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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 21, 2004 Registration Statement No. ______________ SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM S-3 REGISTRATION STATEMENT COLLEGE LOAN LLC 16855 W. Bernardo Drive Mark Brenner Copy to:
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public:
from time to time after this Registration Statement becomes effective.
If the only securities being registered on this form are being
offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the
following box. |_|
If any of the securities
being registered on this form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis
pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, other than securities
offered only in connection with dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please
check the following box. |X|
If this Form is filed to
register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the
Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act
registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement
for the same offering. |_|
If this Form is a
post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act,
check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement
number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same
offering. |_|
If delivery of the prospectus is expected to be made pursuant to Rule 434,
please check the following box. |_| CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE (1) Estimated solely for purposes of calculating
the registration fee. The Registrant hereby amends this Registration Statement on
such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the
Registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this
Registration Statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with
Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 or until the Registration Statement
shall become effective on such date as the Commission, acting pursuant to said
Section 8(a), may determine. SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, Dated _________ __, 200_ PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT $______________________ ____________________ All
of the Class A notes offered pursuant to this prospectus supplement will be
rated [___] by [__________] and [___] by [__________]. The Class B notes offered
pursuant to this prospectus supplement will be rated [___] by [__________] and
[____] by [__________].
Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities
commission has approved or disapproved these securities or passed upon
the accuracy or adequacy of this prospectus supplement or the accompanying
prospectus. Any
representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
You should consider carefully the Risk Factors beginning on page
S-13 of this prospectus supplement and on page 1 of the prospectus.
The
underwriters named below are offering the notes subject to approval of certain
legal matters by their counsel. The notes will be delivered in book entry form
only on or about ________ __, 20__. [INSERT NAMES OF UNDERWRITERS] Table of Contents PAGE Prospectus Important Notice About Information Presented in the
Prospectus Supplement and the Accompanying Prospectus
Information about the notes is available in two separate documents that
progressively provide more detail. This prospectus supplement describes the
specific terms of the notes. The accompanying prospectus provides general
information, some of which may not apply to the notes. You are urged to read
both the prospectus and this prospectus supplement in full to obtain information
concerning the notes.
If there is a conflict between this prospectus supplement and the
accompanying prospectus, you should rely on the information in this prospectus
supplement.
Cross-references are included in this prospectus supplement and the accompanying
prospectus to captions in the materials where you can find further discussions
about related topics. The table of contents on the preceding page provides the
pages on which these captions are located.
Some of the terms used in this prospectus supplement and the accompanying
prospectus are defined under the caption Glossary of Terms beginning
on page 75 in the accompanying prospectus. Summary of Terms
The following summary is a very general overview of the terms of the notes
and does not contain all of the information that you need to consider in making
your investment decision.
Before deciding to purchase the notes, you should consider the more detailed
information appearing elsewhere in this prospectus supplement and in the
prospectus.
This prospectus supplement contains forward-looking statements that involve
risks and uncertainties. See Special Note Regarding Forward Looking
Statements in this prospectus supplement and in the prospectus.
Principal Parties and Dates Issuer Sponsor Issuer Administrator and Master Servicer Subservicers Eligible Lender Trustee and Indenture Trustee Delaware Trustee Auction Agent Distribution Dates Libor Rate Notes. Distributions will be made on the LIBOR rate notes
on the __th day of each ______, _____, ___________ and ____________. We
sometimes refer to these distribution dates as "quarterly distribution dates."
If any quarterly distribution date is not a business day, the quarterly
distribution date will be the next business day. The initial quarterly
distribution date will be ______ __, 200_. Auction rate notes. Distributions will be made to each class of
auction rate notes on the business day following the end of each auction period
for that class of auction rate notes. [However, if an auction period for a class
of auction rate notes exceeds 90 days, distributions also will be made to that
class of notes on the quarterly distribution dates described above.] We
sometimes refer to a distribution date for a class of auction rate notes as an
auction rate distribution date. The initial auction period for each
class of auction rate notes will begin on the closing date and end on the
initial auction date for that class of auction rate notes. Collection Periods The collection periods will be the three full calendar months preceding each
quarterly distribution date. The initial collection period will be the period
beginning on _________, 20__ and ending on _________, 20__. Interest Accrual Periods LIBOR-rate notes. The initial interest accrual period for the LIBOR-rate
notes begins on the closing date and ends on ________, 20__. For all other
quarterly distribution dates, the interest accrual period will begin on the
prior quarterly distribution date and end on the day before such quarterly
distribution date. Auction rate notes.
The interest accrual period for each class of auction rate notes is the period
from the previous auction date through the auction date preceding the auction
rate distribution date for that class. The first interest accrual period,
however, will begin on the closing date and end on the initial auction date. We
sometimes refer to an interest accrual period for a class of auction rate notes
as an auction period. Statistical Calculation Date The information presented in this prospectus supplement relating to the
student loans the trust will acquire on the closing date is as of _____________
__, 200_, which we refer to as the statistical calculation date. The sponsor
believes that the information set forth in this prospectus supplement with
respect to those student loans as of the statistical calculation date is
representative of the characteristics of the student loans as they will exist on
the closing date, although certain characteristics of the student loans may
vary. Cut-off Date The cut-off date for the initial pool of student loans the trust will acquire
is _______ __, 200_. Closing Date The closing date for this offering is expected to be on or about _________,
20__. Description of the Notes General College Loan Corporation Trust 20__-_ is offering the following student loan
asset-backed notes: The notes will be issued pursuant
to an indenture of trust. The class A notes will be senior notes and the class B
notes will be subordinate notes. The class A-1 notes, class A-2 notes and class
A-3 notes bear interest based on three-month LIBOR, and we sometimes refer to
them as LIBOR-rate notes. The class A-4 notes and class B notes will
bear interest based on an auction rate, and we sometimes refer to them as
auction rate notes. The LIBOR-rate notes will be available for
purchase in multiples of $1,000. The auction rate notes will be available for
purchase in multiples of $50,000. Interest and principal on the notes will be payable to the record owners of
the notes as of the close of business on the record date, which is the business
day immediately preceding the related distribution date. Interest Rates and Payments LIBOR-rate notes.
The LIBOR-rate notes will bear interest at the following annual rates: The indenture trustee will
determine the rate of interest on the LIBOR rate notes on the second business
day prior to the start of the applicable interest accrual period. Interest on
the LIBOR rate notes will be calculated on the basis of the actual number of
days elapsed during the interest accrual period divided by 360. For the initial interest
accrual period, the indenture trustee will determine the LIBOR rate by reference
to straight line interpolation between three-month and four-month LIBOR based on
the actual number of days in the interest accrual period. Interest accrued on the
outstanding principal balance of the LIBOR-rate notes during each interest
accrual period will be paid on the related quarterly distribution date. Auction rate notes.
The interest rate on the auction rate notes is determined at auction. However,
the interest rates on the auction rate notes for the initial interest accrual
period will be determined by the underwriters prior to the closing date. The
initial auction date and the initial rate adjustment date for each class of
auction rate notes are set forth below: For each auction period,
the interest rate for the auction rate notes will be the least of: We sometimes refer to the interest rate for the auction rate notes as the
auction rate. Interest will be calculated
on the auction rate notes on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed in
the related auction period divided by 360. After the initial auction
period, the period between auctions for the auction rate notes will generally be
28 days, subject to adjustment if the auction period would begin or end on a
non-business day. The length of the auction period, the auction date or the
nature of the interest rate for any class of auction rate notes may change as
described under Description of the NotesAuction rate notes in
the prospectus. If, on the first day of any
auction period, a payment default on the auction rate notes has occurred and is
continuing, the rate for the interest accrual period will be the non-payment
rate, which is one-month LIBOR plus ___%. If in any auction all the
auction rate notes subject to the auction are subject to hold orders, the
interest rate for the accrual period will equal the all-hold rate, which is the
LIBOR rate for a period comparable to the auction period less ___%. Interest accrued on the
outstanding principal balance of a class of auction rate notes during the
preceding auction period will be paid on the related auction rate distribution
date. Principal Payments Principal payments will be
made on the notes in an amount equal to the lesser of: Principal will be paid on
the notes on the dates and in the order and priority described below under
Flow of Funds. Final Maturity Description of
the Trust General College Loan Corporation
Trust 20__-_ is a Delaware statutory trust whose operations are limited to
acquiring, holding and managing student loans originated under the Federal
Family Education Loan Program (FFELP) and other assets of the trust,
issuing and making payments on the notes and any other incidental or related
activities. The trust will use the
proceeds from the sale of the notes to purchase student loans, [to purchase the
interest rate cap derivative agreement,] to make a deposit to the Collection
Fund, to make a deposit to the Reserve Fund and to pay costs of issuing the
notes. The only sources of funds for payment of all of the notes issued under the
indenture are the student loans and investments pledged to the indenture
trustee, the payments the trust receives on those student loans and investments
and any payments the trust receives under the interest rate cap derivative
agreement and the LIBOR note derivative product agreements. The Trust's Assets The assets of the Trust
will include: The Acquisition Fund Approximately
$______________ of the proceeds from the sale of the notes will be deposited
into the Acquisition Fund and will be used on the closing date by the trust,
acting through the eligible lender trustee to purchase student loans and to pay
costs of issuance [and to purchase the interest rate cap derivative agreement]. The Collection Fund The trust will make an
initial deposit to the Collection Fund from the proceeds of the sale of the
notes in the amount of $____________. The indenture trustee will deposit into
the Collection Fund all revenues derived from student loans and money or assets
on deposit in the trust [and any payments received from the counterparties to
the interest rate cap derivative agreement and the LIBOR note derivative product
agreements]. Money on deposit in the Collection Fund will be used to pay: The Reserve Fund The trust will make a
deposit to the Reserve Fund from the proceeds of the sale of the notes in the
amount of $___________. The Reserve Fund is subject to a minimum balance equal
to the greater of __% of the pool balance as of the close of business on the
last day of the related collection period, or $_________. On each distribution
date or monthly payment date, to the extent that money in the Collection Fund is
not sufficient to pay amounts owed to the U.S. Department of Education or
guarantee agencies, servicing fees, trustees fees, auction agent fees,
broker dealer fees, administration fees, [LIBOR note derivative product
agreement fees] and the interest then due on the notes, the amount of the
deficiency will be paid directly from the Reserve Fund. To the extent the amount
in the Reserve Fund falls below the Reserve Fund minimum balance, the Reserve
Fund will be replenished on each distribution date from funds available in the
Collection Fund as described below under Description of the Notes - Flow
of Funds. Funds on deposit in the Reserve Fund in excess of the Reserve
Fund minimum balance will be transferred to the Collection Fund. Characteristics of the Student Loan Portfolio The student loans the trust
will acquire with the proceeds of the sale of the notes are loans originated
under the Federal Family Education Loan Program. The information in this
prospectus supplement relating to the student loans the trust will acquire on
the closing date is presented as of ____________ __, 20__. As of that date,
the student loans had an aggregate outstanding principal balance of
$_____________, which includes accrued interest of $___________ to be
capitalized on commencement of repayment. In addition, the weighted average
annual interest rate of the student loans was approximately _____% and their
weighted average remaining term to scheduled maturity was approximately ___
months. The student loans that the trust will acquire on the closing date with
the proceeds of the notes are described more fully below under
Characteristics of the Student Loans in this prospectus supplement. Flow of Funds Each month, amounts will be
withdrawn from the Collection Fund and applied to pay: On each quarterly
distribution date or auction rate distribution date, as applicable, prior to an
event of default, money in the Collection Fund will be used to make the
following deposits and distributions, to the extent such amounts are due and
payable on that date and funds are available, in the following order: However, on each quarterly
distribution date all deposits and distributions made following the fifth item
above will be made only with money in the Collection Fund that exceeds the
accrued interest amount. For each quarterly
distribution date, the accrued interest amount will equal the amount
of interest that will be owing on each class of auction rate notes on the first
auction rate distribution date for each class following the quarterly
distribution date, other than any class as to which that quarterly distribution
date is an auction rate distribution date. The principal distribution
amount will be determined and allocated to classes of notes only on quarterly
distribution dates. If a class of LIBOR rate
notes is allocated some or all of the principal distribution amount on a
quarterly distribution date, that class also will be paid that amount on that
quarterly distribution date. If a class of auction rate
notes is allocated some or all of the principal distribution amount on a
quarterly distribution date, that class will be paid that amount on that
quarterly distribution date only if it is an auction rate distribution date for
that class. Principal allocated but not paid to a class of auction rate notes on
a quarterly distribution date will be paid to that class on its next auction
rate distribution date. We may distribute principal
on the class B notes before the outstanding balance of each class A note is
reduced to zero with amounts otherwise payable to the sponsor. Further, after the
outstanding balance of the class A-1 and class A-2 notes is reduced to zero, we
may redeem some or all of the remaining auction rate notes at our option as
follows: The term Principal
Distribution Amount means, for each quarterly distribution date, the
greater of: For the [initial]
distribution date, the Principal Distribution Amount also will
include any amounts transferred from the Acquisition Fund to the Collection Fund
during the initial collection period. For this purpose,
Adjusted Pool Balance means, for any quarterly distribution date,
the sum of that Pool Balance and the required minimum balance of the Reserve
Fund for that distribution date. Pool Balance
for any date means the aggregate principal balance of the trusts student
loans on that date, including accrued interest that is expected to be
capitalized, plus amounts on deposit in the Acquisition Fund, as reduced by the
principal portion of: Priority termination
payment means all termination payments due under a derivative product
agreement resulting from: See Description of
the Notes Flow of Funds in this prospectus supplement. Servicing Under a master servicing agreement, College Loan Corporation will act as
master servicer with respect to the student loans. College Loan Corporation will
be paid a monthly servicing fee based on the outstanding principal balance of
the trusts student loans in an amount equal to 1/12th of ___%
for student loans (other than consolidation loans) in school, grace, deferment
and forbearance, ____% for student loans (other than consolidation loans) in
repayment and ___% for consolidation loans. In addition, College Loan
Corporation will be entitled to receive from available funds a carry-over
servicing fee as described below in Description of the Notes - Flow of
Funds. The carry-over servicing fee is the sum of: College Loan Corporation
has entered into a subservicing agreement pursuant to which __________ has
agreed to assume responsibility for servicing, maintaining custody of and making
collections on the trusts student loans. Under the terms of the agreement,
_____________ may be required to purchase student loans from the trust if it
fails to comply with the terms and provisions of the agreement. See The
Student Loan Operations of College Loan Corporation Trust 20__-_
Servicing of student loans in this prospectus supplement. Optional
Purchase The sponsor may, but is not
required to, repurchase all remaining student loans in the trust on the earlier
of the __________, 20__ quarterly distribution date, or when the Pool Balance is
10% or less of the initial Pool Balance. If this purchase option is exercised,
the student loans would be sold to the sponsor as of the last business day of
the preceding collection period and the proceeds will be used on the
corresponding quarterly distribution date to repay any outstanding notes, which
will result in early retirement of the remaining notes. The purchase price will
equal the amount required to prepay in full, including all accrued interest, the
remaining student loans held by the trust, but not less than a prescribed
minimum purchase price. The prescribed minimum purchase price is the amount that
would be sufficient to: Mandatory
Auction If the sponsor does not
notify the indenture trustee of its intention to exercise its right to
repurchase the remaining student loans in the trust as described above, all of
the remaining loans in the trust will be offered for sale by the indenture
trustee before the next succeeding distribution date. College Loan Corporation
and its affiliates and unrelated third parties may offer to purchase the
trusts student loans in the auction. If at least two bids are
received, the indenture trustee will solicit and resolicit new bids from all
participating bidders until only one bid remains or the remaining bidders
decline to resubmit bids. The indenture trustee will accept the highest of the
remaining bids if it equals or exceeds either the minimum purchase price
described above, or the fair market value of the student loans remaining in the
trust at the end of the related collection period, whichever is higher. The net
proceeds of any auction sale will be used to retire any outstanding notes on the
next distribution date. If the highest bid after
the solicitation process does not equal or exceed the minimum purchase price
described above or the fair market value of the student loans remaining in the
trust estate, the indenture trustee will not complete the sale. If the sale is
not completed, the indenture trustee may, but will not be obligated to, solicit
bids for the sale of the trusts student loans at the end of future
collection periods using procedures similar to those described above. If the trusts student
loans are not sold as described above, on each subsequent distribution date, all
amounts on deposit in the Collection Fund after giving effect to all
withdrawals, except withdrawals payable to the sponsor, will be distributed as
accelerated payments of principal on the notes. The indenture trustee may or may
not succeed in soliciting acceptable bids for the trusts student loans
either on the auction date or subsequently. [Interest rate
cap derivative product agreement] [On the closing date the trustee will use a portion of the net proceeds from
the sale of the notes to purchase an interest rate cap derivative product
agreement from ________________.] [Under the interest rate
cap derivative agreement, on the third business day before each distribution
date to and including the __________, 20__ distribution date ____________ will
pay to the trust an amount, calculated on a quarterly basis, equal to the
product of (a) the excess, if any, of (i) three-month LIBOR as determined for
the interest accrual period related to the applicable distribution date over
(ii) ___% and (b) a notional amount equal to $__________. LIBOR for the first
interest accrual period will be determined using the formula described below in
Description of the Notes Interest Payments. See
Interest Rate Cap Derivative Agreement in this prospectus
supplement.] [LIBOR note
derivative product agreements] [On the closing date the
trust will enter into LIBOR note derivative product agreements with
_________________ and __________. Under the LIBOR note derivative product
agreements, ___________________ and _______________each will pay to the trust,
on or before the third business day preceding each distribution date, an amount
calculated on a quarterly basis equal to a ___% share of: [The adjusted student loan
rate, in general, will equal the expected weighted average interest collections
of the trusts student loans after deducting any amounts payable to the
U.S. Department of Education, less servicing fees, trustees fees, auction
agent fees, broker dealer fees, administration fees and LIBOR note derivative
product agreement fees.] [The maximum amount payable
to the trust under the LIBOR note derivative product agreements will equal __%
of the outstanding principal balance of the class ___ notes. Each
counterpartys maximum obligation, as of any date, under its LIBOR note
derivative product agreement will equal one-half of that maximum amount, less
the payments made previously under its LIBOR note derivative product agreement
net of the amount of any payments (other than interest) made by the trust to
reimburse payments made by that counterparty.] [On each distribution date,
each counterparty will be paid a fee equal in the aggregate to ___% per annum of
the principal balance of the notes. In addition, each counterparty will be
entitled to receive from the Collection Fund, a sum equal to any payments
received by the trust from such counterparty which remain unreimbursed, plus
interest, in the manner described below in Description of the Notes - Flow
of Funds. See LIBOR Note Derivative Product Agreements in this
prospectus supplement.] Book-entry
registration The notes will be delivered
in book-entry form through the Same Day Settlement System of The Depository
Trust Company. Federal income
tax consequences Stroock & Stroock &
Lavan LLP will deliver an opinion that for federal income tax purposes, the
notes will be treated as the trusts indebtedness. You will be required to
include in your income, the interest on the notes as paid or accrued, in
accordance with your accounting methods and the provisions of the Internal
Revenue Code. See Federal Income Tax Consequences in the prospectus. ERISA
considerations If the notes are treated as
indebtedness without substantial equity features, the notes are eligible for
purchase by or on behalf of employee benefit plans, retirement arrangements,
individual retirement accounts and Keogh Plans, subject to the considerations
discussed under ERISA Considerations in this prospectus supplement. Rating of the
Notes The class A notes offered pursuant
to this prospectus supplement will be rated by at least two nationally
recognized statistical rating agencies in their highest rating category. The
class B notes offered pursuant to this prospectus supplement will be rated in
one of the three highest rating categories of at least two nationally recognized
statistical rating agencies. Risk Factors The discussion under the
heading Risk Factors in the prospectus describes the risks
associated with your investment in the notes. In addition, you should consider
the following factors: The
trusts assets may not be sufficient to pay its notes On the date of issuance of
the notes, the aggregate principal balance of the student loans the trust owns
and the other assets pledged as collateral for the notes will be less than the
aggregate principal balance of the notes issued under the indenture. As a result, if an event of
default should occur under the indenture and the trust was required to redeem
all of its notes, the trusts liabilities may exceed its assets. If this
were to occur, the trust would be unable to repay in full all of the holders of
the notes. A high rate of prepayments may adversely affect the trust's ability to
repay its notes The initial Pool Balance,
amounts deposited in the Collection Fund and the Reserve Fund are approximately
_______% of the aggregate initial principal amount of the notes. This
calculation does not include accrued interest that will not be capitalized,
which is also an asset of the trust. Noteholders must rely primarily on
interest payments on the trusts student loans and other assets to reduce
the aggregate principal amount of the notes to the Pool Balance. The
noteholders, especially class B noteholders, could be adversely affected by a
high rate of prepayments, which would reduce the amount of interest available
for this purpose. The class B
notes are subordinated to the class A notes Payments of interest and
principal on the class B notes are subordinated in priority of payment to
payments of interest and principal on the class A notes. Accordingly, holders of
class B notes will bear a greater risk of loss than holders of the class A notes
in the event of a shortfall in available funds or amounts in the reserve fund
due to losses or for any other reason. If the actual rate and amount of losses
on the student loans exceeds your expectations, and if amounts in the reserve
fund are insufficient to cover the resulting shortfalls, the yield to maturity
on class B notes may be lower than you anticipate and you could suffer a loss.
Class B notes are also subordinate to the class A notes as to the direction of
remedies upon an event of default under the indenture. Your securities may have
a degree of basis risk which could compromise the trusts ability to pay
principal and interest on your securities There is a degree of basis
risk associated with the notes. Basis risk is the risk that shortfalls might
occur because, among other things, the interest rates of the trust student loans
and those of the notes adjust on the basis of different indexes. If a shortfall
were to occur, the trusts ability to pay your principal and/or interest on
the notes could be compromised. The interest rates on
the auction rate notes are subject to limitations, which could reduce your yield The interest rates on the
auction rate notes may be limited by the maximum rate (which will be based on
the least of the LIBOR rate for a comparable period plus a margin, __% per annum
and the highest interest rate permitted by law), or, in certain circumstances,
the adjusted student loan rate (which is based on the actual return on the
trusts student loans, less specified administrative costs and losses
realized on the student loans during the preceding collection period). If, for
any auction period, the maximum rate is less than the auction rate determined in
accordance with the auction procedures, interest will be paid on the auction
rate notes at the maximum rate even though there may be sufficient available
funds to pay interest at the auction rate. For an auction period on
which the adjusted student loan rate applies, the difference between the amount
of interest at the auction rate determined pursuant to the auction procedures
for the auction rate notes and the amount of interest at the adjusted student
loan rate will become a carry-over amount, and will be paid on succeeding
auction rate distribution dates only to the extent that there are funds
available for that purpose and other conditions are met. It is possible that
such carry-over amount may never be paid. Any carry-over amount not paid at the
time of redemption or maturity of an auction rate note will be extinguished. For
an auction period on which the interest rate is limited by any other component
of the maximum rate, the difference between the amount of interest at the
auction rate and the amount of interest at that maximum rate will not become a
carry-over amount and will not be paid in the future. [Your securities may
have greater basis risk and the trusts ability to pay principal and
interest on your notes may be compromised if a derivative product counterparty
defaults or the aggregate limit on derivative product counterparty payments is
exceeded. The trust will enter into
an interest rate cap derivative agreement and LIBOR note derivative product
agreements with counterparties that are intended to mitigate the basis risk
associated with the LIBOR rate notes. If a payment is due to the
trust under the interest rate cap derivative agreement or a LIBOR note
derivative product agreement, a default by the applicable counterparty may
reduce the amount of funds available to the trust and thus the trusts
ability to pay your principal and interest on the notes. Moreover, the
trusts ability to pay principal and interest on the notes also may be
adversely affected if the shortfall exceeds a counterpartys obligation
under its LIBOR note derivative product agreement or under the interest rate cap
derivative agreement. In addition, an early
termination of the interest rate cap derivative agreement or a LIBOR note
derivative product agreement may occur in the event that either: If
an early termination occurs, the trust may no longer have the benefit of the
interest rate cap derivative agreement or that LIBOR note derivative product
agreement. You cannot be certain that the trust will be able to enter into a
substitute interest rate cap derivative agreement or LIBOR note derivative
product agreement.] Military Events May Result in Delayed Payments From Borrowers Called to
Active Military Service The
recent build-up of the United States military has increased the number of
citizens who are in active military service. The Soldiers and
Sailors Civil Relief Act of 1940 limits the ability of a lender under the
Federal Family Education Loan Program to take legal action against a borrower
during the borrowers period of active duty and, in some cases, during an
additional three month period thereafter. In addition, the United States
Department of Education has issued guidelines that would extend the in-school
status, in-school deferment status, grace period status or forbearance status of
certain borrowers ordered to active duty. We do not know how many
student loans have been or may be affected by the application of the
Soldiers and Sailors Civil Relief Act of 1940 and the United States
Department of Educations guidelines. Payments on student loans acquired by
the trust may be delayed as a result of these requirements, which may reduce the
funds available to the trust to pay principal and interest on the notes. The Higher Education Relief
Opportunities for Students Act of 2003 (HEROES Act of 2003) authorizes the
Secretary of Education, during the period ending September 30, 2005, to waive or
modify any statutory or regulatory provisions applicable to student financial
aid programs under Title IV of the Higher Education Act as the Secretary deems
necessary to ensure that student loan borrowers who: are serving on active
military duty during a war or other military operation or national emergency,
are serving on National Guard duty during a war or other military operation or
national emergency, reside or are employed in an area that is declared by any
federal, state or local official to be a disaster area in connection with a
national emergency, or suffered direct economic hardship as a direct result of
war or other military operation or national emergency, as determined by the
Secretary, to ensure that such recipients of student financial assistance are
not placed in a worse financial position in relation to that assistance, to
ensure that administrative requirements in relation to that assistance are
minimized, to ensure that calculations used to determine need for such
assistance accurately reflect the financial condition of such individuals, to
provide for amended calculations of overpayment, and to ensure that institutions
of higher education, eligible lenders, guaranty agencies and other entities
participating in such student financial aid programs that are located in, or
whose operations are directly affected by, areas that are declared to be
disaster areas by any federal, state or local official in connection with a
national emergency may be temporarily relieved from requirements that are
rendered infeasible or unreasonable. The Secretary was given this same authority
under Public Law 107-122, signed by the President on January 15, 2001 but the
Secretary has yet to use this authority to provide specific relief to
servicepersons with loan obligations who are called to active duty. The number and aggregate
principal balance of student loans that may be affected by the application of
the HEROES Act of 2003 is not known at this time. Accordingly, payments received
by the issuer on student loans made to a borrower who qualifies for such relief
may be subject to certain limitations. If a substantial number of borrowers of
the student loans become eligible for the relief provided under the HEROES Act
of 2003, there could be an adverse effect on the total collections on the
student loans and the ability of the issuer to pay interest on the notes if
there are insufficient funds in the reserve account. Proposed changes to the
Higher Education Act may result in increased prepayments on the student loans. Bills have recently been
introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives that, if enacted into law, would
permit borrowers under most consolidation loans to refinance their student loans
at lower interest rates. Any legislation that permits borrowers to refinance
existing consolidation loans at lower interest rates could significantly
increase the rate of prepayments on the trusts student loans. A faster
rate of prepayments would decrease the amount of excess interest available to
redeem offered notes. In addition, if the legislation described above or any
similar legislation is enacted into law, the length of time that the offered
notes are outstanding and their weighted average lives may be shortened
significantly. College Loan
Corporation Trust 20__-_ General
College Loan Corporation Trust 20__-_ is a Delaware statutory trust formed by
the sponsor pursuant to a Trust Agreement, dated as of _________, 20__, by and
between College Loan LLC, as sponsor, and _____________, as the Delaware
Trustee, for the transactions described in this prospectus supplement. The
assets of the trust will include student loans acquired with the proceeds of the
notes sold pursuant to this prospectus supplement, investments that we pledge to
the indenture trustee and the payments received on those student loans and
investments, [the interest rate cap derivative agreement and the LIBOR note
derivative product agreements]. The trust was created for the purpose of
facilitating the financing of student loans and other financial assets, and to
engage in activity in connection therewith. The trust will not engage in any
activity other than:
College Loan LLC will hold all of the equity interests in the trust. The mailing
address for College Loan LLC, is 16855 W. Bernardo Dr., Suite 270, San Diego, CA
92127 and its telephone number is _____________. Eligible Lender Trustee __________________ is the
eligible lender trustee for the trust under a trust agreement. _________________
is a _____________ with offices located at _________________. The eligible
lender trustee will acquire legal title on behalf of the trust to all the
student loans acquired under loan purchase agreements. The eligible lender
trustee on behalf of the trust has entered into a separate guarantee agreement
with each of the guarantee agencies described in this prospectus supplement with
respect to the trusts student loans. The eligible lender trustee qualifies
as an eligible lender and the holder of the trusts student loans for all
purposes under the Higher Education Act and the guarantee agreements. If the
trusts student loans were not owned by an eligible lender, the
trusts rights to receive guarantee agency and Department of Education
payments on its student loans would be lost. The Student
Loan Operations of College Loan Corporation Trust 20__-_ Loan purchase agreements The eligible lender trustee
will hold legal title on behalf of the trust to student loans originated under
the Federal Family Education Loan Program from eligible lenders
under the Higher Education Act and acquired by the trust pursuant to the terms
of loan purchase agreements. The eligible lender trustee will first acquire the
student loans on behalf of the sponsor, which will direct that the student loans
be sold and transferred to the trust. The loan purchase agreements will identify
the portfolio of student loans to be purchased and will specify the purchase
price to be paid for those student loans. The sponsor will be obligated under
the loan purchase agreement to deliver each student loan note and related
documentation to the master servicer or subservicer as custodial agent for the
indenture trustee, and to deliver the instruments of transfer for the student
loans as necessary for a valid transfer of the loans. Each seller will make
representations, warranties and covenants with respect to the student loans sold
pursuant to its respective loan purchase agreement, including the following: At
the trusts or the indenture trustees request, each seller will be
obligated to repurchase any student loan the trust purchases from the seller if:
Upon
the occurrence of any of the conditions set forth above and upon the
trusts or the indenture trustees request, the seller will be
required to pay to the indenture trustee an amount equal to the then-outstanding
principal balance of the student loan, plus the percentage of premium paid in
connection with the purchase of the student loan and interest and special
allowance payments accrued and unpaid with respect to the student loan, plus any
attorneys fees, legal expenses, court costs, servicing fees or other
expenses incurred by the trust and the indenture trustee in connection with the
student loan and arising out of the reasons for the repurchase. Servicing of
student loans The
trust is required under the Higher Education Act, the rules and regulations of
the guarantee agencies and the indenture to use due diligence in the servicing
and collection of student loans and to use collection practices no less
extensive and forceful than those generally in use among financial institutions
with respect to other consumer debt. The servicing
agreements The trust has entered into
a master servicing agreement with College Loan Corporation which continues until
the earlier of
College Loan Corporation has entered into a subservicing agreement with
_____________________, under which ______________ assumes all of the duties of
the master servicer under the master servicing agreement for the term of the
master servicing agreement. College Loan Corporation
may enter into agreements with other subservicers upon receipt of a written
confirmation from each of the rating agencies that such subservicing agreements
will not result in a downgrade of (or other adverse action with respect to) the
notes. Pursuant to each
subservicing agreement, the subservicer will generally agree to provide all
customary post-origination student loan servicing activities with respect to the
student loans for which it is acting as subservicer. Such services generally
include maintaining custody of copies of promissory notes and related
documentation, billing for and processing payments from borrowers, undertaking
certain required collection activities with respect to delinquent loans,
submitting guarantee claims with respect to defaulted loans, establishing and
maintaining records with respect to its servicing activities, and providing
certain reports of its activities and the student loan portfolios serviced by
them. The subservicer will agree to service the student loans in compliance with
the Higher Education Act, the guidelines of the applicable guarantee agency, and
all applicable federal and state laws and regulations. The master servicer will
pay the subservicer a monthly fee for the servicing of student loans according
to schedules set forth in the subservicing agreement. The fees are subject to
periodic increases. The subservicing agreement will provide that the subservicer
will indemnify the master servicer for losses arising out of the
subservicers willful misconduct or negligence with regard to the
performance of its services or the breach of its obligations under the
subservicing agreement, other than incidental, special or consequential damages.
The subservicing agreement also will provide that if any student loan is denied
its guarantee by a guarantee agency or the loss of federal interest, special
allowance payments and/or insurance benefits, the subservicer will be required
to take actions to make the issuer whole with respect to such student loan;
provided, however, that the subservicer will not be liable for any error or
omission which occurred prior to the date the subservicer assumed responsibility
for servicing the student loan. [The subservicing agreement
will be for an initial term of ___ years and will automatically be extended for
one additional year each year thereafter, unless either party gives ___ days
written notice prior to the end of the initial term or any extension of the
term.] [The subservicing agreement will be for an indefinite term and may be
terminated by the master servicer at the end of a calendar quarter upon ___ days
prior written notice.] [The subservicer may terminate the subservicing agreement
on ___ days notice prior to the end of a calendar quarter.] [If the
subservicing agreement is terminated, the subservicer will continue to provide
its full servicing through the date of termination.] [The subservicer will have
the right to request an increase in its fees and expenses during the term of the
subservicing agreement by giving notice to the master servicer. If the master
servicer objects to any such increase within the time period set forth in the
subservicing agreement, the proposed increase will not be effective and the
subservicer may terminate the subservicing agreement.] However, no termination of
the subservicing agreement will be effective unless and until the master
servicer enters into another agreement similar to the subservicing agreement
with another subservicer and receives a written confirmation from each of the
rating agencies that such subservicing agreement will not result in a downgrade
of (or other adverse action with respect to) the ratings of the notes. The Master
Servicer College Loan Corporation, a
California corporation, will act as master servicer pursuant to the master
servicing agreement. The master servicer will service the student loans in
accordance with the specifications of the Higher Education Act, and as set forth
in the master servicing agreement. Description of
Subservicers [To
be provided] Use of
Proceeds We
estimate that the net proceeds from the sale of the notes will be applied as
follows:
Approximately $___________ of the proceeds deposited to the Acquisition Fund
will be used to pay the costs of issuing the notes [and to purchase the interest
rate cap derivative agreement]. Acquisition
of Student Loans The trust, acting through the
eligible lender trustee, expects to use $____________of the net proceeds of the
notes being offered by this prospectus supplement to purchase student loans on
the date of issuance of the notes from College Loan LLC. The balance of the
funds deposited into the Acquisition Fund are expected to be used by the trust
to purchase student loans originated by College Loan LLC during an acquisition
period beginning on the closing date and ending no later than __________ __,
200_. The trust may exchange up to $________ of financed student loans subject
to the lien of the indenture for one or more student loans which are being added
to the federal consolidation loans the trust has already acquired until no later
than ___ days after the end of the acquisition period. The eligible lender trustee
on behalf of College Loan LLC, acting through an eligible lender trustee, will
acquire the student loans from __________________. ______________________ will
make representations and warranties with respect to the student loans to be sold
and has agreed to repurchase any student loans for which any representation or
warranty is later determined to be materially incorrect. See The Student
Loan Operations of College Loan Corporation Trust 20__-_ in this
prospectus supplement. Characteristics of the Student Loans As
of __________, 20__ - the statistical calculation date - the characteristics of
the initial pool of student loans that are expected to be purchased on the
closing date with the net proceeds of the notes offered by this prospectus
supplement were as described below. Since the date for purchase of the loans to
be acquired with the net proceeds of the notes is other than the statistical
calculation date, the characteristics of those loans will vary from the
information presented below. As of the statistical calculation date, the student
loans had an aggregate outstanding principal balance of _______________, plus
accrued interest of $____________. The percentages set forth in the tables below
may not always add to 100% and the balances may not always add to $____________
due to rounding.
Student loans disbursed prior to October 1, 1993 are 100% guaranteed by the
guarantee agency and are 100% reinsured against default by the Department of
Education. Student loans disbursed after October 1, 1993 are 98% guaranteed by
the guarantee agency and are reinsured by the Department of Education up to a
maximum of 98% of the guarantee payments. Distribution of the Student Loans by Geographic Location
(As of the Statistical Calculation Date)
The following chart shows the geographic distribution of the student loans based
on the permanent billing addresses of the borrowers as shown on the
subservicers records: Information Relating to the Guarantee Agencies
The payment of principal and interest on all of the student loans held in the
trust estate created under the indenture will be guaranteed by designated
guarantee agencies and will be reinsured by the United States Department of
Education. The guarantee provided by each guarantee agency is an obligation
solely of that guarantee agency and is not supported by the full faith and
credit of the federal or any state government. However, the Higher Education Act
provides that if the Secretary of Education determines that a guarantee agency
is unable to meet its insurance obligations, the Secretary shall assume
responsibility for all functions of the guarantee agency under its loan
insurance program. For further information on the Secretary of Educations
authority in the event a guarantee agency is unable to meet its insurance
obligations see Description of the Guarantee Agencies in the
prospectus. As of the cut-off date, of the student loans held in the trust estate
approximately
[insert names of other guarantors]
See Description of the Guarantee Agencies in the prospectus for more
detailed information concerning the characteristics of the guarantee agencies.
Presented below is information with respect to each guarantee agency expected to
guaranty 10% or more of the student loans as of __________, 20__. Except as
otherwise indicated, the information regarding each guarantee agency has been
obtained from the guarantee agency and has not been independently verified.
Guaranty Volume. The following table sets forth the approximate aggregate
principal amount of federally reinsured education loans (including PLUS Loans
but excluding Federal Consolidation Loans) that have first become guaranteed by
_____________ in the federal fiscal years indicated:
Reserve Ratio. Each guarantee agencys reserve ratio is determined
by dividing its cumulative cash reserves by the original principal amount of the
outstanding loans it has agreed to guarantee.
On October 7, 1998, President Clinton signed a bill to reauthorize the Higher
Education Act for the next five years. The reauthorization bill requires
guarantee agencies to establish two separate funds, a Federal Student Loan
Reserve Fund and an Agency Operating Fund. Under the new funding model, the
Federal Reserve Fund is considered the property of the Federal government and
the Agency Operating Fund is considered the property of the guarantee agency.
The Federal Reserve Fund was established on October 1, 1998 through the deposit
of all existing funds, securities and other liquid assets previously identified
as Federal Family Education Loan Program. The guarantee agencies will deposit
into this fund all guarantee fees, the reinsurance received from the Department
of Education, and the recovery of the non-reinsured portion of defaults and
investment earnings. The Federal Reserve Fund is only to pay lender claims and
default aversion fees into the Agency Operating Fund and for other limited
purposes. Under certain circumstances, at the instruction of the Department of
Education, account maintenance fees are paid to the Agency Operating Fund from
this fund.
The term cumulative cash reserves is equal to the difference of
sources less uses of funds for the Federal Reserve Funds. Prior to enactment of
the new model, cumulative cash reserves referred to cash reserves
plus (i) the guarantee agencys quarterly report on sources of funds
(including insurance premiums, state appropriations, federal advances, federal
reinsurance payments, administrative cost allowances, collections on claims paid
and investment earnings) minus (ii) the guarantee agencys quarterly report
on uses of funds (including claims paid to lenders, operating expenses, lender
fees, the Department of Educations share of collections on claims paid,
returned advances and reinsurance fees).
The original principal amount of outstanding loans consists of the
original principal amount of loans guaranteed by such guarantee agency minus (i)
the original principal amount of loans canceled, claims paid, loans paid in full
and loan guarantees transferred from such guarantee agency to other guarantee
agencies, plus (ii) the original principal amount of loan guarantees transferred
to such guarantee agency from other guarantee agencies, excluding loan
guarantees transferred to another agency pursuant to a plan of the Secretary in
response to the insolvency of the agency. The following table sets forth the
respective reserve ratios for ______________________ for the federal fiscal
years indicated:
Recovery Rates. A guarantee agency's recovery rate, which provides a
measure of the effectiveness of the collection efforts against defaulting
borrowers after the guarantee claim has been satisfied, is determined by
dividing the aggregate amount recovered from borrowers by the aggregate amount
of default claims paid by the guarantee agency. The table below sets forth the
recovery rates for ___________________:
Claims Rates. [For the federal fiscal years [19__][20__]-20__,
_____________'s respective claims rates listed below have [not exceeded 5%, and
as a result, all claims of ___________________ have been fully reimbursed at the
maximum allowable level by the Department.] See "Description of the Federal
Family Education Loan Program" in the prospectus for more detailed information
concerning the federal program. Nevertheless, there can be no assurance the
guarantee agencies will continue to receive [full] [that] reimbursement for such
claims. The following table sets forth the claims rates of _________________ for
the federal fiscal years indicated: Description of the Notes General
The notes will be issued pursuant to the terms of an Indenture of Trust dated as
of ________ __, 20__, between the trust and [trustee]. The following summary
describes some of the terms of the indenture and the notes. However, it is not
complete and is qualified in its entirety by the actual provisions of the
indenture and the notes. Interest Payments
Interest will accrue on the notes at their respective interest rates during each
interest accrual period and, in the case of the LIBOR rate notes, will be
payable to the noteholders on each quarterly distribution date, commencing
________, 20__. Subsequent distribution dates for the LIBOR rate notes will be
on the __th of each ______, ______, ______ and ______, or if any such
day is not a business day, the next business day. Interest on the auction rate
notes will be payable to the noteholders on the business day following the end
of each auction period. Interest accrued but not paid on any distribution date
will be due on the next distribution date together with an amount equal to
interest on the unpaid amount at the applicable rate per annum described below.
Any such shortfall will be allocated pro rata to the noteholders, based on the
total amount of interest due on each class of notes.
The interest rate on the class A-1 notes for each interest accrual period will
be equal to three-month LIBOR, except for the initial interest accrual period,
as determined on the second business day prior to such interest accrual period,
plus ____%. The interest rate on the class A- 2 notes for each
interest accrual period will be equal to three-month LIBOR, except for the
initial interest accrual period, as determined on the second business day prior
to such interest accrual period, plus ____%. The interest rate on the class A-3
notes for each interest accrual period will be equal to three-month LIBOR,
except for the initial interest accrual period, as determined on the second
business day prior to such interest accrual period, plus ____%.
LIBOR for the initial interest accrual period will be determined by the
indenture trustee by reference to straight line interpolation between
three-month and four-month LIBOR based on the actual number of days in the
interest accrual period. Calculation of LIBOR
For each interest accrual period, LIBOR will be determined by the indenture
trustee by reference to the London interbank offered rate for deposits in U.S.
dollars having a maturity of three months which appears on Telerate Page 3750 as
of 11:00 a.m., London time, on the related LIBOR determination date. The LIBOR
determination date will be the second business day before the beginning of each
interest accrual period. If this rate does not appear on Telerate Page 3750, the
rate for that day will be determined on the basis of the rates at which deposits
in U.S. dollars, having the relevant maturity and in a principal amount of not
less than U.S. $1,000,000, are offered at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time,
on that LIBOR determination date, to prime banks in the London interbank market
by four major banks selected by the indenture trustee. The indenture trustee
will request the principal London office of each bank to provide a quotation of
its rate. If the banks provide at least two quotations, the rate for that day
will be the arithmetic mean of the quotations. If the banks provide fewer than
two quotations, the rate for that day will be the arithmetic mean of the rates
quoted by major banks in New York City, selected by the issuer administrator, at
approximately 11:00 a.m., New York time, on that LIBOR determination date, for
loans in U.S. Dollars to leading European banks having the relevant maturity and
in a principal amount of not less than U.S. $1,000,000. If the banks selected as
described above are not providing quotations, LIBOR in effect for the applicable
interest accrual period will be LIBOR in effect for the previous accrual period. Calculation of the Auction Rate
For each auction period, the auction rate for each of the class A-4 and class B
notes will be the least of the maximum rate, the student loan rate, and the rate
determined on the related auction date pursuant to the auction procedures
described under Description of the NotesAuction rate notes in
the prospectus. However, the interest rates on the auction rate notes for the
initial interest accrual period will be determined by the underwriters prior to
the closing date. Principal Distributions
Principal payments will be made to the noteholders on each distribution date or
auction rate distribution date, as applicable, in an amount generally equal to
the lesser of:
There may not be sufficient funds available to pay the full principal
distribution amount on each distribution date. Amounts on deposit in the Reserve
Fund, other than amounts in excess of the Reserve Fund minimum balance that are
transferred to the Collection Fund, will not be available to make principal
payments on the notes except upon their final maturity.
Principal payments on the class A notes will be applied on each distribution
date, first to the outstanding principal balance on the class A-1 notes until
paid in full, second to the outstanding principal balance of the class A-2 notes
until paid in full, third to the outstanding balance of the class A-3 notes
until paid in full and fourth to the class A-4 notes, in lots of $50,000, until
paid in full. Principal payments on the class B notes, in lots of $50,000, will
be made to noteholders on each distribution date after the class A-1, class A-2,
class A-3 and class A-4 notes are paid in full in an amount generally equal to
the principal distribution amount for that distribution date.
The aggregate outstanding principal balance of the class A-1 notes will be due
and payable in full by the ______, 20__ quarterly distribution date, the
aggregate outstanding principal balance of the class A-2 notes will be due and
payable in full by the ______, 20__ quarterly distribution date, the aggregate
outstanding principal balance of the class A-3 notes will be due and payable in
full by the ______, 20__ quarterly distribution date and the aggregate
outstanding principal balance of the class A-4 notes will be due and payable in
full by the ______, 20__ quarterly distribution date. The aggregate outstanding
principal balance of the class B notes will be due and payable in full by the
______, 20__ quarterly distribution date. The actual date on which the final
distribution on a class of notes will be made may be earlier than the maturity
dates set forth above as a result of a variety of factors.
The term Principal Distribution Amount means, for each quarterly
distribution date, the greater of:
For the [initial] quarterly distribution date, the "Principal Distribution
Amount" also will include any amounts transferred from the Acquisition Fund
to the Collection Fund during the initial collection period.
For this purpose, "Adjusted Pool Balance" means, for any quarterly
distribution date, the sum of that Pool Balance and the required minimum balance
of the Reserve Fund for that distribution date.
"Pool Balance" for any date means the aggregate principal balance of the student
loans held by the trust on that date, including accrued interest that is
expected to be capitalized, plus amounts on deposit in the Acquisition Fund, as
reduced by the principal portion of: Flow of Funds
Prior to each distribution date or auction rate distribution date, the
administrator will provide the indenture trustee with certain information,
including the amount of funds received on account of the trusts student
loans and available in the Collection Fund. Each month, the administrator will
instruct the indenture trustee to withdraw amounts from the Collection Fund to
pay:
On each quarterly distribution date or auction rate distribution date, as
applicable, prior to an event of default under the indenture, the administrator
will instruct the indenture trustee to make the following deposits and
distributions, to the extent such amounts are due and payable on that date and
funds are available, in the following order:
However, on each quarterly distribution date all deposits and distributions made
following the fifth item above will be made only with money in the Collection
Fund that exceeds the accrued interest amount.
For each quarterly distribution date, the accrued interest amount
will equal the amount of interest that will be owing on each class of auction
rate notes on the first auction rate distribution date for each class following
the quarterly distribution date, other than any class as to which that quarterly
distribution date is an auction rate distribution date.
The principal distribution amount will be determined and allocated to classes of
notes only on quarterly distribution dates.
If a class of LIBOR rate notes is allocated some or all of the principal
distribution amount on a quarterly distribution date, that class also will be
paid that amount on that quarterly distribution date.
If a class of auction rate notes is allocated some or all of the principal
distribution amount on a quarterly distribution date, that class will be paid
that amount on that quarterly distribution date only if it is an auction rate
distribution date for that class. Principal allocated but not paid to a class of
auction rate notes on a quarterly distribution date will be paid to that class
on its next auction rate distribution date.
We may distribute principal on the class B notes before the outstanding balance
of each class A note is reduced to zero with amounts otherwise payable to the
sponsor.
Further, after the outstanding balance of the class A-1 and class A-2 notes is
reduced to zero, we may redeem some or all of the remaining auction rate notes
at our option as follows:
We will not redeem auction rate notes with student loan sale proceeds unless we
receive prior consent of the rating agencies. Also, we will not sell any student
loans for a price less than the principal balance of the student loans as of the
sale date, plus any unamortized premium and borrower accrued interest.
If an event of default occurs under the indenture, payments will not be made in
the order described above. Instead, payments will be made as described in the
prospectus under Summary of the Indenture Provisions Remedies on
Default. Credit Enhancement Reserve fund
A deposit will be made to the Reserve Fund on the date the notes are issued in
an amount equal to $__________. On each distribution date, to the extent that
money in the Collection Fund is not sufficient to pay amounts owed to the U.S.
Department of Education or guarantee agencies, or certain of the trusts
operating expenses, including servicing fees, trustees fees,
administration fees[, LIBOR note derivative product agreement fees,] and the
interest then due on the notes, the amount of the deficiency will be paid
directly from the Reserve Fund. Money withdrawn from the Reserve Fund will be
restored through transfers from the Collection Fund as available. The Reserve
Fund is subject to a minimum balance equal to the greater of __% of the
outstanding Pool Balance as of the close of business on the last day of the
related collection period, or $__________ which amount may be satisfied with
cash or permitted securities.
The Reserve Fund is intended to enhance the likelihood of timely distributions
of interest to the noteholders and to decrease the likelihood that the
noteholders will experience losses. In some circumstances, however, the Reserve
Fund could be reduced to zero. Except on the final maturity date of a class of
notes, amounts on deposit in the Reserve Fund, other than amounts in excess of
the Reserve Fund minimum balance that are transferred to the Collection Fund,
will not be available to cover any principal payment shortfalls. On the final
maturity date of a class of notes, amounts on deposit in the Reserve Fund will
be available to pay principal on the notes and accrued interest. Subordinated notes
The class B notes are subordinate notes. The rights of the class B noteholders
to receive payments of interest are subordinated to the rights of the class A
noteholders to receive payments of interest. Similarly, the rights of the class
B noteholders to receive payments of principal are subordinated to the rights of
the class A noteholders to receive payments of principal. This subordination is
intended to enhance the likelihood of regular receipt by the class A noteholders
of the full amount of the payments of interest and principal due them and to
protect the class A noteholders against losses. See Description of Credit
Enhancement Subordinate Notes in the prospectus. [Interest Rate Cap Derivative Agreement]
[On the closing date the trust will enter into an interest rate cap derivative
agreement with _______________. The interest rate cap derivative agreement will
be documented under a 1992 ISDA Master Agreement (Multicurrency-Cross Border)
modified to reflect the terms of the notes, the indenture and the trust
agreement.]
[The interest rate cap derivative agreement will terminate on the earlier of the
____________ distribution date and the date on which the interest rate cap
derivative agreement terminates in accordance with its terms due to an early
termination.]
[Under the terms of the interest rate cap derivative agreement, the trust will
pay ________________, as the derivative counterparty, from the net proceeds of
the sale of the notes a payment of $__________ to purchase the interest rate cap
derivative agreement. On the third business day before each distribution date to
and including the ______, 20__ distribution date, _____________ will pay to the
trust for deposit into the collection fund an amount, calculated on a quarterly
basis, equal to the product of (a) the excess, if any, of (i) three-month LIBOR
as determined for the interest accrual period related to the applicable
distribution date, over (ii) ___% and (b) a notional amount equal to
$__________.]
[For this purpose, three-month LIBOR for each interest accrual period will be
determined using the same formula as described above in Description of the
Notes Interest Payments and as of the LIBOR determination date for
that interest accrual period as described in Description of the Notes
Calculation of LIBOR.] [Modifications and Amendment of the Interest Rate Cap Derivative Agreement]
[No amendment, modification or waiver to the interest rate cap derivative
agreement may be entered into or will be effective unless written confirmation
is received from the rating agencies then rating the notes that such amendment,
modification or waiver will not cause a reduction, suspension or withdrawal of
the then-current ratings of the notes.] [Default Under the Interest Rate Cap Derivative Agreement]
[Events of default under the interest rate cap derivative agreement are limited
to: [Termination Events]
[Termination events under the interest rate cap derivative agreement include the
following standard events under the 1992 ISDA Master Agreement (none of which
applies to the trust): Illegality, which generally relates to
changes in law causing it to become unlawful for either party to perform its
obligations under the interest rate cap derivative agreement; Tax
Event, which generally relates to either party to the interest rate cap
derivative agreement receiving a payment under the interest rate cap derivative
agreement from which an amount has been deducted or withheld for or on account
of taxes; Tax Event Upon Merger; Credit Event Upon
Merger; and the additional termination event described below.] [Additional Termination Event]
[The interest rate cap derivative agreement will include an additional
termination event relating to withdrawal or downgrade of the derivative
counterpartys credit rating. This additional termination event will occur
if: For purposes of this additional termination event: [Early Termination of the Interest Rate Cap Derivative Agreement]
[Upon the occurrence of any default under the interest rate cap derivative
agreement or a termination event, the non-defaulting party or the non-affected
party, as the case may be, will have the right to designate an early termination
date upon the occurrence of that default or termination event.]
[Upon any early termination of the interest rate cap derivative agreement,
either the trust or the counterparty may be liable to make a termination payment
to the other, regardless of which party has caused that termination. The amount
of that termination payment will be based on the value of the transaction under
the interest rate cap derivative agreement computed in accordance with the
procedures in, and limited by the terms of, the interest rate cap derivative
agreement. In the event that the trust is required to make a termination
payment, the termination payment will be subordinate to the right of the
noteholders to receive full payment of principal of and interest on the notes
and to the replenishment of the Reserve Fund to the minimum required balance.] [Derivative Counterparty]
[For a description of the interest rate cap derivative agreement counterparty,
__________, see LIBOR Note Derivative Product
AgreementsCounterparties below.] [LIBOR Note Derivative Product Agreements] [Payments under the Agreements]
[On the closing date, the trust will enter into LIBOR note derivative product
agreements with each of __________ and __________. for its class A-1, class A-2
and class A-3 notes. Each agreement will be documented under a 1992 ISDA Master
Agreement (Multicurrency-Cross Border) modified to reflect the terms of the
notes, the indenture and the trust agreement. These LIBOR note derivative
product agreements will terminate on the final distribution date or, if earlier,
the date on which the agreements terminate in accordance with their terms due to
an early termination.]
[Under the terms of the LIBOR note derivative product agreements, each
counterparty will pay to the trust, on or before the third business day
preceding each distribution date while the LIBOR note derivative product
agreements are still in effect, an amount calculated on a quarterly basis equal
to 50% of the sum of:
[The maximum amount payable to the trust under the LIBOR note derivative product
agreements will equal 50% of the outstanding principal balance of the class B
notes. Each counterpartys maximum obligation, as of any date, under its
LIBOR note derivative product agreement will equal one-half of that maximum
amount, less the payments made previously under its LIBOR note derivative
product agreement net of the amount of any payments (other than interest) made
by the trust to reimburse payments made by that counterparty.] [For this purpose: [Fees and Reimbursement]
[Under the LIBOR note derivative product agreements the trust will pay to the
counterparties from the Collection Fund, on each distribution date while the
agreements are still in effect, a fee in the aggregate equal to:
[In addition, each counterparty will be entitled to be reimbursed by the trust
for payments made by such counterparty under the terms of the related LIBOR note
derivative product agreement, together with interest, in the priority described
under Description of the Notes Flow of Funds.] [Modifications and Amendment of the Libor Note Derivative Product Agreements]
[No amendment, modification or waiver to the LIBOR note derivative product
agreements may be entered into or will be effective unless written confirmation
is received from the rating agencies then rating the notes that such amendment,
modification or waiver will not cause a reduction, suspension or withdrawal of
the then-current ratings of the notes.] [Conditions Precedent]
[The obligation of the trust to pay amounts due under the LIBOR note derivative
product agreements will be subject to the condition that no default under the
LIBOR note derivative product agreements has occurred and is continuing.]
[Each counterpartys obligation to pay amounts they owe will not be subject
to such a condition unless principal of the notes has been accelerated following
an event of default under the indenture or an early termination under the LIBOR
note derivative product agreements has occurred.] [Default Under the LIBOR Note Derivative Product Agreements]
[Events of default under the LIBOR note derivative product agreements are
limited to: [Termination Events]
[Termination events under the LIBOR note derivative product agreements include
the following standard events under the 1992 ISDA Master Agreement:
Illegality, which generally relates to changes in law causing it to
become unlawful for either party to perform its obligations under a derivative
product agreement; Tax Event, which generally relates to either
party to a derivative product agreement receiving a payment under a derivative
product agreement from which an amount has been deducted or withheld for or on
account of taxes; Tax Event Upon Merger (not applicable to the
trust); Credit Event Upon Merger (not applicable to the trust); and
the additional termination event described below.] [Additional Termination Event]
[Each LIBOR note derivative product agreement will include an additional
termination event relating to withdrawal or downgrade of a counterpartys
credit rating. This additional termination event will occur if: [Early Termination of a LIBOR Note Derivative Product Agreement]
[Upon the occurrence of any default under a LIBOR note derivative product
agreement or a termination event, the non-defaulting party or the non-affected
party, as the case may be, will have the right to designate an early termination
date upon the occurrence of that default or termination event. The trust may not
designate an early termination date without the consent of the issuer
administrator.]
[Upon any early termination of a LIBOR note derivative product agreement, either
the trust or a counterparty may be liable to make a termination payment to the
other, regardless of which party has caused that termination. The amount of that
termination payment will be based on the value of the transactions under the
LIBOR note derivative product agreement computed in accordance with the
procedures in, and limited by the terms of, the LIBOR note derivative product
agreement. In the event that the trust is required to make a termination payment
following a default resulting from a default by the trust in payment of the fee
[Describe other events where termination payment is higher in the
waterfall], the payment will be payable in the same order of priority as any
amount payable to the applicable counterparty. However, in the event that a
termination payment is owed to the applicable counterparty following any other
default of the trust, a default resulting from a default of that counterparty or
a termination event, the termination payment will be subordinate to the right of
the noteholders to receive full payment of principal of and interest on the
notes and to the replenishment of the Reserve Fund to the minimum required
balance.] [Counterparties] [describe counterparties] [The information in the preceding paragraphs has been provided by
____________________ and _________________ and is not guaranteed as to accuracy
or completeness, and is not to be construed as representations by the seller or
the underwriters. Except for the foregoing paragraphs, ________________. have
not been involved in the preparation of, and do not accept responsibility for,
this prospectus supplement or the prospectus.] [Note Insurance]
[The trust will obtain note insurance for the [class ___ notes] which will
insure timely payments of interest and payments of principal. Principal payments
will be insured by the insurance provider on the following basis:
[describe terms of insurance]
The amount of the note insurance will be ___% of the aggregate initial principal
amount of the [class __ notes] [student loans]. The amount available under the
note insurance policy on any subsequent distribution date will be [the initial
amount minus the sum of all of the prior claims under the policy] [___% of the
then existing principal amount of the [class ___ notes] [student loans]].
[The insurance provider is [name of note insurance provider] which is a member
of [name of insurance group]. The claims paying ability of the [name of
insurance provider] [name of insurance group] is rated ____" by the
[name of rating agency]. The address of the insurance provider is [address].] [Letter of Credit]
[We will obtain an irrevocable [standby] [direct pay] letter of credit from
[name of bank]. The letter of credit will protect [class ___] noteholders
against losses on student loans to the maximum of the stated amount of the
letter of credit. The initial letter of credit will expire no earlier than
___________.]
[The initial amount of the letter of credit will be ___% of the aggregate
initial principal amount of the [class ___ notes] [student loans]. The amount
available under the letter of credit on any distribution date will be equal to
this initial amount minus the sum of all of the prior draws under the letter of
credit to cover any shortfall between the amounts payable to the [class __]
noteholders [and the class ___ noteholders].]
[We will be required to renew or replace the letter of credit before its
expiration until the [designate class] notes are no longer outstanding. If we do
not renew or replace a letter of credit before the expiration of the then
existing letter of credit, the trustee will draw under the letter of credit an
amount equal to the full amount available under the indenture and will transfer
those funds to a separate trust fund. Thereafter, the [trustee] will be entitled
to withdraw those funds on each distribution date if and to the extent draws
would have been required under the letter of credit.]
[The long-term debt of the bank issuing the letter of credit is rate
___ by [name of rating agency] [and ___ by [name of
rating agency]]. For the year ended [end of fiscal year], the issuing bank
reported total assets of $__________, total deposits of $________ and total
capital and reserves of $_________. Upon request to [name of issuing bank], a
copy of the annual report of [name of issuing bank] may be obtained [without
charge] from [name of issuing bank] at [address].] [Surety Bonds]
[We will obtain a surety bond in the amount of $_________ with respect to the
notes in favor of the trustee solely on behalf of the holders of the [class ___]
notes. The surety bond will provide for coverage of timely payment of all
interest and ultimate payment of all principal due on the related class ___
notes. The trust will pay $________ to the issuer of the surety bond.] ERISA Considerations
The notes may be acquired by, or on behalf of, employee benefit plans or other
retirement arrangements which are subject to Title I of ERISA and/or Section
4975 of the Code, (each a Plan) provided the proposed transfer
and/or holding of a note will not result in a prohibited transaction under
Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code or such prohibited transaction
will be covered under an individual or class prohibited transaction exemption
including, but not limited to, PTCE 84-14 (regarding plan asset transactions
determined by independent qualified professional asset managers); PTCE 91-38
(regarding certain transactions involving bank collective investment funds);
PTCE 90-1 (regarding certain transactions involving insurance company pooled
separate accounts), PTCE 95-60 (regarding certain transactions involving
insurance company general accounts), and PTE 96-23 (regarding plan asset
transactions determined by in-house asset managers) (Investor-Based
Exemption). An acquisition of a note by an investor shall be deemed a
representation that such investor is either not a Plan or that if it is a Plan
that no prohibited transaction will result from the acquisition and/or holding
of the note which will not be covered by an Investor-Based Exemption or some
other applicable exemption. See the discussion of additional considerations
regarding the acquisition and/or holding of the notes by Plans and other
retirement arrangements not subject to ERISA under ERISA
Considerations in the prospectus. Certain Federal Income Tax Considerations
On the closing date, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP, New York, New York
will render, with respect to the notes, its opinion to the effect that the notes
will be treated as debt of the trust, rather than as an interest in the student
loans, and that the trust will not be characterized as an association or
publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation each for federal income tax
purposes. Such opinion is not binding on the Internal Revenue Service and there
is no assurance that such characterization would prevail if challenged. See
Federal Income Tax Consequences in the prospectus. Reports to Noteholders
Periodic reports concerning College Loan Corporation Trust 20__-__
will be delivered to noteholders. So long as Cede & Co., as nominee
of The Depository Trust Company is registered holder of the notes, you will
receive reports through DTC participants. See Book-Entry
Registration in the prospectus.
The trust will file with the SEC periodic reports required under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 and SEC rules. Special Note Regarding Forward Looking Statements
Statements in this prospectus supplement and the prospectus, including those
concerning expectations as to the trusts ability to purchase eligible
student loans, to structure and to issue competitive securities, the
trusts ability to pay notes, and certain other information presented in
this prospectus supplement and the prospectus, constitute forward looking
statements, which represent the sponsors expectations and beliefs
about future events. Actual results may vary materially from such expectations.
For a discussion of the factors which could cause actual results to differ from
expectations, please see the caption entitled Risk Factors in this
prospectus supplement and in the prospectus. Plan of Distribution
Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the underwriting agreement
dated as of _______, 20__, among the trust and each of the underwriters named
below, the trust has agreed to sell to each of the underwriters, and each of the
underwriters has agreed to purchase from the trust, the principal amount of the
notes set forth opposite its name.
The underwriters have agreed to purchase all of the notes listed above if any of
the notes are purchased. The underwriters have advised that they propose to
offer the notes to the public initially at the respective offering prices set
forth below and on the cover page of this prospectus supplement, and to certain
dealers at these prices less concessions not in excess of the concessions listed
below. The underwriters may allow and such dealers may reallow concessions to
other dealers not in excess of the reallowances listed below. After the initial
public offering, these prices and concessions may change.
The prices and proceeds shown in the table do not include any accrued interest.
The actual prices and proceeds will include interest, if any, from the closing
date.
Until the distribution of notes is completed, the rules of the SEC may limit the
ability of the underwriters and selling group members to bid for and purchase
the notes. As an exception to these rules, the underwriters are permitted to
engage in transactions that stabilize the price of the notes. These transactions
consist of bids of purchase for the purpose of pegging, fixing or maintaining
the price of the notes.
Purchases of a security for the purpose of stabilization or to reduce a short
position could cause the price of the security to be higher than it might be in
the absence of those purchases.
In addition, the underwriters may impose a penalty bid on the broker-dealers who
sell the notes. This means that if an underwriter purchases notes in the open
market to reduce a broker-dealers short position or to stabilize the
prices of the notes, it may reclaim the selling concession from the
broker-dealer who sold those notes as part of the offering.
In general, over-allotment transactions and open market purchases of the notes
for the purpose of stabilization or to reduce a short position could cause the
price of a note to be higher than it might be in the absence of such
transactions.
Neither the trust nor any of the underwriters makes any representation or
prediction as to the direction or magnitude of any effect that the transactions
described above may have on the prices of the notes. In addition, neither the
trust nor any of the underwriters make any representation that the underwriters
will engage in these transactions or that these transactions, once commenced,
will not be discontinued without notice.
The underwriters have advised that they presently intend to make a market in the
notes; however, they are not obligated to do so. In addition, any market-making
may be discontinued at any time, and an active public market for the notes may
not develop.
From time to time, the underwriters or their affiliates may perform investment
banking and advisory services for, and may provide general financing and banking
services to, the trusts affiliates.
The underwriting agreement provides that College Loan LLC will indemnify the
underwriters against certain civil liabilities, including liabilities under the
Securities Act of 1933, and the trust has agreed to reimburse the underwriters
for the fees and expenses of their counsel. Legal Matters
Certain legal matters, including certain income tax matters, will be passed upon
for College Loan Corporation Trust 20__-__ by Stroock & Stroock & Lavan, LLP,
New York, New York. Certain legal matters will be passed upon for the
underwriters by __________________. PROSPECTUS COLLEGE LOAN CORPORATION TRUSTS STUDENT LOAN ASSET-BACKED NOTES College Loan LLC, will periodically establish trusts that will
issue notes in one or more series. The specific terms of the notes included in
each series will be described in a supplement to this prospectus. Proceeds from the sale of the notes will be used to acquire
portfolios of student loans originated by eligible lenders under the Federal
Family Education Loan Program. Those student loans will be pledged to secure
repayment of the notes. The notes will represent obligations of the issuing
trust only and are not guaranteed by any other person. The notes will be limited
obligations of the trusts payable solely from the student loans each trust
acquires and the other assets of each trust. You should read this prospectus and any prospectus supplement
carefully before you invest. This prospectus may be used to offer and sell the
notes only if it is accompanied by a prospectus supplement. Offers of the notes may be made by different methods, including
offerings through underwriters, as more fully described under "Plan of
Distribution" below and in the related prospectus supplement. Unless
otherwise indicated for a series of the notes, the notes will not be listed on a
national securities exchange. The date of this prospectus is ________ __, 200_. About This Prospectus This
prospectus is part of a registration statement filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission. Notes may be sold in one or more offerings pursuant to the
registration statement.
College Loan LLC will establish one or more trusts in connection with the
issuance of notes. Each trust will issue one or more series of notes, the
repayment of which are secured by student loans the trust will acquire with the
proceeds from the sale of the notes. This prospectus provides you with a general
description of the notes the trusts may offer. Each time notes are sold, we will
provide a prospectus supplement relating to the series of notes being offered
that will include:
You should rely only on the information contained in or incorporated by
reference into this prospectus and any prospectus supplement. No person is
authorized to provide you with different information. Notes will not be offered
for sale in any state where the offer is not permitted. You should not assume
that the information in this prospectus or any prospectus supplement is accurate
as of any date other than the date appearing on the front cover of those
documents. TABLE OF CONTENTS TO PROSPECTUS Summary of the Offering
The following summary highlights selected information from this prospectus but
does not contain all of the information you should consider before making an
investment decision. Before deciding to purchase any notes, you should read the
more detailed information appearing in this prospectus and in the related
prospectus supplement. Overview College Loan LLC will from time to time establish separate
trusts that will sell notes in one or more series and in one or more classes,
and will purchase a pool or pools of student loans with the proceeds received
from these sales. Each trust will be formed pursuant to a trust agreement and
will pledge the student loans it purchases with the proceeds from the sale of
its notes as collateral for repayment of the notes. The priority of payments
among the various series and classes of notes each trust sells will be described
in the related prospectus supplement. These payments will come principally from
amounts received on the student loans held by the related trust. Parties Issuer: A Delaware statutory trust to be formed
under a trust agreement between the sponsor and the Delaware trustee. Sponsor: College Loan LLC You may contact College
Loan LLC at 16855 W. Bernardo Dr., Suite 270, San Diego, CA 92127, or by phone
at (888) 972-6311. Master Servicer: College Loan Corporation will act
as master servicer of each trust's student loans. College Loan Corporation will
engage the parties specified in each prospectus supplement to act as
subservicers for the student loans each trust acquires. Other entities may also
act as a servicer or subservicer of the student loans if approved by the rating
agencies rating the notes. Issuer Administrator: College Loan Corporation
will provide certain administrative services for each trust. Eligible Lender Trustee and Trustee: The
prospectus supplement for each series of notes will identify the eligible lender
trustee for each trust's student loans and the trustee under an indenture
governing a trust's issuance of notes. Delaware Trustee: The prospectus supplement for
each series of notes will identify the Delaware trustee for each trust.
Interest rates The prospectus supplement will describe the interest that will
be paid on the notes. The interest rate may be fixed for the full term of the
notes, or the interest rate may be subject to periodic adjustment as described
below. Auction Rate Notes. A trust may issue classes of
notes that bear interest at a rate determined by auction. The initial interest
rate for these auction rate notes, or the method for determining the initial
interest rate, will be described in the related prospectus supplement. The
interest rates for the auction rate notes will be reset at the end of each
interest period pursuant to the auction procedures. The auction procedures are summarized and an example of an
auction is included under "Description of the Notes - Auction rate notes."
Index rate notes. A trust may issue classes of
notes that bear interest at a rate determined by reference to LIBOR, by
reference to United States Treasury Securities, by reference to a commercial
paper index or by reference to another index described in a prospectus
supplement. These notes will bear interest at an initial rate described in the
prospectus supplement. Thereafter, the interest rate for LIBOR rate notes will
be determined periodically by reference to the designated LIBOR rate, the
interest rate for treasury rate notes will be determined periodically by
reference to the rate of interest paid on designated U.S. Treasury securities,
the interest rate for commercial paper notes will be determined by reference to
the designated commercial paper index and the interest rate for other index rate
notes will be determined periodically by reference to the index described in a
prospectus supplement. See "Description of the Notes - LIBOR rate notes"
and "- Treasury rate notes" in this prospectus. Accrual notes. A trust may issue one or more
classes of accrual notes. Accrual notes will not be entitled to receive payments
of interest during the designated accrual period. Instead, interest accrued on
the accrual notes will be capitalized and added to their principal balance. The
rate of interest to be accrued and the accrual period will be specified in the
related prospectus supplement. See "Description of the Notes - Accrual notes" in
this prospectus. Original issue discount notes. A trust may issue
classes of notes at a discount from the principal amount payable at maturity
that pay no interest or interest at a rate that is below market rates at the
time of issuance. The interest paid on these original issue discount notes, if
any, and the yield to maturity of the original issue discount notes, will be
described in the related prospectus supplement. See "Description of the Notes -
Original issue discount notes" in this prospectus Payments on the notes The trustee will make payments of principal and interest due on
the notes on behalf of each trust solely from the assets held by the trust. The
assets of the trust will consist of a pool of student loans, payments made on
the student loans and funds in accounts held by the trustee under the indenture.
Interest and principal on the notes will be paid on the dates specified in the
related prospectus supplement. The principal balance of the notes of each series
will be payable in full on the stated maturity date, unless earlier redeemed or
repaid as described in this prospectus or in the related prospectus supplement.
Principal payments received on student loans will be used to make principal
payments on the notes. Optional Purchase If provided in the applicable prospectus supplement, we may, at
our option, purchase, or arrange for the purchase of, all remaining student
loans owned by a trust on any distribution date when their pool balance is 10%
or less of the initial pool balance. The sponsor's exercise of this purchase
option will result in the early retirement of the notes issued by that trust.
See "Description of the Notes Sale of student loans held in trust estate"
in this prospectus. Mandatory Auction If provided in the applicable prospectus supplement, the trustee
will offer for sale all of the student loans remaining in a trust at the end of
a collection period when their pool balance has been reduced to 10% or less of
the initial pool balance. An auction will occur only if we do not exercise our
right to repurchase all of the student loans remaining in a trust. The auction
of the student loans remaining in a trust will result in the early retirement of
the notes issued by that trust. See "Description of the Notes Sale of
student loans held in trust estate" in this prospectus. Redemption Provisions Mandatory redemption. If so provided in the
related prospectus supplement, if the proceeds from the sale of a series of
notes are not used to purchase student loans within the period of time specified
in a prospectus supplement, those remaining proceeds will be used to redeem
notes. If so provided in the related prospectus supplement, the principal
payments received on the student loans and, until the principal balance of the
student loans reaches a specified minimum percentage of the principal balance of
the outstanding notes, interest received on the student loans, after deducting
all required payments, will be used to redeem the notes. Optional redemption. If so provided in the related
prospectus supplement, notes may be redeemed from interest payments received on
student loans that are not needed to pay interest on the notes and the trust's
expenses. In addition, if so provided in the related prospectus supplement, a
trust may sell the student loans it acquires with the proceeds of the notes it
issues for not less than their principal balance plus any unamortized premium
and accrued interest and use the proceeds to redeem its outstanding notes.
Extraordinary optional redemption. If so provided
in the related prospectus supplement, notes may be redeemed in our sole
discretion if we determine that the rate of return on student loans has
materially decreased or that the costs of administering a trust have placed
unreasonable burdens upon that trust's ability to perform its obligations under
the applicable indenture. Partial redemption. If less than all of the notes
of any series are to be redeemed, we will determine the classes of notes that
will be redeemed. Generally, Class A notes will be redeemed before Class B
notes. An indenture may provide for the issuance of Class C notes, and if so,
Class B notes will be redeemed before Class C notes. However, we may have the
option of redeeming some or all of the Class B notes before all of the Class A
notes are redeemed, and may redeem some or all of the Class C notes before the
Class A notes and Class B notes are redeemed, if the applicable trust's ratio of
assets to liabilities exceeds levels specified in the prospectus supplement. See
"Description of the Notes - Notice and partial redemption of notes" in this
prospectus. Student loan assets The student loans that comprise the assets of each trust will be
held by the eligible lender trustee on behalf of the trust. The student loans
will have been originated under the Federal Family Education Loan Program to pay
costs incurred by students enrolled in qualified, accredited institutions of
higher education. The characteristics of the portfolio of student loans to be
acquired by a trust with the proceeds of the notes of any series, and the
characteristics of any existing portfolio held by the trustee for the trust,
will be described in the related prospectus supplement. Student loan guarantees The payment of principal and interest on all of the student
loans that comprise the assets of a trust will be guaranteed by designated
guarantee agencies and will be reinsured by the United States Department of
Education pursuant to the Higher Education Act. This guarantee, however, is
contingent upon compliance with a variety of regulations concerning origination
and servicing of the loans. Failure to follow these regulations may result in
the guarantee claim for a loan being denied. Student loans originated prior to October 1, 1993 are fully
guaranteed as to principal and accrued interest. Student loans originated after
October 1, 1993 are guaranteed as to 98% of principal and accrued interest.
The Higher Education Act provides that if the Secretary of
Education determines that a guarantee agency is unable to meet its obligations
to holders of loans, such as the trustee, then the holders may submit guarantee
claims directly to the Department of Education. The Department of Education is
required to pay the guarantee agency's full insurance obligation to the holders
until the obligations are transferred to a new guarantee agency capable of
meeting the obligations, or until a qualified successor guarantee agency assumes
the obligations. Delays in receiving reimbursement could occur if a guarantee
agency fails to meet its obligations. Subordinated notes The rights of the owners of Class B notes to receive payments of
principal and interest will be subordinated to the rights of the owners of Class
A notes issued by that trust to receive payments of principal and interest. The
rights of the owners of any Class C notes issued by a trust to receive payments
of principal and interest will be subordinated to the rights of the owners of
Class B notes and Class A notes issued by that trust to receive payments of
principal and interest. This subordination is intended to enhance the likelihood
that the owners of more senior notes will regularly receive the full amount of
payments of principal and interest due them and to protect the owners against
losses. Funds The indenture governing the issuance of notes by a trust will
create the following funds, unless otherwise described in the related prospectus
supplement. Funds held by the trustee for one trust will not be available to pay
the notes or expenses of another trust. Acquisition Fund. Most of the proceeds from the
issuance of a series of notes will be deposited into an Acquisition Fund. These
funds will be used to acquire the student loans identified in the related
prospectus supplement, and to pay certain costs related to the issuance of the
notes. If so provided in the prospectus supplement, during an
acquisition period specified in the prospectus supplement, also known as a
prefunding period, we will use a specified percentage of the proceeds in the
Acquisition Fund to purchase additional portfolios of student loans, to purchase
serial loans, to originate consolidation loans and to add other loans to
existing consolidation loans held by a trust, all to the extent provided in the
related prospectus supplement. The prefunding period will begin on the date the
notes are issued and end on the earlier of a date specified in the prospectus
supplement or upon our determination that we are unable to acquire additional
student loans. Funds in the Acquisition Fund that are not used by a trust to
acquire student loans will be used to make payments on the notes or to redeem
notes issued by that trust as described in the related prospectus supplement.
Collection Fund. Funds received with respect to
student loans will be deposited into a Collection Fund under an indenture. We
also will deposit into the Collection Fund payments we receive under any credit
enhancement facilities or swap agreements. We also will deposit into the
Collection Fund payments we receive under any credit enhancement facilities or
swap agreements. Generally, funds on deposit in the Collection Fund will be used
to pay the fees and expenses of the trust and principal and interest on the
notes issued by that trust. An indenture may provide for the establishment of a
capitalized interest account in the Collection Fund, if so provided in the
related prospectus supplement. Amounts in the Collection Fund will be
transferred to the Reserve Fund to the extent necessary to restore the Reserve
Fund to its required minimum balance, and any remaining amounts will be used in
accordance with the terms of the indenture and as described in the related
prospectus supplement. Reserve Fund. In connection with the issuance of
each series of notes, a deposit may be made to a Reserve Fund in an amount
specified in the related prospectus supplement. The Reserve Fund will be
maintained at a balance specified in the related prospectus supplement from
extra amounts in the Collection Fund. Moneys in the Reserve Fund will be used to
pay the trust's operating expenses and interest on the notes if funds in the
Collection Fund are insufficient to make those payments. A reserve fund
insurance policy may be provided in lieu of a deposit of moneys to a Reserve
Fund if so provided in a prospectus supplement. Credit enhancement and derivative products Credit enhancement for a series of notes may be established in
the form of: A trust may also enter into a derivative product agreement with
respect to a series of notes, such as interest rate, currency or other swaps,
exchange agreements, interest rate protection agreements, repurchase
obligations, put or call options and other yield protection agreements. A
trust's obligation to make payments in connection with a derivative product may
be secured by a pledge of and lien on the assets of a trust. Any credit enhancement or derivative product for a series of
notes will be described in the related prospectus supplement. See "Description
of Credit Enhancement and Derivative Products" in this prospectus. Reports to noteholders Periodic reports concerning the notes and the security for the
notes will be provided to the noteholders. Those reports will not be reviewed by
a certified public accounting firm. If notes are issued in book-entry form and
registered in the name of Cede & Co., the nominee of The Depository Trust
Company, then all reports will be provided to those entities which in turn will
provide the reports to their eligible participants. Beneficial owners of notes
will receive reports forwarded to them by those participants. See "Book-Entry
Registration" in this prospectus. Risk Factors
You should consider the following factors regarding your purchase of the notes.
The notes are not suitable investments for all
The notes are not a suitable investment 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 risk, the tax consequences of an
investment and the interaction of these factors. Your notes are payable solely from the trust
Interest and principal on your notes will be paid solely from the funds and
assets held in the trust estate created under the indenture. No insurance or
guarantee of the notes will be provided by any government agency or
instrumentality, by any affiliate of a trust, by any insurance company or by any
other person or entity, except to the extent that credit enhancement is provided
for a series or class of notes as described in the related prospectus
supplement. Therefore, your receipt of payments on the notes will depend solely
You will have no additional recourse against any other party if
those sources of funds for repayment of the notes are insufficient. Failure to comply with loan origination
The Higher Education Act and its implementing regulations require holders of
student loans and guarantee agencies guaranteeing student loans to follow
specified procedures in making and collecting student loans.
Failure to follow the specified procedures, as a result of computer software
errors or otherwise, may result in:
Each loan purchase agreement requires the seller to repurchase its loans if the
representations and warranties made by the seller prove not to be true or if a
claim for a loan is denied because of events occurring before the sale. However,
a seller may not be financially able to repurchase loans if called upon to do
so. If
the Department of Education or a guaranty agency refused to pay a claim, that
refusal would reduce the revenues of the trust and impair its ability to pay
principal and interest on your notes. If the servicer or any subservicer fails to comply
The Department of Education regulates each servicer of federal student loans.
Under these regulations, a third-party servicer, including the servicer or any
subservicer, is jointly and severally liable with its client lenders for
liabilities to the Department of Education arising from its violation of
applicable requirements. In addition, if the servicer or any subservicer fails
to meet standards of financial responsibility or administrative capability
included in the regulations, or violates other requirements, the Department of
Education may fine the servicer or any subservicer and/or limit, suspend, or
terminate the servicer's or subservicer's eligibility to contract to service
federal student loans. If a servicer or any subservicer were so fined or held
liable, or its eligibility were limited, suspended, or terminated, its ability
to properly service the student loans and to satisfy its obligation to purchase
student loans with respect to which it has breached its representations,
warranties or covenants could be adversely affected. In addition, if the
Department of Education terminates a servicer's or any subservicer's
eligibility, a servicing transfer will take place and there may be delays in
collections and temporary disruptions in servicing. Any servicing transfer may
temporarily adversely affect payments to you. Bankruptcy or insolvency of College Loan LLC
College Loan LLC will be the sponsor of each trust and will sell to each trust
all of the loans acquired by the trust with the proceeds of the notes. If
College Loan LLC seeks relief under the bankruptcy or related laws, a bankruptcy
court could attempt to consolidate each trust's assets into the bankruptcy
estate of College Loan LLC If that occurs, you can expect delays in receiving
payments on your notes and even a reduction in payments on your notes.
We have taken steps to structure each loan purchase by the sponsor from a seller
as a "true sale" under law. A true sale helps to establish that the loans would
not continue to be the property of the seller if the seller becomes bankrupt or
insolvent. If a court disagrees with this position, we could experience delays
in receiving payments on its student loans and you could then expect a delay in
receiving payments on your notes or even a reduction in payments on your notes.
A court could also subject the student loans to a superior tax or government
lien arising before the sale of the student loans to a trust.
If student loans are purchased from a bank and the bank becomes insolvent, it
would become subject to receivership by the Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation. In that case, the FDIC could treat the transfer of the student
loans as a secured loan rather than as a sale. If that were to happen, we would
have only a security interest in the student loans and could experience delays
in receiving payments with respect to those loans. In addition, the FDIC may
seek a release of the loans to itself, as receiver, which would accelerate and
prepay the "loan." Bankruptcy or insolvency of College Loan
College Loan Corporation will act as the master servicer with respect to the
student loans acquired by each trust and may engage one or more other entities
to act as subservicer with respect to such student loans. In the event of a
default by the master servicer or any subservicer resulting from events of
insolvency or bankruptcy, a court, conservator, receiver or liquidator may have
the power to prevent the trustee or the noteholders from appointing a successor
servicer and delays in collections in respect of the student loans may occur.
Any delay in the collections of student loans may delay payments to you.
You may incur losses or delays in payment on
For a variety of economic, social and other reasons, all the payments that are
actually due on student loans may not be made. Borrowers' failures to make
timely payments of the principal and interest due on the loans will affect the
revenues of the trust estate for a trust, which may reduce the amounts available
to pay principal and interest due on the notes.
In general, a guarantee agency reinsured by the Department of Education will
guarantee 98% of each student loan. As a result, if a borrower of a student loan
defaults, the trust will experience a loss of approximately 2% of the
outstanding principal and accrued interest on each of the defaulted loans. The
trust does not have any right to pursue the borrower for the remaining 2%
unguaranteed portion. If any credit enhancement described in the related
prospectus supplement is not sufficient, you may suffer a delay in payment or a
loss on your investment. The rate of payments on student loans may affect
Student loans may be prepaid at any time without penalty. If a trust receives
prepayments on its student loans, those amounts will be used to make principal
payments on notes as described in the related prospectus supplement, which could
shorten the average life of each class of its notes. Factors affecting
prepayment of loans include general economic conditions, prevailing interest
rates and changes in the borrower's job, including transfers and unemployment.
Refinancing opportunities which may provide more favorable repayment terms,
including those offered under consolidation loan programs like the federal
direct consolidation loan program, also affect prepayment rates. There is
insufficient information available to be able to estimate the rate of prepayment
with respect to the student loans in any trust estate.
Scheduled payments with respect to, and the maturities of, student loans may be
extended as authorized by the Higher Education Act. Also, periods of forbearance
or refinancings through consolidation loans having longer maturities may
lengthen the remaining term of the loans and the average life of each class of
notes. You will bear entirely any reinvestment risks resulting from a faster or
slower incidence of prepayment of loans.
The rate of principal payments to you on the notes and the yield to maturity of
the notes will be directly related to the rate of payments of principal on the
student loans each trust acquires. Changes in the rate of prepayments may
significantly affect your actual yield to maturity, even if the average rate of
principal prepayments is consistent with your expectations. In general, the
earlier a prepayment of principal of a loan, the greater the effect on your
yield to maturity. The effect on your yield as a result of principal payments
occurring at a rate higher or lower than the rate anticipated by you during the
period immediately following the issuance of the notes will not be offset by a
subsequent like reduction, or increase, in the rate of principal payments.
The characteristics of the portfolio of student
If so provided in a prospectus supplement, a trust may issue several series of
notes and use the proceeds to add additional student loans to the trust estate.
The prospectus supplement for a series of notes will describe the
characteristics of our student loan portfolio at that time. However, the actual
characteristics of the loans in our portfolio will change from time to time due
to factors such as repayment of the loans in the normal course of business,
purchase of additional loans during a prefunding period, amendments to the
Higher Education Act, sales or exchanges of student loans, or the occurrence of
delinquencies or defaults on the student loans. A portfolio of student loans
acquired previously by us is not necessarily indicative of future performance of
student loans held by a trust.
A trust's cash flow, and its ability to make payments due on your notes will be
reduced to the extent interest is not currently payable on our student loans.
The borrowers on most student loans are not required to make payments during the
period in which they are in school and for certain authorized periods after
graduation as described in the Higher Education Act. The Department of Education
will make all interest payments while payments are deferred under the Higher
Education Act on certain of the student loans. For all other student loans,
interest generally will be capitalized and added to the principal balance of the
loans. The trust estate will consist of student loans for which payments are
deferred as well as student loans for which the borrower is currently required
to make payments of principal and interest. The proportions of the loans in our
portfolio for which payments are deferred and currently in repayment will vary
during the period that the notes are outstanding. Student loans are unsecured and the ability of
The Higher Education Act requires that all student loans be unsecured. As a
result, the only security for payment of the student loans held in each trust
estate are the guarantees provided by the guarantee agencies.
A deterioration in the financial status of a guarantee agency and its ability to
honor guarantee claims on defaulted student loans could delay or impair the
guarantee agency's ability to make claims payments to the trustee. The financial
condition of a guarantee agency can be adversely affected if it submits a large
number of reimbursement claims to the Department of Education, which results in
a reduction of the amount of reimbursement that the Department of Education is
obligated to pay the guarantee agency. The Department of Education may also
require a guarantee agency to return its reserve funds to the Department of
Education upon a finding that the reserves are unnecessary for the guarantee
agency to pay its program expenses or to serve the best interests of the federal
student loan program. The inability of any guarantee agency to meet its
guarantee obligations could reduce the amount of principal and interest paid to
you as the owner of the notes or delay those payments past their due date.
If the Department of Education has determined that a guarantee agency is unable
to meet its guarantee obligations, the loan holder may submit claims directly to
the Department of Education and the Department of Education is required to pay
the full guaranty claim amount due with respect thereto. See "Description of the
Guarantee Agencies" in this prospectus. However, the Department of Education's
obligation to pay guarantee claims directly in this fashion is contingent upon
the Department of Education's making the determination that a guarantee agency
is unable to meet its guarantee obligations. The Department of Education may not
ever make this determination with respect to a guarantee agency and, even if the
Department of Education does make this determination, payment of the guarantee
claims may not be made in a timely manner. Payment offsets by guarantee agencies or the
The eligible lender trustee may use the same Department of Education lender
identification number for student loans in a trust as it uses for other student
loans it holds on behalf of other trusts established by the sponsor. If so, the
billings submitted to the Department of Education and the claims submitted to
guarantee agencies will be consolidated with the billings and claims for
payments for student loans under other trusts using the same lender
identification number. Payments on those billings by the Department of Education
as well as claim payments by the applicable guarantee agencies will be made to
the eligible lender trustee, or to the servicer on behalf of the eligible lender
trustee, in lump sum form. Those payments must be allocated by the eligible
lender trustee among the various trusts that reference the same lender
identification number.
If the Department of Education or a guarantee agency determines that the
eligible lender trustee owes it a liability on any student loan held in any
trust (whether or not a part of the trust estate relating to your notes) the
Department or the applicable guarantee agency may seek to collect that liability
by offsetting it against payments due to the eligible lender trustee in respect
of the student loans pledged to secure your notes. Any offsetting or shortfall
of payments due to the eligible lender trustee could adversely affect the amount
of funds available to the trust and thus the trust's ability to pay you
principal and interest on your notes. If a trust cannot purchase student loans, it will
We will use the proceeds of the notes sold by a trust to acquire student loans.
If the student loan purchases are not completed, or if a trust is not able to
use note proceeds to purchase student loans that meet its requirements, the
trust will use those amounts to pay principal on or to redeem your notes as
provided in the related prospectus supplement. A secondary market for your notes may not
Each series of notes will be a new issue without an established trading market.
We do not intend to list any series of notes on any national exchange. As a
result, we cannot assure you that a secondary market for the notes will develop,
and therefore it may be difficult for you to resell your notes at the time and
at a price you desire. If a secondary market does not develop, the spread
between the bid price and the asked price for the notes may widen, thereby
reducing the net proceeds to you from the sale of your notes. Congressional actions may affect a trust's
The Department of Education's authority to provide interest subsidies and
federal insurance for loans originated under the Higher Education Act terminates
on a date specified in the Higher Education Act. The Higher Education Act
Amendments of 1998 extended the authorization for the Federal Family Education
Loan Program to loans made on or before September 30, 2004. While Congress has
consistently extended the effective date of the Higher Education Act and the
Federal Family Education Loan Program, it may elect not to reauthorize the
Department's ability to provide interest subsidies and federal insurance for
loans. While this failure to reauthorize would not affect the student loans a
trust then owned, it would reduce the number of loans available for purchase in
the future.
