basis of the rates at which deposits in U.S. dollars, having a maturity of one month and in a principal balance of not less than U.S. $1,000,000 are offered at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, on such LIBOR Determination Date to prime banks in the London interbank market by the reference banks. The indenture trustee will request the principal London office of each of such reference banks to provide a quotation of its rate. If at least two such quotations are provided, the rate for that day will be the arithmetic mean to the nearest 1/100,000 of 1.00% (0.0000001), with five one-millionths of a percentage point rounded upward, of all such quotations. If fewer than two such quotations are provided, the rate for that day will be the arithmetic mean to the nearest 1/100,000 of 1.00% (0.0000001), with five one-millionths of a percentage point rounded upward, of the offered per annum rates that one or more leading banks in New York City, selected by the depositor, are quoting as of approximately 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on such LIBOR Determination Date to leading European banks for United States dollar deposits for that maturity; provided that if the banks selected as aforesaid are not quoting as mentioned in this sentence, LIBOR in effect for the applicable interest period will be LIBOR in effect for the previous interest period. The reference banks are the four major banks in the London interbank market selected by the depositor.]

[“LIBOR Determination Date” means the second London Business Day prior to the closing date with respect to the first payment date and, as to each subsequent payment date, the second London Business Day prior to the immediately preceding payment date.]

Liquidation Proceeds means, with respect to any receivable, (a) insurance proceeds received by the servicer with respect to any insurance policies relating to the related financed vehicle or maintained by the obligor in connection with a receivable, (b) amounts received by the servicer in connection with that receivable pursuant to the exercise of rights under that receivable and (c) the monies collected by the servicer (from whatever source, including proceeds of a sale of the related financed vehicle, a deficiency balance recovered from the related obligor after the charge-off of that receivable or as a result of any recourse against the related dealer, if any) on that receivable other than any monthly payments by or on behalf of the obligors thereunder or any full or partial prepayment of such receivable, in each case net of any expenses (including, without limitation, any auction, painting, repair or refurbishment expenses in respect of the related financed vehicle) incurred by the servicer in connection therewith and any payments required by law to be remitted to the related obligor; provided, however, that the repurchase price for any receivable purchased by VW Credit, the depositor or the servicer will not constitute Liquidation Proceeds.

[“London Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or day on which banking institutions in London, England are authorized or obligated by law or government decree to be closed.]

[“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., or any successor that is a nationally recognized statistical rating organization.]

[“Net Swap Payment” means for the interest rate swap agreement, the net amount with respect to regularly scheduled payments, if any, owed by the issuing entity to the swap counterparty on any payment date, including prior unpaid Net Swap Payments and any accrued interest thereon under the interest rate swap agreement, but excluding Swap Termination Payments.]

[“Net Swap Receipts” means for the interest rate swap agreement, the net amounts owed by the swap counterparty to the issuing entity, if any, on any payment date, excluding any Swap Termination Payments.]

 

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Permitted Investments means (i) evidences of indebtedness, maturing within thirty (30) days after the date of loan thereof, issued by, or guaranteed by the full faith and credit of, the federal government of the USA, (ii) repurchase agreements with banking institutions or broker-dealers registered under the Exchange Act which are fully secured by obligations of the kind specified in clause (i), (iii) money market funds (a) rated not lower than the highest rating category from [___] and the highest rating category from [___] or (b) which are otherwise acceptable to each Hired Agency, as evidenced by a letter from that Hired Agency to the issuing entity or the indenture trustee, (iv) commercial paper (including commercial paper of any affiliate of the depositor, the servicer, the indenture trustee or the owner trustee) rated, at the time of investment or contractual commitment to invest therein, at least [___] (or the equivalent) by [___] and at least [___] (or the equivalent) by [___] or (v) such other investments acceptable to each Hired Agency, as evidenced by a letter from such rating agency to the issuing entity or the indenture trustee.

Prepayment Assumption” means the method used to assume the anticipated rate of prepayments in pricing a debt instrument.

[“Principal Distribution Amount” will mean for any payment date, an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (i) the Adjusted Pool Balance as of the end of the collection period preceding the related collection period, or as of the cut-off date, in the case of the first collection period, over (ii) the Adjusted Pool Balance as of the end of the related collection period, together with any portion of the Principal Distribution Amount that was to be distributed as such on any prior payment date but was not so distributed because sufficient funds were not available to make such distribution; provided, however, that if the sum of the amounts in the reserve account and the remaining Available Funds after the payments under clauses first through [eighth] under “Description of the Transaction Documents—Priority of Payments” on that payment date would be sufficient to pay in full the aggregate unpaid principal amount of all of the outstanding notes and the servicer specifies in the servicer’s certificate that amounts on deposit in the reserve account will be used to the extent necessary to pay all outstanding notes, then the Principal Distribution Amount for such payment date will mean an amount equal to the aggregate outstanding principal balance of all of the outstanding notes; and provided, further, that the Principal Distribution Amount on and after the final scheduled payment date of any class of notes will not be less than the amount that is necessary to reduce the aggregate outstanding principal balance of that class of notes to zero.]

Rating Agency Condition” means, with respect to any event or circumstance and each Hired Agency, either (a) written confirmation (which may be in the form of a letter, a press release or other publication, or a change in such Hired Agency’s published ratings criteria to this effect) by that Hired Agency that the occurrence of that event or circumstance will not cause such Hired Agency to downgrade, qualify or withdraw its rating assigned to any of the notes or (b) that such Hired Agency has been given notice of that event or circumstance at least ten days prior to the occurrence of that event or circumstance (or, if ten days’ advance notice is impracticable, as much advance notice as is practicable) and such Hired Agency shall not have issued any written notice that the occurrence of that event or circumstance will itself cause such Hired Agency to downgrade, qualify or withdraw its rating assigned to the notes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Hired Agency has any duty to review any notice given with respect to any event, and it is understood that such Hired Agency may not actually review notices received by it prior to or after the expiration of the ten (10) day period described in (b) above. Further, each Hired Agency retains the right to downgrade, qualify or withdraw its rating assigned to all or any of the notes at any time in its sole judgment even if the Rating Agency Condition with respect to an event had been previously satisfied pursuant to clause (a) or clause (b) above.

[“Receivables Purchase Price” means, with respect to subsequent receivables purchased on a funding date, [    ]% of the Subsequent Pool Balance of such subsequent receivables (provided, however, that the Receivables Purchase Price on the final funding date may be adjusted as agreed to by the depositor and the issuing entity to be less than [    ]% for the purpose of using all funds remaining on deposit in the pre-funding account to purchase subsequent receivables).]

[“Regulation” means the United States Department of Labor regulation (29 C.F.R. Section 2510.3-101) concerning the definition of what constitutes the assets of an employee benefit plan or an individual retirement account subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.]

 

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[“Scheduled Interest Method” means the method of calculating interest due on a receivable without regard to the period of time which has elapsed since the preceding payment was made, using the Scheduled Interest Method or the method known as the Rule of 78s or sum-of-the-digits method.]

SEC” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

[Senior Swap Termination Payment” means any Swap Termination Payment owed by the issuing entity to the swap counterparty under an interest rate swap agreement that is not a Subordinated Swap Termination payment.]

Short-Term Note” means any note that has a fixed maturity date of not more than one year from the issue date of that note.

[“Simple Interest Method” means the method of calculating interest due on a receivable on a daily basis based on the actual outstanding principal balance of the receivable on that date.]

Simple Interest Receivables” means receivables pursuant to which the payments due from the obligors during any month are allocated between interest, principal and other charges based on the actual date on which a payment is received and for which interest is calculated using the Simple Interest Method. For these receivables, the obligor’s payment is first applied to interest accrued as of the actual due date and then the remaining payment is applied to the unpaid outstanding principal balance and then to other charges. Accordingly, if an obligor pays the fixed monthly installment in advance of the due date, the portion of the payment allocable to interest for that period since the preceding payment will be less than it would be if the payment were made on the due date, and the portion of the payment allocable to reduce the outstanding principal balance will be correspondingly greater. Conversely, if an obligor pays the fixed monthly installment after its due date, the portion of the payment allocable to interest for the period since the preceding payment will be greater than it would be if the payment were made on the due date, and the portion of the payment allocable to reduce the outstanding principal balance will be correspondingly smaller. When necessary, an adjustment is made at the maturity of the receivable to the scheduled final payment to reflect the larger or smaller, as the case may be, allocations of payments to interest or principal under the receivable as a result of early or late payments, as the case may be. Late payments, or early payments, on a Simple Interest Receivable may result in the obligor making a greater—or smaller—number of payments than originally scheduled. The amount of additional payments required to pay the outstanding principal balance in full generally will not exceed the amount of an originally scheduled payment. If an obligor elects to prepay a Simple Interest Receivable in full, the obligor will not receive a rebate attributable to unearned finance charges. Instead, the obligor is required to pay finance charges only to, but not including, the date of prepayment. [The amount of finance charges on a Simple Interest Receivable that would have accrued from and after the date of prepayment if all monthly payments had been made as scheduled will generally be greater than the rebate on a Scheduled Interest Receivable that provides for a Rule of 78s rebate, and will generally be equal to the rebate on a Scheduled Interest Receivable that provides for a simple interest rebate, as is described in the following paragraph.]

Specified Reserve Account Balance” means, as of the closing date, $[_____], and for any payment date, [the lesser of $[_____] and the aggregate outstanding balance of the notes after giving effect to all payments of principal on that payment date].

Special Tax Counsel” means Mayer Brown LLP, as special tax counsel to the depositor.

[“S&P” S&P Global Ratings, or any successor that is a nationally recognized statistical rating organization.]

[Subordinated Swap Termination Payment” means any Swap Termination Payment owed by the issuing entity to the swap counterparty under an interest rate swap agreement where the Swap Counterparty is the “defaulting party” or sole “affected party” (other than with respect to “illegality” or a “tax event”), as each such term is defined in such interest rate swap agreement.]

 

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[“Subsequent Pool Balance” means, with respect to all of the subsequent receivables transferred on a funding date, the aggregate principal balance of such subsequent receivables as of the related subsequent cut-off date.]

Supplemental Servicing Fees” means any and all (i) late fees, (ii) extension fees, (iii) non-sufficient funds charges and (iv) any and all other administrative fees or similar charges allowed by applicable law with respect to any receivable.

[“Swap Termination Payment” means payments due to the swap counterparty by the issuing entity or to the issuing entity by the swap counterparty under the interest rate swap agreement, including interest that may accrue thereon, due to a termination of the interest rate swap agreement due to an “event of default” or “termination event” under the interest rate swap agreement.]

 

 

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INDEX OF PRINCIPAL TERMS

 

61-Day Delinquent Receivables

     87  

AAA

     90  

ABS

     67  

ABS Tables

     68  

adjusted pool balance

     14  

Adjusted Pool Balance

     135  

administration agreement

     84  

administrator

     6, 41  

advance

     95  

amortization period

     12  

asset representations review agreement

     84  

asset representations reviewer

     7  

Asset Review

     89  

asset-level data

     66  

authorized persons

     2  

Available Funds

     135  

Bankruptcy Code

     117  

bankruptcy court

     118  

bankruptcy events

     105  

benefit plan investor

     129  

business day

     78  

Cap Rate

     82  

Cap Receipt

     82  

certificate

     7  

CFPB

     26  

clean-up call

     9  

Clearstream

     76  

closing date

     7  

Code

     122  

collection period

     91  

Collections

     135  

contract rate

     10  

Controlling Class

     135  

cut-off date

     10  

Defaulted Receivable

     135  

Delinquency Percentage

     87  

Delinquency Trigger

     87  

depositor

     6, 46  

DoD

     34  

Dodd-Frank Act

     25, 118  

DTC

     2, 75  

EEA

     122  

Eligibility Representations

     85  

ERISA

     129  

EU

     122  

EU Securitization Regulation

     122  

EU Securitization Rules

     122  

Euroclear

     76  

event of default

     9, 105  

excess interest

     15  

FATCA

     127  

FCA

     30  

final scheduled payment date

     79  

financed vehicles

     10  

Financial Institution

     135  

First Allocation of Principal

     96  

Fitch

     135  

floating rate notes

     7  

Foreign Person

     135  

FSMA

     2, 133  

FTC Rule

     115  

funding date

     12  

Funding Date

     135  

Funding Period

     136  

HDC Rule

     115  

Hired Agencies

     17  

IBA

     30  

ICE LIBOR

     30  

indenture

     84  

indenture trustee

     6, 45  

Instituting Noteholders

     88  

interest rate cap agreement

     82  

interest rate swap agreement

     80  

Internal Revenue Code

     43  

Investment Company Act

     17, 121  

IRS

     123  

issue Delaware trustee

     44  

issuer trustee

     7  

issuing entity

     6, 41  

issuing entity property

     10, 43  

LIBOR

     136  

LIBOR Determination Date

     136  

Liquidation Proceeds

     136  

London Business Day

     136  

MIFID II

     3  

MLA

     34  

monthly remittance condition

     92  

Moody’s

     136  

net pool balance

     9  

net swap payment

     16  

Net Swap Payment

     136  

Net Swap Receipts

     136  

Non-U.S. Holder

     124  

Note Factor

     75  

Noteholder Direction

     88  

noteholders

     78  
 

 

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obligors

     10  

OID

     124  

OLA

     118  

Order

     2  

originator

     6  

owner trustee

     6, 44  

payment date

     7  

payment default

     106  

payment waterfall

     95  

Permitted Investments

     137  

Pool Factor

     75  

pre-funded amount

     12, 94  

pre-funding account

     12  

Prepayment Assumption

     137  

PRIIPS Regulation

     3  

Principal Distribution Amount

     137  

Prospectus Directive

     3  

PTCE

     130  

purchase agreement

     84  

Rating Agency Condition

     137  

receivables

     10  

receivables pool

     10  

Receivables Purchase Price

     137  

record date

     7, 78  

regulation

     130  

Regulation

     137  

Regulation RR

     17  

Relevant Member State

     3  

Relief Act

     115  

requesting party

     90  

Retained Notes

     133  

Review Conditions

     87  

Review Expenses

     89  

Review Satisfaction Date

     87  

revolving period

     12  

risk retention reserve account

     94  

Rule 193 Information

     65  

S&P

     138  

sale and servicing agreement

     84  

Scheduled Interest Method

     138  

 

SEC

     1, 75, 138  

Second Allocation of Principal

     96  

Securities Act

     132  

securitized pool

     65  

senior swap termination payment

     16  

Senior Swap Termination Payment

     138  

servicer

     6, 46  

servicer replacement events

     103  

servicing fee

     6, 102  

Short-Term Note

     138  

Similar Law

     129  

Simple Interest Method

     138  

Simple Interest Receivables

     138  

Special Tax Counsel

     138  

specified reserve account balance

     14  

Specified Reserve Account Balance

     138  

sponsor

     6  

SSPE

     122  

Subject Receivables

     88  

subordinated swap termination payment

     16  

Subordinated Swap Termination Payment

     138  

subsequent cut-off date

     10  

Subsequent Pool Balance

     139  

subsequent receivables

     12  

Supplemental Servicing Fees

     139  

swap counterparty

     7  

Swap Termination Payment

     139  

transaction documents

     84  

Transaction Parties

     130  

transfer agreements

     84  

trust agreement

     84  

U.S. Holder

     123  

verification documents

     77  

Volkswagen AG

     46  

Volkswagen Group of America

     46  

VW Credit

     2, 6, 41  

weighted average life

     69  

yield supplement overcollateralization amount

     102  

 

 

 

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APPENDIX A

STATIC POOL INFORMATION REGARDING CERTAIN PREVIOUS SECURITIZATIONS

Characteristics of the Receivables

The retail installment sale contracts and installment loans in each of VW Credit, Inc.’s securitized portfolios consisted of receivables originated by a dealer in accordance with its customary servicing practices in effect at the time of origination in accordance with the underwriting procedures in effect at such time, and assigned to the applicable issuing entity on the applicable closing date. As of the relevant cut-off date, the retail installment sale contracts and installment loans in the securitized portfolios consisted of the characteristics provided below.

 

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Original Pool Characteristics as of Cut-off Date

 

Loan Securitization

   VALET 20[  ]-[ ]      VALET 20[  ]-[ ]      VALET 20[  ]-[ ]  

Closing Date

                                                                                                       

Cut-off Date

        

Number of Receivables

        

Aggregate Outstanding Principal Balance

        

Outstanding Principal Balance

        

Average

        

Minimum

        

Maximum

        

Contract Rate

        

Weighted Average(1)

        

Minimum

        

Maximum

        

Original Term (Months)

        

Weighted Average(1)

        

Minimum

        

Maximum

        

Remaining Term (Months)

        

Weighted Average(1)

        

Minimum

        

Maximum

        

Seasoning (Months)

        

Weighted Average(1)

        

Minimum

        

Maximum

        

Percentage of Principal Balance of New Vehicles

        

Percentage of Principal Balance of Used Vehicles

        

Percentage of Principal Balance of Volkswagen Vehicles

        

Percentage of Principal Balance of Audi Vehicles

        

FICO® Score(2)(3)

        

Weighted Average FICO® Score(1)

        

Minimum(3)

        

Maximum(3)

        

 

(1)

Weighted by outstanding principal balance as of the cut-off date.

(2)

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

(3)

FICO® scores are calculated excluding accounts for which no FICO® score is available at the origination of the related receivable.

 

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Distribution of Receivables as of Cut-off Date

 

Loan Securitization

   VALET 20[  ]-[ ]      VALET 20[  ]-[ ]      VALET 20[  ]-[ ]  

Closing Date

                                                                                       

Cut-off Date

        

By Original Term(1) (2)

     %        %        %  

12 months - 18 months

     %        %        %  

19 months - 24 months

     %        %        %  

25 months - 30 months

     %        %        %  

31 months - 36 months

     %        %        %  

37 months - 42 months

     %        %        %  

43 months - 48 months

     %        %        %  

49 months - 54 months

     %        %        %  

55 months - 60 months

     %        %        %  

61 months - 66 months

     %        %        %  

67 months - 72 months

     %        %        %  

Total

     %        %        %  

By Remaining Term(1) (2)

        

6 months or less

     %        %        %  

7 months - 12 months

     %        %        %  

13 months - 18 months

     %        %        %  

19 months - 24 months

     %        %        %  

25 months - 30 months

     %        %        %  

31 months - 36 months

     %        %        %  

37 months - 42 months

     %        %        %  

43 months - 48 months

     %        %        %  

49 months - 54 months

     %        %        %  

55 months - 60 months

     %        %        %  

61 months - 66 months

     %        %        %  

67 months - 72 months

     %        %        %  

Total

     %        %        %  

By Contract Rate(1) (2)

        

0.00% - 0.99%

     %        %        %  

1.00% - 1.99%

     %        %        %  

2.00% - 2.99%

     %        %        %  

3.00% - 3.99%

     %        %        %  

4.00% - 4.99%

     %        %        %  

5.00% - 5.99%

     %        %        %  

6.00% - 6.99%

     %        %        %  

7.00% - 7.99%

     %        %        %  

8.00% - 8.99%

     %        %        %  

9.00% - 9.99%

     %        %        %  

10.00% - 10.99%

     %        %        %  

11.00% - 11.99%

     %        %        %  

12.00% - 12.99%

     %        %        %  

13.00% - 13.99%

     %        %        %  

14.00% - 14.99%

     %        %        %  

15.00% to 15.99%

     %        %        %  

16.00% to 16.99%

     %        %        %  

17.00% to 17.99%

     %        %        %  

18.00% to 18.99%

     %        %        %  

Total

     %        %        %  

By State, States Representing More than 5%(1)(2)

        

[    ]

     %        %        %  

[    ]

     %        %        %  

[    ]

     %        %        %  

[    ]

     %        %        %  

[    ]

     %        %        %  

[    ]

     %        %        %  

[    ]

     %        %        %  

 

(1)

Balances and percentages may not add to total due to rounding.

(2)

As a percent of total outstanding principal balance as of the cut-off date.

(3)

[This state accounted for less than 5% of the outstanding principal balance as of the cut-off date.]

 

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Prepayment Speed Information

Set forth below is prepayment speed information relating to VW Credit, Inc.’s securitized portfolios of retail installment sale contracts and installment loans. Prepayment speed information is present in the chart below for each securitization transaction for as long as such securitization transaction remains outstanding. For more information regarding prepayment speeds, you should refer to “Weighted Average Life of the Notes” in this prospectus.

VALET 20[  ]-[ ] to VALET 20[  ]-[ ](1)

 

Period

   VALET 20[  ]-[ ]    VALET 20[  ]-[ ]    VALET 20[  ]-[ ]

1

        

2

        

3

        

4

        

5

        

6

        

7

        

8

        

9

        

10

        

11

        

12

        

13

        

14

        

15

        

16

        

17

        

18

        

19(2)

        

 

(1)

The “Prepayment Amount” is defined as the non-scheduled amortization of the pool of receivables for the applicable period. This includes voluntary prepayments, voluntary early payoffs, payments from third parties, repurchases, aggregate amount of Defaulted Receivables and servicer advances.

This Prepayment Amount is converted into a monthly Single Month Mortality Rate “SMM” expressed as a percentage which is the Prepayment Amount divided by the previous month’s actual month-end aggregate net pool balance less the scheduled payments made during the month.

The “Prepayment Speeds” shown in the chart are derived by converting the SMM into the ABS Speed by dividing (a) the SMM by (b) the sum of (i) one and (ii) the SMM multiplied by the age of the pool, in months, minus one. The age of the pool is assumed to be the weighted average age of the pool at cut-off date plus the number of months since the cut-off date.

 

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Prepayment Speed

Set forth below is historical minimum, maximum and average prepayment speed information based on one month ABS speed aggregated for all included securitization transactions for each month following each such securitization transaction’s issuance for as long as such securitization transaction remains outstanding. For more information regarding the prepayment assumption model, you should refer to “Weighted Average Life of the Notes” in this prospectus.

 

LOGO

 

(1)

Investors are encouraged to carefully review the table under “—Prepayment Speed Information” above, which contains the underlying historical data used in preparing the above graph. The data used to complete the information reflected with respect to later months is based on less than all transactions listed because more recently issued transactions will only be reflected to the extent of their current number of months outstanding and earlier issued transactions may have amortized more quickly than the number of months reflected on the above graph.

 

(2)

Pool characteristics will vary from securitization transaction to securitization transaction and investors are encouraged to carefully review the characteristics of the receivables for each securitization transaction represented in the above graph beginning on page [ ] of this prospectus under “—Original Pool Characteristics as of Cut-off Date.” Performance may also vary from securitization transaction to securitization transaction, and there can be no assurance that the performance of any prior securitization transaction will correspond to or be an accurate predictor of the performance of the receivables.

 

(3)

Period average for each month is based on the sum of the actual ABS prepayment speeds for all transactions outstanding in such month divided by the total number of transactions outstanding in such month.

 

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Delinquency Experience

Set forth below is delinquency information relating to VW Credit, Inc.’s securitized portfolios of retail installment sale contracts and installment loans for new and used automobiles presented on a monthly basis.

VALET 20[  ]-[ ](1)(2)

 

                    

 

Aggregate

Outstanding

Principal Balance

 

31 – 60 Days
Delinquent

 

% of Ending Pool
Balance

  

61– 90 Days
Delinquent

  

% of Ending Pool
Balance

 

 

(1)

An account is considered delinquent if 25% or more of the scheduled monthly payment is past due. The period of delinquency is based on the number of days payments are contractually past due.

(2)

A receivable is charged off when it becomes a Defaulted Receivable, and Defaulted Receivables are not reflected in the table.

 

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(1)

An account is considered delinquent if 25% or more of the scheduled monthly payment is past due. The period of delinquency is based on the number of days payments are contractually past due.

(2)

Investors are encouraged to carefully review the information set forth under “—Delinquency Experience” beginning on page [ ] of this prospectus, which contains the underlying historical data used in preparing the above graphs. Pool characteristics will vary from securitization transaction to securitization transaction and investors are encouraged to carefully review the characteristics of the receivables for each securitization transaction represented in the above graph beginning on page [ ] of this prospectus under “Original Pool Characteristics as of Cut-off Date.” Performance may also vary from securitization transaction to securitization transaction, and there can be no assurance that the performance of any prior securitization transaction will correspond to or be an accurate predictor of the performance of the receivables.

 

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Credit Loss Experience

Set forth below is credit loss information relating to VW Credit, Inc.’s securitized portfolios of retail installment sale contracts and installment loans for new and used automobiles presented on a monthly basis.

VALET 20[  ]-[ ]

Original Aggregate Outstanding Principal Balance $[____________]

 

                    

 

Aggregate

Outstanding

Principal Balance on
Charged-off

Receivables

 

Recoveries(1)

 

Net Charge-off

  

Cumulative Net Losses(2)
as % of Original
Outstanding Principal
Balance

 

 

(1)

Recoveries generally include the net amounts received with respect to a retail contract previously charged off.

(2)

Cumulative net losses generally represent the excess of (a) the aggregate outstanding principal balance of all defaulted receivables that became defaulted receivables during the period over (b) aggregate liquidation proceeds and recoveries for all defaulted receivables for that period.

 

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LOGO

 

(1)

Investors are encouraged to carefully review the information set forth under “—Credit Loss Experience” beginning on page [ ] of this prospectus which contains the underlying historical data used in preparing the above graph. Pool characteristics will vary from securitization transaction to securitization transaction and investors are encouraged to carefully review the characteristics of the receivables for each securitization transaction represented in the above graph beginning on page [ ] of this prospectus under “Original Pool Characteristics as of Cut-off Date.” Performance may also vary from securitization transaction to securitization transaction, and there can be no assurance that the performance of any prior securitization transaction will correspond to or be an accurate predictor of the performance of the receivables.

 

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No dealer, salesperson or other person has been authorized to give any information or to make any representations not contained in this prospectus and, if given or made, such information or representations must not be relied upon as having been authorized by the depositor, the servicer or the underwriters. This prospectus does not constitute an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to buy, the notes offered hereby to anyone in any jurisdiction in which the person making such offer or solicitation is not qualified to do so or to anyone to whom it is unlawful to make any such offer or solicitation. Neither the delivery of this prospectus nor any sale made hereunder shall, under any circumstances, create an implication that information herein or therein is correct as of any time since the date of this prospectus.

 

LOGO

Volkswagen Auto Loan Enhanced Trust 20[    ]-[    ]

Issuing Entity

 

Class A-1 Notes

   $                

Class A-2[-A] Notes

   $   [(1)] 

[Class A-2-B Notes

   $   (1)

Class A-3 Notes

   $    

Class A-4 Notes

   $    

[Class B Notes]

   $    

 

[(1) 

The allocation of the initial principal amount between the Class A-2-A notes and Class A-2-B notes will be determined at the time of pricing. The depositor expects that the initial principal amount of the Class A-2-B notes will not exceed $[    ]. ]

Volkswagen Auto Lease/Loan Underwritten Funding, LLC

Depositor

VW Credit, Inc.

Sponsor, Originator and Servicer

 

 

PROSPECTUS

 

 

[Underwriters]

Until [    ], 20[    ], all dealers effecting transactions in the notes, whether or not participating in this distribution, may be required to deliver a prospectus. This delivery requirement is in addition to the obligation of dealers to deliver a prospectus when acting as underwriters and with respect to their unsold allotments or subscriptions.

 

 

 


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PART II

INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

 

Item 12.

Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution.

An estimate of the various expenses in connection with the offering of the notes being registered hereby will be included in the applicable prospectus.

 

Item 13.

Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

Volkswagen Auto Lease/Loan Underwritten Funding, LLC

Volkswagen Auto Lease/Loan Underwritten Funding, LLC is a Delaware limited liability company. Section 18-108 of the Limited Liability Company Act of Delaware empowers a limited liability company, subject to such standards and restrictions, if any, as are set forth in its limited liability company agreement, to indemnify and hold harmless any member or manager or other person from and against any and all claims and demands whatsoever. The Limited Liability Company Agreement, as amended (the “LLC Agreement”), of Volkswagen Auto Lease/Loan Underwritten Funding, LLC (the “Depositor”) provides:

(a) To the fullest extent permitted by law, neither the member nor the special member nor any officer, director, employee or agent of the Depositor nor any employee, representative, agent or affiliate of the member or the special member (collectively, the “Covered Persons”) shall be liable to the Depositor or any other person who has an interest in or claim against the Depositor for any loss, damage or claim incurred by reason of any act or omission performed or omitted by such Covered Person in good faith on behalf of the Depositor and in a manner reasonably believed to be within the scope of the authority conferred on such Covered Person by the LLC Agreement.

(b) To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, a Covered Person shall be entitled to indemnification from the Depositor 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 Depositor and in a manner reasonably believed to be within the scope of the authority conferred on such Covered Person by the LLC Agreement, except that no Covered Person shall be entitled to be 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 any indemnity under the LLC Agreement by the Depositor shall be provided out of and to the extent of Depositor assets only, and the member and the special member shall not have personal liability on account thereof; and provided further, that so long as any obligation is outstanding, no indemnity payment from funds of the Depositor (as distinct from funds from other sources, such as insurance) of any indemnity under the LLC Agreement shall be payable from amounts allocable to any other person pursuant to the transaction documents.

(c) 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 Depositor prior to the final disposition of such claim, demand, action, suit or proceeding upon receipt by the Depositor 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 LLC Agreement; provided, however, that any indemnity under the LLC Agreement by the Depositor shall be provided out of and to the extent of Depositor assets only, and the member and the special member shall not have personal liability on account thereof; and provided further, that so long as any obligation is outstanding, no indemnity payment from funds of the Depositor (as distinct from funds from other sources, such as insurance) of any indemnity under the LLC Agreement shall be payable from amounts allocable to any other person pursuant to the transaction documents.

(d) A Covered Person shall be fully protected in relying in good faith upon the records of the Depositor and upon such information, opinions, reports or statements presented to the Depositor 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 Depositor, including information, opinions, reports or statements as to the value and amount of the assets, liabilities, or any other facts pertinent to the existence and amount of assets from which distributions to the member might properly be paid.

 

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(e) To the extent that, at law or in equity, a Covered Person has duties (including fiduciary duties) and liabilities relating thereto to the Depositor or to any other Covered Person, a Covered Person acting under the LLC Agreement shall not be liable to the Depositor or to any other Covered Person for its good faith reliance on the provisions of the LLC Agreement or any approval or authorization granted by the Depositor or any other Covered Person.

The officers and directors of the Depositor have entered into indemnity agreements with VW Credit, Inc., as sole member of the Depositor. Each of these indemnity agreements provide that:

(a) To the fullest extent permitted by law, neither any director, officer, employee nor agent of the Depositor (collectively, the “Covered Persons”) shall be liable to the member or any other person who has an interest in or claim against the member for any loss, damage or claim incurred by reason of any act or omission performed or omitted by such Covered Person in good faith on behalf of the Depositor and in a manner reasonably believed to be within the scope of the authority conferred on such Covered Person by the LLC Agreement.

(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Depositor’s LLC Agreement, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, a Covered Person shall be entitled to indemnification from the member 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 Depositor and in a manner reasonably believed to be within the scope of the authority conferred on such Covered Person by the LLC Agreement, except that (i) no Covered Person shall be entitled to be 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 and (ii) no Covered Person shall be entitled to be indemnified in respect of any loss, damage or claim incurred by such Covered Person to the extent such Covered Person has recovered for such loss, damage or claim under the LLC Agreement.

(c) A Covered Person shall be fully protected in relying in good faith upon the records of the Depositor and upon such information, opinions, reports or statements presented to the Depositor 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 Depositor, including information, opinions, reports or statements as to the value and amount of the assets, liabilities, or any other facts pertinent to the existence and amount of assets from which distributions to the member might properly be paid.

The Depositor has also entered into a Management Services Agreement with VW Credit, Inc. and VW Credit Leasing, Ltd., a Delaware statutory trust (the “Origination Trust”), pursuant to which the Depositor performs certain managerial and administrative functions on behalf of the Origination Trust. The Management Services Agreement provides that VW Credit, Inc., as servicer for the Origination Trust, will indemnify the Depositor, its members, directors, officers and employees against all losses, claims, damages, penalties, judgments, liabilities and expenses arising out of or relating to the Depositor’s performance of (or failure to perform) its obligations under the Management Services Agreement.

Underwriters

Each underwriting agreement will generally provide that the underwriters will indemnify the Depositor against specified liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act relating to certain information provided by the underwriters.

Other Indemnification

The Depositor maintains insurance to indemnify any person who has been, now is or shall become a duly elected director or a duly elected or appointed officer of the Depositor against any exposure, liability or loss.

 

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Item 14.

Exhibits.

 

EXHIBITS

Exhibit
No.

  

Description

1.1    Form of Underwriting Agreement*
3.1.1    Certificate of Formation of the Depositor*
3.1.2    Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Formation of the Depositor*
3.2    Executed LLC Agreement of the Depositor*
4.1    Form of Indenture between Volkswagen Auto Loan Enhanced Trust 20[    ]-[    ] (the “Issuer”) and [     ], as Indenture Trustee (including forms of Notes) *
5.1    Opinion of Mayer Brown LLP with respect to legality*
8.1    Opinion of Mayer Brown LLP with respect to United States federal income tax matters*
10.1    Form of Sale and Servicing Agreement between the Issuer, Volkswagen Auto Lease/Loan Underwritten Funding, LLC (“VALU Funding”), as Seller, VW Credit, Inc. (“VCI”), as Servicer, and [    ], as Indenture Trustee*
10.2    Form of Purchase Agreement between VCI, as Seller and VALU Funding, as Purchaser*
10.3    Form of Administration Agreement between the Issuer, VCI, as Administrator and [    ], as Indenture Trustee*
10.4    Form of Interest Rate [Cap] [Swap] Agreement between the Issuer and [    ], as [Cap Provider] [Swap Counterparty] *
10.5    Form of Amended and Restated Trust Agreement [between][among] VALU Funding, as Depositor[, [    ], as Issuer Delaware Trustee] and [    ], as Owner Trustee*
10.6    Form of Asset Representations Review Agreement between VCI, as Servicer, [    ], as Asset Representations Reviewer and the Issuer*
23.1    Consent of Mayer Brown LLP (included in Exhibits 5.1 and 8.1) *
24.1    Powers of Attorney (included in signature pages to this registration statement)*
24.2    Certified Copy of Resolutions authorizing Powers of Attorney*
25.1    Statement of Eligibility and Qualification of the Indenture Trustee on Form T-1**
36.1    Form of Depositor Certification for Shelf Offerings of Asset-Backed Securities*
102.1    Asset-Level Data File***
103.1    Asset Related Documents***

 

*

Filed herewith.

**

To be filed pursuant to Section 305(b)(2) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939.

***

To be incorporated by reference from the Form ABS-EE for such offering on file at the time of the Rule 424(h) or Rule 424(b) filing, as applicable, for such offering.

 

Item 15.

Undertakings.

The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

(a) As to Rule 415:

(1)    To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made of the securities registered hereby, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:

(i)    To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;

(ii)    To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment hereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement; and

 

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(iii)    To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this registration statement or any material change to such information in this registration statement;

Provided, however, that the undertakings set forth in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those clauses is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) that are incorporated by reference in this registration statement, or is contained in a form of prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) that is part of this registration statement.

Provided further, however, that clauses (i) and (ii) above do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment is provided pursuant to Item 1100(c) of Regulation AB (§ 229.1100(c)).

(2)    That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, 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 any liability under the Securities Act to any purchaser:

(i)    If the registrant is subject to Rule 430C, each prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) as part of a registration statement relating to an offering, other than registration statements relying on Rule 430B or other than prospectuses filed in reliance on Rule 430A, shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the date it is first used after effectiveness. 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.

(ii)    If the registrant is relying on Rule 430D:

(A)     each prospectus filed by the undersigned registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) and (h) shall be deemed to be part of this registration statement as of the date the filed prospectus was deemed part of and included in this registration statement; and

(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 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.

 

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(5)    That, for the purpose of determining liability of the registrant under the Securities Act to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities, the undersigned registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned registrant pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:

(i)    any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424;

(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) As to Documents Subsequently Filed that are Incorporated By Reference:

For purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in this registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

(c) As to Indemnification:

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the provisions described under Item 13 above, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than 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

 

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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 of whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

(d) As to Filings in Reliance on Rule 430A:

(1)    For purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, the information omitted from any form of prospectus filed as part of this registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A and contained in a form of prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(1) or (4) or 497(h) under the Securities Act shall be deemed to be part of this registration statement as of the time it was declared effective.

(2)    For the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each post-effective amendment that contains a form of prospectus shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

(e) As to Qualification of Trust Indentures Under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 for Delayed Offerings:

To file an application for the purpose of determining the eligibility of the indenture trustee to act under subsection (a) of Section 310 of the Trust Indenture Act, in accordance with the rules and regulations prescribed by the Securities and Exchange Commission under Section 305(b)(2) of the Act.

(f) As to Filings Regarding Asset-Backed Securities Incorporating by Reference Subsequent Exchange Act Documents by Third Parties:

For purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act 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 Herndon, Commonwealth of Virginia, on August 23, 2019.

 

VOLKSWAGEN AUTO LEASE/LOAN UNDERWRITTEN FUNDING, LLC,
a Delaware Corporation (Registrant)
By:  

/s/ David Rands

Name:   David Rands
Title:   Chief Financial Officer
By:  

/s/ Jens Schreiber

Name:   Jens Schreiber
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POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints each of Horst Meima, David Rands, Jens Schreiber, Dr. Kevin McDonald and any of them, as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for and in his own name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, acting alone, to sign this registration statement, any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement and any or all other documents in connection therewith, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto each said attorney-in-fact and agent 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 might or could be done in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all said attorney-in-fact and agent or any of them or any substitute or substitute for any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

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

   

/s/ Horst Meima

Horst Meima

  

President and Director (Performing the

Functions of Principal Executive Officer)

  August 23, 2019

/s/ David Rands

David Rands

  

Chief Financial Officer (Performing the

Functions of Principal Financial Officer and

Principal Accounting Officer)

  August 23, 2019

/s/ Jens Schreiber

Jens Schreiber

  

Treasurer and Director

  August 23, 2019

/s/ Dr. Kevin McDonald

Dr. Kevin McDonald

  

Director

 

August 23, 2019

EX-1.1 2 d742675dex11.htm EX-1.1 EX-1.1

Exhibit 1.1

VOLKSWAGEN AUTO LOAN ENHANCED TRUST 20[ ]-[ ]

VOLKSWAGEN AUTO LEASE/LOAN UNDERWRITTEN FUNDING, LLC

(DEPOSITOR AND SELLER)

VW CREDIT, INC.

(SPONSOR AND SERVICER)

$[    ] [    ]% Auto Loan Asset Backed Class A-1 Notes

$[    ] [    ]% Auto Loan Asset Backed Class A-2[-A] Notes

[$[    ] [LIBOR +] [    ]% Auto Loan Asset Backed Class A-2-B Notes]

$[    ] [    ]% Auto Loan Asset Backed Class A-3 Notes

$[    ] [    ]% Auto Loan Asset Backed Class A-4 Notes

UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT

[    ], [    ]

[    ],

as Representative of the

several Underwriters named on Schedule I hereto

[    ]

[    ]

Ladies and Gentlemen:

SECTION 1. Introductory. Volkswagen Auto Lease/Loan Underwritten Funding, LLC (the “Depositor” or the “Seller”) proposes to transfer $[                ] aggregate principal amount of [    ]% Auto Loan Asset Backed Class A-1 Notes (the “Class A-1 Notes”), $[    ] aggregate principal amount of [    ]% Auto Loan Asset Backed Class A-2[-A] Notes (the “Class A-2[-A] Notes”), [$[                ] aggregate principal amount of [LIBOR +] [    ]% Auto Loan Asset Backed Class A-2-B Notes (the “Class A-2-B Notes” and, together with the Class A-2-A Notes, the “Class A-2 Notes”),] $[                ] aggregate principal amount of [    ]% Auto Loan Asset Backed Class A-3 Notes (the “Class A-3 Notes”), and $[    ] aggregate principal amount of [    ]% Auto Loan Asset Backed Class A-4 Notes (the “Class A-4 Notes” and, together with the Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2 Notes and the Class A-3 Notes, the “Notes”) to the underwriters set forth on Schedule I (each, an “Underwriter” and collectively, the “Underwriters”), acting severally and not jointly, for whom you are acting as representative (the “Representative”). The Notes will be issued pursuant to an Indenture, dated as of [    ], [    ] (as amended, supplemented or modified from time to time, the “Indenture”), between Volkswagen Auto Loan Enhanced Trust 20[ ]-[ ] (the “Issuer”) and [    ], as indenture trustee (in such capacity, the “Indenture Trustee”). The assets of the Issuer include, among other things, motor vehicle retail installment sale contracts and/or installment loans secured by a combination of new and used automobiles[, minivans and sport utility vehicles] (the “Receivables”) and certain related rights. The Receivables will be sold to the Issuer by the Seller and will be serviced for the Issuer by VW Credit, Inc. (“VW Credit”), as servicer (in such capacity, the “Servicer”).


Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in Appendix A to the Sale and Servicing Agreement, dated as of [    ], [    ] (as amended, supplemented or modified from time to time, the “Sale and Servicing Agreement”), among the Servicer, the Issuer, the Seller and the Indenture Trustee. Pursuant to Rule 15c6-1(d) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), the Underwriters, the Seller and VW Credit hereby agree that the “Closing Date” shall be [    ], [    ], [10:00 a.m.], New York City time (or at such other place and time on the same or other date as shall be agreed to in writing by the Representative and the Seller).

The Seller has prepared and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) in accordance with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the “Securities Act”), a shelf registration statement on Form SF-3 (having the registration number [    ]), including a form of prospectus[, as amended by pre-effective amendment[s] no. [ ],] relating to the offering of asset-backed notes. The registration statement, as amended, has been declared effective by the Commission not more than three years prior to the Closing Date or, the Seller has prepared and filed (before the expiration of such three year period) with the Commission in accordance with the provisions of the Securities Act, a new shelf registration statement on Form SF-3 and such new registration statement includes unsold securities covered by the earlier registration statement, which such unsold securities may continue to be offered and sold until the earlier of the effective date of the new registration statement or 180 days after the third anniversary of the initial effective date of the prior registration statement, as permitted pursuant to paragraph (a)(5) of Rule 415 of the Securities Act. If any post-effective amendment has been filed with respect thereto, prior to the execution and delivery of this Underwriting Agreement (this “Agreement”), the most recent such amendment is effective upon filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 462 of the Securities Act or has been declared effective by the Commission. Such registration statement, as amended at the time of effectiveness, including all material incorporated by reference therein and including all information (if any) deemed to be part of the registration statement at the time of effectiveness pursuant to Rule 430D under the Securities Act, is referred to in this Agreement as the “Registration Statement.” The Seller proposes to file with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act (“Rule 424(b)”) a final prospectus dated [    ], [    ] (such prospectus, as amended and supplemented, the “Prospectus”) relating to the Notes and the method of distribution thereof.

At or prior to [ ]:[ ] [a.m.][p.m.] (Eastern Time) (U.S.) on [    ], [    ] (i.e., the date and time the first Contract of Sale (as defined below) for the Notes (the “Time of Sale”) was entered into as designated by the Representative), the Seller had prepared (i) a preliminary prospectus, dated [    ], [    ] (the “Preliminary Prospectus”) and (ii) the Ratings Free Writing Prospectus (as defined below).

As used herein, the following terms have the meanings below:

Preliminary Prospectus” means the Preliminary Prospectus and any amendment thereof or supplement thereto filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(h) prior to the Time of Sale.

 

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Ratings Free Writing Prospectus” means the free writing prospectus dated [    ], [    ], and filed with the Commission on [    ], [    ] pursuant to Rule 433 under the Securities Act (“Rule 433”).

Time of Sale Information” means, collectively, the Ratings Free Writing Prospectus and the most recent Preliminary Prospectus.

Pursuant to this Agreement, and subject to the terms hereof, the Seller agrees to sell to the Underwriters the respective principal amount of each class of Notes set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter on Schedule I.

SECTION 2. Representations and Warranties. Each of the Seller and VW Credit severally represents and warrants (as to itself) to, and agrees with, the several Underwriters, as of the date hereof (unless otherwise specified) and as of the Closing Date (unless otherwise specified), that:

(a) (i) The Seller has prepared and filed the Registration Statement with the Commission in accordance with the provisions of the Securities Act, including a form of prospectus, relating to the Notes. The Registration Statement, as amended, has been declared effective by the Commission and remains effective as of the date hereof. The conditions to the use of a registration statement on Form SF-3 under the Securities Act and the conditions of Rule 415 under the Securities Act, including the Registrant Requirements set forth in General Instruction I.A. of Form SF-3, have been satisfied as of the date of this Agreement and will be satisfied as of the Closing Date. The conditions to the use of a registration statement on Form SF-3 under the Securities Act, as stated in the Transaction Requirements set forth in General Instruction I.B. of Form SF-3, will be satisfied as of the Closing Date. As of the date that is ninety days after [    ], [    ], the requirements of General Instruction I.A. of Form SF-3 have been met. No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued, and no proceeding for that purpose has been instituted or threatened by the Commission.

(ii) The Registration Statement, at the time it became effective, any post-effective amendment thereto, at the time it became effective, the Preliminary Prospectus, as of its date, and the Prospectus, as of its date, complied and on the Closing Date will comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the “Trust Indenture Act”), and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.

The Registration Statement, as of the most recent effective date as to each part of the Registration Statement and any amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 430D(f)(2) under the Securities Act, did not include any untrue statement of a material fact and did not omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading.

 

 

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The Preliminary Prospectus, as of its date, and the Time of Sale Information, as of the Time of Sale and as of the Closing Date, did not and will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact and did not and will not omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (it being understood that no representation or warranty is made with respect to the omission of pricing and price-dependent information, which information shall of necessity appear only in the Prospectus).

The Prospectus, as of its date and as of the Closing Date, does not and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact and did not and will not omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the representations and warranties in the four preceding paragraphs do not apply to that part of the Registration Statement which constitutes the Statements of Eligibility of Qualification (Form T-1) of the Indenture Trustee or other indenture trustees under the Trust Indenture Act or the Underwriters’ Information (as defined in Section 9(b) hereof).

(iii) Other than the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus and except as provided in Section 11, the Issuer (including its agents and representatives other than the Underwriters in their capacity as such) has not made, used, prepared, authorized, approved or referred to and will not prepare, make, use, authorize, approve or refer to any “written communication”, including any “free writing prospectus” (both as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act), that constitutes an offer to sell or solicitation of any offer to buy the Notes.

(b) The documents incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto (other than documents filed by Persons other than the Seller), when they became or become effective under the Securities Act or were or are filed with the Commission under the Exchange Act, as the case may be, conformed or will conform in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.

(c) As of the Closing Date and as of the date hereof, the Seller’s representations and warranties in the Transaction Documents will be and are true and correct.

(d) As of the Closing Date and as of the date hereof, VW Credit’s representations and warranties in the Transaction Documents will be and are true and correct.

(e) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Seller and VW Credit and, as of the Closing Date, each Transaction Document to which the Seller or VW Credit is a party and the issuance and sale of the Notes will have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Seller and VW Credit, respectively. Neither the execution and delivery by the Seller or VW Credit, as applicable, of such instruments, nor the performance by the Seller or VW Credit, respectively, of the transactions herein or therein contemplated, nor the compliance by the Seller or VW Credit, as applicable, with the provisions hereof or thereof, will (i) conflict with the organizational documents of such entity, (ii) result in a material conflict with any of the provisions of any judgment, decree or order binding on the Seller or VW Credit, as applicable, or its properties, (iii) conflict with any indenture or

 

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agreement or instrument to which the Seller or VW Credit is a party or by which such entity’s properties are bound (other than violations of such laws, rules, regulations, indentures or agreements which do not affect the legality, validity or enforceability of any of such agreements and which, individually or in the aggregate, would not materially and adversely affect the transactions contemplated by, or the Seller’s or VW Credit’s ability to perform their respective obligations under, the Transaction Documents), (iv) conflict with any applicable law, rule or regulation or (v) result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any of the Seller’s or VW Credit’s, as applicable, property pursuant to the terms of any such indenture, mortgage, contract or other instrument.

(f) Any taxes, fees and other governmental charges in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by the Seller or VW Credit of this Agreement and each Transaction Document to which it is a party shall have been paid or will be paid by the Seller or VW Credit, as applicable, at or before the Closing Date to the extent then due.

(g) The Notes, when validly issued pursuant to the Indenture, and when sold to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, will conform in all material respects to the descriptions thereof contained in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus and will be validly issued and entitled to the benefits and security afforded by the Indenture. When executed and delivered by the parties thereto, each of the Indenture and each Transaction Document to which the Seller or VW Credit is a party will constitute the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Seller or VW Credit, as applicable, enforceable against such entity in accordance with its terms, except to the extent that the enforceability thereof may be subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, conservatorship, moratorium or other similar laws now or hereafter in effect relating to creditors’ rights in general and to general principles of equity. All approvals, authorizations, consents, filings, orders or other actions of any person, corporation or other organization, or of any court, governmental agency or body or official (except with respect to the securities laws of any foreign jurisdiction or the state securities or blue sky laws of various jurisdictions), required in connection with the valid and proper authorization and issuance of the Notes pursuant to the Indenture and sale of the Notes pursuant to this Agreement have been or will be taken or obtained on or before the Closing Date.

(h) Neither the Seller nor the Issuer is now, and following the issuance of the Notes neither the Seller nor the Issuer will be, an “investment company” that is registered or required to be registered under, or is otherwise subject to the restrictions of, the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”), and, although there may be additional exclusions or exemptions available to the Issuer, the Issuer will rely on the exclusion or exemption from the definition of “investment company” under the Investment Company Act contained in Section 3(c)(5) of the Investment Company Act. Neither the Seller nor VW Credit will authorize any person to act in such a manner as to require registration of the Seller or the Issuer under the Investment Company Act.

(i) The Issuer is being structured so as not to constitute a “covered fund” as defined in the final regulations issued December 10, 2013, implementing the “Volcker Rule” (Section 619 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act).

(j) The Indenture has been duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act.

 

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(k) Since [    ], there has not occurred any material adverse change, or any development involving a prospective material adverse change, in or affecting the condition, financial or otherwise, earnings, business or operations of the Seller, VW Credit or Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (“VWA”), and their respective subsidiaries, taken as a whole, except as disclosed to you in writing prior to the date hereof.

(l) The Seller acknowledges that in connection with the offering of the Notes: (1) the Underwriters have acted at arms’ length, are not agents of or advisors to, and owe no fiduciary duties to, the Seller, VW Credit or any other Person, (2) none of the Underwriters has provided any legal, regulatory, accounting, insurance or tax advice in any jurisdiction, (3) the Underwriters owe the Seller and VW Credit only those duties and obligations set forth in this Agreement and (4) the Underwriters may have interests that differ from those of the Seller and VW Credit.    Each of VW Credit and the Seller waives to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law any claims it may have against the Underwriters arising from an alleged breach of fiduciary duty in connection with the offer of the Notes.

(m) The Seller was not, on the date on which the first bona fide offer of the Notes sold pursuant to this Agreement was made, an “ineligible issuer” as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act.

(n) VW Credit has provided a written representation (the “17g-5 Representation”) to each nationally recognized statistical rating organization (as defined in the Exchange Act) hired by VW Credit to rate the Notes (collectively, the “Hired NRSROs”), which satisfies the requirements of paragraph (a)(3)(iii) of Rule 17g-5 of the Exchange Act (“Rule 17g-5”) and a copy of which has been delivered to each Underwriter. VW Credit has complied, and has caused the Seller to comply, with the 17g-5 Representation, other than any breach of the 17g-5 Representation (A) that would not have a material adverse effect on the Notes or (B) arising from a breach by any of the Underwriters of the representation, warranty and covenant set forth in Section 4(j).

(o) The Seller has complied with Rule 193 under the Securities Act in connection with the offering of the Notes.

(p) Neither the Depositor nor VW Credit has engaged any person to provide third-party “due diligence services” (as defined in Rule 17g-10 under the Exchange Act) relating to the Notes, other than a nationally recognized independent accounting firm acceptable to the Representative (the “Accounting Firm”). The Depositor obtained a “third-party due diligence report” (as defined in Rule 15Ga-2 under the Exchange Act (“Rule 15Ga-2”)), prepared by the Accounting Firm titled “[                ]”, dated [    ], [    ] (the “Accountant’s Due Diligence Report”), and neither the Depositor nor VW Credit has received any “third-party due diligence report” (as defined in Rule 15Ga-2) other than the Accountant’s Due Diligence Report.

(q) The Depositor has (i) furnished to the Commission a Form ABS-15G (the “Form ABS-15G”) containing the findings and conclusions of the Accountant’s Due Diligence Report and meeting all other requirements of Rule 15Ga-2, including by furnishing such Form ABS-15G to the Commission on EDGAR within the time period required by Rule 15Ga-2, and (ii) provided a draft of the Form ABS-15G, not materially different from the Form ABS-15G furnished to the Commission, to counsel for the Underwriters and to the Representative in a reasonable period of time prior to the furnishing of such Form ABS-15G to the Commission as set forth in clause (i).

 

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(r) VW Credit has complied, and is the appropriate entity to comply, with all requirements imposed on the “sponsor of a securitization transaction” in accordance with the final rules contained in Regulation RR, 17 C.F.R. §246.1, et seq. (the “Credit Risk Retention Rules”), in each case directly or (to the extent permitted by the Credit Risk Retention Rules) through a “majority-owned affiliate” (as defined in the Credit Risk Retention Rules, a “Majority-Owned Affiliate”). On the Closing Date, VW Credit or a Majority-Owned Affiliate of VW Credit will retain an [“eligible horizontal residual interest”][“eligible vertical interest”] (as defined in the Credit Risk Retention Rules) equal to at least 5% of the fair value [(determined using a fair value measurement framework under United States generally accepted accounting principles)] of all the “ABS interests” (as defined in the Credit Risk Retention Rules) in the Issuer issued as part of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents (such interest, the “Retained Interest”), determined as of the Closing Date. VW Credit is solely responsible for the calculation of the fair value of the Retained Interest. The Preliminary Prospectus contains all of the required disclosures under 17 C.F.R. §246.4(c)(1).

SECTION 3. Purchase, Sale and Delivery of Notes. On the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements herein contained, but subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Seller agrees to sell to each Underwriter, and each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Seller the respective principal amount of each class of Notes set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter on Schedule I at a purchase price equal to the following percentages of the aggregate principal amounts thereof: (i) in the case of the Class A-1 Notes, [    ]%, (ii) in the case of the Class A-2[-A] Notes, [    ]%, [(iii) in the case of the Class A-2-B Notes, [    ]%,] [(iv)] in the case of the Class A-3 Notes, [    ]% and [(v)] in the case of the Class A-4 Notes, [    ]%. Delivery of and payment for the Notes shall be made at the offices of [                ], at [10:00 a.m.] (New York City time) on the Closing Date. Delivery of one or more global notes representing the Notes shall be made against payment of the aggregate purchase price in immediately available funds drawn to the order of the Seller. The global notes to be so delivered shall be registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”). The interests of beneficial owners of the Notes will be represented by book entries on the records of DTC and participating members thereof. Definitive Notes representing the Notes will be available only under limited circumstances.

SECTION 4. Offering by Underwriters.

(a) Subject to the satisfaction of the conditions in Section 7 and subject to Section 8, each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees to purchase the Notes for resale upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Prospectus. If the Prospectus specifies an initial public offering price or a method by which the price at which such Notes are to be sold, then after the Notes are released for sale to the public, the Underwriters may vary from time to time the public offering price, selling concessions and reallowances to dealers that are members of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) and other terms of sale hereunder and under such selling arrangements.

 

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(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees that it has not and will not offer or sell any Notes within the United States, its territories or possessions or to persons who are citizens thereof or residents therein, except in transactions that are not prohibited by any securities, bank regulatory or other applicable law that applies to such Underwriter or an offer of the Notes.

(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees that it has not and will not violate any applicable securities laws in its offer or sale of any Notes within any other country, its territories or possessions or to persons who are citizens thereof or residents therein.

(d) Each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees that:

(i) it has only communicated or caused to be communicated and will only communicate or cause to be communicated an invitation or inducement to engage in investment activity (within the meaning of Section 21 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 of the United Kingdom, as amended (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 the Issuer or the Seller;

(ii) 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 United Kingdom; and

(iii) after the Closing Date, it will provide the Seller with a list of all foreign jurisdictions related to any written confirmations of sale of Notes it has sent.

(e) Each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees that (i) if the Prospectus is not delivered with a confirmation in reliance on Rule 172 under the Securities Act, it will include in every confirmation sent out by such Underwriter the notice required by Rule 173 under the Securities Act informing the investor that the sale was made pursuant to the Registration Statement and that the investor may request a copy of the Prospectus from such Underwriter; (ii) if a paper copy of the Prospectus is requested by a person who receives a confirmation, such Underwriter shall deliver a printed or paper copy of such Prospectus; and (iii) if an electronic copy of the Prospectus is delivered by an Underwriter for any purpose, such copy shall be the same electronic file containing the Prospectus in the identical form transmitted electronically to such Underwriter by or on behalf of the Seller specifically for use by such Underwriter pursuant to this Section 4(e); for example, if the Prospectus is delivered to an Underwriter by or on behalf of the Seller in a single electronic file in .pdf format, then such Underwriter will deliver the electronic copy of the Prospectus in the same single electronic file in .pdf format. Each Underwriter further agrees that if it delivers to an investor the Prospectus in .pdf format, upon such Underwriter’s receipt of a request from the investor within the period for which delivery of the Prospectus is required, such Underwriter will promptly deliver or cause to be delivered to the investor, without charge, a paper copy of the Prospectus.

 

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(f) Prior to the Closing Date, the Representative shall notify VW Credit and the Seller of (i) the date on which the Preliminary Prospectus is first used and (ii) the time of the first Contract of Sale as to which such Preliminary Prospectus relates.

(g) Each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, represents and agrees (i) that it did not enter into any Contract of Sale for any Notes prior to the Time of Sale and (ii) that it will, at any time that such Underwriter is acting as an “underwriter” (as defined in Section 2(a)(11) of the Securities Act) with respect to the Notes, deliver to each investor to whom Notes are sold by it during the period prior to the filing of the Prospectus (as notified to the Underwriters by the Seller), prior to the applicable time of any such Contract of Sale with respect to such investor, the Preliminary Prospectus.

(h) Each Underwriter severally but not jointly represents and agrees with the Seller that it has not offered, sold or otherwise made available and will not offer, sell or otherwise make available any Notes to any retail investor in the European Economic Area. For the purposes of this Section 4(h):

(i) the expression “retail investor” means a person who is one (or more) of the following:

(A) a retail client as defined in point (11) of Article 4(1) of MiFID II; or

(B) a customer within the meaning of Directive (EU) 2016/97 (as amended), 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 the Prospectus Regulation;

(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 to the Notes; and

(iii) the expression “MiFID II” means Directive 2014/65/EU, as amended; and the expression “Prospectus Regulation” means Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 (as amended).

 

 

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(i) If the Seller, VW Credit or an Underwriter determines or becomes aware that any “written communication” (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) (including without limitation the Preliminary Prospectus) or oral statement (when considered in conjunction with all information conveyed at the time of the “contract of sale” within the meaning of Rule 159 under the Securities Act and all Commission guidance relating to such Rule (the “Contract of Sale”)) made or prepared by the Seller or such Underwriter contains an untrue statement of material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading at the time that a Contract of Sale was entered into, either the Seller or such Underwriter may prepare corrective information, with notice to the other party and such Underwriter shall deliver such information in a manner reasonably acceptable to both parties, to any person with whom a Contract of Sale was entered into based on such written communication or oral statement, and such information shall provide any such person with the following:

(i) adequate disclosure of the contractual arrangement;

(ii) adequate disclosure of the person’s rights under the existing Contract of Sale at the time termination is sought;

(iii) adequate disclosure of the new information that is necessary to correct the misstatements or omissions in the information given at the time of the original Contract of Sale; and

(iv) a meaningful ability to elect to terminate or not terminate the prior Contract of Sale and to elect to enter into or not enter into a new Contract of Sale.

If new Contracts of Sale are entered into in accordance with this Section 4(i), then notwithstanding the definition of Time of Sale set forth in Section 1, “Time of Sale” shall refer to the first time and date on which such new Contracts of Sale were entered into. Any costs or losses incurred in connection with any such termination or reformation shall be subject to Section 9.

(j) Each Underwriter, severally but not jointly, represents and agrees that, (a) it has not delivered, and will not deliver, any Rating Information (as defined below) to a Hired NRSRO or other nationally recognized statistical rating organization and (b) it has not participated, and will not participate, in any oral communication regarding Rating Information with any Hired NRSRO or other nationally recognized statistical rating organization unless a designated representative from VW Credit participates in such communication or a designated representative of VW Credit has directed the applicable Underwriter to orally communicate with such Hired NRSRO (but only with respect to the specific matters such designated representative of VW Credit has directed such Underwriter to orally communicate); provided, however, that if an Underwriter receives an oral communication from a Hired NRSRO, such Underwriter is authorized to inform such Hired NRSRO that it will respond to the oral communication with a designated representative from VW Credit or refer such Hired NRSRO to VW Credit, who will respond to the oral communication. For purposes of this paragraph, “Rating Information” means any information provided to a Hired NRSRO for the purpose of (a) determining the initial credit rating for the Notes, including information about the characteristics of the Receivables and the legal structure of the Notes, and (b) undertaking credit rating surveillance on the Notes, including information about the characteristics and performance of the Receivables.

(k) Each Underwriter severally but not jointly represents that it has not engaged and will not engage any person to provide third-party “due diligence services” (as defined in Rule 17g-10 under the Exchange Act) relating to the Notes, it being understood that the Accounting Firm has been engaged by VW Credit and the Seller for the purpose of providing the Accountant’s Due Diligence Report.

 

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SECTION 5. Covenants of the Seller. The Seller (and, with respect to clauses (i), (j), (k) (l) and (n), VW Credit) covenants and agrees with the Underwriters that:

(a) If not already effective, the Seller will use its best efforts to cause the Registration Statement, and any amendment thereto, to become effective. If the Registration Statement has become or becomes effective pursuant to Rule 430D, or filing of the Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus or the Ratings Free Writing Prospectus is otherwise required under Rule 424(h), Rule 424(b) or Rule 433, as applicable, the Seller will file any such document, properly completed, and any supplement thereto, with the Commission pursuant to and in accordance with the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission under the Securities Act within the time period prescribed. The Seller will advise the Representative promptly of any such filing pursuant to Rule 424(h), Rule 424(b) or Rule 433, as applicable, or deemed effectiveness pursuant to Rule 462. The Company will file the certifications and all transaction agreements necessary to satisfy the conditions for the offering of the Notes under Form SF-3 in the manner and within the time required by the General Instructions to Form SF-3.

(b) The Seller will advise you promptly of: (i) any proposal to amend or supplement the Registration Statement as filed, or the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, and will not effect such amendment or supplement without first furnishing to you a copy of each such proposed amendment or supplement and obtaining your consent, which consent will not unreasonably be withheld, (ii) any request by the Commission for any amendment of or supplement to the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus or for any additional information, (iii) the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, or of any amendment or supplement thereto or to the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, (iv) the issuance by the Commission or, if the Seller has knowledge thereof, by any authority administering any state securities or blue sky laws of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the institution or threat of any proceeding for that purpose, and the Seller will use its best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order and to obtain as soon as possible the lifting of any issued stop order and (v) the receipt of any comments or any other written notice from the Commission (following the date of this Agreement) with respect to the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus or any information incorporated by reference therein.

(c) If, during the period in which the Prospectus is required by federal securities law or regulation (in the opinion of counsel for the Representative) to be delivered in connection with sales by any Underwriter or dealer, any event occurs as a result of which the Prospectus, as then amended or supplemented, would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or if it is necessary at any time to amend or supplement the Prospectus to comply with the Securities Act, the Seller (in compliance with subsection (b)) promptly will prepare and file, or cause to be prepared and filed, with the Commission an amendment or supplement that will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance. Any such filing shall not operate as a waiver or limitation of any rights of the Underwriters hereunder.

 

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(d) The Seller will make (or will cause the Issuer to make) generally available to the Noteholders (the sole Noteholders being the applicable clearing agency in the case of Book-Entry Notes), in each case as soon as practicable, a statement which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act (including Rule 158 under the Securities Act) with respect to the Notes; provided that this covenant may be satisfied by posting the monthly Servicer’s Certificates for the Issuer on a publicly available website or filing such Servicer’s Certificates with the Commission on a Form 10-D.

(e) The Seller will deliver to the Underwriters, without charge, copies of the Ratings Free Writing Prospectus, the Preliminary Prospectus (and each other preliminary prospectus, if more than one has been prepared by the Seller), the Prospectus and all amendments and supplements to such documents, in each case as soon as available and in such quantities and to such recipients as any Underwriter shall reasonably request.

(f) The Seller will arrange to qualify the Notes for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as you reasonably shall request, and will maintain all such qualifications for so long as required for the distribution of the Notes and, thereafter, to the extent required by such jurisdictions. VW Credit will promptly advise the Underwriters of the receipt by VW Credit of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Notes for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose.

(g) From the date hereof until the retirement of the Notes, or until none of the Underwriters maintains a secondary market in the Notes, whichever occurs first, the Seller will deliver to each of the Underwriters, through the Representative, the annual statement of compliance and any annual independent certified public accountants’ report furnished to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement, as soon as such statements and reports are furnished to the Indenture Trustee.

 

(h) So long as any of the Notes are outstanding, the Seller will deliver to each of the Underwriters, through the Representative: (i) as soon as available, all documents required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to the Exchange Act, or any order of the Commission thereunder, (ii) all documents distributed to Noteholders and (iii) from time to time, any information concerning the Seller or the Issuer filed with any governmental or regulatory authority that is publicly available, as the Underwriters reasonably may request.

(i) On or before the Closing Date, each of VW Credit and the Seller shall cause its computer records relating to the Receivables to be marked to show the Issuer’s ownership of the Receivables, and from and after the Closing Date neither the Seller nor VW Credit shall take any action inconsistent with the Issuer’s ownership of the Receivables other than as permitted by the Transaction Documents.

(j) To the extent, if any, that any of the ratings assigned to the Notes by any of the Hired NRSROs are conditional upon the furnishing of documents or the taking of any other actions by the Seller or VW Credit, as the case may be, the relevant party shall furnish, or cause to be furnished, such documents and take any such other actions as promptly as possible.

 

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(k) From the date hereof until seven days after the Closing Date, none of the Seller, VW Credit or any trust, including the Issuer, originated, directly or indirectly, by the Seller or VW Credit will offer to sell or sell anywhere any securities similar to the Notes that are collateralized by (directly or indirectly), or evidence an ownership interest in, motor vehicle retail installment loans or retail installment sale contracts without the prior written consent of each of the Underwriters.

(l) VW Credit will comply, and will cause the Seller to comply, with the 17g-5 Representation.

(m) The Seller will comply with the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder and the Trust Indenture Act and the rules and regulations thereunder so as to permit the completion of the distribution of the Notes as contemplated in this Agreement, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.

(n) VW Credit will comply, and will cause each of its affiliates to comply, with the Credit Risk Retention Rules, as in effect from time to time, in connection with the Volkswagen Auto Loan Enhanced Trust 20[ ]-[ ] transaction.

SECTION 6. Payment of Expenses. Except as otherwise agreed in writing by the Seller and the Representative, the Seller will pay all expenses (including legal fees and disbursements) incident to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including: (a) the printing and filing of the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus, each other preliminary prospectus or “written communication” (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) that constitutes an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy the Notes, and the Prospectus, and each amendment or supplement thereto, and delivery of copies thereof to the Underwriters, (b) the preparation of this Agreement, (c) the preparation, issuance and delivery of the Notes to the Underwriters (or any appointed clearing organizations), (d) the fees and disbursements of VW Credit’s and the Seller’s counsel and accountants, (e) the qualification of the Notes under state securities laws in accordance with Section 5(f), including filing fees and the fees and disbursements of counsel in connection therewith and in connection with the preparation of any blue sky survey (including the printing and delivery thereof to the Underwriters), (f) any fees charged by the Hired NRSROs for the rating (or consideration of the rating) of the Notes, (g) the fees and expenses incurred with respect to any filing with, and review by, FINRA, DTC or any similar organizations, (h) the fees and disbursements of the Indenture Trustee and its counsel, if any, (i) the fees and disbursements of [ ], acting in its capacity as owner trustee (in such capacity, the “Owner Trustee”) [and [    ], acting in its capacity as issuer Delaware trustee (in such capacity, the “Issuer Delaware Trustee”),] under the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date (the “Trust Agreement”), between the Seller, [and] the Owner Trustee [and the Issuer Delaware Trustee], and [its][their respective] counsel and (j) the costs and expenses (including any damages or other amounts payable in connection with legal and contractual liability) associated with reforming any Contracts for Sale of the Notes made by the Underwriters caused by a breach of any representation in Section 2; provided, that the Representative and the Underwriters each agree to pay the legal fees and disbursements of their respective counsel and agree that neither the Seller nor VW Credit are responsible for such legal fees and disbursements.

 

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SECTION 7. Conditions of the Obligations of the Underwriters. The obligations of the Underwriters to purchase and pay for the Notes will be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties made herein as of the date of this Agreement and the Closing Date, to the accuracy of the statements of officers made pursuant hereto, to the performance by the Seller and VW Credit of their obligations hereunder, and to the following additional conditions precedent:

(a) The Prospectus and any supplements thereto shall have been filed (if required) with the Commission in accordance with the Securities Act; and, before the Closing Date, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or, to the knowledge of the Seller or the Underwriters, shall be contemplated by the Commission or by any authority administering any state securities or blue sky law.

(b) On or before the Closing Date, (i) a nationally recognized independent accounting firm acceptable to the Representative shall have furnished to the Underwriters letters relating to (A) the Preliminary Prospectus, dated as of the date of the Preliminary Prospectus, and (B) the Prospectus, dated as of the date of the Prospectus, regarding certain specified procedures performed with respect to the Notes and the Receivables, each in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representative, and (ii) the Accounting Firm shall have furnished to the Representative a copy of the Accountant’s Due Diligence Report.

(c) After the date hereof, there shall not have occurred any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business or operations of the Issuer, the Seller, VW Credit or VWA, and their respective subsidiaries, taken as a whole, that, in your judgment, is material and adverse and that makes it impracticable or inadvisable to market the Notes on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Prospectus.

(d) You shall have received an opinion of [    ], counsel to the Seller and VW Credit, addressed to you and the Indenture Trustee, dated the Closing Date and satisfactory in form and substance to you and your counsel.

(e) You shall have received from [                ], special counsel to the Seller, VW Credit and the Issuer, (i) an opinion or opinions, subject to customary qualifications, assumptions, limitations and exceptions, dated the Closing Date, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to you and your counsel, with respect to general corporate matters, certain perfection matters, matters related to the creation of a security interest, securities law matters, Investment Company Act matters, tax matters, enforceability matters, certain true sale and nonconsolidation matters, the validity of the Notes, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, the effectiveness of such Registration Statement and the information contained in each of the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and (ii) a negative assurance letter with respect to the most recent Preliminary Prospectus delivered prior to the Time of Sale, the Ratings Free Writing Prospectus, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, dated the Closing Date and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to you and your counsel.

(f) You shall have received a negative assurance letter of [    ] with respect to the most recent Preliminary Prospectus delivered prior to the Time of Sale, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.

 

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(g) You shall have received an opinion addressed to you, the Seller and the Servicer of [    ], counsel to the Indenture Trustee, dated the Closing Date and reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to you and your counsel.

(h) You shall have received an opinion or opinions addressed to you, the Seller and the Servicer of [    ], counsel to the Owner Trustee [and the Issuer Delaware Trustee], and special Delaware counsel to the Seller and the Issuer, dated the Closing Date and reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to you and your counsel.

(i) You shall have received an opinion of in-house counsel to the Asset Representations Reviewer, dated the Closing Date, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to you and your counsel.

(j) You shall have received certificates dated the Closing Date of any two of the President, the Chief Financial Officer, any Vice President, the Controller, the Treasurer, the Secretary, Assistant Treasurer or the Assistant Secretary of the Seller and VW Credit in which such officers shall state that: (A) the representations and warranties made by such entity contained in the Transaction Documents and this Agreement are true and correct, that such party has complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied under such agreements on or before the Closing Date, and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are contemplated by the Commission or, to the knowledge of such officers, any authority administering state securities or blue sky laws and (B) since [    ], [    ] there has not occurred any material adverse change, or any development involving a prospective material adverse change, in or affecting the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business or operations of the Issuer, the Seller or the Servicer except as disclosed to you in writing prior to the date of the Preliminary Prospectus.

(k) You shall have received evidence satisfactory to you that, on or before the Closing Date, UCC-1 financing statements have been or are being filed in all applicable governmental offices reflecting (A) the transfer of the interest of VW Credit in the Receivables and the proceeds thereof to the Seller pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, (B) the transfer of the interest of the Seller in the Purchase Agreement, the Receivables and the proceeds thereof to the Issuer pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement, and (C) the grant by the Issuer to the Indenture Trustee under the Indenture of a security interest in the interest of the Issuer in the Purchase Agreement, the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Receivables and the proceeds thereof.

(l) The Class A-1 Notes, Class A-2[-A] Notes, [Class A-2-B Notes,] Class A-3 Notes and Class A-4 Notes shall have received at least the ratings indicated in the Ratings Free Writing Prospectus from the nationally recognized statistical rating organizations named therein.

(m) You shall have received, from each of VW Credit and the Seller, a certificate executed by a secretary or assistant secretary thereof to which shall be attached certified copies of the: (i) organizational documents, (ii) applicable resolutions and (iii) designation of incumbency of each such entity.

 

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(n) The Issuer shall have delivered to DTC (or to the Indenture Trustee as an approved custodian therefor) each of the global Notes described in Section 3 hereof, duly executed by the Issuer and authenticated by the Indenture Trustee.

(o) The Issuer shall have executed and delivered to DTC a standard “letter of representations” in electronic form sufficient to cause DTC to qualify each Class of Notes for inclusion in DTC’s book-entry registration and transfer system, and each Class of Notes shall have been approved by DTC for inclusion on its book-entry registration and transfer system.

(p) The Underwriters shall have received such opinions, addressed to the Underwriters and dated the Closing Date, as are delivered to the Hired NRSROs.

The Seller will provide or cause to be provided to you conformed copies of such opinions, certificates, letters and documents as you or your counsel reasonably request.

SECTION 8. Termination. This Agreement shall be subject to termination by notice given by you to the Seller if: (a) after the execution and delivery of this Agreement and prior to the Closing Date: (i) trading generally shall have been suspended or materially limited on the New York Stock Exchange; (ii) trading of any securities of Volkswagen AG shall have been suspended on any exchange or in any over-the-counter market; (iii) any general moratorium on commercial banking activities in New York shall have been declared by either Federal or New York State authorities; or (iv) there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation of hostilities or any change in the financial markets or any calamity or crisis that, in your judgment, is material and adverse, and (b) in the case of any of the events specified above, such event singly or together with any other such event makes it, in your judgment, impracticable or inadvisable to market or deliver the Notes on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Prospectus.

SECTION 9. Indemnification and Contribution. (a) The Seller and VW Credit will, jointly and severally, indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, and each person, if any, who controls such Underwriter within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, and the respective officers, directors and employees of such person from and against any losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including, without limitation, any legal or other expenses incurred by any of them in connection with defending or investigating any such action or claim) to which they or any of them may become subject, under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or other federal or state law or regulation, whether statutory, at common law or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information (it being understood that such indemnification with respect to the Time of Sale Information does not include the omission of pricing and price-dependent information, which information shall of necessity appear only in the Prospectus), any Form ABS-15G (taken as a whole, together with the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus) furnished to the Commission on EDGAR with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Prospectus or any amendment, exhibit or supplement thereto, any Issuer Information, or any information provided by the Seller or VW Credit to any Underwriter or any holder or prospective purchaser of the Notes, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements

 

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therein, in the light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that neither the Seller nor VW Credit will be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement in, or omission or alleged omission from, any of such documents in reliance upon and in conformity with the Underwriters’ Information (as defined below). The indemnity agreements in this Section 9(a) will be in addition to any liability that the Seller or VW Credit may otherwise have.

(b) Each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Seller and VW Credit and their respective directors, officers who signed the Registration Statement, and each person, if any, who controls such parties within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities (including, without limitation, any legal or other expenses incurred by any of them in connection with defending or investigating any such action or claim) to which any of them may become subject, under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or other federal or state law or regulation, whether statutory, at common law or otherwise, as incurred, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus or any amendment, exhibit or supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or the alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with the Underwriters’ Information (as defined below) and (ii) the failure upon the part of any Underwriter to deliver the Preliminary Prospectus prior to the Time of Sale to any investor with whom such Underwriter entered into a Contract of Sale at such Time of Sale. As used herein, the term “Underwriters’ Information” means the information set forth in the [third] paragraph (regarding concessions and discounts) and the [second sentence of the twelfth] paragraph (regarding market making) under the caption “Underwriting” in the Preliminary Prospectus or Prospectus. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability that each Underwriter may otherwise have.

(c) Each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, will indemnify and hold harmless the Seller and VW Credit, and each person, if any, who controls the Seller or VW Credit within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act and the respective officers, directors and employees of each such person, against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which the Seller or VW Credit may become subject, under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon, (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in any Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus (as defined below), or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading and (ii) any statement contained in any Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus (as defined below) that conflicts with the information then contained in the Registration Statement or any prospectus that is a part thereof, and will reimburse any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Seller or VW Credit in connection with investigating or defending

 

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any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action; provided, however, that with respect to clauses (i) and (ii) above, no Underwriter will be liable to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon any statement in or omission from any Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus (as defined below) in reliance upon and in conformity with (A) any written information furnished to the related Underwriter by the Seller or VW Credit expressly for use therein, (B) information accurately extracted from the Preliminary Prospectus or Prospectus, which information was not corrected by information subsequently provided by the Seller or VW Credit to the related Underwriter prior to the time of use of such Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus (as defined below) or (C) Issuer Information (as defined below) (except for information regarding the status of the subscriptions for the Notes). This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability that each Underwriter may otherwise have.

(d) In case any proceeding (including any governmental investigation) shall be instituted involving any person in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to either subsection (a), (b) or (c), such person (the “indemnified party”) promptly shall notify the person against whom such indemnity may be sought (the “indemnifying party”) in writing and the indemnifying party, upon request of the indemnified party, shall retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party to represent the indemnified party and any others the indemnifying party may designate in such proceedings and shall pay the fees and disbursements of such counsel related to such proceeding. In any such proceeding, any indemnified party shall have the right to retain its own counsel, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such indemnified party unless: (i) the indemnifying party and the indemnified party agree on the retention of such counsel at the indemnifying party’s expense, (ii) the named parties to any such proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both the indemnifying party and the indemnified party and representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between such parties or (iii) the indemnifying party shall not have employed counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party to represent the indemnified party within a reasonable time after notice of the institution of such action. It is understood that the indemnifying party shall not, in respect of the legal expenses of any indemnified party in connection with any proceeding or related proceedings in the same jurisdiction, be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one counsel (in addition to any local counsel) for all such indemnified parties and that all such fees and expenses shall be reimbursed promptly as they are incurred. Such counsel shall be designated in writing by the Seller, in the case of parties indemnified pursuant to subsection (a), and by the Representative, in the case of parties indemnified pursuant to subsection (b) or (c). The indemnifying party shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent, but if settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the indemnifying party agrees to indemnify the indemnified party from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such indemnified party, unless such settlement (i) includes an unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding and (ii) does not include any statement as to or any admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of such indemnified party.

 

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(e) If the indemnification provided for in this Section is unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under subsection (a), (b) or (c), then each indemnifying party, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party thereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to in subsection (a), (b) or (c): (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Seller, VW Credit, the Issuer and their affiliates on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other from the offering of the Notes or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) but also the relative fault of the Seller, VW Credit, the Issuer and their affiliates on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Seller, VW Credit, the Issuer and their affiliates on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other in connection with the offering of the Notes shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds from the offering (before deducting expenses other than underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters) received by the Seller, VW Credit, the Issuer and their affiliates bear to the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters. The relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Seller, VW Credit, the Issuer or their affiliates on the one hand or by any Underwriter on the other hand, and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such untrue statement or omission. The Underwriters’ respective obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section are several in proportion to the respective principal amounts of Notes they have purchased hereunder, and not joint. For purposes of this Section 9, each person who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of either the Securities Act or the Exchange Act and each director, officer, employee and agent of such Underwriter shall have the same rights to contribution as such Underwriter, and each person who controls the Seller or VW Credit within the meaning of either the Securities Act or the Exchange Act and each officer and director of the Seller or VW Credit shall have the same rights to contribution as the Seller or VW Credit, subject in each case to the applicable terms and conditions of this subsection (e).

(f) The parties hereto agree that it would not be just or equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in the preceding paragraph. The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages and liabilities referred to in the preceding paragraph shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Section, no Underwriter (except as may be provided in the agreement among Underwriters relating to the offering of the Notes) shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by such Underwriter exceed the amount of any damages that such Underwriter otherwise has been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission.

 

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(g) No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution or indemnity from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The remedies provided for in this Section are not exclusive and shall not limit any rights or remedies that otherwise may be available to any indemnified party at law or in equity.

SECTION 10. Defaults by an Underwriter. If any one or more Underwriter(s) fail(s) to purchase and pay for any of the Notes agreed to be purchased by such Underwriter(s) hereunder, and such failure constitutes a default in the performance of its or their obligations under this Agreement, the remaining Underwriter(s) shall be obligated severally to take up and pay for (in the respective proportions that the amount of Notes set forth opposite their names in Schedule I bears to the aggregate amount of Notes set forth opposite the names of all the remaining Underwriter(s)) the Notes that the defaulting Underwriter(s) agreed but failed to purchase; provided, however, that if the aggregate amount of Notes that the defaulting Underwriter(s) agreed but failed to purchase exceeds 10% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes, the remaining Underwriter(s) shall have the right to purchase all, but shall not be under any obligation to purchase any, of the Notes, and if such nondefaulting Underwriter(s) do not purchase all the Notes, this Agreement will terminate without liability to any nondefaulting Underwriter. In the event of a default by any Underwriter as set forth in this paragraph, the Closing Date shall be postponed for such period, not exceeding seven days, as the remaining Underwriter(s) shall determine in order that the required changes (if any) in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus or in any other documents or arrangements may be effected. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall relieve any defaulting Underwriter(s) of any liability to the Seller, VW Credit, their affiliates or any nondefaulting Underwriter(s) for damages occasioned by its default hereunder.

SECTION 11. Offering Communications. Other than the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, each Underwriter severally represents, warrants and agrees with VW Credit and the Seller that it has not made, used, prepared, authorized, approved or referred to and will not prepare, make, use, authorize, approve or refer to any “written communication” (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) that constitutes an offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to buy the Notes, including, but not limited to any “ABS informational and computational materials” as defined in Item 1101(a) of Regulation AB under the Securities Act unless such Underwriter has obtained the prior written approval of VW Credit and the Seller; provided, however, each Underwriter may prepare and convey to one or more of its potential investors without the consent of VW Credit, the Seller or any of their respective affiliates one or more “written communications” (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) in the form of (i) an Intex CDI file that does not contain any Issuer Information (as defined below) other than Issuer Information included in the Preliminary Prospectus previously filed with the Commission or (ii) other written communication containing no more than the following: (a) information contemplated by Rule 134 under the Securities Act, (b) information included or to be included in the Time of Sale Information or the Prospectus, and (c) a column or other entry showing the status of the subscriptions for the Notes and/or expected pricing parameters of the Notes (each such written communication, an “Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus”). VW Credit and the Seller each authorize each Underwriter to disseminate any “road show” (as defined under Rule 433(h) under the Securities Act) in which representatives of VW Credit or the Seller participate. As used herein, the term “Issuer Information” means any information of the type

 

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specified in clauses (1) – (5) of footnote 271 of Commission Release No. 33-8591 (Securities Offering Reform), other than Underwriter Derived Information. As used herein, the term “Underwriter Derived Information” shall refer to information of the type described in clause (5) of footnote 271 of Commission Release No. 33-8591 (Securities Offering Reform) when prepared by any Underwriter, including traditional computational and analytical materials prepared by the Underwriter.

(a) Each Underwriter severally represents, warrants and agrees with VW Credit and the Seller that:

(i) each Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus prepared by it will not, as of the date such Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus is conveyed or delivered to any prospective purchaser of Notes, include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit any material fact necessary to make the statements contained therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that no Underwriter makes such representation, warranty or agreement to the extent such untrue statements or omissions were made in reliance upon and in conformity with information contained in the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus or any written information furnished to the related Underwriter by VW Credit or the Seller specifically for use therein which information was not corrected by information subsequently provided by VW Credit or the Seller to the related Underwriter prior to the time of use of such Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus;

(ii) each Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus prepared by it shall contain a legend substantially in the form of and in compliance with Rule 433(c)(2)(i) of the Securities Act, and shall otherwise conform to any requirements for “free writing prospectuses” under the Securities Act;

(iii) each Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus prepared by it shall be delivered to VW Credit and the Seller no later than the time of first use and, unless otherwise agreed to by VW Credit and the Seller and the related Underwriter, such delivery shall occur no later than [5:00 p.m.] (Eastern Time) on the date of first use (which shall be no earlier than the time that the Preliminary Prospectus is filed with the Commission); provided, however, if the date of first use is not a Business Day, such delivery shall occur no later than [5:00 p.m.] (Eastern Time) on the first Business Day preceding such date of first use;

(iv) none of the information in any Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus will conflict with the information then contained in the Registration Statement or any prospectus that is a part thereof;

 

 

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(v) such Underwriter has in place, and covenants that it shall maintain, internal controls and procedures which it reasonably believes to be sufficient to ensure full compliance with all applicable legal requirements of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder with respect to the generation and use of Underwriter Free Writing Prospectuses in connection with the offering of the Notes. In addition, such Underwriter shall, for a period of at least three years after the date hereof, maintain written and/or electronic records of the following:

 

  a.

any Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus used by such Underwriter to solicit offers to purchase Notes to the extent not filed with the Commission;

 

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regarding each Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus delivered by such Underwriter to an investor, the date of such delivery and identity of such investor; and

 

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regarding each Contract of Sale entered into by such Underwriter, the date, identity of the investor and the terms of such Contract of Sale, as set forth in the related confirmation of trade; and

(vi) such Underwriter shall file any Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus that has been distributed by such Underwriter in a manner reasonably designed to lead to its broad, unrestricted dissemination within the later of two business days after such Underwriter first provides this information to investors and the date upon which the Seller is required to file the Prospectus with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Securities Act or otherwise as required under Rule 433 of the Securities Act; provided, however, that such Underwriter shall not be required to file any Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus to the extent such Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus includes information in a free writing prospectus, Preliminary Prospectus or Prospectus previously filed with the Commission or that does not contain substantive changes from or additions to a free writing prospectus previously filed with the Commission.

SECTION 12. No Bankruptcy Petition. Each Underwriter covenants and agrees that, before the date that is one year and one day after the payment in full of all notes issued by the Issuer or any other common law or statutory trust or limited liability company formed by the Seller in connection with the issuance of securities, it will not institute against, or join any other person in instituting against, the Seller, the Issuer or any other such trust or limited liability company any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings or other proceedings under any Federal or state bankruptcy or similar law.

SECTION 13. Survival of Representations and Obligations. The respective indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties and other statements set forth in or made pursuant to this Agreement or contained in certificates of officers submitted pursuant hereto shall remain operative and in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation or statement as to the results thereof, and will survive delivery of and payment for the Notes. If for any reason the purchase of the Notes by the Underwriters is not consummated, the Seller shall remain responsible for the expenses to be paid or reimbursed pursuant to Section 6 and the obligations pursuant to Section 9 shall remain in effect. If for any reason the purchase of the Notes by the Underwriters is not consummated, other than termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 10 with respect to the defaulting Underwriter(s), the Seller will reimburse the Underwriters severally, upon demand, for all out-of-pocket expenses (including fees and disbursements of counsel) incurred by any Underwriter in connection with the offering of the Notes. The provisions of Sections 6, 9, 14, 15, 16, 18, 20 and 22 hereof shall survive the termination or cancellation of this Agreement.

 

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SECTION 14. Notices. All communications hereunder will be in writing and will be mailed or delivered and confirmed in each case as follows: (a) if to the Underwriters, to the Representative, at [    ], Attention: [    ]; (b) if to the Seller, at Volkswagen Auto Lease/Loan Underwritten Funding, LLC, 2200 Ferdinand Porsche Drive, Herndon, VA 20171, Attention: Corporate Secretary; and (c) if to VW Credit, at VW Credit, Inc., 2200 Ferdinand Porsche Drive, Herndon, VA 20171, Attention: Corporate Secretary.

SECTION 15. Successors. This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto, their respective successors and agents, and the directors, officers, employees and control persons referred to in Section 9, and no other person will have any rights or obligations hereunder.

SECTION 16. Applicable Law, Entire Agreement. This Agreement and all disputes, claims, controversies, disagreements, actions and proceedings arising out of or relating to this Agreement, including the scope or validity of this provision, will be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York, without regard to the principal of conflicts of laws thereof or any other jurisdiction (other than Sections 5-1401 and 5-1402 of the New York General Obligations Laws), and the obligations, rights and remedies of the parties under this Agreement shall be determined in accordance with such laws. This Agreement represents the entire agreement between the Seller and VW Credit, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other, with respect to the preparation of the Prospectus or the Preliminary Prospectus, the conduct of the offering and the purchase and sale of the Notes.

SECTION 17. Severability of Provisions. Any covenant, provision, agreement or term of this Agreement that is prohibited or is held to be void or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof or the enforceability of such provision in any other jurisdiction.

SECTION 18. Amendment. Neither this Agreement nor any term hereof may be changed, waived, discharged or terminated orally, but only by an instrument in writing signed by the party against whom enforcement of the change, waiver, discharge or termination is sought.

SECTION 19. Headings. The headings in this Agreement are for the purposes of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.

SECTION 20. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which together shall constitute one instrument. Facsimile and .pdf signatures shall be deemed valid and binding to the same extent as the original.

SECTION 21. Representation. You will act for the several Underwriters in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and any action under this Agreement taken by you will be binding upon all the Underwriters.

 

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SECTION 22. Submission to Jurisdiction. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally:

(a) submits for itself and its property in any legal action or proceeding relating to this Agreement, any documents executed and delivered in connection herewith or for recognition and enforcement of any judgment in respect thereof, to the non-exclusive general jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York, the courts of the United States of America for the Southern District of New York, and appellate courts from any thereof;

(b) consents that any such action or proceeding may be brought and maintained in such courts and waives any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the venue of such action or proceeding in any such court or that such action or proceeding was brought in an inconvenient court and agrees not to plead or claim the same;

(c) agrees that service of process in any such action or proceeding may be effected by mailing a copy thereof by registered or certified mail (or any substantially similar form of mail), postage prepaid, to such Person at its address set forth in Section 14 or, if not therein, in the Indenture; and

(d) agrees that nothing herein shall affect the right to effect service of process in any other manner permitted by law or shall limit the right to sue in any other jurisdiction.

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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, kindly sign and return to us the enclosed duplicate hereof, whereupon it will become a binding agreement among the undersigned and the remaining Underwriters.

