EXHIBIT 10.4
      
      
      
 
SALE AND SERVICING AGREEMENT
among
GS AUTO LOAN TRUST 2005-1,
as Issuer,
GOLDMAN SACHS ASSET BACKED SECURITIES CORP.,
as Depositor,
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Indenture Trustee,
and
GOLDMAN SACHS MORTGAGE COMPANY,
as Servicer
Dated as of August 19, 2005
 

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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            ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS AND USAGE     1   ARTICLE II TRANSFERRED
ASSETS     1  
SECTION 2.1
  Conveyance of Transferred Assets; Intent of the Parties     1  
SECTION 2.2
  Representations and Warranties of the Depositor regarding the Receivables    
1  
SECTION 2.3
  Repurchase upon Breach     2  
SECTION 2.4
  Custody of Receivable Files     3  
SECTION 2.5
  Representations and Warranties as to the Security Interest of the Issuer in
the Receivables     3   ARTICLE III ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF RECEIVABLES
AND TRUST PROPERTY     4  
SECTION 3.1
  Duties of Servicer     4  
SECTION 3.2
  Collection of Receivable Payments     5  
SECTION 3.3
  Realization Upon Receivables     5  
SECTION 3.4
  Maintenance of Security Interests in Financed Vehicles     6  
SECTION 3.5
  Covenants of Servicer     6  
SECTION 3.6
  Purchase of Receivables Upon Breach     6  
SECTION 3.7
  Servicer Fees     7  
SECTION 3.8
  Monthly Noteholder Report     7  
SECTION 3.9
  Annual Statement as to Compliance; Notice of Event of Servicing Termination  
  8  
SECTION 3.10
  Annual Independent Certified Public Accountant's Report     8  
SECTION 3.11
  Access to Certain Documentation and Information Regarding Receivables     9  
SECTION 3.12
  Servicer Expenses     9  
SECTION 3.13
  Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002     9   ARTICLE IV DISTRIBUTIONS; STATEMENTS TO
NOTEHOLDERS AND CERTIFICATEHOLDERS     9  
SECTION 4.1
  Accounts     9  
SECTION 4.2
  Collections     11  
SECTION 4.3
  Application of Collections     11  
SECTION 4.4
  Additional Deposits     11  
SECTION 4.5
  Distributions     11  
SECTION 4.6
  Net Deposits     11  

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SECTION 4.7
  Statements to Noteholders and Certificateholders     11  
SECTION 4.8
  Subcertifications of Indenture Trustee in Connection with Sarbanes-Oxley
Certifications     13   ARTICLE V THE DEPOSITOR     13  
SECTION 5.1
  Representations, Warranties and Covenants of Depositor     13  
SECTION 5.2
  Liability of Depositor; Indemnities     15  
SECTION 5.3
  Merger or Consolidation of, or Assumption of the Obligations of Depositor    
15  
SECTION 5.4
  Limitation on Liability of Depositor and Others     15  
SECTION 5.5
  Depositor May Own Notes or Certificates     15  
SECTION 5.6
  Sarbanes-Oxley Certifications     15   ARTICLE VI THE SERVICER     16  
SECTION 6.1
  Representations of Servicer     16  
SECTION 6.2
  Indemnities of Servicer     17  
SECTION 6.3
  Merger or Consolidation of, or Assumption of the Obligations of Servicer    
17  
SECTION 6.4
  Limitation on Liability of Servicer and Others     17  
SECTION 6.5
  Subservicing and Delegation of Duties     18  
SECTION 6.6
  Servicer Not to Resign as Servicer; Resignation and Termination of Receivables
Servicers     19  
SECTION 6.7
  Servicer May Own Notes or Certificates     19   ARTICLE VII SERVICING
TERMINATION     19  
SECTION 7.1
  Events of Servicing Termination     19  
SECTION 7.2
  Appointment of Successor Servicer     21  
SECTION 7.3
  Notification to Noteholders and Certificateholders     22  
SECTION 7.4
  Waiver of Past Events of Servicing Termination     22   ARTICLE VIII
TERMINATION     23  
SECTION 8.1
  Optional Purchase of All Receivables     23  
SECTION 8.2
  Succession Upon Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture     23   ARTICLE IX
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS     23  
SECTION 9.1
  Amendment     23  
SECTION 9.2
  Protection of Title to Trust Property     24  

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SECTION 9.3
  Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial     26  
SECTION 9.4
  Notices     26  
SECTION 9.5
  Severability of Provisions     27  
SECTION 9.6
  No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies     27  
SECTION 9.7
  Third-Party Beneficiaries     27  
SECTION 9.8
  Limitation of Liability of the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee     28
 
SECTION 9.9
  Transfers Intended as Sale; Security Interest     28  
SECTION 9.10
  No Petition     29  
SECTION 9.11
  Execution in Counterparts     29  
SECTION 9.12
  Headings     29   Appendix A Definitions and Usage         Appendix B Form of
Certification to be Provided to the Depositor by the Indenture Trustee        
Schedule A Receivables        

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     This SALE AND SERVICING AGREEMENT, dated as of August 19, 2005 (as from
time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified and in effect, this
“Agreement”), is among GS AUTO LOAN TRUST 2005-1 (the “Issuer”), a Delaware
statutory trust, GOLDMAN SACHS ASSET BACKED SECURITIES CORP., a Delaware
corporation (the “Depositor”), JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as
Indenture Trustee (in such capacity, the “Indenture Trustee”), and GOLDMAN SACHS
MORTGAGE COMPANY, a New York limited partnership, as servicer (in such capacity,
the “Servicer”).
     WHEREAS, the Issuer desires to purchase from the Depositor a portfolio of
receivables and related property consisting of motor vehicle retail installment
sale contracts and loans;
     WHEREAS, the Servicer is willing to service such receivables on behalf of
the Issuer.
     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants
herein contained, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as
follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND USAGE
     Except as otherwise specified herein or as the context may otherwise
require, capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein are defined in
Appendix A hereto, which also contains rules as to usage that shall be
applicable herein.
ARTICLE II
TRANSFERRED ASSETS
     SECTION 2.1 Conveyance of Transferred Assets; Intent of the Parties. In
consideration of the Issuer’s delivery to, or upon the order of, the Depositor
of the Notes and the Certificates, the Depositor does hereby irrevocably sell,
transfer, assign and otherwise convey to the Issuer without recourse (subject to
the obligations herein) all right, title and interest of the Depositor, whether
now owned or hereafter acquired, in and to the Transferred Assets. The sale,
transfer, assignment and conveyance made hereunder shall not constitute and is
not intended to result in an assumption by the Issuer of any obligation of the
Depositor or any other Person to the Obligors or any other Person in connection
with the Receivables and the other Transferred Assets or any agreement, document
or instrument related thereto. The Depositor and the Issuer intend that the
sale, transfer, assignment and conveyance of the Transferred Assets pursuant to
this Section 2.1 shall be a sale and not a secured borrowing.
     SECTION 2.2 Representations and Warranties of the Depositor regarding the
Receivables. The Depositor makes the following representations and warranties
with respect to the Receivables, on which the Issuer relies in purchasing the
Receivables and pledging the same to the Indenture Trustee. Such representations
and warranties speak as of the Closing Date, but shall survive the sale,
transfer and assignment of the Receivables by the Depositor to the Issuer
pursuant to this Agreement and the pledge of the Receivables by the Issuer to
the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Indenture.

 

