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EXHIBIT 4.2

 

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED
 TRUST AGREEMENT

 

between

 

FORD CREDIT AUTO LEASE TWO LLC,
 acting with respect to its Series of limited liability company interests
 designated as the “2013-A Series,” as Depositor

 

and

 

U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
 as Owner Trustee

 

for

 

FORD CREDIT AUTO LEASE TRUST 2013-A

 

Dated as of March 1, 2013

 

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

	
ARTICLE I USAGE AND DEFINITIONS
    	
 
    	
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Section 1.1.
    	
 
    	
Usage   and Definitions
    	
 
    	
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ARTICLE II ORGANIZATION OF THE TRUST
    	
 
    	
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Section 2.1.
    	
 
    	
Name
    	
 
    	
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Section 2.2.
    	
 
    	
Office
    	
 
    	
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Section 2.3.
    	
 
    	
Purposes   and Powers
    	
 
    	
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Section 2.4.
    	
 
    	
Appointment   of the Owner Trustee
    	
 
    	
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Section 2.5.
    	
 
    	
Contribution   and Conveyance of Trust Property
    	
 
    	
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Section 2.6.
    	
 
    	
Declaration   of Trust
    	
 
    	
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Section 2.7.
    	
 
    	
Liability   of the Depositor; Conduct of Activities; Liability to Third Parties
    	
 
    	
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Section 2.8.
    	
 
    	
Title   to Trust Property
    	
 
    	
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Section 2.9.
    	
 
    	
Situs   of Issuer
    	
 
    	
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Section 2.10.
    	
 
    	
Representations   and Warranties of the Depositor
    	
 
    	
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Section 2.11.
    	
 
    	
Tax   Matters
    	
 
    	
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ARTICLE III RESIDUAL INTEREST AND TRANSFER OF   INTERESTS
    	
 
    	
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Section 3.1.
    	
 
    	
The   Residual Interest
    	
 
    	
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Section 3.2.
    	
 
    	
Registration   of Residual Interests; Transfer of the Residual Interest
    	
 
    	
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Section 3.3.
    	
 
    	
Capital   Accounts
    	
 
    	
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Section 3.4.
    	
 
    	
Maintenance   of Office or Agency
    	
 
    	
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Section 3.5.
    	
 
    	
Distributions   to the Holder of the Residual Interest
    	
 
    	
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ARTICLE IV APPLICATION OF TRUST FUNDS;   CERTAIN DUTIES
    	
 
    	
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Section 4.1.
    	
 
    	
Application   of Trust Funds
    	
 
    	
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Section 4.2.
    	
 
    	
Method   of Payment
    	
 
    	
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ARTICLE V AUTHORITY AND DUTIES OF THE OWNER   TRUSTEE
    	
 
    	
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Section 5.1.
    	
 
    	
General   Authority
    	
 
    	
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Section 5.2.
    	
 
    	
General   Duties
    	
 
    	
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Section 5.3.
    	
 
    	
Action   upon Prior Notice with Respect to Certain Matters
    	
 
    	
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Section 5.4.
    	
 
    	
Action   upon Direction by the Holder of the Residual Interest with Respect to Certain   Matters
    	
 
    	
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Section 5.5.
    	
 
    	
Action   with Respect to Bankruptcy
    	
 
    	
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Section 5.6.
    	
 
    	
Action   upon Instruction
    	
 
    	
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Section 5.7.
    	
 
    	
No   Duties Except as Specified in this Agreement or in Instructions
    	
 
    	
12
    
	
Section 5.8.
    	
 
    	
No   Action Except Under Specified Documents or Instructions
    	
 
    	
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Section 5.9.
    	
 
    	
Prohibition   on Certain Actions
    	
 
    	
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Section 5.10.
    	
 
    	
Audits   of the Owner Trustee
    	
 
    	
13
    
	
Section 5.11.
    	
 
    	
Furnishing   of Documents
    	
 
    	
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Section 5.12.
    	
 
    	
Sarbanes-Oxley   Act
    	
 
    	
13
    
	
Section 5.13.
    	
 
    	
Maintenance   of Licenses
    	
 
    	
14
    
	
Section 5.14.
    	
 
    	
Covenants   for Reporting of Reallocations of Leases and Leased Vehicles due to Breaches   of Representations and Warranties
    	
 
    	
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ARTICLE VI REGARDING THE OWNER TRUSTEE
    	
 
    	
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Section 6.1.
    	
 
    	
Acceptance   of Trusts and Duties
    	
 
    	
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Section 6.2.
    	
 
    	
Representations   and Warranties of the Owner Trustee
    	
 
    	
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Section 6.3.
    	
 
    	
Reliance;   Advice of Counsel
    	
 
    	
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Section 6.4.
    	
 
    	
Not   Acting in Individual Capacity
    	
 
    	
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Section 6.5.
    	
 
    	
U.S.   Bank Trust National Association May Own Notes
    	
 
    	
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Section 6.6.
    	
 
    	
Duty   to Update Disclosure
    	
 
    	
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ARTICLE VII COMPENSATION AND INDEMNIFICATION   OF THE OWNER TRUSTEE; ORGANIZATIONAL EXPENSES
    	
 
    	
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Section 7.1.
    	
 
    	
Owner   Trustee’s Fees and Expenses
    	
 
    	
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Section 7.2.
    	
 
    	
Indemnification   of the Owner Trustee
    	
 
    	
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Section 7.3.
    	
 
    	
Organizational   Expenses of the Issuer
    	
 
    	
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Section 7.4.
    	
 
    	
Certain   Expenses of the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee
    	
 
    	
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ARTICLE VIII TERMINATION
    	
 
    	
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Section 8.1.
    	
 
    	
Termination   of Trust Agreement
    	
 
    	
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ARTICLE IX SUCCESSOR OWNER TRUSTEES AND   ADDITIONAL OWNER TRUSTEES
    	
 
    	
20
    
	
Section 9.1.
    	
 
    	
Eligibility   Requirements for the Owner Trustee
    	
 
    	
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Section 9.2.
    	
 
    	
Resignation   or Removal of the Owner Trustee
    	
 
    	
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Section 9.3.
    	
 
    	
Successor   Owner Trustee
    	
 
    	
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Section 9.4.
    	
 
    	
Merger   or Consolidation of the Owner Trustee
    	
 
    	
22
    
	
Section 9.5.
    	
 
    	
Appointment   of Separate Trustee or Co-Trustee
    	
 
    	
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Section 9.6.
    	
 
    	
Compliance   with Delaware Statutory Trust Act
    	
 
    	
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ARTICLE X MISCELLANEOUS
    	
 
    	
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Section 10.1.
    	
 
    	
Supplements   and Amendments
    	
 
    	
24
    
	
Section 10.2.
    	
 
    	
No   Legal Title to Trust Property in the Holder of the Residual Interest
    	
 
    	
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Section 10.3.
    	
 
    	
Limitation   on Rights of Others
    	
 
    	
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Section 10.4.
    	
 
    	
Notices
    	
 
    	
26
    
	
Section 10.5.
    	
 
    	
GOVERNING   LAW
    	
 
    	
27
    
	
Section 10.6.
    	
 
    	
WAIVER   OF JURY TRIAL
    	
 
    	
27
    
	
Section 10.7.
    	
 
    	
Severability
    	
 
    	
27
    
	
Section 10.8.
    	
 
    	
Counterparts
    	
 
    	
27
    
	
Section 10.9.
    	
 
    	
Headings
    	
 
    	
27
    
	
Section 10.10.
    	
 
    	
No   Petition
    	
 
    	
27
    
	
Section 10.11.
    	
 
    	
Rights Limited to 2013-A Exchange Note
    	
 
    	
27
    
	
Section 10.12.
    	
 
    	
Limited Recourse
    	
 
    	
28
    
	
Section 10.13.
    	
 
    	
Subordination
    	
 
    	
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Exhibit A 
    	
Form of Certificate of Trust
    	
 
    	
EA-1
    
						

 

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AMENDED AND RESTATED TRUST AGREEMENT, dated as of March 1, 2013 (this “Agreement”), between FORD CREDIT AUTO LEASE TWO LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as Depositor, and U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association, not in its individual capacity but solely as trustee under this Agreement, to establish Ford Credit Auto Lease Trust 2013-A.

 

BACKGROUND

 

The parties to this Agreement wish to amend and restate in its entirety the original Trust Agreement, dated as of February 28, 2013, between the Depositor and the Owner Trustee.

 

ARTICLE I
 USAGE AND DEFINITIONS

 

Section 1.1.                                 Usage and Definitions.  Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined in this Agreement are defined in Appendix 1 to the Exchange Note Supplement to the Credit and Security Agreement (as defined below), dated as of March 1, 2013 (the “Exchange Note Supplement”), among CAB East LLC (“CAB East”), as a Borrower, CAB West LLC (“CAB West”), as a Borrower, and FCALM, LLC (“FCALM” and, together with CAB East and CAB West, the “Titling Companies”), as a Borrower, U.S. Bank National Association (“U.S. Bank”), as Administrative Agent, HTD Leasing LLC (“HTD”), as Collateral Agent, and Ford Motor Credit Company LLC (“Ford Credit”), as Lender and Servicer.  Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined in this Agreement or in Appendix 1 to the Exchange Note Supplement are defined in Appendix A to the Amended and Restated Credit and Security Agreement, dated as of December 1, 2006 (the “Credit and Security Agreement”), among the Titling Companies, as Borrowers, U.S. Bank, as Administrative Agent, HTD, as Collateral Agent, and Ford Credit, as Lender and Servicer.  Appendix 1 and Appendix A also contain rules as to usage applicable to this Agreement and are incorporated by reference into this Agreement.

 

ARTICLE II
 ORGANIZATION OF THE TRUST

 

Section 2.1.                                 Name.  The trust was created and is known as “Ford Credit Auto Lease Trust 2013-A”, in which name the Owner Trustee may conduct the activities of the Issuer, make and execute contracts and other instruments on behalf of the Issuer and sue and be sued on behalf of the Issuer.

 

Section 2.2.                                 Office.  The office of the Issuer is in care of the Owner Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office.

 

Section 2.3.                                 Purposes and Powers.

 

(a)                                 The purpose of the Issuer is, and the Issuer will have the power and authority, to engage in the following activities:

 

(i)                                     to acquire the 2013-A Exchange Note pursuant to the Second-Tier Sale Agreement from the Depositor in exchange for the Notes and the Residual Interest;

 

 

(ii)                                  to Grant the Collateral to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Indenture;

 

(iii)                               to enter into and perform its obligations under the 2013-A Basic Documents;

 

(iv)                              [reserved];

 

(v)                                 to issue the Notes pursuant to the Indenture and to sell the Notes upon the order of the Depositor;

 

(vi)                              to pay interest on and principal of the Notes;

 

(vii)                           to issue additional securities pursuant to one or more supplemental indentures or amendments to this Agreement and to transfer all or a portion of such securities to the Depositor or other holder of a Residual Interest, subject to compliance with the 2013-A Basic Documents, in exchange for all or a portion of the Residual Interest;

 

(viii)                        to engage in those activities, including entering into agreements, that are necessary, appropriate or convenient to accomplish the foregoing or are incidental to the foregoing; and

 

(ix)                              subject to compliance with the 2013-A Basic Documents, to engage in such other activities as may be required in connection with conservation of the Trust Property and the making of payments to the Noteholders and distributions to the holder of the Residual Interest.

 

(b)                                 The Issuer will not engage in any activity other than as required or authorized by this Agreement or the other 2013-A Basic Documents.

 

Section 2.4.                                 Appointment of the Owner Trustee.  The Depositor appoints the Owner Trustee as trustee of the Issuer effective as of the Cutoff Date, to have all the rights, powers and duties set forth in this Agreement.

 

Section 2.5.                                 Contribution and Conveyance of Trust Property.  As of the date of the formation of the Issuer, the Depositor contributed to the Owner Trustee the amount of $1.  The Owner Trustee acknowledges receipt in trust from the Depositor, as of such date, of such contribution, which constitutes the initial Trust Property.  On the 2013-A Closing Date, the Depositor will sell to the Issuer the Trust Property in exchange for the Notes.

 

Section 2.6.                                 Declaration of Trust.  The Owner Trustee will hold the Trust Property in trust upon and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement for the use and benefit of the holder of the Residual Interest, subject to the obligations of the Issuer under the 2013-A Basic Documents.  It is the intention of the parties that the Issuer constitute a statutory trust under the Delaware Statutory Trust Act and that this Agreement constitute the governing instrument of such statutory trust.  Effective as of the Cutoff Date, the Owner Trustee will have the rights, powers and duties set forth in this Agreement and in the Delaware Statutory Trust Act with respect to accomplishing the purposes of the Issuer.  A Certificate of Trust substantially in the

 

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form of Exhibit A and any necessary certificate of amendment has been filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.

 

Section 2.7.                                 Liability of the Depositor; Conduct of Activities; Liability to Third Parties.

 

(a)                                 The Depositor, as initial holder of the entire Residual Interest, will be entitled to the same limitation of personal liability extended to stockholders or a private corporation for profit organized under the Delaware General Corporation Law.

 

(b)                                 The activities and affairs of the Issuer will be operated in such a manner as to preserve (i) the limited liability of the Depositor, (ii) the separateness of the Issuer from the activities of the Depositor and Ford Credit and (iii) until one year and one day (or, if longer, any applicable preference period) after all Notes and any additional securities issued pursuant to Section 3.1(b) are paid in full, the bankruptcy remote status of the Issuer.

 

(c)                                  Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, none of the Depositor, the Indenture Administrator or any of their Affiliates or any director, manager, officer or employee of any such Person, will be liable for the debts, obligations or liabilities of the Issuer.

 

Section 2.8.                                 Title to Trust Property.  Legal title to the Trust Property will be vested in the Issuer as a separate legal entity, except where applicable law in any jurisdiction requires title to any part of the Trust Property to be vested in a trustee or trustees, in which case title will be deemed to be vested in the Owner Trustee, a co-trustee and/or a separate trustee, as the case may be.

 

Section 2.9.                                 Situs of Issuer.  The Issuer will be administered in the States of Delaware and Illinois.  All bank accounts maintained by the Owner Trustee on behalf of the Issuer will be located in the State of Delaware.  The Issuer will not have any employees in any state other than the State of Delaware, except that U.S. Bank Trust National Association, in its capacity as Owner Trustee or any other capacity, may have employees within or outside the State of Delaware.  Payments will be received by the Issuer only in Delaware, and payments will be made by the Issuer only from Delaware.  The principal office of the Issuer will be in care of the Owner Trustee in the State of Delaware.