 

Very truly yours,

VOLKSWAGEN AUTO LEASE/LOAN UNDERWRITTEN FUNDING, LLC

By:    
  Name:
  Title:
By:    
  Name:
  Title:
VW CREDIT, INC.
By:    
  Name:
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Volkswagen Auto Loan Enhanced Trust 20[ ]-[ ]

Underwriting Agreement


The foregoing Underwriting Agreement is hereby confirmed and accepted as of the date first written above.
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Volkswagen Auto Loan Enhanced Trust 20[ ]-[ ]

Underwriting Agreement


SCHEDULE I

to Underwriting Agreement

The Underwriters named below are the “Underwriters” for the purpose of this Agreement.

 

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EX-3.1.1 3 d742675dex311.htm EX-3.1.1 EX-3.1.1

EXHIBIT 3.1.1

CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION

OF

VOLKSWAGEN AUTO LEASE UNDERWRITTEN FUNDING, LLC

The undersigned desires to form a limited liability company pursuant to the provisions of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, 6 Del C.ss.18-101 et seq., and hereby states as follows:

ARTICLE I

The name of the limited liability company is Volkswagen Auto Lease Underwritten Funding, LLC (hereinafter referred to as the “Company”).

ARTICLE II

The address of the registered office of the Company in the State of Delaware is c/o The Corporation Trust Company, Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange St., County of New Castle, Wilmington, Delaware 19801.

ARTICLE III

The name and address of the registered agent for service of process on the Company in the State of Delaware is The Corporation Trust Company, Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange St., County of New Castle, Wilmington, Delaware 19801.

IN WITNESS OF THE FOREGOING, the undersigned has duly executed this Certificate of Formation this 8th day of August, 2002.

 

By:  

/s/ Kevin Warns

  Kevin Warns
  Authorized Person
EX-3.1.2 4 d742675dex312.htm EX-3.1.2 EX-3.1.2

Exhibit 3.1.2

CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT TO CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION OF

VOLKSWAGEN AUTO LEASE UNDERWRITTEN FUNDING, LLC

Volkswagen Auto Lease Underwritten Funding, LLC (hereinafter called the “Company”), a limited liability company organized and existing under and by virtue of the Limited Liability Company Act of the State of Delaware, does hereby certify:

1. The name of the limited liability company is:

Volkswagen Auto Lease Underwritten Funding, LLC

2. Article I of the Certificate of Formation of the Company is hereby amended to read in its entirety as follows:

“ARTICLE I

The name of the limited liability company is Volkswagen Auto Lease/Loan Underwritten Funding, LLC (hereinafter referred to as the “Company”).”

Executed on this 15th day of December 2006.

 

By:  

/s/ MARIA L. TARARO

  Name:   Maria L. Tararo
  Title:   Authorized Person
EX-3.2 5 d742675dex32.htm EX-3.2 EX-3.2

EXHIBIT 3.2

LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT

OF

VOLKSWAGEN AUTO LEASE UNDERWRITTEN FUNDING, LLC

This Limited Liability Company Agreement (together with the schedules attached hereto, this “Agreement”) of Volkswagen Auto Lease Underwritten Funding, LLC (the “Company”), is entered into by VW Credit, Inc., a Delaware corporation, as the sole equity member (the “Member”), and Kevin P. Burns, as the Special Member (as defined on Schedule A hereto). Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings set forth on Schedule A hereto.

The Member, by execution of this Agreement, hereby forms the Company as a limited liability company pursuant to and in accordance with the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act (6 Del. C. ss. 18-101 et seq.), as amended from time to time (the “Act”), and this Agreement, and the Member and Kevin P. Burns hereby agree as follows:

Section 1. Name.

The name of the limited liability company formed hereby is Volkswagen Auto Lease Underwritten Funding, LLC.

Section 2. Principal Business Office.

The principal business office of the Company shall be located at c/o VW Credit, Inc., 3800 Hamlin Road, Auburn Hills, Michigan 48326, or such other location as may hereafter be determined by the Member.

Section 3. Registered Office.

The address of the registered office of the Company in the State of Delaware is c/o The Corporation Trust Company, Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19801.

Section 4. Registered Agent.

The name and address of the registered agent of the Company for service of process on the Company in the State of Delaware is The Corporation Trust Company, Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19801.

 

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Section 5. Members; Special Member.

(a) The mailing address of the Member is set forth on Schedule B attached hereto. The Member was admitted to the Company as a member of the Company upon its execution of a counterpart signature page to this Agreement.

(b) Subject to Section 9(j), the Member may act by written consent.

(c) Upon the occurrence of any event that causes the Member to cease to be a member of the Company (other than (i) upon an assignment by the Member of all of its limited liability company interest in the Company and the admission of the transferee pursuant to Sections 21 and 23, or (ii) the resignation of the Member and the admission of an additional member of the Company pursuant to Sections 22 and 23), the person acting as an Independent Director pursuant to Section 10 shall, without any action of any Person and simultaneously with the Member ceasing to be a member of the Company, automatically be admitted to the Company as the Special Member and shall continue the Company without dissolution. The Special Member may not resign from the Company or transfer its rights as Special Member unless (i) a successor Special Member has been admitted to the Company as Special Member by executing a counterpart to this Agreement, and (ii) such successor has also accepted its appointment as Independent Director pursuant to Section 10; provided, however, the Special Member shall automatically cease to be a member of the Company upon the admission to the Company of a new Member or a substitute Special Member. The Special Member shall be a member of the Company that has no interest in the profits, losses and capital of the Company and has no right to receive any distributions of Company assets. Pursuant to Section 18-301 of the Act, the Special Member shall not be required to make any capital contributions to the Company and shall not receive a limited liability company interest in the Company. The Special Member, in its capacity as Special Member, may not bind the Company. Except as required by any mandatory provision of the Act, the Special Member, in its capacity as Special Member, shall have no right to vote on, approve or otherwise consent to any action by, or matter relating to, the Company, including, without limitation, the merger, consolidation or conversion of the Company. In order to implement the admission to the Company of the Special Member, the person acting as an Independent Director pursuant to Section 10 shall execute a counterpart to this Agreement. Prior to its admission to the Company as Special Member, the person acting as an Independent Director pursuant to Section 10 shall not be a member of the Company.

Section 6. Certificates.

Kevin Warns is hereby designated as an “authorized person” within the meaning of the Act, and has executed, delivered and filed the Certificate of Formation of the Company with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware. Upon the filing of the Certificate of Formation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, his powers as an “authorized person” ceased, and the Member thereupon became the designated “authorized person” and shall continue as the designated “authorized person” within the meaning of the Act. The Member or an Officer shall execute, deliver and file any other certificates (and any amendments and/or restatements thereof)

 

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necessary for the Company to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction in which the Company may wish to conduct business. The Member or an Officer shall also execute, deliver and file any application or similar document necessary for the Company to obtain any license or registration required to conduct its business in any jurisdiction in which the Company may wish to conduct business.

The existence of the Company as a separate legal entity shall continue until cancellation of the Certificate of Formation as provided in the Act.

Section 7. Purposes.

(a) The purpose to be conducted or promoted by the Company is to engage in the following business and financial activities:

 

  (i)

entering into and performing obligations under one or more agreements pursuant to which the Company may purchase, receive contributions of or otherwise acquire from time to time retail automobile or light duty truck installment sales contracts and related rights and assets (“Receivables Assets”) and beneficial interests in a trust consisting of vehicles, user leases and the related rights associated therewith (“SUBI Assets”);

 

  (ii)

owning, holding, selling, assigning, transferring, pledging, granting security interests in or otherwise exercising ownership rights with respect to Receivables Assets and SUBI Assets;

 

  (iii)

issuing or selling Securities;

 

  (iv)

acting as settlor or depositor of one or more Delaware statutory trusts or common law trusts (each, an “Issuer”) formed to issue Securities;

 

  (v)

acquiring, owning, holding, transferring, assigning, pledging, selling or otherwise dealing with any interests in an Issuer or Securities issued by an Issuer;

 

  (vi)

establishing any reserve account, spread account or other credit enhancement for the benefit of any Securities;

 

  (vii)

transferring or investing any income;

 

  (viii)

preparing, executing and filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission any documents, including without limitation registration statements, amendments to registration statements, Form 8-Ks, annual reports, letters or agreements, relating to Securities;

 

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  (ix)

preparing any private placement memoranda relating to Securities to be offered or sold privately;

 

  (x)

serving as a “general partner” of an Issuer for federal, state or local tax purposes;

 

  (xi)

entering into and performing obligations under agreements reasonably related to transactions described in clauses (i) through (x) above, including without limitation, any interest rate hedge agreements, transfer agreements, sale agreements, trust agreements, purchase agreements, placement agreements, indemnity agreements, servicing agreements, pooling agreements or lockbox or controlled account agreements, and any amendments to any of the foregoing (all such agreements, the “Transaction Documents”); and

 

  (xii)

engaging in any lawful act or activity and to exercise any powers permitted to limited liability companies organized under the laws of Delaware that are related or incidental to and necessary, convenient or advisable for the accomplishment of the above-mentioned purposes.

(b) The Company, by or through the Member, or any Director or Officer on behalf of the Company, may enter into and perform the Transaction Documents and all documents, agreements, certificates or financing statements contemplated thereby or related thereto, all without any further act, vote or approval of any other Person notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Act or applicable law, rule or regulation. The foregoing authorization shall not be deemed a restriction on the powers of the Member or any Director or Officer to enter into other agreements on behalf of the Company.

Section 8. Powers.

Subject to Section 9(j), the Company, and the Board of Directors and the Officers of the Company on behalf of the Company, (i) shall have and exercise all powers necessary, convenient or incidental to accomplish its purposes as set forth in Section 7 and (ii) shall have and exercise all of the powers and rights conferred upon limited liability companies formed pursuant to the Act.

Section 9. Management.

(a) Board of Directors. Subject to Section 9(j), the business and affairs of the Company shall be managed by or under the direction of a Board of one or more Directors designated by the Member. Subject to Section 10, the Member may determine at any time in its sole and absolute discretion the number of Directors to constitute the Board. The authorized number of Directors may be increased or decreased by the Member at any time in its sole and absolute discretion, upon notice to all Directors, and subject in all cases to Section 10. The initial number of Directors shall be four, at least one of which shall be an Independent Director pursuant to Section 10. Each Director elected, designated or appointed by the Member shall

 

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hold office until a successor is elected and qualified or until such Director’s earlier death, resignation, expulsion or removal. Each Director shall execute and deliver the Directors’ Agreement. Directors need not be a Member. The initial Directors designated by the Member are listed on Schedule D hereto.

(b) Powers. Subject to Section 9(j), the Board of Directors shall have the power to do any and all acts necessary, convenient or incidental to or for the furtherance of the purposes described herein, including all powers, statutory or otherwise. Subject to Section 7, the Board of Directors has the authority to bind the Company.

(c) Meeting of the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors of the Company may hold meetings, both regular and special, within or outside the State of Delaware. Regular meetings of the Board may be held without notice at such time and at such place as shall from time to time be determined by the Board. Special meetings of the Board may be called by the President on not less than three days’ notice to each Director by telephone, facsimile, mail, telegram or any other means of communication, and special meetings shall be called by the President or Secretary in like manner and with like notice upon the written request of any one or more of the Directors.

(d) Quorum: Acts of the Board. At all meetings of the Board, a majority of the Directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and, except as otherwise provided in any other provision of this Agreement, the act of a majority of the Directors present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the Board. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of the Board, the Directors present at such meeting may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board or of any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting if all members of the Board or committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing, and the writing or writings are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board or committee, as the case may be.

(e) Electronic Communications. Members of the Board, or any committee designated by the Board, may participate in meetings of the Board, or any committee, by means of telephone conference or similar communications equipment that allows all Persons participating in the meeting to hear each other, and such participation in a meeting shall constitute presence in Person at the meeting. If all the participants are participating by telephone conference or similar communications equipment, the meeting shall be deemed to be held at the principal place of business of the Company.

(f) Committees of Directors.

 

  (i)

The Board may, by resolution passed by a majority of the whole Board, designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of one or more of the Directors of the Company. The Board may designate one or more Directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee.

 

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  (ii)

In the absence or disqualification of a member of a committee, the member or members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not such members constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the Board to act at the meeting in the place of any such absent or disqualified member.

 

  (iii)

Any such committee, to the extent provided in the resolution of the Board, and subject to, in all cases, Sections 9(j) and 10, shall have and may exercise all the powers and authority of the Board in the management of the business and affairs of the Company. Such committee or committees shall have such name or names as may be determined from time to time by resolution adopted by the Board. Each committee shall keep regular minutes of its meetings and report the same to the Board when required.

 

  (iv)

For the avoidance of doubt, any committee of the Board shall not have any power or powers prohibited the Board under Section 9(j).

(g) Compensation of Directors; Expenses. The Board shall have the authority to fix the compensation of Directors. The Directors may be paid their expenses, if any, of attendance at meetings of the Board, which may be a fixed sum for attendance at each meeting of the Board or a stated salary as Director. No such payment shall preclude any Director from serving the Company in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor. Members of special or standing committees may be allowed like compensation for attending committee meetings.

(h) Removal of Directors. Unless otherwise restricted by law, any Director or the entire Board of Directors may be removed or expelled, with or without cause, at any time by the Member, and, subject to Section 10, any vacancy caused by any such removal or expulsion may be filled by action of the Member.

(i) Directors as Agents. To the extent of their powers set forth in this Agreement and subject to Section 9(j), the Directors are agents of the Company for the purpose of the Company’s business, and the actions of the Directors taken in accordance with such powers set forth in this Agreement shall bind the Company. Notwithstanding the last sentence of Section 18-402 of the Act, except as provided in this Agreement or in a resolution of the Directors, a Director may not bind the Company.

(j) Limitations on the Company’s Activities.

 

  (i)

This Section 9(j) is being adopted in order to comply with certain provisions required in order to qualify the Company as a “special purpose” entity.

 

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  (ii)

The Member shall not, so long as any Obligation is outstanding, amend, alter, change or repeal the definition of “Independent Director” or Sections 7, 8, 9, 10, 16, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29 or 31 or Schedule A of this Agreement without the unanimous written consent of the Board (including the Independent Director). Subject to this Section 9(j), the Member reserves the right to amend, alter, change or repeal any provisions contained in this Agreement in accordance with Section 31.

 

  (iii)

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement and any provision of law that otherwise so empowers the Company, the Member, the Board, any Officer or any other Person, neither the Member nor the Board nor any Officer nor any other Person shall be authorized or empowered, nor shall they permit the Company, without the prior unanimous written consent of the Member and the Board (including the Independent Director), to take any Material Action, provided, however, that the Board may not vote on, or authorize the taking of, any Material Action, unless there is at least one Independent Director then serving in such capacity.

 

  (iv)

The Board and the Member shall cause the Company to do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its existence, rights (charter and statutory) and franchises; provided, however, that, subject to the terms of the Transaction Documents, the Company shall not be required to preserve any such right or franchise if: (1) the Board shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable for the conduct of its business and that the loss thereof is not disadvantageous in any material respect to the Company and (2) the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied. The Board also shall cause the Company to:

 

  (A)

have its own business office (which, however, may be within the premises of and leased from the Member) at which will be maintained its own separate limited liability company books and records;

 

  (B)

observe all requirements of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, the Company’s certificate of formation and this Agreement;

 

  (C)

compensate all consultants and agents directly, from its own bank account, for services provided to it by such consultants and agents;

 

  (D)

readily identify and allocate any sharing of overhead expenses between the Company and the Member;

 

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  (E)

preserve its limited liability company form and hold itself out to the public and all other Persons as a separate legal entity from the Member and all other Persons;

 

  (F)

strictly observe and maintain separate financial records which are and will continue to be maintained to reflect its assets and liabilities which will be subject to audit by independent public accountants;

 

  (G)

declare and pay all dividends in accordance with law, the provisions of its organic documents, and the provisions of the Transaction Documents;

 

  (H)

maintain its assets and liabilities in such a manner that its individual assets and liabilities can be readily and inexpensively identified from those of the Member or any other Person, including any other subsidiary or Affiliate of the Member;

 

  (I)

maintain its own books of account and records separate from the Member or any other subsidiary or Affiliate of the Member;

 

  (J)

avoid commingling or pooling of its funds or other assets or liabilities with those of the Member or any other subsidiary or Affiliate of the Member, except with respect to the temporary commingling of collections and except with respect to the Member’s retention of certain books and records of the Company and except to the extent that the provisions of the Transaction Documents permit such commingling;

 

  (K)

properly reflect in its financial records all monetary transactions between it and the Member or any other subsidiary or Affiliate of the Member;

 

  (L)

maintain an arm’s length relationship with its Affiliates and the Member;

 

  (M)

not hold out its credit or assets as being available to satisfy the obligations of others;

 

  (N)

use separate stationery, invoices and checks;

 

  (O)

except as contemplated by the Transaction Documents, not pledge its assets for the benefit of any other Person;

 

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  (P)

maintain adequate capital in light of its contemplated business purpose, transactions and liabilities; and

 

  (Q)

cause the Directors, Officers, agents and other representatives of the Company to act at all times with respect to the Company consistently and in furtherance of the foregoing and in the best interests of the Company.

Failure of the Company, or the Member or Board on behalf of the Company, to comply with any of the foregoing covenants or any other covenants contained in this Agreement shall not affect the status of the Company as a separate legal entity or the limited liability of the Member or the Directors.

 

  (v)

So long as any Obligation is outstanding, the Board shall not cause or permit the Company to:

 

  (A)

except as contemplated by the Transaction Documents, guarantee any obligation of any Person, including any Affiliate;

 

  (B)

engage, directly or indirectly, in any business other than the actions required or permitted to be performed under Section 7, the Transaction Documents or this Section 9(j);

 

  (C)

incur, create or assume any indebtedness other than as expressly permitted hereunder and under the Transaction Documents;

 

  (D)

make or permit to remain outstanding any loan or advance to, or own or acquire any stock or securities of, any Person, except that the Company may invest in those investments permitted under the Transaction Documents and may make any advance required or expressly permitted to be made pursuant to any provisions of the Transaction Documents and permit the same to remain outstanding in accordance with such provisions;

 

  (E)

to the fullest extent permitted by law, engage in any dissolution, liquidation, consolidation, merger, asset sale or transfer of ownership interests other than such activities as are expressly permitted pursuant to any provision of the Transaction Documents; or

 

  (F)

except as contemplated by Section 7(a), form, acquire or hold any subsidiary (whether corporate, partnership, limited liability company or other).

 

 

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Section 10. Independent Director.

So long as any Obligation is outstanding, the Member shall cause the Company at all times to have at least one Independent Director who will be appointed by the Member. To the fullest extent permitted by law, including Section 18-1101(c) of the Act, the Independent Director shall consider only the interests of the Company, including its respective creditors, in acting or otherwise voting on the matters referred to in Section 9(j)(iii). No resignation or removal of the Independent Director, and no appointment of a successor Independent Director, shall be effective until such successor (i) shall have accepted his or her appointment as the Independent Director by a written instrument, which may be a counterpart signature page to the Directors’ Agreement, and (ii) shall have executed a counterpart to this Agreement as required by Section 5(c). In the event of a vacancy in the position of Independent Director, the Member shall, as soon as practicable, appoint a successor Independent Director. All right, power and authority of the Independent Director shall be limited to the extent necessary to exercise those rights and perform those duties specifically set forth in this Agreement. Except as provided in the second sentence of this Section 10, in exercising his rights and performing his duties under this Agreement, the Independent Director shall have a fiduciary duty of loyalty and care similar to that of a director of a business corporation organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. The Independent Director shall not at any time serve as trustee in bankruptcy for the Company or any Affiliate of the Company. The initial Independent Director of the Company designated by the Member is Kevin P. Burns.

Section 11. Officers.

(a) Officers. The initial Officers of the Company shall be designated by the Member. The additional or successor Officers of the Company shall be chosen by the Board and shall consist of at least a President, a Secretary and a Treasurer. The Board of Directors may also choose one or more Vice Presidents, Assistant Secretaries and Assistant Treasurers. Any number of offices may be held by the same person. The Board may appoint such other Officers and agents as it shall deem necessary or advisable who shall hold their offices for such terms and shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as shall be determined from time to time by the Board. The salaries of all Officers and agents of the Company shall be fixed by or in the manner prescribed by the Board. The Officers of the Company shall hold office until their successors are chosen and qualified. Any Officer may be removed at any time, with or without cause, by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Board. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Company shall be filled by the Board. The initial Officers of the Company designated by the Member are listed on Schedule E hereto.

(b) President. The President shall be the chief executive officer of the Company, shall preside at all meetings of the Board, shall be responsible for the general and active management of the business of the Company and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board are carried into effect. The President or any other Officer authorized by the President or the Board shall execute all bonds, mortgages and other contracts, except: (i) where required or permitted by law or this Agreement to be otherwise signed and executed, including Section 7(b);

 

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(ii) where signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by the Board to some other Officer or agent of the Company, and (iii) as otherwise permitted in Section 11(c).

(c) Vice President. In the absence of the President or in the event of the President’s inability to act, the Vice President, if any (or in the event there be more than one Vice President, the Vice Presidents in the order designated by the Directors, or in the absence of any designation, then in the order of their election), shall perform the duties of the President, and when so acting, shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the President. The Vice Presidents, if any, shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board may from time to time prescribe.

(d) Secretary and Assistant Secretary. The Secretary shall be responsible for filing legal documents and maintaining records for the Company. The Secretary shall attend all meetings of the Board and record all the proceedings of the meetings of the Company and of the Board in a book to be kept for that purpose and shall perform like duties for the standing committees when required. The Secretary shall give, or shall cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the Member, if any, and special meetings of the Board, and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board or the President, under whose supervision the Secretary shall serve. The Assistant Secretary, or if there be more than one, the Assistant Secretaries in the order determined by the Board (or if there be no such determination, then in order of their election), shall, in the absence of the Secretary or in the event of the Secretary’s inability to act, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Secretary and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board may from time to time prescribe.

(e) Treasurer and Assistant Treasurer. The Treasurer shall have the custody of the Company funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Company and shall deposit all moneys and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the Company in such depositories as may be designated by the Board. The Treasurer shall disburse the funds of the Company as may be ordered by the Board, taking proper vouchers for such disbursements, and shall render to the President and to the Board, at its regular meetings or when the Board so requires, an account of all of the Treasurer’s transactions and of the financial condition of the Company. The Assistant Treasurer, or if there shall be more than one, the Assistant Treasurers in the order determined by the Board (or if there be no such determination, then in the order of their election), shall, in the absence of the Treasurer or in the event of the Treasurer’s inability to act, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Treasurer and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board may from time to time prescribe.

(f) Officers as Agents. The Officers, to the extent of their powers set forth in this Agreement or otherwise vested in them by action of the Board not inconsistent with this Agreement, are agents of the Company for the purpose of the Company’s business and, subject to Section 9(j), the actions of the Officers taken in accordance with such powers shall bind the Company.

 

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(g) Duties of Board and Officers. Except to the extent otherwise provided herein, each Director and Officer shall have a fiduciary duty of loyalty and care similar to that of directors and officers of business corporations organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

Section 12. Limited Liability.

Except as otherwise expressly provided by the Act, the debts, obligations and liabilities of the Company, whether arising in contract, tort or otherwise, shall be the debts, obligations and liabilities solely of the Company, and neither the Member nor the Special Member nor any Director shall be obligated personally for any such debt, obligation or liability of the Company solely by reason of being a Member, Special Member or Director of the Company.

Section 13. Capital Contributions.

The Member has contributed to the Company property of an agreed value as listed on Schedule B attached hereto. In accordance with Section 5(c), the Special Member shall not be required to make any capital contributions to the Company.

Section 14. Additional Contributions.

The Member is not required to make any additional capital contribution to the Company. However, the Member may make additional capital contributions to the Company at any time. The provisions of this Section 14, are intended to benefit the Member and the Special Member and, to the fullest extent permitted by law, shall not be construed as conferring any benefit upon any creditor of the Company (and no such creditor of the Company shall be a third-party beneficiary of this Agreement) and the Member and the Special Member shall not have any duty or obligation to any creditor of the Company to make any contribution to the Company or to issue any call for capital pursuant to this Agreement.

Section 15. Allocation of Profits and Losses.

The Company’s profits and losses shall be allocated to the Member.

Section 16. Distributions.

Distributions shall be made to the Member at the times and in the aggregate amounts determined by the Board. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the Company shall not be required to make a distribution to the Member on account of its interest in the Company if such distribution would violate Section 18-607 of the Act or any other applicable law or any Transaction Document.

 

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Section 17. Books and Records.

The Company, under the direction of the Board, shall keep or cause to be kept complete and accurate books of account and records with respect to the Company’s business. The books of the Company shall at all times be under the direction of the Board. The Member and its duly authorized representatives shall have the right to examine the Company books, records and documents during normal business hours. The Company, and the Board on behalf of the Company, shall not have the right to keep confidential from the Member any information that the Board would otherwise be permitted to keep confidential from the Member pursuant to Section 18-305(c) of the Act. The Company’s books of account shall be kept using the method of accounting determined by the Member. The Company’s independent auditor, if any, shall be an independent public accounting firm selected by the Member.

Section 18. Reports.

(a) Within 60 days after the end of each fiscal quarter, the Company shall prepare an unaudited report setting forth as of the end of such fiscal quarter:

 

  (i)

unless such quarter is the last fiscal quarter, a balance sheet of the Company; and

 

  (ii)

unless such quarter is the last fiscal quarter, an income statement of the Company for such fiscal quarter.

(b) The Company shall use diligent efforts to cause to prepare and mail to the Member, within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year, an audited or unaudited report setting forth as of the end of such fiscal year:

 

  (i)

a balance sheet of the Company;

 

  (ii)

an income statement of the Company for such fiscal year; and

 

  (iii)

a statement of the Member’s capital account.

(c) The Company shall, after the end of each fiscal year, use reasonable efforts to cause the Company’s independent accountants, if any, to prepare and transmit to the Member as promptly as possible any such tax information as may be reasonably necessary to enable the Member to prepare its federal, state and local income tax returns relating to such fiscal year. Nothing in this Section 18 shall limit the Company from hiring a person or company to perform its bookkeeping, accounting or other related services.

 

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Section 19. Other Business.

The Member, the Special Member and any Affiliate of the Member or the Special Member may engage in or possess an interest in other business ventures (unconnected with the Company) of every kind and description, independently or with others. The Company shall not have any rights in or to such independent ventures or the income or profits therefrom by virtue of this Agreement.

Section 20. Exculpation and Indemnification.

(a) To the fullest extent permitted by law, neither the Member nor the Special Member nor any Officer, Director, employee or agent of the Company nor any employee, representative, agent or Affiliate of the Member or the Special Member (collectively, the “Covered Persons”) shall be liable to the Company or any other Person who has an interest in or claim against the Company for any loss, damage or claim incurred by reason of any act or omission performed or omitted by such Covered Person in good faith on behalf of the Company and in a manner reasonably believed to be within the scope of the authority conferred on such Covered Person by this Agreement.

(b) To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, a Covered Person shall be entitled to indemnification from the Company 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 Company and in a manner reasonably believed to be within the scope of the authority conferred on such Covered Person by this Agreement, except that no Covered Person shall be entitled to be 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 any indemnity under this Section 20 by the Company shall be provided out of and to the extent of Company assets only, and the Member and the Special Member shall not have personal liability on account thereof; and provided further, that so long as any Obligation is outstanding, no indemnity payment from funds of the Company (as distinct from funds from other sources, such as insurance) of any indemnity under this Section 20 shall be payable from amounts allocable to any other Person pursuant to the Transaction Documents.

(c) 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 Company prior to the final disposition of such claim, demand, action, suit or proceeding upon receipt by the Company 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 this Section 20; provided, however, that any indemnity under this Section 20 by the Company shall be provided out of and to the extent of Company assets only, and the Member and the Special Member shall not have personal liability on account thereof; and provided further, that so long as any Obligation is outstanding, no indemnity payment from funds of the Company (as distinct from funds from other sources, such as insurance) of any indemnity under this Section 20 shall be payable from amounts allocable to any other Person pursuant to the Transaction Documents.

 

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(d) A Covered Person shall be fully protected in relying in good faith upon the records of the Company and upon such information, opinions, reports or statements presented to the Company 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 Company, including information, opinions, reports or statements as to the value and amount of the assets, liabilities, or any other facts pertinent to the existence and amount of assets from which distributions to the Member might properly be paid.

(e) To the extent that, at law or in equity, a Covered Person has duties (including fiduciary duties) and liabilities relating thereto to the Company or to any other Covered Person, a Covered Person acting under this Agreement shall not be liable to the Company or to any other Covered Person for its good faith reliance on the provisions of this Agreement or any approval or authorization granted by the Company or any other Covered Person.

(f) The foregoing provisions of this Section 20 shall survive any termination of this Agreement.

Section 21. Assignments.

Subject to Section 23, the Member may assign in whole or in part its limited liability company interest in the Company. If the Member transfers all of its limited liability company interest in the Company pursuant to this Section 21, the transferee shall be admitted to the Company as a member of the Company upon its execution of an instrument signifying its agreement to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Agreement, which instrument may be a counterpart signature page to this Agreement. Such admission shall be deemed effective immediately prior to the transfer and, immediately following such admission, the transferor Member shall cease to be a member of the Company. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, any successor to the Member by merger or consolidation in compliance with the Transaction Documents shall, without further act, be the Member hereunder, and such merger or consolidation shall not constitute an assignment for purposes of this Agreement and the Company shall continue without dissolution.

Section 22. Resignation.

So long as any Obligation is outstanding, the Member may not resign, except as permitted under the Transaction Documents and if the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied. If the Member is permitted to resign pursuant to this Section 22, an additional member of the Company shall be admitted to the Company, subject to Section 23, upon its execution of an instrument signifying its agreement to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Agreement, which instrument may be a counterpart signature page to this Agreement. Such admission shall be deemed effective immediately prior to the resignation and, immediately following such admission, the resigning Member shall cease to be a member of the Company.

 

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Section 23. Admission of Additional Members.

One or more additional members of the Company may be admitted to the Company with the written consent of the Member; provided, however, that, notwithstanding the foregoing, so long as any Obligation remains outstanding, no additional Member may be admitted to the Company unless the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied.

Section 24. Dissolution.

(a) Subject to Section 9(j), the Company shall be dissolved, and its affairs shall be wound up upon the first to occur of the following: (i) the termination of the legal existence of the last remaining member of the Company or the occurrence of any other event which terminates the continued membership of the last remaining member of the Company in the Company unless the business of the Company is continued in a manner permitted by this Agreement or the Act or (ii) the entry of a decree of judicial dissolution under Section 18-802 of the Act. Upon the occurrence of any event that causes the last remaining Member to cease to be a member of the Company, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the personal representative of such Member is hereby authorized to, and shall, within 90 days after the occurrence of the event that terminated the continued membership of such Member in the Company, agree in writing (i) to continue the Company and (ii) to the admission of the personal representative or its nominee or designee, as the case may be, as a substitute member of the Company, effective as of the occurrence of the event that terminated the continued membership of the last remaining Member in the Company.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Bankruptcy of the Member or a Special Member shall not cause the Member or Special Member, respectively, to cease to be a member of the Company and upon the occurrence of such an event, the business of the Company shall continue without dissolution.

(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, each of the Member and the Special Member waives any right it might have to agree in writing to dissolve the Company upon the Bankruptcy of the Member or the Special Member, or the occurrence of an event that causes the Member or the Special Member to cease to be a member of the Company.

(d) In the event of dissolution, the Company shall conduct only such activities as are necessary to wind up its affairs (including the sale of the assets of the Company in an orderly manner), and the assets of the Company shall be applied in the manner, and in the order of priority, set forth in Section 18-804 of the Act.

(e) The Company shall terminate when (i) all of the assets of the Company, after payment of or due provision for all debts, liabilities and obligations of the Company shall have been distributed to the Member in the manner provided for in this Agreement and (ii) the Certificate of Formation shall have been canceled in the manner required by the Act.

 

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Section 25. Waiver of Partition; Nature of Interest.

Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, to the fullest extent permitted by law, each of the Member and the Special Member hereby irrevocably waives any right or power that such Person might have to cause the Company or any of its assets to be partitioned, to cause the appointment of a receiver for all or any portion of the assets of the Company, to compel any sale of all or any portion of the assets of the Company pursuant to any applicable law or to file a complaint or to institute any proceeding at law or in equity to cause the dissolution, liquidation, winding up or termination of the Company. The Member shall not have any interest in any specific assets of the Company, and the Member shall not have the status of a creditor with respect to any distribution pursuant to Section 16 hereof. The interest of the Member in the Company is personal property.

Section 26. Benefits of Agreement; No Third-Party Rights.

None of the provisions of this Agreement shall be for the benefit of or enforceable by any creditor of the Company or by any creditor of the Member or the Special Member except for the provisions of Sections 5(c), 9(j), 10, 20(b), 21, 22, 23, 24(b) and (c), 26 and 31(b) (such provisions, the “Third-Party Benefit Provisions”). Nothing in this Agreement other than the Third-Party Benefit Provisions shall be deemed to create any right in any Person (other than Covered Persons) not a party hereto, and this Agreement shall not be construed in any respect to be a contract in whole or in part for the benefit of any third Person (except as provided in Section 29 and except for the Third-Party Benefit Provisions).

Section 27. Severability of Provisions.

Each provision of this Agreement shall be considered severable and if for any reason any provision or provisions herein are determined to be invalid, unenforceable or illegal under any existing or future law, such invalidity, unenforceability or illegality shall not impair the operation of or affect those portions of this Agreement which are valid, enforceable and legal.

Section 28. Entire Agreement.

This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof.

Section 29. Binding Agreement.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Member agrees that this Agreement, including, without limitation, Sections 7, 8, 9, 10, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 29 and 31, constitutes a legal, valid and binding agreement of the Member, and is enforceable against the Member by the Independent Director, in accordance with its terms. In addition, the Independent Director shall be an intended beneficiary of this Agreement.

 

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Section 30. Governing Law.

This Agreement shall be governed by and construed under the laws of the State of Delaware (without regard to conflict of laws principles), all rights and remedies being governed by said laws.

Section 31. Amendments.

Subject to Section 9(j), this Agreement may be modified, altered, supplemented or amended pursuant to a written agreement executed and delivered by the Member. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, so long as any Obligation is outstanding, this Agreement may not be modified, altered, supplemented or amended unless the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied except: (i) to cure any ambiguity or (ii) to convert or supplement any provision in a manner consistent with the intent of this Agreement and the Transaction Documents.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, Schedule B hereto may be amended without the prior written consent of any party.

Section 32. Counterparts.

This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original of this Agreement and all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

Section 33. Notices.

Any notices required to be delivered hereunder shall be in writing and personally delivered, mailed or sent by telecopy, electronic mail or other similar form of rapid transmission, and shall be deemed to have been duly given upon receipt (a) in the case of the Company, to the Company at its address in Section 2, (b) in the case of the Member, to the Member at its address as listed on Schedule B attached hereto and (c) in the case of either of the foregoing, at such other address as may be designated by written notice to the other party.

Section 34. Effectiveness.

Pursuant to Section 18-201 (d) of the Act, this Agreement shall be effective as of the time of the filing of the Certificate of Formation with the Office of the Delaware Secretary of State on August 9, 2002.

[signature page follows]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, intending to be legally bound hereby, have duly executed this Limited Liability Company Agreement as of the 9th day of August, 2002.

 

MEMBER:
VW CREDIT, INC.
By:   /s/ Kevin V. Kelly
  Name: Kevin V. Kelly
  Title:   President
By:   /s/ Peter Schupp
  Name: Peter Schupp
  Title:   Treasurer
SPECIAL MEMBER:
/s/ Kevin P. Burns
Name: Kevin P. Burns

 

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SCHEDULE A

Definitions

A. Definitions

When used in this Agreement, the following terms not otherwise defined herein have the following meanings:

“Act” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.

“Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person which directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person. The term “control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise, and the term “controlled” shall have a meaning correlative to the foregoing.

“Agreement” means this Limited Liability Company Agreement of the Company, together with the schedules attached hereto, as amended, restated or supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

“Bankruptcy” means, with respect to any Person, if such Person (i) makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors, (ii) files a voluntary petition in bankruptcy, (iii) is adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent, or has entered against it an order for relief, in any bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings, (iv) files a petition or answer seeking for itself any reorganization, arrangement, composition, readjustment, liquidation or similar relief under any statute, law or regulation, (v) files an answer or other pleading admitting or failing to contest the material allegations of a petition filed against it in any proceeding of this nature, (vi) seeks, consents to or acquiesces in the appointment of a trustee, receiver or liquidator of the Person or of all or any substantial part of its properties, or (vii) if 120 days after the commencement of any proceeding against the Person seeking reorganization, arrangement, composition, readjustment, liquidation or similar relief under any statute, law or regulation, if the proceeding has not been dismissed, or if within 90 days after the appointment without such Person’s consent or acquiescence of a trustee, receiver or liquidator of such Person or of all or any substantial part of its properties, the appointment is not vacated or stayed, or within 90 days after the expiration of any such stay, the appointment is not vacated. The foregoing definition of “Bankruptcy” is intended to replace and shall supersede and replace the definition of “Bankruptcy” set forth in Sections 18-101(1) and 18-304 of the Act.

“Board” or “Board of Directors” means the Board of Directors of the Company.

 

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“Certificate of Formation” means the Certificate of Formation of the Company filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on August 9, 2002, as amended or amended and restated from time to time.

“Company” means Volkswagen Auto Lease Underwritten Funding, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.

“Covered Persons” has the meaning set forth in Section 20(a).

“Directors” means the Persons elected to the Board of Directors from time to time by the Member, including the Independent Directors, in their capacity as managers of the Company. A Director is hereby designated as a “manager” of the Company within the meaning of Section 18-101(10) of the Act.

“Directors’ Agreement” means the agreement of the Directors in the form attached hereto as Schedule C. The Directors’ Agreement shall be deemed incorporated into, and a part of, this Agreement.

“Independent Director” means a natural person who, for the five-year period prior to his or her appointment as Independent Director has not been, and during the continuation of his or her service as Independent Director is not: (i) an employee, director, stockholder, partner or officer of the Company or any of its Affiliates (other than his or her service as an Independent Director of the Company or any of its Affiliates); (ii) a customer or supplier of the Company or any of its Affiliates; or (iii) any member of the immediate family of a person described in (i) or (ii).

“Issuer” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7(a)(iv).

“Material Action” means to institute proceedings to have the Company be adjudicated bankrupt or insolvent, or consent to the institution of bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings against the Company or file a petition seeking, or consent to, reorganization or relief with respect to the Company under any applicable federal or state law relating to bankruptcy, or consent to the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator (or other similar official) of the Company or a substantial part of its property, or make any assignment for the benefit of creditors of the Company, or admit in writing the Company’s inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, or, to the fullest extent permitted by law, take action in furtherance of any such action.

“Member” means VW Credit, Inc., as the initial member of the Company, and includes any Person admitted as an additional member of the Company or a substitute member of the Company pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, each in its capacity as a member of the Company; provided, however, the term “Member” shall not include the Special Members.

 

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“Obligations” shall mean any Securities and the indebtedness, liabilities and obligations of the Company under or in connection with this Agreement, the other Transaction Documents or any related document in effect as of any date of determination.

“Officer” means an officer of the Company described in Section 11.

“Officer’s Certificate” means a certificate signed by any Officer of the Company who is authorized to act for the Company in matters relating to the Company.

“Person” means an individual, partnership, joint venture, corporation, national banking association, trust, limited liability company, other entity, association or unincorporated organization, and a government or agency or political subdivision thereof.

“Rating Agencies” means, at any time, Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services and Moody’s Investors Services, Inc., or any successor to any such corporation’s business of rating securities which is then providing a rating for any rated Securities.

“Rating Agency Condition” means, with respect to any action, (a) with respect to Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services or any Rating Agency other than Moody’s Investors Services, Inc., written confirmation by such Rating Agency that the occurrence of such action will not cause it to downgrade or withdraw its rating assigned to any rated Securities and (b) with respect to Moody’s Investors Services, Inc., that such Rating Agency shall have been given notice of such action at least ten days prior to such action and shall not have advised the Company that such action will cause it to downgrade or withdraw its rating assigned to any rated Securities.

“Receivables Assets” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7(a)(i).

“Securities” means any bond, note, certificate or other security secured primarily by or evidencing beneficial ownership in any Receivables Assets or SUBI Assets.

“Special Member” means, upon such person’s admission to the Company as a member of the Company pursuant to Section 5(c), a person acting as Independent Director, in such person’s capacity as a member of the Company. A Special Member shall only have the rights and duties expressly set forth in this Agreement.

“SUBI Assets” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7(a)(i).

“Transaction Documents” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7(a)(xi).

B. Rules of Construction

Definitions in this Agreement apply equally to both the singular and plural forms of the defined terms. The words “include” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the

 

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phrase “without limitation.” The terms “herein,” “hereof” and “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Section, paragraph or subdivision. The Section titles appear as a matter of convenience only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement. All Section, paragraph, clause, Exhibit or Schedule references not attributed to a particular document shall be references to such parts of this Agreement.

 

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SCHEDULE B

Member

 

          Agreed Value of    Membership

Name

  

Mailing Address

  

Capital Contribution

  

Interest

VW Credit, Inc.

   3800 Hamlin Road    $1    100%
   Auburn Hills, MI 48326      

 

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SCHEDULE C

Directors’ Agreement

August 9, 2002

VW Credit, Inc.

3800 Hamlin Road

Auburn Hills, MI 48326

Volkswagen Auto Lease Underwritten Funding, LLC

3800 Hamlin Road

Auburn Hills, MI 48326

Re: Directors’ Agreement — Volkswagen Auto Lease Underwritten Funding, LLC

Ladies and Gentlemen:

For good and valuable consideration, each of the undersigned Persons, who have been designated as directors of Volkswagen Auto Lease Underwritten Funding, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company”), in accordance with the Limited Liability Company Agreement of the Company, dated as of August 9, 2002, as it may be amended or restated from time to time (the “LLC Agreement”), hereby agree as follows:

1. Each of the undersigned accepts such person’s rights and authority as a Director (as defined in the LLC Agreement) under the LLC Agreement and agrees to perform and discharge such person’s duties and obligations as a Director under the LLC Agreement, and further agrees that such rights, authorities, duties and obligations under the LLC Agreement shall continue until such person’s successor as a Director is designated or until such person’s resignation or removal as a Director in accordance with the LLC Agreement. Each of the undersigned agrees and acknowledges that it has been designated as a “manager” of the Company within the meaning of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act.

2. Until the date which is one year and one day after the date on which no Obligation (as defined in the LLC Agreement) remains outstanding, each of the undersigned agrees, solely in its capacity as a creditor of the Company on account of any indemnification or other payment owing to the undersigned by the Company, (A) not to acquiesce, petition or otherwise invoke or cause the Company to invoke the process of any court or governmental authority for the purpose of commencing or sustaining a case against the Company under any federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator or other similar official of the Company or any substantial part of the property of the Company, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of the affairs of the Company, and (B) not to join with or cooperate or encourage any other Person to do any of the foregoing.

 

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3. THIS DIRECTORS’ AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE, AND ALL RIGHTS AND REMEDIES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY SUCH LAWS WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAWS.

Initially capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings set forth in the LLC Agreement.

This Directors’ Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original of this Directors’ Agreement and all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Directors’ Agreement as of the day and year first above written.

 

 

Frank Witter

 

Allen Strang

 

Peter Schupp

 

Kevin P. Burns

 

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EX-4.1 6 d742675dex41.htm EX-4.1 EX-4.1

Exhibit 4.1

 

 

 

VOLKSWAGEN AUTO LOAN ENHANCED TRUST 20[ ]-[ ]

Class A-1 [    ]% Auto Loan Asset Backed Notes

Class A-2[-A] [    ]% Auto Loan Asset Backed Notes

[Class A-2-B [LIBOR +] [    ]% Auto Loan Asset Backed Notes]

Class A-3 [    ]% Auto Loan Asset Backed Notes

Class A-4 [    ]% Auto Loan Asset Backed Notes

 

 

INDENTURE

Dated as of [    ]

 

 

[    ],

as the Indenture Trustee

 

 

 

20[ ]-[ ] Indenture


CROSS REFERENCE TABLE1

 

TIA

Section

      

Indenture

Section

310

  (a) (1)    6.11
  (a) (2)    6.11
  (a) (3)    6.10; 6.11
  (a) (4)    N.A.2
  (a) (5)    6.11
  (b)    6.8; 6.11
  (c)    N.A.

311

  (a)    6.12
  (b)    6.12
  (c)    N.A.

312

  (a)    7.1
  (b)    7.2
  (c)    7.2

313

  (a)    7.3
  (b) (1)    7.3
  (b) (2)    7.3
  (c)    7.3
  (d)    7.3

314

  (a)    3.9
  (b)    3.6; 11.15
  (c) (1)    11.15
  (c) (2)    11.1
  (c) (3)    11.1
  (d)    11.1
  (e)    11.1
  (f)    N.A.

315

  (a)    6.1(b)
  (b)    6.5
  (c)    6.1(a)
  (d)    6.1(c)
  (e)    5.13

316

  (a) (1) (A)    5.11
  (a) (1) (B)    5.12
  (a) (2)    N.A.
  (b)    5.7
  (c)    5.6(b)

317

  (a) (1)    5.3(b)
  (a) (2)    5.3(d)
  (b)    3.3(c)

318

  (a)    11.7

 

 

1 

Note: This Cross Reference Table shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be part of this Indenture.

2 

N.A. means Not Applicable.

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

         Page  

ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

  

SECTION 1.1

  Definitions      2  

SECTION 1.2

  Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act      2  

SECTION 1.3

  Other Interpretive Provisions      2  

ARTICLE II THE NOTES

  

SECTION 2.1

  Form      3  

SECTION 2.2

  Execution, Authentication and Delivery      3  

SECTION 2.3

  Temporary Notes      4  

SECTION 2.4

  Registration of Transfer and Exchange      4  

SECTION 2.5

  Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Notes      6  

SECTION 2.6

  Persons Deemed Owners      7  

SECTION 2.7

  Payment of Principal and Interest; Defaulted Interest      7  

SECTION 2.8

  Cancellation      8  

SECTION 2.9

  Release of Collateral      8  

SECTION 2.10

  Book-Entry Notes      8  

SECTION 2.11

  Notices to Clearing Agency      9  

SECTION 2.12

  Definitive Notes      9  

SECTION 2.13

  Authenticating Agents      10  

SECTION 2.14

  Tax Treatment      10  

ARTICLE III COVENANTS

  

SECTION 3.1

  Payment of Principal and Interest[; Determination of LIBOR]      11  

SECTION 3.2

  Maintenance of Office or Agency      11  

SECTION 3.3

  Money for Payments To Be Held in Trust      11  

SECTION 3.4

  Existence      13  

SECTION 3.5

  Protection of Collateral      13  

SECTION 3.6

  Opinions as to Collateral      14  

SECTION 3.7

  Performance of Obligations; Servicing of Receivables      14  

SECTION 3.8

  Negative Covenants      15  

SECTION 3.9

  Annual Compliance Statement      16  

SECTION 3.10

  Restrictions on Certain Other Activities      17  

SECTION 3.11

  Restricted Payments      17  

SECTION 3.12

  Notice of Events of Default      17  

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

(Continued)

 

         Page  

SECTION 3.13

  Further Instruments and Acts      17  

SECTION 3.14

  Compliance with Laws      17  

SECTION 3.15

  Removal of Administrator      17  

SECTION 3.16

  Perfection Representations, Warranties and Covenants      18  

SECTION 3.17

  Tax Information      17  

ARTICLE IV SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

  

SECTION 4.1

  Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture      18  

SECTION 4.2

  Application of Trust Money      19  

SECTION 4.3

  Repayment of Monies Held by Paying Agent      19  

ARTICLE V EVENTS OF DEFAULT; REMEDIES

  

SECTION 5.1

  Events of Default      19  

SECTION 5.2

  Acceleration of Maturity; Waiver of Event of Default      20  

SECTION 5.3

  Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by the Indenture Trustee      21  

SECTION 5.4

  Remedies; Priorities      23  

SECTION 5.5

  Optional Preservation of the Collateral      25  

SECTION 5.6

  Limitation of Suits      25  

SECTION 5.7

  Rights of Noteholders to Receive Principal and Interest      26  

SECTION 5.8

  Restoration of Rights and Remedies      26  

SECTION 5.9

  Rights and Remedies Cumulative      27  

SECTION 5.10

  Delay or Omission Not a Waiver      27  

SECTION 5.11

  Control by Noteholders      27  

SECTION 5.12

  Waiver of Past Defaults      28  

SECTION 5.13

  Undertaking for Costs      28  

SECTION 5.14

  Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws      28  

SECTION 5.15

  Action on Notes      28  

SECTION 5.16

  Performance and Enforcement of Certain Obligations      29  

SECTION 5.17

  Sale of Collateral      29  

ARTICLE VI THE INDENTURE TRUSTEE

  

SECTION 6.1

  Duties of the Indenture Trustee      30  

SECTION 6.2

  Rights of the Indenture Trustee      31  

SECTION 6.3

  Individual Rights of the Indenture Trustee      32  

 

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SECTION 6.4

  The Indenture Trustee’s Disclaimer      32  

SECTION 6.5

  Notice of Defaults      32  

SECTION 6.6

  Reports by the Indenture Trustee to Noteholders      33  

SECTION 6.7

  Compensation and Indemnity      33  

SECTION 6.8

  Removal, Resignation and Replacement of the Indenture Trustee      33  

SECTION 6.9

  Successor Indenture Trustee by Merger      35  

SECTION 6.10

  Appointment of Co-Indenture Trustee or Separate Indenture Trustee      35  

SECTION 6.11

  Eligibility; Disqualification      36  

SECTION 6.12

  Preferential Collection of Claims Against the Issuer      36  

SECTION 6.13

  Representations and Warranties      36  

ARTICLE VII NOTEHOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS

  

SECTION 7.1

  The Issuer to Furnish the Indenture Trustee Names and Addresses of Noteholders      37  

SECTION 7.2

  Preservation of Information; Communications to Noteholders      37  

SECTION 7.3

  Reports by the Indenture Trustee      37  

SECTION 7.4

  Noteholder Demand for Repurchase; Dispute Resolution      38  

SECTION 7.5

  Asset Review Voting      38  

ARTICLE VIII ACCOUNTS, DISBURSEMENTS AND RELEASES

  

SECTION 8.1

  Collection of Money      39  

SECTION 8.2

  Trust Accounts      39  

SECTION 8.3

  General Provisions Regarding Accounts      40  

SECTION 8.4

  Release of Collateral      41  

SECTION 8.5

  Opinion of Counsel      41  

ARTICLE IX SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

  

SECTION 9.1

  Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Noteholders      42  

SECTION 9.2

  Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Noteholders      42  

SECTION 9.3

  Execution of Supplemental Indentures      44  

SECTION 9.4

  Effect of Supplemental Indenture      44  

SECTION 9.5

  Conformity With Trust Indenture Act      44  

SECTION 9.6

  Reference in Notes to Supplemental Indentures      44  

 

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ARTICLE X REDEMPTION OF NOTES

  

SECTION 10.1

  Redemption      45  

SECTION 10.2

  Form of Redemption Notice      45  

SECTION 10.3

  Notes Payable on Redemption Date      46  

ARTICLE XI MISCELLANEOUS

  

SECTION 11.1

  Compliance Certificates and Opinions, etc      46  

SECTION 11.2

  Form of Documents Delivered to the Indenture Trustee      47  

SECTION 11.3

  Acts of Noteholders      48  

SECTION 11.4

  Notices      49  

SECTION 11.5

  Notices to Noteholders; Waiver      49  

SECTION 11.6

  Alternate Payment and Notice Provisions      49  

SECTION 11.7

  Conflict with Trust Indenture Act      50  

SECTION 11.8

  Effect of Headings and Table of Contents      50  

SECTION 11.9

  Successors and Assigns      50  

SECTION 11.10

  Severability      50  

SECTION 11.11

  Benefits of Indenture      50  

SECTION 11.12

  Legal Holidays      50  

SECTION 11.13

  Governing Law      50  

SECTION 11.14

  Counterparts      50  

SECTION 11.15

  Recording of Indenture      51  

SECTION 11.16

  Trust Obligation      51  

SECTION 11.17

  No Petition      51  

SECTION 11.18

  Intent      51  

SECTION 11.19

  Submission to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial      52  

SECTION 11.20

  Subordination of Claims      52  

SECTION 11.21

  Limitation of Liability of Owner Trustee      53  

SECTION 11.22

  Information Requests      53  

 

Schedule I

   Perfection Representations, Warranties and Covenants

Exhibit A

   Forms of Notes

 

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This INDENTURE, dated as of [    ] (as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, this “Indenture”), is between VOLKSWAGEN AUTO LOAN ENHANCED TRUST 20[ ]-[ ], a Delaware statutory trust (the “Issuer”), and [    ], a [                ], solely as trustee and not in its individual capacity (the Indenture Trustee”).

Each party agrees as follows for the benefit of the other party and the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Issuer’s Class A-1 [    ]% Auto Loan Asset Backed Notes (the “Class A-1 Notes”), Class A-2[-A] [    ]% Auto Loan Asset Backed Notes (the “Class A-2[-A] Notes”), [Class A-2-B [LIBOR +] [    ]% Auto Loan Asset Backed Notes (the “Class A-2-B Notes” and, together with the Class A-2-A Notes, the “Class A-2 Notes”),] Class A-3 [    ]% Auto Loan Asset Backed Notes (the “Class A-3 Notes”) and the Class A-4 [    ]% Auto Loan Asset Backed Notes (the “Class A-4 Notes” and, together with the Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2 Notes and the Class A-3 Notes, the “Notes”).

GRANTING CLAUSE

The Issuer, to secure the payment of principal of and interest on, and any other amounts owing in respect of, the Notes, equally and ratably without prejudice, priority or distinction except as set forth herein, and to secure compliance with the provisions of this Indenture, hereby Grants in trust to the Indenture Trustee on the Closing Date, as trustee for the benefit of the Noteholders, all of the Issuer’s right, title and interest, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, in and to (i) the Trust Estate and (ii) all present and future claims, demands, causes and choses in action in respect of any or all of the Trust Estate and all payments on or under and all proceeds of every kind and nature whatsoever in respect of any or all of the Trust Estate, including all proceeds of the conversion, voluntary or involuntary, into cash or other liquid property, all cash proceeds, accounts, accounts receivable, notes, drafts, acceptances, chattel paper, checks, deposit accounts, insurance proceeds, condemnation awards, rights to payment of any and every kind and other forms of obligations and receivables, instruments, securities, financial assets and other property which at any time constitute all or part of or are included in the proceeds of any of the Trust Estate (collectively, the “Collateral”).

The Indenture Trustee, on behalf of the Noteholders, acknowledges the foregoing Grant, accepts the trusts under this Indenture and agrees to perform its duties required in this Indenture in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture.

The foregoing Grant is made in trust to secure (i) the payment of principal of and interest on, and any other amounts owing in respect of, the Notes, equally and ratably without prejudice, priority or distinction except as set forth herein and (ii) compliance with the provisions of this Indenture, each as provided in this Indenture.

Without limiting the foregoing Grant, any Receivable purchased by the Seller or the Servicer pursuant to Section 2.4 or Section 3.6, respectively, of the Sale and Servicing Agreement shall be deemed to be automatically released from the lien of this Indenture without any action being taken by the Indenture Trustee upon payment by the Seller or the Servicer, as applicable, of the related Repurchase Price for such Repurchased Receivable.

 

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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

SECTION 1.1 Definitions. Capitalized terms are used in this Indenture as defined in Appendix A to the Sale and Servicing Agreement, dated as of [ ], 20[ ] (as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, the “Sale and Servicing Agreement”), among Volkswagen Auto Lease/Loan Underwritten Funding, LLC, as Seller, the Issuer, VW Credit, Inc., as Servicer, and the Indenture Trustee.

SECTION 1.2 Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act. Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, the provision is incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture. The following TIA terms used in this Indenture have the following meanings:

Commission” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

indenture securities” means the Notes.

indenture security holder” means a Noteholder.

indenture to be qualified” means this Indenture.

indenture trustee” or “institutional trustee” means the Indenture Trustee.

obligor” on the indenture securities means the Issuer and any other obligor on the indenture securities.

All other TIA terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA, defined by TIA reference to another statute or defined by Commission rule have the meaning assigned to them by such definitions.

SECTION 1.3 Other Interpretive Provisions. All terms defined in this Indenture shall have the defined meanings when used in any certificate or other document delivered pursuant hereto unless otherwise defined therein. For purposes of this Indenture and all such certificates and other documents, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) accounting terms not otherwise defined in this Indenture, and accounting terms partly defined in this Indenture to the extent not defined, shall have the respective meanings given to them under GAAP (provided, that, to the extent that the definitions in this Indenture and GAAP conflict, the definitions in this Indenture shall control); terms defined in Article 9 of the UCC as in effect in the relevant jurisdiction and not otherwise defined in this Indenture are used as defined in that Article; (b) the words “hereof,” “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Indenture; (c) references to any Article, Section, Schedule, Appendix or Exhibit are references to Articles, Sections, Schedules, Appendices and Exhibits in or to this Indenture and references to any paragraph, subsection, clause or other subdivision within any Section or definition refer to such paragraph, subsection, clause or other subdivision of such Section or definition; (d) the term “including” and all variations thereof means “including without limitation”; (e) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, references to any law or regulation refer to that law or regulation as amended from time to time and include any successor law or regulation; and (f) references to any Person include that Person’s successors and assigns.

 

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ARTICLE II THE NOTES

SECTION 2.1 Form. The Class A-1 Notes, Class A-2 Notes, Class A-3 Notes and Class A-4 Notes, in each case together with the Indenture Trustee’s certificate of authentication, shall be in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit A hereto, with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by this Indenture and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the officers executing the Notes, as evidenced by their execution of the Notes. Any portion of the text of any Note may be set forth on the reverse thereof, with an appropriate reference thereto on the face of the Note.

Each Note shall be dated the date of its authentication. The terms of the Notes set forth in Exhibit A hereto are part of the terms of this Indenture.

SECTION 2.2 Execution, Authentication and Delivery. The Notes shall be executed on behalf of the Issuer by any of its Authorized Officers. The signature of any such Authorized Officer on the Notes may be manual or facsimile.

Notes bearing the manual or facsimile signature of individuals who were at any time Authorized Officers of the Issuer shall bind the Issuer, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such Notes or did not hold such offices at the date of such Notes.

The Indenture Trustee shall, upon Issuer Order, authenticate and deliver Class A-1 Notes for original issue in an aggregate principal amount of $[    ], Class A-2[-A] Notes for original issue in an aggregate principal amount of $[    ], [Class A-2-B Notes for original issue in an aggregate principal amount of $[    ],] Class A-3 Notes for original issue in an aggregate principal amount of $[    ], and Class A-4 Notes for original issue in an aggregate principal amount of $[    ]. The Note Balance of Class A-1 Notes, Class A-2 Notes, Class A-3 Notes and Class A-4 Notes Outstanding at any time may not exceed such amounts except as provided in Section 2.5.

Each Note shall be dated the date of its authentication. The Notes shall be issuable as registered Notes in the minimum denomination of $100,000 and in integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof (except for one Note of each Class which may be issued in a denomination other than an integral multiple of $1,000).

No Note shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose, unless there appears on such Note a certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided for herein executed by the Indenture Trustee by the manual signature of one of its authorized signatories, and such certificate upon any Note shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Note has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder.

 

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SECTION 2.3 Temporary Notes. Pending the preparation of Definitive Notes, the Issuer may execute, and upon receipt of an Issuer Order, the Indenture Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, temporary Notes which are printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced, of the tenor of the Definitive Notes in lieu of which they are issued and with such variations not inconsistent with the terms of this Indenture as the officers executing such Notes may determine, as evidenced by their execution of such Notes.

If temporary Notes are issued, the Issuer shall cause Definitive Notes to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of Definitive Notes, the temporary Notes shall be exchangeable for Definitive Notes upon surrender of the temporary Notes at the office or agency of the Issuer to be maintained as provided in Section 3.2, without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Notes, the Issuer shall execute and the Indenture Trustee upon Issuer Order shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a like principal amount of Definitive Notes of authorized denominations. Until so exchanged, the temporary Notes shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as Definitive Notes.

SECTION 2.4 Registration of Transfer and Exchange. The Issuer shall cause to be kept a register (the “Note Register”) in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Issuer shall provide for the registration of Notes and the registration of transfers of Notes. The Indenture Trustee shall initially be “Note Registrar” for the purpose of registering Notes and transfers of Notes as herein provided. Upon any resignation of any Note Registrar, the Issuer shall promptly appoint a successor or, if it elects not to make such an appointment, assume the duties of Note Registrar.

If a Person other than the Indenture Trustee is appointed by the Issuer as Note Registrar, the Issuer shall give the Indenture Trustee prompt written notice of the appointment of such Note Registrar and of the location, and any change in the location, of the Note Register, and the Indenture Trustee shall have the right to inspect the Note Register at all reasonable times and to obtain copies thereof, and the Indenture Trustee shall have the right to conclusively rely upon a certificate executed on behalf of the Note Registrar by a Responsible Officer thereof as to the names and addresses of the Noteholders and the principal amounts and number of such Notes.

Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Note at the office or agency of the Issuer to be maintained as provided in Section 3.2, if the requirements of Section 8-401 of the UCC are met, the Issuer shall execute and upon its written request the Indenture Trustee shall authenticate and the Noteholder shall obtain from the Indenture Trustee, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Notes, in any authorized denominations, of the same Class and a like aggregate outstanding principal amount.

At the option of the related Noteholder, Notes may be exchanged for other Notes in any authorized denominations, of the same Class and a like aggregate outstanding principal amount, upon surrender of the Notes to be exchanged at such office or agency. Whenever any Notes are so surrendered for exchange, if the requirements of Section 8-401 of the UCC are met the Issuer shall execute and, upon Issuer Request, the Indenture Trustee shall authenticate and the related Noteholder shall obtain from the Indenture Trustee, the Notes which the Noteholder making the exchange is entitled to receive.

 

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All Notes issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Notes shall be the valid obligations of the Issuer, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Notes surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.

Every Note presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be (i) duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by, a written instrument of transfer in form and substance satisfactory to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee duly executed by the Noteholder thereof or its attorney-in-fact duly authorized in writing, with such signature guaranteed by an “eligible grantor institution” meeting the requirements of the Note Registrar which requirements include membership or participation in a Securities Transfer Agents Medallion Program (“Stamp”) or such other “signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the Note Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, Stamp, all in accordance with the Exchange Act and (ii) accompanied by such other documents as the Indenture Trustee may require, including but not limited to the applicable Internal Revenue Service Form W-8 or W-9.

No service charge shall be made to a Noteholder for any registration of transfer or exchange of Notes, but the Issuer may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange of Notes, other than exchanges pursuant to Section 2.3 or Section 9.6 not involving any transfer.

The preceding provisions of this Section notwithstanding, the Issuer shall not be required to make and the Note Registrar need not register transfers or exchanges of any Notes selected for redemption or of any Note for a period of 15 days preceding the due date for any payment with respect to such Note.

By acquiring a Note (or any interest therein), each purchaser and transferee (and its fiduciary, if applicable) shall be deemed to represent and warrant that either (a) it is not acquiring and will not hold such Note (or any interest therein) with the assets of a Benefit Plan or an employee benefit plan or retirement arrangement that is subject to a law that is substantially similar to the fiduciary and prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code (“Similar Law”); or (b) (i) such Note is rated at least “BBB-” or its equivalent by a Rating Agency at the time of purchase or transfer and (ii) the acquisition, holding and disposition of such Note (or any interest therein) will not give rise to a nonexempt prohibited transaction under Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code or a violation of any Similar Law.

The Indenture Trustee shall have no obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire as to compliance with any restrictions on transfer imposed under this Indenture or under applicable law with respect to any transfer of any interest in any Note other than to require delivery of such certificates and other documentation or evidence as are expressly required by, and to do so if and when expressly required by the terms of, this Indenture, and to examine the same to determine substantial compliance as to form with the express requirements hereof.

Any Notes beneficially owned by the Issuer or a Person which is considered the same Person as the Issuer for United States federal income tax purposes may not be transferred to another Person (other than a Person that is considered the same Person as the Issuer for United States federal income tax purposes) unless the Administrator shall cause an Opinion of Counsel

 

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to be delivered to the Depositor and the Indenture Trustee prior to and in connection with such transfer that (x) such Notes will be debt for United States federal income tax purposes or alternatively that (y) the sale of such Notes to a Person unrelated to the Issuer or Depositor will not cause the Issuer to be treated as an association or publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation. With respect to any transfer for which the Opinion of Counsel provided pursuant to the preceding sentence is as described in clause (y), unless an Opinion of Counsel also provided that such Notes will be debt for United States federal income tax purposes, (i) the sale or transfer of such Notes must be to a Person who is a U.S. Tax Person, (ii) the transferee of such Notes shall be required to provide to the Indenture Trustee and Depositor a certification of non-foreign status, in such form as may be requested by the Depositor or the Indenture Trustee (e.g., IRS Form W-9), signed under penalties of perjury (and such other certification, representations or opinion of counsel as may be requested by the Depositor or the Indenture Trustee) and (iii) by acquiring such Note, the transferee shall be deemed to represent and warrant that it is a Person who is a U.S. Tax Person. In addition, if for tax or other reasons it may be necessary to track such Notes (e.g., if the Notes have original issue discount), tracking conditions such as requiring that such Notes be in definitive registered form may be required by the Administrator as a condition to such transfer.

SECTION 2.5 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Notes. If (i) any mutilated Note is surrendered to the Indenture Trustee, or the Indenture Trustee receives evidence to its satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Note and (ii) there is delivered to the Indenture Trustee such security or indemnity as may be required by it to hold the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Issuer, the Note Registrar or the Indenture Trustee that such Note has been acquired by a “protected purchaser” (as contemplated by Article 8 of the UCC), and provided, that the requirements of Section 8-405 of the UCC are met, the Issuer shall execute and upon its written request the Indenture Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Note, a replacement Note; provided, that if any such destroyed, lost or stolen Note, but not a mutilated Note, shall have become or within seven days shall be due and payable, or shall have been called for redemption, instead of issuing a replacement Note, the Issuer may upon delivery of the security or indemnity herein required pay such destroyed, lost or stolen Note when so due or payable or upon the Redemption Date without surrender thereof. If, after the delivery of such replacement Note or payment of a destroyed, lost or stolen Note pursuant to the proviso to the preceding sentence, a “protected purchaser” (as contemplated by Article 8 of the UCC) of the original Note in lieu of which such replacement Note was issued presents for payment such original Note, the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to recover such replacement Note (or such payment) from the Person to whom it was delivered or any Person taking such replacement Note from such Person to whom such replacement Note was delivered or any assignee of such Person, except a “protected purchaser” (as contemplated by Article 8 of the UCC), and shall be entitled to recover upon the security or indemnity provided therefor to the extent of any loss, damage, cost or expense incurred by the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee in connection therewith.

Upon the issuance of any replacement Note under this Section 2.5, the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee may require the payment by the Noteholder of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other reasonable expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Indenture Trustee or the Note Registrar) connected therewith.

 

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Every replacement Note issued pursuant to this Section 2.5 in replacement of any mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Note shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the Issuer, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Notes duly issued hereunder.

The provisions of this Section 2.5 are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Notes.

SECTION 2.6 Persons Deemed Owners. Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer of any Note, the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and any agent of the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee shall treat the Person in whose name any Note is registered (as of the day of determination) as the owner of such Note for the purpose of receiving payments of principal of and interest, if any, on such Note and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Note be overdue, and neither the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee nor any agent of the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

SECTION 2.7 Payment of Principal and Interest; Defaulted Interest. (a) Each Note shall accrue interest at its respective Interest Rate, and such interest shall be payable on each Payment Date as specified therein, subject to Sections 3.1 and 8.2. Any installment of interest or principal, if any, payable on any Note which is punctually paid or duly provided for by the Issuer on the applicable Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name such Note (or one or more Predecessor Notes) is registered on the Record Date, by check mailed first-class, postage prepaid, to such Person’s address as it appears on the Note Register on such Record Date, except that, unless Definitive Notes have been issued pursuant to Section 2.12, with respect to Notes registered on the Record Date in the name of the nominee of the Clearing Agency (initially, such nominee to be Cede & Co.), payment will be made by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account designated by such nominee and except for the final installment of principal payable with respect to such Note on a Payment Date or on the Final Scheduled Payment Date for such Class (and except for the Redemption Price for any Note called for redemption pursuant to Section 10.1) which shall be payable as provided below. The funds represented by any such checks returned undelivered shall be held in accordance with Section 3.3.

(b) The principal of each Note shall be payable in installments on each Payment Date as provided in Section 8.2. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the entire unpaid Note Balance and all accrued interest thereon shall be due and payable, if not previously paid, on the earlier of (i) the date on which an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, if the Indenture Trustee or the Holders of a majority of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Outstanding Notes, have declared the Notes to be immediately due and payable in the manner provided in Section 5.2 and (ii) with respect to any Class of Notes, on the Final Scheduled Payment Date for that Class. All principal payments on each Class of Notes shall be made pro rata to the Noteholders of such Class entitled thereto. The Indenture Trustee shall notify the Person in whose name a Note is registered at the close of business on the Record Date preceding the Payment Date on which Indenture Trustee expects that the final installment of principal of

 

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and interest on such Note will be paid. Such notice shall be transmitted prior to such final Payment Date and shall specify that such final installment will be payable only upon presentation and surrender of such Note and shall specify the place where such Note may be presented and surrendered for payment of such installment. Notices in connection with redemptions of Notes shall be mailed to Noteholders as provided in Section 10.2.

(c) If the Issuer defaults on a payment of interest on any Class of Notes, the Issuer shall pay defaulted interest (plus interest on such defaulted interest to the extent lawful at the applicable Interest Rate for such Class of Notes), which shall be due and payable on the Payment Date following such default. The Issuer shall pay such defaulted interest to the Persons who are Noteholders on the Record Date for such following Payment Date.

SECTION 2.8 Cancellation. All Notes surrendered for payment, registration of transfer, exchange or redemption shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the Indenture Trustee, be delivered to the Indenture Trustee and shall be promptly cancelled by the Indenture Trustee. The Issuer may at any time deliver to the Indenture Trustee for cancellation any Notes previously authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Issuer may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and all Notes so delivered shall be promptly cancelled by the Indenture Trustee. No Notes shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Notes cancelled as provided in this Section, except as expressly permitted by this Indenture. All cancelled Notes may be held or disposed of by the Indenture Trustee in accordance with its standard retention or disposal policy as in effect at the time unless the Issuer shall direct by an Issuer Order that they be destroyed or returned to it; provided, that such Issuer Order is timely and that such Notes have not been previously disposed of by the Indenture Trustee.

SECTION 2.9 Release of Collateral. Subject to Section 11.1, the Indenture Trustee shall release property from the lien of this Indenture only upon receipt of an Issuer Request accompanied by an Officer’s Certificate, an Opinion of Counsel and, unless the Notes have been redeemed in accordance with Section 10.1, Independent Certificates in accordance with TIA Sections 314(c) and 314(d)(1) or an Opinion of Counsel in lieu of such Independent Certificates to the effect that the TIA does not require any such Independent Certificates. If the Commission shall issue an exemptive order under TIA Section 304(d) modifying the Issuer’s obligations under TIA Sections 314(c) and 314(d)(1), subject to Section 11.1 and the terms of the Transaction Documents, the Indenture Trustee shall release property from the lien of this Indenture in accordance with the conditions and procedures set forth in such exemptive order.

SECTION 2.10 Book-Entry Notes. The Notes, upon original issuance, will be issued in the form of typewritten notes representing the Book-Entry Notes, to be delivered to the Indenture Trustee, as agent for DTC, the initial Clearing Agency, by, or on behalf of, the Issuer. One fully registered Note shall be issued with respect to each $500 million in principal amount of each Class of Notes and any such lesser amount. Such Notes shall initially be registered on the Note Register in the name of Cede & Co., the nominee of the initial Clearing Agency, and no Note Owner shall receive a Definitive Note representing such Note Owner’s interest in such Note, except as provided in Section 2.12. Unless and until definitive, fully registered Notes (the “Definitive Notes”) have been issued to Note Owners pursuant to Section 2.12:

 

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(a) the provisions of this Section shall be in full force and effect;

(b) the Note Registrar and the Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to deal with the Clearing Agency for all purposes of this Indenture (including the payment of principal of and interest on the Notes and the giving of instructions or directions hereunder) as the sole Noteholders of the Notes, and shall have no obligation to the Note Owners;

(c) to the extent that the provisions of this Section conflict with any other provisions of this Indenture, the provisions of this Section shall control;

(d) the rights of Note Owners shall be exercised only through the Clearing Agency and shall be limited to those established by law and agreements between or among such Note Owners and the Clearing Agency and/or the Clearing Agency Participants or Persons acting through Clearing Agency Participants. Pursuant to the Note Depository Agreement, unless and until Definitive Notes are issued pursuant to Section 2.12, the initial Clearing Agency will make book-entry transfers among the Clearing Agency Participants and receive and transmit payments of principal of and interest on the Notes to such Clearing Agency Participants; and

(e) whenever this Indenture requires or permits actions to be taken based upon instructions or directions of Noteholders evidencing a specified percentage of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Outstanding Notes, the Clearing Agency shall be deemed to represent such percentage only to the extent that it has received instructions to such effect from Note Owners and/or Clearing Agency Participants or Persons acting through Clearing Agency Participants owning or representing, respectively, such required percentage of the beneficial interest in the Notes and has delivered such instructions to the Indenture Trustee.

SECTION 2.11 Notices to Clearing Agency. Whenever a notice or other communication to the Noteholders is required under this Indenture, unless and until Definitive Notes shall have been issued to Note Owners pursuant to Section 2.12, the Indenture Trustee shall give all such notices and communications specified herein to be given to the Noteholders to the Clearing Agency, and shall have no obligation to the Note Owners.

SECTION 2.12 Definitive Notes. If (a) the Administrator advises the Indenture Trustee in writing that the Clearing Agency is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities with respect to the Notes, and the Administrator or the Indenture Trustee is unable to locate a qualified successor, (b) the Administrator at its option advises the Indenture Trustee in writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Clearing Agency or (c) after the occurrence of an Event of Default, Note Owners representing beneficial interests aggregating at least a majority of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Outstanding Notes, advise the Indenture Trustee through the Clearing Agency or its successor in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system through the Clearing Agency or its successor is no longer in the best interests of the Note Owners, then the Clearing Agency shall notify all Note Owners and the Indenture Trustee of the occurrence of any such event and of the availability of Definitive Notes to Note Owners requesting the same. Upon surrender to the Indenture Trustee of the typewritten Note or Notes representing the Book-Entry Notes by the Clearing Agency, accompanied by registration instructions, the Issuer shall execute and the Indenture Trustee shall authenticate the Definitive Notes in accordance with the instructions of the Clearing Agency. None of the Issuer, the Note Registrar or the Indenture Trustee shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instructions and may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions. Upon the issuance of Definitive Notes, the Indenture Trustee shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive Notes as Noteholders.

 

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The Definitive Notes shall be typewritten, printed, lithographed or engraved or produced by any combination of these methods (with or without steel engraved borders), all as determined by the officers executing such Notes, as evidenced by their execution of such Notes.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Section 2.12, with respect to any Notes retained by the Issuer or a Person which is considered the same Person as the Issuer for United States federal income tax purposes, as contemplated by the final paragraph of Section 2.4, any Note required by the Administrator to be in definitive registered form shall be issued as a Definitive Note to the applicable Note Owner prior to transfer thereof.

SECTION 2.13 Authenticating Agents. (a) Upon the request of the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee shall, and if the Indenture Trustee so chooses, the Indenture Trustee may appoint one or more Persons (each, an “Authenticating Agent”) with power to act on its behalf and subject to its direction in the authentication of Notes in connection with issuance, transfers and exchanges under Sections 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5 and 9.6, as fully to all intents and purposes as though each such Authenticating Agent had been expressly authorized by those Sections to authenticate such Notes. For all purposes of this Indenture, the authentication of Notes by an Authenticating Agent pursuant to this Section shall be deemed to be the authentication of Notes “by the Indenture Trustee.” The Indenture Trustee shall be the Authenticating Agent in the absence of any appointment thereof.

(b) Any corporation into which any Authenticating Agent may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, consolidation or conversion to which any Authenticating Agent shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust business of any Authenticating Agent, shall be the successor of such Authenticating Agent hereunder, without the execution or filing of any further act on the part of the parties hereto or such Authenticating Agent or such successor corporation.

(c) Any Authenticating Agent may at any time resign by giving written notice of resignation to the Indenture Trustee and the Issuer. The Indenture Trustee may at any time terminate the agency of any Authenticating Agent by giving written notice of termination to such Authenticating Agent and the Issuer. Upon receiving such notice of resignation or upon such termination, the Indenture Trustee may appoint a successor Authenticating Agent and shall give written notice of any such appointment to the Issuer.

(d) The provisions of Section 6.4 shall be applicable to any Authenticating Agent.

SECTION 2.14 Tax Treatment. The Issuer has entered into this Indenture, and the Notes shall be issued, with the intention that, solely for federal, state and local income, franchise and/or value added tax purposes, the Notes shall qualify as indebtedness secured by the Collateral (other than any Notes that are owned during any period of time either by the Issuer or by a Person that is considered the same Person as the Issuer for United States federal income tax purposes). The Issuer, by entering into this Indenture, and each Noteholder, by its acceptance of a Note, agree to treat the Notes for federal, state and local income, franchise and/or value added tax purposes as indebtedness (other than any Notes that are owned during any period of time either by the Issuer or by a Person that is considered the same Person as the Issuer for United States federal income tax purposes).

 

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ARTICLE III COVENANTS

SECTION 3.1 Payment of Principal and Interest[; Determination of LIBOR].

(a) The Issuer will duly and punctually pay the principal of and interest on the Notes in accordance with the terms of the Notes and this Indenture. Without limiting the foregoing and subject to Section 8.2, on each Payment Date the Issuer shall cause to be paid all amounts on deposit in the Collection Account which represent Available Funds for such Payment Date, Advances made on such Payment Date pursuant to Section 4.3(c) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement and the Reserve Account Draw Amount for such Payment Date. Amounts properly withheld under the Code by any Person from a payment to any Noteholder of interest and/or principal shall be considered to have been paid by the Issuer to such Noteholder for all purposes of this Indenture. Interest accrued on the Notes shall be due and payable on each Payment Date. The final interest payment on each Class of Notes is due on the earlier of (a) the Payment Date (including any Redemption Date) on which the principal amount of that Class of Notes is reduced to zero or (b) the applicable Final Scheduled Payment Date for that Class of Notes.

(b) [So long as the Class A-2-B Notes are Outstanding, the Indenture Trustee shall obtain LIBOR in accordance with the definition of “LIBOR” on each LIBOR Determination Date and shall promptly provide such rate to the Administrator or such person as directed by the Administrator. All determinations of LIBOR by the Indenture Trustee in the absence of manifest error will be conclusive and binding on the Noteholders.]

SECTION 3.2 Maintenance of Office or Agency. As long as any of the Notes remain outstanding, the Issuer shall maintain in [    ], an office or agency where Notes may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange, and where notices and demands to or upon the Issuer in respect of the Notes and this Indenture may be served. The Issuer hereby initially appoints the Indenture Trustee to serve as its agent for the foregoing purposes. The Issuer shall give prompt written notice to the Indenture Trustee of the location, and of any change in the location, of any such office or agency. If at any time the Issuer shall fail to maintain any such office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Indenture Trustee with the address thereof, such surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office, and the Issuer hereby appoints the Indenture Trustee as its agent to receive all such surrenders, notices and demands.

SECTION 3.3 Money for Payments To Be Held in Trust. (a) As provided in Sections 5.4 and 8.2, all payments of amounts due and payable with respect to any Notes that are to be made from amounts withdrawn from the Trust Accounts shall be made on behalf of the Issuer by the Indenture Trustee or by another Paying Agent, and no amounts so withdrawn therefrom for payments on the Notes shall be paid over to the Issuer except as provided in this Section and Section 4.4 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement.

 

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(b) On or prior to each Payment Date and Redemption Date, the Issuer shall deposit or cause to be deposited into the Collection Account an aggregate sum sufficient to pay the amounts then becoming due under the Notes, and the Paying Agent shall hold such sum to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto pursuant to the Transaction Documents and (unless the Paying Agent is the Indenture Trustee) shall promptly notify the Indenture Trustee in writing of its action or failure so to act.

(c) The Issuer shall cause each Paying Agent other than the Indenture Trustee to execute and deliver to the Indenture Trustee an instrument in which such Paying Agent shall agree with the Indenture Trustee (and if the Indenture Trustee acts as Paying Agent, it hereby so agrees to the extent relevant), subject to the provisions of this Section, that such Paying Agent shall:

(i) hold all sums held by it for the payment of amounts due with respect to the Notes in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided and pay such sums to such Persons as provided in the Transaction Documents;

(ii) give the Indenture Trustee written notice of any default by the Issuer (or any other obligor upon the Notes) of which it has actual knowledge in the making of any payment required to be made with respect to the Notes;

(iii) at any time during the continuance of any such default, upon the written request of the Indenture Trustee, forthwith pay to the Indenture Trustee all sums so held in trust by such Paying Agent;

(iv) promptly resign as a Paying Agent and forthwith pay to the Indenture Trustee all sums held by it in trust for the payment of Notes if at any time it ceases to meet the standards required to be met by a Paying Agent at the time of its appointment;

(v) comply with all requirements of the Code with respect to the withholding from any payments made by it on any Notes of any applicable withholding taxes imposed thereon, including FATCA Withholding Tax (including retaining any Tax Information received from Persons entitled to payments with respect to the Notes and making any withholdings with respect to the Notes as required by the Code (including FATCA) based on such Tax Information received, and paying over such withheld amounts to the appropriate governmental authority); and

(vi) comply with respect to any applicable reporting requirements in connection with any payments made by it on any Notes and any withholding of taxes therefrom, and, upon request, provide to the Issuer (A) Tax Information with respect to the Paying Agent and (B) to the extent received, Tax Information with respect to the Noteholders.

(d) The Issuer may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, by Issuer Order direct any Paying Agent to pay to the Indenture Trustee all sums held in trust by such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Indenture Trustee upon the same trusts as those upon which such sums were held by such Paying Agent; and upon such a payment by any Paying Agent to the Indenture Trustee, such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such money.

 

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(e) Subject to applicable laws with respect to the escheat of funds, any money held by the Indenture Trustee or any Paying Agent in trust for the payment of any amount due with respect to any Note and remaining unclaimed for two years after such amount has become due and payable shall be discharged from such trust and distributed by the Indenture Trustee to the Issuer upon receipt of an Issuer Request and the Holder of such Note shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Issuer for payment thereof and all liability of the Indenture Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money shall thereupon cease; provided, however, that the Indenture Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such payment, shall at the reasonable expense of the Issuer cause to be published once, in an Authorized Newspaper, notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which date shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining shall be paid to the Issuer. The Indenture Trustee may also adopt and employ, at the written direction of and at the expense of the Issuer, any other reasonable means of notification of such repayment (including, but not limited to, mailing notice of such repayment to Holders whose Notes have been called but have not been surrendered for redemption or whose right to or interest in monies due and payable but not claimed is determinable from the records of the Indenture Trustee or of any Paying Agent, at the last address of record for each such Noteholder).

SECTION 3.4 Existence. The Issuer will keep in full effect its existence, rights and franchises as a statutory trust under the laws of the State of Delaware (unless it becomes, or any successor Issuer hereunder is or becomes, organized under the laws of any other State or of the United States of America, in which case the Issuer shall keep in full effect its existence, rights and franchises under the laws of such other jurisdiction) and shall obtain and preserve its qualification to do business in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is or shall be necessary to protect the validity and enforceability of this Indenture, the Notes, the Collateral and each other instrument or agreement included in the Trust Estate.

SECTION 3.5 Protection of Collateral. The Issuer intends the security interest Granted pursuant to this Indenture in favor of the Indenture Trustee on behalf of the Noteholders to be prior to all other Liens in respect of the Collateral, and the Issuer shall take all actions necessary to obtain and maintain, for the benefit of the Indenture Trustee on behalf of the Noteholders, a first lien on and a first priority, perfected security interest in the Collateral (except to the extent that the interest of the Indenture Trustee therein cannot be perfected by the filing of a financing statement). The Issuer shall from time to time execute and deliver all such supplements and amendments hereto, shall file or authorize the filing of all such financing statements, continuation statements, instruments of further assurance and other instruments, all as prepared by the Administrator and delivered to the Issuer, and shall take such other action necessary or advisable to:

(a) Grant more effectively all or any portion of the Collateral;

(b) maintain or preserve the lien and security interest (and the priority thereof) created by this Indenture or carry out more effectively the purposes hereof;

 

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(c) perfect, publish notice of or protect the validity of any Grant made or to be made by this Indenture;

(d) enforce any of the Collateral; or

(e) preserve and defend title to the Collateral and the rights of the Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders in the Collateral against the claims of all Persons.

The Issuer hereby designates the Indenture Trustee as its agent and attorney-in-fact and hereby authorizes the Indenture Trustee to file all financing statements, continuation statements or other instruments required to be filed (if any) pursuant to this Section; provided, however, the Indenture Trustee shall have no duty and shall not be responsible for filing any financing or continuation statements or recording any documents or instruments in any public office at any time or times or otherwise perfecting or maintaining the perfection of any security interest. Notwithstanding any statement to the contrary contained herein or in any other Transaction Document, the Issuer shall not be required to notify any Dealer or any insurer with respect to any Insurance Policy about any aspect of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.

SECTION 3.6 Opinions as to Collateral. (a) On the Closing Date, the Issuer shall furnish or cause to be furnished to the Indenture Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that, in the opinion of such counsel, either (i) such action has been taken with respect to the recording and filing of this Indenture, any indentures supplemental hereto and any other requisite documents, and with respect to the filing of any financing statements and continuation statements as are necessary to perfect and make effective the first priority lien and security interest of this Indenture, and reciting the details of such action, or (ii) no such action is necessary to make such lien and security interest effective.

(b) On or before March 30th of each calendar year, beginning with March 30, [    ], the Issuer shall furnish to the Indenture Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that, in the opinion of such counsel, either (i) such action has been taken with respect to the recording, filing, re-recording and refiling of this Indenture, any indentures supplemental hereto and any other requisite documents, and with respect to the filing of any financing statements and continuation statements as are necessary to maintain the lien and security interest created by this Indenture, and reciting the details of such actions or (ii) no such action is necessary to maintain such lien and security interest. Such Opinion of Counsel shall also describe the recording, filing, re-recording and refiling of this Indenture, any indentures supplemental hereto and any other requisite documents and the filing of any financing statements and continuation statements that will, in the opinion of such counsel, be required to maintain the lien and security interest of this Indenture until March 31 in the following calendar year.

SECTION 3.7 Performance of Obligations; Servicing of Receivables. (a) The Issuer shall not take any action and shall use its reasonable efforts not to permit any action to be taken by others, including the Administrator, that would release any Person from any of such Person’s material covenants or obligations under any instrument or agreement included in the Collateral or that would result in the amendment, hypothecation, subordination, termination or discharge of, or impair the validity or effectiveness of, any such instrument or agreement, except as ordered by any bankruptcy or other court or as expressly provided in this Indenture, the Transaction Documents or such other instrument or agreement.

 

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(b) The Issuer may contract with other Persons to assist it in performing its duties under this Indenture, and any performance of such duties by a Person identified to the Indenture Trustee in an Officer’s Certificate of the Issuer shall be deemed to be action taken by the Issuer. Initially, the Issuer has contracted with the Administrator, and the Administrator has agreed, to assist the Issuer in performing its duties under this Indenture.

(c) The Issuer shall, and shall cause the Administrator and the Servicer to, punctually perform and observe all of its respective obligations and agreements contained in this Indenture, the other Transaction Documents and the instruments and agreements included in the Collateral, including but not limited to preparing (or causing to be prepared) and filing (or causing to be filed) all UCC financing statements and continuation statements required to be filed by the terms of this Indenture and the other Transaction Documents in accordance with and within the time periods provided for herein and therein. Except as otherwise expressly provided therein, the Issuer shall not waive, amend, modify, supplement or terminate any Transaction Document or any provision thereof other than in accordance with the amendment provisions set forth in such Transaction Document.

SECTION 3.8 Negative Covenants. So long as any Notes are Outstanding, the Issuer shall not:

(a) engage in any activities other than financing, acquiring, owning, pledging and managing the Receivables and the other Collateral as contemplated by this Indenture and the other Transaction Documents;

(b) except as expressly permitted by this Indenture or in the other Transaction Documents, sell, transfer, exchange or otherwise dispose of any of the properties or assets of the Issuer;

(c) claim any credit on, or make any deduction from the principal or interest payable in respect of, the Notes (other than amounts properly withheld from such payments under the Code or applicable state law) or assert any claim against any present or former Noteholder by reason of the payment of the taxes levied or assessed upon any part of the Trust Estate;

(d) dissolve or liquidate in whole or in part;

(e) (i) permit the validity or effectiveness of this Indenture to be impaired, or permit the lien of this Indenture to be amended, hypothecated, subordinated, terminated or discharged, or permit any Person to be released from any covenants or obligations with respect to the Notes under this Indenture except as may be expressly permitted hereby, (ii) permit any Lien (other than Permitted Liens) to be created on or extend to or otherwise arise upon or burden the assets of the Issuer or any part thereof or any interest therein or the proceeds thereof or (iii) permit the lien of this Indenture not to constitute a valid first priority (other than with respect to any Permitted Lien) security interest in the Collateral;

 

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(f) incur, assume or guarantee any indebtedness other than indebtedness incurred in accordance with the Transaction Documents; or

(g) merge or consolidate with, or transfer substantially all of its assets to, any other Person.

SECTION 3.9 Annual Compliance Statement.

(a) The Issuer shall deliver to the Indenture Trustee and each Rating Agency, on or before March 30th of each calendar year, beginning with March 30, [    ], an Officer’s Certificate stating, as to the Authorized Officer signing such Officer’s Certificate, that:

(i) a review of the activities of the Issuer during such year (or since the Closing Date, in the case of the first such Officer’s Certificate) and of its performance under this Indenture has been made under such Authorized Officer’s supervision; and

(ii) to the best of such Authorized Officer’s knowledge, based on such review, the Issuer has complied in all material respects with all conditions and covenants under this Indenture throughout such year, or, if there has been a default in the compliance of any such condition or covenant, specifying each such default known to such Authorized Officer and the nature and status thereof.

(b) The Issuer shall:

(i) file with the Indenture Trustee, within 15 days after the Issuer is required (if at all) to file the same with the Commission, copies of the annual reports and such other information, documents and reports (or copies of such portions of any of the foregoing as the Commission may from time to time by rules and regulations prescribe) as the Issuer may be required to file with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act or such other reports required pursuant to TIA Section 314(a)(1);

(ii) file with the Indenture Trustee and the Commission in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission such other information, documents and reports with respect to compliance by the Issuer with the conditions and covenants of this Indenture as may be required from time to time by such rules and regulations; and

(iii) supply to the Indenture Trustee (and the Indenture Trustee shall transmit by mail to all Noteholders as required by TIA Section 313(c)) such summaries of any information, documents and reports required to be filed by the Issuer pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii) of this Section 3.9(b) as may be required pursuant to rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission.