Funds for payment of interest subsidies and other payments under the Federal
Family Education Loan Program are subject to annual budgetary appropriation by
Congress. Federal budget legislation has in the past contained provisions that
restricted payments made under the Federal Family Education Loan Program to
achieve reductions in federal spending. Future federal budget legislation may
adversely affect expenditures by the Department of Education, and the financial
condition of the guarantee agencies.
Congressional amendments to the Higher Education Act or other relevant federal
laws, and rules and regulations promulgated by the Secretary of Education, may
adversely impact holders of student loans. For example, changes might be made to
the rate of interest paid on student loans, to the level of insurance provided
by guarantee agencies or to the servicing requirements for student loans. See
"Description of the Federal Family Education Loan Program" and "Description of
the Guarantee Agencies" in this prospectus. Competition created by the Federal Direct
In 1992, Congress created the Federal Direct Student Loan Program. Under this
program, the Department of Education makes student loans directly to student
borrowers through the educational institutions they attend. This program could
result in reductions in the volume of student loans made under the Federal
Family Education Loan Program and available to us for purchase. This reduced
volume may cause a servicer or subservicer to experience increased costs due to
reduced economies of scale. These cost increases could reduce the ability of the
servicer to satisfy its obligations to service the student loans. This could
also reduce revenues received by the guarantee agencies available to pay claims
on defaulted student loans. The Department of Education has implemented a direct
consolidation loan program, which may further reduce the volume of student loans
available for purchase and may increase the rate of repayment of student loans.
We refer you to "Description of the Federal Family Education Loan Program" in
this prospectus. The Class B and Class C notes are subordinated
A trust may issue one or more series of notes, in one or more classes. Payments
of interest and principal on Class B notes are subordinated in priority of
payment to payments of interest and principal due on Class A notes. An indenture
may also provide for the issuance of Class C notes which will be subordinated in
priority of payment to payments of interest and principal due on Class B notes.
Class B notes and Class C notes are subordinated to Class A notes, and Class C
notes are also subordinate to Class B notes, as to the direction of
remedies upon an event of default. Consequently, holders of Class B notes and
Class C notes may bear a greater risk of losses or delays in payment than
holders of Class A Notes. As a result, the Class C notes and Class B notes will
be very sensitive to losses on the student loans and the timing of those losses.
If you are a holder of a Class B note or a Class C note, if the actual rate and
amount of losses on the student loans exceeds your expectations and any
available credit enhancement is insufficient to cover the resulting shortfalls,
the yield to maturity on your notes may be lower than you anticipate, and you
could suffer a loss. A trust may issue additional notes secured by the
A trust may issue additional series of notes, in one or more classes if so
provided in the related prospectus supplement. The proceeds from the sale of
such additional notes will be used to acquire additional student loans, and the
additional student loans together with the existing student loans will secure
all series of notes issued by the same trust. Those additional notes may be
issued without the consent or approval of the owners of any notes then
outstanding and may be on a parity with or subordinate to any Class A notes and
senior to, on a parity with or subordinate to Class B or Class C notes issued by
the trust. However, before issuing additional notes, a trust must receive
written evidence from each rating agency then rating any outstanding notes of
that trust that the rating or ratings will not be reduced or withdrawn as a
result of the issuance of the proposed additional notes. See "Additional Notes"
in this prospectus. Different rates of change in interest rate indexes
The interest rates on your notes may fluctuate from one interest period to
another in response to changes in LIBOR rates, Treasury security rates,
commercial paper rates or other rate indexes, or as a result of the auction
procedures described in this prospectus, as specified in the related prospectus
supplement. The student loans that will be purchased with the proceeds from the
sale of notes bear interest at fixed or floating rates, which are generally
based upon the bond equivalent yield of the 91 day Treasury Bill rate or upon a
three month commercial paper rate, in each case plus a stated margin. See
"Description of the Federal Family Education Loan Program" in this prospectus.
If there is a decline in the rates payable on student loans a trust acquires,
the amount of funds representing interest deposited into the Collection Fund may
be reduced. If the interest rates payable on notes issued by a trust do not
decline in a similar manner and time, the trust may not have sufficient funds to
pay interest on its notes when it becomes due. Even if there is a similar
reduction in the rates applicable to the notes, there may not necessarily be a
reduction in the other amounts required to be paid out of the trust estate, such
as administrative expenses, causing interest payments to be deferred to future
periods. Sufficient funds may not be available in future periods to make up for
any shortfalls in the current payments of interest on the notes or expenses of
the trust estate. The notes may be issued only in book-entry
form
Usually, each class of notes of any series will be initially represented by one
or more certificates registered in the name of Cede & Co., the nominee for
The Depository Trust Company, and will not be registered in your name or the
name of your nominee. If we elect to issue definitive notes registered in the
name of the holder in connection with the sale of a class or series of notes,
that election will be contained in the related prospectus supplement. Unless and
until definitive securities are issued, holders of the notes will not be
recognized by the trustee as registered owners as that term is used in the
indenture. Until definitive securities are issued, holders of the notes will
only be able to exercise the rights of registered owners indirectly through The
Depository Trust Company and its participating organizations. See "Book-Entry
Registration" in this prospectus. The ratings of the notes are not a
It is a condition to issuance of the notes that they be rated as indicated in
the related prospectus supplement. Ratings are based primarily on the
creditworthiness of the underlying student loans, the level of subordination,
the amount of credit enhancement and the legal structure of the transaction. The
ratings are not a recommendation to you to purchase, hold or sell any class of
notes inasmuch as the ratings do not comment as to the market price or
suitability for you as an investor. An additional rating agency may rate the
notes, and that rating may not be equivalent to the initial rating described in
the related prospectus supplement. Ratings may be lowered or withdrawn by any
rating agency if in the rating agency's judgment circumstances so warrant. A
lowered rating is likely to decrease the price a subsequent purchaser will be
willing to pay you for your notes. Borrowers of student loans are subject to a
Collections on the student loans during a monthly collection period may vary
greatly in both timing and amount from the payments actually due on the student
loans for that monthly collection period for a variety of economic, social and
other factors.
Failures by borrowers to pay timely the principal and interest on their student
loans or an increase in deferments or forbearances could affect the timing and
amount of available funds for any monthly collection period and the ability to
pay principal and interest on your notes. In addition, originators of student
loans may, from time to time, offer incentive programs to borrowers. Generally,
under these programs, the interest rate on a borrower's student loan is reduced
if the borrower timely pays a specified number of consecutive student loan
payments. The effect of these factors, including the effect on the timing and
amount of available funds for any monthly collection period and the ability to
pay principal and interest on your notes is impossible to predict. The principal amount of the notes outstanding
We expect to acquire student loans from amounts in the acquisition fund at
premiums exceeding the principal amount of such student loans. Therefore, the
principal amount of notes outstanding at any time may exceed the principal
amount of student loans and other assets in the trust estate held by the trustee
under the indenture. If an event of default occurs and the assets in the trust
estate are liquidated, the student loans would have to be sold at a premium for
the subordinated noteholders and possibly the senior noteholders to avoid a
loss. We cannot predict the rate or timing of accelerated payments of principal
or the occurrence of an event of default or when the aggregate principal amount
of the notes may be reduced to the aggregate principal amount of the student
loans.
Payment of principal and interest on the notes is dependent upon collections on
the student loans. If the yield on the financed student loans does not generally
exceed the interest rate on the notes and expenses relating to the servicing of
the financed student loans and administration of the indenture, the trust may
have insufficient funds to repay the notes. If the trustee is forced to sell loans after an event
Generally, during an event of default, the trustee is authorized with certain
noteholder consent to sell the student loans. However, the trustee may not find
a purchaser for the student loans. Also, the market value of the student loans
plus other assets in the trust estate might not equal the principal amount of
notes plus accrued interest. The competition currently existing in the secondary
market for loans made under the FFEL program also could be reduced, resulting in
fewer potential buyers of the FFELP loans and lower prices available in the
secondary market for those loans. There may be even fewer potential buyers for
those loans, and therefore lower prices available in the secondary market. You
may suffer a loss if the trustee is unable to find purchasers willing to pay
sufficient prices for the student loans. Less than all of the holders can approve
Under the indenture, holders of specified percentages of the aggregate principal
amount of the notes may amend or supplement provisions of the indenture and the
notes and waive events of defaults and compliance provisions without the consent
of the other holders. You have no recourse if the holders vote and you disagree
with the vote on these matters. The holders may vote in a manner which impairs
the ability to pay principal and interest on your notes. Also, so long as senior
notes are outstanding, the holders of subordinate notes will not have the right
to approve certain amendments, or exercise certain rights under the indenture.
Rating agencies can permit certain actions to be
The indenture provides that the trust and the trustee may undertake various
actions based upon receipt by the trustee of confirmation from the rating
agencies that the outstanding ratings assigned by such rating agencies to the
notes are not thereby impaired. Such actions include, but are not limited to,
amendments to the indenture, the issuance of additional notes and the execution
by the trust of interest rate exchange agreements. To the extent such actions
are taken after issuance of your notes, you will be relying on the evaluation by
the rating agencies of such actions and their impact on credit quality.
The trust may enter into swap agreements which
Under the indenture, the trust may enter into interest rate swap agreements if
certain requirements are met, including the requirement that the rating agencies
will not reduce or withdraw the ratings on any notes. Interest rate swap
agreements carry risks relating to the credit quality of the counterparty and
the enforceability of the swap agreement. Special Note Regarding Forward Looking
Statements
Statements in this prospectus and the prospectus supplement, including those
concerning expectations as to our ability to purchase eligible student loans, to
structure and to issue competitive securities, and certain of the information
presented in this prospectus and the prospectus supplement, constitute forward
looking statements, which represent the expectations and beliefs of College Loan
LLC about future events. Actual results may vary materially from expectations.
For a discussion of the factors which could cause actual results to differ from
expectations, please see the caption entitled "Risk Factors" in this prospectus
and in the prospectus supplement. Formation of the Trusts
Each trust will be established as a Delaware statutory trust pursuant to a trust
agreement by and between College Loan LLC, as sponsor and a Delaware trustee.
Each trust will issue notes in one or more series, and in one or more classes.
The trust agreement will limit the operations of a trust to the following
activities:
Each trust will have only nominal initial capital.
The notes will be issued pursuant to an indenture of trust and any supplemental
indenture of trust described in the related prospectus supplement that each
trust will enter into with the trustee. The notes will represent indebtedness of
the issuing trust only, secured by the assets of that trust.
The eligible lender trustee will acquire legal title to the student loans on
behalf of each trust and will enter into a guarantee agreement with each of the
guarantee agencies for the student loans. The eligible lender trustee will use
the proceeds from the sale of notes to purchase student loans on behalf of the
related trust.
Following the acquisition of student loans, the assets of a trust will include:
The Sponsor
College Loan LLC (the "Sponsor"), a Delaware limited liability company that is
owned by College Loan Corporation and one of its subsidiaries, will be the
Sponsor under each trust agreement and will own all the equity interests in each
trust upon the date of issuance of each series of notes. The Sponsor has been
structured as a bankruptcy-remote, special purpose entity. Its limited liability
company agreement contains certain limitations, including restrictions on the
nature of the Sponsor's business and a restriction on the Sponsor's ability to
commence a voluntary case or proceeding under any insolvency law without the
prior unanimous affirmative vote of all its managers, including its independent
managers. The Issuer Administrator
College Loan Corporation serves as issuer administrator for the trust pursuant
to an administration agreement. The issuer administrator will provide certain
administrative services to the trust, the trustee and the Delaware trustee,
including, among other things:
College Loan Corporation is a national student loan company offering Federal
Family Education Loan Program loans (Stafford, Plus and Consolidation loans) to
eligible applicants in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. College Loan
Corporation specializes in providing one-on-one counseling to families searching
for the best way to pay for college. College Loan Corporation has originated or
acquired loans with students who have attended over 1,500 different colleges and
universities. The College Loan Corporation business development team works
directly with schools to provide a high level of service to students and their
families. Additionally, College Loan Corporation works with eligible consumers
to facilitate the completion of federal Consolidated loans.
College Loan Corporation's sole business consists of originating loans under the
FFEL Program through an eligible lender trustee. College Loan Corporation refers
its borrowers applying for non-federal loans (commonly referred to as
alternative or private loans) to a business partner so that the borrower's needs
are met. Background
College Loan Corporation's headquarters are located at the Bernardo Executive
Center, 16855 West Bernardo Drive, San Diego, California 92127. College Loan
Corporation currently occupies approximately 68,000 square feet of office space,
including an on-site data center that maintains all College Loan Corporation
software applications, including those proprietary software applications
developed by College Loan Corporation.
College Loan Corporation is open twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week.
This coverage allows College Loan Corporation to offer its clients all inclusive
customer service superior to its competition. College Loan Corporation currently
employs more than 400 full-time employees including seven executives, eighteen
managers, one hundred twenty sales representatives, seventy loan processors and
forty customer service representatives. Business Model
The College Loan Corporation business model is focused on superior service to
customers (schools and borrowers). To best achieve this objective, College Loan
Corporation performs certain core competency functions in-house. College Loan
Corporation provides superior one-on-one counseling to guide an applicant
through the complete loan application process. After we perform this function
in-house, we utilize the expertise of outside service providers for other loan
processing functions. For example, the initial functions related to qualifying a
loan applicant, securing a valid application and following up to verify
completeness are all performed in-house. After these initial functions are
completed, an external loan originator and servicer perform the subsequent loan
processing steps. Use of Industry Experts
Since inception, College Loan Corporation has had all training materials,
marketing literature and marketing scripts reviewed by in-house and outside
legal counsel. Legal counsel has provided advice regarding these materials and
all significant contracts negotiated with student loan industry business
partners.
College Loan Corporation contracted with KPMG to design and set up all loan
accounting and finance functions. After KPMG completed the design and set-up,
College Loan Corporation retained KPMG to provide further advice about loan
accounting and finance functions until the middle of 2002. At that time, all
KPMG employees valuable to CLC were hired. Since the conversion of talent to our
in-house operation, we have forged a new relationship with
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). For example, PwC has recently provided CLC with
advice regarding tax strategy and FASB interpretations for financial statement
preparation. Description of the Notes
The following description of the notes is only a summary of their principal
terms. It is not complete. You should refer to the provisions of the indenture
for a complete description of the terms of the notes. Definitions of some of the
terms used in this description can be found in the Glossary of Terms appearing
at page 75 of this prospectus. Fixed rate notes
The fixed rate notes will have a stated maturity set forth in the applicable
prospectus supplement. The notes will bear interest from the date and at the
rate per annum specified in the applicable prospectus supplement. The dates on
which the holders of fixed rate notes will receive payments of principal and
interest will be specified in the applicable prospectus supplement. Auction rate notes
The auction rate notes will have a stated maturity set forth in the applicable
prospectus supplement and will bear interest at the rate per annum specified in
the prospectus supplement through the first auction date. The interest period
for auction rate notes will initially consist of a number of days set forth in
the applicable prospectus supplement. The interest rate for the auction rate
notes will be reset on interest rate adjustment dates specified in the
applicable prospectus supplement at the interest rate determined pursuant to the
auction procedures described below, but the rate will not exceed the maximum
auction rate per annum set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement.
Interest on the auction rate notes will accrue daily and will be computed for
the actual number of days elapsed on the basis of a year consisting of 360 days
or 365 days as specified in the prospectus supplement. Interest on the auction
rate notes will be payable on the first business day following the expiration of
each interest period for the notes, and principal on the auction rate notes will
also be payable as specified in the applicable prospectus supplement.
Determination of note interest rate. The procedures that will be
used in determining the interest rates on the auction rate notes are summarized
in the following paragraphs.
The interest rate on each class of auction rate notes will be determined
periodically on interest rate determination dates specified in the applicable
prospectus supplement by means of a "Dutch Auction." In this Dutch Auction,
investors and potential investors submit orders through an eligible
broker-dealer as to the principal amount of auction rate notes they wish to buy,
hold or sell at various interest rates. The broker-dealers submit their clients'
orders to the auction agent. The auction agent processes all orders submitted by
all eligible broker-dealers and determines the interest rate for the upcoming
interest period. The broker-dealers are notified by the auction agent of the
interest rate for the upcoming interest period and are provided with settlement
instructions relating to purchases and sales of auction rate notes. Auction rate
notes will be purchased and sold between investors and potential investors at a
price equal to their then-outstanding principal balance plus any accrued
interest.
In the auction, the following types of orders may be submitted:
If an existing investor does not submit orders with respect to all its auction
rate notes, the investor will be deemed to have submitted a hold order at the
new interest rate for that portion of the auction rate notes for which no order
was received.
The following example helps illustrate how the auction procedures are used in
determining the interest rate on the auction rate notes.
The total units under bid/hold orders and sell orders always equal the issue
size (in this case 1000 units).
Order #10 is the order that clears the market of all available units. All
winning orders are awarded the winning rate (in this case, 3.12%) as the
interest rate for the next interest period, at the end of which another auction
will be held. Multiple orders at the winning rate are allocated units on a pro
rata basis. Regardless of the results of the auction, the interest rate will not
exceed the maximum rate specified in the applicable prospectus supplement.
The example assumes that a successful auction has occurred, that is, that all
sell orders and all bid/hold orders below the new interest rate were fulfilled.
However, there may be insufficient potential bid orders to purchase all the
auction rate notes offered for sale. In these circumstances, the interest rate
for the upcoming interest period will equal the maximum rate. Also, if all the
auction rate notes are subject to hold orders (i.e., each holder of auction rate
notes wishes to continue holding its auction rate notes, regardless of the
interest rate), the interest rate for the upcoming interest period will equal
the all hold rate specified in the related prospectus supplement.
If a payment default has occurred, the rate will be the non-payment rate
specified in the related prospectus supplement.
Maximum rate and interest carry-overs. If the
auction rate for a class of auction rate notes is greater than the maximum rate
described in the indenture, then the interest rate applicable to those auction
rate notes will be the maximum rate. The maximum rate will be described in a
prospectus supplement, and generally will be the least of the LIBOR rate for a
comparable period plus a margin, 16% per annum, the highest rate permitted by
law and the adjusted student loan rate, which generally will be based upon the
lesser of the interest rate on financial commercial paper for a comparable
period plus a margin, or the actual return on the student loans held by the
trust, less certain expenses and losses realized on the student
loans. If
the interest rate for a class of auction rate notes is set at the net loan rate,
interest will be carried over for that class of auction rate notes in an amount
equal to the difference between the least of the auction rate and the other
interest rates included in the maximum rate calculation and the net loan rate.
There will be no carry-over of interest if the auction rate for a class of
auction rate notes exceeds this cap. The carry-over amount will bear interest
calculated at the one-month LIBOR rate until paid. The carry-over amount, and
interest accrued thereon, for a class of auction rate notes will be paid by the
trustee on the date of defeasance of the auction rate notes or an interest
payment date if there are sufficient moneys in the Collection Fund to pay all
interest due on the notes on that interest payment date, and in the case of
subordinate notes, payment of the interest carry-over on more senior notes. Any
carry-over amount, and any interest accrued on the carry-over amount, due on any
auction rate note which is to be redeemed will be paid to the registered owner
on the redemption date to the extent that moneys are available. Any carry-over
amount, and any interest accrued on that carry-over amount, which is not yet due
and payable on a date on which an auction rate note is to be redeemed will be
canceled and will not be paid. The
interest to be paid on auction rate notes will not exceed the maximum rate
described in the related prospectus supplement.
Changes in auction period. As specified in the related prospectus
supplement, we may, from time to time, change the length of the auction period
for a class of auction rate notes in order to conform with then current market
practice with respect to similar securities or to accommodate economic and
financial factors that may affect or be relevant to the length of the auction
period and the interest rate borne by the auction rate notes. Any adjusted
auction period will be at least 7 days but not more than 366 days. The auction
period adjustment will take effect only if the auction agent receives orders
sufficient to complete the auction for the new auction period.
Changes in the auction date. The applicable broker-dealer,
with our written consent, may specify a different auction date for a class of
auction rate notes in order to conform with then current market practice with
respect to similar securities or to accommodate economic and financial factors
that may affect or be relevant to the day of the week constituting an auction
date for the auction rate notes. LIBOR rate notes
The LIBOR rate notes will be dated their date of issuance and will have a stated
maturity set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement. Interest on the
LIBOR rate notes will be paid in arrears on each distribution date. The
distribution date for the LIBOR rate notes will be the business day specified in
the prospectus supplement following the end of the interest accrual period for
the notes specified in the prospectus supplement. The amount of interest payable
to registered owners of LIBOR rate notes for any interest accrual period will be
calculated on the basis of a 360-day year for the number of days actually
elapsed. The interest rate will be the LIBOR rate for the interest accrual
period for the notes plus the margin specified in the related prospectus
supplement. Principal on the LIBOR rate notes will be payable as specified in
the applicable prospectus supplement.
The interest rate payable on the LIBOR rate notes may be subject to limitations
described in the related prospectus supplement. If
so provided in the related prospectus supplement, a trust may enter into a LIBOR
note derivative product agreement. Under the terms of the agreement, the
counterparty will pay to the trust the excess, if any, of the LIBOR rate for the
notes over the adjusted student loan rate as provided by the terms of the
agreement. The trustee will use those funds to make interest payments on the
notes at the LIBOR rate. If such payments are made by the counterparty, the
counterparty will become entitled to reimbursement from money remaining in the
Collection Fund on any distribution date after payment of interest and principal
due on the notes and, if necessary, replenishment of the Reserve Fund to the
required minimum balance. Treasury rate notes
The treasury rate notes will be dated their date of issuance and will have a
stated maturity set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement. Interest on
the treasury rate notes will be paid in arrears on each interest payment date.
An interest payment date for the treasury rate notes will be the business day
specified in the applicable prospectus supplement following the end of the
interest period for the notes specified in the prospectus supplement. Principal
will be payable on the treasury rate notes as specified in the applicable
prospectus supplement.
The amount of interest payable on the treasury rate notes will generally be
adjusted weekly on the calendar day following each auction of 91-day Treasury
Bills which are direct obligations of the United States with a maturity of 13
weeks. The rate will be calculated to be the sum of the bond equivalent yield
for auctions of 91-day Treasury Bills on a rate determination date for an
interest period, plus a spread described in the related prospectus supplement.
Interest on the treasury rate notes will be computed for the actual number of
days elapsed on the basis of a year consisting of 365 or 366 days, as
applicable.
If so provided in the related prospectus supplement, the interest rate payable
on the treasury rate notes for any interest period may be subject to a
limitation based on an "adjusted student loan rate." The adjusted student loan
rate is the percentage equivalent of a fraction: Commercial paper rate notes
The commercial paper rate notes will be dated their date of issuance and will
have a stated maturity set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement.
Interest on the commercial paper rate notes will be paid in arrears on each
interest payment date. An interest payment date for the commercial paper rate
notes will be the business day specified in the applicable prospectus supplement
following the end of the interest period for the notes specified in the
prospectus supplement. Principal will be payable on the commercial paper rate
notes as specified in the applicable prospectus supplement.
The amount of interest payable on the commercial paper rate notes will be
adjusted as specified in the applicable prospectus supplement. The interest rate
will be the commercial paper rate plus a spread, in each case as specified in
the related prospectus supplement. The interest rate payable on the commercial
paper rate notes for any interest period may be subject to limitations as
specified in a prospectus supplement. Accrual notes
Accrual notes will be entitled to payments of accrued interest commencing only
on the interest payment date, or under the circumstances specified in the
related prospectus supplement. Prior to the time interest is payable on any
class of accrual notes, the amount of accrued interest will be added to the note
principal balance thereof on each interest payment date. The principal balance
of the accrual notes will begin to be paid from available funds received with
respect to the student loans after the date that accrued interest is no longer
being added to the principal balance of the notes. Accrued interest for each
interest payment date will be equal to interest at the applicable interest rate
accrued for a specified period (generally the period between interest payment
dates) on the outstanding note principal balance thereof immediately prior to
such interest payment date. Original issue discount notes
Original issue discount notes will have a stated maturity set forth in the
applicable prospectus supplement. The notes will be issued at a discount from
the principal amount payable at maturity. The notes may have a "zero coupon" and
currently pay no interest, or may pay interest at a rate that is below market
rates at the time of issuance. For original issue discount notes, all or some
portion of the interest due will accrue during the life of the note and be paid
only at maturity or upon earlier redemption. Upon redemption or optional
purchase, the amount payable on an original issue discount note will be
determined as described under the heading "Description of the Notes
Redemption or Purchase Price." Each holder of an original issue discount note
will be required to include in current income a ratable portion of the original
issue discount, even though the holder may not receive any payment of interest
during the period. See "Federal Income Tax Consequences - Taxation of Interest
Income of Registered Owners." Outstanding principal balance of the notes
If the prospectus supplement for a series of notes provides for payments of
principal prior to maturity, the remaining outstanding balance of the notes,
after giving effect to distributions of principal, will be determined through
use of a note pool factor. The pool factor for each class of notes will be a
seven-digit decimal computed by the Issuer Administrator before each
distribution date. Each pool factor will initially be 1.0000000. Thereafter, it
will decline to reflect reductions in the outstanding balance of the notes. Your
portion of the aggregate outstanding balance of a class of notes will be the
product of:
Noteholders will receive reports periodically concerning various matters,
including the payments the trust has received on its student loans, the pool
balance, the applicable pool factor and various other items of information. See
"Summary of the Indenture ProvisionsFurther Covenants" in this prospectus.
Denominations and payments of the notes
The notes of a series will be issued in the denominations specified in the
related prospectus supplement.
The principal of and premium, if any, on the notes due at maturity (whether at
the stated maturity date, by redemption, acceleration or otherwise) together
with interest payable on the notes on that date, if not a regularly scheduled
interest payment date, will be payable at the principal office of the trustee,
as paying agent, upon presentation and surrender of the notes.
Interest on each series of notes, and payments of principal prior to maturity,
will be payable on the regularly scheduled payment date with respect to that
series, by check mailed to the person who is the holder of the note on the
regular record date for that payment date, or, in the case of any note held by a
holder of notes of that series in the aggregate principal amount of $1,000,000
or more (or, if less than $1,000,000 in principal amount of the notes of that
series is outstanding, the holder of all outstanding notes of that series), at
the direction of that holder received by the paying agent by 5:00 p.m. on the
last business day preceding the applicable regular record date, by electronic
transfer by the paying agent in immediately available funds to an account
designated by that holder.
The "regular record date" with respect to any regularly scheduled payment date
for a series of notes generally means the last business day preceding that
payment date.
Any interest not so timely paid or duly provided for (referred in this
prospectus as "defaulted interest") will cease to be payable to the person who
is the holder of the related notes at the close of business on the regular
record date and will be payable to the person who is the holder of that note at
the close of business on a special record date established by the trustee (a
"special record date") for the payment of any such defaulted interest. This
special record date will be fixed by the trustee whenever moneys become
available for payment of the defaulted interest, and notice of the special
record date will be given to the holders of the notes of the applicable series
not less than 10 days prior to the special record date by first-class mail
to each such holder as shown on the note register on a date selected by the
trustee, stating the date of the special record date and the date fixed for the
payment of the defaulted interest.
All payments on the notes will be made in United States dollars. Mandatory redemption
If so provided in the related prospectus supplement, the notes of a series may
be subject to mandatory redemption on the interest payment date following the
end of the prefunding period described in the related prospectus supplement in
an amount equal to the proceeds held in the Acquisition Fund from the sale of
notes that have not been used to purchase student loans. Mandatory redemptions
will be made solely from moneys available for redemption in the Acquisition
Fund. If so provided in the related prospectus supplement, the principal
payments received on the student loans and, until the principal balance of the
student loans reaches a specified minimum percentage of the principal balance of
the outstanding notes, interest received on the student loans, after deducting
all required payments, will be used to redeem the notes.
See "Notice and partial redemption of notes" below for a discussion of the order
in which notes of any trust will be redeemed. Optional redemption
If so provided in the related prospectus supplement, the notes of a series may
be subject to redemption, from funds received by the trustee constituting
interest on student loans remaining in the Collection Fund after all other prior
required payments have been made. In addition, the notes may be optionally
redeemed in whole or in part, on or after the date set forth in the prospectus
supplement. Any limitations on optional redemptions of the notes of any trust
will be described in the prospectus supplement related to that trust. See
"Notice and partial redemption of notes" below for a discussion of the order in
which notes will be redeemed. Extraordinary optional redemption
If so provided in the related prospectus supplement, the notes are also subject
to extraordinary optional redemption, at our sole discretion, from any
unallocated and available moneys remaining in the applicable trust estate, on
any interest payment date, if we reasonably determine that the rate of return on
student loans has materially decreased or that the costs of administering the
trust estate have placed unreasonable burdens upon the trust's ability to
perform its obligations under the applicable indenture. An extraordinary
optional redemption of the notes may be made in whole or in part. See "Notice
and partial redemption of notes" below for a discussion of the order in which
the notes of a trust will be redeemed. Generally, the extraordinary optional
redemption provision will be exercised only if changes are made to the Higher
Education Act or changes occur in the financial markets or student loan markets
that we deem to be materially adverse to the trust estate. In determining
whether to exercise the extraordinary optional redemption provision, we will
consider all of the facts and circumstances that exist at the time, including
any changes to the Higher Education Act which would be materially adverse to the
trust estate such that the noteholders, of any or all series, in our reasonable
determination, would suffer a loss or material delay in the receipt of principal
or interest payments when due. Redemption or purchase price
Upon redemption, the price to be paid to the holder of a note, other than an
original issue discount note, will be an amount equal to the aggregate current
principal balance plus accrued interest. If a note is an original issue discount
note, the amount payable upon redemption or optional purchase will be the
amortized face amount on the redemption or purchase date. The amortized face
value of an original issue discount note will be equal to the issue price plus
that portion of the difference between the issue price and the principal amount
of the note that has accrued at the yield to maturity described in the
prospectus supplement by the redemption or purchase date. The amortized face
value of an original issue discount note will never be greater than its
principal amount. Notice and partial redemption of notes
The trustee will provide notice of any redemption or purchase by mailing a copy
of the redemption or purchase notice to the registered owner of any note being
redeemed or purchased, and to the auction agent with respect to the auction rate
notes designated for redemption or purchase, not less than 15 days prior to the
redemption or purchase date.
If less than all of the notes of any trust are to be redeemed or purchased, we
will determine which notes will be redeemed or purchased. Generally, all of the
Class A notes will be redeemed prior to redemption of any Class B notes. If an
indenture provides for the issuance of Class C notes, generally all of the Class
B notes will be redeemed before any of the Class C notes are redeemed. However,
a trust may redeem Class B notes while Class A notes remain outstanding if after
the redemption of the Class B notes, the aggregate market value of the trust's
assets will equal the percentage of all Class A notes then outstanding under the
indenture that is specified in the related prospectus supplement. Similarly, a
trust may redeem any Class C notes while Class A notes and Class B notes remain
outstanding if after the redemption of the Class C notes, the aggregate market
value of the trust's assets will equal the percentage of all Class A notes and
Class B notes then outstanding under the indenture that is specified in the
related prospectus supplement. Sale of student loans held in trust estate
Student loans may be sold or otherwise disposed of by the trustee free from the
lien of the indenture in connection with loan consolidation, serialization or
transfer to a guarantee agency for payment. Student loans also may be sold by
the trustee to College Loan Corporation or another seller if that party is
required to repurchase the student loan pursuant to a student loan purchase
agreement. Also, with the approval of the rating agencies rating our notes, any
student loan may be sold by the trustee for a price no less than the principal
balance of the student loan as of the sale date, plus any unamortized premium
and borrower accrued interest.
If so provided in the related prospectus supplement, the sponsor, at its option,
may repurchase or arrange for the purchase of some or all student loans
remaining in a trust as of the end of any collection period if the outstanding
pool balance declines to the level specified in that prospectus supplement or at
such other times as may be described in the related prospectus supplement. The
purchase price for the loans will not be less than the minimum purchase amount
specified in the related prospectus supplement. These amounts will be used to
retire the related notes.
In addition, if the sponsor does not exercise its option described above and if
so provided in the related prospectus supplement, the trustee may conduct an
auction of any student loans remaining in a trust at the end of the collection
period preceding the trust auction date specified in the related prospectus
supplement. College Loan Corporation, its affiliates and unrelated third parties
may make bids to purchase these student loans. Security and Sources of Payment for the
Notes General
The notes are limited obligations of the issuing trust, secured by and payable
solely from that trust's assets as set forth in a related indenture of trust.
The following assets will serve as security for the notes:
In addition, a trust's assets may include rights that provide credit enhancement
(for example, the right to draw under any letter of credit or note insurance) or
cash flow enhancement as described in this prospectus and in the related
prospectus supplement.
The assets of one trust will not be available to pay the debts and obligations
of another trust. Flow of funds
The following funds will be created by the trustee under the indenture for the
benefit of the registered owners: Acquisition Fund; Purchase of student
loans
We will deposit most of the proceeds from the sale of any notes by a trust into
the Acquisition Fund created under its indenture. As described in the related
prospectus supplement, money on deposit in the Acquisition Fund may be used to
pay costs of issuance of the notes, to make payments of principal on the notes,
to redeem notes, and to acquire student loans. Student loans acquired with funds
deposited in the Acquisition Fund that are pledged to the trust estate of a
trust will be held by the trustee or its agent or bailee and accounted for as a
part of the Acquisition Fund. If money held in the Acquisition Fund cannot be
used to purchase student loans, then the trust will transfer such moneys to the
Collection Fund or use those funds to redeem notes as described in the related
prospectus supplement. See "Description of the Notes - Mandatory redemption."
The eligible lender trustee will be the legal owner of the student loans
transferred to the trust estate and will have a security interest in the student
loans for and on behalf of the registered owners. The student loans will be held
in the name of the eligible lender trustee for the account of each trust, for
the benefit of the registered owners.
If so provided in a prospectus supplement, during an acquisition period
specified in the prospectus supplement, also known as a prefunding period, a
trust will use a specified percentage of the proceeds in the Acquisition Fund
for the following purposes: The additional student loans may be purchased by the trust or
may be originated by the trust, if and to the extent specified in the related
prospectus supplement. The related prospectus supplement will also specify a
prefunding period during which loans may be originated or purchased. After the
amount on deposit in the Acquisition Fund has been reduced to zero, the trust
may continue to acquire serial loans or add-on loans if so provided in the
related prospectus supplement from collections received on the student loans or
in exchange for student loans then owned by the trust. If the amount initially
deposited into the Acquisition Fund for a series of notes has not been reduced
to zero by the end of the related prefunding period, the amounts remaining on
deposit in the Acquisition Fund will be used to make principal payments on notes
or to redeem notes as described in the related prospectus supplement.
Collection Fund
The trustee will deposit into the Collection Fund all revenues derived from
student loans, from money or assets on deposit in the Acquisition Fund or
Reserve Fund, from payments on derivative products and any other amounts as each
trust may direct.
On each distribution date and derivative payment date, money in the Collection
Fund will be used and transferred to other funds or persons in the order
described in the related prospectus supplement. Reserve Fund
The indenture for each trust will establish a Reserve Fund. In connection with
the sale of notes, the trustee will make a deposit to the Reserve Fund of a
trust in the amount specified in each indenture. On each distribution date, to
the extent money in the Collection Fund is not sufficient to make payment of the
trust's expenses and interest then due on the notes of that trust, the amount of
the deficiency shall be paid directly from the Reserve Fund. Unless otherwise
stated in a prospectus supplement, money in the Reserve Fund may be used to pay
principal on the notes only on the date of their maturity or in connection with
defeasance of the indenture.
If the Reserve Fund is used as described above, the trustee will restore the
Reserve Fund to the level specified in a prospectus supplement by transfers from
the Collection Fund of the related trust. If the full amount required to restore
the Reserve Fund to the required level is not available in the Collection Fund
on the next distribution date, the trustee shall continue to transfer funds from
the Collection Fund as they become available until the deficiency in the Reserve
Fund has been eliminated. On any day that the amount in the Reserve Fund exceeds
the minimum level specified in a prospectus supplement, the trustee will
transfer the excess in accordance with the terms of the indenture and as
described in the related prospectus supplement.
If so provided in a prospectus supplement, the Reserve Fund requirement may be
satisfied by the deposit of a Reserve Fund insurance policy to be provided by
the credit provider described in the prospectus supplement. The Reserve Fund
insurance policy shall be drawn upon by the trustee as necessary to make up on a
distribution date any deficiency in the amounts to pay note principal or
interest. Transfers free of the lien of the
indenture
If so provided in a prospectus supplement and an indenture, amounts in the
Collection Fund established under an indenture may be released from the
indenture and transferred in accordance with the Issuer Administrator's
instructions if the balance in the Reserve Fund exceeds the required minimum
Reserve Fund balance. Statements to trustee and trust
The issuer administrator will prepare and provide periodic statements to the
trustee that will include: Investment of funds held by trustee
The trustee will invest amounts credited to any fund established under the
indenture in investment securities described in the indenture pursuant to orders
received from us. In the absence of an order, and to the extent practicable, the
trustee will invest amounts held under an indenture in direct obligations of, or
in obligations fully guaranteed by, the United States.
The trustee is not responsible or liable for any losses on investments made by
it or for keeping all funds held by it fully invested at all times. Its only
responsibility is to comply with investment instructions in a non-negligent
manner. Book-Entry Registration
Investors acquiring beneficial ownership interests in the notes issued in
book-entry form will hold their notes through The Depository Trust Company in
the United States, or Clearstream, Luxembourg or Euroclear (in Europe) if they
are participants of these systems, or indirectly through organizations which are
participants in these systems. The book-entry notes will be issued in one or
more instruments which equal the aggregate principal balance of the series of
notes and will initially be registered in the name of Cede & Co., the
nominee of The Depository Trust Company. Clearstream, Luxembourg and Euroclear
will hold omnibus positions on behalf of their participants through customers'
securities accounts in Clearstream, Luxembourg's and Euroclear's name on the
books of its respective depositary which in turn will hold positions in
customers' securities accounts in such depositary's name on the books of The
Depository Trust Company. Citibank N.A. will act as depositary for Clearstream,
Luxembourg and The Chase Manhattan Bank will act as depositary for Euroclear.
Except as described below, no person acquiring a book-entry note will be
entitled to receive a physical certificate representing the notes. Unless and
until Definitive Certificates are issued, it is anticipated that the only holder
of the notes will be Cede & Co., as nominee of The Depository Trust Company.
The Depository Trust Company is a New York-chartered limited-purpose trust
company that performs services for its participants, some of which, and/or their
representatives, own The Depository Trust Company. In accordance with its normal
procedures, The Depository Trust Company is expected to record the positions
held by each of its participants in notes issued in book-entry form, whether
held for its own account or as nominee for another person. In general,
beneficial ownership of book-entry notes will be subject to the rules,
regulations and procedures governing The Depository Trust Company and its
participants as in effect from time to time.
Purchases of the notes under The Depository Trust Company system must be made by
or through direct participants, which are to receive a credit for the notes on
The Depository Trust Company's records. The ownership interest of each actual
purchaser of each series of notes, or beneficial owner, is in turn to be
recorded on the direct and indirect participants' records. Beneficial owners
shall not receive written confirmation from The Depository Trust Company of
their purchase, but beneficial owners are expected to receive written
confirmations providing details of the transaction, as well as periodic
statements of their holdings, from the direct or indirect participant through
which the beneficial owner entered into the transaction. Transfers of ownership
interests in the notes are to be accomplished by entries made on the books of
participants acting on behalf of beneficial owners. Beneficial owners shall not
receive certificates representing their ownership interests in the notes, except
in the event that use of the book-entry system for the series of any notes is
discontinued.
To facilitate subsequent transfers, all notes deposited by participants with The
Depository Trust Company are registered in the name of The Depository Trust
Company's partnership nominee, Cede & Co. The deposit of such notes with The
Depository Trust Company and their registration in the name of Cede & Co.
effect no change in beneficial ownership. The Depository Trust Company has no
knowledge of the actual beneficial owners of notes; The Depository Trust
Company's records reflect only the identity of the direct participants to whose
accounts such notes are credited, which may or may not be the beneficial owners.
The participants remain responsible for keeping account of their holdings on
behalf of their customers.
Conveyance of notices and other communications by The Depository Trust Company
to direct participants, by direct participants to indirect participants, and by
direct participants and indirect participants to beneficial owners are governed
by arrangements among them, subject to any statutory or regulatory requirements
as may be in effect from time to time.
Redemption notices shall be sent to Cede & Co. If less than all of a class
of the notes of any series are being redeemed, The Depository Trust Company's
practice is to determine by lot the amount of the interest of each Direct
Participant in such class to be redeemed.
Neither The Depository Trust Company nor Cede & Co. will consent or vote
with respect to the notes of any series. Under its usual procedures, The
Depository Trust Company mails an omnibus proxy to the applicable College Loan
Corporation Trust, or the trustee, as appropriate, as soon as possible after the
record date. The omnibus proxy assigns Cede & Co.'s consenting or voting
rights to those direct participants to whose accounts the notes are credited on
the record date.
Principal and interest payments on the notes are to be made to The Depository
Trust Company. The Depository Trust Company's practice is to credit direct
participant's accounts on the due date in accordance with their respective
holdings shown on The Depository Trust Company's records unless The Depository
Trust Company has reason to believe that it will not receive payment on the due
date. Payments by participants to beneficial owners are governed by standing
instructions and customary practices, as is the case with securities held for
the accounts of customers in bearer form or registered in "street name," and
shall be the responsibility of the participant and not of The Depository Trust
Company, the trustee or the trust, subject to any statutory or regulatory
requirements as may be in effect from time to time. Payment of principal and
interest to The Depository Trust Company is the responsibility of the applicable
trust, or the trustee. Disbursement of such payments to direct participants
shall be the responsibility of The Depository Trust Company, and disbursement of
such payments to the beneficial owners shall be the responsibility of direct and
indirect participants.
Depository Trust Company may discontinue providing its services as securities
depository with respect to the notes of any series at any time by giving
reasonable notice to the trust or the trustee. In the event that a successor
securities depository is not obtained, note certificates are required to be
printed and delivered.
Clearstream Banking, société anonyme, Luxembourg, formerly Cedelbank
("Clearstream, Luxembourg"), has advised that it is incorporated under the laws
of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg as a professional depository. Clearstream,
Luxembourg holds securities for its participating organizations. Clearstream,
Luxembourg facilitates the clearance and settlement of securities transactions
between Clearstream, Luxembourg participants through electronic book-entry
changes in accounts of Clearstream, Luxembourg participants, thereby eliminating
the need for physical movement of certificates. Clearstream, Luxembourg provides
to its Clearstream, Luxembourg participants, among other things, services for
safekeeping, administration, clearance and settlement of internationally traded
securities and securities lending and borrowing. Clearstream, Luxembourg
interfaces with domestic markets in several countries. As a professional
depository, Clearstream, Luxembourg is subject to regulation by the Luxembourg
Commission for the Supervision of the Financial Sector (the "CSSF").
Clearstream, Luxembourg participants are recognized financial institutions
around the world, including underwriters, securities brokers and dealers, banks,
trust companies, clearing corporations and certain other organizations. Indirect
access to Clearstream, Luxembourg is also available to others, such as banks,
brokers, dealers and trust companies that clear through or maintain a custodial
relationship with a Clearstream, Luxembourg participant, either directly or
indirectly.
Euroclear has advised that it was created in 1968 to hold securities for
participants of Euroclear and to clear and settle transactions between Euroclear
participants through simultaneous electronic book-entry delivery against
payment, eliminating the need for physical movement of certificates and any risk
from lack of simultaneous transfers of securities and cash. Euroclear provides
various other services, including securities lending and borrowing and
interfaces with domestic markets in several countries. Euroclear is operated by
Euroclear Bank S.A./NV (the "Euroclear operator"), under contract with Euroclear
Clearance Systems S.C., a Belgian cooperative corporation. All operations are
conducted by the Euroclear operator, and all Euroclear securities clearance
accounts and Euroclear cash accounts are accounts with the Euroclear operator,
not the Cooperative. The Cooperative establishes policy for Euroclear on behalf
of Euroclear participants. Euroclear participants include banks, central banks,
securities brokers and dealers and other professional financial intermediaries.
Indirect access to Euroclear is also available to other firms that clear through
or maintain a custodial relationship with a Euroclear participant, either
directly or indirectly.
The Euroclear operator has advised that it is licensed by the Belgian Banking
and Finance Commission to carry out banking activities on a global basis. As a
Belgian Bank, it is regulated by the Belgian Banking Commission.
Securities clearance accounts and cash accounts with the Euroclear operator are
governed by the Terms and Conditions Governing Use of Euroclear and the related
Operating Procedures of the Euroclear System and applicable Belgian law. The
Terms and Conditions govern transfers of securities and cash within the
Euroclear, withdrawals of securities and cash from the Euroclear, and receipts
of payments with respect to securities in Euroclear. All securities in Euroclear
are held on a fungible basis without attribution of specific certificates to
specific securities clearance accounts. The Euroclear operator acts under the
Terms and Conditions only on behalf of Euroclear participants and has no record
of or relationship with persons holding through Euroclear participants.
Distributions with respect to notes held through Clearstream, Luxembourg or
Euroclear will be credited to the cash accounts of Clearstream, Luxembourg
participants or Euroclear participants in accordance with the relevant system's
rules and procedures, to the extent received by its depositary. Those
distributions will be subject to tax reporting in accordance with relevant
United States tax laws and regulations. Clearstream, Luxembourg or the Euroclear
operator, as the case may be, will take any other action permitted to be taken
by a noteholder under the indenture on behalf of a Clearstream, Luxembourg
participant or Euroclear participant only in accordance with the relevant rules
and procedures and subject to the relevant Depositary's ability to effect such
actions on its behalf through The Depository Trust Company.
Noteholders may hold their notes in the United States through The Depository
Trust Company or in Europe through Clearstream, Luxembourg or Euroclear if they
are participants of such systems, or indirectly through organizations which are
participants in such systems.
The notes will initially be registered in the name of Cede & Co., the
nominee of The Depository Trust Company. Clearstream, Luxembourg and Euroclear
will hold omnibus positions on behalf of their participants through customers'
securities accounts in Clearstream, Luxembourg's and Euroclear's names on the
books of their respective depositaries which in turn will hold such positions in
customers' securities accounts in the depositaries' names on the books of The
Depository Trust Company. Citibank, N.A. will act as depositary for Clearstream,
Luxembourg and The Chase Manhattan Bank of New York will act as depositary for
Euroclear.
Transfers between participants will occur in accordance with The Depository
Trust Company Rules. Transfers between Clearstream, Luxembourg participants and
Euroclear participants will occur in accordance with their respective rules and
operating procedures.
Because of time-zone differences, credits of securities received in Clearstream,
Luxembourg or Euroclear as a result of a transaction with a participant will be
made during subsequent securities settlement processing and dated the business
day following The Depository Trust Company settlement date. Such credits or any
transactions in such securities settled during such processing will be reported
to the relevant Euroclear or Clearstream, Luxembourg participants on such
business day. Cash received in Clearstream, Luxembourg or Euroclear as a result
of sales of securities by or through a Clearstream, Luxembourg participant or
Euroclear participant to a participant will be received with value on The
Depository Trust Company settlement date but will be available in the relevant
Clearstream, Luxembourg or Euroclear cash account only as of the business day
following settlement in The Depository Trust Company.
Cross-market transfers between persons holding directly or indirectly through
The Depository Trust Company, on the one hand, and directly or indirectly
through Clearstream, Luxembourg participants or Euroclear participants, on the
other, will be effected in The Depository Trust Company in accordance with The
Depository Trust Company Rules on behalf of the relevant European international
clearing system by its depositary; however, such cross-market transactions will
require delivery of instructions to the relevant European international clearing
system by the counterparty in such system in accordance with its rules and
procedures and within its established deadlines (European time). The relevant
European international clearing system will, if the transaction meets its
settlement requirements, deliver instructions to its depositary to take action
to effect final settlement on its behalf by delivering or receiving securities
in The Depository Trust Company, and making or receiving payment in accordance
with normal procedures for same-day funds settlement applicable to The
Depository Trust Company. Clearstream, Luxembourg participants and Euroclear
participants may not deliver instructions to the depositaries.
Depository Trust Company has advised that it will take any action permitted to
be taken by a noteholder under the indenture only at the direction of one or
more participants to whose accounts with The Depository Trust Company the notes
are credited. Clearstream, Luxembourg or Euroclear will take any action
permitted to be taken by a noteholder under the indenture on behalf of a
participant only in accordance with their relevant rules and procedures and
subject to the ability of the relevant depositary to effect these actions on its
behalf through DTC.
Although The Depository Trust Company, Clearstream, Luxembourg and Euroclear
have agreed to the foregoing procedures in order to facilitate transfers of
interests in the notes among participants of The Depository Trust Company,
Clearstream, Luxembourg and Euroclear, they are under no obligation to perform
or continue to perform such procedures and such procedures may be discontinued
at any time.
Neither the trusts, the sellers, the servicer, the sub-servicers, the trustee
nor the underwriters will have any responsibility or obligation to any The
Depository Trust Company participants, Clearstream, Luxembourg participants or
Euroclear participants or the persons for whom they act as nominees with respect
to
A trust may decide to discontinue use of the system of book entry transfers
through The Depository Trust Company or a successor securities depository. In
that event, note certificates are to be printed and delivered. Additional Notes
If so described in the related prospectus supplement, a trust may, upon
complying with the provisions of the related indenture, issue from time to time
additional notes secured by the assets of the trust on a parity with or
subordinate to either Class A notes or Class B notes, or Class C notes if any,
then outstanding. In addition, a trust may enter into any derivative product it
deems necessary or desirable with respect to any or all of the notes issued by
that trust. We may take those actions without the approval of the holders of any
outstanding notes.
A trust will not issue additional notes unless the following
conditions have been satisfied:
The trustee will be authorized under the indenture to establish any additional
funds or accounts which it deems necessary or convenient in connection with the
issuance and delivery of any additional notes. Summary of the Indenture Provisions
Each trust will issue notes pursuant to an indenture of trust. The following is
a summary of some of the provisions expected to be contained in each indenture.
This summary is not comprehensive and reference should be made to the indenture
for a full and complete statement of its provisions. Parity and priority of lien
The provisions of each trust's indenture are generally for the equal benefit,
protection and security of the registered owners of all of the notes issued by
that trust. However, the Class A notes have priority over the Class B notes with
respect to payments of principal and interest, and the Class B notes have
priority over the Class C notes, if any, with respect to payments of principal
and interest.
The revenues and other money, student loans and other assets each trust pledges
under its indenture will be free and clear of any pledge, lien, charge or
encumbrance, other than that created by the indenture. Except as otherwise
provided in the indenture, a trust: Representations and warranties
Each trust will represent and warrant in its indenture that: Further covenants
Each trust will file financing statements and continuation statements in any
jurisdiction necessary to perfect and maintain the security interest it grants
under its indenture.
Upon written request of the trustee, a trust will permit the trustee or its
agents, accountants and attorneys, to examine and inspect the property, books of
account, records, reports and other data relating to the student loans, and will
furnish the trustee such other information as it may reasonably request. The
trustee shall be under no duty to make any examination unless requested in
writing to do so by the registered owners of 66% of the principal amount of the
notes, and unless those registered owners have offered the trustee security and
indemnity satisfactory to it against any costs, expenses and liabilities which
might be incurred in making any examination.
Each year each trust will deliver to the trustee a certification of its
compliance with the terms and conditions of its indenture, and in the event of
any noncompliance, a description of the nature and status thereof.
For each period described in a prospectus supplement, each trust will provide to
the trustee, and the trustee will forward to each registered owner, a statement
setting forth information with respect to its notes and student loans as of the
end of such period, including the following:
A copy of these reports may be obtained by any noteholder by a written request
to the trustee. Enforcement of servicing agreement
Each trust will diligently enforce all terms, covenants and conditions of all
servicing agreements, including the prompt payment of all amounts due to the
servicer under the servicing agreements. A trust will not permit the release of
the obligations of any servicer under any servicing agreement except in
conjunction with permitted amendments or modifications and will not waive any
default by the servicer under the servicing agreement without the written
consent of the trustee. A trust will not consent or agree to or permit any
amendment or modification of any servicing agreement which will in any manner
materially adversely affect the rights or security of the registered owners of
the notes. Additional covenants with respect to the Higher
Education Act
We will verify that the trustee under an indenture is an eligible lender under
the Higher Education Act, and will acquire or cause to be acquired student loans
only from an eligible lender.
Each trust is responsible, directly or through its agents, for each of the
following actions with respect to the Higher Education Act: Continued existence; Successor
Each trust will preserve and keep in full force and effect its existence, rights
and franchises as a Delaware statutory trust. A trust will not sell or otherwise
dispose of all or substantially all of its assets, consolidate with or merge
into another entity, or permit one or more other entities to consolidate with or
merge with such trust. These restrictions do not apply to a transaction where
the transferee or the surviving or resulting entity irrevocably and
unconditionally assumes the obligation to perform and observe the trust's
agreements and obligations under the indenture. Events of default
Each indenture will define the following events as events of default: Remedies on default
Possession of trust estate. Upon the happening of
any event of default relating to a trust, the trustee may take possession of any
portion of the trust estate of that trust that may be in the custody of others,
and all property comprising the trust estate, and may hold, use, operate, manage
and control those assets. The trustee may also, in the name of that trust or
otherwise, conduct such trust's business and collect and receive all charges,
income and revenues of the trust estate. After deducting all expenses incurred
and all other proper outlays authorized in the indenture, and all payments which
may be made as just and reasonable compensation for its own services, and for
the services of its attorneys, agents, and assistants, the trustee will apply
the rest and residue of the money received by the trustee as follows or as
otherwise described in a prospectus supplement:
If an indenture provides for the issuance of Class C notes, interest and
principal will be paid on those notes before the payments as described in the
related prospectus supplement.
Sale of trust estate. Upon the happening of any event of default
and if the principal of all of the outstanding notes shall have been declared
due and payable, then the trustee may sell the trust estate to the highest
bidder in accordance with the requirements of applicable law. In addition, the
trustee may proceed to protect and enforce the rights of the trustee or the
registered owners in the manner as counsel for the trustee may advise, whether
for the specific performance of any covenant, condition, agreement or
undertaking contained in the indenture, or in aid of the execution of any power
therein granted, or for the enforcement of such other appropriate legal or
equitable remedies as may in the opinion of such counsel, be more effectual to
protect and enforce the rights aforesaid. The trustee is required to take any of
these actions if requested to do so in writing by the registered owners of at
least 51% of the principal amount of the highest priority obligations
outstanding under the defaulted indenture.
Appointment of receiver. If an event of default occurs, and all of
the outstanding obligations under an indenture have been declared due and
payable, and if any judicial proceedings are commenced to enforce any right of
the trustee or of the registered owners under the indenture, then as a matter of
right, the trustee shall be entitled to the appointment of a receiver for the
trust estate.
Accelerated maturity. If an event of default occurs, the trustee
may declare, or upon the written direction by the registered owners of at least
51% of the principal amount of the highest priority obligations then outstanding
under the defaulted indenture shall declare, the principal of all obligations
issued under the indenture, and then outstanding, and the interest thereon,
immediately due and payable. A declaration of acceleration upon the occurrence
of a default may be rescinded upon notice to the trust by a majority of the
registered owners of the obligations then outstanding if the trust has paid or
deposited with the trustee amounts sufficient to pay all principal and interest
due on the notes and any other event of default has been cured or waived.
Direction of trustee. If an event of default occurs, the
registered owners of at least 51% of the principal amount of the highest
priority obligations then outstanding under the defaulted indenture shall have
the right to direct and control the trustee with respect to any proceedings for
any sale of any or all of the trust estate, or for the appointment of a
receiver. The registered owners may not cause the trustee to take any
proceedings which in the trustee's opinion would be unjustly prejudicial to
non-assenting registered owners of obligations outstanding under the indenture.
Right to enforce in trustee. No registered owner of any obligation
issued under an indenture shall have any right as a registered owner to
institute any suit, action or proceedings for the enforcement of the provisions
of the indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or for any other remedy
under the indenture. All rights of action under an indenture are vested
exclusively in the trustee, unless and until the trustee fails to institute an
action or suit after the registered owners of the affected trust:
Waivers of events of default. The trustee may in its discretion
waive any event of default under an indenture and rescind any declaration of
acceleration of the obligations due under the indenture. The trustee will waive
an event of default upon the written request of the registered owners of at
least a majority of the principal amount of the highest priority obligations
then outstanding under the indenture. A waiver of any event of default in the
payment of the principal or interest due on any obligation issued under the
indenture may not be made unless prior to the waiver or rescission, provision
shall have been made for payment of all arrears of interest or all arrears of
payments of principal, and all expenses of the trustee in connection with such
default. A waiver or rescission of one default will not affect any subsequent or
other default, or impair any rights or remedies consequent to any subsequent or
other default. The trustee
Acceptance of trust. The trustee will accept the trusts imposed
upon it by an indenture, and will perform those trusts, but only upon and
subject to the following terms and conditions:
Trustee may act through agents. The trustee may execute any of the
trusts or powers under an indenture and perform any duty thereunder either
itself or by or through its attorneys, agents, or employees. The trustee will
not be answerable or accountable for any default, neglect or misconduct of any
such attorneys, agents or employees, if reasonable care has been exercised in
the appointment, supervision, and monitoring of the work performed. Each trust
will pay all reasonable costs incurred by the trustee and all reasonable
compensation to all such persons as may reasonably be employed in connection
with that trust.
Indemnification of trustee. The trustee is generally under no
obligation or duty to perform any act at the request of registered owners or to
institute or defend any suit to protect the rights of the registered owners
under an indenture unless properly indemnified and provided with security to its
satisfaction. The trustee is not required to take notice of any event under an
indenture unless and until it shall have been specifically notified in writing
of the event of default by the registered owners or a trust's authorized
representative.
However, the trustee may begin suit, or appear in and defend suit, execute any
of the trusts, enforce any of its rights or powers, or do anything else in its
judgment proper, without assurance of reimbursement or indemnity. In that case
the trustee will be reimbursed or indemnified by the registered owners
requesting that action, if any, or by the applicable trust in all other cases,
for all fees, costs and expenses, liabilities, outlays and counsel fees and
other reasonable disbursements properly incurred. If a trust or the registered
owners, as appropriate, fail to make such reimbursement or indemnification, the
trustee may reimburse itself from any money in its possession under the
provisions of the related indenture, subject only to the prior lien of the notes
for the payment of the principal and interest thereon from the Collection Fund.
Each trust will agree to indemnify the trustee for, and to hold it harmless
against, any loss, liability or expenses incurred without negligence or bad
faith on its part, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or
administration of the trust or trusts, including the costs and expenses of
defending itself against any claim or liability in connection with the exercise
or performance of any of its powers or duties in relation to the trust estate.
Each trust will indemnify and hold harmless the trustee against any and all
claims, demands, suits, actions or other proceedings and all liabilities, costs
and expenses whatsoever caused by any untrue statement or misleading statement
or alleged untrue statement or alleged misleading statement of a material fact
contained in any offering document distributed in connection with the issuance
of that trust's notes or caused by any omission or alleged omission from such
offering document of any material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary in order to make the statements made therein in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
Compensation of trustee. Each trust will pay to the trustee
compensation for all services rendered by it under the applicable indenture, and
also all of its reasonable expenses, charges, and other disbursements. The
trustee may not change the amount of its annual compensation without giving the
applicable trust at least 90 days' written notice prior to the beginning of a
fiscal year.
Resignation of trustee. The trustee may resign and be discharged
from the trust created by an indenture by giving notice in writing specifying
the date on which such resignation is to take effect. A resignation will only
take effect on the day specified in such notice if a successor trustee shall
have been appointed pursuant to the provisions of the indenture and is qualified
to be the trustee under the requirements of the provisions of the indenture.
Removal of trustee. The trustee may be removed
In the event a trustee is removed, removal shall not become effective
until
Successor trustee. If the trustee resigns, is dissolved or
otherwise is disqualified to act or is incapable of acting, or in case control
of the trustee is taken over by any public officer or officers, the Issuer
Administrator may appoint a successor trustee. Each trust will cause notice of
the appointment of a successor trustee to be mailed to the registered owners at
the address of each registered owner appearing on the note registration books.
Every successor trustee
Merger of the trustee. Any corporation into which the trustee may
be merged or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting
from any merger or consolidation to which the trustee shall be a party, or any
corporation succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust
business of the trustee, shall be the successor of the trustee under an
indenture, provided such corporation shall be otherwise qualified and eligible
under the indenture, without the execution or filing of any paper of any further
act on the part of any other parties thereto. Supplemental indentures
Supplemental indentures not requiring consent of registered
owners. A trust can agree with the trustee to enter into any indentures
supplemental to an indenture for any of the following purposes without notice to
or the consent of noteholders:
Supplemental indentures requiring consent of registered
owners. Any amendment of an indenture other than those listed above must
be approved by the registered owners of not less than a majority of the
principal amount of the obligations then outstanding under the indenture.
The changes described below may be made in a supplemental indenture only with
the consent of the registered owners of all obligations then outstanding,
Trusts irrevocable
The trust created by an indenture is irrevocable until the notes and interest
thereon and all company derivative payments are fully paid or provision is made
for their payment as provided in the applicable indenture. Satisfaction of indenture
If the registered owners of the notes issued under an indenture are paid all the
principal of and interest due on their notes, at the times and in the manner
stipulated in an indenture, and if each counterparty on a derivative product is
paid all of derivative payments then due, then the pledge of the trust estate
will thereupon terminate and be discharged. The trustee will execute and deliver
to the trust instruments to evidence the discharge and satisfaction, and the
trustee will pay all money held by it under the indenture to the party entitled
to receive it under the indenture.
Notes will be considered to have been paid if money for their payment or
redemption has been set aside and is being held in trust by the trustee. Any
outstanding note will be considered to have been paid if the note is to be
redeemed on any date prior to its stated maturity and notice of redemption has
been given as provided in the indenture and on said date there shall have been
deposited with the trustee either money or governmental obligations the
principal of and the interest on which when due will provide money sufficient to
pay the principal of and interest to become due on the note.
Any derivative payments will be considered to have been paid and the applicable
derivative product terminated when payment of all derivative payments due and
payable to each counterparty under derivative products have been made or duly
provided for to the satisfaction of each counterparty and the respective
derivative product has been terminated. Description of Credit Enhancement and Derivative
Products Credit Enhancement
Credit enhancement may be provided with respect to one or more classes of the
notes of any series of a trust. The amounts and types of credit enhancement
arrangements and the provider of the credit enhancement, if any, will be set
forth in the related prospectus supplement. Credit enhancement may be in the
form of a letter of credit, the subordination of one or more classes of notes,
the use of an insurance policy or surety bonds, the establishment of one or more
reserve funds, interest rate swaps, or any combination of the foregoing.
The presence of a Reserve Fund and other forms of credit enhancement for the
benefit of any class or series of notes is intended to enhance the likelihood
that noteholders of a class or series will receive the full amount of principal
and interest due on the notes and to decrease the likelihood that such
noteholders will experience losses. The credit enhancement will not provide
protection against all risks of loss and will not guarantee payment to such
noteholders of all amounts to which they are entitled unless a guarantee against
losses is described in the related prospectus supplement. If losses or
shortfalls occur that exceed the amount covered by the credit enhancement or
that are not covered by the credit enhancement, noteholders will bear their
allocable share of deficiencies. Moreover, if a form of credit enhancement
covers more than one series of notes, holders of notes of one series will be
subject to the risk that the credit enhancement will be exhausted by the claims
of the holders of notes of one or more other series.
Subordinate notes. The notes each trust issues will be designated
Class A notes, Class B notes or Class C notes in the related prospectus
supplement. To the extent specified in the related prospectus supplement, the
rights of the Class B noteholders to receive distributions on any distribution
date will be subordinated to the corresponding rights of the Class A
noteholders, and the rights of the Class C noteholders to receive distributions
on any distribution date will be subordinated to the corresponding rights of the
Class B noteholders and the Class A noteholders. If so provided in the related
prospectus supplement, the subordination of a class may apply only in the event
of, or may be limited to, specific types of losses or shortfalls. The related
prospectus supplement will set forth information concerning the amount of
subordination provided by a class or classes of notes in a series, the
circumstances under which such subordination will be available and the manner in
which the amount of subordination will be made available.
Letter of credit. If so specified in the prospectus supplement
with respect to a series, deficiencies in amounts otherwise payable on the notes
or certain classes of the notes will be covered by one or more letters of
credit. The bank or financial institution issuing the letter of credit will be
identified in a prospectus supplement. Under a letter of credit, the issuer will
be obligated to honor draws in an aggregate fixed dollar amount generally equal
to a percentage specified in the related prospectus supplement of the principal
balance of the student loans on a specified date or of the initial aggregate
principal balance of one or more classes of notes. If so specified in the
related prospectus supplement, the letter of credit may permit draws only in the
event of certain types of losses and shortfalls. The amount available under the
letter of credit will, in all cases, be reduced to the extent of the
unreimbursed payments under the letter of credit and may otherwise be reduced as
described in the related prospectus supplement. The obligations of the issuer of
the letter of credit will expire at the earlier of the date specified in the
related prospectus supplement or the termination of the trust estate.
Note insurance and surety bonds. If so specified in the prospectus
supplement with respect to a series of the notes, deficiencies in amounts
otherwise payable on the notes or certain classes of the notes will be covered
by insurance policies or surety bonds provided by one or more insurance
companies or sureties. The insurance policies or surety bonds may cover timely
distributions of interest and full distributions of principal on the basis of a
schedule of principal distributions set forth in or determined in the manner
specified in the related prospectus supplement.
Reserve Fund. In addition to the Reserve Fund for each trust
described in this prospectus under "Security and Sources of Payment for the
NotesReserve Fund," one or more reserve funds may be established with
respect to a series of the notes. Cash, eligible investments, a demand note or a
combination thereof, in the amounts so specified in the related prospectus
supplement, may be deposited in such reserve fund. The reserve fund for a series
may also be funded over time by depositing in the reserve fund a specified
amount of the distributions received on the related receivables as specified in
the related prospectus supplement.
Amounts on deposit in any reserve fund for a trust, together with the
reinvestment income on those amounts, will be applied by the trustee for the
purposes, in the manner and to the extent specified in the related prospectus
supplement. A reserve fund may be provided to increase the likelihood of timely
payments of principal of and interest on the notes, if required as a condition
to the rating of the notes of that series. If so specified in the related
prospectus supplement, a reserve fund may be established to provide limited
protection, in an amount satisfactory to each rating agency rating the notes,
against certain types of losses not covered by insurance policies or other
credit support. Following each interest payment date, amounts in a reserve fund
in excess of any specified reserve fund requirement may be released from the
reserve fund under the conditions specified in the related prospectus supplement
and will not be available for further application by the trustee.
Additional information concerning any reserve fund is to be set forth in the
related prospectus supplement, including the initial balance of the reserve
fund, the reserve fund balance to be maintained, the purposes for which funds in
the reserve fund may be applied to make distributions to noteholders and use of
investment earnings from the reserve fund, if any. Derivative products; Derivative payments
If so provided in a prospectus supplement, a trust may enter into a derivative
product, defined to mean a written contract under which the trust becomes
obligated to pay to a counterparty on specified payments dates certain amounts
in exchange for the counterparty's obligation to make payments to the trust on
specified payment dates in specified amounts. A trust's obligation to make
payments in connection with a derivative product may be secured by a pledge of
and lien on the trust estate. A trust will not enter into a derivative product
unless the trustee has received a confirmation from each rating agency providing
a rating for the trust's notes that the derivative product will not adversely
affect the rating on any of the notes. Description of the Federal Family Education Loan
Program The Federal Family Education Loan Program
The Higher Education Act provides for a program of direct federal insurance for
student loans as well as reinsurance of student loans guaranteed or insured by
state agencies or private non-profit corporations.
The Higher Education Act currently authorizes certain student loans to be
covered under the Federal Family Education Loan Program. The 1998 Amendments to
the Higher Education Act extended the authorization for the Federal Family
Education Loan Program through September 30, 2004. Congress has extended similar
authorization dates in prior versions of the Higher Education Act. However, the
current authorization dates may not again be extended and the other provisions
of the Higher Education Act may not be continued in their present form.
Generally, a student is eligible for loans made under the Federal Family
Education Loan Program only if he or she:
Eligible institutions include higher educational institutions and vocational
schools that comply with specific federal regulations. Each loan is to be
evidenced by an unsecured note.
The Higher Education Act also establishes maximum interest rates for each of the
various types of loans. These rates vary not only among loan types, but also
within loan types depending upon when the loan was made or when the borrower
first obtained a loan under the Federal Family Education Loan Program. The
Higher Education Act allows lesser rates of interest to be charged. Types of loans
Four types of loans are currently available under the Federal Family Education
Loan Program: These loan types vary as to eligibility requirements, interest
rates, repayment periods, loan limits and eligibility for interest subsidies and
special allowance payments. Some of these loan types have had other names in the
past. References to these various loan types include, where appropriate, their
predecessors.
The primary loan under the Federal Family Education Loan Program is the
Subsidized Federal Stafford Loan (the "Subsidized Stafford Loan"). Students who
are not eligible for Subsidized Stafford Loans based on their economic
circumstances may be able to obtain Unsubsidized Federal Stafford Loans. Parents
of students may be able to obtain Federal PLUS Loans. Consolidation Loans are
available to borrowers with existing loans made under the Federal Family
Education Loan Program and other federal programs to consolidate repayment of
the borrower's existing loans. Prior to July 1, 1994, the Federal Family
Education Loan Program also offered Federal Supplemental Loans for Students
("Federal SLS Loans") to graduate and professional students and independent
undergraduate students and, under certain circumstances, dependent undergraduate
students, to supplement their Subsidized Stafford Loans. Subsidized Federal Stafford Loans
General. Subsidized Stafford Loans are eligible for reinsurance
under the Higher Education Act if the eligible student to whom the loan is made
has been accepted or is enrolled in good standing at an eligible institution of
higher education or vocational school and is carrying at least one-half the
normal full-time workload at that institution. Subsidized Stafford Loans have
limits as to the maximum amount which may be borrowed for an academic year and
in the aggregate for both undergraduate and graduate/professional study. Both
aggregate limitations exclude loans made under the Federal SLS and Federal PLUS
Programs. The Secretary of Education has discretion to raise these limits to
accommodate students undertaking specialized training requiring exceptionally
high costs of education.
Subsidized Stafford Loans are generally made only to student borrowers who meet
the needs tests provided in the Higher Education Act. Provisions addressing the
implementation of needs analysis and the relationship between unmet need for
financing and the availability of Subsidized Federal Stafford Loan Program
funding have been the subject of frequent and extensive amendment in recent
years. Further amendment to such provisions may materially affect the
availability of Subsidized Stafford Loan funding to borrowers or the
availability of Subsidized Stafford Loans for secondary market acquisition.
Subsidized Stafford Loans are eligible for both interest subsidy payments and
special allowance payments as described below under "Interest subsidy
payments" and "Special allowance payments."
Interest rates for Subsidized Federal Stafford Loans. For a
Subsidized Stafford Loan made prior to July 1, 1994, the applicable interest
rate for a borrower who, on the date the promissory note was signed, did not
have an outstanding balance on a previous Federal Family Education Loan Program
loan:
For a Subsidized Stafford Loan made prior to July 1, 1994, the applicable
interest rate for a borrower who, on the date the promissory note evidencing the
loan was signed, had an outstanding balance on a previous loan made insured or
guaranteed under the Federal Family Education Loan Program:
The interest rate on all Subsidized Stafford Loans made on or after July 1, 1994
but prior to July 1, 1998, regardless of whether the borrower is a new borrower
or a repeat borrower, is the rate described in clause (7) above, except that the
interest rate shall not exceed 8.25% per annum. For any Subsidized Stafford Loan
made on or after July 1, 1995, the interest rate is further reduced prior to the
time the loan enters repayment and during any deferment periods. During
deferment periods, the formula described in clause (7) above is applied, except
that 2.5% is substituted for 3.1%, and the rate shall not exceed 8.25% per
annum.
For Subsidized Stafford Loans made on or after July 1, 1998 but before July 1,
2006, the applicable interest rate shall be adjusted annually, and for any
twelve month period commencing on a July 1 shall be equal to the bond equivalent
rate of 91-day U.S. Treasury bills auctioned at the final auction prior to the
proceeding June 1, plus 1.7% per annum prior to the time the loan enters
repayment and during any deferment periods, and 2.3% per annum during repayment,
but not to exceed 8.25% per annum.
For loans the first disbursement of which is made on or after July 1, 2006,
the applicable interest rate will be 6.8%. There can be no assurance that the
interest rate provisions for these loans will not be further amended. Unsubsidized Federal Stafford Loans
General. The Unsubsidized Federal Stafford Loan Program was
created by Congress in 1992 for students who do not qualify for Subsidized
Stafford Loans due to parental and/or student income and assets in excess of
permitted amounts. These students are entitled to borrow the difference between
the Subsidized Stafford Loan maximum and their Subsidized Stafford eligibility
through the Unsubsidized Stafford Loan Program. The general requirements for
Unsubsidized Federal Stafford Loans ("Unsubsidized Stafford Loans") are
essentially the same as those for Subsidized Stafford Loans. The interest rate,
the annual loan limits and the special allowance payment provisions of the
Unsubsidized Stafford Loans are the same as the Subsidized Stafford Loans.
However, the terms of the Unsubsidized Stafford Loans differ materially from
Subsidized Stafford Loans in that the federal government will not make interest
subsidy payments and the loan limitations are determined without respect to the
expected family contribution. The borrower will be required to either pay
interest from the time the loan is disbursed or capitalize the interest until
repayment begins. Unsubsidized Stafford Loans were not available before October
1, 1992. A student meeting the general eligibility requirements for a loan under
the Federal Family Education Loan Program is eligible for an Unsubsidized
Stafford Loan without regard to need. Unsubsidized Stafford Loans are eligible
for special allowance payments, as described below under "--Special allowance
payments." Interest rates for Unsubsidized Federal Stafford
Loans. Unsubsidized Stafford Loans are subject to the same interest rate
provisions as Subsidized Stafford Loans. Federal PLUS Loans
General. PLUS Loans are made only to borrowers who are parents
and, under certain circumstances, spouses of remarried parents, of dependent
undergraduate students. For PLUS Loans made on or after July 1, 1993, the parent
borrower must not have an adverse credit history as determined pursuant to
criteria established by the Department of Education. The basic provisions
applicable to PLUS Loans are similar to those of Subsidized Stafford Loans with
respect to the involvement of guarantee agencies and the Secretary of Education
in providing federal reinsurance on the loans. However, PLUS Loans differ
significantly from Subsidized Stafford Loans, particularly because federal
interest subsidy payments are not available under the PLUS Loan program and
special allowance payments are more restricted.
Interest rates for Federal PLUS Loans. The applicable interest
rate depends upon the date of issuance of the loan and the period of enrollment
for which the loan is to apply. The applicable interest rate on a PLUS Loan:
For any 12-month period beginning on July 1, 2001 or any succeeding year,
the weekly average 1-year constant maturity Treasury yield, as published by the
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, for the last calendar week
before such June 26, will be substituted for the 52-week Treasury bill as
the index for interest rate calculations. Federal SLS Loans
General. SLS Loans were limited to graduate or professional
students, independent undergraduate students, and dependent undergraduate
students, if the students' parents were unable to obtain a PLUS Loan and were
also unable to provide the students' expected family contribution. Except for
dependent undergraduate students, eligibility for SLS Loans was determined
without regard to need. SLS Loans are similar to Subsidized Stafford Loans with
respect to the involvement of guarantee agencies and the Secretary of Education
in providing federal reinsurance on the loans. However, SLS Loans differ
significantly from Subsidized Stafford Loans, particularly because federal
interest subsidy payments are not available under the SLS Loan program and
special allowance payments are more restricted. Interest rates for Federal SLS Loans. The
applicable interest rates on SLS Loans made prior to October 1, 1992 are
identical to the applicable interest rates on PLUS Loans made at the same time.
For SLS Loans made on or after October 1, 1992, the applicable interest rate is
the same as the applicable interest rate on PLUS Loans, except that the ceiling
is 11% per annum instead of 10% per annum. Federal Consolidation Loans
General. The Higher Education Act authorizes a program under which
certain borrowers may consolidate their various student loans into a single loan
insured and reinsured on a basis similar to Stafford Loans. Federal
Consolidation Loans may be obtained in an amount sufficient to pay outstanding
principal, unpaid interest and late charges on federally insured or reinsured
student loans incurred under the Federal Family Education Loan Program,
excluding Federal PLUS Loans made to "parent borrowers", selected by the
borrower, as well as loans made pursuant to the Perkins (formally "National
Direct Student Loan") and Health Professional Student Loan Programs. To be
eligible for a Consolidation Loan, a borrower must:
If requested by the borrower, an eligible lender may consolidate SLS or PLUS
Loans of the same borrower held by the lender under a single repayment schedule.
The repayment period for each included loan shall be based on the commencement
of repayment of the most recent loan. The consolidated loan shall bear interest
at a rate equal to the weighted average of the rates of the included loans. Such
a consolidation shall not be treated as the making of a new loan. In addition,
at the request of the borrower, a lender may refinance an existing fixed rate
SLS or PLUS Loan, including an SLS or PLUS Loan held by a different lender who
has refused to refinance the loan, at a variable interest rate. In this case,
proceeds of the new loan are used to discharge the original loan.
A married couple who agree to be jointly liable on a Consolidation Loan, for
which the application is received on or after January 1, 1993, may be treated as
an individual for purposes of obtaining a Consolidation Loan. For Consolidation
Loans disbursed prior to July 1, 1994 the borrower was required to have
outstanding student loan indebtedness of at least $7,500. Prior to the adoption
of the Higher Education Technical Amendments Act of 1993, PLUS Loans could not
be included in the Consolidation Loan. For Consolidation Loans for which the
applications were received prior to January 1, 1993, the minimum student
loan indebtedness was $5,000 and the borrower could not be delinquent more than
90 days in the payment of such indebtedness. For applications received on or
after January 1, 1993, borrowers may add additional loans to a Federal
Consolidation Loan during the 180-day period following the origination of the
Federal Consolidation Loan.
Interest rates for Federal Consolidation Loans. A Consolidation
Loan made prior to July 1, 1994 bears interest at a rate equal to the weighted
average of the interest rates on the loans retired, rounded to the nearest whole
percent, but not less than 9% per annum. Except as described in the next
sentence, a Consolidation Loan made on or after July 1, 1994 bears interest at a
rate equal to the weighted average of the interest rates on the loans retired,
rounded upward to the nearest whole percent, but with no minimum rate. For a
Consolidation Loan for which the application is received by an eligible lender
on or after November 13, 1997 and before October 1, 1998, the interest rate
shall be adjusted annually, and for any twelve-month period commencing on a July
1 shall be equal to the bond equivalent rate of 91-day U.S. Treasury bills
auctioned at the final auction prior to the preceding June 1, plus 3.1% per
annum, but not to exceed 8.25% per annum. Notwithstanding these general interest
rates, the portion, if any, of a Consolidation Loan that repaid a loan made
under title VII, Sections 700-721 of the Public Health Services Act, as amended,
has a different variable interest rate. Such portion is adjusted on July 1 of
each year, but is the sum of the average of the T-Bill Rates auctioned for the
quarter ending on the preceding June 30, plus 3.0%, without any cap on the
interest rate. Consolidation Loans made on or after October 1, 1998 and
before July 1, 2006 will bear interest at a per annum rate equal to the
lesser of 8.25% or the weighted average of the interest rates on the loans being
consolidated, rounded to the nearest higher 1/8th of 1%.
Consolidation Loans for which the application is received on or after
July 1, 2006, will bear interest also at a rate per annum equal to the
lesser of 8.25% or the weighted average of the interest rates on the loans being
consolidated, rounded to the nearest higher 1/8th of 1%. For a
discussion of required payments that reduce the return on Consolidation Loans,
see "Fees Rebate Fees on Consolidation Loans" in this prospectus. Maximum loan amounts
Each type of loan is subject to limits on the maximum principal amount, both
with respect to a given year and in the aggregate. Consolidation Loans are
limited only by the amount of eligible loans to be consolidated. All of the
loans are limited to the difference between the cost of attendance and the other
aid available to the student. Subsidized Stafford Loans are also subject to
limits based upon needs analysis. Additional limits are described below.
Loan limits for Stafford and Unsubsidized Stafford Loans.
Subsidized Stafford and Unsubsidized Stafford Loans ("Stafford Loans") are
generally treated as one loan type for loan limit purposes. A student who has
not successfully completed the first year of a program of undergraduate
education may borrow up to $2,625 in an academic year. A student who has
successfully completed the first year, but who has not successfully completed
the second year may borrow up to $3,500 per academic year. An undergraduate
student who has successfully completed the first and second year, but who has
not successfully completed the remainder of a program of undergraduate
education, may borrow up to $5,500 per academic year. For students enrolled in
programs of less than an academic year in length, the limits are generally
reduced in proportion to the amount by which the programs are less than one year
in length. A graduate or professional student may borrow up to $8,500 in an
academic year. The maximum aggregate amount of Stafford and Unsubsidized
Stafford Loans, including that portion of a Consolidation Loan used to repay
such loans, which an undergraduate student may have outstanding is $23,000. The
maximum aggregate amount for a graduate and professional student, including
loans for undergraduate education, is $65,500. The Secretary of Education is
authorized to increase the limits applicable to graduate and professional
students who are pursuing programs which the Secretary of Education determines
to be exceptionally expensive.
Prior to the enactment of the Higher Education Amendments of 1992, an
undergraduate student who had not successfully completed the first and second
year of a program of undergraduate education could borrow Stafford Loans in
amounts up to $2,625 in an academic year. An undergraduate student who had
successfully completed the first and second year, but who had not successfully
completed the remainder of a program of undergraduate education could borrow up
to $4,000 per academic year. The maximum for graduate and professional students
was $7,500 per academic year. The maximum aggregate amount of Stafford Loans
which a borrower could have outstanding, including that portion of a
Consolidation Loan used to repay such loans, was $17,250. The maximum aggregate
amount for a graduate or professional student, including loans for undergraduate
education, was $54,750. Prior to the 1986 changes, the annual limits were
generally lower.
Loan limits for PLUS Loans. For PLUS Loans made on or after July
1, 1993, the amounts of PLUS Loans are limited only by the student's unmet need.
Prior to that time PLUS Loans were subject to limits similar to those of SLS
Loans applied with respect to each student on behalf of whom the parent
borrowed.
Loan limits for SLS Loans. A student who had not successfully
completed the first and second year of a program of undergraduate education
could borrow an SLS Loan in an amount of up to $4,000. A student who had
successfully completed the first and second year, but who had not successfully
completed the remainder of a program of undergraduate education could borrow up
to $5,000 per year. Graduate and professional students could borrow up to
$10,000 per year. SLS Loans were subject to an aggregate maximum of $23,000
($73,000 for graduate and professional students). Prior to the 1992 changes, SLS
Loans were available in amounts of $4,000 per academic year, up to a $20,000
aggregate maximum. Prior to the 1986 changes, a graduate or professional student
could borrow $3,000 of SLS Loans per academic year, up to a $15,000 maximum, and
an independent undergraduate student could borrow $2,500 of SLS Loans per
academic year minus the amount of all other Federal Family Education Loan
Program loans to such student for such academic year, up to the maximum amount
of all Federal Family Education Loan Program loans to that student of $12,500.
In 1989, the amount of SLS Loans for students enrolled in programs of less than
an academic year in length were limited in a manner similar to the limits
described above under "Subsidized Federal Stafford Loans". Disbursement requirements
The Higher Education Act now requires that virtually all Stafford Loans and PLUS
Loans be disbursed by eligible lenders in at least two separate installments.
The proceeds of a loan made to any undergraduate first-year student borrowing
for the first time under the program must be delivered to the student no earlier
than thirty days after the enrollment period begins. Repayment
Repayment periods. Loans made under the Federal Family Education
Loan Program, other than Consolidation Loans, must provide for repayment of
principal in periodic installments over a period of not less than five nor more
than ten years. After the 1998 Amendments, lenders are required to offer
extended repayment schedules to new borrowers who accumulate outstanding loans
of more than $30,000, in which case the repayment period may extend up to 25
years subject to certain minimum repayment amounts. A Consolidation Loan must be
repaid during a period agreed to by the borrower and lender, subject to maximum
repayment periods which vary depending upon the principal amount of the
borrower's outstanding student loans, but may not be longer than 30 years. For
Consolidation Loans for which the application was received prior to January 1,
1993, the repayment period could not exceed 25 years. Repayment of principal on
a Stafford Loan does not commence while a student remains a qualified student,
but generally begins upon expiration of the applicable grace period. Grace
periods may be waived by borrowers. For Stafford Loans for which the applicable
rate of interest is 7% per annum, the repayment period commences not more than
twelve months after the borrower ceases to pursue at least a half-time course of
study. For other Subsidized Stafford Loans and Unsubsidized Stafford Loans, the
repayment period commences not more than six months after the borrower ceases to
pursue at least a half-time course of study. The six month or twelve month
periods are the "grace periods".
In the case of SLS, PLUS and Consolidated Loans, the repayment period commences
on the date of final disbursement of the loan, except that the borrower of an
SLS Loan who also has a Stafford Loan may defer repayment of the SLS Loan to
coincide with the commencement of repayment of the Subsidized Stafford or
Unsubsidized Stafford Loan. During periods in which repayment of principal is
required, payments of principal and interest must in general be made at a rate
of not less than the greater of $600 per year or the interest that accrues
during the year, except that a borrower and lender may agree to a lesser rate at
any time before or during the repayment period. A borrower may agree, with
concurrence of the lender, to repay the loan in less than five years with the
right subsequently to extend his minimum repayment period to five years.
Borrowers may accelerate, without penalty, the repayment of all or any part of
the loan.
Income sensitive repayment schedules. Since 1992, lenders of
Consolidation Loans have been required to establish graduated or
income-sensitive repayment schedules and lenders of Stafford and SLS Loans have
been required to offer borrowers the option of repaying in accordance with
graduated or income-sensitive repayment schedules. The trust may implement
graduated repayment schedules and income-sensitive repayment schedules. Use of
income-sensitive repayment schedules may extend the ten-year maximum term for up
to five years. In addition, if the repayment schedule on a loan that has been
converted to a variable interest rate does not provide for adjustments to the
amount of the monthly installment payments, the ten-year maximum term may be
extended for up to three years.
Deferment periods. No principal repayments need be made during
certain periods of deferment prescribed by the Higher Education Act. For loans
to a borrower who first obtained a loan which was disbursed before July 1, 1993,
deferments are available:
For loans to a borrower who first obtains a loan on or after July 1, 1993,
deferments are available:
Prior to the 1992 changes, only certain of the deferment periods described above
were available to PLUS Loan borrowers, and only certain deferment periods were
available to Consolidation Loan borrowers. Prior to the 1986 changes, PLUS Loan
borrowers were not entitled to certain deferment periods. Deferment periods
extend the ten-year maximum term.
Forbearance period. The Higher Education Act also provides for
periods of forbearance during which the borrower, in case of temporary financial
hardship, may defer any payments. A borrower is entitled to forbearance for a
period not to exceed three years while the borrower's debt burden under Title IV
of the Higher Education Act (which includes the Federal Family Education Loan
Program) equals or exceeds 20% of the borrower's gross income, and also is
entitled to forbearance while he or she is serving in a qualifying medical or
dental internship program or in a "national service position" under the National
and Community Service Trust Act of 1993. In addition, mandatory administrative
forbearances are provided in exceptional circumstances such as a local or
national emergency or military mobilization, or when the geographical area in
which the borrower or endorser resides has been designated a disaster area by
the President of the United States or Mexico, the Prime Minister of Canada, or
by the governor of a state. In other circumstances, forbearance is at the
lender's option. Forbearance also extends the ten year maximum term.
Interest payments during grace, deferment and forbearance
periods. The Secretary of Education makes interest payments on behalf of
the borrower of certain eligible loans while the borrower is in school and
during grace and deferment periods. Interest that accrues during forbearance
periods and, if the loan is not eligible for interest subsidy payments, while
the borrower is in school and during the grace and deferment periods, may be
paid monthly or quarterly or capitalized not more frequently than quarterly.
Fees
Guarantee fee. A guarantee agency is authorized to charge a
premium, or guarantee fee, of up to 1% of the principal amount of the loan,
which must be deducted proportionately from each installment payment of the
proceeds of the loan to the borrower.
Origination fee. An eligible lender is authorized to charge the
borrower of a Subsidized Stafford Loan and an Unsubsidized Stafford Loan an
origination fee in an amount not to exceed 3% of the principal amount of the
loan, and is required to charge the borrower of a PLUS Loan an origination fee
in the amount of 3% of the principal amount of the loan. These fees must be
deducted proportionately from each installment payment of the loan proceeds
prior to payment to the borrower. These fees are not retained by the lender, but
must be passed on to the Secretary of Education.
Lender origination fee. The lender of any loan under the Federal
Family Education Loan Program made on or after October 1, 1993 is required to
pay to the Secretary of Education a fee equal to 0.5% of the principal amount of
such loan.
Rebate fee on Consolidation Loans. The holder of any Consolidation
Loan made on or after October 1, 1993 is required to pay to the Secretary of
Education a monthly fee equal to .0875% (1.05% per annum) of the principal
amount of, and accrued interest on the Consolidation Loan. For loans made
pursuant to applications received on or after October 1, 1998, and on or before
January 31, 1999 the fee on consolidation loans of 1.05% is reduced to .62%.
Interest subsidy payments
Interest subsidy payments are interest payments paid with respect to an eligible
loan before the time that the loan enters repayment and during grace and
deferment periods. The Secretary of Education and the guarantee agencies enter
into interest subsidy agreements whereby the Secretary of Education agrees to
pay interest subsidy payments to the holders of eligible guaranteed loans for
the benefit of students meeting certain requirements, subject to the holders'
compliance with all requirements of the Higher Education Act. Only Subsidized
Stafford Loans and Consolidation Loans for which the application was received on
or after January 1, 1993, are eligible for interest subsidy payments.
Consolidation Loans made after August 10, 1993 are eligible for interest subsidy
payments only if all loans consolidated thereby are Subsidized Stafford Loans,
except that Consolidation Loans for which the application is received by an
eligible lender on or after November 13, 1997 and before October 1, 1998, are
eligible for interest subsidy payments on that portion of the Consolidation Loan
that repays Subsidized Stafford Loans or similar subsidized loans made under the
direct loan program. In addition, to be eligible for interest subsidy payments,
guaranteed loans must be made by an eligible lender under the applicable
guarantee agency's guarantee program, and must meet requirements prescribed by
the rules and regulations promulgated under the Higher Education Act.