 

Section 2.10.                          Representations and Warranties of the Depositor.  The Depositor represents and warrants to the Owner Trustee as of the 2013-A Closing Date:

 

(a)                                 Organization and Qualification.  The Depositor is duly organized and is validly existing as a limited liability company in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware.  The Depositor is qualified as a foreign limited liability company in good standing and has obtained all necessary licenses and approvals in all jurisdictions in which the ownership or lease of its properties or the conduct of its activities requires such qualification, license or approval, unless the failure to obtain such qualifications, licenses or approvals would not have a material adverse effect on the Depositor’s ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the other 2013-A Basic Documents to which it is a party.

 

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(b)                                 Power, Authorization and Enforceability.  The Depositor has the power and authority to execute, deliver and perform the terms of this Agreement.  The Depositor has authorized the execution, delivery and performance of the terms of each of the 2013-A Basic Documents to which it is a party.  Each of the 2013-A Basic Documents to which the Depositor is a party is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Depositor enforceable against the Depositor, except as may be limited by insolvency, bankruptcy, reorganization or other laws relating to the enforcement of creditors’ rights or by general equitable principles.

 

(c)                                  No Conflicts and No Violation.  The consummation of the transactions contemplated by the 2013-A Basic Documents to which the Depositor is a party and the fulfillment of the terms of the 2013-A Basic Documents to which the Depositor is a party will not: (i) conflict with or result in a material breach of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, guarantee or similar agreement or instrument under which the Depositor is a debtor or guarantor, (ii) result in the creation or imposition of any Lien upon any of the properties or assets of the Depositor pursuant to the terms of any such indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, guarantee or similar agreement or instrument (other than the Second-Tier Sale Agreement), (iii) violate the Depositor’s certificate of formation or the Limited Liability Company Agreement or (iv) violate any law or, to the Depositor’s knowledge, any order, rule, or regulation applicable to the Depositor of any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the Depositor or its properties, in each case which conflict, breach, default, Lien, or violation would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Depositor’s ability to perform its obligations under the 2013-A Basic Documents.

 

(d)                                 No Proceedings.  To the Depositor’s knowledge, there are no proceedings or investigations pending or overtly threatened in writing, before any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the Depositor or its properties: (i) asserting the invalidity of any of the 2013-A Basic Documents or the Notes, (ii) seeking to prevent the issuance of the Notes or the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by any of the 2013-A Basic Documents, (iii) seeking any determination or ruling that would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Depositor’s ability to perform its obligations under, or the validity or enforceability of, any of the 2013-A Basic Documents or the Notes or (iv) that would reasonably be expected to (A) affect the treatment of the Notes as indebtedness for U.S. federal or State income or franchise tax purposes, (B) be deemed to cause a taxable exchange of the Notes for U.S. federal or State income or franchise tax purposes or (C) cause the Issuer to be treated as an association or publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes, in each case, other than such proceedings that, to the Depositor’s knowledge, would not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect upon the Depositor, materially and adversely affect the performance by the Depositor of its obligations under, or the validity and enforceability of, the 2013-A Basic Documents or the Notes or materially and adversely affect the tax treatment of the Issuer or the Notes.

 

Section 2.11.                          Tax Matters.

 

(a)                                 It is the intention of the parties and Ford Credit that, for purposes of U.S. federal income, State and local income and franchise tax and any other income taxes, so long as the Issuer has no equity owner other than the Depositor (as determined for U.S. federal income tax

 

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purposes), the Issuer will be treated as an entity disregarded as separate from the Depositor.  If beneficially owned by a Person other than Ford Credit, each Class of Notes is intended to be treated as indebtedness for U.S. federal income tax purposes.  The Depositor agrees, and the Noteholders by acceptance of their Notes agree in the Indenture, to such treatment and each agrees to take no action inconsistent with such treatment.

 

(b)                                 If one or more Classes of Notes is recharacterized as an equity interest in the Issuer, and not as indebtedness (any such Class, a “Recharacterized Class”) and any such Recharacterized Class is treated as not owned by Ford Credit or the Depositor (if the Depositor is not an entity disregarded as separate from Ford Credit for U.S. federal income tax purposes) for U.S. federal income, or State or local income or franchise tax purposes, the parties intend that the Issuer be characterized as a partnership among Ford Credit or the Depositor (to the extent either is at that time treated as an equity owner of the Issuer for U.S. federal income tax purposes), any other holder of the Residual Interest and any holders of the Recharacterized Class or Classes.  In that event, for purposes of U.S. federal income, State and local income or franchise tax each month:

 

(i)                                     amounts paid as interest to holders of any Recharacterized Class will be treated as a guaranteed payment within the meaning of Section 707(c) of the Code;

 

(ii)                                  to the extent the characterization provided for in Section 2.11(a) is not respected, gross ordinary income of the Issuer for such month as determined for U.S. federal income tax purposes will be allocated to the holders of each Recharacterized Class as of the Record Date occurring within such month, in an amount equal to the sum of (A) the interest accrued to such Recharacterized Class for such month, (B) the portion of the market discount on the 2013-A Exchange Note accrued during such month that is allocable to the excess, if any, of the aggregate initial Note Balance of such Recharacterized Class over the initial aggregate issue price of the Notes of such Recharacterized Class and (C) any amount expected to be distributed to the holders of such Class of Notes pursuant to Section 8.2 of the Indenture (to the extent not previously allocated pursuant to this Section 2.11(b)(ii)) to the extent necessary to reverse any net loss previously allocated to holders of the Notes of such Recharacterized Class (to the extent not previously reversed pursuant to this Section 2.11(b)(ii)(C)); and

 

(iii)                               thereafter all remaining net income of the Issuer (subject to the modifications set forth below) for such month as determined for U.S. federal income tax purposes (and each item of income, gain, credit, loss or deduction entering into the computation thereof) will be allocated to the holder of the Residual Interest.

 

If the gross ordinary income of the Issuer for any month is insufficient for the allocations described in Section 2.11(b)(ii) above, subsequent gross ordinary income will first be allocated to each Recharacterized Class in alphabetical order (if applicable) to make up such shortfall before any allocation pursuant to Section 2.11(b)(iii).  Net losses of the Issuer, if any, for any month as determined for U.S. federal income tax purposes (and each item of income, gain, credit, loss or deduction entering into the computation thereof) will be allocated to the holder of the Residual Interest to the extent the holder of the Residual Interest is reasonably expected to bear the economic burden of such net losses, and any remaining net losses will be allocated in reverse

 

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alphabetical order (if applicable) to each Recharacterized Class, in each case, until the Note Balance of such Recharacterized Class is reduced to zero as of the Record Date occurring within such month, and among each Recharacterized Class, in proportion to their ownership of the aggregate Note Balance of such Recharacterized Class on such Record Date. The tax matters partner designated pursuant to Section 2.11(f) is authorized to modify the allocations in this Section 2.11(b) if necessary or appropriate, in its sole discretion, for the allocations to fairly reflect the economic income, gain or loss to the holder of the Residual Interest or the holders of a Recharacterized Class or as otherwise required by the Code.

 

(c)                                  The parties agree that, unless otherwise required by the appropriate tax authorities, the Depositor, on behalf of the Issuer, will file or cause to be filed annual or other necessary returns, reports and other forms consistent with the characterizations described in Section 2.11(a).

 

(d)                                 The Owner Trustee will not elect or cause the Issuer to elect, and the other parties to this Agreement will not elect or permit an election to be made, to treat the Issuer as an association taxable as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes pursuant to Treasury Regulation §301.7701-3.

 

(e)                                  If at any time the Issuer is not treated as an entity disregarded as separate from the Depositor for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the Owner Trustee will, based on information provided by or on behalf of the Depositor, (i) maintain the books of the Issuer on the basis of a  year and the accrual method of accounting, (ii) deliver to the holder of the Residual Interest such information as may be required under the Code to enable such holder to prepare its U.S. federal and State income tax returns, (iii) file any tax returns relating to the Issuer and make such elections as may be required or appropriate under any applicable U.S. federal or State statute and (iv) collect any withholding tax as described in and in accordance with Section 4.1(c).

 

(f)                                   If at any time the Issuer is not treated as an entity disregarded as separate from the Depositor for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the Depositor so long as it is treated as holding any equity interest in the Issuer for U.S. federal income tax purposes, and otherwise, the owner of such equity interests designated by a majority of such owners, will (i) prepare and sign, on behalf of the Issuer, the tax returns of the Issuer and (ii) be designated the “tax matters partner” of the Issuer pursuant to Section 6231(a)(7)(A) of the Code.

 

ARTICLE III
 RESIDUAL INTEREST AND TRANSFER OF INTERESTS

 

Section 3.1.                                 The Residual Interest.

 

(a)                                 Upon the formation of the Issuer by the contribution and conveyance by the Depositor pursuant to Section 2.5, the Depositor will be the sole holder of the Residual Interest.  The holder of the Residual Interest will be entitled, pro rata, to any amounts not needed on any Payment Date to make payments on the Notes and on all other obligations to be paid under the Indenture and this Agreement, and to receive amounts remaining in the Reserve Account following the payment in full of the Notes and of all other amounts owing or to be distributed

 

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under this Agreement, the Indenture, the Servicing Agreement or the Servicing Supplement to the Secured Parties upon the termination of the Issuer.

 

(b)                                 The Depositor may exchange its Residual Interest for additional securities issued by the Issuer pursuant to one or more supplemental indentures to the Indenture or amendments to this Agreement.  Such additional securities may consist of one or more classes of notes, certificates or other securities, as directed by the Depositor, each having the characteristics, rights and obligations as may be directed by the Depositor (which may include subordination to one or more other classes of such additional securities); provided:

 

(i)                                     the Depositor delivers, or causes the Indenture Administrator to deliver, to the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee an Officer’s Certificate to the effect that the issuance of such additional securities will not have a material adverse effect on the Notes; and

 

(ii)                                  the Depositor delivers an Opinion of Counsel to the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee to the effect that the issuance of such additional securities will not (A) cause any Note to be deemed sold or exchanged for purposes of Section 1001 of the Code, (B) cause the Issuer to be treated as an association or publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes or (C) adversely affect the treatment of the Notes as debt for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

 

Without limiting the foregoing, one or more classes of such additional securities may, if so directed by the Depositor, be secured by all or a portion of the Trust Property, so long as such security interest, is subordinated in priority to the security interest granted to the Secured Parties pursuant to the Indenture.  Subject to this Section 3.1(b) and the other terms of the 2013-A Basic Documents, the Owner Trustee, on behalf of the Issuer, will take (at the expense of the Depositor) all actions requested by the Depositor to facilitate the issuance and sale of any such additional securities or the Grant and perfection of any security interest granted pursuant to this Section 3.1(b), including the authorization of the filing of any financing statements in jurisdictions deemed necessary or advisable by the Depositor to perfect such security interest.

 

Section 3.2.                                 Registration of Residual Interests; Transfer of the Residual Interest.  The Issuer appoints the Owner Trustee to be the “Trust Registrar” and to keep a register (the “Trust Register”) for the purpose of registering Residual Interests and transfers of Residual Interests as provided in this Agreement.  Upon any resignation of the Trust Registrar, the Issuer will promptly appoint a successor or, if it elects not to make such an appointment, assume the duties of Trust Registrar.  The holder of the Residual Interest will be permitted to sell, transfer, assign or convey its rights in the Residual Interest to any Person if the following conditions are satisfied:

 

(a)                                 such holder of the Residual Interest delivers an Opinion of Counsel to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee to the effect that such action will not cause the Issuer or any of the Titling Companies to be or become characterized for U.S. federal or state income tax purposes as an association or publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation (except, in the case of any Titling Company, to the extent of any part of such Titling Company that is intended to be characterized as an association for U.S. federal income tax purposes);

 

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(b)                                 such holder of the Residual Interest delivers to the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee (i) an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that, after giving effect to such action, there will be no withholding imposed under Sections 1441 or 1442 of the Code in respect of payments on any such transferred security or that the withholding tax imposed will be no greater than the withholding tax imposed prior to such transfer or (ii) an Officer’s Certificate that states withholding is applicable to payments on any such transferred security, the rate of withholding tax required on such payments, and that such amounts will be withheld and paid to the Internal Revenue Service in satisfaction of the requirements of Sections 1441 and 1442 of the Code;

 

(c)                                  the Depositor has notified the transferee or assignee of the Residual Interest of the tax positions previously taken by it, as holder of the Residual Interest, for U.S. federal and State income tax purposes and the transferee or assignee has agreed to take positions for U.S. federal and State income tax purposes consistent with the tax positions previously taken by the Depositor, as holder of the Residual Interest;

 

(d)                                 such transferee or assignee of the Residual Interest either (A) is not (or, if it is disregarded as an entity separate from its owner within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 301.7701-3(a), its owner is not), for federal income tax purposes, a partnership, grantor trust, or S Corporation (as defined in the Code)(any such entity, a “Pass-Through Entity”) or (B) is a Pass-Through Entity, but (x) after giving effect to such transaction less than 50 percent of the value of each beneficial ownership interest in such Pass-Through Entity is attributable to such entity’s interest in the Trust or (y) adequate provisions are in place that restrict any transfer of beneficial interests in such Pass-Through Entity or the actions of such Pass-Through Entity in such a manner to prevent any increase in the number of beneficial owners of the Pass-Through Entity for purposes of Section 1.7704-1(h) of the Treasury Regulations without the consent of the Trust (as confirmed by an Opinion of Counsel);

 

(e)                                  the holder or assignee of the Residual Interest delivers to the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee a certification that it is not, and is not acting on behalf of or investing the assets of (i) an “employee benefit plan” (as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) that is subject to Title I of ERISA, (ii) a “plan” (as defined in Section 4975(e)(1) of the Code) that is subject to Section 4975 of the Code, (iii) an entity whose underlying assets include “plan assets” by reason of a plan’s investment in the entity (within the meaning of Department of Labor Regulation 29 C.F.R. Section 2510.3-101 or otherwise under ERISA) or (iv) an employee benefit plan or retirement arrangement that is subject to any Similar Law;

 

(f)                                   such holder or assignee of the Residual Interest represents in writing to the Owner Trustee that it has neither acquired nor will it transfer any Residual Interest it purchases or cause any such Residual Interest to be marketed on or through an “established securities market” within the meaning of Section 7704(b)(1) of the Code, including an over-the-counter market or an interdealer quotation system that regularly disseminates firm buy or sell quotations; and

 

(g)                                  if the assignee of the Residual Interest is Ford Credit or an Affiliate of Ford Credit that is not a special-purpose, bankruptcy remote entity, the holder of the Residual Interest provides evidence of satisfaction of the Rating Agency Condition.