(c) Delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Indenture Trustee is for informational purposes only and the Indenture Trustee’s receipt of such shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Issuer’s compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Indenture Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officer’s Certificates).

(d) Unless the Issuer otherwise determines, the fiscal year of the Issuer shall be the same as the fiscal year of the Servicer.

 

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SECTION 3.10 Restrictions on Certain Other Activities. The Issuer shall not: (i) engage in any activities other than financing, acquiring, owning, pledging and managing the Trust Estate and the other Collateral in the manner contemplated by the Transaction Documents; (ii) issue, incur, assume, guarantee or otherwise become liable, directly or indirectly, for any indebtedness other than the Notes; (iii) make any loan, advance or credit to, guarantee (directly or indirectly or by an instrument having the effect of assuring another’s payment or performance on any obligation or capability of so doing or otherwise), endorse or otherwise become contingently liable, directly or indirectly, in connection with the obligations, stocks or dividends of, own, purchase, repurchase or acquire (or agree contingently to do so) any stock, obligations, assets or securities of, or any other interest in, or make any capital contribution to, any other Person; or (iv) make any expenditure (by long-term or operating lease or otherwise) for capital assets (either realty or personalty).

SECTION 3.11 Restricted Payments. The Issuer shall not, directly or indirectly, (a) pay any dividend or make any distribution (by reduction of capital or otherwise), whether in cash, property, securities or a combination thereof, to the Owner Trustee or any owner of a beneficial interest in the Issuer or otherwise with respect to any ownership or equity interest or security in or of the Issuer or to the Servicer or the Administrator, (b) redeem, purchase, retire or otherwise acquire for value any such ownership or equity interest or security or (c) set aside or otherwise segregate any amounts for any such purpose; provided, that the Issuer may cause to be made distributions to the Servicer, the Administrator, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Noteholders and the Certificateholders as permitted by, and to the extent funds are available for such purpose under, this Indenture, the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Administration Agreement or the Trust Agreement. Other than as set forth in the preceding sentence, the Issuer will not, directly or indirectly, make distributions from the Trust Accounts.

SECTION 3.12 Notice of Events of Default. The Issuer shall promptly deliver to the Indenture Trustee and each Rating Agency written notice in the form of an Officer’s Certificate of any event which with the giving of notice, the lapse of time or both would become an Event of Default, its status and what action the Issuer is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.

SECTION 3.13 Further Instruments and Acts. Upon request of the Indenture Trustee, the Issuer will execute and deliver such further instruments and do such further acts as may be reasonably necessary or proper to carry out more effectively the purpose of this Indenture.

SECTION 3.14 Compliance with Laws. The Issuer shall comply with the requirements of all applicable laws, the non-compliance with which would, individually or in the aggregate, materially and adversely affect the ability of the Issuer to perform its obligations under the Notes, this Indenture or any other Transaction Document.

SECTION 3.15 Removal of Administrator. For so long as any Notes are Outstanding, the Issuer shall not remove the Administrator without cause unless the Rating Agency Condition shall have been satisfied in connection therewith.

 

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SECTION 3.16 Perfection Representations, Warranties and Covenants. The perfection representations, warranties and covenants attached hereto as Schedule I shall be deemed to be part of this Indenture for all purposes.

SECTION 3.17 Tax Information. To the extent the Issuer receives any Noteholder Tax Identification Information other than from the Indenture Trustee or Paying Agent, the Issuer shall provide such received Noteholder Tax Identification Information to the Indenture Trustee upon request. In order to comply with applicable tax laws, rules and regulations (inclusive of directives, guidelines and interpretations promulgated by competent authorities) in effect from time to time (“Applicable Law”) to which a foreign financial institution, issuer, trustee, paying agent, holder or other institution is or has agreed to be subject related to the Indenture, the Issuer and each Noteholder (by its acceptance of the Notes) agrees (i) to provide to the Indenture Trustee information about the transaction that is within the possession of such applicable party and reasonably requested by the Indenture Trustee, to assist the Indenture Trustee in determining whether it has tax related obligations under Applicable Law, and (ii) that the Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to make any withholding or deduction from payments under the Indenture to the extent necessary to comply with Applicable Law. The terms of this section shall survive the termination of this Indenture.

ARTICLE IV SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

SECTION 4.1 Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture. This Indenture shall cease to be of further effect with respect to the Notes except as to (a) rights of registration of transfer and exchange, (b) substitution of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Notes, (c) rights of Noteholders to receive payments of principal thereof and interest thereon, (d) Sections 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.8, 3.10 and 3.11, (e) the rights, obligations and immunities of the Indenture Trustee hereunder (including the rights of the Indenture Trustee under Section 6.7 and the obligations of the Indenture Trustee under Section 4.2) and (f) the rights of Noteholders as beneficiaries hereof with respect to the property so deposited with the Indenture Trustee payable to all or any of them, and the Indenture Trustee, on demand of and at the expense of the Issuer, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to the Notes, when:

(a) either (i) all Notes theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than (1) Notes that have been destroyed, lost or stolen and that have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 2.5 and (2) Notes for which payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Issuer and thereafter repaid to the Issuer or discharged from such trust, as provided in Section 3.3) have been delivered to the Indenture Trustee for cancellation or (ii) all Notes not theretofore delivered to the Indenture Trustee for cancellation (1) have become due and payable, (2) will become due and payable at the latest occurring Final Scheduled Payment Date within one year or (3) are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Indenture Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Issuer, and the Issuer, in the case of clauses (1), (2) or (3), has irrevocably deposited or caused to be irrevocably deposited with the Indenture Trustee cash or direct obligations of or obligations guaranteed by the United States (which will mature prior to the date such amounts are payable), in trust for such purpose, in an amount sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on such Notes not theretofore delivered to the Indenture Trustee for cancellation, when due, to the latest occurring Final Scheduled Payment Date or Redemption Date (if Notes shall have been called for redemption pursuant to Section 10.1), as the case may be;

 

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(b) the Issuer has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Issuer; and

(c) the Issuer has delivered to the Indenture Trustee an Officer’s Certificate, an Opinion of Counsel and (if required by the TIA or the Indenture Trustee and if such discharge is not related to a redemption of the Notes in accordance with Section 10.1) a certificate from a firm of certified public accountants, each meeting the applicable requirements of Section 11.1(a) and, subject to Section 11.2, each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been complied with (and, in the case of an Officer’s Certificate, stating that the Rating Agency Condition has been satisfied (provided, that such Officer’s Certificate need not state that the Rating Agency Condition has been satisfied if all amounts owing on each Class of Notes have been paid or will be paid in full on the date of delivery of such Officer’s Certificate)).

SECTION 4.2 Application of Trust Money. All monies deposited with the Indenture Trustee pursuant to Section 4.1 shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Notes, this Indenture and Article IV of the Sale and Servicing Agreement. Such monies need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required herein, in the Sale and Servicing Agreement or by law.

SECTION 4.3 Repayment of Monies Held by Paying Agent. In connection with the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to the Notes, all monies then held by any Paying Agent other than the Indenture Trustee under the provisions of this Indenture with respect to such Notes shall, upon demand of the Issuer, be paid to the Indenture Trustee to be held and applied according to Section 3.3 and thereupon such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such monies.

ARTICLE V EVENTS OF DEFAULT; REMEDIES

SECTION 5.1 Events of Default. The occurrence and continuation of any one of the following events (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body) shall constitute a default under this Indenture (each, an “Event of Default”):

(a) default in the payment of any interest on any Note when the same becomes due and payable, and such default shall continue for a period of five Business Days;

(b) default in the payment of principal of any Note at the related Final Scheduled Payment Date or the Redemption Date;

 

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(c) any failure by the Issuer to duly observe or perform in any material respect any of its material covenants or agreements made in this Indenture (other than a covenant or agreement, a default in the observance or performance of which is elsewhere in this Section specifically dealt with), which failure materially and adversely affects the interests of the Noteholders, and such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of 90 days after there shall have been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Issuer by the Indenture Trustee or by Noteholders evidencing at least a majority of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Outstanding Notes, a written notice specifying such failure and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a “Notice of Default” hereunder;

(d) any representation or warranty of the Issuer made in this Indenture proves to have been incorrect in any material respect when made, which failure materially and adversely affects the interests of the Noteholders, and which failure continues unremedied for 90 days after there shall have been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Issuer by the Indenture Trustee or by Noteholders evidencing at least a majority of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Outstanding Notes, a written notice specifying such failure and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a “Notice of Default” hereunder; or

(e) a Bankruptcy Event with respect to the Issuer;

provided, however, that a delay in or failure of performance referred to under clauses (a), (b), (c) or (d) above for a period of 120 days will not constitute an Event of Default if that delay or failure was caused by force majeure or other similar occurrence.

SECTION 5.2 Acceleration of Maturity; Waiver of Event of Default. (a) Except as set forth in the following sentence, if an Event of Default should occur and be continuing, then and in every such case the Indenture Trustee may, or if directed by the Noteholders representing not less than a majority of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Outstanding Notes, shall declare all the Notes to be immediately due and payable, by a notice in writing to the Issuer (and to the Indenture Trustee if given by Noteholders), and upon any such declaration the unpaid principal amount of such Notes, together with accrued and unpaid interest thereon through the date of acceleration, shall become immediately due and payable. If an Event of Default specified in Section 5.1(e) occurs, all unpaid principal, together with all accrued and unpaid interest thereon, of all Notes, and all other amounts payable hereunder, shall automatically become due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Indenture Trustee or any Noteholder.

(b) At any time after such declaration of acceleration of maturity has been made and before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained by the Indenture Trustee as hereinafter provided for in this Article V, the Noteholders representing a majority of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Outstanding Notes, by written notice to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if:

(i) the Issuer has paid or deposited with the Indenture Trustee a sum sufficient to pay (A) all payments of principal of and interest on all Notes and all other amounts that would then be due hereunder or upon such Notes if the Event of Default giving rise to such acceleration had not occurred and (B) all sums paid or advanced by the Indenture Trustee hereunder and the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Indenture Trustee and its agents and counsel; and

 

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(ii) all Events of Default, other than the nonpayment of the principal of the Notes that has become due solely by such acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided in Section 5.12.

No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right consequent thereto.

If the Notes have been declared due and payable or have automatically become due and payable following an Event of Default, the Indenture Trustee may institute Proceedings to collect amounts due, exercise remedies as a secured party (including foreclosure or sale of the Collateral) or elect to maintain the Collateral and apply the proceeds from the Collateral pursuant to Section 5.4(b). Any sale of the Collateral by the Indenture Trustee will be subject to the terms and conditions of Section 5.4.

SECTION 5.3 Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by the Indenture Trustee. (a) The Issuer covenants that if (i) default is made in the payment of any interest on any Note when the same becomes due and payable, and such default continues for a period of five Business Days, or (ii) default is made in the payment of the principal of or any installment of the principal of any Note when the same becomes due and payable, the Issuer will, upon demand of the Indenture Trustee in writing as directed by Noteholders representing a majority of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Outstanding Notes, pay to the Indenture Trustee, for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes, the whole amount then due and payable on such Notes for principal and interest, with interest upon the overdue principal, and, to the extent payment at such rate of interest shall be legally enforceable, upon overdue installments of interest, at the applicable Interest Rate and in addition thereto such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Indenture Trustee and its agents and counsel.

(b) In case the Issuer shall fail forthwith to pay the amounts described in clause (a) above upon such demand, the Indenture Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, may institute a Proceeding for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, and may prosecute such Proceeding to judgment or final decree, and may enforce the same against the Issuer or other obligor upon such Notes and collect in the manner provided by law out of the property of the Issuer or other obligor upon such Notes, wherever situated, the monies adjudged or decreed to be payable.

(c) If an Event of Default shall have occurred and is continuing, the Indenture Trustee may, as more particularly provided in Section 5.4, in its discretion, proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the Noteholders, by such appropriate Proceedings as the Indenture Trustee shall deem most effective to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy or legal or equitable right vested in the Indenture Trustee by this Indenture or by law.

 

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(d) In case there shall be pending, relative to the Issuer or any other obligor upon the Notes or any Person having or claiming an ownership interest in the Collateral, Proceedings under the Bankruptcy Code or any other applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law, or in case a receiver, assignee or trustee in bankruptcy or reorganization, liquidator, sequestrator or similar official shall have been appointed for or taken possession of the Issuer or its property or such other obligor or Person, or in case of any other comparable judicial proceedings relative to the Issuer or other obligor upon the Notes, or to the creditors or property of the Issuer or such other obligor, the Indenture Trustee, irrespective of whether the principal of any Notes shall then be due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Indenture Trustee shall have made any demand pursuant to the provisions of this Section, shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such Proceedings or otherwise:

(i) to file and prove a claim or claims for the whole amount of principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Notes and to file such other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Indenture Trustee (including any claim for reasonable compensation to the Indenture Trustee and each predecessor Indenture Trustee, and their respective agents, attorneys and counsel, and for reimbursement of all expenses and liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the Indenture Trustee and each predecessor Indenture Trustee, except as a result of gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct) and of the Noteholders allowed in such Proceedings;

(ii) unless prohibited by applicable law and regulations, to vote on behalf of the Holders of Notes in any election of a trustee, a standby trustee or Person performing similar functions in any such Proceedings;

(iii) to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute all amounts received with respect to the claims of the Noteholders and of the Indenture Trustee on their behalf; and

(iv) to file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Indenture Trustee or the Noteholders allowed in any judicial Proceedings relative to the Issuer, its creditors and its property;

and any trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official in any such Proceeding is hereby authorized by each Noteholder to make payments to the Indenture Trustee, and, in the event that the Indenture Trustee shall consent to the making of payments directly to such Noteholders, to pay to the Indenture Trustee such amounts as shall be sufficient to cover reasonable compensation to the Indenture Trustee, each predecessor Indenture Trustee and their respective agents, attorneys and counsel, and all other expenses and liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the Indenture Trustee and each predecessor Indenture Trustee except as a result of negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct, and any other amounts due the Indenture Trustee under Section 6.7.

 

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(e) Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Indenture Trustee to authorize or consent to or vote for or accept or adopt on behalf of any Noteholder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Notes or the rights of any Holder thereof or to authorize the Indenture Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Noteholder in any such Proceeding except, as aforesaid, to vote for the election of a trustee in bankruptcy or similar Person.

(f) All rights of action and of asserting claims under this Indenture, or under any of the Notes, may be enforced by the Indenture Trustee without the possession of any of the Notes or the production thereof in any trial or other Proceedings relative thereto, and any such action or Proceedings instituted by the Indenture Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment, subject to the payment of the expenses, disbursements and compensation of the Indenture Trustee, each predecessor Indenture Trustee and their respective agents and attorneys, shall be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes.

(g) In any Proceedings brought by the Indenture Trustee (and also any Proceedings involving the interpretation of any provision of this Indenture to which the Indenture Trustee shall be a party), the Indenture Trustee shall be held to represent all the Noteholders, and it shall not be necessary to make any Noteholder a party to any such Proceedings.

SECTION 5.4 Remedies; Priorities. (a) If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Indenture Trustee may do one or more of the following (subject to Sections 5.2 and 5.5):

(i) institute Proceedings in its own name and as trustee of an express trust for the collection of all amounts then payable on the Notes or under this Indenture with respect thereto, whether by declaration or otherwise, enforce any judgment obtained, and collect from the Issuer and any other obligor upon such Notes monies adjudged due;

(ii) institute Proceedings from time to time for the complete or partial foreclosure of this Indenture with respect to the Collateral;

(iii) exercise any other remedies of a secured party under the UCC and take any other appropriate action to protect and enforce the rights and remedies of the Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders; and

(iv) subject to Section 5.17, after an acceleration of the maturity of the Notes pursuant to Section 5.2, sell the Collateral or any portion thereof or rights or interest therein, at one or more public or private sales called and conducted in any manner permitted by law;

provided, however, that the Indenture Trustee may not sell or otherwise liquidate the Collateral following an Event of Default unless (A) the holders of 100% of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Outstanding Notes have consented to such sale or liquidation, (B) the proceeds of such sale or liquidation are sufficient to pay in full the principal of and the accrued interest on the Outstanding Notes or (C) the default relates to the failure to pay interest or principal when due (a “Payment Default”) and the Indenture Trustee determines (but shall have

 

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no obligation to make such determination) that the Collections on the Receivables will not be sufficient on an ongoing basis to make all payments on the Notes as they would have become due if the Notes had not been declared due and payable; and, in the case of (C) above, the Indenture Trustee obtains the consent of the holders of 66-2/3% of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Outstanding Notes. In determining such sufficiency or insufficiency with respect to clauses (B) and (C) of the preceding sentence, the Indenture Trustee may, but need not, obtain and rely upon an opinion of an Independent investment banking or accounting firm of national reputation as to the feasibility of such proposed action and as to the sufficiency of the Trust Estate for such purpose. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if the Event of Default does not relate to a Payment Default or Bankruptcy Event with respect to the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee may not sell or otherwise liquidate the Trust Estate unless the Holders of all Outstanding Notes consent to such sale or the proceeds of such sale are sufficient to pay in full the principal of and accrued interest on the Outstanding Notes.

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 8.2 of this Indenture or Section 4.4 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, if the Indenture Trustee collects any money or property pursuant to this Article V and the Notes have been accelerated, it shall pay out such money or property (and other amounts, including all amounts held on deposit in the Reserve Account) held as Collateral for the benefit of the Noteholders (net of liquidation costs associated with the sale of the Trust Estate) in the following order of priority:

(i) first, pro rata, to the Indenture Trustee[, the Issuer Delaware Trustee] and the Owner Trustee, any accrued and unpaid fees and reasonable expenses (including indemnification amounts) permitted under the Trust Agreement and this Indenture, as applicable, which have not been previously paid;

(ii) second, to the Asset Representations Reviewer, any accrued and unpaid fees and reasonable expenses (including indemnification amounts) permitted under the Asset Representations Review Agreement which have not been previously paid, provided, that the amounts payable pursuant to this clause (ii) shall be limited to $[    ] per annum in the aggregate;

(iii) third, to the Servicer (or any predecessor Servicer, if applicable), for reimbursement of all outstanding Advances[, except Available Funds from the Risk Retention Reserve Account may not be used for this purpose];

(iv) fourth, to the Servicer, the Servicing Fee and all unpaid Servicing Fees with respect to prior periods[, except Available Funds from the Risk Retention Reserve Account may not be used for this purpose so long as the Servicer is VCI or an Affiliate of VCI];

(v) fifth, to the Noteholders, for payment to each respective Class of Noteholders, the Accrued Note Interest; provided, that if there are not sufficient funds available to pay the entire amount of the Accrued Note Interest, the amount available shall be applied to the payment of such interest on each Class of Notes on a pro rata basis based on the amount of interest payable to each Class of Notes;

 

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(vi) sixth, to the Holders of the Class A-1 Notes in respect of principal thereof until the Class A-1 Notes have been paid in full;

(vii) seventh, to the Holders of the Class A-2[-A] Notes, [Class A-2-B Notes,] Class A-3 Notes and Class A-4 Notes, in respect of principal thereon, on a pro rata basis (based on the Note Balance of each Class on such Payment Date), until all Classes of the Notes have been paid in full;

(viii) eighth, pro rata, to the Owner Trustee, [the Issuer Delaware Trustee,] the Indenture Trustee and the Asset Representations Reviewer, any accrued and unpaid fees, reasonable expenses and indemnity payments not previously paid; and

(ix) ninth, any remaining funds shall be distributed to or at the direction of the Certificateholder.

The Indenture Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to Noteholders pursuant to this Section. At least 15 days before such record date, the Issuer shall mail to each Noteholder and the Indenture Trustee a notice that states the record date, the payment date and the amount to be paid.

Prior to an acceleration of the Notes after an Event of Default, if the Indenture Trustee collects any money or property pursuant to this Article V, such amounts shall be deposited into the Collection Account and distributed in accordance with Section 4.4 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement and Section 8.2 hereof.

SECTION 5.5 Optional Preservation of the Collateral. If the Notes have been declared or are automatically due and payable under Section 5.2 following an Event of Default and such declaration or automatic occurrence and its consequences have not been rescinded and annulled, if permitted hereunder, the Indenture Trustee may, but need not, elect to maintain possession of the Trust Estate and, if the Indenture Trustee elects to maintain such possession, it shall continue to apply the proceeds thereof in accordance with Section 5.4(b). It is the intent of the parties hereto and the Noteholders that there be at all times sufficient funds for the payment of principal of and interest on the Notes and the Indenture Trustee shall take such intent into account when determining whether or not to maintain possession of the Collateral. In determining whether to maintain possession of the Collateral, the Indenture Trustee may, but need not, obtain and rely upon an opinion of an Independent investment banking or accounting firm of national reputation as to the feasibility of such proposed action and as to the sufficiency of the Collateral for such purpose.

SECTION 5.6 Limitation of Suits. (a) No Holder of any Note shall have any right to institute any Proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless:

(i) such Holder has previously given written notice to the Indenture Trustee of a continuing Event of Default;

(ii) the Holders of not less than 25% of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Outstanding Notes have made written request to the Indenture Trustee to institute such Proceeding in respect of such Event of Default in its own name as the Indenture Trustee hereunder;

 

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(iii) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Indenture Trustee indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in complying with such request;

(iv) the Indenture Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity has failed to institute such Proceedings; and

(v) no direction inconsistent with such written request has been given to the Indenture Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders of a majority of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Outstanding Notes.

No Noteholder or group of Noteholders shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other Noteholders or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any other Noteholders or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except, in each case, to the extent and in the manner herein provided.

In the event the Indenture Trustee shall receive conflicting or inconsistent requests and indemnity from two or more groups of Noteholders, each representing less than a majority of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Outstanding Notes, the Indenture Trustee in its sole discretion may determine what action, if any, shall be taken, notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture.

(b) No Noteholder shall have any right to vote except as provided pursuant to this Indenture and the Notes, nor any right in any manner to otherwise control the operation and management of the Issuer. However, in connection with any action as to which Noteholders are entitled to vote or consent under this Indenture and the Notes, the Issuer may set a record date for purposes of determining the identity of Noteholders entitled to vote or consent in accordance with TIA Section 316(c).

SECTION 5.7 Rights of Noteholders to Receive Principal and Interest. Notwithstanding any other provisions in this Indenture, the Holder of any Note shall have the right to receive payment of the principal of and interest on such Note on or after the respective due dates thereof expressed in such Note or in this Indenture (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date) and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment and such right shall not be impaired without the consent of such Noteholder.

SECTION 5.8 Restoration of Rights and Remedies. If the Indenture Trustee or any Noteholder has instituted any Proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under this Indenture and such Proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason or has been determined adversely to the Indenture Trustee or to such Noteholder, then and in every such case the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders shall, subject to any determination in such Proceeding, be restored severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder, and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders shall continue as though no such Proceeding had been instituted.

 

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SECTION 5.9 Rights and Remedies Cumulative. No right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Indenture Trustee or to the Noteholders is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder or otherwise shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.

SECTION 5.10 Delay or Omission Not a Waiver. No delay or omission of the Indenture Trustee or any Holder of any Note to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Default or Event of Default shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Default or Event of Default or an acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by this Article V or by law to the Indenture Trustee or to the Noteholders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the Indenture Trustee or by the Noteholders, as the case may be.

SECTION 5.11 Control by Noteholders. Subject to the provisions of Sections 5.4, 5.6, 6.2(d) and 6.2(e), Noteholders holding not less than a majority of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Outstanding Notes, shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any Proceeding for any remedy available to the Indenture Trustee with respect to the Notes or with respect to the exercise of any trust or power conferred on the Indenture Trustee; provided, that

(a) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this Indenture;

(b) any direction to the Indenture Trustee to sell or liquidate the Trust Estate shall be effective only to the extent the Indenture Trustee is permitted to take such action pursuant to Section 5.4(a);

(c) if the conditions set forth in Section 5.5 have been satisfied and the Indenture Trustee elects to retain the Trust Estate pursuant to such Section, then any direction to the Indenture Trustee by Holders of Notes representing less than 100% of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Outstanding Notes to sell or liquidate the Trust Estate shall be of no force and effect;

(d) the Indenture Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Indenture Trustee that is not inconsistent with such direction, applicable law and the terms of this Indenture; and

(e) such direction shall be in writing;

provided, further, that, subject to Section 6.1, the Indenture Trustee need not take any action that it determines might expose it to personal liability or might materially adversely affect or unduly prejudice the rights of any Noteholders not consenting to such action.

 

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SECTION 5.12 Waiver of Past Defaults. Prior to the declaration of the acceleration of the maturity of the Notes as provided in Section 5.2, the Holders of Notes of not less than a majority of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Outstanding Notes, may waive any past Default or Event of Default and its consequences except a Default (a) in payment of principal of or interest on any of the Notes, (b) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which cannot be modified or amended without the consent of each Noteholder or (c) arising from a Bankruptcy Event with respect to the Issuer. In the case of any such waiver, the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders shall be restored to their former positions and rights hereunder, respectively; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereto.

Upon any such waiver, such Default or Event of Default shall cease to exist and be deemed to have been cured and not to have occurred, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured and not to have occurred, for every purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any prior, subsequent or other Default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereto.

SECTION 5.13 Undertaking for Costs. All parties to this Indenture agree, and each Noteholder by such Noteholder’s acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may in its discretion require, in any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit against the Indenture Trustee for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it as the Indenture Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; but the provisions of this Section shall not apply to (a) any suit instituted by the Indenture Trustee, (b) any suit instituted by any Noteholder, or group of Noteholders, in each case holding in the aggregate more than 10% of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Outstanding Notes or (c) any suit instituted by any Noteholder for the enforcement of the payment of principal of or interest on any Note on or after the respective due dates expressed in such Note and in this Indenture (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date).

SECTION 5.14 Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws. The Issuer covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time insist upon, or plead or in any manner whatsoever, claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, that may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Issuer (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Indenture Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted.

SECTION 5.15 Action on Notes. The Indenture Trustee’s right to seek and recover judgment on the Notes or under this Indenture shall not be affected by the seeking, obtaining or application of any other relief under or with respect to this Indenture. Neither the lien of this Indenture nor any rights or remedies of the Indenture Trustee or the Noteholders shall be impaired by the recovery of any judgment by the Indenture Trustee against the Issuer or by the levy of any execution under such judgment upon any portion of the Trust Estate or upon any of the assets of the Issuer. Any money or property collected by the Indenture Trustee shall be applied in accordance with Section 5.4(b), if the maturity of the Notes has been accelerated pursuant to Section 5.2, or Section 4.4 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement and Section 8.2 of this Indenture, if the maturity of the Notes has not been accelerated.

 

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SECTION 5.16 Performance and Enforcement of Certain Obligations. (a) Promptly following a request from the Indenture Trustee to do so, the Issuer shall take all such lawful action as the Indenture Trustee may request to compel or secure the performance and observance (i) by the Seller and the Servicer, as applicable, of each of their obligations to the Issuer under or in connection with the Sale and Servicing Agreement, or (ii) by the Seller or VCI, as applicable, of each of their obligations under or in connection with the Purchase Agreement, in each case, in accordance with the terms thereof, and to exercise any and all rights, remedies, powers and privileges lawfully available to the Issuer under or in connection with the Sale and Servicing Agreement and the Purchase Agreement, as the case may be, to the extent and in the manner directed by the Indenture Trustee, including the transmission of notices of default on the part of the Seller, the Servicer or VCI thereunder and the institution of legal or administrative actions or Proceedings to compel or secure performance by the Seller or the Servicer of each of their obligations under the Sale and Servicing Agreement or by the Seller or VCI, as applicable, of each of their obligations under or in connection with the Purchase Agreement.

(b) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Indenture Trustee may, and, at the direction (which direction shall be in writing) of the Holders of a majority of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Outstanding Notes shall, exercise all rights, remedies, powers, privileges and claims of the Issuer against the Seller or the Servicer under or in connection with the Sale and Servicing Agreement or against the Seller or VCI under the Purchase Agreement, including the right or power to take any action to compel or secure performance or observance by the Seller, the Servicer or VCI of each of their obligations to the Issuer thereunder and to give any consent, request, notice, direction, approval, extension or waiver under the Sale and Servicing Agreement or the Purchase Agreement, as applicable, and any right of the Issuer to take such action shall be suspended.

SECTION 5.17 Sale of Collateral. If the Indenture Trustee acts to sell the Collateral or any part thereof, pursuant to Section 5.4(a), the Indenture Trustee shall publish a notice in an Authorized Newspaper stating that the Indenture Trustee intends to effect such a sale in a commercially reasonable manner and on commercially reasonable terms, which shall include the solicitation of competitive bids. Following such publication, the Indenture Trustee shall, unless otherwise prohibited by applicable law from any such action, sell the Collateral or any part thereof, in such manner and on such terms as provided above to the highest bidder, provided, however, that the Indenture Trustee may from time to time postpone any sale by public announcement made at the time and place of such sale. The Indenture Trustee shall give notice to the Seller and the Servicer of any proposed sale, and the Seller, the Servicer or any Affiliate thereof shall be permitted to bid for the Collateral at any such sale. The Indenture Trustee may obtain a prior determination from a conservator, receiver or trustee in bankruptcy of the Issuer that the terms and manner of any proposed sale are commercially reasonable. The power to effect any sale of any portion of the Collateral pursuant to Section 5.4 and this Section 5.17 shall not be exhausted by any one or more sales as to any portion of the Collateral remaining unsold, but shall continue unimpaired until the entire Collateral shall have been sold or all amounts payable on the Notes shall have been paid.

 

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ARTICLE VI THE INDENTURE TRUSTEE

SECTION 6.1 Duties of the Indenture Trustee. (a) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Indenture Trustee shall exercise the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture and shall use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of such Person’s own affairs.

(b) Prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default:

(i) the Indenture Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture or the other Transaction Documents against the Indenture Trustee; and

(ii) in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Indenture Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to the Indenture Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture; but in the case of any such certificates or opinions which by any provisions hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the Indenture Trustee, the Indenture Trustee shall examine the certificates and opinions to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture (but need not confirm or investigate the accuracy of mathematical calculations or other facts stated therein).

(c) The Indenture Trustee shall not be relieved from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act or its own willful misconduct, except that:

(i) this paragraph does not limit the effect of paragraph (b) of this Section;

(ii) the Indenture Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer unless it is proved that the Indenture Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts; and

(iii) the Indenture Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in accordance with a direction received by it pursuant to Section 5.11.

(d) Every provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the Indenture Trustee is subject to paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of this Section.

(e) The Indenture Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any money received by it except as the Indenture Trustee may agree in writing with the Issuer.

(f) Money held in trust by the Indenture Trustee need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law or the terms of this Indenture or the Sale and Servicing Agreement.

(g) No provision of this Indenture or any other Transaction Document shall require the Indenture Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder or thereunder or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds to believe that repayment of such funds or indemnity satisfactory to it against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it.

 

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(h) Every provision of this Indenture and each other Transaction Document relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Indenture Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this Section and to the provisions of the TIA.

(i) The Indenture Trustee shall take all actions required to be taken by the Indenture Trustee under the Sale and Servicing Agreement.

SECTION 6.2 Rights of the Indenture Trustee. Subject to the provisions of Section 6.1:

(a) The Indenture Trustee may conclusively rely on and shall be protected in acting upon any document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper Person. The Indenture Trustee need not investigate any fact or matter stated in the document.

(b) Before the Indenture Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require an Officer’s Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel, as applicable. The Indenture Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes, suffers or omits to take in good faith in reliance on such Officer’s Certificate or Opinion of Counsel.

(c) The Indenture Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or under any of the Transaction Documents to which the Indenture Trustee is a party or perform any duties hereunder or under any of the Transaction Documents to which the Indenture Trustee is a party either directly or by or through agents or attorneys or a custodian or nominee, and the Indenture Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of, or for the supervision of, the Administrator, any co-trustee or separate trustee appointed in accordance with the provisions of Section 6.10, or any other such agent, attorney, custodian or nominee appointed with due care by it hereunder.

(d) The Indenture Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith which it reasonably believes to be authorized or within discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture; provided, however, that the Indenture Trustee’s conduct does not constitute willful misconduct, negligence or bad faith.

(e) The Indenture Trustee may consult with counsel, and the advice or opinion of counsel with respect to legal matters relating to this Indenture, the Notes and any Transaction Documents to which the Indenture Trustee is a party shall be full and complete authorization and protection from liability in respect to any action taken, omitted or suffered by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with the advice or opinion of such counsel.

(f) The Indenture Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture or to institute, conduct or defend any litigation under this Indenture or in relation to this Indenture or to honor the request or direction of any of the Noteholders pursuant to this Indenture unless such Noteholders shall have offered to the Indenture Trustee reasonable security or indemnity satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee against the reasonable costs, expenses, disbursements, advances and liabilities that might be incurred by it, its agents and its counsel in compliance with such request or direction.

 

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(g) The Indenture Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice of any Default or Event of Default unless written notice of any event which is in fact such a default is received by a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office of the Indenture Trustee, and such notice references the Notes and this Indenture.

(h) In no event shall the Indenture Trustee be responsible or liable for special, indirect, punitive or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including, but not limited to, loss of profit) irrespective of whether the Indenture Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action.

(i) In no event shall the Indenture Trustee be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations hereunder arising out of or caused by, directly or indirectly, forces beyond its control, including, without limitation, strikes, work stoppages, accidents, acts of war or terrorism, civil or military disturbances, nuclear or natural catastrophes or acts of God, and interruptions, loss or malfunctions of utilities, communications or computer (software and hardware) services; it being understood that the Indenture Trustee shall use reasonable efforts which are consistent with accepted practices in the banking industry to resume performance as soon as practicable under the circumstances.

SECTION 6.3 Individual Rights of the Indenture Trustee. Subject to Section 310 of the TIA, the Indenture Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with the Seller, the Owner Trustee, [the Issuer Delaware Trustee,] the Administrator and their respective Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not the Indenture Trustee, and the Seller, the Owner Trustee, [the Issuer Delaware Trustee,] the Administrator and their respective Affiliates may maintain normal commercial banking and investment banking relationships with the Indenture Trustee and its Affiliates. Any Paying Agent, Note Registrar, co-registrar, co-paying agent, co-trustee or separate trustee may do the same with like rights. However, the Indenture Trustee must comply with Section 6.11.

SECTION 6.4 The Indenture Trustees Disclaimer. The Indenture Trustee shall not be responsible for and makes no representation as to the validity or adequacy of this Indenture or the Notes, shall not be accountable for the Issuer’s use of the proceeds from the Notes, and shall not be responsible for any statement of the Issuer in the Indenture or in any document issued in connection with the sale of the Notes or in the Notes, all of which shall be taken as the statements of the Issuer, other than the Indenture Trustee’s certificate of authentication.

SECTION 6.5 Notice of Defaults. If a Default occurs and is continuing and if it is either actually known by a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee or written notice of the existence thereof has been delivered to a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee, the Indenture Trustee shall mail to each Noteholder and the Administrator notice of the Default within 90 days after such knowledge or notice occurs. Except in the case of a Default in payment of principal of or interest on any Note (including payments pursuant to the mandatory redemption provisions of such Note), the Indenture Trustee may withhold the notice if and so long as a committee of its Responsible Officers in good faith determines that withholding the notice is in the interests of Noteholders.

 

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SECTION 6.6 Reports by the Indenture Trustee to Noteholders. Within a reasonable period of time after the end of each calendar year during the term of the Issuer, but not later than the latest date permitted by applicable law, the Indenture Trustee or Paying Agent, at the expense of the Issuer, shall deliver to each Noteholder, such information as may be required by law to enable such Holder to prepare its federal and state income tax returns.

SECTION 6.7 Compensation and Indemnity. The Issuer shall cause the Servicer pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement to, (i) pay to the Indenture Trustee from time to time such compensation as the Servicer and the Indenture Trustee shall from time to time agree in writing for services rendered by the Indenture Trustee hereunder in accordance with a fee letter between the Servicer and the Indenture Trustee, (ii) reimburse the Indenture Trustee for all reasonable expenses, advances and disbursements reasonably incurred by it in connection with the performance of its duties as Indenture Trustee and (iii) indemnify the Indenture Trustee for, and hold it harmless against, any and all loss, liability or expense (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) incurred by it in connection with the administration of the trust or trusts hereunder or the performance of its duties as Indenture Trustee. The Indenture Trustee’s compensation shall not be limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust. The Indenture Trustee shall notify the Issuer and the Servicer promptly of any claim for which it may seek indemnity. Failure by the Indenture Trustee to so notify the Issuer and the Servicer shall not relieve the Issuer or the Servicer of its obligations hereunder. The Issuer shall, or shall cause the Servicer to, defend any such claim, and the Indenture Trustee may have separate counsel and the Issuer shall, or shall cause the Servicer to, pay the fees and expenses of such counsel. The Indenture Trustee shall not be indemnified by the Administrator, the Issuer, the Seller or the Servicer against any loss, liability or expense incurred by it through its own willful misconduct, negligence or bad faith, except that the Indenture Trustee shall not be liable (i) for any error of judgment made by it in good faith unless it is proved that the Indenture Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts, (ii) with respect to any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in accordance with a direction received by it from the Noteholders in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and (iii) for interest on any money received by it except as the Indenture Trustee and the Issuer may agree in writing.

The compensation and indemnity obligations to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to this Section shall survive the discharge of this Indenture. When the Indenture Trustee incurs expenses after the occurrence of an Event of Default set forth in Section 5.1(e) with respect to the Issuer, the expenses are intended to constitute expenses of administration under the Bankruptcy Code or any other applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law.

To the extent not paid by the Servicer, any amounts payable by the Issuer to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to this Section 6.7 shall be paid in accordance with Section 4.4 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement or Section 5.4(b) of this Indenture, as applicable.

SECTION 6.8 Removal, Resignation and Replacement of the Indenture Trustee. The Indenture Trustee may resign at any time by so notifying the Issuer, the Administrator and the Servicer. The Holders of a majority of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Outstanding Notes may remove the Indenture Trustee without cause upon 30 days’ prior written notice to the Indenture Trustee and the Issuer and following that removal, may appoint a successor to the Indenture Trustee. The Issuer shall remove the Indenture Trustee if:

 

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(a) the Indenture Trustee fails to comply with Section 6.11;

(b) a Bankruptcy Event occurs with respect to the Indenture Trustee;

(c) a receiver or other public officer takes charge of the Indenture Trustee or its property; or

(d) the Indenture Trustee otherwise becomes incapable of acting.

If the Indenture Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in the office of the Indenture Trustee for any reason (the Indenture Trustee in such event being referred to herein as the retiring Indenture Trustee), the Issuer shall promptly appoint a successor Indenture Trustee which satisfies the requirements set forth in Section 6.11.

A successor Indenture Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the retiring Indenture Trustee and to the Issuer. Thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Indenture Trustee shall become effective, and the successor Indenture Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the Indenture Trustee under this Indenture subject to satisfaction of the Rating Agency Condition. The successor Indenture Trustee shall mail a notice of its succession to Noteholders. The retiring Indenture Trustee shall promptly transfer all property held by it as the Indenture Trustee to the successor Indenture Trustee.

If a successor Indenture Trustee does not take office within 60 days after the retiring Indenture Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Indenture Trustee, the Issuer or the Holders of a majority of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Outstanding Notes may petition any court of competent jurisdiction, at the expense of the Issuer, for the appointment of a successor Indenture Trustee.

If the Indenture Trustee fails to comply with Section 6.11, any Noteholder may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Indenture Trustee and the appointment of a successor Indenture Trustee.

Any resignation or removal of the Indenture Trustee and appointment of a successor Indenture Trustee pursuant to any of the provisions of this Section shall not become effective until acceptance of appointment by the successor Indenture Trustee pursuant to this Section 6.8 and payment of all fees and expenses owed to the outgoing Indenture Trustee.

Notwithstanding the resignation or removal of the Indenture Trustee pursuant to this Section, the Issuer’s and the Administrator’s obligations under Section 6.7 shall continue for the benefit of the retiring Indenture Trustee.

The Indenture Trustee shall not be liable for the acts or omissions of any successor Indenture Trustee.

 

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SECTION 6.9 Successor Indenture Trustee by Merger. Subject to Section 6.11, if the Indenture Trustee consolidates with, merges or converts into, or transfers all or substantially all its corporate trust business or assets to, another corporation or banking association, the resulting, surviving or transferee corporation without any further act shall be the successor Indenture Trustee, provided, that such corporation or banking association shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under Section 6.11. The Indenture Trustee shall provide the Administrator prior written notice of any such transaction.

In case at the time such successor or successors by merger, conversion or consolidation to the Indenture Trustee shall succeed to the trusts created by this Indenture any of the Notes shall have been authenticated but not delivered, any such successor to the Indenture Trustee may adopt the certificate of authentication of any predecessor trustee, and deliver such Notes so authenticated; and in case at that time any of the Notes shall not have been authenticated, any successor to the Indenture Trustee may authenticate such Notes either in the name of any predecessor hereunder or in the name of the successor to the Indenture Trustee.

SECTION 6.10 Appointment of Co-Indenture Trustee or Separate Indenture Trustee. (a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture, at any time, after delivering written notice to the Administrator, for the purpose of meeting any legal requirement of any jurisdiction in which any part of the Trust Estate may at the time be located, the Indenture Trustee and the Administrator acting jointly shall have the power and may execute and deliver all instruments to appoint one or more Persons to act as a co-trustee or co-trustees, or separate trustee or separate trustees, of all or any part of the Trust Estate, and to vest in such Person or Persons, in such capacity and for the benefit of the Noteholders, such title to the Trust Estate, or any part hereof, and, subject to the other provisions of this Section, such powers, duties, obligations, rights and trusts as the Indenture Trustee and the Administrator may consider necessary or desirable. No co-trustee or separate trustee hereunder shall be required to meet the terms of eligibility as a successor trustee under Section 6.11 and no notice to Noteholders of the appointment of any co-trustee or separate trustee shall be required under Section 6.8.

(b) Every separate trustee and co-trustee shall, to the extent permitted by law, be appointed and act subject to the following provisions and conditions:

(i) all rights, powers, duties and obligations conferred or imposed upon the Indenture Trustee shall be conferred or imposed upon and exercised or performed by the Indenture Trustee and such separate trustee or co-trustee jointly (it being intended that such separate trustee or co-trustee is not authorized to act separately without the Indenture Trustee joining in such act), except to the extent that under any law of any jurisdiction in which any particular act or acts are to be performed the Indenture Trustee shall be incompetent or unqualified to perform such act or acts, in which event such rights, powers, duties and obligations (including the holding of title to the Collateral or any portion thereof in any such jurisdiction) shall be exercised and performed singly by such separate trustee or co-trustee, but solely at the direction of the Indenture Trustee;

(ii) no separate trustee or co-trustee hereunder shall be personally liable by reason of any act or omission of any other trustee hereunder, including acts or omissions of predecessor or successor trustees; and

(iii) the Indenture Trustee and the Administrator may at any time accept the resignation of or, acting jointly, remove any separate trustee or co-trustee.

 

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(c) Any notice, request or other writing given to the Indenture Trustee shall be deemed to have been given to each of the separate trustees and co-trustees, as effectively as if given to each of them. Every instrument appointing any separate trustee or co-trustee shall refer to this Indenture and the conditions of this Article VI. Each separate trustee and co-trustee, upon its acceptance of the trusts conferred, shall be vested with the estates or property specified in its instrument of appointment, either jointly with the Indenture Trustee or separately, as may be provided therein, subject to all the provisions of this Indenture, specifically including every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct of, affecting the liability of, or affording protection to, the Indenture Trustee. Every such instrument shall be filed with the Indenture Trustee and a copy thereof given to the Administrator.

(d) Any separate trustee or co-trustee may at any time constitute the Indenture Trustee its agent or attorney-in-fact with full power and authority, to the extent not prohibited by law, to do any lawful act under or in respect of this Indenture on its behalf and in its name. If any separate trustee or co-trustee shall die, become incapable of acting, resign or be removed, all of its estates, properties, rights, remedies and trusts shall vest in and be exercised by the Indenture Trustee, to the extent permitted by law, without the appointment of a new or successor trustee. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture, the appointment of any separate trustee or co-trustee shall not relieve the Indenture Trustee of its obligations and duties under this Indenture.

SECTION 6.11 Eligibility; Disqualification. The Indenture Trustee shall at all times satisfy the requirements of TIA Section 310(a) and, in addition, shall have a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 as set forth in its most recent published annual report of condition and shall have a long term debt rating of investment grade or better by each Rating Agency or shall otherwise be acceptable to each Rating Agency. The Indenture Trustee shall also satisfy the requirements of TIA Section 310(b). Neither the Issuer nor any Affiliate of the Issuer may serve as Indenture Trustee.

SECTION 6.12 Preferential Collection of Claims Against the Issuer. The Indenture Trustee shall comply with TIA Section 311(a), excluding any creditor relationship listed in TIA Section 311(b). Any Indenture Trustee who has resigned or been removed shall be subject to TIA Section 311(a) to the extent indicated.

SECTION 6.13 Representations and Warranties. The Indenture Trustee hereby makes the following representations and warranties on which the Issuer and the Noteholders shall rely:

(i) the Indenture Trustee is a [                ] duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of [                ]; and

(ii) the Indenture Trustee has full power, authority and legal right to execute, deliver, and perform this Indenture and shall have taken all necessary action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance by it of this Indenture.

 

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ARTICLE VII NOTEHOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS

SECTION 7.1 The Issuer to Furnish the Indenture Trustee Names and Addresses of Noteholders. The Issuer shall furnish or cause to be furnished to the Indenture Trustee (a) not more than five days after each Record Date, a list, in such form as the Indenture Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Noteholders as of such Record Date, and (b) at such other times as the Indenture Trustee may request in writing, within 30 days after receipt by the Issuer of any such request, a list of similar form and content as of a date not more than ten days prior to the time such list is furnished; provided, however, that so long as (i) the Indenture Trustee is the Note Registrar, or (ii) the Notes are issued as Book-Entry Notes, no such list shall be required to be furnished to the Indenture Trustee.

SECTION 7.2 Preservation of Information; Communications to Noteholders. (a) The Indenture Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, the names and addresses of the Noteholders contained in the most recent list furnished to the Indenture Trustee as provided in Section 7.1 and the names and addresses of Noteholders received by the Indenture Trustee in its capacity as the Note Registrar. The Indenture Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in such Section 7.1 upon receipt of a new list so furnished; provided, however, that so long as the Indenture Trustee is the Note Registrar or the Notes are issued as Book-Entry Notes, no such list shall be required to be preserved or maintained.

(b) The Noteholders may communicate pursuant to TIA Section 312(b) with other Noteholders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or under the Notes. Upon receipt by the Indenture Trustee of any request by three or more Noteholders or by one or more Noteholders of Notes evidencing not less than 25% of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Outstanding Notes to receive a copy of the current list of Noteholders (whether or not made pursuant to TIA Section 312(b)), the Indenture Trustee shall promptly notify the Administrator thereof by providing to the Administrator a copy of such request and a copy of the list of Noteholders produced in response thereto.

(c) The Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and Note Registrar shall have the protection of TIA Section 312(c).

SECTION 7.3 Reports by the Indenture Trustee. If required by TIA Section 313(a), within 60 days after each March 31, beginning with March 31, [    ], the Indenture Trustee shall mail to each Noteholder as required by TIA Section 313(c), a brief report dated as of such date that complies with TIA Section 313(a). The Indenture Trustee also shall comply with TIA Section 313(b). A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to Noteholders shall be filed by the Indenture Trustee with the Commission and each stock exchange, if any, on which the Notes are listed. The Issuer shall notify the Indenture Trustee if and when the Notes are listed on any stock exchange.

 

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SECTION 7.4 Noteholder Demand for Repurchase; Dispute Resolution.

(a) If an Investor becomes aware of a breach of VCI’s representations and warranties in Section 3.3 of the Purchase Agreement or of the Seller’s representations and warranties in Section 2.3 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement that would require VCI or the Seller, as applicable, to repurchase a Receivable pursuant to Section 3.4 of the Purchase Agreement or Section 2.4 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, as applicable, such Investor (the “Requesting Investor”) may, by written notice to the Indenture Trustee, direct the Indenture Trustee to notify VCI or the Seller, as applicable, of such breach and request that VCI or the Seller, as applicable, repurchase the related Receivable. Any such written notice to the Indenture Trustee shall identify the Receivable, as well as the related breach of representation or warranty. If the Requesting Investor is a Note Owner, then each written notice from such Requesting Investor must be accompanied by Verification Documents. Upon receipt of any written notice of a repurchase request that complies with the requirements of this Section 7.4, the Indenture Trustee shall forward such written notice to VCI or the Seller, as applicable, and request that VCI or the Seller, as applicable, repurchase the related Receivable pursuant to Section 3.4 of the Purchase Agreement or Section 2.4 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, as applicable. For avoidance of doubt, following delivery of such notice and request to VCI or the Seller, the Indenture Trustee shall have no responsibility or liability for the decision by VCI or the Seller to repurchase or not to repurchase the related Receivable.

(b) If a Requesting Investor directs the Indenture Trustee to request the repurchase of a Receivable pursuant to clause (a) above, and the repurchase request has not been fulfilled or otherwise resolved to the reasonable satisfaction of such Requesting Investor within 180 days of the receipt of notice of the request by VCI or the Seller, the Indenture Trustee shall, at the direction of such Requesting Investor, refer the matter to either mediation or arbitration pursuant to Section 9.24 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement. The Requesting Investor shall instruct the Indenture Trustee as to the selection of mediation or arbitration as the means of dispute resolution.

SECTION 7.5 Asset Review Voting.

(a) If the Delinquency Percentage on any Payment Date exceeds the Delinquency Trigger, then Investors holding at least 5% of the aggregate Outstanding Note Balance (the “Instituting Noteholders”) may elect to initiate a vote to determine whether the Asset Representations Reviewer will conduct an Asset Review by giving written notice to the Indenture Trustee of their desire to institute such a vote within 90 days from the filing of the Form 10-D that discloses that the Delinquency Percentage exceeded the Delinquency Trigger; provided, however, that the failure of any Investor to institute such a vote shall not preclude such Investor from pursuing dispute resolution pursuant to Section 9.24 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement. If any of the Instituting Noteholders is not a Noteholder as reflected on the Note Register, the Indenture Trustee may require such Instituting Noteholder to provide Verification Documents to confirm that the Instituting Noteholder is, in fact, a Note Owner. If the Instituting Noteholders initiate a vote as described in clause (a), the Indenture Trustee shall submit the matter to a vote of all Noteholders, which shall be through the Clearing Agency if the Notes are represented by Book-Entry Notes, and the Issuer shall notify Investors by the filing of a Form 10-D for the related Collection Period for which a vote has been called. The Indenture Trustee may set a Record Date for purposes of determining the identity of Investors entitled to vote in accordance with TIA Section 316(c). The vote will remain open until the 150th day after the filing of the Form 10-D that discloses that the Delinquency Percentage exceeded the Delinquency Trigger. VCI shall be responsible for any expenses incurred in connection with such disclosure, the voting process and reimbursing any expenses incurred by

 

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the Indenture Trustee in connection therewith. Abstaining from, voting in favor of, or voting against causing the Asset Representations Reviewer to conduct an Asset Review shall not preclude any Investor from pursuing dispute resolution pursuant to Section 9.24 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement. The “Noteholder Direction” shall be deemed to have occurred if Investors representing at least a majority of the voting Investors vote in favor of directing an Asset Review of the Subject Receivables by the Asset Representations Reviewer. Following the completion of the voting process, the next Form 10-D filed by the Issuer will disclose whether or not a Noteholder Direction has occurred.

(b) Within [five] Business Days of the date of the Noteholder Direction, the Indenture Trustee will send a Review Notice to VCI, the Seller, the Servicer and the Asset Representations Reviewer directing the Asset Representations Reviewer to conduct an Asset Review of the Subject Receivables and specifying the date the Review Conditions are satisfied.

(c) Notwithstanding clauses (a) and (b) of this Section 7.5, an Investor need not direct an Asset Review be performed prior to (i) notifying (or directing the Indenture Trustee to notify) VCI or the Seller, as applicable, of a breach of VCI’s representations and warranties in Section 3.3 of the Purchase Agreement or of the Seller’s representations and warranties in Section 2.3 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement that would require VCI or the Seller, as applicable, to repurchase a Receivable pursuant to Section 3.4 of the Purchase Agreement or Section 2.4 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, as applicable, or (ii) referring the matter, at its discretion, to either mediation or arbitration pursuant to Section 9.24 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement.

ARTICLE VIII ACCOUNTS, DISBURSEMENTS AND RELEASES

SECTION 8.1 Collection of Money. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Indenture Trustee may demand payment or delivery of, and shall receive and collect, directly and without intervention or assistance of any fiscal agent or other intermediary, all money and other property payable to or receivable by the Indenture Trustee pursuant to this Indenture and the Sale and Servicing Agreement. The Indenture Trustee shall apply all such money received by it as provided in this Indenture and the Sale and Servicing Agreement. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Indenture, if any default occurs in the making of any payment or performance under any agreement or instrument that is part of the Collateral, the Indenture Trustee may take such action as may be appropriate to enforce such payment or performance, including the institution and prosecution of appropriate Proceedings. Any such action shall be without prejudice to any right to claim a Default or Event of Default under this Indenture and any right to proceed thereafter as provided in Article V.

SECTION 8.2 Trust Accounts. (a) On or prior to the Closing Date, the Issuer shall cause the Servicer to establish, in the name of Indenture Trustee, the Trust Accounts as provided in Section 4.1 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement.

(b) On or before each Payment Date, the Issuer shall cause (i) the Servicer to deposit all Collections and Advances and (ii) the Servicer, the Seller or VCI, as applicable, to deposit all Repurchase Prices with respect to the Collection Period preceding such Payment Date in the Collection Account as provided in the Sale and Servicing Agreement. On or before each Payment Date, all amounts required to be withdrawn from the Reserve Account and deposited in the Collection Account pursuant to Section 4.3 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement shall be withdrawn by the Indenture Trustee from the Reserve Account and deposited to the Collection Account (in accordance with the Servicer’s Certificate).

 

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(c) Prior to the acceleration of the Notes pursuant to Section 5.2 of this Indenture, on each Payment Date and the Redemption Date, the Indenture Trustee shall distribute all amounts on deposit in the Principal Distribution Account to Noteholders in respect of principal of the Notes to the extent of the funds therein in the following order of priority:

(i) first, to the Holders of the Class A-1 Notes, until the Class A-1 Notes are paid in full;

(ii) second, [pro rata] to the Holders of the Class A-2[-A] Notes [and the Class A-2-B Notes], until the Class A-2[-A] Notes [and the Class A-2-B Notes] are paid in full;

(iii) third, to the Holders of the Class A-3 Notes, until the Class A-3 Notes are paid in full; and

(iv) fourth, to the Holders of the Class A-4 Notes, until the Class A-4 Notes are paid in full.

SECTION 8.3 General Provisions Regarding Accounts. (a) The funds on deposit in the Trust Accounts shall be invested in Permitted Investments in accordance with and subject to Section 4.1(b) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement and all interest and investment income (net of losses and investment expenses) on funds on deposit (i) in the Collection Account and the Principal Distribution Account shall be distributed in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.7 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement and (ii) in the Reserve Account shall be distributed in accordance with the provisions of Sections 4.3(b) and (d) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement. The Indenture Trustee shall not be directed to make any investment of any funds or to sell any investment held in any of the Trust Accounts unless the security interest Granted and perfected in such account will continue to be perfected in such investment or the proceeds of such sale, in either case without any further action by any Person, and, in connection with any direction to the Indenture Trustee to make any such investment or sale, if requested by the Indenture Trustee, the Issuer shall deliver to the Indenture Trustee an Opinion of Counsel, acceptable to the Indenture Trustee, to such effect.

(b) Subject to Section 6.1(c), the Indenture Trustee shall not in any way be held liable by reason of any insufficiency in any of the Trust Accounts resulting from any loss on any Permitted Investment included therein, except for losses attributable to the Indenture Trustee’s failure to make payments on any such Permitted Investments issued by the Indenture Trustee in its commercial capacity as principal obligor and not as trustee, in accordance with their terms.

(c) If (i) investment directions shall not have been given in writing by the Servicer in accordance with Section 4.1(b) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement for any funds on deposit in the Trust Accounts to the Indenture Trustee by 11:00 a.m., New York City time (or such other time as may be agreed by the Servicer and the Indenture Trustee), on any Business Day, (ii) a Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing with respect to the Notes but

 

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the Notes shall not have been declared due and payable pursuant to Section 5.2 or (iii) if the Notes shall have been declared due and payable following an Event of Default and amounts collected or received from the Trust Estate are being applied in accordance with Section 5.4 as if there had not been such a declaration, then the Indenture Trustee shall, to the fullest extent practicable, invest and reinvest funds in the Trust Accounts in one or more Permitted Investments in accordance with the standing instructions most recently given by the Servicer.

SECTION 8.4 Release of Collateral. (a) Subject to the payment of its fees and expenses pursuant to Section 6.7, the Indenture Trustee may if permitted by and in accordance with the terms hereof, and when required by the provisions of this Indenture shall, execute instruments to release property from the lien of this Indenture, or convey the Indenture Trustee’s interest in the same, in a manner and under circumstances that are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture or such other document. No party relying upon an instrument executed by the Indenture Trustee as provided in this Article VIII shall be bound to ascertain the Indenture Trustee’s authority, inquire into the satisfaction of any conditions precedent or see to the application of any monies.

(b) The Indenture Trustee shall, at such time as there are no Notes Outstanding and all sums due to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to Section 6.7 have been paid (as certified by an Authorized Officer of the Issuer in an Officer’s Certificate delivered to the Indenture Trustee), release any remaining portion of the Collateral that secured the Notes from the lien of this Indenture and release to the Issuer or any other Person entitled thereto any funds then on deposit in the Trust Accounts. Such release shall include release of the lien of this Indenture and transfer of dominion and control over the Trust Accounts to the Issuer or its designee. The Indenture Trustee shall release property from the lien of this Indenture pursuant to this Section only upon receipt of an Issuer Request accompanied by an Officer’s Certificate, an Opinion of Counsel and (if required by the TIA) Independent Certificates in accordance with TIA Sections 314(c) and 314(d)(1) meeting the applicable requirements of Section 11.1.

Each Noteholder or Note Owner, by its acceptance of a Note or, in the case of a Note Owner, a beneficial interest in a Note, acknowledges that from time to time the Indenture Trustee shall release the lien of this Indenture (or shall be deemed to automatically release the lien of this Indenture without any further action) on any Receivable to be sold to (i) the Seller in accordance with Section 2.4 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, (ii) to the Servicer in accordance with Section 3.6 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement and (iii) to VCI in accordance with Section 3.4 of the Purchase Agreement.

SECTION 8.5 Opinion of Counsel. The Indenture Trustee shall receive at least seven days’ notice (or such shorter notice acceptable to the Indenture Trustee) when requested by the Issuer to take any action pursuant to Section 8.4(a), accompanied by copies of any instruments involved, and the Indenture Trustee may also require as a condition to such action, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee, stating the legal effect of any such action, outlining the steps required to complete the same, and concluding that all conditions precedent to the taking of such action have been complied with and such action will not materially and adversely impair the security for the Notes or the rights of the Noteholders in contravention of the provisions of this Indenture; provided, that such Opinion of Counsel shall not be required to express an opinion as to the fair value of the Trust Estate. Counsel rendering any such opinion may rely, as to factual matters, without independent investigation, on the accuracy and validity of any certificate or other instrument delivered to the Indenture Trustee in connection with any such action.

 

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ARTICLE IX SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

SECTION 9.1 Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Noteholders. (a) Without the consent of the Noteholders or any other Person, but with prior notice from the Issuer to each Rating Agency, the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee (when authorized by an Issuer Order) may, at any time and from time to time, enter into one or more indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any provisions to, or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of, this Indenture or for the purpose of modifying in any manner the rights of the Noteholders under this Indenture subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions:

(i) (A) the Issuer delivers an Opinion of Counsel to the Indenture Trustee to the effect that such supplemental indenture will not materially and adversely affect the interests of the Noteholders; (B) the Issuer delivers an Officer’s Certificate to the Indenture Trustee to the effect that such supplemental indenture will not materially and adversely affect the interests of the Noteholders; or (C) the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied with respect to such amendment and the Issuer notifies the Indenture Trustee in writing that the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied with respect to such amendment; and

(ii) such action shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel delivered to the Indenture Trustee, (A) affect the treatment of the Notes as debt for federal income tax purposes or (B) be deemed to cause a taxable exchange of the Notes for federal income tax purposes.

The Indenture Trustee is hereby authorized to join in the execution of any such supplemental indenture and to make any further appropriate agreements and stipulations that may be therein contained.

(b) Prior to the execution of any such supplemental indenture, the Issuer shall provide written notification of the substance of such supplemental indenture to each Rating Agency and the Owner Trustee; and promptly after the execution of any such supplemental indenture, the Issuer shall furnish a copy of such supplemental indenture to each Rating Agency, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee; provided, that no supplemental indenture pursuant to this Section 9.1 shall be effective which affects the rights, protections or duties of the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee without the prior written consent of such Person (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed).

SECTION 9.2 Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Noteholders. The Issuer and the Indenture Trustee (when authorized by an Issuer Order) also may, with prior notice from the Issuer to the Rating Agencies and with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Outstanding Notes, by Act of such Holders delivered to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any provisions to, or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of, this Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Noteholders under this Indenture; provided, that no such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Note affected thereby:

 

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(i) change the Final Scheduled Payment Date of any Note, or reduce the principal amount thereof, the interest rate thereon or the Redemption Price with respect thereto, or change any place of payment where, or the coin or currency in which, any Note or the interest thereon is payable, or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of the provisions of this Indenture requiring the application of funds available therefor, as provided in Article V, to the payment of any such amount due on the Notes on or after the respective due dates thereof (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date);

(ii) reduce the percentage of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Outstanding Notes, the consent of the Holders of which is required for any such supplemental indenture, or the consent of the Holders of which is required for any waiver of compliance with certain provisions of this Indenture or certain defaults hereunder and their consequences provided for in this Indenture;

(iii) modify or alter the provisions of the proviso to the definition of the term “Outstanding”;

(iv) reduce the percentage of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Outstanding Notes required to direct the Indenture Trustee to sell or liquidate the Trust Estate pursuant to Section 5.4 if the proceeds of such sale would be insufficient to pay the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Outstanding Notes plus accrued but unpaid interest on the Notes;

(v) modify any provision of this Section in any respect adverse to the interests of the Noteholders except to increase any percentage specified herein or to provide that certain additional provisions of this Indenture or the Transaction Documents cannot be modified or waived without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Note affected thereby;

(vi) modify any of the provisions of this Indenture in such manner as to affect the calculation of the amount of any payment of interest or principal due on any Note on any Payment Date (including the calculation of any of the individual components of such calculation) or to affect the rights of the Noteholders to the benefit of any provisions for the mandatory redemption of the Notes contained herein;

(vii) permit the creation of any Lien ranking prior to or on a parity with the lien of this Indenture with respect to any part of the Trust Estate or, except as otherwise permitted or contemplated herein or in the Transaction Documents, terminate the lien of this Indenture on any property at any time subject hereto or deprive any Noteholder of the security provided by the lien of this Indenture; or

(viii) impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of payment as provided in Section 5.7.

 

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It shall not be necessary for any Act of Noteholders under this Section to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such Act shall approve the substance thereof.

Promptly after the execution by the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee of any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Section, the Indenture Trustee shall mail to the Noteholders to which such amendment or supplemental indenture relates a notice (to be provided by the Issuer and at the Issuer’s expense) setting forth in general terms the substance of such supplemental indenture. Any failure of the Indenture Trustee to mail such notice, or any defect therein, shall not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such supplemental indenture.

SECTION 9.3 Execution of Supplemental Indentures. In executing, or permitting the additional trusts created by, any supplemental indenture permitted by this Article IX or the modifications thereby of the trusts created by this Indenture, the Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and subject to Sections 6.1 and 6.2, shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture and all conditions precedent to such execution have been complied with. The Indenture Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such supplemental indenture that affects the Indenture Trustee’s own rights, duties, liabilities or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.

SECTION 9.4 Effect of Supplemental Indenture. Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions hereof, this Indenture shall be and be deemed to be modified and amended in accordance therewith with respect to the Notes affected thereby, and the respective rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties, liabilities and immunities under this Indenture of the Indenture Trustee, the Issuer and the Noteholders shall thereafter be determined, exercised and enforced hereunder subject in all respects to such modifications and amendments, and all the terms and conditions of any such supplemental indenture shall be and be deemed to be part of the terms and conditions of this Indenture for any and all purposes. No Supplemental Indenture or amendment or modification hereto that materially and adversely affects the Owner Trustee shall be effective without the prior written consent of the Owner Trustee.

SECTION 9.5 Conformity With Trust Indenture Act. Every amendment of this Indenture and every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article IX shall conform to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act as then in effect so long as this Indenture shall then be qualified under the Trust Indenture Act.

SECTION 9.6 Reference in Notes to Supplemental Indentures. Notes authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article IX may, and if required by the Indenture Trustee shall, bear a notation in form approved by the Indenture Trustee as to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee shall so determine, new Notes so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Indenture Trustee and the Issuer, to any such supplemental indenture may be prepared and executed by the Issuer and authenticated and delivered by the Indenture Trustee in exchange for Outstanding Notes.

 

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ARTICLE X REDEMPTION OF NOTES

SECTION 10.1 Redemption. (a) Each of the Notes is subject to redemption in whole, but not in part, at the direction of VCI, as Servicer, pursuant to Section 8.1 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, on any Payment Date on which VCI exercises its option to purchase the Trust Estate (other than the Reserve Account) pursuant to said Section 8.1, for a purchase price equal to the Optional Purchase Price, which amount shall be deposited by the Servicer into the Collection Account on the Redemption Date.

(b) Each of the Notes is subject to redemption in whole, but not in part, on any Payment Date on which the sum of the amounts in the Reserve Account and the remaining Available Funds after the payments under clauses first through fifth of Section 4.4(a) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement would be sufficient to pay in full the aggregate unpaid Note Balance of all of the Outstanding Notes as determined by the Servicer. On such Payment Date, (i) the Indenture Trustee upon written direction from the Servicer shall transfer all amounts on deposit in the Reserve Account to the Collection Account and (ii) the Outstanding Notes shall be redeemed in whole, but not in part.

(c) If the Notes are to be redeemed pursuant to Sections 10.1(a) or 10.1(b), the Administrator or the Issuer shall provide at least 20 days’ prior notice of the redemption of the Notes to the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee shall provide prompt (but not later than 10 days prior to the applicable Redemption Date) notice thereof to the Noteholders.

SECTION 10.2 Form of Redemption Notice. Notice of redemption under Section 10.1 shall be given by the Indenture Trustee by facsimile or by first-class mail, postage prepaid, transmitted or mailed prior to the applicable Redemption Date to each Holder of Notes as of the close of business on the Record Date preceding the applicable Redemption Date, at such Holder’s address appearing in the Note Register.

All notices of redemption shall state:

(i) the Redemption Date;

(ii) the Redemption Price;

(iii) that the Record Date otherwise applicable to such Redemption Date is not applicable and that payments shall be made only upon presentation and surrender of such Notes, and the place where such Notes are to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price (which shall be the office or agency of the Issuer to be maintained as provided in Section 3.2);

(iv) that interest on the Notes shall cease to accrue on the Redemption Date; and

(v) the CUSIP numbers (if applicable) for such Notes.

 

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Notice of redemption of the Notes shall be given by the Indenture Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Issuer. In addition, the Issuer shall notify each Rating Agency upon redemption of the Notes. Failure to give notice of redemption, or any defect therein, to any Noteholder shall not impair or affect the validity of the redemption of any Note.

SECTION 10.3 Notes Payable on Redemption Date. The Notes to be redeemed shall, following notice of redemption as required by Section 10.2 (in the case of redemption pursuant to Section 10.1), on the Redemption Date become due and payable at the Redemption Price and (unless the Issuer shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price) no interest shall accrue on the Redemption Price for any period after the date to which accrued interest is calculated for purposes of calculating the Redemption Price.

ARTICLE XI MISCELLANEOUS

SECTION 11.1 Compliance Certificates and Opinions, etc. (a) Upon any application or request by the Issuer to the Indenture Trustee to take any action under any provision of this Indenture, the Issuer shall furnish to the Indenture Trustee (i) an Officer’s Certificate stating that all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with that satisfies TIA Section 314(c)(1), (ii) an Opinion of Counsel stating that in the opinion of such counsel all such conditions precedent, if any, have been complied with that satisfies TIA Section 314(c)(2) and (iii) if required by the TIA in the case of condition precedent compliance with which is subject to verification by accountants, a certificate or opinion of an accountant that satisfies TIA Section 314(c)(3), except that, in the case of any such application or request as to which the furnishing of such documents is specifically required by any provision of this Indenture, no additional certificate or opinion need be furnished.

Every certificate or opinion in accordance with TIA Section 314(e) with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture shall include:

(i) a statement that each signatory of such certificate or opinion has read or has caused to be read such covenant or condition and the definitions herein relating thereto;

(ii) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based;

(iii) a statement that, in the opinion of each such signatory, such signatory has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable such signatory to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and

(iv) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such signatory such condition or covenant has been complied with.

(b) (i)    Prior to the deposit of any Collateral or other property or securities with the Indenture Trustee that is to be made the basis for the release of any property or securities subject to the lien of this Indenture, the Issuer shall, in addition to any obligation imposed in Section 11.1(a) or elsewhere in this Indenture, furnish to the Indenture Trustee an Officer’s Certificate certifying or stating the opinion of each Person signing such certificate as to the fair value in accordance with TIA Section 314(d) (within 90 days of such deposit) to the Issuer of the Collateral or other property or securities to be so deposited.

 

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(ii) Whenever the Issuer is required to furnish to the Indenture Trustee an Officer’s Certificate certifying or stating the opinion of any signer thereof as to the matters described in clause (i) above, the Issuer shall also deliver to the Indenture Trustee an Independent Certificate as to the same matters, if the fair value in accordance with TIA Section 314(d) to the Issuer of the property or securities to be so deposited and of all other such securities made the basis of any such withdrawal or release since the commencement of the then-current fiscal year of the Issuer, as set forth in the certificates delivered pursuant to clause (i) and this clause (ii), is 10% or more of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Outstanding Notes, but such a certificate need not be furnished with respect to any securities so deposited, if the fair value thereof to the Issuer as set forth in the related Officer’s Certificate is less than $25,000 or less than one percent of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Outstanding Notes.

(iii) Other than as contemplated by Section 11.1(b)(v), whenever any property or securities are to be released from the lien of this Indenture, the Issuer shall also furnish to the Indenture Trustee an Officer’s Certificate certifying or stating the opinion of each Person signing such certificate as to the fair value (within 90 days of such release) of the property or securities proposed to be released and stating that in the opinion of such Person the proposed release will not impair the security under this Indenture in contravention of the provisions hereof.

(iv) Whenever the Issuer is required to furnish to the Indenture Trustee an Officer’s Certificate certifying or stating the opinion of any signer thereof as to the matters described in clause (iii) above, the Issuer shall also furnish to the Indenture Trustee an Independent Certificate as to the same matters if the fair value of the property or securities and of all other property other than Repurchased Receivables, or securities released from the lien of this Indenture since the commencement of the then current calendar year, as set forth in the certificates required by clause (iii) above and this clause (iv), equals 10% or more of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Outstanding Notes, but such certificate need not be furnished in the case of any release of property or securities if the fair value thereof as set forth in the related Officer’s Certificate is less than $25,000 or less than one percent of the then aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Outstanding Notes.

(v) Notwithstanding Section 2.9 or any other provision of this Section, the Issuer may (A) collect, liquidate, sell or otherwise dispose of Receivables and Financed Vehicles as and to the extent permitted or required by the Transaction Documents and (B) make cash payments out of the Trust Accounts as and to the extent permitted or required by the Transaction Documents.

SECTION 11.2 Form of Documents Delivered to the Indenture Trustee. In any case where several matters are required to be certified by, or covered by an opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all such matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document, but one such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one or more other such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify or give an opinion as to such matters in one or several documents.

 

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Any certificate or opinion of an Authorized Officer of the Issuer may be based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, counsel, unless such officer knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to the matters upon which his or her certificate or opinion is based are erroneous. Any such certificate of an Authorized Officer or Opinion of Counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to factual matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, an officer or officers of the Servicer, the Seller, the Administrator or the Issuer, stating that the information with respect to such factual matters is in the possession of the Servicer, the Seller, the Administrator or the Issuer, unless such counsel knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to such matters are erroneous.

Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other instruments under this Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated and form one instrument.

Whenever in this Indenture, in connection with any application or certificate or report to the Indenture Trustee, it is provided that the Issuer shall deliver any document as a condition of the granting of such application, or as evidence of the Issuer’s compliance with any term hereof, it is intended that the truth and accuracy, at the time of the granting of such application or at the effective date of such certificate or report (as the case may be), of the facts and opinions stated in such document shall in such case be conditions precedent to the right of the Issuer to have such application granted or to the sufficiency of such certificate or report. The foregoing shall not, however, be construed to affect the Indenture Trustee’s right to rely upon the truth and accuracy of any statement or opinion contained in any such document as provided in Article VI.

SECTION 11.3 Acts of Noteholders. (a) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by Noteholders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Noteholders in person or by agents duly appointed in writing; and except as herein otherwise expressly provided such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to the Indenture Trustee, and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Issuer. Such instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the “Act” of the Noteholders signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and (subject to Section 6.1) conclusive in favor of the Indenture Trustee and the Issuer, if made in the manner provided in this Section.

(b) The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing may be proved in any manner that the Indenture Trustee deems sufficient.

(c) The ownership of Notes shall be proved by the Note Register.

(d) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action by any Noteholder shall bind the Holder of every Note issued upon the registration thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof, in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Indenture Trustee or the Issuer in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Note.

 

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SECTION 11.4 Notices. All demands, notices and communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be delivered or mailed by registered or certified first-class United States mail, postage prepaid, hand delivery, prepaid courier service, or by facsimile, and addressed in each case as specified on Schedule II to the Sale and Servicing Agreement or at such other address as shall be designated by any of the specified addressees in a written notice to the other parties hereto. Delivery shall occur only upon receipt or reported tender of such communication by an officer of the recipient entitled to receive such notices located at the address of such recipient for notices hereunder.

SECTION 11.5 Notices to Noteholders; Waiver. Where this Indenture provides for notice to Noteholders of any event, such notice shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class, postage prepaid to each Noteholder affected by such event, at his address as it appears on the Note Register, not later than the latest date, and not earlier than the earliest date, prescribed for the giving of such notice. In any case where notice to Noteholders is given by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice nor any defect in any notice so mailed to any particular Noteholder shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Noteholders, and any notice that is mailed in the manner herein provided shall conclusively be presumed to have been duly given.

Where this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in writing by any Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by Noteholders shall be filed with the Indenture Trustee but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such a waiver.

In case, by reason of the suspension of regular mail service as a result of a strike, work stoppage or similar activity, it shall be impractical to mail notice of any event to Noteholders when such notice is required to be given pursuant to any provision of this Indenture, then any manner of giving such notice as shall be satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee shall be deemed to be a sufficient giving of such notice.

Where this Indenture provides for notice to the Rating Agencies, failure to give such notice shall not affect any other rights or obligations created hereunder, and shall not under any circumstance constitute a Default or an Event of Default.

SECTION 11.6 Alternate Payment and Notice Provisions. Notwithstanding any provision of this Indenture or any of the Notes to the contrary, the Issuer may enter into any agreement with any Noteholder providing for a method of payment, or notice by the Indenture Trustee or any Paying Agent to such Noteholder, that is different from the methods provided for in this Indenture for such payments or notices, provided, that such methods are reasonable and acceptable to the applicable depository. The Indenture Trustee shall acknowledge receipt of any instructions from the Issuer regarding any alternate method of notice or payment as described in the preceding sentence. The Issuer will furnish to the Indenture Trustee a copy of each such agreement and the Indenture Trustee will cause payments to be made and notices to be given in accordance with such agreements.

 

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SECTION 11.7 Conflict with Trust Indenture Act. If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with another provision hereof that is required to be included in this Indenture by any of the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act, such required provision shall control.

The provisions of TIA Sections 310 through 317 that impose duties on any Person (including the provisions automatically deemed included herein unless expressly excluded by this Indenture) are a part of and govern this Indenture, whether or not physically contained herein.

SECTION 11.8 Effect of Headings and Table of Contents. The Article and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.

SECTION 11.9 Successors and Assigns. All covenants and agreements in this Indenture and the Notes by the Issuer shall bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not. All agreements of the Indenture Trustee in this Indenture shall bind its successors.

SECTION 11.10 Severability. In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Notes shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality, and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

SECTION 11.11 Benefits of Indenture. Nothing in this Indenture or in the Notes, express or implied, shall give to any Person, other than (i) the parties hereto and their successors hereunder, (ii) the Owner Trustee [and the Issuer Delaware Trustee], (iii) the Noteholders and (iv) any other Person with an ownership interest in any part of the Trust Estate, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.

SECTION 11.12 Legal Holidays. In any case where the date on which any payment is due shall not be a Business Day, then (notwithstanding any other provision of the Notes or this Indenture) payment need not be made on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on the date on which nominally due, and no interest shall accrue for the period from and after any such nominal date.

SECTION 11.13 Governing Law. THIS INDENTURE SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS OTHER THAN SECTIONS 5-1401 AND 5-1402 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.

SECTION 11.14 Counterparts. This Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.

 

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SECTION 11.15 Recording of Indenture. If this Indenture is subject to recording in any appropriate public recording offices, such recording is to be effected by the Issuer and at its expense accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such recording is necessary either for the protection of the Noteholders or any other Person secured hereunder or for the enforcement of any right or remedy granted to the Indenture Trustee under this Indenture.

SECTION 11.16 Trust Obligation. Each Noteholder or Note Owner, by acceptance of a Note, or, in the case of a Note Owner or a beneficial interest in a Note, by accepting the benefits of this Indenture, covenants and agrees that no recourse may be taken, directly or indirectly, with respect to the obligations of the Issuer, the Owner Trustee[, the Issuer Delaware Trustee] or the Indenture Trustee on the Notes or under this Indenture or any certificate or other writing delivered in connection herewith or therewith, against (i) the Indenture Trustee[, the Issuer Delaware Trustee] or the Owner Trustee in their respective individual capacities, (ii) any Certificateholder or any other owner of a beneficial interest in the Issuer, (iii) the Servicer, the Administrator or the Seller or (iv) any partner, owner, beneficiary, agent, officer, director, employee, successor or assign of any Person described in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above, except as any such Person may have expressly agreed (it being understood that the Indenture Trustee[, the Issuer Delaware Trustee] and the Owner Trustee have no such obligations in their individual capacity) and except that any such partner, owner or beneficiary shall be fully liable, to the extent provided by applicable law, for any unpaid consideration for stock, unpaid capital contribution or failure to pay any installment or call owing to such entity.

SECTION 11.17 No Petition. Each of the Indenture Trustee, by entering into this Indenture, and each Noteholder and Note Owner, by accepting a Note or, in the case of a Note Owner, a beneficial interest in a Note, hereby covenants and agrees that prior to the date which is one year and one day after payment in full of all obligations of each Bankruptcy Remote Party in respect of all securities issued by the Bankruptcy Remote Parties, (i) such party shall not authorize any Bankruptcy Remote Party to commence a voluntary winding-up or other voluntary case or other Proceeding seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief with respect to such Bankruptcy Remote Party or its debts under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect in any jurisdiction or seeking the appointment of an administrator, a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official with respect to such Bankruptcy Remote Party or any substantial part of its property or to consent to any such relief or to the appointment of or taking possession by any such official in an involuntary case or other Proceeding commenced against such Bankruptcy Remote Party, or to make a general assignment for the benefit of, its creditors generally, any party hereto or any other creditor of such Bankruptcy Remote Party and (ii) such party shall not commence, join or institute against, with any other Person, any Proceeding against such Bankruptcy Remote Party under any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, liquidation or insolvency law or statute now or hereafter in effect in any jurisdiction.

SECTION 11.18 Intent. (a) It is the intent of the Issuer that the Notes constitute indebtedness for all financial accounting purposes and the Issuer agrees and each purchaser of a Note (by virtue of the acquisition of such Note or an interest therein) shall be deemed to have agreed, to treat the Notes as indebtedness for all financial accounting purposes.

 

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(b) It is the intent of the Issuer that the Notes constitute indebtedness of the Issuer for all tax purposes and the Issuer agrees and each purchaser of a Note (by virtue of the acquisition of such Note or an interest therein) shall be deemed to have agreed to treat the Notes as indebtedness for all federal, state and local income and franchise and/or value added tax purposes.

SECTION 11.19 Submission to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally:

(a) submits for itself and its property in any legal action or Proceeding relating to this Indenture or any documents executed and delivered in connection herewith, or for recognition and enforcement of any judgment in respect thereof, to the nonexclusive general jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York, the courts of the United States of America for the Southern District of New York and appellate courts from any thereof;

(b) consents that any such action or Proceeding may be brought and maintained in such courts and waives any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the venue of such action or Proceeding in any such court or that such action or Proceeding was brought in an inconvenient court and agrees not to plead or claim the same;

(c) agrees that service of process in any such action or Proceeding may be effected by mailing a copy thereof by registered or certified mail (or any substantially similar form of mail), postage prepaid, to such Person at its address determined in accordance with Section 11.4 of this Indenture;

(d) agrees that nothing herein shall affect the right to effect service of process in any other manner permitted by law or shall limit the right to sue in any other jurisdiction; and

(e) to the extent permitted by applicable law, waives all right of trial by jury in any action, Proceeding or counterclaim based on, or arising out of, under or in connection with this Indenture, any other Transaction Document, or any matter arising hereunder or thereunder.

SECTION 11.20 Subordination of Claims. The Issuer’s obligations under this Indenture are obligations solely of the Issuer and will not constitute a claim against the Seller to the extent that the Issuer does not have funds sufficient to make payment of such obligations. In furtherance of and not in derogation of the foregoing, each of the Owner Trustee (in its individual capacity and as the Owner Trustee), by accepting the benefits of this Indenture, the Certificateholder, by accepting the Certificate, and the Indenture Trustee (in its individual capacity and as Indenture Trustee), by entering into this Indenture, and each Noteholder and each Note Owner, by accepting the benefits of this Indenture, hereby acknowledges and agrees that such Person has no right, title or interest in or to the Other Assets of the Seller. To the extent that, notwithstanding the agreements and provisions contained in the preceding sentence, each of the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, each Noteholder, each Note Owner or the Certificateholder either (i) asserts an interest or claim to, or benefit from, Other Assets or (ii) is deemed to have any such interest, claim to, or benefit in or from Other Assets, whether by operation of law, legal process, pursuant to applicable provisions of insolvency laws or otherwise (including by virtue of Section 1111(b) of the Bankruptcy Code or any successor provision

 

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having similar effect under the Bankruptcy Code), then such Person further acknowledges and agrees that any such interest, claim or benefit in or from Other Assets is and will be expressly subordinated to the indefeasible payment in full, which, under the terms of the relevant documents relating to the securitization or conveyance of such Other Assets, are entitled to be paid from, entitled to the benefits of, or otherwise secured by such Other Assets (whether or not any such entitlement or security interest is legally perfected or otherwise entitled to a priority of distributions or application under applicable law, including insolvency laws, and whether or not asserted against the Seller), including the payment of post-petition interest on such other obligations and liabilities. This subordination agreement will be deemed a subordination agreement within the meaning of Section 510(a) of the Bankruptcy Code. Each of the Indenture Trustee (in its individual capacity and as the Indenture Trustee), by entering into or accepting this Indenture, the Certificateholder, by accepting the Certificate, and the Owner Trustee, and each Noteholder or Note Owner, by accepting the benefits of this Indenture, hereby further acknowledges and agrees that no adequate remedy at law exists for a breach of this Section and the terms of this Section may be enforced by an action for specific performance. The provisions of this Section will be for the third party benefit of those entitled to rely thereon and will survive the termination of this Indenture.

SECTION 11.21 Limitation of Liability of Owner Trustee. It is expressly understood and agreed by and between the parties hereto that (i) this Indenture is executed and delivered by [    ], not in its individual capacity but solely as Owner Trustee of the Issuer in the exercise of the power and authority conferred and vested in it as such Owner Trustee, (ii) each of the representations, undertakings and agreements made herein by the Issuer are not personal representations, undertakings and agreements of [    ], but are binding only on the Issuer, (iii) nothing contained herein shall be construed as creating any liability on [    ] individually or personally, to perform any covenant of the Issuer, either expressed or implied, contained herein, all such liability, if any, being expressly waived by the parties hereto and by any Person claiming by, through or under any such party, (iv) [    ] has made no investigation into the accuracy or completeness of any representations and warranties made by the Issuer in this Indenture and (v) under no circumstances shall [    ] be personally liable for the payment of any indebtedness or expense of the Issuer or be liable for the breach or failure of any obligation, representation, warranty or covenant made or undertaken by the Issuer under this Indenture.

SECTION 11.22 Information Requests. The parties hereto shall provide any information reasonably requested by the Servicer, the Issuer, the Seller or any of their Affiliates, in order to comply with or obtain more favorable treatment under any current or future law, rule, regulation, accounting rule or principle.

[Remainder of Page Intentionally Left Blank]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee have caused this Indenture to be duly executed by their respective officers, thereunto duly authorized, all as of the day and year first above written.

 

VOLKSWAGEN AUTO LOAN ENHANCED TRUST 20[ ]-[ ]
By: [ ], not in its individual capacity but solely as Owner Trustee
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

 

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[ ], not in its individual capacity but solely as Indenture Trustee
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

 

Agreed to with respect to Section 7.5(a) hereof:

VOLKSWAGEN AUTO LEASE/LOAN

UNDERWRITTEN FUNDING, LLC, as Seller

By:

 

 

Name:

 

Title:

 

By:

 

 

Name:

 

Title:

 

 

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Agreed to with respect to Section 7.5(a) hereof:
VW CREDIT, INC
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

 

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SCHEDULE I

PERFECTION REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS

In addition to the representations, warranties and covenants contained in the Indenture, the Issuer hereby represents, warrants, and covenants to the Indenture Trustee as follows on the Closing Date:

General

1. The Indenture creates a valid and continuing security interest (as defined in the applicable UCC) in the Receivables and the other Collateral in favor of the Indenture Trustee, which security interest is prior to all other Liens, and is enforceable as such as against creditors of and purchasers from the Issuer.

2. The Receivables constitute “chattel paper” (including “electronic chattel paper” or “tangible chattel paper”), “accounts,” “instruments,” or “general intangibles,” within the meaning of the UCC.

3. Immediately prior to the pledge thereof pursuant to this Indenture, each Receivable was secured by a first priority validly perfected security interest in the related Financed Vehicle in favor of the Originator (or its assignee), as secured party, or all necessary actions with respect to such Receivable have been taken or will be taken to perfect a first priority security interest in the related Financed Vehicle in favor of the Originator (or its assignee), as secured party.

4. Each Trust Account constitutes either a “deposit account” or a “securities account” within the meaning of the UCC.

Creation

5. Immediately prior to the sale, transfer, assignment and conveyance of a Receivable by the Seller to the Issuer, the Seller owned and had good and marketable title to such Receivable free and clear of any Lien and immediately after the sale, transfer, assignment and conveyance of such Receivable to the Issuer, the Issuer will have good and marketable title to such Receivable free and clear of any Lien.

Perfection

6. The Issuer has caused or will have caused, within ten days after the effective date of the Indenture, the filing of all appropriate financing statements in the proper filing office in the appropriate jurisdictions under applicable law in order to perfect the security interest in the Receivables granted to the Indenture Trustee hereunder; and the Servicer has in its possession the original copies of such instruments or tangible chattel paper that constitute or evidence the Receivables, and all financing statements referred to in this paragraph contain a statement that: “A purchase of or security interest in any collateral described in this financing statement will violate the rights of the Secured Party.”

 

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7. With respect to Receivables that constitute instruments or tangible chattel paper, either:

(i) all original executed copies of each such instrument or tangible chattel paper have been delivered to the Indenture Trustee; or

(ii) such instruments or tangible chattel paper are in the possession of the Servicer and the Indenture Trustee has received a written acknowledgment from the Servicer that the Servicer (in its capacity as custodian) is holding such instruments or tangible chattel paper solely on behalf and for the benefit of the Indenture Trustee as pledgee of the Issuer; or

(iii) the Servicer received possession of such instruments or tangible chattel paper after the Indenture Trustee received a written acknowledgment from the Servicer that the Servicer is acting solely as agent of the Indenture Trustee as pledgee of the Issuer.

8. With respect to the Trust Accounts that constitute deposit accounts, either:

(i) the Issuer has delivered to the Indenture Trustee a fully executed agreement pursuant to which the bank maintaining the deposit accounts has agreed to comply with all instructions originated by the Indenture Trustee directing disposition of the funds in such Trust Accounts without further consent by the Issuer; or

(ii) the Issuer has taken all steps necessary to cause the Indenture Trustee to become the account holder of such Trust Accounts.

9. With respect to the Trust Accounts that constitute securities accounts or securities entitlements, either:

(i) the Issuer has delivered to the Indenture Trustee a fully executed agreement pursuant to which the securities intermediary has agreed to comply with all instructions originated by the Indenture Trustee relating to such Trust Accounts without further consent by the Issuer; or

(ii) the Issuer has taken all steps necessary to cause the securities intermediary to identify in its records the Indenture Trustee as the Person having a security entitlement against the securities intermediary in each of such Trust Accounts.

Priority

10. The Issuer has not authorized the filing of, and is not aware of any financing statements against the Issuer that include a description of collateral covering the Receivables other than any financing statement (i) relating to the conveyance of the Receivables by VCI to the Seller under the Purchase Agreement, (ii) relating to the conveyance of the Receivables by the Seller to the Issuer under the Sale and Servicing Agreement, (iii) relating to the security interest granted to the Indenture Trustee under the Indenture or (iv) that has been terminated.

 

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11. The Issuer is not aware of any material judgment, ERISA or tax lien filings against the Issuer.

12. Neither the Issuer or a custodian holding any Receivable that is electronic chattel paper has communicated an authoritative copy of any loan agreement that constitutes or evidences such Receivable to any Person other than the Servicer.

13. Neither VCI nor a custodian or vaulting agent thereof holding any Receivable that is electronic chattel paper has communicated an “authoritative copy” (as such term is used in Section 9-105 of the UCC) of any loan agreement that constitutes or evidences such Receivable to any Person other than the Servicer.

14. None of the instruments, tangible chattel paper nor electronic chattel paper that constitutes or evidences the Receivables has any marks or notations indicating that they have been pledged, assigned or otherwise conveyed to any Person other than the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee.

15. No Trust Account that constitutes a securities account or securities entitlement is in the name of any Person other than the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee. The Issuer has not consented to the securities intermediary of any such Trust Account to comply with entitlement orders of any Person other than the Indenture Trustee.