The Secretary of Education makes interest subsidy payments quarterly on behalf
of the borrower to the holder of a guaranteed loan in a total amount equal to
the interest which accrues on the unpaid principal amount prior to the
commencement of the repayment period of the loan or during any deferment period.
A borrower may elect to forego interest subsidy payments, in which case the
borrower is required to make interest payments. Special allowance payments
The Higher Education Act provides for special allowance payments to be made by
the Secretary of Education to eligible lenders. The rates for special allowance
payments are based on formulas that differ according to the type of loan, the
date the loan was originally made or insured and the type of funds used to
finance the loan (taxable or tax-exempt).
Special Allowance Payments are generally payable, with respect to variable rate
FFELP loans to which a maximum borrower interest rate applies, only when the
maximum borrower interest rate is in effect. The Secretary of Education offsets interest
subsidy payments and Special Allowance Payments by the amount of origination
fees and lender origination fees described above under "Fees," whether or
not the lender collects these amounts.
Federal Subsidized and Unsubsidized Stafford Loans. The effective
formulas for special allowance payment rates for Subsidized Stafford and
Unsubsidized Stafford Loans are summarized in the following chart. The T-Bill
Rate mentioned in the chart refers to the average of the bond equivalent yield
of the 91-day Treasury bills auctioned during the preceding quarter. ____________________
The effective formulas for special allowance payment rates for Subsidized
Stafford Loans and Unsubsidized Stafford Loans differ depending on whether loans
to borrowers were acquired or originated with the proceeds of tax-exempt
obligations. There are minimum special allowance payment rates for Subsidized
Stafford Loans and Unsubsidized Stafford Loans acquired with proceeds of
tax-exempt obligations, which rates effectively ensure an overall minimum return
of 9.5% on such loans. However, loans acquired with the proceeds of tax-exempt
obligations originally issued after September 30, 1993 are not assured of a
minimum special allowance payment.
PLUS and Consolidation Loans. The formula for Special Allowance
Payment rates for PLUS and Consolidation Loans are as follows:
The Higher Education Act provides that if special allowance payments or interest
subsidy payments have not been made within 30 days after the Secretary of
Education receives an accurate, timely and complete request therefor, the
special allowance payable to such holder shall be increased by an amount equal
to the daily interest accruing on the special allowance and interest subsidy
payments due the holder.
Special allowance payments and interest subsidy payments are reduced by the
amount which the lender is authorized or required to charge as an origination
fee. In addition, the amount of the lender origination fee is collected by
offset to special allowance payments and interest subsidy payments. Description of the Guarantee Agencies
The student loans each trust acquires will be guaranteed by any one or more
guarantee agencies identified in the related prospectus supplement. The
following discussion relates to guarantee agencies under the Federal Family
Education Loan Program.
A guarantee agency guarantees loans made to students or parents of students by
lending institutions such as banks, credit unions, savings and loan
associations, certain schools, pension funds and insurance companies. A
guarantee agency generally purchases defaulted student loans which it has
guaranteed with its reserve fund. A lender may submit a default claim to the
guarantee agency after the student loan has been delinquent for at least 270
days. The default claim package must include all information and documentation
required under the Federal Family Education Loan Program regulations and the
guarantee agency's policies and procedures.
In general, a guarantee agency's reserve fund has been funded principally by
administrative cost allowances paid by the Secretary of Education, guarantee
fees paid by lenders, investment income on moneys in the reserve fund, and a
portion of the moneys collected from borrowers on guaranteed loans that have
been reimbursed by the Secretary of Education to cover the guarantee agency's
administrative expenses.
Various changes to the Higher Education Act have adversely affected the receipt
of revenues by the guarantee agencies and their ability to maintain their
reserve funds at previous levels, and may adversely affect their ability to meet
their guarantee obligations. These changes include:
Additionally, the adequacy of a guarantee agency's reserve fund to meet its
guarantee obligations with respect to existing student loans depends, in
significant part, on its ability to collect revenues generated by new loan
guarantees. The Federal Direct Student Loan Program discussed below may
adversely affect the volume of new loan guarantees. Future legislation may make
additional changes to the Higher Education Act that would significantly affect
the revenues received by guarantee agencies and the structure of the guarantee
agency program.
The Higher Education Act gives the Secretary of Education various oversight
powers over guarantee agencies. These include requiring a guarantee agency to
maintain its reserve fund at a certain required level and taking various actions
relating to a guarantee agency if its administrative and financial condition
jeopardizes its ability to meet its obligations. These actions include, among
others, providing advances to the guarantee agency, terminating the guarantee
agency's federal reimbursement contracts, assuming responsibility for all
functions of the guarantee agency, and transferring the guarantee agency's
guarantees to another guarantee agency or assuming such guarantees. The Higher
Education Act provides that a guarantee agency's reserve fund shall be
considered to be the property of the United States to be used in the operation
of the Federal Family Education Loan Program or the Federal Direct Student Loan
Program, and, under certain circumstances, the Secretary of Education may demand
payment of amounts in the reserve fund.
The 1998 Amendments mandate the recall of guarantee agency reserve funds by the
Secretary of Education amounting to $82.5 million in fiscal year 2006 and $82.5
million in fiscal year 2007. However, certain minimum reserve levels are
protected from recall, and under the 1998 Amendments, guarantee agency reserve
funds were restructured to provide guarantee agencies with additional
flexibility in choosing how to spend certain funds they receive. The new recall
of reserves for guarantee agencies increases the risk that resources available
to guarantee agencies to meet their guarantee obligation will be significantly
reduced. Relevant federal laws, including the Higher Education Act, may be
further changed in a manner that may adversely affect the ability of a guarantee
agency to meet its guarantee obligations.
Student loans originated prior to October 1, 1993 are fully guaranteed as to
principal and accrued interest. Student loans originated after October 1, 1993
are guaranteed as to 98% of principal and accrued interest.
Under the Higher Education Act, if the Department of Education has determined
that a guarantee agency is unable to meet its insurance obligations, the holders
of loans guaranteed by such guarantee agency must submit claims directly to the
Department of Education, and the Department of Education is required to pay the
full guarantee payment due with respect thereto in accordance with guarantee
claims processing standards no more stringent than those applied by the
guarantee agency.
There are no assurances as to the Secretary of Education's actions if a
guarantee agency encounters administrative or financial difficulties or that the
Secretary of Education will not demand that a guarantee agency transfer
additional portions or all of its reserve fund to the Secretary of Education.
Information relating to the particular guarantee agencies guaranteeing our
student loans will be set forth in the prospectus supplement. Federal agreements
General. A guaranty agency's right to receive federal
reimbursements for various guarantee claims paid by such guarantee agency is
governed by the Higher Education Act and various contracts entered into between
guarantee agencies and the Secretary of Education. Each guarantee agency and the
Secretary of Education have entered into federal reimbursement contracts
pursuant to the Higher Education Act, which provide for the guarantee agency to
receive reimbursement of a percentage of insurance payments that the guarantee
agency makes to eligible lenders with respect to loans guaranteed by the
guarantee agency prior to the termination of the federal reimbursement contracts
or the expiration of the authority of the Higher Education Act. The federal
reimbursement contracts provide for termination under certain circumstances and
also provide for certain actions short of termination by the Secretary of
Education to protect the federal interest.
In addition to guarantee benefits, qualified student loans acquired under the
Federal Family Education Loan Program benefit from certain federal subsidies.
Each guarantee agency and the Secretary of Education have entered into an
Interest Subsidy Agreement under the Higher Education Act which entitles the
holders of eligible loans guaranteed by the guarantee agency to receive interest
subsidy payments from the Secretary of Education on behalf of certain students
while the student is in school, during a six to twelve month grace period after
the student leaves school, and during certain deferment periods, subject to the
holders' compliance with all requirements of the Higher Education Act.
United States Courts of Appeals have held that the federal government, through
subsequent legislation, has the right unilaterally to amend the contracts
between the Secretary of Education and the guarantee agencies described herein.
Amendments to the Higher Education Act in 1986, 1987, 1992, 1993, and 1998,
respectively Federal insurance and reimbursement of guarantee
agencies
Effect of annual claims rate. With respect to loans made prior to
October 1, 1993, the Secretary of Education currently agrees to reimburse the
guarantee agency for up to 100% of the amounts paid on claims made by lenders,
as discussed in the formula described below, so long as the eligible lender has
properly serviced such loan. The amount of reimbursement is lower for loans
originated after October 1, 1993, as described below. Depending on the claims
rate experience of a guarantee agency, such reimbursement may be reduced as
discussed in the formula described below. The Secretary of Education also agrees
to repay 100% of the unpaid principal plus applicable accrued interest expended
by a guarantee agency in discharging its guarantee obligation as a result of the
bankruptcy, death, or total and permanent disability of a borrower, or in the
case of a PLUS Loan, the death of the student on behalf of whom the loan was
borrowed, or in certain circumstances, as a result of school closures, which
reimbursements are not to be included in the calculations of the guarantee
agency's claims rate experience for the purpose of federal reimbursement under
the Federal Reimbursement Contracts.
The formula used for loans initially disbursed prior to October 1, 1993 is
summarized below:
The claims experience is not accumulated from year to year, but is determined
solely on the basis of claims in any one federal fiscal year compared with the
original principal amount of loans in repayment at the beginning of that year.
The 1993 Amendments reduce the reimbursement amounts described above, effective
for loans initially disbursed on or after October 1, 1993 as follows: 100%
reimbursement is reduced to 98%, 90% reimbursement is reduced to 88%, and 80%
reimbursement is reduced to 78%, subject to certain limited exceptions. The 1998
Amendments further reduce the federal reimbursement amounts from 98% to 95%, 88%
to 85%, and 78% to 75% respectively, for student loans first disbursed on or
after October 1, 1998.
The reduced reinsurance for federal guaranty agencies increases the risk that
resources available to guarantee agencies to meet their guarantee obligation
will be significantly reduced.
Reimbursement. The original principal amount of loans guaranteed
by a guarantee agency which are in repayment for purposes of computing
reimbursement payments to a guarantee agency means the original principal amount
of all loans guaranteed by a guarantee agency less: Guarantee agencies with default rates below 5% are required to
pay the Secretary of Education annual fees equivalent to 0.51% of new loans
guaranteed, while all other such agencies must pay a 0.5% fee. The Secretary of
Education may withhold reimbursement payments if a guarantee agency makes a
material misrepresentation or fails to comply with the terms of its agreements
with the Secretary of Education or applicable federal law.
Under the guarantee agreements, if a payment on a Federal Family Education Loan
guaranteed by a guarantee agency is received after reimbursement by the
Secretary of Education, the guarantee agency is entitled to receive an equitable
share of the payment.
Any originator of any student loan guaranteed by a guarantee agency is required
to discount from the proceeds of the loan at the time of disbursement, and pay
to the guarantee agency, an insurance premium which may not exceed that
permitted under the Higher Education Act.
Under present practice, after the Secretary of Education reimburses a guarantee
agency for a default claim paid on a guaranteed loan, the guarantee agency
continues to seek repayment from the borrower. The guarantee agency returns to
the Secretary of Education payments that it receives from a borrower after
deducting and retaining: a percentage amount equal to the complement of the
reimbursement percentage in effect at the time the loan was reimbursed, and an
amount equal to 24% of such payments for certain administrative costs. The
Secretary of Education may, however, require the assignment to the Secretary of
defaulted guaranteed loans, in which event no further collections activity need
be undertaken by the guarantee agency, and no amount of any recoveries shall be
paid to the guarantee agency.
A guarantee agency may enter into an addendum to its Interest Subsidy Agreement
that allows the guarantee agency to refer to the Secretary of Education certain
defaulted guaranteed loans. Such loans are then reported to the IRS to "offset"
any tax refunds which may be due any defaulted borrower. To the extent that the
guarantee agency has originally received less than 100% reimbursement from the
Secretary of Education with respect to such a referred loan, the guarantee
agency will not recover any amounts subsequently collected by the federal
government which are attributable to that portion of the defaulted loan for
which the guarantee agency has not been reimbursed.
Rehabilitation of defaulted loans. Under the Higher Education Act,
the Secretary of Education is authorized to enter into an agreement with a
guarantee agency pursuant to which the guarantee agency shall sell defaulted
loans that are eligible for rehabilitation to an eligible lender. The guarantee
agency shall repay the Secretary of Education an amount equal to 81.5% of the
then current principal balance of such loan, multiplied by the reimbursement
percentage in effect at the time the loan was reimbursed. The amount of such
repayment shall be deducted from the amount of federal reimbursement payments
for the fiscal year in which such repayment occurs, for purposes of determining
the reimbursement rate for that fiscal year.
For a loan to be eligible for rehabilitation, the guarantee agency must have
received consecutive payments for 12 months of amounts owed on such loan. Upon
rehabilitation, a loan is eligible for all the benefits under the Higher
Education Act for which it would have been eligible had no default occurred
(except that a borrower's loan may only be rehabilitated once).
Eligibility for federal reimbursement. To be eligible for federal
reimbursement payments, guaranteed loans must be made by an eligible lender
under the applicable guarantee agency's guarantee program, which must meet
requirements prescribed by the rules and regulations promulgated under the
Higher Education Act, including the borrower eligibility, loan amount,
disbursement, interest rate, repayment period and guarantee fee provisions
described herein and the other requirements set forth in the Higher Education
Act.
Prior to the 1998 Amendments, a Federal Family Education Loan was considered to
be in default for purposes of the Higher Education Act when the borrower failed
to make an installment payment when due, or to comply with the other terms of
the loan, and if the failure persists for 180 days in the case of a loan
repayable in monthly installments or for 240 days in the case of a loan
repayable in less frequent installments. Under the 1998 Amendments, the
delinquency period required for a student loan to be declared in default is
increased from 180 days to 270 days for loans payable in monthly installments on
which the first day of delinquency occurs on or after the date of enactment of
the 1998 Amendments and from 240 days to 330 days for a loan payable less
frequently than monthly on which the delinquency occurs after the date of
enactment of the 1998 Amendments.
The guarantee agency must pay the lender for the defaulted loan prior to
submitting a claim to the Secretary of Education for reimbursement. The
guarantee agency must submit a reimbursement claim to the Secretary of Education
within 45 days after it has paid the lender's default claim. As a prerequisite
to entitlement to payment on the guarantee by the guarantee agency, and in turn
payment of reimbursement by the Secretary of Education, the lender must have
exercised reasonable care and diligence in making, servicing and collecting the
guaranteed loan. Generally, these procedures require:
After the loan is made, the lender must establish repayment terms with the
borrower, properly administer deferments and forbearances and credit the
borrower for payments made. If a borrower becomes delinquent in repaying a loan,
a lender must perform certain collection procedures, primarily telephone calls,
demand letters, skiptracing procedures and requesting assistance from the
applicable guarantee agency, that vary depending upon the length of time a loan
is delinquent. Direct Loans
The 1993 Amendments authorized a program of "direct loans," to be originated by
schools with funds provided by the Secretary of Education. Under the direct loan
program, the Secretary of Education is directed to enter into agreements with
schools, or origination agents in lieu of schools, to disburse loans with funds
provided by the Secretary. Participation in the program by schools is voluntary.
The goals set forth in the 1993 Amendments call for the direct loan program to
constitute 5% of the total volume of loans made under the Federal Family
Education Loan Program and the direct loan program for academic year 1994-1995,
40% for academic year 1995-1996, 50% for academic years 1996-1997 and 1997-1998
and 60% for academic year 1998-1999. No provision is made for the size of the
direct loan program thereafter. Based upon information released by the General
Accounting Office, participation by schools in the direct loan program has not
been sufficient to meet the goals for the 1995-1996 or 1996-1997 academic years.
The 1998 Amendments removed references to the "phase-in" of the Direct Loan
Program, including restrictions on annual limits for Direct Loan Program volume
and the Secretary's authority to select additional institutions to achieve
balanced school representation.
The loan terms are generally the same under the direct loan program as under the
Federal Family Education Loan Program, though more flexible repayment provisions
are available under the direct loan program. At the discretion of the Secretary
of Education, students attending schools that participate in the direct loan
program (and their parents) may still be eligible for participation in the
Federal Family Education Loan Program, though no borrower could obtain loans
under both programs for the same period of enrollment.
It is difficult to predict the impact of the direct lending program. There is no
way to accurately predict the number of schools that will participate in future
years, or, if the Secretary authorizes students attending participating schools
to continue to be eligible for Federal Family Education Loan Program loans, how
many students will seek loans under the direct loan program instead of the
Federal Family Education Loan Program. In addition, it is impossible to predict
whether future legislation will eliminate, limit or expand the direct loan
program or the Federal Family Education Loan Program. Other guarantee agencies
Although the student loans that comprise the assets of each trust will generally
be guaranteed by the guarantee agencies described in the related prospectus
supplement, each trust may acquire student loans which are guaranteed by other
guarantee agencies with the approval of the rating agencies. Federal Income Tax Consequences
The following is a summary of all material federal income tax consequences of
the purchase, ownership and disposition of notes for the investors described
below and is based on the advice of Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP, as
tax counsel to College Loan LLC This summary is based upon laws, regulations,
rulings and decisions currently in effect, all of which are subject to change.
The discussion does not deal with all federal tax consequences applicable to all
categories of investors, some of which may be subject to special rules,
including but not limited to, foreign investors, except as otherwise indicated.
In addition, this summary is generally limited to investors who will hold the
notes as "capital assets" (generally, property held for investment) within the
meaning of Section 1221 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the
"Code"). Investors should consult their own tax advisors to determine the
federal, state, local and other tax consequences of the purchase, ownership and
disposition of the notes of any Series. Prospective investors should note
that no rulings have been or will be sought from the Internal Revenue Service
(the "Service") with respect to any of the federal income tax consequences
discussed below, and no assurance can be given that the Service will not take
contrary positions. Characterization of the trust estate
Based upon certain assumptions and certain representations of College Loan LLC,
Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP will render, with respect to the notes,
its opinion to the effect that the notes will be treated as debt of the
respective trust, rather than as an interest in the student loans, and that the
trust which issues the notes will not be characterized as an association or
publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation each for federal income tax
purposes. In addition, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP has rendered its
opinion to the effect that this discussion is a summary of all material federal
income tax consequences as to the purchase, ownership and disposition of the
notes with respect to the investors described herein. Unlike a ruling from the
Service, such opinion is not binding on the courts or the Service. Therefore, it
is possible that the Service could assert that, for purposes of the Code, the
transaction contemplated by this prospectus constitutes a sale of the student
loans (or an interest therein) to the registered owners or that the relationship
which will result from this transaction is that of a partnership, or an
association taxable as a corporation.
If, instead of treating the transaction as creating secured debt in the form of
the series issued by a trust as a separate entity, the transaction were treated
as creating a partnership among the registered owners, the servicer and the
trust which has purchased the underlying student loans, the resulting
partnership would not be subject to federal income tax. Rather, the servicer,
the trust and each registered owner would be taxed individually on their
respective distributive shares of the partnership's income, gain, loss,
deductions and credits. The amount and timing of items of income and deduction
of the registered owner could differ if the notes were held to constitute
partnership interests, rather than indebtedness.
If, alternatively, it were determined that this transaction created an entity
other than a trust which was classified as a corporation or a publicly traded
partnership taxable as a corporation and treated as having purchased the student
loans, the trust would be subject to federal income tax at corporate income tax
rates on the income it derives from the student loans, which would reduce the
amounts available for payment to the registered owners. Cash payments to the
registered owners generally would be treated as dividends for tax purposes to
the extent of such corporation's accumulated and current earnings and profits. A
similar result would apply if the registered owners were deemed to have acquired
stock or other equity interests in a trust. However, as noted above, College
Loan LLC has been advised that the notes would be treated as debt of the
respective trust for federal income tax purposes and that each trust organized
to issue notes will not be characterized as an association or publicly traded
partnership taxable as a corporation. Characterization of the notes as
indebtedness
Each trust and the registered owners will express in its indenture their intent
that, for federal income tax purposes, the notes will be indebtedness of such
trust secured by the student loans. Each trust and the registered owners, by
accepting the notes, have agreed to treat the notes as indebtedness of such
trust for federal income tax purposes. Each trust intends to treat this
transaction as a financing reflecting the notes as its indebtedness for tax and
financial accounting purposes.
In general, the characterization of a transaction as a sale of property or a
secured loan, for federal income tax purposes, is a question of fact, the
resolution of which is based upon the economic substance of the transaction,
rather than its form or the manner in which it is characterized for state law or
other purposes. While the Service and the courts have set forth several factors
to be taken into account in determining whether the substance of a transaction
is a sale of property or a secured indebtedness, the primary factor in making
this determination is whether the transferee has assumed the risk of loss or
other economic burdens relating to the property and has obtained the benefits of
ownership thereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in some instances, courts have
held that a taxpayer is bound by the particular form it has chosen for a
transaction, even if the substance of the transaction does not accord with its
form.
College Loan LLC believes that it has retained the preponderance of the primary
benefits and burdens associated with ownership of the student loans and should,
thus, be treated as the owner of the student loans for federal income tax
purposes. If, however, the Service were successfully to assert that this
transaction should be treated as a sale of the student loans, and the trust
created pursuant to the indenture, the owner of the student loans for federal
income tax purposes, under certain circumstances the Service could assert that
such trust may be deemed to be engaged in a business and, therefore,
characterized as a publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation. Taxation of interest income of registered
owners
Payments of interest with regard to the notes will be includible as ordinary
income when received or accrued by the registered owners in accordance with
their respective methods of tax accounting and applicable provisions of the
Code. In particular, Section 1272 of the Code requires the current ratable
inclusion in income of original issue discount greater than a specified de
minimus amount using a constant yield method of accounting. In general, original
issue discount is calculated, with regard to any accrual period, by applying the
instrument's yield to its adjusted issue price at the beginning of the accrual
period, reduced by any qualified stated interest allocable to the period. The
aggregate original issue discount allocable to an accrual period is allocated to
each day included in such period. The holder of a debt instrument must include
in income the sum of the daily portions of original issue discount attributable
to the number of days he owned the instrument as it accrues, without regard to
the timing of the receipt of the cash attributable to such income or to the
holder's method of accounting. The legislative history of the original issue
discount provisions indicates that the calculation and accrual of original issue
discount should be based on the prepayment assumptions used by the parties in
pricing the transaction.
Original issue discount is the stated redemption price at maturity of a debt
instrument over its issue price. The stated redemption price at maturity
includes all payments with respect to an instrument other than interest
unconditionally payable at a fixed rate or a qualified variable rate at fixed
intervals of one year or less. The Sponsor expects that interest payable with
respect to the Class A and Class B notes will not be issued with original issue
discount. However, there can be no assurance that the Service would not assert
that the interest payable with respect to the Class B notes may not be qualified
stated interest because such payments are not unconditional and that the Class B
notes are issued with original issue discount.
Payments of interest received with respect to the notes may also constitute
"investment income" for purposes of certain limitations of the Code concerning
the deductibility of investment interest expense. Potential registered owners or
the beneficial owners should consult their own tax advisors concerning the
treatment of interest payments with regard to the notes.
A purchaser who buys a note of any series at a discount from its principal
amount (or its adjusted issue price if issued with original issue discount
greater than a specified de minimis amount) will be subject to the market
discount rules of the Code. In general, the market discount rules of the Code
treat principal payments and gain on disposition of a debt instrument as
ordinary income to the extent of accrued market discount. Although the accrued
market discount on debt instruments such as the notes which are subject to
prepayment based on the prepayment of other debt instruments is to be determined
under regulations yet to be issued, the legislative history of these provisions
of the Code indicate that the same prepayment assumption used to calculate
original issue discount should be utilized. Each potential investor should
consult his tax advisor concerning the application of the market discount rules
to the notes.
In the event that the notes are considered to be purchased by a holder at a
price greater than their remaining stated redemption price at maturity, they
will be considered to have been purchased at a premium. The noteholder may elect
to amortize such premium (as an offset to interest income), using a constant
yield method, over the remaining term of the notes. Special rules apply to
determine the amount of premium on a "variable rate debt instrument" and certain
other debt instruments. Prospective holders should consult their tax advisors
regarding the amortization of bond premium.
The annual statement regularly furnished to registered owners for federal income
tax purposes will include information regarding the accrual of payments of
principal and interest with respect to the notes. As noted above, College Loan
LLC believes, based on the advice of counsel, that it will retain ownership of
the student loans for federal income tax purposes. In the event the indenture is
deemed to create a pass-through entity as the owner of the student loans for
federal income tax purposes instead of College Loan LLC (assuming such entity is
not, as a result, taxed as an association), the owners of the notes could be
required to accrue payments of interest more rapidly than otherwise would be
required. Sale or exchange of notes
If a holder sells a note, such person will recognize gain or loss equal to the
difference between the amount realized on such sale and the holder's basis in
such note. Ordinarily, such gain or loss will be treated as a capital gain or
loss. At the present time, the maximum capital gain rate for assets held for
more than twelve months is 20%. However, if a note was acquired subsequent to
its initial issuance at a discount, a portion of such gain will be
recharacterized as interest and therefore ordinary income. In the event any of
the notes are issued with original issue discount, in certain circumstances, a
portion of the gain can be recharacterized as ordinary income. If
the term of a note was materially modified, in certain circumstances, a new debt
obligation would be deemed created and exchanged for the prior obligation in a
taxable transaction. Among the modifications which may be treated as material
are those which relate to the redemption provisions and, in the case of a
nonrecourse obligation, those which involve the substitution of collateral. Each
potential holder of a note should consult its own tax advisor concerning the
circumstances in which the notes would be deemed reissued and the likely
effects, if any, of such reissuance. Backup withholding
Certain purchasers may be subject to backup withholding at the rate of 30% (29%
for 2004-2005) with respect to interest paid with respect to the notes if the
purchasers, upon issuance, fail to supply the trustee or their brokers with
their taxpayer identification numbers, furnish incorrect taxpayer identification
numbers, fail to report interest, dividends or other "reportable payments" (as
defined in the Code) properly, or, under certain circumstances, fail to provide
the trustee with a certified statement, under penalty of perjury, that they are
not subject to backup withholding. Information returns will be sent annually to
the Service and to each purchaser setting forth the amount of interest paid with
respect to the notes and the amount of tax withheld thereon. State, local or foreign taxation
College Loan LLC makes no representations regarding the tax consequences of
purchase, ownership or disposition of the notes under the tax laws of any state,
locality or foreign jurisdiction. Investors considering an investment in the
notes should consult their own tax advisors regarding such tax consequences.
Limitation on the deductibility of certain
expenses
Under Section 67 of the Code, an individual may deduct certain miscellaneous
itemized deductions only to the extent that the sum of such deductions for the
taxable year exceed 2% of his or her adjusted gross income. If contrary to
expectation, the entity created under the indenture were treated as the owner of
the student loans (and not as an association taxable as a corporation), then
College Loan LLC believes that a substantial portion of the expenses to be
generated by the trust could be subject to the foregoing limitations. As a
result, each potential registered owner should consult his or her personal tax
advisor concerning the application of these limitations to an investment in the
notes. Tax-exempt investors
In general, an entity which is exempt from federal income tax under the
provisions of Section 501 of the Code is subject to tax on its unrelated
business taxable income. An unrelated trade or business is any trade or business
which is not substantially related to the purpose which forms the basis for such
entity's exemption. However, under the provisions of Section 512 of the Code,
interest may be excluded from the calculation of unrelated business taxable
income unless the obligation which gave rise to such interest is subject to
acquisition indebtedness. If, contrary to expectations, one or more of the notes
of any Series were considered equity for tax purposes and if one or more other
notes were considered debt for tax purposes, those notes treated as equity
likely would be subject to acquisition indebtedness and likely would generate
unrelated business taxable income. However, as noted above, counsel has advised
College Loan LLC that the notes should be characterized as debt for federal
income tax purposes. Therefore, except to the extent any registered owner incurs
acquisition indebtedness with respect to a note, interest paid or accrued with
respect to such note may be excluded by each tax-exempt registered owner from
the calculation of unrelated business taxable income. Each potential tax-exempt
registered owner is urged to consult its own tax advisor regarding the
application of these provisions. Foreign Investors
A holder which is not a U.S. person ("foreign holder") will not be subject to
U.S. federal income or withholding tax in respect of interest income or gain on
the notes if: (1) the foreign holder provides an appropriate statement, signed
under penalties of perjury, identifying the foreign holder and stating, among
other things, that the foreign holder is not a U.S. person, and (2) the foreign
holder is not a "10-percent shareholder" or "related controlled foreign
corporation" with respect to the trust, unless certain exceptions apply. To the
extent these conditions are not met, a 30% withholding tax will apply to
interest income on the notes, unless an income tax treaty reduces or eliminates
such tax or the interest is effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or
business within the United States by such foreign holder. In the latter case,
such foreign holder will be subject to U.S. federal income tax with respect to
all income from the notes at regular rates applicable to U.S. taxpayers. A "U.S.
person" is: (i) a citizen or resident of the United States, (ii) a corporation
(or other entity that is treated as a corporation for U.S. federal tax purposes)
that is created or organized in or under the laws of the United States or any
State thereof (including the District of Columbia), (iii) an estate the income
of which is subject to U.S. federal income taxation regardless of its source, or
(iv) a trust, if a court within the United States is able to exercise primary
supervision over its administration and one or more United States persons have
the authority to control all of its substantial decisions.
Generally, a foreign holder will not be subject to federal income tax on any
amount which constitutes capital gain upon the sale, exchange, retirement or
their disposition of a note unless such foreign holder is an individual present
in the United States for 183 days or more in the taxable year of the sale,
exchange, retirement or other disposition and certain other conditions are met,
or unless the gain is effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or
business in the United States by such foreign holder. If the gain is freely
connected with the conduct of a trade or business in the United States by such
foreign holder, such holder will generally be subject to U.S. federal income tax
with respect to such gain in the same manner as U.S. holders, as described
above, and a foreign holder that is a corporation could be subject to a branch
profits tax on such income as well. ERISA Considerations
Section 406 of the Employee Income Retirement Security Act of 1974, as amended
("ERISA") and/or Section 4975 of the Code prohibit pension, profit-sharing or
other employee benefit plans, as well as individual retirement accounts and some
types of Keogh plans, (each a "Plan"), from engaging in some types of
transactions with persons that are "parties in interest" under ERISA or
"disqualified persons" under the Code with respect to a Plan. A violation of
these "prohibited transaction" rules may result in an excise tax or other
penalties and liabilities under ERISA and the Code for those persons. Some
transactions involving the respective trust might be deemed to constitute
prohibited transactions under ERISA and the Code with respect to a Plan that
purchased notes if assets of the trust were deemed to be assets of the Plan.
Under regulations issued by the United States Department of Labor, (the "Plan
Asset Regulations"), the assets of the trust would be treated as plan assets of
a Plan for the purposes of ERISA and the Code only if the Plan acquired an
"equity interest" in the trust and none of the exceptions contained in the Plan
Asset Regulations was applicable. An equity interest is defined under the Plan
Asset Regulations as an interest other than an instrument which is treated as
indebtedness under applicable local law and which has no substantial equity
features. Unless the related prospectus supplement states otherwise, although
there is little guidance on the subject, College Loan LLC believes the notes of
each trust would be treated as indebtedness without substantial equity features
for purposes of the Plan Asset Regulations. Other exceptions, if any, from
application of the Plan Asset Regulations available with respect to any notes
will be discussed in the related prospectus supplement.
However, without regard to whether notes are treated as an equity interest for
those purposes, the acquisition or holding of notes by or on behalf of a Plan
could be considered to give rise to a prohibited transaction if College Loan
LLC, College Loan Corporation, any other servicer, the related trust or any of
their respective affiliates is or becomes a party in interest or a disqualified
person with respect to a Plan. Some of the exemptions from the prohibited
transaction rules could be applicable to the purchase and holding of notes by a
Plan depending on the type and circumstances of the plan fiduciary making the
decision to acquire the notes. Included among these exemptions are: Prohibited
Transaction Class Exemption ("PTCE"), 90-1, regarding investments by insurance
company pooled separate accounts; PTCE 91-38, regarding investments by bank
collective investment funds; PTCE 84-14, regarding transactions effected by
qualified professional asset managers; PTCE 95-60, regarding transactions by
life insurance company general accounts; and PTCE 96-23, regarding transactions
affected by in-house asset managers.
A plan fiduciary considering the purchase of notes should consult its legal
advisors regarding the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, whether the
assets of the related trust would be considered plan assets, the possibility of
exemptive relief from the prohibited transaction rules and their potential
consequences.
Each prospectus supplement will contain information concerning considerations
relating to ERISA and the Code that are applicable to the related notes. Before
purchasing notes in reliance on the above exemptions, or any other exemption, a
fiduciary of a Plan should itself confirm that requirements set forth in such
exemption would be satisfied.
Governmental plans and church plans as defined in ERISA are not subject to ERISA
or Code Section 4975, although they may elect to be qualified under Section
401(a) of the Code and exempt from taxation under Section 501(a) of the Code and
would then be subject to the prohibited transaction rules set forth in Section
503 of the Code. In addition, governmental plans may be subject to federal,
state and local laws which are to a material extent similar to the provisions of
ERISA or a Code Section 4975 ("Similar Law"). A fiduciary of a
governmental plan should make its own determination as to the propriety of an
investment in notes under applicable fiduciary or other investment standards and
the need for the availability of any exemptive relief under any Similar Law.
Plan of Distribution
The trusts may sell the notes of each series to or through underwriters by "best
efforts" underwriting or a negotiated firm commitment underwriting by the
underwriters, and also may sell the notes directly to other purchasers or
through agents. If so indicated in the prospectus supplement, a trust may sell
such notes, directly or through agents, through a competitive bidding process
described in the applicable prospectus supplement. Notes will be offered through
such various methods from time to time and offerings may be made concurrently
through more than one of these methods or an offering of a particular series of
the notes may be made through a combination of such methods.
The distribution of the notes may be effected from time to time in one or more
transactions at a fixed price or prices, which may be changed, or at market
prices prevailing at the time of sale, at prices related to such prevailing
market prices or at negotiated prices based, among other things, upon existing
interest rates, general economic conditions and investors' judgments as to the
price of the notes.
In connection with the sale of the notes, underwriters may receive compensation
from the trust or from the purchasers of such notes for whom they may act as
agents in the form of discounts, concessions or commissions. Underwriters may
sell the notes of a trust to or through dealers and those dealers may receive
compensation in the form of discounts, concessions or commissions from the
underwriters or commissions from the purchasers for whom they may act as agents.
Underwriters, dealers and agents that participate in the distribution of the
notes may be deemed to be underwriters and any discounts or commissions received
by them from a trust and any profit on the resale of the notes by them may be
deemed to be underwriting discounts and commissions under the Securities Act.
The underwriters will be identified, and any compensation received from a trust
will be described, in the applicable prospectus supplement.
A trust may agree with the underwriters and agents who participate in the
distribution of the notes that it will indemnify them against liabilities,
including liabilities under the Securities Act, or to contribution with respect
to payments which the underwriters or agents may be required to make in respect
thereto.
If so indicated in the prospectus supplement, a trust will authorize
underwriters or other persons acting as its agent to solicit offers by certain
institutions to purchase the notes pursuant to contracts providing for payment
and delivery on a future date. Institutions with which these contracts may be
made include commercial and savings banks, insurance companies, pension funds,
investment companies, educational and charitable institutions and others, but in
all cases the trust must approve the institutions. The obligation of any
purchaser under any contract will be subject to the condition that the purchaser
of the notes shall not be prohibited by law from purchasing such notes. The
underwriters and other agents will not have responsibility in respect of the
validity or performance of these contracts.
The underwriters may, from time to time, buy and sell notes, but there can be no
assurance that an active secondary market will develop and there is no assurance
that any market, if established, will continue. Legal Matters
Certain legal and tax matters will be passed upon by Stroock & Stroock &
Lavan LLP, as counsel to the trusts. Other counsel, if any, passing upon legal
matters for the trusts or any placement agent or underwriter will be identified
in the related prospectus supplement. Financial Information
The notes are limited obligations payable solely from the revenues generated
from the student loans and other assets of each trust. Accordingly, it has been
determined that financial statements for each trust are not material to any
offering made hereby. Accordingly, financial statements with respect to the
trusts are not included in this prospectus, and will not be included in any
prospectus supplement. Ratings It
is a condition to the issuance of the notes that they be rated by at least one
nationally recognized statistical rating organization in one of its generic
rating categories which signifies investment grade (typically, in one of the
four highest rating categories). The specific ratings for class of notes will be
described in the related prospectus supplement.
A securities rating addresses the likelihood of the receipt by owners of the
notes of payments of principal and interest with respect to their notes from
assets in the trust estate. The rating takes into consideration the
characteristics of the student loans, and the structural, legal and tax aspects
associated with the rated notes.
A securities rating is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold securities and
may be subject to revision or withdrawal at any time by the assigning rating
organization. Each securities rating should be evaluated independently of
similar ratings on different securities. Incorporation of Documents by Reference;
The trust's are subject to the reporting requirements of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 and to comply with those requirements, we will file periodic reports
and other information with the SEC. The SEC allows us to incorporate by
reference into this prospectus the information we file with them, which means
that we can disclose important information to you by referring you to the
reports we file with the SEC. We hereby incorporate by reference all periodic
reporting documents we file with the SEC after the date of this prospectus and
before all of the notes have been issued.
We will provide you, without charge, a copy of any of the documents incorporated
by reference upon written or oral request directed to College Loan LLC, 16855 W.
Bernardo Drive, Suite 270, San Diego, California 92127, or by phone at
(888) 972-6311.
You may read and copy our registration statement and reports and other
information that we file with the SEC at the SEC's Public Reference Room at 450
Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549. You may obtain information on the
operation of the Public Reference Room by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330. In
addition, the SEC maintains a website at http://www.sec.gov from which
our registration statement and reports are available. Glossary of Terms Some
of the terms used in this prospectus are defined below. The indenture contains
the definition of other terms used in this prospectus and reference is made to
the indenture for those definitions. "Authorized
Representative" shall mean, when used with reference to a College Loan
Corporation Trust any officer or board member of any affiliate organization or
other entity authorized by the trust agreement to act on such College Loan
Corporation Trust's behalf. "Book-entry
Form" or "Book-entry System" means a form or system
under which (a) the beneficial right to principal and interest may be
transferred only through a book entry, (b) physical securities in registered
form are issued only to a securities depository or its nominee as registered
owner, with the securities "immobilized" to the custody of the
securities depository, and (c) the book entry is the record that identifies the
owners of beneficial interests in that principal and interest.
"Code" shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time
to time.
"Collection Period" means, with respect to the first distribution date,
the period beginning and ending on the dates specified in a related prospectus
supplement, and for any subsequent distribution date, the three full calendar
months preceding a distribution date or such other periods as may be described
in a prospectus supplement. "Counterparty"
shall mean a third party which, at the time of entering into a Derivative
Product, has at least an "AA/A-1" rating, or its equivalent, from a Rating
Agency, and which is obligated to make payments under a Derivative Product.
"Derivative Payment
Date" shall mean, with respect to a Derivative Product, any date specified
in the Derivative Product on which a payment is due and payable under the
Derivative Product. "Derivative
Product" shall mean a written contract or agreement between a trust and a
Counterparty, which provides that the trust's obligations thereunder will be
conditioned on the absence of (i) a failure by the Counterparty to make any
payment required thereunder when due and payable, or (ii) a default
thereunder with respect to the financial status of the Counterparty, and:
"Distribution Date" shall mean, for any note, any interest payment date,
it's stated maturity or the date of any other regularly scheduled principal
payment with respect thereto. "Eligible
Lender" shall mean any "eligible lender," as defined in the Higher Education
Act, and which has received an eligible lender designation from the Secretary
with respect to loans made under the Higher Education Act.
"Event of Bankruptcy" shall mean (a) a College Loan Corporation Trust
shall have commenced a voluntary case or other proceeding seeking liquidation,
reorganization, or other relief with respect to itself or its debts under any
bankruptcy, insolvency, or other similar law now or hereafter in effect or
seeking the appointment of a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian, or other
similar official of it or any substantial part of its property, or shall have
made a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or shall have declared a
moratorium with respect to its debts or shall have failed generally to pay its
debts as they become due, or shall have taken any action to authorize any of the
foregoing; or (b) an involuntary case or other proceeding shall have been
commenced against a College Loan Corporation Trust seeking liquidation,
reorganization, or other relief with respect to it or its debts under any
bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect or
seeking the appointment of a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian, or other
similar official of it or any substantial part of its property provided such
action or proceeding is not dismissed within 60 days.
"Federal Reimbursement Contracts" shall mean the agreements between the
guarantee agency and the Secretary providing for the payment by the Secretary of
amounts authorized to be paid pursuant to the Higher Education Act, including
(but not necessarily limited to) reimbursement of amounts paid or payable upon
defaulted student loans and other student loans guaranteed or insured by the
guarantee agency and interest benefit payments and special allowance payments to
holders of qualifying student loans guaranteed or insured by the guarantee
agency.
"Fitch" shall mean Fitch, Inc., a corporation organized and existing
under the laws of the State of Delaware, its successors and assigns.
"Guarantee" or "Guaranteed" shall mean, with respect to student
loan, the insurance or guarantee by the guaranty agency pursuant to such
guaranty agency's guarantee agreement of the maximum percentage of the principal
of and accrued interest on such student loan allowed by the terms of the Higher
Education Act with respect to such student loan at the time it was originated
and the coverage of such student loan by the federal reimbursement contracts,
providing, among other things, for reimbursement to the guaranty agency for
payments made by it on defaulted student loans insured or guaranteed by the
guaranty agency of at least the minimum reimbursement allowed by the Higher
Education Act with respect to a particular student loan.
"Guarantee Agreements" shall mean a guaranty or lender agreement between
the trustee and any guaranty agency, and any amendments thereto.
"Guaranty Agency" shall mean any entity authorized to guarantee student
loans under the Higher Education Act and with which the trustee maintains a
guarantee agreement.
"Higher Education Act" shall mean the Higher Education Act of 1965, as
amended or supplemented from time to time, or any successor federal act and all
regulations, directives, bulletins, and guidelines promulgated from time to time
thereunder.
"Indenture" shall mean each indenture of trust between a College Loan
Corporation Trust and the trustee identified in the applicable prospectus
supplement, including all supplements and amendments thereto.
"Insurance" or "Insured" or "Insuring" means, with respect
to student loan, the insuring by the Secretary (as evidenced by a certificate of
insurance or other document or certification issued under the provisions of the
Act) under the Higher Education Act of 100% of the principal of and accrued
interest on such student loan.
"Interest Period" or "Interest Accrual Period" means, with respect to
LIBOR rate notes, for the first distribution date, the period beginning on the
closing date and ending on the date specified in a related prospectus
supplement, and for any subsequent distribution date, the period beginning on
the prior distribution date and ending on the day before such distribution date;
with respect to the auction rate notes, the initial period and each period
commencing on an interest rate adjustment date for such class and ending on the
day before the next interest rate adjustment date for such class or the stated
maturity of such class, as applicable; and with respect to Treasury rate notes
has the meaning described under the heading "Description of the Notes-Treasury
Rate Notes." "Interest Benefit
Payment" shall mean an interest payment on student loans received
pursuant to the Act and an agreement with the federal government, or any similar
payments.
"Moody's" shall mean Moody's Investors Service and its successors and
assigns. "Notes"
shall mean a trust's notes or other obligations issued under an indenture.
"Participant"
means a member of, or participant in, the depository. "Rating
Agency" shall mean, collectively, S&P, Fitch and Moody's and their
successors and assigns or any other rating agency requested by a College Loan
Corporation Trust to maintain a rating on any of the notes. "Rating
Confirmation" means a letter from each rating agency then providing a rating
for any of the notes, confirming that the action proposed to be taken by a trust
will not, in and of itself, result in a downgrade of any of the ratings then
applicable to the notes, or cause any rating agency to suspend or withdraw the
ratings then applicable to the notes issued by that trust. "Registered
Owner" shall mean the person in whose name a note is registered on the note
registration books maintained by the trustee, and shall also mean with respect
to a derivative product, any counterparty, unless the context otherwise
requires. "Revenue"
or "Revenues" shall mean all amounts received by the trustee from or on
account of any student loan as a recovery of the principal amount thereof, all
payments, proceeds, charges and other income received by the trustee or a
College Loan Corporation Trust from or on account of any student loan (including
scheduled, delinquent and advance payments of and any insurance proceeds with
respect to, interest, including interest benefit payments, on any student loan
and any special allowance payment received by a College Loan Corporation Trust
with respect to any student loan) and all interest earned or gain realized from
the investment of amounts in any fund or account and all payments received by a
College Loan Corporation Trust pursuant to a derivative product. "S&P"
shall mean Standard & Poor's Ratings Group, a Division of The McGraw-Hill
Companies, Inc., its successors and assigns. "Secretary"
shall mean the Secretary of the United States Department of Education or any
successor to the pertinent functions thereof, under the Higher Education Act or
when the context so requires, the former Commissioner of Education of the United
States Department of Health, Education and Welfare. "Seller"
shall mean any eligible lender from which College Loan LLC is purchasing or has
purchased or agreed to purchase student loans for subsequent sale to a College
Loan Corporation Trust. "Servicer"
shall mean, collectively, College Loan Corporation and any other additional
servicer, subservicer or successor servicer or subservicer selected by a trust,
including an affiliate of a trust, so long as such trust obtains a Rating
Confirmation as to each such other Servicer or Subservicer. "Special Allowance
Payments" shall mean the special allowance payments authorized to be made by
the Secretary by Section 438 of the Higher Education Act, or similar allowances,
if any, authorized from time to time by federal law or regulation. "Supplemental
Indenture" shall mean an agreement supplemental to the indenture executed
pursuant to the indenture. APPENDIX I
Except in certain limited circumstances, the globally offered notes (the "Global
Securities") will be available only in book-entry form. Investors in the Global
Securities may hold such Global Securities through any of The Depository Trust
Company, Clearstream, Luxembourg or Euroclear. The Global Securities will be
tradable as home market instruments in both the European and U.S. domestic
markets. Initial settlement and all secondary trades will settle in same-day
funds.
Secondary market trading between investors holding Global Securities through
Clearstream, Luxembourg and Euroclear will be conducted in the ordinary way in
accordance with their normal rules and operating procedures and in accordance
with conventional Eurobond practice (i.e., seven calendar day settlement).
Secondary market trading between investors holding Global Securities through The
Depository Trust Company will be conducted according to the rules and procedures
applicable to U.S. corporate debt obligations and prior Asset-Backed
Certificates issues.
Secondary, cross-market trading between Clearstream, Luxembourg or Euroclear and
The Depository Trust Company Participants holding notes will be effected on a
delivery-against-payment basis through the respective Depositaries of
Clearstream, Luxembourg and Euroclear (in such capacity) and as The Depository
Trust Company Participants.
Non-U.S. holders (as described below) of Global Securities will be subject to
U.S. withholding taxes unless such holders meet certain requirements and deliver
appropriate U.S. tax documents to the securities clearing organizations or their
participants. Initial Settlement
All Global Securities will be held in book-entry form by The Depository Trust
Company in the name of Cede & Co. as nominee of The Depository Trust Company
Investors' interests in the Global Securities will be represented through
financial institutions acting on their behalf of their participants through
their respective Depositaries, which in turn will hold such positions in
accounts as The Depository Trust Company Participants.
Investors electing to hold their Global Securities through The Depository Trust
Company will follow the settlement practices applicable to prior Asset-Backed
Certificates issues. Investor securities custody accounts will be credited with
their holdings against payment in same-day funds on the settlement date.
Investors electing to hold their Global Securities through Clearstream,
Luxembourg or Euroclear accounts will follow the settlement procedures
applicable to conventional Eurobonds, except that there will be no temporary
global security and no "lock-up" or restricted period. Global Securities will be
credited to the securities custody accounts on the settlement date against
payment in same-day funds. Secondary Market Trading
Since the purchaser determines the place of delivery, it is important to
establish at the time of the trade where both the purchaser's and seller's
accounts are located to ensure that settlement can be made on the desired value
date.
Trading between The Depository Trust Company Participants. Secondary
market trading between The Depository Trust Company Participants will be settled
using the procedures applicable to prior Student Loan Asset-Backed Securities
issues in same-day funds. Trading between
Clearstream, Luxembourg and/or Euroclear Participants. Secondary market
trading between Clearstream, Luxembourg Participants or Euroclear Participants
will be settled using the procedures applicable to conventional eurobonds in
same-day funds. Trading between The
Depository Trust Company Seller and Clearstream, Luxembourg or Euroclear
Purchaser. When Global Securities are to be transferred from the account of
a The Depository Trust Company Participant to the account of a Clearstream,
Luxembourg Participant or a Euroclear Participant, the purchaser will send
instructions to Clearstream, Luxembourg or Euroclear through a Clearstream,
Luxembourg Participant or Euroclear Participant at least one business day prior
to settlement. Clearstream, Luxembourg or Euroclear will instruct the respective
Depositary, as the case may be, to receive the Global Securities against
payment. Payment will include interest accrued on the Global Securities from and
including the last coupon payment date to and excluding the settlement date, on
the basis of the actual number of days in such accrual period and a year assumed
to consist of 360 days, or a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months, as
applicable. For transactions settling on the 31st of the month, payment will
include interest accrued to and excluding the first day of the following month.
Payment will then be made by the respective Depositary of The Depository Trust
Company Participant's account against delivery of the Global Securities. After
settlement has been completed, the Global Securities will be credited to the
respective clearing system and by the clearing system, in accordance with its
usual procedures, to the Clearstream, Luxembourg Participant's or Euroclear
Participant's account. The securities credit will appear the next day (European
time) and the cash debt will be back-valued to, and the interest on the Global
Securities will accrue from, the value date (which would be the preceding day
when settlement occurred in New York.) If settlement is not completed on the
intended value date (i.e., the trade fails), the Clearstream, Luxembourg, or
Euroclear cash debt will be valued instead as of the actual settlement date.
Clearstream, Luxembourg Participants and Euroclear Participants will need to
make available to the respective clearing systems the funds necessary to process
same-day funds settlement. The most direct means of doing so is to preposition
funds for settlement, either from cash on hand or existing lines of credit, as
they would for any settlement occurring within Clearstream, Luxembourg or
Euroclear. Under this approach, they may take on credit exposure to Clearstream,
Luxembourg or Euroclear until the Global Securities are credited to their
accounts one day later.
As an alternative, if Clearstream, Luxembourg or Euroclear has extended a line
of credit to them, Clearstream, Luxembourg Participants or Euroclear
Participants can elect not to preposition funds and allow that credit line to be
drawn upon the finance settlement. Under this procedure, Clearstream, Luxembourg
Participants or Euroclear Participants purchasing Global Securities would incur
overdraft charges for one day, assuming they cleared the overdraft when the
Global Securities were credited to their accounts. However, interest on the
Global Securities would accrue from the value date. Therefore, in many cases the
investment income on the Global Securities earned during that one-day period may
substantially reduce or offset the amount of such overdraft charges, although
this result will depend on each Clearstream, Luxembourg Participant's or
Euroclear Participant's particular cost of funds.
Since the settlement is taking place during New York business hours, The
Depository Trust Company Participants can employ their usual procedures for
sending Global Securities to the respective European Depositary for the benefit
of Clearstream, Luxembourg Participants or Euroclear Participants. The sale
proceeds will be available to The Depository Trust Company seller on the
settlement date. Thus, to The Depository Trust Company Participants a
cross-market transaction will settle no differently than a trade between two The
Depository Trust Company Participants.
Trading between Clearstream, Luxembourg or Euroclear Seller and The
Depository Trust Company Purchaser. Due to time zone differences in their
favor, Clearstream, Luxembourg Participants and Euroclear Participants may
employ their customary procedures for transactions in which Global Securities
are to be transferred the respective clearing system, through the respective
Depositary, to a Depository Trust Company Participant. The seller will send
instructions to Clearstream, Luxembourg or Euroclear through a Clearstream,
Luxembourg Participant or Euroclear Participant at least one business day prior
to settlement. In these cases Clearstream, Luxembourg or Euroclear will instruct
the Depositary, as appropriate, to deliver the Global Securities to The
Depository Trust Company Participant's account against payment. Payment will
include interest accrued on the Global Securities from and including the last
coupon payment to and excluding the settlement date on the basis of the actual
number of days in such accrual period and a year assumed to consist of 360 days,
or a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months, as applicable. For transactions
settling on the 31st of the month, payment will include interest accrued to an
excluding the first day of the following month. The payment will then be
reflected in the account of the Clearstream, Luxembourg Participant or Euroclear
Participant the following day, and receipt of the cash proceeds in the
Clearstream, Luxembourg Participant's or Euroclear Participant's account would
be back-valued to the value date (which would be the preceding day, when
settlement occurred in New York). Should the Clearstream, Luxembourg Participant
or Euroclear Participant have a line of credit with its respective clearing
system and elect to be in debt in anticipation of receipt of the sale proceeds
in its account, the back-valuation will extinguish any overdraft incurred over
that one-day period. If settlement is not completed on the intended value date
(i.e., the trade fails), receipt of the cash proceeds in the Clearstream,
Luxembourg Participant's or Euroclear Participant's account would instead be
valued as of the actual settlement date.
Finally, day traders that use Clearstream, Luxembourg or Euroclear and that
purchase Global Securities from The Depository Trust Company Participants for
delivery to Clearstream, Luxembourg Participants or Euroclear Participants
should note that these trades would automatically fail on the sale side unless
affirmative action were taken. At least three techniques should be readily
available to eliminate this potential problem: Certain U.S. Federal Income Tax Documentation
Requirements
A beneficial owner of Global Securities holding securities through Clearstream,
Luxembourg, or Euroclear (or through The Depository Trust Company if the holder
has an address outside the U.S.) will be subject to the 30% U.S. withholding tax
that generally applies to payments of interest (including original issue
discount) on registered debt issued by U.S. Persons, unless (i) each clearing
system, bank or other financial institution that holds customers' securities in
the ordinary course of its trade or business in the chain of intermediaries
between such beneficial owner and the U.S. entity required to withhold tax
complies with applicable certification requirements and (ii) such beneficial
owner takes one of the following steps to obtain an exemption or reduced tax
rate.
Exemption for non-U.S. Persons (Form W-8BEN). Beneficial owners of Global
Securities that are non-U.S. Persons can obtain a complete exemption from the
withholding tax by filing a signed Form W-8BEN (Certificate of Foreign Status of
Beneficial Owner for United States Withholding Tax). If the information shown on
Form W-8BEN changes, a new Form W-8BEN must be filed within 30 days of such
change.
Exemption for non-U.S. Persons with effectively connected income (Form
W-8ECI). A non-U.S. Person including a non-U.S. corporation or bank with a
U.S. branch, for which the interest income is effectively connected with its
conduct of a trade or business in the United States, can obtain an exemption
from the withholding tax by filing Form W-8ECI (Exemption from Withholding of
Tax on Income Effectively Connected with the Conduct of a Trade or Business in
the United States).
Exemption or reduced rate for non-U.S. Persons resident in treaty
countries. (Form W-8BEN). Non-U.S. Persons that are Note Owners residing in
a country that has a tax treaty with the United States can obtain an exemption
or reduced tax rate (depending on the treaty terms) by filing Form W-8BEN
(including Part II thereof). If the treaty provides only for a reduced rate,
withholding tax will be imposed at that rate unless the filer alternatively
files Form W-8. Form 1001 may be filed by the Note Owners or his agent.
Exemption for U.S. Persons (Form W-9). U.S. Persons can obtain a complete
exemption from the withholding tax by filing Form W-9 (Payer's Request for
Taxpayer Identification Number and Certification).
U.S. Federal Income Tax Reporting Procedure. The Note Owner of a Global
Security files by submitting the appropriate form to the person through whom it
holds (the clearing agency, in the case of persons holding directly on the books
of the clearing agency). Form W-8BEN and Form W-8ECI are effective until the
third calendar year from the date the form is signed.
The term "U.S. Person" means (i) a citizen or resident of the United States,
(ii) a corporation or partnership, or other entity taxable as such, organized in
or under the laws of the United States or any state (including the District of
Columbia), (iii) an estate the income of which is includible in gross income for
United States tax purposes, regardless of its source or (iv) a trust if a
Court within the United States is able to exercise primary supervision over its
administration and one or more United States persons have the authority to
control all substantial decisions of the trust . This summary does not deal with
all aspects of U.S. Federal income tax withholding that may be relevant to
foreign holders of the Global Securities. Investors are advised to consult their
own tax advisors for specific tax advice concerning their holding and disposing
of the Global Securities as well as the application of recently issued Treasury
regulations relating to tax documentation requirements that are generally
effective with respect to payments made after December 31, 2000. $________________ Student Loan Asset-Backed Notes College Loan Corporation Trust 20__-___ College Loan LLC College Loan Corporation PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT
You should rely only on the information contained in or incorporated by
reference in this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus. We have
not authorized anyone to provide you with different information.
We are not offering notes in any state where the offer is not permitted.
We represent the accuracy of the information in this prospectus supplement
and prospectus only as of the dates of their respective covers.
Until ___________, all dealers that effect transactions in these securities,
whether or not participating in this offering, may be required to deliver a
prospectus supplement and prospectus. This is in addition to the dealers'
obligation to deliver a prospectus supplement and prospectus when acting as
underwriters and with respect to their unsold allotments or subscriptions. PART II Item 14. Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution The following is an itemized list of the estimated expenses to
be incurred in connection with the offering of the securities being offered
hereunder other than underwriting discounts and commissions. * All amounts except the SEC
Registration Fee are estimates of expenses incurred in connection with the
issuance and distribution of a Series of Securities in aggregate principal
amount assumed for these purposes to be equal to $1,000,000,000.00 of Securities
registered hereby. Item 15. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
The following applies to College Loan LLC: The Registrants Limited Liability Company Agreement
provides that neither College Loan Corporation, the Member, the Special Member,
any manager, any officer, nor any employee or agent of the Registrant and no
employee, representative, agent or affiliate of College Loan Corporation, the
Member or Special Member (collectively, the Covered Persons) shall
be liable to the Registrant or any other person who has an interest in the
Registrant 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 Registrant and in a manner reasonably believed to be within the scope of the
authority conferred on such Covered Person by this agreement, except that a
Covered Person shall be liable for any such loss, damage or claim incurred by
reason of such Covered persons gross negligence or willful misconduct.
To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, a Covered
Person shall be entitled to indemnification from the Registrant for any loss,
damage or claim incurred by such Covered Person by reason of any act or omission
performed or omitted by such Covered Person in good faith on behalf of the
Registrant and in a manner reasonably believed to be within the scope of the
authority conferred on such Covered Person by the 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
Persons gross negligence or willful misconduct with respect to such acts
or omissions; provided, however, that any indemnity under Section 20 of the
Registrants Limited Liability Company Agreement by the Registrant shall be
provided out of and to the extent of the Registrants 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 Registrant (as distinct from funds from
other sources, such as insurance) of any indemnity under such Section 20
shall be payable from amounts allocable to any other person pursuant to the
basic documents. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, expenses
(including legal fees) incurred by a Covered Person defending any claim, demand,
action, suit or proceeding shall, from time to time, be advanced by the
Registrant prior to the final disposition of such claim, demand, action, suit or
proceeding upon receipt by the Registrant of an undertaking by or on behalf of
such Covered Person to repay such amount if it shall be determined that the
Covered person is not entitled to be indemnified as authorized in such
Section 20. A Covered Person shall be fully protected in relying in good
faith upon the records of the Registrant and upon such information, opinions,
reports or statements presented to the Registrant by any Person as to matters
the Covered Person reasonably believes are within such other persons
professional or expert competence and who has been selected with reasonable care
by or on behalf of the Registrant, including information, opinions, reports or
statements as to the value and amount of the assets, liabilities, or any other
facts pertinent to the existence and amount of assets from which distributions
to the member might properly be paid. To the extent that, at law or in equity, a Covered Person has
duties (including fiduciary duties) and liabilities relating thereto to the
Registrant or to any other Covered Person, a Covered Person acting under this
agreement shall, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, not be
liable to the Registrant 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 Registrant or any other Covered person. The provisions of this
agreement, to the extent that they restrict the duties and liabilities of a
Covered Person otherwise existing at law or in equity, are agreed by the Member
and the Special Member to replace such other duties and liabilities of such
Covered Person. Item 16. Exhibits. The following is a complete list of exhibits filed as part of
the Registration Statement. Exhibit numbers correspond to the numbers in the
Exhibit Table of Item 601 of Regulation S-K. * Filed herewith. Item 17. Undertakings. The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes: (1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post--effective amendment to the Registration Statement: provided, however, that paragraphs (1) (a) and (1)
(b) do not apply if the information required to be included in a
posteffective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic
reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to
Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated
into the registration statement. (2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act
of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof. (3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of
the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the
offering. (4) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that for purposes of
determining any liability under the Act, each filing of the Registrant's annual
report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report
pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is
incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a
new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof. (5) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act
of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the
Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions in Item 15, 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 Act
and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification
against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses
incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant
in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public
policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of
such issue. (6) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that: (7) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes to file an application for the
purpose of determining the eligibility of the trustee to act under subsection
(a) of Section 310 of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the "Trust
Indenture Act"), in accordance with the rules and regulations prescribed by the
Commission under Section 305(b) (2) of the Trust Indenture Act. 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 S3 and has duly caused this
registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of San Diego, State of California, on January 21,
2004. 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.
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. INDEX TO EXHIBITS __________ Exhibit 1.1 College Loan Corporation Trust 20__-_ UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT _____________, 20__ [Underwriter] College
Loan LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the "Sponsor") proposes to cause
College Loan Corporation Trust 20__-_, a [Delaware statutory trust] (the
"Company"), to sell to _________________ and _________________ (the
"Representatives") and the other underwriters listed on Schedule A hereto
(each an "Underwriter" and collectively with the Representatives, the
"Underwriters"), pursuant to the terms of this Underwriting Agreement,
$___________ aggregate principal amount of the Companys Student Loan
Asset-Backed Notes (the "Notes") in the classes and initial principal amounts
set forth on Schedule A hereto. _________________, a _________________, will act
as eligible lender on behalf of the Company. The Notes will be issued under an
Indenture of Trust dated as of ____________, 20__ (the "Indenture") between the
Company and _________________________, as indenture trustee (the "Trustee").
Upon issuance, the Notes will be secured by, among other things, Financed
Eligible Loans (as defined in the Indenture) pledged to the Trustee and
described in the Prospectus (as defined in Section 3 below). The Financed
Eligible Loans will be serviced by College Loan Corporation, a California
corporation (in such capacity, the "Master Servicer") pursuant to a Master
Servicing Agreement dated as of __________, 20__ (the "Servicing Agreement"),
between the Master Servicer and the Company. Master Servicer has entered into a
loan subservicing agreement with ____________, ("_____" or "the Subservicer")
dated as of ____________, 20__ (the "Subservicing Agreement") pursuant to which
_______ will act as subservicer with respect to all of the Financed Eligible
Loans. This
Agreement, the Loan Purchase Agreement, dated as of ____________, 20__ between
_____________________ ("________") and the Sponsor (along with the related Loan
Transfer Addendum, the "___________ Purchase Agreement"), the Loan Purchase
Agreement dated as of _____________, 20__ between the Sponsor and the Company
(along with the related Loan Transfer Addendum, the "College Loan Trust Purchase
Agreement" and, together with the _________ Purchase Agreement, the "Purchase
Agreements"), the Trust Agreement, dated as of ______________, 20__, among
___________________, as Delaware trustee ("the Delaware Trustee"), and the
Sponsor, as initial certificateholder and sponsor (the "Trust Agreement"), the
Administration Agreement, dated as of ____________, 20__, (the "Administration
Agreement") among the Company, the Delaware Trustee, the Trustee and Master
Servicer (in such capacity, the "Issuer Administrator"), the Eligible Lender
Trust Agreement, dated as of ____________, 20__, between
________________________ (in such capacity, the "Eligible Lender Trustee") and
the Sponsor (the "Sponsor Eligible Lender Agreement"), the Eligible Lender Trust
Agreement, dated as of ________, 20__, between the Eligible Lender Trustee and
the Company (the "Company Eligible Lender Agreement" and together with the
Sponsor Eligible Lender Agreement, the "Eligible Lender Agreements"), the
Custodian Agreement, dated ___________, 20__, among the Company, the Trustee,
the Eligible Lender Trustee and ____, as custodian (the "Custodian Agreement"),
the Servicing Agreement, the Subservicing Agreement and the Indenture shall
collectively hereinafter be referred to as the "Basic Documents." Capitalized
terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings ascribed to them in
the Indenture or the Prospectus. The
Sponsor proposes to cause the Company, upon the terms and conditions set forth
herein, to sell to each of the Underwriters on the Closing Date (as hereinafter
defined) the aggregate principal amount of each Class of Notes set forth next to
the name of each Underwriter on Schedule A hereto. The
Sponsor wishes to confirm as follows this agreement with the Underwriters in
connection with the purchase and resale of the Notes.
1. Agreements to
Sell, Purchase and Resell. (a) The Sponsor hereby agrees, subject to all the
terms and conditions set forth herein, to cause the Company to sell to each of
the Underwriters and, upon the basis of the representations, warranties and
agreements of the Sponsor herein contained and subject to all the terms and
conditions set forth herein, each of the Underwriters severally and not jointly
agrees to purchase from the Company, such principal amount of each Class of the
Notes at such respective purchase prices as are set forth next to the name of
each Underwriter on Schedule A hereto.
(b) It is understood that the Underwriters propose
to offer the Notes for sale to the public (which may include selected dealers)
as set forth in the Prospectus.
2. Delivery of
the Notes and Payment Therefor. Delivery to the Underwriters of and payment
for the Notes shall be made at the office of _____________, at _____, _______
time, on _________, 20__ (the "Closing Date"). The place of such closing and the
Closing Date may be varied by agreement between the Representatives and the
Sponsor. The
Notes will be delivered to the Underwriters against payment of the purchase
price therefor to the Company in Federal Funds, by wire transfer to an account
at a bank acceptable to the Representatives, or such other form of payment as to
which the parties may agree. Unless otherwise agreed to by the Sponsor and the
Representatives, each Class of Notes will be evidenced by a single global
security in definitive form deposited with the Trustee as custodian for DTC
and/or by additional definitive securities, and will be registered, in the case
of the global Classes of Notes, in the name of Cede & Co. as nominee of The
Depository Trust Company ("DTC"), and in the other cases, in such
names and in such denominations as the Underwriters shall request prior to 1:00
p.m., New York City time, no later than the business day preceding the Closing
Date. The Notes to be delivered to the Underwriters shall be made available to
the Underwriters in ____________, _________, for inspection and packaging not
later than 9:30 a.m., _________ time, on the business day next preceding the
Closing Date.
3.
Representations and Warranties of the Sponsor. The Sponsor represents and
warrants to each of the Underwriters that:
4. Agreements of
the Sponsor. The Sponsor agrees with each of the Underwriters as
follows:
5.
Indemnification and Contribution. (a) the Sponsor agrees to indemnify and
hold harmless each of the Underwriters and each person, if any, who controls an
Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the
Exchange Act, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities
and expenses (or actions in respect thereof) arising out of or based upon any
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the
Registration Statement, the Prospectus, or in any amendment or supplement
thereto, or any preliminary prospectus, or arising out of or based upon any
omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading and
will reimburse each Underwriter for any legal or other expenses reasonably
incurred by such Underwriter in connection with investigating or defending any
such loss, claim, damage, liability, or action as such expenses are incurred,
except insofar as such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses arise
out of or are based upon any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue
statement or omission which has been made therein or omitted therefrom in
reliance upon and in conformity with the information relating to an Underwriter
furnished in writing to the Sponsor by such Underwriter through the
Representatives expressly for use therein, it being understood that the only
such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information
described as such in Section 10 of this Agreement; provided,
however, that the indemnification contained in this paragraph (a) with
respect to any preliminary prospectus shall not inure to the benefit of an
Underwriter (or to the benefit of any person controlling an Underwriter) on
account of any such loss, claim, damage, liability or expense arising from the
sale of the of Notes by an Underwriter to any person if the untrue statement or
alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission of a material fact
contained in such preliminary prospectus was corrected in the final Prospectus
and such Underwriter sold Notes to that person without sending or giving at or
prior to the written confirmation of such sale, a copy of the final Prospectus
(as then amended or supplemented but excluding documents incorporated by
reference therein) if the Sponsor has previously furnished sufficient copies
thereof to such Underwriter at a time reasonably prior to the date such Notes
are sold to such person. The foregoing indemnity agreement shall be in addition
to any liability which the Sponsor may otherwise have.
6. Conditions of
the Underwriters' Obligations. The obligations of the Underwriters to
purchase the Notes hereunder are subject to the following conditions
precedent:
The Sponsor will provide or cause to be provided
to you such conformed copies of such of the foregoing opinions, notes, letters
and documents as you reasonably request.
7. Expenses. The Sponsor agrees to pay or
to otherwise cause the payment of the following costs and expenses and all other
costs and expenses incident to the performance by it of its obligations
hereunder: (i) the preparation, printing or reproduction of the Registration
Statement, the Prospectus and each amendment or supplement to any of them, this
Agreement, and each other Basic Document; (ii) the printing (or reproduction)
and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting
and packaging) of such copies of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and
all amendments or supplements to, and preliminary versions of, any of them as
may be reasonably requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of
the Notes; (iii) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and
delivery of definitive certificates for the Notes; (iv) the printing (or
reproduction) and delivery of this Agreement, the preliminary and supplemental
Blue Sky Memoranda and all other agreements or documents printed (or reproduced)
and delivered in connection with the offering of the Notes; (v) qualification of
the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act; (vi) the fees and disbursements of
(A) the Company's counsel, (B) the Trustee and its counsel, (C) the Delaware
Trustee and its counsel, (D) the Depository Trust Company in connection with the
book-entry registration of the Notes, (E) [Accountants], accountants for the
Company and issuer of the Comfort Letter; (vii) the fees charged by [S&P],
[Fitch] and [Moody's] for rating the Notes.
8. Effective Date
of Agreement. This Agreement shall be deemed effective as of the date first
above written upon the execution and delivery hereof by all the parties hereto.
Until such time as this Agreement shall have become effective, it may be
terminated by the Sponsor, by notifying each of the Representatives, or by the
Representatives, by notifying the Sponsor.
Any notice under this Section 8 may be given by
telecopy or telephone but shall be subsequently confirmed by letter.
9. Termination of
Agreement. This Agreement shall be subject to termination in the absolute
discretion of the Representatives, without liability on the part of the
Underwriters to the Sponsor, by notice to the Sponsor, if prior to the Closing
Date (i) trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange,
American Stock Exchange or the Nasdaq National Market shall have been suspended
or materially limited, (ii) a general moratorium on commercial banking
activities in New York shall have been declared by either Federal or state
authorities, or (iii) there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation of
hostilities or other international or domestic calamity, crisis or change in
political, financial or economic conditions, the effect of which is such as to
make it, in the judgment of the Representatives, impracticable or inadvisable to
commence or continue the offering of the Notes on the terms set forth in the
Prospectus, as applicable, or to enforce contracts for the resale of the Notes
by the Underwriters. Notice of such termination may be given to the Sponsor by
telecopy or telephone and shall be subsequently confirmed by letter.
10. Information
Furnished by the Underwriters. The statements set forth in the second,
third, ninth and tenth paragraphs and the second table under the heading "Plan
of Distribution" in the Prospectus Supplement constitute the only information
furnished by or on behalf of the Underwriters as such information is referred to
in Sections 3(b) and 5 hereof.
11. Default by
One of the Underwriters. If any of the Underwriters shall fail on the
Closing Date to purchase the Notes which it is obligated to purchase hereunder
(the "Defaulted Notes"), the remaining Underwriter (the "Non-Defaulting
Underwriter") shall have the right, but not the obligation, within one (1)
Business Day thereafter, to make arrangements to purchase all, but not less than
all, of the Defaulted Notes upon the terms herein set forth; if, however, the
Non-Defaulting Underwriter shall have not completed such arrangements within
such one (1) Business Day period, then this Agreement shall terminate without
liability on the part of the Non-Defaulting Underwriter.
No action taken pursuant to this Section shall
relieve any defaulting Underwriter from liability in respect of its default.
In the event of any such default which does not
result in a termination of this Agreement, either the Non-Defaulting
Underwriters or the Sponsor shall have the right to postpone the Closing Date
for a period not exceeding seven days in order to effect any required changes in
the Registration Statement or Prospectus or in any other documents or
arrangements.
12. Computational
Materials. (a) It is understood that the Underwriters may prepare and
provide to prospective investors certain Computational Materials (as defined
below) in connection with the Sponsor's offering of the Notes, subject to the
following conditions:
13. Survival of
Representations and Warranties. The respective indemnities, agreements,
representations, warranties and other statements of the Sponsor or its officers
and of the Underwriters set forth in or made pursuant to this Agreement or
contained in notes of officers of the Sponsor submitted pursuant hereto shall
remain operative and in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation
or statement as to the results thereof, made by or on behalf of the
Underwriters, the Sponsor or any of their respective representatives, officers
or directors or any controlling person, and will survive delivery of and payment
for the Notes.
14.
Miscellaneous. Except as otherwise provided in Sections 5, 8 and 9
hereof, notice given pursuant to any provision of this Agreement shall be in
writing and shall be delivered (i) if to the Sponsor, at 16855 W. Bernardo
Drive, Suite 270, San Diego, California 92127, Attention: Cary Katz, and (ii) if
to the Underwriters, to the address of the respective Underwriter set forth
above with a copy to [Name], [Law Firm Name], [Address, City, State Zip
Code].
This Agreement has been and is made solely for the
benefit of the Underwriters, the Sponsor, the Company, their respective
directors, officers, managers, trustees and controlling persons referred to in
Section 5 hereof and their respective successors and assigns, to the extent
provided herein, and no other person shall acquire or have any right under or by
virtue of this Agreement. Neither the term "successor" nor the term "successors
and assigns" as used in this Agreement shall include a purchaser from an
Underwriter of any of the Notes in his status as such purchaser.
15. Applicable
Law; Counterparts. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to contracts made
and to be performed within the State of New York without giving effect to the
choice of laws or conflict of laws principles thereof.
This Agreement may be signed in various
counterparts which together constitute one and the same instrument. If signed in
counterparts, this Agreement shall not become effective unless at least one
counterpart hereof or thereof shall have been executed and delivered on behalf
of each party hereto.
Please confirm that the foregoing correctly sets
forth the agreement between the Sponsor and the Underwriters. Confirmed as of the date SCHEDULE A Exhibit 4.1 INDENTURE OF TRUST by and between COLLEGE LOAN CORPORATION TRUST 20__-_ and __________________________________, Dated as of [__________] COLLEGE LOAN CORPORATION TRUST 20__-_
Reconciliation and tie between Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the
"Trust Indenture Act" or "TIA") and Indenture of Trust, dated as of
[_____________]. _____________ Attention
should also be directed to Section 318(c) of the Trust Indenture Act, which
provides that the provisions of Sections 310 to and including 317 of the
Trust Indenture Act are a part of and govern every qualified indenture, whether
or not physically contained therein. TABLE OF CONTENTS (This
Table of Contents is for convenience of reference only and is not intended to
define, limit or describe the purpose or intent of any provisions of this
Indenture of Trust.) ARTICLE I ARTICLE II ARTICLE III ARTICLE IV ARTICLE V ARTICLE VI ARTICLE VII ARTICLE VIII ARTICLE IX ARTICLE X EXHIBIT A ELIGIBLE LOAN ACQUISITION CERTIFICATE INDENTURE OF TRUST THIS
INDENTURE OF TRUST, dated as of [___________] (this "Indenture"), is by and
between College Loan Corporation Trust 20__-_ (the "Issuer"), a statutory
trust duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the
"State"), and [________________], a national banking association duly
organized and operating under the laws of the United States of America (together
with its successors, the "Trustee"), as trustee hereunder and eligible lender
trustee under the Eligible Lender Trust Agreement (all capitalized terms used in
these preambles, recitals and granting clauses shall have the same meanings
assigned thereto in Article I hereof); W I T N E S S E T H : WHEREAS,
the Issuer represents that it is duly created as a statutory trust under the
laws of the State and that by proper action has duly authorized the execution
and delivery of this Indenture, which Indenture provides for the payment of
student loan asset-backed notes (the "Notes") and the payments to any
Counterparty (as defined herein); and WHEREAS,
this Indenture is subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939,
as amended (the "Trust Indenture Act" or "TIA"), that are
deemed to be incorporated into this Indenture and shall, to the extent
applicable, be governed by such provisions; and WHEREAS,
the Trustee has agreed to accept the trusts herein created upon the terms herein
set forth; and WHEREAS,
it is hereby agreed between the parties hereto, the Registered Owners of the
Notes (the Registered Owners evidencing their consent by their acceptance of the
Notes) and any Counterparty (the Counterparty evidencing its consent by its
execution and delivery of a Derivative Product (as defined herein)) that in the
performance of any of the agreements of the Issuer herein contained, any
obligation it may thereby incur for the payment of money shall not be general
debt on its part, but shall be secured by and payable solely from the Trust
Estate, payable in such order of preference and priority as provided herein; NOW,
THEREFORE, the Issuer, in consideration of the premises and acceptance by the
Trustee of the trusts herein created, of the purchase and acceptance of the
Notes by the Registered Owners thereof, of the execution and delivery of any
Derivative Product by a Counterparty and the Issuer and the acknowledgement
thereof by the Trustee, and for other good and valuable consideration, the
receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, does hereby GRANT,
CONVEY, PLEDGE, TRANSFER, ASSIGN AND DELIVER to the Trustee, for the benefit of
the Registered Owners of the Notes, any Counterparty (to secure the payment of
any and all amounts which may from time to time become due and owing to a
Counterparty pursuant to any Derivative Product), all of the moneys, rights and
properties described in the granting clauses A through F below (the
"Trust Estate"), as follows: GRANTING CLAUSE A The
Available Funds (other than moneys released from the lien of the Trust Estate as
provided herein); GRANTING CLAUSE B All
moneys and investments held in the Funds and Accounts created under
Section 5.01 hereof, including all proceeds thereof and all income thereon; GRANTING CLAUSE C The
Financed Eligible Loans and all obligations of the obligors thereunder including
all moneys accrued and paid thereunder on or after the Cutoff Date; GRANTING CLAUSE D The
rights of the Issuer in and to the Servicing Agreement, the Student Loan
Purchase Agreement, the Administration Agreement, the Custodian Agreement and
the Guarantee Agreements as the same relate to Financed Eligible Loans; GRANTING CLAUSE E The
rights of the Issuer in and to the Derivative Product; provided, however, that
this Granting Clause E shall not be for the benefit of a Counterparty with
respect to its Derivative Product; and GRANTING CLAUSE F Any
and all other property, rights and interests of every kind or description that
from time to time hereafter is granted, conveyed, pledged, transferred, assigned
or delivered to the Trustee as additional security hereunder. TO
HAVE AND TO HOLD the Trust Estate, whether now owned or held or hereafter
acquired, unto the Trustee and its successors or assigns; IN
TRUST NEVERTHELESS, upon the terms and trusts herein set forth for the equal and
proportionate benefit and security of all present and future Registered Owners
of the Notes, without preference of any Note over any other, except as provided
herein, and for enforcement of the payment of the Notes in accordance with their
terms, and all other sums payable hereunder (including payments due and payable
to any Counterparty) or on the Notes, and for the performance of and compliance
with the obligations, covenants and conditions of this Indenture, as if all the
Notes and other Obligations (as defined herein) at any time Outstanding had been
executed and delivered simultaneously with the execution and delivery of this
Indenture; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that if the Issuer, its successors or assigns, shall well and truly
pay, or cause to be paid, the principal of the Notes and the interest due and to
become due thereon, or provide fully for payment thereof as herein provided, at
the times and in the manner mentioned in the Notes according to the true intent
and meaning thereof, and shall make all required payments into the Funds as
required under Article V hereof, or shall provide, as permitted hereby, for
the payment thereof by depositing with the Trustee sums sufficient to pay or to
provide for payment of the entire amount due and to become so due as herein
provided (including payments due and payable to any Counterparty), then this
Indenture (other than Sections 4.13, 4.14 (for a period of 90 days) and 7.05
hereof) and the rights hereby granted shall cease, terminate and be void;
otherwise, this Indenture shall be and remain in full force and effect; NOW,
THEREFORE, it is mutually covenanted and agreed as follows: ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS AND USE OF PHRASES The
following terms have the following meanings unless the context clearly requires
otherwise: "Account"
shall mean any of the accounts created and established within any Fund by this
Indenture. "Accrual
Period" shall mean, with respect to a Distribution Date, the period
from and including the immediately preceding Distribution Date, or in the case
of the initial such period the Date of Issuance, to but excluding such current
Distribution Date. "Acquisition
Fund" shall mean the Fund by that name created in Section 5.01(a)
hereof and further described in Section 5.02 hereof, including any Accounts and
Subaccounts created therein. "Act"
shall mean the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended or supplemented from
time to time, or any successor federal act and all regulations, directives,
bulletins and guidelines promulgated from time to time thereunder. "Adjusted
Pool Balance" shall mean, for any Distribution Date as determined by
the Issuer Administrator, (a) if the Pool Balance as of the last day of the
related Collection Period is greater than 50% of the Initial Pool Balance, the
sum of such Pool Balance, and the Specified Reserve Fund Balance for that
Distribution Date; or (b) if the Pool Balance as of the last day of the
related Collection Period is less than or equal to 50% of the Initial Pool
Balance, that Pool Balance. "Administration
Agreement" shall mean the Administration Agreement dated as of
[________], among the Issuer, the Issuer Administrator, the Trustee and the
Delaware Trustee, as supplemented and amended. "Administration
Fee" shall mean an amount equal to 0.__% per annum, based on the
aggregate principal amount of the Pool Balance at any time, as determined by the
Issuer Administrator. "Issuer
Administrator" shall mean College Loan Corporation in its capacity as
administrator of the Trust and the Financed Eligible Loans, or any successor
thereto in accordance with the Administration Agreement. "Affiliate"
shall mean, with respect to any specified Person, any other Person controlling
or controlled by or under common control with such specified Person. For the
purposes of this definition, "control" when used with respect to any
specified Person means the power to direct the management and policies of such
Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting
securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms "controlling" and
"controlled" have meanings correlative to the foregoing. "Authorized
Representative" shall mean, when used with reference to the
Issuer, any Person duly authorized by the Trust Agreement to act on the
Issuers behalf. "Available
Funds" shall mean, with respect to a Distribution Date or any related
Monthly Servicing Payment Date, the sum of the following amounts received with
respect to the related Collection Period (or, in the case of a Monthly Servicing
Payment Date, the applicable portion thereof) to the extent not previously
distributed: (a) all collections received by the Servicer on the Financed
Eligible Loans (including payments from any Guaranty Agency received with
respect to the Financed Eligible Loans but net of (i) any collections in respect
of principal on the Financed Eligible Loans applied by the Issuer to repurchase
guaranteed loans from the Guaranty Agencies in accordance with the Guarantee
Agreements; (ii) amounts required by the Act to be paid to the Department
(including, but not limited to, rebate fees owed with respect to consolidation
loans) or to be repaid to borrowers (whether or not in the form of a principal
reduction of the applicable Financed Eligible Loan), with respect to the
Financed Eligible Loans for such Collection Period; and (iii) any proceeds
used to purchase Eligible Loans which constitute "add-on consolidation
loans"); (b) any Interest Benefit Payments and Special Allowance Payments
received by the Trustee during such Collection Period with respect to Financed
Eligible Loans; (c) all Liquidation Proceeds from any Financed Eligible Loans
which became Liquidated Financed Eligible Loans during such Collection Period in
accordance with the Servicers customary servicing procedures, and all
other moneys collected with respect to any Liquidated Financed Eligible Loan
which was written off in prior Collection Periods or during the current
Collection Period, net of the sum of any amounts expended by the Servicer in
connection with such liquidation and any amounts required by law to be remitted
to the obligor on such Liquidated Financed Eligible Loan; (d) the aggregate
Purchase Amounts received during such Collection Period for Financed Eligible
Loans repurchased by the Seller or purchased by the Servicer or for serial loans
sold to another eligible lender pursuant to the Servicing Agreement; (e) the
aggregate amounts, if any, received from the Seller or the Servicer, as the case
may be, as reimbursement of non-guaranteed interest amounts, or lost Interest
Benefit Payments and Special Allowance Payments, with respect to the Financed
Eligible Loans pursuant to the Student Loan Purchase Agreement or the Servicing
Agreement, respectively; (f) other amounts received by the Servicer
pursuant to its role as Servicer under the Servicing Agreement and payable to
the Issuer during such Collection Period in connection therewith; (g) all
interest earned or gain realized from the investment of amounts in any Fund or
Account; and (h) any payments received under the Derivative Products from
the Counterparties in respect of such Distribution Date; provided, however, that
if with respect to any Distribution Date or Monthly Servicing Payment Date there
would not be sufficient funds, after application of Available Funds and amounts
available from the Reserve Fund, to pay any of the items specified in 5.03(b)
and 5.03(c)(i) through (c)(x), then Available Funds for such Distribution Date
or Monthly Servicing Payment Date shall include amounts on deposit in the
Collection Fund on the related Determination Date which would have constituted
Available Funds for the Distribution Date or Monthly Servicing Payment Date
succeeding such Distribution Date or Monthly Servicing Payment Date, up to the
amount necessary to pay such items, and the Available Funds for such succeeding
Distribution Date or Monthly Servicing Payment Date shall be adjusted
accordingly. "Available Funds" shall be determined pursuant the terms
of this definition by the Issuer Administrator and reported to the Trustee.
Amounts described in (a)(i), (ii) and (iii) hereof shall be paid by the Trustee
upon receipt of a written direction from the Issuer Administrator. The Trustee
may conclusively rely on such determinations without further duty to review or
examine such information. "Basic
Documents" shall mean the Trust Agreement, this Indenture, the
Servicing Agreement, the Administration Agreement, the Student Loan Purchase
Agreements, the Custodian Agreements, the Guarantee Agreements, the Eligible
Lender Trust Agreement, the Derivative Products and other documents and
certificates delivered in connection with any thereof. "Business
Day" shall mean (a) with respect to calculating Three-Month LIBOR or
Four-Month LIBOR, any day on which banks in New York, New York and London,
England are open for the transaction of international business; and (b) for all
other purposes, any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which the
New York Stock Exchange is closed or on which banking institutions or trust
companies in New York, New York, ______, _______ or ______, ____ are authorized
or obligated by law, regulation or executive order to remain closed. "Carryover
Servicing Fee" shall mean fees designated by the Issuer Administrator
as "Carryover Servicing Fees" in a written direction and as more fully
defined in the Servicing Agreement. "Certificate
of Insurance" shall mean any Certificate evidencing that a Financed
Eligible Loan is Insured pursuant to a Contract of Insurance. "Certificate
of Trust" shall mean the certificate filed with the Secretary of State
of the State establishing the Issuer under Delaware law. "Class
A Note Interest Shortfall" shall mean, with respect to any Distribution
Date, the excess of (a) the Class A Noteholders Interest Distribution
Amount on the preceding Distribution Date over; (b) the amount of interest
actually distributed to the Class A Noteholders on such preceding Distribution
Date, plus interest on the amount of such excess interest due to the Class A
Noteholders, to the extent permitted by law, at the weighted average interest
rate borne by all of the Class A Notes from such preceding Distribution Date to
the current Distribution Date, as determined by the Issuer Administrator. "Class
A Note Principal Shortfall" shall mean, as of the close of any
Distribution Date, the excess of (a) the Class A Noteholders
Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date over (b) the amount of
principal actually distributed to the Class A Noteholders on such
Distribution Date, as determined by the Issuer Administrator. "Class A
Noteholder" shall mean the Person in whose name a Class A Note is
registered in the Note registration books of the Trustee. "Class A
Noteholders Distribution Amount" shall mean, with respect to any
Distribution Date, the sum of the Class A Noteholders Interest
Distribution Amount and the Class A Noteholders Principal Distribution
Amount for such Distribution Date, as determined by the Issuer Administrator. "Class A
Noteholders Interest Distribution Amount" shall mean, with
respect to any Distribution Date, the sum of (a) the amount of interest accrued
at the Class A-1 Rate, the Class A-2 Rate, or the Class A-3 Rate, as applicable,
for the related Accrual Period on the aggregate outstanding principal balances
of the respective class of Class A Notes on the immediately preceding
Distribution Date after giving effect to all principal distributions to the
respective Class A Noteholders on such date (or, in the case of the first
Distribution Date, on the Date of Issuance); and (b) the Class A Note Interest
Shortfall for such Distribution Date, as based on the actual number of days in
such Accrual Period divided by 360, as determined by the Issuer Administrator. "Class A
Noteholders Principal Distribution Amount" shall mean, with
respect to any Distribution Date as determined by the Issuer Administrator, the
Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date plus the Class A Note
Principal Shortfall as of the close of the preceding Distribution Date;
provided, however, that the Class A Noteholders Principal
Distribution Amount shall not exceed the outstanding principal balance of the
Class A Notes. In addition, on the Class A-1 Maturity Date, the Class A-2
Maturity Date, or the Class A-3 Maturity Date, as the case may be, the principal
required to be distributed to the Class A Noteholders of the related class
will include the amount required to reduce the outstanding principal balance of
the Class A Notes of such class to zero. "Class
A Notes" shall mean, collectively, the Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2
Notes, and the Class A-3 Notes secured on a senior priority to the Class B
Obligations. "Class
A Obligations" shall mean Class A Notes and the Derivative Products,
the priority of payment of which is equal with that of Class A Notes.
"Class A-1 Maturity Date" shall mean the ________, _____ Distribution Date. "Class
A-1 Notes" shall mean the $_________ Student Loan Asset-Backed Notes,
Class A-1 issued by the Issuer pursuant to this Indenture, substantially in
the form of Exhibit B-1 hereto. "Class
A-1 Rate" shall mean, for any Accrual Period, other than the first
Accrual Period, the applicable Three-Month LIBOR, plus 0.__%, as determined by
the Issuer Administrator. For the first Accrual Period, the Class A-1 Rate shall
be determined by reference to the following formula:
x + [__/__* (y-x)] plus 0.__%, as determined by the Issuer Administrator. where:
x = [Two-Month LIBOR], and
y = Three-Month LIBOR.
"Class A-2 Maturity Date" shall mean the _________ Distribution Date. "Class
A-2 Notes" shall mean the $________ Student Loan Asset-Backed Notes,
Class A-2 issued by the Issuer pursuant to this Indenture, substantially in
the form of Exhibit B-2 hereto. "Class
A-2 Rate" shall mean, for any Accrual Period, other than the first
Accrual Period, the applicable Three-Month LIBOR, plus .__%, as determined by
the Issuer Administrator. For the first Accrual Period, the Class A-2 Rate shall
be determined by reference to the following formula:
x + [__/__* (y-x)] plus _._%, as determined by the Issuer Administrator. where:
x = [Two-Month LIBOR], and
y = Three-Month LIBOR.