 

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Section 3.3.                                 Capital Accounts.  This Section 3.3 will apply only if the Issuer is not treated as an entity disregarded for U.S. federal income tax purposes.  The Owner Trustee will establish and maintain, in accordance with Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv) of the Treasury Regulations, a separate bookkeeping account for the Depositor and each other person treated as an equity owner for U.S. federal income tax purposes.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, this Section 3.3 will be construed so as to comply with the provisions of the Treasury Regulations promulgated pursuant to Section 704 of the Code.  The Depositor is authorized to modify these provisions to the extent necessary to comply with such regulations.

 

Section 3.4.                                 Maintenance of Office or Agency.  The Owner Trustee will maintain an office or offices or agency or agencies where notices and demands to or upon the Owner Trustee in respect of the 2013-A Basic Documents may be served.  The Owner Trustee designates its Corporate Trust Office for such purposes and will promptly notify the Depositor and the Indenture Trustee of any change in the location of its Corporate Trust Office.

 

Section 3.5.                                 Distributions to the Holder of the Residual Interest.  If the Trust Distribution Account has been established, the Owner Trustee will have the revocable power to withdraw funds from the Trust Distribution Account for the purpose of making distributions to the holder of the Residual Interest under this Agreement.  The Owner Trustee will make the distributions pursuant to Sections 3.1, 4.1, 4.2 and 8.1.  The Owner Trustee will hold all sums held by it for distribution to the holder of the Residual Interest in trust for the benefit of the holder of the Residual Interest until such sums are distributed to the holder of the Residual Interest.

 

ARTICLE IV
 APPLICATION OF TRUST FUNDS; CERTAIN DUTIES

 

Section 4.1.                                 Application of Trust Funds.  Upon request of the Depositor, the Owner Trustee will establish and maintain the Trust Distribution Account as provided in Section 4.5 of the Servicing Supplement.  If the Trust Distribution Account has been established:

 

(a)                                 On each Payment Date, the Owner Trustee, based on the information contained in the Monthly Investor Report, will withdraw the amounts deposited into the Trust Distribution Account pursuant to Sections 8.2(b)(xi), 8.2(c)(vii) and 8.2(d)(xii) of the Indenture on or before such Payment Date and distribute such amounts to the holder of the Residual Interest.

 

(b)                                 Following the satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture and the payment in full of the principal and interest on the Notes, the Owner Trustee will distribute any remaining funds in the Trust Distribution Account to the holder of the Residual Interest.

 

(c)                                  If any withholding tax is imposed on the Issuer’s payment (or allocations of income) to the holder of the Residual Interest, such tax will reduce the amount otherwise distributable to such holder in accordance with this Section 4.1(c).  The Owner Trustee is authorized and directed to retain from amounts otherwise distributable to the holder of the Residual Interest  sufficient funds for the payment of any such withholding tax that is legally owed by the Issuer (but such authorization will not prevent the Owner Trustee from contesting any such tax in appropriate proceedings, and withholding payment of such tax, if permitted by

 

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law, pending the outcome of such proceedings).  The amount of any withholding tax imposed with respect to the holder of the Residual Interest will be treated as cash distributed to such holder at the time it is withheld by the Issuer and paid to the appropriate taxing authority.  If there is a possibility that withholding tax is payable with respect to a distribution, the Owner Trustee may, in its sole discretion, withhold such amounts in accordance with this Section 4.1(c).  If the holder of a Residual Interest wishes to apply for a refund of any such withholding tax, the Owner Trustee will reasonably cooperate with such holder  in making such claim so long as such holder agrees to reimburse the Owner Trustee for any out-of-pocket expenses incurred in so cooperating.

 

Section 4.2.                                 Method of Payment.  Distributions required to be made to the holder of the Residual Interest on any Payment Date will be made by wire transfer, in immediately available funds, to the account specified by such holder to the Owner Trustee.

 

ARTICLE V
 AUTHORITY AND DUTIES OF THE OWNER TRUSTEE

 

Section 5.1.                                 General Authority.

 

(a)                                 Upon the Depositor’s execution of this Agreement, the Owner Trustee is authorized and directed, on behalf of the Issuer, to (i) execute and deliver the 2013-A Basic Documents and each certificate or other document attached as an exhibit to or contemplated by the 2013-A Basic Documents to which the Issuer is to be a party and (ii) direct the Indenture Trustee to authenticate and deliver the Notes.

 

(b)                                 The Owner Trustee is authorized to take all actions required of the Issuer pursuant to the 2013-A Basic Documents and is authorized to take such action on behalf of the Issuer as is permitted by the 2013-A Basic Documents that the Servicer or the Indenture Administrator directs with respect to the 2013-A Basic Documents, except to the extent that this Agreement requires the consent of the Noteholders or the holder of the Residual Interest for such action.

 

Section 5.2.                                 General Duties.  Subject to Section 5.3, it is the duty of the Owner Trustee to discharge all of its responsibilities pursuant to this Agreement and the 2013-A Basic Documents to which the Issuer is a party and to administer the Issuer in the interest of the holder of the Residual Interest, subject to the Lien of the Indenture and in accordance with the 2013-A Basic Documents.  The Owner Trustee will be deemed to have discharged its duties and responsibilities under the 2013-A Basic Documents to the extent the Indenture Administrator is required in the Administration Agreement to perform any act or to discharge such duty of the Owner Trustee or the Issuer under any 2013-A Basic Document.  The Owner Trustee will not be held liable for the default or failure of the Indenture Administrator to carry out its obligations under the Administration Agreement.  The Owner Trustee will have no obligation to administer, service or collect the 2013-A Exchange Note, the Leases or the Leased Vehicles or to maintain, monitor or otherwise supervise the administration, servicing or collection of the 2013-A Exchange Note, the Leases or the Leased Vehicles.

 

Section 5.3.                                 Action upon Prior Notice with Respect to Certain Matters.  With respect to the following matters, the Owner Trustee may not take action unless (i) at least 30 days before

 

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taking such action, the Owner Trustee has notified the Indenture Trustee (who will notify the Noteholders), the holder of the Residual Interest and the Indenture Administrator (who will notify the Rating Agencies) of the proposed action and (ii) the Indenture Trustee acting upon instruction of the Noteholders of a majority of the Note Balance of the Controlling Class (or if no Notes are Outstanding, the holder of the Residual Interest) has not notified the Owner Trustee before the 30th day after receipt of such notice that such majority of the Note Balance of the Controlling Class (or if no Notes are Outstanding, the holder of the Residual Interest) has withheld consent or provided alternative direction:

 

(a)                                 the initiation of any material claim or lawsuit by the Issuer and the settlement of any material action, claim or lawsuit brought by or against the Issuer;

 

(b)                                 the election by the Issuer to file an amendment to the Certificate of Trust (unless such amendment is required to be filed under the Delaware Statutory Trust Act), except to cure any ambiguity or to amend or supplement any provision in a manner or to add any provision that would not materially adversely affect the interests of the holders of the Notes or the Residual Interest;

 

(c)                                  the appointment pursuant to the Indenture of a successor Indenture Trustee or the consent to the assignment by the Indenture Trustee of its obligations under the Indenture or this Agreement; and

 

(d)                                 consenting to the Indenture Administrator taking any of the actions described in clauses (a) through (c) above.

 

Section 5.4.                                 Action upon Direction by the Holder of the Residual Interest with Respect to Certain Matters.

 

(a)                                 The Owner Trustee on behalf of the Issuer will not execute an amendment to the Credit and Security Agreement, the Exchange Note Supplement, the Servicing Agreement, the Servicing Supplement, the Indenture or the Administration Agreement that would materially adversely affect the holder of the Residual Interest without the consent of such holder.

 

(b)                                 The Owner Trustee will not (i) remove the Servicer or appoint a successor Servicer under Article VIII of the Servicing Agreement or (ii) remove the Indenture Administrator or appoint a successor Indenture Administrator under Article V of the Administration Agreement unless (A) there is an Exchange Note Servicer Event of Default subsequent to the payment in full of the Notes and (B) the holder of the Residual Interest directs the Owner Trustee to take such action.

 

Section 5.5.                                 Action with Respect to Bankruptcy.  The Owner Trustee may not commence a voluntary proceeding in bankruptcy relating to the Issuer unless the Notes have been paid in full and the holder of the Residual Interest approves of such commencement in advance and delivers to the Owner Trustee a certificate certifying that it reasonably believes that the Issuer is insolvent.

 

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Section 5.6.                                 Action upon Instruction.

 

(a)                                 The Owner Trustee will not be required to take any action under any 2013-A Basic Document if the Owner Trustee reasonably determines, or is advised by counsel, that such action is likely to result in liability on the part of the Owner Trustee, is contrary to any 2013-A Basic Document or is contrary to law.

 

(b)                                 If (i) the Owner Trustee is unsure as to the application of any provision of any 2013-A Basic Document, (ii) any provision of any 2013-A Basic Document is, or appears to be, in conflict with any other applicable provision, (iii) this Agreement permits any determination by the Owner Trustee or is silent or is incomplete as to the course of action that the Owner Trustee is required to take with respect to a particular set of facts or (iv) the Owner Trustee is unable to decide between alternative courses of action permitted or required by any 2013-A Basic Document, the Owner Trustee may, and with respect to clause (iv) will, notify the Indenture Administrator requesting instruction and, to the extent that the Owner Trustee acts or refrains from acting in good faith in accordance with any such instruction received, the Owner Trustee will not be liable to any Person on account of such action or inaction.  If the Owner Trustee does not receive appropriate instruction within ten days of such notice (or within such shorter period of time as reasonably may be specified in such notice or may be necessary under the circumstances) it may, but will be under no duty to, take or refrain from taking such action, not inconsistent with the 2013-A Basic Documents, as it deems to be in the best interests of the holder of the Residual Interest, and will have no liability to any Person for such action or inaction.

 

Section 5.7.                                 No Duties Except as Specified in this Agreement or in Instructions.  The Owner Trustee has no duty or obligation to manage, make any payment with respect to, register, record, sell, dispose of, or otherwise deal with the Trust Property, or to otherwise take or refrain from taking any action under, or in connection with, any document contemplated by this Agreement to which the Owner Trustee or the Issuer is a party, except as provided by this Agreement or in any document or instruction received by the Owner Trustee pursuant to Section 5.6.  No implied duties or obligations will be read into any 2013-A Basic Document against the Owner Trustee.  The Owner Trustee has no responsibility for filing any financing statements or continuation statements or to otherwise perfect or maintain the perfection of any security interest or Lien granted to it under this Agreement or to prepare or file any Securities and Exchange Commission filing for the Issuer or to record any 2013-A Basic Document.  The Owner Trustee nevertheless agrees that it will promptly take, at its own cost and expense, all action as may be necessary to discharge any Lien (other than the Lien of the Indenture) on any part of the Trust Property that results from actions by, or claims against, the Owner Trustee that are not related to the ownership or the administration of the Trust Property.

 

Section 5.8.                                 No Action Except Under Specified Documents or Instructions.  The Owner Trustee will not manage, control, use, sell, dispose of or otherwise deal with any part of the Trust Property except (a) in accordance with the powers granted to and the authority conferred upon the Owner Trustee pursuant to this Agreement, (b) in accordance with the other 2013-A Basic Documents to which the Issuer or the Owner Trustee is a party and (c) in accordance with any document or instruction delivered to the Owner Trustee pursuant to Section

 

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5.6.  The Depositor will not direct the Owner Trustee to take any action that would violate this Section 5.8.

 

Section 5.9.                                 Prohibition on Certain Actions.  The Owner Trustee will not take any action (a) that is inconsistent with the purposes of the Issuer set forth in Section 2.3 or (b) that, to the knowledge of the Owner Trustee, would (i) cause any Class of Notes not to be treated as indebtedness for U.S. federal or State income  or franchise tax purposes, (ii) be deemed to cause a sale or exchange of the Notes for purposes of Section 1001 of the Code (unless no gain or loss would be recognized on such deemed sale or exchange for U.S. federal or State income or franchise tax purposes) or (iii) cause the Issuer, the Titling Companies  or any portion of any of them to be taxable as an association (or publicly traded partnership) taxable as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes (except, in the case of any Titling Company, to the extent of any part of such Titling Company that is intended to be characterized as an association of U.S. federal income tax purposes).  The Indenture Administrator will not direct the Owner Trustee to take action that would violate this Section 5.9.

 

Section 5.10.                          Audits of the Owner Trustee.  The Owner Trustee agrees that, with reasonable prior notice, it will permit any authorized representative of the Servicer or the Indenture Administrator, during the Owner Trustee’s normal business hours, to examine and audit the books of account, records, reports and other documents and materials of the Owner Trustee relating to (a) the performance of the Owner Trustee’s obligations under this Agreement, (b) any payments of fees and expenses of the Owner Trustee in connection with such performance and (c) any claim made by the Owner Trustee under this Agreement.  In addition, the Owner Trustee will permit such representatives to make copies and extracts of any such books and records and to discuss the same with the Owner Trustee’s officers and employees.  Each of the Servicer and the Indenture Administrator will, and will cause its authorized representatives to, hold in confidence all such information except to the extent disclosure may be required by law (and all reasonable applications for confidential treatment are unavailing) and except to the extent that the Servicer or the Indenture Administrator, as the case may be, may reasonably determine that such disclosure is consistent with its obligations under this Agreement.  The Owner Trustee will maintain all such pertinent books, records, reports and other documents and materials for a period of two years after the termination of its obligations under this Agreement.

 

Section 5.11.                          Furnishing of Documents.  Upon request from the holder of the Residual Interest, the Owner Trustee will furnish to such holder copies of all reports, notices, requests, demands, certificates, financial statements and any other instruments furnished to the Owner Trustee under the 2013-A Basic Documents.

 

Section 5.12.                          Sarbanes-Oxley Act.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any 2013-A Basic Documents, the Owner Trustee will not be required to execute, deliver or certify on behalf of the Issuer, the Servicer, the Depositor or any other Person any filings, certificates, affidavits or other instruments required by the Securities and Exchange Commission or required under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.  However, any entity executing, delivering or certifying such filings, certificates, affidavits or other instruments required by the Securities and Exchange Commission or required under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 on behalf of the Issuer may request, at its option, such subcertifications, including any assessments of compliance required

 

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from the Owner Trustee as it may deem necessary to provide such certifications and the Owner Trustee will reasonably comply with such request.