16. No Trust Account that constitutes a deposit account is in the name of any Person other than the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee. The Issuer has not consented to the bank maintaining such Trust Account to comply with instructions of any Person other than the Indenture Trustee.

Survival of Perfection Representations

17. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Indenture or any other Transaction Document, the perfection representations, warranties and covenants contained in this Schedule I shall be continuing, and remain in full force and effect until such time as all obligations under the Indenture have been finally and fully paid and performed.

No Waiver

18. The Issuer shall provide the Rating Agencies with prompt written notice of any material breach of the perfection representations, warranties and covenants contained in this Schedule I, and shall not, without satisfying the Rating Agency Condition, waive a breach of any of such perfection representations, warranties or covenants.

Issuer to Maintain Perfection and Priority

19. The Issuer covenants that, in order to evidence the interests of the Indenture Trustee under this Indenture, the Issuer shall take such action, or execute and deliver such instruments as may be necessary or advisable (including, without limitation, such actions as are requested by the Indenture Trustee) to maintain and perfect, as a first priority interest, the Indenture Trustee’s security interest in the Receivables. The Issuer shall, from time to time and

 

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within the time limits established by law, prepare and file, all financing statements, amendments, continuations, initial financing statements in lieu of a continuation statement, terminations, partial terminations, releases or partial releases, or any other filings necessary or advisable to continue, maintain and perfect the Indenture Trustee’s security interest in the Receivables as a first-priority interest.

 

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Exhibit A

FORMS OF NOTES

 

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FORM OF CLASS [A-1] [A-2[-A]] [[A-2-B]] [A-3][A-4] NOTES

 

REGISTERED

   $                                                             1

No. R-                        

   CUSIP NO.                                                             
   ISIN.                                                     

UNLESS THIS NOTE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY NOTE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

THE PRINCIPAL OF THIS NOTE IS PAYABLE IN INSTALLMENTS AS SET FORTH HEREIN. ACCORDINGLY, THE OUTSTANDING PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF THIS NOTE AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE AMOUNT SHOWN ON THE FACE HEREOF.

BY ACQUIRING THIS NOTE (OR ANY INTEREST HEREIN), EACH PURCHASER AND TRANSFEREE (AND ITS FIDUCIARY, IF APPLICABLE) WILL BE DEEMED TO REPRESENT AND WARRANT THAT EITHER (A) IT IS NOT ACQUIRING AND WILL NOT HOLD THE NOTE (OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN) WITH THE ASSETS OF (I) AN “EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN” AS DEFINED IN SECTION 3(3) OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED (“ERISA”) WHICH IS SUBJECT TO TITLE I OF ERISA, (II) A “PLAN” DESCRIBED BY SECTION 4975(e)(1) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE “CODE”), WHICH IS SUBJECT TO SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE, (III) ANY ENTITY DEEMED TO HOLD THE PLAN ASSETS OF ANY OF THE FOREGOING BY REASON OF ANY EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN’S OR OTHER PLAN’S INVESTMENT IN SUCH ENTITY (EACH OF (I), (II) AND (III) REFERRED TO AS “BENEFIT PLAN INVESTORS”) OR (IV) AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR RETIREMENT ARRANGEMENT THAT IS SUBJECT TO A LAW THAT IS SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR TO THE FIDUCIARY AND PROHIBITED TRANSACTION PROVISIONS OF ERISA OR SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE (“SIMILAR LAW”) OR (B)(I) THE NOTE IS RATED AT LEAST “BBB-” OR ITS EQUIVALENT BY A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED STATISTICAL RATING AGENCY AT THE TIME OF PURCHASE OR TRANSFER AND (II) THE ACQUISITION, HOLDING AND DISPOSITION OF THIS NOTE (OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN) WILL NOT GIVE RISE TO A NONEXEMPT PROHIBITED TRANSACTION UNDER SECTION 406 OF ERISA OR SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE OR A VIOLATION OF ANY SIMILAR LAW.

 

 

1 

Denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.

 

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VOLKSWAGEN AUTO LOAN ENHANCED TRUST 20[ ]-[ ]

[CLASS A-1 [ ]%] [CLASS A-2[-A] [ ]%] [[CLASS A-2-B [LIBOR +] [ ]%]]

[CLASS A-3 [ ]%] [CLASS A-4 [ ]%]

AUTO LOAN ASSET BACKED NOTES

Volkswagen Auto Loan Enhanced Trust 20[ ]-[ ], a statutory trust organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (including any successor, the “Issuer”), for value received, hereby promises to pay to [______], or registered assigns, the principal sum of [___] DOLLARS ($[___]), in monthly installments on the 20th of each month, or if such day is not a Business Day, on the immediately succeeding Business Day, commencing on [ ] (each, a “Payment Date”) until the principal of this Note is paid or made available for payment, and to pay interest on each Payment Date on the Class [A-1] [A-2[-A]] [[A-2-B]] [A-3] [A-4] Note Balance as of the preceding Payment Date (after giving effect to all payments of principal made on the preceding Payment Date), or as of the Closing Date in the case of the first Payment Date, at the rate per annum shown on the reverse of this Note (the “Interest Rate”), in each case as and to the extent set forth in Sections 2.7, 3.1, 5.4(b) and 8.2 of the Indenture and Section 4.4 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement; provided, however, that the entire Class [A-1] [A-2[-A]] [[A-2-B]] [A-3] [A-4] Note Balance shall be due and payable on the earliest of (i) [___] (the “Final Scheduled Payment Date”), (ii) the Redemption Date, if any, pursuant to Section 10.1 of the Indenture and (iii) the date the Notes are accelerated after an Event of Default pursuant to Section 5.2 of the Indenture. Interest on this Note will accrue for each Payment Date from and including [the preceding Payment Date (or, in the case of the initial Payment Date, from and including the Closing Date) to but excluding such Payment Date]2 [the 20th day of the prior calendar month (or, in the case of the initial Payment Date from and including the Closing Date) to but excluding the 20th day of the calendar month in which such Payment Date occurs].3 Interest will be computed on the basis of [actual days elapsed and a 360-day year]4 [a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months].5 [[If the sum of LIBOR plus [ ]% is less than 0.00% for any Interest Period, then the per annum rate at which interest will accrue on this Note for such Interest Period shall be deemed to be 0.00%.]]6 Such principal of and interest on this Note shall be paid in the manner specified on the reverse hereof.

The principal of and interest on this Note are payable in such coin or currency of the United States as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts. All payments made by the Issuer with respect to this Note shall be applied first to interest on this Note as provided above and then to the unpaid principal of this Note.

Reference is made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the reverse hereof, which shall have the same effect as though fully set forth on the face of this Note.

 

 

2 

The Class A-1 Notes [and the Class A-2-B Notes].

3 

The Class A-2[-A], the Class A-3 Notes and the Class A-4 Notes.

4 

The Class A-1 Notes [and the Class A-2-B Notes].

5 

The Class A-2[-A], the Class A-3 Notes and the Class A-4 Notes.

6 

[The Class A-2-B Notes.]

 

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Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Indenture Trustee the name of which appears below by manual signature, this Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer has caused this instrument to be signed, manually, by its Authorized Officer.

Dated: [    ]

 

VOLKSWAGEN AUTO LOAN ENHANCED TRUST 20[ ]-[ ]
By: [ ], not in its individual capacity but solely as Owner Trustee
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

INDENTURE TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

This is one of the Notes designated above and referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

Dated: [    ]

 

[    ],
not in its individual capacity but solely as Indenture Trustee
By:  

 

  Authorized Signatory

 

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[REVERSE OF NOTE]

This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of Notes of the Issuer, designated as its [Class A-1 [ ]%] [Class A-2[-A] [ ]%] [[Class A-2-B [LIBOR +] [ ]%]] [Class A-3 [ ]%] [Class A-4 [ ]%] Auto Loan Asset-Backed Notes (herein called the “Class [A-1] [A-2[-A]] [[A-2-B]] [A-3] [A-4] Notes” or the “Notes”), all issued under an Indenture dated as of [    ] (such Indenture, as supplemented or amended, is herein called the “Indenture”), between the Issuer and [    ], a [    ], not in its individual capacity but solely as trustee (the “Indenture Trustee”), which term includes any successor Indenture Trustee under the Indenture, to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights and obligations thereunder of the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders. The Notes are subject to all terms of the Indenture and the Sale and Servicing Agreement. All terms used in this Note that are not otherwise defined herein and that are defined in the Indenture or the Sale and Servicing Agreement shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture or in Appendix A of the Sale and Servicing Agreement.

The Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2 Notes, the Class A-3 Notes and the Class A-4 Notes are and will be equally and ratably secured by the collateral pledged as security therefor as provided in the Indenture. All covenants and agreements made by the Issuer in the Indenture are for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes.

Principal payable on the Notes will be paid on each Payment Date in the amount specified in the Indenture and in the Sale and Servicing Agreement. As described above, the entire Class [A-1] [A-2[-A]] [[A-2-B]] [A-3] [A-4] Note Balance shall be due and payable on the earliest of (i) [___] (the “Final Scheduled Payment Date”), (ii) the Redemption Date, if any, pursuant to Section 10.1 of the Indenture and (iii) the date the Notes are accelerated after an Event of Default pursuant to Section 5.2 of the Indenture. All principal payments on the Class [A-1] [A-2] [A-3] [A-4] Notes shall be made pro rata to the Class [A-1] [A-2[-A]] [[A-2-B]] [A-3] [A-4] Noteholders entitled thereto.

Payments of principal of and interest on this Note made on each Payment Date, Redemption Date or upon acceleration shall be made by check mailed to the Person whose name appears as the registered Holder of this Note (or one or more Predecessor Notes) on the Note Register as of the close of business on the related Record Date, except that with respect to Notes registered on the Record Date in the name of the nominee of DTC (initially, such nominee to be Cede & Co.), payments will be made by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account designated by such nominee. Such checks shall be mailed to the Person entitled thereto at the address of such Person as it appears on the Note Register as of the applicable Record Date without requiring that this Note be submitted for notation of payment. Any reduction in the principal amount of this Note (or any one or more Predecessor Notes) affected by any payments made on any Payment Date or Redemption Date shall be binding upon all future Holders of this Note and of any Note issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange hereof or in lieu hereof, whether or not noted hereon. If funds are expected to be available, as provided in the Indenture, for payment in full of the remaining unpaid principal amount of this Note on a Payment Date or Redemption Date, then the Indenture Trustee, in the name of and on behalf of the Issuer, will notify the Person who was the registered Holder hereof as of the Record Date preceding such Payment Date or Redemption Date by notice mailed prior to such Payment Date or Redemption Date and the amount then due and payable shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender of this Note at the Corporate Trust Office of the Indenture Trustee or at the office of the Indenture Trustee’s agent appointed for such purposes located in The City of New York.

 

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Each Noteholder or Note Owner, by acceptance of a Note, or, in the case of a Note Owner, a beneficial interest in a Note, covenants and agrees that no recourse may be taken, directly or indirectly, with respect to the obligations of the Issuer, the Seller, the Servicer, the Owner Trustee[, the Issuer Delaware Trustee] or the Indenture Trustee on the Notes or under the Indenture or any certificate or other writing delivered in connection herewith or therewith, against (i) the Seller, the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee[, the Issuer Delaware Trustee] or the Owner Trustee in its individual capacity, (ii) any owner of a beneficial interest in the Issuer or (iii) any partner, owner, beneficiary, agent, officer, director, employee or agent of the Seller, the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee[, the Issuer Delaware Trustee] or the Owner Trustee in its individual capacity, any holder of a beneficial interest in the Issuer, the Seller, the Servicer, the Owner Trustee[, the Issuer Delaware Trustee] or the Indenture Trustee or of any successor or assign of the Seller, the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee[, the Issuer Delaware Trustee] or the Owner Trustee in its individual capacity, except as any such Person may have expressly agreed (it being understood that the Indenture Trustee[, the Issuer Delaware Trustee] and the Owner Trustee have no such obligations in their individual capacity) and except that any such partner, owner or beneficiary shall be fully liable, to the extent provided by applicable law, for any unpaid consideration for stock, unpaid capital contribution or failure to pay any installment or call owing to such entity.

It is the intent of the Seller, the Servicer, the Noteholders and the Note Owners that, for purposes of federal, state and local income and franchise and/or value added tax purposes the Notes will qualify as indebtedness of the Issuer. The Noteholders, by acceptance of a Note, agree to treat, and to take no action inconsistent with the treatment of, the Notes for such tax purposes as indebtedness of the Issuer.

Each Noteholder or Note Owner, by acceptance of a Note, or, in the case of a Note Owner, a beneficial interest in a Note, covenants and agrees that, prior to the date which is one year and one day after payment in full of all obligations of each Bankruptcy Remote Party in respect of all securities issued by any Bankruptcy Remote Party (i) such party shall not authorize any Bankruptcy Remote Party to commence a voluntary winding-up or other voluntary case or other Proceeding seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief with respect to such Bankruptcy Remote Party or its debts under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect in any jurisdiction or seeking the appointment of an administrator, a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official with respect to such Bankruptcy Remote Party or any substantial part of its property or to consent to any such relief or to the appointment of or taking possession by any such official in any involuntary case or other Proceeding commenced against such Bankruptcy Remote Party, or to make a general assignment for the benefit of, its creditors generally, any party hereto or any other creditor of such Bankruptcy Remote Party, and (ii) such party shall not commence or join with any other Person in commencing any Proceeding against such Bankruptcy Remote Party under any bankruptcy, reorganization, liquidation or insolvency law or statute now or hereafter in effect in any jurisdiction.

 

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This Note and the Indenture shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without reference to its conflict of law provisions other than Sections 5-1401 and 5-1402 of the New York General Obligations Law, and the obligations, rights and remedies of the parties hereunder and thereunder shall be determined in accordance with such laws.

 

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ASSIGNMENT

Social Security or taxpayer I.D. or other identifying number of assignee                                                                                                   

                                                                                                                                                                                                                         

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells,

assigns and transfers unto                                                                                                                                                                                 

(name and address of assignee)

the within Note and all rights thereunder, and hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints                                              , attorney, to transfer said Note on the books kept for registration thereof, with full power of substitution in the premises.

Dated:                                                                                                                                           */

 

   Signature Guaranteed:
  

                                                                          

   Signatures must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the requirements of the Note Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in STAMP or such other “signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the Note Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

                                                                                      

  

 

*/

NOTE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name of the registered owner as it appears on the face of the within Note in every particular without alteration, enlargement or any change whatsoever.

 

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EXHIBIT 5.1

 

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August 23, 2019

Volkswagen Auto Lease/Loan Underwritten Funding, LLC

2200 Ferdinand Porsche Drive

Herndon, VA 20171

 

Re:

Volkswagen Auto Lease/Loan Underwritten Funding, LLC

Registration Statement on Form SF-3 (Registration No. 333-                    )

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as special counsel to Volkswagen Auto Lease/Loan Underwritten Funding, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company”), in connection with the above-captioned registration statement (such registration statement, together with the exhibits and any amendments thereto, the “Registration Statement”) filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), in connection with the registration by the Company of Asset-Backed Notes (the “Notes”). As described in the Registration Statement, the Notes will be issued from time to time in series, with each series being issued by a statutory trust (each, a “Trust”) to be formed by the Company pursuant to a Trust Agreement (each, a “Trust Agreement”) between the Company and a trustee. Each series of Notes will be issued pursuant to an Indenture (each, an “Indenture”) between the related Trust and an indenture trustee.

In that regard, we generally are familiar with the proceedings taken or to be taken in connection with the proposed authorization, issuance and sale of any series of Notes and have examined and relied upon copies of such statutes, documents, corporate records and other instruments as we have deemed necessary or appropriate for the purposes of this opinion, including the Registration Statement and, in each case filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement, the form of Underwriting Agreement, the form of Indenture (including the form of Notes included as an exhibit thereto), the form of Amended and Restated Trust Agreement, the form of Receivables Purchase Agreement, the form of Sale and Servicing Agreement, the form of Interest Rate Swap Agreement, the form of Administration Agreement and the form of Asset Representations Review Agreement (collectively, the “Operative Documents”). Terms used herein without definition have the respective meanings given to such terms in the Registration Statement.

Based on and subject to the foregoing, we are of the opinion that, with respect to the Notes, when (a) the related Indenture has been duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act of

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1939, as amended, (b) such Notes have been duly executed and issued by the related Trust and authenticated by the Indenture Trustee and sold by the Company or by the Trust, at the direction of the Company, as applicable, and (c) payment of the agreed consideration for such Notes shall have been received by the Trust, all in accordance with the terms and conditions of the related Operative Documents and a definitive purchase, underwriting or similar agreement with respect to such Notes and in the manner described in the Registration Statement, such Notes will have been duly authorized by all necessary action of the Trust and will be legally issued and binding obligations of the Trust and entitled to the benefits afforded by the related Indenture, except as may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, arrangement, moratorium or other laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally (including, without limitation, fraudulent conveyance laws), and by general principles of equity, regardless of whether such matters are considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.

Our opinions expressed herein are limited to the federal laws of the United States, the laws of the State of New York, the Delaware Statutory Act and the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act.

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion with the Commission as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the use of our name therein without admitting we are “experts” within the meaning of the Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission issued thereunder, with respect to any part of the Registration Statement or this exhibit.

 

Respectfully submitted,
/s/ Mayer Brown LLP
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EX-8.1 8 d742675dex81.htm EX-8.1 EX-8.1

EXHIBIT 8.1

 

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Chicago, Illinois 60606-4637

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Main Fax +1 312 701 7711

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August 23, 2019

Volkswagen Auto Lease/Loan Underwritten Funding, LLC

2200 Ferdinand Porsche Drive

Herndon, VA 20171

 

Re:

Volkswagen Auto Lease/Loan Underwritten Funding, LLC

Registration Statement on Form SF-3 (Registration No. 333-                    )

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as special federal tax counsel to Volkswagen Auto Lease/Loan Underwritten Funding, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company”), in connection with the above-captioned registration statement (such registration statement, together with the exhibits and any amendments thereto, the “Registration Statement”), filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), in connection with the registration by the Company of Asset-Backed Notes (the “Notes”). As described in the Registration Statement, the Notes will be issued from time to time in series, with each series being issued by a statutory trust (each, a “Trust”) to be formed by the Company pursuant to a Trust Agreement (each, a “Trust Agreement”) between the Company and a trustee. Each series of Notes will be issued pursuant to an Indenture (the “Indenture”) between the related Trust and an indenture trustee.

In that regard, we generally are familiar with the proceedings taken or to be taken in connection with the proposed authorization, issuance and sale of any series of Notes and have examined and relied upon copies of such statutes, documents, corporate records and other instruments as we have deemed necessary or appropriate for the purpose of this opinion, including the Registration Statement and, in each case as filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement, the form of Underwriting Agreement, the form of Indenture (including the form of Notes included as an exhibit thereto), the form of Amended and Restated Trust Agreement, the form of Receivables Purchase Agreement, the form of Sale and Servicing Agreement, the form of Interest Rate Swap Agreement, the form of Administration Agreement and the form of Asset Representations Review Agreement (collectively, the “Operative Documents”). Terms used herein without definition have the meanings given to such terms in the Registration Statement.

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The opinion set forth herein is based upon the applicable provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, Treasury regulations promulgated and proposed thereunder, current positions of the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) contained in published Revenue Rulings and Revenue Procedures, current administrative positions of the IRS and existing judicial decisions. No tax rulings will be sought from the IRS with respect to any of the matters discussed herein. The statutory provisions, regulations and interpretations on which our opinions are based are subject to change, which changes could apply retroactively. In addition, there can be no assurance that positions contrary to those stated in our opinion may not be taken by the IRS.

Based on the foregoing and assuming that the Operative Documents with respect to each series are executed and delivered in substantially the form we have examined and that the transactions contemplated to occur under the Operative Documents in fact occur in accordance with the terms thereof, to the extent that the statements relating to U.S. federal tax matters set forth in the Prospectus forming part of the Registration Statement under the captions “Summary of Terms—Tax Status” and “Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences” constitute matters of U.S. federal income tax law or legal conclusions with respect thereto, and to the extent such statements expressly state our opinions or state that our opinion has been or will be provided as to the Notes, we hereby confirm and adopt the opinions set forth therein (subject to the qualifications, assumptions, limitations and exceptions set forth therein).

We know that we are referred to under the captions referred to above included in the Registration Statement, and we hereby consent to the use of our name therein and to the use of this opinion for filing with the Registration Statement as Exhibit 8.1 thereto, without admitting we are “experts” within the meaning of the Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission issued thereunder, with respect to any part of the Registration Statement, including this exhibit.

 

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/s/ Mayer Brown LLP
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EX-10.1 9 d742675dex101.htm EX-10.1 EX-10.1

Exhibit 10.1

 

 

 

SALE AND SERVICING AGREEMENT

by and among

VOLKSWAGEN AUTO LOAN ENHANCED TRUST 20[ ]-[ ],

as Issuer

VOLKSWAGEN AUTO LEASE/LOAN UNDERWRITTEN FUNDING, LLC,

as Seller

VW CREDIT, INC.,

as Servicer

and

[    ],

as Indenture Trustee

Dated as of [    ]

 

 

 

 

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS AND USAGE

  

SECTION 1.1

  Definitions    1

SECTION 1.2

  Other Interpretive Provisions    1

ARTICLE II CONVEYANCE OF TRANSFERRED ASSETS

  

SECTION 2.1

  Conveyance of Transferred Assets    2

SECTION 2.2

  Representations and Warranties of the Seller Regarding the Transferred Assets    2

SECTION 2.3

  Representations and Warranties of the Seller as to each Receivable    3

SECTION 2.4

  Repurchase Upon Breach    3

SECTION 2.5

  Custody of Receivable Files    4

ARTICLE III ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF RECEIVABLES AND TRUST PROPERTY

  

SECTION 3.1

  Duties of Servicer    6

SECTION 3.2

  Collection of Receivable Payments    7

SECTION 3.3

  Realization Upon Receivables    8

SECTION 3.4

  Maintenance of Security Interests in Financed Vehicles    9

SECTION 3.5

  Covenants of Servicer    9

SECTION 3.6

  Purchase of Receivables Upon Breach    9

SECTION 3.7

  Servicing Fee    10

SECTION 3.8

  Servicer’s Certificate    10

SECTION 3.9

  Annual Officer’s Certificate; Notice of Servicer Replacement Event    10

SECTION 3.10

  Annual Registered Public Accounting Firm Attestation    10

SECTION 3.11

  Servicer Expenses    11

SECTION 3.12

  1934 Act Filings    11

SECTION 3.13

  Noteholder Communication.    11

ARTICLE IV DISTRIBUTIONS; ACCOUNTS; STATEMENTS TO THE CERTIFICATEHOLDER AND THE NOTEHOLDERS

SECTION 4.1

  Establishment of Accounts    12

SECTION 4.2

  Remittances    15

SECTION 4.3

  Additional Deposits and Payments; Servicer Advances    15

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

(continued)

 

SECTION 4.4

  Distributions      16  

SECTION 4.5

  Net Deposits      17  

SECTION 4.6

  Statements to Certificateholder and Noteholders      17  

SECTION 4.7

  No Duty to Confirm      19  

ARTICLE V THE SELLER

  

SECTION 5.1

  Representations and Warranties of Seller      19  

SECTION 5.2

  Liability of Seller; Indemnities      20  

SECTION 5.3

  Merger or Consolidation of, or Assumption of the Obligations of, Seller      21  

SECTION 5.4

  Limitation on Liability of Seller and Others      22  

SECTION 5.5

  Seller May Own Notes      22  

SECTION 5.6

  Sarbanes-Oxley Act Requirements      22  

SECTION 5.7

  Compliance with Organizational Documents      22  

ARTICLE VI THE SERVICER

  

SECTION 6.1

  Representations of Servicer      23  

SECTION 6.2

  Indemnities of Servicer      24  

SECTION 6.3

  Merger or Consolidation of, or Assumption of the Obligations of, Servicer      25  

SECTION 6.4

  Limitation on Liability of Servicer and Others      25  

SECTION 6.5

  Delegation of Duties      26  

SECTION 6.6

  VCI Not to Resign as Servicer      26  

SECTION 6.7

  Servicer May Own Notes      26  

ARTICLE VII

  REPLACEMENT OF SERVICER

 

SECTION 7.1

  Replacement of Servicer      27  

SECTION 7.2

  Notification to Noteholders      28  

ARTICLE VIII

  OPTIONAL PURCHASE

 

SECTION 8.1

  Optional Purchase of Trust Estate      28  

ARTICLE IX MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

  

SECTION 9.1

  Amendment      29  

SECTION 9.2

  Protection of Title      30  

SECTION 9.3

  Other Liens or Interests      31  

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

(continued)

 

SECTION 9.4

  Transfers Intended as Sale; Security Interest    31

SECTION 9.5

  Notices, Etc    32

SECTION 9.6

  Choice of Law    33

SECTION 9.7

  Headings    33

SECTION 9.8

  Counterparts    33

SECTION 9.9

  Waivers    33

SECTION 9.10

  Entire Agreement    33

SECTION 9.11

  Severability of Provisions    33

SECTION 9.12

  Binding Effect    33

SECTION 9.13

  Acknowledgment and Agreement    34

SECTION 9.14

  No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies    34

SECTION 9.15

  Nonpetition Covenant    34

SECTION 9.16

  Submission to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial    34

SECTION 9.17

  Limitation of Liability    35

SECTION 9.18

  Third-Party Beneficiaries    35

SECTION 9.19

  Information Requests    36

SECTION 9.20

  Regulation AB    36

SECTION 9.21

  Information to be Provided by the Indenture Trustee    36

SECTION 9.22

  Form 8-K Filings    38

SECTION 9.23

  Indemnification    38

SECTION 9.24

  Dispute Resolution    39

SECTION 9.25

  Cooperation with Voting    41

 

Appendix A

  Definitions

Schedule I

  Representations and Warranties With Respect to the Receivables

Schedule II

  Notice Addresses

Exhibit A

  Form of Assignment Pursuant to Sale and Servicing Agreement

Exhibit B

  Perfection Representations, Warranties and Covenants

Exhibit C

  Servicing Criteria to be Addressed in Indenture Trustee’s Assessment of Compliance

Exhibit D

  Form of Indenture Trustee’s Annual Certification

 

 

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SALE AND SERVICING AGREEMENT, dated as of [    ] (together with all exhibits, schedules and appendices hereto and as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified and in effect, this “Agreement”), by and among VOLKSWAGEN AUTO LOAN ENHANCED TRUST 20[ ]-[ ] (the “Issuer”), a Delaware statutory trust, VOLKSWAGEN AUTO LEASE/LOAN UNDERWRITTEN FUNDING, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as seller (the “Seller”), VW CREDIT, INC., a Delaware corporation (“VCI”), as servicer (in such capacity, the “Servicer”), and [ ], a [ ], as indenture trustee (the “Indenture Trustee”).

WHEREAS, the Issuer desires to purchase from the Seller a portfolio of motor vehicle receivables, including motor vehicle retail installment sales contracts and/or installment loans that are secured by new and used automobiles, minivans and sport utility vehicles;

WHEREAS, the Seller is willing to sell such portfolio of motor vehicle receivables and related property to the Issuer; and

WHEREAS, VCI is willing to service such motor vehicle receivables and related property on behalf of the Issuer;

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants herein contained, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS AND USAGE

SECTION 1.1 Definitions. Except as otherwise specified herein or as the context may otherwise require, capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein are defined in Appendix A hereto, which also contains rules as to usage that are applicable herein.

SECTION 1.2 Other Interpretive Provisions. For purposes of this Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) accounting terms not otherwise defined in this Agreement, and accounting terms partly defined in this Agreement to the extent not defined, shall have the respective meanings given to them under GAAP (provided, that, to the extent that the definitions in this Agreement and GAAP conflict, the definitions in this Agreement shall control); (b) terms defined in Article 9 of the UCC as in effect in the relevant jurisdiction and not otherwise defined in this Agreement are used as defined in that Article; (c) the words “hereof,” “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement; (d) references to any Article, Section, Schedule, Appendix or Exhibit are references to Articles, Sections, Schedules, Appendices and Exhibits in or to this Agreement and references to any paragraph, subsection, clause or other subdivision within any Section or definition refer to such paragraph, subsection, clause or other subdivision of such Section or definition; (e) the term “including” and all variations thereof means “including without limitation”; (f) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, references to any law or regulation refer to that law or regulation as amended from time to time and include any successor law or regulation; and (g) references to any Person include that Person’s successors and assigns.

 

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ARTICLE II

CONVEYANCE OF TRANSFERRED ASSETS

SECTION 2.1 Conveyance of Transferred Assets. In consideration of the Issuer’s sale and delivery to, or upon the order of, the Seller of all of the Notes and the Certificate on the Closing Date, the Seller does hereby irrevocably sell, transfer, assign and otherwise convey to the Issuer without recourse (subject to the obligations herein) all right, title and interest of the Seller, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, in to and under the Transferred Assets, described in an Assignment substantially in the form of Exhibit A delivered on the Closing Date. The sale, transfer, assignment and conveyance made hereunder will not constitute and is not intended to result in an assumption by the Issuer of any obligation of the Seller or the Originator to the Obligors, the Dealers or any other Person in connection with the Receivables or the other assets and properties conveyed hereunder or any agreement, document or instrument related thereto.

SECTION 2.2 Representations and Warranties of the Seller Regarding the Transferred Assets. On the date hereof, the Seller hereby makes the following representations and warranties to the Issuer. Such representations and warranties will survive the conveyance of the Transferred Assets to the Issuer pursuant to this Agreement and the Grant of the Transferred Assets by the Issuer to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Indenture.

(a) The Receivables were selected using selection procedures that were not known or intended by the Seller to be adverse to the Issuer.

(b) The Receivables and other Transferred Assets have been validly assigned by the Seller to the Issuer.

(c) The information with respect to the Receivables transferred on the Closing Date as set forth in the Schedule of Receivables was true and correct in all material respects as of the Cut-Off Date.

(d) All filings (including, without limitation, UCC filings) necessary in any jurisdiction to give the Issuer a first priority, validly perfected ownership interest in the Receivables (other than the Related Security with respect thereto, to the extent that an ownership interest therein cannot be perfected by the filing of a financing statement), and to give the Indenture Trustee a first priority perfected security interest therein, will be made within ten days of the Closing Date.

(e) No Receivables are pledged, assigned, sold, subject to a security interest or otherwise conveyed other than pursuant to the Transaction Documents. The Seller has not authorized the filing of and is not aware of any financing statements against the Seller that includes a description of collateral covering any Receivable other than any financing statement relating to security interests granted under the Transaction Documents or that have been or, prior to the assignment of such Receivable hereunder, will be terminated, amended or released. This Agreement creates a valid and continuing security interest in the Receivables (other than the Related Security, with respect thereto, to the extent that an ownership interest therein cannot be perfected by the filing of a financing statement) in favor of the Issuer, which security interest is prior to all other Liens (other than Permitted Liens) and is enforceable as such against all other creditors and purchasers and assignees from the Seller.

 

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(f) Characterization of Receivables. Each Receivable constitutes either “tangible chattel paper”, “electronic chattel paper”, an “account”, a “promissory note” or a “payment intangible”, each as defined in the UCC.

(g) The representations and warranties regarding creation, perfection and priority of security interests in the Transferred Assets, which are attached to this Agreement as Exhibit B are true and correct to the extent that they are applicable.

SECTION 2.3 Representations and Warranties of the Seller as to each Receivable. The Seller hereby makes the representations and warranties set forth on Schedule I as to the Receivables sold, transferred, assigned, and otherwise conveyed to the Issuer under this Agreement on which such representations and warranties the Issuer relies in acquiring the Receivables. The representations and warranties as to each Receivable shall survive the sale of the Receivables to the Issuer pursuant to this Agreement and the Grant of the Receivables by the Issuer to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Indenture. Notwithstanding any statement to the contrary contained herein or in any other Transaction Document, the Seller shall not be required to notify any insurer with respect to any Insurance Policy obtained by an Obligor or to notify any Dealer about any aspect of the transaction contemplated by the Transaction Documents. Any inaccuracy in the representations and warranties shall be deemed not to constitute a breach if such inaccuracy does not affect the ability of the Issuer to receive or retain payment in full on the Receivable.

SECTION 2.4 Repurchase Upon Breach. Upon discovery by any party hereto of a breach of any of the representations and warranties set forth in Section 2.3 with respect to any Receivable at the time such representations and warranties were made which breach materially and adversely affects the interests of the Issuer or the Noteholders in such Receivable, the party discovering such breach shall give prompt written notice thereof to the other parties hereto; provided, that delivery of the Servicer’s Certificate shall be deemed to constitute prompt notice by the Servicer, the Seller and the Issuer of such breach; provided, further, that the failure to give such notice shall not affect any obligation of the Seller hereunder. The Indenture Trustee need not investigate the facts stated in a Servicer’s Certificate delivered in accordance with the foregoing sentence. If the breach materially and adversely affects the interests of the Issuer or the Noteholders in such Receivable, then the Seller shall either (a) correct or cure such breach or (b) repurchase such Receivable from the Issuer, in either case on or before the Payment Date following the end of the Collection Period which includes the 60th day (or, if the Seller elects, an earlier date) after the date that the Seller became aware or was notified of such breach. Any such purchase by the Seller shall be at a price equal to the Repurchase Price. In consideration for such repurchase, the Seller shall make (or shall cause to be made) a payment to the Issuer equal to the Repurchase Price by depositing such amount into the Collection Account prior to 11:00 a.m., New York City time on such date of repurchase, or earlier date, if elected by the Seller. Upon payment of such Repurchase Price by the Seller, the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee shall release and shall execute and deliver such instruments of release, transfer or assignment, in each case without recourse or representation, as shall be reasonably requested of it to vest in the Seller

 

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or its designee any Receivable and any related Purchased Assets repurchased pursuant hereto. It is understood and agreed that the right to cause the Seller to repurchase (or to enforce the obligations of VCI under the Purchase Agreement to purchase) any Receivable as described above shall constitute the sole remedy respecting such breach available to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee. Neither the Owner Trustee nor the Indenture Trustee will have any duty to conduct an affirmative investigation as to the occurrence of any condition requiring the repurchase of any Receivable pursuant to this Section 2.4.

SECTION 2.5 Custody of Receivable Files.

(a) Custody. To assure uniform quality in servicing the Receivables and to reduce administrative costs, the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, upon the execution and delivery of this Agreement, hereby revocably appoint the Servicer, and the Servicer hereby accepts such appointment, to act as the agent of the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee as custodian of the following documents or instruments, which are hereby or will hereby be constructively delivered to the Indenture Trustee (or its agent or designee), as pledgee of the Issuer pursuant to the Indenture with respect to each Receivable (but only to the extent applicable to such Receivable and only to the extent held in tangible paper form) (the “Receivable Files”):

 

  (i)

the fully executed original of the motor vehicle retail installment sales contract or promissory note and security agreement related to such Receivable (with respect to tangible chattel paper) or an “authoritative copy” (as such term is used in Section 9-105 of the UCC) of the Receivable (with respect to electronic chattel paper), including any written amendments or extensions thereto;

 

  (ii)

the original credit application, an electronic image thereof, or a photocopy thereof to the extent held in paper form;

 

  (iii)

the original Certificate of Title or, if not yet received, evidence that an application therefor has been submitted with the appropriate authority, a guaranty of title from a Dealer or such other document (electronic or otherwise, as used in the applicable jurisdiction) that the Servicer keeps on file, in accordance with its Customary Servicing Practices, evidencing the security interest of the Originator in the Financed Vehicle; provided, however, that in lieu of being held in the Receivable File, the Certificate of Title may be held by a third party service provider engaged by the Servicer to obtain or hold Certificates of Title; and

 

  (iv)

any and all other documents (whether tangible or electronic) that the Servicer or the Seller keeps on file, in accordance with its Customary Servicing Practices, relating to a Receivable, an Obligor or a Financed Vehicle.

 

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The foregoing appointment of the Servicer is deemed to be made with due care.

(b) Safekeeping. The Servicer, in its capacity as custodian, shall hold the Receivable Files for the benefit of the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, as pledgee of the Issuer. In performing its duties as custodian, the Servicer shall act in accordance with its Customary Servicing Practices. The Servicer will promptly report to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee any failure on its part to hold a material portion of the Receivable Files and maintain its accounts, records and computer systems as herein provided and promptly take appropriate action to remedy any such failure. The Servicer may, in accordance with its Customary Servicing Practices: (i) maintain all or a portion of the Receivable Files in electronic form and (ii) maintain custody of all or any portion of the Receivable Files with one or more of its agents or designees.

(c) Maintenance of and Access to Records. The Servicer will maintain each Receivable File in the United States (it being understood that the Receivable Files, or any part thereof, may be maintained at the offices of any Person to whom the Servicer has delegated responsibilities in accordance with Section 6.5). The Servicer will make available to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee or their duly authorized representatives, attorneys or auditors a list of locations of the Receivable Files upon request. The Servicer will provide access to the Receivable Files, and the related accounts records, and computer systems maintained by the Servicer at such times as the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee direct, but only upon reasonable notice and during the normal business hours at the respective offices of the Servicer.

(d) Release of Documents. Upon written instructions from the Indenture Trustee, the Servicer will release or cause to be released any document in the Receivable Files to the Indenture Trustee, the Indenture Trustee’s agent or the Indenture Trustee’s designee, as the case may be, at such place or places as the Indenture Trustee may designate, as soon thereafter as is practicable. Any document so released will be handled by the Indenture Trustee with due care and returned to the Servicer for safekeeping as soon as the Indenture Trustee or its agent or designee, as the case may be, has no further need therefor.

(e) Instructions; Authority to Act. All instructions from the Indenture Trustee will be in writing and signed by an Authorized Officer of the Indenture Trustee, and the Servicer will be deemed to have received proper instructions with respect to the Receivable Files upon its receipt of such written instructions.

(f) Custodian’s Indemnification. Subject to Section 6.2, the Servicer as custodian will indemnify the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee for any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, compensatory damages, payments, costs, or expenses of any kind whatsoever that may be imposed on, incurred by, or asserted against the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee as the result of any improper act or omission in any way relating to the maintenance and custody by the Servicer as custodian of the Receivable Files; provided, however, that the Servicer will not be liable (i) to the Issuer for any portion of any such amount resulting from the willful misconduct, bad faith or negligence of the Indenture Trustee or the Issuer or (ii) to the Indenture Trustee for any portion of any such amount resulting from the failure of the Indenture Trustee, the Indenture Trustee’s agent or the Indenture Trustee’s designee to handle with due care any Certificate of Title or other document released to the Indenture Trustee or the Indenture Trustee’s agent or designee pursuant to Section 2.5(d).

 

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(g) Effective Period and Termination. The Servicer’s appointment as custodian will become effective as of the Cut-Off Date and will continue in full force and effect until terminated pursuant to this Section. If VCI resigns as Servicer in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement or if all of the rights and obligations of the Servicer have been terminated under Section 7.1, the appointment of the Servicer as custodian hereunder may be terminated by the Indenture Trustee, or by the Noteholders of Notes evidencing not less than a majority of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Outstanding Notes, in the same manner as the Indenture Trustee or such Noteholders may terminate the rights and obligations of the Servicer under Section 7.1. As soon as practicable after any termination of such appointment, the Servicer will deliver to the Indenture Trustee (or, at the direction of the Indenture Trustee, to its agent) the Receivable Files and the related accounts and records maintained by the Servicer at such place or places as the Indenture Trustee may reasonably designate; provided, however, that with respect to authoritative copies of the Receivables constituting electronic chattel paper, the Servicer, as custodian, in its sole discretion, shall either (i) continue to hold any such authoritative copies on behalf of the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee or the Indenture Trustee’s agent or (ii) deliver copies of such authoritative copies and destroy the authoritative copies maintained by the Servicer prior to its termination such that such copy delivered to the Indenture Trustee or the Indenture Trustee’s agent becomes the authoritative copy of the Receivable constituting electronic chattel paper.

ARTICLE III

ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF

RECEIVABLES AND TRUST PROPERTY

SECTION 3.1 Duties of Servicer.

(a) The Servicer is hereby appointed by the Issuer and authorized to act as agent for the Issuer and in such capacity shall manage, service, administer and make collections on the Receivables in accordance with its Customary Servicing Practices, using the degree of skill and attention that the Servicer exercises with respect to all comparable motor vehicle receivables that it services for itself or others. The Servicer’s duties will include collection and posting of all payments, responding to inquiries of Obligors on such Receivables, investigating delinquencies, sending invoices or payment coupons to Obligors, reporting any required tax information to Obligors, accounting for collections and furnishing monthly and annual statements to the Indenture Trustee with respect to distributions. The Servicer is not required under the Transaction Documents to make any disbursements via wire transfer or otherwise on behalf of an Obligor. There are no requirements under the Receivables or the Transaction Documents for funds to be, and funds shall not be, held in trust for an Obligor. No payments or disbursements shall be made by the Servicer on behalf of the Obligor. The Servicer hereby accepts such appointment and authorization and agrees to perform the duties of Servicer with respect to the Receivables set forth herein.

(b) The Servicer will follow its Customary Servicing Practices and will have full power and authority to do any and all things in connection with such managing, servicing, administration and collection that it may deem necessary or desirable. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Servicer is hereby authorized and empowered to execute and deliver, on behalf of itself, the Issuer, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Noteholders, the Certificateholder, or any of them, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or partial or full release or discharge, and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the

 

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Receivables or to the Financed Vehicles securing such Receivables. The Servicer is hereby authorized to commence, in its own name or in the name of the Issuer, a legal proceeding to enforce a Receivable or an Insurance Policy or to commence or participate in any other legal proceeding (including a bankruptcy proceeding) relating to or involving a Receivable, an Obligor, a Financed Vehicle or an Insurance Policy. If the Servicer commences a legal proceeding to enforce a Receivable or an Insurance Policy, the Issuer will thereupon be deemed to have automatically assigned such Receivable or its rights under such Insurance Policy to the Servicer solely for purposes of commencing or participating in any such proceeding as a party or claimant, and the Servicer is authorized and empowered by the Issuer to execute and deliver in the Servicer’s name any notices, demands, claims, complaints, responses, affidavits or other documents or instruments in connection with any such proceeding. If in any enforcement suit or legal proceeding it is held that the Servicer may not enforce a Receivable or Insurance Policy on the ground that it is not a real party in interest or a holder entitled to enforce the Receivable or Insurance Policy, the Issuer will, at the Servicer’s expense and direction, take steps to enforce the Receivable or Insurance Policy, including bringing suit in its name or the name of the Indenture Trustee. The Issuer will furnish the Servicer with any powers of attorney and other documents reasonably necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer to carry out its servicing and administrative duties hereunder. The Servicer, at its expense, will obtain on behalf of the Issuer all licenses, if any, reasonably requested by the Seller to be held by the Issuer in connection with ownership of the Receivables, and will make all filings and pay all fees as may be required in connection therewith during the term hereof.

(c) The Servicer hereby agrees that upon its resignation and the appointment of a successor Servicer hereunder, the Servicer will terminate its activities as Servicer hereunder in accordance with Section 7.1, and, in any case, in a manner which the Indenture Trustee reasonably determines will facilitate the transition of the performance of such activities to such successor Servicer, and the Servicer shall cooperate with and assist such successor Servicer.

SECTION 3.2 Collection of Receivable Payments.

(a) The Servicer will make reasonable efforts to collect all payments called for under the terms and provisions of the Receivables as and when the same become due in accordance with its Customary Servicing Practices. Subject to Section 3.5, the Servicer may grant extensions, rebates, deferrals, amendments, modifications or adjustments with respect to any Receivable in accordance with its Customary Servicing Practices; provided, however, that if the Servicer (i) extends the date for final payment by the Obligor of any Receivable beyond the last day of the Collection Period preceding the latest Final Scheduled Payment Date of any Notes issued under the Indenture or (ii) reduces the Contract Rate or Outstanding Principal Balance with respect to any Receivable other than as required by applicable law (including, without limitation, by the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act) or court order, it will promptly purchase such Receivable in the manner provided in Section 3.6 if such change in the Receivable would materially and adversely affect the interests of the Issuer or the Noteholders in such Receivable. The Servicer may in its discretion waive any late payment charge or any other fees that may be collected in the ordinary course of servicing a Receivable. The Servicer shall not be required to make any advances of funds or guarantees regarding collections, cash flows or distributions other than as set forth in Section 4.3(c). Payments on the Receivables, including payoffs, made in accordance with the related documentation for such Receivables, shall be posted to the Servicer’s Obligor records in accordance with the Servicer’s Customary Servicing Practices. Such payments shall be allocated to principal, interest or other items in accordance with the related documentation for such Receivables.

 

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(b) Subject to the proviso of the second sentence of Section 3.2(a), the Servicer and its Affiliates may engage in any marketing practice or promotion or any sale of any products, goods or services to Obligors with respect to the Receivables so long as such practices, promotions or sales are offered to obligors of comparable motor vehicle receivables serviced by the Servicer for itself and others, whether or not such practices, promotions or sales might result in a decrease in the aggregate amount of payments on the Receivables, prepayments or faster or slower timing of the payment of the Receivables.

(c) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Servicer may refinance any Receivable by accepting a new promissory note from the related Obligor and depositing the full Outstanding Principal Balance of such Receivable into the Collection Account. The receivable created by such refinancing shall not be property of the Issuer. The Servicer and its Affiliates may also sell insurance or debt cancellation products, including products which result in the cancellation of some or all of the amount of a Receivable upon the death or disability of the Obligor or any casualty with respect to the Financed Vehicle.

(d) Records documenting collection efforts shall be maintained during the period a Receivable is delinquent in accordance with the Servicer’s Customary Servicing Practices. Such records shall be maintained on at least a periodic basis that is not less frequent than the Servicer’s Customary Servicing Practices, and describe the entity’s activities in monitoring delinquent pool assets including, for example, phone calls, letters and payment rescheduling plans in cases where delinquency is deemed temporary (e.g., illness or unemployment) in accordance with the Servicer’s Customary Servicing Practices.

SECTION 3.3 Realization Upon Receivables. On behalf of the Issuer, the Servicer will use commercially reasonable efforts, consistent with its Customary Servicing Practices, to repossess or otherwise convert the ownership of the Financed Vehicle securing any Receivable as to which the Servicer has determined eventual payment in full is unlikely unless it determines in its sole discretion that repossession will not increase the Liquidation Proceeds by an amount greater than the expense of such repossession or that the proceeds ultimately recoverable with respect to such Receivable would be increased by forbearance. The Servicer will follow such Customary Servicing Practices as it deems necessary or advisable, which may include reasonable efforts to realize upon any recourse to any Dealer and selling the Financed Vehicle at public or private sale. The foregoing will be subject to the provision that, in any case in which the Financed Vehicle has suffered damage, the Servicer shall not be required to expend funds in connection with the repair or the repossession of such Financed Vehicle unless it determines in its sole discretion that such repair and/or repossession will increase the Liquidation Proceeds by an amount greater than the amount of such expenses. The Servicer, in its sole discretion, may in accordance with its Customary Servicing Practices sell any Receivable’s deficiency balance. Net proceeds of any such sale allocable to the Receivable will constitute Liquidation Proceeds, and the sole right of the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee with respect to any such sold Receivables will be to receive such Liquidation Proceeds. Upon such sale, the Servicer will mark its computer records indicating that any such receivable sold is no longer a Receivable. The Servicer is authorized to take any and all actions necessary or appropriate on behalf of the Issuer to evidence the sale of the Receivable free from any Lien or other interest of the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee.

 

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SECTION 3.4 Maintenance of Security Interests in Financed Vehicles. The Servicer will, in accordance with its Customary Servicing Practices, take such steps as are necessary to maintain perfection of the security interest created by each Receivable in the related Financed Vehicle. The provisions set forth in this Section are the sole requirements under the Transaction Documents with respect to the maintenance of collateral or security on the Receivables. It is understood that the Financed Vehicles are the collateral and security for the Receivables, but that the Certificate of Title with respect to a Financed Vehicle does not constitute collateral and merely evidences such security interest. The Issuer hereby authorizes the Servicer to take such steps as are necessary to re-perfect such security interest on behalf of the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee in the event of the relocation of a Financed Vehicle or for any other reason.

SECTION 3.5 Covenants of Servicer. Unless required by law or court order, the Servicer will not release the Financed Vehicle securing each such Receivable from the security interest granted by such Receivable in whole or in part except (a) in the event of payment in full by or on behalf of the Obligor thereunder or payment in full less a deficiency which the Servicer would not attempt to collect in accordance with its Customary Servicing Practices, (b) in connection with repossession or (c) except as may be required by an insurer in order to receive proceeds from any Insurance Policy covering such Financed Vehicle.

SECTION 3.6 Purchase of Receivables Upon Breach. Upon discovery by any party hereto of a breach of any of the covenants set forth in Section 3.2, 3.3, 3.4 or 3.5 with respect to any Receivable which materially and adversely affects the interests of the Issuer or the Noteholders in such Receivable, the party discovering such breach shall give prompt written notice thereof to the other parties hereto; provided, that delivery of the Servicer’s Certificate shall be deemed to constitute prompt notice by the Servicer and the Issuer of such breach; provided, further, that the failure to give such notice shall not affect any obligation of the Servicer hereunder. The Indenture Trustee need not investigate the facts stated in a Servicer’s Certificate delivered in accordance with the foregoing sentence. If the breach materially and adversely affects the interests of the Issuer or the Noteholders in such Receivable, then the Servicer shall either (a) correct or cure such breach or (b) purchase such Receivable from the Issuer, in either case on or before the Payment Date following the end of the Collection Period which includes the 60th day (or, if the Servicer elects, an earlier date) after the date that the Servicer became aware or was notified of such breach. Any such breach or failure will be deemed not to have a material and adverse effect if such breach or failure does not affect the ability of the Issuer to receive and retain timely payment in full on such Receivable. Any such purchase by the Servicer shall be at a price equal to the Repurchase Price. In consideration for such repurchase, the Servicer shall make (or shall cause to be made) a payment to the Issuer equal to the Repurchase Price by depositing such amount into the Collection Account prior to 11:00 a.m., New York City time on such date of purchase (or, if the Servicer elects, an earlier date). Upon payment of such Repurchase Price by the Servicer, the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee shall release and shall execute and deliver such instruments of release, transfer or assignment, in each case without recourse or representation, as shall be reasonably necessary to vest in the Servicer or its designee any Receivable and related Purchased Assets purchased pursuant hereto. It is understood and agreed that the obligation of the Servicer to purchase any Receivable as described above shall constitute the sole remedy respecting such breach available to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee.

 

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SECTION 3.7 Servicing Fee. On each Payment Date, the Issuer shall pay to the Servicer the Servicing Fee in accordance with Section 4.4 for the immediately preceding Collection Period as compensation for its services. In addition, the Servicer will be entitled to retain all Supplemental Servicing Fees. The Servicer also will be entitled to receive investment earnings (net of investment losses and expenses) on funds deposited in the Collection Account and the Principal Distribution Account during each Collection Period.

SECTION 3.8 Servicers Certificate. On or before the Determination Date preceding each Payment Date, the Servicer shall deliver to the Indenture Trustee and each Paying Agent, with a copy to each of the Rating Agencies, a Servicer’s Certificate containing all information necessary to make the payments, transfers and distributions pursuant to Sections 4.3 and 4.4 on such Payment Date (and, if applicable, Section 5.4 of the Indenture), together with the written statements to be furnished by the Indenture Trustee to the Noteholders pursuant to Section 4.6 hereof and Section 6.6 of the Indenture. At the sole option of the Servicer, each Servicer’s Certificate may be delivered in electronic or hard copy format.

SECTION 3.9 Annual Officers Certificate; Notice of Servicer Replacement Event.

(a) The Servicer will deliver to the Issuer with a copy to the Indenture Trustee, on or before March 30 of each calendar year, beginning on [    ], an Officer’s Certificate (with appropriate insertions) providing such information as is required under Item 1123 of Regulation AB.

(b) The Servicer will deliver to the Issuer, with a copy to the Indenture Trustee, the Administrator and each Rating Agency promptly after having obtained knowledge thereof, written notice in an Officer’s Certificate of any event which with the giving of notice or lapse of time, or both, would become a Servicer Replacement Event. Except to the extent set forth in this Section 3.9(b) and Sections 7.2 and 9.22 of this Agreement and Section 3.12 of the Indenture, the Transaction Documents do not require any policies or procedures to monitor any performance or other triggers and events of default.

(c) The Servicer will deliver to the Issuer, on or before March 30 of each year, beginning on [    ], a report regarding the Servicer’s assessment of compliance with the Servicing Criteria during the immediately preceding calendar year, including disclosure of any material instance of non-compliance identified by the Servicer, as required under paragraph (b) of Rule 13a-18 and Rule 15d-18 of the Exchange Act and Item 1122 of Regulation AB.

SECTION 3.10 Annual Registered Public Accounting Firm Attestation. On or before the 90th day following the end of each fiscal year, beginning with the fiscal year ending [    ], the Servicer shall cause a firm of independent registered public accountants (who may also render other services to the Servicer, the Seller or their respective Affiliates) to furnish to the Issuer, with a copy to the Indenture Trustee, the Servicer, and the Seller, each attestation report on assessments of compliance with the Servicing Criteria with respect to the Servicer or any

 

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Affiliate thereof during the related fiscal year delivered by such accountants pursuant to paragraph (c) of Rule 13a-18 or Rule 15d-18 of the Exchange Act and Item 1122 of Regulation AB. The certification required by this paragraph may be replaced by any similar certification using other procedures or attestation standards which are now or in the future in use by servicers of comparable assets, or which otherwise comply with any rule, regulation, “no action” letter or similar guidance promulgated by the Commission.

The Servicer, however, shall not be obligated to add as an addressee or reliance party with respect to any report described above any Person who does not comply with or agree to the required procedures of such firm of independent certified public accountants, including but not limited to execution of engagement letters or access letters regarding such reports.

SECTION 3.11 Servicer Expenses. The Servicer shall pay all expenses (other than expenses described in the definition of Liquidation Proceeds) incurred by it in connection with its activities hereunder, including fees, expenses, indemnities and disbursements of the Indenture Trustee[,] [and] the Owner Trustee [and the Issuer Delaware Trustee] (as more fully described in Section 6.7 of the Indenture and Sections 8.1 and 8.2 of the Trust Agreement) under the Transaction Documents, independent accountants, taxes imposed on the Servicer and expenses incurred in connection with distributions and reports to the Noteholders and the Certificateholder.

SECTION 3.12 1934 Act Filings. The Issuer hereby authorizes the Servicer and the Seller, or either of them, to prepare, sign, certify and file any and all reports, statements and information respecting the Issuer and/or the Notes required to be filed pursuant to the Exchange Act, and the rules thereunder.

SECTION 3.13 Noteholder Communication.

(a) An Investor may send a request to the Seller at any time notifying the Seller that such Investor would like to communicate with other Investors with respect to an exercise of their rights under the terms of the Transaction Documents. Each request must include (i) the name of the Investor making the request, (ii) a statement to the effect that such Investor is interested in communicating with other Investors with regard to the possible exercise of rights under the Transaction Documents and (iii) a description of the method other Investors may use to contact the requesting Investor. Additionally, in the case of a requesting Note Owner, the Seller may require such Note Owner to provide Verification Documents. An Investor that delivers a request under this Section 3.13 will be deemed to have certified to the Issuer and the Servicer that its request to communicate with other Investors relates solely to a possible exercise of rights under the Transaction Documents and will not be used for other purposes.

(b) The Seller shall include in each monthly distribution report on Form 10-D any request that complies with the requirements of Section 3.13(a) hereof received during the related Collection Period from an Investor to communicate with other Investors related to the Investors exercising their rights under the terms of the Transaction Documents. The Seller shall include in any such monthly distribution report on Form 10-D (i) the name of the Investor making the request, (ii) the date that the request was received, (iii) a statement to the effect that the Issuer has received a request from such Investor stating that such Investor is interested in communicating with other Investors with regard to the possible exercise of rights under the Transaction Documents and (iv) a description of the method other Investors may use to contact the requesting Investor.

 

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ARTICLE IV

DISTRIBUTIONS; ACCOUNTS;

STATEMENTS TO THE CERTIFICATEHOLDER

AND THE NOTEHOLDERS

SECTION 4.1 Establishment of Accounts.

(a) The Servicer shall cause to be established:

 

  (i)

For the benefit of the Noteholders, in the name of the Indenture Trustee, an Eligible Account (the “Collection Account”), bearing a designation clearly indicating that the funds deposited therein are held for the benefit of the Noteholders, which Eligible Account shall be established by and maintained with the Indenture Trustee or its designee. No checks shall be issued, printed or honored with respect to the Collection Account.

 

  (ii)

For the benefit of the Noteholders, in the name of the Indenture Trustee, an Eligible Account (the “Principal Distribution Account”), bearing a designation clearly indicating that the funds deposited therein are held for the benefit of the Noteholders, which Eligible Account shall be established by and maintained with the Indenture Trustee or its designee and which may be a sub-account of the Collection Account. No checks shall be issued, printed or honored with respect to the Principal Distribution Account.

 

  (iii)

For the benefit of the Noteholders, in the name of the Indenture Trustee, an Eligible Account (the “Reserve Account”), bearing a designation clearly indicating that the funds deposited therein are held for the benefit of the Noteholders, which Eligible Account shall be established by and maintained with the Indenture Trustee or its designee. No checks shall be issued, printed or honored with respect to the Reserve Account.

 

  (iv)

[For the benefit of the Noteholders, in the name of the Indenture Trustee, an Eligible Account (the “Risk Retention Reserve Account”), bearing a designation clearly indicating that the funds deposited therein are held for the benefit of the Noteholders, which Eligible Account shall be established by and maintained with the Indenture Trustee or its designee. No checks shall be issued, printed or honored with respect to the Risk Retention Reserve Account.]

 

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(b) Funds on deposit in the Collection Account, the Reserve Account[, the Risk Retention Reserve Account] and the Principal Distribution Account (collectively, the “Trust Accounts”) shall be invested by the Indenture Trustee in Permitted Investments selected in writing by the Servicer and of which the Servicer provides notification (pursuant to standing instructions or otherwise); provided, that it is understood and agreed that neither the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee nor the Issuer shall be liable for any loss arising from such investment in Permitted Investments. All such Permitted Investments shall be held by or on behalf of the Indenture Trustee as secured party for the benefit of the Noteholders; provided, that on each Payment Date all interest and other investment income (net of losses and investment expenses) on funds on deposit in the Collection Account and the Principal Distribution Account shall be distributed to the Servicer and shall not be available to pay the distributions provided for in Section 4.4. All investments of funds on deposit in the Trust Accounts shall mature so that such funds will be available on the next Payment Date. No Permitted Investment shall be sold or otherwise disposed of prior to its scheduled maturity unless a default occurs with respect to such Permitted Investment and the Servicer directs the Indenture Trustee in writing to dispose of such Permitted Investment.

(c) The Indenture Trustee shall possess all right, title and interest in all funds on deposit from time to time in the Trust Accounts and in all proceeds thereof and all such funds, investments and proceeds shall be part of the Trust Estate. Except as otherwise provided herein, the Trust Accounts shall be under the sole dominion and control of the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Noteholders. If, at any time, any Trust Account ceases to be an Eligible Account, the Servicer shall promptly notify the Indenture Trustee (unless such Trust Account is an account with the Indenture Trustee) in writing and within 10 Business Days (or any longer period if the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied with respect to such longer period) after becoming aware of the fact, establish a new Trust Account as an Eligible Account and shall direct the Indenture Trustee to transfer any cash and/or any investments to such new Trust Account.

(d) With respect to the Trust Account Property, the parties hereto agree that:

 

  (i)

any Trust Account Property that consists of uninvested funds shall be held solely in Eligible Accounts and, except as otherwise provided herein, each such Eligible Account shall be subject to the exclusive custody and control of the Indenture Trustee, and, except as otherwise provided in the Transaction Documents, the Indenture Trustee or its designee shall have sole signature authority with respect thereto;

 

  (ii)

any Trust Account Property that constitutes Physical Property shall be delivered to the Indenture Trustee or its designee, in accordance with paragraph (a) of the definition of “Delivery” and shall be held, pending maturity or disposition, solely by the Indenture Trustee or any such designee;

 

  (iii)

any Trust Account Property that is an “uncertificated security” under Article 8 of the UCC and that is not governed by clause (iv) below shall be delivered to the Indenture Trustee or its designee in accordance with paragraph (c) of the definition of “Delivery” and shall be maintained by the Indenture Trustee or such designee, pending maturity or disposition, through continued registration of the Indenture Trustee’s (or its designee’s) ownership of such security on the books of the issuer thereof;

 

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  (iv)

any Trust Account Property that is an uncertificated security that is a “book-entry security” (as such term is defined in Federal Reserve Bank Operating Circular No. 7) held in a securities account at a Federal Reserve Bank and eligible for transfer through the Fedwire® Securities Service operated by the Federal Reserve System pursuant to Federal book-entry regulations shall be delivered in accordance with paragraph (b) of the definition of “Delivery” and shall be maintained by the Indenture Trustee or its designee or a securities intermediary (as such term is defined in Section 8-102(a)(14) of the UCC) acting solely for the Indenture Trustee or such designee, pending maturity or disposition, through continued book-entry registration of such Trust Account Property as described in such paragraph; and

 

  (v)

to the extent any Trust Account Property is credited to a securities account, the account agreement establishing such securities account shall provide that the account agreement is governed solely by the law of the State of New York and that the law of the State of New York shall govern all issues specified in Article 2(1) of the Hague Securities Convention; and such institution acting as securities intermediary shall have at the time of entry of the account agreement and shall continue to have at all relevant times one or more offices (within the meaning of the Hague Securities Convention) in the United States of America which satisfies the criteria provided in Article 4(1)(a) or (b) of the Hague Securities Convention.

(e) The Indenture Trustee, to the extent it is acting in the capacity of securities intermediary with respect to Trust Account Property, represents, warrants and covenants that:

 

  (i)

it is a “securities intermediary,” as such term is defined in Section 8-102(a)(14)(ii) of the relevant UCC, that in the ordinary course of its business maintains “securities accounts” for others, as such term is used in Section 8-501 of the relevant UCC, and an “intermediary” as defined in the Hague Securities Convention;

 

  (ii)

pursuant to Section 8-110(e)(1) of the relevant UCC for purposes of the relevant UCC, the jurisdiction of the Indenture Trustee as securities intermediary is the State of New York. Further, the law of the State of New York shall govern all issues specified in Article 2(1) of the Hague Securities Convention; and

 

  (iii)

the Indenture Trustee has and shall continue to have at all relevant times one or more offices (within the meaning of the Hague Securities Convention) in the United States of America engaged in a business or other regular activity of maintaining securities account.

(f) To the extent that there are any other agreements with the Indenture Trustee governing the Trust Accounts, the parties agree that each and every such agreement is hereby amended to provide that, with respect to the Trust Accounts, the law applicable to all issues specified in Article 2(1) of the Hague Securities Convention shall be the laws of the State of New York.

 

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(g) Except for the Collection Account, the Reserve Account[, the Risk Retention Reserve Account] and the Principal Distribution Account, there are no accounts required to be maintained under the Transaction Documents.

SECTION 4.2 Remittances. The Servicer shall deposit an amount equal to all Collections into the Collection Account within two Business Days after identification; provided, however, that if the Monthly Remittance Condition is satisfied, then the Servicer shall not be required to deposit into the Collection Account an amount equal to the Collections received during any Collection Period until 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the following Payment Date, provided, further, that if the Collection Account is not maintained at the Indenture Trustee, then deposits into the Collection Account shall be made on the Business Day preceding each Payment Date (so long as the Monthly Remittance Condition is met). The “Monthly Remittance Condition” shall be deemed to be satisfied if (i) VCI is the Servicer, (ii) no Servicer Replacement Event has occurred and is continuing and (iii) either (x) VCI has a short-term debt rating of at least “[ ]” from [    ] and “[ ]” from [    ] or (y) an entity with such ratings has guaranteed the obligations of VCI under this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Servicer may remit Collections to the Collection Account on any other alternate remittance schedule (but not later than the related Payment Date) if the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied with respect to such alternate remittance schedule. Pending deposit into the Collection Account, Collections may be commingled and used by the Servicer at its own risk and are not required to be segregated from its own funds.

SECTION 4.3 Additional Deposits and Payments; Servicer Advances.

(a) On or prior to each Payment Date, the Servicer and the Seller will deposit into the Collection Account the aggregate Repurchase Price with respect to Repurchased Receivables purchased by the Servicer or the Seller, respectively, on such Payment Date or during the related Collection Period and the Servicer will deposit into the Collection Account all amounts, if any, to be paid under Section 8.1 in connection with the Optional Purchase. All such deposits with respect to a Payment Date will be made, in immediately available funds by 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on such Payment Date.

(b) The Indenture Trustee will, on each Payment Date, withdraw from the Reserve Account the Reserve Account Excess Amount, if any, for such Payment Date and deposit such amounts in the Collection Account in accordance with the Servicer’s Certificate.

(c) On each Payment Date, the Servicer may in its sole discretion deposit into the Collection Account prior to 11:00 a.m., New York City time, an advance in an amount equal to the lesser of (a) any shortfall in the amounts available to make the payments in clauses first through fifth of Section 4.4(a) and (b) the aggregate scheduled monthly payments due on Receivables but not received during and prior to the related Collection Period (an “Advance”); provided, however, that the Servicer shall not be obligated to make any Advances. No Advances will be made with respect to Defaulted Receivables.

 

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(d) The Indenture Trustee will, on each Payment Date, withdraw from the Reserve Account the Reserve Account Draw Amount and deposit such amount in the Collection Account in accordance with the Servicer’s Certificate.

(e) On the Closing Date the Seller will deposit, or cause to be deposited from proceeds of the sale of the Notes, into the Reserve Account an amount equal to the Initial Reserve Account Deposit Amount.

SECTION 4.4 Distributions.

(a) Prior to any acceleration of the Notes pursuant to Section 5.2 of the Indenture, on each Payment Date, the Indenture Trustee (based on information contained in, and as directed by, the Servicer’s Certificate delivered on or before the related Determination Date pursuant to Section 3.8) shall make the following deposits and distributions, to the extent of Available Funds, Advances made on such Payment Date pursuant to Section 4.3(c) and the Reserve Account Draw Amount, on deposit in the Collection Account for such Payment Date, in the following order of priority:

 

  (i)

first, to the Servicer (or any predecessor Servicer, if applicable) for reimbursement of all outstanding Advances[, except Available Funds from the Risk Retention Reserve Account may not be used for this purpose];

 

  (ii)

second, to the Servicer, the Servicing Fee and all unpaid Servicing Fees with respect to prior periods[, except Available Funds from the Risk Retention Reserve Account may not be used for this purpose as long as the Servicer is VCI or an affiliate of VCI];

 

  (iii)

third, pro rata, to the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee[, the Issuer Delaware Trustee] and the Asset Representations Reviewer, fees and expenses (including indemnification amounts) due and owing under the Trust Agreement, the Indenture and the Asset Representations Review Agreement, as applicable, which have not been previously paid, provided, that the amounts payable pursuant to this clause shall be limited to $[    ] per annum in the aggregate;

 

  (iv)

fourth, to the Noteholders, the Accrued Note Interest for the related Interest Period; provided, that if there are not sufficient funds available to pay the entire amount of the Accrued Note Interest, the amounts available will be applied to the payment of such interest on the Notes on a pro rata basis based on the amount of interest owing;

 

  (v)

fifth, to the Principal Distribution Account for distribution to the Noteholders pursuant to Section 8.2(c) of the Indenture, the Principal Distribution Amount;

 

  (vi)

sixth, to the Reserve Account, any additional amounts required to increase the amount on deposit in the Reserve Account up to the Specified Reserve Account Balance;

 

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  (vii)

seventh, pro rata, to the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee[, the Issuer Delaware Trustee] and the Asset Representations Reviewer, all amounts due pursuant to clause third above to the extent not paid in such clause; and

 

  (viii)

eighth, to or at the direction of the Certificateholder, any funds remaining.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 4.4, following the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default which has resulted in an acceleration of the Notes, the Indenture Trustee shall apply all amounts on deposit in the Collection Account pursuant to Section 5.4(b) of the Indenture.

(b) Upon and after any distribution to the Certificateholder of any amounts, the Noteholders shall not have any rights in, or claims to, those amounts. After the payment in full of the Notes and all other amounts payable under Section 4.4(a), all Collections shall be paid to or in accordance with the instructions provided from time to time by the Certificateholder.

SECTION 4.5 Net Deposits. If the Monthly Remittance Condition is satisfied, the Servicer shall be permitted to deposit into the Collection Account only the net amount distributable to Persons other than the Servicer and its Affiliates on the Payment Date. The Servicer shall, however, account as if all of the deposits and distributions described herein were made individually.

SECTION 4.6 Statements to Certificateholder and Noteholders. On or before each Determination Date, the Servicer shall deliver to the Indenture Trustee and each Paying Agent (with a copy to each Rating Agency and the Issuer), and on each Payment Date, the Indenture Trustee shall forward (or make available on its website, as described below) to each Noteholder of record as of the most recent Record Date, a statement setting forth for the Collection Period and Payment Date relating to such Determination Date the following information (to the extent applicable):

(a) the aggregate amount being paid on such Payment Date in respect of interest on and principal of each Class of Notes;

(b) the Class A-1 Note Balance, the Class A-2[-A] Note Balance, [the Class A-2-B Note Balance,] the Class A-3 Note Balance and the Class A-4 Note Balance in each case after giving effect to payments on such Payment Date;

(c) (i) the amount on deposit in the Reserve Account and the Specified Reserve Account Balance, each as of the beginning and end of the related Collection Period, (ii) the amount deposited in the Reserve Account in respect of such Payment Date, if any, (iii) the Reserve Account Draw Amount and the Reserve Account Excess Amount, if any, to be withdrawn from the Reserve Account on such Payment Date, (iv) the balance on deposit in the Reserve Account on such Payment Date after giving effect to withdrawals therefrom and deposits thereto in respect of such Payment Date and (v) the change in such balance from the immediately preceding Payment Date;

(d) the Principal Distribution Amount for such Payment Date;

 

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(e) the Net Pool Balance and the Note Factor as of the close of business on the last day of the preceding Collection Period;

(f) the number of, and aggregate amount of monthly principal and interest payments due on, the related Receivables which are delinquent as of the end of the related Collection Period;

(g) the amount of the Servicing Fee to be paid to the Servicer with respect to the related Collection Period and the amount of any unpaid Servicing Fees;

(h) the amount of the Noteholders’ Interest Carryover Shortfall, if any, on such Payment Date and the change in such amounts from the preceding Payment Date;

(i) the aggregate Repurchase Price with respect to Repurchased Receivables paid by (i) the Servicer and (ii) the Seller with respect to the related Collection Period;

(j) the amount of Advances, if any, on such Payment Date;

(k) the amount of Collections for the related Collection Period;

(l) the aggregate amount of proceeds received by the Servicer, net of reimbursable out-of-pocket expenses, in respect of a Receivable which is a Defaulted Receivable;

(m) the number and outstanding balance of Receivables for which the related Financed Vehicle has been repossessed;

(n) [the amount remaining of any Yield Supplement Overcollateralization Amount, credit, or liquidity enhancement, if applicable;]

(o) [the balance of the Risk Retention Reserve Account on the related Payment Date after giving effect to withdrawals to be made on such Payment Date, if any;]

(p) [the amount and application of any funds withdrawn from and the amount of any deposit to the Risk Retention Reserve Account with respect to such Payment Date, if any;]

(q) the Delinquency Percentage for the related Collection Period; and

(r) the Delinquency Trigger for such Payment Date.

Each amount set forth pursuant to paragraph (a) or (g) above relating to the Notes shall be expressed as a dollar amount per $1,000 of the Initial Note Balance of the Notes (or Class thereof).

No disbursements shall be made directly by the Servicer to a Noteholder, and the Servicer shall not be required to maintain any investor record relating to the posting of disbursements or otherwise.

 

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The Indenture Trustee shall make available via the Indenture Trustee’s internet website all reports or notices required to be provided by the Indenture Trustee under this Section 4.6. Any information that is disseminated in accordance with the provisions of this Section 4.6 shall not be required to be disseminated in any other form or manner. The Indenture Trustee will make no representations or warranties as to the accuracy or completeness of such documents and will assume no responsibility therefor.

The Indenture Trustee’s internet website shall be initially located at “[    ]” or at such other address as shall be specified by the Indenture Trustee from time to time in writing to the Noteholders, the Servicer, the Issuer or any Paying Agent. In connection with providing access to the Indenture Trustee’s internet website, the Indenture Trustee may require registration and the acceptance of a disclaimer. The Indenture Trustee shall not be liable for the dissemination of information in accordance with this Agreement. The Indenture Trustee shall notify the Noteholders in writing of any changes in the address of or means of access to the Internet website where the reports are accessible.

SECTION 4.7 No Duty to Confirm. The Indenture Trustee shall have no duty or obligation to verify or confirm the accuracy of any of the information or numbers set forth in the Servicer’s Certificate delivered by the Servicer to the Indenture Trustee, and the Indenture Trustee shall be fully protected in relying upon such Servicer’s Certificate.

ARTICLE V

THE SELLER

SECTION 5.1 Representations and Warranties of Seller. The Seller makes the following representations and warranties as of the Closing Date on which the Issuer will be deemed to have relied in acquiring the Transferred Assets. The representations and warranties speak as of the execution and delivery of this Agreement and will survive the conveyance of the Transferred Assets to the Issuer and the pledge thereof by the Issuer to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Indenture:

(a) Existence and Power. The Seller is a limited liability company validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and has, in all material respects, all power and authority required to carry on its business as it is now conducted. The Seller has obtained all necessary licenses and approvals in each jurisdiction where the failure to do so would materially and adversely affect the ability of the Seller to perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents or affect the enforceability or collectibility of the Receivables or any other part of the Transferred Assets.

(b) Authorization and No Contravention. The execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of each Transaction Document to which it is a party (i) have been duly authorized by all necessary limited liability company action on the part of the Seller and (ii) do not contravene or constitute a default under (A) any applicable law, rule or regulation, (B) its organizational documents or (C) any material agreement, contract, order or other instrument to which it is a party or its property is subject (other than violations which do not affect the legality, validity or enforceability of any of such agreements and which, individually or in the aggregate, would not materially and adversely affect the transactions contemplated by, or the Seller’s ability to perform its obligations under, the Transaction Documents).

 

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(c) No Consent Required. No approval or authorization by, or filing with, any Governmental Authority is required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of any Transaction Document other than (i) UCC filings, (ii) approvals and authorizations that have previously been obtained and filings that have previously been made and (iii) approvals, authorizations or filings which, if not obtained or made, would not have a material adverse effect on the enforceability or collectibility of the Receivables or any other part of the Transferred Assets or would not materially and adversely affect the ability of the Seller to perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents.

(d) Binding Effect. Each Transaction Document to which the Seller is a party constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Seller enforceable against the Seller in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, receivership, conservatorship or other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and, if applicable, the rights of creditors of limited liability companies from time to time in effect or by general principles of equity.

(e) Lien Filings. The Seller is not aware of any material judgment, ERISA or tax lien filings against the Seller.

(f) No Proceedings. There are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Seller, threatened against the Seller before or by any Governmental Authority that (i) assert the invalidity or unenforceability of this Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents, (ii) seek to prevent the issuance of the Notes or the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents, (iii) seek any determination or ruling that would materially and adversely affect the performance by the Seller of its obligations under this Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents or the collectibility or enforceability of the Receivables or (iv) relate to the Seller that would materially and adversely affect the federal or Applicable Tax State income, excise, franchise or similar tax attributes of the Notes.

(g) State of Organization; Name; No Changes. The Seller’s state of organization is the State of Delaware. The Seller’s exact legal name is Volkswagen Auto Lease/Loan Underwritten Funding, LLC. Seller has not changed its name whether by amendment of its limited liability company agreement, by reorganization or otherwise, and has not changed its state of organization, within the four months preceding the Closing Date.

(h) Assignment. The Receivables and the other Transferred Assets have been validly assigned by the Seller to the Issuer.

(i) Security Interests. The Seller has not authorized the filing of any financing statements against the Seller that includes a description of collateral covering any Receivable other than any financing statement relating to security interests granted under the Transaction Documents or that have been or, prior to the assignment of such Receivables hereunder, will be terminated, amended or released. This Agreement creates a valid and continuing security interest in the Receivables (other than the Related Security with respect thereto, to the extent that an ownership interest therein cannot be perfected by the filing of a financing statement) in favor of the Issuer which security interest is prior to all other Liens (other than Permitted Liens) and is enforceable as such against all other creditors of and purchasers and assignees from the Seller.

 

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SECTION 5.2 Liability of Seller; Indemnities. The Seller shall be liable in accordance herewith only to the extent of the obligations specifically undertaken by the Seller under this Agreement, and hereby agrees to the following:

(a) The Seller shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Issuer, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee from and against any loss, liability or expense incurred by reason of the Seller’s violation of federal or State securities laws in connection with the registration or the sale of the Notes.

(b) The Seller will pay any and all taxes levied or assessed upon the Issuer or upon all or any part of the Trust Estate.

(c) Indemnification under this Section 5.2 will survive the resignation or removal of the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee and the termination of this Agreement and will include, without limitation, reasonable fees and expenses of counsel and expenses of litigation. If the Seller has made any indemnity payments pursuant to this Section 5.2 and the Person to or on behalf of whom such payments are made thereafter collects any of such amounts from others, such Person will promptly repay such amounts to the Seller, without interest.

(d) The Seller’s obligations under this Section 5.2 are obligations solely of the Seller and will not constitute a claim against the Seller to the extent that the Seller does not have funds sufficient to make payment of such obligations. In furtherance of and not in derogation of the foregoing, the Issuer, the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee, by entering into or accepting this Agreement, acknowledge and agree that they have no right, title or interest in or to the Other Assets of the Seller. To the extent that, notwithstanding the agreements and provisions contained in the preceding sentence, the Issuer, the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee either (i) asserts an interest or claim to, or benefit from, Other Assets or (ii) is deemed to have any such interest, claim to, or benefit in or from Other Assets, whether by operation of law, legal process, pursuant to applicable provisions of insolvency laws or otherwise (including by virtue of Section 1111(b) of the Bankruptcy Code or any successor provision having similar effect under the Bankruptcy Code), then the Issuer, the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee further acknowledges and agrees that any such interest, claim or benefit in or from Other Assets is and will be expressly subordinated to the indefeasible payment in full, which, under the terms of the relevant documents relating to the securitization or conveyance of such Other Assets, are entitled to be paid from, entitled to the benefits of, or otherwise secured by such Other Assets (whether or not any such entitlement or security interest is legally perfected or otherwise entitled to a priority of distributions or application under applicable law, including insolvency laws, and whether or not asserted against the Seller), including the payment of post-petition interest on such other obligations and liabilities. This subordination agreement will be deemed a subordination agreement within the meaning of Section 510(a) of the Bankruptcy Code. The Issuer, the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee each further acknowledges and agrees that no adequate remedy at law exists for a breach of this Section 5.2(d) and the terms of this Section 5.2(d) may be enforced by an action for specific performance. The provisions of this Section 5.2(d) will be for the third party benefit of those entitled to rely thereon and will survive the termination of this Agreement.

 

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SECTION 5.3 Merger or Consolidation of, or Assumption of the Obligations of, Seller. Any Person (i) into which the Seller may be merged or consolidated, (ii) resulting from any merger, conversion, or consolidation to which the Seller is a party, (iii) succeeding to the business of the Seller or (iv) more than 50% of the voting stock or voting power and 50% or more of the economic equity of which is owned directly or indirectly by Volkswagen AG, which Person in any of the foregoing cases executes an agreement of assumption to perform every obligation of the Seller under this Agreement, will be the successor to the Seller under this Agreement without the execution or filing of any document or any further act on the part of any of the parties to this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Seller enters into any of the foregoing transactions and is not the surviving entity, (x) the Seller shall deliver to the Indenture Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that such merger, conversion, consolidation or succession and such agreement of assumption comply with this Section 5.3 and that all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Agreement relating to such transaction have been complied with and (y) the Seller will deliver to the Indenture Trustee an Opinion of Counsel either (A) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all financing statements and continuation statements and amendments thereto have been executed and filed that are necessary fully to preserve and protect the interest of the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, respectively, in the Receivables, and reciting the details of such filings or (B) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, no such action is necessary to preserve and protect such interest. The Seller will provide notice of any merger, conversion, consolidation, or succession pursuant to this Section 5.3 to the Rating Agencies. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the execution of the foregoing agreement of assumption and compliance with clauses (x) and (y) of this Section 5.3 will be conditions to the consummation of any of the transactions referred to in clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) of this Section 5.3 in which the Seller is not the surviving entity.

SECTION 5.4 Limitation on Liability of Seller and Others. The Seller and any officer or employee or agent of the Seller may rely in good faith on the advice of counsel or on any document of any kind, prima facie properly executed and submitted by any Person respecting any matters arising hereunder. The Seller will not be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute, or defend any legal action that is not incidental to its obligations under this Agreement, and that in its opinion may involve it in any expense or liability.

SECTION 5.5 Seller May Own Notes. The Seller, and any Affiliate of the Seller, may in its individual or any other capacity become the owner or pledgee of Notes with the same rights as it would have if it were not the Seller or an Affiliate thereof, except as otherwise expressly provided herein or in the other Transaction Documents. Except as set forth herein or in the other Transaction Documents, Notes so owned by the Seller or any such Affiliate will have an equal and proportionate benefit under the provisions of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, without preference, priority, or distinction as among all of the Notes. Unless all Notes are owned by the Issuer, the Seller, the Servicer, the Administrator or any of their respective Affiliates, any Notes owned by the Issuer, the Seller, the Servicer, the Administrator or any of their respective Affiliates shall be disregarded with respect to the determination of any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, vote or waiver hereunder or under any other Transaction Document.

 

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SECTION 5.6 Sarbanes-Oxley Act Requirements. To the extent any documents are required to be filed or any certification is required to be made with respect to the Issuer or the Notes pursuant to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, the Issuer hereby authorizes the Servicer and the Seller, or either of them, to prepare, sign, certify and file any such documents or certifications on behalf of the Issuer.

SECTION 5.7 Compliance with Organizational Documents. The Seller shall comply with its limited liability company agreement and other organizational documents.

ARTICLE VI

THE SERVICER

SECTION 6.1 Representations of Servicer. The Servicer makes the following representations and warranties as of the Closing Date on which the Issuer will be deemed to have relied in acquiring the Transferred Assets. The representations and warranties speak as of the execution and delivery of this Agreement and will survive the conveyance of the Transferred Assets to the Issuer and the pledge thereof by the Issuer to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Indenture:

(a) Existence and Power. The Servicer is a corporation validly existing and in good standing under the laws of Delaware and has, in all material respects, all power and authority to carry on its business as it is now conducted. The Servicer has obtained all necessary licenses and approvals in each jurisdiction where the failure to do so would materially and adversely affect the ability of the Servicer to perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents or affect the enforceability or collectibility of the Receivables or any other part of the Transferred Assets.

(b) Authorization and No Contravention. The execution, delivery and performance by the Servicer of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party (i) have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of the Servicer and (ii) do not contravene or constitute a default under (A) any applicable law, rule or regulation, (B) its organizational documents or (C) any material agreement, contract, order or other instrument to which it is a party or its property is subject (other than violations which do not affect the legality, validity or enforceability of any of such agreements and which, individually or in the aggregate, would not materially and adversely affect the transactions contemplated by, or the Servicer’s ability to perform its obligations under, the Transaction Documents).

(c) No Consent Required. No approval or authorization by, or filing with, any Governmental Authority is required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by the Servicer of any Transaction Document other than (i) UCC filings, (ii) approvals and authorizations that have previously been obtained and filings that have previously been made and (iii) approvals, authorizations or filings which, if not obtained or made, would not have a material adverse effect on the enforceability or collectibility of the Receivables or would not materially and adversely affect the ability of the Servicer to perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents.

 

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(d) Binding Effect. Each Transaction Document to which the Servicer is a party constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Servicer enforceable against the Servicer in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, receivership, conservatorship or other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and, if applicable, the rights of creditors of corporations from time to time in effect or by general principles of equity.

(e) No Proceedings. There are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Servicer, threatened against the Servicer before or by any Governmental Authority that (i) assert the invalidity or unenforceability of this Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents, (ii) seek to prevent the issuance of the Notes or the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents, (iii) seek any determination or ruling that would materially and adversely affect the performance by the Servicer of its obligations under this Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents or (iv) relate to the Servicer that would materially and adversely affect the federal or Applicable Tax State income, excise, franchise or similar tax attributes of the Notes.

(f) Fidelity Bond. The Servicer shall not be required to maintain a fidelity bond or error and omissions policy.

SECTION 6.2 Indemnities of Servicer. The Servicer will be liable in accordance herewith only to the extent of the obligations specifically undertaken by the Servicer under this Agreement, and hereby agrees to the following:

(a) The Servicer will defend, indemnify and hold harmless the Issuer, the Owner Trustee, [the Issuer Delaware Trustee,] the Indenture Trustee and the Seller from and against any and all costs, expenses, losses, damages, claims and liabilities, arising out of or resulting from the use, ownership or operation by the Servicer or any Affiliate thereof of a Financed Vehicle.

(b) The Servicer will indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Issuer, the Owner Trustee[, the Issuer Delaware Trustee] and the Indenture Trustee from and against any taxes that may at any time be asserted against any such Person with respect to the transactions contemplated herein or in the other Transaction Documents, if any, including, without limitation, any sales, gross receipts, general corporation, tangible personal property, privilege, or license taxes and costs and expenses in defending against the same. For the avoidance of doubt, the Servicer will not indemnify for any costs, expenses, losses, claims, damages or liabilities due to the credit risk of the Obligor and for which reimbursement would constitute recourse for uncollectible Receivables.

(c) The Servicer will indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Issuer, the Owner Trustee, [the Issuer Delaware Trustee,] the Indenture Trustee and the Seller from and against any and all costs, expenses, losses, claims, damages, and liabilities to the extent that such cost, expense, loss, claim, damage, or liability arose out of, or was imposed upon any such Person

 

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through, the negligence, willful misfeasance, or bad faith (other than errors in judgment) of the Servicer in the performance of its duties under this Agreement or any other Transaction Document to which it is a party, or by reason of its failure to perform its obligations or of reckless disregard of its obligations and duties under this Agreement or any other Transaction Document to which it is a party; provided, however, that the Servicer will not indemnify for any costs, expenses, losses, claims, damages or liabilities arising from its breach of any covenant for which the repurchase of the affected Receivables is specified as the sole remedy pursuant to Section 3.6.

(d) The Servicer will compensate and indemnify the Owner Trustee [and the Issuer Delaware Trustee] to the extent and subject to the conditions set forth in Sections 8.1 and 8.2 of the Trust Agreement. The Servicer will compensate and indemnify the Indenture Trustee to the extent and subject to the conditions set forth in Section 6.7 of the Indenture, except to the extent that any cost, expense, loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is incurred in connection with the performance by the Indenture Trustee of the duties of a successor Servicer hereunder.

(e) Indemnification under this Section 6.2 by VCI (or any successor thereto pursuant to Section 7.1) as Servicer, with respect to the period such Person was the Servicer, will survive the termination of such Person as Servicer or a resignation by such Person as Servicer as well as the termination of this Agreement and the Trust Agreement or the resignation or removal of the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee and will include reasonable fees and expenses of counsel and expenses of litigation. If the Servicer has made any indemnity payments pursuant to this Section 6.2 and the Person to or on behalf of whom such payments are made thereafter collects any of such amounts from others, such Person will promptly repay such amounts to the Servicer, without interest. The indemnification obligations of VCI under the first sentence of this Section 6.2(d) shall survive the resignation and removal of VCI as Servicer.

SECTION 6.3 Merger or Consolidation of, or Assumption of the Obligations of, Servicer. Any Person (i) into which the Servicer may be merged or consolidated, (ii) resulting from any merger, conversion, or consolidation to which the Servicer is a party, (iii) succeeding to the business of the Servicer or (iv) of which Volkswagen AG owns, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of the voting stock or voting power and 50% or more of the economic equity, which Person in any of the foregoing cases executes an agreement of assumption to perform every obligation of the Servicer under this Agreement, will be the successor to the Servicer under this Agreement without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties to this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Servicer enters into any of the foregoing transactions and is not the surviving entity, (x) the Servicer shall deliver to the Indenture Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that such merger, conversion, consolidation, or succession and such agreement of assumption comply with this Section 6.3 and that all conditions precedent provided for in this Agreement relating to such transaction have been complied with and (y) the Servicer will deliver to the Indenture Trustee an Opinion of Counsel either (A) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all financing statements and continuation statements and amendments thereto have been executed and filed that are necessary fully to preserve and protect the interest of the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, respectively, in the Receivables, and reciting the details of such filings or (B) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, no such action is necessary to preserve and protect such interests. The Servicer will provide notice of any merger, conversion, consolidation or succession pursuant to this Section 6.3 to the Rating Agencies.

 

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SECTION 6.4 Limitation on Liability of Servicer and Others.

(a) Neither the Servicer nor any of the directors or officers or employees or agents of the Servicer will be under any liability to the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee, the Noteholders or the Certificateholder, except as provided under this Agreement, for any action taken or for refraining from the taking of any action pursuant to this Agreement or for errors in judgment; provided, however, that this provision will not protect the Servicer or any such Person against any liability that would otherwise be imposed by reason of willful misfeasance or bad faith in the performance of duties or by reason of its failure to perform its obligations or of reckless disregard of obligations and duties under this Agreement, or by reason of negligence in the performance of its duties under this Agreement (except for errors in judgment). The Servicer and any director, officer or employee or agent of the Servicer may rely in good faith on any Opinion of Counsel or on any Officer’s Certificate of the Seller or certificate of auditors believed to be genuine and to have been signed by the proper party in respect of any matters arising under this Agreement.

(b) Except as provided in this Agreement, the Servicer will not be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any legal action that is not incidental to its duties to service the Receivables in accordance with this Agreement, and that in its opinion may involve it in any expense or liability; provided, however, that the Servicer may undertake any reasonable action that it may deem necessary or desirable in respect of this Agreement and the rights and duties of the parties to this Agreement and the interests of the Noteholders and the Certificateholder under this Agreement. In such event, the legal expenses and costs of such action and any liability resulting therefrom will be expenses, costs and liabilities of the Servicer.

SECTION 6.5 Delegation of Duties. The Servicer may, at any time without notice or consent, delegate (a) any or all of its duties (including, without limitation, its duties as custodian) under the Transaction Documents to any of its Affiliates or (b) specific duties to sub-contractors who are in the business of performing such duties; provided, that no such delegation shall relieve the Servicer of its responsibility with respect to such duties and the Servicer shall remain obligated and liable to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee for its duties hereunder as if the Servicer alone were performing such duties. For any servicing activities delegated to third parties in accordance with this Section 6.5, the Servicer shall follow such policies and procedures to monitor the performance of such third parties and compliance with such servicing activities as the Servicer follows with respect to comparable motor vehicle receivables serviced by the Servicer for its own account.