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     (i) Schedule of Receivables. No selection procedures adverse to the
Securityholders have been used by the Depositor in selecting the Receivables
from all receivables owned by the Depositor which meet the selection criteria
specified herein.
     (ii) No Sale or Transfer. No Receivable has been sold, transferred,
assigned or pledged by the Depositor to any Person other than the Issuer.
     (iii) Good Title. Immediately prior to the transfer and assignment of the
Receivables to the Issuer herein contemplated, each Receivable was free and
clear of all Liens created by the Depositor; and, immediately upon the transfer
thereof, the Issuer has either (i) good and marketable title to each Receivable,
free and clear of all of all Liens and rights of others to the extent created by
the Depositor and the transfer has been perfected under applicable law or (ii) a
first priority perfected security interest in the Depositor’s rights in each
Receivable.
     SECTION 2.3 Repurchase upon Breach. (a) Each of the Depositor, the
Servicer, the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee shall inform the other parties to
this Agreement promptly, in writing, upon the discovery by it of any breach of
the Depositor’s representations and warranties pursuant to Section 2.2 which
materially and adversely affects the interest of the Issuer in any Receivable.
Unless the breach shall have been cured by the last day of the second Collection
Period following written notice to the Indenture Trustee of such breach, the
Depositor shall repurchase any Receivable for which the interest of the Issuer
is materially and adversely affected by such breach as of such last day (or, at
the Depositor’s option, the last day of the first Collection Period following
the discovery). Any such breach shall not be deemed to have a material and
adverse effect on the interests of the Issuer if such breach does not affect the
ability of the Issuer to receive and retain timely payment in full on the
related Receivable. The Depositor shall remit the related Purchase Amount (less
any Liquidation Proceeds deposited, or to be deposited, in the Collection
Account with respect to such Receivable pursuant to Section 3.3), in the manner
specified in Section 4.4.
          (b) In addition to the foregoing repurchase obligations, if the
interest of the Issuer in any Receivable is materially and adversely affected by
a breach by an Originator of a representation or warranty relating to such
Receivable in an Originator Purchase Agreement, the Depositor shall repurchase
such Receivable from the Issuer but only if the Originator shall in fact
repurchase such Receivable. The Depositor shall remit the purchase price paid by
the Originator with respect to such Receivable pursuant to Section 3.3 of this
Agreement to or at the direction of the Issuer or Indenture Trustee, as the case
may be.
          (c) The sole remedy of the Issuer, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture
Trustee, the Noteholders or the Certificateholders with respect to a breach of
any of the representations and warranties referred to in Sections 2.3(a) and
(b) shall be the repurchase of the related Receivables pursuant to
Section 2.3(a) or (b), as applicable.
          (d) Neither the Owner Trustee nor the Indenture Trustee shall have any
duty to conduct an affirmative investigation as to the occurrence of any
condition requiring the
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repurchase of any Receivable pursuant to this Section 2.3 or the eligibility of
any Receivable for purposes of this Agreement.
          (e) With respect to all Receivables purchased pursuant to this
Section 2.3, the Issuer shall assign to the Depositor or the applicable
Originator, as the case may be, without recourse, representation or warranty,
all of the Issuer’s right, title and interest in and to such Receivables and all
security and documents relating thereto.
     SECTION 2.4 Custody of Receivable Files. The Issuer hereby revocably
appoints the Servicer, and the Servicer hereby accepts such appointment, to act
as the agent of the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee as custodian of the
following documents or instruments, which are hereby constructively delivered to
the Indenture Trustee, as pledgee of the Issuer pursuant to the Indenture, with
respect to each Receivable:
     (i) the original executed Receivable or, if no such original exists, a copy
thereof;
     (ii) the original credit application fully executed by the Obligor or a
photocopy thereof or a record thereof on a computer file, diskette or on
microfiche;
     (iii) the original certificate of title or such documents that the related
Receivables Servicer keeps on file, in accordance with its customary procedures,
evidencing the security interest of the related Originator in the related
Financed Vehicle; and
     (iv) any and all other documents (including any computer file, diskette or
microfiche) that the Servicer or the related Receivables Servicer shall keep on
file, in accordance with its or the related Receivables Servicer’s customary
procedures, relating to a Receivable.
     The Servicer shall be permitted to appoint the applicable Receivables
Servicer to hold the documents and instruments relating to those Receivables for
the benefit of the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee. The Issuer and the
Indenture Trustee shall have no responsibility to monitor the Servicer’s (or the
Receivables Servicers’) performance as custodian and shall have no liability in
connection with the Servicer’s (or the Receivables Servicers’) performance of
such duties hereunder.
     SECTION 2.5 Representations and Warranties as to the Security Interest of
the Issuer in the Receivables. The Depositor makes the following representations
and warranties to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee. The representations and
warranties speak as of the execution and delivery of this Agreement and as of
the Closing Date, and shall survive the sale of the Trust Property to the Issuer
and the pledge thereof to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Indenture.
          (a) This Agreement creates a valid and continuing security interest
(as defined in the UCC) in the Receivables in favor of the Issuer, which
security interest is prior to all other Liens, and is enforceable as such as
against creditors of and purchasers from the Depositor.
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          (b) The Receivables constitute “tangible chattel paper” within the
meaning of Article 9 of the UCC.
          (c) Immediately prior to its transfer to the Issuer, each Receivable
was free and clear of any Lien created by the Depositor.
          (d) The Depositor 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 Receivables granted to the Issuer hereunder. Each such
financing statement will contain a statement to the following effect “A purchase
of or security interest in any collateral described in this financing statement
will violate the rights of the Secured Party.”
          (e) Other than the security interest granted to the Issuer pursuant to
this Agreement, the Depositor has not pledged, assigned, sold, granted a
security interest in, or otherwise conveyed any of the Receivables. The
Depositor has not authorized the filing of and is not aware of any financing
statements against the Depositor that include a description of collateral
covering the Receivables other than any financing statement relating to the
security interest granted to the Issuer hereunder or that has been terminated.
The Depositor is not aware of any judgment or tax lien filings against it.
          (f) The contracts that constitute or evidence the Receivables do not
have any marks or notations indicating that they have been pledged, assigned or
otherwise conveyed to any Person other than the Seller or the Issuer.
     Each of the parties hereto agrees that it shall not, without satisfaction
of the Rating Agency Condition, waive any of the representations and warranties
in this Section 2.5.
ARTICLE III
ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF RECEIVABLES AND TRUST PROPERTY
     SECTION 3.1 Duties of Servicer. The Servicer shall (or shall in accordance
with Section 6.5 require the Receivables Servicers to) manage, service,
administer and make collections on the Receivables with reasonable care, using
that degree of skill and attention that the Servicer (or the related Receivables
Servicer) exercises with respect to all comparable new or used automobile and
light-duty truck receivables that it (or the related Receivables Servicer)
services for itself or others. The duties the Servicer shall be responsible to
delegate to the Receivables Servicers include collection and posting of all
payments, responding to inquiries of Obligors on such Receivables, investigating
delinquencies, reporting tax information to Obligors and accounting for
collections. The Servicer shall follow its customary standards, policies and
procedures in performing its duties as Servicer or those standards of the
applicable Receivables Servicer set forth in the related Receivables Servicing
Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Servicer is
hereby (and each Receivables Servicer pursuant to its Receivables Servicing
Agreement is thereby) authorized and empowered to execute and deliver, on behalf
of itself (or the Servicer, in the case of a Receivables Servicer), the Issuer,
the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Noteholders, the
Certificateholders, or any of them, any and
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all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or partial or full release or
discharge, and all other comparable instruments, with respect to such
Receivables or to the Financed Vehicles securing such Receivables. If the
Servicer (or the related Receivables Servicer) shall commence a legal proceeding
to enforce a Receivable, the Issuer (in the case of a Receivable other than a
Purchased Receivable) shall thereupon be deemed to have automatically assigned,
solely for the purpose of collection, such Receivable to the Servicer (or the
related Receivables Servicer). If in any enforcement suit or legal proceeding it
shall be held that the Servicer (or the related Receivables Servicer) may not
enforce a Receivable on the ground that it is not a real party in interest or a
holder entitled to enforce the Receivable, the Issuer shall, at the Servicer’s
expense and direction (or, to the extent permitted in the related Receivables
Servicing Agreement, the related Receivables Servicer’s expense and direction),
take steps to enforce the Receivable, including bringing suit in its name or the
names of the Indenture Trustee, the Noteholders, the Certificateholders, or any
of them. The Issuer shall furnish the Servicer (or the related Receivables
Servicer) with any powers of attorney and other documents reasonably necessary
or appropriate to enable the Servicer to carry out its servicing and
administrative duties hereunder.
     SECTION 3.2 Collection of Receivable Payments. The Servicer shall (or shall
in accordance with Section 6.5 require the related Receivables Servicer to) make
reasonable efforts to collect all payments called for under the terms and
provisions of the Receivables as and when the same shall become due and shall
follow such collection procedures as it follows with respect to all comparable
new or used automobile and light-duty truck receivables that it services for
itself and others. To the extent the Indenture Trustee becomes aware of any
breach by a Receivables Servicer, the Indenture Trustee shall, to the extent
legally entitled pursuant to the terms thereof, enforce (or cause the
enforcement of) the obligations of such Receivables Servicer under the related
Receivables Servicing Agreement in all material respects until such Receivables
Servicing Agreement has been terminated in accordance with its terms.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Servicer and Ford Credit,
as a Receivables Servicer, shall not be required to make any collection,
repossession or liquidation efforts with respect to the Ford Credit Receivables
after January 28, 2012.
     SECTION 3.3 Realization Upon Receivables. On behalf of the Issuer, the
Servicer shall (or shall require the related Receivables Servicer to) use
reasonable efforts, consistent with its (or the related Receivables Servicer’s)
customary standards, policies and procedures, to repossess or otherwise convert
the ownership of the Financed Vehicle securing any Receivable as to which the
Servicer (or the related Receivables Servicer) shall have determined to be
uncollectible. The Servicer shall (or shall require the related Receivables
Servicer to) follow such customary standards, policies and procedures as it (or
the related Receivables Servicer) shall deem necessary or advisable in its
servicing of comparable receivables, which may include selling the Financed
Vehicle at public or private sale. The Servicer (or the related Receivables
Servicer) shall be entitled to recover from proceeds all reasonable expenses
incurred by it in the course of converting the Financed Vehicle into cash
proceeds. The Liquidation Proceeds (net of such expenses, if applicable)
realized in connection with any such action with respect to a Receivable shall
be deposited by the Servicer (or the related Receivables Servicer) into the
Collection Account in the manner specified in Section 4.2 and shall be applied
to reduce (or to satisfy, as the case may be) the Purchase Amount of the
Receivable, if such Receivable is to be repurchased by the Depositor or a Seller
pursuant to Section 2.3 or is to be purchased by the Servicer pursuant to
Section 3.6. The foregoing shall be subject to the provision that, in any case
in which
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the Financed Vehicle shall have suffered damage, the Servicer (or the related
Receivables Servicer) shall not be required to expend funds in connection with
the repair or the repossession of such Financed Vehicle unless it shall
determine in its discretion that such repair and/or repossession will increase
the Liquidation Proceeds by an amount greater than the amount of such expenses.
     SECTION 3.4 Maintenance of Security Interests in Financed Vehicles. The
Servicer shall (or shall require the related Receivables Servicer to), in
accordance with its (or the related Receivables Servicer’s) customary
procedures, take such steps as are necessary to maintain perfection of the
security interest created by each Receivable in the related Financed Vehicle.
The Issuer hereby authorizes the Servicer (or a Receivables Servicer) to take
such steps as are necessary to re-perfect such security interest on behalf of
the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee in the event of the relocation of a
Financed Vehicle or for any other reason, in either case, when the Servicer has
knowledge of the need for such re-perfection.
     SECTION 3.5 Covenants of Servicer. The Servicer (or a Receivables Servicer)
may grant extensions, rebates, deferrals, amendments, modifications or
adjustments on a Receivable in accordance with its customary practices (or the
servicing standard of the applicable Receivables Servicer set forth in the
related Receivables Servicing Agreement); provided, however, that the Servicer
will purchase such Receivable in the manner provided in Section 3.6 if the
Servicer (or a Receivables Servicer) does any of the following:
     (i) releases the Financed Vehicle securing any Receivable from the security
interest granted by such Receivable in whole or in part except in the event of
payment in full by or on behalf of the Obligor thereunder, satisfaction of the
payment obligation evidenced by such Receivable, repossession, discounted
settlement, abandonment or by operation of law, in each case in accordance with
the Servicer’s (or the applicable Receivables Servicer’s) customary standards,
policies and procedures,
     (ii) impairs the rights of the Issuer in the Receivables, or
     (iii) takes any other action with respect to a Receivable which results in
a repurchase by a Receivables Servicer of the Receivable under the applicable
Originator Agreement.
The Servicer (or any Receivables Servicer) may in its discretion waive any late
payment charge or any other fees that may be collected in the ordinary course of
servicing a Receivable. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the
contrary, the Servicer (or any Receivables Servicer) may refinance any
Receivable if the full Principal Balance of such Receivable is deposited into
the Collection Account, and the receivable created by such refinancing shall not
be property of the Issuer.
     SECTION 3.6 Purchase of Receivables Upon Breach. (a) Each of the Depositor,
the Servicer, the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee shall inform the other
parties to this Agreement promptly, in writing, upon the discovery by it of any
breach of Section 3.4 or 3.5 which materially and adversely affects the interest
of the Issuer in any Receivable. Unless the breach
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shall have been cured by the last day of the second Collection Period following
written notice to the Indenture Trustee of such breach, the Servicer shall
repurchase any Receivable, the interest of the Issuer in which is materially and
adversely affected by such breach as of such last day (or, at the Servicer’s
option, the last day of the first Collection Period following the discovery).
The Servicer shall remit the related Purchase Amount (less any Liquidation
Proceeds deposited, or to be deposited, in the Collection Account with respect
to such Receivable pursuant to Section 3.3), in the manner specified in
Section 4.4.
          (b) Each of the Depositor, the Servicer and the Issuer shall inform
the other parties to this Agreement promptly, in writing, upon the discovery by
it of any action with respect to a Receivable which results in a requirement by
Ford Credit, Huntington or OSB to repurchase the Receivable. Upon its receipt of
notice as described in the preceding sentence, the Indenture Trustee shall
notify (or shall cause notice to be delivered to) Ford Credit, Huntington or
OSB, as the case may be, of such repurchase requirement and, unless the action
requiring the repurchase shall have been cured within the cure period specified
in the applicable Originator Agreement, the Indenture Trustee shall enforce (or
cause the Depositor to enforce) the obligation of Ford Credit, Huntington or
OSB, as the case may be, to repurchase such Receivable. The Servicer shall cause
the Purchase Amount (less any Liquidation Proceeds deposited, or to be
deposited, in the Collection Account with respect to such Receivable pursuant to
Section 3.3) from such purchase to be remitted in the manner specified in
Section 4.4.
          (c) The sole remedy of the Issuer, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture
Trustee, the Noteholders or the Certificateholders with respect to a breach of
Section 3.4 or 3.5 shall be the repurchase of the related Receivables pursuant
to Section 3.6(a) or (b), as applicable.
          (d) Neither the Owner Trustee nor the Indenture Trustee shall have any
duty to conduct an affirmative investigation as to the occurrence of any
condition requiring the repurchase of any Receivable pursuant to this
Section 3.6.
          (e) With respect to all Receivables purchased pursuant to this
Section 3.6, the Issuer shall assign to the Servicer, without recourse,
representation or warranty, all of the Issuer’s right, title and interest in and
to such Receivables and all security and documents relating thereto.
     SECTION 3.7 Servicer Fees. The Servicer shall be entitled to the Net
Servicing Fee, which shall be payable as provided in Section 8.2 of the
Indenture. The Receivables Servicers shall be entitled to the Receivables
Servicer Servicing Fee. To the extent that a Receivables Servicer does not
retain its Receivables Servicer Servicing Fee from collections on Receivables
serviced by it, the Servicer will pay any portion of that Receivables Servicer
Servicing Fee that is not so retained directly to that Receivables Servicer.
     SECTION 3.8 Monthly Noteholder Report. On or prior to the Determination
Date for each Payment Date, the Indenture Trustee will deliver to the Depositor,
the Owner Trustee, each Note Paying Agent and each Certificate Paying Agent,
with a copy to the Rating Agencies, a report (the “Monthly Noteholder Report”),
based on Receivables information provided by SST, containing all information
necessary to make the transfers and distributions on each Payment Date pursuant
to Section 8.2 of the Indenture for the Collection Period preceding the date of
such
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Monthly Noteholder Report and the written statements to be furnished by the
Owner Trustee to the Certificateholders pursuant to Section 4.7 hereof and by
the Indenture Trustee to the Noteholders pursuant to Section 4.7 hereof and
Section 7.4 of the Indenture. SST will be responsible for aggregating the
monthly reports prepared by SST as a Receivables Servicer and the other
Receivables Servicers to the extent those reports are forwarded to SST by the
Servicer or the other Receivables Servicers; provided, however, that SST will
not be liable for any incomplete report to the extent that SST did not receive
the information required to complete that report from another Receivables
Servicer. Neither the Servicer, the Issuer, SST, the Owner Trustee nor the
Indenture Trustee shall have any liability or responsibility for any inaccuracy
in any Monthly Noteholder Report resulting from any inaccuracy in any
information provided by a Receivables Servicer.
     SECTION 3.9 Annual Statement as to Compliance; Notice of Event of Servicing
Termination. (a) The Servicer shall deliver to the Owner Trustee, the Indenture
Trustee and each Rating Agency on or before March 31 of each year beginning
March 31, 2006, an Officer’s Certificate, dated as of December 31 of the
preceding calendar year, stating that (i) a review of the activities of the
Servicer during the preceding 12-month period (or such shorter period in the
case of the first such certificate) and of its performance under this Agreement
has been made under such officer’s supervision and (ii) to the best of such
officer’s knowledge, based on such review, the Servicer has fulfilled all its
obligations under this Agreement throughout such period, or, if there has been a
default in the fulfillment of any such obligation, specifying each such default
known to such officer and the nature and status thereof.
          (b) The Servicer shall deliver to the Owner Trustee, the Indenture
Trustee and each Rating Agency promptly after having obtained actual knowledge
thereof, but in no event later than five (5) Business Days thereafter, written
notice in an Officer’s Certificate of any event which with the giving of notice
or lapse of time, or both, would become an Event of Servicing Termination under
Section 7.1.
     SECTION 3.10 Annual Independent Certified Public Accountant’s Report. The
Servicer shall cause a firm of independent certified public accountants, who may
also render other services to the Servicer, the Seller, the Depositor or the
Receivables Servicers, to deliver to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee
on or before March 31 of each year beginning March 31, 2006 with respect to the
twelve months ended on the immediately preceding December 31 (or such shorter
period in the case of the first such report) a report to the effect that such
firm has examined the servicing functions of the Servicer for such period,
including the applicable party’s procedures and records relating to such party’s
servicing of the Receivables under this Agreement and that, on the basis of such
examination, such firm is of the opinion that the applicable servicing by such
party has been conducted during such period in compliance with this Agreement,
except for (a) such exceptions as such firm believes to be immaterial and