"Class A-3 Maturity Date" shall mean the ________ Distribution Date. "Class
A-3 Notes" shall mean $_________ Student Loan Asset-Backed Notes, Class
A-3 issued by the Issuer pursuant to this Indenture, substantially in the form
of Exhibit B-3 hereto. "Class
A-3 Rate" shall mean, for any Accrual Period, other than the first
Accrual Period, the applicable Three-Month LIBOR, plus _.__%, as determined by
the Issuer Administrator. For the first Accrual Period, the Class A-3 rate shall
be determined by reference to the following formula:
x + [__/__* (y-x)] plus _.__%, as determined by the Issuer Administrator where:
x = [Two-Month LIBOR], and
y = Three-Month LIBOR
"Class B Maturity Date" shall mean the _______ Distribution Date. "Class
B Note Interest Shortfall" shall mean, with respect to any Distribution
Date, the excess of (a) the Class B Noteholders Interest Distribution
Amount on the preceding Distribution Date; over (b) the amount of interest
actually distributed to the Class B Noteholders on such preceding
Distribution Date, plus interest on the amount of such excess interest due to
the Class B Noteholders, to the extent permitted by law, at the Class B
Rate from such preceding Distribution Date to the current Distribution Date, as
determined by the Issuer Administrator. "Class
B Note Principal Shortfall" shall mean, as of the close of any
Distribution Date, the excess of (a) the Class B Noteholders
Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date over (b) the amount of
principal actually distributed to the Class B Noteholders on such
Distribution Date, as determined by the Issuer Administrator. "Class B
Noteholder" shall mean the Person in whose name a Class B Note is
registered on the Note registration books maintained by the Trustee. "Class B
Noteholders Distribution Amount" shall mean, with respect to any
Distribution Date, the sum of the Class B Noteholders Interest
Distribution Amount and the Class B Noteholders Principal Distribution
Amount for such Distribution Date, as determined by the Issuer Administrator. "Class B
Noteholders Interest Distribution Amount" shall mean, with
respect to any Distribution Date, the sum of (a) the amount of interest accrued
at the Class B Rate for the related Accrual Period on the outstanding principal
balance of the Class B Notes on the immediately preceding Distribution Date (or,
in the case of the first Distribution Date, on the Date of Issuance) after
giving effect to all principal distributions to Registered Owners on such date;
and (b) the Class B Note Interest Shortfall for such Distribution Date, as based
on the actual number of days in such Accrual Period divided by 360, as
determined by the Issuer Administrator. "Class B
Noteholders Principal Distribution Amount" shall mean, with
respect to any Distribution Date, the excess of (a) the sum of (i) the
Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date plus; (ii) the
Class B Note Principal Shortfall as of the close of the preceding Distribution
Date; over (b) the Class A Noteholders Principal Distribution
Amount for that Distribution Date; provided, however, that the Class B
Noteholders Principal Distribution Amount shall not exceed the outstanding
principal balance of the Class B Notes. In addition, on the Class B Maturity
Date, the principal required to be distributed to the Class B Noteholders
will include the amount required to reduce the outstanding principal balance of
the Class B Notes to zero. "Class
B Notes" shall mean the $____________ Student Loan Asset-Backed Notes,
Class B issued by the Issuer pursuant to the Indenture, substantially in the
form of Exhibit B-4 hereto. "Class
B Obligations" shall mean Class B Notes. "Class B
Rate" shall mean, for any Accrual Period, other than the first Accrual
Period, the applicable Three-Month LIBOR, plus _.__%, as determined by the
Issuer Administrator. For the first Accrual Period, the Class B Rate shall be
determined by reference to the following formula:
x + [__/__* (y-x)] plus _.__%, as determined by the Issuer Administrator. where:
x = [Two-Month LIBOR], and
y = Three-Month LIBOR. "Clearing
Agency" shall mean an organization registered as a "clearing
agency" pursuant to Section 17A of the Exchange Act. The initial Clearing
Agency shall be The Depository Trust Company and the initial nominee for the
Clearing Agency shall be Cede & Co. "Clearing
Agency Participant" shall mean a broker, dealer, bank, other financial
institution or other Person for whom from time to time a Clearing Agency effects
book-entry transfers and pledges of securities deposited with the Clearing
Agency. "Code"
shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time. Each
reference to a section of the Code herein shall be deemed to include the United
States Treasury Regulations, including applicable temporary and proposed
regulations, relating to such section which are applicable to the Notes or the
use of the proceeds thereof. A reference to any specific section of the Code
shall be deemed also to be a reference to the comparable provisions of any
enactment which supersedes or replaces the Code thereunder from time to time. "Collection
Fund" shall mean the Fund by that name created in Section 5.01(b)
hereof and further described in Section 5.03 hereof. "Collection
Period" shall mean, with respect to the first Distribution Date, the
period beginning on ______, [________] and ending on ________, [________], and
with respect to each subsequent Distribution Date, the Collection Period means
the three calendar months immediately following the end of the previous
Collection Period, beginning _________, [________]. "Commission"
shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission. "Contract
of Insurance" shall mean the contract of insurance between the Eligible
Lender and the Secretary. "Counterparty"
shall mean, collectively, _______________ and ___________________, and their
respective successors and assigns. "Counterparty
Payments" shall mean any payment to be made to, or for the benefit of,
the Issuer under a Derivative Product. "Custodian
Agreement" shall mean, collectively, the custodian agreements with any
Servicer or other custodian or bailee related to Financed Eligible Loans. "Cutoff
Date" shall mean (i) with respect to the initial pool of Financed
Eligible Loans, ________; and (ii) with respect to subsequently acquired
Eligible Loans, the date on which such loans are transferred to the Trust.
"Date of Issuance" shall mean ________. "Delaware
Trustee" shall mean _____________________, a Delaware banking
corporation, solely in its capacity as the trustee of the Issuer under the Trust
Agreement. "Delaware
Trustee Fee" shall mean an amount equal to $_______ per annum, payable
on each __________ Distribution Date, beginning on the _______ Distribution
Date. "Department"
shall mean the United States Department of Education, an agency of the Federal
government. "Derivative
Product" shall mean, collectively, the three Derivative Products
described in the two ISDA Master Agreements by and between the Issuer and
_______________and _____________________, respectively, including the two
related Schedules and three Confirmations, all dated as of ________, ________. "Derivative
Product Fees" shall mean, collectively, with respect to each
Distribution Date, the "Fixed Rate Payments" under Trade I, if
applicable, to be made by the Issuer for such date as specified in a Derivative
Product. "Derivative
Product Payments" shall mean, collectively, with respect to each
Distribution Date, the "Floating Rate Payments" under Trade II, if
applicable, to be made to a Counterparty by the Issuer for such date as
specified in a Derivative Product. "Derivative
Value" shall mean the value of the Derivative Product, if any, to the
Counterparty, provided that such value is defined and calculated in
substantially the same manner as amounts are defined and calculated pursuant to
the applicable provisions of an ISDA Master Agreement. "Determination
Date" shall mean, with respect to the Collection Period preceding any
Distribution Date or the Monthly Servicing Payment Date, as applicable, the
fourth Business Day preceding such Distribution Date or Monthly Servicing
Payment Date. "Distribution
Date" shall mean, with respect to each Collection Period, the 25th day
of _____, ____, ________ and _______, or, if such day is not a Business Day, the
immediately succeeding Business Day, commencing on _______, ________. "Eligible
Lender" shall mean (i) ___________, in its capacity as eligible
lender trustee under the terms of the Eligible Lender Trust Agreement, and
(ii) any "eligible lender," as defined in the Act, and
which has received an eligible lender designation from the Secretary with
respect to Eligible Loans made under the Act. "Eligible
Lender Trust Agreement" shall mean the Eligible Lender Trust Agreement
dated as of ________, ________, between ________________, as eligible lender
trustee, and the Issuer, as amended from time to time. "Eligible
Loan" shall mean any loan made to finance post-secondary education that
is made under the Act. "Eligible
Loan Acquisition Certificate" shall mean a certificate signed by an
Authorized Representative of the Issuer in substantially the form attached as
Exhibit A hereto. "ERISA"
shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended. "Event
of Bankruptcy" shall mean (a) the Issuer shall have commenced a
voluntary case or other proceeding seeking liquidation, reorganization or other
relief with respect to itself or its debts under any bankruptcy, insolvency or
other similar law now or hereafter in effect or seeking the appointment of a
trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official of it or any
substantial part of its property, or shall have made a general assignment for
the benefit of creditors, or shall have declared a moratorium with respect to
its debts or shall have failed generally to pay its debts as they become due, or
shall have taken any action to authorize any of the foregoing; or (b) an
involuntary case or other proceeding shall have been commenced against the
Issuer seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief with respect to it or
its debts under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter
in effect or seeking the appointment of a trustee, receiver, liquidator,
custodian or other similar official of it or any substantial part of its
property provided such action or proceeding is not dismissed within
60 days. "Event
of Default" shall have the meaning specified in Article VI hereof. "Exchange
Act" shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. "Financed"
or "Financing" when used with respect to Eligible Loans, shall
mean or refer to Eligible Loans (a) acquired by the Issuer with balances in
the Acquisition Fund or otherwise deposited in or accounted for in the
Acquisition Fund or otherwise constituting a part of the Trust Estate and
(b) Eligible Loans substituted or exchanged for Financed Eligible Loans,
but does not include Eligible Loans released from the lien of this Indenture and
sold or transferred, to the extent permitted by this Indenture. "Fiscal
Year" shall mean the fiscal year of the Issuer (initially
January 1 to December 31) as otherwise established from time to time.
"[Fitch" shall mean Fitch, Inc., its successors and assigns.] "Funds"
shall mean each of the Funds created pursuant to Sections 5.01 hereof. "Guarantee"
or "Guaranteed" shall mean, with respect to an Eligible Loan,
the insurance or guarantee by the Guaranty Agency pursuant to such Guaranty
Agencys Guarantee Agreement of the maximum percentage of the principal of
and accrued interest on such Eligible Loan allowed by the terms of the Act with
respect to such Eligible Loan at the time it was originated and the coverage of
such Eligible Loan by the federal reimbursement contracts, providing, among
other things, for reimbursement to the Guaranty Agency for payments made by it
on defaulted Eligible Loans insured or guaranteed by the Guaranty Agency of at
least the minimum reimbursement allowed by the Act with respect to a particular
Eligible Loan. "Guarantee
Agreements" shall mean a guaranty or lender agreement between the
Trustee and any Guaranty Agency, and any amendments thereto. "Guaranty
Agency" or "Guarantor" shall mean any entity
authorized to guarantee student loans under the Act and with which the Trustee
maintains a Guarantee Agreement. "H.15(519)"
shall mean the weekly statistical release designated as such, or any successor
publication, published by the Board of Governors of the United States Federal
Reserve System.
"H.15 Daily Update" shall mean the daily update for H.15 (519), available
through the world wide web site of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System at http://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/h15/update, or any successor
site or publications. "Highest
Priority Obligations" shall mean at any time when Class A Obligations
are Outstanding, the Class A Obligations and at any time when no Class A
Obligations are Outstanding, the Class B Obligations. "Indenture"
shall mean this Indenture of Trust, including all supplements and amendments
hereto. "Independent"
shall mean, when used with respect to any specified Person, that the Person
(a) is in fact independent of the Trust, any other obligor upon the Notes,
the Seller and any Affiliate of any of the foregoing Persons; (b) does not
have any direct financial interest or any material indirect financial interest
in the Trust, any such other obligor, the Seller or any Affiliate of any of the
foregoing Persons; and (c) is not connected with the Trust, any such other
obligor, the Seller or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing Persons as an
officer, employee, promoter, underwriter, placement agent, trustee, partner,
director or person performing similar functions. "Independent
Certificate" shall mean a certificate or opinion to be delivered to the
Trustee under the circumstances described in, and otherwise complying with, the
applicable requirements of the Indenture, made by an Independent appraiser or
other expert appointed by an Issuer Order and approved by the Trustee in the
exercise of reasonable care, and such opinion or certificate shall state that
the signer has read the definition of "Independent" in the Indenture
and that the signer is Independent within the meaning thereof.
"Initial Pool Balance" shall mean the Pool Balance as of the Cutoff Date, which
is $__________. "Insurance"
or "Insured" or "Insuring" shall mean, with
respect to an Eligible Loan, the insuring by the Secretary (as evidenced by a
Certificate of Insurance or other document or certification issued under the
provisions of the Act) under the Act of 100% of the principal of and accrued
interest on such Eligible Loan. "Interest
Benefit Payment" shall mean an interest payment on Eligible Loans
received pursuant to the Act and an agreement with the federal government, or
any similar payments. "Investment
Agreement" shall mean, collectively, the (i) Investment Agreement
dated ________, ________, between the Trustee and Trinity Plus Funding Company,
LLC and (ii) any other investment agreement approved by the Rating
Agencies.
"Investment Securities" shall mean: "ISDA
Master Agreement" shall mean the ISDA Master Agreement, copyright 1992,
as amended from time to time, and as in effect with respect to any Derivative
Product. "Issuer"
shall mean College Loan Corporation Trust 20__-_, a statutory trust organized
and existing under the laws of the State, and any successor thereto. "Issuer
Order" shall mean a written order signed in the name of the Issuer by
an Authorized Representative. "Issuer
Derivative Payment" shall mean, collectively the Derivative Product
Fees and the Derivative Product Payments required to be made by or on behalf of
the Issuer due to a Counterparty pursuant to a Derivative Product. "LIBOR
Determination Date" shall mean, for each Accrual Period, the second
Business Day before the beginning of that Accrual Period. "Liquidated
Financed Eligible Loan" shall mean any defaulted Financed Eligible Loan
liquidated by the Servicer (which shall not include any Financed Eligible Loan
on which payments are received from a Guaranty Agency) or which the Servicer
has, after using all reasonable efforts to realize upon such Financed Eligible
Loan, determined to charge off. "Liquidation
Proceeds" shall mean, with respect to any Liquidated Financed Eligible
Loan which became a Liquidated Financed Eligible Loan during the current
Collection Period in accordance with the Servicers customary servicing
procedures, the moneys collected in respect of the liquidation thereof from
whatever source, other than moneys collected with respect to any Liquidated
Financed Eligible Loan which was written off in prior Collection Periods or
during the current Collection Period, net of the sum of any amounts expended by
the Servicer in connection with such liquidation and any amounts required by law
to be remitted to the obligor on such Liquidated Financed Eligible Loan. "Master
Promissory Note" shall mean a Master Promissory Note in the form
mandated by Section 432(m)(1) of the Higher Education Act, as added by Pub.
L. 105-244 § 427, 112 Stat. 1702 (1998), as amended by Public Law No:
106-554 (enacted December 21, 2000) and as codified in 20 U.S.C.
§ 1082(m)(1). "MPN
Loan" shall mean a loan originated pursuant to the Federal Family
Education Loan Program and the Act and evidenced by a Master Promissory Note. "Maturity"
when used with respect to any Note, shall mean the date on which the principal
thereof becomes due and payable as therein or herein provided, whether at its
Note Final Maturity Date, by earlier prepayment or purchase, by declaration of
acceleration, or otherwise. "Minimum
Purchase Amount" shall mean, on any Distribution Date, an amount that
would be sufficient to (a) reduce the Outstanding Amount of each class of
Notes on such Distribution Date to zero; (b) pay to the respective
Registered Owners the Class A Noteholders Interest Distribution
Amount and the Class B Noteholders Interest Distribution Amount
payable on such Distribution Date; (c) pay any Carryover Servicing Fees,
Trustee Fees and Delaware Trustee Fees due and owing; and (d) pay any
Derivative Product Fees and Derivative Product Payments due and owing. "Monthly
Servicing Payment Date" shall mean the twenty-fifth day of each
calendar month or, if such day is not a Business Day, the immediately succeeding
Business Day, commencing on ________, [________]. "[Moodys"
shall mean Moodys Investors Service, its successors and assigns.] "Noteholder"
shall mean, (a) with respect to a book-entry Note, the Person who is the
owner of such book-entry Note, as reflected on the books of the Clearing Agency,
or on the books of a Person maintaining an account with such Clearing Agency
(directly as a Clearing Agency Participant or as an indirect participant, in
each case in accordance with the rules of such Clearing Agency); and
(b) with respect to Notes held in definitive form pursuant to
Section 2.09 hereof, the Person in whose name a Note is registered in the
Note registration books of the Trustee. "Note
Final Maturity Date" for a class of Notes shall mean the Class A-1
Maturity Date, the Class A-2 Maturity Date, the Class A-3 Maturity Date, or the
Class B Maturity Date, as applicable. "Note
Pool Factor" as of the close of business on a Distribution Date shall
mean a seven-digit decimal figure equal to the outstanding principal balance of
a class of Notes divided by the original outstanding principal balance of such
class of Notes. The Note Pool Factor for each class will be 1.0000000 as of the
Date of Issuance; thereafter, the Note Pool Factor for each class will decline
to reflect reductions in the outstanding principal balance of that class of
Notes. "Note
Rates" shall mean, with respect to any Accrual Period, the Class A-1
Rate, the Class A-2 Rate, the Class A-3 Rate, and the Class B Rate for such
Accrual Period, respectively. "Notes"
shall mean, collectively, the Class A Notes and the Class B Notes. "Obligations"
shall mean Class A Obligations and Class B Obligations. "Opinion
of Counsel" shall mean (a) with respect to the Trust, one or more
written opinions of counsel who may, except as otherwise expressly provided in
the Indenture, be employees of or counsel to the Delaware Trustee, the Trust,
the Seller or an Affiliate of the Seller and who shall be satisfactory to the
Trustee, and which opinion or opinions shall be addressed to the Trustee as
Trustee, shall comply with any applicable requirements of the TIA and shall be
in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee; and (b) with respect to the
Seller, the Issuer Administrator or the Servicer, one or more written opinions
of counsel who may be an employee of or counsel to the Seller, the Issuer
Administrator or the Servicer, which counsel shall be acceptable to the Trustee
and the Delaware Trustee. "Optional
Purchase Date" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10.03
hereof. "Outstanding"
shall mean, when used in connection with any Note, a Note which has been
executed and delivered pursuant to this Indenture which at such time remains
unpaid as to principal or interest, when used in connection with a Derivative
Product, a Derivative Product which has not expired or been terminated, unless
provision has been made for such payment pursuant to Section 10.02 hereof,
excluding Notes which have been replaced pursuant to Section 2.03 hereof. "Outstanding
Amount" shall mean the aggregate principal amount of all Notes
Outstanding at the date of determination. "Person"
shall mean an individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, association,
joint stock company, trust, limited liability company, unincorporated
organization or government or agency, or political subdivision thereof. "Pool
Balance" shall mean as of any date the aggregate principal balance of
the Financed Eligible Loans on such date (including accrued interest thereon to
the extent such interest is expected to be capitalized), after giving effect to
the following, without duplication: (a) all payments received by the Issuer
through such date from or on behalf of obligors on such Financed Eligible Loans;
(b) all Purchase Amounts on Financed Eligible Loans received by the Issuer
through such date from the Seller or the Servicer; (c) all Liquidation
Proceeds and Realized Loss on Financed Eligible Loans liquidated through such
date; (d) the aggregate amount of adjustments to balances of Financed
Eligible Loans permitted to be effected by the Servicer under the Servicing
Agreement, if any, recorded through such date; and (e) the aggregate amount
by which reimbursements by Guarantors of the unpaid principal balance of
defaulted Financed Eligible Loans through such date are reduced from 100% to 98%
or other applicable percentage, as required by the risk sharing provisions of
the Act. The Pool Balance shall be calculated by the Issuer Administrator and
certified to the Trustee, upon which the Trustee may conclusively rely with no
duty to further examine or determine such information. "Principal
Distribution Amount" shall mean, as determined by the Issuer
Administrator, (a) with respect to the initial Distribution Date, the amount by
which the sum of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes exceeds the Adjusted Pool
Balance as of the last day of the related Collection Period; and (b) with
respect to each subsequent Distribution Date, the excess of (i) the Adjusted
Pool Balance as of the last day of the Collection Period preceding the related
Collection Period, less (ii) the Adjusted Pool Balance as of the last day of the
related Collection Period. "Principal
Office" shall mean the principal office of the party indicated, as set
forth in Section 9.01 hereof or elsewhere in this Indenture. "Program"
shall mean the Sponsors program for the origination and the purchase of
Eligible Loans, as the same may be modified from time to time. "Purchase
Amount" with respect to any Financed Eligible Loan shall mean the
amount required to prepay in full such Financed Eligible Loan under the terms
thereof including all accrued interest thereon. "Rating"
shall mean one of the rating categories of [Fitch], [Moodys] and [S&P]
or any other Rating Agency, provided [Fitch], [Moodys] and [S&P] or
any other Rating Agency, as the case may be, is currently rating the Notes. "Rating
Agency" shall mean, collectively, [Fitch], [Moodys] and [S&P]
and their successors and assigns or any other Rating Agency requested by the
Issuer to maintain a Rating on any of the Notes. "Rating
Confirmation" shall mean a letter from each Rating Agency then
providing a Rating for any of the Notes, confirming that a proposed action,
failure to act, or other event specified therein will not, in and of itself,
result in a downgrade of any of the Ratings then applicable to the Notes, or
cause any Rating Agency to suspend, withdraw or qualify the Ratings then
applicable to the Notes. "Realized
Loss" shall mean the excess of the principal balance (including any
interest that had been or had been expected to be capitalized) of any Liquidated
Financed Eligible Loan over Liquidation Proceeds with respect to such Financed
Eligible Loan to the extent allocable to principal (including any interest that
had been or had been expected to be capitalized). "Record
Date" shall mean, with respect to a Distribution Date, the close of
business on the day preceding such Distribution Date. "Reference
Banks" shall mean four major banks in the London interbank market
selected by the Issuer Administrator. "Registered
Owner" shall mean any Noteholder, and, with respect to a Derivative
Product, any Counterparty, unless the context otherwise requires. "Regulations"
shall mean the Regulations promulgated from time to time by the Secretary or any
Guaranty Agency guaranteeing Financed Eligible Loans. "Reserve
Fund" shall mean the Fund by that name created in Section 5.01(c)
hereof and further described in Section 5.04 hereof, including any Accounts
and Subaccounts created therein. "[S&P"
shall mean Standard & Poors Ratings Group, a Division of The
McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., its successors and assigns.] "Secretary"
shall mean the Secretary of the United States Department of Education or any
successor to the pertinent functions thereof under the Act. "Securities
Act" shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. "Securities Depository"
or "Depository" shall mean The Depository Trust Company and its
successors and assigns or if, (a) the then Securities Depository resigns
from its functions as depository of the Notes or (b) the Issuer
discontinues use of the Securities Depository, any other securities depository
which agrees to follow the procedures required to be followed by a securities
depository in connection with the Notes and which is selected by the Issuer with
the consent of the Trustee. "Seller"
shall mean College Loan LLC, and its successors and assigns. "Servicer"
shall mean College Loan Corporation, and any other additional servicer or
successor servicer or subservicer selected by the Issuer, including an affiliate
of the Issuer, so long as the Issuer obtains a Rating Confirmation as to each
such other servicer or subservicer. "Servicing
Agreement" shall mean the Master Servicing Agreement dated as of
________, ________, by and among the Issuer, the Servicer, the Issuer
Administrator and the Sponsor. "Servicing
Fee" shall mean the fees and expenses due to the Servicer under the
terms of the Servicing Agreement and the fees and expenses due to any custodian
under the terms of a Custodian Agreement. "Special
Allowance Payments" shall mean the special allowance payments
authorized to be made by the Secretary by Section 438 of the Act, or
similar allowances, if any, authorized from time to time by federal law or
regulation. "Specified
Reserve Fund Balance" shall mean, with respect to any Distribution
Date, the greater of (a) _.__% of the Pool Balance as of the close of
business on the last day of the related Collection Period; and
(b) $_________ as determined by the Issuer Administrator, provided that in
no event will such balance exceed the sum of the outstanding principal amount of
the Notes. "Sponsor"
shall mean College Loan LLC, and its successors and assigns and any other Person
or Persons as may become a Sponsor pursuant to the terms of the Trust Agreement. "State"
shall mean the State of Delaware. "Student
Loan Purchase Agreement" shall mean, collectively, (a) the Loan
Purchase Agreement dated as of _______, ________ between the Issuer and the
Seller and (b) each additional student loan purchase agreement entered into
between the Issuer and the Seller for the purchase of Eligible Loans which
constitute "add-on consolidation loans." "Subaccount"
shall mean any of the subaccounts which may be created and established within
any Account by this Indenture. "Supplemental
Indenture" shall mean an agreement supplemental hereto executed
pursuant to Article VIII hereof. "Telerate
Page 3750" shall mean the display page so designated on the Telerate
Service (or such other page as may replace that page on that service for the
purpose of displaying comparable rates or prices). "Three-Month
LIBOR," see "[Two-Month LIBOR]," below.
"Trust" shall mean the College Loan Corporation Trust 20__-_. "Trust
Estate" shall mean the property described as such in the granting
clauses hereto. "Trust
Agreement" shall mean the Trust Agreement dated as of _______, ________
by and between the Sponsor and the Delaware Trustee, as may be amended pursuant
to the terms thereof. "Trust
Indenture Act" or "TIA" shall mean the Trust Indenture
Act of 1939, as amended, and as in force at the date as of which this Indenture
was executed, except as provided in Section 8.05. "Trustee"
shall mean _______________________, acting in its capacity as Trustee under this
Indenture, or any successor trustee designated pursuant to this Indenture. "Trustee
Fee" shall mean an amount equal to the annual amount set in the Trustee
Fee Letter dated ________, ________. Such fee shall be in satisfaction of the
Trustees compensation as trustee under this Indenture and as eligible
lender trustee under the Eligible Lender Trust Agreement. "[Two-Month
LIBOR]" and "Three-Month LIBOR" shall mean, with
respect to any Accrual Period, the London interbank offered rate for deposits in
U.S. dollars having the Index Maturity as it appears on Telerate Page ____ as of
11:00 a.m., London time, on the related LIBOR Determination Date. If this rate
does not appear on Telerate Page ____, the rate for that day will be determined
on the basis of the rates at which deposits in U.S. dollars, having the index
maturity and in a principal amount of not less than U.S. $_________, are offered
at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, on that LIBOR Determination Date, to
prime banks in the London interbank market by the Reference Banks. The Issuer
Administrator will request the principal London office of each Reference Bank to
provide a quotation of its rate. If the Reference Banks provide at least two
quotations, the rate for that day will be the arithmetic mean of the quotations.
If the Reference Banks provide fewer than two quotations, the rate for that day
will be the arithmetic mean of the rates quoted by major banks in New York City,
selected by the Issuer Administrator, at approximately 11:00 a.m., New York
time, on that LIBOR Determination Date, for loans in U.S. dollars to leading
European banks having the Index Maturity and in a principal amount of not less
than U.S. $________. If the banks selected as described above are not providing
quotations, [Two-Month LIBOR] or Three-Month LIBOR, as the case may be, in
effect for the applicable Accrual Period will be [Two-Month LIBOR] or
Three-Month LIBOR, as the case may be, in effect for the previous Accrual
Period. Words
importing the masculine gender include the feminine gender, and words importing
the feminine gender include the masculine gender. Words importing persons
include firms, associations and corporations. Words importing the singular
number include the plural number and vice versa. Additional terms are defined in
the body of this Indenture. ARTICLE II NOTE DETAILS AND FORM OF NOTES Section 2.01.
Note Details. The Notes, together with the Trustees certificate of
authentication, shall be in substantially the forms set forth in Exhibit B,
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. 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 Authorized Representatives executing such
Notes, as evidenced by their execution of such Notes. Each
Note shall be dated the date of its authentication. The terms of the Notes set
forth in Exhibit B are part of the terms of this Indenture. Section 2.02.
Execution, Authentication and Delivery of Notes. The Notes shall be
executed in the name and on behalf of the Issuer by the manual or facsimile
signature of an Authorized Representative. Any Note may be signed (manually or
by facsimile) or attested on behalf of the Issuer by any Person who, at the date
of such act, shall hold the proper office or position, notwithstanding that at
the date of authentication, issuance or delivery, such person may have ceased to
hold such office or position. The
Trustee shall upon Issuer Order authenticate and deliver Notes for original
issue in an aggregate principal amount of $____________. The aggregate principal
amount of Notes outstanding at any time may not exceed such amount except as
provided in Section 2.04 hereof. Each
Note shall be dated the date of its authentication. The Notes shall be issuable
as registered Notes in the minimum denomination of $_____ and in integral
multiples of $_____ in excess thereof. 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 in Section 2.05 hereof. Section 2.03.
Registration, Transfer and Exchange of Notes; Persons Treated as Registered
Owners. The Issuer shall cause books for the registration and for the
transfer of the Notes as provided in this Indenture to be kept by the Trustee
which is hereby appointed the transfer agent of the Issuer for the Notes.
Notwithstanding such appointment and with the prior written consent of the
Issuer, the Trustee is hereby authorized to make any arrangements with other
institutions which it deems necessary or desirable in order that such
institutions may perform the duties of transfer agent for the Notes. Upon
surrender for transfer of any Note at the Principal Office of the Trustee, duly
endorsed for transfer or accompanied by an assignment duly executed by the
Registered Owner or his attorney duly authorized in writing, the Issuer shall
execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in the name of the
transferee or transferees a new fully registered Note or Notes of the same
interest rate and for a like series, subseries, if any, and aggregate principal
amount of the same maturity. Notes
may be exchanged at the Principal Office of the Trustee for a like aggregate
principal amount of fully registered Notes of the same series, subseries, if
any, interest rate and maturity in authorized denominations. The Issuer shall
execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver Notes which the
Registered Owner making the exchange is entitled to receive, bearing numbers not
contemporaneously outstanding. The execution by the Issuer of any fully
registered Note of any authorized denomination shall constitute full and due
authorization of such denomination and the Trustee shall thereby be authorized
to authenticate and deliver such fully registered Note. As
to any Note, the person in whose name the same shall be registered shall be
deemed and regarded as the absolute owner thereof for all purposes, and payment
of either principal or interest on any fully registered Note shall be made only
to or upon the written order of the Registered Owner thereof or his legal
representative but such registration may be changed as hereinabove provided. All
such payments shall be valid and effectual to satisfy and discharge the
liability upon such Note to the extent of the sum or sums paid. Each
Registered Owner and each transferee of a Note shall be deemed to represent and
warrant that either (a) it is not acquiring the Note directly or indirectly for,
or on behalf of, an ERISA plan or any entity whose underlying assets are deemed
to be plan assets of such ERISA plan; or (b) (i) the acquisition and holding of
the Notes will not result in a nonexempt prohibited transaction under Section
406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code or similar law and (ii) if the Notes
are subsequently deemed to be "plan assets" pursuant to the
regulations set forth at 29 C.F.R. § 2510.3-101, it will promptly
dispose of the Notes. The
Trustee shall require the payment by any Registered Owner requesting exchange or
transfer of any tax or other governmental charge required to be paid with
respect to such exchange or transfer. The applicant for any such transfer or
exchange may be required to pay all taxes and governmental charges in connection
with such transfer or exchange, other than exchanges pursuant to Section 2.07
hereof. Section 2.04.
Lost, Stolen, Destroyed and Mutilated Notes. Upon receipt by the Trustee
of evidence satisfactory to it of the ownership of and the loss, theft,
destruction or mutilation of any Note and, in the case of a lost, stolen or
destroyed Note, of indemnity satisfactory to it, and upon surrender and
cancellation of the Note, if mutilated, (a) the Issuer shall execute, and
the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, a replacement Note of the same
interest rate, maturity and denomination in lieu of such lost, stolen, destroyed
or mutilated Note or (b) if such lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated Note
shall have matured within 15 days be due and payable, in lieu of executing and
delivering a new Note as aforesaid, the Issuer may pay such Note. Any such new
Note shall bear a number not contemporaneously outstanding. The applicant for
any such new Note may be required to pay all taxes and governmental charges and
all expenses and charges of the Issuer and of the Trustee in connection with the
issuance of such Note. All Notes shall be held and owned upon the express
condition that, to the extent permitted by law, the foregoing conditions are
exclusive with respect to the replacement and payment of mutilated, destroyed,
lost or stolen Notes, negotiable instruments or other securities. Section 2.05.
Trustees Authentication Certificate. The Trustees
authentication certificate upon any Notes shall be substantially in the form
attached to the Notes. No Note shall be secured hereby or entitled to the
benefit hereof, or shall be valid or obligatory for any purpose, unless a
certificate of authentication, substantially in such form, has been duly
executed by the Trustee; and such certificate of the Trustee upon any Note shall
be conclusive evidence and the only competent evidence that such Note has been
authenticated and delivered hereunder. The Trustees certificate of
authentication shall be deemed to have been duly executed by it if manually
signed by an authorized officer or signatory of the Trustee, but it shall not be
necessary that the same person sign the certificate of authentication on all of
the Notes issued hereunder. Section 2.06.
Cancellation and Destruction of Notes by the Trustee. Whenever any
Outstanding Notes shall be delivered to the Trustee for the cancellation thereof
pursuant to this Indenture, upon payment of the principal amount and interest
represented thereby, or for replacement pursuant to Section 2.03 hereof, such
Notes shall be promptly cancelled and, within a reasonable time, cremated or
otherwise destroyed by the Trustee and counterparts of a certificate of
destruction evidencing such cremation or other destruction shall be furnished by
the Trustee to the Issuer. Section 2.07.
Temporary Notes. Pending the preparation of definitive Notes, the Issuer
may execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver temporary Notes.
Temporary Notes shall be issuable as fully registered Notes without coupons, of
any denomination, and substantially in the form of the definitive Notes but with
such omissions, insertions and variations as may be appropriate for temporary
Notes, all as may be determined by the Issuer. Every temporary Note shall be
executed by the Issuer and be authenticated by the Trustee upon the same
conditions and in substantially the same manner, and with like effect, as the
definitive Notes. As promptly as practicable the Issuer shall execute and shall
furnish definitive Notes and thereupon temporary Notes may be surrendered in
exchange therefor without charge at the principal office of the Trustee, and the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange for such temporary Notes a
like aggregate principal amount of definitive Notes. Until so exchanged the
temporary Notes shall be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as
definitive Notes. Section 2.08.
Issuance of Notes. The Issuer shall have the authority, upon complying
with the provisions of this Section, to issue and deliver the Notes which shall
be secured by the Trust Estate. In addition, the Issuer may enter into any
Derivative Products it deems necessary or desirable with respect to any or all
of the Notes. Section 2.09.
Definitive Notes. If (a) the Issuer Administrator advises the
Trustee in writing that the Clearing Agency is no longer willing or able to
discharge its responsibilities with respect to the Notes, and the Issuer
Administrator is unable to locate a successor; (b) the Issuer Administrator
at its option advises the 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, or a default by the Servicer or the Issuer Administrator
under the Servicing Agreement or the Administration Agreement, respectively,
Noteholders representing beneficial interests aggregating at least a majority of
the Outstanding Amount of the Notes advise the Clearing Agency (which shall then
notify the Trustee) in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system
through the Clearing Agency is no longer in the best interests of the
Noteholders, then the Trustee shall cause the Clearing Agency to notify all
Noteholders, through the Clearing Agency, of the occurrence of any such event
and of the availability of definitive Notes to Noteholders requesting the same.
Upon surrender to the Trustee of the typewritten Notes representing the
book-entry Notes by the Clearing Agency, accompanied by registration
instructions, the Issuer shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate the
definitive Notes in accordance with the instructions of the Clearing Agency.
None of the Issuer, the Note Registrar or the 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 Trustee shall recognize the holders of the definitive Notes as
Registered Owners.
Section 2.10. Payment of Principal and Interest. ARTICLE III PARITY AND PRIORITY OF LIEN; OTHER OBLIGATIONS; Section 3.01.
Parity and Priority of Lien. The provisions, covenants and agreements
herein set forth to be performed by or on behalf of the Issuer shall be for the
equal benefit, protection and security of the Registered Owners of any and all
of the Obligations, all of which, shall be of equal rank without preference,
priority or distinction of any of the Obligations over any other thereof, except
as expressly provided in this Indenture with respect to certain payment and
other priorities. Section 3.02.
Other Obligations. The Available Funds and other moneys, Financed
Eligible Loans, securities, evidences of indebtedness, interests, rights and
properties pledged under this Indenture are and will be owned by the Issuer free
and clear of any pledge, lien, charge or encumbrance thereon or with respect
thereto prior to, of equal rank with or subordinate to the respective pledges
created by this Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided herein, and
all action on the part of the Issuer to that end has been duly and validly
taken. If any Financed Eligible Loan is found to have been subject to a lien at
the time such Financed Eligible Loan was acquired, the Issuer shall cause such
lien to be released, shall purchase such Financed Eligible Loan from the Trust
Estate for a purchase price equal to its principal amount plus any unamortized
premium, if any, and interest accrued thereon or shall replace such Financed
Eligible Loan with another Eligible Loan with substantially identical
characteristics which replacement Eligible Loan shall be free and clear of liens
at the time of such replacement. Except as otherwise provided herein, the Issuer
shall not create or voluntarily permit to be created any debt, lien or charge on
the Financed Eligible Loans which would be on a parity with, subordinate to, or
prior to the lien of this Indenture; shall not do or omit to do or suffer to be
done or omitted to be done any matter or things whatsoever whereby the lien of
this Indenture or the priority of such lien for the Obligations hereby secured
might or could be lost or impaired; and will pay or cause to be paid or will
make adequate provisions for the satisfaction and discharge of all lawful claims
and demands which if unpaid might by law be given precedence to or any equality
with this Indenture as a lien or charge upon the Financed Eligible Loans;
provided, however, that nothing in this subsection (c) shall require the Issuer
to pay, discharge or make provision for any such lien, charge, claim or demand
so long as the validity thereof shall be by it in good faith contested, unless
thereby, in the opinion of the Trustee, the same will endanger the security for
the Obligations; and provided further that any subordinate lien hereon (i.e.,
subordinate to the lien securing the Class A Obligations and the Class B
Obligations) shall be entitled to no payment from the Trust Estate, nor may any
remedy be exercised with respect to such subordinate lien against the Trust
Estate until all Obligations have been paid or deemed paid hereunder. Section 3.03.
Derivative Products; Counterparty Payments; Issuer Derivative Payments.
The Issuer hereby authorizes and directs the Trustee to acknowledge and agree to
any Derivative Product hereafter entered into by the Issuer and a Counterparty
under which (a) the Issuer may be required to make, from time to time,
Issuer Derivative Payments and (b) the Trustee may receive, from time to
time, Counterparty Payments for the account of the Issuer. No Derivative Product
shall be entered into subsequent to the Date of Issuance unless the Trustee
shall have received a Rating Confirmation from each Rating Agency that such
Derivative Product will not adversely affect the Rating on any of the Notes. ARTICLE IV PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO THE NOTES; Section 4.01.
Payment of Principal and Interest. The Issuer covenants that it will
promptly pay, but solely from the Trust Estate, the principal of and interest,
if any, on each and every Obligation issued under the provisions of this
Indenture at the places, on the dates and in the manner specified herein and in
said Obligations according to the true intent and meaning thereof. The
Obligations shall be and are hereby declared to be payable from and equally
secured by an irrevocable first lien on and pledge of the properties
constituting the Trust Estate, subject to the application thereof as permitted
by this Indenture, but in no event shall the Registered Owners or any
Counterparty have any right to possession or control of any Financed Eligible
Loans, which shall be held only by the Trustee or its agent or bailee. Section 4.02.
Covenants as to Additional Conveyances. At any and all times, the Issuer
will duly execute, acknowledge and deliver, or will cause to be done, executed
and delivered, all and every such further acts, conveyances, transfers and
assurances in law as the Trustee shall reasonably require for the better
conveying, transferring and pledging and confirming unto the Trustee, all and
singular, the properties constituting the Trust Estate hereby transferred and
pledged, or intended so to be transferred and pledged.
Section 4.03. Further Covenants of the Issuer. Section 4.04.
Enforcement of Servicing Agreements. The Issuer shall comply with and
shall require the Servicer to comply with the following whether or not the
Issuer is otherwise in default under this Indenture: Section 4.05.
Procedures for Transfer of Funds. In any instance where this Indenture
requires a transfer of funds or money from one Fund to another, a transfer of
ownership in investments or an undivided interest therein may be made in any
manner agreeable to the Issuer and the Trustee, and in the calculation of the
amount transferred, interest on the investment which has or will accrue before
the date the money is needed in the fund to which the transfer is made shall not
be taken into account or considered as money on hand at the time of such
transfer. Section 4.06.
Additional Covenants with Respect to the Act. The Issuer covenants that
it will cause the Trustee to be, or replace the Trustee with, an Eligible Lender
under the Act, that it will acquire or cause to be acquired Eligible Loans
originated and held only by an Eligible Lender and that it will not dispose of
or deliver any Financed Eligible Loans or any security interest in any such
Financed Eligible Loans to any party who is not an Eligible Lender so long as
the Act or Regulations adopted thereunder require an Eligible Lender to be the
owner or holder of Guaranteed Eligible Loans; provided, however, that nothing
above shall prevent the Issuer from delivering the Eligible Loans to the
Servicer or the Guarantee Agency. The Registered Owners of the Notes shall not
in any circumstances be deemed to be the owner or holder of the Guaranteed
Eligible Loans. The
Issuer, or the Issuer Administrator on behalf of the Issuer, shall be
responsible for each of the following actions with respect to the Act: The
Trustee shall not be deemed to be the designated agent for the purposes of this
Section 4.06 unless it has agreed in writing to be such agent. Section 4.07.
Financed Eligible Loans; Collections Thereof; Assignment Thereof. The
Issuer, through the Servicer, shall diligently collect all principal and
interest payments on all Financed Eligible Loans, and all Interest Benefit
Payments, insurance, guarantee and default claims and Special Allowance Payments
which relate to such Financed Eligible Loans. The Issuer shall cause the filing
and assignment of such claims (prior to the timely filing deadline for such
claims under the Regulations) by the Servicer. The Issuer will comply with the
Act and Regulations which apply to the Program and to such Financed Eligible
Loans. Section 4.08.
Appointment of Agents, Direction to Trustee, Etc. The Issuer shall employ
and appoint all employees, agents, consultants and attorneys which it may
consider necessary. No member of the board of directors or officer of the Issuer
Administrator, neither singly or collectively, shall be personally liable for
any act or omission not willfully fraudulent or mala fide. The Issuer
hereby directs the Trustee to enter into this Indenture, the Administration
Agreement, the Custodian Agreements, the Guarantee Agreements and the Eligible
Lender Trust Agreements. Section 4.09.
Capacity to Sue. The Issuer shall have the power and capacity to sue and
to be sued on matters arising out of or relating to the financing of the
Financed Eligible Loans. Section 4.10.
Continued Existence; Successor to Issuer. The Issuer agrees that it will
do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force
and effect its existence, rights and franchises as a Delaware statutory trust,
except as otherwise permitted by this Section 4.10. The Issuer further
agrees that it will not (a) sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of all or
substantially all, of its assets (except Financed Eligible Loans if such sale,
transfer or disposition will discharge this Indenture in accordance with
Article X hereof); (b) consolidate with or merge into another entity;
or (c) permit one or more other entities to consolidate with or merge into
it. The preceding restrictions in (a), (b) and (c) shall not apply to a
transaction if the transferee or the surviving or resulting entity, if other
than the Issuer, by proper written instrument for the benefit of the Trustee,
irrevocably and unconditionally assumes the obligation to perform and observe
the agreements and obligations of the Issuer under this Indenture. If
a transfer is made as provided in this Section, the provisions of this Section
shall continue in full force and effect and no further transfer shall be made
except in compliance with the provisions of this Section. Section 4.11.
Amendment of Student Loan Purchase Agreements. The Issuer shall notify
the Trustee in writing of any proposed amendments to any existing Student Loan
Purchase Agreement. No such amendment shall become effective unless and until
the Trustee consents thereto in writing. The consent of the Trustee shall not be
unreasonably withheld and shall not be withheld if the Trustee receives an
opinion of counsel acceptable to them that such an amendment is required by the
Act and is not prejudicial to the Registered Owners. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, however, the Trustee shall consent to an amendment from time to time
so long as it is not materially prejudicial to the interests of the Registered
Owners, and the Trustee may rely on an opinion of counsel to such effect.
Section 4.12. Representations; Negative Covenants. (iv)
Transfer Not Subject to Bulk Transfer Act. Each grant of the Financed Eligible
Loans by the Issuer pursuant to this Indenture is not subject to the bulk
transfer act or any similar statutory provisions in effect in any applicable
jurisdiction.
Section 4.13. Additional Covenants. So long as any of the Notes are Outstanding: Section 4.14.
Providing of Notice. The Issuer, upon learning of any failure on its part
to observe or perform in any material respect any covenant, representation or
warranty of the Issuer set forth in this Indenture or the Student Loan Purchase
Agreements, or of any failure on the part of the Seller to observe or perform in
any material respect any covenant, representation or warranty of the Seller set
forth in the Student Loan Purchase Agreements, shall promptly notify the
Trustee, the Servicer and each Rating Agency of such failure.
Section 4.15. Certain Reports. The
Trustee may conclusively rely and accept such reports from the Issuer as
fulfilling the requirements of this Section 4.15, with no further duty to
know, determine or examine such reports or comply with the prescribed timing,
rules and regulations of the Commission. Section 4.16.
Statement as to Compliance. The Issuer will deliver to the Trustee,
within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year, a brief certificate from an
Authorized Representative including (a) a current list of the Authorized
Representatives, and (b) a statement indicating whether or not to the knowledge
of the signers thereof the Issuer is in compliance with all conditions and
covenants under this Indenture and, in the event of any noncompliance,
specifying such noncompliance and the nature and status thereof. For purposes of
this Section 4.16, such compliance shall be determined without regard to
any period of grace or requirement of notice under this Indenture. Section 4.17.
Representations of the Issuer Regarding the Trustees Security
Interest. The Issuer hereby represents and warrants for the benefit of the
Trustee and the Registered Owners as follows: Section 4.18.
Further Covenants of the Issuer Regarding the Trustees Security
Interest. The Issuer hereby covenants for the benefit of the Trustee and the
Registered Owners as follows: ARTICLE V FUNDS
Section 5.01. Creation and Continuation of Funds and Accounts. There are hereby
created and established the following Funds to be held and maintained by the
Trustee for the benefit of the Registered Owners: The
Trustee is hereby authorized for the purpose of facilitating the administration
of the Trust Estate and for the administration of any Notes issued hereunder to
create further Accounts or Subaccounts in any of the various Funds and Accounts
established hereunder which are deemed necessary or desirable. Section 5.02.
Acquisition Fund. There shall be deposited into the Acquisition Fund
moneys from proceeds of the Notes in an amount equal to $_________. Financed
Eligible Loans shall be held by the Trustee or its agent or bailee (including
the Servicer) and shall be pledged to the Trust Estate and accounted for as a
part of the Acquisition Fund. Moneys
on deposit in the Acquisition Fund shall be used, upon Issuer Order, solely to
(a) pay costs of issuance of the Notes, including the costs related to the
purchase of one or more Derivative Products, and (b) upon receipt by the
Trustee of an Eligible Loan Acquisition Certificate, to acquire Eligible Loans
at a price not in excess of ___.____%, plus accrued interest. Any such Issuer
Order or Eligible Loan Acquisition Certificate shall state that such proposed
use of moneys in the Acquisition Fund is in compliance with the provisions of
this Indenture. An Authorized Representative of the Issuer may, by Issuer Order,
direct the Trustee to transfer any or all such moneys to the Collection Fund for
use therein. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any funds or moneys remain in the
Acquisition Fund on _____, ________, then the Trustee shall, without direction
from or notice to the Issuer, transfer all such remaining moneys or funds to the
Collection Fund not later than the third Business Day preceding the Distribution
Date in ________, ________. While
the Issuer will be the beneficial owner of the Financed Eligible Loans and the
Registered Owners will have a security interest therein, it is understood and
agreed that the Trustee will be the legal owner thereof and will have a security
interest in the Financed Eligible Loans for and on behalf of the Registered
Owners. In the case of a single Financed Eligible Loan evidenced by a separate
note, each such note will be held in the name of the Trustee for the account of
the Issuer, for the benefit of the Registered Owners. In the case of a Financed
Eligible Loan evidenced by a Master Promissory Note, the Issuer shall cause the
holder of the original Master Promissory Note to indicate by book entry on its
books and records that the Issuer is the beneficial owner of the Loan and that
the Trustee is the legal owner and has a security interest in the Financed
Eligible Loan for the benefit of the Registered Owners. Except
as provided in Sections 5.06, 10.03 and 10.04 hereof, Financed Eligible
Loans shall not be sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of (other than for
consolidation, serialization or transfer to a Guaranty Agency) by the Trustee
free from the lien of this Indenture.
Section 5.03. Collection Fund.
Section 5.04. Reserve Fund. Section 5.05.
Investment of Funds Held by Trustee. The Trustee is hereby directed to
enter into the Investment Agreement. In addition, the Trustee shall invest money
held for the credit of any Fund or Account or Subaccount held by the Trustee
hereunder as directed in writing (or orally, confirmed in writing) by an
Authorized Representative of the Issuer, to the fullest extent practicable and
reasonable, in Investment Securities which shall mature or be redeemed at the
option of the holder prior to the respective dates when the money held for the
credit of such Fund or Account will be required for the purposes intended. In
the absence of any such direction and to the extent practicable, the Trustee may
invest amounts held hereunder in those Investment Securities described in clause
(k) of the definition of the Investment Securities. All such investments shall
be held by (or by any custodian on behalf of) the Trustee for the benefit of the
Issuer; provided that on the Business Day preceding each Distribution Date all
interest and other investment income collected (net of losses and investment
expenses) on funds on deposit therein shall be deposited into the Collection
Fund and shall be deemed to constitute a portion of the Available Funds for such
Distribution Date. The Trustee and the Issuer hereby agree that unless an Event
of Default shall have occurred hereunder, the Issuer acting by and through an
Authorized Representative shall be entitled to, and shall, provide written
direction or oral direction confirmed in writing to the Trustee with respect to
any discretionary acts required or permitted of the Trustee under any Investment
Securities and the Trustee shall not take such discretionary acts without such
written direction. The
Investment Securities purchased shall be held by the Trustee and shall be deemed
at all times to be part of such Fund or Account or Subaccounts or combination
thereof, and the Trustee shall inform the Issuer of the details of all such
investments. Upon direction in writing (or orally, confirmed in writing) from an
Authorized Representative of the Issuer, the Trustee shall use its best efforts
to sell at the best price obtainable, or present for redemption, any Investment
Securities purchased by it as an investment whenever it shall be necessary to
provide money to meet any payment from the applicable Fund. The Trustee shall
advise the Issuer in writing, on or before the fifteenth day of each calendar
month (or such later date as reasonably consented to by the Issuer), of all
investments held for the credit of each Fund in its custody under the provisions
of this Indenture as of the end of the preceding month and the value thereof,
and shall list any investments which were sold or liquidated for less than the
par value thereof, plus accrued but unpaid interest at the time thereof. Money
in any Fund constituting a part of the Trust Estate may be pooled for the
purpose of making investments and may be used to pay accrued interest on
Investment Securities purchased. The Trustee and its affiliates may act as
principal or agent in the acquisition or disposition of any Investment
Securities. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the Trustee shall not be responsible or liable for any losses on
investments made by it hereunder or for keeping all Funds held by it, fully
invested at all times, its only responsibility being to comply with the
investment instructions of the Issuer or its designee in a non-negligent manner. The
Issuer acknowledges that to the extent the regulations of the Comptroller of the
Currency or other applicable regulatory agency grant the Issuer the right to
receive brokerage confirmations of security transactions, the Issuer waives
receipt of such confirmations.
Section 5.06. Release. ARTICLE VI DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
Section 6.01. Events of Default Defined. For the purpose of this Indenture, the
following events are hereby defined as, and are declared to be, "Events of
Default": Any
notice herein provided to be given to the Issuer with respect to any default
shall be deemed sufficiently given if sent by registered mail with postage
prepaid to the Person to be notified, addressed to such Person at the post
office address as shown in Section 9.01 of this Indenture or such other address
as may hereafter be given as the principal office of the Issuer in writing to
the Trustee by an Authorized Representative of the Issuer. The Trustee may give
any such notice in its discretion and shall give such notice if requested to do
so in writing by the Registered Owners of at least 51% of the collective
aggregate principal amount of the Highest Priority Obligations at the time
Outstanding. Section 6.02.
Remedy on Default; Possession of Trust Estate. Subject to
Sections 7.05, 7.07 and 6.09 hereof, upon the happening and
continuance of any Event of Default, the Trustee or by its attorneys or agents
may enter into and upon and take possession of such portion of the Trust Estate
as shall be in the custody of others, and all property comprising the Trust
Estate, and each and every part thereof, and exclude the Issuer and its agents,
servants and employees wholly therefrom, and have, hold, use, operate, manage,
and control the same and each and every part thereof, and in the name of the
Issuer or otherwise, as they shall deem best, conduct the business thereof and
exercise the privileges pertaining thereto and all the rights and powers of the
Issuer and use all of the then existing Trust Estate for that purpose, and
collect and receive all charges, income and Available Funds of the same and of
every part thereof, and after deducting therefrom all expenses incurred
hereunder and all other proper outlays herein authorized, and all payments which
may be made as just and reasonable compensation for its own services, and for
the services of its attorneys, agents, and assistants, the Trustee shall apply
the rest and residue of the money received by the Trustee as follows: The
Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to Registered
Owners pursuant to this Section 6.02. At least 15 days before such record date,
the Trustee shall mail to each Registered Owner and the Issuer a notice that
states the record date, the payment date and the amount to be paid. Section 6.03.
Remedies on Default; Advice of Counsel. Upon the happening of any Event
of Default, the Trustee may proceed to protect and enforce the rights of the
Trustee and the Registered Owners in such manner as counsel for the Trustee may
advise, whether for the specific performance of any covenant, condition,
agreement or undertaking herein contained, or in aid of the execution of any
power herein granted, or for the enforcement of such other appropriate legal or
equitable remedies as, in the opinion of such counsel, may be more effectual to
protect and enforce the rights aforesaid. Section 6.04.
Remedies on Default; Sale of Trust Estate. Upon the happening of any
Event of Default and if the principal of all of the Outstanding Obligations
shall have been declared due and payable, then and in every such case, and
irrespective of whether other remedies authorized shall have been pursued in
whole or in part, the Trustee may sell, with or without entry, to the highest
bidder the Trust Estate, and all right, title, interest, claim and demand
thereto and the right of redemption thereof, at any such place or places, and at
such time or times and upon such notice and terms as may be required by law.
Upon such sale the Trustee may make and deliver to the purchaser or purchasers a
good and sufficient assignment or conveyance for the same, which sale shall be a
perpetual bar both at law and in equity against the Issuer and all Persons
claiming such properties. No purchaser at any sale shall be bound to see to the
application of the purchase money or to inquire as to the authorization,
necessity, expediency or regularity of any such sale. The Trustee is hereby
irrevocably appointed the true and lawful attorney-in-fact of the Issuer, in its
name and stead, to make and execute all bills of sale, instruments of assignment
and transfer and such other documents of transfer as may be necessary or
advisable in connection with a sale of all or part of the Trust Estate, but the
Issuer, if so requested by the Trustee, shall ratify and confirm any sale or
sales by executing and delivering to the Trustee or to such purchaser or
purchasers all such instruments as may be necessary, or in the judgment of the
Trustee, proper for the purpose which may be designated in such request. In
addition, the Trustee may proceed to protect and enforce the rights of the
Trustee and the Registered Owners of the Obligations in such manner as counsel
for the Trustee may advise, whether for the specific performance of any
covenant, condition, agreement or undertaking herein contained, or in aid of the
execution of any power herein granted, or for the enforcement of such other
appropriate legal or equitable remedies as may in the opinion of such counsel,
be more effectual to protect and enforce the rights aforesaid. The Trustee shall
take any such action or actions if requested to do so in writing by the
Registered Owners of at least 51% of the collective aggregate principal amount
of the Highest Priority Obligations at the time Outstanding. Section 6.05.
Appointment of Receiver. In case an Event of Default occurs, and if all
of the Outstanding Obligations shall have been declared due and payable and in
case any judicial proceedings are commenced to enforce any right of the Trustee
or of the Registered Owners under this Indenture or otherwise, then as a matter
of right, the Trustee shall be entitled to the appointment of a receiver of the
Trust Estate and of the earnings, income or revenue, rents, issues and profits
thereof with such powers as the court making such appointments may confer. Section 6.06.
Restoration of Position. In case the Trustee shall have proceeded to
enforce any rights under this Indenture by sale or otherwise, and such
proceedings shall have been discontinued, or shall have been determined
adversely to the Trustee, then and in every such case to the extent not
inconsistent with such adverse decree, the Issuer, the Trustee and the
Registered Owners shall be restored to their former respective positions and the
rights hereunder in respect to the Trust Estate, and all rights, remedies and
powers of the Trustee and of the Registered Owners shall continue as though no
such proceeding had been taken. Section 6.07.
Purchase of Properties by Trustee or Registered Owners. In case of any
such sale of the Trust Estate, any Registered Owner or Registered Owners or
committee of Registered Owners or the Trustee, may bid for and purchase such
property and upon compliance with the terms of sale may hold, retain possession
and dispose of such property as the absolute right of the purchaser or
purchasers without further accountability and shall be entitled, for the purpose
of making any settlement or payment for the property purchased, to use and apply
any Obligations hereby secured and any interest thereon due and unpaid, by
presenting such Obligations in order that there may be credited thereon the sum
apportionable and applicable thereto out of the net proceeds of such sale, and
thereupon such purchaser or purchasers shall be credited on account of such
purchase price payable to him or them with the sum apportionable and applicable
out of such net proceeds to the payment of or as a credit on the Obligations so
presented. Section 6.08.
Application of Sale Proceeds. The proceeds of any sale of the Trust
Estate, together with any funds at the time held by the Trustee and not
otherwise appropriated, shall be applied by the Trustee as set forth in
Section 6.02 hereof, and then to the Issuer or whomsoever shall be lawfully
entitled thereto. Section 6.09.
Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment. If an Event of
Default should occur and be continuing, then and in every such case the Trustee
or the Registered Owners of Obligations representing not less than a majority of
the Outstanding Amount of the Highest Priority Obligations may declare all the
Obligations to be immediately due and payable, by a notice in writing to the
Issuer (and to the Trustee if given by Registered Owners), and upon any such
declaration the unpaid principal amount of such Obligations, together with
accrued and unpaid interest thereon through the date of acceleration, shall
become immediately due and payable, subject, however, to Section 6.04 of
this Indenture. 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 Trustee as hereinafter in this Article VI provided, the Registered Owners of
Obligations representing a majority of the collective aggregate principal amount
of the Highest Priority Obligations then Outstanding, by written notice to the
Issuer and the Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its
consequences if: No
such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right
consequent thereto. Section 6.10.
Remedies Not Exclusive. The remedies herein conferred upon or reserved to
the Trustee or the Registered Owners of Obligations are not intended to be
exclusive of any other remedy, but each remedy herein provided shall be
cumulative and shall be in addition to every other remedy given hereunder or now
or hereafter existing, and every power and remedy hereby given to the Trustee or
to the Registered Owners of Obligations, or any supplement hereto, may be
exercised from time to time as often as may be deemed expedient. No delay or
omission of the Trustee or of any Registered Owner of Obligations to exercise
any power or right arising from any default hereunder shall impair any such
right or power or shall be construed to be a waiver of any such default or to be
acquiescence therein. Section 6.11.
Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee. The
Issuer covenants that if: then the Issuer will, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to the
Trustee, for the benefit of the Registered Owners, the whole amount then due and
payable on such Notes for principal (and premium, if any) and interest, with
interest upon any overdue principal (and premium, if any) and, to the extent
that payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable, upon any overdue
installments of interest, if any, at the rate or rates borne by or provided for
in such Notes, and, in addition thereto, such further amount as shall be
sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the
reasonable compensation, fees, expenses, disbursements and advances of the
Trustee and its agents and counsel. If
the Issuer fails to pay such amounts forthwith upon such demand, the Trustee, in
its own name and as Trustee of an express trust, may upon receiving
indemnification satisfactory to the Trustee institute a judicial proceeding for
the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, may prosecute such proceeding to
judgment or final decree, and may enforce the same against the Issuer or any
other obligor upon such Notes of such series and collect the moneys adjudged or
decreed to be payable in the manner provided by law out of the property of the
Issuer or any other obligor upon such Notes, wherever situated. If
an Event of Default with respect to Notes occurs and is continuing, the Trustee
may, after being indemnified to its satisfaction and in its discretion, proceed
to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the Registered Owners of
Notes and any related coupons by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the
Trustee shall deem most effectual 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. Section 6.12.
Direction of Trustee. Upon the happening of any Event of Default, the
Registered Owners of at least 51% of the collective aggregate principal amount
of the Highest Priority Obligations then Outstanding, shall have the right by an
instrument or instruments in writing delivered to the Trustee to direct and
control the Trustee as to the method of taking any and all proceedings for any
sale of any or all of the Trust Estate, or for the appointment of a receiver, if
permitted by law, and may at any time cause any proceedings authorized by the
terms hereof to be so taken or to be discontinued or delayed; provided, however,
that such Registered Owners shall not be entitled to cause the Trustee to take
any proceedings which in the Trustees opinion would be unjustly
prejudicial to non-assenting Registered Owners of Obligations, but the Trustee
shall be entitled to assume that the action requested by the Registered Owners
of at least 51% of the collective aggregate principal amount of the Highest
Priority Obligations then Outstanding will not be prejudicial to any
non-assenting Registered Owners unless the Registered Owners of more than 51% of
the collective aggregate principal amount of the non-assenting Registered Owners
of such Obligations, in writing, show the Trustee how they will be prejudiced.
Provided, however, that anything in this Indenture to the contrary
notwithstanding, the Registered Owners of a majority of the collective aggregate
principal amount of the Highest Priority Obligations then Outstanding together
with the Registered Owners of a majority of the collective aggregate principal
amount of all other Obligations then Outstanding shall have the right, at any
time, by an instrument or instruments in writing executed and delivered to the
Trustee, to direct the method and place of conducting all proceedings to be
taken in connection with the enforcement of the terms and conditions of this
Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or any other proceedings
hereunder, provided that such direction shall not be otherwise than in
accordance with the provisions of law and of this Indenture. The provisions of
this Section 6.12 shall be expressly subject to the provisions of
Sections 7.01(c), 7.05 and 7.07 hereof. Section 6.13.
Right to Enforce in Trustee. No Registered Owner of any Obligation shall
have any right as such Registered Owner to institute any suit, action or
proceedings for the enforcement of the provisions of this Indenture or for the
execution of any trust hereunder or for the appointment of a receiver or for any
other remedy hereunder, all rights of action hereunder being vested exclusively
in the Trustee, unless and until such Registered Owner shall have previously
given to the Trustee written notice of a default hereunder, and of the
continuance thereof, and also unless the Registered Owners of the requisite
principal amount of the Obligations then Outstanding shall have made written
request upon the Trustee and the Trustee shall have been afforded reasonable
opportunity to institute such action, suit or proceeding in its own name, and
unless the Trustee shall have been offered indemnity and security satisfactory
to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred therein or
thereby, which offer of indemnity shall be an express condition precedent
hereunder to any obligation of the Trustee to take any such action hereunder,
and the Trustee for 30 days after receipt of such notification, request and
offer of indemnity, shall have failed to institute any such action, suit or
proceeding. It is understood and intended that no one or more Registered Owners
of the Obligations shall have the right in any manner whatever by his or their
action to affect, disturb or prejudice the lien of this Indenture or to enforce
any right hereunder except in the manner herein provided and for the equal
benefit of the Registered Owners of not less than a majority of the collective
aggregate principal amount of the Obligations then Outstanding. Section 6.14.
Physical Possession of Obligations Not Required. In any suit or action by
the Trustee arising under this Indenture or on all or any of the Obligations
issued hereunder, or any supplement hereto, the Trustee shall not be required to
produce such Obligations, but shall be entitled in all things to maintain such
suit or action without their production. Section 6.15.
Waivers of Events of Default. The Trustee may in its discretion waive any
Event of Default hereunder and its consequences and rescind any declaration of
acceleration of Obligations, and shall do so upon the written request of the
Registered Owners of at least a majority of the collective aggregate principal
amount of the Highest Priority Obligations then Outstanding; provided, however,
that there shall not be waived (a) any Event of Default in the payment of
the principal of or premium on any Outstanding Obligations at the date of
maturity thereof, or any default in the payment when due of the interest on any
such Obligations, unless prior to such waiver or rescission, all arrears of
interest or all arrears of payments of principal and all expenses of the
Trustee, in connection with such default shall have been paid or provided for;
or (b) any default in the payment of amounts set forth in
Sections 7.05 and 7.07 hereof. In case of any such waiver or rescission, or
in case any proceedings taken by the Trustee on account of any such default
shall have been discontinued or abandoned or determined adversely to the
Trustee, then and in every such case the Issuer, the Trustee and the Registered
Owners of Obligations shall be restored to their former positions and rights
hereunder respectively, but no such waiver or rescission shall extend to or
affect any subsequent or other default, or impair any rights or remedies
consequent thereon. ARTICLE VII THE TRUSTEE Section 7.01.
Acceptance of Trust. The Trustee hereby accepts the trusts imposed upon
it by this Indenture, and agrees to perform said trusts, but only upon and
subject to the following terms and conditions: Section 7.02.
Recitals of Others. The recitals, statements and representations set
forth herein and in the Notes shall be taken as the statements of the Issuer,
and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for the correctness of the same. The
Trustee makes no representations as to the title of the Issuer in the Trust
Estate or as to the security afforded thereby and hereby, or as to the validity
or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Notes issued hereunder, and the
Trustee shall incur no responsibility in respect of such matters. Section 7.03. As
to Filing of Indenture. The Trustee shall be under no duty (a) to file
or record, or cause to be filed or recorded, this Indenture or any instrument
supplemental hereto, (b) or to procure any further order or additional
instruments of further assurance, (c) to see to the delivery to it of any
personal property intended to be mortgaged or pledged hereunder or thereunder,
(d) or to do any act which may be suitable to be done for the better
maintenance of the lien or security hereof (other than the filing of any
continuation (but not initial) statements), or (e) for giving notice of the
existence of such lien, or for extending or supplementing the same or to see
that any rights to the Trust Estate and Funds intended now or hereafter to be
transferred in trust hereunder are subject to the lien hereof. The Trustee shall
not be liable for failure of the Issuer to pay any tax or taxes in respect of
such property, or any part thereof, or the income therefrom or otherwise, nor
shall the Trustee be under any duty in respect of any tax which may be assessed
against it or the Registered Owners in respect of such property or pledged to
the Trust Estate. The Trustee agrees to prepare, request that the Issuer execute
(if such execution is necessary for any such filing) and file in a timely manner
(if received from the Issuer in a timely manner) with any necessary execution by
the Issuer, the continuation statements referred to herein; provided, that the
Trustee shall have no responsibility for the sufficiency, adequacy or priority
of any initial filing and in the absence of written notice to the contrary by
the Issuer or other Authorized Representative, may rely and shall be protected
in relying on all information and exhibits in such initial filings for the
purposes of any continuation statements. Section 7.04.
Trustee May Act Through Agents. The Trustee may execute any of the trusts
or powers hereof and perform any duty hereunder, either itself or by or through
its attorneys, agents or employees, and it shall not be answerable or
accountable for any default, neglect or misconduct of any such attorneys, agents
or employees, if reasonable care has been exercised in the appointment,
supervision and monitoring of the work performed. All reasonable costs incurred
by the Trustee and all reasonable compensation to all such persons as may
reasonably be employed in connection with the trusts hereof shall be paid by the
Issuer. Section 7.05.
Indemnification of Trustee. Other than with respect to its duties to make
payment on the Obligations when due, and its duty to pursue the remedy of
acceleration as provided in Sections 6.02 and 6.09 hereof, for each of
which no additional security or indemnity may be required, the Trustee shall be
under no obligation or duty to perform any act at the request of Registered
Owners or to institute or defend any suit in respect thereof unless properly
indemnified and provided with security to its satisfaction as provided in
Section 7.01(c) hereof. The Trustee shall not be required to take notice,
or be deemed to have knowledge, of any default or Event of Default of the Issuer
hereunder and may conclusively assume that there has been no such default or
Event of Default (other than an Event of Default described in
Section 6.01(a) or (b) hereof) unless and until it shall have been
specifically notified in writing at the address in Section 9.01 hereof of
such default or Event of Default by (a) the Registered Owners of the
required percentages in principal amount of the Obligations then Outstanding
hereinabove specified or (b) an Authorized Representative of the Issuer.
However, the Trustee may begin suit, or appear in and defend suit, execute any
of the trusts hereby created, enforce any of its rights or powers hereunder, or
do anything else in its judgment proper to be done by it as Trustee, without
assurance of reimbursement or indemnity, and in such case the Trustee shall be
reimbursed or indemnified by the Registered Owners requesting such action, if
any, or the Issuer in all other cases, for all fees, costs and expenses,
liabilities, outlays and counsel fees and other reasonable disbursements
properly incurred in connection therewith, unless such costs and expenses,
liabilities, outlays and attorneys fees and other reasonable disbursements
properly incurred in connection therewith are adjudicated to have resulted from
the negligence or willful misconduct of the Trustee. In furtherance and not in
limitation of this Section 7.05, the Trustee shall not be liable for, and
shall be held harmless by the Issuer from, following any Issuer Orders,
instructions or other directions upon which the Trustee is authorized to rely
pursuant to this Indenture or any other agreement to which it is a party. If the
Issuer or the Registered Owners, as appropriate, shall fail to make such
reimbursement or indemnification, the Trustee may reimburse itself from any
money in its possession under the provisions of this Indenture, subject only to
the prior lien of the Notes for the payment of the principal thereof, premium,
if any, and interest thereon from the Collection Fund. None of the provisions
contained in this Indenture or any other Agreement to which it is a party shall
require the Trustee to act or to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur
individual financial liability in the performance of any of its duties or in the
exercise of any of its rights or powers if the Registered Owners shall not have
offered security and indemnity acceptable to it or if it shall have reasonable
grounds for believing that prompt repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity
against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it. The
Issuer agrees to indemnify the Trustee for, and to hold it harmless against, any
loss, liability or expenses incurred without negligence or bad faith on its
part, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of
the trust or trusts hereunder, including the costs and expenses of defending
itself against any claim or liability in connection with the exercise or
performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder arising from the Trust
Estate. The Issuer agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Trustee against any
and all claims, demands, suits, actions or other proceedings and all
liabilities, costs and expenses whatsoever caused by any untrue statement or
misleading statement or alleged untrue statement or alleged misleading statement
of a material fact contained in any offering document distributed in connection
with the issuance of the Notes or caused by any omission or alleged omission
from such offering document of any material fact required to be stated therein
or necessary in order to make the statements made therein in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. Section 7.06.
Trustees Right to Reliance. The Trustee shall be protected in
acting upon any notice, resolution, request, consent, order, certificate,
report, appraisal, opinion, report or document of the Issuer or the Servicer or
other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or
presented by the proper party or parties. The Trustee may consult with experts
and with counsel (who may but need not be counsel for the Issuer, the Trustee,
or for a Registered Owner), and the opinion of such counsel shall be full and
complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken or
suffered, and in respect of any determination made by it hereunder in good faith
and in accordance with the opinion of such counsel. Whenever
in the administration hereof the Trustee shall reasonably deem it desirable that
a matter be proved or established prior to taking, suffering or omitting any
action hereunder, the Trustee (unless other evidence be herein specifically
prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on its part, rely upon a
certificate signed by an Authorized Representative of the Issuer or an
authorized officer of the Issuer Administrator or the Servicer. The
Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it in
good faith and believed by it to be authorized or within the discretion or
rights or powers conferred upon it hereby; provided, however, that the Trustee
shall be liable for its negligence or willful misconduct in taking such action. The
Trustee is authorized to enter into agreements with other Persons, in its
capacity as Trustee, in order to carry out or implement the terms and provisions
of this Indenture. The Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action
taken, suffered or omitted to be taken in good faith in accordance with this
Indenture or any other transaction document or at the direction of the
Registered Owners evidencing the appropriate percentage of the aggregate
principal amount of the Outstanding Notes relating to the time, method and place
of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or
exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee, under this Indenture
or any other transaction document. Section 7.07.
Compensation of Trustee. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein,
all advances, counsel fees (including without limitation allocated fees of
in-house counsel) and other expenses reasonably made or incurred by the Trustee
in and about the execution and administration of the trust hereby created and
reasonable compensation to the Trustee for its services in the premises shall be
paid by the Issuer. The compensation of the Trustee shall not be limited to or
by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of trustees of an express
trust. The Trustee shall not change the amount of its annual compensation
without giving the Issuer at least 90 days written notice prior to the
beginning of a Fiscal Year. If not paid by the Issuer, the Trustee shall have a
lien against all money held pursuant to this Indenture, subject only to the
prior lien of the Obligations against the money and investments in the
Collection Fund for the payment of the principal thereof, premium, if any, and
interest thereon, for such reasonable compensation, expenses, advances and
counsel fees incurred in and about the execution of the trusts hereby created
and the exercise and performance of the powers and duties of the Trustee
hereunder and the cost and expense incurred in defending against any liability
in the premises of any character whatsoever (unless such liability is
adjudicated to have resulted from the negligence or willful misconduct of the
Trustee). Section 7.08.
Trustee May Own Notes. The Trustee shall comply with TIA
Section 311(a), excluding any creditor relationship listed in TIA
Section 311(b). A Trustee who has resigned or been removed shall be subject
to TIA Section 311(a) to the extent indicated therein. The Trustee
hereunder, or any successor Trustee, in its individual or other capacity, may
become the owner or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with the Issuer,
with the same rights it would have if it were not the Trustee. The Trustee may
act as depository for, and permit any of its officers or directors to act as a
member of, or act in any other capacity in respect to, any committee formed to
protect the rights of the Registered Owners or to effect or aid in any
reorganization growing out of the enforcement of the Notes or of this Indenture,
whether or not any such committee shall represent the Registered Owners of more
than 60% of the collective aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding
Obligations. Section 7.09.
Resignation of Trustee. The Trustee and any successor to the Trustee may
resign and be discharged from the trust created by this Indenture by giving to
the Issuer notice in writing which notice shall specify the date on which such
resignation is to take effect; provided, however, that such resignation shall
only take effect on the day specified in such notice if a successor Trustee
shall have been appointed pursuant to Section 7.11 hereof (and is qualified
to be the Trustee under the requirements of Section 7.11 hereof). If no
successor Trustee has been appointed by the date specified or within a period of
90 days from the receipt of the notice by the Issuer, whichever period is the
longer, the Trustee may (a) appoint a temporary successor Trustee having
the qualifications provided in Section 7.11 hereof or (b) request a
court of competent jurisdiction to (i) require the Issuer to appoint a
successor, as provided in Section 7.11 hereof, within three days of the
receipt of citation or notice by the court, or (ii) appoint a Trustee
having the qualifications provided in Section 7.11 hereof. In no event may
the resignation of the Trustee be effective until a qualified successor Trustee
shall have been selected and appointed. In the event a temporary successor
Trustee is appointed pursuant to (a) above, the Issuer may remove such temporary
successor Trustee and appoint a successor thereto pursuant to Section 7.11
hereof. Section 7.10.
Removal of Trustee. The Trustee or any successor Trustee may be removed
(a) at any time by the Registered Owners of a majority of the collective
aggregate principal amount of the Highest Priority Obligations then Outstanding,
(b) by the Issuer for cause or upon the sale or other disposition of the
Trustee or its corporate trust functions or (c) by the Issuer without cause
so long as no Event of Default exists or has existed within the last
30 days, upon payment to the Trustee so removed of all money then due to it
hereunder and appointment of a successor thereto by the Issuer and acceptance
thereof by said successor. One copy of any such order of removal shall be filed
with the Delaware Trustee and the other with the Trustee so removed. In
the event a Trustee (or successor Trustee) is removed, by any person or for any
reason permitted hereunder, such removal shall not become effective until
(a) in the case of removal by the Registered Owners, such Registered Owners
by instrument or concurrent instruments in writing (signed and acknowledged by
such Registered Owners or their attorneys-in-fact) filed with the Trustee
removed have appointed a successor Trustee or otherwise the Issuer shall have
appointed a successor, and (b) the successor Trustee has accepted
appointment as such. Section 7.11.
Successor Trustee. In case at any time the Trustee or any successor
Trustee shall resign, be dissolved, or otherwise shall be disqualified to act or
be incapable of acting, or in case control of the Trustee or of any successor
Trustee or of its officers shall be taken over by any public officer or
officers, a successor Trustee may be appointed by the Issuer by an instrument in
writing duly authorized by the Issuer. In the case of any such appointment by
the Issuer of a successor to the Trustee, the Issuer shall forthwith cause
notice thereof to be mailed to the Registered Owners of the Notes at the address
of each Registered Owner appearing on the note registration books maintained by
the Registrar. Every
successor Trustee appointed by the Registered Owners, by a court of competent
jurisdiction, or by the Issuer shall be a bank or trust company in good
standing, organized and doing business under the laws of the United States or of
a state therein, which has a reported capital and surplus of not less than
$50,000,000, be authorized under the law to exercise corporate trust powers, be
subject to supervision or examination by a federal or state authority, and be an
Eligible Lender so long as such designation is necessary to maintain guarantees
and federal benefits under the Act with respect to the Financed Eligible Loans
originated under the Act. Section 7.12.
Manner of Vesting Title in Trustee. Any successor Trustee appointed
hereunder shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to its predecessor Trustee, and
also to the Issuer, an instrument accepting such appointment hereunder, and
thereupon such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance
shall become fully vested with all the estate, properties, rights, powers,
trusts, duties and obligations of its predecessors in trust hereunder (except
that the predecessor Trustee shall continue to have the benefits to
indemnification hereunder together with the successor Trustee), with like effect
as if originally named as Trustee herein; but the Trustee ceasing to act shall
nevertheless, on the written request of an Authorized Representative of the
Issuer, or an authorized officer of the successor Trustee, execute, acknowledge
and deliver such instruments of conveyance and further assurance and do such
other things as may reasonably be required for more fully and certainly vesting
and confirming in such successor Trustee all the right, title and interest of
the Trustee which it succeeds, in and to the Trust Estate and such rights,
powers, trusts, duties and obligations, and the Trustee ceasing to act also,
upon like request, pay over, assign and deliver to the successor Trustee any
money or other property or rights subject to the lien of this Indenture,
including any pledged securities which may then be in its possession. Should any
deed or instrument in writing from the Issuer be required by the successor
Trustee for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such new
Trustee such estate, properties, rights, powers and duties, any and all such
deeds and instruments in writing shall on request be executed, acknowledged and
delivered by the Issuer. In
case any of the Notes to be issued hereunder shall have been authenticated but
not delivered, any successor Trustee may adopt the certificate of authentication
of the Trustee or of any successor to the Trustee; and in case any of the Notes
shall not have been authenticated, any successor to the Trustee may authenticate
such Notes in its own name; and in all such cases such certificate shall have
the full force which it has anywhere in the Notes or in this Indenture. Section 7.13.
Additional Covenants by the Trustee to Conform to the Act. The Trustee
covenants that it will at all times be an Eligible Lender under the Act so long
as such designation is necessary, as determined by the Issuer, to maintain the
guarantees and federal benefits under the Act with respect to the Financed
Eligible Loans, that it will acquire Eligible Loans originated under the Act in
its capacity as an Eligible Lender and that it will not knowingly dispose of or
deliver any Financed Eligible Loans originated under the Act or any security
interest in any such Financed Eligible Loans to any party who is not an Eligible
Lender so long as the Act or Regulations adopted thereunder require an Eligible
Lender to be the owner or holder of such Financed Eligible Loans; provided,
however, that nothing above shall prevent the Trustee from delivering the
Eligible Loans to the Servicer or the Guaranty Agency. Section 7.14.
Right of Inspection. A Registered Owner shall be permitted at reasonable
times during regular business hours and in accordance with reasonable
regulations prescribed by the Trustee to examine at the principal office of the
Trustee a copy of any report or instrument theretofore filed with the Trustee
relating to the condition of the Trust Estate. Section 7.15.
Limitation with Respect to Examination of Reports. Except as provided in
this Indenture, the Trustee shall be under no duty to examine any report or
statement or other document required or permitted to be filed with it by the
Issuer. Section 7.16.
Servicing Agreement. The Trustee acknowledges the receipt of a copy of
the Servicing Agreement described in Section 4.04 hereof. Section 7.17.
Additional Covenants of Trustee. The Trustee, by the execution hereof,
covenants, represents and agrees that: Section 7.18.
Duty of Trustee with Respect to Rating Agencies. It shall be the duty of
the Issuer to notify each Rating Agency then rating any of the Notes (but the
Trustee shall incur no liability for any failure to do so) of (a) any
change, expiration, extension or renewal of this Indenture, (b) prepayment
or defeasance of all the Notes, (c) any change in the Trustee or
(d) any other information reasonably required to be reported to each Rating
Agency under any Supplemental Indenture; provided, however, the provisions of
this Section do not apply when such documents have been previously supplied to
such Rating Agency and the Trustee has received written evidence to such effect,
all as may be required by this Indenture. All notices required to be forwarded
to the Rating Agencies under this Section shall be sent in writing at the
following addresses: The
Trustee also acknowledges that each Rating Agencys periodic review for
maintenance of a Rating on any series of the Notes may involve discussions
and/or meetings with representatives of the Trustee at mutually agreeable times
and places. Section 7.19.
Merger of the Trustee. Any corporation into which the Trustee may be
merged or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from
any merger or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any
corporation succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust
business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder,
provided such corporation shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this
Indenture, without the execution or filing of any paper of any further act on
the part of any other parties hereto. Section 7.20.
Receipt of Funds from Servicer. The Trustee shall not be accountable or
responsible in any manner whatsoever for any action of the Issuer, the Issuer
Administrator, the depository bank of any funds of the Issuer, or the Servicer
while the Servicer is acting as bailee or agent of the Trustee with respect to
the Eligible Loans for actions taken in compliance with any instruction or
direction given to the Trustee, or for the application of funds or moneys by the
Servicer until such time as funds are received by the Trustee. Section 7.21.
Special Circumstances Leading to Resignation of Trustee. Because the
Trustee serves as trustee hereunder for Obligations of different priorities, it
is possible that circumstances may arise which will cause the Trustee to resign
from its position as trustee for one or more of the Obligations. In the event
that the Trustee makes a determination that it should so resign, due to the
occurrence of an Event of Default or potential default hereunder, or otherwise,
the Issuer may permit such resignation as to one or more of the Obligations or
request the Trustees resignation as to all Obligations, as the Issuer may
elect. If the Issuer should determine that a conflict of interest has arisen as
to the trusteeship of any of the Obligations, it may authorize and execute a
Supplemental Indenture with one or more successor Trustees, under which the
administration of certain of the Obligations would be separated from the
administration of the other Obligations. Section 7.22.
Survival of Trustees Rights to Receive Compensation, Reimbursement and
Indemnification. The Trustees rights to receive compensation,
reimbursement and indemnification of money due and owing hereunder at the time
of the Trustees resignation or removal shall survive the Trustees
resignation or removal. Section 7.23.
Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility; Conflicting Interests. There
shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder which shall be eligible to act as
Trustee under TIA Section 310(a)(1) and shall have a combined capital and
surplus of at least $50,000,000. If such corporation publishes reports of
condition at least annually, pursuant to law or the requirements of federal,
state, territorial or District of Columbia supervising or examining authority,
then for the purposes of this Section 7.23, 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. If at
any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the
provisions of this Section 7.23, it shall resign immediately in the manner
and with the effect hereinafter specified in this Article VII. Neither the
Issuer nor any Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by, or
under common control with, the Issuer shall serve as Trustee. Section 7.24.
Trustee May File Proofs of Claim. In case of the pendency of any
receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement,
adjustment, composition or other judicial proceeding relative to the Issuer or
any other obligor upon the Notes or the property of the Issuer or of such other
obligor or their creditors, the Trustee (irrespective of whether the principal
of the Notes of any series shall then be due and payable as therein expressed or
by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Trustee shall have
made any demand on the Issuer for the payment of overdue principal, premium, if
any, or interest) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such
proceeding or otherwise: Nothing
herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or
consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Registered Owner of a Note any
plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the
Notes or the rights of any Registered Owner thereof, or to authorize the Trustee
to vote in respect of the claim of any Registered Owner of a Note in any such
proceeding. In
any proceedings brought by the Trustee (and also any proceedings involving the
interpretation of any provision of this Indenture to which the Trustee shall be
a party), the Trustee shall be held to represent all the Registered Owners of
the Notes, and it shall not be necessary to make any Registered Owners of the
Notes parties to any such proceedings. ARTICLE VIII SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES Section 8.01.
Supplemental Indentures Not Requiring Consent of Registered Owners. The
Issuer and the Trustee may, without the consent of or notice to any of the
Registered Owners of any Obligations enter into any indenture or indentures
supplemental to this Indenture for any one or more of the following purposes: provided, however, that nothing in this Section shall permit, or
be construed as permitting, any modification of the trusts, powers, rights,
duties, remedies, immunities and privileges of the Trustee without the prior
written approval of the Trustee, which approval shall be evidenced by execution
of a Supplemental Indenture. Section 8.02.
Supplemental Indentures Requiring Consent of Registered Owners. Exclusive
of Supplemental Indentures covered by Section 8.01 hereof and subject to the
terms and provisions contained in this Section, and not otherwise, the
Registered Owners of not less than a majority of the collective aggregate
principal amount of the Obligations then Outstanding shall have the right, from
time to time, to consent to and approve the execution by the Issuer and the
Trustee of such other indenture or indentures supplemental hereto as shall be
deemed necessary and desirable by the Trustee for the purpose of modifying,
altering, amending, adding to or rescinding, in any particular, any of the terms
or provisions contained in this Indenture or in any Supplemental Indenture;
provided, however, that nothing in this Section shall permit, or be construed as
permitting (a) without the consent of the Registered Owners of all then
Outstanding Obligations, (i) an extension of the maturity date of the
principal of or the interest on any Obligation, or (ii) a reduction in the
principal amount of any Obligation or the rate of interest thereon, or
(iii) a privilege or priority of any Obligation or Obligations over any
other Obligation or Obligations except as otherwise provided herein, or
(iv) a reduction in the aggregate principal amount of the Obligations
required for consent to such Supplemental Indenture, or (v) the creation of
any lien other than a lien ratably securing all of the Obligations at any time
Outstanding hereunder except as otherwise provided herein; or (b) any
modification of the trusts, powers, rights, obligations, duties, remedies,
immunities and privileges of the Trustee without the prior written approval of
the Trustee. If
at any time the Issuer shall request the Trustee to enter into any such
Supplemental Indenture for any of the purposes of this Section, the Trustee
shall, upon being satisfactorily indemnified with respect to expenses, cause
notice of the proposed execution of such Supplemental Indenture to be mailed by
registered or certified mail to each Registered Owner of an Obligation at the
address shown on the registration books or listed in any Derivative Product.
Such notice (which shall be prepared by the Issuer) shall briefly set forth the
nature of the proposed Supplemental Indenture and shall state that copies
thereof are on file at the principal corporate trust office of the Trustee for
inspection by all Registered Owners. If, within 60 days, or such longer
period as shall be prescribed by the Issuer, following the mailing of such
notice, the Registered Owners of not less than a majority of the collective
aggregate principal amount of the Obligations Outstanding at the time of the
execution of any such Supplemental Indenture shall have consented in writing to
and approved the execution thereof as herein provided, no Registered Owner of
any Obligation shall have any right to object to any of the terms and provisions
contained therein, or the operation thereof, or in any manner to question the
propriety of the execution thereof, or to enjoin or restrain the Trustee or the
Issuer from executing the same or from taking any action pursuant to the
provisions thereof. Upon the execution of any such Supplemental Indenture as in
this Section 8.02 permitted and provided, this Indenture shall be and be
deemed to be modified and amended in accordance therewith. Section 8.03.
Additional Limitation on Modification of Indenture. None of the
provisions of this Indenture (including Sections 8.01 and 8.02 hereof)
shall permit an amendment to the provisions of the Indenture which permits the
transfer of all or part of the Financed Eligible Loans originated under the Act
or granting of a security interest therein to any Person other than an Eligible
Lender or the Servicer, unless the Act or Regulations are hereafter modified so
as to permit the same. The Trustee may request an opinion of counsel to the
effect that an amendment or supplement to this Indenture was adopted in
conformance with this Indenture. Section 8.04.
Notice of Defaults. Within 90 days after the occurrence of any
default hereunder with respect to the Notes, the Trustee shall transmit in the
manner and to the extent provided in TIA Section 313(c), notice of such
default hereunder known to the Trustee, unless such default shall have been
cured or waived; provided, however, that, except in the case of a default in the
payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest with respect to any
Note, or in the payment of any sinking fund installment with respect to the
Notes, the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so long
as an authorized officer of the Trustee in good faith determine that the
withholding of such notice is in the interest of the Registered Owners of the
Notes. For the purpose of this Section 8.04, the term "default"
means any event which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would become,
an Event of Default with respect to the Notes. Section 8.05.
Conformity with the Trust Indenture Act. Every supplemental indenture
executed pursuant to this Article VIII shall conform to the requirements of
the Trust Indenture Act as then in effect. ARTICLE IX GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 9.01. Notices.
Any notice, request or other instrument required by this Indenture to be signed
or executed by the Registered Owners of Obligations may be executed by the
execution of any number of concurrent instruments of similar tenor, and may be
signed or executed by such Registered Owners of Obligations in person or by
agent appointed in writing. As a condition for acting thereunder the Trustee may
demand proof of the execution of any such instrument and of the fact that any
person claiming to be the owner of any of said Obligations is such owner and may
further require the actual deposit of such Obligation or Obligations with the
Trustee. The fact and date of the execution of such instrument may be proved by
the certificate of any officer in any jurisdiction who by the laws thereof is
authorized to take acknowledgments of deeds within such jurisdiction, that the
person signing such instrument acknowledged before him the execution thereof, or
may be proved by any affidavit of a witness to such execution sworn to before
such officer. The
amount of Notes held by any person executing such instrument as a Registered
Owner of Notes and the fact, amount and numbers of the Notes held by such person
and the date of his holding the same may be proved by a certificate executed by
any responsible trust company, bank, banker or other depository in a form
approved by the Trustee, showing that at the date therein mentioned such person
had on deposit with such depository the Notes described in such certificate;
provided, however, that at all times the Trustee may require the actual deposit
of such Note or Notes with the Trustee. All
notices, requests and other communications to any party hereunder shall be in
writing (including bank wire, telex, telecopy or facsimile or similar writing)
at the following addresses, and each address shall constitute each partys
respective "Principal Office" for purposes of the Indenture: If intended for the Issuer: If intended for the Trustee: Any
party may change the address to which subsequent notices to such party are to be
sent, or of its Principal Office, by notice to the others, delivered by hand or
received by telex or facsimile or registered first-class mail, postage prepaid.