 

Section 5.13.                          Maintenance of Licenses.  The Owner Trustee will obtain and maintain any licenses that the Indenture Administrator informs the Owner Trustee are required to be obtained or maintained by the Owner Trustee under the laws of any State in connection with the Owner Trustee’s duties and obligations under the 2013-A Basic Documents.

 

Section 5.14.                          Covenants for Reporting of Reallocations of Leases and Leased Vehicles due to Breaches of Representations and Warranties.  The Owner Trustee will (a) notify the Sponsor, the Depositor and the Servicer, as soon as practicable and in any event within five Business Days, of all demands or requests received by a Responsible Person of the Owner Trustee (including to the Owner Trustee on behalf of the Issuer) for the removal of any Lease and related Leased Vehicle from the 2013-A Reference Pool and reallocation of such Lease and Leased Vehicle to the Revolving Facility Pool pursuant to Section 3.5 of the Servicing Supplement, (b) promptly upon request by the Sponsor, the Depositor or the Servicer, provide to them any other information reasonably requested to facilitate compliance by them with Rule 15Ga-1 under the Exchange Act, and Items 1104(e) and 1121(c) of Regulation AB and (c) if requested by the Sponsor, the Depositor or the Servicer, provide a written certification no later than fifteen days following the end of any  quarter or  year that the Owner Trustee has not received any repurchase demands for such period, or if repurchase demands have been received during such period, that the Owner Trustee has provided all the information reasonably requested under clause (b) above.  In no event will the Owner Trustee or the Issuer have any responsibility or liability in connection with any filing required to be made by a securitizer under the Exchange Act or Regulation AB.

 

ARTICLE VI
 REGARDING THE OWNER TRUSTEE

 

Section 6.1.                                 Acceptance of Trusts and Duties.  The Owner Trustee accepts the trusts created by this Agreement and agrees to perform its duties under this Agreement with respect to such trusts but only in accordance with this Agreement.  The Owner Trustee also agrees to distribute all monies actually received by it constituting part of the Trust Property in accordance with the 2013-A Basic Documents.  The Owner Trustee will not be liable under any 2013-A Basic Document under any circumstances, except (i) for its own willful misconduct, bad faith or negligence (except for errors in judgment) or (ii) if any representation or warranty in Section 6.2 is not true and correct as of the 2013-A Closing Date.  In particular, but not by way of limitation (and subject to the exceptions set forth in the preceding sentence):

 

(a)                                 the Owner Trustee will not be liable with respect to any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in accordance with the instructions of the Noteholders of a majority of the Note Balance of the Controlling Class, the Indenture Trustee, the Depositor, the holder of the Residual Interest, the Indenture Administrator or the Servicer;

 

(b)                                 no 2013-A Basic Document will require the Owner Trustee to expend or risk funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its rights or powers under any 2013-A Basic Document if the Owner Trustee has reasonable grounds for believing

 

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that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured or provided to it;

 

(c)                                  the Owner Trustee will not be liable for indebtedness evidenced by or arising under any of the 2013-A Basic Documents, including the principal of and interest on the Notes or amounts distributable to the holder of the Residual Interest;

 

(d)                                 the Owner Trustee will not be responsible for (i) the validity or sufficiency of this Agreement, (ii) the due execution of this Agreement by the Depositor, (iii) the form, character, genuineness, sufficiency, value or validity of any of the Trust Property or (iv) the validity or sufficiency of the other 2013-A Basic Documents, the Notes, the 2013-A Exchange Note or any related documents, and the Owner Trustee will in no event assume or incur any liability, duty or obligation to any Noteholder, the Depositor or the holder of the Residual Interest, other than as provided for in the 2013-A Basic Documents;

 

(e)                                  the Owner Trustee will not be liable for the default or misconduct of the Servicer, the Indenture Administrator, the Depositor, the holder of the Residual Interest or the Indenture Trustee under any of the 2013-A Basic Documents or otherwise and the Owner Trustee will have no obligation or liability to perform the obligations of the Issuer under the 2013-A Basic Documents that are required to be performed by the Indenture Administrator under the Administration Agreement, the Servicer under the Servicing Agreement or the Servicing Supplement or the Indenture Trustee under the Indenture;

 

(f)                                   the Owner Trustee will be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Agreement or, at the request, order or direction of the Depositor, to institute, conduct or defend any litigation under this Agreement or in relation to any 2013-A Basic Document or otherwise unless the Depositor has offered to the Owner Trustee reasonable security or indemnity satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses, losses, damages, claims and liabilities that may be incurred by the Owner Trustee.  The right of the Owner Trustee to perform any discretionary act enumerated in any 2013-A Basic Document will not be construed as a duty; and

 

(g)                                  the Owner Trustee will not be responsible or liable for (i) the legality, validity and enforceability of the 2013-A Exchange Note, (ii) the sufficiency of the Trust Property or the ability of the Trust Property to generate the amounts necessary to make payments to the Noteholders under the Indenture or distributions to the holder of the Residual Interest under this Agreement, (iii) the accuracy of any representation or warranty made under any 2013-A Basic Document (other than the representations and warranties made in Section 6.2) or (iv) any action of the Indenture Trustee, the Indenture Administrator or the Servicer or any subservicer taken in the name of the Owner Trustee.

 

Section 6.2.                                 Representations and Warranties of the Owner Trustee.  The Owner Trustee represents and warrants to the Depositor as of the 2013-A Closing Date:

 

(a)                                 Organization and Qualification.  The Owner Trustee is duly formed and is validly existing as a national banking association under the laws of the United States.  The Owner Trustee is duly qualified as a national banking association and has obtained all necessary licenses

 

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and approvals in all jurisdictions in which the ownership or lease of its properties or the conduct of its activities requires such qualification, license or approval, unless the failure to obtain such qualifications, licenses or approvals would not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Owner Trustee’s ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement.

 

(b)                                 Power, Authorization and Enforceability.  The Owner Trustee has the power and authority to execute deliver and perform the terms this Agreement.  The Owner Trustee has authorized the execution, delivery and performance of the terms of this Agreement.  This Agreement is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Owner Trustee enforceable against the Owner Trustee, except as may be limited by insolvency, bankruptcy, reorganization or other laws relating to the enforcement of creditors’ rights or by general equitable principles.

 

(c)                                  No Conflicts and No Violation.  The execution and delivery by the Owner Trustee of this Agreement, the consummation by the Owner Trustee of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the compliance by the Owner Trustee with this Agreement will not (i) violate any federal or State law, governmental rule or regulation governing the banking or trust powers of the Owner Trustee or any judgment or order binding on it, (ii) conflict with, result in a breach of, or constitute (with or without notice or lapse of time or both) a default under its charter documents or by-laws or any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, guarantee or similar agreement or instrument under which the Owner Trustee is a debtor or guarantor or (iii) violate any law or, to the Owner Trustee’s knowledge, any order, rule, or regulation applicable to the Owner Trustee of any court or of any federal or State regulatory body, administrative agency or other governmental instrumentality having jurisdiction over the Owner Trustee or its properties, in each case which conflict, breach, default, Lien, or violation would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Owner Trustee’s ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement.

 

(d)                                 No Proceedings.  To the Owner Trustee’s knowledge, there are no proceedings or investigations pending or overtly threatened in writing, before any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the Owner Trustee or its properties: (i) asserting the invalidity of this Agreement, (ii) seeking to prevent the issuance of the Notes or the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by any of the 2013-A Basic Documents or (iii) seeking any determination or ruling that would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Owner Trustee’s ability to perform its obligations under, or the validity or enforceability of, this Agreement.

 

(e)                                  Banking Association.  The Owner Trustee is a banking association satisfying Section 3807(a) of the Delaware Statutory Trust Act and meets the eligibility requirements of Section 9.1(a).

 

(f)                                   Information Provided by the Owner Trustee.  The information provided by the Owner Trustee in its individual capacity in any certificate delivered by a Responsible Person of the Owner Trustee is true and correct in all material respects.

 

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Section 6.3.                                 Reliance; Advice of Counsel.

 

(a)                                 The Owner Trustee may rely upon, will be protected in relying upon and will incur no liability to anyone in acting upon any signature, instrument, notice, resolution, request, consent, order, certificate, report, opinion, bond or other document believed by it to be genuine that appears on its face to be properly executed and signed by the proper party or parties.  The Owner Trustee may accept a certified copy of a resolution of the board of directors or other governing body of any corporate party as conclusive evidence that such resolution has been duly adopted by such body and that the same is in full force and effect.  As to any fact or matter the method of the determination of which is not specifically prescribed in this Agreement, the Owner Trustee may for all purposes of this Agreement rely on a certificate, signed by the president or any vice president or by the treasurer or other Responsible Persons of the relevant party, as to such fact or matter and such certificate will constitute full protection to the Owner Trustee for any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in reliance thereon.

 

(b)                                 In the exercise or administration of the trusts under this Agreement and in the performance of its duties and obligations under the 2013-A Basic Documents, the Owner Trustee (i) may act directly or through its agents or attorneys pursuant to agreements entered into with any of them and will not be liable for the conduct or misconduct of such agents or attorneys if the Owner Trustee selects such agents or attorneys with reasonable care and (ii) may consult with counsel, accountants and other skilled Persons whom the Owner Trustee selects with reasonable care and employs.  The Owner Trustee will not be liable for anything it does, suffers or omits to do in good faith in accordance with the written opinion or advice of any such counsel, accountants or other such Persons that is not contrary to any 2013-A Basic Document.

 

Section 6.4.                                 Not Acting in Individual Capacity.  Except as provided in this Article VI, in accepting the trusts created by this Agreement, U.S. Bank Trust National Association acts solely as Owner Trustee under this Agreement and not in its individual capacity.  All Persons having any claim against the Owner Trustee by reason of the transactions contemplated by any 2013-A Basic Document will look only to the Trust Property for payment or satisfaction thereof.  However, the Owner Trustee will be responsible for any breach of its representations and warranties made in Section 6.2.

 

Section 6.5.                                 U.S. Bank Trust National Association May Own Notes.  U.S. Bank Trust National Association, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Notes and may deal with the Depositor, the holder of the Residual Interest, the Servicer, the Indenture Administrator and the Indenture Trustee in banking transactions with the same rights as it would have if it were not the Owner Trustee.

 

Section 6.6.                                 Duty to Update Disclosure.  The Owner Trustee will notify and provide information, and certify such information in an Officer’s Certificate, to the Depositor upon any event or condition relating to the Owner Trustee or actions taken by the Owner Trustee that (A) (i) is required to be disclosed by the Depositor under Item 2 (the institution of, material developments in, or termination of legal proceedings against U.S. Bank Trust National Association that are material to Noteholders) of Form 10-D under the Exchange Act within five days of such occurrence or (ii) the Depositor reasonably requests of the Owner Trustee that the Depositor, in good faith, believes is necessary to comply with Regulation AB within five days of

 

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request or (B) (i) is required to be disclosed under Item 6.02 (resignation, removal, replacement or substitution of U.S. Bank Trust National Association as Owner Trustee) of Form 8-K under the Exchange Act within two days of a Responsible Person of the Owner Trustee becoming aware of such occurrence or (ii) causes the information provided by the Owner Trustee in any certificate delivered by a Responsible Person of the Owner Trustee to be untrue or incorrect in any material respect or is necessary to make the statements provided by the Owner Trustee in light of the circumstances in which they were made not misleading within five days of a Responsible Person of the Owner Trustee becoming aware thereof.  The obligations of the Owner Trustee to provide such information with respect to the period during which it served as Owner Trustee will survive the resignation or removal of the Owner Trustee under the Agreement.

 

ARTICLE VII
 COMPENSATION AND INDEMNIFICATION OF THE OWNER TRUSTEE; ORGANIZATIONAL EXPENSES

 

Section 7.1.                                 Owner Trustee’s Fees and Expenses.  The Issuer will, or will cause the Indenture Administrator to, pay the Owner Trustee as compensation for its services under this Agreement, such fees as have been separately agreed upon by the Indenture Administrator and the Owner Trustee.  The Issuer will reimburse the Owner Trustee for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred or made by the Owner Trustee in performing its rights and duties under this Agreement, including the reasonable compensation, expenses and disbursements of the Owner Trustee’s agents, counsel, accountants and experts, but excluding any expenses incurred by the Owner Trustee through the Owner Trustee’s own willful misconduct, bad faith or negligence (other than errors in judgment).

 

Section 7.2.                                 Indemnification of the Owner Trustee.

 

(a)                                 The Depositor will, or will cause the Indenture Administrator to, indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Owner Trustee, and its respective officers, directors, employees and agents, from and against any and all costs, expenses, losses, damages, claims and liabilities (including the reasonable compensation, expenses and disbursements of the Owner Trustee’s agents, counsel, accountants and experts) incurred by it in connection with the administration of and the performance of its duties under this Agreement, including the costs and expenses of defending itself against any loss, damage, claim or liability incurred by it in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties under the Indenture, but excluding any cost, expense, loss, damage, claim or liability (i) incurred by the Owner Trustee through the Owner Trustee’s own willful misconduct, bad faith or negligence (other than errors in judgment) or (ii) arising from the inaccuracy of any representation or warranty contained in Section 6.2.

 

(b)                                 Promptly upon receipt by the Owner Trustee, or any of its officers, directors, employees and agents (each, an “Indemnified Person”), of notice of the commencement of any Proceeding against any such Indemnified Person, such Indemnified Person will, if a claim in respect of such Proceeding is to be made under Section 7.2(a), notify the Depositor and the Indenture Administrator of the commencement of such Proceeding.  The Depositor, or, if the Depositor so causes, the Indenture Administrator, may participate in and assume the defense and settlement of any such Proceeding at its expense, and no settlement of such Proceeding may be

 

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made without the approval of the Depositor or the Indenture Administrator, as applicable, and such Indemnified Person, which approvals will not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned.  After notice from the Depositor or the Indenture Administrator, as applicable, to the Indemnified Person of the intention of the Depositor or the Indenture Administrator, as applicable, to assume the defense of such Proceeding with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person, and so long as the Depositor or the Indenture Administrator, as applicable, so assumes the defense of such Proceeding in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person, neither the Depositor nor the Indenture Administrator will be liable for any legal expenses of counsel to the Indemnified Person unless there is a conflict between the interests of the Depositor or the Indenture Administrator, as applicable, on one hand, and an Indemnified Person, on the other hand, in which case the Depositor, or, if Depositor so causes, the Indenture Administrator, will pay for the separate counsel to the Indemnified Person.