(b) such other exceptions as shall be set forth in such firm’s report. In
addition, such report shall set forth the procedures performed in conjunction
with the examination.
     The report will also indicate that the firm is independent of the Servicer
(or a Receivables Servicer, as applicable) within the meaning of the Code of
Professional Ethics of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
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     In the event such independent certified public accountants require the
Indenture Trustee to agree to the procedures to be performed by such firm in the
report required to be prepared pursuant to this Section 3.10, the Servicer shall
direct the Indenture Trustee in writing to so agree; it being understood and
agreed that the Indenture Trustee will deliver such letter of agreement in
conclusive reliance upon the direction of the Servicer, and the Indenture
Trustee has not made any independent inquiry or investigation as to, and shall
have no obligation or liability in respect of, the sufficiency, validity or
correctness of such procedures.
     SECTION 3.11 Access to Certain Documentation and Information Regarding
Receivables. In each case subject to the Servicer’s rights to access under the
related Receivables Servicing Agreement, the Servicer shall provide to the
Issuer and the Indenture Trustee access to the Receivable Files without charge,
but only upon reasonable request and during the normal business hours at the
offices of the Servicer or the respective offices of the Receivables Servicers,
as applicable. Nothing in this Section 3.11 shall affect the obligation of the
Servicer to observe any applicable law prohibiting disclosure of information
regarding the Obligors, and the failure of the Servicer to provide access to
information as a result of such obligation shall not constitute a breach of this
Section 3.11.
     SECTION 3.12 Servicer Expenses. The Servicer shall be required to pay all
expenses incurred by it in connection with its activities hereunder, including
fees, expenses (including counsel fees and expenses) and disbursements of the
independent accountants, taxes imposed on the Servicer and expenses incurred in
connection with distributions and reports to Noteholders and Certificateholders,
except that each Receivables Servicer will be entitled to any Supplemental
Servicing Fee.
     SECTION 3.13 Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. To the extent permitted by
applicable law and the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission as
interpreted by the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, the
Depositor shall furnish in a timely manner for filing under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the certification required by Section 302 of
the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 in respect of the Issuer.
ARTICLE IV
DISTRIBUTIONS; STATEMENTS TO NOTEHOLDERS AND CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
     SECTION 4.1 Accounts. (a) Prior to the Closing Date there shall have been
established (i) the Ford Credit Deposit Account, to which Ford Credit has agreed
to deposit collections on the Ford Credit Receivables, as more specifically
described in the Ford Credit Servicing Agreement, (ii) a Huntington Deposit
Account, to which Huntington has been directed to remit collections on the
Huntington Receivables in accordance with the Huntington Purchase and Servicing
Agreement and (iii) a SST Deposit Account, to which SST shall deposit
collections on the OSB Receivables, as more specifically described in the SST
Servicing Agreement. Each of the forgoing deposit accounts were established and
shall initially be maintained with the Depository Institution. On the Business
Day prior to each Payment Date, the Indenture Trustee is hereby instructed to
withdraw from each such deposit account for deposit into the Collection Account
the Available Collections for the related Collection Period. All monies owned by
the Issuer deposited from time to time in the foregoing deposit accounts shall
be held by the
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Depository Institution for the benefit of the Noteholders and, after payment in
full of the Notes, as agent of the Issuer and as part of the Trust Property;
provided, however, that all monies owned by the Seller or other third parties
deposited from time to time in the foregoing deposit accounts shall not be so
held and shall not be available for deposit into the Collection Account and
shall not be available to make payments in respect of the Notes or the
Certificates.
          (b) The Indenture Trustee shall, prior to the Closing Date, cause to
be established and maintained two Eligible Deposit Accounts in the name
“JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, as Indenture Trustee and as secured
party for GS Auto Loan Trust 2005-1”, initially at the corporate trust
department of the Indenture Trustee, which shall be designated as the
“Collection Account” and the “Principal Distribution Account,” respectively. The
Collection Account and the Principal Distribution Account shall be under the
sole dominion and control of the Indenture Trustee. In addition, the Collection
Account and the Principal Distribution Account shall be established and
maintained at an institution which agrees in writing that for so long as the
Notes are outstanding it will comply with entitlement orders (as defined in
Article 8 of the UCC) originated by the Indenture Trustee without further
consent of the Issuer. All monies deposited from time to time in the Collection
Account and the Principal Distribution Account shall be held by the Indenture
Trustee as secured party for the benefit of the Indenture Secured Parties and,
after payment in full of the Notes, as agent of the Issuer and as part of the
Trust Property. All deposits to and withdrawals from the Collection Account and
the Principal Distribution Account shall be made only upon the terms and
conditions of the Basic Documents.
          (c) All amounts held in the Collection Account and the Principal
Distribution Account shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law, rules and
regulations, be invested, as directed in writing by the Servicer, by the
depository institution or trust company then maintaining the Collection Account
and the Principal Distribution Account in specified Permitted Investments that
mature not later than the second Business Day immediately prior to the Payment
Date (or if the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied, not later than such
Payment Date) for the Collection Period to which such amounts relate and such
Permitted Investments shall be held to maturity. The Indenture Trustee shall not
be liable for investment losses in Permitted Investments made in accordance with
directions from the Servicer. In the event that the Collection Account or the
Principal Distribution Account is no longer to be maintained at the corporate
trust department of the Indenture Trustee, the Indenture Trustee shall cause an
Eligible Deposit Account to be established as the Collection Account or
Principal Distribution Account, as applicable, within ten (10) Business Days (or
such longer period not to exceed thirty (30) calendar days as to which each
Rating Agency may consent).
          (d) The Indenture Trustee shall, prior to the Closing Date, cause an
Eligible Deposit Account to be established and maintained, in the name “GS Auto
Loan Trust 2005-1 Certificate Distribution Account”, initially at the corporate
trust department of the Indenture Trustee, which shall be designated as the
“Certificate Distribution Account”. The Certificate Distribution Account shall
be under the sole dominion and control of the Owner Trustee. All monies
deposited from time to time in the Certificate Distribution Account pursuant to
this Agreement and the Indenture shall be held by the Owner Trustee as part of
the Trust Property and shall be applied as provided in the Basic Documents. In
the event that the Certificate Distribution Account is no longer to be
maintained at the corporate trust department of the
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Indenture Trustee, the Indenture Trustee shall cause an Eligible Deposit Account
to be established as the Certificate Distribution Account within ten
(10) Business Days (or such longer period not to exceed thirty (30) calendar
days as to which each Rating Agency may consent) and shall give written notice
of the location and account number of such account to the Owner Trustee.
     SECTION 4.2 Collections. Upon the Indenture Trustee becoming aware or
receiving notice of the failure of a Receivables Servicer to remit Collections
in accordance with the terms of the applicable Receivables Servicing Agreement,
the Indenture Trustee shall enforce the obligation of each Receivables Servicer
to remit Collections in accordance with the terms of the applicable Receivables
Servicing Agreement. Unless the Rating Agency Condition has been satisfied, the
Servicer shall not consent to any amendment to a Receivables Servicing Agreement
which would delay the timing for remitting Collections received by a Receivables
Servicer under the related Receivables Servicing Agreement.
     SECTION 4.3 Application of Collections. For the purposes of this Agreement,
all collections for the Collection Period with respect to each Receivable (other
than a Purchased Receivable) shall be applied in accordance with the customary
practices of the related Receivables Servicer or, if such Receivables Servicer
is no longer engaged by the Servicer, the customary practice of the Servicer.
     SECTION 4.4 Additional Deposits. The Depositor and the Servicer shall
deposit (or cause the deposit of) in the Collection Account the aggregate
Purchase Amount with respect to Purchased Receivables pursuant to Sections 2.3
and 3.6, respectively, and the Servicer shall deposit therein all amounts to be
paid under Section 8.1. All such deposits with respect to a Collection Period
shall be made, in immediately available funds, on the Payment Date related to
such Collection Period. For so long as Goldman Sachs Mortgage Company is the
servicer, on the Business Day before each Payment Date, the Servicer will
deposit into the Collection Account the Receivables Servicer Supplemental
Payment Amount, if any, for that Payment Date.
     SECTION 4.5 Distributions. On each Payment Date, the Indenture Trustee
shall (based on the information contained in the Monthly Noteholder Report
delivered on or before the related Determination Date) make withdrawals from the
Collection Account and make deposits, distributions and payments, to the extent
of Available Funds for such Payment Date, in the manner and order of priority
set forth in Section 8.2 of the Indenture.
     SECTION 4.6 Net Deposits. If Goldman Sachs Mortgage Company is not the
Servicer, remittances pursuant to Sections 4.2 and 4.4 above may be made net of
the Net Servicing Fee. Nonetheless, the Indenture Trustee shall account for all
of the above described remittances and distributions in the Monthly Noteholder
Report as if the amounts were deposited and/or transferred separately.
     SECTION 4.7 Statements to Noteholders and Certificateholders. On each
Payment Date, the Indenture Trustee shall provide to each Noteholder of record
as of the most recent Record Date (with copies to the Rating Agencies and each
Note Paying Agent) and shall provide a hard copy of the Monthly Noteholder
Report to the Owner Trustee for distribution to each Certificateholder pursuant
to Section 5.05 of the Trust Agreement, setting forth for the
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Collection Period relating to such Payment Date the following information as to
the Notes and the Certificates to the extent applicable:
     (i) the amount of such distribution allocable to principal allocable to the
Notes and to the Certificates;
     (ii) the amount of such distribution allocable to interest allocable to the
Notes and the Certificates;
     (iii) the Pool Balance and the Pool Factor as of the close of business on
the last day of the preceding Collection Period;
     (iv) the amount of the Net Servicing Fee paid to the Servicer with respect
to the related Collection Period and the amount of any unpaid Net Servicing Fees
and the change in such amount from that of the prior Payment Date;
     (v) the Receivables Servicer Supplement Payment Amount, if any, for the
Payment Date;
     (vi) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of each Class of Notes and
the Note Factor for each Class of Notes;
     (vii) the amount of any previously due and unpaid payment of principal or
interest of each Class of Notes, and the change in such amount from that of the
prior Payment Date;
     (viii) the Three-Month Annualized Net Loss Ratio;
     (ix) the aggregate Purchase Amount of Receivables repurchased pursuant to
Section 2.3 or purchased pursuant to Section 3.6, if any, with respect to the
related Collection Period; and
     (x) the aggregate amount of Receivables which became Liquidated Receivables
during the related Collection Period.
     Each amount set forth on the Payment Date statement pursuant to clauses
(i) and (ii) above shall be expressed as a dollar amount per $1,000 of original
principal amount of a Note or original Certificate Balance of a Certificate, as
applicable.
     The Indenture Trustee will make the Monthly Noteholder Report available to
each Noteholder via the Indenture Trustee’s internet website, and, with the
consent or at the direction of the Issuer, such other information regarding the
notes and/or receivables as the Indenture Trustee may have in its possession,
but only with the use of a password provided by the Indenture Trustee.
     The Indenture Trustee’s internet website will be initially located at
“www.jpmorgan.com/sfr” or at such other address as will be specified by the
Indenture Trustee
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from time to time in writing to the Noteholders and the Owner Trustee. In
connection with providing access to the Indenture Trustee’s internet website,
the Indenture Trustee may require registration and the acceptance of a
disclaimer. The Indenture Trustee will not be liable for the dissemination of
information in accordance with the foregoing.
     SECTION 4.8 Subcertifications of Indenture Trustee in Connection with
Sarbanes-Oxley Certifications. No later than ten (10) Business Days prior to the
date on which any Annual Report on Form 10-K with respect to the Issuer is
required to be filed, the Indenture Trustee shall deliver to the Depositor an
officer’s certificate in the form set forth in Appendix B. The Indenture Trustee
shall prepare or cause to be prepared for filing with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (other than the initial Current Report on Form 8-K to be
filed by the Depositor in connection with the issuance of the Securities) and
the Depositor and the Servicer, or either of them, shall sign and certify any
and all reports, statements and information respecting the Issuer and/or the
Notes required to be filed, pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, and the rules thereunder (“1934 Act Documents”). Upon execution and
certification of the 1934 Act Documents by the Depositor or the Servicer, as
applicable, the Indenture Trustee shall file such documents with the Securities
and Exchange Commission. Unless otherwise advised by the Depositor, the
Indenture Trustee shall assume that all 1934 Act Documents shall consist of only
the following: Form 8-K reports attaching the related Monthly Noteholder Report
to be filed each month beginning in September 2005 through January 2006, a
Form 15D to be filed in January 2006 (provided, however, that if the criteria
for filing a Form 15D is not met, the Indenture Trustee shall continue filing
the monthly and annual forms), and a Form 10-K to be filed in March 2006. The
Indenture Trustee shall promptly file, and exercise its reasonable best efforts
to obtain a favorable response to, no-action requests with, or other appropriate
exemptive relief from the Securities and Exchange Commission seeking the usual
and customary exemption from such reporting requirements granted to issuers of
securities similar to the Notes if and to the extent the Depositor shall deem
any such relief to be necessary or appropriate. Unless otherwise advised by the
Depositor, the Indenture Trustee shall assume that the Depositor is in
compliance with the preceding sentence. In no event shall the Indenture Trustee
have any liability for the execution or content of any 1934 Act Documents.
ARTICLE V
THE DEPOSITOR
     SECTION 5.1 Representations, Warranties and Covenants of Depositor. The
Depositor makes the following representations and warranties on which the Issuer
is deemed to have relied in acquiring the Trust Property. The representations
and warranties speak as of the Closing Date and shall survive the conveyance of
the Trust Property by the Depositor to the Issuer and the pledge thereof by the
Issuer to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Indenture:
     (i) Organization and Good Standing. The Depositor is duly organized and
validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State
of Delaware, with the corporate power and authority to own its properties and to
conduct its business as such properties are currently owned and such business is
presently conducted.
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     (ii) Power and Authority. The Depositor has the corporate power and
authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and the other Basic Documents to
which it is a party and to carry out their respective terms; the Depositor has
full power and authority to sell and assign the property to be sold, and
assigned to and deposited with the Issuer, and the Depositor shall have duly
authorized such sale and assignment to and deposit with the Issuer by all
necessary corporate action; and the execution, delivery, and performance of this
Agreement and the other Basic Documents to which the Depositor is a party have
been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Depositor by all necessary
corporate action.
     (iii) Binding Obligations. This Agreement, when duly executed and delivered
by the other parties hereto, constitutes a legal, valid, and binding obligation
of the Depositor enforceable against the Depositor in accordance with its terms,
except as the enforceability hereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, or other similar laws now or hereafter in effect relating to or
affecting creditors’ rights in general and by general principles of equity,
regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in
equity or at law.
     (iv) No Violation. The consummation of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement and the other Basic Documents to which the Depositor is a party
and the fulfillment of the terms hereof and thereof do not (i) conflict with,
result in any breach of any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute (with
or without notice or lapse of time) a default under, the certificate of
incorporation or by-laws of the Depositor, or conflict with or breach any of the
material terms or provisions of, or constitute (with or without notice or lapse
of time) a default under, any indenture, agreement, or other instrument to which
the Depositor is a party or by which it is bound, (ii) result in the creation or
imposition of any Lien upon any of its properties pursuant to the terms of any
such indenture, agreement, or other instrument, other than the Liens created by
this Agreement or any other Basic Document, or (iii) violate any law or, to the
best of the Depositor’s knowledge, any order, rule, or regulation applicable to
the Depositor of any court or of any federal or state regulatory body,
administrative agency, or other governmental instrumentality having jurisdiction
over the Depositor.
     (v) No Proceedings. There are no legal or governmental proceedings pending,
or, to the best of the Depositor’s knowledge, threatened, before any court,
regulatory body, administrative agency, or other governmental instrumentality
having jurisdiction over the Depositor or its properties (i) asserting the
invalidity of this Agreement or any of the other Basic Documents, (ii) seeking
to prevent the issuance of the Securities or the consummation of any of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the other Basic Documents,
(iii) seeking any determination or ruling that would reasonably be expected to
materially and adversely affect the performance by the Depositor of its
obligations under, or the validity or enforceability of, this Agreement, any of
the other Basic Documents or the Securities or (iv) relating to the Depositor
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     which would reasonably be expected to adversely affect the federal income
tax attributes of the Securities.
     SECTION 5.2 Liability of Depositor; Indemnities. The Depositor shall be
liable in accordance herewith only to the extent of the obligations specifically
undertaken by the Depositor under this Agreement (which shall not include
distributions on account of the Notes or the Certificates).
     SECTION 5.3 Merger or Consolidation of, or Assumption of the Obligations of
Depositor. Any Person (i) into which the Depositor may be merged or
consolidated, (ii) resulting from any merger, conversion, or consolidation to
which the Depositor shall be a party, or (iii) succeeding to the business of the
Depositor, which Person in any of the foregoing cases executes an agreement of
assumption to perform every obligation of the Depositor under this Agreement,
will be the successor to the Depositor under this Agreement without the
execution or filing of any document or any further act on the part of any of the
parties to this Agreement. The Depositor shall provide notice of any merger,
conversion, consolidation, or succession pursuant to this Section 5.3 to the
Rating Agencies, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee.
     SECTION 5.4 Limitation on Liability of Depositor and Others. The Depositor
and any director, officer, employee or agent of the Depositor may rely in good
faith on the advice of counsel or on any document of any kind, prima facie
properly executed and submitted by any Person respecting any matters arising
hereunder. The Depositor shall not be under any obligation to appear in,
prosecute, or defend any legal action that shall not be incidental to its
obligations under this Agreement, and that in its opinion may involve it in any
expense or liability.
     SECTION 5.5 Depositor May Own Notes or Certificates. The Depositor, and any
Affiliate of the Depositor, may in its individual or any other capacity become
the owner or pledgee of Notes or Certificates with the same rights as it would
have if it were not the Depositor or an Affiliate thereof, except as otherwise
expressly provided herein or in the other Basic Documents.
     SECTION 5.6 Sarbanes-Oxley Certifications.
          (a) The Depositor or Servicer shall provide on a timely basis for
filing with the 1934 Act Documents, the certification required by Section 302 of
the Sarbanes-Oxley Act to be included in those reports. The Depositor and the
Servicer, or either of them, is authorized to file such certification or any
other 1934 Act Document on behalf of the Issuer.
          (b) To the extent any reports or documents are required to be filed or
any other certification is required to be made with respect to the Issuer, the
Notes or the Certificates pursuant to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, the Depositor or
the Servicer shall prepare and execute any such report, document or
certification and the Depositor and the Servicer, or either of them, is
authorized to file such report, document or certification on behalf of the
Issuer.
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ARTICLE VI
THE SERVICER
     SECTION 6.1 Representations of Servicer. The Servicer makes the following
representations on which the Issuer is deemed to have relied in acquiring the
Trust Property. The representations speak as of the Closing Date of this