Each such notice, request or other communication shall be effective when
delivered by hand or received by facsimile or registered first-class mail,
postage prepaid. Section 9.02.
Covenants Bind Issuer. The covenants, agreements, conditions, promises,
and undertakings in this Indenture shall extend to and be binding upon the
successors and assigns of the Issuer, and all of the covenants hereof shall bind
such successors and assigns, and each of them, jointly and severally. All the
covenants, conditions and provisions hereof shall be held to be for the sole and
exclusive benefit of the parties hereto and their successors and assigns and of
the Registered Owners from time to time of the Obligations. No
extension of time of payment of any of the Obligations shall operate to release
or discharge the Issuer, it being agreed that the liability of the Issuer, to
the extent permitted by law, shall continue until all of the Obligations are
paid in full, notwithstanding any transfer of Financed Eligible Loans or
extension of time for payment.
Section 9.03. Lien Created. This Indenture shall operate effectually as (a) a
grant of lien on and security interest in, and (b) an assignment of, the Trust
Estate. Section 9.04.
Severability of Lien. If the lien of this Indenture shall be or shall
ever become ineffectual, invalid or unenforceable against any part of the Trust
Estate, which is not subject to the lien, because of want of power or title in
the Issuer, the inclusion of any such part shall not in any way affect or
invalidate the pledge and lien hereof against such part of the Trust Estate as
to which the Issuer in fact had the right to pledge. Section 9.05.
Consent of Registered Owners Binds Successors. Any request or consent of
the Registered Owner of any Obligations given for any of the purposes of this
Indenture shall bind all future Registered Owners of the same Obligation or any
Obligations issued in exchange therefor or in substitution thereof in respect of
anything done or suffered by the Issuer or the Trustee in pursuance of such
request or consent. Section 9.06.
Nonliability of Persons; No General Obligation. It is hereby expressly
made a condition of this Indenture that any agreements, covenants or
representations herein contained or contained in the Notes do not and shall
never constitute or give rise to a personal or pecuniary liability or charge
against the organizers, officers, employees, agents or trustees or the Issuer
Administrator of the Issuer, or against the general credit of the Issuer, and in
the event of a breach of any such agreement, covenant or representation, no
personal or pecuniary liability or charge payable directly or indirectly from
the general revenues of the Issuer shall arise therefrom. Nothing contained in
this Section, however, shall relieve the Issuer from the observance and
performance of the several covenants and agreements on its part herein
contained. Section 9.07.
Nonpresentment of Notes or Interest Checks. Should any of the Notes or
interest checks not be presented for payment when due, the Trustee shall retain
from any money transferred to it for the purpose of paying the Notes or interest
checks so due, for the benefit of the Registered Owners thereof, a sum of money
sufficient to pay such Notes or interest checks when the same are presented by
the Registered Owners thereof for payment. Such money shall not be required to
be invested. All liability of the Issuer to the Registered Owners of such Notes
or interest checks and all rights of such Registered Owners against the Issuer
under the Notes or interest checks or under this Indenture shall thereupon cease
and determine, and the sole right of such Registered Owners shall thereafter be
against such deposit. If any Note or interest check shall not be presented for
payment within the period of two years following its payment or prepayment date,
the Trustee shall return to the Issuer the money theretofore held by it for
payment of such Note or interest check, and such Note or interest check shall
(subject to the defense of any applicable statute of limitation) thereafter be
an unsecured obligation of the Issuer. The Trustees responsibility for any
such money shall cease upon remittance thereof to the Issuer.
Section 9.08. Security Agreement. This Indenture constitutes a Financing
Statement and a Security Agreement under the Delaware Uniform Commercial Code. Section 9.09.
Laws Governing. It is the intent of the parties hereto that this
Indenture shall in all respects be governed by the laws of the State of New
York. This Indenture is subject to the provisions of the TIA that are required
to be part of this Indenture and shall, to the extent applicable, be governed by
such provisions. Section 9.10.
Severability. Of any covenant, agreement, waiver, or part thereof in this
Indenture contained be forbidden by any pertinent law or under any pertinent law
be effective to render this Indenture invalid or unenforceable or to impair the
lien hereof, then each such covenant, agreement, waiver, or part thereof shall
itself be and is hereby declared to be wholly ineffective, and this Indenture
shall be construed as if the same were not included herein. Section 9.11.
Exhibits. The terms of the Schedules and Exhibits, if any, attached to
this Indenture are incorporated herein in all particulars. Section 9.12.
Non-Business Days. Except as may otherwise be provided herein, if the
date for making payment of any amount hereunder or on any Note, or if the date
for taking any action hereunder, is not a Business Day, then such payment can be
made without accruing further interest or action can be taken on the next
succeeding Business Day, with the same force and effect as if such payment were
made when due or action taken on such required date. Section 9.13.
Parties Interested Herein. Nothing in this Indenture expressed or implied
is intended or shall be construed to confer upon, or to give to, any person or
entity, other than the Trustee, the Delaware Trustee, the paying agent, if any,
and the Registered Owners of the Obligations, any right, remedy or claim under
or by reason of this Indenture or any covenant, condition or stipulation hereof,
and all covenants, stipulations, promises and agreements in this Indenture
contained by and on behalf of the Issuer shall be for the sole and exclusive
benefit of the Trustee, the paying agent, if any, and the Registered Owners of
the Obligations. Section 9.14.
Obligations Are Limited Obligations. The Notes and the obligations of the
Issuer contained in this Indenture are special, limited obligations of the
Issuer, secured by and payable solely from the Trust Estate herein provided. The
Issuer shall not be obligated to pay the Notes, the interest thereon, or any
other obligation created by or arising from this Indenture from any other
source. Section 9.15.
Counterparty Rights. Other than rights to the payment of Derivative
Product Fees and Derivative Product Payments as described in
Section 5.04(d) hereof, no Counterparty which shall be in default under any
Derivative Product with the Issuer shall have any of the rights granted to a
Counterparty or as the Registered Owner of an Obligation hereunder. A
Counterparty which is in default under any Derivative Product shall however,
continue to maintain all obligations undertaken by it under the terms of its
Derivative Product. Section 9.16.
Disclosure of Names and Addresses of Registered Owners. Registered Owners
of Notes, by receiving and holding the same, agree with the Issuer and the
Trustee that neither the Issuer nor the Trustee nor any Securities Depository
shall be held accountable by reason of the disclosure of any information as to
the names and addresses of the Registered Owners of Notes in accordance with TIA
Section 312, regardless of the source from which such information was
derived, and that the Trustee shall not be held accountable by reason of mailing
any material pursuant to a request made under TIA Section 312(b). Section 9.17.
Aggregate Principal Amount of Obligations. Whenever in this Indenture
reference is made to the aggregate principal amount of any Obligations, such
phrase shall mean, at any time, the principal amount of any Notes and the
Derivative Value of any Derivative Product. Section 9.18.
Financed Eligible Loans. The Issuer expects to acquire Eligible Loans and
to transfer Eligible Loans to the Trustee, in accordance with this Indenture,
which Eligible Loans, upon becoming subject to the lien of this Indenture,
constitute Financed Eligible Loans, as defined herein. If for any reason a
Financed Eligible Loan does not constitute an Eligible Loan, or ceases to
constitute an Eligible Loan, such loan shall continue to be subject to the lien
of this Indenture as a Financed Eligible Loan. Section 9.19.
Concerning the Delaware Trustee. It is expressly understood and agreed by
the parties to this Indenture and the Registered Owners that (a) this Indenture
is executed and delivered by the Delaware Trustee not in its individual or
personal capacity but solely in its capacity as Delaware Trustee under the Trust
Agreement on behalf of the Issuer, in the exercise of the powers and authority
conferred and vested in it as Delaware Trustee under the Trust Agreement,
subject to the protections, indemnities and limitations from liability afforded
to the Delaware Trustee thereunder; (b) the representations, warranties,
covenants, undertakings, agreements and obligations by the Delaware Trustee are
made and intended not as personal representations, warranties, covenants,
undertakings, agreements and obligations by ______________, but are made and
intended for the purpose of only binding the Trust Estate, as defined in the
Trust Agreement, and the Issuer; (c) nothing contained herein shall be construed
as creating any liability on __________________, individually or personally, to
perform any expressed or implied covenant, duty or obligation of any kind
whatsoever contained herein; and (d) under no circumstances shall
_______________________, be personally liable for the payment of any fees,
costs, indebtedness or expenses of any kind whatsoever or be personally liable
for the breach or failure of any obligation, representation, agreement, warranty
or covenant whatsoever made or undertaken by the Delaware Trustee or Issuer
hereunder. ARTICLE X PAYMENT AND CANCELLATION OF NOTES Section 10.01.
Trust Irrevocable. The trust created by the terms and provisions of this
Indenture is irrevocable until the indebtedness secured hereby (the Notes and
interest thereon) and all Issuer Derivative Payments are fully paid or provision
made for its payment as provided in this Article.
Section 10.02. Satisfaction of Indenture. Section 10.03.
Optional Purchase of All Financed Eligible Loans. The Issuer
Administrator shall certify to and notify the Sponsor and the Trustee in
writing, within 15 days after the last Business Day of each Collection Period
which the then outstanding Pool Balance is [12]% or less of the Initial Pool
Balance, of the percentage that the then outstanding Pool Balance bears to the
Initial Pool Balance. The Sponsor shall have the option to purchase the Financed
Eligible Loans on the date (the "Optional Purchase Date") that is the
[tenth] ([10]) Business Day preceding the earlier of (i) the
________, ___ Distribution Date or (ii) the Distribution Date next
succeeding the date on which the then outstanding Pool Balance is 10% or less of
the Initial Pool Balance. To exercise such option, the Sponsor shall deposit in
the Collection Fund on the Optional Purchase Date, an amount equal to the
aggregate Purchase Amount for the Financed Eligible Loans and the related rights
with respect thereto, plus the appraised value of any such other property held
by the Trust other than the Funds and Accounts, such value to be determined by
an appraiser mutually agreed upon by the Sponsor and the Trustee; provided,
however, that the Sponsor may not effect such purchase if such aggregate
Purchase Amounts do not equal or exceed the Minimum Purchase Amount. Section 10.04.
Auction of Financed Eligible Loans. Any Financed Eligible Loans remaining
in the Trust Estate on the Business Day next succeeding the Optional Purchase
Date shall promptly thereafter be offered for sale by the Trustee (or its
designated agent), and any such sale shall be consummated on or before the
immediately following Distribution Date (the "Trust Auction Date").
The Trustee shall provide written notice to the Sponsor of any such offer for
sale at least three Business Days in advance of the Trust Auction Date. If at
least two bids are received, the Trustee (or its designated agent) shall solicit
and resolicit new bids from all participating bidders until only one bid remains
or the remaining bidders decline to resubmit bids. The Trustee shall accept the
highest of such remaining bids if it is equal to or in excess of both
(i) the Minimum Purchase Amount and (ii) the fair market value of such
Financed Eligible Loans as of the end of the Collection Period immediately
preceding the Trust Auction Date. If at least two bids are not received or the
highest bid after the resolicitation process is completed is not equal to or in
excess of the higher of (i) the Minimum Purchase Amount and (ii) the
fair market value of the Financed Eligible Loans, the Trustee shall not
consummate such sale. The Trustee may consult, and, at the direction of the
Sponsor, shall consult, with a financial advisor, including an underwriter of
the Notes or the Issuer Administrator, to determine if the fair market value of
the Financed Eligible Loans has been offered. The proceeds of any such sale will
be applied in the order of priority set forth in Section 6.02 hereof. If
the sale is not consummated in accordance with the foregoing, the Trustee may,
but shall not be under any obligation to, solicit bids for sale of the Financed
Eligible Loans with respect to future Distribution Dates upon terms similar to
those described above. Notice of the prepayment of any Obligations resulting
from a purchase of the Financed Eligible Loans on the Optional Purchase Date or
the auction of the Financed Eligible Loans on the Trust Auction Date, shall be
given by the Trustee to the Registered Owners by first-class mail within five
Business Days of such Optional Purchase Date or Trust Auction Date. Section 10.05.
Cancellation of Paid Notes. Any Notes which have been paid or purchased
by the Issuer, mutilated Notes replaced by new Notes, and any temporary Note for
which definitive Notes have been delivered shall (unless otherwise directed by
the Issuer by Issuer Order) forthwith be cancelled by the Trustee and, except
for temporary Notes, returned to the Issuer. [Remainder of This Page Intentionally Left Blank] IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer has caused this Indenture to be executed in its
organizational name and behalf by its Delaware Trustee, and the Trustee, to
evidence its acceptance of the trusts hereby created, has caused this Indenture
to be executed in its organizational name and behalf, all in multiple
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, and the Issuer and the
Trustee have caused this Indenture to be dated as of the date herein above first
shown. EXHIBIT A ELIGIBLE LOAN ACQUISITION CERTIFICATE This
Eligible Loan Acquisition Certificate is submitted pursuant to the provisions of
Section 5.02 of the Indenture of Trust, dated as of ________, ________, as
amended (the "Indenture"), between College Loan Corporation Trust
20__-_ (the "Issuer") and _______________________, as Trustee. All
capitalized terms used in this Certificate and not otherwise defined herein
shall have the same meanings given to such terms in the Indenture. In your
capacity as Trustee, you are hereby authorized and requested to disburse to
_________________ (the "Seller") the sum of $____________ (or, in the
case of an exchange, the Eligible Loans listed in Exhibit A hereto) for the
acquisition of Eligible Loans. With respect to the Eligible Loans so to be
acquired, the Issuer hereby certifies as follows: 1.
The Eligible Loans to be acquired are those specified in Schedule A attached
hereto (the "Acquired Eligible Loans"). The remaining unpaid principal amount of
each Acquired Eligible Loan is as shown on such Schedule A. 2.
The amount to be disbursed pursuant to this Certificate does not exceed the
amount permitted by Section 5.02 of the Indenture, including a premium of not to
exceed ____%, plus accrued interest. 3.
Each Acquired Eligible Loan is an Eligible Loan authorized so to be acquired by
the Indenture. 4.
You have been previously, or are herewith, provided with the following items
(the items listed in (a), (b), (c), (d) and (f) have been received and are being
retained, on your behalf, by the Issuer or the Servicer): 5.
The Issuer is not, on the date hereof, in default under the Indenture or in the
performance of any of its covenants and agreements made in the Student Loan
Purchase Agreement relating to the Acquired Eligible Loans, and, to the best
knowledge of the Issuer, the Eligible Lender is not in default under the Student
Loan Purchase Agreement applicable to the Acquired Eligible Loans. The Issuer is
not aware of any default existing on the date hereof under any of the other
documents referred to in paragraph 4 hereof, nor of any circumstances which
would reasonably prevent reliance upon the opinion of counsel referred to in
paragraphs 4(d) hereof. 6.
All of the conditions specified in the Student Loan Purchase Agreement
applicable to the Acquired Eligible Loans and the Indenture for the acquisition
of the Acquired Eligible Loans and the disbursement hereby authorized and
requested have been satisfied; provided that the Issuer may waive the
requirement of receiving an opinion of counsel from the counsel to the
Lender. 7.
If a Financed Eligible Loan is being sold in exchange for an Acquired Eligible
Loan, the final expected maturity date of such Acquired Eligible Loan shall be
substantially similar to that of the Financed Eligible Loan being sold and such
sale and exchange shall not adversely affect the ability of the Trust Estate to
make timely principal and interest payments on its Obligations. 8.
With respect to all Acquired Eligible Loans which are Insured, Insurance is in
effect with respect thereto, and with respect to all Acquired Eligible Loans
which are Guaranteed, the Guarantee Agreement is in effect with respect
thereto. 9.
The Issuer is not in default in the performance of any of its covenants and
agreements made in any Contract of Insurance or the Guarantee Agreement
applicable to the Acquired Eligible Loans. 10.
The proposed use of moneys in the Acquisition Fund is in compliance with the
provisions of the Indenture. 11.
The undersigned is authorized to sign and submit this Certificate on behalf of
the Issuer. 12.
Eligible Loans are being acquired at a price which permits the results of the
cash flow analyses provided to the Rating Agencies on the Date of Issuance to be
sustained.
WITNESS my hand this _____ day of ___________. EXHIBIT B-1 FORM OF CLASS A-1 NOTE Unless
this Note is presented by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust
Company, a New York corporation ("DTC"), to the Issuer (as
defined below) 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 AS SET FORTH HEREIN. ACCORDINGLY, THE
OUTSTANDING PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF THIS NOTE AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE
AMOUNT SHOWN ON THE FACE HEREOF. THIS NOTE IS NOT GUARANTEED OR INSURED BY ANY
GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY. COLLEGE LOAN CORPORATION TRUST 20__-_ PRINCIPAL SUM: ______________________________________________ College
Loan Corporation Trust 20__-_, a statutory trust organized and existing under
the laws of the State of Delaware (herein referred to as the
"Issuer"), for value received, hereby promises to pay to CEDE &
CO., or registered assigns, on each Distribution Date the principal sum equal to
the applicable Class A Noteholders Principal Distribution Amount for
such Distribution Date, as described in the Indenture of Trust dated as of
__________, [________], between the Issuer (by _____________________, in its
capacity as Delaware Trustee) and ______________________, as eligible lender
trustee and trustee (the "Trustee") (capitalized terms used but not
defined herein being defined in Article I of the Indenture, which also contains
rules as to usage that shall be applicable herein); provided, however, that the
entire unpaid principal amount of this Note shall be due and payable on Maturity
Date specified above (the "Class A-1 Maturity Date"). The
Issuer shall pay interest on this Note at the rate per annum equal to the
Class A-1 Rate (as defined on the reverse hereof), on each Distribution
Date until the principal of this Note is paid or made available for payment, on
the principal amount of this Note outstanding on the preceding Distribution Date
or the Date of Issuance in the case of the first Distribution Date (after giving
effect to all payments of principal made on the preceding Distribution Date),
subject to certain limitations contained in the Indenture. Interest on this Note
shall accrue from and including the preceding Distribution Date (or, in the case
of the first Accrual Period, the Date of Issuance) to but excluding the
following Distribution Date (each an "Accrual Period"). Interest shall
be calculated on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed in each Accrual
Period divided by 360. 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 of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for
payment of public and private debts. All payments made by the Issuer with
respect to this Note shall be applied first to interest due and payable on this
Note as provided above and then to the unpaid principal of this Note. Reference
is made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the reverse hereof,
which shall have the same effect as though fully set forth on the face of this
Note. Unless
the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee whose
name appears below by manual signature, this Note shall not be entitled to any
benefit under the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof, or be valid or
obligatory for any purpose. IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer has caused this instrument to be duly executed,
manually or in facsimile, as of the date set forth below. Date: [Date of Issuance] TRUSTEES CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION This
is one of the Notes designated above and referred to in the within-mentioned
Indenture. Date: [Date of Issuance] This
Note is one of a duly authorized issue of Notes of the Issuer, designated as its
Student Loan Asset-Backed Notes, Class A-1 (the "Class A-1
Notes"), which, together with the Issuers Student Loan Asset-Backed
Notes, Class A-2, and A-3 (the "Class A-2 Notes" and the
"Class A-3 Notes" respectively) and the Issuers Student Loan
Asset-Backed Notes, Class B (the "Class B Notes" and, together
with the Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2 Notes and the Class A-3 Notes,
the "Notes"), are issued under and secured by 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
Trustee and the Registered Owners. The Notes are subject to all terms of the
Indenture. The
Class A-1 Notes are and will be secured by the Trust Estate pledged as
security therefor as provided in the Indenture. The Class A-1 Notes, the
Class A-2 Notes, and the Class A-3 Notes are senior to the Class B
Notes as and to the extent provided in the Indenture. Principal
of the Class A-1 Notes shall be payable on each Distribution Date in an
amount equal to the Class A Noteholders Principal Distribution Amount
for such Distribution Date. "Distribution Date" means the twenty-fifth
(25th) day of each _______, _______, _________ and _________ or, if any such
date is not a Business Day, the immediately succeeding Business Day, commencing
_________, [________]. As
described on the face hereof, the entire unpaid principal amount of this Note
shall be due and payable on the Class A-1 Maturity Date. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the entire unpaid principal amount of the Notes shall be due and
payable on the date on which (a) an Event of Default shall have occurred
and be continuing and (b) either the Trustee or the Registered Owners of
Obligations representing not less than a majority of the Outstanding Amount of
the Highest Priority Obligations shall have declared the Notes to be immediately
due and payable in the manner provided in the Indenture. Interest
on the Class A-1 Notes shall be payable on each Distribution Date on the
principal amount outstanding of the Class A-1 Notes until the principal
amount thereof is paid in full, at a rate per annum equal to the Class A-1
Rate. The "Class A-1 Rate" for each Accrual Period, other than
the first Accrual Period, shall be equal to the applicable Three-Month LIBOR,
plus _._%. The "Class A-1 Rate" for the first Accrual Period shall be
determined by reference to the following formula: x + [__/__* (y-x)] (where: x =
[Two-Month LIBOR], and y = Three-Month LIBOR), plus _._%, as
determined by the Issuer Administrator. Payments
of interest on this Note on each Distribution Date, together with the
installment of principal, if any, to the extent not in full payment of this
Note, shall be paid to the Person in whose name such Note is registered on the
Record Date by check mailed first-class, postage prepaid to such Persons
address as it appears on the records of the Trustee on such Record Date, except
that, unless definitive Notes have been issued pursuant to the Indenture, 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 shall be
made by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account designated
by such nominee. If funds are expected to be available, as provided in the
Indenture, for payment in full of the then remaining unpaid principal amount of
this Note on a Distribution Date, then the Trustee shall notify the Person in
whose name a Note is registered at the close of business on the Record Date
preceding the Distribution Date on which the Issuer expects that the final
installment of principal of and interest on such Note will be paid. Such notice
shall be mailed or transmitted by facsimile prior to such final Distribution
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. As
provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations set forth therein,
the transfer of this Note may be registered upon the records of the Trustee upon
surrender for transfer of any Note at the Principal Office of the Trustee, duly
endorsed for transfer or accompanied by an assignment duly executed by the
Registered Owner or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon the
Issuer shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in the name
of the transferee or transferees a new fully registered Note or Notes of the
same interest rate and for a like series, subseries, if any, and aggregate
principal amount of the same maturity. As
to any Note, the person in whose name the same shall be registered shall be
deemed and regarded as the absolute owner thereof for all purposes, and payment
of either principal or interest on any fully registered Note shall be made only
to or upon the written order of the Registered Owner thereof or his legal
representative but such registration may be changed as provided in the
Indenture. All such payments shall be valid and effectual to satisfy and
discharge the liability upon such Note to the extent of the sum or sums paid. Each
Registered Owner and each transferee of a Note shall be deemed to represent and
warrant that either (a) it is not acquiring the Note directly or indirectly for,
or on behalf of, an ERISA plan or any entity whose underlying assets are deemed
to be plan assets of such ERISA plan; or (b) (i) the acquisition and holding of
the Notes will not result in a nonexempt prohibited transaction under Section
406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code or similar law and (ii) if the Notes
are subsequently deemed to be "plan assets" pursuant to the
regulations set forth at 29 C.F.R. § 2510.3-101, it will promptly
dispose of the Notes. The
Trustee shall require the payment by any Registered Owner requesting exchange or
transfer of any tax or other governmental charge required to be paid with
respect to such exchange or transfer. The applicant for any such transfer or
exchange may be required to pay all taxes and governmental charges in connection
with such transfer or exchange, other than exchanges pursuant to the Indenture. The
term "Issuer" as used in this Note includes any successor to the
Issuer under the Indenture. The
Issuer is permitted by the Indenture, under certain circumstances, to merge or
consolidate, subject to the rights of the Trustee and the Registered Owners
under the Indenture. The
Notes are issuable only in registered form in denominations as provided in the
Indenture, subject to certain limitations therein set forth. This
Note shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of
New York, without reference to its conflict of law provisions, and the
obligations, rights and remedies of the parties hereunder and thereunder shall
be determined in accordance with such laws. No
reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of the
Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Issuer, which is absolute
and unconditional, to pay the principal of and interest on this Note at the
times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed. ASSIGNMENT Social Security or taxpayer I.D. or other identifying number of assignee FOR
VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation or organization)
32-0005932
(I.R.S. employer
identification number)
Suite 270
San Diego, California 92127
(888) 972-6311
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of
registrant's principal executive offices)
General Counsel
College Loan LLC
16855 W. Bernardo Drive
Suite 270
San Diego, California 92127
(888) 972-6311
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code,
and extension, of agent for service of process)
Richard L. Fried, Esq.
Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP
180 Maiden Lane
New York, NY 10038
Title of each class of securities
to be registered
Amount to be
registered
Proposed maximum
aggregate offering
price per unit (1)
Amount of
registration fee
Student Loan Asset-Backed Notes
$3,000,000,000
100%
$242,700
(To prospectus dated _______, 200_)
Student Loan Asset-Backed Notes
College Loan Corporation
Trust 20__-_
Issuer
College Loan LLC College Loan Corporation
Sponsor Issuer Administrator and Master Servicer
Original
Principal Price to Underwriting Proceeds to
Amount Interest Rate Final Maturity Date Public Discount Issuer(1)
Class A-1 Notes $__________ 3-month LIBOR plus ___% _____ __, 20__ ____% ____% $__________
Class A-2 Notes $__________ 3-month LIBOR plus ___% _____ __, 20__ ____% ____% $__________
Class A-3 Notes $__________ 3-month LIBOR plus ___% _____ __, 20__ ____% ____% $__________
Class A-4 Notes $__________ Auction Rate _____ __, 20__ ____% ____% $__________
Class B Notes $__________ Auction Rate _____ __, 20__ ____% ____% $__________
TOTAL $__________ $_______ $_______ $__________
(1)
Before deducting expenses estimated to be $_____________.
The notes will be secured
by a pool of student loans originated under the Federal Family Education Loan
Program, a cash reserve fund and the other money and investments pledged to the
indenture trustee.
__________, 20__
Prospectus Supplement
Summary of Terms
Risk Factors
College Loan Corporation Trust 20__-_
The Student Loan Operations of College Loan Corporation Trust 20__-_
Use of Proceeds
Acquisition of Student Loans
Characteristics of the Student Loans
Information Relating to the Guarantee Agencies
Description of the Notes
Credit Enhancement
[Interest Rate Cap Derivative Agreement]
[LIBOR Note Derivative Product Agreements]
ERISA Considerations
Certain Federal Income Tax Considerations
Reports to Noteholders
Special Note Regarding Forward Looking Statements
Plan of Distribution
Legal Matters
S-1
S-13
S-16
S-17
S-20
S-21
S-21
S-28
S-31
S-36
S-37
S-40
S-45
S-46
S-46
S-46
S-46
S-48
About This Prospectus
Summary of the Offering
Risk Factors
Special Note Regarding Forward Looking Statements
Formation of the Trusts
The Sponsor
The Issuer Administrator
Description of the Notes
Security and Sources of Payment for the Notes
Book-Entry Registration
Additional Notes
Summary of the Indenture Provisions
Description of Credit Enhancement and Derivative Products
Description of the Federal Family Education Loan Program
Description of the Guarantee Agencies
Federal Income Tax Consequences
ERISA Considerations
Plan of Distribution
Legal Matters
Financial Information
Ratings
Incorporation of Documents by Reference; Where to Find More Information
Glossary of Terms
Appendix I-Global Clearance, Settlement and Tax Documentation Proceduresi
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College Loan Corporation Trust 20__-_
College Loan LLC
College Loan Corporation
[insert names of subservicers]
[insert name]
[insert name]
[insert name]
class A-1 notes in the aggregate principal amount of $__________;
class A-2 notes in the aggregate principal amount of $__________;
class A-3 notes in the aggregate principal amount of $__________;
class A-4 notes in the aggregate principal amount of $__________; and
class B notes in the aggregate principal amount of $__________.
the class A-1 notes will
bear interest at an annual rate equal to three-month LIBOR, except for the
initial interest accrual period, plus ___%,
the class A-2 notes will
bear interest at an annual rate equal to three-month LIBOR, except for the
initial interest accrual period, plus ___%,
the class A-3 notes will
bear interest at an annual rate equal to three-month LIBOR, except for the
initial interest accrual period, plus ___%,
Initial Auction Initial Rate
Class Date Adjustment Date
- ----- ---- -----------------
A-4 ______, 20__ _____, 20__
B ______, 20__ _____, 20__
the rate determined
pursuant to the auction procedures described under Description of the
NotesAuction rate notes in the prospectus;
the maximum rate, which is equal to the least of:
the LIBOR rate for a comparable period plus a margin ranging from
___% to ___% depending on the ratings of the auction rate notes,
___% and
the maximum rate permitted by law; and
the adjusted student loan
rate, which is based upon the actual return on the student loans in the trust
minus administrative expenses and losses realized on the student loans during
the preceding collection period.
the principal
distribution amount, which includes any shortfall in the payment of the
principal distribution amount on the preceding distribution dates; and
funds available to pay
principal as described below in Description of the NotesFlow of
Funds.
The class A-1 notes will be paid in full by the __________, 20__
quarterly distribution date;
the class A-2 notes will be paid in full by the __________, 20__
quarterly distribution date;
the class A-3 notes will be paid in full by the __________, 20__
quarterly distribution date;
the class A-4 notes will be paid in full by the __________, 20__
quarterly distribution date; and
the class B notes will be paid in full by the __________, 20__
quarterly distribution date.
the FFELP student loans acquired with the proceeds of the sale of the notes;
collections and other payments received on account of the student loans;
money and investments held in funds created under the indenture, including the
Acquisition Fund, the Collection Fund and the Reserve Fund; and
[its rights under the interest
rate cap derivative agreement and the LIBOR note derivative product agreements].
amounts owing to the U.S. Department of Education and guarantee agencies,
the trusts
operating expenses, which include servicing fees, trustees fees, auction
agent fees, broker dealer fees, administration fees [and LIBOR note derivative
product agreement fees], and
interest and principal on the notes, including amounts payable to counterparties
on derivative agreements.
amounts owed to the U.S. Department of Education and to guarantee
agencies with respect to student loans owned by the trust;
servicing fees owed to the master servicer[; and
amounts due the
counterparties under the derivative product agreements (which in the case of
termination payments will be limited to priority termination payments)].
to the U.S. Department of Education and to guarantee agencies,
amounts owed with respect to student loans owned by the trust;
to the master servicer,
the indenture trustee, the auction agent, the broker dealers and the Delaware
trustee, pro rata, the servicing fees, the trustees fees and the auction
agent fees and broker dealer fees;
to the issuer administrator, the administration fee and any prior
unpaid administration fees;
to the class A
noteholders and the derivative product agreement counterparties, pro rata, to
pay interest due on the class A notes and amounts due to the counterparties
(which in the case of termination payments will be limited to priority
termination payments);
to the class B noteholders, to pay interest due on the class B notes;
to the class A-1 noteholders, to pay the principal distribution
amount until the outstanding balance on the class A-1 notes is reduced to zero;
to the class A-2 noteholders, to pay the principal distribution
amount until the outstanding balance on the class A-2 notes is reduced to zero;
pro rata, in lots of
$50,000, to pay the principal distribution amount to the class A-3, class A-4,
class A-5 and class A-6 notes until the outstanding balance on those notes is
reduced to zero;
to the class B
noteholders, in lots of $50,000, to pay the principal distribution amount until
the outstanding balance on the class B notes is reduced to zero;
to the Reserve Fund, the amount, if any, necessary to restore the
Reserve Fund to the Reserve Fund minimum balance;
to the class A-3, class A-4, class A-5 and class A-6 noteholders,
any unpaid carry-over amounts;
to the class B noteholders, any unpaid carry-over amounts;
to the derivative product agreement counterparties, pro rata, any
unreimbursed termination payments due under the terms of the related derivative
product agreement;
to the master servicer, any unpaid carry-over servicing fee; and
on a quarterly
distribution date, to the sponsor, any remaining amounts, less the portion, if
any, of the principal distribution amount allocated but not paid to a class of
auction rate notes on that quarterly distribution date.
from available funds in the trust as described in the prospectus under
"Description of the Notes--Optional Redemption;"
as described in the prospectus under "Description of the
Notes--Extraordinary Optional Redemption;" and
with proceeds received by the trust from selling student loans.
the amount by which the
aggregate outstanding principal amount of all the notes immediately prior to
that quarterly distribution date exceeds the quotient obtained by dividing the
Adjusted Pool Balance, as of the last day of the related collection period, by
____%; and
the amount by which the
aggregate outstanding principal amount of the class A notes immediately prior to
that quarterly distribution date exceeds the quotient obtained by dividing the
Adjusted Pool Balance, as of the last day of the related collection period, by
____%.
all payments received by
the trust through that date from borrowers, the guarantee agencies and the
Department of Education;
all amounts received by the trust through that date from purchases of student loans;
all liquidation proceeds and realized losses on the student loans through that date;
the amount of any adjustment to balances of the student loans that
a subservicer makes under its subservicing agreement through that date; and
the amount by which the
guarantee agency reimbursements of principal on defaulted student loans through
that date are reduced from 100% to 98%, or other applicable percentage, as
required by the risk sharing provisions of the Higher Education Act.
a monthly payment default by the trust under that derivative product agreement;
certain insolvency events relating to the trust; and
the indenture trustee
taking any action under the indenture to liquidate all of the trusts
assets following an event of default and an acceleration of the notes.
the amount of specified increases in the costs College Loan Corporation incurs,
the amount of specified conversion, transfer and removal fees;
any carry-over servicing fees described above that remain unpaid
from prior distribution dates; and
interest on unpaid amounts as set forth in the master servicing agreement.
reduce the outstanding
principal amount of each class of notes then outstanding on the related
quarterly distribution date to zero;
pay to the noteholders the interest payable on the related quarterly distribution date;
[pay any amount owing to a LIBOR note derivative product agreement counterparty;] and
pay any unpaid carry-over servicing fee.
the excess, if any, of
the interest rate payable on the class A-1 notes over the adjusted student loan
rate, multiplied by the principal amount of the outstanding class A-1 notes;
plus
the excess, if any, of
the interest rate payable on the class A-2 notes over the adjusted student loan
rate, multiplied by the principal amount of the outstanding class A-2 notes;
plus
the excess, if any, of
the interest rate payable on the class A-3 notes over the adjusted student loan
rate, multiplied by the principal amount of the outstanding class A-3 notes.
a counterparty fails to make a required payment within three business days of
the date that payment was due; or
a counterparty fails,
within 45 calendar days of the date on which the credit ratings of the
counterparty or its credit support provider fall below the required ratings
specified in the agreement, to:
obtain a replacement
interest rate cap derivative agreement or a replacement LIBOR note derivative
product agreement, as the case may be, with terms substantially the same as the
agreement; or
establish any other
arrangement satisfactory to the trust and the applicable rating agencies.
acquiring, holding and managing the student loans and the other
assets of the trust, and the proceeds therefrom;
issuing the notes; and
engaging in other activities related to the activities listed above.
each student loan has
been duly executed and delivered and constitutes the legal, valid and binding
obligation of the maker and the endorser, if any, thereof, enforceable in
accordance with its terms.
the sponsor is the sole
owner and holder of each student loan and has full right and authority to sell
and assign the same free and clear of all liens, pledges or encumbrances.
each student loan to be
sold under the loan purchase agreement is either insured or guaranteed.
the sponsor and any
independent servicer have each exercised and shall continue until the scheduled
sale date to exercise due diligence and reasonable care in making,
administering, servicing and collecting the student loans.
the sponsor, or the
lender that originated a student loan, has reported the amount of origination
fees, if any, authorized to be collected with respect to the student loan
pursuant to Section 438(c) of the Higher Education Act to the Secretary of the
Department of Education for the period in which the fee was authorized to be
collected; and the sponsor or originating lender has made any refund of an
origination fee collected in connection with any student loan which may be
required pursuant to the Higher Education Act.
any representation or
warranty made or furnished by the seller in or pursuant to its respective loan
purchase agreement shall prove to have been materially incorrect as to the
student loan;
the Secretary of the
Department of Education or a guarantee agency, as the case may be, refuses to
honor all or part of a claim filed with respect to a loan, including any claim
for interest subsidy, special allowance payments, insurance, reinsurance or
guarantee payments on account of any circumstance or event that occurred prior
to the sale of the student loan to the trust; or
on account of any
wrongful or negligent act or omission of the seller or its servicing agent that
occurred prior to the sale of a student loan to the trust, or a defense that
makes the student loan unenforceable is asserted by a maker or endorser, if any,
of the student loan with respect to his or her obligation to pay all or any part
of the student loan.
the termination of the indenture,
the early termination after material default by the master servicer as provided
for in the master servicing agreement, or
the student loans serviced under the master servicing agreement are paid in full.
Deposit to Acquisition Fund $___________
Deposit to Reserve Fund $___________
Deposit to Collection Fund $___________
Total $___________
============
(As of the Statistical Calculation Date)
Composition of the Student Loan Portfolio
(As of the Statistical Calculation Date)
Aggregate outstanding principal balance............................ $__________
Number of borrowers................................................ $__________
Average outstanding principal balance per borrower................. $__________
Number of loans.................................................... __________
Average outstanding principal balance per loan..................... $__________
Weighted average borrower interest rate............................ _____%
Weighted average remaining term (months)........................... _____
Distribution of the Student Loans
(As of the Statistical Calculation Date)
Outstanding Percent of Loans
Number of Principal by Outstanding
Loan Type Loans Balance Balance
--------- ----- ------- -------
Consolidated _______ $_______ ___%
PLUS _______ _______ ___
SLS _______ _______ ___
Stafford - Subsidized _______ _______ ___
Stafford - Unsubsidized _______ _______ ___
Total _______ $___________ 100.00%
=======
Borrower Interest Rate
(As of the Statistical Calculation Date)
Outstanding Percent of Loans
Number of Principal by Outstanding
Interest Rate Loans Balance Balance
------------- ----- ------- -------
Less than 4% _______ $__________ ____%
4.00% to 4.49% _______ __________ ____
4.50% to 4.99% _______ __________ ____
5.00% to 5.49% _______ __________ ____
5.50% to 5.99% _______ __________ ____
6.00% to 6.49% _______ __________ ____
6.50% to 6.99% _______ __________ ____
7.00% to 7.49% _______ __________ ____
7.50% to 7.99% _______ __________ ____
8.00% to 8.99% _______ __________ ____
Greater than 9% _______ __________ ____
Total _______ $__________ 100.00%
=======
Outstanding Percent of Loans
Number of Principal by Outstanding
School Type Loans Balance Balance
- ----------- ----- ------- -------
2-year institution ________ $ ________ ____%
4-year institution / Post-grad ________ ________ ____
Consolidation / Uncoded* ________ ________ ____
Vocational / Trade ________ ________ ____
Other ________ ________ ____
Total ________ $ ________ 100.00%
=======
__________
*Refers to consolidation loans for which the school type applicable to the loans the borrower consolidated is unavailable.
Distribution of the Student Loans by Sap Interest Rate Index
(As of the Statistical Calculation Date)
Outstanding Percent of Loans
SAP Interest Number of Principal by Outstanding
Rate Index Loans Balance Balance
---------- ----- ------- -------
91 Day T-Bill Index ________ $ ________ ____%
90 Day CP Index ________ ________ ____
Total ________ $ ________ 100.00%
=======
Distribution of the Student Loans by Borrower Payment Status
(As of the Statistical Calculation Date)
Outstanding Percent of Loans
Borrower Number of Principal by Outstanding
Payment Status Loans Balance Balance
-------------- ----- ------- -------
School ________ $________ ____%
Grace ________ ________ ____
Deferment ________ ________ ____
Forbearance ________ ________ ____
Repayment*
First Year Repayment ________ ________ ____
Second Year Repayment ________ ________ ____
Third Year Repayment ________ ________ ____
More Than Three Years ________ ________ ____
Claim ________ ________ ____
Total ________ $________ 100.00%
=======
__________________
*The weighted average number of months in repayment for all student loans currently in
repayment is ____, calculated as the term to maturity at the commencement of repayment less the number of
months remaining to scheduled maturity as of the cut-off date.
Distribution of the Student Loans by Number of Days Delinquent
(As of the Statistical Calculation Date)
Outstanding Percent of Loans
Number of Principal by Outstanding
Days Delinquent Loans Balance Balance
--------------- ----- ------- -------
0-30 ________ $________ ____%
31-60 ________ ________ ____
61-90 ________ ________ ____
91-120 ________ ________ ____
121 and above ________ ________ ____
Total ________ $________ 100.00%
=======
Distribution of the Student Loans by Date of Disbursement
(As of the Statistical Calculation Date)
Outstanding Percent of Loans
Number of Principal by Outstanding
Disbursement Date Loans Balance Balance
----------------- ----- ------- -------
Pre-October, 1993 ________ $ ________ ____%
October 1, 1993 and thereafter ________ ________ ____
Total ________ $ ________ 100.00%
=======
Distribution of the Student Loans by Range of Principal Balance
(As of the Statistical Calculation Date)
Outstanding Percent of Borrowers
Number of Principal by Outstanding
Principal Balance Borrowers Balance Balance
----------------- --------- ------- -------
Less than $500.00 ____ $ ________ ____%
$500.00 -$999.99 ____ ________ ____
$1,000.00 -$1,999.99 ____ ________ ____
$2,000.00 -$2,999.99 ____ ________ ____
$3,000.00 -$3,999.99 ____ ________ ____
$4,000.00 -$5,999.99 ____ ________ ____
$6,000.00 -$7,999.99 ____ ________ ____
$8,000.00 -$9,999.99 ____ ________ ____
$10,000.00 -$14,999.99 ____ ________ ____
$15,000.00 -$19,999.99 ____ ________ ____
$20,000.00 -$24,999.99 ____ ________ ____
$25,000.00 -$29,999.99 ____ ________ ____
$30,000.00 -$34,999.99 ____ ________ ____
$35,000.00 -$39,999.99 ____ ________ ____
$40,000.00 -$44,999.99 ____ ________ ____
$45,000.00 -$49,999.99 ____ ________ ____
$50,000.00 or greater ____ ________ ____
Total ____ $________ 100.00%
=======
Distribution of the Student Loans by
Number of Months Remaining Until Scheduled Maturity
(As of the Statistical Calculation Date)
Outstanding Percent of Loans
Number of Principal by Outstanding
Number of Months* Loans Balance Balance
- ----------------- ----- ------- -------
1 to 23 ____ $________ ____%
24 to 35 ____ ________ ____
36 to 47 ____ ________ ____
48 to 59 ____ ________ ____
60 to 71 ____ ________ ____
72 to 83 ____ ________ ____
84 to 95 ____ ________ ____
96 to 107 ____ ________ ____
108 to 119 ____ ________ ____
120 to 131 ____ ________ ____
132 to 143 ____ ________ ____
144 to 155 ____ ________ ____
156 to 167 ____ ________ ____
168 to 179 ____ ________ ____
180 to 191 ____ ________ ____
192 to 203 ____ ________ ____
204 to 215 ____ ________ ____
216 to 227 ____ ________ ____
228 to 239 ____ ________ ____
240 to 251 ____ ________ ____
252 to 263 ____ ________ ____
264 to 275 ____ ________ ____
276 to 287 ____ ________ ____
288 to 299 ____ ________ ____
300 to 311 ____ ________ ____
312 to 323 ____ ________ ____
324 to 335 ____ ________ ____
336 to 347 ____ ________ ____
348 to 359 ____ ________ ____
360 to 371 ____ ________ ____
Total ________ $________ 100.00%
=======
______________
*Does not give effect to any deferral or forbearance periods that may be granted in the future.
OUTSTANDING
NUMBER OF PRINCIPAL PERCENT OF LOANS
LOCATION LOANS BALANCE BY OUTSTANDING BALANCE
- -------- ----- ------- -----------------------
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 ____ ________ ____
Guam ____ ________ ____
Puerto Rico ____ ________ ____
Virgin Islands ____ ________ ____
Other / Uncoded ____ ________ ____
Total ____ $________ 100.00%
=======
DISTRIBUTION OF THE STUDENT LOANS BY GUARANTEE AGENCY
(AS OF THE CUT-OFF DATE)
OUTSTANDING
NUMBER OF PRINCIPAL PERCENT OF LOANS
GUARANTEE AGENCY LOANS BALANCE BY OUTSTANDING BALANCE
---------------- ----- ------- ----------------------
[insert name of each
guarantee agency] ________ $________ ____%
________ ________ ____
________ ________ ____
________ ________ ____
________ ________ ____
________ ________ ____
________ ________ ____
________ ________ ____
________ ________ ____
________ ________ ____
________ ________ ____
Total ________ $________ 100.00%
=======
__________
*Less than 0.01%.
_________% are guaranteed by _________________, a non-profit
corporation organized in ____________ and guaranteeing student loans since
_____,
[describe additional significant guarantors]
and the remaining _____% are guaranteed by one of the following
guarantee agencies:
Guaranty Volume
(In Millions)
FEDERAL FISCAL YEAR [NAME OF EACH SIGNIFICANT GUARANTOR]
------------------- ------------------------------------
_____ $________________
_____ ________________
_____ ________________
_____ ________________
Reserve Ratio
FEDERAL FISCAL YEAR [NAME OF EACH SIGNIFICANT GUARANTOR]
------------------- ------------------------------------
_____ ________%
_____ ________
_____ ________
_____ ________
Recovery Rates
FEDERAL FISCAL YEAR [NAME OF EACH SIGNIFICANT GUARANTOR]
------------------- ------------------------------------
_____ ________%
_____ ________
_____ ________
_____ ________
Claims Rates
FEDERAL FISCAL YEAR [NAME OF EACH SIGNIFICANT GUARANTOR]
------------------- ------------------------------------
_____ ________%
_____ ________
_____ ________
_____ ________
the principal distribution amount for that distribution date,
which includes any shortfall in the payment of the principal distribution amount
on the preceding distribution date; and
funds available for the payment of principal as described below
under "Flow of Funds."
the amount by which the aggregate outstanding principal amount of
all the notes immediately prior to that quarterly distribution date exceeds the
quotient obtained by dividing the Adjusted Pool Balance, as of the last day of
the related collection period, by ___%; and
the amount by which the aggregate outstanding principal amount of
the class A notes immediately prior to that quarterly distribution date exceeds
the quotient obtained by dividing the Adjusted Pool Balance, as of the last day
of the related collection period, by ____%.
all payments received by the trust through that date from
borrowers, the guarantee agencies and the Department of Education,
all amounts received by the trust through that date from purchases
of student loans,
all liquidation proceeds and realized losses on the student loans
through that date,
the amount of any adjustment to balances of the student loans that
a subservicer makes under its subservicing agreement through that date, and
the amount by which guarantor reimbursements of principal on defaulted student
loans through that date are reduced from 100% to 98%, or other applicable
percentage, as required by the risk sharing provisions of the Higher Education
Act.
amounts owed to the U.S. Department of Education and to guarantee
agencies with respect to student loans owned by the trust;
any servicing fees due to the master servicer for the prior month;
and
amounts due the counterparties under the derivative product
agreements (which in the case of termination payments will be limited to
priority termination payments).
to the U.S. Department of Education and to guarantee agencies,
amounts owed with respect to student loans owned by the trust;
to the master servicer, the indenture trustee, the auction agent,
the broker dealers and the Delaware trustee, pro rata, the servicing fees, the
trustees fees and the auction agent fees and broker dealer fees;
to the issuer administrator, any administration fees due on that
distribution date and all prior unpaid administration fees;
to the class A noteholders and the derivative product agreement
counterparties, pro rata, to pay interest due on the class A notes and amounts
due to the counterparties (which in the case of termination payments will be
limited to priority termination payments);
to the class B noteholders to pay interest due on the class B notes;
to the class A-1 noteholders, to pay the principal distribution
amount until the outstanding balance on the class A-1 notes is reduced to
zero;
to the class A-2 noteholders, to pay the principal distribution
amount until the outstanding balance on the class A-2 notes is reduced to
zero;
pro rata, in lots of $50,000, to pay the principal distribution amount to the
class A-3, class A-4, class A-5 and class A-6 notes until the outstanding
balance on those notes is reduced to zero;
to the class B noteholders, in lots of $50,000 to pay the
principal distribution amount until the outstanding balance on the class B notes
is reduced to zero;
to the Reserve Fund, the amount, if any, necessary to restore the
Reserve Fund to the Reserve Fund minimum balance;
to the class A-3, class A-4, class A-5 and class A-6 noteholders,
any unpaid carry-over amounts;
to the class B noteholders, any unpaid carry-over amounts;
to the derivative product agreement counterparties, pro rata, any
unreimbursed termination payments due under the terms of the related derivative
product agreement;
to the master servicer, any unpaid carry-over servicing fee; and
on a quarterly distribution date, to the sponsor, any remaining
amounts, less the portion, if any, of the principal distribution amount
allocated but not paid to a class of auction rate notes on that quarterly
distribution date.
from available funds in the trust as described in the prospectus under
"Description of the Notes - Optional Redemption;"
as described in the prospectus under "Description of the Notes -
Extraordinary Optional Redemption;" and
with proceeds received by the trust from selling student loans.
the failure of the derivative counterparty to pay any amount when
due under the derivative agreement after giving effect to the applicable grace
period,
the occurrence of events of insolvency or bankruptcy of the trust
or the derivative counterparty,
the acceleration of the principal of the notes following an event
of default under the indenture, and
the following other standard events of default under the 1992 ISDA Master
Agreement: Credit Support Default (not applicable to the trust) and
Merger Without Assumption (not applicable to the trust), as
described in Sections 5(a)(iii) and 5(a)(viii) of the 1992 ISDA Master
Agreement.]
the counterparty, financial program or long-term senior debt
rating, as the case may be, of the derivative counterparty is withdrawn or
downgraded below A by Standard & Poors Credit Market
Services, a division of the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., or by Fitch Ratings (to
the extent available) or any successor rating agency or A2 by
Moodys Investors Services, Inc. or any successor rating agency; and
the derivative counterparty has not, within 45 days of the withdrawal or
downgrade, procured a collateral arrangement, a replacement transaction or a
rating affirmation.
A collateral arrangement means any of:
An executed collateral agreement between the parties providing for the
collateralization of the derivative counterpartys obligations under the
interest rate cap derivative agreement as measured by the net present value of
the derivative counterpartys marked-to-market obligations. The collateral,
collateral levels, collateral agent, if any, and other terms of the collateral
agreement must be satisfactory to the derivative counterparty and the trust in
their reasonable judgment and to the rating agency whose rating was lowered or
withdrawn.
A letter of credit, guaranty or surety bond or insurance policy
covering the derivative counterpartys obligations under the interest rate
cap derivative agreement from a bank, guarantor or insurer having a debt rating,
or a financial program or counterparty rating or claims paying rating, of at
least A by S&P and A2 by Moodys.
A replacement transaction means a transaction with a replacement
counterparty who assumes the derivative counterpartys position under the
interest rate cap derivative agreement on substantially the same terms or with
such other amendments to the terms of the interest rate cap derivative agreement
as may be approved by the parties and each of the rating agencies.
A rating affirmation means a written acknowledgement from the
rating agency whose rating was lowered or withdrawn that, notwithstanding the
withdrawal or downgrade, the then-current ratings of the notes will not be
lowered.]
the excess, if any, of the interest rate on the class A-1 notes
over the adjusted student loan rate, multiplied by the Notional Principal Amount
for the class A-1 notes; plus
the excess, if any, of the interest rate on the class A-2 notes
over the adjusted student loan rate, multiplied by the Notional Principal Amount
for the class A-2 notes; plus
the excess, if any, of the interest rate on the class A-3 notes
over the adjusted student loan rate, multiplied by the Notional Principal Amount
for the class A-3 notes.]
The "adjusted student loan rate" for any interest accrual period
will be the percentage equivalent of a fraction,
the numerator of which is equal to Expected Interest Collections for the
collection period related to such interest accrual period, less the servicing
fee, the trustees fees, the administration fee and any fees due to LIBOR
note derivative product counterparties with respect to the interest accrual
period and
the denominator of which is the Pool Balance as of the first day
of the collection period related to such interest accrual period, multiplied by
the quotient obtained by dividing 360 by the actual number of days in the
interest accrual period.]
["Expected Interest Collections" means the sum of:
the amount of interest accrued, net of amounts required to be paid to the
Department of Education or to be repaid to guarantors or borrowers, for the
trusts student loans for the collection period related to such interest
accrual period, whether or not actually paid;
all interest benefit payments and special allowance payments for
the trusts student loans for the collection period related to such
interest accrual period, whether or not actually received; and
investment earnings of the trust for the collection period related
to such interest accrual period preceding the related distribution date.
The Notional Principal Amount for any distribution
date for each of the class A-1, class A-2, class A-3, class A-4 or class B notes
will be the outstanding principal balance of those notes on the first day of the
interest accrual period immediately preceding that distribution date.]
___% per annum on the Notional Principal Amount for the class A-1
notes; plus
___% per annum on the Notional Principal Amount for the class A-2
notes; plus
___% per annum on the Notional Principal Amount for the class A-3
notes.]
the failure of the trust or a counterparty to pay any amount when
due under a LIBOR note derivative product agreement after giving effect to the
applicable grace period; provided, that with respect to the trust, the trust has
available, after all prior obligations of the trust, sufficient funds to make
the payment,
the occurrence of events of insolvency or bankruptcy of the trust
or a counterparty,
the failure of the trust to comply with certain terms and
provisions of the indenture if such failure is continuing after any applicable
grace period has elapsed,
an acceleration of the principal of the notes following an event
of default under the indenture, and
the following other standard events of default under the 1992 ISDA Master
Agreement: Credit Support Default and Merger Without
Assumption (not applicable to the trust), as described in Sections
5(a)(iii) and 5(a)(viii) of the 1992 ISDA Master Agreement.]
a long-term certificates of deposit or long-term senior debt
rating, as the case may be, of the counterparty is withdrawn or downgraded below
A by Standard & Poors Credit Market Services, a division
of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., or by Fitch Ratings (to the extent
available) or any successor rating agency or A2 by Moodys
Investors Service, Inc. or any successor rating agency; and
a counterparty has not, within 45 days of the withdrawal or
downgrade, procured a collateral arrangement, a replacement transaction or a
rating affirmation.
a counterparty has not, within 45 days of the withdrawal or
downgrade, procured a collateral arrangement, a replacement transaction or a
rating affirmation.
For purposes of this additional termination event:
A collateral arrangement means either:
An executed collateral agreement between the parties providing for the
collateralization of the counterpartys obligations under an agreement as
measured by the net present value of the counterpartys marked-to-market
obligations. The collateral, collateral levels, collateral agent and other terms
of the collateral agreement must be satisfactory to the counterparty and the
trust in their reasonable judgment and to the rating agency whose rating was
lowered or withdrawn.
A letter of credit, guaranty or surety bond or insurance policy
covering the counterpartys obligations under an agreement from a bank,
guarantor or insurer having a debt rating, or a financial program or
counterparty rating or claims paying rating, of at least A by
S&P and A2 by Moodys.
A replacement transaction means a transaction with a replacement
counterparty who assumes the counterpartys position under a LIBOR note
derivative product agreement on substantially the same terms or with such other
amendments to the terms of the LIBOR note derivative product agreement as may be
approved by the parties and each of the rating agencies.
A rating affirmation means a written acknowledgment from the
rating agency whose rating was lowered or withdrawn that, notwithstanding the
withdrawal or downgrade, the then-current ratings of the notes will not be
lowered.]
Class A-1 Class A-2 Class A-3 Class A-4 Class B
Underwriter Notes Notes Notes Notes Notes
----------- ----- ----- ----- ----- -----
[insert name of each $ $ $ $ $
underwriter]
..
Total $ $ $ $ $
= = = = =
Initial Public Underwriting Proceeds to
Offering Price Discount the Seller Concession Reallowance
------------- -------- ---------- ---------- -----------
Per class A-1 note ____% ____% $ ________ ____% ____%
Per class A-2 note ____% ____% ________ ____% ____%
Per class A-3 note ____% ____% ________ ____% ____%
Per class A-4 note ____% ____% ________ ____% ____%
Per class B note ____% ____% ________ ____% ____%
Total $ ________
_______________
(1) Before deducting expenses expected to be approximately $_________.
Issuer
College Loan LLC
Sponsor
College Loan Corporation
Master Servicer and Issuer
Administrator
a description of the aggregate principal amount, authorized
denominations and interest rate or rates, or the manner of determining the
interest rate or rates, of each class of the notes to be sold
information concerning the student loans that will be purchased
with the proceeds of the notes
information with respect to any notes the trust may have
previously issued that are secured by a common pool of assets that secure
payment of the notes described in the prospectus supplement
information concerning the guarantee agencies providing guarantees
for the student loans that will be acquired with note proceeds
information concerning the companies that will be engaged to
service the student loans that will be acquired with note proceeds
information with respect to any credit or cash flow enhancements
designed to reduce the risk to investors caused by shortfalls in payments on the
related student loans
any updates or changes to the information presented in this
prospectus.
About This Prospectus
Summary of the Offering
Risk Factors
Special Note Regarding Forward Looking Statements
Formation of the Trusts
The Sponsor
The Administrator
Description of the Notes
Security and Sources of Payment for the Notes
Book-Entry Registration
Additional Notes
Summary of the Indenture Provisions
Description of Credit Enhancement and Derivative Products
Description of the Federal Family Education Loan Program
Description of the Guarantee Agencies
Federal Income Tax Consequences
ERISA Considerations
Plan of Distribution
Legal Matters
Financial Information
Ratings
Incorporation of Documents by Reference; Where to Find More Information
Glossary of Terms
Appendix I - Global, Clearance, Settlement and Tax Documentation Procedures
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insurance policies or surety bonds;
subordination of certain classes or subclasses of notes;
one or more reserve funds;
letters of credit; or
other arrangements acceptable to each rating agency rating the
notes to provide for coverage of risks of defaults or losses.
investors
estate and you will have no other recourse
against us
on the amount and timing of payments and collections on the
student loans held in the trust estate and interest paid or earnings on the
funds held in the accounts established pursuant to the related indenture;
amounts on deposit in the Reserve Fund and other funds held in the
related trust estate; and
any form of credit enhancement described in the related prospectus supplement.
and servicing procedures for student loans may
result in loss of guarantee and other benefits
the Department of Education's refusal to make insurance payments
to the applicable guarantor or to make interest subsidy payments and special
allowance payments on the student loans of a trust; or
the guarantors' inability or refusal to make guarantee payments on
the student loans of a trust.
with the Department of Education's third-party
servicer regulations, payments on your notes
could be adversely affected
or the bankruptcy or insolvency of the sellers of
student loans could result in payment delays or
reductions
Corporation or any subservicer could result in
payment delays to you
your notes if borrowers default on their student
loans
the maturity and yield of your notes
loans held in the trustestate may change
the guarantee agencies to honor their guarantees
may become impaired
Department of Education could prevent the trust
from paying you the full amount of the principal
and interest due on your notes
pay principal on or redeem notes
develop, and this could diminish their value
student loan portfolio
Student Loan Program could adversely affect the
availability of student loans, the cost of servicing,
the value of student loans and prepayment
expectations
to the Class A notes
trust estate
may affect a trust's cash flow
recommendation to purchase and may change
variety of factors that may adversely affect their
repayment ability
may exceed the principal amount of the assets in
the trust estate, which could result in losses
on your notes if there was a liquidation
of default, therecould be losses on your notes
amendments to the indenture orwaive defaults
under the indenture
taken without your approval
could result in delays in payment or losses on
your notes if the counterparty fails to make its
payments
acquire, hold, manage and sell student loans, other assets of the
trust and any proceeds therefrom;
issue notes;
enter into swap agreements and credit enhancement facilities;
make payments of principal and interest on the notes; and
engage in any incidental or related activities.
student loans purchased with the proceeds from the issuance of the
notes, legal title to which will be held by the eligible lender trustee;
revenues, consisting of all principal and interest payments,
proceeds, charges and other income the trustee receives on account of any
student loan, including interest benefit payments and any special allowance
payments with respect to any student loan, and investment income from all funds
created under the indenture, and any proceeds from the sale or other disposition
of the student loans;
all moneys and investments held in the funds created under the
indenture;
rights under any loan
purchase agreement and servicing agreement, including the right to require any
seller or servicer to repurchase student loans or to substitute student loans
under certain circumstances; and
any other property described in the related prospectus supplement,
including any credit enhancement for the notes and rights to receive payments
under derivative product agreements.
administering accounting and financial reporting activities of the
trust;
preparing operating budgets, statistical reports and cash flow
projections to the extent required by the indenture; and
providing certain notices and performing certain other
administrative obligations required by the indenture and the trust
agreement.
"bid/hold
orders" - specify the minimum interest rate that a current investor is
willing to accept in order to continue to hold auction rate notes for the
upcoming interest period;
"sell orders" - an order by a current investor to sell a specified
principal amount of auction rate notes, regardless of the upcoming interest
rate; and
"potential bid orders" - specify the minimum interest rate that a
potential investor, or a current investor wishing to purchase additional auction
rate notes, is willing to accept in order to buy a specified principal amount of
auction rate notes.
(a) Assumptions:
1. Denominations (Units) = $50,000
2. Interest period = 28 days
3. Principal amount outstanding = $50 Million (1000 Units)
(b) Summary of all orders received for the auction
Bid/Hold Orders Sell Orders Potential Bid Orders
20 Units at 2.90% 100 Units Sell 40 Units at 2.95%
60 Units at 3.02% 100 Units Sell 60 Units at 3.00%
120 Units at 3.05% 200 Units Sell 100 Units at 3.05%
200 Units at 3.10% 400 Units 100 Units at 3.10%
200 Units at 3.12% 100 Units at 3.11%
600 Units 100 Units at 3.14%
200 Units at 3.15%
700 Units
(c) Auction agent organizes orders in ascending order
Number Cumulative Number
Order of Total Order of Cumulative
Number Units Units Percent Number Units Total (Units) Percent
------- ------- ---------- ------- ------- ------ ------------- -------
1. 20(W) 20 2.90% 7. 200(W) 600 3.10%
2. 40(W) 60 2.95% 8. 100(W) 700 3.10%
3. 60(W) 120 3.00% 9. 100(W) 800 3.11%
4. 60(W) 180 3.02% 10. 200(W) 1000 3.12%
5. 100(W) 280 3.05% 11. 100(L) 3.14%
6. 120(W) 400 3.05% 12. 200(L) 3.15%
(W) Winning Order (L) Losing Order
The numerator of which is equal to the sum of the expected
interest collections on the applicable trust's student loans and reciprocal
payments that such trust receives on a derivative product, if any, less the sum
of the servicing fee, the administration fee, and reciprocal payments such trust
makes on any derivative product, if any, with respect to an interest period;
and
The denominator of which is the aggregate principal amount of the
notes as of the last day of the interest period.
the original denomination of your note; and
the applicable pool factor.
revenues, consisting of all principal and interest payments,
proceeds, charges and other income received by the trustee or the trust on
account of any student loan, including interest benefit payments and any special
allowance payments with respect to any student loan, and investment income from
all funds created under the indenture and any proceeds from the sale or other
disposition of the student loans;
payments from swap counterparties under any swap agreements
described in a prospectus supplement;
all moneys and investments held in the funds created under the
indenture; and
student loans purchased with money from the Acquisition Fund or
otherwise acquired or originated and pledged or credited to the Acquisition
Fund.
Collection Fund
Acquisition Fund
Reserve Fund
to purchase portfolios of student loans during a time period
specified in the related prospectus supplement.
to originate federal consolidation loans, each made for the
purpose of consolidating one or more federal student loans at least one of which
is already held by the trust and add-on loans to existing consolidation loans
held by the trust.
to purchase serial loans from sellers. For a student loan to
qualify as a serial loan it must have been made to a borrower under a student
loan held by the trust on the date of issuance, or acquired during a prefunding
period, of the notes and must meet other criteria described in the
indenture.
the amount of principal distributions on the notes;
the amount of interest distributions for each class of notes and
the applicable interest rates;
the pool balance at the end of the collection period;
the outstanding principal amount for each class of the notes;
the amount of principal and interest collected on the student
loans;
the ratio of the trust's assets to the outstanding amount of
senior notes and all the notes;
during each acquisition period, the principal amount of student
loans acquired;
the servicing fees, trustees' fees and administrative fees for the
collection period;
the interest rates, if available, for the next interest accrual
period for each class;
the amount of any aggregate realized losses for the collection
period;
the amount of any shortfall in the payment of the principal
distribution amount for each class, and any changes in these amounts from the
preceding statement;
the balance of student loans held by a trust that are delinquent
in each delinquency period as of the end of collection period; and
the balance of any reserve account, after giving effect to changes
in the balance on that distribution date.
the accuracy of any records maintained by The Depository Trust Company,
Clearstream, Luxembourg or Euroclear or any participant,
the payment by The Depository Trust Company, Clearstream,
Luxembourg or Euroclear or any participant of any amount due to any beneficial
owner in respect of the principal amount or interest on the notes,
the delivery by any The Depository Trust Company participant,
participant or Euroclear participant of any notice to any beneficial owner which
is required or permitted under the terms of the indenture to be given to
noteholders or
any other action taken by The Depository Trust Company.
The trust has entered into a supplemental indenture with the
trustee providing the terms and forms of the additional notes.
The trustee has received a rating confirmation from each rating
agency which has assigned a rating to any outstanding notes of the trust that
such rating will not be reduced or withdrawn as a result of the issuance of the
proposed additional notes.
The trustee has received an opinion of counsel to the effect that
all of the foregoing conditions to the issuance of the proposed additional notes
have been satisfied.
will not create or voluntarily permit to be created any debt, lien
or charge on the student loans which would be on a parity with, subordinate to,
or prior to the lien of the indenture;
will not take any action or fail to take any action that would
result in the lien of the indenture or the priority of that lien for the
obligations thereby secured being lost or impaired; and
will pay or cause to be paid, or will make adequate provisions for
the satisfaction and discharge, of all lawful claims and demands which if unpaid
might by law be given precedence to or any equality with the indenture as a lien
or charge upon the student loans.
it is duly authorized under the Delaware Statutory Trust Act to
create and issue the notes and to execute and deliver the indenture and any
derivative product, and to make the pledge to the payment of notes and any
company derivative payments under the indenture,
all necessary trust action for the creation and issuance of the
notes and the execution and delivery of the indenture and any derivative product
has been duly and effectively taken,
the notes in the hands of the registered owners of the notes and
any derivative product are and will be valid and enforceable special limited
obligations of the trust secured by and payable solely from the trust
estate.
the amount of principal payments made with respect to each class
of notes during the preceding period
the amount of interest payments made with respect to each class of
notes during the preceding period
the principal balance of student loans as of the close of business
on the last day of the preceding period
the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the notes of each
class
the interest rate for the applicable class of notes with respect
to each distribution date
the number and principal amount of student loans that are
delinquent or for which claims have been filed with a guarantee agency
the outstanding principal amount of the notes as of the close of
business on the last day of the preceding period.
Dealing with the Secretary of Education with respect to the
rights, benefits and obligations under the certificates of insurance and the
contract of insurance, and dealing with the guarantee agencies with respect to
the rights, benefits and obligations under the guarantee agreements with respect
to the student loans;
Causing to be diligently enforced, and causing to be taken all
reasonable steps necessary or appropriate for the enforcement of all terms,
covenants and conditions of all student loans and agreements in connection with
the student loans, including the prompt payment of all principal and interest
payments and all other amounts due under the student loans;
Causing the student loans to be serviced by entering into a
servicing agreement with the servicer for the collection of payments made for,
and the administration of the accounts of, the student loans;
Complying with, and causing all of its officers, trustees,
employees and agents to comply, with the provisions of the Higher Education Act
and any regulations or rulings under the Act, with respect to the student
loans;
Causing the benefits of the guarantee agreements, the interest
subsidy payments and the special allowance payments to flow to the trustee;
and
Causing student loans that are evidenced by a master promissory
note under The Higher Education Act to be acquired in accordance with the terms
of a loan purchase agreement as described in the indenture.
default in the due and punctual payment of any interest on any
note when the same becomes due and payable and such default shall continue for a
period of five days;
default in the due and punctual payment of the principal of any
note when the same becomes due and payable on the final maturity date of the
note;
default in the performance or observance of any other of the
trust's covenants, agreements or conditions contained in the indenture or in the
notes, and continuation of such default for a period of 90 days after written
notice thereof is given to the trust by the trustee; and
the occurrence of an event of bankruptcy.
first, to the trustees for fees and expenses due and owing
to the trustees;
second, to the master servicer for due and unpaid servicing
fees;
third, pro rata, based upon the amount owed, to the
derivative product counterparties relating to Class A notes, in proportion to
their respective entitlements under the applicable derivative products without
preference or priority, except for certain termination payments, and to the
Class A noteholders for amounts due and unpaid on the Class A notes for
interest, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the
amounts due and payable on the Class A notes for such interest;
fourth, to Class A noteholders for amounts due and unpaid
on the Class A notes for principal, ratably, without preference or priority of
any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on the Notes for
principal;
fifth, pro rata, based upon the amount owed, to the
derivative product counterparties relating to the Class B notes, in proportion
to their respective entitlements under the applicable derivate products without
preference or priority, except for certain termination payments, and to the
Class B noteholders for amounts due and unpaid on the Class B Notes for
interest, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the
amounts due and payable on the Class B notes for such interest;
sixth, to the Class B noteholders for amounts due and
unpaid on the Class B Notes for principal, ratably without preference or
priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on the Class B
Notes for principal;
seventh, to the Class A noteholders, all carry-over amounts
then due and unpaid, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind,
according to the amounts due and payable on the Class A notes for such
carry-over amounts;
eighth, to the Class B noteholders, all carry-over amounts
then due and unpaid, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind,
according to the amounts due and payable on the Class B notes for such
carry-over amounts;
ninth, to the derivative product counterparties relating to
the Class A notes, in proportion to the respective entitlements under the
applicable derivative products without preference or priority, for any
reimbursements that are due and unpaid;
tenth, to the derivative product counterparties relating to
Class B notes, in proportion to the respective entitlements under the applicable
derivative products without preference or priority, for any reimbursements that
are due and unpaid;
eleventh, to the master servicer, for any unpaid carryover
servicing fees due under a master servicing agreement; and
twelfth, to the trust, for distribution in accordance with the
terms of the administrative services agreement and the Trust Agreement.
have given to the trustee written notice of a default under the
indenture, and of the continuance thereof,
shall have made written request upon the trustee and the trustee
shall have been afforded reasonable opportunity to institute an action, suit or
proceeding in its own name, and
the trustee shall have been offered indemnity and security
satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses, and liabilities to be incurred
on an action, suit or proceeding in its own name.
The trustee undertakes to perform only those duties as are
specifically set forth in the indenture.
In the absence of bad faith on its part, the 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
trustee and conforming to the requirements of the indenture.
In case an event of default has occurred and is continuing, the
trustee, in exercising the rights and powers vested in it by the indenture, will
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 his or her own
affairs.
Before taking any action under the indenture requested by
registered owners, the trustee may require that it be furnished an indemnity
bond or other indemnity and security satisfactory to it by the registered owners
for the reimbursement of all expenses to which it may be put and to protect it
against liability arising from any action taken by the trustee.
at any time by the registered owners of a majority of the
principal amount of the highest priority obligations then outstanding under an
indenture,
by the Issuer Administrator for cause or upon the sale or other
disposition of the trustee or its trust functions, or
by the Issuer Administrator without cause so long as no event of
default exists or has existed within the last 30 days.
a successor trustee shall have been appointed, and
the successor trustee has accepted that appointment.
will be a bank or trust company in good standing, organized and
doing business under the laws of the United States or of a state therein,
have a reported capital and surplus of not less than $50,000,000,
will be authorized under the law to exercise corporate trust
powers, be subject to supervision or examination by a federal or state
authority, and
will be an eligible lender under the Higher Education Act so long
as such designation is necessary to maintain guarantees and federal benefits
under the Act with respect to the student loans originated under the Act.
to cure any ambiguity or formal defect or omission in the
indenture;
to grant to or confer upon the trustee for the benefit of the
registered owners any additional benefits, rights, remedies, powers or
authorities;
to subject to the indenture additional revenues, properties or
collateral;
to modify, amend or supplement the indenture or any indenture
supplemental thereto in such manner as to permit the qualification under the
Trust Indenture Act of 1939 or any similar federal statute or to permit the
qualification of the notes for sale under the securities laws of the United
States of America or of any of the states of the United States of America, and,
if they so determine, to add to the indenture or any indenture supplemental
thereto such other terms, conditions and provisions as may be permitted by said
Trust Indenture Act of 1939 or similar federal statute;
to evidence the appointment of a separate or co-trustee or a
co-registrar or transfer agent or the succession of a new trustee under the
indenture;
to add provisions to or to amend provisions of the indenture as
may, in the opinion of counsel, be necessary or desirable to assure
implementation of the student loan business in conformance with the Higher
Education Act;
to make any change as shall be necessary in order to obtain and
maintain for any of the notes an investment grade rating from a nationally
recognized rating service, which changes, in the opinion of the trustee are not
to the prejudice of the registered owner of any of the obligations outstanding
under the indenture;
to make any changes necessary to comply with the Higher Education
Act and the regulations thereunder or the Internal Revenue Code and the
regulations promulgated thereunder;
to make the terms and provisions of the indenture, including the
lien and security interest granted therein, applicable to a derivative
product;
to create any additional funds or accounts under the indenture
deemed by the trustee to be necessary or desirable;
to make any other change with a confirmation by the rating
agencies of their ratings of the notes; or
to make any other change which, in the judgment of the trustee is
not to the material prejudice of the registered owners of any obligations
outstanding under the indenture.
an extension of the maturity date of the principal of or the
interest on any obligation, or
a reduction in the principal amount of any obligation or the rate
of interest thereon, or
a privilege or priority of any obligation under the indenture over
any other obligation, or
a reduction in the aggregate principal amount of the obligations
required for consent to such supplemental indenture, or
the creation of any lien other than a lien ratably securing all of
the obligations at any time outstanding under the indenture.
has been accepted for enrollment or is enrolled in good standing
at an eligible institution of higher education;
is carrying or planning to carry at least one-half the normal
full-time workload for the course of study the student is pursuing as determined
by the institution;
has agreed to promptly notify the holder of the loan of any
address change; and
meets the applicable "needs" requirements.
Subsidized Stafford Loans,
Unsubsidized Stafford Loans,
PLUS Loans and
Consolidation Loans
(1) is 7% per annum for a loan covering a period of instruction beginning before
January 1,1981;
(2) is 9% per annum for a loan covering a period of instruction beginning on or
before January 1, 1981, but before September 13, 1983;
(3) is 8% per annum for a loan covering a period of instruction beginning on or
after September 13, 1983, but before July 1, 1988;
(4) is 8% per annum for the period from the disbursement of the loan to the date
which is four years after the loan enters repayment, for a loan made prior to
October 1, 1992, covering a period of instruction beginning on or after July 1,
1988, and thereafter shall be adjusted annually, and for any 12-month period
commencing on a July 1 shall be equal to the bond equivalent rate of 91-day U.S.
Treasury bills auctioned at the final auction prior to the preceding June 1,
plus 3.25% per annum (but not to exceed 10% per annum); or
(5) for a loan made on or after October 1, 1992 shall be adjusted annually, and
for any 12-month period commencing on a July 1 shall be equal to the bond
equivalent rate of 91-day U.S. Treasury bills auctioned at the final auction
prior to the preceding June 1, plus 3.1% per annum (but not to exceed 9% per
annum).
(6) for a loan made prior to July 23, 1992 is the applicable interest rate on
the previous loan or, if the previous loan is not a Subsidized Stafford Loan 8%
per annum or
(7) for a loan made on or before July 23, 1992 shall be adjusted annually, and
for any twelve month period commencing on a July 1 shall be equal to the bond
equivalent rate of 91-day U.S. Treasury bills auctioned at the final auction
prior to the preceding June 1, plus 3.1% per annum but not to exceed:
7% per annum in the case of a Subsidized Stafford Loan made to a
borrower who has a loan described in clause (1) above;
8% per annum in the case of
a Subsidized Stafford Loan made to a borrower who has a loan
described in clause (3) above,
a Subsidized Stafford Loan which has not been in repayment for
four years and which was made to a borrower who has a loan described in clause
(4) above,
a Subsidized Stafford Loan for which the first disbursement was
made prior to December 20, 1993 to a borrower whose previous loans do not
include a Subsidized Stafford Loan or an Unsubsidized Stafford Loan;
9% per annum in the case of a Subsidized Stafford Loan made to a
borrower who has a loan described in clauses (2) or (5) above or a Subsidized
Stafford Loan for which the first disbursement was made on or after December 20,
1993 to a borrower whose previous loans do not include a Subsidized Stafford
Loan or an Unsubsidized Stafford Loan; and
10% per annum in the case of a Subsidized Stafford Loan which has
been in repayment for four years or more and which was made to a borrower who
has a loan described in clause (4) above.
made on or after January 1, 1981, but before October 1, 1981, is
9% per annum;
made on or after October 1, 1981, but before November 1, 1982, is
14% per annum;
made on or after November 1, 1982, but before July 1, 1987, is 12%
per annum;
made on or after July 1, 1987, but before October 1, 1992 shall be
adjusted annually, and for any 12-month period beginning on July 1 shall be
equal to the bond equivalent rate of 52-week U.S. Treasury bills auctioned at
the final auction prior to the preceding June 1, plus 3.25% per annum (but not
to exceed 12% per annum);
made on or after October 1, 1992, but before July 1, 1994, shall
be adjusted annually, and for any 12-month period beginning on July 1 shall be
equal to the bond equivalent rate of 52-week U.S. Treasury bills auctioned at
the final auction prior to the preceding June 1, plus 3.1% per annum (but not to
exceed 10% per annum).
made on or after July 1, 1994, but before July 1, 1998, is the
same as that for a loan made on or after October 1, 1992, but before July 1,
1994, except that such rate shall not exceed 9% per annum; or
made on or after July 1, 1998, but before July 1, 2006, shall be
adjusted annually, and for any 12-month period beginning on July 1 shall be
equal to the bond equivalent rate of 91-day U.S. Treasury bills auctioned at the
final auction prior to the preceding June 1, plus 3.1% per annum (but not to
exceed 9% per annum).
the first disbursement of which is made on or after July 1, 2006,
will be 7.9%.
have outstanding indebtedness on student loans made under the
Federal Family Education Loan Program and/or certain other federal student loan
programs, and
be in repayment status or in a grace period, or
be a defaulted borrower who has made arrangements to repay any
defaulted loan satisfactory to the holder of the defaulted loan.
during a period not exceeding three years while the borrower is a
member of the Armed Forces, an officer in the Commissioned Corps of the Public
Health Service or, with respect to a borrower who first obtained a student loan
disbursed on or after July 1, 1987, or a student loan to cover the cost of
instruction for a period of enrollment beginning on or after July 1, 1987, an
active duty member of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Corps;
during a period not in excess of three years while the borrower is
a volunteer under the Peace Corps Act;
during a period not in excess of three years while the borrower is
a full-time volunteer under the Domestic Volunteer Act of 1973;
during a period not exceeding three years while the borrower is in
service, comparable to the service described above as a full-time volunteer for
an organization which is exempt from taxation under Section 501(c)(3) of the
Code;
during a period not exceeding two years while the borrower is
serving an internship necessary to receive professional recognition required to
begin professional practice or service, or a qualified internship or residency
program;
during a period not exceeding three years while the borrower is
temporarily totally disabled, as established by sworn affidavit of a qualified
physician, or while the borrower is unable to secure employment by reason of the
care required by a dependent who is so disabled;
during a period not to exceed twenty-four months while the
borrower is seeking and unable to find full-time employment;
during any period that the borrower is pursuing a full-time course
of study at an eligible institution (or, with respect to a borrower who first
obtained a student loan disbursed on or after July 1, 1987, or a student loan to
cover the cost of instruction for a period of enrollment beginning on or after
July 1, 1987, is pursuing at least a half-time course of study for which the
borrower has obtained a loan under the Federal Family Education Loan Program),
or is pursuing a course of study pursuant to a graduate fellowship program or a
rehabilitation training program for disabled individuals approved by the
Secretary of Education;
during a period, not in excess of 6 months, while the borrower is
on parental leave; and
only with respect to a borrower who first obtained a student loan
disbursed on or after July 1, 1987, or a student loan to cover the cost of
instruction for a period of enrollment beginning on or after July 1, 1987,
during a period not in excess of three years while the borrower is a full-time
teacher in a public or nonprofit private elementary or secondary school in a
"teacher shortage area" (as prescribed by the Secretary of Education), and
during a period not in excess of 12 months for mothers, with preschool age
children, who are entering or re-entering the work force and who are compensated
at a rate not exceeding $1 per hour in excess of the federal minimum wage.
during any period that the borrower is pursuing at least a
half-time course of study at an eligible institution or a course of study
pursuant to a graduate fellowship program or rehabilitation training program
approved by the Secretary of Education;
during a period not exceeding three years while the borrower is
seeking and unable to find full-time employment; and
during a period not in excess of three years for any reason which
the lender determines, in accordance with regulations under the Higher Education
Act, has caused or will cause the borrower economic hardship. Economic hardship
includes working full time and earning an amount not in excess of the greater of
the minimum wage or the poverty line for a family of two. Additional categories
of economic hardship are based on the relationship between a borrower's
educational debt burden and his or her income.
Date of Loans Annualized SAP Rate
------------- -------------------
On or after October 1, 1981 T-Bill Rate less Applicable Interest Rate + 3.5%
On or after November 16, 1986 T-Bill Rate less Applicable Interest Rate + 3.25%
On or after October 1, 1992 T-Bill Rate less Applicable Interest Rate + 3.1%
On or after July 1, 1995 T-Bill Rate less Applicable Interest Rate + 3.1%(1)
On or after July 1, 1998 T-Bill Rate less Applicable Interest Rate + 2.8%(2)
On or after January 1, 2000 and 3 Month Commercial Paper Rate less Applicable
before July 1, 2003 Interest Rate + 2.34% (3)
(1)
Substitute 2.5% in this formula while such loans are in the
in-school or grace period.
(2)
Substitute 2.2% in this formula while such loans are in the
in-school or grace period.
(3)
Substitute 1.74% in this formula while such loans are in the
in-school or grace period.
Date of Loans Annualized SAP Rate
------------- -------------------
On or after October 1, 1992 T-Bill Rate less Applicable Interest Rate +3.1%
On or after January 1, 2000 3 Month Commercial Paper Rate less Applicable
Interest Rate + 2.64%
the reduction in reinsurance payments from the Secretary of
Education because of reduced reimbursement percentages;
the reduction in maximum permitted guarantee fees from 3% to 1%
for loans made on or after July 1, 1994;
the replacement of the administrative cost allowance with a
student loan processing and issuance fee equal to 65 basis points (40 basis
points for loans made on or after October 1, 1993) paid at the time a loan is
guaranteed, and an account maintenance fee of 12 basis points (10 basis points
for fiscal years 2001-2003) paid annually on outstanding guaranteed student
loans;
the reduction in supplemental preclaims assistance payments from
the Secretary of Education; and
the reduction in retention by a guarantee agency of collections on
defaulted loans from 27% to 24% (23% beginning on October 1, 2003).
abrogated certain rights of guarantee agencies under contracts
with the Secretary of Education relating to the repayment of certain advances
from the Secretary of Education,
authorized the Secretary of Education to withhold reimbursement
payments otherwise due to certain guarantee agencies until specified amounts of
such guarantee agencies' reserves had been eliminated,
added new reserve level requirements for guarantee agencies and
authorized the Secretary of Education to terminate the Federal Reimbursement
Contracts under circumstances that did not previously warrant such
termination,
expanded the Secretary of Education's authority to terminate such
contracts and to seize guarantee agencies' reserves and
mandated the additional recall of guarantee agency reserve
funds.
Claims Rate Federal Payment
0% up to 5% 100%
5% up to 9% 100% of claims up to 5%;
90% of claims 5% and over
9% and over 100% of claims up to 5%;
90% of claims 5% and over, up to 9%;
80% of claims 9% and over
the original principal amount of such loans that have been fully
repaid, and
the original amount of such loans for which the first principal
installment payment has not become due.
that completed loan applications be processed;
a determination of whether an applicant is an eligible borrower
attending an eligible institution under the Higher Education Act be made;
the borrower's responsibilities under the loan be explained to him
or her;
the promissory note evidencing the loan be executed by the
borrower; and
that the loan proceeds be disbursed by the lender in a specified
manner.
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(a) under which the trust is obligated (whether on a net payment basis or
otherwise), on one or more scheduled and specified Derivative Payment Dates, to
make payments to a Counterparty in exchange for the Counterparty's obligation
(whether on a net payment basis or otherwise) to make payments to the trust, on
one or more scheduled and specified Derivative Payment Dates, in the amounts set
forth in the Derivative Product;
(b) for which the trust's obligation to make payments may be secured by a pledge
of and lien on the trust estate on an equal and ratable basis with any class of
the trust's outstanding notes and which payments may be equal in priority with
any priority classification of the trust's outstanding notes; and
(c) under which payments are to be made directly to the trustee for deposit into
the Revenue Fund.
GLOBAL CLEARANCE, SETTLEMENT AND
TAX DOCUMENTATION PROCEDURES
(a) borrowing through Clearstream, Luxembourg or Euroclear for one day (until
the purchase side of the day trade is reflected in their Clearstream, Luxembourg
or Euroclear accounts) in accordance with the clearing system's customary
procedures;
(b) borrowing the Global Securities in the U.S. from a Depository Trust Company
Participant no later than one day prior to settlement, which would give the
Global Securities sufficient time to be reflected in their Clearstream,
Luxembourg or Euroclear accounts in order to settle the sale side of the trade;
or
(c) staggering the value dates for the buy and sell sides of the trade so that
the value date for the purchase from The Depository Trust Company Participant is
at least one day prior to the value date for the sale to the Clearstream,
Luxembourg Participant or Euroclear Participant.
Issuer
Sponsor
Master Servicer and Issuer Administrator
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
SEC Registration Fee........................ $242,700*
Printing and Engraving Expenses............. $25,000*
Trustee Fees and Expenses................... $20,000*
Legal Fees and Expenses..................... $200,000*
Blue Sky Fees and Expenses.................. $2,000*
Accounting Fees and Expenses................ $20,000*
Rating Agency Fees.......................... $25,000*
Miscellaneous Fees and Expenses............. $50,000*
Total Expenses..................... $584,700*
Exhibit No.
Description
1.1
4.1
4.2
5.1
8.1
23.1
25.1
Form of Underwriting Agreement*
Form of Indenture of Trust*
Form of Trust Agreement*
Opinion of Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP with respect to legality*
Opinion of Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP regarding tax matters (included in Exhibit 5.1)*
Consent of Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP (contained in Exhibit 5.1)
Statement of eligibility of trustee on Form T-1*
(a) To include any prospectus required by section
10(a) (3) of the Securities Act of 1933;
(b) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or
events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the
most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the
aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the
registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease
in volume of the securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities
offered would not exceed that which was registered) any deviation from the low
or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form
of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424 (b) if, in the
aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change
in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of
Registration Fee" table in the effective registration statement;
(c) To include any material information with
respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration
statement or any material change to such information in the registration
statement;
(a) For purposes of determining any liability
under the Securities Act or 1933, the information omitted from the 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.
(b) For the purpose of determining any liability
under the 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 hereof.
College Loan LLC
By: College Loan Corporation, as
Member and Manager
By: /s/ Cary Katz
Name: Cary Katz
Title: President
Signature
College Loan Special
Purpose Corporation
By: /s/ Cary Katz
Cary Katz
President
Title
Special Member
Date
January 21, 2004
College Loan Corporation
By: /s/ Cary Katz
Cary Katz
President
Sole Member and Manager of
College Loan LLC
January 21, 2004
Signatures
/s/ Cary Katz
Cary Katz Title
Director of College Loan
Corporation Date
January 21, 2004
/s/ Elizabeth Wood
Elizabeth WoodDirector of College Loan
Corporation
January 21, 2004
/s/ Curtis McClam
Curtis McClamDirector of College Loan
Corporation
January 21, 2004
Exhibit
Number Exhibit
1.1.
4.1.
4.2.
5.1.
8.1.
23.1.
25.1.
Form of Underwriting Agreement.*
Form of Indenture of Trust.*
Form of Trust Agreement.*
Opinion of Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP with respect to legality.*
Opinion of Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP regarding tax matters (contained
in Exhibit 5.1).*
Consent of Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP (contained in Exhibit 5.1).*
Statement of eligibility of trustee on Form T-1.*
* Filed herewith.
$_________________
Student Loan Asset-Backed Notes, Series 20__-_
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[City, State Zip Code]
[Underwriter]
[Address]
[City, State Zip Code]
Ladies and Gentlemen:
(a)
A registration statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-______), including a prospectus
and such amendments thereto as may have been required to the date hereof,
relating to the Notes and the offering thereof from time to time in accordance
with Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), has been
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC" or the
"Commission") and such registration statement, as amended, has become effective;
such registration statement, as amended, and the prospectus relating to the sale
of the Notes offered thereby constituting a part thereof, as from time to time
amended or supplemented (including the base prospectus, any prospectus
supplement filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act, the
information deemed to be a part thereof pursuant to Rule 430A(b) under the Act,
and the information incorporated by reference therein) are respectively referred
to herein as the "Registration Statement" and the "Prospectus"; and the
conditions to the use of a registration statement on Form S-3 under the Act, as
set forth in the General Instructions to Form S-3, and the conditions of Rule
415 under the Act, have been satisfied with respect to the Registration
Statement;
(b)
On the effective date of the Registration Statement, the Registration Statement
and the Prospectus conformed in all respects to the requirements of the Act, the
rules and regulations of the SEC (the "Rules and Regulations") and the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the
"Trust Indenture Act"), and, except with respect to information omitted pursuant
to Rule 430A of the Act, did not include any untrue statement of a material fact
or, in the case of the Registration Statement, omit to state any material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading and, in the case of the Prospectus, omit to state any material fact
necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading, and on the date of this Agreement
and on the Closing Date, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus will
conform in all respects to the requirements of the Act, the Rules and
Regulations and the Trust Indenture Act, and neither of such documents included
or will include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading; provided, however, that the foregoing does not apply to
statements in or omissions from the Registration Statement or the Prospectus
based upon written information furnished to the Sponsor by the Underwriters,
specifically for use therein.
(c)
The Commission has not issued and, to the best knowledge of the Company, is not
threatening to issue any order preventing or suspending the use of the
Registration Statement.