 

(c)                                  The Depositor’s obligations under this Section 7.2 are obligations solely of the Depositor and do not constitute a claim against the Depositor to the extent that the Depositor does not have funds sufficient to make payment of such obligations.  The Owner Trustee, by entering into or accepting this Agreement, acknowledges and agrees that it has no right, title or interest in or to the Other Assets of the Depositor.  Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, if the Owner Trustee either (i) asserts an interest or claim to, or benefit from, the Other Assets or (ii) is deemed to have any such interest, claim to, or benefit in or from the Other Assets, whether by operation of law, legal process, pursuant to insolvency laws or otherwise (including by virtue of Section 1111(b) of the Bankruptcy Code), then the Owner Trustee further acknowledges and agrees that any such interest, claim or benefit in or from the Other Assets is expressly subordinated to the indefeasible payment in full of the other obligations and liabilities, which, under the relevant documents relating to the securitization or conveyance of such Other Assets, are entitled to be paid from, entitled to the benefits of, or otherwise secured by such Other Assets (whether or not any such entitlement or security interest is legally perfected or otherwise entitled to a priority of distributions or application under applicable law, including insolvency laws, and whether or not asserted against the Depositor), including the payment of post-petition interest on such other obligations and liabilities.  This subordination agreement is deemed a subordination agreement within the meaning of Section 510(a) of the Bankruptcy Code.  The Owner Trustee further acknowledges and agrees that no adequate remedy at law exists for a breach of this Section 7.2(c) and this Section 7.2(c) may be enforced by an action for specific performance.  This Section 7.2(c) is for the third party benefit of the holders of such other obligations and liabilities and will survive the termination of this Agreement.

 

Section 7.3.                                 Organizational Expenses of the Issuer.  The Depositor will, or will cause the Indenture Administrator to, pay the organizational expenses of the Issuer as they may arise or, upon the request of the Owner Trustee, the Depositor will, or will cause the Indenture Administrator to, promptly reimburse the Owner Trustee for any such expenses paid by the Owner Trustee.

 

Section 7.4.                                 Certain Expenses of the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee.  The Depositor will reimburse (a) the Indenture Trustee and any successor Indenture Trustee for any expenses associated with the replacement of the Indenture Trustee pursuant to Section 6.8 of the Indenture and (b) the Owner Trustee and any successor Owner Trustee for any expenses associated with the replacement of the Owner Trustee pursuant to Section 9.2 of this Agreement,

 

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in each case, to the extent such amounts have not been otherwise paid pursuant to Section 8.2 of the Indenture.

 

ARTICLE VIII
 TERMINATION

 

Section 8.1.                                 Termination of Trust Agreement.

 

(a)                                 This Agreement (other than the provisions of Article VII) will terminate and be of no further force or effect and the Issuer will terminate, wind up and dissolve, upon the earlier to occur of (i) the redemption of the 2013-A Exchange Note (following the termination of the last remaining Lease included in the 2013-A Reference Pool and the disposition of all remaining Leased Vehicles) or (ii) the payment to the Noteholders and any other holders of securities issued under any supplemental indentures or amendments to this Agreement, the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee of all amounts required to be paid to them pursuant to the Indenture, the Servicing Agreement, the Servicing Supplement and Article IV.  Any Insolvency Event, liquidation or dissolution with respect to the Depositor will not (A) operate to terminate this Agreement or the Issuer, (B) entitle the Depositor’s legal representatives to claim an accounting or to take any action or proceeding in any court for a partition or winding up of all or any part of the Issuer or the Trust Property or (C) otherwise affect the rights, obligations and liabilities of the parties to this Agreement.  Upon dissolution of the Issuer, the Owner Trustee will wind up the activities and affairs of the Issuer as required by Section 3808 of the Delaware Statutory Trust Act.

 

(b)                                 The Depositor may not revoke or terminate the Issuer, unless it is the holder of 100% of the Residual Interest and in accordance with Section 8.1(a).

 

(c)                                  Upon termination of the Issuer, any remaining Trust Property will be distributed to the holder of the Residual Interest, and the Owner Trustee will cause the Certificate of Trust to be cancelled by preparing, executing and filing a certificate of cancellation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware in accordance with Section 3810(c) of the  Delaware Statutory Trust Act or as otherwise required by the Delaware Statutory Trust Act.  Upon the filing of such certificate of cancellation, the Owner Trustee’s services under this Agreement will simultaneously terminate.  The Owner Trustee will deliver a file-stamped copy of such certificate of cancellation to the Indenture Administrator promptly upon such document becoming available following such filing.

 

ARTICLE IX
 SUCCESSOR OWNER TRUSTEES AND ADDITIONAL OWNER TRUSTEES

 

Section 9.1.                                 Eligibility Requirements for the Owner Trustee.

 

(a)                                 The Owner Trustee must (i) be authorized to exercise corporate trust powers, (ii) have a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 and be subject to supervision or examination by federal or State authorities and (iii) have (or have a parent that has) a long-term debt rating of investment grade by each of the Rating Agencies or be otherwise acceptable to the Rating Agencies.  If such corporation publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of its supervising or examining authority, then for the purpose of this

 

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Section 9.1, the combined capital and surplus of such corporation will be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published.  If the Owner Trustee ceases to be eligible in accordance with this Section 9.1, it must resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in Section 9.2.  The Owner Trustee will promptly notify the Depositor and the Indenture Administrator if it ceases to satisfy the requirements of this Section 9.1.

 

(b)                                 The Owner Trustee must satisfy Section 3807(a) of the Delaware Statutory Trust Act.

 

Section 9.2.                                 Resignation or Removal of the Owner Trustee.

 

(a)                                 The Owner Trustee may resign and be discharged from the trusts created by this Agreement by giving notice to the Depositor and the Indenture Administrator.

 

(b)                                 The Indenture Administrator may remove the Owner Trustee upon notice to the Owner Trustee and will remove the Owner Trustee if:

 

(i)                                     the Owner Trustee ceases to be eligible in accordance with Section 9.1;

 

(ii)                                  the Owner Trustee is legally unable to act; or

 

(iii)                               an Insolvency Event with respect to the Owner Trustee has occurred and is continuing.

 

(c)                                  If the Owner Trustee resigns or the Indenture Administrator removes the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Administrator will promptly (i) appoint a successor Owner Trustee, by written instrument, in duplicate and (ii) deliver one copy of such instrument to the outgoing Owner Trustee and one copy to the successor Owner Trustee.  The Owner Trustee will be entitled to payment through the date of its resignation or removal from distributions made under Section 8.2 of the Indenture.  If no successor Owner Trustee is appointed and has accepted such appointment within 30 days after the Indenture Administrator’s receipt of notice of resignation or removal of the Owner Trustee, the outgoing Owner Trustee may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Owner Trustee.  The right to appoint or to petition for the appointment of any such successor Owner Trustee does not relieve the outgoing Owner Trustee from any obligations otherwise imposed on it under the 2013-A Basic Documents until the appointment of the successor Owner Trustee has become effective.

 

(d)                                 No resignation or removal of the Owner Trustee and appointment of a successor Owner Trustee pursuant to this Section 9.2 will become effective until (i) the successor Owner Trustee accepts its appointment as the Owner Trustee pursuant to Section 9.3(a) and (ii) the successor Owner Trustee files the certificate of amendment to the Certificate of Trust referred to in Section 9.3(d).  The Indenture Administrator will notify the Depositor, the Indenture Trustee and the Rating Agencies of any resignation or removal of the Owner Trustee.

 

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Section 9.3.                                 Successor Owner Trustee.

 

(a)                                 Any successor Owner Trustee appointed pursuant to Section 9.2 must execute and deliver to the Indenture Administrator and to its predecessor Owner Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment under this Agreement.  Upon the resignation or removal of the predecessor Owner Trustee becoming effective pursuant to Section 9.2(d), such successor Owner Trustee, without any further act, will become fully vested with all the rights, powers, duties, and obligations of its predecessor under this Agreement.  The predecessor Owner Trustee will, upon payment of its fees and expenses, deliver to the successor Owner Trustee all documents and statements and monies held by it under this Agreement, and the Indenture Administrator and the predecessor Owner Trustee will execute and deliver such instruments and do such other things as may reasonably be required to vest and confirm in the successor Owner Trustee all such rights, powers, duties and obligations.

 

(b)                                 No successor Owner Trustee may accept appointment as provided in this Section 9.3 unless, at the time of such acceptance, such successor Owner Trustee is eligible pursuant to Section 9.1.

 

(c)                                  Upon the acceptance of appointment by a successor Owner Trustee pursuant to this Section 9.3, the Indenture Administrator will notify the Depositor, the Indenture Trustee, the Noteholders and the Rating Agencies of such successor Owner Trustee.

 

(d)                                 Any successor Owner Trustee appointed under this Agreement will promptly file a certificate of amendment to the Certificate of Trust with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware identifying the name and principal place of business of such successor Owner Trustee in the State of Delaware.  The successor Owner Trustee will deliver a file-stamped copy of such certificate of amendment to the Indenture Administrator promptly upon such document becoming available following such filing.

 

Section 9.4.                                 Merger or Consolidation of the Owner Trustee.  Any Person (a) into which the Owner Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, (b) resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Owner Trustee is a party or (c) succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust business of the Owner Trustee will, provided such Person is eligible pursuant to Section 9.1, be the successor of the Owner Trustee under this Agreement without the execution or filing of any document or any further act (except as required under this Section 9.4); provided, that the Owner Trustee (i) notifies the Issuer (who will notify the Rating Agencies) of such merger or consolidation within 15 Business Days of such event and (ii) files a certificate of amendment to the Certificate of Trust as required by Section 9.3(d).

 

Section 9.5.                                 Appointment of Separate Trustee or Co-Trustee.

 

(a)                                 Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, for the purpose of meeting any legal requirements of any jurisdiction in which any part of the Trust Property or any Leased Vehicle may be located, the Indenture Administrator and the Owner Trustee acting jointly will have the power and will execute and deliver all instruments to appoint one or more Persons approved by the Owner Trustee to act as a separate trustee or as separate trustees, or as

 

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co-trustee, jointly with the Owner Trustee, of all or any part of the Issuer, and to vest in such Person, in such capacity, such title to the Trust Property, or any part thereof, and, subject to this Section 9.5, such powers, duties, obligations, rights and trusts as the Indenture Administrator and the Owner Trustee consider necessary or desirable.  If the Indenture Administrator has not joined in such appointment within 15 Business Days of its receipt of a request so to do, the Owner Trustee will have the power to make such appointment.  No separate trustee or co-trustee under this Agreement will be required to meet the terms of eligibility as a successor trustee pursuant to Section 9.1 and no notice of the appointment of any separate trustee or co-trustee is required.

 

(b)                                 Each separate trustee and co-trustee will, to the extent permitted by law, be appointed and act subject to the following:

 

(i)                                     all rights, powers, duties, and obligations conferred or imposed upon the Owner Trustee will be conferred upon and exercised or performed by the Owner Trustee and such separate trustee or co-trustee jointly (it being understood that such separate trustee or co-trustee is not authorized to act separately without the Owner Trustee joining in such act), except to the extent that under any law of any jurisdiction in which any particular act or acts are to be performed, the Owner Trustee is incompetent or unqualified to perform such act or acts, in which event such rights, powers, duties, and obligations (including the holding of title to the Trust Property or any portion thereof in any such jurisdiction) may be exercised and performed singly by such separate trustee or co-trustee, but solely at the direction of the Owner Trustee;

 

(ii)                                  no trustee under this Agreement will be personally liable by reason of any act or omission of any other trustee under this Agreement; and

 

(iii)                               the Indenture Administrator and the Owner Trustee acting jointly may accept the resignation of or remove any separate trustee or co-trustee.

 

(c)                                  Any notice, request or other writing given to the Owner Trustee will be deemed to have been given to each of the then separate trustees and co-trustees, as effectively as if given to each of them.  Every instrument appointing any separate trustee or co-trustee must refer to this Agreement and the conditions of this Article IX.  Each separate trustee and co-trustee, upon its acceptance of the trusts conferred, will be vested with the estates or property specified in its instrument of appointment, either jointly with the Owner Trustee or separately, as may be provided in such instrument, subject to this Agreement.  The Owner Trustee will keep a copy of each such instrument in its files and will deliver a copy of each such instrument to the Indenture Administrator.

 

(d)                                 Any separate trustee or co-trustee may appoint the Owner Trustee as its agent or attorney-in-fact with full power and authority, to the extent not prohibited by law, to do any lawful act under or in respect of this Agreement on its behalf and in its name.  If any separate trustee or co-trustee dies, becomes incapable of acting, resigns or is removed, all of its estates, properties, rights, remedies and trusts will vest in and be exercised by the Owner Trustee, to the extent permitted by law, without the appointment of a new or successor trustee.

 

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Section 9.6.                                 Compliance with Delaware Statutory Trust Act.  Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Issuer must have at least one trustee that meets the requirements of Section 3807(a) of the Delaware Statutory Trust Act.

 

ARTICLE X
 MISCELLANEOUS

 

Section 10.1.                          Supplements and Amendments.

 

(a)                                 This Agreement may be amended by the holder of the Residual Interest and the Owner Trustee, with prior notice by the Indenture Administrator to the Rating Agencies, without the consent of any of the Noteholders, for the purpose of curing any ambiguity or correcting or supplementing any provisions in this Agreement inconsistent with any other provision of this Agreement.