Agreement and shall survive the conveyance of the Trust Property to the Issuer
and the pledge thereof by the Issuer pursuant to the Indenture:
          (a) Organization and Good Standing. The Servicer is duly organized and
validly existing as a limited partnership in good standing under the laws of the
State of New York, with the limited partnership 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) Power and Authority. The Servicer has the limited partnership
power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and the other Basic
Documents to which it is a party and to carry out their respective terms; and
the execution, delivery, and performance of this Agreement and the other Basic
Documents to which it is a party have been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Servicer by all necessary limited partnership action.
          (c) Binding Obligations. This Agreement, when duly executed by the
other parties hereto, constitutes a legal, valid, and binding obligation of the
Servicer enforceable against the Servicer in accordance with its terms, except
as the enforceability hereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization or other similar laws now or hereafter in effect relating to or
affecting creditors’ rights in general and by general principles of equity,
regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in
equity or at law.
          (d) No Violation. The consummation of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement and the other Basic Documents to which the Servicer is a party
and the fulfillment of the terms hereof and thereof do not (i) conflict with,
result in any breach of any of the terms and provisions of, nor constitute (with
or without notice or lapse of time) a default under, the limited partnership
agreement of the Servicer, or conflict with or breach any of the material terms
or provisions of, or constitute (with or without notice or lapse of time) a
default under, any indenture, agreement, or other instrument to which the
Servicer is a party or by which it is bound, (ii) 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 Liens created by this
Agreement or any other Basic Document or (iii) violate any law or, to the best
of the Servicer’s knowledge, any order, rule, or regulation applicable to the
Servicer of any court or of any federal or state regulatory body, administrative
agency, or other governmental instrumentality having jurisdiction over the
Servicer.
          (e) No Proceedings. There are no legal or governmental proceedings
pending, or to the best of the Servicer’s knowledge, threatened, before any
court, regulatory body, administrative agency, or other governmental
instrumentality having jurisdiction over the Servicer or its properties
(i) asserting the invalidity of this Agreement, any of the other Basic
Documents, (ii) seeking to prevent the issuance of the Securities or the
consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the
other Basic Documents, (iii) seeking any
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determination or ruling that would reasonably be expected to materially and
adversely affect the performance by the Servicer of its obligations under, or
the validity or enforceability of, this Agreement, any of the other Basic
Documents or the Securities, or (iv) relating to the Servicer and which would
reasonably be expected to adversely affect the federal income tax attributes of
the Securities.
     SECTION 6.2 Indemnities of Servicer. The Servicer shall be liable in
accordance herewith only to the extent of the obligations specifically
undertaken by the Servicer under this Agreement, and hereby agrees to the
following:
          (a) The Servicer shall defend, indemnify and hold harmless the Issuer,
the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Noteholders, the
Certificateholders and the Depositor from and against any and all costs,
expenses, losses, damages, claims and liabilities, arising out of or resulting
from the use, ownership or operation by the Servicer or any Affiliate thereof of
a Financed Vehicle.
          (b) Indemnification under this Section 6.2 by Goldman Sachs Mortgage
Company (or any successor thereto pursuant to Section 7.2) as Servicer, with
respect to the period such Person was the Servicer, shall survive the
termination of such Person as Servicer or a resignation by such Person as
Servicer as well as the termination of this Agreement or the resignation or
removal of the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee and shall include
reasonable fees and expenses of counsel and expenses of litigation. If the
Servicer shall have made any indemnity payments pursuant to this Section 6.2 and
the Person to or on behalf of whom such payments are made thereafter shall
collect any of such amounts from others, such Person shall promptly repay such
amounts to the Servicer, without interest.
     SECTION 6.3 Merger or Consolidation of, or Assumption of the Obligations of
Servicer. Any Person (i) into which the Servicer may be merged or consolidated,
(ii) resulting from any merger, conversion, or consolidation to which the
Servicer shall be a party, (iii) succeeding to the business of the Servicer or
(iv) 50% or more of the equity of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by
Goldman, Sachs & Co., which Person in any of the foregoing cases executes an
agreement of assumption to perform every obligation of the Servicer under this
Agreement, will be the successor to the Servicer under this Agreement without
the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of
the parties to this Agreement. The Servicer shall provide notice of any merger,
conversion, consolidation or succession pursuant to this Section 6.3 to the
Rating Agencies and the Indenture Trustee.
     SECTION 6.4 Limitation on Liability of Servicer and Others. (a) Neither the
Servicer nor the general partner or any limited partner under the Servicer’s
limited partnership agreement or any of the directors or officers or employees
or agents of the Servicer, the general partner or any limited partner under the
Servicer’s limited partnership agreement shall be under any liability to the
Issuer, the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee, the Noteholders or the
Certificateholders, except as expressly provided under this Agreement, for any
action taken or for refraining from the taking of any action pursuant to this
Agreement or for errors in judgment; provided, however, that this provision
shall not protect the Servicer or any such Person against any liability that
would otherwise be imposed by reason of willful misfeasance or bad faith in the
performance of duties or by reason of reckless disregard of its obligations and
duties under this
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Agreement, or by reason of gross negligence in the performance of its duties
under this Agreement (except for errors in judgment). The Servicer and any
director, officer or employee or agent of the Servicer may rely in good faith on
any Opinion of Counsel or on any Officer’s Certificate of the Depositor or
certificate of auditors believed to be genuine and to have been signed by the
proper party in respect of any matters arising under this Agreement.
          (b) Except as provided in this Agreement, the Servicer shall not be
under any obligation to appear in, prosecute, or defend any legal action that
shall not be incidental to its duties to service the Receivables in accordance
with this Agreement, and that in its opinion may cause it to incur any expense
or liability; provided, however, that the Servicer may undertake any reasonable
action that it may deem necessary or desirable in respect of this Agreement, the
rights and duties of the parties to this Agreement and the interests of the
Noteholders and Certificateholders under this Agreement. In such event, the
legal expenses and costs of such action and any liability resulting therefrom
shall be expenses, costs and liabilities of the Issuer, and the Servicer shall
be entitled to be reimbursed therefor. Any amounts due the Servicer pursuant to
this subsection shall be payable on a Payment Date from the Available Funds on
deposit in the Collection Account only after all payments required to be made on
such date to the Noteholders, the Certificateholders, the Owner Trustee, the
Indenture Trustee and the Servicer have been made.
          (c) The Servicer, the general partner and each limited partner under
the Servicer’s limited partnership agreement and any director or officer or
employee or agent of the Servicer, the general partner and each limited partner
under the Servicer’s limited partnership agreement shall be indemnified by the
Issuer and held harmless against any loss, liability, or expense including
reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses incurred in connection with any legal
action relating to the performance of the Servicer’s duties under this
Agreement, other than (i) any loss or liability otherwise reimbursable pursuant
to this Agreement; (ii) any loss, liability, or expense incurred solely by
reason of the Servicer’s willful misfeasance, negligence, or bad faith in the
performance of its duties hereunder or by reason of reckless disregard of its
obligations and duties under this Agreement; and (iii) any loss, liability, or
expense for which the Issuer is to be indemnified by the Servicer under this
Agreement. Any amounts due the Servicer pursuant to this subsection shall be
payable on a Payment Date from the Available Funds on deposit in the Collection
Account only after all payments required to be made on such date to the
Noteholders, the Certificateholders, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee
have been made.
     SECTION 6.5 Subservicing and Delegation of Duties. The Servicer may, at any
time without notice or consent, delegate (a) any or all of its duties
(including, without limitation, its duties as custodian) under the Basic
Documents to any of its Affiliates or (b) specific duties to sub-contractors who
are in the business of performing such duties; provided that no such delegation
shall relieve the Servicer of its responsibility with respect to such duties and
the Servicer shall remain obligated and liable to the Issuer and the Indenture
Trustee for its duties hereunder as if the Servicer alone were performing such
duties.
     Without limiting the generality of the preceding paragraph, each of the
Receivables Servicers will be subservicers pursuant to the terms and conditions
of the applicable Receivables Servicing Agreement. The Issuer and the Servicer
shall permit Ford Credit to repurchase Ford Credit Receivables that are
Liquidated Receivables under the Ford Credit Servicing Agreement
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on the date such Ford Credit Receivables became Liquidated Receivables in return
for a deferred repurchase amount equal to Liquidation Proceeds for such Ford
Credit Receivables.
     SECTION 6.6 Servicer Not to Resign as Servicer; Resignation and Termination
of Receivables Servicers. (a) Subject to the provisions of Section 6.3, the
Servicer shall not resign from its obligations and duties under this Agreement
except upon the mutual consent of the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee and the
Owner Trustee or upon the determination that the performance of its duties under
this Agreement shall no longer be permissible under applicable law. Notice of
any such determination permitting the resignation of the Servicer shall be
communicated to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee at the earliest
practicable time (and, if such communication is not in writing, shall be
confirmed in writing at the earliest practicable time) and any such
determination shall be evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel to such effect
delivered to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee concurrently with or
promptly after such notice. No such resignation shall become effective until the
Indenture Trustee or a Successor Servicer shall have (i) taken the actions
required by Section 7.1(b) and (ii) assumed the responsibilities and obligations
of the Servicer in accordance with Section 7.2.
          (b) The Receivables Servicing Agreement with any Receivables Servicer
may be terminated upon the terms and conditions set forth in such agreement.
     SECTION 6.7 Servicer May Own Notes or Certificates. The Servicer, and any
Affiliate of the Servicer, may, in its individual or any other capacity, become
the owner or pledgee of Notes or Certificates with the same rights as it would
have if it were not the Servicer or an Affiliate thereof, except as otherwise
expressly provided herein or in the other Basic Documents. Except as set forth
herein or in the other Basic Documents, Notes and Certificates so owned by or
pledged to the Servicer or such Affiliate shall have an equal and proportionate
benefit under the provisions of this Agreement, without preference, priority or
distinction as among all of the Notes and Certificates.
ARTICLE VII
SERVICING TERMINATION
     SECTION 7.1 Events of Servicing Termination. (a) If any one of the
following events (“Events of Servicing Termination”) shall occur and be
continuing:
     (i) Any failure by the Servicer to deliver to the Indenture Trustee any
payment required to be so delivered by the Servicer under the terms of this
Agreement that shall continue unremedied for a period of ten (10) Business Days
after written notice of such failure is received by the Servicer from the Owner
Trustee or the Indenture Trustee; or
     (ii) Failure on the part of the Servicer duly to observe or to perform in
any material respect any other covenants or agreements, as the case may be, set
forth in this Agreement, which failure shall (A) materially and adversely affect
the rights of Noteholders or Certificateholders and (B) continue unremedied for
a period of ninety (90) days after the date on which written notice of such
failure,
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requiring the same to be remedied, shall have been given (1) to the Servicer by
the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee or (2) to the Owner Trustee, the
Indenture Trustee and the Servicer by the Noteholders of Notes evidencing not
less than a majority of the principal amount of the Outstanding Notes or, if no
Notes are Outstanding, by holders of Certificates evidencing Percentage
Interests aggregating at least a majority; or
     (iii) So long as a depository institution is not the Servicer, the entry of
a decree or order by a court or agency or supervisory authority having
jurisdiction in the premises for the appointment of a conservator, receiver, or
liquidator for the Servicer or, if Goldman Sachs Mortgage Company is the
Servicer, Goldman Sachs Real Estate Funding Corp. (or its successor in interest)
in any insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshalling of assets and liabilities,
or similar proceedings, or for the winding up or liquidation of its respective
affairs, and the continuance of any such decree or order unstayed and in effect
for a period of ninety (90) consecutive days; or
     (iv) So long as a depository institution is not the Servicer, the consent
by the Servicer or, if Goldman Sachs Mortgage Company is the Servicer, Goldman
Sachs Real Estate Funding Corp. (or its successor in interest) 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 Servicer (or Goldman Sachs Real Estate Funding
Corp. (or its successor in interest), as applicable) of or relating to
substantially all of its property; or the Servicer or, if Goldman Sachs Mortgage
Company is the Servicer, Goldman Sachs Real Estate Funding Corp. (or its
successor in interest) shall admit in writing its inability to pay its debts
generally as they become due, file a petition to take advantage of any
applicable insolvency or reorganization statute, make an assignment for the
benefit of its creditors, or voluntarily suspend payment of its obligations or
become insolvent;
     then the Indenture Trustee shall promptly notify each Rating Agency, and in
each and every case, so long as an Event of Servicing Termination shall not have
been remedied, either the Indenture Trustee or the holders of Notes evidencing
not less than a majority of the principal amount of the Notes Outstanding (or,
if no Notes are Outstanding, Certificates evidencing Percentage Interests
aggregating at least a majority), by notice then given in writing to the
Servicer (and to the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee if given by the
Noteholders and to the Owner Trustee if given by the Certificateholders and in
each case with a copy to the Rating Agencies) may terminate all of the rights
and obligations of the Servicer under this Agreement. On or after the receipt by
the Servicer of such written notice, all authority and power of the Servicer
under this Agreement, whether with respect to the Notes, the Certificates or the
Trust Property or otherwise, shall pass to and be vested in the Indenture
Trustee or such Successor Servicer as may be appointed under Section 7.2; and,
without limitation, the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee are hereby
authorized and empowered to execute and deliver, on behalf of the predecessor
Servicer, as attorney-in-fact or otherwise, any and all documents and other
instruments, and to do or accomplish all other acts or things
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necessary or appropriate to effect the purposes of such notice of termination,
whether to complete the transfer and endorsement of the Receivables and related
documents, or otherwise. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a delay or failure of
performance referred to under clauses (i) and (ii) above for a period of
150 days will not constitute an Event of Servicing Termination if such delay or
failure was caused by force majeure or other similar occurrence.
          (b) Upon termination of the Servicer under Section 7.1(a), the
predecessor Servicer shall cooperate with the Indenture Trustee, the Owner
Trustee and such Successor Servicer in effecting the termination of the
responsibilities and rights of the predecessor Servicer under this Agreement,
including the transfer to the Indenture Trustee or such Successor Servicer for
administration of all cash amounts that shall at the time be held by the
predecessor Servicer for deposit, or shall thereafter be received with respect
to a Receivable and the delivery of the Receivable Files and the related
accounts and records to the extent maintained by the Servicer. All reasonable
costs and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred in connection with
transferring the Receivable Files to the Successor Servicer and amending this
Agreement to reflect such succession as Servicer pursuant to this Section 7.1
shall be paid by the predecessor Servicer upon presentation of reasonable
documentation of such costs and expenses. To the extent such costs and expenses
are not paid by the predecessor servicer, such costs and expenses shall be paid
by the Issuer.
          (c) Upon termination of the Servicer under Section 7.1(a), the
Successor Servicer shall service the Ford Credit Receivables, the Huntington
Receivables and the OSB Receivables through the applicable Receivables Servicing
Agreement, unless the applicable Receivables Servicing Agreement has been
terminated pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth therein.
     SECTION 7.2 Appointment of Successor Servicer. (a) Upon the Servicer’s
receipt of notice of termination pursuant to Section 7.1 or the Servicer’s
resignation in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, the predecessor
Servicer shall continue to perform its functions as Servicer under this
Agreement, in the case of termination, only until the date specified in such
termination notice or, if no such date is specified in a notice of termination,
until receipt of such notice and, in the case of resignation, until the later of
(x) the date 45 days from the delivery to the Indenture Trustee and the Owner
Trustee of written notice of such resignation (or written confirmation of such
notice) in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and (y) the date upon
which the predecessor Servicer shall become unable to act as Servicer, as
specified in the notice of resignation and accompanying Opinion of Counsel. In
the event of the Servicer’s resignation or termination hereunder, the Indenture
Trustee shall appoint a Successor Servicer, and the Successor Servicer shall
accept its appointment by a written assumption in form acceptable to the Owner
Trustee and the Indenture Trustee (with a copy to each Rating Agency). In the
event that a Successor Servicer has not been appointed at the time when the
predecessor Servicer has ceased to act as Servicer in accordance with this
Section 7.2, the Indenture Trustee without further action shall automatically be
appointed the Successor Servicer. The Indenture Trustee may resign as the
Servicer by giving written notice of such resignation to the Issuer and in such
event shall be released from such duties and obligations, such release not to be
effective until the date a Successor Servicer enters into a written assumption
as provided in this Section. Upon delivery of any such notice to the Issuer, the
Issuer shall obtain a new servicer as the
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Successor Servicer in accordance with this Section. Notwithstanding the above,
if the Indenture Trustee shall be legally unable so to act or if, within 30 days
after the delivery of its notice of resignation, the Issuer shall not have
obtained a Successor Servicer, the Indenture Trustee shall appoint, or petition
a court of competent jurisdiction to appoint, any established institution,
having a net worth of not less than $100,000,000 and whose regular business
shall include the servicing of automotive receivables, as the successor to the
Servicer under this Agreement; provided that the Rating Agency Condition shall
be satisfied in connection with such appointment.
          (b) Upon appointment, the Successor Servicer shall be the successor in
all respects to the predecessor Servicer and shall be subject to all the
responsibilities, duties, and liabilities arising thereafter relating thereto
placed on the predecessor Servicer, by the terms and provisions of this
Agreement; provided, that (i) any failure of such Successor Servicer to perform
such responsibilities or duties that are caused by the predecessor Servicer’s
failure to provide information or monies required hereunder shall not be
considered a default by such Successor Servicer and (ii) such Successor Servicer
shall have no liability for actions, inactions or representations of the
predecessor Servicer.
          (c) In connection with such appointment, the Indenture Trustee may
make such arrangements for the compensation of such Successor Servicer out of
payments on Receivables as it and such Successor Servicer shall agree; provided,
however, that no such compensation shall be in excess of the compensation
permitted for the predecessor Servicer under this Agreement. The Indenture
Trustee and such Successor Servicer shall take such action, consistent with this
Agreement, as shall be necessary to effectuate any such succession.
          (d) Notwithstanding anything herein or in the other Basic Documents to
the contrary, in no event shall any Successor Servicer be required to purchase
any Receivable pursuant to Section 3.6 herein.
     SECTION 7.3 Notification to Noteholders and Certificateholders. Upon any
termination of, or appointment of a successor to, the Servicer pursuant to this
Article VII, the Indenture Trustee shall give prompt written notice thereof to
Noteholders, and the Owner Trustee shall give prompt written notice thereof to
Certificateholders at their respective addresses of record and to each Rating
Agency.
     SECTION 7.4 Waiver of Past Events of Servicing Termination. The holders of
Notes evidencing not less than a majority of the principal amount of the
Controlling Class (or, if no Notes are outstanding, holders of Certificates