(d)
As of the Closing Date, each consent, approval, authorization or order of, or
filing with, any court or governmental agency or body which is required to be
obtained or made by or its affiliates for the consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement shall have been obtained, except as otherwise
provided in the Basic Documents.
(e)
The Indenture has been duly and validly authorized by the Sponsor and, upon its
execution and delivery by the Company and assuming due authorization, execution
and delivery by the Trustee, will be a valid and binding agreement of the
Company, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as enforcement thereof
may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar laws affecting
creditors' rights generally and conform in all material respects to the
description thereof in the Prospectus. The Indenture has been duly qualified
under the Trust Indenture Act with respect to the Notes.
(f)
The Notes have been duly authorized by the Company and the Notes to be issued on
the Closing Date, when executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee
in accordance with the Indenture, and delivered to the Underwriters against
payment therefor in accordance with the terms hereof, will have been validly
issued and delivered, and will constitute valid and binding obligations of the
Company entitled to the benefits of the Indenture and enforceable in accordance
with their terms, except as enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance or other similar laws relating to
or affecting creditors' rights generally and court decisions with respect
thereto, and the Notes will conform in all material respects to the description
thereof in the Prospectus.
(g)
The Sponsor is a limited liability company duly organized, validly existing and
in good standing under the laws of the State of California with full power and
authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business
as described in the Prospectus and as conducted on the date hereof, and is duly
registered and qualified to conduct its business and is in good standing in each
jurisdiction or place where the nature of its properties or the conduct of its
business requires such registration or qualification, except where the failure
so to register or qualify does not have a material adverse effect on the
condition (financial or other), business, prospects, properties, net worth or
results of operations of the Sponsor.
(h)
Other than as contemplated by this Agreement or as disclosed in the Prospectus,
there is no broker, finder or other party that is entitled to receive from the
Sponsor or any of its affiliates any brokerage or finder's fee or other fee or
commission as a result of any of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement.
(i)
There are no legal or governmental proceedings pending or threatened or, to the
knowledge of the Sponsor contemplated, against the Sponsor, or to which the
Sponsor or any of its properties is subject, that are not disclosed in the
Prospectus and which, if adversely decided, would individually or in the
aggregate have a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or other),
business, properties or results of operations of the Sponsor, or would
materially and adversely affect the ability of the Sponsor, or the Company to
perform its obligations under this Agreement and the other Basic Documents or
otherwise materially affect the issuance of the Notes or the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby or by the Basic Documents.
(j)
Neither the offer, sale or delivery of the Notes by the Company nor the
execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement or the other Basic
Documents by the Sponsor or the Company, nor the consummation by the Sponsor or
the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby (i) requires or
will require any consent, approval, authorization or other order of, or
registration or filing with, any court, regulatory body, administrative agency
or other governmental body, agency or official (except for compliance with the
securities or Blue Sky laws of various jurisdictions, the qualification of the
Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act and such other consents, approvals or
authorizations as shall have been obtained prior to the Closing Date) or
conflicts or will conflict with or constitutes or will constitute a breach of,
or a default under, the organizational documents of the Sponsor or the Company
or (ii) conflicts or will conflict with or constitutes or will constitute a
breach of, or a default under, in any material respect, any agreement,
indenture, lease or other instrument to which the Sponsor or the Company is a
party or by which the Sponsor or the Company or any of its respective properties
may be bound, or violates or will violate in any material respect any statute,
law, regulation or filing or judgment, injunction, order or decree applicable to
the Sponsor or the Company or any of its respective properties, or will result
in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any
property or assets of the Sponsor or the Company pursuant to the terms of any
agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it may be bound or to
which any of its properties is subject other than as contemplated by the Basic
Documents.
(k)
The Sponsor has all requisite power and authority to execute, deliver and
perform its obligations under this Agreement and the other Basic Documents to
which it is a party; the execution and delivery of, and the performance by the
Sponsor of its obligations under, this Agreement and the other Basic Documents
to which it is a party have been duly and validly authorized by the Sponsor and
this Agreement and the other Basic Documents have been duly executed and
delivered by the Sponsor and constitute the valid and legally binding agreements
of the Sponsor, enforceable against the Sponsor in accordance with their
respective terms, except as the enforcement hereof and thereof may be limited by
bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance or other similar laws
relating to or affecting creditors' rights generally and court decisions with
respect thereto and subject to the applicability of general principles of
equity, and except as rights to indemnity and contribution hereunder and
thereunder may be limited by Federal or state securities laws or principles of
public policy.
(l)
The Sponsor's assignment and delivery of Financed Eligible Loans to the order of
the Trustee on behalf of the Company pursuant to the College Loan Trust Purchase
Agreement will vest in the Trustee on behalf of the Company all of the Sponsor's
right, title and interest therein, subject to no prior lien, mortgage, security
interest, pledge, adverse claim, charge or other encumbrance.
(m)
The Company's assignment of the Financed Eligible Loans to the Trustee pursuant
to the Indenture will vest in the Trustee, for the benefit of the Noteholders, a
first priority perfected security interest therein, subject to no prior lien,
mortgage, security interest, pledge, adverse claim, charge or other encumbrance.
(n)
The Company is not, nor as a result of the issuance and sale of the Notes as
contemplated hereunder will it become, subject to registration as an "investment
company" under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
(o)
The representations and warranties made by the Sponsor in any Basic Document to
which the Sponsor is a party and made in any Officer's Certificate of the
Company will be true and correct at the time made and on and as of the
applicable Closing Date.
(p)
Since the date of the Prospectus, no material adverse change or any development
involving a prospective material adverse change in, or affecting particularly
the business or properties of, the Sponsor has occurred.
(a)
The Sponsor will prepare a supplement to the Prospectus setting forth the amount
of the Notes covered thereby and the terms thereof not otherwise specified in
the Prospectus, the price at which the Notes are to be purchased by the
Underwriters, either the initial public offering price or the method by which
the price at which the Notes are to be sold will be determined, the selling
concessions and reallowances, if any, and such other information as the
Underwriters and the Sponsor deem appropriate in connection with the offering of
the Notes, and the Sponsor will timely file such supplement to the prospectus
with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act, but the Sponsor will not
file any amendments to the Registration Statement as in effect with respect to
the Notes or any amendments or supplements to the Prospectus, unless it shall
first have delivered copies of such amendments or supplements to the
Underwriters, with reasonable opportunity to comment on such proposed amendment
or supplement or if the Underwriters shall have reasonably objected thereto
promptly after receipt thereof; the Sponsor will immediately advise the
Underwriters or the Underwriters' counsel (i) when notice is received from the
SEC that any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement has become
or will become effective and (ii) of any order or communication suspending or
preventing, or threatening to suspend or prevent, the offer and sale of the
Notes or of any proceedings or examinations that may lead to such an order or
communication, whether by or of the SEC or any authority administering any state
securities or Blue Sky law, as soon as the Sponsor is advised thereof, and will
use its best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such order or communication
and to obtain as soon as possible its lifting, if issued.
(b)
If, at any time when the Prospectus relating to the Notes is required to be
delivered under the Act, 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 a material fact necessary 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 Act or the Rules and Regulations, the Sponsor promptly will notify each
of the Representatives of such event and will promptly prepare and file with the
SEC, at its own expense, an amendment or supplement to such Prospectus that will
correct such statement or omission or an amendment that will effect such
compliance. Neither the Representatives' consent to, nor the Representatives'
delivery of, any such amendment or supplement shall constitute a waiver of any
of the conditions set forth in Section 6 hereof.
(c)
The Sponsor will immediately inform the Representatives (i) of the receipt by
the Sponsor of any communication from the SEC or any state securities authority
concerning the offering or sale of the Notes and (ii) of the commencement of any
lawsuit or proceeding to which the Sponsor is a party relating to the offering
or sale of the Notes.
(d)
The Sponsor will furnish to the Representatives, without charge, copies of the
Registration Statement (including all documents and exhibits thereto or
incorporated by reference therein), the Prospectus, and all amendments and
supplements to such documents relating to the Notes, in each case in such
quantities as the Representatives may reasonably request.
(e)
No amendment or supplement will be made to the Registration Statement or
Prospectus which the Underwriters shall not previously have been advised or to
which it shall reasonably object after being so advised.
(f)
The Sponsor will cooperate with the Underwriters and with their counsel in
connection with the qualification of, or procurement of exemptions with respect
to, the Notes for offering and sale by the Underwriters and by dealers under the
securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Underwriters may
designate and will file such consents to service of process or other documents
necessary or appropriate in order to effect such qualification or exemptions;
provided that in no event shall the Sponsor be obligated to qualify to do
business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any
action which would subject it to service of process in suits, other than those
arising out of the offering or sale of the Notes, in any jurisdiction where it
is not now so subject.
(g)
The Sponsor consents to the use, in accordance with the securities or Blue Sky
laws of such jurisdictions in which the Notes are offered by the Underwriters
and by dealers, of the Prospectus furnished by the Sponsor.
(h)
To the extent, if any, that the rating or ratings provided with respect to the
Notes by the rating agency or agencies that initially rate the Notes is
conditional upon the furnishing of documents or the taking of any other actions
by the Sponsor, the Sponsor shall cause to be furnished such documents and such
other actions to be taken.
(i)
So long as any of the Notes are outstanding, the Sponsor will furnish to the
Underwriters (i) as soon as available, a copy of each document relating to the
Notes required to be filed with the SEC pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), or any order of the SEC thereunder,
and (ii) such other information concerning the Sponsor as the Underwriters may
request from time to time.
(j)
If this Agreement shall terminate or shall be terminated after execution and
delivery pursuant to any provisions hereof (otherwise than by notice given by
the Representatives terminating this Agreement pursuant to Section 8 or Section
9 hereof) or if this Agreement shall be terminated by the Representatives
because of any failure or refusal on the part of the Sponsor to comply with the
terms or fulfill any of the conditions of this Agreement, the Sponsor agrees to
reimburse the Underwriters for all out-of-pocket expenses (including fees and
expenses of their counsel) reasonably incurred by it in connection herewith, but
without any further obligation on the part of the Sponsor for loss of profits or
otherwise.
(k)
The net proceeds from the sale of the Notes hereunder will be applied
substantially in accordance with the description set forth in the Prospectus.
(l)
Except as stated in this Agreement and in the Prospectus, the Sponsor has not
taken, nor will it take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that
might reasonably be expected to cause or result in stabilization or manipulation
of the price of the Notes to facilitate the sale or resale of the Notes.
(m)
For a period from the date of this Agreement until the retirement of the Notes,
the Company will deliver to you the annual statements of compliance and the
annual independent certified public accountants' reports furnished to the
Trustee or the Sponsor pursuant to the Servicing Agreement as soon as such
statements and reports are furnished to the Trustee or the Sponsor.
(n)
On or before the Closing Date, the Sponsor shall mark its accounting and other
records, if any, relating to the Financed Eligible Loans and shall cause the
Servicer and ________ to mark their respective computer records relating to the
Financed Eligible Loans to show the absolute ownership by the Trustee, as
eligible lender of, and the interest of the Company in, the Financed Eligible
Loans, and the Sponsor shall not take, or shall permit any other person to take,
any action inconsistent with the ownership of, and the interest of the Company
in, the Financed Eligible Loans, other than as permitted by the Basic Documents.
(o)
If, at the time the Registration Statement became effective, any information
shall have been omitted therefrom in reliance upon Rule 430A under the 1933 Act,
then, immediately following the execution of this Agreement, the Sponsor will
prepare, and file or transmit for filing with the Commission in accordance with
such Rule 430A and Rule 424(b) under the 1933 Act, copies of an amended
Prospectus containing all information so omitted.
(p)
As soon as practicable, but not later than 16 months after the date of this
Agreement, the Sponsor will make generally available to its securityholders an
earnings statement covering a period of at least 12 months beginning after the
later of (i) the effective date of the Registration Statement, (ii) the
effective date of the most recent post-effective amendment to the Registration
Statement to become effective prior to the date of this Agreement and (iii) the
date of the Company's most recent Annual Report or Form 10-K filed with the
Commission prior to the date of this Agreement, which will satisfy the
provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act.
(b)
If any action, suit or proceeding shall be brought against an Underwriter or any
person controlling an Underwriter in respect of which indemnity may be sought
against the Sponsor, such Underwriter or such controlling person shall promptly
notify the parties against whom indemnification is being sought (the
"indemnifying parties"), but the omission so to notify the indemnifying party
will not relieve it from any liability which it may have to any indemnified
party under Sections 5(a) and 5(c) hereof, except to the extent that the
indemnifying party is materially prejudiced by such omission, and in no event
shall the omission so to notify relieve the Sponsor from any liability which it
may otherwise have. In case any such action is brought against any indemnified
party and it notifies the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the
indemnifying party will be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent
that it may wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified,
to assume the defense thereof, with counsel satisfactory to such indemnified
party (who shall not, except with the consent of the indemnified party, be
counsel to the indemnifying party). The applicable Underwriter or any such
controlling person shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any such
action, suit or proceeding and to participate in the defense thereof, but the
fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Underwriter or
such controlling person unless (i) the indemnifying parties have agreed in
writing to pay such fees and expenses, (ii) the indemnifying parties have failed
to assume the defense and employ counsel, or (iii) the named parties to any such
action, suit or proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both the
Underwriter or such controlling person and the indemnifying parties and the
Underwriter or such controlling person shall have been advised by its counsel
that there may be one or more legal defenses available to it which are different
from or additional to or in conflict with those available to the indemnifying
parties and in the reasonable judgment of such counsel it is advisable for the
Underwriter or such controlling person to employ separate counsel (in which case
the indemnifying party shall not have the right to assume the defense of such
action, suit or proceeding on behalf of the Underwriter or such controlling
person). It is understood, however, that the indemnifying parties shall, in
connection with any one such action, suit or proceeding or separate but
substantially similar or related actions, suits or proceedings in the same
jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances, be
liable for the reasonable fees and expenses of only one separate firm of
attorneys (in addition to any local counsel) at any time for each Underwriter
and controlling persons not having actual or potential differing interests with
such Underwriter or among themselves, which firm shall be designated in writing
by such Underwriter, and that all such fees and expenses shall be reimbursed on
a monthly basis as provided in paragraph (a) hereof. An indemnifying party will
not, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, settle or
compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to any pending
or threatened claim, action, suit or proceeding in respect of which
indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not the
indemnified parties are actual or potential parties to such claim or action)
unless such settlement, compromise or consent (i) includes an unconditional
release of each indemnified party from all liability arising out of such claim,
action, suit or proceeding and (ii) does not include a statement as to, or an
admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of an
indemnified party.
(c)
Each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees to indemnify and hold
harmless the Sponsor and its directors and officers, and any person who controls
the Sponsor within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the
Exchange Act, to the same extent as the indemnity from the Sponsor to the
Underwriters set forth in paragraph (a) hereof, but only with respect to
information relating to such Underwriter furnished in writing by such
Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use in the Registration
Statement, the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or any
related preliminary prospectus therein, it being understood that the only such
information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described
as such in Section 10 of this Agreement. If any action, suit or proceeding shall
be brought against the Sponsor, any of its directors or officers, or any such
controlling person based on the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, or any
amendment or supplement thereto, or any related preliminary prospectus and in
respect of which indemnity may be sought against an Underwriter pursuant to this
paragraph (c), such Underwriter shall have the rights and duties given to the
Sponsor by paragraph (b) above (except that if the Sponsor shall have assumed
the defense thereof the Underwriter shall have the option to assume such defense
but shall not be required to do so, but may employ separate counsel therein and
participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel
shall be at such Underwriter's expense), and the Sponsor, its directors and
officers, and any such controlling person shall have the rights and duties given
to the Underwriters by paragraph (b) above. The foregoing indemnity agreement
shall be in addition to any liability which the Underwriters may otherwise have.
(d)
If the indemnification provided for in this Section 5 is unavailable to an
indemnified party under paragraphs (a) or (c) hereof in respect of any losses,
claims, damages, liabilities or expenses referred to therein, then an
indemnifying party, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party, shall
contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result
of such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses (i) in such proportion
as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Sponsor on
the one hand and the applicable Underwriter on the other hand from the offering
of the Notes, or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) above is not
permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not
only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative
fault of the Sponsor on the one hand and the applicable Underwriter on the other
in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such losses,
claims, damages, liabilities or expenses, as well as any other relevant
equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Sponsor on the
one hand and an Underwriter on the other shall be deemed to be in the same
proportion as the total net proceeds from the offering of the Notes (before
deducting expenses) received by the Company bear to the total underwriting
discounts and commissions received by such Underwriter. The relative fault of
the Sponsor on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other hand 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 Sponsor on the one hand
or by an Underwriter on the other hand and the parties' relative intent,
knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such
statement or omission.
(e)
the Sponsor and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable
if contribution pursuant to this Section 5 were determined by a pro rata
allocation or by any other method of allocation that does not take account of
the equitable considerations referred to in paragraph (d) above. The amount paid
or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages,
liabilities and expenses referred to in paragraph (d) above 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
any claim or defending any such action, suit or proceeding. Notwithstanding the
provisions of this Section 5, no Underwriter shall be required to contribute any
amount in excess of the amount by which the total underwriting discounts and
commissions received by such Underwriter with respect to the Notes underwritten
by such Underwriter exceed the sum of the amount of any damages which such
Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or
alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission and the amount of any
damages such Underwriter has been required to pay under the Indemnity Agreement
dated as of the date hereof among the Representatives, on behalf of themselves
and the other Underwriters, and College Loan Corporation. No person guilty of
fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act)
shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such
fraudulent misrepresentation. The Underwriters' obligations in this paragraph
(e) to contribute are several in proportion to their respective underwriting
obligations.
(f)
Any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses for which an indemnified
party is entitled to indemnification or contribution under this Section 5 shall
be paid by the indemnifying party to the indemnified party as such losses,
claims, damages, liabilities or expenses are incurred. The indemnity and
contribution agreements contained in this Section 5 and the representations and
warranties of the Sponsor and the Underwriters set forth in this Agreement shall
remain operative and in full force and effect, regardless of (i) any
investigation made by or on behalf of the Underwriters, the Sponsor or any
person controlling any of them or their respective directors or officers, (ii)
acceptance of any Notes and payment therefor hereunder, and (iii) any
termination of this Agreement. A successor to the Underwriters, the Sponsor or
any person controlling any of them or their respective directors or officers,
shall be entitled to the benefits of the indemnity, contribution and
reimbursement agreements contained in this Section 5.
(a)
All actions required to be taken and all filings required to be made by the
Sponsor under the Act prior to the sale of the Notes shall have been duly taken
or made. At and prior to the Closing Date, no stop order suspending the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall have been issued and no
proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or, to the knowledge of
the Sponsor or the Underwriters, shall be contemplated by the Commission.
(b)
Subsequent to the effective date of this Agreement, there shall not have
occurred (i) any change, or any development or event involving a prospective
change, in or affecting the condition (financial or other), business,
properties, net worth, or results of operations of the Sponsor, the Servicer,
College Loan Corporation or the Subservicer not contemplated by the Registration
Statement, which in the opinion of the Representatives, would materially
adversely affect the market for the Notes, (ii) any downgrading in the rating of
any debt securities of trusts sponsored by the Sponsor, the Servicer, College
Loan Corporation or the Subservicer by any nationally recognized statistical
rating organization or any public announcement that any such organization has
under surveillance or review its rating of any debt securities of trusts
sponsored by the Sponsor, the Servicer, College Loan Corporation or the
Subservicer (other than an announcement with positive implications of a possible
upgrading, and no implication of a possible downgrading, of such rating), or
(iii) any event or development which makes any statement made in the
Registration Statement or Prospectus untrue or which, in the opinion of the
Sponsor and its counsel or the Underwriters and their counsel, requires the
filing of any amendment to or change in the Registration Statement or Prospectus
in order to state a material fact required by any law to be stated therein or
necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading, if amending or
supplementing the Registration Statement or Prospectus to reflect such event or
development would, in the opinion of the Representatives, materially adversely
affect the market for the Notes.
(c)
You shall have received an opinion addressed to you of Stroock & Stroock & Lavan
LLP ("SSL"), in its capacity as counsel to the Company, dated the Closing Date,
in form and substance satisfactory to you and your counsel with respect to the
Basic Documents to which the Sponsor is a party and to the validity of the Notes
and such related matters as you shall reasonably request. In addition, you shall
have received an opinion addressed to you of SSL, in its capacity as counsel for
the Company, in form and substance satisfactory to you and your counsel,
concerning "true sale," "non- consolidation" and "first perfected security
interest" and certain other issues with respect to the transfer of the Financed
Eligible Loans from College Loan Corporation to the Sponsor, from the Sponsor to
the Company and from the Company to the Trustee.
(d)
You shall have received an opinion addressed to you of SSL, in its capacity as
counsel for the Sponsor and the Company, dated the Closing Date, in form and
substance satisfactory to you and your counsel to the effect that the statements
in the Prospectus under the headings "Federal Income Tax Consequences" and
"ERISA Considerations", to the extent that they constitute statements of matters
of law or legal conclusions with respect thereto, have been prepared or reviewed
by such counsel and are correct in all material respects.
(e)
You shall have received an opinion addressed to you of SSL, in its capacity as
counsel for the Sponsor and the Company, dated the Closing Date, in form and
substance satisfactory to you and your counsel with respect to the character of
the Notes for federal tax purposes.
(f)
You shall have received an opinion addressed to you of ______________, in its
capacity as Underwriters' Counsel, dated the Closing Date, in form and substance
satisfactory to you.
(g)
You shall have received an opinion addressed to you of SSL, in its capacity as
counsel for the Sponsor and the Company, dated the Closing Date in form and
substance satisfactory to you and your counsel with respect to the Prospectus
and the Registration Statement and certain matters arising under the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended.
(h)
You shall have received opinions addressed to you of SSL as counsel to the
Master Servicer and Issuer Administrator, and the Sponsor and College Loan
Corporation, each dated the Closing Date and satisfactory in form and substance
to you and your counsel, to the effect that:
(i)
Each of Master Servicer, Issuer Administrator, College Loan Corporation and the
Sponsor is a limited liability company, in good standing under the laws of its
respective state of organization; each having the full power and authority
(corporate and other) to own its properties and conduct its business, as
presently conducted by it, and to enter into and perform its obligations under
each of the Basic Documents to which it is a party.
(ii)
Each Basic Document to which each of Master Servicer, the Sponsor, Issuer
Administrator and College Loan Corporation is a party has been duly authorized,
executed and delivered by such party and each such agreement is the legal, valid
and binding obligation of such party, enforceable against it, in accordance with
its terms, except (x) the enforceability thereof may be subject to bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws now or hereafter in
effect relating to creditors' rights and (y) remedy of specific performance and
injunctive and other forms of equitable relief may be subject to equitable
defenses and to the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor
may be brought.
(iii)
Neither the execution and delivery by Master Servicer, the Sponsor, Issuer
Administrator or College Loan Corporation, of the Basic Documents to which it is
a party, nor the consummation by such parties of the transactions contemplated
therein nor the fulfillment of the terms thereof by such parties will conflict
with, result in a material breach, violation or acceleration of, or constitute a
default under, any term or provision of the limited liability company agreement
of Master Servicer, the Sponsor, Issuer Administrator or College Loan
Corporation or of any material indenture or other material agreement or
instrument to which Master Servicer, the Sponsor, Issuer Administrator or
College Loan Corporation is a party or by which Master Servicer, the Sponsor,
Issuer Administrator or College Loan Corporation is bound, or result in a
violation of or contravene the terms of any statute, order or regulation
applicable to Master Servicer, the Sponsor, Issuer Administrator or College Loan
Corporation of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency or governmental
body having jurisdiction over Master Servicer, the Sponsor, Issuer Administrator
or College Loan Corporation.
(iv)
There are no actions, proceedings or investigations pending or, to the best of
such counsel's knowledge after due inquiry and reasonable investigation,
threatened against Master Servicer, the Sponsor, Issuer Administrator or College
Loan Corporation before or by any governmental authority that might materially
and adversely affect the performance by Master Servicer, the Sponsor, Issuer
Administrator or College Loan Corporation of its obligations under, or the
validity or enforceability of, any Basic Documents to which it is a party.
(v)
No authorization, approval, or other action by, and no notice to or filing with,
any governmental authority or regulatory body is required for the due execution,
delivery and performance by Master Servicer, the Sponsor, Issuer Administrator
or College Loan Corporation of any Basic Document to which it is a party.
(i)
You shall have received opinions addressed to you of _________________, in their
capacity as counsel to the Delaware Trustee, and as Delaware counsel to the
Company and the Sponsor, dated the Closing Date and in form and substance
satisfactory to you and your counsel.
(j)
You shall have received an opinion addressed to you of counsel to the Trustee
and the Eligible Lender Trustee, dated the Closing Date and in form and
substance satisfactory to you and your counsel.
(k)
You shall have received certificates addressed to you dated the Closing Date of
any two of the executive officers of the Sponsor, the Company, Master Servicer
and Issuer Administrator in which such officers shall state that, to the best of
their knowledge after reasonable investigation, (i) the representations and
warranties of the Sponsor, the Company, Master Servicer and Issuer
Administrator, as applicable, contained in each of the Basic Documents to which
it is a party are true and correct in all material respects, that each of the
Sponsor, the Company, Master Servicer and Issuer Administrator has complied with
all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or
satisfied under such agreements at or prior to the Closing Date, (ii) that each
of the Sponsor, the Company, Master Servicer and Issuer Administrator has
reviewed the Prospectus and that the information therein regarding the Sponsor,
the Company, Master Servicer and Issuer Administrator, as applicable, is fair
and accurate in all material respects, and (iii) since the date set forth in
such certificate, except as may be disclosed in the Prospectus, no material
adverse change or any development involving a prospective material adverse
change, in or affecting particularly the business or properties of the Sponsor,
the Company, Master Servicer and Issuer Administrator, as applicable, has
occurred.
(l)
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 the
office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware reflecting the grant
of the security interest by the Company in the Financed Eligible Loans and the
proceeds thereof to the Trustee.
(m)
You shall have received a certificate addressed to you dated the Closing Date
from a responsible officer acceptable to you of the Eligible Lender Trustee in
form and substance satisfactory to you and your counsel and to which shall be
attached each Guarantee Agreement.
(n)
The Underwriters shall have received on the Closing Date from [Accountants] a
letter dated the Closing Date, and in form and substance satisfactory to the
Representatives, to the effect that they have carried out certain specified
procedures, not constituting an audit, with respect to certain information
regarding the Financed Eligible Loans and setting forth the results of such
specified procedures.
(o)
All the representations and warranties of each of the Sponsor, Master Servicer,
Issuer Administrator, College Loan Corporation or the Company contained in this
Agreement and the other Basic Documents to which it is a party shall be true and
correct in all material respects on and as of the date hereof and on and as of
the Closing Date as if made on and as of the Closing Date and the Underwriters
shall have received certificates, dated the Closing Date and signed by an
executive officer of the Sponsor to the effect set forth in this Section 6(p)
and in Section 6(q) hereof.
(p)
The Sponsor, Master Servicer, the Company, Issuer Administrator or College Loan
Corporation shall not have failed at or prior to the Closing Date to have
performed or complied with any of its agreements herein contained and required
to be performed or complied with by it hereunder at or prior to the Closing
Date.
(q)
The Underwriters shall have received by instrument dated the Closing Date (at
the option of the Representatives), in lieu of or in addition to the legal
opinions referred to in this Section 6, the right to rely on opinions provided
by such counsel and all other counsel under the terms of the Basic Documents.
(r)
Each class of Class A Notes shall be rated "AAA", "AAA" and "Aaa", respectively,
by [Fitch, Inc.] ("[Fitch]"), [Standard & Poor's Ratings Service, a division of
The McGraw-Hill Companies] ("[S&P]"), and [Moody's Investors Services], Inc.
("[Moody's]"), the Class B Notes shall be rated "A", "A-" and "A2", or higher,
by [Fitch], [S&P] and [Moody's], respectively, and that neither [Fitch], [S&P]
nor [Moody's] have placed the Notes under surveillance or review with possible
negative implications.
(s)
You shall have received a certificate addressed to you dated the Closing Date of
the Guaranty Agency to the effect that (i) the information in the Prospectus
with respect to the Guaranty Agency is true and correct and is fair and accurate
in all material respects and (ii) that since the date of the Prospectus, no
material adverse change in or affecting the business or properties of the
Guarantee Agency has occurred.
(t)
You shall have received such other opinions, certificates and documents as are
required under the Indenture as a condition to the issuance of the Notes.
(i)
The Underwriters shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations in
connection with the use of Computational Materials including the No-Action
Letter of May 20, 1994 issued by the Commission to Kidder, Peabody Acceptance
Corporation I, Kidder, Peabody & Co. Incorporated and Kidder Structured Asset
Corporation, as made applicable to other issuers and underwriters by the
Commission in response to the request of the Public Securities Association dated
May 24, 1994, and the No-Action Letter of February 17, 1995 issued by the
Commission to the Public Securities Association (collectively, the "Kidder/PSA
Letters").
(ii)
As used herein, "Computational Materials" and the
term "ABS Term Sheets" shall have the meanings given such terms in the
Kidder/PSA Letters, but shall include only those Computational Materials that
have been prepared or delivered to prospective investors by or at the direction
of an Underwriter.
(iii)
Each Underwriter shall provide the Sponsor with
representative forms of all Computational Materials prior to their first use, to
the extent such forms have not previously been approved by the Sponsor for use
by such Underwriter. Each Underwriter shall provide to the Sponsor, for filing
on Form 8-K as provided in Section 12(b), copies of all Computational Materials
that are to be filed with the Commission pursuant to the Kidder/PSA Letters.
Each Underwriter may provide copies of the foregoing in a consolidated or
aggregated form. All Computational Materials described in this subsection
(a)(iii) must be provided to the Sponsor not later than 10:00 A.M., _______
time, one business day before filing thereof is required pursuant to the terms
of this Agreement.
(iv)
If an Underwriter does not provide the
Computational Materials to the Sponsor pursuant to subsection (a)(iii) above,
such Underwriter shall be deemed to have represented, as of the applicable
Closing Date, that it did not provide any prospective investors with any
information in written or electronic form in connection with the offering of the
Notes that is required to be filed with the Commission in accordance with the
Kidder/PSA Letters.
(v)
In the event of any delay in the delivery by an
Underwriter to the Sponsor of all Computational Materials required to be
delivered in accordance with subsection (a)(iii) above, the Sponsor shall have
the right to delay the release of the Prospectus to investors or to such
Underwriter, to delay the Closing Date and to take other appropriate actions in
each case as necessary in order to allow the Sponsor to comply with its
agreement set forth in Section 12(b) to file the Computational Materials by the
time specified therein.
(b)
The Sponsor shall file the Computational Materials (if any) provided to it by
the Underwriter under Section 12(a)(iii) with the Commission pursuant to a
Current Report on Form 8-K no later than 5:30 P.M., New York time, on the date
required pursuant to the Kidder/PSA Letters.
Very truly yours,
COLLEGE LOAN, LLC
By: College Loan Corporation, as sole member
By:
Name: Cary Katz
Title: Chief Executive Officer
first above mentioned.
________________________, acting on behalf of itself and as
Representative of the Underwriters
By: _______________________
Name: ___________________
Title: ___________________
________________________, acting on behalf of itself and as
Representative of the Underwriters
By: _______________________
Name: ___________________
Title: ___________________
- ---------------- ----------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- ---------
Class of Notes [Underwriter] [Underwriter] [Underwriter] [Underwriter] [Underwriter] [Underwriter] TOTAL
- ---------------- ----------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- ---------
Class A-1 $ $ $ $ $ $ $
- ---------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Class A-2 $ $ $ $ $ $ $
- ---------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Class A-3 $ $ $ $ $ $ $
- ---------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Class B $ $ $ $ $ $ $
- ---------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total $ $ $ $ $ $ $
- ---------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Terms of the Notes
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Class Interest Rate Final Maturity Date Price to Public Underwriting Discount Proceeds to Issuer
- ----- ------------- ------------------- --------------- --------------------- ------------------
______, 20__ ______% 0.__% $__________
Total __________
as Trustee
Trust Indenture Act Section
Indenture Section
Section 310(a)(1)
310(a)(2)
310(b)
Section 311(a)
311(b)
Section 312(b)
312(c)
Section 313(a)
313(b)
313(c)
Section 314(a)(1)
314(a)(2)
314(a)(3)
314(a)(4)
314(c)
314(d)(1)
Section 315(b)
Section 317(a)(1)
317(a)(2)
Section 318(a)
318(c)
7.23
7.23
7.23, 7.09
7.08
7.08
9.17
9.17
4.15
4.15
4.15, 8.04
4.16
4.16
4.16
4.16
2.02, 5.06
5.06
8.04
4.17
7.24
9.09
9.09
NOTE: This reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be
deemed to be a part of the Indenture.
DEFINITIONS AND USE OF PHRASES
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NOTE DETAILS and FORM OF NOTES
Section 2.01.
Section 2.02.
Section 2.03.
Section 2.04.
Section 2.05.
Section 2.06.
Section 2.07.
Section 2.08.
Section 2.09.
Section 2.10.
Note Details
Execution, Authentication and Delivery of Notes
Registration, Transfer and Exchange of Notes; Persons Treated as Registered Owners
Lost, Stolen, Destroyed and Mutilated Notes
Trustee's Authentication Certificate
Cancellation and Destruction of Notes by the Trustee
Temporary Notes
Issuance of Notes
Definitive Notes
Payment of Principal and Interest
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PARITY AND PRIORITY OF LIEN; OTHER OBLIGATIONS; AND DERIVATIVE PRODUCTS
Section 3.01.
Section 3.02.
Section 3.03.
Parity and Priority of Lien
Other Obligations
Derivative Products; Counterparty Payments; Issuer Derivative Payments
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PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO THE NOTES; DUTIES OF THE ISSUER
Section 4.01.
Section 4.02.
Section 4.03.
Section 4.04.
Section 4.05.
Section 4.06.
Section 4.07.
Section 4.08.
Section 4.09.
Section 4.10.
Section 4.11.
Section 4.12.
Section 4.13.
Section 4.14.
Section 4.15.
Section 4.16.
Section 4.17.
Section 4.18.
Payment of Principal and Interest
Covenants as to Additional Conveyances
Further Covenants of the Issuer
Enforcement of Servicing Agreements
Procedures for Transfer of Funds
Additional Covenants with Respect to the Act
Financed Eligible Loans; Collections Thereof; Assignment Thereof
Appointment of Agents, Direction to Trustee, Etc
Capacity to Sue
Continued Existence; Successor to Issuer
Amendment of Student Loan Purchase Agreements
Representations; Negative Covenants
Additional Covenants
Providing of Notice
Certain Reports
Statement as to Compliance
Representations of the Issuer Regarding the Trustee's Security Interest
Further Covenants of the Issuer Regarding the Trustee's Security Interest
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FUNDS
Section 5.01.
Section 5.02.
Section 5.03.
Section 5.04.
Section 5.05.
Section 5.06.
Creation and Continuation of Funds and Accounts
Acquisition Fund
Collection Fund
Reserve Fund
Investment of Funds Held by Trustee
Release
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DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
Section 6.01.
Section 6.02.
Section 6.03.
Section 6.04.
Section 6.05.
Section 6.06.
Section 6.07.
Section 6.08.
Section 6.09.
Section 6.10.
Section 6.11.
Section 6.12.
Section 6.13.
Section 6.14.
Section 6.15.
Events of Default Defined
Remedy on Default; Possession of Trust Estate
Remedies on Default; Advice of Counsel
Remedies on Default; Sale of Trust Estate
Appointment of Receiver
Restoration of Position
Purchase of Properties by Trustee or Registered Owners
Application of Sale Proceeds
Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment
Remedies Not Exclusive
Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee
Direction of Trustee
Right to Enforce in Trustee
Physical Possession of Obligations Not Required
Waivers of Events of Default
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THE TRUSTEE
Section 7.01.
Section 7.02.
Section 7.03.
Section 7.04.
Section 7.05.
Section 7.06.
Section 7.07.
Section 7.08.
Section 7.09.
Section 7.10.
Section 7.11.
Section 7.12.
Section 7.13.
Section 7.14.
Section 7.15.
Section 7.16.
Section 7.17.
Section 7.18.
Section 7.19.
Section 7.20.
Section 7.21.
Section 7.22.
Section 7.23.
Section 7.24.
Acceptance of Trust
Recitals of Others
As to Filing of Indenture
Trustee May Act Through Agents
Indemnification of Trustee
Trustee's Right to Reliance
Compensation of Trustee
Trustee May Own Notes
Resignation of Trustee
Removal of Trustee
Successor Trustee
Manner of Vesting Title in Trustee
Additional Covenants by the Trustee to Conform to the Act
Right of Inspection
Limitation with Respect to Examination of Reports
Servicing Agreement
Additional Covenants of Trustee
Duty of Trustee with Respect to Rating Agencies
Merger of the Trustee
Receipt of Funds from Servicer
Special Circumstances Leading to Resignation of Trustee
Survival of Trustee's Rights to Receive Compensation, Reimbursement and
Indemnification
Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility; Conflicting Interests
Trustee May File Proofs of Claim
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SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
Section 8.01.
Section 8.02.
Section 8.03.
Section 8.04.
Section 8.05.
Supplemental Indentures Not Requiring Consent of Registered Owners
Supplemental Indentures Requiring Consent of Registered Owners
Additional Limitation on Modification of Indenture
Notice of Defaults
Conformity with the Trust Indenture Act
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GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 9.01.
Section 9.02.
Section 9.03.
Section 9.04.
Section 9.05.
Section 9.06.
Section 9.07.
Section 9.08.
Section 9.09.
Section 9.10.
Section 9.11.
Section 9.12.
Section 9.13.
Section 9.14.
Section 9.15.
Section 9.16.
Section 9.17.
Section 9.18.
Section 9.19.
Notices
Covenants Bind Issuer
Lien Created
Severability of Lien
Consent of Registered Owners Binds Successors
Nonliability of Persons; No General Obligation
Nonpresentment of Notes or Interest Checks
Security Agreement
Laws Governing
Severability
Exhibits
Non-Business Days
Parties Interested Herein
Obligations Are Limited Obligations
Counterparty Rights
Disclosure of Names and Addresses of Registered Owners
Aggregate Principal Amount of Obligations
Financed Eligible Loans
Concerning the Delaware Trustee
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PAYMENT AND CANCELLATION OF NOTES AND SATISFACTION OF INDENTURE
Section 10.01.
Section 10.02.
Section 10.03.
Section 10.04.
Section 10.05.
Trust Irrevocable
Satisfaction of Indenture
Optional Purchase of All Financed Eligible Loans
Auction of Financed Eligible Loans
Cancellation of Paid Notes
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EXHIBIT B-1 FORM OF CLASS A-1 NOTE
EXHIBIT B-2 FORM OF CLASS A-2 NOTE
EXHIBIT B-3 FORM OF CLASS A-3 NOTE
EXHIBIT B-4 FORM OF CLASS B NOTE
EXHIBIT C FORM OF ADMINISTRATORS MONTHLY SERVICING PAYMENT DATE CERTIFICATE
EXHIBIT D FORM OF ADMINISTRATORS DISTRIBUTION DATE CERTIFICATE
(a)
direct obligations of, or obligations on which the timely payment of the
principal of and interest on which are unconditionally and fully guaranteed by,
the United States of America;
(b)
interest-bearing time or demand deposits, certificates of deposit or other
similar banking arrangements with a maturity of 12 months or less with any bank,
trust company, national banking association or other depository institution,
including those of the Trustee, provided that, at the time of deposit or
purchase such depository institution has commercial paper which is rated "A-1+"
by [S&P], "P-1" by [Moody's] and "F-1+" by [Fitch];
(c)
interest-bearing time or demand deposits, certificates of deposit or other
similar banking arrangements with a maturity of 24 months or less, but more than
12 months, with any bank, trust company, national banking association or other
depository institution, including those of the Trustee and any of its
affiliates, provided that, at the time of deposit or purchase such depository
institution has senior debt rated "A" or higher by [S&P], "P-1" or higher by
[Moody's] and "A" or higher by [Fitch], and, if commercial paper is outstanding,
commercial paper which is rated "A-1+" by [S&P], "P-1" by [Moody's] and "F-1+"
by [Fitch];
(d)
interest-bearing time or demand deposits, certificates of deposit or other
similar banking arrangements with a maturity of more than 24 months with any
bank, trust company, national banking association or other depository
institution, including those of the Trustee and any of its affiliates, provided
that, at the time of deposit or purchase such depository institution has senior
debt rated "AA" or higher by [S&P], "Aa2" or higher by [Moody's] and "AA" or
higher by [Fitch] and, if commercial paper is outstanding, commercial paper
which is rated "A-1+" by [S&P], "Aa2" by [Moody's] and "F-1+" by [Fitch];
(e)
bonds, debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness issued or guaranteed
by any of the following agencies: Federal Farm Credit Banks, Federal Home Loan
Mortgage Corporation; the Export-Import Bank of the United States; the Federal
National Mortgage Association; the Student Loan Marketing Association; the
Farmers Home Administration; Federal Home Loan Banks provided such obligation is
rated "AAA" by [S&P], "Aaa" by [Moody's] and "AAA" by [Fitch]; or any agency or
instrumentality of the United States of America which shall be established for
the purposes of acquiring the obligations of any of the foregoing or otherwise
providing financing therefor;
(f)
repurchase agreements and reverse repurchase agreements, other than overnight
repurchase agreements and overnight reverse repurchase agreements, with banks,
including the Trustee and any of its affiliates, which are members of the
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or firms which are members of the
Securities Investors Protection Corporation, in each case whose outstanding,
unsecured debt securities are rated no lower than two subcategories below the
highest rating on any series of Outstanding Notes by [S&P], [Moody's] and
[Fitch] and, if commercial paper is outstanding, commercial paper which is rated
"A-1+" by [S&P], "P-1" by [Moody's] and "F-1+" by [Fitch];
(g)
overnight repurchase agreements and overnight reverse repurchase agreements at
least ___% collateralized by securities described in subparagraph (a) of this
definition and with a counterparty, including the Trustee and any of its
affiliates, that has senior debt rated "AA" or higher by [S&P], "A2" or higher
by [Moody's], and "A" or higher by [Fitch] and, if commercial paper is
outstanding, commercial paper which is rated "A-1+" by [S&P], "P-1" by [Moody's]
and "F-1+" by [Fitch] or a counterparty approved in writing by [S&P], [Moody's]
and [Fitch], respectively;
(h)
investment agreements or guaranteed investment contracts, which may be entered
into by and among the Issuer and/or the Trustee and any bank, bank holding
company, corporation or any other financial institution, including the Trustee
and any of its affiliates, whose outstanding (i) commercial paper is rated
"A-1+" by [S&P], "Aa3" by [Moody's] and "F-1+" by [Fitch] for agreements or
contracts with a maturity of 12 months or less; (ii) unsecured long-term debt is
rated no lower than two subcategories below the highest rating on any series of
Outstanding Notes by [S&P], [Moody's] and [Fitch] and, if commercial paper is
outstanding, commercial paper which is rated "A-1+" by [S&P], "Aa1" by [Moody's]
and "F-1+" by [Fitch] for agreements or contracts with a maturity of 24 months
or less, but more than 12 months, or (iii) unsecured long-term debt which is
rated no lower than two subcategories below the highest rating on any series of
Outstanding Notes by [S&P], [Moody's] and [Fitch] and, if commercial paper is
outstanding, commercial paper which is rated "A-1+" by [S&P], "Aa1" by [Moody's]
and "F-1+" by [Fitch] for agreements or contracts with a maturity of more than
24 months, or, in each case, by an insurance company whose claims-paying ability
is so rated;
(i)
"tax exempt bonds" as defined in Section 150(a)(6) of the Code, other than
"specified private activity bonds" as defined in Section 57(a)(5)(C) of the
Code, that are rated in the highest category by [S&P], [Moody's] and [Fitch] for
long-term or short-term debt or shares of a so-called money market or mutual
fund rated "AAAm/AAAm-G" or higher by [S&P], "Aaa" or higher by [Moody's], and
"AA/F1+" or higher by [Fitch], that do not constitute "investment property"
within the meaning of Section 148(b)(2) of the Code, provided that the fund has
all of its assets invested in obligations of such rating quality;
(j)
commercial paper, including that of the Trustee and any of its affiliates, which
is rated in the single highest classification, "A-1+" by [S&P], "P-1" by
[Moody's] and "F-1+" by [Fitch], and which matures not more than 270 days after
the date of purchase;
(k)
investments in a money market fund rated at least "AAAm" or "AAAm-G" by [S&P],
"Aaa" by [Moody's] and "AA" or "F-1+" by [Fitch], including funds for which the
Trustee or an affiliate thereof acts as investment advisor or provides other
similar services for a fee;
(l)
any Investment Agreement; and
(m)
any other investment with a Rating Confirmation from each Rating Agency.
(a)
The Notes shall accrue interest as provided in the forms of Notes set forth in
Exhibit B, and such interest shall be payable on each Distribution Date as
specified therein, subject to Section 4.01 hereof. 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 Distribution Date shall be paid to
the Person in whose name such Note is registered on the Record Date by check
mailed first-class, postage prepaid to such Person's address as it appears on
the records of the Trustee on such Record Date, except that, unless definitive
Notes have been issued pursuant to Section 2.09, 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 shall 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 Distribution Date or on the Note Final Maturity Date for such
Note which shall be payable as provided below.
(b)
The principal of each Note shall be payable in installments on each Distribution
Date as provided in the forms of Note set forth in Exhibit B. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the entire unpaid principal amount of each class of the Notes
shall be due and payable, if not previously paid, on the Note Final Maturity
Date for such class of Notes and on the date on which an Event of Default shall
have occurred and be continuing if the Trustee or the Registered Owners of the
Notes representing not less than a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the
Notes have declared the Notes to be immediately due and payable in the manner
provided in Section 6.02. The Trustee shall notify the Person in whose name a
Note is registered at the close of business on the Record Date preceding the
Distribution Date on which the Issuer expects that the final installment of
principal of and interest on such Note will be paid. Such notice shall be mailed
or transmitted by facsimile prior to such final Distribution 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.
AND DERIVATIVE PRODUCTS
DUTIES OF THE ISSUER
(a)
The Issuer will cause financing statements and continuation statements with
respect thereto at all times to be filed in the office of the Secretary of State
of the State and any other jurisdiction necessary to perfect and maintain the
security interest granted by the Issuer hereunder.
(b)
The Issuer will duly and punctually keep, observe and perform each and every
term, covenant and condition on its part to be kept, observed and performed,
contained in this Indenture and the other agreements to which the Issuer is a
party pursuant to the transactions contemplated herein, including but not
limited to the Basic Documents, and will punctually perform all duties required
by the Trust Agreement and the laws of the State.
(c)
The Issuer shall be operated on the basis of its Fiscal Year.
(d) The Issuer shall cause to be kept full and proper books of records and
accounts, in which full, true and proper entries will be made of all dealings,
business and affairs of the Issuer which relate to the Notes and any Derivative
Product.
(e)
The Issuer, upon written request of the Trustee, will permit at all reasonable
times the Trustee or its agents, accountants and attorneys, to examine and
inspect the property, books of account, records, reports and other data relating
to the Financed Eligible Loans, and will furnish the Trustee such other
information as it may reasonably request. The Trustee shall be under no duty to
make any such examination unless requested in writing to do so by the Registered
Owners of 66% in collective aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time
Outstanding, and unless such Registered Owners shall have offered the Trustee
security and indemnity satisfactory to it against any costs, expenses and
liabilities which might be incurred thereby.
(f)
The Issuer covenants that all Financed Eligible Loans upon receipt thereof shall
be delivered to the Trustee or its agent or bailee to be held pursuant to this
Indenture and pursuant to the Servicing Agreement or a Custodian Agreement.
(g)
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, except upon the
occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default hereunder, the
Issuer hereby expressly reserves and retains the privilege to receive and,
subject to the terms and provisions of this Indenture, to keep or dispose of,
claim, bring suits upon or otherwise exercise, enforce or realize upon its
rights and interest in and to the Financed Eligible Loans and the proceeds and
collections therefrom, and neither the Trustee nor any Registered Owner shall in
any manner be or be deemed to be an indispensable party to the exercise of any
such privilege, claim or suit and the Trustee shall be under no obligation
whatsoever to exercise any such privilege, claim or suit; provided, however,
that the Trustee shall have and retain possession or control of the Financed
Eligible Loans pursuant to Section 5.02 hereof (which Financed Eligible Loans
may be held by the Trustee's agent or bailee) so long as such loans are subject
to the lien of this Indenture.
(h)
The Issuer shall notify the Trustee and each Rating Agency in writing prior to
entering into any Derivative Product.
(a)
cause to be diligently enforced and taken all reasonable steps, actions and
proceedings necessary for the enforcement of all terms, covenants and conditions
of all Servicing Agreements, including the prompt payment of all amounts due the
Issuer thereunder, including, without limitation, all principal and interest
payments, and Guarantee payments which relate to any Financed Eligible Loans and
cause the Servicer to specify whether payments received by it represent
principal or interest;
(b)
not permit the release of the obligations of any Servicer under any Servicing
Agreement except in conjunction with amendments or modifications permitted by
(h) below;
(c) at
all times, to the extent permitted by law, cause to be defended, enforced,
preserved and protected the rights and privileges of the Issuer, the Trustee and
the Registered Owners under or with respect to each Servicing Agreement;
(d) at
its own expense, the Issuer shall duly and punctually perform and observe each
of its obligations to the Servicer under the Servicing Agreement in accordance
with the terms thereof;
(e)
the Issuer agrees to give the Trustee prompt written notice of each default on
the part of the Servicer of its obligations under the Servicing Agreement coming
to the Issuer's attention;
(f)
the Issuer shall not waive any default by the Servicer under the Servicing
Agreement without the written consent of the Trustee;
(g)
the Issuer shall cause College Loan Corporation, as Servicer, to deliver to the
Trustee and the Issuer, on or before ______ of each year, beginning with ______,
____, a certificate stating that (i) a review of the activities of the Servicer
during the preceding calendar year and of its performance under the Servicing
Agreement has been made under the supervision of the officer signing such
certificate and (ii) to the best of such officers' knowledge, based on such
review, the Servicer has fulfilled all its obligations under the Servicing
Agreement throughout such year, or, there has been a default in the fulfillment
of any such obligation, specifying each such default known to such officer and
the nature and stature thereof. The Issuer shall send copies of such annual
certificate of the Servicer to each Rating Agency; and
(h)
not consent or agree to or permit any amendment or modification of any Servicing
Agreement which will in any manner materially adversely affect the rights or
security of the Registered Owners. The Issuer shall be entitled to receive and
rely upon an opinion of its counsel that any such amendment or modification will
not materially adversely affect the rights or security of the Registered
Owners.
(a)
the Issuer, or the Issuer Administrator on behalf of the Issuer, shall be
responsible for dealing with the Secretary with respect to the rights, benefits
and obligations under the Certificates of Insurance and the Contract of
Insurance, and the Issuer shall be responsible for dealing with the Guarantee
Agencies with respect to the rights, benefits and obligations under the
Guarantee Agreements with respect to the Financed Eligible Loans;
(b)
the Issuer, or the Issuer Administrator on behalf of the Issuer, shall cause to
be diligently enforced, and shall cause to be taken all reasonable steps,
actions and proceedings necessary or appropriate for the enforcement of all
terms, covenants and conditions of all Financed Eligible Loans and agreements in
connection therewith, including the prompt payment of all principal and interest
payments and all other amounts due thereunder;
(c)
the Issuer, or the Issuer Administrator on behalf of the Issuer, shall cause the
Financed Eligible Loans to be serviced by entering into the Servicing Agreement
or other agreement with the Servicer for the collection of payments made for,
and the administration of the accounts of, the Financed Eligible Loans;
(d)
the Issuer, or the Issuer Administrator on behalf of the Issuer, shall comply,
and shall cause all of its officers, directors, employees and agents to comply,
with the provisions of the Act and any regulations or rulings thereunder, with
respect to the Financed Eligible Loans;
(e)
the Issuer, or the Issuer Administrator on behalf of the Issuer, shall cause the
benefits of the Guarantee Agreements, the Interest Benefit Payments and the
Special Allowance Payments to flow to the Trustee. The Trustee shall have no
liability for actions taken at the direction of the Issuer or the Issuer
Administrator, except for negligence or willful misconduct in the performance of
its express duties hereunder. The Trustee shall have no obligation to
administer, service or collect the loans in the Trust Estate or to maintain or
monitor the administration, servicing or collection of such loans; and
(f)
the Issuer, or the Issuer Administrator on behalf of the Issuer, shall cause
each Financed Eligible Loan evidenced by a Master Promissory Note in the form
mandated by Section 432(m)(1) of the Act to be acquired pursuant to a Student
Loan Purchase Agreement with a Seller containing language similar to the
following:
"The
Seller hereby represents and warrants that the Seller is transferring all of its
right title and interest in the MPN Loan to the Trustee, that it has not
assigned any interest in such MPN Loan (other than security interests that have
been released or ownership interests that the Seller has reacquired) to any
person other than the Trustee, and that no prior holder of the MPN Loan has
assigned any interest in such MPN Loan (other than security interests that have
been released or ownership interests that such prior holder has reacquired) to
any person other than a predecessor in title to the Seller. The Seller hereby
covenants that the Seller shall not attempt to transfer to any other person any
interest in any MPN Loan assigned hereunder. The Seller hereby authorizes the
Trustee to file a UCC-1 financing statement identifying the Seller as debtor and
the Trustee as secured party and describing the MPN Loan sold pursuant to this
Agreement. The preparation or filing of such UCC-1 financing statement is solely
for additional protection of the Trustees interest in the MPN Loans and
shall not be deemed to contradict the express intent of the Seller and the
Trustee that the transfer of MPN Loans under this Agreement is an absolute
assignment of such MPN Loans and is not a transfer of such MPN Loans as security
for a debt."
(a)
The Issuer hereby makes the following representations and warranties to the
Trustee on which the Trustee relies in authenticating the Notes and on which the
Registered Owners have relied in purchasing the Notes. Such representations and
warranties shall survive the transfer and assignment of the Trust Estate to the
Trustee.
(i)
Organization and Good Standing. The Issuer is duly organized and validly
existing under the laws of the State, and has the power to own its assets and to
transact the business in which it presently engages.
(ii)
Due Qualification. The Issuer is duly qualified to do business and is in good
standing, and has obtained all material necessary licenses and approvals, in all
jurisdictions where the failure to be so qualified, have such good standing or
have such licenses or approvals would have a material adverse effect on the
Issuer's business and operations or in which the actions as required by this
Indenture require or will require such qualification.
(iii)
Authorization. The Issuer has the power, authority and legal right to create and
issue the Notes, to execute, deliver and perform this Indenture and to grant the
Trust Estate to the Trustee and the creation and issuance of the Notes,
execution, delivery and performance of this Indenture and grant of the Trust
Estate to the Trustee have been duly authorized by the Issuer by all necessary
statutory trust action.
(iv)
Binding Obligation. This Indenture, assuming due authorization, execution and
delivery by the Trustee, the Notes in the hands of the Registered Owners thereof
and the Issuer Derivative Payments constitute legal, valid and binding
obligations of the Issuer enforceable against the Issuer in accordance with
their terms, except that (A) such enforcement may be subject to bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws (whether statutory,
regulatory or decisional) now or hereafter in effect relating to creditors'
rights generally and (B) the remedy of specific performance and injunctive and
other forms of equitable relief may be subject to certain equitable defenses and
to the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be
brought, whether a proceeding at law or in equity.
(v) No
Violation. The consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Indenture
and the fulfillment of the terms hereof does not conflict with, result in any
breach of any of the terms and provisions of or constitute (with or without
notice, lapse of time or both) a default under the organizational documents of
the Issuer, or any material indenture, agreement, mortgage, deed of trust or
other instrument to which the Issuer is a party or by which it is bound, or
result in the creation or imposition of any lien upon any of its material
properties pursuant to the terms of any such indenture, agreement, mortgage,
deed of trust or other instrument, other than this Indenture, nor violate any
law or any order, rule or regulation applicable to the Issuer of any court or of
any federal or state regulatory body, administrative agency or other
governmental instrumentality having jurisdiction over the Issuer or any of its
properties.
(vi) No Proceedings. There are no proceedings, injunctions, writs, restraining
orders or investigations to which the Issuer or any of such entity's affiliates
is a party pending, or, to the best of such entity's knowledge, threatened,
before any court, regulatory body, administrative agency or other tribunal or
governmental instrumentality (A) asserting the invalidity of this Indenture, (B)
seeking to prevent the issuance of any Notes or the consummation of any of the
transactions contemplated by this Indenture or (C) seeking any determination or
ruling that might materially and adversely affect the performance by the Issuer
of its obligations under, or the validity or enforceability of this Indenture.
(vii)
Approvals. All approvals, authorizations, consents, orders or other actions of
any person, corporation or other organization, or of any court, governmental
agency or body or official, required on the part of the Issuer in connection
with the execution and delivery of this Indenture have been taken or obtained on
or prior to the Date of Issuance.
(viii)
Place of Business. The Issuer's place of business and chief executive office is
located in ______, Delaware and the Issuer has had no other chief executive
office.
(ix)
Tax and Accounting Treatment. The Issuer intends to treat the transactions
contemplated by the Student Loan Purchase Agreements as an absolute transfer
rather than as a pledge of the Financed Eligible Loans from the Seller for
federal income tax and financial accounting purposes and the Issuer will be
treated as the owner of the Financed Eligible Loans for all purposes. The Issuer
further intends to treat the Notes as its indebtedness for federal income tax
and financial accounting purposes.
(x)
Taxes. The Issuer has filed (or caused to be filed) all federal, state, county,
local and foreign income, franchise and other tax returns required to be filed
by it through the date hereof, and has paid all taxes reflected as due thereon.
There is no pending dispute with any taxing authority that, if determined
adversely to the Issuer, would result in the assertion by any taxing authority
of any material tax deficiency, and the Issuer has no knowledge of a proposed
liability for any tax year to be imposed upon such entity's properties or assets
for which there is not an adequate reserve reflected in such entity's current
financial statements.
(xi)
Legal Name. The legal name of the Issuer is "College Loan Corporation Trust
20__-_" and has not changed since its inception. The Issuer has no trade names,
fictitious names, assumed names or "dba's" under which it conducts its business
and has made no filing in respect of any such name.
(xii)
Business Purpose. The Issuer has acquired the Financed Eligible Loans conveyed
to it under a Student Loan Purchase Agreement for a bona fide business purpose
and has undertaken the transactions contemplated herein as principal rather than
as an agent of any other person. The Issuer has no subsidiaries, has adopted and
operated consistently with all requirements for statutory trusts under the laws
of the State with respect to its operations and has engaged in no other
activities other than those specified in this Indenture and the Student Loan
Purchase Agreements and in accordance with the transactions contemplated herein
and therein.
(xiii)
Compliance with Laws. The Issuer is in compliance with all applicable laws and
regulations with respect to the conduct of its business and has obtained and
maintains all permits, licenses and other approvals as are necessary for the
conduct of its operations.
(xiv)
Valid Business Reasons; No Fraudulent Transfers. The transactions contemplated
by this Indenture are in the ordinary course of the Issuer's business and the
Issuer has valid business reasons for granting the Trust Estate pursuant to this
Indenture. At the time of each such grant: (A) the Issuer granted the Trust
Estate to the Trustee without any intent to hinder, delay or defraud any current
or future creditor of the Issuer; (B) the Issuer was not insolvent and did not
become insolvent as a result of any such grant; (C) the Issuer was not engaged
and was not about to engage in any business or transaction for which any
property remaining with such entity was an unreasonably small capital or for
which the remaining assets of such entity are unreasonably small in relation to
the business of such entity or the transaction; (D) the Issuer did not intend to
incur, and did not believe or should not have reasonably believed, that it would
incur, debts beyond its ability to pay as they become due; and (E) the
consideration paid received by the Issuer for the grant of the Trust Estate was
reasonably equivalent to the value of the related grant.
(xv) No Management of Affairs of Seller. The Issuer is not and will not be
involved in the day-to-day management of the Seller, the Issuer Administrator,
the Sponsor or any affiliate.
(xvi)
No Transfers with Seller or Affiliates. Other than the acquisition of assets and
the transfer of any Notes pursuant to this Indenture, the Issuer does not engage
in and will not engage in any transactions with the Seller and affiliates,
except as provided herein with respect to the Administration Agreement or the
payment of dividends or distributions to the Issuer's parent.
(xvii)
Ability to Perform. There has been no material impairment in the ability of the
Issuer to perform its obligations under this Indenture.
(xviii) Financial Condition. No material adverse change has occurred in the
Issuer's financial status since the date of its formation.
(xix)
Event of Default. No Event of Default has occurred and no event has occurred
that, with the giving of notice, the passage of time, or both, would become an
Event of Default.
(xx)
Acquisition of Financed Eligible Loans Legal. The Issuer has complied with all
applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations in connection with its
acquisition of the Financed Eligible Loans from the Seller.
(xxi)
No Material Misstatements or Omissions. No information, certificate of an
officer, statement furnished in writing or report delivered to the Trustee, the
Servicer or any Registered Owner by the Issuer contains any untrue statement of
a material fact or omits a material fact necessary to make such information,
certificate, statement or report not misleading.
(b) The Issuer will not:
(i)
sell, transfer, exchange or otherwise dispose of any portion of the Trust Estate
except as expressly permitted by this Indenture;
(ii)
claim any credit on, or make any deduction from, the principal amount of any of
the Notes by reason of the payment of any taxes levied or assessed upon any
portion of the Trust Estate;
(iii)
except as otherwise provided herein, dissolve or liquidate in whole or in part,
except with the prior written consent of the Trustee, and to the extent Notes
remain Outstanding, approval of the Registered Owners and a Rating
Confirmation;
(iv)
permit the validity or effectiveness of this Indenture, any Supplement or any
grant hereunder 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 under this Indenture,
except as may be expressly permitted hereby;
(v)
except as otherwise provided herein, permit any lien, charge, security interest,
mortgage or other encumbrance (other than the lien of this Indenture) to be
created on or extend to or otherwise arise upon or burden the Trust Estate or
any part thereof or any interest therein or the proceeds thereof;
(vi)
permit the lien of this Indenture not to constitute a valid first priority,
perfected security interest in the Trust Estate;
(vii)
incur or assume any indebtedness or guarantee any indebtedness of any Person
whether secured by any Financed Eligible Loans under this Indenture or
otherwise, except for such obligations as may be incurred by the Issuer in
connection with the issuance of the Notes pursuant to this Indenture and
unsecured trade payables in the ordinary course of its business;
(viii)
operate such that it would be consolidated with its Sponsor or any other
affiliate and its separate existence disregarded in any federal or state
proceeding;
(ix)
act as agent of any Seller or, except as provided in the Servicing Agreement,
allow the Seller to act as its agent;
(x)
allow the Seller or its parent or any other affiliate to pay its expenses,
guarantee its obligations or advance funds to it for payment of expenses;
or
(xi)
consent to the appointment of a conservator or receiver or liquidator in any
insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshalling of assets and liabilities or
similar proceedings of or relating to the Issuer or of or relating to all or
substantially all of its property, or a decree or order of a court or agency or
supervisory authority having jurisdiction in the premises for the appointment of
a conservator or receiver or liquidator in any insolvency, readjustment of debt,
marshalling of assets and liabilities or similar proceedings, or for the
winding-up or liquidation of its affairs, shall have been entered against the
Issuer; or the Issuer shall not consent to the appointment of a receiver,
conservator or liquidator in any insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshalling
of assets and liabilities, voluntary liquidation or similar proceedings of or
relating to the Issuer or of or relating to all or substantially all of its
property; or admit in writing its inability to pay its debts generally as they
become due, file a petition to take advantage of any applicable insolvency,
bankruptcy or reorganization statute, make an assignment for the benefit of its
creditors or voluntarily suspend payment of its obligations.
(c)
The Issuer makes the following representations and warranties as to the Trust
Estate which is granted to the Trustee hereunder on such date, on which the
Trustee relies in accepting the Trust Estate. Such representations and
warranties shall survive the grant of the Trust Estate to the Trustee pursuant
to this Indenture:
(i)
Financed Eligible Loans. Each Financed Eligible Loan acquired by the Issuer
shall constitute an Eligible Loan and contain the characteristics found in a
Student Loan Purchase Agreement. Notwithstanding the definition of "Eligible
Loans" herein, the Issuer covenants that no more than 20% of each purchase of
Eligible Loans will be made up of Eligible Loans delinquent by more than 30
days.
(ii)
Grant. It is the intention of the Issuer that the transfer herein contemplated
constitutes a grant of the Financed Eligible Loans to the Trustee.
(iii)
All Filings Made. All filings (including, without limitation, UCC filings)
necessary in any jurisdiction to give the Trustee a first priority perfected
ownership and security interest in the Trust Estate, including the Financed
Eligible Loans, have been made no later than the Date of Issuance and copies of
the file-stamped financing statements shall be delivered to the Trustee within
five Business Days of receipt by the Issuer or its agent from the appropriate
secretary of state. The Issuer has not caused, suffered or permitted any lien,
pledges, offsets, defenses, claims, counterclaims, charges or security interest
with respect to the Financed Eligible Loans (other than the security interest
created in favor of the Trustee) to be created.
(v) No
Transfer Taxes Due. Each grant of the Financed Eligible Loans (including all
payments due or to become due thereunder) by the Issuer pursuant to this
Indenture is not subject to and will not result in any tax, fee or governmental
charge payable by the Issuer or the Seller to any federal, state or local
government.
(a)
The Issuer shall not engage in any business or activity other than in connection
with the activities contemplated hereby and in the Student Loan Purchase
Agreements, and in connection with the issuance of Notes.
(b)
The Issuer shall not consolidate or merge with or into any other entity or
convey or transfer its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any
entity except as otherwise provided herein.
(c)
The funds and other assets of the Issuer shall not be commingled with those of
any other individual, corporation, estate, partnership, joint venture,
association, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or
government, or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
(d)
The Issuer shall not be, become or hold itself out as being liable for the debts
of any other party.
(e)
The Issuer shall not form, or cause to be formed, any subsidiaries.
(f)
The Issuer shall act solely in its own name and through its duly authorized
officers or agents in the conduct of its business, and shall conduct its
business so as not to mislead others as to the identity of the entity with which
they are concerned.
(g)
The Issuer shall maintain its records and books of account and shall not
commingle its records and books of account with the records and books of account
of any other Person. The books of the Issuer may be kept (subject to any
provision contained in the statutes) inside or outside the State at such place
or places as may be designated from time to time by the provisions of the Trust
Agreement.
(h)
All actions of the Issuer shall be taken by an Authorized Representative.
(i)
The Issuer shall not amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in
this Section 4.13 without (i) the prior written consent of the Trustee and (ii)
a Rating Confirmation from each Rating Agency rating any Notes Outstanding (a
copy of which shall be provided to the Trustee) that such amendment, alteration,
change or repeal will have no adverse effect on the rating assigned to the
Notes.
(j)
The Issuer shall not amend its Certificate of Trust or its Trust Agreement
without first obtaining the prior written consent of each Rating Agency.
(k)
All audited financial statements of the Issuer that are consolidated with those
of any affiliate thereof will contain detailed notes clearly stating that (i)
all of the Issuer's assets are owned by the Issuer, and (ii) the Issuer is a
separate entity with creditors who have received ownership and/or security
interests in the Issuer's assets.
(l)
The Issuer will strictly observe legal formalities in its dealings with the
Seller, the Sponsor or any affiliate thereof, and funds or other assets of the
Issuer will not be commingled with those of the Seller, the Sponsor or any other
affiliate thereof. The Issuer shall not maintain joint bank accounts or other
depository accounts to which the Seller, the Sponsor or any other affiliate has
independent access. None of the Issuer's funds will at any time be pooled with
any funds of the Seller, the Sponsor or any other affiliate.
(m)
The Issuer will maintain an arm's length relationship with the Seller (and any
affiliate). Any Person that renders or otherwise furnishes services to the
Issuer will be compensated by the Issuer at market rates for such services it
renders or otherwise furnishes to the Issuer except as otherwise provided in
this Indenture. Except as contemplated in this Indenture, the Student Loan
Purchase Agreements or the Servicing Agreement, the Issuer will not hold itself
out to be responsible for the debts of the Seller, the parent or the decisions
or actions respecting the daily business and affairs of the Seller or
parent.
(a) The Issuer will:
(i)
file with the Trustee, within 15 days after the Issuer is required to file the
same with the Commission, copies of the annual reports and of the information,
documents and other reports (or copies of such portions of any of the foregoing
as the Commission may from time to time by rules and regulations prescribe)
which the Issuer may be required to file with the Commission pursuant to Section
13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act;
(ii)
file with the Trustee and the Commission, in accordance with rules and
regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission, such additional
information, documents and reports with respect to compliance by the Issuer with
the conditions and covenants of this Indenture as may be required from time to
time by such rules and regulations; and
(iii)
transmit by mail to the Registered Owners of Notes, within 30 days after the
filing thereof with the Trustee, in the manner and to the extent provided in TIA
Section 313(c), such summaries of any information, documents and reports
required to be filed by the Issuer pursuant to clauses (a) and (b) of this
Section 4.15 as may be required by rules and regulations prescribed from time to
time by the Commission.
(b)
The Trustee shall mail to each Registered Owner, within 60 days after each
December 31 beginning with the December 31 following the date of this Indenture,
a brief report as of such December 31 that complies with TIA Section 313(a) if
required by said section. The Trustee shall also comply with TIA Section 313(b).
A copy of each such report required pursuant to TIA Section 313(a) or (b) shall,
at the time of such transaction to Registered Owners, be filed by the Trustee
with the Commission and with each securities exchange, if any, upon which the
Notes are listed, provided that the Issuer has previously notified the Trustee
of such listing.
(a)
This Indenture creates a valid and continuing security interest (as defined in
the applicable Uniform Commercial Code in effect in the States of Delaware,
Nebraska and Colorado) in the Financed Eligible Loans in favor of the Trustee,
which security interest is prior to all other liens, charges, security
interests, mortgages or other encumbrances, and is enforceable as such as
against creditors of and purchasers from Issuer.
(b)
The Financed Eligible Loans constitute "accounts" within the meaning of the
applicable UCC.
(c)
The Issuer owns and has good and marketable title to the Financed Eligible Loans
free and clear of any lien, charge, security interest, mortgage or other
encumbrance, claim or encumbrance of any Person, other that those granted
pursuant to this Indenture.
(d)
For sale of loan participations, swaps and other "payment intangibles" (within
the meaning of the applicable UCC), the Issuer has received all consents and
approvals required by the terms of the Financed Eligible Loans to the sale of
the Financed Eligible Loans hereunder to the Trustee.
(e)
The Issuer has caused or will have caused, within ten days, the filing of all
appropriate financing statements in the proper filing office in the appropriate
jurisdictions under applicable law in order to perfect the security interest in
the Financed Eligible Loans granted to the Trustee hereunder.
(f)
The Issuer has received a written acknowledgment from the Servicer (as custodian
for the Trustee) that the Servicer is holding executed copies of the promissory
notes and master promissory notes that constitute or evidence the Financed
Eligible Loans, and that the Services are holding such solely on behalf and for
the benefit of the Trustee.
(g)
Other than the security interest granted to the Trustee pursuant to this
Indenture, the Issuer has not pledged, assigned, sold, granted a security
interest in, or otherwise conveyed any of the Financed Eligible Loans. 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 Financed Eligible Loans other than any financing statement relating to the
security interest granted to the Trustee hereunder or that has been terminated.
The Issuer is not aware of any judgment or tax lien filings against the
Issuer.
(a)
The representations and warranties set forth in Section 4.17 shall survive the
termination of this Indenture.
(b)
The Trustee shall not waive any of the representations and warranties set forth
in Section 4.17 above.
(c)
The Issuer shall take all steps necessary, and shall cause the Servicers and
subservicers, if any, to take all steps necessary and appropriate, to maintain
the perfection and priority of the Trustee's security interest in the Financed
Eligible Loans.
(a) Acquisition Fund;
(b) Collection Fund; and
(c) Reserve Fund.
(a)
There shall be deposited into the Collection Fund $_______ from proceeds of the
Notes. There shall also be deposited to the Collection Fund all Available Funds,
and all other moneys and investments derived from assets on deposit in and
transfers from the Acquisition Fund and the Reserve Fund, all Counterparty
Payments and any other amounts deposited thereto upon receipt of an Issuer
Order. Moneys on deposit in the Collection Fund shall be used to make the
payments described below. The Trustee may conclusively rely on all written
instructions of the Issuer Administrator described in this Indenture with no
further duty to examine or determine the information contained in any Issuer
Administrator's Certificate or Issuer Order.
(b)
The Issuer Administrator shall instruct the Trustee in writing no later than the
fourth Business Day preceding each Monthly Servicing Payment Date that is not a
Distribution Date (based on the information contained in a certificate of the
Issuer Administrator (in the form set forth as Exhibit C hereto) and the related
Servicer's Report) to distribute to the Servicer, by 1:00 p.m. (New York time)
on such Monthly Servicing Payment Date, from and to the extent of the Available
Funds on deposit in the Collection Fund, the Servicing Fee due with respect to
the preceding calendar month, and the Trustee shall comply with such
instructions. Upon written direction from the Issuer Administrator to the
Trustee, moneys in the Collection Fund shall be used on any date to pay, when
due, fees and expenses insofar as the same relate to Financed Eligible Loans and
other fees and expenses with respect to the Trust Estate the payment of which is
not otherwise provided for in Section 5.03(c), but including amounts described
in clause (a)(i), (ii) and (iii) of the definition of Available Funds.
(c)
The Issuer Administrator shall instruct the Trustee in writing no later than the
fourth Business Day preceding each Distribution Date (based on the information
contained in a certificate of the Issuer Administrator (in the form set forth as
Exhibit D hereto) and the related Servicer's Report) to make the following
deposits and distributions to the Persons or to the account specified below by
1:00 p.m. (New York time) on such Distribution Date, to the extent of (x) the
amount of Available Funds in the Collection Fund and (y) the amount transferred
from the Reserve Fund pursuant to Section 5.04(b), (c) and (d), in the following
order of priority, and the Trustee shall comply with such instructions:
(i) to
the Servicer, the Servicing Fee, and to the Trustee and the Delaware Trustee,
the Trustee Fee and the Delaware Trustee Fee, respectively, ratably, without
preference or priority of any kind, due on such Distribution Date;
(ii)
to the Issuer Administrator, the Administration Fee due on such Distribution
Date and all unpaid Administration Fees from prior Distribution Dates;
(iii)
to the Counterparties, in proportion to their respective entitlements under the
applicable Derivative Products without preference or priority, the Derivative
Product Fees due on such Distribution Date and all unpaid Derivative Product
Fees from prior Distribution Dates;
(iv)
to the Class A-1 Noteholders, Class A-2 Noteholders, and Class A-3 Noteholders,
the Class A Noteholders' Interest Distribution Amount, ratably, without
preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts payable on the
Class A Notes in respect of Class A Noteholders' Interest Distribution
Amount;
(v) to
the Class B Noteholders, the Class B Noteholders' Interest Distribution Amount,
ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts
payable in respect of Class B Noteholders' Interest Distribution Amount;
(vi)
to the Class A-1 Noteholders until the Class A-1 Notes have been paid in full,
the Class A Noteholders' Principal Distribution Amount;
(vii)
on each Distribution Date on and after the date on which the Class A-1 Notes
have been paid in full, to the Class A-2 Noteholders until the Class A-2 Notes
are paid in full, the Class A Noteholders' Principal Distribution Amount;
(viii)
on each Distribution Date on and after the date on which the Class A-1 Notes and
the Class A-2 Notes have been paid in full, to the Class A-3 Noteholders until
the Class A-3 Notes are paid in full, the Class A Noteholders' Principal
Distribution Amount; and
(ix)
on each Distribution Date on and after which the Class A Notes have been paid in
full, to the Class B Noteholders until the Class B Notes have been paid in full,
the Class B Noteholders' Principal Distribution Amount;
(x) to
the Reserve Fund, the amount, if any, necessary to reinstate the balance of the
Reserve Fund up to the Specified Reserve Fund Balance;
(xi)
to the Counterparties, in proportion to their respective entitlements under the
applicable Derivative Product without preference or priority, the aggregate
unpaid amount of any Derivative Product Payments owing to such Counterparties,
plus accrued interest, if any;
(xii)
to the Servicer, the aggregate unpaid amount of the Carryover Servicing Fee, if
any;
(xiii)
in the event the Financed Eligible Loans are not sold pursuant to Sections 10.03
or 10.04 hereof, to pay as an accelerated payment of principal balance of the
Notes, first to the Class A Noteholders in the same order and priority as is set
forth in Sections 5.03(c)(vi) through (c)(ix) until the principal amount of the
Class A Notes is paid in full and then to the Class B Noteholders until the
principal balance of the Class B Notes is reduced to zero, provided that the
amount of such distribution shall not exceed the outstanding principal balance
of the Class A Notes or the Class B Notes, as applicable, after giving effect to
all other payments in respect of principal of Class A Notes and Class B Notes to
be made on such date; and
(xiv)
to the Sponsor, any remaining portion thereof. Amounts properly distributed to
the Sponsor pursuant to this paragraph (xiv) shall be deemed released from the
Trust Estate and the security interest therein granted to the Trustee, and the
Sponsor shall in no event thereafter be required to refund any such distributed
amounts.
(a) On
the Date of Issuance, the Trustee shall deposit $_________ into the Reserve
Fund. Thereafter, the Trustee shall transfer to the Reserve Fund from the
Collection Fund all amounts designated for transfer thereto pursuant to Section
5.03(c)(xi) hereof.
(b) On
each Monthly Servicing Payment Date or Distribution Date, to the extent there
are insufficient Available Funds in the Collection Fund to make one or more of
the transfers required by Sections 5.03(b) and 5.03(c)(i) through (c)(v), then
the Issuer Administrator shall instruct the Trustee in writing to withdraw from
the Reserve Fund on such Monthly Servicing Payment Date or Distribution Date, as
the case may be, an amount equal to such deficiency and to deposit such amount
in the Collection Fund. Additionally, if on the Note Final Maturity Date for a
class of Notes, and after giving effect to the distribution of the Available
Funds on such Note Final Maturity Date, the principal amount of such class of
Notes will not be reduced to zero, the Issuer Administrator shall instruct the
Trustee in writing to withdraw from the Reserve Fund on such Note Final Maturity
Date an amount equal to the amount needed to reduce the principal amount of such
class of Notes to zero and to deposit such amount in the Collection Fund.
(c)
After giving effect to Section 5.04(b) above, if the amount on deposit in the
Reserve Fund on any Distribution Date is greater than the Specified Reserve Fund
Balance for such Distribution Date, the Issuer Administrator shall instruct the
Trustee in writing to withdraw from the Reserve Fund on such Distribution Date
an amount equal to such excess and to deposit such amount in the Collection
Fund.
(d) In
the event of a termination of a Derivative Product that requires the Issuer to
make a termination payment to the applicable Counterparty, termination payments
with respect to Trade I (as such term is defined in the Derivative Product)
shall be paid in the same order of priority as the Derivative Product Fee in
Section 5.03(c)(iii) and termination payments with respect to Trade II (as such
term is defined in the Derivative Product) shall be paid in the same order of
priority as the Derivative Product Payment in Section 5.03(c)(xii), as the case
may be; provided, however, that in the event that the Issuer is required to make
a termination payment to a Counterparty as a result of (i) an Event of Default
(as such term is defined in the Derivative Product) where the Counterparty is
the Defaulting Party (as such term is defined in the Derivative Product); or
(ii) a Termination Event (as such term is defined in the Derivative Product),
such termination payment will be subordinate in priority to the right of the
Class A Noteholders to receive the Class A Noteholders' Distribution Amount and
to the Class B Noteholders to receive the Class B Noteholders' Distribution
Amount and, if necessary, to the reinstatement of the balance of the Reserve
Fund up to the Specified Reserve Fund Balance. In the event of a termination of
a Derivative Product that requires the Issuer to make a termination payment to
the applicable Counterparty except as described in the proviso above, the Issuer
Administrator promptly shall notify the Rating Agencies of such requirement and,
within thirty (30) days of such termination payment, shall provide to the Rating
Agencies cash flows and such other financial information with respect to the
Issuer as the Rating Agencies may reasonably request. Any transfers from the
Reserve Fund to the Collection Fund pursuant to this Section 5.04(d) shall be
made by the Trustee at the written direction of the Issuer Administrator.
(e) On
the final Distribution Date upon termination of the Trust and following the
payment in full of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Notes and
of all other amounts (other than Derivative Product Payments and Carryover
Servicing Fees) owing or to be distributed hereunder or under the Indenture to
Noteholders, the Trustee, the Servicer, the Issuer Administrator or the
Counterparties, to the extent that Available Funds on such date are insufficient
to make the following payments, amounts remaining in the Reserve Fund shall be
used first to pay any unpaid Derivative Product Payments and second to pay any
Carryover Servicing Fees. Any amount remaining on deposit in the Reserve Fund
after such payments have been made shall be distributed to the Sponsor. The
Sponsor shall in no event be required to refund any amounts properly distributed
pursuant to this Section 5.04(e).
(f)
Anything in this Section 5.04 to the contrary notwithstanding, if the market
value of securities and cash in the Reserve Fund is on any Distribution Date
sufficient to pay the remaining principal amount of and interest accrued on the
Notes, and to pay any unpaid Derivative Product Payments and Carryover Servicing
Fee, such amount will be so applied on such Distribution Date and the Issuer
Administrator shall instruct the Trustee in writing to make such payments.
(a)
The Trustee shall, upon Issuer Order and subject to the provisions of this
Indenture, take all actions reasonably necessary to effect the release of any
Financed Eligible Loans from the lien of this Indenture to the extent the terms
hereof permit the sale, disposition or transfer of such Financed Eligible
Loans.
(b)
Subject to the payment of its fees and expenses pursuant to Sections 7.05 and
7.07, the Trustee may, and when required by the provisions of this Indenture
shall, execute instruments to release property from the lien of this Indenture,
or convey the Trustee's interest in the same, in a manner and under
circumstances that are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture.
No party relying upon an instrument executed by the Trustee as provided in this
Article V shall be bound to ascertain the Trustee's authority, inquire into the
satisfaction of any conditions precedent or see to the application of any
moneys.
(c)
The Trustee shall, at such time as there are no Notes Outstanding and all sums
due the Trustee pursuant to Sections 7.05 and 7.07 have been paid, release any
remaining portion of the Trust Estate that secured the Notes from the lien of
this Indenture and release to the Issuer or any other Person entitled thereto
any funds then on deposit in the Funds and Accounts. The Trustee shall release
property from the lien of this Indenture pursuant to this Section 5.06(c) only
upon receipt of an Issuer Order, an Opinion of Counsel and (if required by the
TIA) Independent Certificates in accordance with TIA Sections 314(c) and
314(d)(1).
(d)
Subject to the provisions of this Indenture, the Trustee shall release property
from the lien of this Indenture only upon receipt of an Issuer Order, an Opinion
of Counsel and 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.
(e)
Each Registered Owner, by the acceptance of a Note, acknowledges that from time
to time the Trustee shall release the lien of this Indenture on any Financed
Eligible Loan to be sold to (i) the Seller in accordance with the applicable
Student Loan Purchase Agreement; (ii) to the Servicer in accordance with the
Servicing Agreement; and (iii) to another eligible lender holding one or more
serial loans with respect to such Financed Eligible Loan, in accordance with the
Servicing Agreement, and each Registered Owner, by the acceptance of a Note,
consents to any such release.
(a)
default in the due and punctual payment of any interest on any Note when the
same becomes due and payable, and such default shall continue for a period of
five (5) days;
(b)
default in the due and punctual payment of the principal of any Note when the
same becomes due and payable on the related Note Final Maturity Date;
(c)
default in the performance or observance of any other of the covenants,
agreements or conditions on the part of the Issuer to be kept, observed and
performed contained in this Indenture or in the Notes, and continuation of such
default for a period of 90 days after written notice thereof by the Trustee to
the Issuer; and
(d)
the occurrence of an Event of Bankruptcy.
FIRST,
to the Trustee and the Delaware Trustee, any Trustee Fee and any Delaware
Trustee Fee, respectively due and owing;
SECOND, to the Servicer for due and unpaid Servicing Fees;
THIRD,
to the Counterparties, in proportion to their respective entitlements under the
applicable Derivative Products without preference or priority, for any due and
unpaid Derivative Product Fees;
FOURTH,
to the Class A Noteholders for amounts due and unpaid on the Class A
Notes for interest, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind,
according to the amounts due and payable on the Class A Notes for such
interest;
FIFTH,
to Class A Noteholders for amounts due and unpaid on the Class A Notes
for principal, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to
the amounts due and payable on the Notes for principal;
SIXTH,
to the Class B Noteholders for amounts due and unpaid on the Class B
Notes for interest ratably, without preference or priority of any kind,
according to the amounts due and payable on the Notes for such interest;
SEVENTH,
to the Class B Noteholders for amounts due and unpaid on the Class B
Notes for principal, ratably without preference or priority of any kind,
according to the amounts due and payable on the Class B Notes for
principal;
EIGHTH,
to the Counterparties, in proportion to the respective entitlements under the
applicable Derivative Products without preference or priority, for any due and
unpaid Derivative Product Payments;
NINTH, to the Servicer, for any unpaid Carryover Servicing Fees; and
TENTH,
to the Issuer, for distribution in accordance with the terms of the
Administration Agreement and the Trust Agreement.
(a)
the Issuer has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay:
(i)
all payments of principal of and interest on all Obligations and all other
amounts that would then be due hereunder or upon such Obligations if the Event
of Default giving rise to such acceleration had not occurred; and
(ii)
all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee hereunder and the reasonable
compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee and its agents
and counsel; and
(b)
all Events of Default, other than the nonpayment of the principal of the
Obligations that has become due solely by such acceleration, have been cured or
waived as provided in Section 6.15 hereof.
(a)
default is made in the payment of any installment of interest, if any, on any
Notes when such interest becomes due and payable and such default continues for
a period of five (5) days; or
(b)
default is made in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) any
Notes at its Note Final Maturity Date,
(a)
Except during the continuance of an Event of Default,
(i)
the Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are
specifically set forth in this Indenture, and no implied covenants or
obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and
(ii)
in the absence of bad faith on its part, the 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 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 Trustee, the Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same
to determine whether or not they conform as to form with the requirements of
this Indenture and whether or not they contain the statements required under
this Indenture.
(b) In
case an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee, in
exercising the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, 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 his or her own
affairs.
(c)
Before taking any action hereunder requested by Registered Owners, the Trustee
may require that it be furnished an indemnity bond or other indemnity and
security satisfactory to it by the Registered Owners, as applicable, for the
reimbursement of all expenses to which it may be put and to protect it against
all liability.
(a) it
will not exercise any of the rights, duties or privileges under this Indenture
in such manner as would cause the Eligible Loans held or acquired under the
terms hereof to be transferred, assigned or pledged as security to any person or
entity other than as permitted by this Indenture; and
(b) it
will comply with the Act and the Regulations and will, upon written notice from
an Authorized Representative of the Issuer, the Secretary or the Guaranty
Agency, use its reasonable efforts to cause this Indenture to be amended (in
accordance with Section 8.01 hereof) if the Act or Regulations are hereafter
amended so as to be contrary to the terms of this Indenture.
[Standard & Poor's Ratings Services,
A division of the McGraw-Hall Companies, Inc.]
55 Water Street
New York, New York 10041
Attention: Asset-Backed Surveillance Group
[Fitch, Inc.]
One State Street Plaza
New York, New York 10004
Attention: Structured Finance
[Moody's Investors Service, Inc.]
99 Church Street
New York, New York 10007
Attention: ABS Monitoring Group
(a) to
file and prove a claim for the whole amount, or such lesser amount as may be
provided for in the Notes, of principal (and premium, if any) and interest, if
any, 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
Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable fees, compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee and its agents and counsel) and of the
Registered Owners allowed in such judicial proceeding; and
(b) to
collect and receive any money or other property payable or deliverable on any
such claims and to distribute the same; and any custodian, receiver, assignee,
trustee, liquidator, sequestrator (or other similar official) in any such
judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Registered Owner of Notes to
make such payments to the Trustee, and if the Trustee shall consent to the
making of such payments directly to the Registered Owners, to pay to the Trustee
any amount due to it for the reasonable fees, compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee and any predecessor Trustee, their
agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee or any predecessor
Trustee.
(a) to
cure any ambiguity or formal defect or omission in this Indenture;
(b) to
grant to or confer upon the Trustee for the benefit of the Registered Owners any
additional benefits, rights, remedies, powers or authorities that may lawfully
be granted to or conferred upon the Registered Owners or the Trustee;
(c) to
subject to this Indenture additional revenues, properties or collateral;
(d) to
modify, amend or supplement this Indenture or any indenture supplemental hereto
in such manner as to permit the qualification hereof and thereof under the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939 or any similar federal statute hereafter in effect or to
permit the qualification of the Notes for sale under the securities laws of the
United States of America or of any of the states of the United States of
America, and, if they so determine, to add to this Indenture or any indenture
supplemental hereto such other terms, conditions and provisions as may be
permitted by said Trust Indenture Act of 1939 or similar federal statute;
(e) to
evidence the appointment of a separate or co-Trustee or a co-registrar or
transfer agent or the succession of a new Trustee hereunder, or any additional
or substitute Guaranty Agency or Servicer;
(f) to
add such provisions to or to amend such provisions of this Indenture as may be
necessary or desirable to assure implementation of the Program in conformance
with the Act if along with such Supplemental Indenture there is filed an opinion
of counsel to the effect that the addition or amendment of such provisions will
in no way impair the existing security of the Registered Owners of any
Outstanding Obligations;
(g) to
make any change as shall be necessary in order to obtain and maintain for any of
the Notes an investment grade Rating from a nationally recognized rating
service, which changes, in the opinion of the Trustee are not to the prejudice
of the Registered Owner of any of the Obligations;
(h) to
make any changes necessary to comply with the Act, the Regulations or the Code
and the regulations promulgated thereunder;
(i) to
make the terms and provisions of this Indenture, including the lien and security
interest granted herein, applicable to a Derivative Product, and to modify
Section 3.03 hereof with respect to any particular Derivative Product;
(j) to
create any additional Funds or Accounts or Subaccounts under this Indenture
deemed by the Trustee to be necessary or desirable;
(k) to
make any other change with a Rating Confirmation; or
(l) to
make any other change which, in the judgment of the Trustee is not to the
material prejudice of the Registered Owners of any Obligations;
College Loan Corporation Trust 20__-_
[c/o __________________, Delaware Trustee]
[Address]
[City, State Zip]
[Attention: _______________]
Telephone: [___________]
Facsimile: [____________]
With a copy to the Issuer Administrator:
College Loan Corporation
16855 W. Bernardo Drive, Suite 270
San Diego, California 92127
Attention: Cary Katz
Telephone: (858) 716-1534
Facsimile: (888) 972-6321
[Trustee Name]
[Address]
[City, State Zip]
Attention: [___________]
Telephone: [___________]
Facsimile: [____________]
AND SATISFACTION OF INDENTURE
(a) If
the Issuer shall pay, or cause to be paid, or there shall otherwise be paid (i)
to the Registered Owners of the Notes, the principal of and interest on the
Notes, at the times and in the manner stipulated in this Indenture; and (ii) to
each Counterparty, all Issuer Derivative Payments then due, then the pledge of
the Trust Estate which is not pledged hereunder, and all covenants, agreements
and other obligations of the Issuer to the Registered Owners of Notes shall
thereupon cease, terminate and become void and be discharged and satisfied. In
such event, the Trustee shall execute and deliver to the Issuer all such
instruments as may be desirable to evidence such discharge and satisfaction, and
the Trustee shall pay over or deliver all money held by it under this Indenture
to the party entitled to receive the same under this Indenture. If the Issuer
shall pay or cause to be paid, or there shall otherwise be paid, to the
Registered Owners of any Outstanding Notes the principal of and interest on such
Notes and to each Counterparty all Counterparty Payments then due, at the times
and in the manner stipulated in this Indenture and in the Derivative Product,
such Notes and each Counterparty shall cease to be entitled to any lien, benefit
or security under this Indenture, and all covenants, agreements and obligations
of the Issuer to the Registered Owners thereof and each Counterparty shall
thereupon cease, terminate and become void and be discharged and satisfied.