SECTION 6.6 VCI Not to Resign as Servicer. Subject to the provisions of Sections 6.3 and 6.5, VCI will not resign from the obligations and duties hereby imposed on it as Servicer under this Agreement except upon determination that the performance of its duties under this Agreement is no longer permissible under applicable law. Notice of any such determination permitting the resignation of VCI will be communicated to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee at the earliest practicable time (and, if such communication is not in writing, will be confirmed in writing at the earliest practicable time) and any such determination will be evidenced by an

 

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Opinion of Counsel to such effect delivered to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee concurrently with or promptly after such notice. No such resignation will become effective until a successor Servicer has (i) assumed the responsibilities and obligations of VCI as Servicer and (ii) provided in writing the information reasonably requested by the Seller to comply with its reporting obligation under the Exchange Act with respect to a replacement Servicer.

SECTION 6.7 Servicer May Own Notes. The Servicer, and any Affiliate of the Servicer, may, in its individual or any other capacity, become the owner or pledgee of Notes with the same rights as it would have if it were not the Servicer or an Affiliate thereof, except as otherwise expressly provided herein or in the other Transaction Documents. Except as set forth herein or in the other Transaction Documents, Notes so owned by or pledged to the Servicer or such Affiliate will have an equal and proportionate benefit under the provisions of this Agreement, without preference, priority or distinction as among all of the Notes.

ARTICLE VII

REPLACEMENT OF SERVICER

SECTION 7.1 Replacement of Servicer.

(a) If a Servicer Replacement Event shall have occurred and be continuing, the Indenture Trustee shall, at the direction of Holders of at least 66 2/3% of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Outstanding Notes, by notice given to the Servicer, the Owner Trustee, the Issuer, the Administrator and the Noteholders, terminate the rights and obligations of the Servicer under this Agreement with respect to the Receivables. In the event the Servicer is removed or resigns as Servicer with respect to servicing the Receivables, the Indenture Trustee shall appoint a successor Servicer. Upon the Servicer’s receipt of notice of termination the predecessor Servicer will continue to perform its functions as Servicer under this Agreement only until the date specified in such termination notice or, if no such date is specified in such termination notice, until receipt of such notice. If a successor Servicer has not been appointed at the time when the predecessor Servicer ceases to act as Servicer in accordance with this Section, the Indenture Trustee without further action will automatically be appointed the successor Servicer. Notwithstanding the above, the Indenture Trustee, if it is legally unable or is unwilling to so act, will appoint, or petition a court of competent jurisdiction to appoint, a successor Servicer. Any successor Servicer shall be an established institution having a net worth of not less than $100,000,000 and whose regular business includes the servicing of comparable motor vehicle receivables having an aggregate outstanding principal balance of not less than $50,000,000.

(b) Noteholders holding not less than a majority of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Outstanding Notes may waive any Servicer Replacement Event. Upon any such waiver, such Servicer Replacement Event shall cease to exist and be deemed to have been cured and not to have occurred for every purpose of this Agreement, but no such waiver shall extend to any prior, subsequent or other Servicer Replacement Event or impair any right consequent thereto.

 

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(c) If replaced, the Servicer agrees that it will use commercially reasonable efforts to effect the orderly and efficient transfer of the servicing of the Receivables to a successor Servicer. All reasonable costs and expenses incurred in connection with transferring the Receivable Files to the successor Servicer and all other reasonable costs and expenses incurred in connection with the transfer to the successor Servicer related to the performance by the Servicer hereunder will be paid by the predecessor Servicer upon presentation of reasonable documentation of such costs and expenses.

(d) Upon the effectiveness of the assumption by the successor Servicer of its duties pursuant to this Section 7.1, the successor Servicer shall be the successor in all respects to the Servicer in its capacity as Servicer under this Agreement with respect to the Receivables, and shall be subject to all the responsibilities, duties and liabilities relating thereto, except with respect to the obligations of the predecessor Servicer that survive its termination as Servicer, including indemnification obligations as set forth in Section 6.2(e). In such event, the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee are hereby authorized and empowered to execute and deliver, on behalf of the predecessor Servicer, as attorney-in-fact or otherwise, any and all documents and other instruments, and to do or accomplish all other acts or things necessary or appropriate to effect the purposes of such termination and replacement of the Servicer, whether to complete the transfer and endorsement of the Receivables and related documents, or otherwise. No Servicer shall resign or be relieved of its duties under this Agreement, as Servicer of the Receivables, until a newly appointed Servicer for the Receivables shall have assumed the responsibilities and obligations of the resigning or terminated Servicer under this Agreement, except as set forth in Section 7.1(a).

(e) In connection with such appointment, the Indenture Trustee may make such arrangements for the compensation of the successor Servicer out of Available Funds as it and such successor Servicer will agree; provided, however, that no such compensation will be in excess of the amount paid to the predecessor Servicer under this Agreement.

(f) The predecessor Servicer shall be entitled to receive reimbursement for any outstanding Advances made with respect to the Receivables to the extent funds are available therefor in accordance with Section 4.4.

SECTION 7.2 Notification to Noteholders. Upon any termination of, or appointment of a successor to, the Servicer pursuant to this Article VII, the Indenture Trustee will give prompt written notice thereof to the Owner Trustee, the Issuer, the Administrator, the Asset Representations Reviewer and to the Noteholders at their respective addresses of record.

ARTICLE VIII

OPTIONAL PURCHASE

SECTION 8.1 Optional Purchase of Trust Estate. If VCI is the Servicer, then the Servicer shall have the right at its option (the “Optional Purchase”) to purchase the Trust Estate (other than the Reserve Account[ and the Risk Retention Reserve Account]) from the Issuer on any Payment Date if the Net Pool Balance as of the last day of the related Collection Period is less than or equal to 10% of the Net Pool Balance as of the Cut-Off Date. The purchase price for

 

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the Trust Estate (other than the Reserve Account[ and the Risk Retention Reserve Account]) shall equal the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Notes plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon (after giving effect to all distributions pursuant to Section 4.4(a) on that Payment Date) at the applicable Interest Rate up to but excluding the Redemption Date (the “Optional Purchase Price”), which amount shall be deposited by the Servicer into the Collection Account on the Redemption Date. If VCI, as Servicer, exercises the Optional Purchase, the Notes shall be redeemed and in each case in whole but not in part on the related Payment Date for the Redemption Price.

ARTICLE IX

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

SECTION 9.1 Amendment.

(a) Any term or provision of this Agreement may be amended by the Seller and the Servicer without the consent of the Indenture Trustee, any Noteholder, the Issuer, the Owner Trustee or any other Person subject to the satisfaction of one of the following conditions:

 

  (i)

the Seller or the Servicer delivers an Opinion of Counsel to the Indenture Trustee to the effect that such amendment will not materially and adversely affect the interests of the Noteholders;

 

  (ii)

the Seller or the Servicer delivers an Officer’s Certificate of the Seller or Servicer, respectively, to the Indenture Trustee to the effect that such amendment will not materially and adversely affect the interests of the Noteholders; or

 

  (iii)

the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied with respect to such amendment and the Seller or the Servicer notifies the Indenture Trustee in writing that the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied with respect to such amendment;

provided, that no amendment shall be effective which affects the rights, protections or duties of the Indenture Trustee[,] [or] the Owner Trustee [or the Issuer Delaware Trustee] without the prior written consent of such Person.

(b) This Agreement (including Appendix A) may also be amended from time to time by Seller, Servicer and the Indenture Trustee, with the consent of the Noteholders evidencing not less than a majority of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Outstanding Notes, for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Agreement or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Noteholders; provided, that no such amendment shall (i) reduce the interest rate or principal amount of any Note or change or delay the Final Scheduled Payment Date of any Note without the consent of the Holder of such Note or (ii) reduce the percentage of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Outstanding Notes, the consent of which is required to consent to any matter without the consent of the Holders of at least the percentage of the Note Balance which were required to consent to such matter before giving effect to such amendment. It will not be necessary for the consent of Noteholders to approve the particular form of any proposed

 

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amendment or consent, but it will be sufficient if such consent approves the substance thereof. The manner of obtaining such consents (and any other consents of Noteholders provided for in this Agreement) and of evidencing the authorization of the execution thereof by Noteholders will be subject to such reasonable requirements as the Indenture Trustee may prescribe, including the establishment of record dates pursuant to the Note Depository Agreement.

(c) Prior to the execution of any such amendment, the Servicer shall provide written notification of the substance of such amendment to each Rating Agency; and promptly after the execution of any such amendment, the Servicer (i) shall furnish a copy of such amendment to each Rating Agency and the Indenture Trustee and (ii) if this Agreement is amended in accordance with clauses (i) or (ii) of Section 9.1(a), shall furnish a copy of such Opinion of Counsel or Officer’s Certificate, as the case may be, to each of the Rating Agencies.

(d) Prior to the execution of any amendment to this Agreement, the Seller, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to receive and conclusively rely upon an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such amendment is authorized or permitted by this Agreement and that all conditions precedent to the execution and delivery of such amendment have been satisfied. The Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into or execute on behalf of the Issuer any such amendment which adversely affects the Owner Trustee’s or the Indenture Trustee’s, as applicable, own rights, duties or immunities under this Agreement.

SECTION 9.2 Protection of Title.

(a) The Seller shall authorize and file such financing statements and cause to be authorized and filed such continuation and other statements, all in such manner and in such places as may be required by law fully to preserve, maintain and protect the interest of the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee under this Agreement in the Receivables (other than any Related Security with respect thereto, to the extent that the interest of the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee therein cannot be perfected by the filing of a financing statement). The Seller shall deliver (or cause to be delivered) to the Issuer file-stamped copies of, or filing receipts for, any document filed as provided above.

(b) None of the Issuer, the Seller or the Servicer shall change its name, identity, organizational structure or jurisdiction of organization in any manner that would make any financing statement or continuation statement filed by the Seller in accordance with paragraph (a) above “seriously misleading” within the meaning of Sections 9-506, 9-507 or 9-508 of the UCC, unless it shall have given the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee at least five days’ prior written notice thereof and, to the extent necessary, has promptly filed amendments to previously filed financing statements or continuation statements described in paragraph (a) above (or shall have made arrangements to take such action substantially simultaneously with such change, if it is not practicable to take such action in advance).

(c) The Seller shall give the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee at least five days’ prior written notice of any change of location of the Seller for purposes of Section 9-307 of the UCC and shall have taken all action prior to making such change (or shall have made arrangements to take such action substantially simultaneously with such change, if it is not practicable to take such action in advance) reasonably necessary or advisable to amend all previously filed financing statements or continuation statements described in paragraph (a) above.

 

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(d) The Servicer shall maintain (or shall cause its Sub-Servicer to maintain) in accordance with its Customary Servicing Practices accounts and records as to each Receivable accurately and in sufficient detail to permit (i) the reader thereof to know at any time the status of such Receivable, including payments and recoveries made and payments owing (and the nature of each) and (ii) reconciliation between payments or recoveries on (or with respect to) each Receivable and the amounts from time to time deposited in the Collection Account in respect of such Receivable.

(e) The Servicer shall maintain (or shall cause its Sub-Servicer to maintain) its computer systems so that, from time to time after the conveyance under this Agreement of the Receivables, the master computer records (including any backup archives) that refer to a Receivable shall indicate clearly the interest of the Issuer in such Receivable and that such Receivable is owned by the Issuer and has been pledged to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Indenture. Indication of the Issuer’s interest in a Receivable shall not be deleted from or modified on such computer systems until, and only until, the related Receivable shall have been paid in full, repurchased by the Seller pursuant to Section 2.4 hereof, repurchased by VCI pursuant to Section 3.4 of the Purchase Agreement or purchased by the Servicer in accordance with Section 3.6 hereof.

(f) If at any time the Servicer shall propose to sell, grant a security interest in or otherwise transfer any interest in motor vehicle receivables to any prospective purchaser, lender or other transferee, the Servicer shall give to such prospective purchaser, lender or other transferee computer tapes, records or printouts (including any restored from backup archives) that, if they shall refer in any manner whatsoever to any Receivable, shall indicate clearly that such Receivable has been sold and is owned by the Issuer and has been pledged to the Indenture Trustee.

(g) The Servicer, upon receipt of reasonable prior notice, shall permit the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee and their respective agents at any time during normal business hours to inspect, audit and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, make copies of and abstracts from Servicer’s (or any Sub-Servicer’s) records regarding any Receivable.

(h) Upon request, the Servicer shall furnish to the Issuer or to the Indenture Trustee, within thirty Business Days, a list of all Receivables (by contract number and name of Obligor) then owned by the Issuer, together with a reconciliation of such list to each of the Servicer’s Certificates furnished before such request indicating removal of Receivables from the Issuer.

SECTION 9.3 Other Liens or Interests. Except for the conveyances and grants of security interests pursuant to this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, the Seller shall not sell, pledge, assign or transfer the Receivables or other property transferred to the Issuer to any other Person, or grant, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien (other than Permitted Liens) on any interest therein, and the Seller shall defend the right, title and interest of the Issuer in, to and under such Receivables and other property transferred to the Issuer against all claims of third parties claiming through or under the Seller.

 

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SECTION 9.4 Transfers Intended as Sale; Security Interest.

(a) Each of the parties hereto expressly intends and agrees that the transfers contemplated and effected under this Agreement are complete and absolute sales and transfers rather than pledges or assignments of only a security interest and shall be given effect as such for all purposes. It is further the intention of the parties hereto that the Receivables and related Transferred Assets shall not be part of the Seller’s estate in the event of a bankruptcy or insolvency of the Seller. The sales and transfers by the Seller of Receivables and related Transferred Assets hereunder are and shall be without recourse to, or representation or warranty (express or implied) by, the Seller, except as otherwise specifically provided herein. The limited rights of recourse specified herein against the Seller are intended to provide a remedy for breach of representations and warranties relating to the condition of the property sold, rather than to the collectibility of the Receivables.

(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that the Receivables and other Transferred Assets are held to be property of the Seller, or if for any reason this Agreement is held or deemed to create indebtedness or a security interest in the Receivables and other Transferred Assets, then it is intended that:

 

  (i)

This Agreement shall be deemed to be a security agreement within the meaning of Articles 8 and 9 of the New York UCC and the UCC of any other applicable jurisdiction;

 

  (ii)

The conveyance provided for in Section 2.1 shall be deemed to be a grant by the Seller of, and the Seller hereby grants to the Issuer, a security interest in all of its right (including the power to convey title thereto), title and interest, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, in and to the Receivables and other Transferred Assets, to secure such indebtedness and the performance of the obligations of the Seller hereunder;

 

  (iii)

The possession by the Issuer, or the Servicer as the Issuer’s agent, of the Receivable Files and any other property as constitute instruments, money, negotiable documents or chattel paper shall be deemed to be “possession by the secured party” or possession by the purchaser or a person designated by such purchaser, for purposes of perfecting the security interest pursuant to the New York UCC and the UCC of any other applicable jurisdiction; and

 

  (iv)

Notifications to persons holding such property, and acknowledgments, receipts or confirmations from persons holding such property, shall be deemed to be notifications to, or acknowledgments, receipts or confirmations from, bailees or agents (as applicable) of the Issuer for the purpose of perfecting such security interest under applicable law.

 

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SECTION 9.5 Notices, Etc. All demands, notices and communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be delivered or mailed by registered or certified first-class United States mail, postage prepaid, hand delivery, prepaid courier service, or by facsimile, and addressed in each case as set forth on Schedule II hereto or at such other address as shall be designated in a written notice to the other parties hereto. Any notice required or permitted to be mailed to a Noteholder shall be given by first class mail, postage prepaid, at the address of such Noteholder as shown in the Note Register. Delivery shall occur only upon receipt or reported tender of such communication by an officer of the recipient entitled to receive such notices located at the address of such recipient for notices hereunder; provided, however, that any notice to a Noteholder mailed within the time prescribed in this Agreement shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the Noteholder shall receive such notice.

SECTION 9.6 Choice of Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL, SUBSTANTIVE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REFERENCE TO THE RULES THEREOF RELATING TO CONFLICTS OF LAW, OTHER THAN SECTIONS 5-1401 AND 5-1402 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.

SECTION 9.7 Headings. The section headings hereof have been inserted for convenience of reference only and shall not be construed to affect the meaning, construction or effect of this Agreement.

SECTION 9.8 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all of such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.

SECTION 9.9 Waivers. No failure or delay on the part of the Servicer, the Seller, the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee in exercising any power or right hereunder (to the extent such Person has any power or right hereunder) shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such power or right preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other power or right. No notice to or demand on any party hereto in any case shall entitle it to any notice or demand in similar or other circumstances. No waiver or approval by any party hereto under this Agreement shall, except as may otherwise be stated in such waiver or approval, be applicable to subsequent transactions. No waiver or approval under this Agreement shall require any similar or dissimilar waiver or approval thereafter to be granted hereunder.

SECTION 9.10 Entire Agreement. The Transaction Documents contain a final and complete integration of all prior expressions by the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter thereof and shall constitute the entire agreement among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter thereof, superseding all prior oral or written understandings. There are no unwritten agreements among the parties.

SECTION 9.11 Severability of Provisions. If any one or more of the covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of this Agreement shall be for any reason whatsoever held invalid, then such covenants, agreements, provisions or terms shall be deemed severable from the remaining covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of this Agreement and shall in no way affect the validity or enforceability of the other provisions of this Agreement.

 

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SECTION 9.12 Binding Effect. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns. This Agreement shall create and constitute the continuing obligations of the parties hereto in accordance with its terms, and shall remain in full force and effect until such time as the parties hereto shall agree.

SECTION 9.13 Acknowledgment and Agreement. By execution below, the Seller expressly acknowledges and consents to the pledge, assignment and Grant of a security interest in the Receivables and the other Transferred Assets by the Issuer to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Indenture for the benefit of the Noteholders. In addition, the Seller hereby acknowledges and agrees that for so long as the Notes are outstanding, the Indenture Trustee will have the right to exercise all powers, privileges and claims of the Issuer under this Agreement in the event that the Issuer shall fail to exercise the same.

SECTION 9.14 No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies. The remedies herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any remedies provided by law.

SECTION 9.15 Nonpetition Covenant. Each party hereto agrees that, prior to the date which is one year and one day after payment in full of all obligations of each Bankruptcy Remote Party in respect of all securities issued by any Bankruptcy Remote Party (i) such party shall not authorize any Bankruptcy Remote Party to commence a voluntary winding-up or other voluntary case or other Proceeding seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief with respect to such Bankruptcy Remote Party or its debts under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect in any jurisdiction or seeking the appointment of an administrator, a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official with respect to such Bankruptcy Remote Party or any substantial part of its property or to consent to any such relief or to the appointment of or taking possession by any such official in an involuntary case or other Proceeding commenced against such Bankruptcy Remote Party, or to make a general assignment for the benefit of, its creditors generally, any party hereto or any other creditor of such Bankruptcy Remote Party, and (ii) such party shall not commence or join with any other Person in commencing any Proceeding against such Bankruptcy Remote Party under any bankruptcy, reorganization, liquidation or insolvency law or statute now or hereafter in effect in any jurisdiction. This Section shall survive the termination of this Agreement.

SECTION 9.16 Submission to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally:

(a) submits for itself and its property in any legal action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any documents executed and delivered in connection herewith, or for recognition and enforcement of any judgment in respect thereof, to the nonexclusive general jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York, the courts of the United States of America for the Southern District of New York and appellate courts from any thereof;

(b) consents that any such action or proceeding may be brought and maintained in such courts and waives any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the venue of such action or proceeding in any such court or that such action or proceeding was brought in an inconvenient court and agrees not to plead or claim the same;

 

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(c) agrees that service of process in any such action or proceeding may be effected by mailing a copy thereof by registered or certified mail (or any substantially similar form of mail), postage prepaid, to such Person at its address determined in accordance with Section 9.5;

(d) agrees that nothing herein shall affect the right to effect service of process in any other manner permitted by law or shall limit the right to sue in any other jurisdiction; and

(e) to the extent permitted by applicable law, each party hereto irrevocably waives all right of trial by jury in any action, proceeding or counterclaim based on, or arising out of, under or in connection with this Agreement, any other Transaction Document, or any matter arising hereunder or thereunder.

SECTION 9.17 Limitation of Liability.

(a) Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, (a) this Agreement has been executed and delivered by [    ], not in its individual capacity but solely as Owner Trustee, (b) each of the representations, undertakings and agreements herein made on the part of the Owner Trustee and the Issuer is made and intended not as personal representations, undertakings and agreements by [    ] but is made and intended for the purpose of binding only the Issuer, (c) nothing herein contained shall be construed as creating any liability on [    ], individually or personally, to perform any covenant either expressed or implied contained herein of the Owner Trustee or the Issuer, all such liability, if any, being expressly waived by the parties hereto and by any Person claiming by, through or under the parties hereto, (d) [    ] has made no investigation as to the accuracy or completeness of any representations and warranties made by the Owner Trustee or the Issuer in this Agreement and (e) under no circumstances shall [    ], be personally liable for the payment of any indebtedness or expenses of the Owner Trustee or the Issuer or be liable for the breach or failure of any obligation, representation, warranty or covenant made or undertaken by the Owner Trustee or the Issuer under this Agreement or any other related documents. For the purposes of this Agreement, in the performance of its duties or obligations hereunder, the Owner Trustee shall be subject to, and entitled to the benefits of, the terms and provisions of Articles VI, VII and VIII of the Trust Agreement.

(b) Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, this Agreement has been executed and delivered by [    ], not in its individual capacity but solely as Indenture Trustee, and in no event shall it have any liability for the representations, warranties, covenants, agreements or other obligations of the Issuer under the Notes or any of the other Transaction Documents or in any of the certificates, notices or agreements delivered pursuant thereto, as to all of which recourse shall be had solely to the assets of the Issuer. Under no circumstances shall the Indenture Trustee be personally liable for the payment of any indebtedness or expense of the Issuer or be liable for the breach or failure of any obligations, representation, warranty or covenant made or undertaken by the Issuer under the Transaction Documents. For the purposes of this Agreement, in the performance of its duties or obligations hereunder, the Indenture Trustee shall be subject to, and entitled to the benefits of, the terms and provisions of Article VI of the Indenture.

 

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SECTION 9.18 Third-Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto, the Noteholders and the Certificateholder and their respective successors and permitted assigns and the Owner Trustee [and the Issuer Delaware Trustee] shall be [an] express third party [beneficiary][beneficiaries] hereof and [each] may enforce the provisions hereof as if it were a party hereto. Except as otherwise provided in this Section, no other Person will have any right hereunder.

SECTION 9.19 Information Requests. The parties hereto shall provide any information reasonably requested by the Servicer, the Issuer, the Seller or any of their Affiliates, in order to comply with or obtain more favorable treatment under any current or future law, rule, regulation, accounting rule or principle.

SECTION 9.20 Regulation AB.    The Servicer shall cooperate fully with the Seller and the Issuer to deliver to the Seller and the Issuer (including any of its assignees or designees) any and all statements, reports, certifications, records and any other information necessary in the good faith determination of the Seller or the Issuer to permit the Seller to comply with the provisions of Regulation AB and its reporting obligations under the Exchange Act, together with such disclosures relating to the Servicer and the Receivables, or the servicing of the Receivables, reasonably believed by the Seller to be necessary in order to effect such compliance.

SECTION 9.21 Information to be Provided by the Indenture Trustee.

(a) For so long as the Seller is filing reports under the Exchange Act with respect to the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee shall (i) on or before the fifth Business Day of each month, notify the Seller, in writing, of any Form 10-D Disclosure Item with respect to the Indenture Trustee, together with a description of any such Form 10-D Disclosure Item in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Seller; provided, however, that the Indenture Trustee shall not be required to provide such information in the event that there has been no change to the information previously provided by the Indenture Trustee to Seller, and (ii) as promptly as practicable following notice to or discovery by a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee of any changes to such information, provide to the Seller, in writing, such updated information.

(b) As soon as available but no later than March 15 of each calendar year for so long as the Seller is filing reports with respect to the Issuer under the Exchange Act, commencing in [    ], the Indenture Trustee shall:

(i) deliver to the Seller a report regarding the Indenture Trustee’s assessment of compliance with the Servicing Criteria during the immediately preceding calendar year, as required under paragraph (b) of Rule 13a-18, Rule 15d-18 of the Exchange Act and Item 1122 of Regulation AB. Such report shall be signed by an authorized officer of the Indenture Trustee, and shall address each of the Servicing Criteria specified in Exhibit C or such other criteria as mutually agreed upon by the Seller and the Indenture Trustee;

(ii) cause a firm of registered public accountants that is qualified and independent with the meaning of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act to deliver a report for inclusion in the Issuer’s filing of Exchange Act Form 10-K that attests to, and reports on, the assessment of compliance made by the Indenture Trustee and delivered to the Seller pursuant to the preceding paragraph. Such attestation shall be in accordance with Rules 1-02(a)(3) and 2-02(g) of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act;

 

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(iii) deliver to the Seller and any other Person that will be responsible for signing the certification (a “Sarbanes Certification”) required by Rules 13a-14(d) and 15d-14(d) under the Exchange Act (pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act) on behalf of the Issuer or the Seller substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit D or such form as mutually agreed upon by the Seller and the Indenture Trustee; and

(iv) notify the Seller in writing of any affiliations or relationships (as described in Item 1119 of Regulation AB) between the Indenture Trustee and any Item 1119 Party, provided, that no such notification need be made if the affiliations or relationships are unchanged from those provided in the notification in the prior calendar year.

The Indenture Trustee acknowledges that the parties identified in clause (iii) above may rely on the certification provided by the Indenture Trustee pursuant to such clause in signing a Sarbanes Certification and filing such with the Commission.

(c) The Indenture Trustee, to the extent the Indenture Trustee has received any such repurchase or replacement request, no later than the 5th Business Day after the last day of each calendar month, provide notice to the Seller and the Servicer (each (each, a “VW Party” and, collectively, the “VW Parties”), in a form to be mutually agreed upon by the Servicer and the Indenture Trustee, of the request or any requests of (i) all demands communicated to a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee for the repurchase or replacement of any Receivable for breach of the representations and warranties concerning such Receivable and (ii) any actions taken by the Indenture Trustee with respect to such demand communicated to the Indenture Trustee in respect of any Receivables. In addition, the Indenture Trustee shall, upon written request of either VW Party, at any time such VW Party reasonable feels necessary, provide notification to the VW Parties with respect to any actions taken by the Indenture Trustee as soon as practicable and in any event within five Business Days of receipt of such request.

(d) The Indenture Trustee agrees to cooperate in good faith with any reasonable request by the Seller for information regarding the Indenture Trustee which is required in order to enable the Seller to comply with the provisions of Item 1117 of Regulation AB.

(e) Except to the extent disclosed by the Indenture Trustee in subsection (f) or (g) below, the Indenture Trustee shall be deemed to have represented to the Seller on the first day of each Collection Period with respect to the prior Collection Period that, to the best of its knowledge, there were no legal or governmental proceedings pending (or known to be contemplated) against [    ] or any property of [    ] that would be material to any Noteholder or, to the extent that the Certificates are registered under the Securities Act for public sale, any holder of such Certificates.

(f) The Indenture Trustee shall, as promptly as practicable following notice to or discovery by the Indenture Trustee of any changes to any information regarding the Indenture Trustee as is required for the purpose of compliance with Item 1117 of Regulation AB, provide to the Seller, in writing, such updated information.

 

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(g) The Indenture Trustee shall deliver to the Seller on or before [    ] of each year, beginning with [    ] (or, if such day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day), a certificate of a representative of the Indenture Trustee with respect to the immediately preceding calendar year certifying, on behalf of the Indenture Trustee, that except to the extent otherwise disclosed in writing to Seller, to the best of his or her knowledge, there were no legal or governmental proceedings pending (or known to be contemplated) against [    ], or any property of [    ], that would be material to any Noteholder or, to the extent that the Certificates are registered under the Securities Act for public sale, any holder of such Certificates.

SECTION 9.22 Form 8-K Filings. So long as the Seller is filing Exchange Act Reports with respect to the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee shall promptly notify the Seller, but in no event later than one (1) Business Day after its occurrence, of any Reportable Event of which a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee has actual knowledge (other than a Reportable Event described in clause (a) or (b) of the definition thereof as to which the Seller or the Servicer has actual knowledge). The Indenture Trustee shall be deemed to have actual knowledge of any such event to the extent that it relates to the Indenture Trustee or any action or failure to act by the Indenture Trustee.

SECTION 9.23 Indemnification. [Indenture Trustee name] shall indemnify the Seller, each Affiliate of the Seller and each Person who controls any of such parties (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and Section 20 of the Exchange Act) and the respective present and former directors, officers, employees and agents of each of the foregoing, and shall hold each of them harmless from and against any losses, damages, penalties, fines, forfeitures, legal fees and expenses and related costs, judgments, and any other costs, fees and expenses that any of them may sustain arising out of or based upon:

(a) (i) any untrue statement of a material fact contained or alleged to be contained in the Servicing Criteria assessment and any other information required to be provided by [Indenture Trustee name] to the Seller or its affiliates under Sections 9.21 (excluding clause (b)(ii) of Section 9.21) or 9.22 (such information, the “Provided Information”), or (ii) the omission or alleged omission to state in the Provided Information a material fact required to be stated in the Provided Information, or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, by way of clarification, that clause (ii) of this paragraph shall be construed solely by reference to the related information and not to any other information communicated in connection with a sale or purchase of securities, without regard to whether the Provided Information or any portion thereof is presented together with or separately from such other information; or

(b) any failure by [Indenture Trustee name] to deliver any Servicing Criteria assessment, information, report, certification, accountants’ letter or other material when and as required under Sections 9.21 and 9.22; provided, however, for the avoidance of doubt, this provision shall exclude the accountants’ report described in clause (b)(ii) of Section 9.21.

 

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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, in no event shall [Indenture Trustee name] be liable for special, indirect or consequential damages of any kind whatsoever, including but not limited to lost profits, even if [Indenture Trustee name] has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action.

SECTION 9.24 Dispute Resolution.

(a) If the Seller, the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee (at the direction of an Investor pursuant to Section 7.4 of the Indenture) (the “Requesting Party”) requests that VCI or the Seller repurchase any Receivable pursuant to Section 3.4 of the Purchase Agreement or Section 2.4 hereof (the party or parties requested to repurchase a receivable, the “Requested Party” or “Requested Parties”), as applicable, and the repurchase request has not been fulfilled or otherwise resolved to the reasonable satisfaction of the Requesting Party within 180 days of the receipt of notice of the request by VCI or the Seller, as applicable, the Requesting Party will have the right to refer the matter, at its discretion, to either mediation or arbitration pursuant to this Section 9.24. If the Requesting Party is the Indenture Trustee acting at the direction of an Investor, such Investor shall make all decisions related to mediation or arbitration. VCI will inform the Requesting Party in writing upon a determination by VCI that a Receivable subject to a demand to repurchase will be repurchased and the monthly distribution report filed by the Seller on Form 10-D for the Collection Period in which such Receivables were repurchased will include disclosure of such repurchase. A failure of VCI to inform the requesting party that a Receivable subject to a demand will be repurchased within 180 days of the receipt of notice of the request shall be deemed to be a determination by VCI that no repurchase of that Receivable due to a breach of Section 3.4 of the Purchase Agreement is required. If more than one Investor has directed the Indenture Trustee in connection with a request to pursue dispute resolution pursuant to this Section 9.24, the Indenture Trustee shall act at the direction of the Investors holding a majority of the Note Balance of the Notes held by such directing Investors.

(b) The Requesting Party will provide notice in accordance with the provisions of Section 9.5 of its intention to refer the matter to mediation or arbitration, as applicable, to the Requested Parties, with a copy to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee. Each of VCI and the Seller agree that such Person will participate in the resolution method selected by the Requesting Party to the extent such Person is a Requested Party. The Requested Party shall provide notice to the Seller and the Issuer that the Requested Party has received a request to mediate or arbitrate a repurchase request. Upon receipt of such notice, the Seller, the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee shall advise the Requesting Party and Requested Party of an intent to join in the mediation or arbitration, which shall result in their being joined as a Requesting Party in the proceeding.

(c) A Requesting Party may not initiate a mediation or arbitration pursuant to this Section 9.24 with respect to a Receivable that is, or has been, the subject of an ongoing or previous mediation or arbitration (whether by that Requesting Party or another Requesting Party) but will have the right, subject to a determination by the parties to the existing mediation or arbitration that such joinder would not prejudice the rights of the participants to such existing mediation or arbitration or unduly delay such proceeding, to join an existing mediation or arbitration with respect to that Receivable if the mediation or arbitration has not yet concluded. In the case of any such joinder, if the initial Requesting Party is the Indenture Trustee (at the direction of one or more Investors), any decisions related to the mediation or arbitration will be made by such Investors holding a majority of the Note Balance of all of the Outstanding Notes.

 

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(d) If the Requesting Party selects mediation as the resolution method, the following provisions will apply:

(i) The mediation will be administered by [a nationally recognized arbitration and mediation association] [one of [identify acceptable options]] selected by [the Requesting Party] pursuant to such association’s mediation procedures in effect at such time.

(ii) The fees and expenses of the mediation will be allocated as mutually agreed by the parties as part of the mediation.

(iii) The mediator will be impartial, knowledgeable about and experienced with the laws of the State of New York that are relevant to the repurchase dispute and will be appointed from a list of neutrals maintained by the American Arbitration Association (the “AAA”).

(e) If the Requesting Party selects arbitration as the resolution method, the following provisions will apply:

(i) The arbitration will be administered by [a nationally recognized arbitration and mediation association] [one of [identify acceptable options]] jointly selected by the parties, and if the parties are unable to agree on an association, by the AAA, and conducted pursuant to such association’s arbitration procedures in effect at such time.

(ii) The arbitrator will be impartial, knowledgeable about and experienced with the laws of the State of New York that are relevant to the dispute hereunder and will be appointed from a list of neutrals maintained by AAA.

(iii) The arbitrator will make its final determination no later than [90] days after appointment or as soon as practicable thereafter. The arbitrator will resolve the dispute in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, and may not modify or change this Agreement in any way. The arbitrator will not have the power to award punitive damages or consequential damages in any arbitration conducted by it[, and the Requested Party shall not be required to pay more than the applicable Repurchase Amount with respect to any receivable which such Requested Party is required to repurchase under the terms of the Purchase Agreement or this Agreement, as applicable]. In its final determination, the arbitrator will determine and award the costs of the arbitration (including the fees of the arbitrator, cost of any record or transcript of the arbitration, and administrative fees) and reasonable attorneys’ fees to the parties as determined by the arbitrator in its reasonable discretion. The determination of the arbitrator will be in writing and counterpart copies will be promptly delivered to the parties. The determination may be enforced in any court of competent jurisdiction.

(iv) No person may bring a putative or certified class action to arbitration.

 

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(f) The following provisions will apply to both mediations and arbitrations:

(i) Any mediation or arbitration will be held in [City, State] or such other location mutually agreed to by the Requesting Party and the Requested Parties;

(ii) Notwithstanding this dispute resolution provision, the parties will have the right to seek provisional relief from a competent court of law, including a temporary restraining order, preliminary injunction or attachment order, provided such relief would otherwise be available by law;

(iii) The details and/or existence of any unfulfilled repurchase request, any meetings or discussions regarding any unfulfilled repurchase request, mediations or arbitration proceedings conducted under this Section 9.24, including all offers, promises, conduct and statements, whether oral or written, made in the course of the parties’ attempt to resolve an unfulfilled repurchase request, any information exchanged in connection with any mediation, and any discovery taken in connection with any arbitration (collectively, “Confidential Information”), shall be and remain confidential and inadmissible (except disclosures required by Applicable Law) for any purpose, including impeachment, in any mediation, arbitration or litigation, or other proceeding (including any proceeding under this Section 9.24) other than as required to be disclosed in accordance with applicable law, regulatory requirements, or court order or to the extent that the Requested Party, in its sole discretion, elects to disclose such information. Such information will be kept strictly confidential and will not be disclosed or discussed with any third party, and except that a party may disclose such information to its own attorneys, experts, accountants and other agents and representatives (collectively “Representatives”), as reasonably required in connection with any resolution procedure under this Section 9.24, and the Asset Representations Reviewer, if an Asset Review has been conducted), if the disclosing Party (a) directs such Representatives to keep the information confidential, (b) is responsible for any disclosure by its Representatives of such information and (c) takes at its sole expense all reasonable measures to restrain such Representatives from disclosing such information. If any party receives a subpoena or other request for information from a third party (other than a governmental regulatory body) for Confidential Information, the recipient will promptly notify the other party and will provide the other party with the opportunity to object to the production of its Confidential Information or seek other appropriate protective remedies, consistent with the applicable requirements of law and regulation. If, in the absence of a protective order, such party or any of its representatives are compelled as a matter of law, regulation, legal process or by regulatory authority to disclose any portion of the Confidential Information, such party may disclose to the party compelling disclosure only the part of such Confidential Information that is required to be disclosed.

SECTION 9.25 Cooperation with Voting. Each of VCI, the Seller and the Issuer hereby acknowledges and agrees that it shall cooperate with the Indenture Trustee to facilitate any vote by the Instituting Noteholders pursuant to the terms of Section 7.5 of the Indenture.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized as of the day and year first above written.

 

VOLKSWAGEN AUTO LEASE/LOAN UNDERWRITTEN FUNDING, LLC, as Seller
By:                                                    
Name:
Title:
By:                                                                    
Name:
Title:

 

VW CREDIT, INC., as Servicer
By:                                                                    
Name:
Title:
By:                                                                    
Name:
Title:

 

VW CREDIT, INC., in its individual capacity solely with respect to Section 6.2(d) and Section 9.24 hereof:
By:                                                                    
Name:
Title:
By:    
Name:
Title:

 

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VOLKSWAGEN AUTO LOAN ENHANCED TRUST 20[ ]-[ ], as Issuer
By: [    ], not in its individual capacity but solely as Owner Trustee
By:                                                                        
Name:
Title:

 

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[ ], not in its individual capacity but solely as Indenture Trustee
By:    
Name:  
Title:  

 

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SCHEDULE I

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES WITH RESPECT TO THE RECEIVABLES

(a) Characteristics of Receivables.

Each Receivable:

(i) has been fully executed by the Obligor thereto;

(ii) has either (A) been originated by a Dealer located in the United States to finance the sale by a Dealer of the related Financed Vehicle and has been purchased by the Originator or (B) has been originated or acquired by the Originator;

(iii) as of the Closing Date is secured by a first priority perfected security interest in the Financed Vehicle in favor of the Originator, as secured party, or all necessary actions have been commenced that would result in a first priority validly perfected security interest in the Financed Vehicle in favor of the Originator, as secured party;

(iv) contains provisions that permit the repossession and sale of the Financed Vehicle upon a default under the Receivable by the Obligor;

(v) provided, at origination, for level monthly payments which fully amortize the initial Outstanding Principal Balance over the original term; provided, that the amount of the first and last payments may be different but in no event more than three times the level monthly payment;

(vi) provides for interest at the Contract Rate specified in the Schedule of Receivables; and

(vii) was denominated in Dollars.

(b) Individual Characteristics. Each Receivable has the following individual characteristics as of the Cut-Off Date:

(i) each Receivable is secured by a new or used automobile, minivan or sport utility vehicle;

(ii) each Receivable has a Contract Rate of no less than [ ]%;

(iii) each Receivable had an original term to maturity of not more than [ ] months and not less than [ ] months and each Receivable has a remaining term to maturity, as of the Cut-Off Date, of [ ] months or more;

(iv) each Receivable has an Outstanding Principal Balance as of the Cut-Off Date of greater than or equal to $[    ];

 

        Schedule I-1   

Schedule I to the Sale and

Servicing Agreement


(v) no Receivable has a scheduled maturity date later than [    ];

(vi) no Receivable was more than 30 days past due as of the Cut-Off Date;

(vii) as of the Cut-off Date, no Receivable was noted in the records of VCI or the Servicer as being the subject of any pending bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding;

(viii) no Receivable is subject to a force-placed Insurance Policy on the related Financed Vehicle; and

(ix) each Receivable is a Simple Interest Receivable.

(c) Compliance with Law. The Receivable complied, at the time it was originated or made, in all material respects with all requirements of law in effect at that time and applicable to such Receivable.

(d) Binding Obligation. The Receivable constitutes the legal and binding payment obligation in writing of the Obligor, enforceable by the holder thereof in all material respects, subject as to enforcement, to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, liquidation or other laws and equitable principles, consumer protection laws and the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act.

(e) Receivable in Force. As of the Cut-Off Date, neither the Seller’s nor the Servicer’s records related to the Receivable indicate that such Receivable has been satisfied, subordinated or rescinded or that the related Financed Vehicle been released from the lien granted by such Receivable in whole or in part.

(f) No Default. Except for payment delinquencies continuing for a period of not more than 30 days as of the Cut-Off Date, the records of the Servicer did not disclose that any default, breach, violation or event permitting acceleration under the terms of the Receivable existed as of the Cut-Off Date or that any continuing condition that with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default, breach, violation or event permitting acceleration under the terms of the Receivable had arisen as of the Cut-Off Date.

(g) Insurance. The Receivable requires the Obligor thereunder to insure the Financed Vehicle under a physical damage insurance policy.

(h) No Government Obligor. The Obligor on the Receivable is not listed on VCI’s records as the United States of America or any state thereof or any local government, or any agency, department, political subdivision or instrumentality of the United States of America or any state thereof or any local government.

(i) Assignment. The terms of the Receivable do not prohibit the sale, transfer or assignment of such Receivable or the grant of a security interest in such Receivable under the Indenture.

(j) Good Title. Immediately prior to the transfers and assignments herein contemplated, the Seller had good and marketable title to each Receivable free and clear of all Liens (except Permitted Liens and any Lien that will be released prior to the assignment of such Receivable hereunder), and, immediately upon the transfer thereof to the Issuer, the Issuer will have good and marketable title to each Receivable, free and clear of all Liens except Permitted Liens.

 

        Schedule I-2   

Schedule I to the Sale and

Servicing Agreement


(k) Receivable Files. There is only one original executed copy of each “tangible record” constituting or forming a part of such Receivable that is tangible chattel paper and a single “authoritative copy” (as such term is used in Section 9-105 of the UCC) of each electronic record constituting or forming a part of such Receivable that is electronic chattel paper. The Receivable Files that constitute or evidence such Receivable do not have any marks or notations indicating that the Receivable has been pledged, assigned or otherwise conveyed by the Seller to any Person other than a party to the Transaction Documents.

(l) No Defenses. The Seller’s and the Servicer’s FiServ electronic data warehouse containing records related to the Receivables do not reflect any right of rescission, set-off, counterclaim or defense, or of the same being asserted or threatened, in writing by any Obligor with respect to any Receivable.

(m) No Repossession. As of the Cut-Off Date, no Financed Vehicle shall have been repossessed.

 

        Schedule I-3   

Schedule I to the Sale and

Servicing Agreement


SCHEDULE II

NOTICE ADDRESSES

If to the Issuer:

[    ]

with copies to the Administrator, VW Credit, Inc., and the Indenture Trustee

If to the Owner Trustee:

[    ]

[If to the Issuer Delaware Trustee:

[    ]]

If to the Indenture Trustee:

[    ]

If to the Purchaser:

Volkswagen Auto Lease/Loan Underwritten Funding, LLC

2200 Ferdinand Porsche Drive

Herndon, Virginia 20171

(telecopier no. (703) 364-7077)

Attention: Treasurer

If to the Servicer:

VW Credit, Inc.

2200 Ferdinand Porsche Drive

Herndon, Virginia 20171

(telecopier no. (703) 364-7077)

Attention: Treasurer

with a copy to VCI

If to VCI:

VW Credit, Inc.

2200 Ferdinand Porsche Drive

Herndon, Virginia 20171

(telecopier no. (703) 364-7077)

Attention: Treasurer

 

        Schedule II-1   

Schedule II to the Sale

and Servicing Agreement


with a copy to:

VW Credit, Inc.

2200 Ferdinand Porsche Drive

Herndon, Virginia 20171

(telecopier no. (703) 364-7077)

Attention: General Counsel

If to [Rating Agency]:

[    ]

If to [Rating Agency]:

[    ]

If to the Asset Representations Reviewer:

[    ]

 

        Schedule II-2   

Schedule II to the Sale

and Servicing Agreement


EXHIBIT A

FORM OF ASSIGNMENT PURSUANT TO

SALE AND SERVICING AGREEMENT

For value received, in accordance with the Sale and Servicing Agreement (the “Agreement”), dated as of [    ], between Volkswagen Auto Loan Enhanced Trust 20[ ]-[ ], a Delaware statutory trust (the “Issuer”), Volkswagen Auto Lease/Loan Underwritten Funding, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Seller”), VW Credit, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“VCI”), and [    ], a [                ] (the “Indenture Trustee”), on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Agreement, the Seller does hereby transfer, assign, set over, sell and otherwise convey to the Issuer on [ ], all right, title and interest of the Seller, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, in, to and under the Receivables set forth on the schedule of Receivables delivered by the Seller to the Issuer on the date hereof, the Collections after the Cut-Off Date, the Receivable Files and the Related Security relating thereto, together with all of Seller’s rights under the Purchase Agreement and all proceeds of the foregoing; which sale shall be effective as of the Cut-Off Date.

The foregoing sale does not constitute and is not intended to result in any assumption by the Issuer of any obligation of the Originator to the Obligors, the Dealers or any other Person in connection with the Receivables, or the other assets and properties conveyed hereunder or any agreement, document or instrument related thereto.

This assignment is made pursuant to and upon the representations, warranties and agreements on the part of the undersigned contained in the Agreement and is governed by the Agreement.

Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meaning assigned to them in the Agreement.

[Remainder of page intentionally left blank.]

 

 

 

        A-1   

Exhibit A to the

Sale and Servicing Agreement


IN WITNESS HEREOF, the undersigned has caused this assignment to be duly executed as of the date first above written.

 

VOLKSWAGEN AUTO LEASE/LOAN UNDERWRITTEN FUNDING, LLC
By:  

                                                                           

Name:
Title:
By:  

 

Name:
Title:

 

        A-2   

Exhibit A to the

Sale and Servicing Agreement


EXHIBIT B

PERFECTION REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS

In addition to the representations, warranties and covenants contained in the Agreement, the Seller hereby represents, warrants and covenants to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee as follows on the Closing Date:

General

1. The Sale and Servicing Agreement creates a valid and continuing security interest (as defined in the applicable UCC) in the Receivables and the other Transferred Assets in favor of the Issuer, which security interest is prior to all other Liens, and is enforceable as such as against creditors of and purchasers from the Seller.

2. The Receivables constitute “chattel paper” (including “electronic chattel paper” or “tangible chattel paper”), “accounts,” “instruments,” or “general intangibles,” within the meaning of the UCC.

3. Immediately prior to the sale, assignment and transfer thereof pursuant to this Agreement, each Receivable was secured by a first priority validly perfected security interest in the related Financed Vehicle in favor of the Originator (or its assignee), as secured party, or all necessary actions with respect to such Receivable have been taken or will be taken to perfect a first priority security interest in the related Financed Vehicle in favor of the Originator (or its assignee), as secured party.

Creation

4. Immediately prior to the sale, transfer, assignment and conveyance of a Receivable by the Seller to the Issuer, the Seller owned and had good and marketable title to such Receivable free and clear of any Lien and immediately after the sale, transfer, assignment and conveyance of such Receivable to the Issuer, the Issuer will have good and marketable title to such Receivable free and clear of any Lien.

5. The Originator has received all consents and approvals to the sale of the Receivables hereunder to the Issuer required by the terms of the Receivables that constitute instruments.

Perfection

6. The Seller has caused or will have caused, within ten days after the effective date of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the filing of all appropriate financing statements in the proper filing office in the appropriate jurisdictions under applicable law in order to perfect the sale of the Receivables from the Seller to Issuer, and the security interest in the Receivables granted to the Issuer hereunder; and the Servicer, in its capacity as custodian, has in its possession the original copies of such instruments or tangible chattel paper that constitute or evidence the Receivables, and all financing statements referred to in this paragraph contain a statement that:

 

        B-1   

Exhibit B to the

Sale and Servicing Agreement


“A purchase of or security interest in any collateral described in this financing statement will violate the rights of the Secured Party/Purchaser”.

7. With respect to Receivables that constitute instruments or tangible chattel paper, either:

(i) All original executed copies of each such instrument or tangible chattel paper have been delivered to the Indenture Trustee;

(ii) Such instruments or tangible chattel paper are in the possession of the Servicer and the Indenture Trustee has received a written acknowledgment from the Servicer that the Servicer, in its capacity as custodian, is holding such instruments or tangible chattel paper solely on behalf and for the benefit of the Indenture Trustee as pledgee of the Issuer; or

(iii) The Servicer received possession of such instruments or tangible chattel paper after the Indenture Trustee received a written acknowledgment from the Servicer that the Servicer is acting solely as agent of the Indenture Trustee as pledgee of the Issuer.

Priority

8. Neither the Seller nor VCI has authorized the filing of, or is aware of, any financing statements against either the Seller or VCI that include a description of collateral covering the Receivables other than any financing statement (i) relating to the conveyance of the Receivables by VCI to the Seller under the Purchase Agreement, (ii) relating to the security interest granted to the Issuer hereunder or (iii) that has been terminated.

9. Neither the Seller nor VCI is aware of any material judgment, ERISA or tax lien filings against either the Seller or VCI.

10. Neither VCI nor a custodian or vaulting agent thereof holding any Receivable that is electronic chattel paper has communicated an “authoritative copy” (as such term is used in Section 9-105 of the UCC) of any loan agreement that constitutes or evidences such Receivable to any Person other than the Servicer.

11. None of the instruments, tangible chattel paper or electronic chattel paper that constitutes or evidences the Receivables has any marks or notations indicating that they have been pledged, assigned or otherwise conveyed to any Person other than the Seller, the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee.

Survival of Perfection Representations

12. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Sale and Servicing Agreement or any other Transaction Document, the perfection representations, warranties and covenants contained in this Exhibit B shall be continuing, and remain in full force and effect until such time as all obligations under the Transaction Documents and the Notes have been finally and fully paid and performed.

 

        B-2   

Exhibit B to the

Sale & Servicing Agreement


No Waiver

13. The Servicer shall provide the Rating Agencies with prompt written notice of any material breach of the perfection representations, warranties and covenants contained in this Exhibit B, and shall not, without satisfying the Rating Agency Condition, waive a breach of any of such perfection representations, warranties or covenants.

Servicer to Maintain Perfection and Priority

14. The Servicer covenants that, in order to evidence the interests of the Seller and Issuer under the Sale and Servicing Agreement and the Indenture Trustee under the Indenture, the Servicer shall take such action, or execute and deliver such instruments as may be necessary or advisable (including, without limitation, such actions as are requested by the Indenture Trustee) to maintain and perfect, as a first priority perfected security interest, the Indenture Trustee’s security interest in the Receivables. The Servicer shall, from time to time and within the time limits established by law, prepare and file, all financing statements, amendments, continuations, initial financing statements in lieu of a continuation statement, terminations, partial terminations, releases or partial releases, or any other filings necessary or advisable to continue, maintain and perfect the Indenture Trustee’s security interest in the Receivables as a first-priority perfected security interest.

 

        B-3   

Exhibit B to the

Sale & Servicing Agreement


EXHIBIT C

SERVICING CRITERIA TO BE ADDRESSED IN

INDENTURE TRUSTEE’S AND SERVICER’S ASSESSMENT OF COMPLIANCE

The assessment of compliance to be delivered by the Indenture Trustee or the Servicer, as applicable, shall address, at a minimum, the criteria identified below as “Applicable Indenture Trustee Servicing Criteria” or “Applicable Servicer Servicing Criteria”, as applicable:

 

Servicing Criteria

  

Applicable
Indenture Trustee
Servicing Criteria

  

Applicable
Servicer Servicing
Criteria

  

Inapplicable
Servicing
Criteria

Reference

  

Criteria

              
     General Servicing Considerations               

1122(d)(1)(i)

   Policies and procedures are instituted to monitor any performance or other triggers and events of default in accordance with the transaction agreements.       X   

1122(d)(1)(ii)

   If any material servicing activities are outsourced to third parties, policies and procedures are instituted to monitor the third party’s performance and compliance with such servicing activities.       X   

1122(d)(1)(iii)

   Any requirements in the transaction agreements to maintain a back-up servicer for the pool assets are maintained.       X   

1122(d)(1)(iv)

   A fidelity bond and errors and omissions policy is in effect on the party participating in the servicing function throughout the reporting period in the amount of coverage required by and otherwise in accordance with the terms of the transaction agreements.          X

1122(d)(1)(v)

   Aggregation of information, as applicable, is mathematically accurate and the information conveyed accurately reflects the information.         
   Cash Collection and Administration         

1122(d)(2)(i)

   Payments on pool assets are deposited into the appropriate custodial bank accounts and related bank clearing accounts no more than two business days following receipt, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements.       X   

1122(d)(2)(ii)

   Disbursements made via wire transfer on behalf of an obligor or to an investor are made only by authorized personnel.    X      

1122(d)(2)(iii)

   Advances of funds or guarantees regarding collections, cash flows or distributions, and any interest or other fees charged for such advances, are made, reviewed and approved as specified in the transaction agreements.          X

1122(d)(2)(iv)

   The related accounts for the transaction, such as cash reserve accounts or accounts established as a form of overcollateralization, are separately maintained (e.g., with respect to commingling of cash) as set forth in the transaction agreements.       X   

1122(d)(2)(v)

   Each custodial account is maintained at a federally insured depository institution as set forth in the transaction agreements. For purposes of this criterion, “federally insured depository institution” with respect to a foreign financial institution means a foreign financial institution that meets the requirements of Rule 13k-1(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act.       X   

1122(d)(2)(vi)

   Unissued checks are safeguarded so as to prevent unauthorized access.          X

 

        C-1   

Exhibit C to the

Sale & Servicing Agreement


Servicing Criteria

  

Applicable
Indenture Trustee
Servicing Criteria

  

Applicable
Servicer Servicing
Criteria

  

Inapplicable
Servicing
Criteria

Reference

  

Criteria

              

1122(d)(2)(vii)

   Reconciliations are prepared on a monthly basis for all asset-backed securities related bank accounts, including custodial accounts and related bank clearing accounts. These reconciliations are (A) mathematically accurate; (B) prepared within 30 calendar days after the bank statement cutoff date, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements; (C) reviewed and approved by someone other than the person who prepared the reconciliation; and (D) contain explanations for reconciling items. These reconciling items are resolved within 90 calendar days of their original identification, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements.          X
   Investor Remittances and Reporting         

1122(d)(3)(i)

   Reports to investors, including those to be filed with the Commission, are maintained in accordance with the transaction agreements and applicable Commission requirements. Specifically, such reports (A) are prepared in accordance with timeframes and other terms set forth in the transaction agreements; (B) provide information calculated in accordance with the terms specified in the transaction agreements; (C) are filed with the Commission as required by its rules and regulations; and (D) agree with investors’ or the trustee’s records as to the total unpaid principal balance and number of pool assets serviced by the Servicer.          X

1122(d)(3)(ii)

   Amounts due to investors are allocated and remitted in accordance with timeframes, distribution priority and other terms set forth in the transaction agreements.       X1   

1122(d)(3)(iii)

   Disbursements made to an investor are posted within two business days to the Servicer’s investor records, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements.       X   

1122(d)(3)(iv)

   Amounts remitted to investors per the investor reports agree with cancelled checks, or other form of payment, or custodial bank statements.       X   
   Pool Asset Administration          X

1122(d)(4)(i)

   Collateral or security on pool assets is maintained as required by the transaction agreements or related asset pool documents.          X

1122(d)(4)(ii)

   Pool assets and related documents are safeguarded as required by the transaction agreements          X

1122(d)(4)(iii)

   Any additions, removals or substitutions to the asset pool are made, reviewed and approved in accordance with any conditions or requirements in the transaction agreements.          X

1122(d)(4)(iv)

   Payments on pool assets, including any payoffs, made in accordance with the related pool asset documents are posted to the Servicer’s obligor records maintained no more than two business days after receipt, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements, and allocated to principal, interest or other items (e.g., escrow) in accordance with the related asset pool documents.          X

 

1 

Solely with regard to timeframes and that distributions were made in accordance with the instructions of the Servicer.

 

        C-2   

Exhibit C to the

Sale & Servicing Agreement


 

Servicing Criteria

  

Applicable
Indenture Trustee
Servicing Criteria

  

Applicable
Servicer Servicing
Criteria

  

Inapplicable
Servicing
Criteria

Reference

  

Criteria

              

1122(d)(4)(v)

   The Servicer’s records regarding the accounts and the accounts agree with the Servicer’s records with respect to an obligor’s unpaid principal balance.       X   

1122(d)(4)(vi)

   Changes with respect to the terms or status of an obligor’s account (e.g., loan modifications or re-agings) are made, reviewed and approved by authorized personnel in accordance with the transaction agreements and related pool asset documents.       X   

1122(d)(4)(vii)

   Loss mitigation or recovery actions (e.g., forbearance plans, modifications and deeds in lieu of foreclosure, foreclosures and repossessions, as applicable) are initiated, conducted and concluded in accordance with the timeframes or other requirements established by the transaction agreements.       X   

1122(d)(4)(viii)

   Records documenting collection efforts are maintained during the period a pool asset is delinquent in accordance with the transaction agreements. Such records are maintained on at least a monthly basis, or such other period specified in the transaction agreements, and describe the entity’s activities in monitoring delinquent pool assets including, for example, phone calls, letters and payment rescheduling plans in cases where delinquency is deemed temporary (e.g., illness or unemployment).       X   

1122(d)(4)(ix)

   Adjustments to interest rates or rates of return for pool assets with variable rates are computed based on the related pool asset documents.          X

1122(d)(4)(x)

   Regarding any funds held in trust for an obligor (such as escrow accounts): (A) such funds are analyzed, in accordance with the obligor’s Account documents, on at least an annual basis, or such other period specified in the transaction agreements; (B) interest on such funds is paid, or credited, to obligors in accordance with applicable Account documents and state laws; and (C) such funds are returned to the obligor within 30 calendar days of full repayment of the related Accounts, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements.          X

1122(d)(4)(xi)

   Payments made on behalf of an obligor (such as tax or insurance payments) are made on or before the related penalty or expiration dates, as indicated on the appropriate bills or notices for such payments, provided that such support has been received by the servicer at least 30 calendar days prior to these dates, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements.          X

1122(d)(4)(xii)

   Any late payment penalties in connection with any payment to be made on behalf of an obligor are paid from the servicer’s funds and not charged to the obligor, unless the late payment was due to the obligor’s error or omission.          X

1122(d)(4)(xiii)

   Disbursements made on behalf of an obligor are posted within two business days to the obligor’s records maintained by the servicer, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements.          X

 

        C-3   

Exhibit C to the

Sale & Servicing Agreement


Servicing Criteria

  

Applicable
Indenture Trustee
Servicing Criteria

  

Applicable
Servicer Servicing
Criteria

  

Inapplicable
Servicing
Criteria

Reference

  

Criteria

              

1122(d)(4)(xiv)

   Delinquencies, charge-offs and uncollectible accounts are recognized and recorded in accordance with the transaction agreements.       X   

1122(d)(4)(xv)

   Any external enhancement or other support, identified in Item 1114(a)(1) through (3) or Item 1115 of Regulation AB, is maintained as set forth in the transaction agreements.       X   

 

        C-4   

Exhibit C to the

Sale & Servicing Agreement


EXHIBIT D

FORM OF INDENTURE TRUSTEE’S ANNUAL CERTIFICATION

Re: VOLKSWAGEN AUTO LOAN ENHANCED TRUST 20[ ]-[ ]

[ ], not in its individual capacity but solely as indenture trustee (the “Indenture Trustee”), certifies to Volkswagen Auto Lease/Loan Underwritten Funding, LLC (the “Seller”), and its officers, with the knowledge and intent that they will rely upon this certification, that:

(1) It has reviewed the report on assessment of the Indenture Trustee’s compliance provided in accordance with Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and Item 1122 of Regulation AB (the “Servicing Assessment”) that was delivered by the Indenture Trustee to the Seller pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement (the “Agreement”), dated as of [ ], by and between VW Credit, Inc., the Seller, the Indenture Trustee and Volkswagen Auto Loan Enhanced Trust 20[ ]-[ ];

(2) To the best of its knowledge, the Servicing Assessment, taken as a whole, does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in the light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period of time covered by the Servicing Assessment; and

(3) To the best of its knowledge, all of the information required to be provided by the Indenture Trustee under Sections 9.21 and 9.22 of the Agreement has been provided to the Seller.

 

[ ], not in its individual capacity but solely as Indenture Trustee
By:  

                                                              

Name:
Title:
Date:  

                                                              

 

 

 

          

Exhibit D to the Sale and Servicing Agreement


APPENDIX A

DEFINITIONS

The following terms have the meanings set forth, or referred to, below:

61-Day Delinquent Receivables” means, as of any date of determination, all Receivables (other than Repurchased Receivables and Defaulted Receivables) that are sixty-one (61) or more days delinquent as of such date (or, if such date is not the last day of a Collection Period, as of the last day of the Collection Period immediately preceding such date), as determined in accordance with the Servicer’s Customary Servicing Practices.

Accrued Note Interest” means, with respect to any Payment Date, the sum of the Noteholders’ Monthly Accrued Interest for such Payment Date and the Noteholders’ Interest Carryover Shortfall for such Payment Date.

Act” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.3(a) of the Indenture.

Adjusted Pool Balance” means (a) as of the Closing Date, an amount equal to (x) the Net Pool Balance as of the Cut-Off Date minus (y) the Yield Supplement Overcollateralization Amount for the Closing Date and (b) for any Payment Date an amount equal to (x) the Net Pool Balance at the end of the Collection Period preceding that Payment Date minus (y) the Yield Supplement Overcollateralization Amount for that Payment Date.

Administration Agreement” means the Administration Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, among the Administrator, the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, as the same may be amended and supplemented from time to time.

Administrator” means VCI, or any successor Administrator under the Administration Agreement.

Advance” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.3(c) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement.

Affiliate” means, for any specified Person, any other Person which, directly or indirectly, controls, is controlled by or is under common control with such specified Person and “affiliated” has a meaning correlative to the foregoing. For purposes of this definition, “control” means the power, directly or indirectly, to cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person.

“Annual Percentage Rate” or “APR” of a Receivable means the annual rate of finance charges stated in such Receivable.

Applicable Tax State means, as of any date, each State as to which any of the following is then applicable: (a) a State in which the Owner Trustee maintains its Corporate Trust Office, (b) a State in which the Owner Trustee maintains its principal executive offices and (c) the State of Michigan or the State of Illinois.

 

        App. A-1    Appendix A to the Sale and Servicing Agreement


Asset Representations Review Agreement” means the Asset Representations Review Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, among the Issuer, VCI, the Servicer and the Asset Representations Reviewer.

Asset Representations Reviewer” means [    ], a [                ], or any successor Asset Representations Reviewer under the Asset Representations Review Agreement.

Asset Review” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Asset Representations Review Agreement.

Authenticating Agent” means any Person authorized by the Indenture Trustee to act on behalf of the Indenture Trustee to authenticate and deliver the Notes.

Authorized Newspaper” means a newspaper of general circulation in The City of New York, printed in the English language and customarily published on each Business Day, whether or not published on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays.

Authorized Officer” means (a) with respect to the Issuer, (i) any officer of the Owner Trustee who is authorized to act for the Owner Trustee in matters relating to the Issuer and who is identified on the list of Authorized Officers delivered by the Owner Trustee to the Indenture Trustee on the Closing Date or (ii) so long as the Administration Agreement is in effect, any officer of the Administrator who is authorized to act for the Administrator in matters relating to the Issuer pursuant to the Administration Agreement and who is identified on the list of Authorized Officers delivered by the Administrator to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee on the Closing Date (as such list may be modified or supplemented from time to time thereafter) and (b) with respect to the Owner Trustee, [the Issuer Delaware Trustee,] the Indenture Trustee and the Servicer, any officer of the Owner Trustee, [the Issuer Delaware Trustee,] the Indenture Trustee or the Servicer, as applicable, who is authorized to act for the Owner Trustee, [the Issuer Delaware Trustee,] the Indenture Trustee or the Servicer, as applicable, in matters relating to the Owner Trustee, [the Issuer Delaware Trustee,] the Indenture Trustee or the Servicer and who is identified on the list of Authorized Officers delivered by each of the Owner Trustee, [the Issuer Delaware Trustee,] the Indenture Trustee and the Servicer to the Indenture Trustee on the Closing Date (as such list may be modified or supplemented from time to time thereafter).

Available Funds” means, for any Payment Date and the related Collection Period, an amount equal to the sum of the following amounts: (i) all Collections received by the Servicer during such Collection Period, (ii) the sum of the Repurchase Prices deposited into the Collection Account with respect to each Receivable that is to become a Repurchased Receivable on such Payment Date and (iii) the Reserve Account Excess Amount for such Payment Date.

Available Funds Shortfall Amount” means, as of any Payment Date, the amount, if any, by which the amounts required to be paid pursuant to clauses first through fifth of Section 4.4(a) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement exceeds the sum of (i) Available Funds for such Payment Date and (ii) Advances made by the Servicer on such Payment Date.

 

        App. A-2    Appendix A to the Sale and Servicing Agreement


Bankruptcy Code” means the United States Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C. 101 et seq., as amended.

Bankruptcy Event” means, with respect to any Person, (i) the filing of a decree or order for relief by a court having jurisdiction in the premises in respect of such Person in an involuntary case under any applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar official of such Person, or ordering the winding-up or liquidation of such Person’s affairs, and such decree or order shall remain unstayed and in effect for a period of 90 consecutive days or (ii) the commencement by such Person of a voluntary case under any applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or the consent by such Person to the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case under any such law, or the consent by such Person to the appointment or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar official of such Person, or the making by such Person of any general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the failure by such Person generally to pay its debts as such debts become due, or the taking of action by such Person in furtherance of any of the foregoing.

Bankruptcy Remote Party” means each of the Seller, the Issuer, any other trust created by the Seller or any limited liability company or corporation wholly-owned by the Seller.

Benefit Plan” means (i) any “employee benefit plan” as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA which is subject to Title I of ERISA, (ii) a “plan” described by Section 4975(e)(1) of the Code, which is subject to Section 4975 of the Code or (iii) any entity deemed to hold the plan assets of any of the foregoing by reason of an employee benefit plan’s or other plan’s investment in such entity.

Book-Entry Notes” means a beneficial interest in the Notes, ownership and transfers of which shall be made through book entries by a Clearing Agency as described in Section 2.10 of the Indenture.

Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in the states of Delaware, Michigan, Virginia, New York, or in the state in which the Corporate Trust Office of the Indenture Trustee is located, are authorized or obligated by law, executive order or government decree to be closed.

Certificate” means a certificate evidencing the beneficial interest of the Certificateholder in the Issuer, substantially in the form of Exhibit A to the Trust Agreement.

Certificate of Title” means, with respect to any Financed Vehicle, the certificate of title or other documentary evidence of ownership of such Financed Vehicle as issued by the department, agency or official of the jurisdiction (whether in paper or electronic form) in which such Financed Vehicle is titled responsible for accepting applications for, and maintaining records regarding, certificates of title and liens thereon.

Certificate of Trust” means the certificate of trust for the Issuer filed by the Owner Trustee [and the Issuer Delaware Trustee] pursuant to the Statutory Trust Statute.

 

        App. A-3    Appendix A to the Sale and Servicing Agreement


Certificateholder” means initially, [                ], and any other Holder of the Certificate.

Class” means a group of Notes whose form is identical except for variation in denomination, principal amount or owner, and references to “each Class” thus mean each of the Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2[-A] Notes, [the Class A-2-B Notes,] the Class A-3 Notes and the Class A-4 Notes.

Class A-1 Final Scheduled Payment Date” means [    ].

Class A-1 Interest Rate” means [    ]% per annum (computed on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed during the applicable Interest Period, but assuming a 360-day year).

Class A-1 Note Balance” means, at any time, the Initial Class A-1 Note Balance reduced by all payments of principal made prior to such time on the Class A-1 Notes.

Class A-1 Noteholder” means the Person in whose name a Class A-1 Note is registered on the Note Register.

Class A-1 Notes” means the Class of auto loan asset backed notes designated as Class A-1 Notes, issued in accordance with the Indenture.

Class A-2[-A] Final Scheduled Payment Date” means [    ].

Class A-2[-A] Interest Rate” means [    ]% per annum (computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months).

Class A-2[-A] Note Balance” means, at any time, the Initial Class A-2[-A] Note Balance reduced by all payments of principal made prior to such time on the Class A-2[-A] Notes.

Class A-2[-A] Noteholder” means the Person in whose name a Class A-2[-A] Note is registered on the Note Register.

Class A-2[-A] Notes” means the Class of auto loan asset backed notes designated as Class A-2[-A] Notes, issued in accordance with the Indenture.

[“Class A-2-B Final Scheduled Payment Date” means [    ].]

[“Class A-2-B Interest Rate” means [LIBOR +] [    ]% per annum (computed on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed during the applicable Interest Period, but assuming a 360-day year)[; provided, however, that, for any Interest Period for which the sum of LIBOR + [    ]% is less than 0.00%, the Class A-2-B Interest Rate shall be deemed to be 0.00%].]

[“Class A-2-B Note Balance” means, at any time, the Initial Class A-2-B Note Balance reduced by all payments of principal made prior to such time on the Class A-2-B Notes.]

[“Class A-2-B Noteholder” means the Person in whose name a Class A-2-B Note is registered on the Note Register.]

 

        App. A-4    Appendix A to the Sale and Servicing Agreement


[“Class A-2-B Notes” means the Class of auto loan asset backed notes designated as Class A-2-B Notes, issued in accordance with the Indenture.]

[“Class A-2 Notes” means, collectively, the Class A-2-A Notes and the Class A-2-B Notes.]

Class A-3 Final Scheduled Payment Date” means [    ].

Class A-3 Interest Rate” means [    ]% per annum (computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months).

Class A-3 Note Balance” means, at any time, the Initial Class A-3 Note Balance reduced by all payments of principal made prior to such time on the Class A-3 Notes.

Class A-3 Noteholder” means the Person in whose name a Class A-3 Note is registered on the Note Register.

Class A-3 Notes” means the Class of auto loan asset backed notes designated as Class A-3 Notes, issued in accordance with the Indenture.

Class A-4 Final Scheduled Payment Date” means [    ].

Class A-4 Interest Rate” means [    ]% per annum (computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months).

Class A-4 Note Balance” means, at any time, the Initial Class A-4 Note Balance reduced by all payments of principal made prior to such time on the Class A-4 Notes.

Class A-4 Noteholder” means the Person in whose name a Class A-4 Note is registered on the Note Register.

Class A-4 Notes” means the Class of auto loan asset backed notes designated as Class A-4 Notes, issued in accordance with the Indenture.

Clearing Agency” means an organization registered as a “clearing agency” pursuant to Section 17A of the Exchange Act and shall initially be DTC.

Clearing Agency Participant” means a broker, dealer, bank or other financial institution or other Person for which from time to time a Clearing Agency effects book-entry transfers and pledges of securities deposited with the Clearing Agency.

Closing Date” means [    ].

Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, and any successor law thereto, and the regulations promulgated and the rulings issued thereunder.

Collateral” has the meaning set forth in the Granting Clause of the Indenture.

 

        App. A-5    Appendix A to the Sale and Servicing Agreement


Collection Account” means the trust account established and maintained pursuant to Section 4.1 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement.

Collection Period” means the period commencing on the first day of each fiscal month of the Servicer and ending on the last day of such fiscal month (or, in the case of the initial Collection Period, the period commencing on the close of business on the Cut-Off Date and ending on [    ]). As used herein, the “related” Collection Period with respect to a Payment Date shall be deemed to be the Collection Period which precedes such Payment Date.

Collections means, with respect to any Receivable and to the extent received by the Servicer after the Cut-Off Date, (i) any monthly payment by or on behalf of the Obligor thereunder, (ii) any full or partial prepayment of such Receivable, (iii) all Liquidation Proceeds and (iv) any other amounts received by the Servicer which, in accordance with the Customary Servicing Practices, would customarily be applied to the payment of accrued interest or to reduce the Outstanding Principal Balance of such Receivable; provided, however, that the term “Collections in no event will include (1) for any Payment Date, any amounts in respect of any Receivable the Repurchase Price of which has been included in the Available Funds on such Payment Date or a prior Payment Date, (2) any Supplemental Servicing Fees or (3) rebates of premiums with respect to the cancellation or termination of any Insurance Policy, extended warranty or service contract that was not financed by such Receivable.

Commission” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Contract Rate” means, with respect to a Receivable, the rate per annum at which interest accrues under the motor vehicle retail installment sales contract or installment loan evidencing such Receivable. Such rate may differ from the “Annual Percentage Rate” disclosed in the Receivable.

Corporate Trust Office” means:

(a) as used with respect to Indenture Trustee, the principal office of the Indenture Trustee at which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be administered which office at date of the execution of the Indenture is located at [    ], Attention: [    ], or at such other address as the Indenture Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Noteholders, the Administrator, the Servicer and the Issuer, or the principal corporate trust office of any successor Indenture Trustee (the address of which the successor Indenture Trustee will notify the Noteholders, the Administrator, the Servicer and the Owner Trustee); [and]

(b) as used with respect to Owner Trustee, the corporate trust office of the Owner Trustee, [    ], Attention: [    ], or at such other address as the Owner Trustee may designate by notice to the Certificateholder and the Seller, or the principal corporate trust office of any successor Owner Trustee (the address of which the successor Owner Trustee will notify the Certificateholder and the Seller)[.][; and]

[(c) as used with respect to the Issuer Delaware Trustee, the corporate trust office of the Issuer Delaware Trustee, [    ], or at such other address as the Issuer Delaware Trustee may designate by notice to the Certificateholder and the Seller, or the principal corporate trust office of any successor Issuer Delaware Trustee (the address of which the successor Issuer Delaware Trustee will notify the Certificateholder and the Seller).]

 

        App. A-6    Appendix A to the Sale and Servicing Agreement


Customary Servicing Practices” means the customary servicing practices of the Servicer or any Sub-Servicer with respect to all comparable motor vehicle receivables that the Servicer or such Sub-Servicer, as applicable, services for itself and others, as such practices may be changed from time to time, it being understood that the Servicer and the Sub-Servicers may not have the same “Customary Servicing Practices”.

Cut-Off Date” means [    ].

Dealer” means a motor vehicle dealership.

Default” means any occurrence that is, or with notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default.

Defaulted Receivable” means, with respect to any Collection Period, any Receivable as to which (a) any payment is past due 90 or more days or (b) the date on which the related Financed Vehicle has been repossessed. The Outstanding Principal Balance of any Receivable that becomes a “Defaulted Receivable” will be deemed to be zero as of the date it becomes a “Defaulted Receivable”.

Definitive Note” means a definitive fully registered Note issued pursuant to Section 2.12 of the Indenture.

Delinquency Percentage” means, for any Payment Date and the related Collection Period, an amount equal to the ratio (expressed as a percentage) of (i) the aggregate Principal Balance of all 61-Day Delinquent Receivables as of the last day of such Collection Period to (ii) the Pool Balance as of the last day of such Collection Period.

Delinquency Trigger” means, for any Payment Date and the related Collection Period,

[    ]%.

Delivery” when used with respect to Trust Account Property means:

(a) with respect to (I) bankers’ acceptances, commercial paper, negotiable certificates of deposit and other obligations that constitute “instruments” as defined in Section 9-102(47) of the UCC and are susceptible of physical delivery, transfer of actual possession thereof to the Indenture Trustee or its nominee or custodian by physical delivery to the Indenture Trustee or its nominee or custodian endorsed to, the Indenture Trustee or its nominee or custodian or endorsed in blank, and (II) with respect to a “certificated security” (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(4) of the UCC) transfer of actual possession thereof (i) by physical delivery of such certificated security to the Indenture Trustee or its nominee or custodian endorsed to, or registered in the name of, the Indenture Trustee or its nominee or custodian or endorsed in blank, or to another person, other than a “securities intermediary” (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(14) of the UCC), who acquires possession of the certificated security on behalf of the Indenture Trustee or its nominee or custodian or, having previously acquired possession of the certificate, acknowledges that it holds for the Indenture Trustee or its nominee or custodian or (ii) by delivery thereof to a

 

        App. A-7    Appendix A to the Sale and Servicing Agreement


“securities intermediary”, endorsed to or registered in the name of the Indenture Trustee or its nominee or custodian, and the making by such “securities intermediary” of entries on its books and records identifying such certificated securities as belonging to the Indenture Trustee or its nominee or custodian and the sending by such “securities intermediary” of a confirmation of the purchase of such certificated security by the Indenture Trustee or its nominee or custodian (all of the foregoing, “Physical Property”), and, in any event, any such Physical Property in registered form shall be in the name of the Indenture Trustee or its nominee or custodian; and such additional or alternative procedures as may hereafter become appropriate to effect the complete transfer of ownership of any such Trust Account Property to the Indenture Trustee or its nominee or custodian, consistent with changes in applicable law or regulations or the interpretation thereof;

(b) with respect to any securities issued by the U.S. Treasury, the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, the Federal National Mortgage Association or the other government agencies, instrumentalities and establishments of the United States identified in Appendix A to Federal Reserve Bank Operating Circular No. 7 as in effect from time to time that is a “book-entry security” (as such term is defined in Federal Reserve Bank Operating Circular No. 7) held in a securities account and eligible for transfer through the Fedwire® Securities Service operated by the Federal Reserve System pursuant to Federal book-entry regulations, the following procedures, all in accordance with applicable law, including applicable Federal regulations and Articles 8 and 9 of the UCC: book-entry registration of such Trust Account Property to an appropriate securities account maintained with a Federal Reserve Bank by a “participant” (as such term is defined in Federal Reserve Bank Operating Circular No. 7) that is a “depository institution” (as defined in Section 19(B)(1)(A) of the Federal Reserve Act) pursuant to applicable Federal regulations, and issuance by such depository institution of a deposit advice or other written confirmation of such book-entry registration to the Indenture Trustee or its nominee or custodian of the purchase by the Indenture Trustee or its nominee or custodian of such book-entry securities; the making by such depository institution of entries in its books and records identifying such book entry security held through the Federal Reserve System pursuant to Federal book-entry regulations or a security entitlement thereto as belonging to the Indenture Trustee or its nominee or custodian and indicating that such depository institution holds such Trust Account Property solely as agent for the Indenture Trustee or its nominee or custodian; and such additional or alternative procedures as may hereafter become appropriate to effect complete transfer of ownership of any such Trust Account Property to the Indenture Trustee or its nominee or custodian, consistent with changes in applicable law or regulations or the interpretation thereof; and

(c) with respect to any item of Trust Account Property that is an uncertificated security (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(18) of the UCC) and that is not governed by clause (b) above, (i) registration on the books and records of the issuer thereof in the name of the Indenture Trustee or its nominee or custodian, or (ii) registration on the books and records of the issuer thereof in the name of another person, other than a securities intermediary, who acknowledges that it holds such uncertificated security for the benefit of the Indenture Trustee or its nominee or custodian.

Depositor” means the Seller in its capacity as Depositor under the Trust Agreement.

 

        App. A-8    Appendix A to the Sale and Servicing Agreement


Determination Date” means the second Business Day preceding the related Payment Date, beginning [    ].

Dollar” and “$” mean lawful currency of the United States of America.

DTC” means The Depository Trust Company, and its successors.

Eligible Account” means either (a) a segregated account with an Eligible Institution or (b) a segregated trust account with the corporate trust department of a depository institution acting in its fiduciary capacity organized under the laws of the United States of America or any one of the states thereof or the District of Columbia (or any domestic branch of a foreign bank), having corporate trust powers and acting as trustee for funds deposited in such account, so long as the long-term unsecured debt of such depository institution shall have a credit rating from [    ] of at least “[    ]” and from [    ] of at least “[    ]”. Any such trust account may be maintained with the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee or any of their respective Affiliates, if such accounts meet the requirements described in clause (b) of the preceding sentence.

Eligible Institution” means a depository institution or trust company (which may be the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee or any of their respective Affiliates) organized under the laws of the United States of America or any one of the states thereof or the District of Columbia (or any domestic branch of a foreign bank) (a) which at all times has either (i) a long-term senior unsecured debt rating of “[    ]” or better by [                ] and “[    ]” or better by [    ] or such other rating that is acceptable to each Rating Agency, as evidenced by a letter from such Rating Agency to the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee, (ii) a certificate of deposit rating of “[    ]” by [                ] and “[    ]” by [                ] or (iii) such other rating that is acceptable to each Rating Agency, as evidenced by a letter from such Rating Agency to the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee and (b) whose deposits are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; provided, that a foreign financial institution shall be deemed to satisfy clause (b) if such foreign financial institution meets the requirements of Rule 13k-1(b)(1) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR §240.13k-1(b)(1)).

Eligible Receivable” means a Receivable meeting all of the criteria set forth on Schedule I of each of the Purchase Agreement and the Sale and Servicing Agreement as of the Closing Date.

ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.

Event of Default” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.1 of the Indenture.

Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

Exchange Act Reports” means any reports on Form 10-D, Form 8-K and Form 10-K filed or to be filed by the Seller with respect to the Issuer under the Exchange Act.

“FATCA” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the date hereof (or any amended or successor provisions that are substantially similar), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereunder or official interpretations thereof and any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code, any published intergovernmental agreement entered into in connection with the implementation the foregoing and any fiscal or regulatory legislation, rules or official practices adopted pursuant to such published intergovernmental agreement.

 

        App. A-9    Appendix A to the Sale and Servicing Agreement


“FATCA Withholding Tax” means any withholding or deduction required pursuant to FATCA.

Final Scheduled Payment Date” means, with respect to (i) the Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-1 Final Scheduled Payment Date, (ii) the Class A-2[-A] Notes, the Class A-2[-A] Final Scheduled Payment Date, [(iii) the Class A-2-B Notes, the Class A-2-B Final Scheduled Payment Date,] [(iv)] the Class A-3 Notes, the Class A-3 Final Scheduled Payment Date and [(v)] the Class A-4 Notes, the Class A-4 Final Scheduled Payment Date.

Financed Vehicle” means an automobile minivan or sport utility vehicle, together with all accessions thereto, securing an Obligor’s indebtedness under the applicable Receivable.

Form 10-D Disclosure Item” means, with respect to any Person, (a) any legal proceedings pending against such Person or of which any property of such Person is then subject, or (b) any proceedings known to be contemplated by governmental authorities against such Person or of which any property of such Person would be subject, in each case that would be material to the Noteholders.

GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the USA, applied on a materially consistent basis.

Governmental Authority” means any (a) Federal, state, municipal, foreign or other governmental entity, board, bureau, agency or instrumentality, (b) administrative or regulatory authority (including any central bank or similar authority) or (c) court or judicial authority.

Grant” means mortgage, pledge, bargain, sell, warrant, alienate, remise, release, convey, assign, transfer, create, grant a lien upon and a security interest in and right of set-off against, deposit, set over and confirm pursuant to the Indenture. A Grant of the Collateral or of any other agreement or instrument shall include all rights, powers and options (but none of the obligations) of the Granting party thereunder, including the immediate and continuing right to claim for, collect, receive and give receipt for principal and interest payments in respect of the Collateral and all other moneys payable thereunder, to give and receive notices and other communications, to make waivers or other agreements, to exercise all rights and options, to bring proceedings in the name of the Granting party or otherwise and generally to do and receive anything that the Granting party is or may be entitled to do or receive thereunder or with respect thereto. Other forms of the verb “to Grant” shall have correlative meanings.

Hague Securities Convention” means the Hague Convention on the Law Applicable to Certain Rights in Respect of Securities held with an Intermediary (concluded July 5, 2006).

Holder” means, as the context may require, the Certificateholder or a Noteholder or both.

Indenture” means the Indenture, dated as of the Closing Date, between the Issuer and Indenture Trustee, as the same may be amended and supplemented from time to time.

 

        App. A-10    Appendix A to the Sale and Servicing Agreement


Indenture Trustee” means [    ], a [                ], not in its individual capacity but as indenture trustee under the Indenture, or any successor trustee under the Indenture.

Independent” means, when used with respect to any specified Person, that such Person (i) is in fact independent of the Issuer, any other obligor upon the Notes, the Administrator and any Affiliate of any of the foregoing Persons, (ii) does not have any direct financial interest or any material indirect financial interest in the Issuer, any such other obligor, the Administrator or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing Persons and (iii) is not connected with the Issuer, any such other obligor, the Administrator or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing Persons as an officer, employee, promoter, underwriter, trustee, partner, director or Person performing similar functions.

Independent Certificate” means a certificate or opinion to be delivered to the Indenture Trustee under the circumstances described in, and otherwise complying with, the applicable requirements of Section 11.1 of the Indenture, made by an independent appraiser or other expert appointed by an Issuer Order, and such opinion or certificate shall state that the signer has read the definition of “Independent” in this Appendix A and that the signer is Independent within the meaning thereof.

Initial Class A-1 Note Balance” means $[    ].

Initial Class A-2[-A] Note Balance” means $[    ].

[“Initial Class A-2-B Note Balance” means $[    ].]

Initial Class A-3 Note Balance” means $[    ].

Initial Class A-4 Note Balance” means $[    ].

Initial Note Balance” means, for any Class, the Initial Class A-1 Note Balance, the Initial Class A-2[-A] Note Balance, [the Initial Class A-2-B Note Balance,] the Initial Class A-3 Note Balance and the Initial Class A-4 Note Balance, as applicable, or with respect to the Notes generally, the sum of the foregoing.

Initial Reserve Account Deposit Amount” means an amount equal to $[    ] ([    ]% of the Adjusted Pool Balance as of the Closing Date).

Insurance Policy” means (i) any theft and physical damage insurance policy maintained by the Obligor under a Receivable, providing coverage against loss or damage to or theft of the related Financed Vehicle, and (ii) any credit life or credit disability insurance maintained by an Obligor in connection with any Receivable.

Interest Period” means, with respect to any Payment Date, (a) with respect to the Class A-1 Notes [and the Class A-2-B Notes], from and including the Closing Date (in the case of the first Payment Date) or from and including the most recent Payment Date to but excluding that Payment Date (for example, for a Payment Date in June, the Interest Period is from and including the Payment Date in May to but excluding the Payment Date in June) and (b) for the Class A-2[-A] Notes, the Class A-3 Notes and the Class A-4 Notes, from and including the [20th] day of the calendar month preceding such Payment Date (or the Closing Date in the case of the first Payment Date) to but excluding the [20th] day of the month in which such Payment Date occurs.

 

        App. A-11    Appendix A to the Sale and Servicing Agreement


Interest Rate” means (a) with respect to the Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-1 Interest Rate, (b) with respect to the Class A-2[-A] Notes, the Class A-2[-A] Interest Rate, [(c) with respect to the Class A-2-B Notes, the Class A-2-B Interest Rate,] [(d)] with respect to the Class A-3 Notes, the Class A-3 Interest Rate or [(e)] with respect to the Class A-4 Notes, the Class A-4 Interest Rate.

Investor” means (a) with respect to any Book-Entry Note, each related Note Owner and (b) with respect to any Definitive Note, each related Noteholder.

Issuer” means Volkswagen Auto Loan Enhanced Trust 20[ ]-[ ], a Delaware statutory trust established pursuant to the Trust Agreement and the filing of the Certificate of Trust, until a successor replaces it and, thereafter, means such successor.

[“Issuer Delaware Trustee” means [    ], a [                ], not in its individual capacity but solely as Delaware trustee of the Issuer under the Trust Agreement and any successor thereunder.]

Issuer Order” and “Issuer Request” means a written order or request of the Issuer signed in the name of the Issuer by any one of its Authorized Officers and delivered to the Indenture Trustee.

Item 1119 Party” means the Seller, VCI, the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee, [the Issuer Delaware Trustee,] any underwriter of the Notes[, any Swap Counterparty] and any other material transaction party identified by the Seller or VCI to the Indenture Trustee[,] [and] the Owner Trustee [and the Issuer Delaware Trustee] in writing.

[“LIBOR” means, with respect to any Interest Period, the London interbank offered rate for deposits in U.S. Dollars having a maturity of one month commencing on the related LIBOR Determination Date which appears on Bloomberg Screen BBAM Page (or any successor page) as of 11:00 a.m., London time, on such LIBOR Determination Date; provided, however, that for the first Interest Period, LIBOR shall mean an interpolated rate for deposits based on London interbank offered rates for deposits in U.S. Dollars for a period that corresponds to the actual number of days in the first Interest Period. If the rates used to determine LIBOR do not appear on the Bloomberg Screen BTMM Page (or any successor page), the rates for that day will be determined on the basis of the rates at which deposits in U.S. Dollars, having a maturity of one month and in a principal amount of not less than U.S. $1,000,000 are offered at approximately 11:00 a.m. London time, on such LIBOR Determination Date to prime banks in the London interbank market by the reference banks. The Indenture Trustee will request the principal London office of each of such reference banks to provide a quotation of its rate. If at least two such quotations are provided, the rate for that day will be the arithmetic mean to the nearest 1/100,000 of 1.00% (0.0000001), with five one-millionths of a percentage point rounded upward, of all such quotations. If fewer than two such quotations are provided, the rate for that day will be the arithmetic mean to the nearest 1/100,000 of 1.00% (0.0000001), with five one-millionths of a percentage point rounded upward, of the offered per annum rates that one or more leading

 

        App. A-12    Appendix A to the Sale and Servicing Agreement


banks in New York City, selected by the Seller, are quoting as of approximately 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on such LIBOR Determination Date to leading European banks for United States dollar deposits for that maturity; provided, that if the banks selected as aforesaid are not quoting as mentioned in this sentence, LIBOR in effect for the applicable Interest Period will be LIBOR in effect for the previous Interest Period. The reference banks are the four major banks in the London interbank market selected by the Seller.]

[“LIBOR Determination Date” means the second London Business Day prior to the Closing Date with respect to the first Payment Date and, as to each subsequent Payment Date, the second London Business Day prior to the immediately preceding Payment Date.]

Lien” means, for any asset or property of a Person, a lien, charge, excise, claim, security interest, mortgage, pledge or other encumbrance in, of or on such asset or property in favor of any other Person, except any Permitted Lien.

Liquidation Proceeds” means, with respect to any Receivable, (a) insurance proceeds received by the Servicer with respect to the Insurance Policies, (b) amounts received by the Servicer in connection with such Receivable pursuant to the exercise of rights under such Receivable and (c) the monies collected by the Servicer (from whatever source, including proceeds of a sale of a Financed Vehicle, a deficiency balance recovered from the Obligor after the charge-off of such Receivable or as a result of any recourse against the related Dealer, if any) on such Receivable other than any monthly payments by or on behalf of the Obligor thereunder or any full or partial prepayment of such Receivable, in the case of each of the foregoing clauses (a) through (c), net of any expenses (including, without limitation, any auction, painting, repair or refurbishment expenses in respect of the related Financed Vehicle) incurred by the Servicer in connection therewith and any payments required by law to be remitted to the Obligor; provided, however, that the Repurchase Price for any Receivable shall not constitute “Liquidation Proceeds”.

[“London Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or day on which banking institutions in London, England are authorized or obligated by law or government decree to be closed.]

Monthly Remittance Condition” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.2 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement.

[“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., or any successor that is a nationally recognized statistical rating organization.]