evidencing a majority of the Percentage Interests) may, on behalf of all
Noteholders and Certificateholders, waive any Event of Servicing Termination
hereunder and its consequences, except an event resulting from the failure by
the Servicer to make any required payments in accordance with this Agreement,
which shall require the unanimous vote of all Holders of Outstanding Securities.
Upon any such waiver of a past Event of Servicing Termination, such Event of
Servicing Termination shall cease to exist, and shall be deemed to have been
remedied for every purpose of this Agreement. No such waiver shall extend to any
subsequent or other Event of Servicing Termination or impair any right
consequent thereon. The Indenture Trustee shall provide written notice of any
such waiver to the Rating Agencies.
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ARTICLE VIII
TERMINATION
     SECTION 8.1 Optional Purchase of All Receivables. The Servicer, or if the
Servicer does not exercise such right, a Certificateholder evidencing 100% of
the Percentage Interests in the Certificates may purchase the outstanding
Receivables and the other Trust Property on any Payment Date if, as of the last
day of the related Collection Period, the Pool Balance has declined to 10% or
less of the Pool Balance as of the Cut-Off Date. To exercise such option, the
Servicer or Certificateholder, as applicable, shall deposit the Optional
Purchase Price to the Collection Account on such Payment Date. The Servicer or
Certificateholder, as applicable, shall furnish notice of such election to the
Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee not later than twenty (20) days prior to
the Prepayment Date. Promptly following its receipt of such notice, (i) the
Indenture Trustee will promptly (but not later than 3 Business Days after it has
received such notice) provide notice of such purchase to the Noteholders of
record and (ii) the Owner Trustee will promptly (but not later than 3 Business
Days after it has received such notice) provide notice of such purchase to the
Certificateholders of record.
     SECTION 8.2 Succession Upon Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.
Following the satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture and the payment in
full of the principal of and interest on the Notes, to the extent permitted by
applicable law, the Indenture Trustee will continue to carry out its obligations
hereunder as agent for the Owner Trustee, including without limitation making
distributions from the Collection Account in accordance with Section 4.5.
ARTICLE IX
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
     SECTION 9.1 Amendment. (a) Any term or provision of this Agreement may be
amended by the Depositor and the Servicer without the consent of the Indenture
Trustee, the Owner Trustee, any Noteholder, any Certificateholder, the Issuer or
any other Person; provided that such amendment shall not, as evidenced by an
Opinion of Counsel delivered to the Indenture Trustee and to that effect,
materially and adversely affect the interests of the Noteholders or the
Certificateholders. An amendment shall be deemed not to materially and adversely
affect the interests of the Noteholders or the Certificateholders and no Opinion
of Counsel to that effect shall be required if the Rating Agency Condition is
satisfied with respect to such amendment.
          (b) Any term or provision of this Agreement may be amended by the
Depositor and the Servicer but without the consent of the Indenture Trustee, the
Owner Trustee, any Noteholder, any Certificateholder, the Issuer or any other
Person to add, modify or eliminate any provisions as may be necessary or
advisable in order to enable the Depositor, the Servicer or any of their
Affiliates to comply with or obtain more favorable treatment under any law or
regulation or any accounting rule or principle, it being a condition to any such
amendment that the Rating Agency Condition shall have been satisfied.
          (c) Any term or provision of this Agreement may also be amended from
time to time by the Depositor and the Servicer, with the consent of the
Indenture Trustee to the extent
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that its rights or obligations are materially and adversely affected thereby
(which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld) and with the consent of
(i) the Noteholders of Notes evidencing not less than a majority of the
principal amount of each Class of Notes, and (ii) the Certificateholders of
Certificates evidencing not less than a majority of the Percentage Interests
(which consent of any holder of a Note or holder of a Certificate given pursuant
to this Section 9.1 or pursuant to any other provision of this Agreement shall
be conclusive and binding on such Note or Certificate, as the case may be, and
on all future holders of such Note or holders of such Certificate, as the case
may be, and of any Note or Certificate, as applicable, issued upon the transfer
thereof or in exchange thereof or in lieu thereof whether or not notation of
such consent is made upon such Note or the Certificate), 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, or change the allocation or priority of, collections of payments
on Receivables or distributions that shall be required to be made on any Note or
Certificate or change any Note Interest Rate, without the consent of all
Noteholders or Certificateholders or (B) reduce the aforesaid percentage
required to consent to any such amendment, without the consent of the holders of
all Notes affected thereby and holders of all Certificates affected thereby. It
shall not be necessary for the consent of Noteholders or the Certificateholders
pursuant to this Section 9.1 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 Noteholders and Certificateholders provided for in this Agreement)
and of evidencing the authorization of the execution thereof by Noteholders and
Certificateholders shall be subject to such reasonable requirements as the Owner
Trustee and the Indenture Trustee may prescribe, including, with respect to the
Noteholders, the establishment of record dates pursuant to the Note Depository
Agreement.
          (d) Prior to the execution of any such amendment the Indenture Trustee
will provide written notification of the substance of such amendment to each
Rating Agency.
          (e) Promptly after the execution of any such amendment, the Indenture
Trustee shall furnish written notification of the substance of such amendment to
the Owner Trustee and each Rating Agency. The Issuer shall provide notification
of the substance of the amendment to each Certificateholder, and the Indenture
Trustee will provide notification of the substance of such amendment to each
Noteholder.
          (f) Prior to the execution of any amendment to this Agreement, the
Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to receive and rely
upon an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such amendment is
authorized or permitted by this Agreement and, if applicable, the Opinion of
Counsel referred to in Section 9.1(a). The Owner Trustee or the Indenture
Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such amendment which
affects such Owner Trustee’s or Indenture Trustee’s own rights, duties or
immunities under this Agreement or otherwise.
     SECTION 9.2 Protection of Title to Trust Property. (a) The Depositor shall
file such financing statements and the Owner Trustee and the Issuer shall file
such continuation statements, all in such manner and in such places as may be
required by law fully to preserve,
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maintain, and protect the interest of the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee for
the benefit of the Indenture Secured Parties in the Receivables and in the
proceeds thereof. The Depositor or Issuer, as applicable, shall deliver (or
cause to be delivered) to the Indenture Trustee file-stamped copies of, or
filing receipts for, any document filed as provided above, as soon as available
following such filing. The Depositor hereby authorizes the Issuer and the Owner
Trustee to file continuation statements on its behalf.
          (b) Neither the Depositor or the Servicer shall change its name,
identity, or corporate structure in any manner that would, could, or might make
any financing statement or continuation statement filed by the Issuer or the
Owner Trustee in accordance with paragraph (a) above seriously misleading within
the meaning of Sections 9-506, 9-507 or 9-508 of the UCC, unless it shall have
given the Issuer, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee at least 5 days’
prior written notice thereof and shall have promptly filed appropriate
amendments to all previously filed financing statements or continuation
statements.
          (c) The Depositor and the Servicer shall give the Issuer, the Owner
Trustee and the Indenture Trustee at least ten (10) days’ prior written notice
of any relocation of its principal executive office or change in the
jurisdiction under whose laws it is formed if, as a result of such relocation or
change, the applicable provisions of the UCC would require the filing of any
amendment of any previously filed financing or continuation statement or of any
new financing statement and shall promptly file any such amendment or new
financing statement. The Servicer shall at all times maintain each office from
which it shall service Receivables, and its principal executive office, within
the United States of America.
          (d) The Servicer shall maintain (or shall cause the Receivables
Servicers to maintain) accounts and records as to each Receivable accurately and
in sufficient detail to permit (i) the reader thereof to know at any time the
status of such Receivable, including payments and recoveries made and payments
owing (and the nature of each) and (ii) reconciliation between payments or
recoveries on (or with respect to) each Receivable and the amounts from time to
time deposited in the Collection Account in respect of such Receivable.
          (e) The Servicer shall maintain its (or cause the Receivables
Servicers to maintain their) computer systems so that, from and after the time
of conveyance under this Agreement of the Receivables to the Issuer, the
Servicer’s (or Receivables Servicers’) master computer records (including any
back-up archives) that refer to a Receivable shall indicate clearly, by
numerical code or otherwise, that such Receivable is owned by the Issuer and has
been pledged to the Indenture Trustee. Indication of the Issuer’s and the
Indenture Trustee’s interest in a Receivable shall not be deleted from or
modified on the Servicer’s computer systems until, and only until, the
Receivable shall have been paid in full or repurchased.
          (f) If at any time the Servicer shall propose to sell, grant a
security interest in, or otherwise transfer any interest in automotive
receivables to any prospective purchaser, lender, or other transferee, the
Servicer shall give to such prospective purchaser, lender, or other transferee
computer tapes, records, or print-outs (including any restored from back-up
archives) that, if they shall refer in any manner whatsoever to any Receivable,
shall indicate clearly that such Receivable has been conveyed to and is owned by
the Issuer and has been pledged to the Indenture Trustee.
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          (g) The Servicer, upon receipt of reasonable prior notice, shall
permit the Indenture Trustee and its agents at any time during normal business
hours at the Indenture Trustee’s expense (which reasonable expense shall be
reimbursed by the Issuer pursuant to Section 8.2(c) of the Indenture) to
inspect, audit, and make copies of and to obtain abstracts from the Servicer’s
records regarding any Receivable.
     SECTION 9.3 Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury
Trial.
          (a) THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF
THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS THAT WOULD
APPLY THE LAW OF ANY JURISDICTION OTHER THAN THE STATE OF NEW YORK, AND THE
OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS, AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES UNDER THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE
DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.
          (b) Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally:
     (i) submits for itself and its property in any legal action or proceeding
relating to this Agreement or any documents executed and delivered in connection
herewith, or for recognition and enforcement of any judgment in respect thereof,
to the nonexclusive general jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York,
the courts of the United States of America for the Southern District of New York
and appellate courts from any thereof;
     (ii) consents that any such action or proceeding may be brought in such
courts and waives any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the venue
of such action or proceeding in any such court or that such action or proceeding
was brought in an inconvenient court and agrees not to plead or claim the same;
     (iii) agrees that service of process in any such action or proceeding may
be effected by mailing a copy thereof by registered or certified mail (or any
substantially similar form of mail), postage prepaid, to such Person at its
address determined in accordance with Section 9.4; and
     (iv) agrees that nothing herein shall affect the right to effect service of
process in any other manner permitted by law or shall limit the right to sue in
any other jurisdiction.
          (c) EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO
TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS
AGREEMENT, THE OTHER BASIC DOCUMENTS OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY AND
THEREBY.
     SECTION 9.4 Notices. All demands, notices, and communications under this
Agreement shall be in writing, personally delivered, sent by fax, overnight
courier or mailed by certified mail, return receipt requested, and shall be
deemed to have been duly given upon receipt
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(a) in the case of the Servicer, at 85 Broad Street, New York, NY 10004,
Facsimile: (212) 902-3000, Attention: Jonathan Coblentz; (b) in the case of the
Depositor, at 85 Broad Street, New York, NY 10004, Facsimile (212) 428-3227,
Attention: David Stiepleman; (c) in the case of the Owner Trustee, at the
Corporate Trust Office of the Owner Trustee; (d) in the case of the Indenture
Trustee, at the Corporate Trust Office of the Indenture Trustee; (e) in the case
of Moody’s, at 99 Church Street, New York, NY 10007, Facsimile: (212) 298-7139,
Attention: ABS Monitoring Group; (f) in the case of Standard & Poor’s, at 55
Water Street, 40th Floor, New York, NY 10041, Facsimile: (212) 438-2664,
Attention: Asset Backed Surveillance Group; or (g) at such other address as
shall be designated by any of the foregoing in a written notice to the other
parties hereto. Any notice required or permitted to be mailed to a Noteholder or
Certificateholder shall be given by first class mail, postage prepaid, at the
address of such Person as shown in the Note Register or the Certificate
Register, as applicable. Any notice so mailed within the time prescribed in this
Agreement shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not
the Noteholder or Certificateholder shall receive such notice.
     SECTION 9.5 Severability of Provisions. If any one or more of the
covenants, agreements, provisions, or terms of this Agreement shall be for any
reason whatsoever held invalid, then such covenants, agreements, provisions, or
terms shall be deemed severable from the remaining covenants, agreements,
provisions, or terms of this Agreement and shall in no way affect the validity
or enforceability of the other provisions of this Agreement or of the Notes, the
Certificates or the rights of the holders thereof.
     SECTION 9.6 No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies. No failure to exercise and no
delay in exercising, on the part of the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee,
the Noteholders or the Certificateholders, any right, remedy, power or privilege
hereunder, shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial
exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder preclude any other
or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, power or
privilege. The rights, remedies, powers and privileges therein provided are
cumulative and not exhaustive of any rights, remedies, powers and privileges
provided by law.
     SECTION 9.7 Third-Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement will inure to the
benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto, the Indenture Trustee, the
Owner Trustee and their respective successors and permitted assigns and each of
the Indenture Trustee, Owner Trustee may enforce the provisions hereof as if
they were parties thereto. Except as otherwise provided in this Article IX, no
other Person will have any right or obligation hereunder. The parties hereto
hereby acknowledge and consent to the pledge of this Agreement by the Issuer to
the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Indenture Secured Parties pursuant
to the Indenture.
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     SECTION 9.8 Limitation of Liability of the Owner Trustee and the Indenture
Trustee. (a) Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, this
Agreement has been signed by Wilmington Trust Company not in its individual
capacity but solely in its capacity as Owner Trustee of the Issuer and in no
event shall Wilmington Trust Company, in its individual capacity or, except as
expressly provided in the Trust Agreement, as Owner Trustee of the Issuer have
any liability for the representations, warranties, covenants, agreements or
other obligations of the Issuer hereunder or in any of the certificates, notices
or agreements delivered pursuant hereto, as to all of which recourse shall be
had solely to the assets of the Issuer. For all purposes of this Agreement, in
the performance of its duties or obligations hereunder or in the performance of
any duties or obligations of the Issuer hereunder, the Owner Trustee shall be
subject to, and entitled to the benefits of, the terms and provisions of
Articles VI and VII of the Trust Agreement.
     (b) Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, this
Agreement has been accepted by JPMorgan Chase, not in its individual capacity
but solely as Indenture Trustee, and in no event shall JPMorgan Chase have any
liability for the representations, warranties, covenants, agreements or other
obligations of the Issuer hereunder or in any of the certificates, notices or
agreements delivered pursuant hereto, as to all of which recourse shall be had
solely to the assets of the Issuer.
     SECTION 9.9 Transfers Intended as Sale; Security Interest. (a) Each of the
parties hereto expressly intends and agrees that the transfer of the Transferred
Assets contemplated and effected under this Agreement is a complete and absolute
sale and transfer of the Transferred Assets rather than a pledge or assignment
of only a security interest and shall be given effect as such for all purposes.
It is further the intention of the parties hereto that the Receivables and other
Transferred Assets shall not be part of the Depositor’s estate in the event of a
bankruptcy or insolvency of the Depositor. The sale and transfer by the
Depositor of Receivables and other Transferred Assets hereunder is and shall be
without recourse to, or representation or warranty (express or implied) by, the
Depositor, except as otherwise specifically provided herein. The limited rights
of recourse specified herein against the Depositor are intended to provide a
remedy for breach of representations and warranties relating to the condition of
the property sold, rather than to the collectibility of the Receivables.
          (b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that the Receivables
and other Transferred Assets are held to be property of the Depositor, or if for
any reason this Agreement is held or deemed to create indebtedness or a security
interest in the Receivables and other Transferred Assets, then it is intended
that:
     (i) This Agreement shall be deemed to be a security agreement within the
meaning of Articles 8 and 9 of the New York Uniform Commercial Code and the
Uniform Commercial Code of any other applicable jurisdiction;
     (ii) The conveyance provided for in Section 2.1 shall be deemed to be a
grant by the Depositor, and the Depositor hereby grants, to the Issuer of a
security interest in all of its right (including the power to convey title
thereto), title and interest, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, in and to
the
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Receivables and other Transferred Assets, to secure such indebtedness and the
performance of the obligations of the Depositor hereunder;
     (iii) The possession by the Issuer, or the Servicer (or Receivables
Servicers) as the Issuer’s agent, of the Receivables Files and any other
property as constitute instruments, money, negotiable documents or chattel paper
shall be deemed to be “possession by the secured party” or possession by the
purchaser or a person designated by such purchaser, for purposes of perfecting
the security interest pursuant to the New York Uniform Commercial Code and the
Uniform Commercial Code of any other applicable jurisdiction; and
     (iv) Notifications to persons holding such property, and acknowledgments,
receipts or confirmations from persons holding such property, shall be deemed to
be notifications to, or acknowledgments, receipts or confirmations from, bailees
or agents (as applicable) of the Issuer for the purpose of perfecting such
security interest under applicable law.
     SECTION 9.10 No Petition. Each party hereto agrees that, prior to the date
which is one year and one day after payment in full of all obligations of each
Bankruptcy Remote Party in respect of all securities issued by any Bankruptcy
Remote Party (i) such party shall not authorize any Bankruptcy Remote Party to
commence a voluntary winding-up or other voluntary case or other proceeding
seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief with respect to such
Bankruptcy Remote Party or its debts under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other
similar law now or hereafter in effect in any jurisdiction or seeking the
appointment of an administrator, a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or
other similar official with respect to such Bankruptcy Remote Party or any
substantial part of its property or to consent to any such relief or to the
appointment of or taking possession by any such official in an involuntary case
or other proceeding commenced against such Bankruptcy Remote Party, or to make a
general assignment for the benefit of, its creditors generally, any party hereto
or any other creditor of such Bankruptcy Remote Party, and (ii) none of the
parties hereto shall commence or join with any other Person in commencing any
proceeding against such Bankruptcy Remote Party under any bankruptcy,
reorganization, liquidation or insolvency law or statute now or hereafter in
effect in any jurisdiction. This Section shall survive the termination of this
Agreement.
     SECTION 9.11 Execution in Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in
any number of counterparts, each of which counterparts shall be deemed to be an
original, and all of which counterparts shall constitute but one and the same
instrument.
     SECTION 9.12 Headings. The section headings hereof have been inserted for
convenience of reference only and shall not be construed to affect the meaning,
construction or effect of this Agreement.
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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Sale and Servicing
Agreement to be duly executed by their respective officers thereunto duly
authorized as of the day and year first above written.