(b)
Notes or interest installments shall be deemed to have been paid within the
meaning of Section 10.02(a) hereof if money for the payment thereof has been set
aside and is being held in trust by the Trustee at the Note Final Maturity Date
or earlier prepayment date thereof. Any Outstanding Note shall, prior to the
Note Final Maturity Date or earlier prepayment thereof, be deemed to have been
paid within the meaning and with the effect expressed in Section 10.02(a) hereof
if (i) such Note is to be prepaid on any date prior to its Note Final Maturity
Date and (ii) the Issuer shall have given notice of prepayment as provided
herein on said date, there shall have been deposited with the Trustee either
money (fully insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Issuer or fully
collateralized by Governmental Obligations) in an amount which shall be
sufficient, or Governmental Obligations (including any Governmental Obligations
issued or held in book-entry form on the books of the Department of Treasury of
the United States of America) the principal of and the interest on which when
due will provide money which, together with the money, if any, deposited with
the Trustee at the same time, shall be sufficient, to pay when due the principal
of and interest to become due on such Note on and prior to the prepayment date
or Note Final Maturity Date thereof, as the case may be. Notwithstanding
anything herein to the contrary, however, no such deposit shall have the effect
specified in this subsection (b) if made during the existence of an Event of
Default, unless made with respect to all of the Notes then Outstanding. Neither
Governmental Obligations nor money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to this
subsection (b) nor principal or interest payments on any such Governmental
Obligations shall be withdrawn or used for any purpose other than, and shall be
held irrevocably in trust in an escrow account for, the payment of the principal
of and interest on such Notes. Any cash received from such principal of and
interest on such Governmental Obligations deposited with the Trustee, if not
needed for such purpose, shall, to the extent practicable, be reinvested in
Governmental Obligations maturing at times and in amounts sufficient to pay when
due the principal of and interest on such Notes on and prior to such prepayment
date or Note Final Maturity Date thereof, as the case may be, and interest
earned from such reinvestments shall be paid over to the Issuer, as received by
the Trustee, free and clear of any trust, lien or pledge. Any payment for
Governmental Obligations purchased for the purpose of reinvesting cash as
aforesaid shall be made only against delivery of such Governmental Obligations.
For the purposes of this Section, "Governmental Obligations" shall mean and
include only non-callable direct obligations of the Department of the Treasury
of the United States of America or portions thereof (including interest or
principal portions thereof), and such Governmental Obligations shall be of such
amounts, maturities and interest payment dates and bear such interest as will,
without further investment or reinvestment of either the principal amount
thereof or the interest earnings therefrom, be sufficient to make the payments
required herein, and which obligations have been deposited in an escrow account
which is irrevocably pledged as security for the Notes. Such term shall not
include mutual funds and unit investment trusts.
(c)
Any Issuer Derivative Payments are deemed to have been paid and the applicable
Derivative Product terminated when payment of all Issuer Derivative Payments due
and payable to each Counterparty under its respective Derivative Product have
been made or duly provided for to the satisfaction of each Counterparty and the
respective Derivative Product has been terminated.
(d) In
no event shall the Trustee deliver over to the Issuer any Financed Eligible
Loans originated under the Act unless the Issuer is an Eligible Lender, if the
Act or Regulations then in effect require the owner or holder of such Financed
Eligible Loans to be an Eligible Lender.
(e)
The provisions of this Section are applicable to the Notes and the Issuer
Derivative Payments.
COLLEGE LOAN CORPORATION TRUST
20__-_, a [Delaware statutory trust]
By: _____________________________, not in
its individual capacity or personal capacity
but solely in its capacity as Delaware
Trustee
By _____________________________
Name ___________________________
Title __________________________
____________________________, as Trustee
By _____________________________
[Name, Title]
(a) a
copy of the Student Loan Purchase Agreement between the Issuer and the Eligible
Lender with respect to the Acquired Eligible Loans (original copy maintained on
file with the Issuer on behalf of the Trustee);
(b)
with respect to each Insured Loan included among the Acquired Eligible Loans,
the Certificate of Insurance relating thereto;
(c)
with respect to each Guaranteed Loan included among the Acquired Eligible Loans,
a certified copy of the Guarantee Agreement relating thereto;
(d) an
opinion of counsel to the Issuer specifying each action necessary to perfect a
security interest in all Eligible Loans to be acquired by the Issuer pursuant to
the Student Loan Purchase Agreements in favor of the Trustee in the manner
provided for by the provisions of 20 U.S.C.ss. 1087-2(d)(3) or 20 U.S.C.ss.
1082(m)(1)(D)(iv), as applicable, (you are authorized to rely on the advice of a
single blanket opinion of counsel to the Issuer until such time as the Issuer
shall provide any amended opinion to you);
(e) a
certificate of an Authorized Representative of the Issuer to the effect that (i)
the Issuer is not in default in the performance of any of its covenants and
agreements made in the Student Loan Purchase Agreement relating to the Acquired
Eligible Loans; (ii) with respect to all Acquired Eligible Loans which are
Insured, Insurance is in effect with respect thereto, and with respect to all
Acquired Eligible Loans which are Guaranteed, the Guarantee Agreement is in
effect with respect thereto; and (iii) the Issuer is not in default in the
performance of any of its covenants and agreements made in any Contract of
Insurance or the Guarantee Agreement applicable to the Acquired Eligible
Loans;
and
(f)
instruments duly assigning the Acquired Eligible Loans to the Trustee.
COLLEGE LOAN CORPORATION TRUST 20__-_
By
Name
Title
STUDENT LOAN ASSET-BACKED NOTES
CLASS A-1
REGISTERED NO. R-1
REGISTERED $_____________
Date of Issuance
_______, [________]Maturity Date
________________CUSIP No.
____________
REGISTERED OWNER: CEDE & CO.
COLLEGE LOAN CORPORATION TRUST
20__-_
By ____________________________, not in
its individual capacity but solely as
Delaware Trustee under the Trust
Agreement,
By
Authorized Signatory
_______________________, not in its
individual capacity but solely as Trustee,
By
Authorized Signatory
attorney, to transfer said Note on the books kept for registration thereof, with
full power of substitution in the premises.
Dated:_______________________________________ | By___________________________________________________* Name_________________________________________________ Title__________________________________________________ Signature Guaranteed: |
By___________________________________________________* NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name of the registered owner as it appears on the face of the within Note in every particular, without alteration, enlargement or any change whatever. Such signature must be guaranteed by an "eligible guarantor institution" meeting the requirements of the Note Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in STAMP or such other "signature guarantee program" as may be determined by the Trustee in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. |
EXHIBIT B-2
FORM OF CLASS A-2 NOTE
Unless this Note is presented by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation ("DTC"), to the Issuer (as defined below) 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 AS SET FORTH HEREIN. ACCORDINGLY, THE OUTSTANDING PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF THIS NOTE AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE AMOUNT SHOWN ON THE FACE HEREOF. THIS NOTE IS NOT GUARANTEED OR INSURED BY ANY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY.
COLLEGE LOAN CORPORATION TRUST 20__-_
STUDENT LOAN ASSET-BACKED NOTES
CLASS A-2
REGISTERED NO. R-1 | REGISTERED $_________ |
Date of Issuance _______, [________] |
Maturity Date ________________ |
CUSIP No. ____________ |
PRINCIPAL SUM: ________________________________________________
REGISTERED OWNER: CEDE & CO.
College Loan Corporation Trust 20__-_, a statutory trust organized and existing under the laws of the [State of Delaware] (herein referred to as the "Issuer"), for value received, hereby promises to pay to CEDE & CO., or registered assigns, on each Distribution Date the principal sum equal to the applicable Class A Noteholders Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date, as described in the Indenture of Trust dated as of ________, [________], between the Issuer (by ____________________, in its capacity as Delaware Trustee) and ____________________, as eligible lender trustee and trustee (the "Trustee") (capitalized terms used but not defined herein being defined in Article I of the Indenture, which also contains rules as to usage that shall be applicable herein); provided, however, that the entire unpaid principal amount of this Note shall be due and payable on the Maturity Date specified above (the "Class A-2 Maturity Date").
The Issuer shall pay interest on this Note at the rate per annum equal to the Class A-2 Rate (as defined on the reverse hereof), on each Distribution Date until the principal of this Note is paid or made available for payment, on the principal amount of this Note outstanding on the preceding Distribution Date or the Date of Issuance in the case of the first Distribution Date (after giving effect to all payments of principal made on the preceding Distribution Date), subject to certain limitations contained in the Indenture. Interest on this Note shall accrue from and including the preceding Distribution Date (or, in the case of the first Accrual Period, the Date of Issuance) to but excluding the following Distribution Date (each an "Accrual Period"). Interest shall be calculated on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed in each Accrual Period divided by 360. 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 of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts. All payments made by the Issuer with respect to this Note shall be applied first to interest due and payable on this Note as provided above and then to the unpaid principal of this Note.
Reference is made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the reverse hereof, which shall have the same effect as though fully set forth on the face of this Note.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee whose name appears below by manual signature, this Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof, or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer has caused this instrument to be duly executed, manually or in facsimile, as of the date set forth below.
COLLEGE LOAN CORPORATION TRUST 20__-_ By ___________________________, not in its individual capacity but solely as Delaware Trustee under the Trust Agreement, By___________________________ Authorized Signatory |
Date: [Date of Issuance]
TRUSTEES CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Notes designated above and referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
_________________________, not in its individual capacity but solely as Trustee, |
By___________________________ Authorized Signatory |
Date: [Date of Issuance]
This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of Notes of the Issuer, designated as its Student Loan Asset-Backed Notes, Class A-2 (the "Class A-2 Notes"), which, together with the Issuers Student Loan Asset-Backed Notes, Class A-1, and Class A-3 (the "Class A-1 Notes," and the "Class A-3 Notes" respectively) and the Issuers Student Loan Asset-Backed Notes, Class B (the "Class B Notes" and, together with the Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2 Notes and the Class A-3 Notes, the "Notes"), are issued under and secured by 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 Trustee and the Registered Owners. The Notes are subject to all terms of the Indenture.
The Class A-2 Notes are and will be secured by the Trust Estate pledged as security therefor as provided in the Indenture. The Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2 Notes, and the Class A-3 Notes are senior to the Class B Notes as and to the extent provided in the Indenture.
Principal of the Class A-2 Notes shall be payable on each Distribution Date in an amount equal to the Class A Noteholders Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date. "Distribution Date" means the twenty-fifth (25th) day of each ________, __________, __________ and _________ or, if any such date is not a Business Day, the immediately succeeding Business Day, commencing __________, [________].
As described on the face hereof, the entire unpaid principal amount of this Note shall be due and payable on the Class A-2 Maturity Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the entire unpaid principal amount of the Notes shall be due and payable on the date on which (a) an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and (b) either the Trustee or the Registered Owners of Obligations representing not less than a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Highest Priority Obligations shall have declared the Notes to be immediately due and payable in the manner provided in the Indenture.
Interest on the Class A-2 Notes shall be payable on each Distribution Date on the principal amount outstanding of the Class A-2 Notes until the principal amount thereof is paid in full, at a rate per annum equal to the Class A-2 Rate. The "Class A-2 Rate" for each Accrual Period, other than the first Accrual Period, shall be equal to the applicable Three-Month LIBOR, plus 0.__%. The "Class A-2 Rate" for the first Accrual Period shall be determined by reference to the following formula: x + [__/__* (y-x)] (where: x = [Two-Month LIBOR], and y = Three-Month LIBOR), plus 0.__% , as determined by the Issuer Administrator.
Payments of interest on this Note on each Distribution Date, together with the installment of principal, if any, to the extent not in full payment of this Note, shall be paid to the Person in whose name such Note is registered on the Record Date by check mailed first-class, postage prepaid to such Persons address as it appears on the records of the Trustee on such Record Date, except that, unless definitive Notes have been issued pursuant to the Indenture, 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 shall be made by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account designated by such nominee. If funds are expected to be available, as provided in the Indenture, for payment in full of the then remaining unpaid principal amount of this Note on a Distribution Date, then the Trustee shall notify the Person in whose name a Note is registered at the close of business on the Record Date preceding the Distribution Date on which the Issuer expects that the final installment of principal of and interest on such Note will be paid. Such notice shall be mailed or transmitted by facsimile prior to such final Distribution 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.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations set forth therein, the transfer of this Note may be registered upon the records of the Trustee upon surrender for transfer of any Note at the Principal Office of the Trustee, duly endorsed for transfer or accompanied by an assignment duly executed by the Registered Owner or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon the Issuer shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in the name of the transferee or transferees a new fully registered Note or Notes of the same interest rate and for a like series, subseries, if any, and aggregate principal amount of the same maturity.
As to any Note, the person in whose name the same shall be registered shall be deemed and regarded as the absolute owner thereof for all purposes, and payment of either principal or interest on any fully registered Note shall be made only to or upon the written order of the Registered Owner thereof or his legal representative but such registration may be changed as provided in the Indenture. All such payments shall be valid and effectual to satisfy and discharge the liability upon such Note to the extent of the sum or sums paid.
Each Registered Owner and each transferee of a Note shall be deemed to represent and warrant that either (a) it is not acquiring the Note directly or indirectly for, or on behalf of, an ERISA plan or any entity whose underlying assets are deemed to be plan assets of such ERISA plan; or (b) (i) the acquisition and holding of the Notes will not result in a nonexempt prohibited transaction under Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code or similar law and (ii) if the Notes are subsequently deemed to be "plan assets" pursuant to the regulations set forth at 29 C.F.R. § 2510.3-101, it will promptly dispose of the Notes.
The Trustee shall require the payment by any Registered Owner requesting exchange or transfer of any tax or other governmental charge required to be paid with respect to such exchange or transfer. The applicant for any such transfer or exchange may be required to pay all taxes and governmental charges in connection with such transfer or exchange, other than exchanges pursuant to the Indenture.
The term "Issuer" as used in this Note includes any successor to the Issuer under the Indenture.
The Issuer is permitted by the Indenture, under certain circumstances, to merge or consolidate, subject to the rights of the Trustee and the Registered Owners under the Indenture.
The Notes are issuable only in registered form in denominations as provided in the Indenture, subject to certain limitations therein set forth.
This Note shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without reference to its conflict of law provisions, and the obligations, rights and remedies of the parties hereunder and thereunder shall be determined in accordance with such laws.
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Issuer, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and interest on this Note at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.
ASSIGNMENT
Social Security or taxpayer I.D. or other identifying number of assignee
FOR
VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto
Dated:_______________________________________ | By___________________________________________________* Name_________________________________________________ Title__________________________________________________ Signature Guaranteed: |
By___________________________________________________* NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name of the registered owner as it appears on the face of the within Note in every particular, without alteration, enlargement or any change whatever. Such signature must be guaranteed by an "eligible guarantor institution" meeting the requirements of the Note Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in STAMP or such other "signature guarantee program" as may be determined by the Trustee in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. |
EXHIBIT B-3
FORM OF CLASS A-3 NOTE
Unless this Note is presented by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation ("DTC"), to the Issuer (as defined below) 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 AS SET FORTH HEREIN. ACCORDINGLY, THE OUTSTANDING PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF THIS NOTE AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE AMOUNT SHOWN ON THE FACE HEREOF. THIS NOTE IS NOT GUARANTEED OR INSURED BY ANY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY.
REGISTERED NO. R-1 | REGISTERED $_________ |
Date of Issuance _______, [________] |
Maturity Date ________________ |
CUSIP No. ____________ |
PRINCIPAL SUM: ________________________________________________
REGISTERED OWNER: CEDE & CO.
College Loan Corporation Trust 20__-_, a statutory trust organized and existing under the laws of the [State of Delaware] (herein referred to as the "Issuer"), for value received, hereby promises to pay to CEDE & CO., or registered assigns, on each Distribution Date the principal sum equal to the applicable Class A Noteholders Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date, as described in the Indenture of Trust dated as of _________, [________], between the Issuer (by ________________, in its capacity as Delaware Trustee) and _________________________, as eligible lender trustee and trustee (the "Trustee") (capitalized terms used but not defined herein being defined in Article I of the Indenture, which also contains rules as to usage that shall be applicable herein); provided, however, that the entire unpaid principal amount of this Note shall be due and payable on the Maturity Date specified above (the "Class A-3 Maturity Date").
The Issuer shall pay interest on this Note at the rate per annum equal to the Class A-3 Rate (as defined on the reverse hereof), on each Distribution Date until the principal of this Note is paid or made available for payment, on the principal amount of this Note outstanding on the preceding Distribution Date or the Date of Issuance in the case of the first Distribution Date (after giving effect to all payments of principal made on the preceding Distribution Date), subject to certain limitations contained in the Indenture. Interest on this Note shall accrue from and including the preceding Distribution Date (or, in the case of the first Accrual Period, the Date of Issuance) to but excluding the following Distribution Date (each an "Accrual Period"). Interest shall be calculated on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed in each Accrual Period divided by 360. 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 of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts. All payments made by the Issuer with respect to this Note shall be applied first to interest due and payable on this Note as provided above and then to the unpaid principal of this Note.
Reference is made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the reverse hereof, which shall have the same effect as though fully set forth on the face of this Note.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee whose name appears below by manual signature, this Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof, or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer has caused this instrument to be duly executed, manually or in facsimile, as of the date set forth below.
COLLEGE LOAN CORPORATION TRUST 20__-_ By ___________________________, not in its individual capacity but solely as Delaware Trustee under the Trust Agreement, By___________________________ Authorized Signatory |
Date: [Date of Issuance]
TRUSTEES CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Notes designated above and referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
_________________________, not in its individual capacity but solely as Trustee, |
By___________________________ Authorized Signatory |
Date: [Date of Issuance]
This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of Notes of the Issuer, designated as its Student Loan Asset-Backed Notes, Class A-3 (the "Class A-3 Notes"), which, together with the Issuers Student Loan Asset-Backed Notes, Class A-1 and Class A-2 (the "Class A-1 Notes" and the "Class A-2 Notes" respectively) and the Issuers Student Loan Asset-Backed Notes, Class B (the "Class B Notes" and, together with the Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2 Notes and the Class A-3 Notes, the "Notes"), are issued under and secured by 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 Trustee and the Registered Owners. The Notes are subject to all terms of the Indenture.
The Class A-3 Notes are and will be secured by the Trust Estate pledged as security therefor as provided in the Indenture. The Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2 Notes, and the Class A-3 Notes are senior to the Class B Notes as and to the extent provided in the Indenture.
Principal of the Class A-3 Notes shall be payable on each Distribution Date in an amount equal to the Class A Noteholders Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date. "Distribution Date" means the twenty-fifth (25th) day of each ______, ____, ______ and ___________ or, if any such date is not a Business Day, the immediately succeeding Business Day, commencing ____________, [________].
As described on the face hereof, the entire unpaid principal amount of this Note shall be due and payable on the Class A-3 Maturity Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the entire unpaid principal amount of the Notes shall be due and payable on the date on which (a) an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and (b) either the Trustee or the Registered Owners of Obligations representing not less than a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Highest Priority Obligations shall have declared the Notes to be immediately due and payable in the manner provided in the Indenture.
Interest on the Class A-3 Notes shall be payable on each Distribution Date on the principal amount outstanding of the Class A-3 Notes until the principal amount thereof is paid in full, at a rate per annum equal to the Class A-3 Rate. The "Class A-3 Rate" for each Accrual Period, other than the first Accrual Period, shall be equal to the applicable Three-Month LIBOR, plus 0.__%. The "Class A-3 Rate" for the first Accrual Period shall be determined by reference to the following formula: x + [__/__* (y-x)] (where: x = [Two-Month LIBOR], and y = Three-Month LIBOR), plus 0.__% , as determined by the Issuer Administrator.
Payments of interest on this Note on each Distribution Date, together with the installment of principal, if any, to the extent not in full payment of this Note, shall be paid to the Person in whose name such Note is registered on the Record Date by check mailed first-class, postage prepaid to such Persons address as it appears on the records of the Trustee on such Record Date, except that, unless definitive Notes have been issued pursuant to the Indenture, 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 shall be made by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account designated by such nominee. If funds are expected to be available, as provided in the Indenture, for payment in full of the then remaining unpaid principal amount of this Note on a Distribution Date, then the Trustee shall notify the Person in whose name a Note is registered at the close of business on the Record Date preceding the Distribution Date on which the Issuer expects that the final installment of principal of and interest on such Note will be paid. Such notice shall be mailed or transmitted by facsimile prior to such final Distribution 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.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations set forth therein, the transfer of this Note may be registered upon the records of the Trustee upon surrender for transfer of any Note at the Principal Office of the Trustee, duly endorsed for transfer or accompanied by an assignment duly executed by the Registered Owner or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon the Issuer shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in the name of the transferee or transferees a new fully registered Note or Notes of the same interest rate and for a like series, subseries, if any, and aggregate principal amount of the same maturity.
As to any Note, the person in whose name the same shall be registered shall be deemed and regarded as the absolute owner thereof for all purposes, and payment of either principal or interest on any fully registered Note shall be made only to or upon the written order of the Registered Owner thereof or his legal representative but such registration may be changed as provided in the Indenture. All such payments shall be valid and effectual to satisfy and discharge the liability upon such Note to the extent of the sum or sums paid.
Each Registered Owner and each transferee of a Note shall be deemed to represent and warrant that either (a) it is not acquiring the Note directly or indirectly for, or on behalf of, an ERISA plan or any entity whose underlying assets are deemed to be plan assets of such ERISA plan; or (b) (i) the acquisition and holding of the Notes will not result in a nonexempt prohibited transaction under Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code or similar law and (ii) if the Notes are subsequently deemed to be "plan assets" pursuant to the regulations set forth at 29 C.F.R. § 2510.3-101, it will promptly dispose of the Notes.
The Trustee shall require the payment by any Registered Owner requesting exchange or transfer of any tax or other governmental charge required to be paid with respect to such exchange or transfer. The applicant for any such transfer or exchange may be required to pay all taxes and governmental charges in connection with such transfer or exchange, other than exchanges pursuant to the Indenture.
The term "Issuer" as used in this Note includes any successor to the Issuer under the Indenture.
The Issuer is permitted by the Indenture, under certain circumstances, to merge or consolidate, subject to the rights of the Trustee and the Registered Owners under the Indenture.
The Notes are issuable only in registered form in denominations as provided in the Indenture, subject to certain limitations therein set forth.
This Note shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without reference to its conflict of law provisions, and the obligations, rights and remedies of the parties hereunder and thereunder shall be determined in accordance with such laws.
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Issuer, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and interest on this Note at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.
ASSIGNMENT
Social Security or taxpayer I.D. or other identifying number of assignee
FOR
VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto
Dated:_______________________________________ | By___________________________________________________* Name_________________________________________________ Title__________________________________________________ Signature Guaranteed: |
By___________________________________________________* NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name of the registered owner as it appears on the face of the within Note in every particular, without alteration, enlargement or any change whatever. Such signature must be guaranteed by an "eligible guarantor institution" meeting the requirements of the Note Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in STAMP or such other "signature guarantee program" as may be determined by the Trustee in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. |
EXHIBIT B-4
FORM OF CLASS B NOTE
Unless this Note is presented by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation ("DTC"), to the Issuer (as defined below) 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 AS SET FORTH HEREIN. ACCORDINGLY, THE OUTSTANDING PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF THIS NOTE AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE AMOUNT SHOWN ON THE FACE HEREOF. THIS NOTE IS NOT GUARANTEED OR INSURED BY ANY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY.
COLLEGE LOAN CORPORATION TRUST 20__-_
STUDENT LOAN ASSET-BACKED NOTES
CLASS B
REGISTERED NO. R-1 | REGISTERED $_________ |
Date of Issuance _______, [________] |
Maturity Date ________________ |
CUSIP No. ____________ |
PRINCIPAL SUM: ________________________________________________
REGISTERED OWNER: CEDE & CO.
College Loan Corporation Trust 20__-_, a statutory trust organized and existing under the laws of the [State of Delaware] (herein referred to as the "Issuer"), for value received, hereby promises to pay to CEDE & CO., or registered assigns, on each Distribution Date the principal sum equal to the applicable Class B Noteholders Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date, as described in the Indenture of Trust dated as of _________, [________], between the Issuer (by __________________, in its capacity as Delaware Trustee) and _____________________, as eligible lender trustee and trustee (the "Trustee") (capitalized terms used but not defined herein being defined in Article I of the Indenture, which also contains rules as to usage that shall be applicable herein); provided, however, that the entire unpaid principal amount of this Note shall be due and payable on the Maturity Date specified above (the "Class B Maturity Date").
The Issuer shall pay interest on this Note at the rate per annum equal to the Class B Rate (as defined on the reverse hereof), on each Distribution Date until the principal of this Note is paid or made available for payment, on the principal amount of this Note outstanding on the preceding Distribution Date or the Date of Issuance in the case of the first Distribution Date (after giving effect to all payments of principal made on the preceding Distribution Date), subject to certain limitations contained in the Indenture. Interest on this Note shall accrue from and including the preceding Distribution Date (or, in the case of the first Accrual Period, the Date of Issuance) to but excluding the following Distribution Date (each an "Accrual Period"). Interest shall be calculated on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed in each Accrual Period divided by 360. 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 of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts. All payments made by the Issuer with respect to this Note shall be applied first to interest due and payable on this Note as provided above and then to the unpaid principal of this Note.
Reference is made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the reverse hereof, which shall have the same effect as though fully set forth on the face of this Note.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee whose name appears below by manual signature, this Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof, or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer has caused this instrument to be duly executed, manually or in facsimile, as of the date set forth below.
COLLEGE LOAN CORPORATION TRUST 20__-_ By ___________________________, not in its individual capacity but solely as Delaware Trustee under the Trust Agreement, By___________________________ Authorized Signatory |
Date: [Date of Issuance]
TRUSTEES CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Notes designated above and referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
_________________________, not in its individual capacity but solely as Trustee, |
By___________________________ Authorized Signatory |
Date: [Date of Issuance]
This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of Notes of the Issuer, designated as its Student Loan Asset-Backed Notes, Class B (the "Class B Notes"), which, together with the Issuers Student Loan Asset-Backed Notes, Class A-1, Class A-2, and Class A-3 (the "Class A-1 Notes," the "Class A-2 Notes and the "Class A-3 Notes" respectively) (and, together with the Class B Notes the "Notes"), are issued under and secured by 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 Trustee and the Registered Owners. The Notes are subject to all terms of the Indenture.
The Class B Notes are and will be secured by the Trust Estate pledged as security therefor as provided in the Indenture. The Class A-1 Notes, Class A-2 Notes, and Class A-3 Notes are senior to the Class B Notes as and to the extent provided in the Indenture.
Principal of the Class B Notes shall be payable on each Distribution Date in an amount equal to the Class B Noteholders Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date. "Distribution Date" means the twenty-fifth (25th) day of each _____, ____, ________ and ___________ or, if any such date is not a Business Day, the immediately succeeding Business Day, commencing ____________, [________].
As described on the face hereof, the entire unpaid principal amount of this Note shall be due and payable on the Class B Maturity Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the entire unpaid principal amount of the Notes shall be due and payable on the date on which (a) an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and (b) either the Trustee or the Registered Owners of Obligations representing not less than a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Highest Priority Obligations shall have declared the Notes to be immediately due and payable in the manner provided in the Indenture.
Interest on the Class B Notes shall be payable on each Distribution Date on the principal amount outstanding of the Class B Notes until the principal amount thereof is paid in full, at a rate per annum equal to the Class B Rate. The "Class B Rate" for each Accrual Period, other than the first Accrual Period, shall be equal to the applicable Three-Month LIBOR, plus 0.__%. The "Class B Rate" for the first Accrual Period shall be determined by reference to the following formula: x + [__/__* (y-x)] (where: x = [Two-Month LIBOR], and y = Three-Month LIBOR), plus 0.__% , as determined by the Issuer Administrator.
Payments of interest on this Note on each Distribution Date, together with the installment of principal, if any, to the extent not in full payment of this Note, shall be paid to the Person in whose name such Note is registered on the Record Date by check mailed first-class, postage prepaid to such Persons address as it appears on the records of the Trustee on such Record Date, except that, unless definitive Notes have been issued pursuant to the Indenture, 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 shall be made by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account designated by such nominee. If funds are expected to be available, as provided in the Indenture, for payment in full of the then remaining unpaid principal amount of this Note on a Distribution Date, then the Trustee shall notify the Person in whose name a Note is registered at the close of business on the Record Date preceding the Distribution Date on which the Issuer expects that the final installment of principal of and interest on such Note will be paid. Such notice shall be mailed or transmitted by facsimile prior to such final Distribution 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.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations set forth therein, the transfer of this Note may be registered upon the records of the Trustee upon surrender for transfer of any Note at the Principal Office of the Trustee, duly endorsed for transfer or accompanied by an assignment duly executed by the Registered Owner or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon the Issuer shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in the name of the transferee or transferees a new fully registered Note or Notes of the same interest rate and for a like series, subseries, if any, and aggregate principal amount of the same maturity.
As to any Note, the person in whose name the same shall be registered shall be deemed and regarded as the absolute owner thereof for all purposes, and payment of either principal or interest on any fully registered Note shall be made only to or upon the written order of the Registered Owner thereof or his legal representative but such registration may be changed as provided in the Indenture. All such payments shall be valid and effectual to satisfy and discharge the liability upon such Note to the extent of the sum or sums paid.
Each Registered Owner and each transferee of a Note shall be deemed to represent and warrant that either (a) it is not acquiring the Note directly or indirectly for, or on behalf of, an ERISA plan or any entity whose underlying assets are deemed to be plan assets of such ERISA plan; or (b) (i) the acquisition and holding of the Notes will not result in a nonexempt prohibited transaction under Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code or similar law and (ii) if the Notes are subsequently deemed to be "plan assets" pursuant to the regulations set forth at 29 C.F.R. § 2510.3-101, it will promptly dispose of the Notes.
The Trustee shall require the payment by any Registered Owner requesting exchange or transfer of any tax or other governmental charge required to be paid with respect to such exchange or transfer. The applicant for any such transfer or exchange may be required to pay all taxes and governmental charges in connection with such transfer or exchange, other than exchanges pursuant to the Indenture.
The term "Issuer" as used in this Note includes any successor to the Issuer under the Indenture.
The Issuer is permitted by the Indenture, under certain circumstances, to merge or consolidate, subject to the rights of the Trustee and the Registered Owners under the Indenture.
The Notes are issuable only in registered form in denominations as provided in the Indenture, subject to certain limitations therein set forth.
This Note shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without reference to its conflict of law provisions, and the obligations, rights and remedies of the parties hereunder and thereunder shall be determined in accordance with such laws.
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Issuer, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and interest on this Note at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.
ASSIGNMENT
Social Security or taxpayer I.D. or other identifying number of assignee
FOR
VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto
Dated:_______________________________________ | By___________________________________________________* Name_________________________________________________ Title__________________________________________________ Signature Guaranteed: |
By___________________________________________________* NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name of the registered owner as it appears on the face of the within Note in every particular, without alteration, enlargement or any change whatever. Such signature must be guaranteed by an "eligible guarantor institution" meeting the requirements of the Note Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in STAMP or such other "signature guarantee program" as may be determined by the Trustee in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. |
EXHIBIT C
FORM OF ADMINISTRATORS MONTHLY
SERVICING PAYMENT DATE CERTIFICATE
This Issuer Administrators Monthly Servicing Payment Date Certificate (the "Certificate") is being provided by College Loan Corporation, as Issuer Administrator (the "Issuer Administrator") to College Loan Corporation Trust 20__-_ (the "Issuer") pursuant to Section 5.03(b) of the Indenture of Trust dated as of _________, [________] (the "Indenture"), between the Issuer and __________________ (the "Trustee"). All capitalized terms used in this Certificate and not otherwise defined shall have the same meanings as assigned to such terms in the Indenture.
Pursuant to this Certificate, the Issuer Administrator hereby directs the Trustee to distribute to the Servicer, by 1:00 p.m. (New York time) on ______, ______ (the "Monthly Servicing Payment Date"), from and to the extent of the Available Funds on deposit in the Collection Fund, $__________ Servicing Fee due with respect to the preceding calendar month.
The Available Funds on this Monthly Servicing Payment Date is equal to $_________.
The Issuer Administrator hereby certifies that the information herein is true and accurate in all material respects and that the Trustee may conclusively rely on this Certificate with no further duty to examine or determine the information contained herein.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer Administrator has caused this Certificate to be duly executed and delivered as of the date written below.
College Loan Corporation as Issuer Administrator By_________________________________ Authorized Signatory |
[DATE]
EXHIBIT D
FORM OF ADMINISTRATORS DISTRIBUTION DATE CERTIFICATE
This Issuer Administrators Distribution Date Certificate (the "Certificate") is being provided by College Loan Corporation, as Issuer Administrator (the "Issuer Administrator") to College Loan Corporation Trust 20__-_ (the "Issuer") to pursuant to Section 5.03(c) of the Indenture of Trust dated as of ____________, [________] (the "Indenture"), between the Issuer and _________________ (the "Trustee"). All capitalized terms used in this Certificate and not otherwise defined shall have the same meanings as assigned to such terms in the Indenture.
Pursuant to this Certificate, the Issuer Administrator hereby directs the Trustee to make the following deposits and distributions to the Persons or to the account specified below by 1:00 p.m. (New York time) on ______, ______ ("the Distribution Date"), to the extent of (x) the amount of Available Funds in the Collection Fund and (y) the amount transferred from the Reserve Fund pursuant to Section 5.04(b) and (c) of the Indenture. The Trustee shall make the following deposits and distributions in the following order of priority, and the Trustee shall comply with such instructions:
(i) (a) $__________ Servicing Fee to the Servicer, (b) $__________ Trustee Fee to the Trustee and (c) $__________ Delaware Trustee Fee to the Delaware Trustee, respectively, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, due on the Distribution Date;
(ii) $__________ Administration Fee and $__________ unpaid Administration Fees, if any, from prior Distribution Dates to the Issuer Administrator due on the Distribution Date;
(iii) $__________ Derivative Product Fees and $__________ unpaid Derivative Product Fees, if any, from prior Distribution Dates to the Counterparties, in proportion to their respective entitlements under the applicable Derivative Products without preference or priority;
(iv) $__________ Interest Distribution Amount to the Class A-1 Noteholders, _________ Interest Distribution Amount to the Class A-2 Noteholders, and $_________ Interest Distribution Amount to the Class A-3 Noteholders, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts payable on the Class A Notes in respect of Class A Noteholders' Interest Distribution Amount;
(v) $__________ Interest Distribution Amount to the Class B Noteholders, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts payable in respect of Class B Noteholders' Interest Distribution Amount;
(vi) $__________ Class A Noteholders' Principal Distribution Amount to the Class A-1 Noteholders;
(vii) $__________ Class A Noteholders' Principal Distribution Amount to the Class A-2 Noteholders (on each Distribution Date on and after which the Class A-1 Notes have been paid in full);
(viii) $__________ Class A Noteholders' Principal Distribution Amount to the Class A-3 Noteholders (on each Distribution Date on and after which the Class A-1 Notes and the Class A-2 Notes have been paid in full);
(ix) $__________ Class B Noteholders' Principal Distribution Amount to the Class B Noteholders (on each Distribution Date on and after which the Class A Notes have been paid in full);
(x) $__________ to the Reserve Fund (if necessary to reinstate the balance of the Reserve Fund up to the Specified Reserve Fund Balance);
(xi) $__________ to the Counterparties, in proportion to their respective entitlements under the applicable Derivative Product without preference or priority (representing the aggregate unpaid amount of any Derivative Product Payments plus accrued interest, if any);
(xii) $__________ to the Servicer (representing the aggregate unpaid amount of the Carryover Servicing Fee, if any);
(xiii) if the Financed Eligible Loans have not been sold pursuant to Sections 10.03 or 10.04 of the Indenture, pay (a) $__________ first to the Class A Noteholders in the same order and priority as is set forth in Sections (vi) through (viii) above until the principal amount of the Class A Notes is paid in full and (b) $__________ next to the Class B Noteholders until the principal balance of the Class B Notes is reduced to zero; provided that the amounts of such distributions shall not exceed the outstanding principal balance of the Class A Notes or the Class B Notes, as applicable, after giving effect to all other payments in respect of principal of Class A Notes and Class B Notes to be made on such date; and
(xiv) $__________ to the Sponsor. Amounts properly distributed to the Sponsor pursuant to this paragraph (xiv) shall be deemed released from the Trust Estate and the security interest therein granted to the Trustee, and the Sponsor shall in no event thereafter be required to refund any such distributed amounts.
The Available Funds on this Distribution Date is equal to $____________.
Pursuant to this Certificate, if applicable, the Issuer Administrator further hereby directs the Trustee to withdraw from the Reserve Fund for deposit to the Collection Fund (i) an amount equal to $__________, representing the amount of insufficient Available Funds in the Collection Account to make the transfers required by Section(s) 5.03_____, and (ii) an amount equal to $__________, representing the amount on deposit in the Reserve Fund in excess of the Specified Reserve Fund Balance.
The Issuer Administrator hereby certifies that the information herein is true and accurate in all material respects and that the Trustee may conclusively rely on this Certificate with no further duty to examine or determine the information contained herein.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer Administrator has caused this Certificate to be duly executed and delivered as of the date written below.
College Loan Corporation as Issuer Administrator By_________________________________ Authorized Signatory |
[DATE]
Exhibit 4.2
TRUST AGREEMENT
between
COLLEGE LOAN LLC
as Depositor
and
_______________________
as Delaware Trustee
College Loan Corporation Trust 20__-_
Dated as of ____________, 200_
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND USAGE
ARTICLE II
ORGANIZATION
Section 2.01 Section 2.02 Section 2.03 Section 2.04 Section 2.05 Section 2.06 Section 2.07 Section 2.08 Section 2.09 Section 2.10 |
Name Office Purposes and Powers Appointment of Delaware Trustee Initial Capital Contribution of Trust Estate Declaration of Trust Liability of the Certificateholders Title to Trust Property Representations and Warranties of the Depositor Federal Income Tax Allocations |
2 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 5 |
ARTICLE III
TRUST CERTIFICATES AND TRANSFER OF INTERESTS
Section 3.01 Section 3.02 Section 3.03 Section 3.04 Section 3.05 Section 3.06 Section 3.07 Section 3.08 Section 3.09 Section 3.10 |
Initial Beneficial Ownership The Trust Certificates Authentication of Trust Certificate Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Trust Certificates Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Trust Certificates Persons Deemed Owners Access to List of Certificateholders' Names and Addresses Maintenance of Office or Agency Appointment of Certificate Paying Agent Restrictions on Transfer |
5 5 5 6 7 7 7 7 8 8 |
ARTICLE IV
ACTIONS BY DELAWARE TRUSTEE
Section 4.01 Section 4.02 Section 4.03 Section 4.04 Section 4.05 |
Prior Notice to Certificateholders with Respect to Certain Matters Action by the Certificateholders with Respect to Certain Matters Action by the Certificateholders with Respect to Bankruptcy Restrictions on Certificateholders' Power Majority Control |
10 11 11 11 12 |
ARTICLE V
APPLICATION OF TRUST FUNDS; CERTAIN DUTIES
Section 5.01 Section 5.02 Section 5.03 Section 5.04 Section 5.05 |
Application of Trust Funds Method of Payment No Segregation of Moneys; No Interest Accounting and Reports to the Noteholders, Certificateholder, the Internal Revenue Service and Others Signature on Returns; Tax Matters Partner |
12 12 13 13 14 |
ARTICLE VI
AUTHORITY AND DUTIES OF DELAWARE TRUSTEE
Section 6.01 Section 6.02 Section 6.03 Section 6.04 Section 6.05 Section 6.06 |
General Authority General Duties Action Upon Instruction No Duties Except as Specified in this Agreement, any other Basic Document or in Instructions No Action Except Under Specified Documents or Instructions Restrictions |
14 14 15 16 16 16 |
ARTICLE VII
CONCERNING THE DELAWARE TRUSTEE
Section 7.01 Section 7.02 Section 7.03 Section 7.04 Section 7.05 Section 7.06 Section 7.07 |
Acceptance of Trusts and Duties Furnishing of Documents Representations and Warranties Reliance; Advice of Counsel Not Acting in Individual Capacity Delaware Trustee not Liable for Trust Certificates or Financed Eligible Loans Delaware Trustee May Own Trust Certificates and Notes |
17 18 18 19 19 19 20 |
ARTICLE VIII
COMPENSATION OF DELAWARE TRUSTEE
Section 8.01 Section 8.02 |
Delaware Trustee's Fees and Expenses Payments to the Delaware Trustee |
20 20 |
ARTICLE IX
TERMINATION OF TRUST AGREEMENT
Section 9.01 | Termination of Trust Agreement | 20 |
ARTICLE X
SUCCESSOR DELAWARE TRUSTEES AND ADDITIONAL DELAWARE TRUSTEES
Section 10.01 Section 10.02 Section 10.03 Section 10.04 Section 10.05 |
Eligibility Requirements for Delaware Trustee Resignation or Removal of Delaware Trustee Successor Delaware Trustee Merger or Consolidation of Delaware Trustee Appointment of Co-Delaware Trustee or Separate Delaware Trustee |
21 22 22 23 23 |
ARTICLE XI
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 11.01 Section 11.02 Section 11.03 Section 11.04 Section 11.05 Section 11.06 Section 11.07 Section 11.08 Section 11.09 Section 11.10 Section 11.11 |
Supplements and Amendments No Legal Title to Trust Estate in Certificateholders Limitations on Rights of Others Notices Severability Separate Counterparts Successors And Assigns No Petition No Recourse Headings Governing Law |
25 26 26 26 26 26 26 27 27 27 27 |
Appendix A - Procedures for Establishing Trust Certificate Rates
EXHIBIT A - FORM OF TRUST CERTIFICATE
EXHIBIT B - FORM OF PURCHASER'S REPRESENTATION AND
WARRANTY LETTER
EXHIBIT C - FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF TRUST
TRUST AGREEMENT dated as of ____________, 200_, between _________, a Delaware trust company, acting hereunder not in its individual capacity but solely as Delaware trustee (the "Delaware Trustee") and College Loan LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the "Depositor").
The Depositor and the Delaware Trustee hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND USAGE
For purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein are defined in the Indenture, which also contains rules as to construction and usage that shall be applicable herein.
"Basic Documents" means this Agreement, the Indenture, the Administration Agreement, any Servicing Agreement, the Student Loan Purchase Agreement, the Custodian Agreement, the Derivative Products Agreement, the Eligible Lender Trust Agreement, any Guarantee Agreement, the Underwriting Agreement and other documents and certificates delivered in connection with any thereof.
"Certificateholder" means a holder of a Trust Certificate.
"Corporate Trust Office" means the office of the Delaware Trustee pursuant to Section 2.02 hereof.
"Delaware Statutory Trust Act" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.01.
"Eligible Lender Trustee" shall mean ________________, as eligible lender trustee under the Eligible Lender Trust Agreement, and its successors and assigns.
"Underwriting Agreement" shall mean the agreement, dated _________, 200_, among College Loan LLC, as seller, and _______________ and ___________ acting on their own behalf and as representatives for the other underwriters.
"Percentage Interest" means, with respect to a Trust Certificate, the percentage beneficial ownership interest in the Trust represented by such Trust Certificate, as noted thereon, provided that the sum of the Percentage Interests evidenced by all Trust Certificates issued by the Trust and outstanding at any given time shall not exceed 100%.
"Secretary of State" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.01.
"Servicer" shall mean any organization with which the Trust has (or the Trust and the Eligible Lender Trustee have) entered into a Servicing Agreement, in any case, so long as such party acts as servicer of the Financed Eligible Loans.
"Servicing Agreement" shall mean the "Servicing Agreement" as defined in the Indenture, or any other servicing agreement or subservicing agreement entered into in connection with the servicing of the Financed Eligible Loans.
"Trust Certificate" means the Trust Certificate evidencing the beneficial ownership interest in the Trust, substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto.
ARTICLE II
ORGANIZATION
Section 2.01 Name. The trust created hereby (the "Trust") shall be known as "College Loan Corporation Trust 20__-_," in which name the Delaware Trustee may conduct the business of the Trust, make and execute contracts and other instruments on behalf of the Trust and sue and be sued on behalf of the Trust. The Trust shall constitute a statutory trust within the meaning of Section 3801(a) of the Delaware Statutory Trust Act, 12 Del. C. § 3801 et seq. (the "Delaware Statutory Trust Act") for which the Delaware Trustee has filed a certificate of trust with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware (the "Secretary of State") pursuant to Section 3810(a) of the Delaware Statutory Trust Act in substantially the form of Exhibit C hereto.
Section 2.02 Office. The office of the Trust shall be in care of the Delaware Trustee at ____________, ______________, _________, Attention: _______________ (the "__________") or at such other address as the Delaware Trustee may designate by written notice to the Certificateholder and the Depositor.
Section 2.03 Purposes and Powers. The purpose of the Trust is to engage in the following activities:
(i) | to issue the Notes pursuant to the Indenture, and the Trust Certificate pursuant to this Agreement and to sell the Notes pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement; |
(ii) | to deposit and apply the proceeds of the sale of the Notes as specified in the Indenture; |
(iii) | to assign, grant, transfer, pledge, mortgage and convey the Trust Estate pursuant to the Indenture and to hold, manage and distribute to the Certificateholder pursuant to the terms of this Agreement any portion of the Trust Estate released from the lien of, and remitted to the Trust pursuant to, the Indenture; |
(iv) | to originate and acquire Financed Eligible Loans; |
(v) | to enter into and perform its obligations under the Basic Documents to which it is to be a party; |
(vi) | to engage in those activities, including entering into agreements, that are necessary, suitable or convenient to accomplish the foregoing or are incidental thereto or connected therewith; and |
(vii) | subject to compliance with the Basic Documents, to engage in such other activities as may be required in connection with conservation of the Trust Estate. |
The Trust shall not 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 Basic Documents. In no event shall the Delaware Trustee or any other Person have any power to (i) vary the investment of the Certificateholders in the Certificates or to substitute new investments or reinvest so as to enable the Trust to take advantage of variations in the market to improve the investment of the Certificateholders in the Certificates or (ii) agree to any change in the terms of a Financed Eligible Loan that would be a "significant modification" within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.1001-3 (or any successor regulation), unless an opinion of nationally recognized tax counsel, obtained at the sole expense of the party requesting an action otherwise prohibited by clause (i) or (ii) of this sentence and delivered to the Delaware Trustee, states that such action would (a) not cause the Certificates to be treated other than as interests in a partnership for federal and relevant state tax purposes, (b) not cause the Notes to be treated other than as debt of the Trust for federal and relevant state purposes and (c) not otherwise cause additional federal or relevant state tax to be imposed upon the Certificateholders, the Noteholders, the Delaware Trustee or the Trust. In furtherance of such purpose, the Certificateholders hereby authorize the Delaware Trustee to complete, sign and timely file (i) Internal Revenue Service Form 8832 affirmatively electing that the Trust be treated as a partnership for federal tax purposes and (ii) any other documents, returns, forms or reports as may be required by federal or relevant state or local taxing authorities affirming the treatment of the Trust as a partnership and as shall be presented to the Trustee in final form for execution.
Section 2.04 Appointment of Delaware Trustee. The Depositor hereby appoints the Delaware Trustee as trustee of the Trust effective as of the date hereof, to have all the rights, powers and duties set forth herein and in the Delaware Statutory Trust Act.
Section 2.05 Initial Capital Contribution of Trust Estate. The Depositor hereby sells, assigns, transfers, conveys and sets over to the Delaware Trustee, as of the date hereof, the sum of $1.00. The Delaware Trustee hereby acknowledges receipt in trust from the Depositor, as of the date hereof, of the foregoing contribution, which shall constitute the initial Trust Estate and shall be deposited in the Acquisition Fund. The Depositor shall pay the organizational expenses of the Trust as they may arise or shall, upon the request of the Delaware Trustee, promptly reimburse the Delaware Trustee for any such expenses paid by the Delaware Trustee.
Section 2.06 Declaration of Trust. The Delaware Trustee hereby declares that it will hold the Trust Estate in trust upon and subject to the conditions set forth herein for the use and benefit of the Certificateholders, subject to the obligations of the Trust under the other Basic Documents. It is the intention of the parties hereto that the Trust constitute a statutory trust under the Delaware Statutory Trust Act and that this Agreement constitute the governing instrument of such trust. It is the intention of the parties hereto that, solely for income and franchise tax purposes, the Trust shall be treated as a partnership, with the assets of the partnership being the Financed Eligible Loans and other assets held by the Trust, the partners of the partnership being the Certificateholders, and the Notes being debt of the partnership. The parties agree that, unless otherwise required by appropriate tax authorities, the Trust will file or cause to be filed annual or other necessary returns, reports and other forms consistent with the characterization of the Trust as a partnership for such tax purposes. Effective as of the date hereof, the Delaware Trustee shall have all rights, powers and duties set forth herein and in the Delaware Statutory Trust Act with respect to accomplishing the purposes of the Trust.
Section 2.07 Liability of the Certificateholders. The Certificateholders shall not have any personal liability for any liability or obligation of the Trust. The Certificateholders shall be entitled to the same limitation on personal liability extended to stockholders of corporations organized for profit under the Delaware General Corporation Law.
Section 2.08 Title to Trust Property. Legal title to all the Trust Estate shall be vested at all times in the Trust as a separate legal entity except where applicable law in any jurisdiction requires title to any part of the Trust Estate to be vested in a trustee or trustees, in which case title shall be deemed to be vested in the Eligible Lender Trustee, a co-trustee and/or a separate trustee, as the case may be pursuant to the Eligible Lender Trust Agreement; provided that legal title to the Financed Eligible Loans shall be vested at all times in the Eligible Lender Trustee on behalf of the Trust for the benefit of the Certificateholders pursuant to the Eligible Lender Trust Agreement, subject to the obligations of the Trust under the Basic Documents.
Section 2.09 Representations and Warranties of the Depositor. The Depositor hereby represents and warrants to the Delaware Trustee solely as to itself that:
(a) The Depositor is duly organized and validly existing as a limited liability company in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with power and authority to own its properties and to conduct its business as such properties are currently owned and such business is presently conducted.
(b) The Depositor has the power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to carry out its terms; the Depositor has full power and authority to sell and assign the property to be sold and assigned to and deposited with the Trust (or with the Eligible Lender Trustee on behalf of the Trust) and the Depositor has duly authorized such sale and assignment and deposit to the Trust (or to the Eligible Lender Trustee on behalf of the Trust) by all necessary action; and the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement has been duly authorized by the Depositor by all necessary corporate action.
(c) This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Depositor and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Depositor enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization and similar laws relating to creditors' rights and subject to general principles of equity.
(d) The consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the fulfillment of the terms hereof do not conflict with, result in any breach of any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute (with or without notice or lapse of time or both) a default under, the limited liability company agreement of the Depositor, or any indenture, agreement or other instrument to which the Depositor is a party or by which it is bound; nor result in the creation or imposition of any lien upon any of its properties pursuant to the terms of any such indenture, agreement or other instrument (other than pursuant to the Basic Documents); nor violate any law or, to the Depositor's knowledge, any order, rule or regulation applicable to the Depositor of any court or of any Federal or state regulatory body, administrative agency or other governmental instrumentality having jurisdiction over the Depositor or its properties.
Section 2.10 Federal Income Tax Allocations.
Net income of the Trust for any Interest Period as determined for Federal income tax purposes (and each item of income, gain, loss and deduction entering into the computation thereof) shall be allocated to the Certificateholders, pro rata based upon their Percentage Interests.
ARTICLE III
TRUST CERTIFICATES AND TRANSFER OF INTERESTS
Section 3.01 Initial Beneficial Ownership. Upon the formation of the Trust by the contribution by the Depositor pursuant to Section 2.05 and until the issuance of the Trust Certificates, the Depositor shall be the sole beneficial owner of the Trust.
Section 3.02 The Trust Certificates. The Trust Certificates shall be issued as physical fully registered certificates in minimum Percentage Interests of 10%, substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto and shall be executed on behalf of the Trust by manual or facsimile signature of an authorized officer of the Delaware Trustee, upon the order of the Depositor to the Delaware Trustee. Such Trust Certificates shall represent the entire undivided beneficial ownership interest in the Trust Estate, subject to the debt represented by the Notes. Trust Certificates bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who were, at the time when such signatures shall have been affixed, authorized to sign on behalf of the Trust, shall be valid and binding obligations of the Trust, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them shall have ceased to be so authorized prior to the authentication and delivery of such Trust Certificates or did not hold such offices at the date of authentication and delivery of such Trust Certificates. Upon issuance, the Trust Certificates shall be deemed fully-paid and non-assessable.
Section 3.03 Authentication of Trust Certificate. Concurrently with the initial contribution of the Depositor to the Trust pursuant to Section 2.05, the Delaware Trustee shall cause a Trust Certificate, in an aggregate Percentage Interest of 100%, to be executed on behalf of the Trust, authenticated and delivered to or upon the written order of the Depositor, signed by its chairman of the board, its president or any vice president, without further action by the Depositor. No Trust Certificate shall entitle its holder to any benefit under this Agreement, or shall be valid for any purpose, unless there shall appear on such Trust Certificate a certificate of authentication substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A executed by the Delaware Trustee by manual signature; such authentication shall constitute conclusive evidence that such Trust Certificate shall have been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder. All Trust Certificates shall be dated the date of their authentication. No further Trust Certificates shall be issued except pursuant to Section 3.04 or 3.05 hereunder.
Section 3.04 Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Trust Certificates. The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.08, a Certificate Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Delaware Trustee shall provide for the registration of the Trust Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of the Trust Certificates as herein provided. The Delaware Trustee shall be the initial Certificate Registrar.
Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Trust Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.08, the Delaware Trustee shall execute, authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Trust Certificates in authorized denominations of a like Percentage Interest dated the date of authentication by the Delaware Trustee or any authenticating agent. At the option of a Certificateholder, Trust Certificates may be exchanged for other Trust Certificates of authorized denominations of a like Percentage Interest upon surrender of the Trust Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.08.
Every Trust Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Delaware Trustee and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Certificateholder or his attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Trust Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be canceled and subsequently disposed of by the Delaware Trustee in accordance with its customary practice.
No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of the Trust Certificates, but the Delaware Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Trust Certificates.
The Trust Certificates and any beneficial interest in such Trust Certificates may not be acquired by or with the assets of (a) employee benefit plans, retirement arrangements, individual retirement accounts or Keogh plans subject to either Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, or Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or (b) entities (including insurance company general accounts) whose underlying assets include plan assets by reason of the investment by any such plans, arrangements or accounts in such entities (a "Benefit Plan Investor"). Each transferee of a Trust Certificate shall be required to represent (a) that it is not a Benefit Plan Investor and is not acquiring such Trust Certificate with the assets of a Benefit Plan Investor and (b) that if such Trust Certificate is subsequently deemed to be a plan asset, it will dispose of such Trust Certificate. Each Trust Certificate shall bear a legend referring to the restrictions contained in this paragraph.
Section 3.05 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Trust Certificates. If (a) any mutilated Trust Certificate shall be surrendered to the Certificate Registrar, or if the Certificate Registrar shall receive evidence to its satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Trust Certificate, and (b) there shall be delivered to the Certificate Registrar and the Delaware Trustee such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them harmless, then in the absence of notice that such Trust Certificate shall have been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Delaware Trustee on behalf of the Trust shall execute and the Delaware Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Trust Certificate, a new Trust Certificate of like Percentage Interest. In connection with the issuance of any new Trust Certificate under this Section, the Delaware Trustee and the Certificate Registrar may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection therewith. Any duplicate Trust Certificate issued pursuant to this Section shall constitute conclusive evidence of ownership in the Trust, as if originally issued, whether or not the lost, stolen or destroyed Trust Certificate shall be found at any time.
Section 3.06 Persons Deemed Owners. Prior to due presentation of a Trust Certificate for registration of transfer, the Delaware Trustee or the Certificate Registrar and any agent of any thereof may treat the Person in whose name any Trust Certificate shall be registered in the Certificate Register as the owner of such Trust Certificate for the purpose of receiving distributions pursuant to Section 5.01 and for all other purposes whatsoever, and neither the Delaware Trustee, the Certificate Registrar nor any agent of any thereof shall be bound by any notice to the contrary.
Section 3.07 Access to List of Certificateholders Names and Addresses. The Delaware Trustee shall furnish or cause to be furnished to the Depositor, within 15 days after receipt by the Delaware Trustee of a request therefore from the Depositor in writing, a list in such form as the Depositor may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Certificateholders as of the most recent Record Date. If three or more Certificateholders or one or more Certificateholders evidencing not less than 25% of the aggregate Percentage Interests apply in writing to the Delaware Trustee, and such application states that the applicants desire to communicate with other Certificateholders with respect to their rights under this Agreement or under the Trust Certificates and such application is accompanied by a copy of the communication that such applicants propose to transmit, then the Delaware Trustee shall, within five Business Days after the receipt of such application, afford such applicants access during normal business hours to the current list of Certificateholders. Upon receipt of any such application, the Delaware Trustee will promptly notify the Depositor by providing a copy of such application and a copy of the list of Certificateholders produced in response thereto. Each Certificateholder, by receiving and holding a Trust Certificate, shall be deemed to have agreed not to hold any of the Depositor, the Certificate Registrar or the Delaware Trustee accountable or liable by reason of disclosure of its name and address, regardless of the source form which such information was derived.
Section 3.08 Maintenance of Office or Agency. The Delaware Trustee shall maintain, either with itself or with an affiliate, in _____________, Delaware, an office or offices or agency or agencies where Trust Certificates may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Delaware Trustee in respect of the Trust Certificates and the other Basic Documents may be served. The Delaware Trustee initially designates its Corporate Trust Office as the location for such purposes. The Delaware Trustee shall give prompt written notice to the Depositor and to the holders of the Trust Certificates of any change in the location of the Certificate Register or any such office or agency.
Section 3.09 Appointment of Certificate Paying Agent. The Certificate Paying Agent shall make distributions to the Certificateholders from the amounts received from the Indenture Trustee for such purpose pursuant to the Indenture and shall report the amounts of such distributions to the Delaware Trustee. Any Certificate Paying Agent shall have the revocable power to receive such funds from the Indenture Trustee for the purpose of making the distributions referred to above. The Delaware Trustee may revoke such power and remove the Certificate Paying Agent if the Delaware Trustee determines in its sole discretion that the Certificate Paying Agent shall have failed to perform its obligations under this Agreement in any material respect. The Certificate Paying Agent shall initially be the Delaware Trustee, and any co-paying agent chosen by the Delaware Trustee, and acceptable to the Indenture Trustee (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld). The Delaware Trustee shall be permitted to resign as Certificate Paying Agent upon 30 days written notice to the Issuer Administrator. In the event that the Delaware Trustee shall no longer be the Certificate Paying Agent, the Delaware Trustee shall, with the written consent of the Depositor, appoint a successor to act as Certificate Paying Agent (which shall be a bank or trust company). The Delaware Trustee shall cause such successor Certificate Paying Agent or any additional Certificate Paying Agent appointed by the Delaware Trustee to execute and deliver to the Delaware Trustee an instrument in which such successor Certificate Paying Agent or additional Certificate Paying Agent shall agree with the Delaware Trustee that as Certificate Paying Agent, such successor Certificate Paying Agent or additional Certificate Paying Agent will hold all sums, if any, held by it for payment to the Certificateholders in trust for the benefit of the Certificateholders until such sums shall be paid to such Certificateholders. The Certificate Paying Agent shall return all unclaimed funds to the Delaware Trustee and upon removal of a Certificate Paying Agent such Certificate Paying Agent shall also return all funds in its possession to the Delaware Trustee. The provisions of Sections 7.01, 7.03, 7.04, 7.05 and 8.01 shall apply to the Delaware Trustee also in its role as Certificate Paying Agent, for so long as the Delaware Trustee shall act as Certificate Paying Agent and, to the extent applicable, to any other paying agent appointed hereunder. Any reference in this Agreement to the Certificate Paying Agent shall include any co-paying agent unless the context requires otherwise.
Section 3.10 Restrictions on Transfer. (a) The Trust Certificates may not be offered or sold except to institutional "accredited investors" (as defined in Rule 501(a)(1)-(3) or (7) under the Securities Act) who are U.S. Persons (as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) in reliance on an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act.
The Trust Certificates have not been registered or qualified under the Securities Act, or any state securities law. No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of any Trust Certificate shall be made unless such disposition is made pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act and effective registration or qualification under applicable state securities laws, or is made in a transaction which does not require such registration or qualification. In the event that a transfer is to be made in reliance upon an exemption from the Securities Act, the Delaware Trustee may require, in order to assure compliance with the Securities Act, that the Certificateholders prospective transferee certify to the Delaware Trustee in writing the facts surrounding such disposition. Unless the Delaware Trustee requests otherwise, such certification shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto. In the event that such certification of facts does not on its face establish the availability of an exemption under the Securities Act, the Delaware Trustee may require an opinion of counsel satisfactory to it that such transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption from the Securities Act, which opinion of counsel shall not be an expense of the Delaware Trustee or of the Trust.
(b) Each Trust Certificate will bear a legend substantially to the following effect:
"THIS TRUST CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "ACT") OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING THIS TRUST CERTIFICATE, AGREES THAT THIS TRUST CERTIFICATE MAY BE RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS AND (1) TO A PERSON WHO THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS AN INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501(a)(1)-(3) or (7) UNDER THE ACT THAT PURCHASES FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF AN INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR, OR (2) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE ACT.
THIS TRUST CERTIFICATE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY TO (1) EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS, RETIREMENT ARRANGEMENTS, INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ACCOUNTS OR KEOGH PLANS SUBJECT TO EITHER TITLE I OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED, OR SECTION 4975 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED, OR (2) ENTITIES (INCLUDING INSURANCE COMPANY GENERAL ACCOUNTS) WHOSE UNDERLYING ASSETS INCLUDE PLAN ASSETS BY REASON OF THE INVESTMENT BY SUCH PLANS, ARRANGEMENTS OR ACCOUNTS IN SUCH ENTITIES. FURTHER, THIS TRUST CERTIFICATE MAY BE TRANSFERRED ONLY TO A UNITED STATES PERSON WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION 7701(a)(30) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED.
THIS TRUST CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT DEPOSITS OR OBLIGATIONS OF OR ANY INTEREST IN COLLEGE LOAN LLC OR ________________________.
THIS TRUST CERTIFICATE IS NOT GUARANTEED OR INSURED BY THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION OR ANY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY."
ARTICLE IV
ACTIONS BY DELAWARE TRUSTEE
Section 4.01 Prior Notice to Certificateholders with Respect to Certain Matters. With respect to the following matters, the Delaware Trustee shall not take action unless at least 30 days before the taking of such action, the Delaware Trustee shall have notified the Certificateholders in writing of the proposed action and the Certificateholders shall not have notified the Delaware Trustee in writing prior to the 30th day after such notice is given that such Certificateholders have withheld consent or provided alternative direction:
(a) the initiation of any material claim or lawsuit by the Trust (except claims or lawsuits brought in connection with the collection of the Financed Eligible Loans) and the compromise of any material action, claim or lawsuit brought by or against the Trust (except with respect to the aforementioned claims or lawsuits for collection of Financed Eligible Loans);
(b) the amendment of the Indenture by a supplemental indenture in circumstances where the consent of any Noteholder is required;
(c) 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 interest of the Certificateholders;
(d) the amendment, change or modification of the Eligible Lender Trust Agreement, the Administration Agreement, any other administration agreement or any Servicing Agreement, except to cure any ambiguity or to amend or supplement any provision in a manner or add any provision that would not materially adversely affect the interests of the Certificateholders;
(e) the appointment pursuant to the Indenture of a successor Note Registrar, Paying Agent or Indenture Trustee or pursuant to this Agreement of a successor Certificate Registrar, or the consent to the assignment by the Note Registrar, Certificate Paying Agent or Indenture Trustee or Certificate Registrar of its obligations under the Indenture or this Agreement, as applicable;
(f) the consent to the calling or waiver of any default of any Basic Document;
(g) the consent to the assignment by the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Depositor, the Issuer Administrator, any other administrator or any Servicer of their respective obligations under any Basic Document;
(h) except as provided in Article IX hereof, the dissolution, termination or liquidation of the Trust, in whole or in part;
(i) the merger or consolidation of the Trust with or into any other entity, or the conveyance or transfer of all or substantially all of the Trust's assets to any other entity;
(j) the causing of the Trust to incur, assume or guaranty any indebtedness other than the Notes or as set forth in this Agreement or the Basic Documents;
(k) doing any act that conflicts with any other Basic Document;
(l) doing any act which would make it impossible to carry on the ordinary business of the Trust;
(m) confessing a judgment against the Trust;
(n) possessing Trust assets, or assigning the Trust's right to property, for other than a Trust purpose;
(o) changing the Trust's purpose and powers from those set forth in this Agreement; or
(p) causing the Trust to lend any funds to any entity, unless permitted in this Trust Agreement or the Basic Documents.
In addition, the Trust shall not commingle its assets with those of the Depositor and shall maintain its financial and accounting books and records separate from those of any other entity. Except as expressly set forth herein, the Trust shall pay its indebtedness, operating expenses and liabilities from its own funds, and the Trust shall not pay the indebtedness, operating expenses and liabilities of any other Person. The Trust shall maintain appropriate minutes or other records of all appropriate actions and shall maintain its office separate from the offices of the Depositor and any of its affiliates. This Agreement and the Basic Documents shall be the only agreements among the parties hereto with respect to the creation, operation and termination of the Trust. For accounting purposes, the Trust shall be treated as an entity separate and distinct from the Depositor. The pricing and other material terms of all transactions and agreements to which the Trust is a party shall be intrinsically fair to all parties thereto.
Section 4.02 Action by the Certificateholders with Respect to Certain Matters. The Delaware Trustee shall not have the power, except upon the direction of each Certificateholder, to (a) remove or replace the Eligible Lender Trustee, any Servicer, the Issuer Administrator or any other administrator or (b) except as expressly provided in the Basic Documents, sell the Financed Eligible Loans after the termination of the Indenture. The Delaware Trustee shall take the actions referred to in the preceding sentence only upon written instructions signed by the Certificateholders.
Section 4.03 Action by the Certificateholders with Respect to Bankruptcy. The Delaware Trustee shall not have the power to commence a voluntary proceeding in bankruptcy relating to the Trust without the unanimous prior approval of all Certificateholders and the delivery to the Delaware Trustee by each such Certificateholder of a certificate certifying that such Certificateholder reasonably believes that the Trust is insolvent.
Section 4.04 Restrictions on Certificateholders Power. The Certificateholders shall not direct the Delaware Trustee to take or refrain from taking any action if such action or inaction would be contrary to any obligation of the Trust or the Delaware Trustee under this Agreement or any of the other Basic Documents or would be contrary to Section 2.03 nor shall the Delaware Trustee be permitted to follow any such direction, if given.
Section 4.05 Majority Control. Except as expressly provided herein, any action that may be taken by the Certificateholders under this Agreement may be taken by the Certificateholders of Trust Certificates evidencing not less than a majority of the Percentage Interests. Except as expressly provided herein, any written notice of the Certificateholders delivered pursuant to this Agreement shall be effective if signed by Certificateholders of the Trust Certificates evidencing not less than a majority of the aggregate Percentage Interests at the time of the delivery of such notice.
ARTICLE V
APPLICATION OF TRUST FUNDS; CERTAIN DUTIES
Section 5.01 Application of Trust Funds.
(a) On each date that the Delaware Trustee, on behalf of the Issuer, receives any funds from the Surplus Fund (a "Distribution Date"), the Delaware Trustee shall distribute such amounts to the Certificateholder on such Distribution Date, pro rata based upon their Percentage Interests. All such funds to be distributed to the Delaware Trustee shall be wired in accordance with wiring instructions provided to the Indenture Trustee by the Delaware Trustee.
(b) In the event that any withholding tax is imposed on the Trust's payment (or allocations of income) to a Certificateholder, such tax shall reduce the amount otherwise distributable to the Certificateholder in accordance with this Section. The Delaware Trustee is hereby authorized and directed to retain from amounts otherwise distributable to such Certificateholders sufficient funds for the payment of any tax that is legally owed by the Trust (but such authorization shall not prevent the Delaware Trustee from contesting any such tax in appropriate proceedings, and withholding payment of such tax, if permitted by law, pending the outcome of such proceedings). The amount of any withholding tax imposed with respect to a Certificateholder shall be treated as cash distributed to such Certificateholder at the time it is withheld by the Trust to be remitted to the appropriate taxing authority. If there is a possibility that withholding tax is payable with respect to a distribution (such as a distribution to a non-U.S. Certificateholder), the Delaware Trustee in its sole discretion may (but unless otherwise required by law shall not be obligated to) withhold such amounts in accordance with this paragraph (c). In the event that a Certificateholder wishes to apply for a refund of any such withholding tax, the Delaware Trustee shall reasonably cooperate with such Certificateholder in making such claim so long as such Certificateholder agrees to reimburse the Delaware Trustee for any out-of-pocket expenses incurred.
Section 5.02 Method of Payment. Subject to Section 9.01(c), distributions required to be made to Certificateholders on any Distribution Date shall be made to each Certificateholder of record on the preceding Record Date by wire transfer, in immediately available funds, to the account of such Certificateholder at a bank or other entity having appropriate facilities therefor, if such Certificateholder shall have provided to the Certificate Registrar appropriate written instructions signed by two authorized officers, if any, at least five Business Days prior to such Distribution Date, which may be standing instructions. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the final distribution in respect of any Trust Certificate will be payable only upon presentation and surrender of such Trust Certificate at the Corporate Trust Office of the Delaware Trustee or such other location specified in writing to the Certificateholder thereof.
Section 5.03 No Segregation of Moneys; No Interest. Subject to Section 5.01, moneys received by the Delaware Trustee hereunder need not be segregated in any manner except to the extent required by law or the any Basic Document and may be deposited under such general conditions as may be prescribed by law, and the Delaware Trustee shall not be liable for any interest thereon.
Section 5.04 Accounting and Reports to the Noteholders, Certificateholder, the Internal Revenue Service and Others. The Delaware Trustee shall deliver to the Certificateholders (and to each Person who was a Certificateholder at any time during the applicable calendar year), as may be required by the Code and applicable Treasury Regulations, such information as may be required to enable the Certificateholder to prepare its Federal and state income tax returns. Consistent with the Trust's characterization for Federal income tax purposes, so long as there is only one Certificateholder, as a disregarded entity, no Federal income tax return shall be filed on behalf of the Trust unless either (a) the Trust, the Indenture Trustee, the Delaware Trustee, the Depositor and, if different, the holder of the Trust Certificate receives an opinion of counsel based on a change in applicable law occurring after the date hereof that the Code requires such a filing, (b) the Internal Revenue Service shall determine that the Trust is required to file such a return or (c) there should be more than one Certificateholder. In the event that the Trust is required to file tax returns, the Delaware Trustee shall elect under Section 1278 of the Code to include in income currently any market discount that accrues with respect to the Financed Eligible Loans. The Delaware Trustee shall, if there is more than one Certificateholder or if it is otherwise required to file a return in accordance with the immediately preceding sentence, prepare or cause to be prepared any tax returns required to be filed by the Trust consistent with maintaining its characterization, for Federal income tax purposes, as a partnership and make such elections as may from time to time be required or appropriate under any applicable state or Federal statute or rule or regulation thereunder so as to maintain such characterization. The Delaware Trustee shall remit such returns to holder of the Trust Certificate at least five days before such returns are due to be filed. The holder of the Trust Certificate, or any other such party required by law, shall promptly sign such returns and deliver such returns after signature to the Delaware Trustee and such returns shall be filed by, or at the direction of, the Delaware Trustee with the appropriate tax authorities. In no event shall the holder of the Trust Certificate be liable for any liabilities, costs or expenses of the Trust arising out of the application of any tax law, including federal, state, foreign or local income or excise taxes or any other tax imposed on or measured by income (or any interest, penalty or addition with respect thereto or arising from a failure to comply therewith), except for any such liability, cost or expense attributable to the holder of the Trust Certificate's breach of its obligations under this Agreement.
Section 5.05 Signature on Returns; Tax Matters Partner. The Delaware Trustee shall sign on behalf of the Trust the tax returns of the Trust, unless applicable law requires a Certificateholder to sign such documents, in which case such documents shall be signed by such Certificateholder.
ARTICLE VI
AUTHORITY AND DUTIES OF DELAWARE TRUSTEE
Section 6.01 General Authority. The Delaware Trustee is authorized and directed to execute and deliver the Basic Documents to which the Trust is to be a party and each certificate or other document attached as an exhibit to or contemplated by the Basic Documents to which the Trust is to be a party, in each case, in such form as the Depositor shall approve as evidenced conclusively by the Delaware Trustees execution thereof, and, on behalf of the Trust, to direct the Indenture Trustee to authenticate and deliver the Notes issued pursuant to the Indenture. The Delaware Trustee is also authorized and directed on behalf of the Trust (i) to originate or acquire the Financed Eligible Loans and to transfer legal title to the Financed Eligible Loans to the Eligible Lender Trustee in accordance with the Eligible Lender Trust Agreement, (ii) to follow the direction of and cooperate with any Servicer or subservicer to the extent necessary to enable such Servicer or subservicer to fulfill its obligations under the related Servicing Agreement or Subservicing Agreement and (iii) to cooperate with the Issuer Administrator and any other administrator in submitting, pursuing and collecting any claims to and with the Department with respect to any Interest Subsidy Payments and Special Allowance Payments relating to the Financed Eligible Loans.
In addition to the foregoing, the Delaware Trustee is authorized, but shall not be obligated, to take all actions required of the Trust pursuant to the Basic Documents. The Delaware Trustee is further authorized from time to time to take such action as the Issuer Administrator or any other administrator directs or instructs with respect to the Basic Documents and is directed to take such action to the extent that the Issuer Administrator or such other administrator is expressly required pursuant to the Basic Documents to cause the Delaware Trustee to act.
Section 6.02 General Duties. It shall be the duty of the Delaware Trustee to discharge (or cause to be discharged) all its responsibilities pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and to administer the Trust in the interest of the Certificateholders, subject to and in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the other Basic Documents. Without limiting the foregoing, the Delaware Trustee shall on behalf of the Trust file and prove any claim or claims that may exist on behalf of the Trust against the Depositor in connection with any claims paying procedure as part of an insolvency or a receivership proceeding involving the Depositor. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Delaware Trustee shall be deemed to have discharged its duties and responsibilities hereunder and under the other Basic Documents to the extent the Issuer Administrator or any other administrator has agreed in the Administration Agreement or the related administration agreement, as applicable, to perform any act or to discharge any duty of the Delaware Trustee hereunder or under any other Basic Document, and the Delaware Trustee shall not be held liable for the default or failure of the Issuer Administrator or any other administrator to carry out its obligations under the Administration Agreement or related administration agreement, as applicable. The Delaware Trustee shall have no obligation to administer, service or collect the Financed Eligible Loans or to maintain, monitor or otherwise supervise the administration, servicing or collection of the Financed Eligible Loans.
Section 6.03 Action Upon Instruction. (a) Subject to Article IV, Section 7.01 and in accordance with the terms of the Basic Documents, the Certificateholders may by written instruction direct the Delaware Trustee in the management of the Trust. Such direction may be exercised at any time by written instruction of the Certificateholders pursuant to Article VII.
(b) The Delaware Trustee shall not be required to take any action hereunder or under any other Basic Document if the Delaware Trustee shall have reasonably determined, or shall have been advised by counsel, that such action is likely to result in liability on the part of the Delaware Trustee or is contrary to the terms hereof or of any other Basic Document or is otherwise contrary to law.
(c) Whenever the Delaware Trustee is unable to determine the appropriate course of action between alternative courses of action permitted or required by the terms of this Agreement or under any other Basic Document, the Delaware Trustee shall promptly give notice (in such form as shall be appropriate under the circumstances) to the Certificateholders requesting instruction as to the course of action to be adopted, and to the extent the Delaware Trustee acts in good faith in accordance with any written instruction of the Certificateholders received, the Delaware Trustee shall not be liable on account of such action to any Person. If the Delaware Trustee shall not have received appropriate instruction within 10 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 other Basic Documents, as it shall deem to be in the best interests of the Certificateholders, and shall have no liability to any Person for such action or inaction.
(d) In the event that the Delaware Trustee is unsure as to the application of any provision of this Agreement or any other Basic 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 Delaware Trustee or is silent or is incomplete as to the course of action that the Delaware Trustee is required to take with respect to a particular set of facts, the Delaware Trustee may give notice (in such form as shall be appropriate under the circumstances) to the Certificateholders requesting instruction and, to the extent that the Delaware Trustee acts or refrains from acting in good faith in accordance with any such instruction received, the Delaware Trustee shall not be liable, on account of such action or inaction, to any Person. If the Delaware Trustee shall not have received appropriate instruction within 10 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 other Basic Documents, as it shall deem to be in the best interests of the Certificateholders, and shall have no liability to any Person for such action or inaction.
Section 6.04 No Duties Except as Specified in this Agreement, any other Basic Document or in Instructions. (a) The Delaware Trustee shall not have any duty or obligation to manage, make any payment with respect to, register, record, sell, service, 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 Delaware Trustee is a party, except as expressly provided by the terms of this Agreement, or in any document or written instruction received by the Delaware Trustee pursuant to Section 6.03; and no implied duties or obligations shall be read into this Agreement or any other Basic Document against the Delaware Trustee. The Delaware 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 for the Trust or to record this Agreement or any other Basic Document. The Delaware 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 it in its individual capacity that are not related to the ownership or the administration of the Trust Estate.
(b) The duties and responsibilities of the Delaware Trustee shall be as provided by this Agreement. No provision of this Agreement shall require the Delaware Trustee to expand or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it. The Delaware Trustee shall not be liable for its acts or omissions hereunder except as a result of gross negligence or willful misconduct. To the extent that, at law or in equity, the Delaware Trustee has duties (including fiduciary duties) and liabilities relating thereto to the Trust or to the Certificateholders, the Delaware Trustee shall not be liable to the Trust or to any Certificateholder for the Delaware Trustee's good faith reliance on the provisions of this Agreement. The provisions of this Agreement, to the extent that they restrict the duties and liabilities of the Delaware Trustee otherwise existing at law or in equity, are agreed by the Depositor and the Certificateholders to replace such other duties and liabilities of the Delaware Trustee.
Section 6.05 No Action Except Under Specified Documents or Instructions. The Delaware Trustee shall not manage, control, use, sell, service, 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 Delaware Trustee pursuant to this Agreement, (ii) in accordance with this Agreement and (iii) in accordance with any document or instruction delivered to the Delaware Trustee pursuant to Section 6.03.
Section 6.06 Restrictions. (a) The Delaware Trustee shall not take any action (i) that is inconsistent with the purposes of the Trust set forth in Section 2.03 or (ii) that, to the actual knowledge of the Delaware Trustee, would result in the Trusts becoming taxable as a corporation for Federal income tax purposes. The Certificateholders shall not direct the Delaware Trustee to take action that would violate the provisions of this Section.
(b) The Delaware Trustee may engage in or possess an interest in other business ventures of any nature or description, independently or with others, similar or dissimilar to the business of the Trust, and the Trust and the Certificateholders shall have no rights by virtue of this Agreement in and to such independent ventures or the income or profits derived therefrom, and the pursuit of any such venture, even if competitive with the business of the Trust, shall not be deemed wrongful or improper. The Delaware Trustee shall not be obligated to present any particular investment or other opportunity to the Trust even if such opportunity is of a character that, if presented to the Trust, could be taken by the Trust, and the Delaware Trustee shall have the right to take for its own account (individually or as a partner or fiduciary) or to recommend to others any such particular investment or other opportunity. The Delaware Trustee may engage in or be interested in any financial or other transaction with the Depositor or any Affiliate of the Depositor, or may act as depository, trustee or agent for securities or other obligations of the Depositor or its Affiliates.
ARTICLE VII
CONCERNING THE DELAWARE TRUSTEE
Section 7.01 Acceptance of Trusts and Duties. The Delaware Trustee accepts the appointment as trustee of the Trust hereby created and agrees to perform its duties hereunder with respect to such appointment but only upon the terms of this Agreement. The Delaware Trustee also agrees to disburse all moneys actually received by it constituting part of the Trust Estate upon the terms of this Agreement and the other Basic Documents. The Delaware Trustee shall not be answerable or accountable hereunder or under any other Basic Document under any circumstances, except (i) for its own willful misconduct or gross negligence or (ii) in the case of the inaccuracy of any representation or warranty contained in Section 7.03 expressly made by the Delaware Trustee. In particular, but not by way of limitation (and subject to the exceptions set forth in the preceding sentence):
(a) the Delaware Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made by a responsible officer of the Delaware Trustee;
(b) the Delaware Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in accordance with the direction or instructions of the Depositor, the Issuer Administrator, any other administrator or the Certificateholder;
(c) no provision of this Agreement or any other Basic Document shall require the Delaware Trustee to expend or risk funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its rights or powers hereunder or under any other Basic Document, if the Delaware Trustee shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured or provided to it;
(d) under no circumstances shall the Delaware Trustee be liable for indebtedness evidenced by or arising under any of the Basic Documents, including the principal of and interest on the Notes;
(e) the Delaware Trustee shall not be responsible for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this Agreement or for the due execution hereof by the Depositor or for the form, character, genuineness, sufficiency, value or validity of any of the Trust Estate or for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of the Basic Documents, other than the certificate of authentication on the Trust Certificates, and the Delaware Trustee shall in no event assume or incur any liability, duty, or obligation to any Noteholder or to any Certificateholder, other than as expressly provided for herein and in the other Basic Documents;
(f) the Delaware Trustee shall not be liable for the action or inaction, default or misconduct of the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Issuer Administrator, any other administrator, the Seller, the Indenture Trustee or any Servicer under any of the other Basic Documents or otherwise and the Delaware Trustee shall have no obligation or liability to perform the obligations of the Trust under this Agreement or the other Basic Documents that are required to be performed by the Issuer Administrator under the Administration Agreement or any other administrator under the related administration agreement, the Indenture Trustee under the Indenture or any Servicer under any Servicing Agreement; and
(g) the Delaware 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 under this Agreement or to institute, conduct or defend any litigation under this Agreement or otherwise or in relation to this Agreement or any other Basic Document, at the request, order or direction of any Certificateholders, unless the Certificateholders have offered to the Delaware Trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities that may be incurred by the Delaware Trustee therein or thereby. The right of the Delaware Trustee to perform any discretionary act enumerated in this Agreement or in any other Basic Document shall not be construed as a duty, and the Delaware Trustee shall not be answerable for other than its gross negligence or willful misconduct in the performance of any such act.
Section 7.02 Furnishing of Documents. The Delaware Trustee shall furnish to the Certificateholders promptly upon receipt of a written request therefor, duplicates or copies of all reports, notices, requests, demands, certificates, financial statements and any other instruments furnished to the Delaware Trustee under the Basic Documents.
Section 7.03 Representations and Warranties. The Delaware Trustee hereby represents and warrants to the Depositor, for the benefit of the Certificateholders, that:
(a) It is a bank and trust company duly organized and validly existing in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware. It has all requisite corporate power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement.
(b) It has taken all corporate action necessary to authorize the execution and delivery by it of this Agreement, and this Agreement will be executed and delivered by one of its officers who is duly authorized to execute and deliver this Agreement on its behalf.
(c) 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 Delaware state law, governmental rule or regulation governing the banking or trust powers of the Delaware Trustee or any judgment or order binding on it, or constitute any default under its charter documents or by-laws or any indenture, mortgage, contract, agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which any of its properties may be bound.
Section 7.04 Reliance; Advice of Counsel. (a) The Delaware Trustee shall incur no liability to anyone in acting upon any signature, instrument, direction, 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 Delaware Trustee may accept a certified copy of a resolution of the board of directors or other governing body of any corporate party as conclusive evidence that such resolution has been duly adopted by such body and that the same is in full force and effect. As to any fact or matter the method of the determination of which is not specifically prescribed herein, the Delaware Trustee may for all purposes hereof rely on a certificate, signed by the president or any vice president or by the treasurer or other authorized officers of the relevant party, as to such fact or matter and such certificate shall constitute full protection to the Delaware Trustee for any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in reliance thereon.
(b) In the exercise or administration of the trusts hereunder and in the performance of its duties and obligations under this Agreement or the other Basic Documents, the Delaware Trustee (i) may act directly or through its agents or attorneys pursuant to agreements entered into with any of them, and the Delaware Trustee shall not be liable for the conduct or misconduct of such agents or attorneys if such agents or attorneys shall have been selected by the Delaware Trustee with reasonable care, and (ii) may consult with counsel, accountants and other skilled Persons to be selected with reasonable care and employed by it. The Delaware Trustee shall not be liable for anything done, suffered or omitted in good faith by it in accordance with the written opinion or advice of any such counsel, accountants or other such persons and not contrary to this Agreement or any other Basic Document.
Section 7.05 Not Acting in Individual Capacity. Except as provided in this Article VII, in accepting the duties hereby created, ______________ acts solely as Delaware Trustee hereunder and not in its individual capacity and, subject to Section 6.04(c), all Persons having any claim against the Delaware Trustee by reason of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any other Basic Document shall look only to the Trust Estate for payment or satisfaction thereof.
Section 7.06 Delaware Trustee not Liable for Trust Certificates or Financed Eligible Loans. The recitals contained herein and in the Trust Certificates (other than the signature and countersignature of the Delaware Trustee on the Trust Certificates) shall be taken as the statements of the Depositor and the Delaware Trustee assumes no responsibility for the correctness thereof. The Delaware Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Agreement, the Trust Certificates or any other Basic Document (other than the signature and countersignature of the Delaware Trustee on the Trust Certificate) or the Notes, or of any Financed Eligible Loan or related documents. Subject to Section 6.04(c), the Delaware Trustee shall at no time have any responsibility for or with respect to the legality, validity, enforceability and eligibility for Guarantee Payments, federal reinsurance, Interest Subsidy Payments or Special Allowance Payments, as applicable, in respect of any Financed Eligible Loan, or for or with respect to the sufficiency of the Trust Estate or its ability to generate the payments to be distributed to the Certificateholders under this Agreement or the Noteholders under the Indenture, including the existence and contents of any computer or other record of any Financed Eligible Loan; the validity of the assignment of any Financed Eligible Loan to the Delaware Trustee on behalf of the Trust; the completeness of any Financed Eligible Loan; the performance or enforcement (except as expressly set forth in any Basic Document) of any Financed Eligible Loan; the compliance by the Depositor, the Eligible Lender Trustee, any Servicer, the Issuer Administrator or any other administrator with any warranty or representation made under any Basic Document or in any related document or the accuracy of any such warranty or representation or any action or inaction of the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Issuer Administrator, any other administrator, the Indenture Trustee or any Servicer or any subservicer taken in the name of the Delaware Trustee.
Section 7.07 Delaware Trustee May Own Trust Certificates and Notes. The Delaware Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Trust Certificates or Notes and may deal with the Depositor, the Issuer Administrator, any other administrator, the Indenture Trustee or any Servicer in transactions with the same rights as it would if it were not Delaware Trustee.
ARTICLE VIII
COMPENSATION OF DELAWARE TRUSTEE
Section 8.01 Delaware Trustees Fees and Expenses. The Delaware Trustee shall receive as compensation for its services hereunder such fees as have been separately agreed upon before the date hereof between College Loan Corporation and the Delaware Trustee, and the Delaware Trustee shall be entitled to be reimbursed by College Loan Corporation, to the extent provided in such separate agreement, for its other reasonable expenses hereunder.
Section 8.02 Payments to the Delaware Trustee. Any amounts paid to the Delaware Trustee pursuant to Section 8.01 hereof shall be deemed not to be a part of the Trust Estate immediately after such payment.
ARTICLE IX
TERMINATION OF TRUST AGREEMENT
Section 9.01 Termination of Trust Agreement. (a) This Agreement (other than Article VIII) shall terminate and the Trust shall dissolve and terminate and be of no further force or effect upon the final distribution by the Indenture Trustee and the Delaware Trustee of all moneys or other property or proceeds of the Trust Estate in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and Article V of this Agreement, respectively. The bankruptcy, liquidation, dissolution, death or incapacity of any Certificateholder shall not (x) operate to terminate this Agreement or the Trust, nor (y) entitle such Certificateholders legal representatives or heirs to claim an accounting or to take any action or proceeding in any court for a partition or winding up of all or any part of the Trust or Trust Estate nor (z) otherwise affect the rights, obligations and liabilities of the parties hereto.
(b) Except as provided in Section 9.01(a), neither the Depositor nor any Certificateholder shall be entitled to revoke or terminate the Trust.
(c) Notice of any termination of the Trust, specifying the Distribution Date upon which the Certificateholders shall surrender their Trust Certificates to the Certificate Paying Agent for payment of the final distribution and cancellation, shall be given promptly by the Delaware Trustee by letter to the Certificateholders mailed within five Business Days of receipt of notice of such termination given pursuant to the Indenture, stating (i) the Distribution Date upon which final payment of the Trust Certificate shall be made upon presentation and surrender of the Trust Certificate at the office of the Certificate Paying Agent therein designated, (ii) the amount of any such final payment and (iii) that payments are being made only upon presentation and surrender of the Trust Certificate at the office of the Certificate Paying Agent therein specified. The Delaware Trustee shall give such notice to the Certificate Registrar (if other than the Delaware Trustee) and the Certificate Paying Agent at the time such notice is given to the Certificateholders. Upon presentation and surrender of the Trust Certificates, the Certificate Paying Agent shall cause to be distributed to Certificateholders amounts distributable on such Distribution Date pursuant to Section 5.01.