 

(b)                                 This Agreement may be amended by the holder of the Residual Interest and the Owner Trustee, with prior notice by the Indenture Administrator to the Rating Agencies, without the consent of any of the Noteholders, for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Agreement or issuing securities in exchange for all or a portion of the Residual Interest, subject to the following conditions:

 

(i)                                     such holder delivers an Officer’s Certificate to the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee to the effect that such amendment will not have a material adverse effect on the Notes; and

 

(ii)                                  such holder delivers an Opinion of Counsel to the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee to the effect that such amendment will not (A) cause any Note to be deemed sold or exchanged for purposes of Section 1001 of the Code, (B) cause the Issuer or any Titling Company to be treated as an association or publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes (except, in the case of any Titling Company, to the extent of any part of such Titling Company that is intended to be characterized as an association for U.S. federal income tax purposes) or (C) adversely affect the treatment of the Notes as debt for U.S. federal income tax purposes; and

 

(c)                                  This Agreement also may be amended by the holder of the Residual Interest and the Owner Trustee for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Agreement with prior notice by the Indenture Administrator to the Rating Agencies, subject to the following conditions:

 

(i)                                     (A) the Indenture Trustee, to the extent that its rights or obligations would be affected by such amendment consents (which consent may not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned) and (B) the Noteholders of a majority of the Note Balance of each Class of Notes consent to such amendment (with each affected Class voting separately, except that all Noteholders of Class A Notes will vote together as a single class); and

 

(ii)                                  such holder delivers an Opinion of Counsel to the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee to the effect that such amendment will not (A) cause any Note to be

 

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deemed sold or exchanged for purposes of Section 1001 of the Code, (B) cause the Issuer or any Titling Company to be treated as an association or publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes (except, in the case of any Titling Company, to the extent of any part of such Titling Company that is intended to be characterized as an association for U.S. federal income tax purposes) or (C) adversely affect the treatment of the Notes as debt for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

 

However, no amendment may (A) increase or reduce the amount of, or accelerate or delay the timing of, or change the allocation or priority of, collections of payments on the 2013-A Exchange Note or distributions that are required to be made for the benefit of the Secured Parties or (B) reduce the percentage of the Note Balance of the Notes required to consent to any such amendment, in each case, without the consent of all affected Noteholders.

 

(d)                                 Promptly after the execution of any such amendment or consent, the Owner Trustee will notify the Indenture Trustee of the substance of such amendment or consent.

 

(e)                                  If the consent of the Noteholders or the Indenture Trustee is required under this Section 10.1, they do not need to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment or consent so long as their consent approves the substance of the proposed amendment or consent.  The manner of obtaining such consents will be subject to such reasonable requirements as the Owner Trustee may prescribe.

 

(f)                                   Promptly after the execution of any certificate of amendment to the Certificate of Trust, the Owner Trustee will cause such amendment to be filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.  The Owner Trustee will deliver a file-stamped copy of such certificate of amendment to the Indenture Administrator promptly upon such document becoming available following such filing.

 

(g)                                  Before the execution of any amendment to this Agreement or certificate of amendment to the Certificate of Trust, the Owner Trustee will be entitled to receive and rely upon an Opinion of Counsel delivered by the holder of the Residual Interest to the effect that the execution of such amendment or certificate of amendment, as applicable, is authorized or permitted by this Agreement.  The Owner Trustee may enter into any such amendment or certificate of amendment that affects the Owner Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Agreement or otherwise.

 

(h)                                 In connection with the execution of any amendment to this Agreement or any amendment to any other agreement to which the Issuer is a party, the Owner Trustee will be entitled to receive and rely upon an Opinion of Counsel delivered by the holder of the Residual Interest to the effect that such amendment is authorized or permitted by the 2013-A Basic Documents and that all conditions precedent in the 2013-A Basic Documents for the execution and delivery thereof by the Issuer or the Owner Trustee, as the case may be, have been satisfied.

 

Section 10.2.                          No Legal Title to Trust Property in the Holder of the Residual Interest.  The holder of the Residual Interest has no legal title to any part of the Trust Property.  The holder of the Residual Interest is entitled to receive distributions with respect to its Residual Interest only in accordance with Article VIII of the Indenture.  No transfer, by operation of law or

 

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otherwise, of any right, title, or interest of the Depositor to and in the Residual Interest in the Trust Property will operate to terminate this Agreement or the trusts under this Agreement or entitle any transferee to an accounting or to the transfer to it of legal title to any part of the Trust Property.

 

Section 10.3.                          Limitation on Rights of Others.  Except for Sections 2.6, 7.2 and 10.1, this Agreement is solely for the benefit of the Owner Trustee, the Depositor, the Indenture Administrator, the Servicer, the holder of the Residual Interest and, to the extent provided in this Agreement, the Indenture Trustee and the Secured Parties, and nothing in this Agreement (other than Section 2.6), whether express or implied, will be construed to give to any other Person any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim in the Trust Property or under or in respect of this Agreement or any covenants, conditions or provisions contained in this Agreement.

 

Section 10.4.                          Notices.

 

(a)                                 All notices, requests, demands, consents, waivers or other communications to or from the parties to this Agreement must be in writing and will be deemed to have been given and made:

 

(i)                                     upon delivery or, in the case of a letter mailed by registered first class mail, postage prepaid, three days after deposit in the mail;

 

(ii)                                  in the case of a fax, when receipt is confirmed by telephone, reply email or reply fax from the recipient;

 

(iii)                               in the case of an email, when receipt is confirmed by telephone or reply email from the recipient; and

 

(iv)                              in the case of an electronic posting to a password-protected website to which the recipient has been provided access, upon delivery (without the requirement of confirmation of receipt) of an email to such recipient stating that such electronic posting has occurred.

 

Any such notice, request, demand, consent or other communication must be delivered or addressed as set forth on Schedule A to the Indenture or at such other address as any party may designate by notice to the other parties.

 

(b)                                 Notices to the Owner Trustee will be addressed to its Corporate Trust Office or to such other address designated by the Owner Trustee by notice to the Depositor.

 

(c)                                  Any notice required or permitted to be mailed to a Noteholder (i) in the case of Definitive Notes, must be sent by overnight delivery, mailed by registered first class mail, postage prepaid, or sent by fax, to the address of such Person as shown in the Note Register or (ii) in the case of Book-Entry Notes, must be delivered pursuant to the applicable procedures of the Clearing Agency.  Any notice so mailed within the time prescribed in this Agreement will be conclusively presumed to have been properly given, whether or not the Noteholder receives such notice.

 

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Section 10.5.                          GOVERNING LAW.  THIS AGREEMENT WILL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE.

 

Section 10.6.                          WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL.  EACH PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AGREEMENT.

 

Section 10.7.                          Severability.  If any of the covenants, agreements or terms of this Agreement is held invalid, illegal or unenforceable, then it will be deemed severable from the remaining covenants, agreements or terms of this Agreement and will in no way affect the validity, legality or enforceability of the remaining Agreement or of the Notes or the rights of the Noteholders.

 

Section 10.8.                          Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts.  Each counterpart will be an original, and all counterparts will together constitute one and the same instrument.

 

Section 10.9.                          Headings.  The headings in this Agreement are included for convenience only and will not affect the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.

 

Section 10.10.                   No Petition.  Each party to this Agreement covenants that for a period of one year and one day (or, if longer, any applicable preference period) after the payment in full of the Notes, all Exchange Notes, and all distributions to all Holders of Certificates and all holders of any other Securities (as defined in the related Titling Company Agreement) the payments on which are derived in any material part from amounts received with respect to any Titling Company Assets (as defined in the applicable Titling Company Agreements), it will not institute against, or join any Person in instituting against, the Issuer, the Depositor, any Holding Company, any Titling Company, or the Holders of the Collateral Specified Interest Certificates any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings, or other proceedings under any United States federal or state bankruptcy or similar law in connection with any obligations relating to the 2013-A Exchange Note, the Notes, this Agreement or any of the other 2013-A Basic Documents and agrees it will not cooperate with or encourage others to file a bankruptcy petition against the Issuer, the Depositor, any Holding Company, any Titling Company or the Holders of the Collateral Specified Interest Certificates during the same period. This Section 10.10 will survive the resignation or removal of the Owner Trustee under this Agreement and the termination of this Agreement.

 

Section 10.11.                   Rights Limited to 2013-A Exchange Note.

 

(a)                                 Any claim by the Owner Trustee or any other Person pursuant to this Agreement to the extent that any such claim is deemed to arise against any of the Titling Companies or any assets thereof will be limited in recourse to the 2013-A Exchange Note.  In the event that, notwithstanding the preceding sentence, any Noteholders or any other Person having a claim under this Agreement will be deemed to have any claim against the assets of any Titling

 

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Company other than the 2013-A Exchange Note, such claim will be subordinate to the payment in full, including post-petition interest, of the claims of the Lender and to the holder of (i) all other Exchange Notes and (ii) in the case of assets allocated to a Specified Interest other than the Collateral Specified Interest, all other asset-backed securities, the payments on which are derived primarily from collections on designated assets of the Borrowers and all related hedging arrangements.  This subordination agreement is deemed a subordination agreement within the meaning of Section 510(a) of the Bankruptcy Code.  The Owner Trustee and the Depositor each further acknowledges and agrees that no adequate remedy at law exists for a breach of this Section 10.11 and this Section 10.11 may be enforced by any action for specific performance.

 

(b)                                 The Owner Trustee and each other Person having rights under this Agreement by accepting the benefits hereof irrevocably makes the election afforded to secured creditors by Section 1111(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Bankruptcy Code to receive the treatment afforded by Section 1111(b)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code with respect to any secured claim that such Person may have at any time against any Titling Company or against any Exchange Note of any Titling Company other than the 2013-A Exchange Note.

 

(c)                                  This Section 10.11 is for the third party benefit of the holders, pledgees or other beneficiaries of any securities or parties to or other beneficiaries of any agreement, contract or other written obligation of the type referred to in clause (ii) of Section 10.11(a), which relates to any Exchange Note other than the 2013-A Exchange Note and will survive the termination of this Agreement.

 

Section 10.12.                   Limited Recourse.  The Owner Trustee agrees that any claim that the Owner Trustee may seek to enforce against the Depositor is limited to the 2013-A Exchange Note of the Depositor only and does not represent a claim against the assets of the Depositor as a whole or any assets other than the assets related to the 2013-A Exchange Note of the Depositor.

 

Section 10.13.                   Subordination.

 

(a)                                 The Owner Trustee agrees that any claim that the Owner Trustee may seek to enforce at any time against any assets of the Depositor other than the assets related to the 2013-A Exchange Note of the Depositor will be subordinate to the payment in full of all other claims with respect to such other assets.  However, this Section 10.13(a) will not limit, subordinate or otherwise modify any claims against the Depositor with respect to any right to indemnification, commitment to repurchase or other obligation of Depositor relating to:

 

(i)                                     any assets related to the 2013-A  Exchange Note or the 2013-A Reference Pool,

 

(ii)                                  any related credit enhancement,

 

(iii)                               any transactions entered into in connection with the assets related to the 2013-A Exchange Note (or the beneficial interest therein),

 

(iv)                              any administrative services performed in connection with the 2013-A Exchange Note,

 

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(v)                                 any servicing obligation  or

 

(vi)                              any obligation to any Person acting as trustee, registrar or administrator (including as Titling Company Registrar, owner trustee or indenture trustee).

 

(b)                                 The Owner Trustee irrevocably makes the election afforded to secured creditors by Section 1111(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Bankruptcy Code to receive the treatment afforded by Section 1111(b)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code with respect to any secured claim that the Owner Trustee may have against any assets of the Depositor other than assets related to the 2013-A Exchange Note of the Depositor.

 

(c)                                  The parties to this Agreement intend that Sections 10.13(a) and (b) constitute an enforceable subordination agreement under Section 510(a) of the Bankruptcy Code.

 

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EXECUTED   BY:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
FORD   CREDIT AUTO LEASE TWO LLC,
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
as   Depositor
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Name:
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title:
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
U.S.   BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
as   Owner Trustee
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Name:
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title:
    

 

[Signature Page to Amended and Restated Trust Agreement]

 

 

Exhibit A

 

Form of Certificate of Trust of
 Ford Credit Auto Lease Trust 2013-A

 

This Certificate of Trust of FORD CREDIT AUTO LEASE TRUST 2013-A (the “Trust”) is being duly executed and filed by U.S. Bank Trust National Association, a national banking association, as owner trustee (the “Owner Trustee”), to form a statutory trust under the Delaware Statutory Trust Act (12 Delaware Code, § 3801 et  seq.) (the “Act”).

 

1.                                      Name.  The name of the statutory trust formed hereby is “Ford Credit Auto Lease Trust 2013-A”.

 

2.                                      Owner Trustee.  The name and business address of the sole trustee of the Trust in the State of Delaware is U.S. Bank Trust National Association, Corporate Trust Services, 300 Delaware Avenue, 9th Floor, Wilmington, Delaware 19801.

 

3.                                      Effective Date. This Certificate of Trust will be effective upon filing.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being the sole trustee of the Trust, has executed this Certificate of Trust in accordance with Section 3811(a)(1) of the Act.

 

	
 
    	
U.S.   BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
not   in its individual capacity but solely as Owner Trustee
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Name:
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title:
    

 

EA-1EXHIBIT 4.4

 

 

2013-A EXCHANGE NOTE SUPPLEMENT

 

to

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED
 CREDIT AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

dated as of December 1, 2006

 

among

 

CAB EAST LLC,

CAB WEST LLC and

FCALM, LLC,

as Borrowers,

 

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
 as Administrative Agent,

 

HTD LEASING LLC,
 as Collateral Agent

 

and

 

FORD MOTOR CREDIT COMPANY LLC,
 as Lender and as Servicer

 

Dated as of March 1, 2013

 

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

	
ARTICLE I   USAGE AND DEFINITIONS
    	
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Section 1.1.
    	
Usage and Definitions
    	
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ARTICLE II   THE 2013-A EXCHANGE NOTE
    	
1
    
	
Section 2.1.
    	
Creation and Designation
    	
1
    
	
Section 2.2.
    	
Form of Execution,   Authentication and Delivery of the 2013-A Exchange Note; Delivery and Payment for the 2013-A Exchange   Note
    	
2
    
	
Section 2.3.
    	
Transfer Restrictions with Respect to   the 2013-A Exchange Note
    	
3
    
	
Section 2.4.
    	
Interest Payments on the 2013-A Exchange   Note
    	
3
    
	
Section 2.5.
    	
Payments of Principal on the 2013-A Exchange   Note
    	
3
    
	
Section 2.6.
    	
Reserve Account
    	
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ARTICLE III   THE 2013-A REFERENCE POOL
    	
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Section 3.1.
    	
The 2013-A Reference Pool
    	
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ARTICLE IV   EXCHANGE NOTE DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
    	
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Section 4.1.
    	
2013-A Exchange Note Defaults
    	
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Section 4.2.
    	
Exchange Note Remedies
    	
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ARTICLE V   APPLICATION OF COLLECTIONS ON THE 2013-A REFERENCE POOL
    	
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Section 5.1.
    	
Application of Collections on the 2013-A Reference   Pool Where No Facility Default or Exchange Note Default Has Occurred
    	
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Section 5.2.
    	
Modified Priorities Following Liquidation
    	
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ARTICLE VI   SECURITY INTEREST
    	
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Section 6.1.
    	