Net Pool Balance” means, as of any date, the aggregate Outstanding Principal Balance of all Receivables (other than Defaulted Receivables) of the Issuer on such date.

Note” means a Class A-1 Note, Class A-2[-A] Note, [Class A-2-B Note,] Class A-3 Note or Class A-4 Note, in each case substantially in the form of Exhibit A to the Indenture.

Note Balance” means, with respect to any date of determination, for any Class, the Class A-1 Note Balance, Class A-2[-A] Note Balance, [Class A-2-B Note Balance,] Class A-3 Note Balance or Class A-4 Note Balance, as applicable, or with respect to the Notes generally, the sum of all of the foregoing.

 

       App. A-13  

Appendix A to the Sale and Servicing

Agreement


Note Depository Agreement” means the agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, executed by the Issuer in favor of The Depository Trust Company, as the initial Clearing Agency relating to the Notes, as the same may be amended or supplemented from time to time.

Note Factor” means, with respect to the Notes or any Class of Notes on any Payment Date, a six-digit decimal figure equal to the Note Balance of the Notes or such Class of Notes, as applicable, as of the end of the preceding Collection Period divided by the Note Balance of the Notes or such Class of Notes, as applicable, as of the Closing Date. The Note Factor will be 1.000000 as of the Closing Date; thereafter, the Note Factor will decline to reflect reductions in the Note Balance of the Notes or such Class of Notes, as applicable.

Note Owner” means, with respect to a Book-Entry Note, the Person who is the beneficial owner of such Book-Entry Note, as reflected on the books of the Clearing Agency or a Person maintaining an account with such Clearing Agency (directly as a Clearing Agency Participant or as an indirect participant, in each case in accordance with the rules of such Clearing Agency).

Note Register” and “Note Registrar” have the respective meanings set forth in Section 2.4 of the Indenture.

Noteholder” means, as the context requires, all of the Class A-1 Noteholders, the Class A-2[-A] Noteholders, [the Class A-2-B Noteholders,] the Class A-3 Noteholders and the Class A-4 Noteholders, or any of the foregoing.

Noteholder Direction” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.5(a) of the Indenture.

Noteholder FATCA Information” means information sufficient to eliminate the imposition of, or determine the amount of U.S. withholding tax under FATCA.

Noteholder Tax Identification Information” means properly completed and signed tax certifications (generally with respect to U.S. Federal Income Tax, IRS Form W-9 (or applicable successor form) in the case of a person that is a “United States person” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code or the appropriate IRS Form W-8 (or applicable successor form) in the case of a person that is not a “United States person” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code).

Noteholders’ Interest Carryover Shortfall” means, with respect to any Payment Date, the excess of the Noteholders’ Monthly Accrued Interest for the preceding Payment Date and any outstanding Noteholders’ Interest Carryover Shortfall on such preceding Payment Date, over the amount in respect of interest that was actually paid to Noteholders on such preceding Payment Date, plus interest on the amount of Noteholders’ Monthly Accrued Interest and any outstanding Noteholders’ Interest Carryover Shortfall due but not paid to Noteholders on the preceding Payment Date, to the extent permitted by law, at the respective Interest Rates borne by such Notes for the related Interest Period.

 

       App. A-14  

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Agreement


Noteholders’ Monthly Accrued Interest” means, with respect to any Payment Date, the aggregate interest accrued for the related Interest Period on the Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2[-A] Notes, [the Class A-2-B Notes,] the Class A-3 Notes and the Class A-4 Notes at the respective Interest Rate for such Class on the Note Balance of the Notes of each such Class on the immediately preceding Payment Date (or the Closing Date, in the case of the First Interest Period), after giving effect to all payments of principal to the Noteholders of the Notes of such Class on or prior to such preceding Payment Date.

Obligor” means, for any Receivable, each Person obligated to pay such Receivable.

Officer’s Certificate” means (i) with respect to the Issuer, a certificate signed by any Authorized Officer of the Issuer and (ii) with respect to the Seller or the Servicer, a certificate signed by the chairman of the board, the president, any executive vice president, any vice president, the treasurer, any assistant treasurer or the controller of the Seller or the Servicer, as applicable.

Opinion of Counsel” means one or more written opinions of counsel who may, except as otherwise expressly provided in the Indenture or any other applicable Transaction Document, be employees of or counsel to the Issuer, the Servicer, the Seller or the Administrator, and which opinion or opinions comply with any applicable requirements of the Transaction Documents and are in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the recipient(s). Opinions of Counsel need address matters of law only and may be based upon stated assumptions as to relevant matters of fact.

Optional Purchase” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.1 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement.

Optional Purchase Price” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.1 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement.

Originator” means, with respect to any Receivable, VCI.

Other Assets means any assets (or interests therein) (other than the Trust Estate) conveyed or purported to be conveyed by the Seller to another Person or Persons other than the Issuer, whether by way of a sale, capital contribution or by virtue of the granting of a lien.

Outstanding” means, as of any date, all Notes (or all Notes of an applicable Class) theretofore authenticated and delivered under the Indenture except:

(i) Notes (or Notes of an applicable Class) theretofore cancelled by the Note Registrar or delivered to the Note Registrar for cancellation;

(ii) Notes (or Notes of an applicable Class) or portions thereof the payment for which money in the necessary amount has been theretofore deposited with the Indenture Trustee or any Paying Agent in trust for the related Noteholders (provided, however, that if such Notes are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to the Indenture or provision therefor, satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee, has been made); and

 

       App. A-15  

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Agreement


(iii) Notes (or Notes of an applicable Class) in exchange for or in lieu of other Notes (or Notes of such Class) that have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to the Indenture unless proof satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee is presented that any such Notes are held by a bona fide purchaser; provided that in determining whether Noteholders holding the requisite aggregate principal balance of Outstanding Notes have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, vote or waiver hereunder or under any Transaction Document, Notes owned by the Issuer, the Seller, any Certificateholder, the Servicer, the Administrator or any of their respective Affiliates shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding unless all of the Notes are then owned by the Issuer, the Seller, any Certificateholder, the Servicer, the Administrator or any of their respective Affiliates, except that, in determining whether the Indenture Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, vote or waiver, only Notes that a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Notes so owned that have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee thereof establishes to the satisfaction of the Indenture Trustee such pledgee’s right so to act with respect to such Notes and that such pledgee is not the Issuer, the Seller, any Certificateholder, the Servicer, the Administrator or any of their respective Affiliates.

Outstanding Principal Balance” means, with respect to any Receivable as of any date, the outstanding principal balance of such Receivable calculated in accordance with the Customary Servicing Practices.

Owner Trustee” means [                ], a [                ], not in its individual capacity but solely as owner trustee under the Trust Agreement, and any successor Owner Trustee thereunder.

Paying Agent” means the Indenture Trustee or any other Person that meets the eligibility standards for the Indenture Trustee set forth in Section 6.11 of the Indenture and is authorized by the Issuer to make the payments to and distributions from the Principal Distribution Account, including the payment of principal of or interest on the Notes on behalf of the Issuer.

Payment Date” means the [20th] day of each calendar month beginning [    ]; provided, however, whenever a Payment Date would otherwise be a day that is not a Business Day, the Payment Date shall be the next Business Day. As used herein, the “related” Payment Date with respect to a Collection Period shall be deemed to be the Payment Date which follows such Collection Period.

Payment Default” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.4(a) of the Indenture.

Permitted Investments” means (i) evidences of indebtedness, maturing within thirty (30) days after the date of loan thereof, issued by, or guaranteed by the full faith and credit of, the federal government of the USA, (ii) repurchase agreements with banking institutions or broker-dealers registered under the Exchange Act which are fully secured by obligations of the kind specified in clause (i), (iii) money market funds (a) rated not lower than the highest rating category from [    ] and the highest rating category from [    ], or (b) which are otherwise acceptable to each Rating Agency as evidenced by a letter from such Rating Agency to the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee, (iv) commercial paper (including commercial paper of any Affiliate of the Seller, the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee) rated, at the time of the investment or contractual commitment to invest therein, at least “[    ]” (or the equivalent) by [    ] and at least “[    ]” (or the equivalent) by [    ] or (v) such other investments acceptable to each Rating Agency, as evidenced by a letter from such Rating Agency to the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee.

 

       App. A-16  

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Agreement


Permitted Liens” means (a) the interest of the parties under the Transaction Documents, (b) any liens for taxes not due and payable or the amount of which is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and (c) any liens of mechanics, suppliers, vendors, materialmen, laborers, employees, repairmen and other like liens securing obligations which are not due and payable or the amount or validity of which is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings.

Person” means any individual, corporation, limited liability company, estate, partnership, joint venture, association, joint stock company, trust (including any beneficiary thereof), unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.

Physical Property” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Delivery” above.

Predecessor Note” means, with respect to any particular Note, every previous Note evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such particular Note; provided, however, for the purpose of this definition, any Note authenticated and delivered under Section 2.5 of the Indenture in lieu of a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Note shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Note.

Principal Distribution Account” means the account by that name established and maintained pursuant to Section 4.1 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement.

Principal Distribution Amount” will mean, for any Payment Date, an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (a) the Adjusted Pool Balance as of the end of the Collection Period preceding the related Collection Period, or as of the Cut-Off Date, in the case of the first Collection Period, over (b) the Adjusted Pool Balance as of the end of the related Collection Period, together with any portion of the Principal Distribution Amount that was to be distributed as such on any prior Payment Date but was not so distributed because sufficient funds were not available to make such distribution; provided, that if the Servicer specifies in the related Servicer’s Certificate that amounts on deposit in the Reserve Account will be included in the Reserve Account Draw Amount on any Payment Date in accordance with the provisions set forth in the second sentence of the definition of Reserve Account Draw Amount, then, the Principal Distribution Amount for such Payment Date will mean an amount equal to the aggregate unpaid Note Balance of all of the outstanding classes of Notes; provided, further, that the Principal Distribution Amount on and after the Final Scheduled Payment Date of any Class of Notes shall not be less than the amount that is necessary to reduce the outstanding amount of that Class of Notes to zero.

 

       App. A-17  

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Agreement


Proceeding” means any suit in equity, action at law or other judicial or administrative proceeding.

Purchase Agreement” means the Purchase Agreement dated as of the Closing Date between VCI and the Seller, as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time.

Purchased Assets” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1 of the Purchase Agreement.

Rating Agency” means either or each of [    ] and [    ], as indicated by the context.

Rating Agency Condition” means, with respect to any event or circumstance and each Rating Agency, either (a) written confirmation (which may be in the form of a letter, press release or other publication, or a change in such Rating Agency’s published ratings criteria to this effect) by such Rating Agency that the occurrence of such event or circumstance will not cause it to downgrade, qualify or withdraw its rating assigned to any of the Notes or (b) that such Rating Agency shall have been given notice of such event or circumstance at least ten days prior to the occurrence of such event or circumstance (or, if ten days’ advance notice is impracticable, as much advance notice as is practicable) and such Rating Agency shall not have issued any written notice that the occurrence of such event or circumstance will itself cause it to downgrade, qualify or withdraw its rating assigned to the Notes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Rating Agency has any duty to review any notice given with respect to any event, and it is understood that such Rating Agency may not actually review notices received by it prior to or after the expiration of the ten (10) day period described in (b) above. Further, each Rating Agency retains the right to downgrade, qualify or withdraw its rating assigned to all or any of the Notes at any time in its sole judgment even if the Rating Agency Condition with respect to an event had been previously satisfied pursuant to clause (a) or clause (b) above.

Receivable” means any motor vehicle retail installment sales contract or installment loan with respect to a new or used automobile, minivan or sport utility vehicle which shall appear on the Schedule of Receivables and all Related Security in connection therewith which has not been released from the lien of the Indenture.

Receivable Files” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.5(a) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement.

Record Date” means, unless otherwise specified in any Transaction Document, with respect to any Payment Date or Redemption Date, (i) for any Definitive Notes and for the Certificates, the close of business on the last Business Day of the calendar month immediately preceding the calendar month in which such Payment Date or Redemption Date occurs and (ii) for any Book-Entry Notes, the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding such Payment Date or Redemption Date.

Redemption Date” means, in the case of a redemption of the Notes pursuant to Section 10.1 of the Indenture, the Payment Date specified by the Administrator or the Issuer pursuant to Section 10.1 of the Indenture.

Redemption Price” means an amount equal to the sum of (a) the unpaid Note Balance redeemed plus (b) accrued and unpaid interest thereon at the applicable Interest Rate for the Notes being so redeemed, up to but excluding the Redemption Date.

 

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Agreement


Registered Holder” means the Person in whose name a Note is registered on the Note Register on the related Record Date.

“Regulation AB” means Subpart 229.1100 – Asset Backed Securities (Regulation AB), 17 C.F.R. §§229.1110-229.1123, as such regulation may be amended from time to time and subject to such clarification and interpretation as have been provided by the Commission in the adopting release (Asset-Backed Securities, Securities Act Release No. 33-8518. 70 Fed. Reg. 1,506, 1,531 (January 7, 2005)) or by the staff of the Commission, or as may be provided in writing by the Commission or its staff from time to time.

Related Security” means, for any Receivable, (i) the security interest in the related Financed Vehicle, (ii) any proceeds from claims on any Insurance Policy (if such Receivable became a Defaulted Receivable after the Cut-Off Date), (iii) any other property securing the Receivables, (iv) all rights of the Originator against the related Dealer and (v) all proceeds of the foregoing.

Reportable Event” means any event required to be reported on Form 8-K, and in any event, the following:

(a) entry into a material definitive agreement related to the Issuer or the Notes or an amendment to a Transaction Document, even if the Seller is not a party to such agreement (e.g., a servicing agreement with a servicer contemplated by Item 1108(a)(3) of Regulation AB);

(b) termination of a Transaction Document (other than by expiration of the agreement on its stated termination date or as a result of all parties completing their obligations under such agreement), even if the Seller is not a party to such agreement (e.g., a servicing agreement with a servicer contemplated by Item 1108(a)(3) of Regulation AB);

(c) with respect to the Servicer only, the occurrence of a Servicer Replacement Event;

(d) an Event of Default;

(e) the resignation, removal, replacement, or substitution of the Indenture Trustee[, the Issuer Delaware Trustee] or the Owner Trustee; and

(f) with respect to the Indenture Trustee only, a required distribution to holders of the Notes is not made as of the required Payment Date under the Indenture.

Repurchase Price” means, with respect to any Repurchased Receivable, a price equal to the Outstanding Principal Balance of such Receivable (calculated without giving effect to the second sentence of the definition of “Defaulted Receivable”) plus any unpaid accrued interest related to such Receivable accrued to and including the end of the Collection Period preceding the date that such Repurchased Receivable was purchased by VCI, the Servicer or the Seller, as applicable.

 

       App. A-19  

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Repurchased Receivable” means a Receivable purchased by VCI pursuant to Section 3.4 of the Purchase Agreement, by the Servicer pursuant to Section 3.6 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement or by the Seller pursuant to Section 2.4 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement.

Requested Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.24 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement.

Requesting Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.24 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement.

Reserve Account” means the account designated as such, established and maintained pursuant to Section 4.1 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement.

Reserve Account Draw Amount” means, for any Payment Date, the amount withdrawn from the Reserve Account, equal to the lesser of (a) the Available Funds Shortfall Amount, if any, or (b) the amount on deposit in the Reserve Account on such Payment Date. In addition, if the sum of the amount in the Reserve Account and the amount of remaining Available Funds after payment of the amounts set forth in clauses first through fifth of Section 4.4(a) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement would be sufficient to pay in full the aggregate unpaid Note Balance of all of the outstanding Classes of Notes, then the Reserve Account Draw Amount will, if so specified by the Servicer in the Servicer’s Certificate, include all amounts on deposit in the Reserve Account.

Reserve Account Excess Amount” means, with respect to any Payment Date, means an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (a) the amount of cash or other immediately available funds in the Reserve Account on that Payment Date, after giving effect to all deposits to and withdrawals from the Reserve Account relating to that Payment Date, over (b) the Specified Reserve Account Balance with respect to that Payment Date.

Responsible Officer” means, (a) with respect to the Indenture Trustee, any officer within the corporate trust department of the Indenture Trustee, including any vice president, assistant vice president, assistant secretary, assistant treasurer, trust officer or any other officer of the Indenture Trustee who customarily performs functions similar to those performed by the persons who at the time shall be such officers, respectively, or to whom any corporate trust matter is referred because of such person’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject and who, in each case, shall have direct responsibility for the administration of the Indenture, (b) with respect to the Owner Trustee [or the Issuer Delaware Trustee], any officer within the Corporate Trust Office of the Owner Trustee [or the Issuer Delaware Trustee, as applicable,] including any Managing Director, Director, Vice President, Assistant Vice President, Assistant Treasurer, Assistant Secretary or Associate, or any other officer customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated officers and also, with respect to a particular matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of such officer’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject and, in each case, having direct responsibility for the administration of the Issuer, and (c) with respect to the Servicer or Seller, any officer of such Person having direct responsibility for the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, including the President, Treasurer or Secretary or any Vice President, Controller, Assistant Vice President, Assistant Treasurer, Assistant Secretary, or any other officer customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated officers and also, with respect to a particular matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of such officer’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.

 

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Review Conditions” means (i) the Delinquency Percentage for any Payment Date exceeds the Delinquency Trigger for that Payment Date and (ii) the required percentage of Noteholders or Note Owners, as applicable, have voted to direct an Asset Review of the Subject Receivables.

Review Notice” means the notice delivered by the Indenture Trustee in accordance with Section 7.5(b) of the Indenture to the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Servicer directing the Asset Representations Reviewer to perform an Asset Review.

Review Report” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.07 of the Asset Representations Review Agreement.

[“Risk Retention Reserve Account” means an Eligible Account established by the Issuer, held by the Indenture Trustee, pledged for the benefit of the Noteholders, and funded on the Closing Date with a deposit equal to $[ ].]

Sale and Servicing Agreement” means the Sale and Servicing Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, among the Seller, the Issuer, the Servicer and the Indenture Trustee, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time.

“Sarbanes Certification” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.21(b)(iii) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement.

Sarbanes-Oxley Act” means the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, and any successor law thereto.

Schedule of Receivables” means the schedule of Receivables transferred to the Issuer on the Closing Date.

Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

Seller” means Volkswagen Auto Lease/Loan Underwritten Funding, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.

Servicer” means VCI, initially, and any replacement Servicer appointed pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement.

Servicer Replacement Event” means any one or more of the following that shall have occurred and be continuing:

(a) any failure by the Servicer to deliver or cause to be delivered any required payment to the Indenture Trustee for distribution to the Noteholders, which failure continues unremedied for ten Business Days after discovery thereof by a Responsible Officer of the

 

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Servicer or receipt by the Servicer of written notice thereof from the Indenture Trustee or Noteholders evidencing a majority of the aggregate principal balance of the Outstanding Notes;

(b) any failure by the Servicer to duly observe or perform in any material respect any other of its covenants or agreements in the Sale and Servicing Agreement, which failure materially and adversely affects the rights of the Issuer or the Noteholders, and which continues unremedied for 90 days after discovery thereof by a Responsible Officer of the Servicer or receipt by the Servicer of written notice thereof from the Indenture Trustee or Noteholders evidencing a majority of the aggregate principal balance of the Outstanding Notes;

(c) any representation or warranty of the Servicer made in any Transaction Document to which the Servicer is a party or by which it is bound or any certificate delivered pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement proves to have been incorrect in any material respect when made, which failure materially and adversely affects the rights of the Issuer or the Noteholders, and which failure continues unremedied for 90 days after discovery thereof by a Responsible Officer of the Servicer or receipt by the Servicer of written notice thereof from the Indenture Trustee or Noteholders evidencing a majority of the aggregate principal balance of the Outstanding Notes, (it being understood that any repurchase of a Receivable by VCI pursuant to Section 3.4 of the Purchase Agreement, by the Seller pursuant to Section 2.4 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement or by the Servicer pursuant to Section 3.6 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement shall be deemed to remedy any incorrect representation or warranty with respect to such Receivable); or

(d) the Servicer suffers a Bankruptcy Event;

provided, however, that a delay or failure of performance referred to under clauses (a), (b) or (c) above for a period of 120 days will not constitute a Servicer Replacement Event if such delay or failure was caused by force majeure or other similar occurrence. The existence or occurrence of any “material instance of noncompliance” (within the meaning of Item 1122 of Regulation AB) shall not create any presumption that any event in clauses (a), (b) or (c) above has occurred.

Servicer’s Certificate” means the certificate delivered pursuant to Section 3.8 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement.

“Servicing Criteria” shall mean the “servicing criteria” set forth in Item 1122(d) of Regulation AB.

Servicing Fee” means, for any Payment Date, the product of (A) one-twelfth (or, in the case of the first Payment Date, [one-sixth]), (B) the Servicing Fee Rate and (C) the Net Pool Balance as of the first day of the related Collection Period (or, in the case of the first Payment Date, as of the Cut-Off Date).

Servicing Fee Rate” means 1.00% per annum.

Simple Interest Method” means the method of calculating interest due on a motor vehicle receivable on a daily basis based on the actual outstanding principal balance of the receivable on that date.

 

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Simple Interest Receivable” means any motor vehicle receivable pursuant to which the payments due from the Obligors during any month are allocated between interest, principal and other charges based on the actual date on which a payment is received and for which interest is calculated using the Simple Interest Method.

Specified Reserve Account Balance” means, as of the Closing Date, $[    ], and for any Payment Date, the lesser of (a) $[    ] ([    ]% of the Adjusted Pool Balance as of the Closing Date) and (b) the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Notes after giving effect to all payments of principal on such Payment Date.

[“S&P” means S&P Global Ratings, or any successor that is a nationally recognized statistical rating organization.]

Statutory Trust Statute” means Chapter 38 of Title 12 of the Delaware Code, 12 Del. Code § 3801 et seq.

Sub-Servicer” means any Affiliate of the Servicer or any sub-contractor to whom any or all duties of the Servicer (including, without limitation, its duties as custodian) under the Transaction Documents have been delegated in accordance with Section 6.5 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement.

Subject Receivables” means, for any Asset Review, all Receivables outstanding and held by the Issuer which are 60 or more days delinquent as of the first day on which the Review Conditions are satisfied (as determined in accordance with the Servicer’s Customary Servicing Practices); provided, however, that any Receivable that becomes a Repurchased Receivable or is paid off after such date will no longer be a Subject Receivable.

Supplemental Servicing Fees” means any and all (i) late fees, (ii) extension fees, (iii) non-sufficient funds charges and (iv) any and all other administrative fees or similar charges allowed by applicable law with respect to any Receivable.

Tax Information” means information and/or properly completed and signed tax certifications sufficient to eliminate the imposition of or to determine the amount of any withholding of tax, including FATCA Withholding Tax.

Test Fail” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Asset Representations Review Agreement.

TIA” or “Trust Indenture Act” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended and as in force on the date hereof, unless otherwise specifically provided.

Transaction Documents” means the Indenture, the Notes, the Note Depository Agreement, the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Purchase Agreement, the Administration Agreement, the Trust Agreement and the Asset Representations Review Agreement, as the same may be amended or modified from time to time.

Transferred Assets” means (a) the Purchased Assets, (b) all of the Seller’s rights under the Purchase Agreement and (c) all proceeds of the foregoing.

 

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Trust Accounts” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.1 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement.

Trust Account Property” means the Trust Accounts, all amounts and investments held from time to time in any Trust Account (whether in the form of deposit accounts, Physical Property, book-entry securities, uncertificated securities or otherwise), and all proceeds of the foregoing.

Trust Agreement” means the Trust Agreement, dated as of [    ], as amended and restated by the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, [between][among] the Seller[,] [and] the Owner Trustee [and the Issuer Delaware Trustee], as the same may be amended and supplemented from time to time.

Trust Estate” means all money, accounts, chattel paper, general intangibles, goods, instruments, investment property and other property of the Issuer, including without limitation (i) the Receivables acquired by the Issuer under the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Related Security relating thereto and Collections thereon after the Cut-Off Date, (ii) the Receivable Files, (iii) the rights of the Issuer to the funds on deposit from time to time in the Trust Accounts and any other account or accounts established pursuant to the Indenture or Sale and Servicing Agreement and all cash, investment property and other property from time to time credited thereto and all proceeds thereof (including investment earnings, net of losses and investment expenses, on amounts on deposit therein), (iv) the rights of the Seller, as buyer, under the Purchase Agreement, (v) the rights of the Issuer under the Sale and Servicing Agreement and the Administration Agreement and (ix) all proceeds of the foregoing.

UCC” means, unless the context otherwise requires, the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the relevant jurisdiction, as amended from time to time.

Underwriting Agreement” means the Underwriting Agreement, dated as of [    ], between [    ], on behalf of itself and as a representative of the several underwriters named therein, VCI and the Seller.

United States” or “USA” means the United States of America (including all states, the District of Columbia and political subdivisions thereof).

U.S. Tax Person” means a Person that is a “United States person” as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code, generally including:

(a) a citizen or resident of the United States;

(b) a corporation or partnership organized in or under the laws of the United States, any State or the District of Columbia;

(c) an estate, the income of which is includible in gross income for United States tax purposes, regardless of its source; or

 

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(d) a trust if a U.S. court is able to exercise primary supervision over the administration of the trust and one or more United States persons have the authority to control all substantial decisions of the trust or a trust that has properly elected to be treated as a United States person.

VCI” means VW Credit, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and its successors and assigns.

Verification Documents” means, with respect to any Note Owner, a certification from such Note Owner certifying that such Person is in fact, a Note Owner, as well as an additional piece of documentation reasonably satisfactory to the recipient, such as a trade confirmation, account statement, letter from a broker or dealer or other similar document.

Yield Supplement Overcollateralization Amount” means, with respect to the Closing Date and any Payment Date, the dollar amount set forth next to such Payment Date on Schedule X hereto.

The foregoing definitions shall be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of the defined terms. Unless otherwise inconsistent with the terms of this Agreement, all accounting terms used herein shall be interpreted, and all accounting determinations hereunder shall be made, in accordance with GAAP. Amounts to be calculated hereunder shall be continuously recalculated at the time any information relevant to such calculation changes.

 

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SCHEDULE X

YIELD SUPPLEMENT OVERCOLLATERALIZATION AMOUNT

 

Payment Date

   Yield Supplement
Overcollateralization
Amount
 

Closing Date

   $ [    

 

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EX-10.2 10 d742675dex102.htm EX-10.2 EX-10.2

Exhibit 10.2

 

 

PURCHASE AGREEMENT

dated as of [    ]

between

VW CREDIT, INC.

and

VOLKSWAGEN AUTO LEASE/LOAN UNDERWRITTEN FUNDING, LLC

 

 

 

 

Purchase Agreement


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

         Page  

ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS AND USAGE

     1  

SECTION 1.1

  Definitions      1  

SECTION 1.2

  Other Interpretive Provisions      1  

ARTICLE II PURCHASE

     2  

SECTION 2.1

  Agreement to Sell and Contribute on the Closing Date      2  

SECTION 2.2

  Consideration and Payment      2  

ARTICLE III REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS

     2  

SECTION 3.1

  Representations and Warranties of VCI      2  

SECTION 3.2

  Representations and Warranties of VCI Regarding the Purchased Assets      3  

SECTION 3.3

  Representations and Warranties of VCI as to each Receivable      4  

SECTION 3.4

  Repurchase upon Breach      5  

SECTION 3.5

  Protection of Title      5  

SECTION 3.6

  Other Liens or Interests      6  

ARTICLE IV MISCELLANEOUS

     7  

SECTION 4.1

  Transfers Intended as Sale; Security Interest      7  

SECTION 4.2

  Notices, Etc      8  

SECTION 4.3

  Choice of Law      8  

SECTION 4.4

  Headings      8  

SECTION 4.5

  Counterparts      8  

SECTION 4.6

  Amendment      8  

SECTION 4.7

  Waivers      9  

SECTION 4.8

  Entire Agreement      9  

SECTION 4.9

  Severability of Provisions      9  

SECTION 4.10

  Binding Effect      10  

SECTION 4.11

  Acknowledgment and Agreement      10  

SECTION 4.12

  Cumulative Remedies      10  

SECTION 4.13

  Nonpetition Covenant      10  

SECTION 4.14

  Submission to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial      10  

 

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EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit A    Form of Assignment Pursuant to Purchase Agreement
Schedule I    Representations and Warranties With Respect to the Receivables
Schedule II    Perfection Representations, Warranties and Covenants

 

 

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THIS PURCHASE AGREEMENT is made and entered into as of [    ] (as amended from time to time, this “Agreement”) by VW CREDIT, INC., a Delaware corporation (“VCI”), and VOLKSWAGEN AUTO LEASE/LOAN UNDERWRITTEN FUNDING, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Purchaser”).

WITNESSETH:

WHEREAS, the Purchaser desires to purchase from VCI a portfolio of motor vehicle receivables, including motor vehicle retail installment sales contracts and/or installment loans that are secured by new and used automobiles, minivans, and sport utility vehicles; and

WHEREAS, VCI is willing to sell such portfolio of motor vehicle receivables and related property to the Purchaser on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual agreements set forth herein, the parties hereto agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS AND USAGE

SECTION 1.1 Definitions. Except as otherwise defined herein or as the context may otherwise require, capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein are defined in Appendix A to the Sale and Servicing Agreement dated as of the date hereof (as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified and in effect, the “Sale and Servicing Agreement”) among Volkswagen Auto Loan Enhanced Trust 20[ ]-[ ], VCI, as servicer, the Purchaser, as seller, and [    ], as indenture trustee, which also contains rules as to usage that are applicable herein.

SECTION 1.2 Other Interpretive Provisions. For purposes of this Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) accounting terms not otherwise defined in this Agreement, and accounting terms partly defined in this Agreement to the extent not defined, shall have the respective meanings given to them under GAAP (provided, that, to the extent that the definitions in this Agreement and GAAP conflict, the definitions in this Agreement shall control); (b) terms defined in Article 9 of the UCC as in effect in the relevant jurisdiction and not otherwise defined in this Agreement are used as defined in that Article; (c) the words “hereof,” “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement; (d) references to any Article, Section, Schedule, Appendix or Exhibit are references to Articles, Sections, Schedules, Appendices and Exhibits in or to this Agreement and references to any paragraph, subsection, clause or other subdivision within any Section or definition refer to such paragraph, subsection, clause or other subdivision of such Section or definition; (e) the term “including” and all variations thereof means “including without limitation”; (f) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, references to any law or regulation refer to that law or regulation as amended from time to time and include any successor law or regulation; and (g) references to any Person include that Person’s successors and assigns.

 

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ARTICLE II

PURCHASE

SECTION 2.1 Agreement to Sell and Contribute on the Closing Date. On the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, VCI agrees to transfer, assign, set over, sell and otherwise convey to the Purchaser without recourse (subject to the obligations herein) on the Closing Date all of VCI’s right, title and interest in, to and under the Receivables, the Collections after the Cut-Off Date, the Receivable Files and the Related Security relating thereto, described in an Assignment in the form of Exhibit A delivered on the Closing Date (collectively, the “Purchased Assets”) having a Net Pool Balance as of the Cut-Off Date equal to $[    ], which sale shall be effective as of the Cut-Off Date. The sale, transfer, assignment, contribution and conveyance made hereunder does not constitute and is not intended to result in an assumption by the Purchaser of any obligation of the Originator to the Obligors, the Dealers or any other Person in connection with the Receivables or the other assets and properties conveyed hereunder or any agreement, document or instrument related thereto.

SECTION 2.2 Consideration and Payment. In consideration of the transfer of the Purchased Assets conveyed to the Purchaser pursuant to Section 2.1 on the Closing Date, the Purchaser shall pay to VCI on such date an amount equal to the estimated fair market value of the Purchased Assets, which amount shall be paid (a) in cash to VCI and (b) by a capital contribution by VCI of an undivided interest in such Purchased Assets that increases its equity interest in the Purchaser in an amount equal to the excess of the estimated fair market value of the Purchased Assets over the amount of cash paid by the Purchaser to VCI.

ARTICLE III

REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS

SECTION 3.1 Representations and Warranties of VCI. VCI makes the following representations and warranties as of the Closing Date on which the Purchaser will be deemed to have relied in acquiring the Purchased Assets. The representations and warranties will survive the conveyance of the Purchased Assets to the Purchaser pursuant to this Agreement, the conveyance of the Purchased Assets to the Issuer pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement and the Grant thereof by the Issuer to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Indenture:

(a) Existence and Power. VCI is a corporation validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its state of organization and has, in all material respects, all power and authority required to carry on its business as now conducted. VCI has obtained all necessary licenses and approvals in each jurisdiction where the failure to do so would materially and adversely affect the ability of VCI to perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents or the enforceability or collectibility of the Receivables or any other part of the Purchased Assets.

(b) Authorization and No Contravention. The execution, delivery and performance by VCI of each Transaction Document to which it is a party (i) have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of VCI and (ii) do not contravene or constitute a default under (A) any applicable law, rule or regulation, (B) its organizational documents or (C) any material

 

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agreement, contract, order or other instrument to which it is a party or its property is subject (other than violations of which do not affect the legality, validity or enforceability of any of such agreements and which, individually or in the aggregate, would not materially and adversely affect the transactions contemplated by, or VCI’s ability to perform its obligations under, the Transaction Documents).

(c) No Consent Required. No approval or authorization by, or filing with, any Governmental Authority is required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by VCI of any Transaction Document other than (i) UCC filings, (ii) approvals and authorizations that have previously been obtained and filings that have previously been made and (iii) approvals, authorizations or filings which, if not obtained or made, would not have a material adverse effect on the enforceability or collectibility of the Receivables or any other part of the Purchased Assets or would not materially and adversely affect the ability of VCI to perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents.

(d) Binding Effect. Each Transaction Document to which VCI is a party constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of VCI enforceable against VCI in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, receivership, conservatorship or other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and, if applicable, the rights of creditors of corporations from time to time in effect or by general principles of equity.

(e) No Proceedings. There are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of VCI, threatened against VCI before or by any Governmental Authority that (i) assert the invalidity or unenforceability of this Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents, (ii) seek to prevent the issuance of the Notes or the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents, (iii) seek any determination or ruling that would materially and adversely affect the performance by VCI of its obligations under this Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents, or (iv) relate to VCI that would materially and adversely affect the federal or Applicable Tax State income, excise, franchise or similar tax attributes of the Notes.

(f) Lien Filings. VCI is not aware of any material judgment, ERISA or tax lien filings against VCI.

(g) State of Incorporation; Name; No Changes. VCI’s state of incorporation is the State of Delaware. VCI’s exact legal name is VW Credit, Inc. VCI has not changed its name whether by amendment of its Articles of Incorporation, by reorganization or otherwise, and has not changed its state of incorporation, within the four months preceding the Closing Date.

SECTION 3.2 Representations and Warranties of VCI Regarding the Purchased Assets. On the date hereof, VCI hereby makes the following representations and warranties to the Purchaser. Such representations and warranties will survive the conveyance of the Purchased Assets to the Purchaser pursuant to this Agreement, the sale of the Purchased Assets to the Issuer under the Sale and Servicing Agreement and the Grant of the Purchased Assets by the Issuer to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Indenture.

 

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(a) The Receivables were selected using selection procedures that were not known or intended by VCI to be adverse to the Purchaser.

(b) The Receivables and the other Purchased Assets have been validly assigned by VCI to the Purchaser.

(c) The information with respect to the Receivables transferred on the Closing Date as set forth in the Schedule of Receivables was true and correct in all material respects as of the Cut-Off Date.

(d) All filings (including, without limitation, UCC filings) necessary in any jurisdiction to give the Issuer a first priority, validly perfected ownership interest in the Receivables (other than the Related Security with respect thereto), to the extent that an ownership interest therein cannot be perfected by the filing of a financing statement, and to give the Indenture Trustee a first priority perfected security interest therein, will be made within ten days of the Closing Date.

(e) No Receivables are pledged, assigned, sold, subject to a security interest or otherwise conveyed other than pursuant to the Transaction Documents. VCI has not authorized the filing of and is not aware of any financing statements against VCI or an Originator that includes a description of collateral covering any Receivable other than any financing statement relating to security interests granted under the Transaction Documents or that have been or, prior to the assignment of such Receivables hereunder, will be terminated, amended or released. This Agreement creates a valid and continuing security interest in the Receivables (other than the Related Security, with respect thereto, to the extent that an ownership interest therein cannot be perfected by the filing of a financing statement) in favor of the Purchaser which security interest is prior to all other Liens (other than Permitted Liens) and is enforceable as such against all other creditors and purchasers and assignees from VCI.

(f) Each Receivable constitutes either “tangible chattel paper,” “electronic chattel paper,” an “account,” a “promissory note,” or a “payment intangible,” each as defined in the UCC.

(g) The representations and warranties regarding creation, perfection and priority of security interests in the Purchased Assets, which are attached to this Agreement as Schedule II are true and correct to the extent that they are applicable.

SECTION 3.3 Representations and Warranties of VCI as to each Receivable. VCI hereby makes the representations and warranties set forth on Schedule I as to the Receivables, sold, contributed, transferred, assigned, set over and otherwise conveyed to the Purchaser under this Agreement on which such representations and warranties the Purchaser relies in acquiring the Receivables. Such representations and warranties shall survive the conveyance of the Purchased Assets to the Purchaser pursuant to this Agreement, the sale of the Receivables to the Issuer under the Sale and Servicing Agreement, and the Grant of the Receivables by the Issuer to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Indenture. Notwithstanding any statement to the contrary contained herein or in any other Transaction Document, VCI shall not be required to notify any insurer with respect to any Insurance Policy obtained by an Obligor or to notify any Dealer about

 

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any aspect of the transaction contemplated by the Transaction Documents. VCI hereby agrees that the Issuer shall have the right to enforce any and all rights under this Agreement assigned to the Issuer under the Sale and Servicing Agreement, including the right to caused VCI to repurchase any Receivable with respect to which it is in breach of any of its representation and warranties set forth in Schedule I, directly against VCI as though the Issuer were a party to this Agreement, and the Issuer shall not be obligated to exercise any such rights indirectly through the Depositor. Any inaccuracy in the representations and warranties shall be deemed not to constitute a breach if such inaccuracy does not affect the ability of the Issuer to receive or retain payment in full on the Receivable.

SECTION 3.4 Repurchase upon Breach. Upon discovery by or notice to the Purchaser or VCI of a breach of any of the representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.3 with respect to any Receivable at the time such representations and warranties were made which materially and adversely affects the interests of the Issuer or the Noteholders in such Receivable, the party discovering such breach or receiving such notice shall give prompt written notice thereof to the other party; provided, that delivery of the Servicer’s Certificate shall be deemed to constitute prompt notice by VCI and the Purchaser of such breach; provided, further, that the failure to give such notice shall not affect any obligation of VCI hereunder. If the breach materially and adversely affects the interests of the Issuer or the Noteholder in such Receivable, then VCI shall either (a) correct or cure such breach or (b) repurchase such Receivable from the Purchaser (or its assignee), in either case on or before the Payment Date following the end of the Collection Period which includes the 60th day (or, if VCI elects, an earlier date) after the date that VCI became aware or was notified of such breach. Any such purchase by VCI shall be at a price equal to the Repurchase Price. In consideration for such repurchase, VCI shall make (or shall cause to be made) a payment to the Purchaser equal to the Repurchase Price by depositing such amount into the Collection Account prior to 11:00 a.m., New York City time on such date of repurchase. Upon payment of such Repurchase Price by VCI, the Purchaser shall release and shall execute and deliver such instruments of release, transfer or assignment, in each case without recourse or representation, as may be reasonably requested by VCI to evidence such release, transfer or assignment or more effectively vest in VCI or its designee any Receivable and any related Purchased Assets repurchased pursuant hereto. It is understood and agreed that the obligation of VCI to repurchase any Receivable as described above shall constitute the sole remedy respecting such breach available to the Purchaser.

SECTION 3.5 Protection of Title.

(a) VCI shall authorize and file such financing statements and cause to be authorized and filed such continuation and other statements, all in such manner and in such places as may be required by law fully to preserve, maintain and protect the interest of the Purchaser under this Agreement in the Receivables (other than any Related Security with respect thereto, to the extent that the interest of the Purchaser therein cannot be perfected by the filing of a financing statement). VCI shall deliver (or cause to be delivered) to the Purchaser file-stamped copies of, or filing receipts for, any document filed as provided above, as soon as available following such filing.

 

 

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(b) VCI shall not change its name, identity, corporate structure or jurisdiction of organization in any manner that would make any financing statement or continuation statement filed by VCI in accordance with paragraph (a) above “seriously misleading” within the meaning of Sections 9-506, 9-507 or 9-508 of the UCC, unless it shall have given the Purchaser at least five days’ prior written notice thereof and, to the extent necessary, shall have promptly filed amendments to previously filed financing statements or continuation statements described in paragraph (a) above (or shall have made arrangements to take such action substantially simultaneously with such change, if it is not practicable to take such action in advance).

(c) VCI shall give the Purchaser at least ten days’ prior written notice of any change of location of VCI for purposes of Section 9-307 of the UCC and shall have taken all action prior to making such change (or shall have made arrangements to take such action substantially simultaneously with such change, if it is not possible to take such action in advance) reasonably necessary or advisable in the opinion of the Purchaser to amend all previously filed financing statements or continuation statements described in paragraph (a) above.

(d) VCI shall maintain (or shall cause its Sub-Servicer to maintain) accounts and records as to each Receivable accurately and in sufficient detail to permit (i) the reader thereof to know at any time the status of such Receivable, including payments and recoveries made and payments owing (and the nature of each) and (ii) reconciliation between payments or recoveries on (or with respect to) each Receivable and the amounts from time to time deposited in the Collection Account in respect of such Receivable.

(e) VCI shall maintain (or shall cause its Sub-Servicer to maintain) its computer systems so that, from time to time after the conveyance under this Agreement of the Receivables, the master computer records (including any backup archives) that refer to a Receivable shall indicate clearly the interest of the Purchaser (or any subsequent assignee of the Purchaser) in such Receivable and that such Receivable is owned by such Person. Indication of such Person’s interest in a Receivable shall not be deleted from or modified on such computer systems until, and only until, the related Receivable shall have been paid in full or repurchased.

(f) If at any time VCI shall propose to sell, grant a security interest in or otherwise transfer any interest in motor vehicle receivables to any prospective purchaser, lender or other transferee, VCI shall give to such prospective purchaser, lender or other transferee computer tapes, records or printouts (including any restored from backup archives) that, if they shall refer in any manner whatsoever to any Receivable, shall indicate clearly that such Receivable has been sold and is owned by the Purchaser (or any subsequent assignee of the Purchaser).

SECTION 3.6 Other Liens or Interests. Except for the conveyances and grants of security interests pursuant to this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, VCI shall not sell, pledge, assign or transfer the Receivables or other property transferred to the Purchaser to any other Person, or grant, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien (other than Permitted Liens) on any interest therein, and VCI shall defend the right, title and interest of the Purchaser in, to and under such Receivables or other property transferred to the Purchaser against all claims of third parties claiming through or under VCI.

 

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ARTICLE IV

MISCELLANEOUS

SECTION 4.1 Transfers Intended as Sale; Security Interest.

(a) Each of the parties hereto expressly intends and agrees that the transfers contemplated and effected under this Agreement are complete and absolute sales, transfers, assignments and contributions rather than pledges or assignments of only a security interest and shall be given effect as such for all purposes. It is further the intention of the parties hereto that the Receivables and related Purchased Assets shall not be part of VCI’s estate in the event of a bankruptcy or insolvency of VCI. The sales and transfers by VCI of the Receivables and related Purchased Assets hereunder are and shall be without recourse to, or representation or warranty (express or implied) by, VCI, except as otherwise specifically provided herein. The limited rights of recourse specified herein against VCI are intended to provide a remedy for breach of representations and warranties relating to the condition of the property sold, rather than to the collectibility of the Receivables.

(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that the Receivables and other Purchased Assets are held to be property of VCI, or if for any reason this Agreement is held or deemed to create indebtedness or a security interest in the Receivables and other Purchased Assets, then it is intended that:

(i) This Agreement shall be deemed to be a security agreement within the meaning of Articles 8 and 9 of the New York UCC and the UCC of any other applicable jurisdiction;

(ii) The conveyance provided for in Section 2.1 shall be deemed to be a grant by VCI of, and VCI hereby grants to the Purchaser, a security interest in all of its right (including the power to convey title thereto), title and interest, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, in and to the Receivables and other Purchased Assets, to secure such indebtedness and the performance of the obligations of VCI hereunder;

(iii) The possession by the Purchaser or its agent of the Receivable Files and any other property as constitute instruments, money, negotiable documents or chattel paper shall be deemed to be “possession by the secured party” or possession by the purchaser or a person designated by such purchaser, for purposes of perfecting the security interest pursuant to the New York UCC and the UCC of any other applicable jurisdiction; and

(iv) Notifications to persons holding such property, and acknowledgments, receipts or confirmations from persons holding such property, shall be deemed to be notifications to, or acknowledgments, receipts or confirmations from, bailees or agents (as applicable) of the Purchaser for the purpose of perfecting such security interest under applicable law.

 

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SECTION 4.2 Notices, Etc. All demands, notices and communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be delivered or mailed by registered or certified first-class United States mail, postage prepaid, hand delivery, prepaid courier service, or by facsimile and addressed in each case as specified on Schedule II to the Sale and Servicing Agreement, or at such other address as shall be designated by any of the specified addressees in a written notice to the other parties hereto. Any notice required or permitted to be mailed to a Noteholder shall be given by first class mail, postage prepaid, at the address of such Noteholder as shown in the Note Register. Delivery shall occur only upon receipt or reported tender of such communication by an officer of the recipient entitled to receive such notices located at the address of such recipient for notices hereunder; provided, however, that any notice to a Noteholder mailed within the time prescribed in this Agreement shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the Noteholder shall receive such notice.

SECTION 4.3 Choice of Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL, SUBSTANTIVE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REFERENCE TO THE RULES THEREOF RELATING TO CONFLICTS OF LAW, OTHER THAN SECTIONS 5-1401 AND 5-1402 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.

SECTION 4.4 Headings. The section headings hereof have been inserted for convenience only and shall not be construed to affect the meaning, construction or effect of this Agreement.

SECTION 4.5 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all of such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.

SECTION 4.6 Amendment.

(a) Any term or provision of this Agreement may be amended by VCI and the Purchaser without the consent of the Indenture Trustee, any Noteholder, the Issuer, the Owner Trustee or any other Person subject to the satisfaction of one of the following conditions:

(i) VCI or the Purchaser delivers an Opinion of Counsel to the Indenture Trustee to the effect that such amendment will not materially and adversely affect the interests of the Noteholders;

(ii) VCI or the Purchaser delivers an Officer’s Certificate of VCI or the Purchaser, respectively, to the Indenture Trustee to the effect that such amendment will not materially and adversely affect the interests of the Noteholders; or

(iii) the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied with respect to such amendment and VCI or the Purchaser notifies the Indenture Trustee in writing that the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied with respect to such amendment;

provided, that no amendment pursuant to this Section 4.6 shall be effective which affects the rights, protections or duties of the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee without the prior written consent of such Person.

 

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(b) This Agreement may also be amended from time to time by VCI and the Purchaser, with the consent of the Holders of Notes evidencing not less than a majority of the aggregate principal balance of the Outstanding Notes for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Agreement or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Noteholders. It will not be necessary for the consent of Noteholders to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment or consent, but it will be sufficient if such consent approves the substance thereof. The manner of obtaining such consents (and any other consents of Noteholders provided for in this Agreement) and of evidencing the authorization of the execution thereof by Noteholders will be subject to such reasonable requirements as the Indenture Trustee may prescribe, including the establishment of record dates pursuant to the Note Depository Agreement.

(c) Prior to the execution of any such amendment, VCI shall provide written notification of the substance of such amendment to each Rating Agency; and promptly after the execution of any such amendment or consent, VCI (i) shall furnish a copy of such amendment or consent to each Rating Agency and the Indenture Trustee and (ii) if this Agreement is amended in accordance with clauses (i) or (ii) of Section 4.6(a), shall furnish a copy of such Opinion of Counsel or Officer’s Certificate, as the case may be, to each of the Rating Agencies.

(d) Prior to the execution of any amendment to this Agreement, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to receive and conclusively rely upon an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such amendment is authorized or permitted by this Agreement and that all conditions precedent to the execution and delivery of such amendment have been satisfied. The Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such amendment which adversely affects the Owner Trustee’s or the Indenture Trustee’s, as applicable, own rights, duties or immunities under this Agreement.

SECTION 4.7 Waivers. No failure or delay on the part of the Purchaser, the Servicer, VCI, the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee in exercising any power or right hereunder (to the extent such Person has any power or right hereunder) shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such power or right preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other power or right. No notice to or demand on the Purchaser or VCI in any case shall entitle it to any notice or demand in similar or other circumstances. No waiver or approval by either party under this Agreement shall, except as may otherwise be stated in such waiver or approval, be applicable to subsequent transactions. No waiver or approval under this Agreement shall require any similar or dissimilar waiver or approval thereafter to be granted hereunder.

SECTION 4.8 Entire Agreement. The Transaction Documents contain a final and complete integration of all prior expressions by the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter thereof and shall constitute the entire agreement among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter thereof, superseding all prior oral or written understandings. There are no unwritten agreements among the parties.

SECTION 4.9 Severability of Provisions. If any one or more of the covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of this Agreement shall be for any reason whatsoever held invalid, then such covenants, agreements, provisions or terms shall be deemed severable from the remaining covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of this Agreement and shall in no way affect the validity or enforceability of the other provisions of this Agreement.

 

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SECTION 4.10 Binding Effect. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns. This Agreement shall create and constitute the continuing obligations of the parties hereto in accordance with its terms, and shall remain in full force and effect until such time as the parties hereto shall agree.

SECTION 4.11 Acknowledgment and Agreement. By execution below, VCI expressly acknowledges and consents to the sale of the Purchased Assets and the assignment of all rights of the Purchaser related thereto and under this Agreement by the Purchaser to the Issuer pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement and the Grant of a security interest in the Receivables and the other Purchased Assets by the Issuer to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Indenture for the benefit of the Noteholders. In addition, VCI hereby acknowledges and agrees that for so long as the Notes are outstanding, the Indenture Trustee will have the right to exercise all powers, privileges and claims of the Purchaser under this Agreement in the event that the Purchaser shall fail to exercise the same.

SECTION 4.12 Cumulative Remedies. The remedies herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any remedies provided by law.

SECTION 4.13 Nonpetition Covenant. Each party hereto agrees that, prior to the date which is one year and one day after payment in full of all obligations of each Bankruptcy Remote Party in respect of all securities issued by any Bankruptcy Remote Party (a) such party hereto shall not authorize any Bankruptcy Remote Party to commence a voluntary winding-up or other voluntary case or other Proceeding seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief with respect to such Bankruptcy Remote Party or its debts under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect in any jurisdiction or seeking the appointment of an administrator, a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official with respect to such Bankruptcy Remote Party or any substantial part of its property or to consent to any such relief or to the appointment of or taking possession by any such official in an involuntary case or other Proceeding commenced against such Bankruptcy Remote Party, or to make a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors generally, any party hereto or any other creditor of such Bankruptcy Remote Party, and (b) such party shall not commence or join with any other Person in commencing any Proceeding against such Bankruptcy Remote Party under any bankruptcy, reorganization, liquidation or insolvency law or statute now or hereafter in effect in any jurisdiction. This Section shall survive the termination of this Agreement.

SECTION 4.14 Submission to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally:

(a) submits for itself and its property in any legal action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any documents executed and delivered in connection herewith, or for recognition and enforcement of any judgment in respect thereof, to the nonexclusive general jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York, the courts of the United States of America for the Southern District of New York and appellate courts from any thereof;

 

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(b) consents that any such action or proceeding may be brought and maintained in such courts and waives any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the venue of such action or proceeding in any such court or that such action or proceeding was brought in an inconvenient court and agrees not to plead or claim the same;

(c) agrees that service of process in any such action or proceeding may be effected by mailing a copy thereof by registered or certified mail (or any substantially similar form of mail), postage prepaid, to such Person at its address determined in accordance with Section 4.2;

(d) agrees that nothing herein shall affect the right to effect service of process in any other manner permitted by law or shall limit the right to sue in any other jurisdiction; and

(e) to the extent permitted by applicable law, each party hereto irrevocably waives all right of trial by jury in any action, proceeding or counterclaim based on, or arising out of, under or in connection with this Agreement, any other Transaction Document, or any matter arising hereunder or thereunder.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the day and year first written above.

 

VW CREDIT, INC.
By:       
Name:  
Title:  
By:    
Name:  
Title:  

 

VOLKSWAGEN AUTO LEASE/LOAN UNDERWRITTEN FUNDING, LLC
By:       
Name:  
Title:  
By:       
Name:  
Title:  

 

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EXHIBIT A

FORM OF

ASSIGNMENT PURSUANT TO PURCHASE AGREEMENT

For value received, in accordance with the Purchase Agreement dated as of [    ] (the “Agreement”), between VW Credit, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“VCI”), and Volkswagen Auto Lease/Loan Underwritten Funding, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Purchaser”), on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Agreement, VCI does hereby transfer, assign, set over, sell and otherwise convey to the Purchaser on the Closing Date, all of its right, title and interest in, to and under the Receivables set forth on the schedule of Receivables delivered by VCI to the Purchaser on the date hereof, the Collections after the Cut-Off Date, the Receivable Files and the Related Security relating thereto, which sale shall be effective as of the Cut-Off Date.

The foregoing sale does not constitute and is not intended to result in any assumption by the Purchaser of any obligation of the Originator to the Obligors, the Dealers or any other Person in connection with the Receivables, or the other assets and properties conveyed hereunder or any agreement, document or instrument related thereto.

This assignment is made pursuant to and upon the representations, warranties and agreements on the part of the undersigned contained in the Agreement and is governed by the Agreement.

Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meaning assigned to them in the Agreement.

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IN WITNESS HEREOF, the undersigned has caused this assignment to be duly executed as of the date first above written.

 

VW CREDIT, INC.
By:    
Name:  
Title:  
By:    
Name:  
Title:  

 

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SCHEDULE I

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES WITH RESPECT TO THE RECEIVABLES

(a) Characteristics of Receivables. Each Receivable:

(i) has been fully executed by the Obligor thereto;

(ii) has either (A) been originated by a Dealer located in the United States to finance the sale by a Dealer of the related Financed Vehicle and has been purchased by the Originator or (B) has been originated or acquired by the Originator;

(iii) as of the Closing Date is secured by a first priority perfected security interest in the Financed Vehicle in favor of the Originator, as secured party, or all necessary actions have been commenced that would result in a first priority validly perfected security interest in the Financed Vehicle in favor of the Originator, as secured party;

(iv) contains provisions that permit the repossession and sale of the Financed Vehicle upon a default under the Receivable by the Obligor;

(v) provided, at origination, for level monthly payments which fully amortize the initial Outstanding Principal Balance over the original term; provided, that the amount of the first and last payments may be different but in no event more than three times the level monthly payment;

(vi) provides for interest at the Contract Rate specified in the Schedule of Receivables; and

(vii) was denominated in Dollars.

(b) Individual Characteristics. Each Receivable has the following individual characteristics as of the Cut-Off Date:

(i) each Receivable is secured by a new or used automobile, minivan or sport utility vehicle;

(ii) each Receivable has a Contract Rate of no less than [    ]%;

(iii) each Receivable had an original term to maturity of not more than [ ] months and not less than [ ] months and each Receivable has a remaining term to maturity, as of the Cut-Off Date, of [ ] months or more;

(iv) each Receivable has an Outstanding Principal Balance as of the Cut-Off Date of greater than or equal to $[    ];

(v) no Receivable has a scheduled maturity date later than [    ];

 

        Schedule I-1    Schedule I to the Purchase Agreement


(vi) no Receivable was more than 30 days past due as of the Cut-Off Date;

(vii) as of the Cut-off Date, no Receivable was noted in the records of VCI or the Servicer as being the subject of any pending bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding;

(viii) no Receivable is subject to a force-placed Insurance Policy on the related Financed Vehicle; and

(ix) each Receivable is a Simple Interest Receivable.

(c) Compliance with Law. The Receivable complied, at the time it was originated or made, in all material respects with all requirements of law in effect at that time and applicable to such Receivable.

(d) Binding Obligation. The Receivable constitutes the legal and binding payment obligation in writing of the Obligor, enforceable by the holder thereof in all material respects, subject as to enforcement, to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, liquidation or other laws and equitable principles, consumer protection laws and the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act.

(e) Receivable in Force. As of the Cut-Off Date, neither VCI’s nor the Servicer’s records related to the Receivable indicate that such Receivable has been satisfied, subordinated or rescinded or that the related Financed Vehicle been released from the lien granted by such Receivable in whole or in part.

(f) No Default. Except for payment delinquencies continuing for a period of not more than 30 days as of the Cut-Off Date, the records of the Servicer did not disclose that any default, breach, violation or event permitting acceleration under the terms of the Receivable existed as of the Cut-Off Date or that any continuing condition that with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default, breach, violation or event permitting acceleration under the terms of the Receivable had arisen as of the Cut-Off Date.

(g) Insurance. The Receivable requires the Obligor thereunder to insure the Financed Vehicle under a physical damage insurance policy.

(h) No Government Obligor. The Obligor on the Receivable is not listed on VCI’s records as the United States of America or any state thereof or any local government, or any agency, department, political subdivision or instrumentality of the United States of America or any state thereof or any local government.

(i) Assignment. The terms of the Receivable do not prohibit the sale, transfer or assignment of such Receivable or the grant of a security interest in such Receivable under the Indenture.

(j) Good Title. Immediately prior to the transfers and assignments herein contemplated, VCI had good and marketable title to each Receivable free and clear of all Liens (except Permitted Liens and any Lien that will be released prior to the assignment of such Receivable hereunder), and, immediately upon the transfer thereof to the Purchaser, the Purchaser will have good and marketable title to each Receivable, free and clear of all Liens except Permitted Liens.

 

        Schedule I-2    Schedule I to the Purchase Agreement


(k) Receivable Files. There is only one original executed copy of each “tangible record” constituting or forming a part of such Receivable that is tangible chattel paper and a single “authoritative copy” (as such term is used in Section 9-105 of the UCC) of each electronic record constituting or forming a part of such Receivable that is electronic chattel paper. The Receivable Files that constitute or evidence such Receivable do not have any marks or notations indicating that the Receivable has been pledged, assigned or otherwise conveyed by VCI to any Person other than a party to the Transaction Documents.

(l) No Defenses. VCI’s and the Servicer’s FiServ electronic data warehouse containing records related to the Receivables do not reflect any right of rescission, set-off, counterclaim or defense, or of the same being asserted or threatened, in writing by any Obligor with respect to any Receivable.

(m) No Repossession. As of the Cut-Off Date, no Financed Vehicle shall have been repossessed.

 

        Schedule I-3    Schedule I to the Purchase Agreement


SCHEDULE II

PERFECTION REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS

In addition to the representations, warranties and covenants contained in the Purchase Agreement, VCI hereby represents, warrants, and covenants to the Purchaser as follows on the Closing Date:

General

1. The Purchase Agreement creates a valid and continuing security interest (as defined in the applicable UCC) in the Receivables and the other Purchased Assets in favor of the Purchaser, which security interest is prior to all other Liens, and is enforceable as such as against creditors of and purchasers from VCI.

2. The Receivables constitute “chattel paper” (including “electronic chattel paper” or “tangible chattel paper”), “accounts,” “instruments,” or “general intangibles,” within the meaning of the UCC.

3. Immediately prior to the sale, assignment and transfer thereof pursuant to this Agreement, each Receivable was secured by a first priority validly perfected security interest in the related Financed Vehicle in favor of the Originator (or its assignee), as secured party, or all necessary actions with respect to such Receivable have been taken or will be taken to perfect a first priority security interest in the related Financed Vehicle in favor of the Originator (or its assignee), as secured party.

Creation

4. Immediately prior to the sale, transfer, assignment and conveyance of a Receivable by VCI to the Purchaser, VCI owned and had good and marketable title to such Receivable free and clear of any Lien and immediately after the sale, transfer, assignment and conveyance of such Receivable to the Purchaser, the Purchaser will have good and marketable title to such Receivable free and clear of any Lien.

5. The Originator has received all consents and approvals to the sale of the Receivables hereunder to the Purchaser required by the terms of the Receivables that constitute instruments.

Perfection

6. VCI has caused or will have caused, within ten days after the effective date of the Purchase Agreement, the filing of all appropriate financing statements in the proper filing office in the appropriate jurisdictions under applicable law in order to perfect the sale of the Receivables from VCI to the Purchaser, and the security interest in the Receivables granted to the Purchaser hereunder; and the Servicer, in its capacity as custodian, has in its possession the original copies of such instruments or tangible chattel paper that constitute or evidence the Receivables, and all financing statements referred to in this paragraph contain a statement that: “A purchase of or security interest in any collateral described in this financing statement will violate the rights of the Secured Party/Purchaser.”

 

       

Schedule

II-1

   Schedule II to the Purchase Agreement


7. With respect to Receivables that constitute instruments or tangible chattel paper, either:

 

  a.

All original executed copies of each such instrument or tangible chattel paper have been delivered to the Indenture Trustee;

 

  b.

Such instruments or tangible chattel paper are in the possession of the Servicer and the Indenture Trustee has received a written acknowledgment from the Servicer that the Servicer (in its capacity as custodian) is holding such instruments or tangible chattel paper solely on behalf and for the benefit of the Indenture Trustee as pledgee of the Issuer; or

 

  c.

The Servicer received possession of such instruments or tangible chattel paper after the Indenture Trustee received a written acknowledgment from the Servicer that the Servicer is acting solely as agent of the Indenture Trustee as pledgee of the Issuer.

Priority

8. VCI has not authorized the filing of, and is not aware of, any financing statements against VCI that include a description of collateral covering the Receivables other than any financing statement (i) relating to the security interest granted to the Purchaser hereunder or (ii) that has been terminated.

9. VCI is not aware of any material judgment, ERISA or tax lien filings against VCI.

10. Neither VCI nor a custodian or vaulting agent thereof holding any Receivable that is electronic chattel paper has communicated an “authoritative copy” (as such term is used in Section 9-105 of the UCC) of any loan agreement that constitutes or evidences such Receivable to any Person other than the Servicer.

11. None of the instruments, tangible chattel paper or electronic chattel paper that constitutes or evidences the Receivables has any marks or notations indicating that they have been pledged, assigned or otherwise conveyed to any Person other than the Purchaser, the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee.

Survival of Perfection Representations

12. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Purchase Agreement or any other Transaction Document, the perfection representations, warranties and covenants contained in this Schedule II shall be continuing, and remain in full force and effect until such time as all obligations under the Transaction Documents and the Notes have been finally and fully paid and performed.

 

       

Schedule

II-2

   Schedule II to the Purchase Agreement


No Waiver

13. VCI shall provide the Rating Agencies with prompt written notice of any material breach of the perfection representations, warranties and covenants contained in this Schedule II, and shall not, without satisfying the Rating Agency Condition, waive a breach of any of such perfection representations, warranties or covenants.

 

       

Schedule

II-3

   Schedule II to the Purchase Agreement
EX-10.3 11 d742675dex103.htm EX-10.3 EX-10.3

Exhibit 10.3

 

 

 

ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT

among

VOLKSWAGEN AUTO LOAN ENHANCED TRUST 20[     ]-[     ],

as Issuer

VW CREDIT, INC.,

as Administrator

and

[    ],

as Indenture Trustee

Dated as of [    ]

 

 

 

20[    ]-[    ] Administration Agreement


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

         Page  

1.

  Duties of the Administrator      1  

2.

  Records      3  

3.

  Compensation; Payment of Fees and Expenses      3  

4.

  Independence of the Administrator      3  

5.

  No Joint Venture      3  

6.

  Other Activities of the Administrator      3  

7.

  Representations and Warranties of the Administrator      4  

8.

  Administrator Replacement Events; Termination of the Administrator      4  

9.

  Action upon Termination or Removal      6  

10.

  Liens      6  

11.

  Notices      6  

12.

  Amendments      7  

13.

  Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial      8  

14.

  Headings      8  

15.

  Counterparts      9  

16.

  Entire Agreement      9  

17.

  Severability of Provisions      9  

18.

  Not Applicable to VCI in Other Capacities      9  

19.

  Benefits of the Administration Agreement      9  

20.

  Assignment      9  

21.

  Nonpetition Covenant      9  

22.

  Limitation of Liability      10  

23.

  Other Interpretive Provisions      10  

 

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THIS ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) dated as of [ ], is between VOLKSWAGEN AUTO LOAN ENHANCED TRUST 20[ ]-[ ], a Delaware statutory trust (the “Issuer”), VW CREDIT, INC., a Delaware corporation, as administrator (“VCI” or in its capacity as administrator, the “Administrator”), and [                ], a [                 ], as indenture trustee (the “Indenture Trustee”). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned such terms in Appendix A to the Sale and Servicing Agreement, dated as of [ ] (the “Sale and Servicing Agreement”), by and among Volkswagen Auto Lease/Loan Underwritten Funding, LLC, as seller, the Issuer, VCI, as servicer, and the Indenture Trustee.

W I T N E S S E T H :

WHEREAS, the Issuer has issued the Notes pursuant to the Indenture and the Certificate pursuant to the Trust Agreement and has entered into certain agreements in connection therewith, including, (i) the Sale and Servicing Agreement, (ii) the Indenture and (iii) the Note Depository Agreement (the Trust Agreement and each of the agreements referred to in clauses (i) through (iii) are referred to herein collectively as the “Issuer Documents”);

WHEREAS, to secure payment of the Notes, the Issuer has pledged the Collateral to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Indenture;

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Issuer Documents, the Issuer and the Owner Trustee are required to perform certain duties;

WHEREAS, the Issuer and the Owner Trustee desire to have the Administrator perform certain of the duties of the Issuer and the Owner Trustee (in its capacity as owner trustee under the Trust Agreement), and to provide such additional services consistent with this Agreement and the Issuer Documents as the Issuer may from time to time request;

WHEREAS, the Administrator has the capacity to provide the services required hereby and is willing to perform such services for the Issuer and the Owner Trustee on the terms set forth herein;

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual terms and covenants contained herein, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:

1. Duties of the Administrator.

(a) Duties with Respect to the Issuer Documents. The Administrator shall perform all of its duties as Administrator under this Agreement and the Issuer Documents and the duties and obligations of the Issuer and the Owner Trustee (in its capacity as owner trustee under the Trust Agreement) under the Issuer Documents; provided, however, except as otherwise provided in the Issuer Documents, that the Administrator shall have no obligation to make any payment required to be made by the Issuer under any Issuer Document; provided, further, however, that the Administrator shall have no obligation, and the Owner Trustee shall be required to fully perform its duties, with respect to the obligations of the Owner Trustee under Sections 11.12, 11.13, 11.14 and

 

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11.15 of the Trust Agreement and to otherwise comply with the requirements of the Owner Trustee related to Regulation AB. In addition, the Administrator shall consult with the Issuer and the Owner Trustee regarding its duties and obligations under the Issuer Documents. The Administrator shall monitor the performance of the Issuer and the Owner Trustee and shall advise the Issuer and the Owner Trustee when action is necessary to comply with the Issuer’s and the Owner Trustee’s duties and obligations under the Issuer Documents. The Administrator shall perform such calculations, and shall prepare for execution by the Issuer or shall cause the preparation by other appropriate persons of all such documents, reports, filings, instruments, certificates and opinions as it shall be the duty of the Issuer to prepare, file and deliver pursuant to the Issuer Documents. In furtherance of the foregoing, the Administrator shall take all appropriate action that is the duty of the Issuer to take pursuant to the Issuer Documents, and shall prepare, execute, file and deliver on behalf of the Issuer all such documents, reports, filings, instruments, certificates and opinions as it shall be the duty of the Issuer to prepare, file or deliver pursuant to the Issuer Documents or otherwise by law.

(b) Notices to Rating Agencies. The Administrator shall give notice to each Rating Agency of (i) any merger or consolidation of the Owner Trustee pursuant to Section 10.4 of the Trust Agreement; (ii) any merger or consolidation of the Indenture Trustee pursuant to Section 6.9 of the Indenture; (iii) any resignation or removal of the Indenture Trustee pursuant to Section 6.8 of the Indenture; (iv) any Default or Event of Default of which it has been provided notice pursuant to Section 6.5 of the Indenture; (v) the termination of, and/or appointment of a successor to, the Servicer pursuant to Section 7.1 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement; and (vi) any supplemental indenture pursuant to Section 9.1 or 9.2 of the Indenture; which notice shall be given, in the case of each of (i) through (vi), promptly upon the Administrator being notified thereof by the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee or the Servicer, as applicable.

(c) No Action by Administrator. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Administrator shall not be obligated to, and shall not, take any action that the Issuer directs the Administrator not to take or which would result in a violation or breach of the Issuer’s covenants, agreements or obligations under any of the Issuer Documents.

(d) Non-Ministerial Matters; Exceptions to Administrator Duties.

(i) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, with respect to matters that in the reasonable judgment of the Administrator are non-ministerial, the Administrator shall not take any action unless, within a reasonable time before the taking of such action, the Administrator shall have notified the Issuer of the proposed action and the Issuer shall not have withheld consent or provided an alternative direction. For the purpose of the preceding sentence, “non-ministerial matters” shall include, without limitation:

(A) the initiation of any claim or lawsuit by the Issuer and the compromise of any action, claim or lawsuit brought by or against the Issuer;

 

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(B) the appointment of successor Note Registrars, successor Paying Agents, successor Indenture Trustees, successor Administrators or successor Servicers, or the consent to the assignment by the Note Registrar, the Paying Agent or the Indenture Trustee of its obligations under the Indenture; and

(C) the removal of the Indenture Trustee.

(ii) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Administrator shall not be obligated to, and shall not, (x) make any payments to the Noteholders under the Transaction Documents, (y) except as provided in the Transaction Documents, sell the Trust Estate or (z) take any other action that the Issuer directs the Administrator not to take on its behalf.

2. Records. The Administrator shall maintain appropriate books of account and records relating to services performed hereunder, which books of account and records shall be accessible for inspection upon reasonable written request by the Issuer, the Seller and the Indenture Trustee at any time during normal business hours.

3. Compensation; Payment of Fees and Expenses. As compensation for the performance of the Administrator’s obligations under this Agreement, the Administrator shall be entitled to receive $[30,000] annually which shall be solely an obligation of the Servicer. The Administrator shall pay all expenses incurred by it in connection with its activities hereunder.

4. Independence of the Administrator. For all purposes of this Agreement, the Administrator shall be an independent contractor and shall not be subject to the supervision of the Issuer with respect to the manner in which it accomplishes the performance of its obligations hereunder. Unless expressly authorized by the Issuer, the Administrator shall have no authority to act for or to represent the Issuer in any way (other than as permitted hereunder) and shall not otherwise be deemed an agent of the Issuer.

5. No Joint Venture. Nothing contained in this Agreement (i) shall constitute the Administrator and the Issuer as members of any partnership, joint venture, association, syndicate, unincorporated business or other separate entity, (ii) shall be construed to impose any liability as such on the Administrator or the Issuer or (iii) shall be deemed to confer on the Administrator or the Issuer any express, implied or apparent authority to incur any obligation or liability on behalf of the other.

6. Other Activities of the Administrator. Nothing herein shall prevent the Administrator or its Affiliates from engaging in other businesses or, in its sole discretion, from acting in a similar capacity as an Administrator for any other Person even though such Person may engage in business activities similar to those of the Issuer, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee.

 

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7. Representations and Warranties of the Administrator. The Administrator represents and warrants to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee as follows:

(a) Existence and Power. The Administrator is a corporation validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its state of organization and has, in all material respects, all power and authority to carry on its business as now conducted. The Administrator has obtained all necessary licenses and approvals in each jurisdiction where the failure to do so would materially and adversely affect the ability of the Administrator to perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents or affect the enforceability or collectibility of the Receivables or any other part of the Collateral.

(b) Authorization and No Contravention. The execution, delivery and performance by the Administrator of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party (i) have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of the Administrator and (ii) do not contravene or constitute a default under (A) any applicable law, rule or regulation, (B) its organizational documents or (C) any material agreement, contract, order or other instrument to which it is a party or its property is subject (other than violations which do not affect the legality, validity or enforceability of any of such agreements and which, individually or in the aggregate, would not materially and adversely affect the transactions contemplated by, or the Administrator’s ability to perform its obligations under, the Transaction Documents).

(c) No Consent Required. No approval or authorization by, or filing with, any Governmental Authority is required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by the Administrator of any Transaction Document other than (i) UCC filings, (ii) approvals and authorizations that have previously been obtained and filings that have previously been made and (iii) approvals, authorizations or filings which, if not obtained or made, would not have a material adverse effect on the enforceability or collectibility of the Receivables or any other part of the Collateral or would not materially and adversely affect the ability of the Administrator to perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents.

(d) Binding Effect. Each Transaction Document to which the Administrator is a party constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Administrator enforceable against the Administrator in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, receivership, conservatorship or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and, if applicable, the rights of creditors of corporations from time to time in effect or by general principles of equity.

8. Administrator Replacement Events; Termination of the Administrator.

(a) Subject to clauses (d) and (e) below, the Administrator may resign its duties hereunder by providing the Issuer with at least sixty (60) days’ prior written notice.

(b) Subject to clauses (d) and (e) below, the Issuer may remove the Administrator without cause by providing the Administrator with at least sixty (60) days’ prior written notice.

 

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(c) The occurrence of any one of the following events (each, an “Administrator Replacement Event”) shall also entitle the Issuer, subject to Section 20 hereof, to terminate and replace the Administrator:

(i) any failure by the Administrator to deliver or cause to be delivered any required payment to the Indenture Trustee for distribution to the Noteholders, which failure continues unremedied for ten (10) Business Days after discovery thereof by a Responsible Officer of the Administrator or receipt by the Administrator of written notice thereof from the Indenture Trustee or Noteholders evidencing at least a majority of the aggregate principal balance of the Outstanding Notes;

(ii) any failure by the Administrator to duly observe or perform in any material respect any other of its covenants or agreements in this Agreement, which failure materially and adversely affects the rights of the Issuer or the Noteholders, and which continues unremedied for ninety (90) days after discovery thereof by a Responsible Officer of the Administrator or receipt by the Administrator of written notice thereof from the Indenture Trustee or Noteholders evidencing at least a majority of the aggregate principal balance of the Outstanding Notes;

(iii) any representation or warranty of the Administrator made in any Transaction Document to which the Administrator is a party or by which it is bound or any certificate delivered pursuant to this Agreement proves to have been incorrect in any material respect when made, which failure materially and adversely affects the rights of the Issuer or the Noteholders, and which failure continues unremedied for ninety (90) days after discovery thereof by a Responsible Officer of the Administrator or receipt by the Administrator of written notice thereof from the Indenture Trustee or Noteholders evidencing at least a majority of the aggregate principal balance of the Outstanding Notes (it being understood that any repurchase of a Receivable by VCI pursuant to Section 3.4 of the Purchase Agreement, by the Seller pursuant to Section 2.4 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement or by the Servicer pursuant to Section 3.6 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement shall be deemed to remedy any incorrect representation or warranty with respect to such Receivable); or

(iv) the Administrator suffers a Bankruptcy Event;

provided, however, that a delay in or failure of performance referred to under clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) above for a period of one hundred fifty (150) days will not constitute an Administrator Replacement Event if such delay or failure was caused by force majeure or other similar occurrence.

(d) If an Administrator Replacement Event shall have occurred, the Issuer may, subject to Section 19 hereof, by notice given to the Administrator and the Owner Trustee, terminate all or a portion of the rights and powers of the Administrator under this Agreement, including the rights of the Administrator to receive the annual fee for

 

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services hereunder for all periods following such termination; provided, however, that such termination shall not become effective until such time as the Issuer, subject to Section 19 hereof, shall have appointed a successor Administrator in the manner set forth below. Upon any such termination, all rights, powers, duties and responsibilities of the Administrator under this Agreement shall vest in and be assumed by any successor Administrator appointed by the Issuer, subject to Section 19 hereof, pursuant to a management agreement between the Issuer and such successor Administrator, containing substantially the same provisions as this Agreement (including with respect to the compensation of such successor Administrator), and the successor Administrator is hereby irrevocably authorized and empowered to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Administrator, as attorney-in-fact or otherwise, all documents and other instruments, and to do or accomplish all other acts or things necessary or appropriate to effect such vesting and assumption. Further, in such event, the Administrator shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to effect the orderly and efficient transfer of the administration of the Issuer to the new Administrator.

(e) The Issuer, subject to Section 19 hereof, may waive in writing any Administrator Replacement Event by the Administrator in the performance of its obligations hereunder and its consequences. Upon any such waiver of a past Administrator Replacement Event, such Administrator Replacement Event shall cease to exist, and any Administrator Replacement Event arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been remedied for every purpose of this Agreement. No such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Administrator Replacement Event or impair any right consequent thereon.

9. Action upon Termination or Removal. Promptly upon the effective date of termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 8, or the removal of the Administrator pursuant to Section 8, the Administrator shall be entitled to be paid by the Servicer all fees accruing to it to the date of such termination or removal.

10. Liens. The Administrator will not directly or indirectly create, allow or suffer to exist any Lien on the Collateral other than Permitted Liens.

11. Notices. All demands, notices and communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be delivered or mailed by registered or certified first-class United States mail, postage prepaid, hand delivery, prepaid courier service, or by facsimile, and addressed in each case as specified on Schedule II to the Sale and Servicing Agreement or at such other address as shall be designated by any of the specified addressees in a written notice to the other parties hereto. Delivery shall occur only upon receipt or reported tender of such communication by an officer of the recipient entitled to receive such notices located at the address of such recipient for notices hereunder.

 

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12. Amendments.

(a) Any term or provision of this Agreement may be amended by the Administrator without the consent of the Indenture Trustee, any Noteholder, the Issuer, the Owner Trustee or any other Person subject to the satisfaction of one of the following conditions:

(i) the Administrator delivers an Opinion of Counsel to the Indenture Trustee to the effect that such amendment will not materially and adversely affect the interests of the Noteholders;

(ii) the Administrator delivers an Officer’s Certificate of the Administrator to the Indenture Trustee to the effect that such amendment will not materially and adversely affect the interests of the Noteholders; or

(iii) the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied with respect to such amendment and the Administrator notifies the Indenture Trustee in writing that the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied with respect to such amendment;

provided, that no amendment shall be effective which affects the rights, protections or duties of the Indenture Trustee[,] [or] the Owner Trustee [or the Issuer Delaware Trustee] without the prior written consent of such Person.

(b) This Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the Issuer, the Administrator and the Indenture Trustee, with the consent of the Holders of Notes evidencing not less than a majority of the aggregate principal balance of the Outstanding Notes for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Agreement or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Noteholders. It will not be necessary for the consent of Noteholders to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment or consent, but it will be sufficient if such consent approves the substance thereof. The manner of obtaining such consents (and any other consents of Noteholders provided for in this Agreement) and of evidencing the authorization of the execution thereof by Noteholders will be subject to such reasonable requirements as the Indenture Trustee may prescribe, including the establishment of record dates pursuant to the Note Depository Agreement.

(c) Prior to the execution of any such amendment, the Administrator shall provide written notification of the substance of such amendment to each Rating Agency and the Owner Trustee; and promptly after the execution of any such amendment, the Administrator (i) shall furnish a copy of such amendment to each Rating Agency, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee and (ii) if this Agreement is amended in accordance with clauses (i) or (ii) of Section 12(a), shall furnish a copy of such Opinion of Counsel or Officer’s Certificate, as the case may be, to each of the Rating Agencies.

(d) Prior to the execution of any amendment to this Agreement, the Issuer, the Owner Trustee[, the Issuer Delaware Trustee] and the Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to receive and conclusively rely upon an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such amendment is authorized or permitted by this Agreement and that all conditions precedent to the execution and delivery of such amendment have been satisfied. The Owner Trustee[, the Issuer Delaware Trustee] and the Indenture Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such amendment which adversely affects the Owner Trustee’s[, the Issuer Delaware Trustee’s] or the Indenture Trustee’s, as applicable, own rights, duties or immunities under this Agreement.

 

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13. Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial.

(a) THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL, SUBSTANTIVE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REFERENCE TO THE RULES THEREOF RELATING TO CONFLICTS OF LAW, OTHER THAN SECTIONS 5-1401 AND 5-1402 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.

(b) Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally:

(i) submits for itself and its property in any legal action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any documents executed and delivered in connection herewith, or for recognition and enforcement of any judgment in respect thereof, to the nonexclusive general jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York, the courts of the United States of America for the Southern District of New York and appellate courts from any thereof;

(ii) consents that any such action or proceeding may be brought and maintained in such courts and waives any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the venue of such action or proceeding in any such court or that such action or proceeding was brought in an inconvenient court and agrees not to plead or claim the same;

(iii) agrees that service of process in any such action or proceeding may be effected by mailing a copy thereof by registered or certified mail (or any substantially similar form of mail), postage prepaid, to such Person at its address determined in accordance with Section 11 of this Agreement;

(iv) agrees that nothing herein shall affect the right to effect service of process in any other manner permitted by law or shall limit the right to sue in any other jurisdiction; and

(v) to the extent permitted by applicable law, each party hereto irrevocably waives all right of trial by jury in any action, proceeding or counterclaim based on, or arising out of, under or in connection with this Agreement, any other Transaction Document, or any matter arising hereunder or thereunder.

14. Headings. The section headings hereof have been inserted for convenience of reference only and shall not be construed to affect the meaning, construction or effect of this Agreement.

 

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15. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all of such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.

16. Entire Agreement. The Transaction Documents contain a final and complete integration of all prior expressions by the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter thereof and shall constitute the entire agreement among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter thereof, superseding all prior oral or written understandings. There are no unwritten agreements among the parties.

17. Severability of Provisions. If any one or more of the covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of this Agreement shall be for any reason whatsoever held invalid, then such covenants, agreements, provisions or terms shall be deemed severable from the remaining covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of this Agreement and shall in no way affect the validity or enforceability of the other provisions of this Agreement.

18. Not Applicable to VCI in Other Capacities. Nothing in this Agreement shall affect any obligation VCI may have in any other capacity.

19. Benefits of the Administration Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall give to any Person other than the parties hereto and their successors hereunder, the Owner Trustee, [the Issuer Delaware Trustee,] any separate trustee or co-trustee appointed under Section 6.10 of the Indenture and the Noteholders, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, [each of] the Owner Trustee [and the Issuer Delaware Trustee] is a third party beneficiary of this Agreement and [each] is entitled to the rights and benefits hereunder and may enforce the provisions hereof as if it were a party hereto.

20. Assignment. Each party hereto hereby acknowledges and consents to the mortgage, pledge, assignment and Grant of a security interest by the Issuer to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Indenture for the benefit of the Noteholders of all of the Issuer’s rights under this Agreement. In addition, the Administrator hereby acknowledges and agrees that for so long as any Notes are outstanding, the Indenture Trustee will have the right to exercise all waivers and consents, rights, remedies, powers, privileges and claims of the Issuer under this Agreement.

21. Nonpetition Covenant. Each party hereto agrees that, prior to the date which is one year and one day after payment in full of all obligations of each Bankruptcy Remote Party in respect of all securities issued by any Bankruptcy Remote Party (i) such party shall not authorize any Bankruptcy Remote Party to commence a voluntary winding-up or other voluntary case or other proceeding seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief with respect to such Bankruptcy Remote Party or its debts under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect in any jurisdiction or seeking the appointment of an administrator, a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official with respect to such Bankruptcy Remote Party or any substantial part of its property or to consent to any such relief or to the appointment of or taking possession by any such official in an involuntary case or other proceeding commenced against such Bankruptcy Remote Party, or to make a general assignment for the

 

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benefit of, its creditors generally, any party hereto or any other creditor of such Bankruptcy Remote Party, and (ii) such party shall not commence or join with any other Person in commencing any proceeding against such Bankruptcy Remote Party under any bankruptcy, reorganization, liquidation or insolvency law or statute now or hereafter in effect in any jurisdiction.

22. Limitation of Liability. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, (a) this Agreement has been executed and delivered by [    ], not in its individual capacity but solely as Owner Trustee, (b) each of the representations, undertakings and agreements herein made on the part of the Owner Trustee and the Issuer is made and intended not as personal representations, undertakings and agreements by [    ] but is made and intended for the purpose of binding only the Issuer, (c) nothing herein contained shall be construed as creating any liability on [    ], individually or personally, to perform any covenant either expressed or implied contained herein of the Owner Trustee or the Issuer, all such liability, if any, being expressly waived by the parties hereto and by any Person claiming by, through or under the parties hereto, (d) [    ] has made no investigation as to the accuracy or completeness of any representations and warranties made by the Owner Trustee or the Issuer in this Agreement and (e) under no circumstances shall [    ] be personally liable for the payment of any indebtedness or expenses of the Owner Trustee or the Issuer or be liable for the breach or failure of any obligation, representation, warranty or covenant made or undertaken by the Owner Trustee or the Issuer under this Agreement or any other related documents. For the purposes of this Agreement, in the performance of its duties or obligations hereunder, the Owner Trustee shall be subject to, and entitled to the benefits of, the terms and provisions of Articles VI, VII and VIII of the Trust Agreement.

23. Other Interpretive Provisions. For purposes of this Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) accounting terms not otherwise defined in this Agreement, and accounting terms partly defined in this Agreement to the extent not defined, shall have the respective meanings given to them under GAAP (provided, that, to the extent that the definitions in this Agreement and GAAP conflict, the definitions in this Agreement shall control); (b) terms defined in Article 9 of the UCC as in effect in the relevant jurisdiction and not otherwise defined in this Agreement are used as defined in that Article; (c) the words “hereof,” “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement; (d) references to any Article, Section, Schedule, Appendix or Exhibit are references to Articles, Sections, Schedules, Appendices and Exhibits in or to this Agreement and references to any paragraph, subsection, clause or other subdivision within any Section or definition refer to such paragraph, subsection, clause or other subdivision of such Section or definition; (e) the term “including” and all variations thereof means “including without limitation”; (f) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, references to any law or regulation refer to that law or regulation as amended from time to time and include any successor law or regulation; (g) references to any Person include that Person’s successors and assigns; and (h) headings are for purposes of reference only and shall not otherwise affect the meaning or interpretation of any provision herein.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the day and year first above written.

 

VOLKSWAGEN AUTO LOAN ENHANCED

TRUST 20[    ]-[    ]

By: [    ], not in its individual capacity but solely as Owner Trustee
By:    
Name:    
Title:    

 

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VW CREDIT, INC., as Administrator

By:    

Name:

Title:

By:    

Name:

Title:

 

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[    ], as Indenture Trustee

By:    
Name:    
Title:    

 

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Joinder of Servicer:

VW CREDIT, INC., as Servicer, joins in this Agreement solely for purposes of Section 3.

 

VW CREDIT, INC., as Servicer

By:    

Name:

Title:

By:    

Name:

Title:

 

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EX-10.4 12 d742675dex104.htm EX-10.4 EX-10.4

EXHIBIT 10.4

FORM OF INTEREST RATE SWAP AGREEMENT

BETWEEN THE TRUST AND THE SWAP COUNTERPARTY

ISDA(R)

International Swap Dealers Association, Inc.

MASTER AGREEMENT

dated as of [                ]

[SWAP COUNTERPARTY] (“Party A”) and VOLKSWAGEN AUTO LOAN ENHANCED TRUST 20[ ]-[ ] (“Party B”) have entered and/or anticipate entering into one or more transactions (each a “Transaction”) that are or will be governed by this Master Agreement, which includes the schedule (the “Schedule”), and the documents and other confirming evidence (each a “Confirmation”) exchanged between the parties confirming those Transactions.

Accordingly, the parties agree as follows:

 

1.

INTERPRETATION

(a) DEFINITIONS. The terms defined in Section 14 and in the Schedule will have the meanings therein specified for the purpose of this Master Agreement.

(b) INCONSISTENCY. In the event of any inconsistency between the provisions of the Schedule and the other provisions of this Master Agreement, the Schedule will prevail. In the event of any inconsistency between the provisions of any Confirmation and this Master Agreement (including the Schedule), such Confirmation will prevail for the purpose of the relevant Transaction.

(c) SINGLE AGREEMENT. All Transactions are entered into in reliance on the fact that this Master Agreement and all Confirmations form a single agreement between the parties (collectively referred to as this (“Agreement”), and the parties would not otherwise enter into any Transactions.

 

2.

OBLIGATIONS

(a) GENERAL CONDITIONS.

(i) Each party will make each payment or delivery specified in each Confirmation to be made by it, subject to the other provisions of this Agreement.


(ii) Payments under this Agreement will be made on the due date for value on that date in the place of the account specified in the relevant Confirmation or otherwise pursuant to this Agreement, in freely transferable funds and in the manner customary for payments in the required currency. Where settlement is by delivery (that is, other than by payment), such delivery will be made for receipt on the due date in the manner customary for the relevant obligation unless otherwise specified in the relevant Confirmation or elsewhere in this Agreement.

(iii) Each obligation of each party under Section 2(a)(i) is subject to (1) the condition precedent that no Event of Default or Potential Event of Default with respect to the other party has occurred and is continuing, (2) the condition precedent that no Early Termination Date in respect of the relevant Transaction has occurred or been effectively designated and (3) each other applicable condition precedent specified in this Agreement.

(b) CHANGE OF ACCOUNT. Either party may change its account for receiving a payment or delivery by giving notice to the other party at least five Local Business Days prior to the scheduled date for the payment or delivery to which such change applies unless such other party gives timely notice of a reasonable objection to such change.

(c) NETTING. If on any date amounts would otherwise be payable:

(i) in the same currency; and

(ii) in respect of the same Transaction,

by each party to the other, then, on such date, each party’s obligation to make payment of any such amount will be automatically satisfied and discharged and, if the aggregate amount that would otherwise have been payable by one party exceeds the aggregate amount that would otherwise have been payable by the other party, replaced by an obligation upon the party by whom the larger aggregate amount would have been payable to pay to the other party the excess of the larger aggregate amount over the smaller aggregate amount.

The parties may elect in respect of two or more Transactions that a net amount will be determined in respect of all amounts payable on the same date in the same currency in respect of such Transactions, regardless of whether such amounts are payable in respect of the same Transaction. The election may be made in the Schedule or a Confirmation by specifying that subparagraph (ii) above will not apply to the Transactions identified as being subject to the election, together with the starting date (in which case subparagraph (ii) above will not, or will cease to, apply to such Transactions from such date). This election may be made separately for different groups of Transactions and will apply separately to each pairing of Offices through which the parties make and receive payments or deliveries.

(d) DEDUCTION OR WITHHOLDING FOR TAX.