In the event that all of the Certificateholders shall not surrender their Trust Certificates for cancellation within six months after the date specified in the above-mentioned written notice, the Delaware Trustee shall give a second written notice to the remaining Certificateholders to surrender their Trust Certificates for cancellation and receive the final distribution with respect thereto. If within one year after the second notice the Trust Certificates shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Delaware Trustee may take appropriate steps, or may appoint an agent to take appropriate steps, to contact the remaining Certificateholders concerning surrender of their Trust Certificates, and the cost thereof shall be paid out of the funds and other assets that shall remain subject to this Agreement. Any funds remaining in the Trust after exhaustion of such remedies and no later than five years after the first such notice shall be distributed by the Delaware Trustee to the Depositor.
ARTICLE X
SUCCESSOR DELAWARE TRUSTEES AND
ADDITIONAL DELAWARE TRUSTEES
Section 10.01 Eligibility Requirements for Delaware Trustee. The Delaware Trustee shall at all times be a corporation or association (i) meeting the requirements of Section 3807(a) of the Delaware Statutory Trust Act; (ii) being subject to supervision or examination by Federal or state authorities; and (iii) having (or having a parent which has) a rating of at least investment grade by the Rating Agencies. If the Delaware Trustee 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 the Delaware Trustee shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. In case at any time the Delaware Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, the Delaware Trustee shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in Section 10.02.
Section 10.02 Resignation or Removal of Delaware Trustee. The Delaware Trustee may at any time resign and be discharged from its appointment as trustee of the Trust hereby created by giving written notice thereof to the Issuer Administrator. Upon receiving such notice of resignation, the Issuer Administrator shall promptly appoint a successor Delaware Trustee meeting the eligibility requirements of Section 10.01 by written instrument, in duplicate, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the resigning Delaware Trustee, and one copy to the successor Delaware Trustee. If no successor Delaware Trustee shall have been so appointed and have accepted appointment within 30 days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Delaware Trustee petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Delaware 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 Delaware Trustee from any obligations otherwise imposed on it under this Agreement until such successor has in fact assumed such appointment.
If at any time the Delaware Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of Section 10.01 and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Issuer Administrator, or if at any time an Insolvency Event with respect to the Delaware Trustee shall have occurred and be continuing, then the Issuer Administrator may remove the Delaware Trustee. If the Issuer Administrator shall remove the Delaware Trustee, under the authority of the immediately preceding sentence, the Issuer Administrator shall promptly appoint a successor Delaware Trustee, by written instrument, in duplicate, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the outgoing Delaware Trustee, so removed and one copy to the successor Delaware Trustee, and shall remit payment of all fees owed to the outgoing Delaware Trustee.
Any resignation or removal of the Delaware Trustee and appointment of a successor Delaware Trustee pursuant to any of the provisions of this Section shall not become effective until acceptance of appointment by the successor Delaware Trustee pursuant to Section 10.03 and payment of all fees and expenses owed to the outgoing Delaware Trustee.
The Delaware Trustee agrees to provide all reasonable cooperation and assistance to the Depositor in the event of appointment of a successor Delaware Trustee.
Section 10.03 Successor Delaware Trustee. Any successor Delaware Trustee appointed pursuant to Section 10.02 shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Issuer Administrator and to its predecessor Delaware Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment under this Agreement, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the predecessor Delaware Trustee shall become effective and such successor Delaware 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 Delaware Trustee. The predecessor Delaware Trustee shall upon payment of its fees, expenses and indemnities deliver to the successor Delaware Trustee all documents, statements, moneys and properties held by it under this Agreement; and the Issuer Administrator and the predecessor Delaware 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 Delaware Trustee all such rights, powers, duties and obligations.
No successor Delaware Trustee shall accept appointment as provided in this Section unless at the time of such acceptance such successor Delaware Trustee shall be eligible pursuant to Section 10.01.
Upon acceptance of appointment by a successor Delaware Trustee pursuant to this Section, the Issuer Administrator shall mail notice of the succession of such Delaware Trustee to all Certificateholders, the Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders. If the Issuer Administrator shall fail to mail such notice within 10 days after acceptance of appointment by the successor Delaware Trustee, the successor Delaware Trustee shall cause such notice to be mailed at the expense of the Issuer Administrator.
Any successor Delaware Trustee appointed hereunder shall promptly file an amendment to the Certificate of Trust identifying its name and principal place of business in the State of Delaware.
Section 10.04 Merger or Consolidation of Delaware Trustee. Any corporation into which the Delaware Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Delaware Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all the corporate trust business of the Delaware 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 Delaware Trustee hereunder; PROVIDED that such corporation shall be eligible pursuant to Section 10.01.
Section 10.05 Appointment of Co-Delaware Trustee or Separate Delaware 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 may at the time be located, the Issuer Administrator and the Delaware Trustee acting jointly shall have the power and shall execute and deliver all instruments to appoint one or more Persons approved by the Delaware Trustee, meeting the eligibility requirements of Section 10.01, to act as co-trustee, jointly with the Delaware Trustee, or separate trustee or separate trustees, of all or any part of the Trust Estate, and to vest in such Person, in such capacity, such title to the Trust Estate, or any part thereof, and, subject to the other provisions of this Section, such powers, duties, obligations, rights and trusts as the Issuer Administrator and the Delaware Trustee may consider necessary or desirable. If the Issuer Administrator shall not have joined in such appointment within 15 days after the receipt by it of a request so to do, the Delaware Trustee acting 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 clauses (iv) through (v) of Section 10.01 and no notice of the appointment of any co-trustee or separate trustee shall be required pursuant to Section 10.03.
Each separate trustee and co-trustee shall, to the extent permitted by law, be appointed and act subject to the following provisions and conditions:
(i) | all rights, powers, duties, and obligations conferred or imposed upon the Delaware Trustee shall be conferred upon and exercised or performed by the Delaware 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 Delaware 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 Delaware Trustee shall be incompetent or unqualified to perform such act or acts, in which event such rights, powers, duties, and obligations (including the holding of title to the Trust or any portion thereof in any such jurisdiction) shall be exercised and performed singly by such separate trustee or co-trustee, solely at the direction of the Delaware 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 Issuer Administrator and the Delaware 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 Delaware 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 Delaware 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 Delaware Trustee. Each such instrument shall be filed with the Delaware Trustee and a copy thereof given to the Issuer Administrator.
Any separate trustee or co-trustee may at any time appoint the Delaware Trustee as its agent or attorney-in-fact with full power and authority, to the extent not prohibited by law, to do any lawful act under or in respect of this Agreement on its behalf and in its name. If any separate trustee or co-trustee shall die, become incapable of acting, resign or be removed, all its estates, properties, rights, remedies and trusts shall vest in and be exercised by the Delaware Trustee, to the extent permitted by law, without the appointment of a new or successor trustee.
ARTICLE XI
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 11.01 Supplements and Amendments. This Agreement may be amended by the Depositor and the Delaware Trustee without the consent of any of the Noteholders or the Certificateholders, to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provisions in this Agreement or for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions in this Agreement or modifying in any manner the rights of the Noteholders or the Certificateholders; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that such action shall not, as evidenced by an opinion of counsel, adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Noteholder or Certificateholder.
This Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the Depositor and the Delaware Trustee (i) with the consent of the Noteholders of Notes evidencing not less than a majority of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Notes and (ii) with the consent of the Certificateholders of Certificates evidencing not less than a majority of the aggregate Percentage Interests, for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Agreement or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Noteholders or the Certificateholders; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that no such amendment shall (a) increase or reduce in any manner the amount of, or accelerate or delay the timing of, collections of payments on Financed Eligible Loans or distributions that shall be required to be made for the benefit of the Noteholders or the Certificateholders or (b) reduce the aforesaid percentage of the aggregate outstanding amount of the Notes and the Percentage Interest of Certificates required to consent to any such amendment, without the consent of all the outstanding Noteholders and Certificateholders.
Promptly after the execution of any such amendment or consent, the Delaware Trustee shall furnish written notification of the substance of such amendment or consent to each Certificateholder and the Indenture Trustee.
It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Certificateholders or the Noteholders, as the case may be, pursuant to this Section to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment or consent, but it shall be sufficient if such consent shall approve the substance thereof. The manner of obtaining such consents (and any other consents of Certificateholders provided for in this Agreement or in any other Basic Document) and of evidencing the authorization of the execution thereof by Certificateholders shall be subject to such reasonable requirements as the Delaware Trustee may prescribe.
Prior to the execution of any amendment to this Agreement, the Delaware Trustee shall be entitled to receive and rely upon an opinion of counsel stating that the execution of such amendment is authorized or permitted by this Agreement. The Delaware Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such amendment which affects the Delaware Trustees own rights, duties or immunities under this Agreement or otherwise.
Section 11.02 No Legal Title to Trust Estate in Certificateholders. The Certificateholders shall not have legal title to any part of the Trust Estate. The Certificateholders shall be entitled to receive distributions with respect to their undivided beneficial ownership interest therein only in accordance with Articles V and IX. No transfer, by operation of law or otherwise, of any right, title, or interest of the Certificateholders to and in their beneficial ownership interest in the Trust Estate shall operate to terminate this Agreement or the trusts hereunder or entitle any transferee to an accounting or to the transfer to it of legal title to any part of the Trust Estate.
Section 11.03 Limitations on Rights of Others. The provisions of this Agreement are solely for the benefit of the Delaware Trustee, the Depositor, each Servicer, the Certificateholders, the Issuer Administrator, any other administrator 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 11.04 Notices. (a) Unless otherwise expressly specified or permitted by the terms hereof, all notices shall be in writing and shall be deemed given upon receipt by the intended recipient or three Business Days after mailing if mailed by certified mail, postage prepaid (except that notice to the Delaware Trustee shall be deemed given only upon actual receipt by the Delaware Trustee), if to the Delaware Trustee, addressed to its Corporate Trust Office and if to the Depositor, addressed to College Loan LLC, 16855 W. Bernardo Drive, Suite 270, San Diego, California 92127, Attention: Cary Katz 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 a Certificateholder shall be given by first-class mail, postage prepaid, at the address of such Certificateholder as shown in the Certificate Register. Any notice so mailed within the time prescribed in this Agreement shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the Certificateholder receives such notice.
Section 11.05 Severability. 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 11.06 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 11.07 Successors And Assigns. All covenants and agreements contained herein shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of, the Depositor and its successors, the Delaware Trustee and its successors, each Certificateholder and its successors and permitted assigns, all as herein provided. Any request, notice, direction, consent, waiver or other instrument or action by a Certificateholder shall bind the successors and assigns of such Certificateholder.
Section 11.08 No Petition. (a) The Depositor will not, prior to the date which is one year and one day after the termination of the Indenture, institute against the Trust any bankruptcy proceedings under any United States Federal or state bankruptcy or similar law in connection with any obligations relating to the Trust Certificates, the Notes, this Agreement or any of the other Basic Documents.
(b) The Delaware Trustee (not in its individual capacity but solely as Delaware Trustee), by entering into this Agreement, the Certificateholder, by accepting a Trust Certificate, and the Indenture Trustee and each Noteholder by accepting the benefits of this Agreement, hereby covenant and agree that they will not, prior to the date which is one year and one day after the termination of the Indenture, institute against the Trust, or join in any institution against the Trust of, any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency, receivership or liquidation proceedings, or other proceedings under any United States Federal or state bankruptcy or similar law in connection with any obligations relating to the Trust Certificates, the Notes, this Agreement or any of the other Basic Documents.
Section 11.09 No Recourse. Each Certificateholder by accepting a Trust Certificate acknowledges that such Certificateholders Trust Certificates represent beneficial interests in the Trust only and does not represent interests in or obligations of the Depositor, any Servicer, the Issuer Administrator, any other administrator, any Servicer, the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Delaware Trustee, the Indenture Trustee or any Affiliate thereof or any officer, director or employee of any thereof and no recourse may be had against such parties or their assets, except as may be expressly set forth or contemplated in this Agreement, the Trust Certificates or the other Basic Documents.
Section 11.10 Headings. The headings of the various Articles and Sections herein are for convenience of reference only and shall not define or limit any of the terms or provisions hereof.
Section 11.11 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be 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.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Trust Agreement to be duly executed by their respective officers hereunto duly authorized, as of the day and year first above written.
________________________________, in its individual capacity and as Delaware Trustee, By: ___________________________________ Name: Title: COLLEGE LOAN LLC, as Depositor, By:__________________________ Name: Title: |
EXHIBIT A TO THE TRUST AGREEMENT
[FORM OF TRUST CERTIFICATE]
THIS TRUST CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "ACT") OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING THIS TRUST CERTIFICATE, AGREES THAT THIS TRUST CERTIFICATE MAY BE RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS AND (1) TO A PERSON WHO THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS AN INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501(a)(1)-(3) or (7) UNDER THE ACT THAT PURCHASES FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT, OR (2) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE ACT.
THIS TRUST CERTIFICATE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY TO (1) EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS, RETIREMENT ARRANGEMENTS, INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ACCOUNTS OR KEOGH PLANS SUBJECT TO EITHER TITLE I OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED, OR SECTION 4975 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED, OR (2) ENTITIES (INCLUDING INSURANCE COMPANY GENERAL ACCOUNTS) WHOSE UNDERLYING ASSETS INCLUDE PLAN ASSETS BY REASON OF THE INVESTMENT BY SUCH PLANS, ARRANGEMENTS OR ACCOUNTS IN SUCH ENTITIES. FURTHER, THIS TRUST CERTIFICATE MAY BE TRANSFERRED ONLY TO A UNITED STATES PERSON WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION 7701(a)(30) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED.
THIS TRUST CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT DEPOSITS OR OBLIGATIONS OF OR AN INTEREST IN COLLEGE LOAN LLC OR ________________________.
THIS TRUST CERTIFICATE IS NOT GUARANTEED OR INSURED BY THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION OR ANY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY.
TRANSFER OF THIS TRUST CERTIFICATE IS SUBJECT TO FURTHER RESTRICTIONS AS SET FORTH IN SECTION 3.10 OF THE TRUST AGREEMENT.
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COLLEGE LOAN CORPORATION TRUST 20__-_
TRUST CERTIFICATE evidencing a fractional undivided beneficial interest in the Trust, as defined below. (This Trust Certificate does not represent an interest in or obligation of the Depositor (as defined below) or the Delaware Trustee (as defined below) or any of their respective affiliates, except to the extent described below.)
THIS CERTIFIES THAT __________________ is the registered owner of a nonassessable, fully-paid, ___% fractional undivided interest in the College Loan Corporation Trust 20__-_ (the "Trust" or the "Issuer"), a trust formed under the laws of the State of Delaware by College Loan LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the "Depositor"). The Trust was created pursuant to a Trust Agreement dated as of ____________, 200_ (the "Trust Agreement"), between the Depositor and ________________, a Delaware banking corporation, not in its individual capacity but solely as Delaware Trustee on behalf of the Trust (the "Delaware Trustee"). To the extent not otherwise defined herein, the capitalized terms used herein have the meanings assigned to them in Indenture; which also contains rules as to usage that shall be applicable herein.
This Certificate is one of the duly authorized Certificates designated as "College Loan Corporation Trust 20__-_ Trust Certificates" (herein called the "Certificates" or the "Trust Certificates") issued under the Trust Agreement. This Trust 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 Trust Certificate by virtue of the acceptance hereof assents and by which such holder is bound. The property of the Trust includes a pool of student loans (the "Financed Eligible Loans"), all moneys paid thereunder, certain bank accounts and the proceeds thereof and certain other rights under the Trust Agreement and the Servicing Agreements and all proceeds of the foregoing. The rights of the holders of the Trust Certificates to the assets of the Trust are subordinated to the rights of the holders of the Notes, as set forth in the Basic Documents.
It is the intent of the Depositor, the Servicers, the Issuer Administrator and the Certificateholders, that for purposes of Federal income, state and local income and franchise and any other income taxes, if there is more than one Certificateholder, the Trust will be treated as a partnership and the Certificateholders will be treated as partners in that partnership. The Certificateholders by acceptance of a Trust Certificate, agree to treat, and to take no action inconsistent with the treatment of, the Trust Certificates for such tax purposes as partnership interests in the Trust. Certificateholders specifically authorize the Delaware Trustee to complete, sign and timely file any documents, returns, forms or reports as may be required by federal or relevant state or local taxing authorities affirming the treatment of the Trust as a partnership.
Each Certificateholder by its acceptance of a Trust Certificate covenants and agrees that such Certificateholder will not, prior to the date which is one year and one day after the termination of the Indenture, institute against the Trust, or join in any institution against the Trust of, any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency, receivership or liquidation proceedings, or other proceedings under any United States Federal or state bankruptcy or similar law in connection with any obligations relating to the Trust Certificates, the Notes, the Trust Agreement or any of the other Basic Documents.
The Trust Certificate does not represent an obligation of, or an interest in, the Depositor, the Indenture Trustee, any Servicer, the Issuer Administrator, any other administrator, the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Delaware Trustee or any affiliates of any of them, and no recourse may be had against such parties or their assets, except as may be expressly set forth or contemplated herein, in the Trust Agreement or in the other Basic Documents. In addition, this Trust Certificate is not guaranteed by any governmental agency or instrumentality and is limited in right of payment to certain collections with respect to the Financed Eligible Loans, all as more specifically set forth in the Indenture. A copy of each of the Indenture and the Trust Agreement may be examined during normal business hours at the principal office of the Depositor, and at such other places, if any, designated by the Depositor, by the Certificateholder upon request.
The Delaware Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and any agent of the Delaware Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may treat the person in whose name this Trust Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and none of the Delaware Trustee or the Certificate Registrar or any such agent shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.
Each purchaser of this Trust Certificate shall be required, prior to purchasing a Trust Certificate, to execute the Purchasers Representation and Warranty Letter in the form attached to the Trust Agreement as Exhibit B.
This Trust 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.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon shall have been executed by an authorized officer of the Delaware Trustee or its authenticating agent, by manual signature, this Trust Certificate shall not entitle the holder hereof to any benefit under the Trust Agreement or the Indenture or be valid for any purpose.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Delaware Trustee on behalf of the Trust and not in its individual capacity has caused this Trust Certificate to be duly executed as of the date set forth below.
COLLEGE LOAN CORPORATION TRUST 20__-_ By: ______________________________, not in its individual capacity but solely as Delaware Trustee. By: ___________________________________________ Authorized Signatory |
Date: ____ __, 200_
TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is the Trust Certificate referred to in the within-mentioned Trust Agreement.
By: ______________________________, not in its individual capacity but solely as Delaware Trustee. By: ___________________________________________ Authorized Signatory |
Date: ______ __, 200_
ASSIGNMENT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto
PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY
OR OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER
OF ASSIGNEE
_____________________________________________________________________________
(Please print or type name and address, including postal zip code, of assignee)
_____________________________________________________________________________
the within Trust Certificate, and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and appointing
_____________________________________________________________________________
Attorney to transfer said Trust Certificate on the books of the Certificate
Registrar, with full power of substitution in the premises.
Dated:
_________________________* Signature Guaranteed: _________________________* |
* NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as it appears upon the face of the within Trust Certificate in every particular, without alteration, enlargement or any change whatever.
EXHIBIT B TO THE TRUST AGREEMENT
[Form of Purchaser's Representation and Warranty Letter]
___________________, as Certificate Registrar
___________________
___________________
___________________
___________________
Attention: ________________________
Re: College Loan Corporation Trust 20__-_ Trust Certificates
Ladies and Gentlemen:
In connection with our proposed purchase of the College Loan Corporation Trust 20__-_ Trust Certificate (the "Certificate") issued under the Trust Agreement dated as of __________, 200_ (the "Agreement"), between College Loan LLC, as depositor (the "Depositor") and __________________, as Delaware Trustee, the undersigned (the "Purchaser") represents, warrants and agrees that:
It is an institutional "accredited investor" as defined in Rule 501(a)(1)-(3) or (7) under the Securities Act and is acquiring the Certificates for its own institutional account or for the account of an institutional accredited investor.
It is not (i) an employee benefit plan, retirement arrangement, individual retirement account or Keogh plan subject to either Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, or Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or (2) an entity (including an insurance company general account) whose underlying assets include plan assets by reason of the investment by such plans, arrangements or accounts in any such entity.
It is a U.S. Person as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.
It has such knowledge and experience in evaluating business and financial matters so that it is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of an investment in the Certificates. It understands the full nature and risks of an investment in the Certificates and based upon its present and projected net income and net worth, it believes that it can bear the economic risk of an immediate or future loss of its entire investment in the Certificates.
It understands that the Certificates will be offered in a transaction not involving any public offering within the meaning of the Securities Act, and that, if in the future it decides to resell, pledge or otherwise transfer any Certificates, such Certificates may be resold, pledged or transferred only (a) to a person who the seller reasonably believes is an institutional "accredited investor" as defined in Rule 501(a)(1)-(3) or (7) under the Securities Act that purchases for its own account or for the account of another institutional accredited investor or (b) pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act.
It understands that the Certificate will bear a legend substantially to the following effect:
"THIS TRUST CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "ACT") OR STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING THIS TRUST CERTIFICATE, AGREES THAT THIS TRUST CERTIFICATE MAY BE RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS AND (1) TO A PERSON WHO THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS AN INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501(a)(1)-(3) or (7) UNDER THE ACT THAT PURCHASES FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF AN INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR, OR (2) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE ACT.
THIS TRUST CERTIFICATE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY TO (1) EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS, RETIREMENT ARRANGEMENTS, INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ACCOUNTS OR KEOGH PLANS SUBJECT TO EITHER TITLE I OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED, OR SECTION 4975 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED, OR (2) ENTITIES (INCLUDING INSURANCE COMPANY GENERAL ACCOUNTS) WHOSE UNDERLYING ASSETS INCLUDE PLAN ASSETS BY REASON OF THE INVESTMENT BY SUCH PLANS, ARRANGEMENTS OR ACCOUNTS IN SUCH ENTITIES. FURTHER, THIS TRUST CERTIFICATE MAY BE TRANSFERRED ONLY TO A UNITED STATES PERSON WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION 7701(a)(30) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED.
THE TRUST CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT DEPOSITS OR OBLIGATIONS OF OR ANY INTEREST IN COLLEGE LOAN LLC OR _________________.
THIS TRUST CERTIFICATE IS NOT GUARANTEED OR INSURED BY THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION OR ANY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY.
It is acquiring the Certificates for its own account and not with a view to the public offering thereof in violation of the Securities Act (subject, nevertheless, to the understanding that disposition of its property shall at all times be and remain within its control).
It has been furnished with all information regarding the Trust and Certificates which it has requested from the Trust and the Depositor.
Neither it nor anyone acting on its behalf has offered, transferred, pledged, sold or otherwise disposed of any Certificate, any interest in any Certificate or any other similar security to, or solicited any offer to buy or accept a transfer, pledge or other disposition of any Certificate, any interest in any Certificate or any other similar security from, or otherwise approached or negotiated with respect to any Certificate, any interest in any Certificate or any other similar security with, any person in any manner or made any general solicitation by means of general advertising or in any other manner, which would constitute a distribution of the Certificates under the Securities Act or which would require registration pursuant to the Securities Act nor will the it act, nor has it authorized or will authorize any person to act, in such manner with respect to any Certificate.
It is not an "affiliate" (within the meaning of Rule 144 under the Securities Act) of the Depositor.
Dated:____________
Very truly yours, ______________________________________ NAME OF PURCHASER By: ___________________________________ Name:_________________________________ Title:__________________________________ NOTE: To be executed by an executive officer |
EXHIBIT C
CERTIFICATE OF TRUST
OF
COLLEGE LOAN CORPORATION TRUST 20__-_
THIS Certificate of Trust of College Loan Corporation Trust 20__-_ (the "Trust") is being duly executed and filed by _________________, as trustee, to form a statutory trust under the Delaware Statutory Trust Act (12 Del.C. § 3801 et seq.)(the "Act").
1. Name: The name of the statutory trust formed hereby is College Loan Corporation Trust 20__-_.
2. Delaware Trustee: The name and business address of the trustee of the Trust in the State of Delaware is _____________, __________, _____________, ______________________, Attention: ____________________.
3. Effective Date: This Certificate of Trust shall be effective upon its filing with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Certificate of Trust in accordance with Section 3811(a) of the Act.
_______________________, not in its individual capacity but solely as trustee By: ________________________________ Name: Title: |
Exhibit 5.1
Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP
180 Maiden Lane
New York, New York 10038
January 21, 2004
College Loan LLC
16855 W. Bernardo Drive, Suite 270
San Diego, California 92127
Re: |
College Loan LLC - Registration Statement on Form S-3 |
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as special counsel to College Loan LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, (the Sponsor), in connection with the preparation of the registration statement on Form S-3 (the Registration Statement) relating to the proposed offering from time to time in one or more series (each, a Series) by one or more trusts (each, a Trust) of Student Loan Asset-Backed Notes (the Notes). The Registration Statement has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Act). As set forth in the Registration Statement, each Trust is to be created pursuant to the terms of a trust agreement (each, a Trust Agreement), between the Sponsor and a Delaware trustee to be identified in the prospectus supplement for each Series of Notes and each Series of Notes is to be issued by the related Trust under and pursuant to the terms of an indenture (each, an Indenture), between the issuer, and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as indenture trustee under the indenture (the Trustee). The Indenture and the Trust Agreement are referred to collectively as the Agreements.
As such counsel, we have examined copies of the limited liability agreement of the Sponsor, the Registration Statement, the base Prospectus and a form of Prospectus Supplement included therein, the form of each Agreement, and originals or copies of such other records, agreements and other instruments of the Sponsor, certificates of public officials and other documents and have made such examinations of law, as we have deemed necessary to form the basis for the opinions hereinafter expressed. In our examination of such materials, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals and the conformity to original documents of all copies submitted to us. As to various questions of fact material to such opinions, we have relied, to the extent we deemed appropriate, upon representations, statements and certificates of officers and representatives of the Sponsor and others.
Attorneys involved in the preparation of this opinion are admitted to practice law in the State of New York and we do not express any opinion herein concerning any law other than the federal laws of the United States of America and the laws of the State of New York.
Based upon and subject to the foregoing, we are of the opinion that:
1. When the issuance, execution and delivery of each Series of Notes have been authorized by all necessary official action of the applicable Trust in accordance with the provisions of the related Trust Agreement, and when such Notes have been duly executed and delivered, authenticated by the Trustee pursuant to the applicable Indenture and sold as described in the Registration Statement, assuming that the terms of such Notes are otherwise in compliance with applicable law at such time, such Notes will constitute valid and binding obligations of the applicable Trust in accordance with their terms and the terms of the related Agreements. This opinion is subject to the effect of bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance and similar laws relating to or affecting creditors' rights generally and court decisions with respect thereto, and we express no opinion with respect to the application of equitable principles or remedies in any proceeding, whether at law or in equity.
2. The information in the Prospectus under the caption "Federal Income Tax Consequences," and in the form of Prospectus Supplement contained as part of the Registration Statement under the caption "Certain Federal Income Tax Considerations," to the extent that it constitutes matters of law or legal conclusions, sets forth our opinion with respect to the material Federal income tax consequences of an investment in the Notes.
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement, to the references to this firm in each Prospectus and each related Prospectus Supplement which forms a part of the Registration Statement and to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to any application made by or on behalf of the Sponsor or any dealer in connection with the registration of the Notes under the securities or blue sky laws of any state or jurisdiction. In giving such consent, we do not admit hereby that we come within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Act or the Rules and Regulations of the Commission thereunder.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP
STROOCK & STROOCK & LAVAN LLP
Exhibit 25.1
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM T-1
STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939 OF A CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE CHECK IF AN APPLICATION TO DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY OF A TRUSTEE PURSUANT TO SECTION 305(b)(2) |
DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS
(formerly BANKERS TRUST COMPANY)
(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)
NEW YORK (Jurisdiction of Incorporation or organization if not a U.S. national bank) |
13-4941247 (I.R.S. Employer Identification no.) |
60 WALL STREET NEW YORK, NEW YORK (Address of principal executive offices) |
10005 (Zip Code) |
Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas Attention: Will Christoph Legal Department 1301 6th Avenue, 8th Floor New York, New York 10019 (212) 469-0378 |
(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)
______________________________________________________
COLLEGE LOAN LLC
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
32-0005932 (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
16855 W. Bernardo Drive
Suite 270
San Diego, California 92127
(Address, including zip code and telephone number, including
area code, of registrant's principal executive offices)
Student Loan Asset-Backed Notes
(Title of the Indenture Securities)
Item 1. General Information.
Furnish the following information as to the trustee. |
(a) | Name and address of each examining or supervising authority to which it is subject. |
Name Address ---- ------- Federal Reserve Bank (2nd District) New York, NY Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Washington, D.C. New York State Banking Department Albany, NY
(b) | Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers. Yes. |
Item 2. Affiliations with Obligor.
If the obligor is an affiliate of the Trustee, describe each such
affiliation. None. |
Item 3.-15. Not Applicable
Item 16. List of Exhibits.
Exhibit 1 - | Restated Organization Certificate of Bankers Trust Company dated August 6, 1998, Certificate of Amendment of the Organization Certificate of Bankers Trust Company dated September 25, 1998, Certificate of Amendment of the Organization Certificate of Bankers Trust Company dated December 16, 1998, and Certificate of Amendment of the Organization Certificate of Bankers Trust Company dated February 22, 2002, copies attached. |
Exhibit 2 - | Certificate of Authority to commence business - Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 2 filed with Form T-1 Statement, Registration No. 33-21047. |
Exhibit 3 - | Authorization of the Trustee to exercise corporate trust powers Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 2 filed with Form T-1 Statement, Registration No. 33-21047. |
Exhibit 4 - | Existing By-Laws of Bankers Trust Company, as amended on April 15, 2002. Copy attached. |
Exhibit 5 - | Not applicable. |
Exhibit 6 - | Consent of Bankers Trust Company required by Section 321(b) of the Act. Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4 filed with Form T-1 Statement, Registration No. 22-18864. |
Exhibit 7 - | The latest report of condition of Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas dated as of September 30, 2003. Copy attached. |
Exhibit 8 - | Not Applicable. |
Exhibit 9 - | Not Applicable. |
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, the trustee, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York, has duly caused this statement of eligibility to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in The City of New York, and State of New York, on this 21st day of January, 2004.
DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS By: /s/ Louis Bodi Louis Bodi Vice President |
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, the trustee, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York, has duly caused this statement of eligibility to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in The City of New York, and State of New York, on this 21st day of January 2004.
DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS By: /s/ Louis Bodi Louis Bodi Vice President |
State of New York,
Banking Department
I, MANUEL KURSKY, Deputy Superintendent of Banks of the State of New York, DO HEREBY APPROVE the annexed Certificate entitled "CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT OF THE ORGANIZATION CERTIFICATE OF BANKERS TRUST COMPANY Under Section 8005 of the Banking Law," dated September 16, 1998, providing for an increase in authorized capital stock from $3,001,666,670 consisting of 200,166,667 shares with a par value of $10 each designated as Common Stock and 1,000 shares with a par value of $1,000,000 each designated as Series Preferred Stock to $3,501,666,670 consisting of 200,166,667 shares with a par value of $10 each designated as Common Stock and 1,500 shares with a par value of $1,000,000 each designated as Series Preferred Stock.
Witness, my hand and official seal of the Banking Department At the City of New York,
This 25th day of September in the Year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and ninety-eight. |
Manuel
Kursky Deputy Superintendent of Banks |
RESTATED
ORGANIZATION
CERTIFICATE
OF
BANKERS TRUST COMPANY
Under Section 8007
Of the Banking Law
Bankers Trust Company
1301 6th Avenue, 8th Floor
New York, N.Y. 10019
Counterpart Filed in the Office of the Superintendent of Banks, State of New York, August 31, 1998
RESTATED ORGANIZATION CERTIFICATE
OF
BANKERS TRUST
Under Section 8007 of the Banking Law
We, James T. Byrne, Jr. and Lea Lahtinen, being respectively a Managing Director and an Assistant Secretary and a Vice President and an Assistant Secretary of BANKERS TRUST COMPANY, do hereby certify:
1. The name of the corporation is Bankers Trust Company.
2. The organization certificate of the corporation was filed by the Superintendent of Banks of the State of New York on March 5, 1903.
3. The text of the organization certificate, as amended heretofore, is hereby restated without further amendment or change to read as herein-set forth in full, to wit:
"Certificate of Organization
of
Bankers Trust Company
Know All Men By These Presents That we, the undersigned, James A. Blair, James G. Cannon, E. C. Converse, Henry P. Davison, Granville W. Garth, A. Barton Hepburn, Will Logan, Gates W. McGarrah, George W. Perkins, William H. Porter, John F. Thompson, Albert H. Wiggin, Samuel Woolverton and Edward F. C. Young, all being persons of full age and citizens of the United States, and a majority of us being residents of the State of New York, desiring to form a corporation to be known as a Trust Company, do hereby associate ourselves together for that purpose under and pursuant to the laws of the State of New York, and for such purpose we do hereby, under our respective hands and seals, execute and duly acknowledge this Organization Certificate in duplicate, and hereby specifically state as follows, to wit:
I. The name by which the said corporation shall be known is Bankers Trust Company.
II. The place where its business is to be transacted is the City of New York, in the State of New York.
III. Capital Stock: The amount of capital stock which the corporation is hereafter to have is Three Billion One Million, Six Hundred Sixty-Six Thousand, Six Hundred Seventy Dollars ($3,001,666,670), divided into Two Hundred Million, One Hundred Sixty-Six Thousand, Six Hundred Sixty-Seven (200,166,667) shares with a par value of $10 each designated as Common Stock and 1,000 shares with a par value of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) each designated as Series Preferred Stock.
(a) Common Stock
1. Dividends: Subject to all of the rights of the Series Preferred Stock, dividends may be declared and paid or set apart for payment upon the Common Stock out of any assets or funds of the corporation legally available for the payment of dividends.
2. Voting Rights: Except as otherwise expressly provided with respect to the Series Preferred Stock or with respect to any series of the Series Preferred Stock, the Common Stock shall have the exclusive right to vote for the election of directors and for all other purposes, each holder of the Common Stock being entitled to one vote for each share thereof held.
3. Liquidation: Upon any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary, and after the holders of the Series Preferred Stock of each series shall have been paid in full the amounts to which they respectively shall be entitled, or a sum sufficient for the payment in full set aside, the remaining net assets of the corporation shall be distributed pro rata to the holders of the Common Stock in accordance with their respective rights and interests, to the exclusion of the holders of the Series Preferred Stock.
4. Preemptive Rights: No holder of Common Stock of the corporation shall be entitled, as such, as a matter of right, to subscribe for or purchase any part of any new or additional issue of stock of any class or series whatsoever, any rights or options to purchase stock of any class or series whatsoever, or any securities convertible into, exchangeable for or carrying rights or options to purchase stock of any class or series whatsoever, whether now or hereafter authorized, and whether issued for cash or other consideration, or by way of dividend or other distribution.
(b) Series Preferred Stock
1. Board Authority: The Series Preferred Stock may be issued from time to time by the Board of Directors as herein provided in one or more series. The designations, relative rights, preferences and limitations of the Series Preferred Stock, and particularly of the shares of each series thereof, may, to the extent permitted by law, be similar to or may differ from those of any other series. The Board of Directors of the corporation is hereby expressly granted authority, subject to the provisions of this Article III, to issue from time to time Series Preferred Stock in one or more series and to fix from time to time before issuance thereof, by filing a certificate pursuant to the Banking Law, the number of shares in each such series of such class and all designations, relative rights (including the right, to the extent permitted by law, to convert into shares of any class or into shares of any series of any class), preferences and limitations of the shares in each such series, including, buy without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the following:
(i) The number of shares to constitute such series (which number may at any time, or from time to time, be increased or decreased by the Board of Directors, notwithstanding that shares of the series may be outstanding at the time of such increase or decrease, unless the Board of Directors shall have otherwise provided in creating such series) and the distinctive designation thereof; |
(ii) The dividend rate on the shares of such series, whether or not dividends on the shares of such series shall be cumulative, and the date or dates, if any, from which dividends thereon shall be cumulative; |
(iii) Whether or not the share of such series shall be redeemable, and, if redeemable, the date or dates upon or after which they shall be redeemable, the amount or amounts per share (which shall be, in the case of each share, not less than its preference upon involuntary liquidation, plus an amount equal to all dividends thereon accrued and unpaid, whether or not earned or declared) payable thereon in the case of the redemption thereof, which amount may vary at different redemption dates or otherwise as permitted by law; |
(iv) The right, if any, of holders of shares of such series to convert the same into, or exchange the same for, Common Stock or other stock as permitted by law, and the terms and conditions of such conversion or exchange, as well as provisions for adjustment of the conversion rate in such events as the Board of Directors shall determine; |
(v) The amount per share payable on the shares of such series upon the voluntary and involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the corporation; |
(vi) Whether the holders of shares of such series shall have voting power, full or limited, in addition to the voting powers provided by law and, in case additional voting powers are accorded, to fix the extent thereof; and |
(vii) Generally to fix the other rights and privileges and any qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such rights and privileges of such series, provided, however, that no such rights, privileges, qualifications, limitations or restrictions shall be in conflict with the organization certificate of the corporation or with the resolution or resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors providing for the issue of any series of which there are shares outstanding. |
All shares of Series Preferred Stock of the same series shall be identical in all respects, except that shares of any one series issued at different times may differ as to dates, if any, from which dividends thereon may accumulate. All shares of Series Preferred Stock of all series shall be of equal rank and shall be identical in all respects except that to the extent not otherwise limited in this Article III any series may differ from any other series with respect to any one or more of the designations, relative rights, preferences and limitations described or referred to in subparagraphs (I) to (vii) inclusive above.
2. Dividends: Dividends on the outstanding Series Preferred Stock of each series shall be declared and paid or set apart for payment before any dividends shall be declared and paid or set apart for payment on the Common Stock with respect to the same quarterly dividend period. Dividends on any shares of Series Preferred Stock shall be cumulative only if and to the extent set forth in a certificate filed pursuant to law. After dividends on all shares of Series Preferred Stock (including cumulative dividends if and to the extent any such shares shall be entitled thereto) shall have been declared and paid or set apart for payment with respect to any quarterly dividend period, then and not otherwise so long as any shares of Series Preferred Stock shall remain outstanding, dividends may be declared and paid or set apart for payment with respect to the same quarterly dividend period on the Common Stock out the assets or funds of the corporation legally available therefor.
All Shares of Series Preferred Stock of all series shall be of equal rank, preference and priority as to dividends irrespective of whether or not the rates of dividends to which the same shall be entitled shall be the same and when the stated dividends are not paid in full, the shares of all series of the Series Preferred Stock shall share ratably in the payment thereof in accordance with the sums which would be payable on such shares if all dividends were paid in full, provided, however, that any two or more series of the Series Preferred Stock may differ from each other as to the existence and extent of the right to cumulative dividends, as aforesaid.
3. Voting Rights: Except as otherwise specifically provided in the certificate filed pursuant to law with respect to any series of the Series Preferred Stock, or as otherwise provided by law, the Series Preferred Stock shall not have any right to vote for the election of directors or for any other purpose and the Common Stock shall have the exclusive right to vote for the election of directors and for all other purposes.
4. Liquidation: In the event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary, each series of Series Preferred Stock shall have preference and priority over the Common Stock for payment of the amount to which each outstanding series of Series Preferred Stock shall be entitled in accordance with the provisions thereof and each holder of Series Preferred Stock shall be entitled to be paid in full such amount, or have a sum sufficient for the payment in full set aside, before any payments shall be made to the holders of the Common Stock. If, upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the corporation, the assets of the corporation or proceeds thereof, distributable among the holders of the shares of all series of the Series Preferred Stock shall be insufficient to pay in full the preferential amount aforesaid, then such assets, or the proceeds thereof, shall be distributed among such holders ratably in accordance with the respective amounts which would be payable if all amounts payable thereon were paid in full. After the payment to the holders of Series Preferred Stock of all such amounts to which they are entitled, as above provided, the remaining assets and funds of the corporation shall be divided and paid to the holders of the Common Stock.
5. Redemption: In the event that the Series Preferred Stock of any series shall be made redeemable as provided in clause (iii) of paragraph 1 of section (b) of this Article III, the corporation, at the option of the Board of Directors, may redeem at any time or times, and from time to time, all or any part of any one or more series of Series Preferred Stock outstanding by paying for each share the then applicable redemption price fixed by the Board of Directors as provided herein, plus an amount equal to accrued and unpaid dividends to the date fixed for redemption, upon such notice and terms as may be specifically provided in the certificate filed pursuant to law with respect to the series.
6. Preemptive Rights: No holder of Series Preferred Stock of the corporation shall be entitled, as such, as a matter or right, to subscribe for or purchase any part of any new or additional issue of stock of any class or series whatsoever, any rights or options to purchase stock of any class or series whatsoever, or any securities convertible into, exchangeable for or carrying rights or options to purchase stock of any class or series whatsoever, whether now or hereafter authorized, and whether issued for cash or other consideration, or by way of dividend.
(c) Provisions relating to Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series A. (Liquidation value $1,000,000 per share.)
1. Designation: The distinctive designation of the series established hereby shall be "Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series A" (hereinafter called "Series A Preferred Stock").
2. Number: The number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall initially be 250 shares. Shares of Series A Preferred Stock redeemed, purchased or otherwise acquired by the corporation shall be cancelled and shall revert to authorized but unissued Series Preferred Stock undesignated as to series.
3. Dividends:
(a) Dividend Payments Dates. Holders of the Series A Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive non-cumulative cash dividends when, as and if declared by the Board of Directors of the corporation, out of funds legally available therefor, from the date of original issuance of such shares (the "Issue Date") and such dividends will be payable on March 28, June 28, September 28 and December 28 of each year ("Dividend Payment Date") commencing September 28, 1990, at a rate per annum as determined in paragraph 3(b) below. The period beginning on the Issue Date and ending on the day preceding the first Dividend Payment Date and each successive period beginning on a Dividend Payment Date and ending on the date preceding the next succeeding Dividend Payment Date is herein called a "Dividend Period". If any Dividend Payment Date shall be, in The City of New York, a Sunday or a legal holiday or a day on which banking institutions are authorized by law to close, then payment will be postponed to the next succeeding business day with the same force and effect as if made on the Dividend Payment Date, and no interest shall accrue for such Dividend Period after such Dividend Payment Date.
(b) Dividend Rate. The dividend rate from time to time payable in respect of Series A Preferred Stock (the "Dividend Rate") shall be determined on the basis of the following provisions:
(i) On the Dividend Determination Date, LIBOR will be determined on the basis of the offered rates for deposits in U.S. dollars having a maturity of three months commencing on the second London Business Day immediately following such Dividend Determination Date, as such rates appear on the Reuters Screen LIBO Page as of 11:00 A.M. London time, on such Dividend Determination Date. If at least two such offered rates appear on the Reuters Screen LIBO Page, LIBOR in respect of such Dividend Determination Dates will be the arithmetic mean (rounded to the nearest one-hundredth of a percent, with five one-thousandths of a percent rounded upwards) of such offered rates. If fewer than those offered rates appear, LIBOR in respect of such Dividend Determination Date will be determined as described in paragraph (ii) below.
(ii) On any Dividend Determination Date on which fewer than those offered rates for the applicable maturity appear on the Reuters Screen LIBO Page as specified in paragraph (I) above, LIBOR will be determined on the basis of the rates at which deposits in U.S. dollars having a maturity of three months commencing on the second London Business Day immediately following such Dividend Determination Date and in a principal amount of not less than $1,000,000 that is representative of a single transaction in such market at such time are offered by three major banks in the London interbank market selected by the corporation at approximately 11:00 A.M., London time, on such Dividend Determination Date to prime banks in the London market. The corporation will request the principal London office of each of such banks to provide a quotation of its rate. If at least two such quotations are provided, LIBOR in respect of such Dividend Determination Date will be the arithmetic mean (rounded to the nearest one-hundredth of a percent, with five one-thousandths of a percent rounded upwards) of such quotations. If fewer than two quotations are provided, LIBOR in respect of such Dividend Determination Date will be the arithmetic mean (rounded to the nearest one-hundredth of a percent, with five one-thousandths of a percent rounded upwards) of the rates quoted by three major banks in New York City selected by the corporation at approximately 11:00 A.M., New York City time, on such Dividend Determination Date for loans in U.S. dollars to leading European banks having a maturity of three months commencing on the second London Business Day immediately following such Dividend Determination Date and in a principal amount of not less than $1,000,000 that is representative of a single transaction in such market at such time; provided, however, that if the banks selected as aforesaid by the corporation are not quoting as aforementioned in this sentence, then, with respect to such Dividend Period, LIBOR for the preceding Dividend Period will be continued as LIBOR for such Dividend Period.
(ii) The Dividend Rate for any Dividend Period shall be equal to the lower of 18% or 50 basis points above LIBOR for such Dividend Period as LIBOR is determined by sections (I) or (ii) above.
As used above, the term "Dividend Determination Date" shall mean, with respect to any Dividend Period, the second London Business Day prior to the commencement of such Dividend Period; and the term "London Business Day" shall mean any day that is not a Saturday or Sunday and that, in New York City, is not a day on which banking institutions generally are authorized or required by law or executive order to close and that is a day on which dealings in deposits in U.S. dollars are transacted in the London interbank market.
4. Voting Rights: The holders of the Series A Preferred Stock shall have the voting power and rights set forth in this paragraph 4 and shall have no other voting power or rights except as otherwise may from time to time be required by law.
So long as any shares of Series A Preferred Stock remain outstanding, the corporation shall not, without the affirmative vote or consent of the holders of at least a majority of the votes of the Series Preferred Stock entitled to vote outstanding at the time, given in person or by proxy, either in writing or by resolution adopted at a meeting at which the holders of Series A Preferred Stock (alone or together with the holders of one or more other series of Series Preferred Stock at the time outstanding and entitled to vote) vote separately as a class, alter the provisions of the Series Preferred Stock so as to materially adversely affect its rights; provided, however, that in the event any such materially adverse alteration affects the rights of only the Series A Preferred Stock, then the alteration may be effected with the vote or consent of at least a majority of the votes of the Series A Preferred Stock; provided, further, that an increase in the amount of the authorized Series Preferred Stock and/or the creation and/or issuance of other series of Series Preferred Stock in accordance with the organization certificate shall not be, nor be deemed to be, materially adverse alterations. In connection with the exercise of the voting rights contained in the preceding sentence, holders of all series of Series Preferred Stock which are granted such voting rights (of which the Series A Preferred Stock is the initial series) shall vote as a class (except as specifically provided otherwise) and each holder of Series A Preferred Stock shall have one vote for each share of stock held and each other series shall have such number of votes, if any, for each share of stock held as may be granted to them.
The foregoing voting provisions will not apply if, in connection with the matters specified, provision is made for the redemption or retirement of all outstanding Series A Preferred Stock.
5. Liquidation: Subject to the provisions of section (b) of this Article III, upon any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary, the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock shall have preference and priority over the Common Stock for payment out of the assets of the corporation or proceeds thereof, whether from capital or surplus, of $1,000,000 per share (the "liquidation value") together with the amount of all dividends accrued and unpaid thereon, and after such payment the holders of Series A Preferred Stock shall be entitled to no other payments.
6. Redemption: Subject to the provisions of section (b) of this Article III, Series A Preferred Stock may be redeemed, at the option of the corporation in whole or part, at any time or from time to time at a redemption price of $1,000,000 per share, in each case plus accrued and unpaid dividends to the date of redemption.
At the option of the corporation, shares of Series A Preferred Stock redeemed or otherwise acquired may be restored to the status of authorized but unissued shares of Series Preferred Stock.
In the case of any redemption, the corporation shall give notice of such redemption to the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock to be redeemed in the following manner: a notice specifying the shares to be redeemed and the time and place of redemption (and, if less than the total outstanding shares are to be redeemed, specifying the certificate numbers and number of shares to be redeemed) shall be mailed by first class mail, addressed to the holders of record of the Series A Preferred Stock to be redeemed at their respective addresses as the same shall appear upon the books of the corporation, not more than sixty (60) days and not less than thirty (30) days previous to the date fixed for redemption. In the event such notice is not given to any shareholder such failure to give notice shall not affect the notice given to other shareholders. If less than the whole amount of outstanding Series A Preferred Stock is to be redeemed, the shares to be redeemed shall be selected by lot or pro rata in any manner determined by resolution of the Board of Directors to be fair and proper. From and after the date fixed in any such notice as the date of redemption (unless default shall be made by the corporation in providing moneys at the time and place of redemption for the payment of the redemption price) all dividends upon the Series A Preferred Stock so called for redemption shall cease to accrue, and all rights of the holders of said Series A Preferred Stock as stockholders in the corporation, except the right to receive the redemption price (without interest) upon surrender of the certificate representing the Series A Preferred Stock so called for redemption, duly endorsed for transfer, if required, shall cease and terminate. The corporation's obligation to provide moneys in accordance with the preceding sentence shall be deemed fulfilled if, on or before the redemption date, the corporation shall deposit with a bank or trust company (which may be an affiliate of the corporation) having an office in the Borough of Manhattan, City of New York, having a capital and surplus of at least $5,000,000 funds necessary for such redemption, in trust with irrevocable instructions that such funds be applied to the redemption of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock so called for redemption. Any interest accrued on such funds shall be paid to the corporation from time to time. Any funds so deposited and unclaimed at the end of two (2) years from such redemption date shall be released or repaid to the corporation, after which the holders of such shares of Series A Preferred Stock so called for redemption shall look only to the corporation for payment of the redemption price.
IV. The name, residence and post office address of each member of the corporation are as follows:
Name Residence Post Office Address James A. Blair 9 West 50th Street, 33 Wall Street, Manhattan, New York City Manhattan, New York City James G. Cannon 72 East 54th Street, 14 Nassau Street, Manhattan New York City Manhattan, New York City E. C. Converse 3 East 78th Street, 139 Broadway, Manhattan, New York City Manhattan, New York City Henry P. Davison Englewood,New Jersey 2 Wall Street, Manhattan, New York City Granville W. Garth 160 West 57th Street, 33 Wall Street Manhattan, New York City Manhattan, New York City A. Barton Hepburn 205 West 57th Street 83 Cedar Street Manhattan, New York City Manhattan, New York City William Logan Montclair, New Jersey 13 Nassau Street Manhattan, New York City George W. Perkins Riverdale, New York 23 Wall Street, Manhattan, New York City William H. Porter 56 East 67th Street 270 Broadway, Manhattan, New York City Manhattan, New York City John F. Thompson Newark, New Jersey 143 Liberty Street, Manhattan, New York City Albert H. Wiggin 42 West 49th Street, 214 Broadway, Manhattan, New York City Manhattan, New York City Samuel Woolverton Mount Vernon, New York 34 Wall Street, Manhattan, New York City Edward F.C. Young 85 Glenwood Avenue, 1 Exchange Place, Jersey City, New Jersey Jersey City, New Jersey
V. The existence of the corporation shall be perpetual.
VI. The subscribers, the members of the said corporation, do, and each for himself does, hereby declare that he will accept the responsibilities and faithfully discharge the duties of a director therein, if elected to act as such, when authorized accordance with the provisions of the Banking Law of the State of New York.
VII. The number of directors of the corporation shall not be less than 10 nor more than 25."
4. The foregoing restatement of the organization certificate was authorized by the Board of Directors of the corporation at a meeting held on July 21, 1998.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have made and subscribed this certificate this 6th day of August, 1998.
James T. Byrne, Jr.
James T. Byrne, Jr. Managing Director and Secretary Lea Lahtinen Lea Lahtinen Vice President and Assistant Secretary Lea Lahtinen Lea Lahtinen |
State of New York County of New York |
) ) ss: ) |
Lea Lahtinen, being duly sworn, deposes and says that she is a Vice President and an Assistant Secretary of Bankers Trust Company, the corporation described in the foregoing certificate; that she has read the foregoing certificate and knows the contents thereof, and that the statements herein contained are true.
Lea Lahtinen
Lea Lahtinen |
Sworn to before me this 6th
day of August, 1998.
Sandra L. West
Notary Public |
SANDRA L. WEST |
State of New York,
Banking Department
I, MANUEL KURSKY, Deputy Superintendent of Banks of the State of New York, DO HEREBY APPROVE the annexed Certificate entitled "RESTATED ORGANIZATION CERTIFICATE OF BANKERS TRUST COMPANY Under Section 8007 of the Banking Law," dated August 6, 1998, providing for the restatement of the Organization Certificate and all amendments into a single certificate.
Witness, my hand and official seal of the Banking Department at the City of New York,
This 31st day of August in the Year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and ninety-eight. |
Manuel
Kursky Deputy Superintendent of Banks |
CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT
OF THE
ORGANIZATION CERTIFICATE
OF BANKERS TRUST
Under Section 8005 of the Banking Law
We, James T. Byrne, Jr. and Lea Lahtinen, being respectively a Managing Director and Secretary and a Vice President and an Assistant Secretary of Bankers Trust Company, do hereby certify:
1. The name of the corporation is Bankers Trust Company.
2. The organization certificate of said corporation was filed by the Superintendent of Banks on the 5th of March, 1903.
3. The organization certificate as heretofore amended is hereby amended to increase the aggregate number of shares which the corporation shall have authority to issue and to increase the amount of its authorized capital stock in conformity therewith.
4. Article III of the organization certificate with reference to the authorized capital stock, the number of shares into which the capital stock shall be divided, the par value of the shares and the capital stock outstanding, which reads as follows:
"III. The amount of capital stock which the corporation is hereafter to have is Three Billion, One Million, Six Hundred Sixty-Six Thousand, Six Hundred Seventy Dollars ($3,001,666,670), divided into Two Hundred Million, One Hundred Sixty-Six Thousand, Six Hundred Sixty-Seven (200,166,667) shares with a par value of $10 each designated as Common Stock and 1000 shares with a par value of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) each designated as Series Preferred Stock." |
is hereby amended to read as follows:
"III. The amount of capital stock which the corporation is hereafter to have is Three Billion, Five Hundred One Million, Six Hundred Sixty-Six Thousand, Six Hundred Seventy Dollars ($3,501,666,670), divided into Two Hundred Million, One Hundred Sixty-Six Thousand, Six Hundred Sixty-Seven (200,166,667) shares with a par value of $10 each designated as Common Stock and 1500 shares with a par value of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) each designated as Series Preferred Stock." |
5. The foregoing amendment of the organization certificate was authorized by unanimous written consent signed by the holder of all outstanding shares entitled to vote thereon.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have made and subscribed this certificate this 25th day of September, 1998
James T. Byrne, Jr.
James T. Byrne, Jr. Managing Director and Secretary Lea Lahtinen Lea Lahtinen Vice President and Assistant Secretary |
State of New York County of New York |
) ) ss: ) |
Lea Lahtinen, being fully sworn, deposes and says that she is a Vice President and an Assistant Secretary of Bankers Trust Company, the corporation described in the foregoing certificate; that she has read the foregoing certificate and knows the contents thereof, and that the statements herein contained are true.
Lea Lahtinen
Lea Lahtinen |
Sandra L. West
Notary Public |
Sworn to before me this 25th
day of September, 1998.
SANDRA L. WEST |
State of New York,
Banking Department
I, P. VINCENT CONLON, Deputy Superintendent of Banks of the State of New York, DO HEREBY APPROVE the annexed Certificate entitled "CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT OF THE ORGANIZATION CERTIFICATE OF BANKERS TRUST COMPANY Under Section 8005 of the Banking Law," dated December 16, 1998, providing for an increase in authorized capital stock from $3,501,666,670 consisting of 200,166,667 shares with a par value of $10 each designated as Common Stock and 1,500 shares with a par value of $1,000,000 each designated as Series Preferred Stock to $3,627,308,670 consisting of 212,730,867 shares with a par value of $10 each designated as Common Stock and 1,500 shares with a par value of $1,000,000 each designated as Series Preferred Stock.
Witness, my hand and official seal of the Banking Department at the City of New York,
This 18th day of December in the Year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and ninety-eight. |
P. Vincent Conlon
Deputy Superintendent of Banks |
CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT
OF THE
ORGANIZATION CERTIFICATE
OF BANKERS TRUST
Under Section 8005 of the Banking Law
We, James T. Byrne, Jr. and Lea Lahtinen, being respectively a Managing Director and Secretary and a Vice President and an Assistant Secretary of Bankers Trust Company, do hereby certify:
1. The name of the corporation is Bankers Trust Company.
2. The organization certificate of said corporation was filed by the Superintendent of Banks on the 5th of March, 1903.
3. The organization certificate as heretofore amended is hereby amended to increase the aggregate number of shares which the corporation shall have authority to issue and to increase the amount of its authorized capital stock in conformity therewith.
4. Article III of the organization certificate with reference to the authorized capital stock, the number of shares into which the capital stock shall be divided, the par value of the shares and the capital stock outstanding, which reads as follows:
"III. The amount of capital stock which the corporation is hereafter to have is Three Billion, Five Hundred One Million, Six Hundred Sixty-Six Thousand, Six Hundred Seventy Dollars ($3,501,666,670), divided into Two Hundred Million, One Hundred Sixty-Six Thousand, Six Hundred Sixty-Seven (200,166,667) shares with a par value of $10 each designated as Common Stock and 1500 shares with a par value of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) each designated as Series Preferred Stock." |
is hereby amended to read as follows:
"III. The amount of capital stock which the corporation is hereafter to have is Three Billion, Six Hundred Twenty-Seven Million, Three Hundred Eight Thousand, Six Hundred Seventy Dollars ($3,627,308,670), divided into Two Hundred Twelve Million, Seven Hundred Thirty Thousand, Eight Hundred Sixty- Seven (212,730,867) shares with a par value of $10 each designated as Common Stock and 1500 shares with a par value of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) each designated as Series Preferred Stock." |
5. The foregoing amendment of the organization certificate was authorized by unanimous written consent signed by the holder of all outstanding shares entitled to vote thereon.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have made and subscribed this certificate this 16th day of December, 1998
James T. Byrne, Jr.
James T. Byrne, Jr. Managing Director and Secretary Lea Lahtinen Lea Lahtinen Vice President and Assistant Secretary Lea Lahtinen Lea Lahtinen |
State of New York County of New York |
) ) ss: ) |
Lea Lahtinen, being fully sworn, deposes and says that she is a Vice President and an Assistant Secretary of Bankers Trust Company, the corporation described in the foregoing certificate; that she has read the foregoing certificate and knows the contents thereof, and that the statements herein contained are true.
Lea Lahtinen
Lea Lahtinen |
Sworn to before me this 16th day
of December, 1998
Sandra L. West
Notary Public |
SANDRA L. WEST |
BANKERS TRUST COMPANY
ASSISTANT SECRETARY'S CERTIFICATE
I, Lea Lahtinen, Vice President and Assistant Secretary of Bankers Trust Company, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York, the United States of America, do hereby certify that attached copy of the Certificate of Amendment of the Organization Certificate of Bankers Trust Company, dated February 27, 2002, providing for a change of name of Bankers Trust Company to Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas and approved by the New York State Banking Department on March 14, 2002 to effective on April 15, 2002, is a true and correct copy of the original Certificate of Amendment of the Organization Certificate of Bankers Trust Company on file in the Banking Department, State of New York.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of Bankers Trust Company this 4th day of April, 2002.
[SEAL]
/s/ Lea Lahtinen
Lea Lahtinen, Vice President and Assistant Secretary Bankers Trust Company |
State of New York County of New York |
) ) ss: ) |
On the 4th day of April in the year 2002 before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public in and for said state, personally appeared Lea Lahtinen, personally known to me or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the individual whose name is subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that she executed the same in her capacity, and that by her signature on the instrument, the individual, or the person on behalf of which the individual acted, executed the instrument.
/s/ Sonja K. Olsen
Notary Public
SONJA K. OLSEN |
State of New York,
Banking Department
I, P. VINCENT CONLON, Deputy Superintendent of Banks of the State of New York, DO HEREBY APPROVE the annexed Certificate entitled "CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT OF THE ORGANIZATION CERTIFICATE OF BANKERS TRUST COMPANY under Section 8005 of the Banking Law" dated February 27, 2002, providing for a change of name of BANKERS TRUST COMPANY to DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS.
Witness, my hand and official seal of the Banking Department at the City of New York,
this 14th day of March two thousand and two. |
/s/
P. Vincent Conlon
Deputy Superintendent of Banks |
CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT
OF THE
ORGANIZATION CERTIFICATE
OF
BANKERS TRUST COMPANY
Under Section 8005 of the Banking Law
We, James T. Byrne Jr., and Lea Lahtinen, being respectively the Secretary, and Vice President and an Assistant Secretary of Bankers Trust Company, do hereby certify:
1. The name of corporation is Bankers Trust Company.
2. The organization certificate of said corporation was filed by the Superintendent of Banks on the 5th day of March, 1903.
3. Pursuant to Section 8005 of the Banking Law, attached hereto as Exhibit A is a certificate issued by the State of New York, Banking Department listing all of the amendments to the Organization Certificate of Bankers Trust Company since its organization that have been filed in the Office of the Superintendent of Banks.
4. The organization certificate as heretofore amended is hereby amended to change the name of Bankers Trust Company to Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas to be effective on April 15, 2002.
5. The first paragraph number 1 of the organization of Bankers Trust Company with the reference to the name of the Bankers Trust Company, which reads as follows:
"1. The name of the corporation is Bankers Trust Company." |
is hereby amended to read as follows effective on April 15, 2002:
"1. The name of the corporation is Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas." |
6. The foregoing amendment of the organization certificate was authorized by unanimous written consent signed by the holder of all outstanding shares entitled to vote thereon.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have made and subscribed this certificate this 27th day of February, 2002.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have made and subscribed this certificate this 6th day of August, 1998.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have made and subscribed this certificate this 6th day of August, 1998.
/s/ James T. Byrne,
Jr.
James T. Byrne, Jr. Secretary /s/ Lea Lahtinen Lea Lahtinen Vice President and Assistant Secretary |
State of New York County of New York |
) ) ss: ) |
Lea Lahtinen, being duly sworn, deposes and says that she is a Vice President and an Assistant Secretary of Bankers Trust Company, the corporation described in the foregoing certificate; that she has read the foregoing certificate and knows the contents thereof, and that the statements herein contained are true.
/s/ Lea Lahtinen
Lea Lahtinen |
Sworn to before me this 27th
day of February, 2002.
Sandra L. West
Notary Public |
EXHIBIT A
State of New York
Banking Department
I, P. VINCENT CONLON, Deputy Superintendent of Banks of the State of New York, DO HEREBY CERTIFY:
THAT, the records in the Office of the Superintendent of Banks indicate that BANKERS TRUST COMPANY is a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York as a trust company, pursuant to Article III of the Banking Law; and
THAT, the Organization Certificate of BANKERS TRUST COMPANY was filed in the Office of the Superintendent of Banks on March 5, 1903, and such corporation was authorized to commence business on March 24, 1903; and
THAT, the following amendments to its Organization Certificate have been filed in the Office of the Superintendent of Banks as of the dates specified:
Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation providing for an increase in number of directors - filed on January 14, 1905 |
Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation providing for an increase in capital stock - filed on August 4, 1909 |
Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation providing for an increase in number of directors - filed on February 1, 1911 |
Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation providing for an increase in number of directors - filed on June 17, 1911 |
Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation providing for an increase in capital stock - filed on August 8, 1911 |
Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation providing for an increase in number of directors - filed on August 8, 1911 |
Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation providing for an increase in capital stock - filed on March 21, 1912 |
Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation providing for a decrease in number of directors - filed on January 15, 1915 |
Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation providing for a decrease in number of directors - filed on December 18, 1916 |
Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation providing for an increase in capital stock - filed on April 20, 1917 |
Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation providing for an increase in number of directors - filed on April 20, 1917 |
Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation providing for an increase in capital stock - filed on December 28, 1918 |
Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation providing for an increase in capital stock - filed on December 4, 1919 |
Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation providing for an increase in number of directors - filed on January 15, 1926 |
Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation providing for an increase in capital stock - filed on June 12, 1928 |
Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation providing for a change in shares - filed on April 4, 1929 |
Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation providing for a minimum and maximum number of directors - filed on January 11, 1934 |
Certificate of Extension to perpetual - filed on January 13, 1941 |
Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation providing for a minimum and maximum number of directors - filed on January 13, 1941 |
Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation providing for an increase in capital stock - filed on December 11, 1944 |
Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation providing for an increase in capital stock - filed January 30, 1953 |
Restated Certificate of Incorporation - filed November 6, 1953 |
Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation providing for an increase in capital stock - filed on April 8, 1955 |
Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation providing for an increase in capital stock - filed on February 1, 1960 |
Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation providing for an increase in capital stock - filed on July 14, 1960 |
Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation providing for a change in shares - filed on September 30, 1960 |
Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation providing for an increase in capital stock - filed on January 26, 1962 |
Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation providing for a change in shares - filed on September 9, 1963 |
Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation providing for an increase in capital stock - filed on February 7, 1964 |
Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation providing for an increase in capital stock - filed on February 24, 1965 |
Certificate of Amendment of the Organization Certificate providing for a decrease in capital stock - filed January 24, 1967 |
Restated Organization Certificate - filed June 1, 1971 |
Certificate of Amendment of the Organization Certificate providing for an increase in capital stock - filed October 29, 1976 |
Certificate of Amendment of the Organization Certificate providing for an increase in capital stock - filed December 22, 1977 |
Certificate of Amendment of the Organization Certificate providing for an increase in capital stock - filed August 5, 1980 |
Restated Organization Certificate - filed July 1, 1982 |
Certificate of Amendment of the Organization Certificate providing for an increase in capital stock - filed December 27, 1984 |
Certificate of Amendment of the Organization Certificate providing for an increase in capital stock - filed September 18, 1986 |
Certificate of Amendment of the Organization Certificate providing for a minimum and maximum number of directors - filed January 22, 1990 |
Certificate of Amendment of the Organization Certificate providing for an increase in capital stock - filed June 28, 1990 |
Restated Organization Certificate - filed August 20, 1990 |
Certificate of Amendment of the Organization Certificate providing for an increase in capital stock - filed June 26, 1992 |
Certificate of Amendment of the Organization Certificate providing for an increase in capital stock - filed March 28, 1994 |
Certificate of Amendment of the Organization Certificate providing for an increase in capital stock - filed June 23, 1995 |
Certificate of Amendment of the Organization Certificate providing for an increase in capital stock - filed December 27, 1995 |
Certificate of Amendment of the Organization Certificate providing for an increase in capital stock - filed March 21, 1996 |
Certificate of Amendment of the Organization Certificate providing for an increase in capital stock - filed December 27, 1996 |
Certificate of Amendment to the Organization Certificate providing for an increase in capital stock - filed June 27, 1997 |
Certificate of Amendment of the Organization Certificate providing for an increase in capital stock - filed September 26, 1997 |
Certificate of Amendment of the Organization Certificate providing for an increase in capital stock - filed December 29, 1997 |
Certificate of Amendment of the Organization Certificate providing for an increase in capital stock - filed March 26, 1998 |
Certificate of Amendment of the Organization Certificate providing for an increase in capital stock - filed June 23, 1998 |
Restated Organization Certificate - filed August 31, 1998 |
Certificate of Amendment of the Organization Certificate providing for an increase in capital stock - filed September 25, 1998 |
Certificate of Amendment of the Organization Certificate providing for an increase in capital stock - filed December 18, 1998; and |
Certificate of Amendment of the Organization Certificate providing for a change in the number of directors - filed September 3, 1999; and |
THAT, no amendments to its Restated Organization Certificate have been filed in the Office of the Superintendent of Banks except those set forth above; and attached hereto; and
I DO FURTHER CERTIFY THAT, BANKERS TRUST COMPANY is validly existing as a banking organization with its principal office and place of business located at 130 Liberty Street, New York, New York.
WITNESS, my hand and official seal of the Banking Department at the City of New York this 16th day of October in the Year Two Thousand and One.
/s/ P. Vincent Conlon
Deputy Superintendent of Banks |
DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS
BY-LAWS
APRIL 15, 2002
Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas
New York
BY-LAWS
of
Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas
ARTICLE I
MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS
SECTION 1. The annual meeting of the stockholders of this Company shall be held at the office of the Company in the Borough of Manhattan, City of New York, in January of each year, for the election of directors and such other business as may properly come before said meeting.
SECTION 2. Special meetings of stockholders other than those regulated by statute may be called at any time by a majority of the directors. It shall be the duty of the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President or any Co-President to call such meetings whenever requested in writing to do so by stockholders owning a majority of the capital stock.
SECTION 3. At all meetings of stockholders, there shall be present, either in person or by proxy, stockholders owning a majority of the capital stock of the Company, in order to constitute a quorum, except at special elections of directors, as provided by law, but less than a quorum shall have power to adjourn any meeting.
SECTION 4. The Chairman of the Board or, in his absence, the Chief Executive Officer or, in his absence, the President or any Co-President or, in their absence, the senior officer present, shall preside at meetings of the stockholders and shall direct the proceedings and the order of business. The Secretary shall act as secretary of such meetings and record the proceedings.
ARTICLE II
DIRECTORS
SECTION 1. The affairs of the Company shall be managed and its corporate powers exercised by a Board of Directors consisting of such number of directors, but not less than seven nor more than fifteen, as may from time to time be fixed by resolution adopted by a majority of the directors then in office, or by the stockholders. In the event of any increase in the number of directors, additional directors may be elected within the limitations so fixed, either by the stockholders or within the limitations imposed by law, by a majority of directors then in office. One-third of the number of directors, as fixed from time to time, shall constitute a quorum. Any one or more members of the Board of Directors or any Committee thereof may participate in a meeting of the Board of Directors or Committee thereof by means of a conference telephone, video conference or similar communications equipment which allows all persons participating in the meeting to hear each other at the same time. Participation by such means shall constitute presence in person at such a meeting.
All directors hereafter elected shall hold office until the next annual meeting of the stockholders and until their successors are elected and have qualified.
No Officer-Director who shall have attained age 65, or earlier relinquishes his responsibilities and title, shall be eligible to serve as a director.
SECTION 2. Vacancies not exceeding one-third of the whole number of the Board of Directors may be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors then in office, and the directors so elected shall hold office for the balance of the unexpired term.
SECTION 3. The Chairman of the Board shall preside at meetings of the Board of Directors. In his absence, the Chief Executive Officer or, in his absence the President or any Co-President or, in their absence such other director as the Board of Directors from time to time may designate shall preside at such meetings.
SECTION 4. The Board of Directors may adopt such Rules and Regulations for the conduct of its meetings and the management of the affairs of the Company as it may deem proper, not inconsistent with the laws of the State of New York, or these By-Laws, and all officers and employees shall strictly adhere to, and be bound by, such Rules and Regulations.
SECTION 5. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held from time to time provided, however, that the Board of Directors shall hold a regular meeting not less than six times a year, provided that during any three consecutive calendar months the Board of Directors shall meet at least once, and its Executive Committee shall not be required to meet at least once in each thirty day period during which the Board of Directors does not meet. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called upon at least two day's notice whenever it may be deemed proper by the Chairman of the Board or, the Chief Executive Officer or, the President or any Co-President or, in their absence, by such other director as the Board of Directors may have designated pursuant to Section 3 of this Article, and shall be called upon like notice whenever any three of the directors so request in writing.
SECTION 6. The compensation of directors as such or as members of committees shall be fixed from time to time by resolution of the Board of Directors.
ARTICLE III
COMMITTEES
SECTION 1. There shall be an Executive Committee of the Board consisting of not less than five directors who shall be appointed annually by the Board of Directors. The Chairman of the Board shall preside at meetings of the Executive Committee. In his absence, the Chief Executive Officer or, in his absence, the President or any Co-President or, in their absence, such other member of the Committee as the Committee from time to time may designate shall preside at such meetings.
The Executive Committee shall possess and exercise to the extent permitted by law all of the powers of the Board of Directors, except when the latter is in session, and shall keep minutes of its proceedings, which shall be presented to the Board of Directors at its next subsequent meeting. All acts done and powers and authority conferred by the Executive Committee from time to time shall be and be deemed to be, and may be certified as being, the act and under the authority of the Board of Directors.
A majority of the Committee shall constitute a quorum, but the Committee may act only by the concurrent vote of not less than one-third of its members, at least one of who must be a director other than an officer. Any one or more directors, even though not members of the Executive Committee, may attend any meeting of the Committee, and the member or members of the Committee present, even though less than a quorum, may designate any one or more of such directors as a substitute or substitutes for any absent member or members of the Committee, and each such substitute or substitutes shall be counted for quorum, voting, and all other purposes as a member or members of the Committee.
SECTION 2. There shall be an Audit Committee appointed annually by resolution adopted by a majority of the entire Board of Directors which shall consist of such number of directors, who are not also officers of the Company, as may from time to time be fixed by resolution adopted by the Board of Directors. The Chairman shall be designated by the Board of Directors, who shall also from time to time fix a quorum for meetings of the Committee. Such Committee shall conduct the annual directors' examinations of the Company as required by the New York State Banking Law; shall review the reports of all examinations made of the Company by public authorities and report thereon to the Board of Directors; and shall report to the Board of Directors such other matters as it deems advisable with respect to the Company, its various departments and the conduct of its operations.
In the performance of its duties, the Audit Committee may employ or retain, from time to time, expert assistants, independent of the officers or personnel of the Company, to make studies of the Company's assets and liabilities as the Committee may request and to make an examination of the accounting and auditing methods of the Company and its system of internal protective controls to the extent considered necessary or advisable in order to determine that the operations of the Company, including its fiduciary departments, are being audited by the General Auditor in such a manner as to provide prudent and adequate protection. The Committee also may direct the General Auditor to make such investigation as it deems necessary or advisable with respect to the Company, its various departments and the conduct of its operations. The Committee shall hold regular quarterly meetings and during the intervals thereof shall meet at other times on call of the Chairman.
SECTION 3. The Board of Directors shall have the power to appoint any other Committees as may seem necessary, and from time to time to suspend or continue the powers and duties of such Committees. Each Committee appointed pursuant to this Article shall serve at the pleasure of the Board of Directors.
ARTICLE IV
OFFICERS
SECTION 1. The Board of Directors shall elect from among their number a Chairman of the Board and a Chief Executive Officer; and shall also elect a President, or two or more Co-Presidents, and may also elect, one or more Vice Chairmen, one or more Executive Vice Presidents, one or more Managing Directors, one or more Senior Vice Presidents, one or more Directors, one or more Vice Presidents, one or more General Managers, a Secretary, a Controller, a Treasurer, a General Counsel, a General Auditor, a General Credit Auditor, who need not be directors. The officers of the corporation may also include such other officers or assistant officers as shall from time to time be elected or appointed by the Board. The Chairman of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer or, in their absence, the President or any Co-President, or any Vice Chairman, may from time to time appoint assistant officers. All officers elected or appointed by the Board of Directors shall hold their respective offices during the pleasure of the Board of Directors, and all assistant officers shall hold office at the pleasure of the Board or the Chairman of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer or, in their absence, the President, or any Co-President or any Vice Chairman. The Board of Directors may require any and all officers and employees to give security for the faithful performance of their duties.
SECTION 2. The Board of Directors shall designate the Chief Executive Officer of the Company who may also hold the additional title of Chairman of the Board, or President, or any Co-President, and such person shall have, subject to the supervision and direction of the Board of Directors or the Executive Committee, all of the powers vested in such Chief Executive Officer by law or by these By-Laws, or which usually attach or pertain to such office. The other officers shall have, subject to the supervision and direction of the Board of Directors or the Executive Committee or the Chairman of the Board or, the Chief Executive Officer, the powers vested by law or by these By-Laws in them as holders of their respective offices and, in addition, shall perform such other duties as shall be assigned to them by the Board of Directors or the Executive Committee or the Chairman of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer.
The General Auditor shall be responsible, through the Audit Committee, to the Board of Directors for the determination of the program of the internal audit function and the evaluation of the adequacy of the system of internal controls. Subject to the Board of Directors, the General Auditor shall have and may exercise all the powers and shall perform all the duties usual to such office and shall have such other powers as may be prescribed or assigned to him from time to time by the Board of Directors or vested in him by law or by these By-Laws. He shall perform such other duties and shall make such investigations, examinations and reports as may be prescribed or required by the Audit Committee. The General Auditor shall have unrestricted access to all records and premises of the Company and shall delegate such authority to his subordinates. He shall have the duty to report to the Audit Committee on all matters concerning the internal audit program and the adequacy of the system of internal controls of the Company which he deems advisable or which the Audit Committee may request. Additionally, the General Auditor shall have the duty of reporting independently of all officers of the Company to the Audit Committee at least quarterly on any matters concerning the internal audit program and the adequacy of the system of internal controls of the Company that should be brought to the attention of the directors except those matters responsibility for which has been vested in the General Credit Auditor. Should the General Auditor deem any matter to be of special immediate importance, he shall report thereon forthwith to the Audit Committee. The General Auditor shall report to the Chief Financial Officer only for administrative purposes.
The General Credit Auditor shall be responsible to the Chief Executive Officer and, through the Audit Committee, to the Board of Directors for the systems of internal credit audit, shall perform such other duties as the Chief Executive Officer may prescribe, and shall make such examinations and reports as may be required by the Audit Committee. The General Credit Auditor shall have unrestricted access to all records and may delegate such authority to subordinates.
SECTION 3. The compensation of all officers shall be fixed under such plan or plans of position evaluation and salary administration as shall be approved from time to time by resolution of the Board of Directors.
SECTION 4. The Board of Directors, the Executive Committee, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or any person authorized for this purpose by the Chief Executive Officer, shall appoint or engage all other employees and agents and fix their compensation. The employment of all such employees and agents shall continue during the pleasure of the Board of Directors or the Executive Committee or the Chairman of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer or any such authorized person; and the Board of Directors, the Executive Committee, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or any such authorized person may discharge any such employees and agents at will.
ARTICLE V
INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS, OFFICERS AND OTHERS
SECTION 1. The Company shall, to the fullest extent permitted by Section 7018 of the New York Banking Law, indemnify any person who is or was made, or threatened to be made, a party to an action or proceeding, whether civil or criminal, whether involving any actual or alleged breach of duty, neglect or error, any accountability, or any actual or alleged misstatement, misleading statement or other act or omission and whether brought or threatened in any court or administrative or legislative body or agency, including an action by or in the right of the Company to procure a judgment in its favor and an action by or in the right of any other corporation of any type or kind, domestic or foreign, or any partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise, which any director or officer of the Company is servicing or served in any capacity at the request of the Company by reason of the fact that he, his testator or intestate, is or was a director or officer of the Company, or is serving or served such other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise in any capacity, against judgments, fines, amounts paid in settlement, and costs, charges and expenses, including attorneys' fees, or any appeal therein; provided, however, that no indemnification shall be provided to any such person if a judgment or other final adjudication adverse to the director or officer establishes that (i) his acts were committed in bad faith or were the result of active and deliberate dishonesty and, in either case, were material to the cause of action so adjudicated, or (ii) he personally gained in fact a financial profit or other advantage to which he was not legally entitled.
SECTION 2. The Company may indemnify any other person to whom the Company is permitted to provide indemnification or the advancement of expenses by applicable law, whether pursuant to rights granted pursuant to, or provided by, the New York Banking Law or other rights created by (i) a resolution of stockholders, (ii) a resolution of directors, or (iii) an agreement providing for such indemnification, it being expressly intended that these By-Laws authorize the creation of other rights in any such manner.
SECTION 3. The Company shall, from time to time, reimburse or advance to any person referred to in Section 1 the funds necessary for payment of expenses, including attorneys' fees, incurred in connection with any action or proceeding referred to in Section 1, upon receipt of a written undertaking by or on behalf of such person to repay such amount(s) if a judgment or other final adjudication adverse to the director or officer establishes that (i) his acts were committed in bad faith or were the result of active and deliberate dishonesty and, in either case, were material to the cause of action so adjudicated, or (ii) he personally gained in fact a financial profit or other advantage to which he was not legally entitled.
SECTION 4. Any director or officer of the Company serving (i) another corporation, of which a majority of the shares entitled to vote in the election of its directors is held by the Company, or (ii) any employee benefit plan of the Company or any corporation referred to in clause (i) in any capacity shall be deemed to be doing so at the request of the Company. In all other cases, the provisions of this Article V will apply (i) only if the person serving another corporation or any partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise so served at the specific request of the Company, evidenced by a written communication signed by the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President or any Co-President, and (ii) only if and to the extent that, after making such efforts as the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President or any Co-President shall deem adequate in the circumstances, such person shall be unable to obtain indemnification from such other enterprise or its insurer.
SECTION 5. Any person entitled to be indemnified or to the reimbursement or advancement of expenses as a matter of right pursuant to this Article V may elect to have the right to indemnification (or advancement of expenses) interpreted on the basis of the applicable law in effect at the time of occurrence of the event or events giving rise to the action or proceeding, to the extent permitted by law, or on the basis of the applicable law in effect at the time indemnification is sought.
SECTION 6. The right to be indemnified or to the reimbursement or advancement of expense pursuant to this Article V (i) is a contract right pursuant to which the person entitled thereto may bring suit as if the provisions hereof were set forth in a separate written contract between the Company and the director or officer, (ii) is intended to be retroactive and shall be available with respect to events occurring prior to the adoption hereof, and (iii) shall continue to exist after the rescission or restrictive modification hereof with respect to events occurring prior thereto.
SECTION 7. If a request to be indemnified or for the reimbursement or advancement of expenses pursuant hereto is not paid in full by the Company within thirty days after a written claim has been received by the Company, the claimant may at any time thereafter bring suit against the Company to recover the unpaid amount of the claim and, if successful in whole or in part, the claimant shall be entitled also to be paid the expenses of prosecuting such claim. Neither the failure of the Company (including its Board of Directors, independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such action that indemnification of or reimbursement or advancement of expenses to the claimant is proper in the circumstance, nor an actual determination by the Company (including its Board of Directors, independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) that the claimant is not entitled to indemnification or to the reimbursement or advancement of expenses, shall be a defense to the action or create a presumption that the claimant is not so entitled.
SECTION 8. A person who has been successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of a civil or criminal action or proceeding of the character described in Section 1 shall be entitled to indemnification only as provided in Sections 1 and 3, notwithstanding any provision of the New York Banking Law to the contrary.
ARTICLE VI
SEAL
SECTION 1. The Board of Directors shall provide a seal for the Company, the counterpart dies of which shall be in the charge of the Secretary of the Company and such officers as the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or the Secretary may from time to time direct in writing, to be affixed to certificates of stock and other documents in accordance with the directions of the Board of Directors or the Executive Committee.
SECTION 2. The Board of Directors may provide, in proper cases on a specified occasion and for a specified transaction or transactions, for the use of a printed or engraved facsimile seal of the Company.
ARTICLE VII
CAPITAL STOCK
SECTION 1. Registration of transfer of shares shall only be made upon the books of the Company by the registered holder in person, or by power of attorney, duly executed, witnessed and filed with the Secretary or other proper officer of the Company, on the surrender of the certificate or certificates of such shares properly assigned for transfer.
ARTICLE VIII
CONSTRUCTION
SECTION 1. The masculine gender, when appearing in these By-Laws, shall be deemed to include the feminine gender.
ARTICLE IX
AMENDMENTS
SECTION 1. These By-Laws may be altered, amended or added to by the Board of Directors at any meeting, or by the stockholders at any annual or special meeting, provided notice thereof has been given.
I, Susan Johnson, Vice President, of Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, New York, New York, hereby certify that the foregoing is a complete, true and correct copy of the By-Laws of Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, and that the same are in full force and effect at this date.
___________________________________ Vice President |
DATED AS OF: December 18, 2003
DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS - ------------------------------------ FFIEC 031 Legal Title of Bank RC-1 NEW YORK - ------------------------------------ City 11 NY 10005-2858 - ------------------------------------ State Zip Code FDIC Certificate Number - 00623 Consolidated Report of Condition for Insured Commercial and State-Chartered Savings Banks for September 30, 2003 All schedules are to be reported in thousands of dollars. Unless otherwise indicated, reported the amount outstanding as of the last business day of the quarter. Schedule RC--Balance Sheet Dollar Amounts in Thousands RCFD - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASSETS / / / / / / / / / / / / / / 1. Cash and balances due from depository institutions (from Schedule RC-A): / / / / / / / / / / / / / / a. Noninterest-bearing balances and currency and coin (1)........ 0081 2,807,000 1.a. b. Interest-bearing balances (2)................................. 0071 113,000 1.b. 2. Securities: / / / / / / / / / / / / / / a. Held-to-maturity securities (from Schedule RC-B, column A).... 1754 0 2.a. b. Available-for-sale securities (from Schedule RC-B, column D).. 1773 58,000 2.b. 3. Federal funds sold and securities purchased under agreements to RCON 3. resell.............................................................. a. Federal funds sold in domestic offices......................... B987 1,958,000 3.a RCFD b. Securities purchased under agreements to resell (3)............ B989 5,503,0000 3.b 4. Loans and lease financing receivables (from Schedule RC-C): / / / / / / / / / / / / / / a. Loans and leases held for sale 5369 0 4.a. b. Loans and leases, net unearned income........... B528 10,097,000 / / / / / / / / / / / / / / 4.b. c. LESS: Allowance for loan and lease losses..... 3123 406,000 / / / / / / / / / / / / / / 4.c. d. Loans and leases, net of unearned income and / / / / / / / / / / / / / / allowance (item 4.b minus 4.c)................................. B529 7,149,000 4.d. 5. Trading Assets (from schedule RC-D)................................. 3545 12,644,000 5. 6. Premises and fixed assets (including capitalized leases)............ 2145 278,000 6. 7. Other real estate owned (from Schedule RC-M)........................ 2150 60,000 7. 8. Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries and associated companies (from Schedule RC-M)...................................... 2130 3,046,000 8. 9. Customers' liability to this bank on acceptances outstanding........ 2155 0 10. Intangible assets................................................... / / / / / / / / / / / / / / a. Goodwill....................................................... 3163 0 10.a b. Other intangible assets (from Schedule RC-M)................... 0426 29,000 10.b 11. Other assets (from Schedule RC-F).................................... 2160 2,193,000 11. 12. Total assets (sum of items 1 through 11)............................. 2170 35,838,000 12.
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(1) | Includes cash items in process of collection and unposted debits. |
(2) | Includes time certificates of deposit not held for trading. |
(3) | Includes all securities resale agreements in domestic and foreign offices, regardless of maturity. |
DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS FFIEC 031 - ------------------------------------- Legal Title of Bank RC-2 FDIC Certificate Number - 00623 12 Schedule RC--Continued Dollar Amounts in Thousands - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LIABILITIES 13. Deposits: / / / / / / / / / / / / / / a. In domestic offices (sum of totals of columns A and C from Schedule RC-E, part I) RCON 2200 8,679,000 13.a. (1) Noninterest-bearing(1).............. RCON 6631 3,050,000 / / / / / / / / / / / / / / 13.a(1) (2) Interest-bearing..................... RCON 6636 6,784,000 / / / / / / / / / / / / / / 13.a(2) b. In foreign offices, Edge and Agreement subsidiaries, and IBFs (from Schedule RC-E / / / / / / / / / / / / / / part II) RCFN 2200 8,941,000 13.b.(1) (1) Noninterest-bearing................ RCFN 6631 1,814,000 / / / / / / / / / / / / / / (2) Interest-bearing................... RCFN 6636 7,609,000 / / / / / / / / / / / / / / 13.b.(2) 14. Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase: RCON a. Federal Funds purchased in domestic offices (2)................... B993 7,341,000 14.a RCFD b. Securities sold under agreements to repurchase (3)................ 8995 0 14.b 15. Trading liabilities (from Schedule RC-D) RCFD 3548 1,331,000 15. 16. Other borrowed money (includes mortgage indebtedness and obligations under capitalized leases): / / / / / / / / / / / / / / Schedule RC-M): RCFD 3190 103,000 16. 17. Not Applicable. / / / / / / / / / / / / / / 17. 18. Bank's liability on acceptances executed and outstanding.............. RCFD 2920 0 18. 19. Subordinated notes and debentures (2)................................. RCFD 3200 9,000 19. 20. Other liabilities (from Schedule RC-G)................................ RCFD 2930 1,711,000 20. 21. Total liabilities (sum of items 13 through 20)........................ RCFD 2948 28,115,000 21. 22. Minority interest in consolidated subsidiaries........................ RCFD 3000 624,000 22. / / / / / / / / / / / / / / EQUITY CAPITAL / / / / / / / / / / / / / / 23. Perpetual preferred stock and related surplus......................... RCFD 3838 1,500,000 23. 24. Common stock.......................................................... RCFD 3230 2,127,000 24. 25. Surplus (exclude all surplus related to preferred stock).............. RCFD 3839 584,000 25. 26. a. Retained earnings................................................ RCFD3632 2,879,000 26.a. b. Accumulated other comprehensive Income (3)....................... RCFD B530 9,000 26.b. 27. Other equity capital components (4)................................... RCFD A130 0 27. 28. Total equity capital (sum of items 23 through 27)..................... RCFD 3210 7,099,000 28. 29. Total liabilities, minority interest, and equity capital (sum of items 21, 22, and 28)................................. RCFD 3300 35,838,000 29. /________/ Memorandum To be reported only with the March Report of Condition. 1. Indicate in the box at the right the number of the statement below that best describes the most comprehensive level of auditing work performed for the bank by independent external Number auditors as of any date during 2001 ------------------------------------ RCFD 6724 N/A M.1 - ---------------------------------------------------
1 = | Independent audit of the bank conducted in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards by a certifiedpublic accounting firm which submits a report on the bank |
2 = | Independent audit of the bank's parent holding company conducted in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards by a certified public accounting firm which submits a report on the consolidated holding company (but not on the bank separately) |
3 = | Attestation on bank management's assertion on the effectiveness of the bank's internal control over financial reporting by a certified public accounting firm |
4 = | Directors' examination of the bank conducted in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards by a certified public accounting firm (may be required by state chartering authority) |
5 = | Directors' examination of the bank performed by other external auditors (may be required by state chartering authority) |
6 = | Review of the bank's financial statements by external auditors |
7 = | Compilation of the bank's financial statements by external auditors |
8 = | Other audit procedures (excluding tax preparation work) |
9 = | No external audit work |
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(1) | Includes total demand deposits and noninterest-bearing time and savings deposits. |
Report overnight Federal Home Loan Bank advances in Schedule RC, Item 16, "other borrowed money." |
(3) | Includes all securities repurchase agreements in domestic and foreign offices, regardless of maturity. |
(4) | Includes limited-life preferred stock and related surplus. |
(5) | Includes net unrealized holding gains (losses) on available-for-sale securities, accumulated net gains (losses) on cash flow hedges, cumulative foreign currency translation adjustments, and minimum pension liability adjustments. |
(6) | Includes treasury stock and unearned Employee Stock Plan shares. |