Security Interest
    	
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ARTICLE VII   MISCELLANEOUS
    	
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Section 7.1.
    	
Amendments
    	
7
    
	
Section 7.2.
    	
2013-A   Exchange Noteholders Entitled to Benefits of this Supplement
    	
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Section 7.3.
    	
GOVERNING LAW
    	
7
    
	
Section 7.4.
    	
Submission to Jurisdiction; Service of Process
    	
7
    
	
Section 7.5.
    	
Severability
    	
8
    
	
Section 7.6.
    	
Counterparts
    	
8
    
	
Section 7.7.
    	
Headings
    	
8
    
	
Section 7.8.
    	
No Petition
    	
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Schedule A
    	
Collateral Leases and Collateral Leased Vehicles in   2013-A Reference Pool
    	
SA-1
    
	
Exhibit A
    	
Form of 2013-A Exchange Note
    	
EA-1
    
	
Appendix 1
    	
Usage   and Definitions
    	
A1-1
    

 

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2013-A EXCHANGE NOTE SUPPLEMENT, dated as of March 1, 2013 (this “Supplement”), among CAB EAST LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, CAB WEST LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and FCALM, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as borrowers (each, a “Borrower” and collectively, the “Borrowers”), FORD MOTOR CREDIT COMPANY LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as lender (in such capacity, the “Lender”) and as servicer (in such capacity, the “Servicer”), U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association, as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”) and not in its individual capacity, and HTD LEASING LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as collateral agent (the “Collateral Agent”).

 

BACKGROUND

 

Section 4.01 of the Amended and Restated Credit and Security Agreement, dated as of December 1, 2006 (the “Credit and Security Agreement”), among the Borrowers, the Lender and Servicer, the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent provides that the parties to the Credit and Security Agreement may at any time and from time to time enter into a supplement to the Credit and Security Agreement for the purpose of authorizing the issuance, execution and authentication of one or more Exchange Notes.

 

The Lender has delivered the notice required by Section 4.02(e)(i) of the Credit and Security Agreement and enters into this Supplement as required by Section 4.02(e)(ii) of the Credit and Security Agreement to provide for the issuance, authentication and delivery of the 2013-A Exchange Note.

 

The parties to this Supplement wish to create the 2013-A Exchange Note and specify its principal terms.

 

ARTICLE I
 USAGE AND DEFINITIONS

 

Section 1.1.                                 Usage and Definitions.  Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined in this Supplement are defined in Appendix 1 or, if not defined in Appendix 1, are defined in Appendix A to the Credit and Security Agreement.  Appendix A also contains rules as to usage applicable to this Supplement and is incorporated by reference into this Supplement.

 

ARTICLE II
 THE 2013-A EXCHANGE NOTE

 

Section 2.1.                                 Creation and Designation.

 

(a)                                 By this Supplement, there is created an Exchange Note to be issued pursuant to the Credit and Security Agreement and this Supplement and to be known as the “2013-A Exchange Note.”

 

(b)                                 The terms of the 2013-A Exchange Note are as follows:

 

(i)                                the Exchange Note Issuance Date is March 20, 2013;

 

 

(ii)                             the Exchange Note Initial Principal Balance for the 2013-A Exchange Note is $1,064,026,804.12

 

(iii)                          the Cutoff Date for the 2013-A Reference Pool is March 1, 2013;

 

(iv)                         the Exchange Note Interest Rate for the 2013-A Exchange Note is 1.80%;

 

(v)                            the Final Scheduled Payment Date for the 2013-A Exchange Note is October 15, 2017; and

 

(vi)                         the 2013-A Exchange Note will be issued as a single class.

 

Section 2.2.                                 Form of Execution, Authentication and Delivery of the 2013-A Exchange Note; Delivery and Payment for the 2013-A Exchange Note.

 

(a)                                 The 2013-A Exchange Note, together with the Administrative Agent’s certificate of authentication on such Exchange Note, will be delivered in the form of a certificated note substantially in the form set forth as Exhibit A and will satisfy the requirements of Sections 4.01 and 4.02 of the Credit and Security Agreement.  The 2013-A Exchange Note may be Transferred only in whole and not in part.

 

(b)                                 Each of the Borrowers and the other parties to this Supplement will execute or acknowledge, as applicable, and the Borrowers will deliver to the Administrative Agent (i) the 2013-A Exchange Note for authentication and (ii) this Supplement, and following receipt thereof and satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 4.02(e) of the Credit and Security Agreement, the Administrative Agent will (A) acknowledge this Supplement and (B) authenticate and deliver the 2013-A Exchange Note in accordance with Section 4.02(f) of the Credit and Security Agreement.

 

(c)                                  Each of the Borrowers represents and warrants that upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Sections 2.2(a) and (b), the 2013-A Exchange Note will have been duly authorized, executed and delivered under this Supplement.

 

(d)                                 The 2013-A Exchange Note will state that (i) if an Insolvency Event occurs with respect to any of the Borrowers thereunder, any claim that the 2013-A Exchange Noteholder may seek to enforce at any time against any of the Borrowers thereunder will be limited in recourse to the 2013-A Reference Pool (except to the extent of the 2013-A Shared Amounts), (ii) if, notwithstanding clause (i), the 2013-A Exchange Noteholder is deemed to have any claim against the assets of the Borrowers thereunder other than the assets included in the 2013-A Reference Pool, such claim will be subordinate to the payment in full, including post-petition interest, of the claims of the Lender and to the holders of (A) all other Exchange Notes and (B) in the case of assets allocated to a Specified Interest other than the Collateral Specified Interest, all other asset-backed securities, the payments on which are derived primarily from collections on designated assets of the Borrowers thereunder and all related hedging arrangements and (iii) such recitation constitutes an enforceable subordination agreement for purposes of Section 510(a) of the Bankruptcy Code.

 

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(e)                                  Because FCALM, LLC does not own any of the Collateral Leases or Collateral Leased Vehicles that are included in the 2013-A Reference Pool, the parties to this Supplement agree that FCALM, LLC’s execution of the 2013-A Exchange Note will be in the form of an acknowledgment and consent.

 

Section 2.3.                                 Transfer Restrictions with Respect to the 2013-A Exchange Note.  By acceptance of the 2013-A Exchange Note, the 2013-A Exchange Noteholder agrees with and makes, as of the date of this Supplement, the representations set forth in Section 4.04(f) of the Credit and Security Agreement.

 

Section 2.4.                                 Interest Payments on the 2013-A Exchange Note.  For each Payment Date, the amount of interest due with respect to the 2013-A Exchange Note (the “Accrued Exchange Note Interest”) will be an amount equal to the sum of the Exchange Note Monthly Interest and the Exchange Note Interest Shortfall.  For each Payment Date, (a) the “Exchange Note Monthly Interest” will be an amount equal to the aggregate amount of interest accrued on the Exchange Note Balance of the 2013-A Exchange Note at the Exchange Note Interest Rate for the related Exchange Note Interest Period and (b) the “Exchange Note Interest Shortfall” will be an amount equal to the excess, if any, of the Accrued Exchange Note Interest for the preceding Payment Date over the amount of interest that was paid to the 2013-A Exchange Noteholder on such preceding Payment Date, together with interest on such excess amount, to the extent lawful, at the Exchange Note Interest Rate for the related Exchange Note Interest Period.

 

Section 2.5.                                 Payments of Principal on the 2013-A Exchange Note.

 

(a)                                 For each Payment Date, the amount of principal payable on the 2013-A Exchange Note (the “Exchange Note Principal Payment Amount”) will be an amount equal to the excess of (i) the aggregate Note Balance of the Notes (or, if the Issuer is no longer the 2013-A Exchange Noteholder as endorsee, the Exchange Note Balance) as of the preceding Payment Date (or the 2013-A Closing Date with respect to the first Payment Date) over (ii)(A) the Pool Balance as of the first day of the Collection Period that includes the Payment Date minus (B) the Targeted Overcollateralization Amount.  The entire outstanding Exchange Note Balance will become due and payable on the Exchange Note Final Scheduled Payment Date.

 

(b)                                 Notwithstanding the foregoing, the entire unpaid Exchange Note Balance will be due and payable on the date on which an Exchange Note Default with respect to the 2013-A Exchange Note has occurred and is continuing, and the 2013-A Exchange Noteholder has declared the 2013-A Exchange Note to be immediately due and payable in the manner provided in the Credit and Security Agreement.

 

Section 2.6.                                 Reserve Account.

 

(a)                                 In connection with the issuance of the 2013-A Exchange Note, the Servicer will establish a segregated trust account pursuant to the Servicing Supplement which will be designated as the “Reserve Account.”

 

(b)                                 On the 2013-A Closing Date, the Depositor will deposit, or cause to be deposited, the Required Reserve Amount in the Reserve Account.

 

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(c)                                  On each Payment Date, the Indenture Trustee will deposit in the Reserve Account all amounts available in accordance with Section 5.1(d) until the amount on deposit therein is equal to the Required Reserve Amount.

 

(d)                                 On each Payment Date, the Indenture Trustee will withdraw the Reserve Account Draw Amount from the Reserve Account and apply such amount in accordance with Section 5.1.

 

(e)                                  Following the liquidation of the 2013-A Collateral upon the occurrence of any Event of Default that has resulted in an acceleration of the Notes, the Indenture Trustee will apply all amounts then in the Reserve Account (other than investment earnings) in accordance with Section 8.2(d) of the Indenture.

 

(f)                                   The Indenture Trustee will transfer all funds in the Reserve Account to the Depositor or, if the Depositor has notified the Indenture Trustee of the establishment of the Trust Distribution Account, to the Trust Distribution Account, on the earlier of: (i) the first Payment Date on or after which the Servicer has deposited into the Collection Account the Exchange Note Purchase Price in accordance with Section 5.1(a) of the Servicing Supplement in connection with its exercising its option to acquire the 2013-A Exchange Note pursuant to such Section 5.1 and (ii) the date on which the Note Balance of the Notes and of all other amounts owing or to be distributed to the 2013-A Secured Parties under the Indenture and this Supplement are paid in full.

 

ARTICLE III
 THE 2013-A REFERENCE POOL

 

Section 3.1.                                 The 2013-A Reference Pool.

 

(a)                                 The 2013-A Exchange Note will be payable primarily from Collections on the Collateral Leases and Collateral Leased Vehicles included in the 2013-A Reference Pool in accordance with the priorities set forth in Section 5.1.  For purposes of determining the Collections that are applicable to the 2013-A Reference Pool, the Collateral Leases and Collateral Leased Vehicles included in the 2013-A Reference Pool will be deemed to have been included in the 2013-A Reference Pool from and after the Cutoff Date.  A schedule of the Collateral Leases and Collateral Leased Vehicles included in the 2013-A Reference Pool is attached as Schedule A.

 

(b)                                 Collateral Leases and Collateral Leased Vehicles included in the 2013-A Reference Pool will not be included in the Revolving Facility Pool or in any other Reference Pool (other than after a reallocation of a Collateral Lease and the related Collateral Leased Vehicle by the Servicer pursuant to Section 3.5 of the Servicing Supplement) and no Collateral Leases or Collateral Leased Vehicles included in the Revolving Facility Pool or any other Reference Pool after the Cutoff Date will be included in the 2013-A Reference Pool.

 

(c)                                  Upon repayment in full of the 2013-A Exchange Note, the 2013-A Reference Pool will be deemed to be terminated and the Collateral Leases and Collateral Leased Vehicles included in the 2013-A Reference Pool will be reallocated to the Revolving Facility Pool.

 

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ARTICLE IV
 EXCHANGE NOTE DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES

 

Section 4.1.                                 2013-A Exchange Note Defaults.  The Exchange Note Defaults applicable to the 2013-A Exchange Note are set forth in Section 6.04 of the Credit and Security Agreement.

 

Section 4.2.                                 Exchange Note Remedies.

 

(a)                                 If a Facility Default or an Exchange Note Default has occurred, the 2013-A Exchange Noteholder may take the actions set forth in Section 6.05(a) of the Credit and Security Agreement.

 

(b)                                 Any 2013-A Secured Party may submit a bid with respect to any such liquidation or sale of the Collateral included in the 2013-A Reference Pool pursuant to Section 6.05(a)(ii)(z) of the Credit and Security Agreement.

 

ARTICLE V

 

APPLICATION OF COLLECTIONS ON THE 2013-A REFERENCE POOL

 

Section 5.1.                                 Application of Collections on the 2013-A Reference Pool Where No Facility Default or Exchange Note Default Has Occurred.  On each Payment Date, the Indenture Trustee will (based on the information contained in the most recent Monthly Investor Report) withdraw from the Exchange Note Collection Account an amount equal to the 2013-A Collections for such Payment Date and apply such amounts, together with any Shared Amounts allocated to the 2013-A Exchange Note and the Reserve Account Draw Amount, if any, in accordance with the following order of priority:

 

(a)                                 to the Servicer, the Reference Pool Servicing Fee and any Advance Reimbursement Amount for the related Collection Period, to the extent that such amounts have not been paid from 2013-A Collections that have been retained by the Servicer pursuant to the Servicing Supplement;

 

(b)                                 to the 2013-A Exchange Noteholder, the Accrued Exchange Note Interest;

 

(c)                                  to the 2013-A Exchange Noteholder, the amount, if any, necessary to cover any shortfall in payment under Sections 8.2(b)(i) through (ix) of the Indenture on such Payment Date;

 

(d)                                 to the Reserve Account, the amount, if any, required for the amount on deposit in the Reserve Account to equal to the Required Reserve Amount, unless such Payment Date is on or after the Final Scheduled Payment Date of the Class D Notes;

 

(e)                                  to the 2013-A Exchange Noteholder, (i) on any Payment Date other than an Exchange Note Redemption Date, an amount equal to the Exchange Note Principal Payment Amount less any payments in respect of principal made in Section 5.1(c), as a payment of principal of the 2013-A Exchange Note until the Exchange Note Balance has been reduced to zero or (ii) on the Exchange Note Redemption Date, an amount equal to the Exchange Note Purchase Price (to the extent such amount has not been paid pursuant to clause (c) above);

 

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(f)                                   to be applied as Shared Amounts with respect to any other Exchange Note as to which an Exchange Note Default described in Sections 6.04(a)(i) or 6.04(a)(ii) of the Credit and Security Agreement has occurred and is continuing (and, should there be more than one Exchange Note other than the 2013-A Exchange Note, the amounts applied pursuant to this clause (f) will be allocated as Shared Amounts among such Exchange Notes pro rata based on their respective Exchange Note Allocation Percentages); and

 

(g)                                  all remaining funds, to be applied as Revolving Facility Pool Additional Amounts in the manner and in the priority set forth in Section 10.02 of the Credit and Security Agreement.