(i) GROSS-UP. All payments under this Agreement will be made without any deduction or withholding for or on account of any Tax unless such deduction or withholding is required by any applicable law, as modified by the practice of any relevant governmental revenue authority, then in effect. If a party is so required to deduct or withhold, then that party (“X”) will:

(1) promptly notify the other party (“Y”) of such requirement;

 

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(2) pay to the relevant authorities the full amount required to be deducted or withheld (including the full amount required to be deducted or withheld from any additional amount paid by X to Y under this Section 2(d)) promptly upon the earlier of determining that such deduction or withholding is required or receiving notice that such amount has been assessed against Y;

(3) promptly forward to Y an official receipt (or a certified copy), or other documentation reasonably acceptable to Y, evidencing such payment to such authorities; and

(4) if such Tax is an Indemnifiable Tax, pay to Y, in addition to the payment to which Y is otherwise entitled under this Agreement, such additional amount as is necessary to ensure that the net amount actually received by Y (free and clear of Indemnifiable Taxes, whether assessed against X or Y) will equal the full amount Y would have received had no such deduction or withholding been required. However, X will not be required to pay any additional amount to Y to the extent that it would not be required to be paid but for:

(A) the failure by Y to comply with or perform any agreement contained in Section 4(a)(i), 4(a)(iii) or 4(d); or

(B) the failure of a representation made by Y pursuant to Section 3(f) to be accurate and true unless such failure would not have occurred but for (1) any action taken by a taxing authority, or brought in a court of competent jurisdiction, on or after the date on which a Transaction is entered into (regardless of whether such action is taken or brought with respect to a party to this Agreement) or (11) a Change in Tax Law.

(ii) LIABILITY. If:

(1) X is required by any applicable law, as modified by the practice of any relevant governmental revenue authority, to make any deduction or withholding in respect of which X would not be required to pay an additional amount to Y under Section 2(d)(i)(4);

(2) X does not so deduct or withhold; and

(3) a liability resulting from such Tax is assessed directly against X,

then, except to the extent Y has satisfied or then satisfies the liability resulting from such Tax, Y will promptly pay to X the amount of such liability (including any related liability for interest, but including any related liability for penalties only if Y has failed to comply with or perform any agreement contained in Section 4(a)(i), 4(a)(iii) or 4(d)).

 

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(e) DEFAULT INTEREST; OTHER AMOUNTS. Prior to the occurrence or effective designation of an Early Termination Date in respect of the relevant Transaction, a party that defaults in the performance of any payment obligation will, to the extent permitted by law and subject to Section 6(c), be required to pay interest (before as well as after judgment) on the overdue amount to the other party on demand in the same currency as such overdue amount, for the period from (and including) the original due date for payment to (but excluding) the date of actual payment, at the Default Rate. Such interest will be calculated on the basis of daily compounding and the actual number of days elapsed. If, prior to the occurrence or effective designation of an Early Termination Date in respect of the relevant Transaction, a party defaults in the performance of any obligation required to be settled by delivery, it will compensate the other party on demand if and to the extent provided for in the relevant Confirmation or elsewhere in this Agreement.

 

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REPRESENTATIONS

Each party represents to the other party (which representations will be deemed to be repeated by each party on each date on which a Transaction is entered into and, in the case of the representations in Section 3(f), at all times until the termination of this Agreement) that:

(a) BASIC REPRESENTATIONS.

(i) STATUS. It is duly organized and validly existing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization or incorporation and, if relevant under such laws, in good standing;

(ii) POWERS. It has the power to execute this Agreement and any other documentation relating to this Agreement to which it is a party, to deliver this Agreement and any other documentation relating to this Agreement that it is required by this Agreement to deliver and to perform its obligations under this Agreement and any obligations it has under any Credit Support Document to which it is a party and has taken all necessary action to authorize such execution, delivery and performance;

(iii) NO VIOLATION OR CONFLICT. Such execution, delivery and performance do not violate or conflict with any law applicable to it, any provision of its constitutional documents, any order or judgment of any court or other agency of government applicable to it or any of its assets or any contractual restriction binding on or affecting it or any of its assets;

(iv) CONSENTS. All governmental and other consents that are required to have been obtained by it with respect to this Agreement or any Credit Support Document to which it is a party have been obtained and are in full force and effect and all conditions of any such consents have been complied with; and

(v) OBLIGATIONS BINDING. Its obligations under this Agreement and any Credit Support Document to which it is a party constitute its legal, valid and binding obligations, enforceable in accordance with their respective terms (subject to applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject, as to enforceability, to equitable principles of general application (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding in equity or at law)).

 

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(b) ABSENCE OF CERTAIN EVENTS. No Event of Default or Potential Event of Default or, to its knowledge, Termination Event with respect to it has occurred and is continuing and no such event or circumstance would occur as a result of its entering into or performing its obligations under this Agreement or any Credit Support Document to which it is a party.

(c) ABSENCE OF LITIGATION. There is not pending or, to its knowledge, threatened against it or any of its Affiliates any action, suit or proceeding at law or in equity or before any court, tribunal, governmental body, agency or official or any arbitrator that is likely to affect the legality, validity or enforceability against it of this Agreement or any Credit Support Document to which it is a party or its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement or such Credit Support Document.

(d) ACCURACY OF SPECIFIED INFORMATION. All applicable information that is furnished in writing by or on behalf of it to the other party and is identified for the purpose of this Section 3(d) in the Schedule is, as of the date of the information, true, accurate and complete in every material respect.

(e) PAYER TAX REPRESENTATION. Each representation specified in the Schedule as being made by it for the purpose of this Section 3(e) is accurate and true.

(f) PAYEE TAX REPRESENTATIONS. Each representation specified in the Schedule as being made by it for the purpose of this Section 3(f) is accurate and true.

 

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AGREEMENTS

Each party agrees with the other that, so long as either party has or may have any obligation under this Agreement or under any Credit Support Document to which it is a party:

(a) FURNISH SPECIFIED INFORMATION. It will deliver to the other party or, in certain cases under subparagraph (iii) below, to such government or taxing authority as the other party reasonably directs:

(i) any forms, documents or certificates relating to taxation specified in the Schedule or any Confirmation;

(ii) any other documents specified in the Schedule or any Confirmation; and

(iii) upon reasonable demand by such other party, any form or document that may be required or reasonably requested in writing in order to allow such other party or its Credit Support Provider to make a payment under this Agreement or any applicable Credit Support Document without any deduction or withholding for or on account of any Tax or with such deduction or withholding at a reduced rate (so long as the completion, execution or submission of such form or document would not materially prejudice the legal or commercial position of the party in receipt of such demand), with any such form or document to be accurate and completed in a manner reasonably satisfactory to such other party and to be executed and to be delivered with any reasonably required certification, in each case by the date specified in the Schedule or such Confirmation or, if none is specified, as soon as reasonably practicable.

 

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(b) MAINTAIN AUTHORIZATIONS. It will use all reasonable efforts to maintain in full force and effect all consents of any governmental or other authority that are required to be obtained by it with respect to this Agreement or any Credit Support Document to which it is a party and will use all reasonable efforts to obtain any that may become necessary in the future.

(c) COMPLY WITH LAWS. It will comply in all material respects with all applicable laws and orders to which it may be subject if failure so to comply would materially impair its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement or any Credit Support Document to which it is a party.

(d) TAX AGREEMENT. It will give notice of any failure of a representation made by it under Section 3(f) to be accurate and true promptly upon learning of such failure.

(e) PAYMENT OF STAMP TAX. Subject to Section 11, it will pay any Stamp Tax levied or imposed upon it or in respect of its execution or performance of this Agreement by a jurisdiction in which it is incorporated, organized, managed and controlled, or considered to have its seat, or in which a branch or office through which it is acting for the purpose of this Agreement is located (“Stamp Tax Jurisdiction”) and will indemnify the other party against any Stamp Tax levied or imposed upon the other party or in respect of the other party’s execution or performance of this Agreement by any such Stamp Tax Jurisdiction which is not also a Stamp Tax Jurisdiction with respect to the other party.

 

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EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND TERMINATION EVENTS

(a) EVENTS OF DEFAULT. The occurrence at any time with respect to a party or, if applicable, any Credit Support Provider of such party or any Specified Entity of such party of any of the following events constitutes an event of default (an “Event of Default”) with respect to such party:

(i) FAILURE TO PAY OR DELIVER. Failure by the party to make, when due, any payment under this Agreement or delivery under Section 2(a)(i) or 2(e) required to be made by it if such failure is not remedied on or before the third Local Business Day after notice of such failure is given to the party;

(ii) BREACH OF AGREEMENT. Failure by the party to comply with or perform any agreement or obligation (other than an obligation to make any payment under this Agreement or delivery under Section 2(a)(i) or 2(e) or to give notice of a Termination Event or any agreement or obligation under Section 4(a)(i), 4(a)(iii) or 4(d)) to be complied with or performed by the party in accordance with this Agreement if such failure is not remedied on or before the thirtieth day after notice of such failure is given to the party;

(iii) CREDIT SUPPORT DEFAULT.

 

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(1) Failure by the party or any Credit Support Provider of such party to comply with or perform any agreement or obligation to be complied with or performed by it in accordance with any Credit Support Document if such failure is continuing after any applicable grace period has elapsed;

(2) the expiration or termination of such Credit Support Document or the failing or ceasing of such Credit Support Document to be in full force and effect for the purpose of this Agreement (in either case other than in accordance with its terms) prior to the satisfaction of all obligations of such party under each Transaction to which such Credit Support Document relates without the written consent of the other party; or

(3) the party or such Credit Support Provider disaffirms, disclaims, repudiates or rejects, in whole or in part, or challenges the validity of, such Credit Support Document;

(iv) MISREPRESENTATION. A representation (other than a representation under Section 3(e) or (f)) made or repeated or deemed to have been made or repeated by the party or any Credit Support Provider of such party in this Agreement or any Credit Support Document proves to have been incorrect or misleading in any material respect when made or repeated or deemed to have been made or repeated;

(v) DEFAULT UNDER SPECIFIED TRANSACTION. The party, any Credit Support Provider of such party or any applicable Specified Entity of such party (1) defaults under a Specified Transaction and, after giving effect to any applicable notice requirement or grace period, there occurs a liquidation of, an acceleration of obligations under, or an early termination of, that Specified Transaction, (2) defaults, after giving effect to any applicable notice requirement or grace period, in making any payment or delivery due on the last payment. delivery or exchange date of, or any payment on early termination of, a Specified Transaction (or such default continues for at least three Local Business Days if there is no applicable notice requirement or grace period) or (3) disaffirms, disclaims, repudiates or rejects, in whole or in part, a Specified Transaction (or such action is taken by any person or entity appointed or empowered to operate it or act on its behalf);

(vi) CROSS DEFAULT. If “Cross Default” is specified in the Schedule as applying to the party, the occurrence or existence of (1) a default, event of default or other similar condition or event (however described) in respect of such party, any Credit Support Provider of such party or any applicable Specified Entity of such party under one or more agreements or instruments relating to Specified Indebtedness of any of them (individually or collectively) in an aggregate amount of not less than the applicable Threshold Amount (as specified in the Schedule) which has resulted in such Specified Indebtedness becoming, or becoming capable at such time of being declared, due and payable under such agreements or instruments, before it would otherwise have been due and payable or (2) a default by such party, such Credit Support Provider or such Specified Entity (individually or collectively) in making one or more payments on the due date thereof in an aggregate amount of not less than the applicable Threshold Amount under such agreements or instruments (after giving effect to any applicable notice requirement or grace period);

 

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(vii) BANKRUPTCY. The party, any Credit Support Provider of such party or any applicable Specified Entity of such party:

(1) is dissolved (other than pursuant to a consolidation, amalgamation or merger); (2) becomes insolvent or is unable to pay its debts or fails or admits in writing its inability generally to pay its debts as they become due; (3) makes a general assignment, arrangement or composition with or for the benefit of its creditors; (4) institutes or has instituted against it a proceeding seeking a judgment of insolvency or bankruptcy or any other relief under any bankruptcy or insolvency law or other similar law affecting creditors’ rights, or a petition is presented for its winding-up or liquidation, and, in the case of any such proceeding or petition instituted or presented against it, such proceeding or petition (A) results in a judgment of insolvency or bankruptcy or the entry of an order for relief or the making of an order for its winding-up or liquidation or (B) is not dismissed, discharged, stayed or restrained in each case within 30 days of the institution or presentation thereof; (5) has a resolution passed for its winding-up, official management or liquidation (other than pursuant to a consolidation, amalgamation or merger); (6) seeks or becomes subject to the appointment of an administrator, provisional liquidator, conservator, receiver, trustee, custodian or other similar official for it or for all or substantially all its assets; (7) has a secured party take possession of all or substantially all its assets or has a distress, execution, attachment, sequestration or other legal process levied, enforced or sued on or against all or substantially all its assets and such secured party maintains possession, or any such process is not dismissed, discharged, stayed or restrained, in each case within 30 days thereafter; (8) causes or is subject to any event with respect to it which, under the applicable laws of any jurisdiction, has an analogous effect to any of the events specified in clauses (1) to (7) (inclusive); or (9) takes any action in furtherance of, or indicating its consent to, approval of, or acquiescence in, any of the foregoing acts; or

(viii) MERGER WITHOUT ASSUMPTION. The party or any Credit Support Provider of such party consolidates or amalgamates with, or merges with or into, or transfers all or substantially all its assets to, another entity and, at the time of such consolidation, amalgamation, merger or transfer-

(1) the resulting, surviving or transferee entity fails to assume all the obligations of such party or such Credit Support Provider under this Agreement or any Credit Support Document to which it or its predecessor was a party by operation of law or pursuant to an agreement reasonably satisfactory to the other party to this Agreement; or

 

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(2) the benefits of any Credit Support Document fail to extend (without the consent of the other party) to the performance by such resulting, surviving or transferee entity of its obligations under this Agreement.

(b) TERMINATION EVENTS. The occurrence at any time with respect to a party or, if applicable, any Credit Support Provider of such party or any Specified Entity of such party of any event specified below constitutes an Illegality if the event is specified in (i) below, a Tax Event if the event is specified in (ii) below or a Tax Event Upon Merger if the event is specified in (iii) below, and, if specified to be applicable, a Credit Event Upon Merger if the event is specified pursuant to (iv) below or an Additional Termination Event if the event is specified pursuant to (v) below:

(i) ILLEGALITY. Due to the adoption of, or any change in, any applicable law after the date on which a Transaction is entered into, or due to the promulgation of, or any change in, the interpretation by any court, tribunal or regulatory authority with competent jurisdiction of any applicable law after such date, it becomes unlawful (other than as a result of a breach by the party of Section 4(b)) for such party (which will be the Affected Party):

(1) to perform any absolute or contingent obligation to make a payment or delivery or to receive a payment or delivery in respect of such Transaction or to comply with any other material provision of this Agreement relating to such Transaction; or

(2) to perform, or for any Credit Support Provider of such party to perform, any contingent or other obligation which the party (or such Credit Support Provider) has under any Credit Support Document relating to such Transaction;

(ii) TAX EVENT. Due to (x) any action taken by a taxing authority, or brought in a court of competent jurisdiction, on or after the date on which a Transaction is entered into (regardless of whether such action is taken or brought with respect to a party to this Agreement) or (y) a Change in Tax Law, the party (which will be the Affected Party) will, or there is a substantial likelihood that it will, on the next succeeding Scheduled Payment Date (1) be required to pay to the other party an additional amount in respect of an Indemnifiable Tax under Section 2(d)(i)(4) (except in respect of interest under Section 2(e), 6(d)(ii) or 6(e)) or (2) receive a payment from which an amount is required to be deducted or withheld for or on account of a Tax (except in respect of interest under Section 2(e), 6(d)(ii) or 6(e)) and no additional amount is required to be paid in respect of such Tax under Section 2(d)(i)(4) (other than by reason of Section 2(d)(i)(4)(A) or (B));

(iii) TAX EVENT UPON MERGER. The party (the “Burdened Party”) on the next succeeding Scheduled Payment Date will either (1) be required to pay an additional amount in respect of an Indemnifiable Tax under Section 2(d)(i)(4) (except in respect of interest under Section 2(e), 6(d)(ii) or 6(e)) or (2) receive a payment from which an amount has been deducted or withheld for or on account of any Indemnifiable Tax in

 

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respect of which the other party is not required to pay an additional amount (other than by reason of Section 2(d)(i)(4)(A) or (B)), in either case as a result of a party consolidating or amalgamating with, or merging with or into, or transferring all or substantially all its assets to, another entity (which will be the Affected Party) where such action does not constitute an event described in Section 5(a)(viii);

(iv) CREDIT EVENT UPON MERGER. If Credit Event Upon Merger is specified in the Schedule as applying to the party, such party (“X”), any Credit Support Provider of X or any applicable Specified Entity of X consolidates or amalgamates with, or merges with or into, or transfers all or substantially all its assets to, another entity and such action does not constitute an event described in Section 5(a)(viii) but the creditworthiness of the resulting, surviving or transferee entity is materially weaker than that of X, such Credit Support Provider or such Specified Entity, as the case may be, immediately prior to such action (and, in such event, X or its successor or transferee, as appropriate, will be the Affected Party); or

(v) ADDITIONAL TERMINATION EVENT. If any “Additional Termination Event”’ is specified in the Schedule or any Confirmation as applying, the occurrence of such event (and, in such event, the Affected Party or Affected Parties shall be as specified for such Additional Termination Event in the Schedule or such Confirmation).

(c) EVENT OF DEFAULT AND ILLEGALITY. If an event or circumstance which would otherwise constitute or give rise to an Event of Default also constitutes an Illegality, it will be treated as an Illegality and will not constitute an Event-of Default.

 

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EARLY TERMINATION

(a) RIGHT TO TERMINATE FOLLOWING EVENT OF DEFAULT. If at any time an Event of Default with respect to a party (the “Defaulting Party”) has occurred and is then continuing, the other party (the “Non-defaulting Party”) may, by not more than 20 days notice to the Defaulting Party specifying the relevant Event of Default, designate a day not earlier than the day such notice is effective as an Early Termination Date in respect of all outstanding Transactions. If, however, “Automatic Early Termination” is specified in the Schedule as applying to a party, then an Early Termination Date in respect of all outstanding Transactions will occur immediately upon the occurrence with respect to such party of an Event of Default specified in Section 5(a)(vii)(1), (3), (5), (6) or, to the extent analogous thereto, (8), and as of the time immediately preceding the institution of the relevant proceeding or the presentation of the relevant petition upon the occurrence with respect to such party of an Event of Default specified in Section 5(a)(vii)(4) or, to the extent analogous thereto, (8).

(b) RIGHT TO TERMINATE FOLLOWING TERMINATION EVENT.

(i) NOTICE. If a Termination Event occurs, an Affected Party will, promptly upon becoming aware of it, notify the other party, specifying the nature of that Termination Event and each Affected Transaction and will also give such other information about that Termination Event as the other party may reasonably require.

 

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(ii) TRANSFER TO AVOID TERMINATION EVENT. If either an Illegality under Section 5(b)(i)(1) or a Tax Event occurs and there is only one Affected Party, or if a Tax Event Upon Merger occurs and the Burdened Party is the Affected Party, the Affected Party will, as a condition to its right to designate an Early Termination Date under Section 6(b)(iv), use all reasonable efforts (which will not require such party to incur a loss, excluding immaterial, incidental expenses) to transfer within 20 days after it gives notice under Section 6(b)(i) all its rights and obligations under this Agreement in respect of the Affected Transactions to another of its Offices or Affiliates so that such Termination Event ceases to exist.

If the Affected Party is not able to make such a transfer it will give notice to the other party to that effect within such 20 day period, whereupon the other party may effect such a transfer within 30 days after the notice is given under Section 6(b)(i).

Any such transfer by a party under this Section 6(b)(ii) will be subject to and conditional upon the prior written consent of the other party, which consent will not be withheld if such other party’s policies in effect at such time would permit it to enter into transactions with the transferee on the terms proposed.

(iii) TWO AFFECTED PARTIES. If an Illegality under Section 5(b)(i)(1) or a Tax Event occurs and there are two Affected Parties, each party will use all reasonable efforts to reach agreement within 30 days after notice thereof is given under Section 6(b)(i) on action to avoid that Termination Event.

(iv) RIGHT TO TERMINATE. If:

(1) a transfer under Section 6(b)(ii) or an agreement under Section 6(b)(iii), as the case may be, has not been effected with respect to all Affected Transactions within 30 days after an Affected Party gives notice under Section 6(b)(i); or

(2) an Illegality under Section 5(b)(i)(2), a Credit Event Upon Merger or an Additional Termination Event occurs, or a Tax Event Upon Merger occurs and the Burdened Party is not the Affected Party, either party in the case of an Illegality, the Burdened Party in the case of a Tax Event Upon Merger, any Affected Party in the case of a Tax Event or an Additional Termination Event if there is more than one Affected Party, or the party which is not the Affected Party in the case of a Credit Event Upon Merger or an Additional Termination Event if there is only one Affected Party may, by not more than 20 days notice to the other party and-provided that the relevant Termination Event is then continuing, designate a day not earlier than the day such notice is effective as an Early Termination Date in respect of all Affected Transactions.

 

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(c) EFFECT OF DESIGNATION.

(i) If notice designating an Early Termination Date is given under Section 6(a) or (b), the Early Termination Date will occur on the date so designated, whether or not the relevant Event of Default or Termination Event is then continuing.

(ii) Upon the occurrence or effective designation of an Early Termination Date, no further payments or deliveries under Section 2(a)(i) or 2(e) in respect of the Terminated Transactions will be required to be made, but without prejudice to the other provisions of this Agreement. The amount, if any, payable in respect of an Early Termination Date shall be determined pursuant to Section 6(e).

(d) CALCULATIONS.

(i) STATEMENT. On or as soon as reasonably practicable following the occurrence of an Early Termination Date, each party will make the calculations on its part, if any, contemplated by Section 6(e) and will provide to the other party a statement (1) showing, in reasonable detail, such calculations (including all relevant quotations and specifying any amount payable under Section 6(e)) and (2) giving details of the relevant account to which any amount payable to it is to be paid. In the absence of written confirmation from the source of a quotation obtained in determining a Market Quotation, the records of the party obtaining such quotation will be conclusive evidence of the existence and accuracy of such quotation.

(ii) PAYMENT DATE. An amount calculated as being due in respect of any Early Termination Date under Section 6(e) will be payable on the day that notice of the amount payable is effective (in the case of an Early Termination Date which is designated or occurs as a result of an Event of Default) and on the day which is two Local Business Days after the day on which notice of the amount payable is effective (in the case of an Early Termination Date which is designated as a result of a Termination Event). Such amount will be paid together with (to the extent permitted under applicable law) interest thereon (before as well as after judgment) in the Termination Currency, from (and including) the relevant Early Termination Date to (but excluding) the date such amount is paid, at the Applicable Rate. Such interest will be calculated on the basis of daily compounding and the actual number of days elapsed.

(e) PAYMENTS ON EARLY TERMINATION. If an Early Termination Date occurs, the following provisions shall apply based on the parties’ election in the Schedule of a payment measure, either “Market Quotation” or “Loss”, and a payment method, either the “First Method” or the “Second Method”. If the parties fail to designate a payment measure or payment method in the Schedule, it will be deemed that “Market Quotation” or the “Second Method”, as the case may be, shall apply. The amount, if any, payable in respect of an Early Termination Date and determined pursuant to this Section will be subject to any Set-off.

(i) EVENTS OF DEFAULT. If the Early Termination Date results from an Event of Default:

(1) First Method and Market Quotation. If the First Method and Market Quotation apply, the Defaulting Party will pay to the Non-defaulting Party

 

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the excess, if a positive number, of (A) the sum of the Settlement Amount (determined by the Non-defaulting Party) in respect of the Terminated Transactions and the Termination Currency Equivalent of the Unpaid Amounts owing to the Non-defaulting Party over (B) the Termination Currency Equivalent of the Unpaid Amounts owing to the Defaulting Party.

(2) First Method and Loss. If the First Method and Loss apply, the Defaulting Party will pay to the Non-defaulting Party, if a positive number, the Non-defaulting Party’s Loss in respect of this Agreement.

(3) Second Method and Market Quotation. If the Second Method and Market Quotation apply, an amount will be payable equal to (A) the sum of the Settlement Amount (determined by the Non-defaulting Party) in respect of the Terminated Transactions and the Termination Currency Equivalent of the Unpaid Amounts owing to the Non-defaulting Party less (B) the Termination Currency Equivalent of the Unpaid Amounts owing to the Defaulting Party. If that amount is a positive number, the Defaulting Party will pay it to the Non-defaulting Party; if it is a negative number, the Non-defaulting Party will pay the absolute value of that amount to the Defaulting Party.

(4) Second Method and Loss. If the Second Method and Loss apply, an amount will be payable equal to the Non-defaulting Party’s Loss in respect of this Agreement. If that amount is a positive number, the Defaulting Party will pay it to the Non-defaulting Party; if it is a negative number, the Non-defaulting Party will pay the absolute value of that amount to the Defaulting Party.

(ii) TERMINATION EVENTS. If the Early Termination Date results from a Termination Event:

(1) One Affected Party. If there is one Affected Party, the amount payable will be determined in accordance with Section 6(e)(i)(3), if Market Quotation applies, or Section 6(e)(i)(4), if Loss applies, except that, in either case, references to the Defaulting Party and to the Non-defaulting Party will be deemed to be references to the Affected Party and the party which is not the Affected Party, respectively, and, if Loss applies and fewer than all the Transactions are being terminated, Loss shall be calculated in respect of all Terminated Transactions.

(2) Two Affected Parties. If there are two Affected Parties:

(A) if Market Quotation applies, each party will determine a Settlement Amount in respect of the Terminated Transactions, and an amount will be payable equal to (1) the sum of (a) one-half of the difference between the Settlement Amount of the party with the higher Settlement Amount (“X”) and the Settlement Amount of the party with the lower Settlement Amount (“Y”) and (b) the Termination Currency Equivalent of the Unpaid Amounts owing to X less (11) the Termination Currency Equivalent of the Unpaid Amounts owing to Y; and

 

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(B) if Loss applies, each party will determine its Loss in respect of this Agreement (or, if fewer than all the being terminated, in respect of all Terminated Transactions) and an amount will be payable equal to one-half of the difference between the Loss of the party with the higher Loss (“X”) and the Loss of the party with the lower Loss (“Y”).

If the amount payable is a positive number, Y will pay it to X; if it is a negative number, X will pay the absolute value of that amount to Y.

(iii) ADJUSTMENT FOR BANKRUPTCY. In circumstances where an Early Termination Date occurs because “Automatic Early Termination” applies in respect of a party, the amount determined under this Section 6(e) will be subject to such adjustments as are appropriate and permitted by law to reflect any payments or deliveries made by one party to the other under this Agreement (and retained by such other party) during the period from the relevant Early Termination Date to the date for payment determined under Section 6(d)(ii).

(iv) PRE-ESTIMATE. The parties agree that if Market Quotation applies an amount recoverable under this Section 6(e) is a reasonable pre-estimate of loss and not a penalty. Such amount is payable for the loss of bargain and the loss of protection against future risks and except as otherwise provided in this Agreement neither party will be entitled to recover any additional damages as a consequence of such losses.

 

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TRANSFER

Subject to Section 6(b)(ii), neither this Agreement nor any interest or obligation in or under this Agreement may be transferred (whether by way of security or otherwise) by either party without the prior written consent of the other party, except that:

(a) a party may make such a transfer of this Agreement pursuant to a consolidation or amalgamation with, or merger with or into, or transfer of all or substantially all its assets to, another entity (but without prejudice to any other right or remedy under this Agreement); and

(b) a party may make such a transfer of all or any part of its interest in any amount payable to it from a Defaulting Party under Section 6(e).

Any purported transfer that is not in compliance with this Section will be void.

 

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CONTRACTUAL CURRENCY

(a) PAYMENT IN THE CONTRACTUAL CURRENCY. Each payment under this Agreement will be made in the relevant currency specified in this Agreement for that payment (the “Contractual Currency”). To the extent permitted by applicable law, any obligation to make payments under this Agreement in the Contractual Currency will not be discharged or satisfied by any tender in any currency other than the Contractual Currency, except to the extent such

 

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tender results in the actual receipt by the party to which payment is owed, acting in a reasonable manner and in good faith in converting the currency so tendered into the Contractual Currency, of the full amount in the Contractual Currency of all amounts payable in respect of this Agreement. If for any reason the amount in the Contractual Currency so received falls short of the amount in the Contractual Currency payable in respect of this Agreement, the party required to make the payment will, to the extent permitted by applicable law, immediately pay such additional amount in the Contractual Currency as may be necessary to compensate for the shortfall. If for any reason the amount in the Contractual Currency so received exceeds the amount in the Contractual Currency payable in respect of this Agreement, the party receiving the payment will refund promptly the amount of such excess.

(b) JUDGMENTS. To the extent permitted by applicable law, if any judgment or order expressed in a currency other than the Contractual Currency is rendered (i) for the payment of any amount owing in respect of this Agreement, (ii) for the payment of any amount relating to any early termination in respect of this Agreement or (iii) in respect of a judgment or order of another court for the payment of any amount described in (i) or (ii) above, the party seeking recovery, after recovery in full of the aggregate amount to which such party is entitled pursuant to the judgment or order, will be entitled to receive immediately from the other party the amount of any shortfall of the Contractual Currency received by such party as a consequence of sums paid in such other currency and will refund promptly to the other party any excess of the Contractual Currency received by such party as a consequence of sums paid in such other currency if such shortfall or such excess arises or results from any variation between the rate of exchange at which the Contractual Currency is converted into the currency of the judgment or order for the purposes of such judgment or order and the rate of exchange at which such party is able, acting in a reasonable manner and in good faith in converting the currency received into the Contractual Currency, to purchase the Contractual Currency with the amount of the currency of the judgment or order actually received by such party. The term “rate of exchange” includes, without Limitation, any premiums and costs of exchange payable in connection with the purchase of or conversion into the Contractual Currency.

(c) SEPARATE INDEMNITIES. To the extent permitted by applicable law, these indemnities constitute separate and independent obligations from the other obligations in this Agreement, will be enforceable as separate and independent causes of action, will apply notwithstanding any indulgence granted by the party to which any payment is owed and will not be affected by judgment being obtained or claim or proof being made for any other sums payable in respect of this Agreement.

(d) EVIDENCE OF LOSS. For the purpose of this Section 8, it will be sufficient for a party to demonstrate that it would have suffered a loss had an actual exchange or purchase been made.

 

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9.

MISCELLANEOUS

(a) ENTIRE AGREEMENT. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement and understanding of the parties with respect to its subject matter and supersedes all oral communication and prior writings with respect thereto.

(b) AMENDMENTS. No amendment, modification or waiver in respect of this Agreement will be effective unless in writing (including a writing evidenced by a facsimile transmission) and executed by each of the parties or confirmed by an exchange of telexes or electronic messages on an electronic messaging system.

(c) SURVIVAL OF OBLIGATIONS. Without prejudice to Sections 2(a)(iii) and 6(c)(ii), the obligations of the parties under this Agreement will survive the termination of any Transaction.

(d) REMEDIES CUMULATIVE. Except as provided in this Agreement, the rights, powers, remedies and privileges provided in this Agreement are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights, powers, remedies and privileges provided by law.

(e) COUNTERPARTS AND CONFIRMATIONS.

(i) This Agreement (and each amendment, modification and waiver in respect of it) may be executed and delivered in counterparts (including by facsimile transmission), each of which will be deemed an original.

(ii) The parties intend that they are legally bound by the terms of each Transaction from the moment they agree to those terms (whether orally or otherwise). A Confirmation shall be entered into as soon as practicable and may be executed and delivered in counterparts (including by facsimile transmission) or be created by an exchange of telexes or by an exchange of electronic messages on an electronic messaging system, which in each case will be sufficient for all purposes to evidence a binding supplement to this Agreement. The parties will specify therein or through another effective means that any such counterpart, telex or electronic message constitutes a Confirmation.

(f) NO WAIVER OF RIGHTS. A failure or delay in exercising any right, power or privilege in respect of this Agreement will not be presumed to operate as a waiver, and a single or partial exercise of any right, power or privilege will not be presumed to preclude any subsequent or further exercise, of that right, power or privilege or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege.

(g) HEADINGS. The headings used in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and are not to affect the construction of or to be taken into consideration in interpreting this Agreement.

 

10.

OFFICES; MULTIBRANCH PARTIES

(a) If Section 10(a) is specified in the Schedule as applying, each party that enters into a Transaction through an Office other than its head or home office represents to the other party that, notwithstanding the place of booking office or jurisdiction of incorporation or Organization of such party, the obligations of such party are the same as if it had entered into the Transaction through its head or home office. This representation will be deemed to be repeated by such party on each date on which a Transaction is entered into.

 

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(b) Neither party may change the Office through which it makes and receives payments or deliveries for the purpose of a Transaction without the prior written consent of the other party.

(c) If a party is specified as a Multibranch Party in the Schedule, such Multibranch Party may make and receive payments or deliveries under any Transaction through any Office listed in the Schedule, and the Office through which it makes and receives payments or deliveries with respect to a Transaction will be specified in the relevant Confirmation.

 

11.

EXPENSES

A Defaulting Party will, on demand, indemnify and hold harmless the other party for and against all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses, including legal fees and Stamp Tax, incurred by such other party by reason of the enforcement and protection of its rights under this Agreement or any Credit Support Document to which the Defaulting Party is a party or by reason of the early termination of any Transaction, including, but not limited to, costs of collection.

 

12.

NOTICES

(a) EFFECTIVENESS. Any notice or other communication in respect of this Agreement may be given in any manner set forth below (except that a notice or other communication under Section 5 or 6 may not be given by facsimile transmission or electronic messaging system) to the address or number or in accordance with the electronic messaging system details provided (see the Schedule) and will be deemed effective as indicated:

(i) if in writing and delivered in person or by courier, on the date it is delivered;

(ii) if sent by telex, on the date the recipient’s answerback is received;

(iii) if sent by facsimile transmission, on the date that transmission is received by a responsible employee of the recipient in legible form (it being agreed that the burden of proving receipt will be on the sender and will not be met by a transmission report generated by the sender’s facsimile machine);

(iv) if sent by certified or registered mail (airmail, if overseas) or the equivalent (return receipt requested), on the date that mail is delivered or its delivery is attempted; or

(v) if sent by electronic messaging system, on the date that electronic message is received,

unless the date of that delivery (or attempted delivery) or that receipt, as applicable, is not a Local Business Day or that communication is delivered (or attempted) or received, as applicable, after the close of business on a Local Business Day, in which case that communication shall be deemed given and effective on the first following day that is a Local Business Day.

 

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(b) CHANGE OF ADDRESSES. Either party may by notice to the other change the address, telex or facsimile number or electronic messaging system details at which notices or other communications are to be given to it.

 

13.

GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION

(a) GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement will be governed by and construed in accordance with the law specified in the Schedule.

(b) JURISDICTION. With respect to any suit, action or proceedings relating to this Agreement (“Proceedings”), each party irrevocably:

(i) submits to the jurisdiction of the English courts, if this Agreement is expressed to be governed by English law, or to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York and the United States District Court located in the Borough of Manhattan in New York City, if this Agreement is expressed to be governed by the laws of the State of New York; and

(ii) waives any objection which it may have at any time to the laying of venue of any Proceedings brought in any such court, waives any claim that such Proceedings have been brought in an inconvenient forum and further waives the right to object, with respect to such Proceedings, that such court does not have any jurisdiction over such party.

Nothing in this Agreement precludes either party from bringing Proceedings in any other jurisdiction (outside, if this Agreement is expressed to be governed by English law, the Contracting States, as defined in Section 1(3) of the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982 or any modification, extension or re-enactment thereof for the time being in force) nor will the bringing of Proceedings in any one or more jurisdictions preclude the bringing of Proceedings in any other jurisdiction.

(c) SERVICE OF PROCESS. Each party irrevocably appoints the Process Agent (if any) specified opposite its name in the Schedule to receive, for it and on its behalf, service of process in any Proceedings. If for any reason any party’s Process Agent is unable to act as such, such party will promptly notify the other party and within 30 days appoint a substitute process agent acceptable to the other party. The parties irrevocably consent to service of process given in the manner provided for notices in Section 12. Nothing in this Agreement will affect the right of either party to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.

(d) WAIVER OF IMMUNITIES. Each party irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, with respect to itself and its revenues and assets (irrespective of their use or intended use), all immunity on the grounds of sovereignty or other similar grounds from (i) suit, (ii) jurisdiction of any court, (iii) relief by way of injunction, order for specific performance or for recovery of property, (iv) attachment of its assets (whether before or after judgment) and (v) execution or enforcement of any judgment to which it or its revenues or assets might otherwise be entitled in any Proceedings in the courts of any jurisdiction and irrevocably agrees, to the extent permitted by applicable law, that it will not claim any such immunity in any Proceedings.

 

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14.

DEFINITIONS

As used in this Agreement:

“ADDITIONAL TERMINATION EVENT” has the meaning specified in Section 5(b).

“AFFECTED PARTY” has the meaning specified in Section 5(b).

“AFFECTED TRANSITIONS” means (a) with respect to any Termination Event consisting of an Illegality, Tax Event or Tax Event Upon Merger, all Transactions affected by the occurrence of such Termination Event and (b) with respect to any other Termination Event, all Transactions.

“AFFILIATE” means, subject to the Schedule, in relation to any person, any entity controlled, directly or indirectly, by the person, any entity that controls, directly or indirectly, the person or any entity directly or indirectly under common control with the person. For this purpose, “control” of any entity or person means ownership of a majority of the voting power of the entity or person.

“APPLICABLE RATE” means:

(a) in respect of obligations payable or deliverable (or which would have been but for Section 2(a)(iii)) by a Defaulting Party, the Default Rate;

(b) in respect of an obligation to pay an amount under Section 6(e) of either party from and after the date (determined in accordance with Section 6(d)(ii)) on which that amount is payable, the Default Rate;

(c) in respect of all other obligations payable or deliverable (or which would have been but for Section 2(a)(iii)) by a Non-defaulting Party, the Non-default Rate; and

(d) in all other cases, the Termination Rate.

“BURDENED PARTY” has the meaning specified in Section 5(b).

“CHANGE IN TAX LAW” means the enactment, promulgation, execution or ratification of, or any change in or amendment to, any law (or in the application or official interpretation of any law) that occurs on or after the date on which the relevant Transaction is entered into.

“CONSENT” includes a consent, approval, action, authorization, exemption, notice, filing, registration or exchange control consent.

“CREDIT EVENT UPON MERGER” has the meaning specified in Section 5(b).

“CREDIT SUPPORT DOCUMENT” means any agreement or instrument that is specified as such in this Agreement.

“CREDIT SUPPORT PROVIDER” has the meaning specified in the Schedule.

 

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“DEFAULT RATE” means a rate per annum equal to the cost (without proof or evidence of any actual cost) to the relevant payee (as certified by it) if it were to fund or of funding the relevant amount plus 1 % per annum.

“DEFAULTING PARTY” has the meaning specified in Section 6(a).

“EARLY TERMINATION DATE” means the date determined in accordance with Section 6(a) or 6(b)(iv).

“EVENT OF DEFAULT” has the meaning specified in Section 5(a) and, if applicable, in the Schedule.

“ILLEGALITY” has the meaning specified in Section 5(b).

“INDEMNIFIABLE TAX” means any Tax other than a Tax that would not be imposed in respect of a payment under this Agreement but for a present or former connection between the jurisdiction of the government or taxation authority imposing such Tax and the recipient of such payment or a person related to such recipient (including, without limitation, a connection arising from such recipient or related person being or having been a citizen or resident of such jurisdiction, or being or having been organized, present or engaged in a trade or business in such jurisdiction or having or having had a permanent establishment or fixed place of business in such jurisdiction, but excluding a connection arising solely from such recipient or related person having executed, delivered, performed its obligations or received a payment under, or enforced, this Agreement or a Credit Support Document).

“LAW” includes any treaty, law, rule or regulation (as modified, in the case of tax matters, by the practice of any relevant governmental revenue authority) and “lawful” and “unlawful” will be construed accordingly.

“LOCAL BUSINESS DAY” means, subject to the Schedule, a day on which commercial banks are open for business (including dealings in foreign exchange and foreign currency deposits) (a) in relation to any obligation under Section 2(a)(i), in the place(s) specified in the relevant Confirmation or, if not so specified, as otherwise agreed by the parties in writing or determined pursuant to provisions contained, or incorporated by reference, in this Agreement, (b) in relation to any other payment, in the place where the relevant account is located and, if different, in the principal financial center, if any, of the currency of such payment, (c) in relation to any notice or other communication, including notice contemplated under Section 5(a)(i), in the city specified in the address for notice provided by the recipient and, in the case of a notice contemplated by Section 2(b), in the place where the relevant new account is to be located and (d) in relation to Section 5(a)(v)(2), in the relevant locations for performance with respect to such Specified Transaction.

“LOSS” means, with respect to this Agreement or one or more Terminated Transactions, as the case may be, and a party, the Termination Currency Equivalent of an amount that party reasonably determines in good faith to be its total losses and costs (or gain, in which case expressed as a negative number) in connection with this Agreement or that Terminated Transaction or group of Terminated Transactions, as the case may be, including any loss of bargain, cost of funding or, at the election of such party but without duplication, loss or cost

 

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incurred as a result of its terminating, liquidating, obtaining or reestablishing any hedge or related trading position (or any gain resulting from any of them). Loss includes losses and costs (or gains) in respect of any payment or delivery required to have been made (assuming satisfaction of each applicable condition precedent) on or before the relevant Early Termination Date and not made, except, so as to avoid duplication, if Section 6(e)(i)(1) or (3) or 6(e)(ii)(2)(A) applies. Loss does not include a party’s legal fees and out-of-pocket expenses referred to under Section 11. A party will determine its Loss as of the relevant Early Termination Date, or, if that is not reasonably practicable, as of the earliest date thereafter as is reasonably practicable. A party may (but need not) determine its Loss by reference to quotations of relevant rates or prices from one or more leading dealers in the relevant markets.

“MARKET QUOTATION” means, with respect to one or more Terminated Transactions and a party making the determination, an amount determined on the basis of quotations from Reference Market-makers. Each quotation will be for an amount, if any, that would be paid to such party (expressed as a negative number) or by such party (expressed as a positive number) in consideration of an agreement between such party (taking into account any existing Credit Support Document with respect to the obligations of such party) and the quoting Reference Market-maker to enter into a transaction (the “Replacement Transaction”) that would have the effect of preserving for such party the economic equivalent of any payment or delivery (whether the underlying obligation was absolute or contingent and assuming the satisfaction of each applicable condition precedent) by the parties under Section 2(a)(i) in respect of such Terminated Transaction or group of Terminated Transactions that would, but for the occurrence of the relevant Early Termination Date, have been required after that date. For this purpose, Unpaid Amounts in respect of the Terminated Transaction or group of Terminated Transactions are to be excluded but, without limitation, any payment or delivery that would, but for the relevant Early Termination Date, have been required (assuming satisfaction of each applicable condition precedent) after that Early Termination Date is to be included. The Replacement Transaction would be subject to such documentation as such party and the Reference Market-maker may, in good faith, agree. The party making the determination (or its agent) will request each Reference Market-maker to provide its quotation to the extent reasonably practicable as of the same day and time (without regard to different time zones) on or as soon as reasonably practicable after the relevant Early Termination Date. The day and time as of which those quotations are to be obtained will be selected in good faith by the party obliged to make a determination under Section 6(e), and, if each party is so obliged, after consultation with the other. If more than three quotations are provided, the Market Quotation will be the arithmetic mean of the quotations, without regard to the quotations having the highest and lowest values. If exactly three such quotations are provided, the Market Quotation will be the quotation remaining after disregarding the highest and lowest quotations. For this purpose, if more than one quotation has the same highest value or lowest value, then one of such quotations shall be disregarded. If fewer than three quotations are provided, it will be deemed that the Market Quotation in respect of such Terminated Transaction or group of Terminated Transactions cannot be determined.

“NON-DEFAULT RATE” means a rate per annum equal to the cost (without proof or evidence of any actual cost) to the Non-defaulting Party (as certified by it) if it were to fund the relevant amount.

“NON-DEFAULTING PARTY” has the meaning specified in Section 6(a).

 

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“OFFICE” means a branch or office of a party, which may be such party’s bead or home office.

“POTENTIAL EVENT OF DEFAULT” means any event which, with the giving of notice or the lapse of time or both, would constitute an Event of Default.

“REFERENCE MARKET-MAKERS” means four leading dealers in the relevant market selected by the party determining a Market Quotation in good faith (a) from among dealers of the highest credit standing which satisfy all the criteria that such party applies generally at the time in deciding whether to offer or to make an extension of credit and (b) to the extent practicable, from among such dealers having an office in the same city.

“RELEVANT JURISDICTION” means, with respect to a party, the jurisdictions (a) in which the party is incorporated, organized, managed and controlled or considered to have its seat, (b) where an Office through which the party is acting for purposes of this Agreement is located, (c) in which the party executes this Agreement and (d) in relation to any payment, from or through which such payment is made.

“SCHEDULED PAYMENT DATE” means a date on which a payment or delivery is to be made under Section 2(a)(i) with respect to a Transaction.

“SET-OFF” means set-off, offset, combination of accounts, right of retention or withholding or similar right or requirement to which the payer of an amount under Section 6 is entitled or subject (whether arising under this Agreement, another contract, applicable law or otherwise) that is exercised by, or imposed on, such payer.

“SETTLEMENT AMOUNT” means, with respect to a party and any Early Termination Date, the sum of:

(a) the Termination Currency Equivalent of the Market Quotations (whether positive or negative) for each Terminated Transaction or group of Terminated Transactions for which a Market Quotation is determined; and

(b) such party’s Loss (whether positive or negative and without reference to any Unpaid Amounts) for each Terminated Transaction or group of Terminated Transactions for which a Market Quotation cannot be determined or would not (in the reasonable belief of the party making the determination) produce a commercially reasonable result.

“SPECIFIED ENTITY” has the meaning specified in the Schedule.

“SPECIFIED INDEBTEDNESS” means, subject to the Schedule, any obligation (whether present or future, contingent or otherwise, as principal or surety or otherwise) in respect of borrowed money.

“SPECIFIED TRANSACTION” means, subject to the Schedule, (a) any transaction (including an agreement with respect thereto) now existing or hereafter entered into between one party to this Agreement (or any Credit Support Provider of such party or any applicable Specified Entity of such party) and the other party to this Agreement (or any Credit Support

 

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Provider of such other party or any applicable Specified Entity of such other party) which is a rate swap transaction, basis swap, forward rate transaction, commodity swap, commodity option, equity or equity index swap, equity or equity index option, bond option, interest rate option, foreign exchange transaction, cap transaction, floor transaction, collar transaction, currency swap transaction, cross-currency rate swap transaction, currency option or any other similar transaction (including any option with respect to any of these transactions), (b) any combination of these transactions and (c) any other transaction identified as a Specified Transaction in this Agreement or the relevant confirmation.

“STAMP TAX” means any stamp, registration, documentation or similar tax.

“TAX” means any present or future tax, levy, impost, duty, charge, assessment or fee of any nature (including interest, penalties and additions thereto) that is imposed by any government or other taxing authority in respect of any payment under this Agreement other than a stamp, registration, documentation or similar tax.

“TAX EVENT” has the meaning specified in Section 5(b).

“TAX EVENT UPON MERGER” has the meaning specified in Section 5(b).

“TERMINATED TRANSACTIONS” means with respect to any Early Termination Date (a) if resulting from a Termination Event, all Affected Transactions and (b) if resulting from an Event of Default, all Transactions (in either case) in effect immediately before the effectiveness of the notice designating that Early Termination Date (or, if “Automatic Early Termination” applies, immediately before that Early Termination Date).

“TERMINATION CURRENCY” has the meaning specified in the Schedule.

“TERMINATION CURRENCY EQUIVALENT” means, in respect of any amount denominated in the Termination Currency, such Termination Currency amount and, in respect of any amount denominated in a currency other than the Termination Currency (the “Other Currency”), the amount in the Termination Currency determined by the party making the relevant determination as being required to purchase such amount of such Other Currency as at the relevant Early Termination Date, or, if the relevant Market Quotation or Loss (as the case may be), is determined as of a later date, that later date, with the Termination Currency at the rate equal to the spot exchange rate of the foreign exchange agent (selected as provided below) for the purchase of such Other Currency with the Termination Currency at or about 11:00 a.m. (in the city in which such foreign exchange agent is located) on such date as would be customary for the determination of such a rate for the purchase of such Other Currency for value on the relevant Early Termination Date or that later date. The foreign exchange agent will, if only one party is obliged to make a determination under Section 6(e), be selected in good faith by that party and otherwise will be agreed by the parties.

“TERMINATION EVENT” means an Illegality, a Tax Event or a Tax Event Upon Merger or, if specified to be applicable, a Credit Event Upon Merger or an Additional Termination Event.

 

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“TERMINATION RATE” means a rate per annum equal to the arithmetic mean of the cost (without proof or evidence of any actual cost) to each party (as certified by such party) if it were to fund or of funding such amounts.

“UNPAID AMOUNTS” owing to any party means, with respect to an Early Termination Date, the aggregate of (a) in respect of all Terminated Transactions, the amounts that became payable (or that would have become payable but for Section 2(a)(iii)) to such party under Section 2(a)(i) on or prior to such Early Termination Date and which remain unpaid as at such Early Termination Date and (b) in respect of each Terminated Transaction, for each obligation under Section 2(a)(i) which was (or would have been but for Section 2(a)(iii)) required to be settled by delivery to such party on or prior to such Early Termination Date and which has not been so settled as at such Early Termination Date, an amount equal to the fair market value of that which was (or would have been) required to be delivered as of the originally scheduled date for delivery, in each case together with (to the extent permitted under applicable law) interest, in the currency of such amounts, from (and including) the date such amounts or obligations were or would have been required to have been paid or performed to (but excluding) such Early Termination Date, at the Applicable Rate. Such amounts of interest will be calculated on the basis of daily compounding and the actual number of days elapsed. The fair market value of any obligation referred to in clause (b) above shall be reasonably determined by the party obliged to make the determination under Section 6(e) or, if each party is so obliged, it shall be the average of the Termination Currency Equivalents of the fair market values reasonably determined by both parties.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF the parties have executed this document on the respective dates specified below with effect from the date specified on the first page of this document.

 

[SWAP COUNTERPARTY]

  
By:     

Name:

  

Title:

Date:
VOLKSWAGEN AUTO LOAN
ENHANCED TRUST 20[    ]-[    ]
By:   

 

Name:

Title:

Date:
 

 

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(MULTICURRENCY – CROSS BORDER)

SCHEDULE

TO THE

ISDA MASTER AGREEMENT

DATED AS OF                     , 200  

BETWEEN

 

 

(“PARTY A”)

AND

 

 

(“PARTY B”)

PART 1. PART 1. TERMINATION PROVISIONS.

 

(a)   “Specified Entity” means in relation to Party A for the purpose of:

Section 5(a)(v),

  

 

Section 5(a)(vi),

  

 

Section 5(a)(vii),

  

 

Section 5(b)(iv),

  

 

And in Relation to Party B for the Purpose of:

Section 5(a)(v),

  

 

Section 5(a)(vi),

  

 

Section 5(a)(vii),

  

 

Section 5(b)(iv),

  

 

(b)   “Specified Transaction” will have the meaning specified in Section 14 of this Agreement unless another meaning is specified here

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                     


(c)

The “Cross Default” provisions of Section 5(a)(vi)

will/will not * apply to Party A

will/will not * apply to Party B

If such provisions apply:

“Specified Indebtedness” will have the meaning specified in Section 14 of this Agreement unless another meaning is specified here

 

 

 

 

“Threshold Amount” means                                                                                                                                                        

 

 

 

(d)

The “Credit Event Upon Merger” provisions of Section 5(b)(iv)

will/will not * apply to Party A

will/will not * apply to Party B

 

(e)

The “Automatic Early Termination” provision of Section 6(a)

will/will not * apply to Party A

will/will not * apply to Party B

 

(f)

Payments on Early Termination. For the purpose of Section 6(e) of this Agreement:

 

  (i)

Market Quotation/Loss * will apply.

 

  (ii)

The First Method/The Second Method * will apply.

 

(g)

“Termination Currency” means                             , if such currency is specified and freely available, and otherwise United States Dollars.

 

(h)

Additional Termination Event will/will not apply*. The following shall constitute an Additional Termination Event:

 

 

 

 

For the purpose of the foregoing Termination Event, the Affected Party or Affected Parties shall be:

 

 

 

 

 

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PART 2. TAX REPRESENTATIONS.

 

(a)

Payer Representations. For purposes of Section 3(e) of this Agreement, Party A will/will not* make the following representation and Party B will/will not* make the following representation:

It is not required by any applicable law, as modified by the practice of any relevant governmental revenue authority, of any Relevant Jurisdiction to make any deduction or withholding for or on account of any Tax from any payment (other than interest under Section 2(e), 6(d)(ii) or 6(e) of this Agreement) to be made by it to the other party under this Agreement. In making this representation, it may rely on (i) the accuracy of any representations made by the other party pursuant to Section 3(f) of this Agreement, (ii) the satisfaction of the agreement contained in Section 4(a)(i) or 4(a)(iii) of this Agreement and the accuracy and effectiveness of any document provided by the other party pursuant to Section 4(a)(i) or 4(a)(iii) of this Agreement and (iii) the satisfaction of the agreement of the other party contained in Section 4(d) of this Agreement, PROVIDED that it shall not be a breach of this representation where reliance is placed on clause (ii) and the other party does not deliver a form or document under Section 4(a)(iii) by reason of material prejudice to its legal or commercial position.

 

(b)

Payee Representations. For the purpose of Section 3(f) of this Agreement, Party A and Party B make the representations specified below, if any:

 

  (i)

The following representations will/will not* apply to Party a and will/will not* apply to Party B:

It is fully eligible for the benefits of the “Business Profits” or “Industrial and Commercial Profits” provision, as the case may be, the “Interest” provision or the “Other Income” provision (if any) of the Specified Treaty with respect to any payment described in such provisions and received or to be received by it in connection with this Agreement and no such payment is attributable to a trade or business carried on by it through a permanent establishment in the Specified Jurisdiction.

If such representation applies, then:

“Specified Treaty” means with respect to Party A                                                  

“Specified Jurisdiction” means with respect to Party A                                         

“Specified Treaty” means with respect to Party B                                                      

“Specified Jurisdiction” means with respect to Party B                                              

 

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  (ii)

The following representation will/will not* apply to Party A and will/will not* apply to Party B:

Each payment received or to be received by it in connection with this Agreement will be effectively connected with its conduct of a trade or business in the Specified Jurisdiction.

If such representation applies, then:

“Specified Jurisdiction” means with respect to Party A                                         

“Specified Jurisdiction” means with respect to Party B                                         

 

  (iii)

The following representations will/will not* apply to Party A and will/will not* apply to Party B:

(A) It is entering into each Transaction in the ordinary course of its trade as, and is, either (1) a recognized U.K. bank or (2) a recognized U.K. swaps dealer (in either case (1) or (2), for purposes of the United Kingdom Inland Revenue extra statutory concession C17 on interest and currency swaps dated March 14, 1989), and (B) it will bring into account payments made and received in respect of each Transaction in computing its income for United Kingdom tax purposes.

 

  (iv)

Other Payee Representations:                                                                                                        

 

   

                                                                                                                                                          

N.B. The above representations may need modification if either party is a Multibranch Party.

PART 3. AGREEMENT TO DELIVERY DOCUMENTS.

For the purpose of Sections 4(a)(i) and (ii) of this Agreement, each party agrees to deliver the following documents, as applicable:

 

(a)

Tax forms, documents or certificates to be delivered are:

 

Party required to deliver

document

  

Form/Document/

Certificate

  

Date by which to be

delivered

 

  

 

  

 

 

  

 

  

 

 

  

 

  

 

 

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(b)

Other documents to be delivered are:

 

Party required to deliver

document

  

Form/Document/

Certificate

  

Date by which to be delivered

 

  

 

  

 

 

  

 

  

 

 

  

 

  

 

PART 4. MISCELLANEOUS.

 

(a)

 Addresses for Notices. For the purpose of Section 12(a) of this Agreement:

 

Address for notices or communications to Party A:

 

Address:                                                                                                 

 

Attention:                                                                                               

 

Telex No.:                                                                                              

 

Answerback:                             

Facsimile No.:                                                                                        

 

Telephone No.:                         

Electronic Messaging System Details:                                                                                                                                                   

Address for notices or communications to Party B:

Address:                                                                                                

 

Attention:                                                                                               

 

Telex No.:                                                                                              

 

Answerback:                             

Facsimile No.:                                                                                        

 

Telephone No.:                         

Electronic Messaging System Details:                                                                                                                                           

 

(b)

Process Agent. For the purpose of Section 13(c) of this Agreement:

 

Party A appoints as its Process Agent:                                                                                           

Party B appoints as its Process Agent:                                                                                           

 

(c)

Offices. The provisions of Section 10(a) will/will not* apply to this Agreement.

 

(d)

Multibranch Party. For the purpose of Section 10(c) of this Agreement:

 

Party A is/is not* a Multibranch Party and, if so, may act through the following Offices:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Party B is/is not* a Multibranch Party and, if so, may act through the following Offices:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(e)

Calculation Agent. The Calculation Agent is                              unless otherwise specified in a Confirmation in relation to the relevant Transaction.

 

(f)

Credit Support Document. Details of any Credit Support Document:

 

 

 

 

 

(g)

Credit Support Provider. Credit Support Provider means in relation to Party A

 

 

 

 

Credit Support Provider means in relation to Party B

 

 

 

 

 

(h)

Governing Law. This Agreement will be governed by and construed in accordance with English law/the laws of the State of New York (without reference to choice of law doctrine)*.

 

(i)

Netting of Payments. Subparagraph (ii) of Section 2(c) of this Agreement will not apply to the following transactions or groups of Transactions (in each case starting from the date of this Agreement/in each case starting from                                                             *)

 

 

 

 

 

(j)

“Affiliate” will have the meaning specified in Section 14 of this Agreement unless another meaning is specified here                                               

 

PART 5. OTHER PROVISIONS.

 

* 

Delete as applicable.

 

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EX-10.5 13 d742675dex105.htm EX-10.5 EX-10.5

Exhibit 10.5

VOLKSWAGEN AUTO LOAN ENHANCED TRUST 20[     ]-[     ]

AMENDED AND RESTATED

TRUST AGREEMENT

[between][among]

VOLKSWAGEN AUTO LEASE/LOAN UNDERWRITTEN FUNDING, LLC,

as the Depositor

[and]

[     ],

as the Owner Trustee

[and

[     ],

as the Issuer Delaware Trustee]

Dated as of [     ]


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

         Page  

ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS

  

SECTION 1.1.

  Capitalized Terms      1  

SECTION 1.2.

  Other Interpretive Provisions      1  

ARTICLE II ORGANIZATION

  

SECTION 2.1.

  Name      2  

SECTION 2.2.

  Office      2  

SECTION 2.3.

  Purposes and Powers      2  

SECTION 2.4.

  Appointment of the [Owner Trustee][Trustees]      3  

SECTION 2.5.

  Initial Capital Contribution of Trust Estate      3  

SECTION 2.6.

  Declaration of Trust      3  

SECTION 2.7.

  Organizational Expenses; Liabilities of the Holders      3  

SECTION 2.8.

  Title to the Trust Estate      4  

SECTION 2.9.

  Representations and Warranties of the Seller      4  

SECTION 2.10.

  Situs of Issuer      5  

ARTICLE III CERTIFICATE AND TRANSFER OF CERTIFICATE

  

SECTION 3.1.

  Initial Ownership      5  

SECTION 3.2.

  Authentication of Certificate      5  

SECTION 3.3.

  Form of the Certificate      5  

SECTION 3.4.

  Registration of Certificates      5  

SECTION 3.5.

  Transfer of Certificate      6  

SECTION 3.6.

  Lost, Stolen, Mutilated or Destroyed Certificates      7  

ARTICLE IV ACTIONS BY OWNER TRUSTEE

  

SECTION 4.1.

  Prior Notice to Certificateholder with Respect to Certain Matters      8  

SECTION 4.2.

  Action by Certificateholder with Respect to Certain Matters      8  

SECTION 4.3.

  Action by Certificateholder with Respect to Bankruptcy      8  

SECTION 4.4.

  Restrictions on Certificateholder’s Power      9  

SECTION 4.5.

  Majority Control      9  

ARTICLE V APPLICATION OF TRUST FUNDS; CERTAIN DUTIES

  

SECTION 5.1.

  Application of Trust Funds      9  

SECTION 5.2.

  Method of Payment      9  

SECTION 5.3.

  Sarbanes-Oxley Act      9  

SECTION 5.4.

  Signature on Returns      9  

ARTICLE VI AUTHORITY AND DUTIES OF [OWNER] TRUSTEE[S]

  

SECTION 6.1.

  General Authority      10  

SECTION 6.2.

  General Duties      10  

 

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SECTION 6.3.

  Action upon Instruction      10  

SECTION 6.4.

  No Duties Except as Specified in this Agreement or in Instructions      11  

SECTION 6.5.

  No Action Except under Specified Documents or Instructions      12  

SECTION 6.6.

  Restrictions      12  

SECTION 6.7.

  [Rights and Protections of the Issuer Delaware Trustee      12  

SECTION 6.8.

  Duties of the Issuer Delaware Trustee      12  

ARTICLE VII CONCERNING THE [OWNER] TRUSTEE[S]

  

SECTION 7.1.

  Acceptance of Trusts and Duties      13  

SECTION 7.2.

  Furnishing of Documents      14  

SECTION 7.3.

  Representations and Warranties      14  

SECTION 7.4.

  Reliance; Advice of Counsel      15  

SECTION 7.5.

  Not Acting in Individual Capacity      16  

SECTION 7.6.

  Trustees May Own Notes      16  

ARTICLE VIII COMPENSATION AND INDEMNIFICATION OF THE TRUSTEES

  

SECTION 8.1.

  The [Owner Trustee’s][Trustees’] Compensation      16  

SECTION 8.2.

  Indemnification      17  

SECTION 8.3.

  Payments to the Owner Trustee      17  

SECTION 8.4.

  Survival      17  

ARTICLE IX TERMINATION OF TRUST AGREEMENT

  

SECTION 9.1.

  Termination of Trust Agreement      17  

SECTION 9.2.

  Dissolution of the Issuer      18  

SECTION 9.3.

  Limitations on Termination      18  

ARTICLE X SUCCESSOR [OWNER] TRUSTEE[S] AND ADDITIONAL [OWNER] TRUSTEE[S]

  

SECTION 10.1.

  Eligibility Requirements for the Owner Trustee [and Issuer Delaware Trustee]      18  

SECTION 10.2.

  Resignation or Removal of [the Owner][Either] Trustee      18  

SECTION 10.3.

  Successor [Owner] Trustee      19  

SECTION 10.4.

  Merger or Consolidation of [the Owner][a] Trustee      20  

SECTION 10.5.

  Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee      20  

ARTICLE XI MISCELLANEOUS

  

SECTION 11.1.

  Amendments      21  

 

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(continued)

 

         Page  

SECTION 11.2.

  No Legal Title to Trust Estate in Certificateholder      22  

SECTION 11.3.

  Limitations on Rights of Others      23  

SECTION 11.4.

  Notices      23  

SECTION 11.5.

  Severability      23  

SECTION 11.6.

  Separate Counterparts      23  

SECTION 11.7.

  Successors and Assigns      23  

SECTION 11.8.

  No Petition      24  

SECTION 11.9.

  Headings      25  

SECTION 11.10.

  Governing Law      25  

SECTION 11.11.

  Waiver of Jury Trial      25  

SECTION 11.12.

  Information Requests      25  

SECTION 11.13.

  Form 10-D and Form 10-K Filings      25  

SECTION 11.14.

  Form 8-K Filings      25  

SECTION 11.15.

  Information to Be Provided by the [Owner Trustee][Trustees]      26  

 

Exhibit A    Form of Certificate

 

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This AMENDED AND RESTATED TRUST AGREEMENT is made as of [     ] (as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified and in effect, this “Agreement”) [between][among] VOLKSWAGEN AUTO LEASE/LOAN UNDERWRITTEN FUNDING, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as the depositor (the “Seller”), [and] [    ], a [                ], as the owner trustee (the “Owner Trustee”)[, and [                ], a [                ], as the issuer Delaware trustee (the “Issuer Delaware Trustee” and together with the Owner Trustee, the “Trustees”, and each, a “Trustee”)].

RECITALS

WHEREAS, the Seller and the [Owner Trustee][Trustees] entered into that certain Trust Agreement dated as of [    ] (the “Original Trust Agreement”), and filed a certificate of trust with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware pursuant to which the Issuer (as defined below) was created; and

WHEREAS, in connection with the issuance of the Notes, the parties have agreed to amend and restate the Original Trust Agreement;

NOW THEREFORE, IN CONSIDERATION of the mutual agreements herein contained, and of other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

SECTION 1.1. Capitalized Terms. Unless otherwise indicated, capitalized terms used in this Agreement are defined in Appendix A to the Sale and Servicing Agreement dated as of the date hereof (as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified and in effect, the “Sale and Servicing Agreement”) among the Issuer, the Seller, VW Credit, Inc., as servicer, and [    ], as indenture trustee, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time.

SECTION 1.2. Other Interpretive Provisions. All terms defined in this Agreement shall have the defined meanings when used in any certificate or other document delivered pursuant hereto unless otherwise defined therein. For purposes of this Agreement and all such certificates and other documents, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) accounting terms not otherwise defined in this Agreement, and accounting terms partly defined in this Agreement to the extent not defined, shall have the respective meanings given to them under GAAP (provided, that, to the extent that the definitions in this Agreement and GAAP conflict, the definitions in this Agreement shall control); (b) terms defined in Article 9 of the UCC as in effect in the State of Delaware and not otherwise defined in this Agreement are used as defined in that Article; (c) the words “hereof,” “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement; (d) references to any Article, Section, Schedule or Exhibit are references to Articles, Sections, Schedules and Exhibits in or to this Agreement, and references to any paragraph, subsection, clause or other subdivision within any Section or definition refer to such paragraph, subsection, clause or other subdivision of such


Section or definition; (e) the term “including” and all variations thereof means “including without limitation”; (f) references to any law or regulation refer to that law or regulation as amended from time to time and include any successor law or regulation; and (g) references to any Person include that Person’s successors and assigns.

ARTICLE II

ORGANIZATION

SECTION 2.1. Name. The trust created under the Original Trust Agreement and continued hereby shall be known as “Volkswagen Auto Loan Enhanced Trust 20[    ]-[    ]” (the “Issuer”), in which name the Owner Trustee may conduct the business of such trust, make and execute contracts and other instruments on behalf of such trust and sue and be sued.

SECTION 2.2. Office. The office of the Issuer shall be in care of the Owner Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office or at such other address as the Owner Trustee may designate by written notice to the Certificateholder, the Seller and the Administrator.

SECTION 2.3. Purposes and Powers. The purpose of the Issuer is, and the Issuer shall have the power and authority, to engage in the following activities:

(a) to issue the Notes pursuant to the Indenture and the Certificate pursuant to this Agreement, and to sell, transfer and exchange the Notes and the Certificate and to pay interest on and principal of the Notes and distributions on the Certificate;

(b) to acquire the property and assets set forth in the Sale and Servicing Agreement from the Seller pursuant to the terms thereof, to make deposits to and withdrawals from the Collection Account, the Principal Distribution Account and the Reserve Account and to pay the organizational, start-up and transactional expenses of the Issuer;

(c) to assign, Grant, transfer, pledge, mortgage and convey the Trust Estate pursuant to the Indenture and to hold, manage and distribute to the Certificateholder any portion of the Trust Estate released from the lien of, and remitted to the Issuer pursuant to, the Indenture;

(d) to enter into and perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents to which it is a party;

(e) to engage in those activities, including entering into agreements, that are necessary, suitable or convenient to accomplish the foregoing or are incidental thereto or connected therewith; and

(f) subject to compliance with the Transaction Documents, to engage in such other activities as may be required in connection with conservation of the Trust Estate and the making of distributions to the Certificateholder and the Noteholders.

 

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The Owner Trustee is hereby authorized to engage in the foregoing activities on behalf of the Issuer. Neither the Issuer nor the Owner Trustee on behalf of the Issuer shall engage in any activity other than in connection with the foregoing or other than as required or authorized by the terms of this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents.

SECTION 2.4. Appointment of the [Owner Trustee][Trustees]. The Seller hereby appoints the Owner Trustee as trustee of the Issuer effective as of the date hereof, to have all the rights, powers and duties set forth herein. [The Seller hereby appoints the Issuer Delaware Trustee as Delaware trustee of the Issuer effective as of the date hereof for the sole purpose of satisfying the requirement of Section 3807(a) of the Statutory Trust Act that the Issuer have at least one trustee with a principal place of business in the State of Delaware. It is understood and agreed by the parties hereto that the Issuer Delaware Trustee shall have none of the duties or liabilities of the Owner Trustee.]

SECTION 2.5. Initial Capital Contribution of Trust Estate. As of the date of the Original Trust Agreement, the Seller sold, assigned, transferred, conveyed and set over to the Owner Trustee the sum of $1. The Owner Trustee hereby acknowledges receipt in trust from the Seller, as of such date, of the foregoing contribution, which shall constitute the initial Trust Estate and shall be deposited in the Collection Account.

SECTION 2.6. Declaration of Trust. The Owner Trustee hereby declares that it will hold the Trust Estate in trust upon and subject to the conditions set forth herein for the use and benefit of the Certificateholder, subject to the obligations of the Issuer under the Transaction Documents. It is the intention of the parties hereto that the Issuer constitute a statutory trust under the Statutory Trust Act and that this Agreement constitute the governing instrument of such statutory trust. It is the intention of the parties hereto that, solely for federal income and state and local income, franchise and value added tax purposes, so long as there is a single beneficial owner of the Certificate, the Issuer will be disregarded as an entity separate from such beneficial owner and the Notes will be characterized as debt. The parties agree that, unless otherwise required by appropriate tax authorities, the Issuer will not file or cause to be filed annual or other necessary returns, reports and other forms consistent with the characterization of the Issuer as an entity separate from its beneficial owner. In the event that the Issuer is deemed to have more than one beneficial owner for federal income tax purposes, the Issuer will file returns, reports and other forms consistent with the characterization of the Issuer as a partnership, and this Agreement shall be amended to include such provisions as may be required under Subchapter K of the Code. Effective as of the date hereof, the Owner Trustee shall have all rights, powers and duties set forth herein and in the Statutory Trust Act with respect to accomplishing the purposes of the Issuer. The [Owner Trustee][Trustees] filed the Certificate of Trust with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware as required by Section 3810(a) of the Statutory Trust Act. Notwithstanding anything herein or in the Statutory Trust Act to the contrary, it is the intention of the parties hereto that the Issuer constitute a “business trust” within the meaning of Section 101(9)(A)(v) of the Bankruptcy Code.

SECTION 2.7. Organizational Expenses; Liabilities of the Holders.

(a) The Servicer shall pay organizational expenses of the Issuer as they may arise.

 

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(b) No Certificateholder (including the Seller) shall have any personal liability for any liability or obligation of the Issuer.

SECTION 2.8. Title to the Trust Estate. Legal title to all the Trust Estate shall be vested at all times in the Issuer as a separate legal entity.

SECTION 2.9. Representations and Warranties of the Seller. The Seller hereby represents and warrants to the [Owner Trustee][Trustees] that:

(a) Existence and Power. The Seller is a limited liability company validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and has, in all material respects, all power and authority required to carry on its business as now conducted. The Seller has obtained all necessary licenses and approvals in each jurisdiction where the failure to do so would materially and adversely affect the ability of the Seller to perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents and the Underwriting Agreement.

(b) Authorization and No Contravention. The execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of each Transaction Document to which it is a party (i) have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of the Seller and (ii) do not contravene or constitute a default under (A) any applicable law, rule or regulation, (B) its organizational instruments or (C) any material agreement, contract, order or other instrument to which it is a party or its property is subject (other than violations of such laws, rules, regulations, indenture or agreements which do not affect the legality, validity or enforceability of any of such agreements and which, individually or in the aggregate, would not materially and adversely affect the transactions contemplated by, or the Seller’s ability to perform its obligations under, the Transaction Documents to which it is a party).

(c) No Consent Required. No approval, authorization or other action by, or filing with, any Governmental Authority is required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of any Transaction Document other than (i) UCC filings, (ii) approvals and authorizations that have previously been obtained and filings which have previously been made and (iii) approvals, authorizations or filings which, if not obtained or made, would not have a material adverse effect on the ability of the Seller to perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents to which it is a party.

(d) Binding Effect. Each Transaction Document and the Underwriting Agreement to which the Seller is a party constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Seller enforceable against the Seller in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, receivership, conservatorship or other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and, if applicable the rights of creditors of limited liability companies from time to time in effect or by general principles of equity or other similar laws of general application relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and subject to general principles of equity.

 

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(e) No Proceedings. There are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Seller, threatened against the Seller before or by any Governmental Authority that (i) assert the invalidity or unenforceability of this Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents, (ii) seek to prevent the issuance of the Notes or the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents, (iii) seek any determination or ruling that would materially and adversely affect the performance by the Seller of its obligations under this Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents or the collectibility or enforceability of the Receivables, or (iv) relate to the Seller that would materially and adversely affect the federal or Applicable Tax State income, excise, franchise or similar tax attributes of the Notes.

SECTION 2.10. Situs of Issuer. The Issuer shall be located in the State of Delaware (it being understood that the Issuer may have bank accounts located and maintained outside of Delaware).

ARTICLE III

CERTIFICATE AND TRANSFER OF CERTIFICATE

SECTION 3.1. Initial Ownership. Upon the formation of the Issuer and until the issuance of the Certificate, the Seller is the sole beneficiary of the Issuer; and upon the issuance of the Certificate, the Seller will no longer be a beneficiary of the Issuer, except to the extent that the Seller is the Certificateholder.

SECTION 3.2. Authentication of Certificate. Concurrently with the sale of the Transferred Assets to the Issuer pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Owner Trustee shall cause the Certificate to be executed on behalf of the Issuer, authenticated and delivered to or upon the written order of the Seller, signed by its chairman of the board, its president, its chief financial officer, its chief accounting officer, any vice president, its secretary, any assistant secretary, its treasurer or any assistant treasurer, without further corporate action by the Seller. The Certificate shall represent 100% of the beneficial interest in the Issuer and shall be fully-paid and nonassessable.

SECTION 3.3. Form of the Certificate. The Certificate, upon issuance, will be issued in the form of a typewritten Certificate, substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, representing a definitive Certificate and shall be registered in the name of “[                ]” as the initial registered owner thereof. The Owner Trustee shall execute and authenticate, or cause to be authenticated, the definitive Certificate in accordance with the instructions of the Seller.

SECTION 3.4. Registration of Certificates. The Owner Trustee shall maintain at its office referred to in Section 2.2, or at the office of any agent appointed by it and approved in writing by the Certificateholder at the time of such appointment, a register for the registration and transfer of the Certificate.

 

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SECTION 3.5. Transfer of Certificate.

(a) The Certificateholder may assign, convey or otherwise transfer all or any of its right, title and interest in the Certificate; provided, that (i) the Owner Trustee and the Issuer receive an Opinion of Counsel stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, such transfer will not cause the Issuer to be treated as a publicly traded partnership for federal income tax purposes and (ii) the Certificate may not be acquired by or for the account of or with the assets of a Benefit Plan or any governmental, non-U.S., or church plan or any other employee benefit plan or retirement arrangement that is subject to a law that is substantially similar to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code (“Similar Law”). By accepting and holding a Certificate (or any interest therein), the holder thereof shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that it is not, and is not purchasing the Certificate (or any interest therein) on behalf of, a Benefit Plan or any governmental, non-U.S., or church or any other employee benefit plan or retirement arrangement that is subject to Similar Law. The Owner Trustee shall have no duty to independently determine that the requirement in (ii) above is met and shall incur no liability to any person in the event the holder of the Certificate does not comply with such restrictions. Subject to the transfer restrictions contained herein and in the Certificate, the Certificateholder may transfer all or any portion of the beneficial interest in the Issuer evidenced by such Certificate upon surrender thereof to the Owner Trustee accompanied by the documents required by this Section. Such transfer may be made by the registered Certificateholder in person or by his attorney duly authorized in writing upon surrender of the Certificate to the Owner Trustee accompanied by a written instrument of transfer and with such signature guarantees and evidence of authority of the Persons signing the instrument of transfer as the Owner Trustee may reasonably require. Promptly upon the receipt of such documents and receipt by the Owner Trustee of the transferor’s Certificate, the Owner Trustee shall record the name of such transferee as a Certificateholder and its percentage of beneficial interest in the Issuer in the Certificate register and issue, execute and deliver to such Certificateholder a Certificate evidencing such beneficial interest in the Issuer. In the event a transferor transfers only a portion of its beneficial interest in the Issuer, the Owner Trustee shall register and issue to such transferor a new Certificate evidencing such transferor’s new percentage of beneficial interest in the Issuer. Subsequent to a transfer and upon the issuance of the new Certificate or Certificates, the Owner Trustee shall cancel and destroy the Certificate surrendered to it in connection with such transfer. The Owner Trustee may treat, for all purposes whatsoever, the Person in whose name any Certificate is registered as the sole owner of the beneficial interest in the Issuer evidenced by such Certificate, and neither the Owner Trustee, nor any agent of the Owner Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary. No transfer of all or any part of a Certificateholder’s interest (or any economic interest therein) shall be made to any transferee other than a U.S. Tax Person. Further, in the event of any transfer of a Certificate, the transferor shall deliver to any transferee an IRS Form W-9 (or applicable successor form) certifying that it is a U.S. Tax Person if so required under Section 1446(f) of the Code or related regulations or Internal Revenue Service guidance (together with any other appropriate certifications or documentation required).

 

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(b) As a condition precedent to any registration of transfer under this Section 3.5, the Owner Trustee may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover the payment of any tax or taxes or other governmental charges required to be paid in connection with such transfer.

(c) The Owner Trustee shall not be obligated to register any transfer of a Certificate unless each of the transferor and the transferee have certified to the Owner Trustee that such transfer does not violate any of the transfer restrictions stated herein including, but not limited to clauses (d) and (e) of this Section 3.5. The Owner Trustee shall not be liable to any Person for registering any transfer based on such certifications.

(d) No transfer (or purported transfer) of all or any part of a Certificateholder’s interest (or any economic interest therein), whether to another Certificateholder or to a person who is not a Certificateholder, shall be effective, and any such transfer (or purported transfer) shall be void ab initio, and no person shall otherwise become a Certificateholder if, after such transfer (or purported transfer), the Issuer would have more than 95 direct or indirect holders of an interest in the Certificates. For purposes of determining whether the Issuer will have more than 95 direct or indirect holders of an interest in the Certificates, each Person indirectly owning an interest through a partnership (including any entity treated as a partnership for federal income tax purposes), a grantor trust or an S Corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes (within the meaning of Section 1361(a)(1) of the Code) (each such entity, a “flow-through entity”) shall be treated as a Certificateholder unless the Seller determines in its sole and absolute discretion, after consulting with qualified tax counsel, that less than substantially all of the value of the beneficial owner’s interest in the flow-through entity is attributable to the flow-through entity’s interest (direct or indirect) in the Issuer.

(e) No transfer shall be permitted if the same is effected through an established securities market or secondary market (or the substantial equivalent thereof) within the meaning of Section 7704 of the Code or would make the Issuer ineligible for “safe harbor” treatment under Section 7704 of the Code.

SECTION 3.6. Lost, Stolen, Mutilated or Destroyed Certificates. If (i) any mutilated Certificate is surrendered to the Owner Trustee or (ii) the Owner Trustee receives evidence to its satisfaction that the Certificate has been destroyed, lost or stolen, and upon proof of ownership satisfactory to the Owner Trustee together with such security or indemnity as may be requested by the Owner Trustee to save it harmless, the Owner Trustee shall execute and deliver a new Certificate for the same percentage of beneficial interest in the Issuer as the Certificate so mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen, of like tenor and bearing a different issue number, with such notations, if any, as the Owner Trustee shall determine. Upon the issuance of any new Certificate under this Section 3.6, the Issuer or Owner Trustee may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of the Certificate and any other reasonable expenses (including the reasonable fees and expenses of the Issuer and the Owner Trustee) connected therewith. Any duplicate Certificate issued pursuant to this Section 3.6 shall constitute complete and indefeasible evidence of ownership in the Issuer, as if originally issued, whether or not the lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate shall be found at any time.

 

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ARTICLE IV

ACTIONS BY OWNER TRUSTEE

SECTION 4.1. Prior Notice to Certificateholder with Respect to Certain Matters. With respect to the following matters, the Owner Trustee shall not take action unless at least 10 days before the taking of such action (or such shorter notice acceptable to the Certificateholder), the Owner Trustee shall have notified the Certificateholder in writing of the proposed action and the Certificateholder shall not have notified the Owner Trustee in writing prior to the 10th day (or such shorter notice acceptable to the Certificateholder) after such notice is given that the Certificateholder has withheld consent or provided alternative direction:

(a) the amendment of the Indenture by a supplemental indenture in circumstances where the consent of any Noteholder is required;

(b) the amendment of the Indenture by a supplemental indenture in circumstances where the consent of any Noteholder is not required and such amendment materially adversely affects the interests of the Certificateholder;

(c) the amendment, change or modification of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, or the Administration Agreement, except to cure any ambiguity or defect or to amend or supplement any provision in a manner that would not materially adversely affect the interests of the Certificateholder; or

(d) the appointment pursuant to the Indenture of a successor Indenture Trustee or the consent to the assignment by the Note Registrar or the Indenture Trustee of its obligations under the Indenture or this Agreement, as applicable.

SECTION 4.2. Action by Certificateholder with Respect to Certain Matters. The Owner Trustee shall not have the power, except upon the direction of the Certificateholder, to (a) except as expressly provided in the Transaction Documents, sell the Collateral after the termination of the Indenture in accordance with its terms, (b) remove the Administrator under the Administration Agreement pursuant to Section 8 thereof or (c) appoint a successor Administrator pursuant to Section 8 of the Administration Agreement. The Owner Trustee shall take the actions referred to in the preceding sentence only upon written instructions signed by the Certificateholder.

SECTION 4.3. Action by Certificateholder with Respect to Bankruptcy. The Owner Trustee shall not have the power to commence a voluntary proceeding in bankruptcy relating to the Issuer until one year and one day after the Note Balance of all Notes has been reduced to zero without the prior written approval of the Certificateholder and the delivery to the Owner Trustee by the Certificateholder of a certificate certifying that the Certificateholder reasonably believes that the Issuer is insolvent; provided however nothing in this section shall prevent the Owner Trustee from filing a proof of claim in such a bankruptcy proceeding. [The Issuer Delaware Trustee shall not have the power to commence a voluntary Proceeding in bankruptcy relating to the Issuer and no consent or approval by the Issuer Delaware Trustee shall be required with respect to a voluntary Proceeding in bankruptcy relating to the Issuer.]

 

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SECTION 4.4. Restrictions on Certificateholders Power. The Certificateholder shall not direct [the Owner Trustee][either Trustee] to take or refrain from taking any action if such action or inaction would be contrary to any obligation of the Issuer or [the Owner Trustee][such Trustee] under this Agreement or any of the Transaction Documents or would be contrary to Section 2.3, nor shall [the Owner Trustee][such Trustee] be obligated to follow any such direction, if given.

SECTION 4.5. Majority Control. To the extent that there is more than one Certificateholder, any action which may be taken or consent or instructions which may be given by the Certificateholder under this Agreement may be taken by Certificateholders holding in the aggregate a percentage of the beneficial interest in the Issuer equal to more than 50% of the beneficial interest in the Issuer at the time of such action.

ARTICLE V

APPLICATION OF TRUST FUNDS; CERTAIN DUTIES

SECTION 5.1. Application of Trust Funds. Distributions on the Certificate shall be made in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture and the Sale and Servicing Agreement. Subject to the lien of the Indenture, the Owner Trustee shall promptly distribute to the Certificateholder all other amounts (if any) received by the Issuer or the Owner Trustee in respect of the Trust Estate. After the termination of the Indenture in accordance with its terms, the Owner Trustee shall distribute all amounts received (if any) by the Issuer and the Owner Trustee in respect of the Trust Estate at the direction of the Certificateholder provided, however, the Owner Trustee will be entitled to reimbursement for all fees, expenses and indemnities due and owing to them under the Transaction Documents before any amounts shall be distributed to the Certificateholder.

SECTION 5.2. Method of Payment. Subject to the Indenture, distributions required to be made to the Certificateholder on any Payment Date and all amounts received by the Issuer or the Owner Trustee on any other date that are payable to the Certificateholder pursuant to this Agreement or any other Transaction Document shall be made to the Certificateholder by wire transfer, in immediately available funds, to the account of the Certificateholder designated by the Certificateholder to the Owner Trustee and Indenture Trustee in writing.

SECTION 5.3. Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any Transaction Document, the Owner Trustee shall not be required to execute, deliver or certify in accordance with the provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act on behalf of the Issuer or any other Person, any periodic reports filed pursuant to the Exchange Act, or any other documents pursuant to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

SECTION 5.4. Signature on Returns. Subject to Section 2.6, the Certificateholder shall sign on behalf of the Issuer the tax returns of the Issuer, unless applicable law requires the Owner Trustee to sign such documents, in which case such documents shall be signed by the Owner Trustee at the written direction of the Certificateholder.

 

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ARTICLE VI

AUTHORITY AND DUTIES OF [OWNER] TRUSTEE[S]

SECTION 6.1. General Authority. The Owner Trustee is authorized and directed to execute and deliver the Transaction Documents to which the Issuer is named as a party, and each certificate or other document attached as an exhibit to or contemplated by the Transaction Documents to which the Issuer or the Owner Trustee is named as a party and any amendment thereto, in each case, in such form as the Seller shall approve, as evidenced conclusively by the Owner Trustee’s execution thereof, and at the written direction of the Seller, to direct the Indenture Trustee to authenticate and deliver Class A-1 Notes in the aggregate principal amount of $[    ], Class A-2[-A] Notes in the aggregate principal amount of $[    ], [Class A-2-B Notes in the aggregate principal amount of $[    ],] Class A-3 Notes in the aggregate principal amount of $[    ] and Class A-4 Notes in the aggregate principal amount of $[    ]. In addition to the foregoing, the Owner Trustee is authorized, but shall not be obligated, to take all actions required of the Issuer pursuant to the Transaction Documents. The Owner Trustee is further authorized from time to time to take such action as the Seller or the Administrator directs in writing with respect to the Transaction Documents, except to the extent that this Agreement expressly requires the consent of the Certificateholder for such action, and the Owner Trustee shall not be liable to any Person for any action or inaction taken pursuant to such direction.

SECTION 6.2. General Duties. It shall be the duty of the Owner Trustee to discharge (or cause to be discharged) all of its responsibilities pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and to administer the Issuer in the interest of the Certificateholder, subject to the terms of the Transaction Documents, and in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Owner Trustee shall be deemed to have discharged its duties and responsibilities hereunder and under the Transaction Documents to the extent the Administrator has agreed in the Administration Agreement to perform any act or to discharge any duty of the Issuer or the Owner Trustee hereunder or under any Transaction Document, and the Owner Trustee shall not be liable for the default or failure of the Administrator to carry out its obligations under the Administration Agreement and shall have no duty to monitor the performance of the Administrator or any other Person under the Administration Agreement or any other document. The Owner Trustee shall have no obligation to administer, service or collect the Receivables or to maintain, monitor or otherwise supervise the administration, servicing or collection of the Receivables. The Owner Trustee shall not be required to perform or monitor any of the obligations of the Issuer under any Transaction Document other than as expressly provided for herein.

SECTION 6.3. Action upon Instruction.

(a) Subject to Article IV, and in accordance with the Transaction Documents, the Certificateholder may, by written instruction, direct the Owner Trustee in the management of the Issuer. Such direction may be exercised at any time by written instruction of the Certificateholder pursuant to Article IV.

 

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(b) Subject to Section 7.1, the Owner Trustee shall not be required to take any action hereunder or under any Transaction Document if the Owner Trustee shall have reasonably determined or been advised by counsel that such action is likely to result in liability on the part of the Owner Trustee or is contrary to the terms hereof or of any Transaction Document or is otherwise contrary to law.

(c) Whenever the Owner Trustee is unable to decide between alternative courses of action permitted or required by the terms of this Agreement or any Transaction Document or is unsure as to the application of any provision of this Agreement or any Transaction Document or any such provision is ambiguous as to its application, or is, or appears to be, in conflict with any other applicable provision, or in the event that this Agreement permits any determination by the Owner Trustee or is silent or is incomplete as to the course of action that the Owner Trustee is required to take with respect to a particular set of facts, the Owner Trustee shall promptly give notice (in such form as shall be appropriate under the circumstances) to the Certificateholder requesting instruction as to the course of action to be adopted or application of such provision, and to the extent the Owner Trustee acts or refrains from acting in good faith in accordance with any written instruction of the Certificateholder received, the Owner Trustee shall not be liable on account of such action or inaction to any Person. If the Owner Trustee shall not have received appropriate instruction within ten days of such notice (or within such shorter period of time as reasonably may be specified in such notice or may be necessary under the circumstances) it may, but shall be under no duty to, take or refrain from taking such action, not inconsistent with this Agreement or the Transaction Documents, as it shall deem to be in the best interests of the Certificateholder, and shall have no liability to any Person for such action or inaction.

(d) The Owner Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Agreement, or to institute, conduct or defend any litigation, at the request, order or direction of the Certificateholder or any other Person, unless such Certificateholder or such Person has offered to the Owner Trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities that may be incurred by the Owner Trustee (including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and expenses of its counsel) therein or thereby, including such advances as the Owner Trustee shall reasonably request.

SECTION 6.4. No Duties Except as Specified in this Agreement or in Instructions. The Owner Trustee shall not have any duty or obligation to manage, make any payment with respect to, register, record, sell, dispose of, or otherwise deal with the Trust Estate, or to otherwise take or refrain from taking any action under, or in connection with, any document contemplated hereby to which the Issuer or the Owner Trustee is a party, except as expressly provided by the terms of this Agreement or in any document or written instruction received by the Owner Trustee pursuant to Section 6.3; and no implied duties or obligations shall be read into this Agreement or any Transaction Document against the Owner Trustee. The Owner Trustee shall have no responsibility for filing any financing or continuation statement in any public office at any time or to otherwise perfect or maintain the perfection of any security interest or Lien granted to it hereunder or to prepare or file any Commission filing (including any filings required under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act) for the Issuer or to record this Agreement or any Transaction

 

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Document. To the extent that, at law or in equity, the Owner Trustee has duties (including fiduciary duties) and liabilities relating thereto to the Issuer or the Certificateholder, it is hereby understood and agreed by the other parties hereto that all such duties and liabilities are replaced by the duties and liabilities of the Owner Trustee expressly set forth in this Agreement and the Statutory Trust Act. [The Owner Trustee][Each Trustee] nevertheless agrees that it will, at its own cost and expense, promptly take all action as may be necessary to discharge any Liens on any part of the Trust Estate that result from actions by, or claims against, [the Owner Trustee][such Trustee] that are not related to the ownership or the administration of the Trust Estate. The Owner Trustee shall have no responsibility or liability for or with respect to the genuineness, value, sufficiency or validity of the Trust Estate.

SECTION 6.5. No Action Except under Specified Documents or Instructions. The Owner Trustee shall not manage, control, use, sell, dispose of or otherwise deal with any part of the Trust Estate except (i) in accordance with the powers granted to and the authority conferred upon the Owner Trustee pursuant to this Agreement, (ii) in accordance with the Transaction Documents and (iii) in accordance with any document or instruction delivered to the Owner Trustee pursuant to Section 6.3.