              GS AUTO LOAN TRUST 2005-1, as Issuer
 
       
 
  By:   Wilmington Trust Company, not in its
 
      individual capacity but solely as
 
      Owner Trustee

                  By:   /s/ Emmet R. Harmon         Name:   Emmet R. Harmon     
  Title:   Vice President     

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              GOLDMAN SACHS MORTGAGE COMPANY, as Servicer
 
       
 
  By:   Goldman Sachs Real Estate Funding
 
      Corp., its general partner

                  By:   /s/ Joseph Marconi         Name:   Joseph Marconi       
Title:   Vice President     

     
 
  GOLDMAN SACHS ASSET BACKED
 
  SECURITIES CORP., as Depositor

                  By:   /s/ Joseph Marconi         Name:   Joseph Marconi       
Title:   Vice President     

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  JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL
 
  ASSOCIATION, not in its individual capacity
 
  but solely as Indenture Trustee

                  By:   /s/ Annette M. Marsula         Name:   Annette M.
Marsula        Title:   Vice President     

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APPENDIX A
DEFINITIONS AND USAGE
     The following rules of construction and usage shall be applicable to any
agreement or instrument that is governed by this Appendix:
     (a) All terms defined in this Appendix shall have the defined meanings when
used in any agreement or instrument governed hereby and in any certificate or
other document made or delivered pursuant thereto unless otherwise defined
therein.
     (b) As used herein, in any agreement or instrument governed hereby and in
any certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant thereto, accounting
terms not defined in this Appendix or in any such agreement, instrument,
certificate or other document, and accounting terms partly defined in this
Appendix or in any such agreement, instrument, certificate or other document, to
the extent not defined, shall have the respective meanings given to them under
generally accepted accounting principles as in effect on the date of such
agreement or instrument. To the extent that the definitions of accounting terms
in this Appendix or in any such agreement, instrument, certificate or other
document are inconsistent with the meanings of such terms under generally
accepted accounting principles, the definitions contained in this Appendix or in
any such instrument, certificate or other document shall control.
     The words “hereof,” “herein,” “hereunder” and words of similar import when
used in an agreement or instrument refer to such agreement or instrument as a
whole and not to any particular provision or subdivision thereof; references in
an agreement or instrument to “Article,” “Section” or another subdivision or to
an attachment are, unless the context otherwise requires, to an article, section
or subdivision of or an attachment to such agreement or instrument; and the term
“including” and its variations means “including without limitation.”
     The definitions contained in this Appendix are equally applicable to both
the singular and plural forms of such terms and to the masculine as well as to
the feminine and neuter genders of such terms.
     Any agreement, instrument or statute defined or referred to below or in any
agreement or instrument that is governed by this Appendix means such agreement
or instrument or statute as from time to time amended, modified or supplemented,
including (in the case of agreements or instruments) by waiver or consent and
(in the case of statutes) by succession of comparable successor statutes and
includes (in the case of agreements or instruments) references to all
attachments thereto and instruments incorporated therein. References to a Person
are also to its permitted successors and assigns.
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Definitions
     “1934 Act Documents” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.8 of the
Sale and Servicing Agreement.
     “Act” shall have the meaning specified in Section 11.3(a) of the Indenture.
     “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 Person shall mean 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” shall have meanings correlative to the foregoing.
     “Aggregate Servicing Fee” shall mean, with respect to a Collection Period,
the aggregate of the Receivables Servicer Servicing Fees and the Servicing Fee
payable to the Receivables Servicers and the Servicer on each Payment Date,
which is equal to the product of 1/12th of 1.05% and the aggregate Principal
Balance of the Receivables as of the first day of the related Collection Period.
     “Annual Percentage Rate” or “APR” of a Receivable shall mean the annual
rate of finance charges stated in the Receivable.
     “Authenticating Agent” shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.14 of
the Indenture or 3.11 of the Trust Agreement, as applicable.
     “Authorized Officer” shall mean, (i) with respect to the Issuer, any
officer within the Corporate Trust Office of the Owner Trustee, including any
vice president, assistant vice president, secretary, assistant secretary or any
other officer of the Owner Trustee customarily performing functions similar to
those performed by any of the above designated officers; and (ii) with respect
to the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee, any officer within the Corporate
Trust Office of the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee, as the case may be,
including any vice president, assistant vice president, secretary, assistant
secretary or any other officer of the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee, as
the case may be, customarily performing functions similar to those performed by
any of the above designated officers and also, with respect to a particular
matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of such
officer’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.
     “Available Collections” shall mean, for any Payment Date, the sum of the
following amounts with respect to the Collection Period preceding such Payment
Date: (i) all amounts representing Collections on the Receivables received from
the Receivables Servicers with respect to such Collection Period and
(ii) amounts representing the purchase price received for Receivables which were
required to be purchased by the applicable Receivables Servicer under the
applicable Originator Agreement; provided, however, that in calculating the
Available Collections the following will be excluded: (a) any portion of the
Receivables Servicer Servicing Fee retained by a Receivables Servicer from
Collections in respect of the Receivables serviced by it; (b) any amounts with
respect to Receivables purchased by an Originator or Receivables Servicer for
which the purchase price of which has been included in the Available Collections
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for a prior Collection Period; (c) any Supplemental Servicing Fees; and (d) any
other amounts that the Receivables Servicers are entitled to retain under their
respective Receivables Servicing Agreements.
     “Available Funds” shall mean, with respect to any Payment Date, the sum of
(a) the Available Collections for the related Collection Period, (b) the
deposits made to the Collection Account pursuant to Section 4.4 and, without
duplication, Section 8.1 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement and (c) the
Receivables Servicer Supplemental Payment Amount.
     “Bankruptcy Code” shall mean the United States Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C.
101 et seq., as amended.
     “Bankruptcy Remote Party” shall mean each of the Depositor, the Issuer, any
other trust created by the Depositor or any limited liability company
wholly-owned by the Depositor.
     “Basic Documents” shall mean the Certificate of Trust, the Trust Agreement,
the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Receivables Purchase Agreements, the
Indenture, the OSB Assignment, Assumption and Recognition Agreement, the
Huntington Assignment, Assumption and Recognition Agreement, the Huntington
Representations and Warranties Agreement, the Ford Credit Acknowledgement, the
Underwriting Agreement, the Note Depository Agreement, the SST Servicing
Agreement and the other documents and certificates delivered in connection
therewith.
     “Book-Entry Note” shall mean a beneficial interest in any of the Class A-1
Notes, the Class A-2 Notes, Class A-3 Notes, Class A-4 Notes, the Class B Notes,
the Class C Notes and the Class D Notes, in each case issued in book-entry form.
     “Business Day” shall mean any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day
on which banking institutions or trust companies in the State of New York, the
State of Delaware, the State of Ohio, the State of Michigan, the State of
Missouri or the state in which the Corporate Trust Office of the Indenture
Trustee are authorized by law, regulation or executive order to be closed.
     “Certificate Distribution Account” shall mean the account established and
maintained as such pursuant to Section 4.1 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
     “Certificate of Trust” shall mean the Certificate of Trust in the form of
Exhibit B to the Trust Agreement filed for the Issuer pursuant to Section
3810(a) of the Statutory Trust Statute.
     “Certificate Paying Agent” or “Paying Agent” shall mean any paying agent or
co-paying agent appointed pursuant to Section 3.09 of the Trust Agreement and
shall initially be JPMorgan Chase.
     “Certificate Percentage Interest” shall mean, with respect to a
Certificate, the percentage specified on such Certificate as the Certificate
Percentage Interest, which percentage represents the beneficial interest of such
Certificate in the Issuer. The aggregate Percentage Interest shall be 100%.
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     “Certificate Register” shall mean the certificate register maintained
pursuant to Section 3.4 of the Trust Agreement.
     “Certificate Registrar” shall mean any certificate registrar acting in
accordance with Section 3.4 of the Trust Agreement and shall initially be the
Indenture Trustee.
     “Certificateholder” or “holder of a Certificate” shall mean a Person in
whose name a Certificate is registered in the Certificate Register.
     “Certificates” shall mean the certificates evidencing the beneficial
interest of a Certificateholder in the Issuer, substantially in the form of
Exhibit A to the Trust Agreement; provided, however, that the Owner Trust Estate
has been pledged to the Indenture Trustee to secure payment of the Notes and
that the rights of the Certificateholders to receive distributions on the
Certificates are subordinated to the rights of the Noteholders as described in
the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Indenture and the Trust Agreement.
     “Class” shall mean any one of the classes of Notes.
     “Class A Interest Payment Amount” shall mean, with respect to any Payment
Date, the sum of the Class A-1 Interest Payment Amount for such Payment Date,
the Class A-2 Interest Payment Amount for such Payment Date, the Class A-3
Interest Payment Amount for such Payment Date and the Class A-4 Interest Payment
Amount for such Payment Date.
     “Class A Notes” shall mean, collectively, the Class A-1 Notes, the
Class A-2 Notes, the Class A-3 Notes and the Class A-4 Notes.
     “Class A Principal Payment Amount” means, with respect to any Payment Date,
an amount equal to the greater of (a) the Outstanding Amount of the Class A-1
Notes immediately prior to that Payment Date and (b) an amount equal to (i) the
Outstanding Amount of the Class A Notes immediately prior to that Payment Date
minus (ii) the lesser of (A) the Class A Target Advance Rate Percentage of the
Pool Balance as of the last day of the related Collection Period and (B) an
amount equal to (1) the Pool Balance as of the last day of the related
Collection Period minus (2) the Target Overcollateralization Level for that
Payment Date; provided, however, that, unless the Class A Notes have been paid
in full, for any Payment Date as of which the Three-Month Annualized Net Loss
Ratio is greater than or equal to the Sequential Principal Payment Trigger
Percentage in effect on that Payment Date, the Class A Principal Payment Amount
will be 100% of the funds available in the Principal Distribution Account for
that Payment Date; provided, further, that on the Final Scheduled Payment Date
of any class of Class A Notes, the Class A Principal Payment Amount will not be
less than the amount that is necessary to pay that class of Class A Notes in
full; and provided, further, that the Class A Principal Payment Amount on any
Payment Date will not exceed the Outstanding Amount of the Class A Notes on that
Payment Date.
     “Class A Target Advance Rate Percentage” means, (a) with respect to any
Payment Date on which an Overcollateralization Increase Condition is not in
effect, 86.0% and (b) with respect to any Payment Date on which an
Overcollateralization Increase Condition is in effect, 85.0%.
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     “Class A-1 Final Scheduled Payment Date” shall mean the August 2006 Payment
Date.
     “Class A-1 Interest Payment Amount” shall mean (a) with respect to the
initial Payment Date, the product of (i) 1/360 of the Class A-1 Interest Rate
times (ii) the actual number of days from and including the Closing Date to and
excluding the initial Payment Date times (iii) the Outstanding Amount of the
Class A-1 Notes as of the Closing Date; and (b) with respect to any subsequent
Payment Date, the sum of (i) the product of (x) 1/360 of the Class A-1 Interest
Rate times (y) the actual number of days from and including the immediately
preceding Payment Date to and excluding such subsequent Payment Date times
(z) the Outstanding Amount of the Class A-1 Notes as of the immediately
preceding Payment Date after giving effect to all payments of principal of the
Class A-1 Notes on such immediately preceding Payment Date and (ii) the amount
of Class A-1 Interest Payment Amount payable on the prior Payment Date but not
paid, if any, together with interest thereon (to the extent permitted by law) at
the Class A-1 Interest Rate.
     “Class A-1 Interest Rate” shall mean 3.8484%.
     “Class A-1 Noteholder” shall mean the Person in whose name a Class A-1 Note
is registered in the Note Register.
     “Class A-1 Notes” shall mean the $306,000,000 aggregate initial principal
amount Class A-1 3.8484% Asset Backed Notes issued by the Issuer pursuant to the
Indenture, substantially in the form of Exhibit A-1 to the Indenture.
     “Class A-2 Final Scheduled Payment Date” shall mean the May 2008 Payment
Date.
     “Class A-2 Interest Payment Amount” shall mean (a) with respect to the
initial Payment Date, the product of (i) 1/360 of the Class A-2 Interest Rate
times (ii) the number of days from and including the Closing Date to and
excluding the 15th day of the calendar month in which the initial Payment Date
occurs (calculated on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day
months) times (iii) the Outstanding Amount of the Class A-2 Notes as of the
Closing Date; and (b) with respect to any subsequent Payment Date, the sum of
(i) the product of (x) one-twelfth of the Class A-2 Interest Rate times (y) the
Outstanding Amount of the Class A-2 Notes as of the immediately preceding
Payment Date after giving effect to all payments of principal of the Class A-2
Notes on such immediately preceding Payment Date and (ii) the amount of
Class A-2 Interest Payment Amount payable on the prior Payment Date but not
paid, if any, together with interest thereon (to the extent permitted by law) at
the Class A-2 Interest Rate.
     “Class A-2 Interest Rate” shall mean 4.32%.
     “Class A-2 Noteholder” shall mean the Person in whose name a Class A-2 Note
is registered in the Note Register.
     “Class A-2 Notes” shall mean the $372,061,000 aggregate initial principal
amount Class A-2 4.32% Asset Backed Notes issued by the Issuer pursuant to the
Indenture, substantially in the form of Exhibit A-2 to the Indenture.
     “Class A-3 Final Scheduled Payment Date” shall mean the May 2010 Payment
Date.
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     “Class A-3 Interest Payment Amount” shall mean (a) with respect to the
initial Payment Date, the product of (i) 1/360 of the Class A-3 Interest Rate
times (ii) the number of days from and including the Closing Date to and
excluding the 15th day of the calendar month in which the initial Payment Date
occurs (calculated on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day
months) times (iii) the Outstanding Amount of the Class A-3 Notes as of the
Closing Date; and (b) with respect to any subsequent Payment Date, the sum of
(i) the product of (x) one-twelfth of the Class A-3 Interest Rate times (y) the
Outstanding Amount of the Class A-3 Notes as of the immediately preceding
Payment Date after giving effect to all payments of principal of the Class A-3
Notes on such immediately preceding Payment Date and (ii) the amount of
Class A-3 Interest Payment Amount payable on the prior Payment Date but not
paid, if any, together with interest thereon (to the extent permitted by law) at
the Class A-3 Interest Rate.
     “Class A-3 Interest Rate” shall mean 4.45%.
     “Class A-3 Noteholder” shall mean the Person in whose name a Class A-3 Note
is registered in the Note Register.
     “Class A-3 Notes” shall mean $396,354,000 aggregate initial principal
amount Class A-3 4.45% Asset Backed Notes issued by the Issuer pursuant to the
Indenture, substantially in the form of Exhibit A-3 to the Indenture.
     “Class A-4 Final Scheduled Payment Date” shall mean the November 2013
Payment Date.
     “Class A-4 Interest Payment Amount” shall mean (a) with respect to the
initial Payment Date, the product of (i) 1/360 of the Class A-4 Interest Rate
times (ii) the number of days from and including the Closing Date to and
excluding the 15th day of the calendar month in which the initial Payment Date
occurs (calculated on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day
months) times (iii) the Outstanding Amount of the Class A-4 Notes as of the
Closing Date; and (b) with respect to any subsequent Payment Date, the sum of
(i) the product of (x) one-twelfth of the Class A-4 Interest Rate times (y) the
Outstanding Amount of the Class A-4 Notes as of the immediately preceding
Payment Date after giving effect to all payments of principal of the Class A-4
Notes on such immediately preceding Payment Date and (ii) the amount of
Class A-4 Interest Payment Amount payable on the prior Payment Date but not
paid, if any, together with interest thereon (to the extent permitted by law) at
the Class A-4 Interest Rate.
     “Class A-4 Interest Rate” shall mean 4.56%.
     “Class A-4 Noteholder” shall mean the Person in whose name a Class A-4 Note
is registered in the Note Register.
     “Class A-4 Notes” shall mean the $110,594,000 aggregate initial principal
amount Class A-4 4.56% Asset Backed Notes issued by the Issuer under the
Indenture, substantially in the form of Exhibit A-4 to the Indenture.
     “Class B Final Scheduled Payment Date” shall mean the November 2013 Payment
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     “Class B Interest Payment Amount” shall mean (a) with respect to the
initial Payment Date, the product of (i) 1/360 of the Class B Interest Rate
times (ii) the number of days from and including the Closing Date to and
excluding the 15th day of the calendar month in which the initial Payment Date
occurs (calculated on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day
months) times (iii) the Outstanding Amount of the Class B Notes as of the
Closing Date; and (b) with respect to any subsequent Payment Date, the sum of
(i) the product of (x) one-twelfth of the Class B Interest Rate times (y) the
Outstanding Amount of the Class B Notes as of the immediately preceding Payment
Date after giving effect to all payments of principal of the Class B Notes on
such immediately preceding Payment Date and (ii) the amount of Class B Interest
Payment Amount payable on the prior Payment Date but not paid, if any, together
with interest thereon (to the extent permitted by law) at the Class B Interest
Rate.
     “Class B Interest Rate” shall mean 4.62%.
     “Class B Notes” shall mean the $42,793,000 aggregate initial principal
amount Class B 4.62% Asset Backed Notes issued by the Issuer under the
Indenture, substantially in the form of Exhibit B to the Indenture.
     “Class B Principal Payment Amount” means, with respect to any Payment Date,
an amount equal to (a) the sum of (i) the Outstanding Amount of the Class A
Notes (after taking into account distribution of the Class A Principal Payment
Amount on that Payment Date) and (ii) the Outstanding Amount of the Class B
Notes immediately prior to that Payment Date minus (b) the lesser of (i) the
Class B Target Advance Rate Percentage of the Pool Balance as of the last day of
the related Collection Period and (ii) an amount equal to (A) the Pool Balance
as of the last day of the related Collection Period minus (B) the Target
Overcollateralization Level for that Payment Date; provided, however, that, for
any Payment Date as of which the Three-Month Annualized Net Loss Ratio is
greater than or equal to the Sequential Principal Payment Trigger Percentage in
effect on that Payment Date, the Class B Principal Payment Amount will be an
amount equal to (x) 100% of the funds available in the Principal Distribution
Account for that Payment Date minus (y) the Class A Principal Payment Amount for
that Payment Date; provided, further, that on the Final Scheduled Payment Date
of Class B Notes, the Class B Principal Payment Amount will not be less than the
amount that is necessary to pay Class B Notes in full; and provided, further,
that the Class B Principal Payment Amount on any Payment Date will not exceed
the Outstanding Amount of the Class B Notes on that Payment Date.
     “Class B Target Advance Rate Percentage” means, (a) with respect to any
Payment Date on which an Overcollateralization Increase Condition is not in
effect, 89.5% and (b) with respect to any Payment Date on which an
Overcollateralization Increase Condition is in effect, 88.5%.
     “Class C Final Scheduled Payment Date” shall mean the November 2013 Payment
Date.
     “Class C Interest Payment Amount” shall mean (a) with respect to the
initial Payment Date, the product of (i) 1/360 of the Class C Interest Rate
times (ii) the number of days from and including the Closing Date to and
excluding the 15th day of the calendar month in which the initial Payment Date
occurs (calculated on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-
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day months) times (iii) the Outstanding Amount of the Class C Notes as of the
Closing Date; and (b) with respect to any subsequent Payment Date, the sum of
(i) the product of (x) one-twelfth of the Class C Interest Rate times (y) the
Outstanding Amount of the Class C Notes as of the immediately preceding Payment
Date after giving effect to all payments of principal of the Class C Notes on
such immediately preceding Payment Date and (ii) the amount of Class C Interest
Payment Amount payable on the prior Payment Date but not paid, if any, together
with interest thereon (to the extent permitted by law) at the Class C Interest
Rate.
     “Class C Interest Rate” shall mean 4.98%.
     “Class C Noteholder” shall mean the Person in whose name a Class C Note is
registered in the Note Register.
     “Class C Notes” shall mean the $42,792,000 aggregate initial principal
amount Class C 4.98% Asset Backed Notes issued by the Issuer under the
Indenture, substantially in the form of Exhibit C to the Indenture.
     “Class C Principal Payment Amount” means, with respect to any Payment Date,
an amount equal to (a) the sum of (i) the Outstanding Amount of the Class A
Notes (after taking into account distribution of the Class A Principal Payment
Amount on that Payment Date), (ii) the Outstanding Amount of the Class B Notes
(after taking into account distribution of the Class B Principal Payment Amount
on that Payment Date) and (iii) the Outstanding Amount of the Class C Notes
immediately prior to that Payment Date minus (b) the lesser of (i) the Class C
Target Advance Rate Percentage of the Pool Balance as of the last day of the
related Collection Period and (ii) an amount equal to (A) the Pool Balance as of
the last day of the related Collection Period minus (B) the Target
Overcollateralization Level for that Payment Date; provided, however, that for
any Payment Date as of which the Three-Month Annualized Net Loss Ratio is
greater than or equal to the Sequential Principal Payment Trigger Percentage in
effect on that Payment Date, the Class C Principal Payment Amount will be an
amount equal to (x) 100% of the funds available in the Principal Distribution
Account for that Payment Date minus (y) an amount equal to the sum of (1) the
Class A Principal Payment Amount for that Payment Date plus (2) the Class B
Principal Payment Amount for that Payment Date; provided, further, that on the
Final Scheduled Payment Date of Class C Notes, the Class C Principal Payment
Amount will not be less than the amount that is necessary to pay Class C Notes
in full; and provided, further, that the Class C Principal Payment Amount on any
Payment Date will not exceed the Outstanding Amount of the Class C Notes on that
Payment Date.
     “Class C Target Advance Rate Percentage” means, (a) with respect to any
Payment Date on which an Overcollateralization Increase Condition is not in
effect, 94.0% and (b) with respect to any Payment Date on which an
Overcollateralization Increase Condition is in effect, 93.0%.
     “Class D Final Scheduled Payment Date” shall mean the November 2013 Payment
Date.
     “Class D Noteholder” shall mean the Person in whose name a Class D Note is
registered in the Note Register.
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     “Class D Notes” shall mean Zero Coupon $20,408,000 aggregate initial
principal amount Class D Asset Backed Notes issued by the Issuer pursuant to the
Indenture, substantially in the form of Exhibit D to the Indenture.
     “Class D Principal Payment Amount” shall mean, with respect to any Payment
Date, an amount equal to (a) 100% of the funds available in the Principal
Distribution Account for such Payment Date minus (b) an amount equal to the sum
of (i) the Class A Principal Payment Amount for such Payment Date, (ii) the
Class B Principal Payment Amount for such Payment Date and (iii) the Class C
Principal Payment Amount for such Payment Date; provided, however, that, on the
Final Scheduled Payment Date for the Class D Notes, the Class D Principal
Payment Amount will not be less than the amount such is necessary to pay the
Class D Notes in full; and provided, further, that the Class D Principal Payment
Amount on any Payment Date will not exceed the Outstanding Amount of the Class D
Notes on such Payment Date.
     “Clearance System” shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.2 of the
Indenture.
     “Clearing Agency” shall mean an organization registered as a “clearing
agency” pursuant to Section 17A of the Exchange Act.
     “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.
     “Closing Date” shall mean August 19, 2005.
     “Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and
Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder.
     “Collateral” shall have the meaning specified in the Granting Clause of the
Indenture.
     “Collection Account” shall mean the account or accounts established and
maintained as such pursuant to Section 4.1 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
     “Collection Period” shall mean, with respect to each Payment Date, the
calendar month preceding the calendar month in which such Payment Date occurs.
     “Collections” shall mean, with respect to any Collection Period, all
amounts received from the Receivables Servicers in respect of such Collection
Period which represent: (a) payments by or on behalf of Obligors on the
Receivables, (b) Liquidation Proceeds, (c) proceeds under physical damage and
other insurance policies relating to the Obligor or the Financed Vehicle and
(d) any other amounts received from the Receivables Servicers in respect of the
Receivables which are required to be remitted to the holder of the applicable
Receivables; provided, however, that the term “Collections” shall exclude any
Supplemental Servicing Fees.
     “Commission” shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission.
     “Controlling Class” shall mean (i) if the Class A Notes have not been paid