SECTION 6.6. Restrictions. The Owner Trustee shall not take any action (a) that is inconsistent with the purposes of the Issuer set forth in Section 2.3 or (b) that, to the actual knowledge of a Responsible Officer of the Owner Trustee, would (i) affect the treatment of the Notes as indebtedness for federal income and state and local income, franchise and value added tax purposes, (ii) be deemed to cause a taxable exchange of the Notes for federal income or state income or franchise tax purposes or (iii) cause the Issuer or any portion thereof to be treated as an association or publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation for federal income, state and local income or franchise tax purposes. The Certificateholder shall not direct the Owner Trustee to take action that would violate the provisions of this Section.

SECTION 6.7. [Rights and Protections of the Issuer Delaware Trustee. The Issuer Delaware Trustee shall be entitled to all of the same rights, protections, indemnities and immunities under this Agreement and with respect to the Issuer as the Owner Trustee. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement which adversely affects the Issuer Delaware Trustee shall be effective against it without its prior written consent.

SECTION 6.8. Duties of the Issuer Delaware Trustee. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement or any other document, the duties of the Issuer Delaware Trustee shall be limited to (i) accepting legal process served on the Issuer in the State of Delaware and (ii) the execution of any certificates required to be filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware which the Issuer Delaware Trustee is required to execute under Section 3811 of the Statutory Trust Act. To the extent that, at law or in equity, the Issuer Delaware Trustee has duties (including fiduciary duties) and liabilities relating thereto to the Issuer or the Certificateholders, it is hereby understood and agreed by the other parties hereto that all such duties and liabilities are replaced by the duties and liabilities of the Issuer Delaware Trustee expressly set forth in this Agreement and the Statutory Trust Act. The Issuer Delaware Trustee shall have no liability for the acts or omissions of the Owner Trustee.]

 

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ARTICLE VII

CONCERNING THE [OWNER] TRUSTEE[S]

SECTION 7.1. Acceptance of Trusts and Duties. [The Owner][Each] Trustee accepts the trusts hereby created and agrees to perform its duties hereunder with respect to such trusts but only upon the terms of this Agreement. The Owner Trustee also agrees to disburse all moneys actually received by it constituting part of the Trust Estate upon the terms of the Transaction Documents and this Agreement. [The Owner][Each] Trustee shall not be personally liable or accountable hereunder or under any Transaction Document under any circumstances notwithstanding anything herein or in the Transaction Documents to the contrary, except (i) for its own willful misconduct, bad faith or gross negligence, (ii) in the case of the inaccuracy of any representation or warranty contained in Section 7.3 expressly made by [                    ] [or [                    ], as applicable], in its individual capacity, (iii) for liabilities arising from the failure of [the Owner][such] Trustee to perform obligations expressly undertaken by it in the fourth sentence of Section 6.4 or (iv) for taxes, fees or other charges on, based on or measured by, any fees, commissions or compensation received by [the Owner][such] Trustee. In particular, but not by way of limitation of the foregoing:

(i) The Owner Trustee shall not be personally liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by any of its officers or employees unless it is proved that such persons were negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts;

(ii) No provision of this Agreement shall require the Owner Trustee to expend or risk its personal funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the exercise of its rights or powers hereunder;

(iii) Under no circumstances shall the Owner Trustee be personally liable for any representation, warranty, covenant, obligation or indebtedness of the Issuer;

(iv) The Owner Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge or notice of any fact or event unless a Responsible Officer of the Owner Trustee has actual knowledge thereof or unless written notice of such fact or event is received by a Responsible Officer and such notice references the fact or event;

(v) The Owner Trustee shall not be personally liable for (x) special, consequential or punitive damages, however styled, including, without limitation, lost profits, (y) the acts or omissions of any nominee, correspondent, clearing agency, securities depository through which it holds the Trust’s securities or assets or (z) any losses due to forces beyond the control of the Owner Trustee, including, without limitation, strikes, work stoppages, acts of war or terrorism, insurrection, revolution, nuclear or natural catastrophes or acts of God and interruptions, loss or malfunctions of utilities, communications or computer (software and hardware) services;

 

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(vi) All funds deposited with the Owner Trustee hereunder may be held in a non-interest bearing trust account and the Owner Trustee shall not be liable for any interest thereon. Money held in trust need not be segregated from all other funds except and to the extent required by law or the terms of this Agreement;

(vii) In no event will [either][the Owner] Trustee have any responsibility to monitor compliance with or enforce compliance with the credit risk retention requirements for asset-backed securities or other rules or regulations relating to risk retention; and

(viii) The Owner Trustee shall not be personally responsible for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this Agreement or for the due execution hereof by any Person other than the Owner Trustee.

SECTION 7.2. Furnishing of Documents. The Owner Trustee shall furnish to the Certificateholder promptly upon receipt of a written request therefor, duplicates or copies of all reports, notices, requests, demands, certificates, financial statements and any other instruments furnished to the Owner Trustee under the Transaction Documents.

SECTION 7.3. Representations and Warranties. [(a) ] [Owner Trustee Name] hereby represents and warrants to the Seller for the benefit of the Certificateholder, that:

(i) It is a [                ] validly existing under [                ] [and having an office within the State of Delaware]. It has all requisite corporate power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement.

(ii) It has taken all corporate action necessary to authorize the execution and delivery by it of this Agreement, and this Agreement will be executed and delivered by one of its officers who is duly authorized to execute and deliver this Agreement on its behalf.

(iii) This Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Owner Trustee, enforceable against the Owner Trustee in accordance with its terms, subject, as to enforceability, to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, conservatorship, receivership, liquidation and other similar laws affecting enforcement of the rights of creditors of banks generally and to equitable limitations on the availability of specific remedies.

(iv) Neither the execution nor the delivery by it of this Agreement, nor the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby nor compliance by it with any of the terms or provisions hereof will contravene any federal or Delaware law, governmental rule or regulation governing the banking or trust powers of the Owner Trustee or any judgment or order binding on it, or constitute any default under its charter documents or by-laws.

 

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[(b) [Issuer Delaware Trustee Name] hereby represents and warrants to the Seller for the benefit of the Certificateholder, that:

(i) It is a national banking association existing under the federal laws of the United States of America. It has all requisite corporate power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement. It is either a resident of the State of Delaware or has its principal place of business in the State of Delaware, in each case, within the meaning of Section 3807(a) of the Statutory Trust Act.

(ii) It has taken all corporate action necessary to authorize the execution and delivery by it of this Agreement, and this Agreement will be executed and delivered by one of its officers who is duly authorized to execute and deliver this Agreement on its behalf.

(iii) This Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Issuer Delaware Trustee, enforceable against the Issuer Delaware Trustee in accordance with its terms, subject, as to enforceability, to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, conservatorship, receivership, liquidation and other similar laws affecting enforcement of the rights of creditors of banks generally and to equitable limitations on the availability of specific remedies.

(iv) Neither the execution nor the delivery by it of this Agreement, nor the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby nor compliance by it with any of the terms or provisions hereof will contravene any federal or Delaware law, governmental rule or regulation governing the banking or trust powers of the Issuer Delaware Trustee or any judgment or order binding on it, or constitute any default under its charter documents or by-laws.]

SECTION 7.4. Reliance; Advice of Counsel. (a) The [Owner Trustee][Trustees] shall incur no personal liability to anyone in acting upon any signature, instrument, notice, resolution, request, consent, order, certificate, report, opinion, bond or other document or paper believed by it to be genuine and believed by it to be signed by the proper party or parties. The [Owner Trustee][Trustees] may accept a certified copy of a resolution of the board of directors or other governing body of any corporate party as conclusive evidence that such resolution has been duly adopted by such body and that the same is in full force and effect. As to any fact or matter the method of the determination of which is not specifically prescribed herein, the [Owner Trustee][Trustees] may for all purposes hereof rely on a certificate, signed by the president or any vice president or by the treasurer, secretary or other Authorized Officers of the relevant party, as to such fact or matter, and such certificate shall constitute full protection to the [Owner Trustee][Trustees] for any action taken or omitted to be taken by [it][them] in good faith in reliance thereon.

(b) In the exercise or administration of the trusts hereunder and in the performance of [its][their] duties and obligations under this Agreement or the Transaction Documents, the [Owner Trustee][Trustees] (i) may act directly or through [its][their] agents or attorneys pursuant to agreements entered into with any of them, but the [Owner

 

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Trustee][Trustees] shall not be personally liable for the conduct or misconduct of such agents, custodians, nominees (including persons acting under a power of attorney) or attorneys selected with reasonable care and (ii) may consult with counsel, accountants and other skilled persons knowledgeable in the relevant area to be selected with reasonable care and employed by [it][them] at the expense of the Issuer. The [Owner Trustee][Trustees] shall not be personally liable for anything done, suffered or omitted in good faith by [it][them] in accordance with the written opinion or advice of any such counsel, accountants or other such persons.

SECTION 7.5. Not Acting in Individual Capacity. Except as provided in this Article VII, in accepting the trusts hereby created, [the Owner][each] Trustee acts solely as [the Owner Trustee][a Trustee] hereunder and not in its individual capacity and all Persons having any claim against [the Owner Trustee][a Trustee] by reason of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any Transaction Document shall look only to the Trust Estate for payment or satisfaction thereof.

SECTION 7.6. [Owner] Trustee[s] May Own Notes. [The Owner][Each] Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Notes. The [Owner Trustee][Trustees] may deal with the Seller, the Indenture Trustee, the Administrator and their respective Affiliates in banking transactions with the same rights as it would have if it were not [the Owner Trustee][a Trustee], and the Seller, the Indenture Trustee, the Administrator and their respective Affiliates may maintain normal commercial banking relationships with the [Owner Trustee][Trustees] and [its][their] Affiliates.

ARTICLE VIII

COMPENSATION AND INDEMNIFICATION OF THE TRUSTEES

SECTION 8.1. The [Owner Trustees][Trustees] Compensation. The Issuer shall cause the Servicer to pay to [the Owner][each] Trustee pursuant to Section 3.11 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement from time to time compensation for all services rendered by [the Owner][each] Trustee under this Agreement pursuant to a fee letter between the Servicer and [the Owner][each] Trustee[, as applicable] (which compensation shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust). The Servicer, pursuant to Section 3.11 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement and the fee letter[s] between the Servicer and [the Owner][each] Trustee, shall reimburse [the Owner][each] Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by [the Owner][such] Trustee in accordance with any provision of this Agreement (including the reasonable compensation, expenses and disbursements of such agents, experts and counsel as the [Owner Trustee][Trustees] may employ in connection with the exercise and performance of its rights and its duties hereunder, which shall include legal fees and expenses in connection with enforcement of its rights to indemnity hereunder), except any such expense may be attributable to its willful misconduct, gross negligence (other than an error in judgment) or bad faith. To the extent not paid by the Servicer, such fees and reasonable expenses shall be paid by the Issuer in accordance with Section 4.4 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement or Section 5.4(b) of the Indenture, as applicable.

 

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SECTION 8.2. Indemnification. The Seller shall cause the Servicer and the Issuer to indemnify [Owner Trustee Name][each Trustee] in its individual capacity and as trustee and its successors, assigns, directors, officers, employees and agents (the “Indemnified Parties”) from and against, any and all loss, liability, expense, tax, penalty or claim (including reasonable legal fees and expenses, which shall include legal fees and expenses in connection with enforcement of its rights to indemnity hereunder) of any kind and nature whatsoever which may at any time be imposed on, incurred by, or asserted against [Owner Trustee Name][each Trustee, as applicable,] in its individual capacity and as trustee or any Indemnified Party in any way relating to or arising out of this Agreement, the Transaction Documents, the Trust Estate, the administration of the Trust Estate or the action or inaction of [Owner Trustee Name][either Trustee] hereunder; provided, however, that neither the Seller, the Issuer nor the Servicer shall be liable for or required to indemnify [Owner Trustee Name][either Trustee] from and against any of the foregoing expenses arising or resulting from (i) [Owner Trustee’s][such Trustee’s] own willful misconduct, bad faith or gross negligence, (ii) the inaccuracy of any representation or warranty contained in Section 7.3 expressly made by [Owner Trustee Name][the applicable Trustee] in its individual capacity, (iii) liabilities arising from the failure of [Owner Trustee Name][either Trustee] to perform obligations expressly undertaken by it in the fourth sentence of Section 6.4 or (iv) taxes, fees or other charges on, based on or measured by, any fees, commissions or compensation received by [the Owner][either] Trustee. To the extent not paid by the Servicer, amounts owed by the Issuer under this Section 8.2 shall be paid in accordance with Section 4.4 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement or Section 5.4(b) of the Indenture, as applicable and to the extent these agreements are still in place.

SECTION 8.3. Payments to the Owner Trustee. Any amounts paid to the Owner Trustee pursuant to this Article VIII and the Sale and Servicing Agreement shall be deemed not to be a part of the Trust Estate immediately after such payment.

SECTION 8.4. Survival. The provisions of this Article VIII shall survive termination of this Agreement.

ARTICLE IX

TERMINATION OF TRUST AGREEMENT

SECTION 9.1. Termination of Trust Agreement. The Issuer shall wind up and dissolve and this Agreement shall terminate (other than provisions hereof which by their terms survive termination) upon the later of (a) the final distribution by the Owner Trustee, at the direction of the Certificateholders, of all moneys or other property or proceeds of the Trust Estate in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the Sale and Servicing Agreement and Article V and (b) the discharge of the Indenture in accordance with Article IV of the Indenture. The bankruptcy, liquidation, dissolution, death or incapacity of the Certificateholder shall not (x) operate to terminate this Agreement or the Issuer, nor (y) entitle the Certificateholder’s legal representatives or heirs to claim an accounting or to take any action or proceeding in any court for a partition or winding up of all or any part of the Issuer or Trust Estate nor (z) otherwise affect the rights, obligations and liabilities of the parties hereto.

 

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SECTION 9.2. Dissolution of the Issuer. Upon dissolution of the Issuer, the Owner Trustee shall, at the direction of the Administrator, wind up the business and affairs of the Issuer as required by Section 3808 of the Statutory Trust Act. Upon the satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture, and receipt of a certificate from the Indenture Trustee stating that all Noteholders have been paid in full and that the Indenture Trustee is aware of no claims remaining against the Issuer in respect of the Indenture and the Notes, the [Owner Trustee][Trustees], in the absence of actual knowledge of any other claim against the Issuer and at the written direction of the Certificateholder, shall be deemed to have made reasonable provision to pay all claims and obligations (including conditional, contingent or unmatured obligations) for purposes of Section 3808(e) of the Statutory Trust Act. The Owner Trustee, upon surrender of the outstanding Certificates, shall distribute the remaining Trust Estate (if any) in accordance with Article V hereof and, at the written direction and expense of the Certificateholder, shall cause the Certificate of Trust to be cancelled by filing a certificate of cancellation with the Delaware Secretary of State in accordance with the provisions of Section 3810 of the Statutory Trust Act, at which time the Issuer shall terminate and this Agreement (other than Article VIII) shall be of no further force or effect.

SECTION 9.3. Limitations on Termination. Except as provided in Section 9.1, neither the Seller nor the Certificateholder shall be entitled to revoke or terminate the Issuer.

ARTICLE X

SUCCESSOR [OWNER] TRUSTEE[S] AND ADDITIONAL

[OWNER] TRUSTEE[S]

SECTION 10.1. Eligibility Requirements for the Owner Trustee [and Issuer Delaware Trustee]. The Owner Trustee shall at all times be a bank (i) authorized to exercise corporate trust powers, (ii) having a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 and (iii) subject to supervision or examination by Federal or state authorities. If such bank shall publish reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of the aforesaid supervising or examining authority, then for the purpose of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such corporation shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. The [Owner][Issuer Delaware] Trustee shall at all times be an institution satisfying the provisions of Section 3807(a) of the Statutory Trust Act. In case at any time [the Owner][either] Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, [the Owner][such] Trustee shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in Section 10.2.

SECTION 10.2. Resignation or Removal of [the Owner][Either] Trustee. [The Owner][Each] Trustee may at any time resign and be discharged from the trusts hereby created by giving written notice thereof to the Seller, the Administrator, the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee and the Certificateholder. Upon receiving such notice of resignation, the Seller and the Administrator, acting jointly, shall promptly appoint a successor [Owner] Trustee which satisfies the [applicable] eligibility requirements set forth in Section 10.1 by written instrument, in duplicate, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the resigning [Owner] Trustee and one copy to the successor [Owner] Trustee. If no successor [Owner] Trustee shall have been so appointed and have accepted appointment within 30 days after the giving of such notice of

 

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resignation, the resigning [Owner] Trustee may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor [Owner] Trustee; provided, however, that such right to appoint or to petition for the appointment of any such successor shall in no event relieve the resigning [Owner] Trustee from any obligations otherwise imposed on it under the Transaction Documents until such successor has in fact assumed such appointment.

If at any time [the Owner][a] Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the [applicable] provisions of Section 10.1 and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Seller or the Administrator, or if at any time [the Owner][such] Trustee shall be legally unable to act, or shall be adjudged bankrupt or insolvent, or a receiver of [the Owner][such] Trustee or of its property shall be appointed, or any public officer shall take charge or control of [the Owner][such] Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation, then the Seller or the Administrator may remove [the Owner][such] Trustee. If the Seller or the Administrator shall remove [the Owner][a] Trustee under the authority of the immediately preceding sentence, the Seller and the Administrator, acting jointly, shall promptly appoint a successor [Owner] Trustee by written instrument, in duplicate, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the outgoing [Owner] Trustee so removed and one copy to the successor [Owner] Trustee and shall pay all fees owed to the outgoing [Owner] Trustee.

Any resignation or removal of [the Owner][a] Trustee and appointment of a successor [Owner] Trustee pursuant to any of the provisions of this Section shall not become effective until acceptance of appointment by the successor [Owner] Trustee pursuant to Section 10.3 and payment of all fees and expenses owed to the outgoing [Owner] Trustee. The Seller shall provide (or shall cause to be provided) notice of such resignation or removal of the [Owner] Trustee to each of the Rating Agencies.

SECTION 10.3. Successor [Owner] Trustee. Any successor [Owner] Trustee appointed pursuant to Section 10.2 shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Seller, the Administrator and to its predecessor [Owner] Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment under this Agreement, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the predecessor [Owner] Trustee shall become effective and such successor [Owner] Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become fully vested with all the rights, powers, duties and obligations of its predecessor under this Agreement, with like effect as if originally named as the [Owner] Trustee. The predecessor [Owner] Trustee shall upon payment of its fees and expenses deliver to the successor [Owner] Trustee all documents and statements and monies held by it under this Agreement; and the Seller and the predecessor [Owner] Trustee shall execute and deliver such instruments and do such other things as may reasonably be required for fully and certainly vesting and confirming in the successor [Owner] Trustee all such rights, powers, duties and obligations.

No successor [Owner] Trustee shall accept appointment as provided in this Section unless at the time of such acceptance such successor [Owner] Trustee shall be eligible pursuant to Section 10.1.

 

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Upon acceptance of appointment by a successor [Owner] Trustee pursuant to this Section, the Seller shall mail (or shall cause to be mailed) notice of the successor of [the Owner][such] Trustee to the Certificateholder, Indenture Trustee, the Noteholders and each of the Rating Agencies. If the Seller shall fail to mail (or cause to be mailed) such notice within 10 days after acceptance of appointment by the successor [Owner] Trustee, the successor [Owner] Trustee shall cause such notice to be mailed at the expense of the Seller. Any successor [Owner][Issuer Delaware] Trustee appointed pursuant to this Section 10.3 shall promptly file an amendment to the Certificate of Trust with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware identifying the name and the principal place of business of such successor [Owner][Issuer Delaware] Trustee in the State of Delaware.

SECTION 10.4. Merger or Consolidation of [the Owner][a] Trustee. Any Person into which [the Owner][a] Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any Person resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which [the Owner][such] Trustee shall be a party, or any Person succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust business of [the Owner][such] Trustee, shall, without the execution or filing of any instrument or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto, anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, be the successor of [the Owner][such] Trustee hereunder; provided, that such Person shall be eligible pursuant to Section 10.1; and provided, further that [the Owner][such] Trustee shall file an amendment to the Certificate of Trust of the Issuer, if required by applicable law, and mail notice of such merger or consolidation to the Seller and the Administrator.

SECTION 10.5. Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, at any time, for the purpose of meeting any legal requirements of any jurisdiction in which any part of the Trust Estate may at the time be located, the Seller and the [the Owner][applicable] Trustee acting jointly shall have the power and shall execute and deliver all instruments to appoint one or more Persons approved by [the Owner][such] Trustee to act as co-trustee, jointly with [the Owner][such] Trustee, or separate trustee or separate trustees, of all or any part of the Trust Estate, and to vest in such Person, in such capacity, such title to the Issuer, or any part thereof, and, subject to the other provisions of this Section, such powers, duties, obligations, rights and trusts as the Seller and the [Owner][applicable] Trustee may consider necessary or desirable. If the Seller shall not have joined in such appointment within 15 days after the receipt by it of a request so to do, the [Owner][applicable] Trustee alone shall have the power to make such appointment. No co-trustee or separate trustee under this Agreement shall be required to meet the terms of eligibility as a successor trustee pursuant to Section 10.1 and no notice of the appointment of any co-trustee or separate trustee shall be required pursuant to Section 10.3.

Each separate trustee and co-trustee shall, to the extent permitted by law, be appointed and act subject to the following provisions and conditions:

(i) all rights, powers, duties and obligations conferred or imposed upon the [Owner][applicable] Trustee shall be conferred upon and exercised or performed by [the Owner][such] Trustee and such separate trustee or co-trustee jointly (it being understood that such separate trustee or co-trustee is not authorized to act separately without [the Owner][such] Trustee joining in such act), except to the extent that under any law of any jurisdiction in which any particular act or acts are to be performed, [the Owner][such] Trustee shall be

 

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incompetent or unqualified to perform such act or acts, in which event such rights, powers, duties and obligations (including the holding of title to the Issuer or any portion thereof in any such jurisdiction) shall be exercised and performed singly by such separate trustee or co-trustee, but solely at the direction of [the Owner][such] Trustee;

(ii) no trustee under this Agreement shall be personally liable by reason of any act or omission of any other trustee under this Agreement; and

(iii) the Seller and the [Owner][applicable] Trustee acting jointly may at any time accept the resignation of or remove any separate trustee or co-trustee.

Any notice, request or other writing given to the [Owner][applicable] Trustee shall be deemed to have been given to each of the then separate trustees and co-trustees, as effectively as if given to each of them. Every instrument appointing any separate trustee or co-trustee shall refer to this Agreement and the conditions of this Article. Each separate trustee and co-trustee, upon its acceptance of the trusts conferred, shall be vested with the estates or property specified in its instrument of appointment, either jointly with the [Owner][applicable] Trustee or separately, as may be provided therein, subject to all the provisions of this Agreement, specifically including every provision of this Agreement relating to the conduct of, affecting the liability of, or affording protection to, [the Owner][such] Trustee. Each such instrument shall be filed with the [Owner][applicable] Trustee and copies thereof given to the Seller and the Administrator.

Any separate trustee or co-trustee may at any time appoint the [Owner][applicable] Trustee, its agent or attorney-in-fact with full power and authority, to the extent not prohibited by law, to do any lawful act under or in respect of this Agreement on its behalf and in its name. If any separate trustee or co-trustee shall become incapable of acting, resign or be removed, all of its estates, properties, rights, remedies and trusts shall vest in and be exercised by the [Owner][applicable] Trustee, to the extent permitted by law, without the appointment of a new or successor trustee. [The Owner][Neither] Trustee shall have [no][any] obligation to determine whether a co-trustee or separate trustee is legally required in any jurisdiction in which any part of the Trust Estate may be located.

ARTICLE XI

MISCELLANEOUS

SECTION 11.1. Amendments.

(a) Any term or provision of this Agreement may be amended by the Seller[, the Issuer Delaware Trustee] and the Owner Trustee without the consent of the Indenture Trustee, any Noteholder, the Issuer or any other Person subject to the satisfaction of one of the following conditions:

(i) the Seller delivers an Opinion of Counsel to the Indenture Trustee to the effect that such amendment will not materially and adversely affect the interests of the Noteholders;

 

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(ii) the Seller delivers an Officer’s Certificate of the Seller to the Indenture Trustee to the effect that such amendment will not materially and adversely affect the interests of the Noteholders; or

(iii) the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied with respect to such amendment and the Seller notifies the Indenture Trustee in writing that the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied with respect to such amendment;

provided, that no amendment shall be effective which affects the rights, protections or duties of the Indenture Trustee[, the Issuer Delaware Trustee] or the Owner Trustee without the prior written consent of such Person.

(b) This Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the Seller[, the Issuer Delaware Trustee] and the Owner Trustee, with the consent of the Holders of Notes evidencing not less than a majority of the aggregate principal balance of the Outstanding Notes, for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Agreement or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Noteholders. It will not be necessary to obtain the consent of the Noteholders to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment or consent, but it will be sufficient if such consent approves the substance thereof. The manner of obtaining such consents (and any other consents of Noteholders provided for in this Agreement) and of evidencing the authorization of the execution thereof by Noteholders will be subject to such reasonable requirements as the Indenture Trustee may prescribe, including the establishment of record dates pursuant to the Note Depository Agreement.

(c) Prior to the execution of any such amendment, the Seller shall provide written notification of the substance of such amendment to each Rating Agency and the Owner Trustee; and promptly after the execution of any such amendment or consent, the Seller (i) shall furnish a copy of such amendment or consent to each Rating Agency, the Owner Trustee[, the Issuer Delaware Trustee] and the Indenture Trustee and (ii) if this Agreement is amended in accordance with clauses (i) or (ii) of Section 11.1(a), shall furnish a copy of such Opinion of Counsel or Officer’s Certificate, as the case may be, to each of the Rating Agencies.

(d) Prior to the execution of any amendment to this Agreement, the Owner Trustee [and the Issuer Delaware Trustee] shall be entitled to receive and conclusively rely upon an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such amendment is authorized or permitted by this Agreement and that all conditions precedent to the execution and delivery of such amendment have been satisfied. The Owner Trustee [and the Issuer Delaware Trustee] may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such amendment which affects [the Owner][such] Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Agreement.

SECTION 11.2. No Legal Title to Trust Estate in Certificateholder. The Certificateholder shall not have legal title to any part of the Trust Estate. The Certificateholder shall be entitled to receive distributions with respect to its undivided beneficial interest therein only in accordance with Articles V and IX. No transfer, by operation of law or otherwise, of any right, title or interest of the Certificateholder to and in its ownership interest in the Trust Estate shall operate to terminate this Agreement or the trusts hereunder or entitle any transferee to an accounting or to the transfer to it of legal title to any part of the Trust Estate.

 

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SECTION 11.3. Limitations on Rights of Others. The provisions of this Agreement are solely for the benefit of the Owner Trustee, [the Issuer Delaware Trustee,] the Seller, the Administrator, the Certificateholder and, to the extent expressly provided herein, the Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders, and nothing in this Agreement, whether express or implied, shall be construed to give to any other Person any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim in the Trust Estate or under or in respect of this Agreement or any covenants, conditions or provisions contained herein.

SECTION 11.4. Notices.

(a) Unless otherwise expressly specified or permitted by the terms hereof, all notices shall be in writing and shall be deemed given by facsimile with receipt acknowledged by the recipient thereof or upon receipt personally delivered, delivered by overnight courier or mailed certified mail, return receipt requested, if to the Owner Trustee [and the Issuer Delaware Trustee], addressed as specified on Schedule II to the Sale and Servicing Agreement; or, as to each party, at such other address as shall be designated by such party in a written notice to each other party.

(b) Any notice required or permitted to be given to the Certificateholder shall be given by first-class mail, postage prepaid, at the address of the Certificateholder as shall be designated by such party in a written notice to each other party. Any notice so mailed within the time prescribed in this Agreement shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the Certificateholder receives such notice.

SECTION 11.5. Severability. Any provision of this Agreement that is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.

SECTION 11.6. Separate Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.

SECTION 11.7. Successors and Assigns. All covenants and agreements contained herein shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of, the Seller, the Owner Trustee and its successors[, the Issuer Delaware Trustee and its successors] and the Certificateholder and its successors and permitted assigns, all as herein provided. Any request, notice, direction, consent, waiver or other instrument or action by the Certificateholder shall bind the successors and assigns of the Certificateholder.

 

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SECTION 11.8. No Petition.

(a) Subject to Section 4.3, each of the Owner Trustee (in its individual capacity and as the Owner Trustee), by entering into this Agreement, [the Issuer Delaware Trustee (in its individual capacity and as the Issuer Delaware Trustee), by entering into this Agreement,] the Seller, the Certificateholder, by accepting the Certificate, and the Indenture Trustee and each Noteholder or Note Owner by accepting the benefits of this Agreement, hereby covenants and agrees that prior to the date which is one year and one day after payment in full of all obligations of each Bankruptcy Remote Party in respect of all securities issued by the Bankruptcy Remote Parties (i) such party shall not authorize any Bankruptcy Remote Party to commence a voluntary winding-up or other voluntary case or other proceeding seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief with respect to such Bankruptcy Remote Party or its debts under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect in any jurisdiction or seeking the appointment of an administrator, a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official with respect to such Bankruptcy Remote Party or any substantial part of its property or to consent to any such relief or to the appointment of or taking possession by any such official in an involuntary case or other proceeding commenced against such Bankruptcy Remote Party, or to make a general assignment for the benefit of, its creditors generally, any party hereto or any other creditor of such Bankruptcy Remote Party and (ii) such party shall not commence, join or institute against, with any other Person, any proceeding against such Bankruptcy Remote Party under any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, liquidation or insolvency law or statute now or hereafter in effect in any jurisdiction.

(b) The Seller’s obligations under this Agreement are obligations solely of the Seller and will not constitute a claim against the Seller to the extent that the Seller does not have funds sufficient to make payment of such obligations. In furtherance of and not in derogation of the foregoing, each of the Owner Trustee (in its individual capacity and as the Owner Trustee), by entering into or accepting this agreement, each Certificateholder, by accepting a Certificate, and the Indenture Trustee and each Noteholder or Note Owner, by accepting the benefits of this Agreement, hereby acknowledges and agrees that such Person has no right, title or interest in or to the Other Assets of the Seller. To the extent that, notwithstanding the agreements and provisions contained in the preceding sentence, each of the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, each Noteholder or Note Owner and the Certificateholder either (i) asserts an interest or claim to, or benefit from, Other Assets or (ii) is deemed to have any such interest, claim to, or benefit in or from Other Assets, whether by operation of law, legal process, pursuant to applicable provisions of insolvency laws or otherwise (including by virtue of Section 1111(b) of the Bankruptcy Code or any successor provision having similar effect under the Bankruptcy Code), then such Person further acknowledges and agrees that any such interest, claim or benefit in or from Other Assets is and will be expressly subordinated to the indefeasible payment in full, which, under the terms of the relevant documents relating to the securitization or conveyance of such Other Assets, are entitled to be paid from, entitled to the benefits of, or otherwise secured by such Other Assets (whether or not any such entitlement or security interest is legally perfected or otherwise entitled to a priority of distributions or application under applicable law, including insolvency laws, and whether or not asserted against the Seller), including the payment of post-petition interest on such other obligations and liabilities. This subordination

 

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agreement will be deemed a subordination agreement within the meaning of Section 510(a) of the Bankruptcy Code. Each of the Owner Trustee (in its individual capacity and as the Owner Trustee), by entering into or accepting this agreement, each Certificateholder, by accepting a Certificate, and the Indenture Trustee and each Noteholder or Note Owner, by accepting the benefits of this Agreement, hereby further acknowledges and agrees that no adequate remedy at law exists for a breach of this Section and the terms of this Section may be enforced by an action for specific performance. The provisions of this Section will be for the third party benefit of those entitled to rely thereon and will survive the termination of this Agreement.

SECTION 11.9. Headings. The headings of the various Articles and Sections herein are for convenience of reference only and shall not define or limit any of the terms or provisions hereof.

SECTION 11.10. Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.

SECTION 11.11. Waiver of Jury Trial. To the extent permitted by applicable law, each party hereto irrevocably waives all right of trial by jury in any action, proceeding or counterclaim based on, or arising out of, under or in connection with this Agreement, any other Transaction Document, or any matter arising hereunder or thereunder.

SECTION 11.12. Information Requests. The parties hereto shall provide any information reasonably requested by the Servicer, the Issuer, the Seller or any of their Affiliates at the expense of the Servicer, the Issuer, the Seller or any of their Affiliates, as applicable, in order to comply with or obtain more favorable treatment under any current or future law, rule, regulation, accounting rule or principle.

SECTION 11.13. Form 10-D and Form 10-K Filings. So long as the Seller is filing Exchange Act Reports with respect to the Issuer (i) no later than each Payment Date, the Owner Trustee shall notify the Seller of any Form 10-D Disclosure Item with respect to the Owner Trustee [or the Issuer Delaware Trustee], together with a description of any such Form 10-D Disclosure Item in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Seller and (ii) no later than March 15 of each calendar year, commencing March 15, [    ], the Owner Trustee shall notify the Seller in writing of any affiliations or relationships between the Owner Trustee and any Item 1119 Party [or the Issuer Delaware Trustee and any Item 1119 Party]; provided, that no such notification need be made if the affiliations or relationships are unchanged from those provided in the notification in the prior calendar year.

SECTION 11.14. Form 8-K Filings. So long as the Seller is filing Exchange Act Reports with respect to the Issuer, [each of] the Owner Trustee [and the Issuer Delaware Trustee] shall promptly notify the Seller, but in no event later than five (5) Business Days after its occurrence, of any Reportable Event described in clause (e) of the definition thereof with respect to the Owner Trustee of which a Responsible Officer of the Owner Trustee [or the Issuer

 

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Delaware Trustee] has actual knowledge (other than a Reportable Event described in clause (e) of the definition thereof as to which the Seller or the Servicer has actual knowledge). [The Owner][A] Trustee shall be deemed to have actual knowledge of any such event to the extent that it relates to [the Owner][such] Trustee in its individual capacity or any action by [the Owner][such] Trustee under this Agreement.

SECTION 11.15. Information to Be Provided by the [Owner Trustee][Trustees].

(a) [Each of the][The] Owner Trustee [and the Issuer Delaware Trustee] shall provide the Seller and the Servicer (each, a “VW Party” and, collectively, the “VW Parties”) with (i) notification, as soon as practicable and in any event within five Business Days, of all demands communicated (other than by a VW Party) to a Responsible Officer of [the Owner][such] Trustee for the repurchase or replacement of any Receivable pursuant to Section 2.4 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement or Section 3.4 of the Purchase Agreement, as applicable and (ii) promptly upon reasonable written request (which may include electronic communications) by a VW Party, any other information reasonably requested by a VW Party in [the Owner][such] Trustees’ possession and that can be provided to the VW Parties without unreasonable effort or expenses to facilitate compliance by the VW Parties with Rule 15Ga-1 under the Exchange Act, and Items 1104(e), 1117, 1119 and 1121(c) of Regulation AB. In no event shall [either of] the Owner Trustee [or the Issuer Delaware Trustee] have (x) any responsibility or liability in connection with any filing required to be made by a securitizer under the Exchange Act or Regulation AB or with any VW Parties’ compliance with the Exchange Act or Regulation AB or (y) any duty or obligation to undertake any investigation or inquiry related to repurchase activity or otherwise to assume any additional duties or responsibilities in respect of the Transaction Documents or the transactions contemplated thereby. In no event shall [either of] the Owner Trustee [or the Issuer Delaware Trustee] be deemed to be a “securitizer” as defined in Section 15Ga of the Exchange Act, nor shall it have any responsibility for making any filing to be made by a securitizer under the Exchange Act or Regulation AB. A demand does not include general inquiries, including investor inquiries, regarding asset performance or possible breaches of representations or warranties.

(b) [Each of the][The] Owner Trustee [and the Issuer Delaware Trustee] shall, as promptly as practicable following notice to or discovery by [the Owner][either] Trustee of any changes to any information regarding [the Owner][such] Trustee as is required for the purpose of compliance with Item 1117 of Regulation AB, provide to the Depositor, in writing, such updated information.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their respective officers hereunto duly authorized as of the day and year first above written.

 

[    ], as the Owner Trustee

By:    

Name:

Title:

[[    ], as the Issuer Delaware Trustee

By:               

Name:

Title:                                                                                           ]

 

   S-1    Amended & Restated Trust Agreement

 


VOLKSWAGEN AUTO LEASE/LOAN UNDERWRITTEN FUNDING, LLC
By:  

 

Name:
Title:  
By:  

                 

Name:
Title:  

 

   S-2    Amended & Restated Trust Agreement

 


EXHIBIT A

FORM OF CERTIFICATE

 

NUMBER    $[        ]
100% BENEFICIAL INTEREST   
R-1   

VOLKSWAGEN AUTO LOAN ENHANCED TRUST 20[    ]-[    ]

CERTIFICATE

Evidencing the 100% beneficial interest in all of the assets of the Issuer (as defined below), which consist primarily of motor vehicle receivables, including motor vehicle retail installment sales contracts and/or installment loans that are secured by new and used automobiles, minivans and sport utility vehicles.

(This Certificate does not represent an interest in or obligation of Volkswagen Auto Lease/Loan Underwritten Funding, LLC, VW Credit, Inc. or any of their respective Affiliates, except to the extent described below.)

THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE SECURITIES OR “BLUE SKY” LAWS OF ANY STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION, AND MAY NOT BE RESOLD, ASSIGNED, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE SECURITIES OR “BLUE SKY” LAWS, PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION THEREFROM OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT THERETO.

NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR ANY INTEREST HEREIN MAY BE ACQUIRED OR HELD (IN THE INITIAL ACQUISITION OR THROUGH A TRANSFER) BY OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF OR WITH ANY ASSETS OF (A) AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN (AS DEFINED IN SECTION 3(3) OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED (“ERISA”) WHICH IS SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE I OF ERISA, (B) A PLAN DESCRIBED BY SECTION 4975(e)(1) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE “CODE”), WHICH IS SUBJECT TO SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE, (C) ANY ENTITY DEEMED TO HOLD THE PLAN ASSETS OF ANY OF THE FOREGOING BY REASON OF AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN’S OR A PLAN’S INVESTMENT IN SUCH ENTITY OR (D) ANY GOVERNMENTAL, NON-U.S., OR CHURCH PLAN OR ANY OTHER EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR RETIREMENT ARRANGEMENT THAT IS SUBJECT TO A LAW THAT IS SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR TO THE FIDUCIARY PROVISIONS OF ERISA OR SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE (“SIMILAR LAW”).

THIS CERTIFIES THAT [                    ] is the registered owner of a 100% nonassessable, fully-paid beneficial interest in the Trust Estate of VOLKSWAGEN AUTO LOAN ENHANCED TRUST 20[    ]-[    ], a Delaware statutory trust (the “Issuer”) formed by Volkswagen Auto Lease/Loan Underwritten Funding, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as depositor (the “Seller”).

 

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The Issuer was created pursuant to a Trust Agreement dated as of [    ] (as amended and restated by the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement, dated as of [    ], the “Trust Agreement”), [between][among] the Seller, [and] [    ], as owner trustee (the Owner Trustee”) [and [    ], as the issuer Delaware trustee (the “Issuer Delaware Trustee”)], a summary of certain of the pertinent provisions of which is set forth below. To the extent not otherwise defined herein, the capitalized terms used herein have the meanings assigned to them in Appendix A to the Sale and Servicing Agreement, dated as of [    ], among the Seller, the Issuer, [    ], as indenture trustee, and VW Credit, Inc., as servicer, as the same may be amended or supplemented from time to time.

This Certificate is issued under and is subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Trust Agreement, to which Trust Agreement the holder of this Certificate by virtue of the acceptance hereof assents and by which such holder is bound. The provisions and conditions of the Trust Agreement are hereby incorporated by reference as though set forth in their entirety herein.

The holder of this Certificate acknowledges and agrees that its rights to receive distributions in respect of this Certificate are subordinated to the rights of the Noteholders as described in the Indenture, the Sale and Servicing Agreement and the Trust Agreement, as applicable.

THIS CERTIFICATE SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.

By accepting this Certificate, the Certificateholder hereby covenants and agrees that prior to the date which is one year and one day after payment in full of all obligations of each Bankruptcy Remote Party in respect of all securities issued by the Bankruptcy Remote Parties (i) such Person shall not authorize such Bankruptcy Remote Party to commence a voluntary winding-up or other voluntary case or other proceeding seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief with respect to such Bankruptcy Remote Party or its debts under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect in any jurisdiction or seeking the appointment of an administrator, a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official with respect to such Bankruptcy Remote Party or any substantial part of its property or to consent to any such relief or to the appointment of or taking possession by any such official in an involuntary case or other proceeding commenced against such Bankruptcy Remote Party, or to make a general assignment for the benefit of any party hereto or any other creditor of such Bankruptcy Remote Party, and (ii) such Person shall not commence or join with any other Person in commencing any proceeding against such Bankruptcy Remote Party under any bankruptcy, reorganization, liquidation or insolvency law or statute now or hereafter in effect in any jurisdiction.

 

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By accepting and holding this Certificate (or any interest herein), the holder hereof shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that it is not, and is not purchasing on behalf of, a Benefit Plan or any governmental, non-U.S., or church plan or any other employee benefit plan or retirement arrangement that is subject to Similar Law.

It is the intention of the parties to the Trust Agreement that, solely for income, franchise and value added tax purposes, (i) so long as there is a single Certificateholder, the Issuer will be disregarded as an entity separate from such Certificateholder, and if there is more than one Certificateholder, the Issuer will be treated as a partnership and (ii) the Notes will be characterized as debt. By accepting this Certificate, the Certificateholder agrees to take no action inconsistent with the foregoing intended tax treatment.

By accepting this Certificate, the Certificateholder acknowledges that this Certificate represents the entire beneficial interest in the Issuer only and does not represent interests in or obligations of the Seller, the Servicer, the Administrator, the Owner Trustee, [the Issuer Delaware Trustee,] the Indenture Trustee or any of their respective Affiliates and no recourse may be had against such parties or their assets, except as expressly set forth or contemplated in this Certificate, the Trust Agreement or any other Transaction Document.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer has caused this Certificate to be duly executed.

Dated:                                  

VOLKSWAGEN AUTO LOAN ENHANCED

TRUST 20[    ]-[    ]

By: [    ], not in its individual capacity, but solely as Owner Trustee
By:  

             

Name:
Title:

 

A-4


OWNER TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

This is the Certificate referred to in the within-mentioned Trust Agreement.

 

[    ], not in its individual capacity but solely as Owner Trustee
By:               
 

Authenticating Agent

 

A-5

EX-10.6 14 d742675dex106.htm EX-10.6 EX-10.6

Exhibit 10.6

 

 

 

ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEW AGREEMENT

VOLKSWAGEN AUTO LOAN ENHANCED TRUST 20[    ]-[    ]

as Issuer

and

VW CREDIT, INC.,

as Servicer

and

[ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER NAME],

as Asset Representations Reviewer

 

 

Dated as of [                    ]

 

 

 

 

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

ARTICLE I. USAGE AND DEFINITIONS

     1  

Section 1.01

  Usage and Definitions      1  

Section 1.02

  Definitions      1  

ARTICLE II. ENGAGEMENT; ACCEPTANCE

     3  

Section 2.01

  Engagement; Acceptance      3  

Section 2.02

  Confirmation of Status      3  

ARTICLE III. ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEW PROCESS

     3  

Section 3.01

  Review Notices and Identification of Subject Receivables      3  

Section 3.02

  Review Materials      3  

Section 3.03

  Performance of Reviews      4  

Section 3.04

  Review Report      5  

Section 3.05

  Review Representatives      5  

Section 3.06

  Dispute Resolution      6  

Section 3.07

  Limitations on Review Obligations      6  

ARTICLE IV. ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER

     7  

Section 4.01

  Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Asset Representations Reviewer      7  

Section 4.02

  Fees and Expenses      8  

ARTICLE V. OTHER MATTERS PERTAINING TO THE ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER

     9  

Section 5.01

  Limitation on Liability      9  

Section 5.02

  Indemnification by Servicer      9  

Section 5.03

  Indemnification by Asset Representations Reviewer      9  

Section 5.04

  Inspections of Asset Representations Reviewer      10  

Section 5.05

  Delegation of Obligations      10  

ARTICLE VI. TREATMENT OF CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION

     10  

Section 6.01

  Confidential Information      10  

Section 6.02

  Personally Identifiable Information      12  

ARTICLE VII. REMOVAL, RESIGNATION

     14  

Section 7.01

  Eligibility of the Asset Representations Reviewer      14  

Section 7.02

  Resignation and Removal of Asset Representations Reviewer      14  

 

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Section 7.03

  Successor Asset Representations Reviewer      15  

Section 7.04

  Merger, Consolidation or Succession      15  

ARTICLE VIII. OTHER AGREEMENTS

     16  

Section 8.01

  Independence of the Asset Representations Reviewer      16  

Section 8.02

  No Petition      16  

Section 8.03

  Limitation of Liability of Owner Trustee      16  

Section 8.04

  Termination of Agreement      17  

ARTICLE IX. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

     17  

Section 9.01

  Amendments      17  

Section 9.02

  Assignment; Benefit of Agreement; Third Party Beneficiaries      18  

Section 9.03

  Notices      18  

Section 9.04

  Governing Law      18  

Section 9.05

  Submission to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial      19  

Section 9.06

  No Waiver; Remedies      19  

Section 9.07

  Severability      19  

Section 9.08

  Headings      19  

Section 9.09

  Counterparts      20  

Schedule A – Representations and Warranties, Review Materials and Tests

 

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This ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEW AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), entered into as of [     ], 20[     ], by and among VOLKSWAGEN AUTO LOAN ENHANCED TRUST 20[     ]-[     ], a Delaware statutory trust, as issuer (the “Issuer”), VW CREDIT, INC., a Delaware corporation (“VCI”), as servicer (in such capacity, the “Servicer”), and [ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER NAME], a [company type], as asset representations reviewer (the “Asset Representations Reviewer”).

WHEREAS, in connection with a securitization transaction sponsored by VCI, VCI sold a pool of Receivables consisting of retail installment sale contracts to Volkswagen Auto Lease/Loan Underwritten Funding, LLC (the “Depositor”), who sold them to the Issuer;

WHEREAS, the Issuer will engage the Asset Representations Reviewer to perform reviews of certain Receivables for compliance with certain representations and warranties made with respect thereto; and

WHEREAS, the Asset Representations Reviewer desires to perform such reviews of Receivables in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound hereby, agree as follows:

ARTICLE I.

USAGE AND DEFINITIONS

Section 1.01 Usage and Definitions.

Except as otherwise defined herein or as the context may otherwise require, capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein are defined in Appendix A to the Sale and Servicing Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified and in effect, the “Sale and Servicing Agreement”) among the Issuer, the Servicer, the Depositor, as seller, and the Indenture Trustee, which also contains rules as to usage that are applicable herein.

Section 1.02 Definitions.

Whenever used in this Agreement, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings:

Annual Fee” has the meaning stated in Section 4.02(a).

Asset Review” means the completion by the Asset Representations Reviewer of the testing procedures for each Test and for each Subject Receivable as further described in Section 3.03.


Confidential Information” has the meaning stated in Section 6.01(b).

Eligible Representations” shall mean those representations identified on Schedule A attached hereto.

Information Recipients” has the meaning stated in Section 6.01(a).

Indenture” means the Indenture, dated as of [                ], 20[    ], between the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, as the same may be amended, supplemented or modified from time to time.

Indenture Trustee” means [                ], as indenture trustee under the Indenture, and any successor thereto.

Issuer PII” has the meaning stated in Section 6.02(a).

PII” has the meaning stated in Section 6.02(a).

Review Fee” has the meaning stated in Section 4.02(b).

Review Materials” means the documents, data, and other information required for each Test listed under “Documents” in Schedule A.

Review Notice” means a notice delivered to the Asset Representations Reviewer by the Indenture Trustee pursuant to Section 7.5(b) of the Indenture.

Review Report” means, for an Asset Review, the report of the Asset Representations Reviewer prepared according to Section 3.04.

Test” has the meaning stated in Section 3.03(a).

Test Complete” has the meaning stated in Section 3.03(c).

Test Fail” has the meaning stated in Section 3.03(a).

Test Incomplete” has the meaning stated in Section 3.03(a).

Test Pass” has the meaning stated in Section 3.03(a).

 

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ARTICLE II.

ENGAGEMENT; ACCEPTANCE

Section 2.01 Engagement; Acceptance.

The Issuer hereby engages [                ] to act as the Asset Representations Reviewer for the Issuer. [                ] accepts the engagement and agrees to perform the obligations of the Asset Representations Reviewer on the terms stated in this Agreement.

Section 2.02 Confirmation of Status.

The parties confirm that the Asset Representations Reviewer is not responsible for (a) reviewing the Receivables for compliance with the representations and warranties under the Transaction Documents, except as described in this Agreement, or (b) determining whether noncompliance with the representations or warranties constitutes a breach of the Transaction Documents.

ARTICLE III.

ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEW PROCESS

Section 3.01 Review Notices and Identification of Subject Receivables.

(a) On receipt of a Review Notice from the Indenture Trustee according to Section 7.5(b) of the Indenture, the Asset Representations Reviewer will start an Asset Review. The Asset Representations Reviewer will not be obligated to start an Asset Review until a Review Notice is received.

(b) Within [ten (10)] Business Days after receipt of a Review Notice, the Servicer will deliver to the Asset Representations Reviewer, with a copy to the Indenture Trustee, a list of the Subject Receivables. The Asset Representations Reviewer will not be obligated to start an Asset Review until a Review Notice and the related list of Subject Receivables is received. The Asset Representations Reviewer is not obligated to verify (i) whether the Indenture Trustee properly determined that a Review Notice was required or (ii) the accuracy or completeness of the list of Subject Receivables provided by the Servicer.

Section 3.02 Review Materials.

(a) Access to Review Materials. The Servicer will render reasonable assistance to the Asset Representations Reviewer to facilitate the Asset Review. The Servicer will give the Asset Representations Reviewer access to the Review Materials for all of the Subject Receivables within [sixty (60)] calendar days after receipt of the Review Notice in one or more of the following ways in the Servicer’s reasonable discretion: (i) by electronic posting to a password-protected website to which the Asset Representations Reviewer has access, (ii) by providing originals or photocopies at an office of the Servicer during normal business hours upon

 

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reasonable prior written notice in connection with the Asset Review or (iii) in another manner agreed by the Servicer and the Asset Representations Reviewer. The Servicer may redact or remove Personally Identifiable Information from the Review Materials so long as all information in the Review Materials necessary for the Asset Representations Reviewer to complete the Asset Review remains intact and unchanged. The Asset Representations Reviewer shall be entitled to rely in good faith, without independent investigation or verification, that the Review Materials are accurate and complete in all material respects, and not misleading in any material respect.

(b) Missing or Insufficient Review Materials. The Asset Representations Reviewer will review the Review Materials to determine if any Review Materials are missing or insufficient for the Asset Representations Reviewer to perform any Test. If the Asset Representations Reviewer reasonably determines any missing or insufficient Review Materials, the Asset Representations Reviewer will notify the Servicer promptly, and in any event no less than [twenty (20)] calendar days before completing the Asset Review. The Servicer will use reasonable efforts to provide the Asset Representations Reviewer access to the missing Review Materials or other documents or information to correct the insufficiency within [fifteen (15)] calendar days. If the missing Review Materials or other documents have not been provided by the Servicer within [sixty (60)] calendar days, the related Review Report will report a Test Incomplete for each Test that requires use of the missing or insufficient Review Materials.

Section 3.03 Performance of Reviews.

(a) Test Procedures. For an Asset Review, the Asset Representations Reviewer will perform, for each Subject Receivable, [such procedures as the Asset Representations Reviewer shall deem appropriate, in its discretion (each, a “Test”)][the procedures listed under “Procedures to be Performed” in Schedule A for each representation and warranty being tested (each, a “Test”) using the Review Materials listed in Schedule A for each such Test]. For each Test and Subject Receivable, the Asset Representations Reviewer will determine in its reasonable judgment if the Test has been satisfied (a “Test Pass”), if the Test has not been satisfied (a “Test Fail”) or if the Test could not be conducted as a result of missing or incomplete Review Materials (a “Test Incomplete”). The Asset Representations Reviewer will use such determination for all Subject Receivables that are subject to the same Test.

(b) Review Period. The Asset Representations Reviewer will complete the Asset Review within [sixty (60)] calendar days of receiving access to the Review Materials. However, if additional Review Materials are provided to the Asset Representations Reviewer as described in Section 3.02(b), the Asset Review period will be extended for an additional [thirty (30)] calendar days.

(c) Completion of Review for Certain Subject Receivables. Following the delivery of the list of the Subject Receivables and before the delivery of the Review Report by the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Servicer may notify the Asset Representations Reviewer if a Subject Receivable is paid in full by the Obligor or purchased from the Issuer in accordance with the terms of the Transaction Documents. On receipt of such notice, the Asset Representations Reviewer will immediately terminate all Tests of the related Subject Receivable, and the Asset Review of such Subject Receivables will be considered complete (a “Test Complete”). In this case, the related Review Report will indicate a Test Complete for such Subject Receivable and the related reason.

 

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(d) Previously Reviewed Receivables; Duplicative Tests. If any Subject Receivable was included in a prior Asset Review, the Asset Representations Reviewer will not conduct additional Tests on such Subject Receivable, but will include the previously reported Test results in the Review Report for the current Asset Review. If the same Test is required for more than one representation and warranty, the Asset Representations Reviewer will only perform the Test once for each Subject Receivable, but will report the results of the Test for each applicable representation and warranty on the Review Report.

(e) Termination of Review. If an Asset Review is in process and the Notes will be paid in full on the next Payment Date, the Servicer will notify the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Indenture Trustee no less than [ten (10)] calendar days before that Payment Date. On receipt of such notice, the Asset Representations Reviewer will terminate the Asset Review immediately and will not be obligated to deliver a Review Report.

(f) Review Systems; Personnel. The Asset Representations Reviewer will maintain business process management and/or other systems necessary to ensure that it can perform each Test and, on execution of this Agreement, will load each Test into these systems. The Asset Representations Reviewer will ensure that these systems allow for each Subject Receivable and the related Review Materials to be individually tracked and stored as contemplated by this Agreement. The Asset Representations Reviewer will maintain adequate staff that is properly trained to conduct Asset Reviews as required by this Agreement.

Section 3.04 Review Report.

Within [ten (10)] calendar days after the end of the applicable Asset Review period under Section 3.03(b), the Asset Representations Reviewer will deliver to the Issuer, the Servicer, and the Indenture Trustee a Review Report indicating for each Subject Receivable whether there was a Test Pass, Test Incomplete, Test Fail or Test Complete for each related Test. For each Test Fail or Test Complete, the Review Report will indicate the related reason. The Review Report will contain the findings and conclusions of the Asset Representations Reviewer with respect to the Asset Review, and will be included in the Issuer’s Form 10-D report for the Collection Period in which the Review Report is received. The Asset Representations Reviewer will ensure that the Review Report does not contain any PII. On reasonable request of the Servicer, the Asset Representations Reviewer will provide additional details on the Test results.

Section 3.05 Review Representatives.

(a) Servicer Representative. The Servicer will designate one or more representatives who will be available to assist the Asset Representations Reviewer in performing the Asset Review, including responding to requests and answering questions from the Asset Representations Reviewer about access to Review Materials on the Servicer’s originations, receivables or other systems, obtaining missing or insufficient Review Materials and/or providing clarification of any Review Materials or Tests.

 

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(b) Asset Representations Review Representative. The Asset Representations Reviewer will designate one or more representatives who will be available to the Issuer and the Servicer during the performance of an Asset Review.

(c) Questions About Review. The Asset Representations Reviewer will make appropriate personnel available to respond in writing to written questions or requests for clarification of any Review Report from the Servicer until the earlier of (i) [one (1) year] after the delivery of the subject Review Report or (ii) the payment in full of the Notes. The Asset Representations Reviewer will not be obligated to respond to questions or requests for clarification from Noteholders or any other Person and will direct such Persons to submit written questions or requests to the Servicer.

Section 3.06 Dispute Resolution.

If a Subject Receivable that was the subject of an Asset Review becomes the subject of a dispute resolution proceeding under Section 9.24 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Asset Representations Reviewer will participate in the dispute resolution proceeding on request of a party to the proceeding. The reasonable out-of-pocket expenses of the Asset Representations Reviewer for its participation in any dispute resolution proceeding will be considered expenses of the Requesting Party for the dispute resolution and will be paid by a party to the dispute resolution as determined by the mediator or arbitrator for the dispute resolution according to Section 9.24 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement. If not paid by a party to the dispute resolution, the expenses will be reimbursed according to Section 4.02(c) of this Agreement.

Section 3.07 Limitations on Review Obligations.

(a) Review Process Limitations. The Asset Representations Reviewer will have no obligation (i) to determine whether a Delinquency Trigger has occurred or whether the required percentage of Noteholders has voted to direct an Asset Review under the Indenture, (ii) to determine which Receivables are subject to an Asset Review, (iii) to obtain or confirm the validity of the Review Materials, (iv) to obtain missing or insufficient Review Materials except as specifically described herein, (v) to take any action or cause any other party to take any action under any of the Transaction Documents to enforce any remedies for breaches of representations or warranties about the Subject Receivables, (vi) to determine the reason for the delinquency of any Subject Receivable, the creditworthiness of any Obligor, the overall quality of any Subject Receivable or the compliance by the Servicer with its covenants with respect to the servicing of any Subject Receivable, or (vii) to establish cause, materiality or recourse for any failed Test.

(b) Maintenance of Review Materials. The Asset Representations Reviewer will maintain copies of any Review Materials, Review Reports and other documents relating to an Asset Review, including internal correspondence and work papers, until the earlier of (i) two (2) years after the delivery of any Review Report or (ii) the repayment of the Notes in full.

 

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ARTICLE IV.

ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER

Section 4.01 Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Asset Representations Reviewer.

The Asset Representations Reviewer hereby makes the following representations, warranties and covenants as of the Closing Date:

(a) Organization and Qualification. The Asset Representations Reviewer is duly organized and validly existing as a [limited liability company] in good standing under the laws of State of [Delaware]. The Asset Representations Reviewer is qualified as a foreign [limited liability company] in good standing and has obtained all necessary licenses and approvals in all jurisdictions in which the ownership or lease of its properties or the conduct of its activities requires the qualification, license or approval, unless the failure to obtain the qualifications, licenses or approvals would not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Asset Representations Reviewer’s ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement.

(b) Power, Authority and Enforceability. The Asset Representations Reviewer has the power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement. The Asset Representations Reviewer has authorized the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement. This Agreement is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Asset Representations Reviewer enforceable against the Asset Representations Reviewer, except as may be limited by insolvency, bankruptcy, reorganization or other laws relating to the enforcement of creditors’ rights or by general equitable principles.

(c) No Conflicts and No Violation. The completion of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the performance of the Asset Representations Reviewer’s obligations under this Agreement will not (i) conflict with, or be a breach or default under, any indenture, loan agreement, guarantee or similar document under which the Asset Representations Reviewer is a debtor or guarantor, (ii) result in the creation or imposition of a Lien on the properties or assets of the Asset Representations Reviewer under the terms of any indenture, loan agreement, guarantee or similar document, (iii) violate the organizational documents of the Asset Representations Reviewer or (iv) violate a law or, to the Asset Representations Reviewer’s knowledge, an order, rule or regulation of a federal or State court, regulatory body, administrative agency or other governmental instrumentality having jurisdiction over the Asset Representations Reviewer or its property that applies to the Asset Representations Reviewer, which, in each case, would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Asset Representations Reviewer’s ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement.

(d) No Proceedings. To the Asset Representations Reviewer’s knowledge, there are no proceedings or investigations pending or threatened in writing before a federal or State court, regulatory body, administrative agency or other governmental instrumentality having jurisdiction over the Asset Representations Reviewer or its properties (i) asserting the invalidity

 

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of this Agreement, (ii) seeking to prevent the completion of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or (iii) seeking any determination or ruling that would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Asset Representations Reviewer’s ability to perform its obligations under, or the validity or enforceability of, this Agreement.

(e) Eligibility. The Asset Representations Reviewer meets the eligibility requirements in Section 7.01, and will notify the Issuer and the Servicer promptly if it no longer meets, or reasonably expects that it will no longer meet, the eligibility requirements in Section 5.01.

Section 4.02 Fees and Expenses.

(a) Annual Fee. The Servicer will pay the Asset Representations Reviewer, as compensation for its activities under this Agreement, an annual fee of $[                ] (the “Annual Fee”). The Annual Fee will be payable by the Servicer on the Closing Date and on each anniversary thereof until this Agreement is terminated; provided, that in the year in which all Notes are paid in full, the Annual Fee shall be reduced pro rata by an amount equal to the days of the year in which the Notes are no longer outstanding.

(b) Review Fee. Following the completion of an Asset Review and the delivery of the related Review Report pursuant to Section 3.04, or the termination of an Asset Review according to Section 3.03(e), and the delivery to the Indenture Trustee and the Servicer of a detailed invoice, the Asset Representations Reviewer will be entitled to a fee of $[                ] for each Subject Receivable for which the Asset Review was started (the “Review Fee”). However, no Review Fee will be charged for any Subject Receivable which was included in a prior Asset Review or for which no Tests were completed prior to the Asset Representations Reviewer being notified of a termination of the Asset Review according to Section 3.03(e) or due to missing or insufficient Review Materials under Section 3.02(b).

(c) Dispute Resolution Expenses. If the Asset Representations Reviewer participates in a dispute resolution proceeding under Section 3.06 of this Agreement and its reasonable out-of-pocket expenses for participating in the proceeding are not paid by a party to the dispute resolution within ninety (90) days after the end of the proceeding, the Servicer will reimburse the Asset Representations Reviewer for such expenses upon receipt of a detailed invoice.

(d) Reimbursement of Expenses. The Servicer shall reimburse the Asset Representations Reviewer for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred or made by it, in addition to the compensation for its services. Such expenses shall include the reasonable compensation and expenses, disbursements and advances of the Asset Representations Reviewer’s agents, counsel, accountants and experts.

(e) Payment of Invoices. The Asset Representations Reviewer will issue invoices to the Servicer at the notices address set forth in Schedule II to the Sale and Servicing Agreement and Servicer shall pay all invoices submitted by the Asset Representations Reviewer within [thirty (30)] days following the receipt by the Servicer. Any amounts payable by the

 

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Servicer to the Asset Representations Reviewer pursuant to this Agreement that have been outstanding for at least [thirty (30)] days shall be paid on the Payment Date related to the Collection Period in which such [thirtieth (30th)] day occurs, in accordance with Section 4.4 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement or Section 5.4(b) of the Indenture, as applicable.

ARTICLE V.

OTHER MATTERS PERTAINING TO THE ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER

Section 5.01 Limitation on Liability.

The Asset Representations Reviewer will not be liable to any Person for any action taken, or not taken, in good faith under this Agreement or for errors in judgment. However, the Asset Representations Reviewer will be liable for its willful misconduct, bad faith, breach of this Agreement or negligence in performing its obligations under this Agreement. In no event will the Asset Representations Reviewer be liable for special, indirect or consequential losses or damages (including lost profit), even if the Asset Representations Reviewer has been advised of the likelihood of the loss or damage and regardless of the form of action.

Section 5.02 Indemnification by Servicer.

The Servicer shall indemnify the Asset Representations Reviewer against any and all loss, liability or expense (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) incurred by it in connection with the administration of this Agreement and the performance of its duties hereunder. The Asset Representations Reviewer shall notify the Servicer promptly of any claim for which it may seek indemnity. Failure by the Asset Representations Reviewer to so notify the Servicer shall not relieve the Servicer of its obligations hereunder. The Servicer shall defend any such claim, and the Asset Representations Reviewer may have separate counsel and the Servicer shall pay the fees and expenses of such counsel. The Servicer shall not reimburse any expense or indemnify against any loss, liability or expense incurred by the Asset Representations Reviewer arising out of or resulting from the Asset Representations Reviewer’s own bad faith, negligence, willful misfeasance or breach of this Agreement. The Servicer’s obligations under this Section 5.02 will survive the termination of this Agreement, the termination of the Issuer and the resignation or removal of the Asset Representations Reviewer.

Section 5.03 Indemnification by Asset Representations Reviewer.

The Asset Representations Reviewer will indemnify each of the Issuer, the Seller, the Servicer, the Administrator, the Owner Trustee[, the Issuer Delaware Trustee] and the Indenture Trustee and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents for all fees, expenses, losses, damages and liabilities resulting from (a) the willful misconduct, bad faith or negligence of the Asset Representations Reviewer in performing its obligations under this Agreement and (b) the Asset Representations Reviewer’s breach of any of its representations or warranties in this Agreement. The Asset Representations Reviewer’s obligations under this Section 5.03 will survive the termination of this Agreement, the termination of the Issuer and the resignation or removal of the Asset Representations Reviewer.

 

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Section 5.04 Inspections of Asset Representations Reviewer.

The Asset Representations Reviewer agrees that, with reasonable advance notice not more than once during any year, it will permit authorized representatives of the Issuer or the Servicer, during the Asset Representations Reviewer’s normal business hours, to examine and review the books of account, records, reports and other documents and materials of the Asset Representations Reviewer relating to (a) the performance of the Asset Representations Reviewer’s obligations under this Agreement, (b) payments of fees and expenses of the Asset Representations Reviewer for its performance and (c) a claim made by the Asset Representations Reviewer under this Agreement. In addition, the Asset Representations Reviewer will permit the Issuer’s or the Servicer’s representatives to make copies and extracts of any of those documents and to discuss them with the Asset Representations Reviewer’s officers and employees. Each of the Issuer and the Servicer will, and will cause its authorized representatives to, hold in confidence the information except if disclosure may be required by law or if the Issuer or the Servicer reasonably determines that it is required to make the disclosure under this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents. The Asset Representations Reviewer will maintain all relevant books, records, reports and other documents and materials for a period of at least two years after the termination of its obligations under this Agreement.

Section 5.05 Delegation of Obligations.

The Asset Representations Reviewer may not delegate or subcontract its obligations under this Agreement to any Person without the consent of the Issuer and the Servicer.

ARTICLE VI.

TREATMENT OF CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION

Section 6.01 Confidential Information.

(a) Treatment. The Asset Representations Reviewer agrees to hold and treat Confidential Information given to it under this Agreement in confidence and under the terms and conditions of this Article VI, and will implement and maintain safeguards to further assure the confidentiality of the Confidential Information. The Confidential Information will not, without the prior consent of the Issuer and the Servicer, be disclosed or used by the Asset Representations Reviewer, or its officers, directors, employees, agents, representatives or affiliates, including legal counsel (collectively, the “Information Recipients”) other than for the purposes of performing Reviews of Subject Receivables or performing its obligations under this Agreement. The Asset Representations Reviewer agrees that it will not, and will cause its Affiliates to not (i) purchase or sell securities issued by VCI or its Affiliates or special purpose entities on the basis of Confidential Information or (ii) use the Confidential Information for the preparation of research reports, newsletters or other publications or similar communications.

 

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(b) Definition. “Confidential Information” means oral, written and electronic materials (irrespective of its source or form of communication) furnished before, on or after the date of this Agreement to the Asset Representations Reviewer for the purposes contemplated by this Agreement, including:

(i) lists of Subject Receivables and any related Review Materials;

(ii) origination and servicing guidelines, policies and procedures, and form contracts; and

(iii) notes, analyses, compilations, studies or other documents or records prepared by the Servicer, which contain information supplied by or on behalf of the Servicer or its representatives.

However, Confidential Information will not include information that (A) is or becomes generally available to the public other than as a result of disclosure by the Information Recipients, (B) was available to, or becomes available to, the Information Recipients on a non-confidential basis from a Person or entity other than the Issuer or the Servicer before its disclosure to the Information Recipients who, to the knowledge of the Information Recipient is not bound by a confidentiality agreement with the Issuer or the Servicer and is not prohibited from transmitting the information to the Information Recipients, (C) is independently developed by the Information Recipients without the use of the Confidential Information, as shown by the Information Recipients’ files and records or other evidence in the Information Recipients’ possession or (D) the Issuer or the Servicer provides permission to the applicable Information Recipients to release.

(c) Protection. The Asset Representations Reviewer will use best efforts to protect the secrecy of and avoid disclosure and unauthorized use of Confidential Information, including those measures that it takes to protect its own confidential information and not less than a reasonable standard of care. The Asset Representations Reviewer acknowledges that Personally Identifiable Information is also subject to the additional requirements in Section 6.02.

(d) Disclosure. If the Asset Representations Reviewer is required by applicable law, regulation, rule or order issued by an administrative, governmental, regulatory or judicial authority to disclose part of the Confidential Information, it may disclose the Confidential Information. However, before a required disclosure, the Asset Representations Reviewer, if permitted by law, regulation, rule or order, will use its reasonable efforts to provide the Issuer and the Servicer with notice of the requirement and will cooperate, at the Servicer’s expense, in the Issuer’s and the Servicer’s pursuit of a proper protective order or other relief for the disclosure of the Confidential Information. If the Issuer or the Servicer is unable to obtain a protective order or other proper remedy by the date that the information is required to be disclosed, the Asset Representations Reviewer will disclose only that part of the Confidential Information that it is advised by its legal counsel it is legally required to disclose.

(e) Responsibility for Information Recipients. The Asset Representations Reviewer will be responsible for a breach of this Section 6.01 by its Information Recipients.

 

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(f) Violation. The Asset Representations Reviewer agrees that a violation of this Agreement may cause irreparable injury to the Issuer and the Servicer and the Issuer and the Servicer may seek injunctive relief in addition to legal remedies. If an action is initiated by the Issuer or the Servicer to enforce this Section 6.01, the prevailing party will be reimbursed for its fees and expenses, including reasonable attorney’s fees, incurred for the enforcement.

Section 6.02 Personally Identifiable Information.

(a) Definitions. “Personally Identifiable Information” or “PII” means information in any format about an identifiable individual, including, name, address, phone number, e-mail address, account number(s), identification number(s), vehicle identification number or “VIN,” any other actual or assigned attribute associated with or identifiable to an individual and any information that when used separately or in combination with other information could identify an individual. “Issuer PII” means PII furnished by the Issuer, the Servicer or their Affiliates to the Asset Representations Reviewer and PII developed or otherwise collected or acquired by the Asset Representations Reviewer in performing its obligations under this Agreement.

(b) Use of Issuer PII. The Issuer does not grant the Asset Representations Reviewer any rights to Issuer PII except as provided in this Agreement. The Asset Representations Reviewer will use Issuer PII only to perform its obligations under this Agreement or as specifically directed in writing by the Issuer and will only reproduce Issuer PII to the extent necessary for these purposes. The Asset Representations Reviewer must comply with all laws applicable to PII, Issuer PII and the Asset Representations Reviewer’s business, including any legally required codes of conduct, including those relating to privacy, security and data protection. The Asset Representations Reviewer will protect and secure Issuer PII. The Asset Representations Reviewer will implement privacy or data protection policies and procedures that comply with applicable law and this Agreement. The Asset Representations Reviewer will implement and maintain reasonable and appropriate practices, procedures and systems, including administrative, technical and physical safeguards to (i) protect the security, confidentiality and integrity of Issuer PII, (ii) ensure against anticipated threats or hazards to the security or integrity of Issuer PII, (iii) protect against unauthorized access to or use of Issuer PII and (iv) otherwise comply with its obligations under this Agreement. These safeguards include a written data security plan, employee training, information access controls, restricted disclosures, systems protections (e.g., intrusion protection, data storage protection and data transmission protection) and physical security measures.

(c) Additional Limitations. In addition to the use and protection requirements described in Section 6.02(b), the Asset Representations Reviewer’s disclosure of Issuer PII is also subject to the following requirements:

(i) The Asset Representations Reviewer will not disclose Issuer PII to its personnel or allow its personnel access to Issuer PII except (A) for the Asset Representations Reviewer personnel who require Issuer PII to perform an Asset Review, (B) with the prior consent of the Issuer or (C) as required by applicable law. When

 

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permitted, the disclosure of or access to Issuer PII will be limited to the specific information necessary for the individual to complete the assigned task. The Asset Representations Reviewer will inform personnel with access to Issuer PII of the confidentiality requirements in this Agreement and train its personnel with access to Issuer PII on the proper use and protection of Issuer PII.

(ii) The Asset Representations Reviewer will not sell, disclose, provide or exchange Issuer PII with or to any third party without the prior consent of the Issuer.

(d) Notice of Breach. The Asset Representations Reviewer will notify the Issuer promptly in the event of an actual or reasonably suspected security breach, unauthorized access, misappropriation or other compromise of the security, confidentiality or integrity of Issuer PII and, where applicable, immediately take action to prevent any further breach.

(e) Return or Disposal of Issuer PII. Except where return or disposal is prohibited by applicable law, promptly on the earlier of the completion of the Asset Review or the request of the Issuer, all Issuer PII in any medium in the Asset Representations Reviewer’s possession or under its control will be (i) destroyed in a manner that prevents its recovery or restoration or (ii) if so directed by the Issuer, returned to the Issuer without the Asset Representations Reviewer retaining any actual or recoverable copies, in both cases, without charge to the Issuer. Where the Asset Representations Reviewer retains Issuer PII, the Asset Representations Reviewer will limit the Asset Representations Reviewer’s further use or disclosure of Issuer PII to that required by applicable law.

(f) Compliance; Modification. The Asset Representations Reviewer will cooperate with and provide information to the Issuer regarding the Asset Representations Reviewer’s compliance with this Section 6.02. The Asset Representations Reviewer and the Issuer agree to modify this Section 6.02 as necessary for either party to comply with applicable law.

(g) Audit of Asset Representations Reviewer. The Asset Representations Reviewer will permit the Issuer and its authorized representatives to audit the Asset Representations Reviewer’s compliance with this Section 6.02 during the Asset Representations Reviewer’s normal business hours on reasonable advance notice to the Asset Representations Reviewer, and not more than once during any year unless circumstances necessitate additional audits. The Issuer agrees to make reasonable efforts to schedule any audit described in this Section 6.02 with the inspections described in Section 5.04. The Asset Representations Reviewer will also permit the Issuer and its authorized representatives during normal business hours on reasonable advance notice to audit any service providers used by the Asset Representations Reviewer to fulfill the Asset Representations Reviewer’s obligations under this Agreement.

(h) Affiliates and Third Parties. If the Asset Representations Reviewer processes the PII of the Issuer’s Affiliates or a third party when performing an Asset Review, and if such Affiliate or third party is identified to the Asset Representations Reviewer, such Affiliate or third party is an intended third-party beneficiary of this Section 6.02, and this Agreement is intended to benefit the Affiliate or third party. The Affiliate or third party may enforce the PII related terms of this Section 6.02 against the Asset Representations Reviewer as if each were a signatory to this Agreement.

 

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ARTICLE VII.

REMOVAL, RESIGNATION

Section 7.01 Eligibility of the Asset Representations Reviewer.

The Asset Representations Reviewer must be a Person who (a) is not Affiliated with VCI, the Depositor, the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee[, the Issuer Delaware Trustee] or any of their Affiliates and (b) was not, and is not Affiliated with a Person that was, engaged by the Sponsor or any underwriter to perform any due diligence on the Receivables prior to the Closing Date.

Section 7.02 Resignation and Removal of Asset Representations Reviewer.

(a) No Resignation. The Asset Representations Reviewer will not resign as Asset Representations Reviewer except if (i) the Asset Representations Reviewer no longer meets the eligibility requirements in Section 7.01 or (ii) the Asset Representations Reviewer has determined that the performance of its duties under this Agreement is no longer permissible under applicable law and there is no reasonable action that it could take to make the performance of its obligations under this Agreement permitted under applicable law. Upon the occurrence of one of the foregoing events, the Asset Representations Reviewer shall promptly resign and the Servicer shall appoint a successor Asset Representations Reviewer. The Asset Representations Reviewer will deliver a notice of its resignation to the Issuer and the Servicer, and an Opinion of Counsel supporting its determination.

(b) Removal. If any of the following events occur, the Servicer, by notice to the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Issuer, may remove the Asset Representations Reviewer and terminate its rights and obligations under this Agreement:

(i) the Asset Representations Reviewer no longer meets the eligibility requirements in Section 7.01;

(ii) the Asset Representations Reviewer breaches of any of its representations, warranties, covenants or obligations in this Agreement; or

(iii) a Bankruptcy Event of the Asset Representations Reviewer occurs.

(c) Notice of Resignation or Removal. The Issuer will notify the Servicer, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee of any resignation or removal of the Asset Representations Reviewer.

 

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(d) Continue to Perform After Resignation or Removal. No resignation or removal of the Asset Representations Reviewer will be effective, and the Asset Representations Reviewer will continue to perform its obligations under this Agreement, until a successor Asset Representations Reviewer has accepted its engagement according to Section 7.03(b).

Section 7.03 Successor Asset Representations Reviewer.

(a) Engagement of Successor Asset Representations Reviewer. Following the resignation or removal of the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Servicer will engage a successor Asset Representations Reviewer who meets the eligibility requirements of Section 7.01.

(b) Effectiveness of Resignation or Removal. No resignation or removal of the Asset Representations Reviewer will be effective until the successor Asset Representations Reviewer has executed and delivered to the Issuer and the Servicer an agreement accepting its engagement and agreeing to perform the obligations of the Asset Representations Reviewer under this Agreement or entering into a new agreement with the Issuer and the Servicer on substantially the same terms as this Agreement.

(c) Transition and Expenses. If the Asset Representations Reviewer resigns or is removed, the Asset Representations Reviewer will cooperate with the Issuer and the Servicer and take all actions reasonably requested to assist the Issuer in making an orderly transition of the Asset Representations Reviewer’s rights and obligations under this Agreement to the successor Asset Representations Reviewer. The Asset Representations Reviewer will pay the reasonable expenses of transitioning the Asset Representations Reviewer’s obligations under this Agreement and preparing the successor Asset Representations Reviewer to take on the obligations on receipt of an invoice with reasonable detail of the expenses from the Issuer and the Servicer or the successor Asset Representations Reviewer.

Section 7.04 Merger, Consolidation or Succession.

Any Person (a) into which the Asset Representations Reviewer is merged or consolidated, (b) resulting from any merger or consolidation to which the Asset Representations Reviewer is a party or (c) succeeding to the business of the Asset Representations Reviewer, if that Person meets the eligibility requirements in Section 7.01, will be the successor to the Asset Representations Reviewer under this Agreement. Such Person will execute and deliver to the Issuer and the Servicer an agreement to assume the Asset Representations Reviewer’s obligations under this Agreement (unless the assumption happens by operation of law).

 

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ARTICLE VIII.

OTHER AGREEMENTS

Section 8.01 Independence of the Asset Representations Reviewer.

The Asset Representations Reviewer will be an independent contractor and will not be subject to the supervision of, or deemed to be the agent of, the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee for the manner in which it accomplishes the performance of its obligations under this Agreement. None of the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee shall be responsible for monitoring the performance of the Asset Representations Reviewer or liable to any Person for the failure of the Asset Representations Reviewer to perform its obligations hereunder. Unless authorized by the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee, respectively, the Asset Representations Reviewer will have no authority to act for or represent the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee and will not be considered an agent of the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee. Nothing in this Agreement will make the Asset Representations Reviewer and either of the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee members of any partnership, joint venture or other separate entity or impose any liability as such on any of them.

Section 8.02 No Petition.

Each party hereto agrees that, prior to the date which is one year and one day after payment in full of all obligations of each Bankruptcy Remote Party in respect of all securities issued by any Bankruptcy Remote Party (a) such party hereto shall not authorize any Bankruptcy Remote Party to commence a voluntary winding-up or other voluntary case or other proceeding seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief with respect to such Bankruptcy Remote Party or its debts under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect in any jurisdiction or seeking the appointment of an administrator, a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official with respect to such Bankruptcy Remote Party or any substantial part of its property or to consent to any such relief or to the appointment of or taking possession by any such official in an involuntary case or other proceeding commenced against such Bankruptcy Remote Party, or to make a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors generally, any party hereto or any other creditor of such Bankruptcy Remote Party, and (b) such party shall not commence or join with any other Person in commencing any proceeding against such Bankruptcy Remote Party under any bankruptcy, reorganization, liquidation or insolvency law or statute now or hereafter in effect in any jurisdiction. This Section 8.02 shall survive the termination of this Agreement.

Section 8.03 Limitation of Liability of Owner Trustee.

Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, (a) this Agreement has been executed and delivered by [    ], not in its individual capacity but solely as Owner Trustee, (b) each of the representations, undertakings and agreements herein made on the part of the Owner Trustee and the Issuer is made and intended not as personal representations, undertakings and agreements by [    ] but is made and intended for the purpose of binding only the Issuer, (c)

 

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nothing herein contained shall be construed as creating any liability on [    ], individually or personally, to perform any covenant either expressed or implied contained herein of the Owner Trustee or the Issuer, all such liability, if any, being expressly waived by the parties hereto and by any Person claiming by, through or under the parties hereto, (d) [    ] has made no investigation as to the accuracy or completeness of any representations and warranties made by the Owner Trustee or the Issuer in this Agreement and (e) under no circumstances shall [    ] be personally liable for the payment of any indebtedness or expenses of the Owner Trustee or the Issuer or be liable for the breach or failure of any obligation, representation, warranty or covenant made or undertaken by the Owner Trustee or the Issuer under Agreement or any other related documents. For the purposes of this Agreement, in the performance of its duties or obligations hereunder, the Owner Trustee shall be subject to, and entitled to the benefits of, the terms and provisions of Articles VI, VII and VIII of the Trust Agreement.

Section 8.04 Termination of Agreement.

This Agreement will terminate, except for the obligations under Article VI and Sections 5.02 and 5.03, on the earlier of (a) the payment in full of all outstanding Notes and the satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture and (b) the date the Issuer is terminated under the Trust Agreement.

ARTICLE IX.

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

Section 9.01 Amendments.

(a) Any term or provision of this Agreement may be amended by the Servicer and the Asset Representations Reviewer without the consent of the Indenture Trustee, any Noteholder, the Issuer, the Owner Trustee or any other Person subject to the satisfaction of one of the following conditions:

 

  (i)

the Servicer delivers an Opinion of Counsel to the Indenture Trustee to the effect that such amendment will not materially and adversely affect the interests of the Noteholders;

 

  (ii)

the Servicer delivers an Officer’s Certificate to the Indenture Trustee to the effect that such amendment will not materially and adversely affect the interests of the Noteholders; or

 

  (iii)

the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied with respect to such amendment and the Servicer notifies the Indenture Trustee in writing that the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied with respect to such amendment;

 

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provided, that no amendment pursuant to this Section 9.01 shall be effective which affects the rights, protections or duties of the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee without the prior written consent of such Person.

(b) This Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the Servicer and the Asset Representations Reviewer with the consent of the Holders of Notes evidencing not less than a majority of the aggregate principal balance of the Outstanding Notes for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Agreement or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Noteholders. It will not be necessary for the consent of Noteholders to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment or consent, but it will be sufficient if such consent approves the substance thereof. The manner of obtaining such consents (and any other consents of Noteholders provided for in this Agreement) and of evidencing the authorization of the execution thereof by Noteholders will be subject to such reasonable requirements as the Indenture Trustee may prescribe, including the establishment of record dates pursuant to the Note Depository Agreement.

Section 9.02 Assignment; Benefit of Agreement; Third Party Beneficiaries.

(a) Assignment. Except as stated in Section 7.04, this Agreement may not be assigned by the Asset Representations Reviewer without the consent of the Issuer and the Servicer.

(b) Benefit of Agreement; Third-Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement is for the benefit of and will be binding on the parties and their permitted successors and assigns. The Owner Trustee[, the Issuer Delaware Trustee] and the Indenture Trustee, for the benefit of the Noteholders, will be third-party beneficiaries of this Agreement and may enforce this Agreement against the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Servicer. No other Person will have any right or obligation under this Agreement.

Section 9.03 Notices.

All demands, notices and communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be delivered or mailed by registered or certified first-class United States mail, postage prepaid, hand delivery, prepaid courier service, via electronic mail, or by facsimile and addressed in each case as specified on Schedule II to the Sale and Servicing Agreement, or at such other address as shall be designated by any of the specified addressees in a written notice to the other parties hereto.

Section 9.04 Governing Law.

THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL, SUBSTANTIVE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REFERENCE TO THE RULES THEREOF RELATING TO CONFLICTS OF LAW, OTHER THAN SECTIONS 5-1401 AND 5-1402 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.

 

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SECTION 9.05 Submission to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial.

Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally:

(a) submits for itself and its property in any legal action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any documents executed and delivered in connection herewith, or for recognition and enforcement of any judgment in respect thereof, to the nonexclusive general jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York, the courts of the United States of America for the Southern District of New York and appellate courts from any thereof;

(b) consents that any such action or proceeding may be brought and maintained in such courts and waives any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the venue of such action or proceeding in any such court or that such action or proceeding was brought in an inconvenient court and agrees not to plead or claim the same;

(c) agrees that service of process in any such action or proceeding may be effected by mailing a copy thereof by registered or certified mail (or any substantially similar form of mail), postage prepaid, to such Person at its address determined in accordance with Section 9.03;

(d) agrees that nothing herein shall affect the right to effect service of process in any other manner permitted by law or shall limit the right to sue in any other jurisdiction; and to the extent permitted by applicable law, each party hereto irrevocably waives all right of trial by jury in any action, proceeding or counterclaim based on, or arising out of, under or in connection with this Agreement, any other Transaction Document, or any matter arising hereunder or thereunder.

Section 9.06 No Waiver; Remedies.

No party’s failure or delay in exercising a power, right or remedy under this Agreement will operate as a waiver. No single or partial exercise of a power, right or remedy will preclude any other or further exercise of the power, right or remedy or the exercise of any other power, right or remedy. The powers, rights and remedies under this Agreement are in addition to any powers, rights and remedies under law.

Section 9.07 Severability.

If a part of this Agreement is held invalid, illegal or unenforceable, then it will be deemed severable from the remaining Agreement and will not affect the validity, legality or enforceability of the remaining Agreement.

Section 9.08 Headings.

The headings in this Agreement are included for convenience and will not affect the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.

 

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Section 9.09 Counterparts.

This Agreement may be executed in multiple counterparts. Each counterpart will be an original and all counterparts will together be one document.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer, the Servicer, and the Asset Representations Reviewer have caused their names to be signed hereto by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized as of the date first above written.

 

VOLKSWAGEN AUTO LOAN ENHANCED TRUST
        20[     ]-[     ]
, as Issuer
By: [                     ], not in its individual capacity, but solely as
        Owner Trustee
By:    
 

Name:

 

Title:

VW CREDIT, INC., as Servicer
By:    
 

Name:

 

Title:

By:    
 

Name:

 

Title:

[                     ], as Asset Representations Reviewer
By:    
 

Name:

 

Title:

 

20[    ]-[    ] Asset Representations Review Agreement


Schedule A

Representations and Warranties, Review Materials and Tests

[To be attached]

EX-24.2 15 d742675dex242.htm EX-24.2 EX-24.2

Exhibit 24.2

Volkswagen Auto Lease/Loan Underwritten Funding, LLC

Ferdinand Porsche Drive

Herndon, VA 20171

August 23, 2019

I, Dr. Kevin McDonald, am Secretary of Volkswagen Auto Lease/Loan Underwritten Funding, LLC (the “Company”) and do certify that the attached resolutions were duly adopted by unanimous written consent of the board of managers of the Company on August 23, 2019, and such resolutions have not been amended, rescinded or otherwise modified.

 

/s/ Dr. Kevin McDonald
Name: Dr. Kevin McDonald
Title: Secretary


* * *

RESOLVED, that the President, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Accounting Officer, Treasurer, Secretary, and any Assistant Treasurer, any Assistant Secretary, any Vice President and any other duly appointed officer of the Company (each, a “Designated Officer” and collectively, the “Designated Officers”) are each hereby authorized, in the name and on behalf of the Company, to prepare, execute and file, or cause to be prepared and filed with the SEC from time to time as required by the SEC (i) registration statements on Form SF-3 for registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), in an amount to be determined by the Designated Officer, of asset-backed securities (the “Securities”) directly or indirectly secured by motor vehicle retail installment sale contracts and installment loans and other related assets, and any and all amendments (including, without limitation, post-effective amendments) or supplements thereto, together with the prospectus, all documents required as exhibits to such registration statements or any amendments or supplements and other documents which may be required to be filed with the SEC with respect to the registration of the Securities under the Securities Act (each such registration statement, a “Shelf Registration Statement”) and (ii) any other documents, including without limitation Form 8-Ks, Form 10-Ks, Form 10-Ds, Form SEs or letters or agreements relating to the asset-backed securities issued in connection with each Shelf Registration Statement on Form SF-3, and to take any and all other action that any such Designated Officer shall deem necessary or advisable in connection with the foregoing.

* * *

RESOLVED FURTHER, that the foregoing resolutions shall not limit the persons who are authorized to execute any Shelf Registration Statements and it is hereby provided that each of the members of the Board and each of the officers of the Company are authorized, but not required, to sign each Shelf Registration Statement and each member of the Board and each officer of the Company signing any such Shelf Registration Statement is authorized to appoint an agent and/or attorney-in-fact to execute future amendments and other documents relating to such Shelf Registration Statement.

EX-36.1 16 d742675dex361.htm EX-36.1 EX-36.1

Exhibit 36.1

Certification

I, [identify the certifying individual], certify as of [the date of the final prospectus under 17 CFR §230.424] that:

1. I have reviewed the prospectus, dated [                            ], 20[        ], relating to the Class A-1, Class A-2[-A], [Class A-2-B,] Class A-3[,][and] Class A-4 [and Class B] Notes of Volkswagen Auto Loan Enhanced Trust 20[        ]-[        ] (the “securities”) and am familiar with, in all material respects, the following: the characteristics of the securitized assets underlying the offering (the “securitized assets”), the structure of the securitization, and all material underlying transaction agreements as described in the prospectus;

2. Based on my knowledge, the prospectus does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading;

3. Based on my knowledge, the prospectus and other information included in the registration statement of which it is a part fairly present, in all material respects, the characteristics of the securitized assets, the structure of the securitization and the risks of ownership of the securities, including the risks relating to the securitized assets that would affect the cash flows available to service payments or distributions on the securities in accordance with their terms; and

4. Based on my knowledge, taking into account all material aspects of the characteristics of the securitized assets, the structure of the securitization, and the related risks as described in the prospectus, there is a reasonable basis to conclude that the securitization is structured to produce, but is not guaranteed by this certification to produce, expected cash flows at times and in amounts to service scheduled payments of interest and the ultimate repayment of principal on the securities (or other scheduled or required distributions on the securities, however denominated) in accordance with their terms as described in the prospectus.

5. The foregoing certifications are given subject to any and all defenses available to me under the federal securities laws, including any and all defenses available to an executive officer that signed the registration statement of which the prospectus referred to in this certification is part.

 

By:  

 

Name:   [Chief Executive Officer of the Depositor]
Title:   Chief Executive Officer of Volkswagen Auto Lease/Loan Underwritten Funding, LLC
Date:   [Date of the final prospectus]
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