in full, the Class A Notes, (ii) if the Class A Notes have been paid in full and
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Outstanding, the Class B Notes, (iii) if the Class A Notes and the Class B Notes
have been paid in full and Class C Notes remain Outstanding, the Class C Notes,
and (iv) if the Class A Notes, the Class B Notes and the Class C Notes have been
paid in full, the Class D Notes.
     “Corporate Trust Office” shall mean, (i) with respect to the Owner Trustee,
the principal corporate trust office of the Owner Trustee located at Rodney
Square North, 1100 North Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19890-0001 or at
such other address as the Owner Trustee may designate from time to time by
notice to the Certificateholders and the Depositor, or the principal corporate
trust office of any successor Owner Trustee (the address of which the successor
Owner Trustee will notify the Certificateholders and the Depositor); and
(ii) with respect to the Indenture Trustee, the principal corporate trust office
of the Indenture Trustee located at 4 New York Plaza, 6th Floor, New York, New
York 10004, Attention: Worldwide Securities Services/Global Debt — GSALT 2005-1,
with a copy of all notices, directions, instructions or requests to 227 West
Monroe, 26th Floor, Chicago, Illinois 60606, Attention: Worldwide Securities
Services/Global Debt — GSALT 2005-1, or at such other address as the Indenture
Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Noteholders and the
Issuer, or the principal corporate trust office of any successor Indenture
Trustee (the address of which the successor Indenture Trustee will notify the
Noteholders and the Issuer).
     “Cut-off Date” shall mean July 31, 2005.
     “Dealer” shall mean a dealer who sold a Financed Vehicle and who originated
and sold the related Receivable, directly or indirectly, to Ford Credit or
Huntington or OSB.
     “Default” shall mean any occurrence that is, or with notice or the lapse of
time or both would become, an Event of Default.
     “Definitive Certificates” shall have the meaning specified in Section 3.10
of the Trust Agreement.
     “Definitive Notes” shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.11 of the
Indenture.
     “Depositor” shall mean Goldman Sachs Asset Backed Securities Corp., a
Delaware corporation and its successors and permitted assigns.
     “Depository Institution” shall mean JPMorgan Chase (or another Eligible
Institution) as the depository institution at which the Ford Credit Deposit
Account, the Huntington Deposit Account and the SST Deposit Account are
maintained.
     “Determination Date” means the first Business Day preceding any Payment
Date.
     “Dominion” shall mean Dominion Bond Rating Service, Inc. or its successor
in interest.
     “Eligible Deposit Account” shall mean either (i) a segregated account with
an Eligible Institution or (ii) a segregated trust account with the corporate
trust department of a depository institution organized under the laws of the
U.S. or any one of the states thereof or the District of Columbia (or any
domestic branch of a foreign bank), having corporate trust powers and acting as
trustee for funds deposited in such account, so long as any of the securities of
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institution have a credit rating from each Rating Agency in one of its generic
rating categories which signifies investment grade.
     “Eligible Institution” shall mean either (i) the corporate trust department
of the Indenture Trustee or the related Trustee, as applicable; (ii) a
depository institution organized under the laws of the U.S. or any one of the
states thereof or the District of Columbia (or any domestic branch of a foreign
bank), (1) which has either (A) a long-term unsecured debt rating of at least
“AA-” by Standard & Poor’s and “Aa3” by Moody’s or (B) a short-term unsecured
debt rating or certificate of deposit rating of “A-1+” by Standard & Poor’s and
“Prime-1” by Moody’s and (2) whose deposits are insured by the Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation or (iii) any depository institution or trust company in
respect of which the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied.
     “ERISA” shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended.
     “Event of Default” shall have the meaning specified in Section 5.1 of the
Indenture.
     “Event of Servicing Termination” shall mean an event specified in
Section 7.1 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
     “Excess Allocation of Principal” shall mean, with respect to any Payment
Date, an amount not less than zero equal to the excess, if any, of (a) the
aggregate outstanding principal amount of all the Notes as of the preceding
Payment Date (after giving effect to any principal payments made on the Notes on
such preceding Payment Date); over (b) the sum of (i) the Pool Balance at the
end of the Collection Period preceding such Payment Date minus the Target
Overcollateralization Level with respect to such Payment Date; and plus (ii) the
sum of the First Allocation of Principal, if any, the Second Allocation of
Principal, if any, the Third Allocation of Principal, if any, and the Regular
Allocation of Principal, if any, each with respect to such Payment Date;
provided, however, that the Excess Allocation of Principal shall not exceed the
aggregate outstanding principal amount of all the Notes on such Payment Date
(after giving effect to any principal payments made on the securities on such
Payment Date in respect of the First Allocation of Principal, if any, the Second
Allocation of Principal, the Third Allocation of Principal and the Regular
Allocation of Principal, if any); and provided, further, that on or after the
Final Scheduled Payment Date relating to the Class D Notes, the Excess
Allocation of Principal shall not be less than the amount that is necessary to
reduce the balance of the Class D Notes to zero.
     “Excess Spread” means, for any Payment Date, an amount not less than zero
equal to (a) the excess of the Available Funds for such Payment Date over
amounts received in respect of principal on the Receivables minus (b) the sum of
the Indenture Trustee Fee, the Owner Trustee Fee and the Receivables Servicer
Servicing Fees payable to the Receivables Servicers for the preceding Collection
Period and the Class A Interest Payment Amount, the Class B Interest Payment
Amount and the Class C Interest Payment Amount for that Payment Date.
     “Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
     “Executive Officer” shall mean, with respect to any corporation, the Chief
Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer, President,
Executive Vice President,
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any Vice President, the Secretary or the Treasurer of such corporation and, with
respect to any partnership, any general partner thereof.
     “Final Scheduled Payment Date” shall mean, with respect to (i) the
Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-1 Final Scheduled Payment Date, (ii) the Class A-2
Notes, the Class A-2 Final Scheduled Payment Date, (iii) the Class A-3 Notes,
the Class A-3 Final Scheduled Payment Date, (iv) the Class A-4 Notes, the
Class A-4 Final Scheduled Payment Date, (v) the Class B Notes, the Class B Final
Scheduled Payment Date, (vi) the Class C Notes, the Class C Final Scheduled
Payment Date and (vii) the Class D Notes, the Class D Final Scheduled Payment
Date.
     “Financed Vehicle” shall mean a new or used automobile or light-duty truck,
together with all accessions thereto, securing an Obligor’s indebtedness under
the respective Receivable.
     “Fitch” shall mean Fitch, Inc. or its successor in interest.
     “First Allocation of Principal” shall mean, with respect to any Payment
Date, an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (x) the Outstanding Amount of
the Class A Notes as of the preceding Payment Date (after giving effect to any
principal payments made on the Class A Notes on such preceding Payment Date) or,
in the case of the initial Payment Date, the Closing Date, over (y) the Pool
Balance as of the end of the related Collection Period; provided, however, that
the First Allocation of Principal for any Payment Date on or after the Final
Scheduled Payment Date for any class of Class A Notes shall not be less than the
amount such is necessary to reduce the Outstanding Amount for such class of
Class A Notes to zero.
     “Ford Credit” shall mean Ford Motor Credit Company, a Delaware corporation,
and its successors.
     “Ford Credit Acknowledgment” shall mean the acknowledgement executed by
Ford Credit, dated as of the Closing Date, and acknowledged by Trust I and the
Servicer.
     “Ford Credit Agreements” means the Ford Credit Purchase Agreement and the
Ford Credit Servicing Agreement.
     “Ford Credit Deposit Account” shall mean the account at the Depository
Institution into which collections on the Ford Credit Receivables are deposited.
     “Ford Credit Purchase Agreement” shall mean the Purchase and Sale
Agreement, dated as of March 1, 2005, by and between Ford Credit and Trust I.
     “Ford Credit Receivables” shall mean the Receivables listed in Schedule A
to the Sale and Servicing Agreement as the Ford Credit Receivables, which
Receivables were sold by Ford Credit to Trust I under the Ford Credit Purchase
Agreement and by Trust I to the Depositor under the Trust I Receivables Purchase
Agreement.
     “Ford Credit Receivables Representations” shall mean the representations
and warranties by Ford Credit about the Ford Credit Receivables, as such
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forth in the Ford Credit Purchase Agreement, the breach of which would result in
a requirement by Ford Credit to repurchase the Receivable under the Ford Credit
Purchase Agreement.
     “Ford Credit Servicing Agreement” shall mean the Servicing Agreement, dated
as of March 1, 2005, by and between Ford Credit and Trust I.
     “Global Note” shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.2 of the
Indenture.
     “Grant” shall mean to mortgage, pledge, bargain, sell, warrant, alienate,
remise, release, convey, assign, transfer, create, and to grant a lien upon and
a security interest in and right of set-off against, and to deposit, set over
and confirm pursuant to the Indenture. A Grant of the Collateral or of any other
agreement or instrument shall include all rights, powers and options (but none
of the obligations) of the granting party thereunder, including the immediate
and continuing right to claim for, collect, receive and give receipt for
principal and interest payments in respect of the Collateral and all other
monies payable thereunder, to give and receive notices and other communications,
to make waivers or other agreements, to exercise all rights and options, to
bring Proceedings in the name of the granting party or otherwise, and generally
to do and receive anything that the granting party is or may be entitled to do
or receive thereunder or with respect thereto.
     “Guaranty” shall mean the Guaranty, dated as of the Closing Date, issued by
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. in favor of the Issuer.
     “Holder” shall mean either a Certificateholder or Noteholder, as the case
may be.
     “Huntington” shall mean The Huntington National Bank, a national banking
association, and its successors.
     “Huntington Agreements” means the Huntington Purchase and Servicing
Agreement and the Huntington Assignment, Assumption and Recognition Agreement.
     “Huntington Assignment, Assumption and Recognition Agreement” shall mean
the Assignment, Assumption and Recognition Agreement, dated as of the Closing
Date, by and among Huntington, Trust II and the Depositor.
     “Huntington Deposit Account” shall mean the account at the Depository
Institution into which collections on the Huntington Receivables are required to
be deposited in accordance with the Huntington Purchase and Servicing Agreement.
     “Huntington Purchase and Servicing Agreement” means the Purchase and
Servicing Agreement, dated as of June 7, 2005, by and between Huntington and
Trust II.
     “Huntington Receivables” shall mean the Receivables listed on Schedule A to
the Sale and Servicing Agreement as the Huntington Receivables, which were sold
by Huntington to Trust II under the Huntington Purchase and Servicing Agreement
and by Trust II to the Depositor under the Trust II Receivables Purchase
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     “Huntington Receivables Representations” shall mean the representations and
warranties by Huntington about the Huntington Receivables, as such
representations and warranties are set forth in the Huntington Purchase and
Servicing Agreement or the Huntington Representations and Warranties Agreement,
the breach of which would result in a requirement by Huntington to repurchase
the Receivable under the either such agreement.
     “Huntington Representations and Warranties Agreement” shall mean the
Representations and Warranties Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, by and
among Huntington, Trust II, the Depositor, the Issuer and the Servicer.
     “Huntington Indemnity Agreement” shall mean the Indemnity Agreement dated
as of August 19, 2005 among Huntington, the Depositor and the Representative.
     “Indenture” shall mean the Indenture, dated as of the Closing Date, by and
between the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee.
     “Indenture Secured Parties” shall mean the Indenture Trustee and the
Noteholders.
     “Indenture Trust Estate” shall mean all money, instruments, rights and
other property that are subject or intended to be subject to the lien and
security interest of Indenture for the benefit of the Indenture Secured Parties
(including, without limitation, all property and interests Granted to the
Indenture Trustee), including all proceeds thereof.
     “Indenture Trustee” shall mean JPMorgan Chase, not in its individual
capacity but solely as Indenture Trustee under the Indenture, or any successor
Indenture Trustee under the Indenture.
     “Indenture Trustee Fee” means the fee payable to the Indenture Trustee, as
set forth in the fee letter from the Indenture Trustee to the Depositor.
     “Independent” shall mean, when used with respect to any specified Person,
that such Person (a) is in fact independent of the Issuer, any other obligor on
the Notes, Trust I, Trust II, Trust III 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 Issuer, any such other obligor, the
Depositor or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing Persons and (c) is not
connected with the Issuer, any such other obligor, the Depositor or any
Affiliate of any of the foregoing Persons as an officer, employee, promoter,
underwriter, trustee, partner, director or person performing similar functions.
     “Independent Certificate” shall mean a certificate or opinion to be
delivered to the Indenture Trustee under the circumstances described in, and
otherwise complying with, the applicable requirements of Section 11.1 of the
Indenture, made by an Independent appraiser or other expert appointed by an
Issuer Order and approved by the Indenture Trustee in the exercise of reasonable
care, and such opinion or certificate shall state that the signer has read the
definition of “Independent” in the Indenture and that the signer is Independent
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     “Insolvency Event” shall mean, with respect to any Person, (i) the making
of a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, (ii) the filing of a
voluntary petition in bankruptcy, (iii) being adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent,
or having had entered against such Person an order for relief in any bankruptcy
or insolvency proceeding, (iv) the filing by such Person of a petition or answer
seeking reorganization, arrangement, composition, readjustment, liquidation,
dissolution or similar relief under any statute, law or regulation, (v) the
filing by such Person of an answer or other pleading admitting or failing to
contest the material allegations of a petition filed against such Person in any
proceeding specified in (vii) below, (vi) seeking, consent to or acquiescing in
the appointment of a trustee, receiver or liquidator of such Person or of all or
any substantial part of the assets of such Person or (vii) the failure to obtain
dismissal within 60 days of the commencement of any proceeding against such
Person seeking reorganization, arrangement, composition, readjustment,
liquidation, dissolution or similar relief under any statute, law or regulation,
or the entry of any order appointing a trustee, liquidator or receiver of such
Person or of such Person’s assets or any substantial portion thereof.
     “IRS” shall mean the Internal Revenue Service.
     “Issuer” shall mean the GS Auto Loan Trust 2005-1, a Delaware statutory
trust, and its successors.
     “Issuer Order” and “Issuer Request” shall mean a written order or request
signed in the name of the Issuer by any one of its Authorized Officers and
delivered to the Indenture Trustee.
     “Investment Company Act” means the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended.
     “JPMorgan Chase” means JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, a
national banking association, and its successors.
     “Lien” shall mean a security interest, lien, charge, pledge, equity, or
encumbrance of any kind other than tax liens, mechanics’ liens, and any liens
which arise by operation of law.
     “Liquidated Receivable” shall mean any Receivable that, by its terms, is in
default and (i) as to which the applicable Receivables Servicer has repossessed
and disposed of the related Financed Vehicle or (ii) any other condition has
occurred under the applicable Receivables Servicing Agreement which requires
such Receivable to be treated as a “liquidated receivable”, “defaulted
receivable” or similar concept.
     “Liquidation Proceeds” means, with respect to any Liquidated Receivable,
all amounts collected in connection with the liquidation of such Liquidated
Receivable, net of any expenses or other amounts the applicable Receivables
Servicer is permitted to deduct under the related Originator Agreement or SST
Servicing Agreement, as the case may be.
     “London Business Day” shall mean any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or
day on which banking institutions in London, England are authorized or obligated
by law or government decree to be closed.
     “Memorandum” shall mean the Private Placement Memorandum dated August 19,
2005, relating to Class D Notes and the Certificates.
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     “Monthly Noteholder Report” is defined in Section 3.8 of the Sale and
Servicing Agreement.
     “Monthly Remittance Condition” shall mean (a) with respect to Ford Credit,
the “Monthly Remittance Condition” as defined in the Ford Credit Servicing
Agreement and (b) with respect to Huntington, the condition described in
Section 4.03(a) of the Huntington Purchase and Servicing Agreement.
     “Moody’s” shall mean Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or its successor in
interest.
     “Net Liquidation Losses” means with respect to any Collection Period, the
amount, if any, by which (a) the aggregate Principal Balance of all Receivables
that became Liquidated Receivable during that Collection Period exceeds (b) any
and all recoveries received during that Collection Period.
     “Net Servicing Fee” shall mean, with respect to any Collection Period, the
Servicing Fee for that Collection Period minus the Netted Receivables Servicer
Servicing Fee Amount for that Collection Period.
     “Netted Receivables Servicer Servicing Fee Amount” shall mean, with respect
to any Collection Period, the amount that was retained or netted by the
Receivables Servicers from collections received during that Collection Period in
respect of the Receivables Servicer Servicing Fee for that Collection Period.
     “Note Depositary Agreement” shall mean the Letter of Representations, dated
as of the Closing Date by and among the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee, as agent
and The Depository Trust Company regarding the Notes.
     “Note Depository” shall mean The Depository Trust Company or any successor
depository.
     “Note Factor” shall mean, with respect to each Class of Notes as of the
close of business on the last day of a Collection Period, a nine-digit decimal
figure equal to the outstanding principal balance of such Class of Notes (after
giving effect to any reductions thereof to be made on the immediately following
Payment Date) divided by the original outstanding principal balance of such
Class of Notes. The Note Factor will be 1.00000000 as of the Closing Date;
thereafter, the Note Factor will decline to reflect reductions in the
outstanding principal amount of such Class of Notes.
     “Note Owner” shall mean, with respect to any Book-Entry Note, the Person
who is the beneficial owner of such Book-Entry Note, as reflected on the books
of the Clearing Agency or 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).
     “Note Paying Agent” shall mean the Indenture Trustee or any other Person
that meets the eligibility standards for the Indenture Trustee specified in
Section 6.11 of the Indenture and is authorized by the Issuer to make payments
to and distributions from the Collection Account and
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the Principal Distribution Account, including payment of principal of or
interest on the Notes on behalf of the Issuer.
     “Note Register” and “Note Registrar” shall have the respective meanings
specified in Section 2.5 of the Indenture.
     “Noteholder” or “holder of a Note” shall mean the Person in whose name a
Note is registered on the Note Register.
     “Notes” shall mean the Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2 Notes, the Class A-3
Notes, the Class A-4 Notes, the Class B Notes, the Class C Notes and the Class D
Notes, collectively.
     “Obligor” on a Receivable shall mean the purchaser or co-purchasers of the
Financed Vehicle or any other Person who owes payments under the Receivable.
     “Offered Notes” shall mean, collectively, the Class A Notes, the Class B
Notes, and the Class C Notes.
     “Officer’s Certificate” shall mean (i) with respect to the Issuer, a
certificate signed by any Authorized Officer of the Issuer and (ii) with respect
to the Depositor or the Servicer, a certificate signed by any officer of the
Depositor or the Servicer, as applicable.
     “Opinion of Counsel” shall mean a written opinion of counsel which counsel
shall be acceptable to the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee or the Rating
Agencies, as applicable.
     “Optional Purchase Price” shall mean, with respect to any Payment Date, an
amount equal to the greater of (a) the fair market value of the Trust Estate as
of such Payment Date or (b) the sum of (i) the unpaid principal amount of the
Notes plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon up to but excluding that Payment
Date and (ii) all amounts owing by the Issuer to the Owner Trustee, the
Indenture Trustee and the Servicer as of such Payment Date, to the extent not
previously paid.
     “Original Pool Balance” shall mean an amount equal to the aggregate
Principal Balance of the Receivables as of the Cut-off Date, which shall be
$1,316,680,348.05.
     “Originator” shall mean Huntington, with respect to the Huntington
Receivables, Ford Credit, with respect to the Ford Credit Receivables and OSB,
with respect to the OSB Receivables.
     “Originator Agreement” means a Ford Credit Agreement, a Huntington
Agreement or an OSB Agreement.
     “Originator Purchase Agreement” means the Ford Credit Purchase Agreement,
OSB Purchase Agreement or the Huntington Purchase and Servicing Agreement.
     “OSB” shall mean Ohio Savings Bank, a federal savings bank, and its
successors.
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     “OSB Agreements” shall mean the OSB Assignment, Assumption and Recognition
Agreement and the OSB Purchase Agreement.
     “OSB Assignment, Assumption and Recognition Agreement” shall mean the
Assignment, Assumption and Recognition Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date,
by and among OSB, Trust III and the Depositor.
     “OSB Purchase Agreement” shall mean the Purchase Agreement, dated as of
June 28, 2005, by and between OSB and Trust III.
     “OSB Receivables” shall mean the Receivables listed in Schedule A to the
Sale and Servicing Agreement as the OSB Receivables, which Receivables were sold
by OSB to Trust III under the OSB Purchase Agreement and by Trust III to the
Depositor under the Trust III Receivables Purchase Agreement.
     “OSB Receivables Representations” shall mean the representations and
warranties by OSB about the OSB Receivables, as such representations and
warranties are set forth in the OSB Purchase Agreement, the breach of which
would result in a requirement by OSB to repurchase the Receivable under the OSB
Purchase Agreement.
     “Other Assets” shall mean any assets (or interests therein) (other than the
Trust Property) conveyed or purported to be conveyed by the Depositor to another
Person or Persons other than the Issuer, whether by way of a sale, capital
contribution or by virtue of the granting of a lien.
     “Outstanding” shall mean with respect to the Notes, as of the date of
determination, all Notes theretofore authenticated and delivered under the
Indenture, as applicable, except:
     (a) Notes theretofore cancelled by the Note Registrar or delivered to the
Note Registrar for cancellation;
     (b) Notes or portions thereof the payment for which money in the necessary
amount has been theretofore deposited with the Indenture Trustee or any Note
Paying Agent in trust for the Noteholders of such Notes (provided, however, that
if such Notes are to be prepaid, notice of such prepayment has been duly given
pursuant to the Indenture or provision for such notice has been made,
satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee); and
     (c) Notes in exchange for or in lieu of which other Notes have been
authenticated and delivered pursuant to the Indenture unless proof satisfactory
to the Indenture Trustee or the Note Registrar, as applicable, is presented that
any such notes are held by a bona fide purchaser;
     provided, that in determining whether the holders of Notes evidencing the
requisite Outstanding Amount of the Notes have given any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, or waiver under any Basic Document,
Notes owned by the Issuer, any other obligor upon the Notes, the Depositor, the
Servicer or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing Persons shall be disregarded
and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, in determining whether the
Indenture Trustee, shall be fully protected in relying on any such request,
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notice, consent, or waiver, only Notes that a Responsible Officer of the
Indenture Trustee actually knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded;
provided, however, if the Issuer, any other obligor upon the Notes, the
Depositor, the Servicer or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing Persons owns an
entire Class of Notes, such Notes shall be deemed to be Outstanding. Notes owned
by the Issuer, any other obligor upon the Notes, the Depositor, the Servicer or
any Affiliate of any of the foregoing Persons that have been pledged in good
faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the
satisfaction of the Indenture Trustee the pledgee’s right so to act with respect
to such Notes and that the pledgee is not the Issuer, any other obligor upon the
Notes, the Depositor, the Servicer or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing
Persons.
     “Outstanding Amount” shall mean, as of any date of determination and as to
any Notes, the aggregate principal amount of such Notes Outstanding as of such
date of determination.
     “Overcollateralization Increase Condition” shall be deemed in effect for
any Payment Date if any of the following are or were true on such Payment Date
or either of the two preceding Payment Dates:
     (a) the Three-Month Annualized Net Loss Ratio for such Payment Date is
greater than or equal to the Sequential Principal Payment Trigger Percentage in
effect on that Payment Date;
     (b) the Three-Month Annualized Excess Spread Ratio for such Payment Date is
less than 0.50%; or
     (c) the Three-Month Delinquency Ratio for such Payment Date is greater than
the corresponding percentage below:

      Payment Date   Percentage
Through and including August 2006
  2.5%
September 2006 through and including August 2007
  3.0%
September 2007 and thereafter
  3.5%

     “Owner Trust Estate” shall mean all right, title and interest of the Issuer
in, to and under the property and rights assigned to the Issuer pursuant to
Article II of the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
     “Owner Trustee” shall mean Wilmington Trust Company, a Delaware banking
corporation, not in its individual capacity but solely as Owner Trustee under
the Trust Agreement, or any successor Owner Trustee under the Trust Agreement.
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     “Owner Trustee Fee” means the fee payable to the Owner Trustee, as set
forth in the fee letter from the Owner Trustee to the Depositor.
     “Participant” shall mean a participant in or member of the Note Depository.
     “Payment Date” shall mean the 15th day of each calendar month or, if such
day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day.
     “Percentage Interest” shall mean, with respect to a Certificate, the
individual percentage interest of such Certificate, which shall be specified on
the face thereof, in the distributions on the Certificates. The sum of the
Percentage Interests for all Certificates shall be 100%.
     “Permitted Investments” shall mean, on any date of determination,
book-entry securities, negotiable instruments or securities represented by
instruments in bearer or registered form with maturities not exceeding the
Business Day preceding the next Payment Date which evidence:
     (a) direct non-callable obligations of, and obligations fully guaranteed as
to timely payment by, the United States of America;
     (b) demand deposits, time deposits or certificates of deposit of any
depository institution or trust company incorporated under the laws of the
United States of America or any state thereof (or any domestic branch of a
foreign bank) and subject to supervision and examination by federal or State
banking or depository institution authorities; provided, however, that at the
time of the investment or contractual commitment to invest therein, the
commercial paper or other short-term unsecured debt obligations (other than such
obligations the rating of which is based on the credit of a Person other than
such depository institution or trust company) thereof shall have a credit rating
from each of the Rating Agencies in the highest investment category granted
thereby;
     (c) commercial paper having, at the time of the investment or contractual
commitment to invest therein, a rating from each of the Rating Agencies in the
highest investment category granted thereby;
     (d) investments in money market funds having a rating from each of the
Rating Agencies in the highest investment category granted thereby (including
funds for which the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee or any of their
respective Affiliates is investment manager or advisor);
     (e) bankers’ acceptances issued by any depository institution or trust
company referred to in clause (b) above;
     (f) repurchase obligations with respect to any security that is a direct
non-callable obligation of, or fully guaranteed by, the United States of America
or any agency or instrumentality thereof the obligations of which are backed by
the full faith and credit of the United States of America, in either case
entered into with a depository institution or trust company (acting as
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     (g) any other investment with respect to which the Rating Agency Condition
is satisfied.
     Each of the Permitted Investments may be purchased by the Indenture Trustee
or through an affiliate of the Indenture Trustee.
     “Person” shall mean any individual, corporation, estate, partnership,
limited liability company, joint venture, association, joint stock company,
trust, unincorporated organization, or government or any agency or political
subdivision thereof.
     “Plan” shall mean an employee benefit or other plan or arrangement (such as
an individual retirement account or Keogh plan) that is subject to ERISA,
Section 4975 of the Code or a Similar Law, or an entity deemed to hold the
assets of any of the foregoing by reason of investment by an employee benefit
plan or other plan in such entity.
     “Plan Assets Regulation” shall mean the Department of Labor’s regulation
set forth at 29 C.F.R. Section 2510.3-101.
     “Pool Balance” shall mean, with respect to any Payment Date, an amount
equal to the aggregate Principal Balance of the Receivables at the end of the
related Collection Period, after giving effect to all payments of principal
received from Obligors and Purchase Amounts to be remitted for the related
Collection Period.
     “Pool Factor” as of the last day of a Collection Period shall mean a
nine-digit decimal figure equal to the Pool Balance at that time divided by the
Original Pool Balance.
     “Predecessor Note” shall mean, with respect to any particular Note, every
previous Note evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by
such particular Note and, for purposes of this definition, any Note
authenticated and delivered under Section 2.6 of the Indenture in lieu of a
mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen Note shall be deemed to evidence the same
debt as the mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen Note.
     “Prepayment Date” shall mean with respect to a prepayment of the Notes
pursuant to Section 10.1 of the Indenture, the Payment Date specified by
Servicer or the Issuer pursuant to Section 10.1 of the Indenture.
     “Prepayment Price” shall mean in the case of a Class of Notes to be
prepaid, an amount equal to the unpaid principal amount of such Class of Notes
plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon at the applicable Note Interest Rate
plus interest on any overdue interest at the applicable Note Interest Rate (to
the extent lawful) to but excluding the Prepayment Date.
     “Principal Balance” means, with respect to a Receivable, the principal
balance of such Receivable on the books and records of the applicable
Receivables Servicer, calculated in accordance with the customary practices of
the Receivables Servicer.
     “Principal Distribution Account” shall mean the account established and
maintained as such pursuant to Section 4.1 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
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     “Proceeding” shall mean any suit in equity, action at law or other judicial
or administrative proceeding.
     “Prospectus” shall have the meaning specified in the Underwriting
Agreement.
     “Prospectus Supplement” shall have the meaning specified in the
Underwriting Agreement.
     “Purchase Amount” shall mean (a) for a repurchase of a Ford Credit
Receivable, the purchase price for repurchases under the Ford Credit Purchase
Agreement, (b) for a repurchase of a Huntington Receivable, the purchase price
for repurchases under the applicable Huntington Agreement, and (c) for a
repurchase of an OSB Receivable, the purchase price for repurchases under the
applicable OSB Agreement.
     “Purchased Property” shall mean, collectively, (i) the Receivables,
(ii) all Collections received after the Cut-off Date, (iii) the security
interests in the Financed Vehicles granted by Obligors pursuant to the
Receivables and any other interest of the Issuer in the Financed Vehicles,
(iv) the Receivable Files, (v) the rights of Trust I under the Ford Credit
Agreements, the rights of Trust II under the Huntington Agreements and the
rights of Trust III under the OSB Agreements and the SST Servicing Agreement, as
the case may be and (vi) all proceeds of the foregoing.
     “Purchased Receivable” shall mean a Receivable purchased pursuant to
Section 3.6 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement or repurchased pursuant to
Section 2.3 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
     “Qualified Institutional Buyer” shall mean a qualified institutional buyer
within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act.
     “Rating Agency” means Fitch, Moody’s or Dominion, as the context may
require. If none of Fitch, Moody’s, Dominion or a successor thereto remains in
existence, “Rating Agency” shall mean any nationally recognized statistical
rating organization or other comparable Person designated by the Depositor,
notice of which shall be given to the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee and
the Servicer.
     “Rating Agency Condition” shall mean, with respect to any action, that each
of the Rating Agencies shall have notified the Servicer, the Depositor, the
Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee in writing that such action will not
result in a reduction or withdrawal of the then current rating of any of the
Notes.
     “Receivable Files” shall mean the documents specified in Section 2.4 of the
Sale and Servicing Agreement.
     “Receivables” shall mean the Ford Credit Receivables, the Huntington
Receivables and the OSB Receivables, as the case may be, listed on Schedule A to
the Sale and Servicing Agreement and all proceeds thereof and rights to payments
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     “Receivables Purchase Agreements” shall mean the Trust I Receivables
Purchase Agreement, Trust II Receivables Purchase Agreement and the Trust III
Receivables Purchase Agreement.
     “Receivables Servicer” shall mean (i) Ford Credit with respect to the Ford
Credit Receivables, (ii) Huntington with respect to the Huntington Receivables
and (iii) SST with respect to the OSB Receivables.
     “Receivables Servicer Servicing Fee” means, with respect to a Receivables
Servicer and a Collection Period, the amount of the Receivables Servicer
Servicing Fee payable to such Receivables Servicer under the applicable
Receivables Servicer Servicing Agreement, which amount shall not exceed
one-twelfth of the Receivables Servicing Fee Rate multiplied by the aggregate
Principal Balance of those Receivables serviced by that Receivables Servicer as
of the first day of that Collection Period.
     “Receivables Servicer Supplemental Payment Amount” shall mean, with respect
to any Payment Date, the lesser of (a) the Netted Receivables Servicer Servicing
Fee Amount for the related Collection Period and (b) the excess, if any, of
(i) the aggregate amount required to pay in full those payments described in
Section 8.2(c)(i) through (ix) of the Indenture (or, if there is a
Overcollateralization Increase Condition in effect, clauses (i) through (xi) of
the Indenture) for such Payment Date over (ii) the Available Funds (excluding
clause (c) thereof) for such Payment Date.
     “Receivables Servicing Agreement” shall mean the Ford Credit Servicing
Agreement or the Huntington Purchase and Servicing Agreement or the SST
Servicing Agreement.
     “Receivables Servicing Fee Rate” shall mean an amount not to exceed 1.00%
payable in accordance with the applicable Receivables Servicing Agreement.
     “Record Date” shall mean, with respect to any Payment Date or Prepayment
Date and any Book-Entry Security, the close of business on the day prior to such
Payment Date or Prepayment Date or, with respect to any Definitive Note or
Definitive Certificate, the last day of the month preceding the month in which
such Payment Date or Prepayment Date occurs.
     “Registered Noteholder” shall mean the Person in whose name a Note is
registered on the Note Register on the applicable Record Date.
     “Registration Statement” shall mean Registration Statement No. 333-101904
filed by the Depositor with the Commission in the form in which it became
effective on March 13, 2003.
     “Regular Allocation of Principal” shall mean, with respect to any Payment
Date, an amount not less than zero equal to the excess, if any, of (a) Pool
Balance (excluding Liquidated Receivables) as of the beginning of the related
Collection Period minus the Pool Balance (excluding Liquidated Receivables) as
of the end of the related Collection Period over (b) the sum of the First
Allocation of Principal for such Payment Date, the Second Allocation of
Principal for such Payment Date and the Third Allocation of Principal for such
Payment Date, minus (b) the excess, if any, of (i) the aggregate principal
amount of the receivables (excluding Liquidated Receivables) as of the beginning
of the related Collection Period minus the aggregate
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outstanding principal amount of the notes as of the preceding Payment Date
(after giving effect to all payments made on such date) over (iii) the Target
Overcollateralization Level for that Payment Date.
     “Regulation S” shall mean Regulation S under the Securities Act.
     “Regulation S Global Note” shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.2
of the Indenture.
     “Representative” shall mean Goldman, Sachs & Co., as representative of the
several Underwriters.
     “Rule 144A Global Note” shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.2 of
the Indenture.
     “Sale and Servicing Agreement” shall mean the Sale and Servicing Agreement,
dated as of the Closing Date, among the Issuer, the Depositor, the Indenture
Trustee and the Servicer.
     “Sarbanes-Oxley Act” shall mean the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended,
modified or supplemented from time to time, and any successor law thereto.
     “Schedule of Receivables” shall mean the list of Receivables attached as
Schedule A to the Sale and Servicing Agreement and the Indenture (which
Schedules may be in the form of microfiche, disk or other means acceptable to
the Trustee).
     “Scheduled Payment” shall mean, for any Receivable, the scheduled monthly
payment amount indicated in such Receivable as required to be paid by the
Obligor in such Collection Period (without giving effect to deferments of
payments pursuant to Section 3.2 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement or any
rescheduling in any insolvency or similar proceedings).
     “Second Allocation of Principal” shall mean, with respect to any Payment
Date, an amount not less than zero equal to (1) the excess, if any, of (x) the
aggregate principal balance of the Class A Notes and the Class B Notes as of the
preceding Payment Date (after giving effect to any principal payments made on
the Class A Notes and the Class B Notes on such preceding Payment Date) or, in
the case of the initial Payment Date, the Closing Date, over (y) the Pool
Balance as of the end of the related Collection Period minus (2) the First
Allocation of Principal for such Payment Date; provided, however, that that the
Second Allocation of Principal shall not exceed the sum of the aggregate
outstanding principal amount of the Class A Notes and the Class B Notes on such
Payment Date (after giving effect to any principal payments made on the Class A
Notes and the Class B Notes on such Payment Date in respect of the First
Allocation of Principal, if any); provided, further, however, that the Second
Allocation of Principal for any Payment Date on or after the Final Scheduled
Payment Date for any class of Class B Notes shall not be less than the amount
such is necessary to reduce the Outstanding Amount of such class of Class B
Notes to zero.
     “Secretary of State” shall mean the Secretary of State of the State of
Delaware.
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     “Securities Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
     “Securityholder” shall mean a Noteholder or a Certificateholder, as
applicable.
     “Sellers” shall mean Trust I, Trust II and Trust III.
     “Sequential Principal Payment Trigger Percentage” means, with respect to
any Payment Date set forth below, the percentage corresponding thereto:

      Payment Date   Percentage
Through and including August 2006
  2.0%
September 2006 through and including August 2007
  2.5%
September 2007 and thereafter
  3.0%

     “Servicer” shall mean Goldman Sachs Mortgage Company as the servicer of the
Receivables under the Sale and Servicing Agreement, and each successor to
thereto (in the same capacity) pursuant to Section 7.1 of the Sale and Servicing
Agreement.
     “Servicing Fee” shall mean, with respect to a Collection Period, a fee
payable to the Servicer equal to one-twelfth of the Servicing Fee Rate
multiplied by the aggregate Principal Balance of the Receivables as of the first
day of that Collection Period.
     “Servicing Fee Rate” shall mean 1.05%.
     “Similar Law” shall mean a foreign, federal, state or local law that
imposes requirements similar to Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code.
     “Simple Interest Method” shall mean the method of allocating a fixed level
payment to principal and interest, pursuant to which the portion of such payment
that is allocated to interest is equal to the amount of interest accrued from
the date of the preceding payment to the date of the current payment.
     “Simple Interest Receivable” shall mean any Receivable under which the
portion of a payment allocable to interest and the portion allocable to
principal is determined in accordance with the Simple Interest Method.
     “SST” shall mean Systems & Services Technologies, Inc., a Delaware
corporation.
     “SST Deposit Account” shall mean the account at the Depository Institution
into which collections on the OSB Receivables are deposited.
     “SST Servicing Agreement” shall mean the Servicing Agreement, dated as of
June 28, 2005, by and between SST and Trust III.
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     “State” shall mean any state or commonwealth of the United States of
America, or the District of Columbia.
     “Statutory Trust Statute” shall mean Chapter 38 of Title 12 of the Delaware
Code, 12 Delaware Code § 3801 et seq., as amended.
     “Successor Servicer” shall mean an institution appointed as successor
Servicer pursuant to Section 7.2 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
     “Supplemental Servicing Fees” means any late fees, NSF check fees or other
similar amounts entitled to be retained by the Receivables Servicers, if any, as
set forth in the related Receivables Servicing Agreement.
     “Target Overcollateralization Level” shall mean, on any Payment Date, the
greater of (a) 3.50% of the Pool Balance as of the end of the related Collection
Period and (b) 1.00% of the Original Pool Balance.
     “Temporary Regulation S Global Note” shall have the meaning specified in
Section 2.2 of the Indenture.
     “Third Allocation of Principal” shall mean, with respect to any Payment
Date, an amount not less than zero equal to (1) the excess, if any, of (x) the
aggregate principal balance of the Class A Notes, the Class B Notes and the
Class C Notes as of the preceding Payment Date (after giving effect to any
principal payments made on the Class A Notes, the Class B Notes and the Class C
Notes on such preceding Payment Date) or, in the case of the initial Payment
Date, the Closing Date, over (y) the Pool Balance as of the end of the related
Collection Period minus (2) the First Allocation of Principal and the Second
Allocation of Principal for such Payment Date; provided, however, that that the
Third Allocation of Principal shall not exceed the sum of the aggregate
outstanding principal amount of the Class A Notes, the Class B Notes and the
Class C Notes on such Payment Date (after giving effect to any principal
payments made on the Class A Notes, the Class B Notes and the Class C Notes on
such Payment Date in respect of the First Allocation of Principal and Second
Allocation of Principal, if any); provided, further, however, that the Third
Allocation of Principal for any Payment Date on or after the Final Scheduled
Payment Date for Class C Notes shall not be less than the amount such is
necessary to reduce the Outstanding Amount of Class C Notes to zero.
     “Three-Month Annualized Excess Spread Ratio” means, with respect to any
Payment Date, the product of (x) twelve and (y) the average of the Monthly
Excess Spread Ratios for that Payment Date and each of the two preceding Payment
Dates. For the purpose of this definition, the “Monthly Excess Spread Ratio”
means, for any Payment Date, a fraction expressed as a percentage, the numerator
of which is equal to the Excess Spread for that Payment Date and the denominator
of which is equal to the Pool Balance as of the first day of the preceding
Collection Period.
     “Three-Month Annualized Net Loss Ratio” shall mean, with respect to any
date of determination, the product of (x) twelve and (y) the average of the
Monthly Net Loss Ratios for each of the three preceding Collection Periods (or
if prior to three months from the Closing Date, the number of whole Collection
Periods since the Cut-off Date). For the purpose of this
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definition, the “Monthly Net Loss Ratio” means, for the last day of any
Collection Period, a fraction expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which
is equal to the Net Liquidation Losses for that Collection Period and the
denominator of which is equal to the aggregate principal balance of the
Receivables as of the first day of that Collection Period.
     “Three-Month Delinquency Ratio” means, with respect to any date of
determination, the average of the Monthly Delinquency Ratios for each of the
three preceding Collection Periods (or if prior to three months from the Closing
Date, the number of whole Collection Periods since the Cut-off Date). For the
purpose of this definition, the “Monthly Delinquency Ratio” means, for any
Collection Period, a fraction expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which
is equal to the Pool Balance (other than Liquidated Receivables) that are more
than 30 days past due as of the close of business on the last day of that
Collection Period and the denominator of which is equal to the Pool Balance
(other than Liquidated Receivables) as of the close of business on the last day
of that Collection Period.
     “Transferred Assets” shall mean, collectively, (i) the Receivables,
(ii) all Collections received after the Cut-off Date, (iii) the security
interests in the Financed Vehicles granted by Obligors pursuant to the
Receivables and any other interest of the Issuer in the Financed Vehicles,
(iv) the Receivable Files, (v) the rights of the Depositor under the Receivables
Purchase Agreements, the Huntington Assignment, Assumption and Recognition
Agreement and the OSB Assignment, Assumption and Recognition Agreement and
(vi) all proceeds of the foregoing.
     “Treasury Regulations” shall mean regulations, including proposed or
temporary regulations, promulgated under the Code. References to specific
provisions of proposed or temporary regulations shall include analogous
provisions of final Treasury Regulations or other successor Treasury
Regulations.
     “Trust Accounts” shall mean the Collection Account, the Principal
Distribution Account and the Certificate Distribution Account.
     “Trust Agreement” shall mean the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement of
the Issuer dated as of the Closing Date by and between the Depositor and the
Owner Trustee, as amended and/or restated from time to time.
     “Trust I” shall mean GS Whole Loan Trust, a Delaware statutory trust.
     “Trust II” shall mean GS Whole Loan Trust II, a Delaware statutory trust.
     “Trust III” shall mean GS Whole Loan Trust III, a Delaware statutory trust.
     “Trust I Receivables Purchase Agreement” shall mean the Receivables
Purchase Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, by and between Trust I, as
seller, and the Depositor, as purchaser.
     “Trust II Receivables Purchase Agreement” shall mean the Receivables
Purchase Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, by and between Trust II, as
seller, and the Depositor, as purchaser.
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     “Trust III Receivables Purchase Agreement” shall mean the Receivables
Purchase Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, by and between Trust III, as
seller, and the Depositor, as purchaser.
     “Trust Indenture Act” or “TIA” shall mean the Trust Indenture Act of 1939,
as amended, unless otherwise specifically provided.
     “Trust Property” shall mean, collectively, (i) the Transferred Assets,
(ii) the Trust Accounts and all amounts, securities, investments, investment
property and other property deposited in or credited to any of the foregoing,
all security entitlements relating to the foregoing and all proceeds thereof,
(iii) all of the Issuer’s rights under the Sale and Servicing Agreement and the
Guaranty and (iv) all proceeds of any of the foregoing.
     “Trustee Officer” shall mean, with respect to the Indenture Trustee, any
officer within the Corporate Trust Office of the Indenture Trustee with direct
responsibility for the administration of the Indenture and the other Basic
Documents on behalf of the Indenture Trustee and also, with respect to a
particular matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of
such officer’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject and,
with respect to the Owner Trustee, any officer within the Corporate Trust Office
of the Owner Trustee with direct responsibility for the administration of the
Trust Agreement and the other Basic Documents on behalf of the Owner Trustee.
     “UCC” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in any relevant
jurisdiction.
     “Underwriters” shall mean the underwriters named in Schedule I to the
Underwriting Agreement.
     “Underwriting Agreement” shall mean the Underwriting Agreement, dated
August 12, 2005 between the Depositor and the Representative.
     “Underwritten Securities” shall mean the Class A Notes, Class B Notes and
Class C Notes.
     “Unmatured Event of Default” shall mean an event which, with the giving of
notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute an Event of Default.
     “U.S. Person” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Regulation S.
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APPENDIX B
FORM OF CERTIFICATION TO BE PROVIDED TO
THE DEPOSITOR BY THE INDENTURE TRUSTEE
Goldman Sachs Asset Backed Securities Corp.
85 Broad Street
New York, NY 10004
     Re:       GS Auto Loan Trust 2005-1
     Reference is made to the Sale and Servicing Agreement (the “Sale and
Servicing Agreement”), dated as of August 19, 2005, among GS Auto Loan Trust
2005-1 (the “Issuer”), Goldman Sachs Asset Backed Securities Corp. (the
“Depositor”), Goldman Sachs Mortgage Company (the “Servicer”), and JPMorgan
Chase Bank, National Association, (the “Indenture Trustee”). The Indenture
Trustee hereby certifies to the Depositor, and its officers, directors and
affiliates, and with the knowledge and intent that they will rely upon this
certification, that:

(i)   The Indenture Trustee has reviewed the annual report on Form 10-K for the
fiscal year [ ], and all reports on Form 8-K containing distribution reports
filed in respect of periods included in the year covered by that annual report,
relating to the above-referenced trust (the “Reports”);   (ii)   Based on my
knowledge, the information required to be provided by the Indenture Trustee
under the Sale and Servicing Agreement is included in these Reports. Based on my
knowledge, the information in the Reports, taken as a whole, does not contain
any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which
such statements were made, not misleading.

     In giving the certifications above, I have reasonably relied on information
provided to me by the following unaffiliated parties: Goldman Sachs Mortgage
Company, as Servicer, The Huntington National Bank, as Receivables Servicer,
Ford Motor Credit Company, as Receivables Servicer, and Systems & Services
Technologies, Inc., as Receivables Servicer.
Date:
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Indenture Trustee
By:_____________________
Name:
Title:
Appendix B

 

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SCHEDULE A
RECEIVABLES
Schedule A