 

All amounts payable to the 2013-A Exchange Noteholder pursuant to this Section 5.1 and pursuant to Section 5.2 will be deposited by the Indenture Trustee into the Collection Account.

 

Section 5.2.                                 Modified Priorities Following Liquidation.  Notwithstanding Section 5.1, if the 2013-A Exchange Note is accelerated following a Facility Default or an Exchange Note Default, then the proceeds of the sale or liquidation of any portion of the Collateral included in the 2013-A Reference Pool pursuant to Section 6.05(a)(ii)(z) of the Credit and Security Agreement will be applied in accordance with the following priorities:

 

(a)                                 to pay to the Collateral Agent any amounts due with respect to the 2013-A Exchange Note or the 2013-A Reference Pool under Section 3.01(c) of the Credit and Security Agreement or Article VIII of the Credit and Security Agreement to the extent such amounts have not been paid by the Borrowers or the Titling Company Administrator;

 

(b)                                 to pay to the Administrative Agent any amounts due with respect to the 2013-A Exchange Note or the 2013-A Reference Pool under Section 7.05 of the Credit and Security Agreement or Article VIII of the Credit and Security Agreement;

 

(c)                                  to make the payments described in Section 5.1(a);

 

(d)                                 to make payments to the 2013-A Exchange Noteholder, to the extent necessary to pay all accrued and unpaid interest on the 2013-A Exchange Note and any interest on such accrued and unpaid interest at the Exchange Note Interest Rate;

 

(e)                                  to make payments to the 2013-A Exchange Noteholder, to the extent necessary to reduce the Exchange Note Balance to zero;

 

(f)                                   to make payments to the 2013-A Exchange Noteholder, to the extent necessary to cover any shortfall in payment under Sections 8.2(d)(i) through (xiii) of the Indenture on such payment date;

 

(g)                                  to make payments in the manner described in Section 5.1(f); and

 

(h)                                 to make payments in the manner described in Section 5.1(g).

 

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ARTICLE VI

 

SECURITY INTEREST

 

Section 6.1.                                 Security Interest.  Each Borrower hereby confirms its Grant under the Credit and Security Agreement of a security interest in the Collateral to the Collateral Agent.  In addition, each Borrower hereby grants to the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties a security interest in the Collateral.

 

ARTICLE VII

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

Section 7.1.                                 Amendments.

 

(a)                                 This Supplement may be amended in accordance with Article IX of the Credit and Security Agreement; provided,  that the Administrative Agent will provide or withhold consent with respect to any proposed amendment to this Supplement or the Credit and Security Agreement that materially affects the rights or obligations of the Servicer with respect to the Collateral Specified Interests and the 2013-A Reference Pool, only as directed by the Noteholders of Notes evidencing not less than a majority of the Note Balance of the Controlling Class.

 

(b)                                 Promptly upon the execution of any such amendment, (i) the Servicer will deliver a copy of such amendment to the Indenture Trustee and each of the Rating Agencies and (ii) the Indenture Trustee will notify each holder of a Note of the substance of such amendment.

 

Section 7.2.                                 2013-A Exchange Noteholders Entitled to Benefits of this Supplement.  Ford Credit will be the initial 2013-A Exchange Noteholder.  Any subsequent 2013-A Exchange Noteholder, by accepting the 2013-A Exchange Note, will be deemed to have agreed to the terms and conditions of the Credit and Security Agreement and this Supplement and will be entitled to the benefits of the Credit and Security Agreement and this Supplement with the same effect as if such 2013-A Exchange Noteholder had been a party thereto or hereto.

 

Section 7.3.                                 GOVERNING LAW.  THIS SUPPLEMENT WILL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE, EXCEPT THAT, PURSUANT TO SECTION 3809 OF TITLE 12 OF THE DELAWARE CODE, THE DOCTRINE OF MERGER WILL NOT BE APPLICABLE TO THIS SUPPLEMENT.

 

Section 7.4.                                 Submission to Jurisdiction; Service of Process.  The Administrative Agent submits to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of any United States District Court sitting in Delaware and of any Delaware state court for purposes of all legal proceedings arising out of or relating to this Supplement.  The Administrative Agent irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent it may do so, any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of the venue of any such proceeding brought in such a court and any claim that any such proceeding brought in such a court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.  The Administrative Agent irrevocably appoints U.S. Bank Trust National Association, at its Corporate Trust Office, as its authorized agent on which any and all legal process may be served in any such legal proceeding brought in any such court.  If for any

 

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reason such agent ceases to be available to act as such, the Administrative Agent agrees to designate a new agent in the State of Delaware for receipt of service of legal process.

 

Section 7.5.                                 Severability.  If any one or more of the covenants, agreements or terms of this Supplement is held invalid, illegal or unenforceable, then it will be deemed severable from the remaining covenants, agreements, provisions and terms of this Supplement and will in no way affect the validity, legality or enforceability of the remaining parts of this Supplement.

 

Section 7.6.                                 Counterparts.  This Supplement may be executed in any number of counterparts.  Each counterpart will be an original, and all counterparts will together constitute one and the same instrument.

 

Section 7.7.                                 Headings.  The headings in this Supplement are included for convenience only and will not affect the meaning or interpretation of this Supplement.

 

Section 7.8.                                 No Petition.  Each party to this Supplement covenants that for a period of one year and one day (or, if longer, any applicable preference period) after payment in full of the Notes, all Exchange Notes, and all distributions to all Holders of Certificates and all holders of any other Securities (as defined in the related Titling Company Agreement) the payments on which are derived in any material part from amounts received with respect to any Titling Company Assets (as defined in the applicable Titling Company Agreements), it will not institute against, or join any Person in instituting against, the Issuer, the Depositor, any Holding Company, any Titling Company, or the Holders of the Collateral Specified Interest Certificates any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings, or other proceedings under any United States federal or state bankruptcy or similar law in connection with any obligations relating to the 2013-A Exchange Note, the Notes, this Supplement or any of the other 2013-A Basic Documents and agrees it will not cooperate with or encourage others to file a bankruptcy petition against the Issuer, the Depositor, any Holding Company, any Titling Company or the Holders of the Collateral Specified Interest Certificates during the same period.

 

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EXECUTED BY:

	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
CAB   EAST LLC,
    
	
 
    	
as a Titling Company
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
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Title:
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
CAB   WEST LLC,
    
	
 
    	
as a Titling Company
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Name:
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title:
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
FCALM,   LLC,
    
	
 
    	
as a Titling Company
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Name:
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title:
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
FORD   MOTOR CREDIT COMPANY LLC,
    
	
 
    	
as Lender and as Servicer
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Name:
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title:
    

 

[Signature Page to Exchange Note Supplement]

 

 

 

	
 
    	
U.S.   BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
    
	
 
    	
not in its individual capacity but solely as Administrative Agent
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Name:
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title:
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
HTD   LEASING LLC,
    
	
 
    	
as Collateral Agent
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Name:
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title:
    

 

[Signature Page to Exchange Note Supplement]

 

 

Schedule A

 

Collateral Leases and Collateral Leased Vehicles in 2013-A Reference Pool

 

(On File with Collateral Agent)

 

SA-1

 

Exhibit A

 

Form of 2013-A Exchange Note

 

THIS 2013-A EXCHANGE NOTE MAY BE TRANSFERRED ONLY IN WHOLE AND NOT IN PART.  ANY TRANSFER IN VIOLATION OF THE FOREGOING WILL BE OF NO FORCE AND EFFECT, WILL BE VOID FROM THE BEGINNING AND WILL NOT OPERATE TO TRANSFER ANY RIGHTS TO THE PURCHASER OR TRANSFEREE, NOTWITHSTANDING ANY INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CONTRARY TO THE LENDER, THE BORROWERS, THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR ANY INTERMEDIARY.

 

THE HOLDER OF THIS 2013-A EXCHANGE NOTE WILL BE DEEMED TO HAVE REPRESENTED AND WARRANTED THAT EITHER (A) IT IS NOT, AND IS NOT ACTING ON BEHALF OF OR INVESTING THE ASSETS OF, AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR OTHER RETIREMENT PLAN OR ARRANGEMENT THAT IS SUBJECT TO TITLE I OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED (“ERISA”), SECTION 4975 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE “CODE”), OR ANY FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL OR NON-U.S. LAW OR REGULATION THAT IS SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR TO THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE I OF ERISA OR SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE (“SIMILAR LAW”) OR (B) ITS ACQUISITION, HOLDING AND DISPOSITION OF THIS 2013-A EXCHANGE NOTE DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AND WILL NOT RESULT IN A NON-EXEMPT PROHIBITED TRANSACTION UNDER ERISA OR THE CODE BY REASON OF THE APPLICABILITY OF A STATUTORY OR ADMINISTRATIVE EXEMPTION FROM THE PROHIBITED TRANSACTION RULES (OR, IF THE HOLDER IS SUBJECT TO ANY SIMILAR LAW, ITS ACQUISITION, HOLDING AND DISPOSITION OF THIS 2013-A EXCHANGE NOTE DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AND WILL NOT RESULT IN A VIOLATION OF SUCH SIMILAR LAW).

 

THE PRINCIPAL OF THIS 2013-A EXCHANGE NOTE IS PAYABLE IN INSTALLMENTS AS SET FORTH HEREIN.  ACCORDINGLY, THE OUTSTANDING PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF THIS 2013-A EXCHANGE NOTE AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE AMOUNT SHOWN ON THE FACE HEREOF.

 

EA-1

 

REGISTERED

 

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[        ]% 2013-A EXCHANGE NOTE

 

CAB EAST LLC and CAB WEST LLC, as Borrowers (the “Borrowers”), for value received, hereby promise to pay to FORD CREDIT AUTO LEASE TRUST 2013-A, as 2013-A Exchange Noteholder (the “2013-A Exchange Noteholder”) for its benefit and the benefit of the other transferees from time to time acquiring interests herein pursuant to the Exchange Note Supplement, dated as of March 1, 2013 (the “Exchange Note Supplement”), among the Borrowers, FCALM, LLC, Ford Motor Credit Company LLC, as Lender and Servicer, U.S. Bank National Association, as Administrative Agent, and HTD Leasing LLC, as Collateral Agent, and other transferees or registered assigns, the principal sum of [          ] DOLLARS AND [          ] CENTS ($[          ]) payable on each Payment Date in an amount equal to the Exchange Note Principal Payment Amount for such Payment Date pursuant to Section 2.5 of the Exchange Note Supplement; provided, however, that (i) the entire unpaid principal amount of this Note will be due and payable on the [          ] Payment Date (the “Exchange Note Final Scheduled Payment Date”) and (ii) this 2013-A Exchange Note may be redeemed in whole earlier than the Exchange Note Final Scheduled Payment Date pursuant to Section 5.1 of the Servicing Supplement, dated as of March 1, 2013 (the “Servicing Supplement”), among Ford Motor Credit Company LLC, as Servicer, the Holding Companies, as Holders of the Collateral Specified Interest Certificates, and HTD Leasing LLC, as Collateral Agent.  Capitalized terms used but not defined in this 2013-A Exchange Note are defined in Appendix 1 to the Exchange Note Supplement or Appendix A to the Credit and Security Agreement.  Appendix 1 and Appendix A also contain rules as to usage applicable to this 2013-A Exchange Note.

 

The payment of interest on, and principal of, this 2013-A Exchange Note will constitute the joint and several obligation of the Borrowers.

 

The Borrowers will pay interest on this 2013-A Exchange Note in an amount equal to the Accrued Exchange Note Interest until the principal of this 2013-A Exchange Note is paid or made available for payment.  The amount of interest due on this 2013-A Exchange Note on each Payment Date will be calculated on the basis of the Exchange Note Balance outstanding as of the first day of such Exchange Note Interest Period (after giving effect to all payments of principal made on the preceding Payment Date), and will be subject to certain limitations contained in Section 2.4 of the Exchange Note Supplement.  Such principal of and interest on this 2013-A Exchange Note will be paid in the manner specified on the reverse hereof.

 

The principal of and interest on this 2013-A Exchange Note are payable in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts.  All payments made by the Borrowers with respect to this 2013-A Exchange Note will be applied to interest on and principal of this 2013-A Exchange Note in the manner set forth in the Exchange Note Supplement.

 

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Reference is made to the further provisions of this 2013-A Exchange Note set forth on the reverse hereof, which will have the same effect as though fully set forth on the face of this 2013-A Exchange Note.

 

Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Administrative Agent whose name appears below by manual or facsimile signature, this 2013-A Exchange Note will not be entitled to any benefit under the Credit and Security Agreement or the Exchange Note Supplement referred to on the reverse hereof, or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the Borrowers below has caused this instrument to be signed, manually or in facsimile, by its Authorized Person, as of the date set forth below.

 

	
 
    	
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ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

 

This is the 2013-A Exchange Note designated above and referred to in the within-mentioned Exchange Note Supplement.

 

Date:  March       , 2013

 

	
 
    	
U.S.   BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
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Responsible   Person
    
				

 

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REVERSE OF 2013-A EXCHANGE NOTE

 

This 2013-A Exchange Note is one of the duly authorized issue of Exchange Notes, which may be issued under the Credit and Security Agreement, to which Credit and Security Agreement and all Exchange Note Supplements that are supplemental thereto reference is made for a statement of the respective rights and obligations thereunder of the Borrowers, the Lender, the Servicer, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Exchange Noteholders.  This 2013-A Exchange Note is subject to all terms of the Credit and Security Agreement and the Exchange Note Supplement.  In the event of a conflict between the terms of this 2013-A Exchange Note, the terms of the Credit and Security Agreement and the terms of the Exchange Note Supplement, the Exchange Note Supplement will prevail.

 

Interest on and principal of this 2013-A Exchange Note will be payable in accordance with the priority of payments set forth in Section 5.1 of the Exchange Note Supplement.

 

Principal of this 2013-A Exchange Note will be payable on each Payment Date in an amount equal to the Exchange Note Principal Payment Amount for such Payment Date.  “Payment Date” means the 15th day of each  month or, if any such day is not a Business Day, the next Business Day, commencing in April 2013.

 

As described on the face hereof, the entire unpaid principal amount of this 2013-A Exchange Note will be due and payable on the Exchange Note Final Scheduled Payment Date.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the entire unpaid principal amount of this 2013-A Exchange Note will be due and payable on the date on which an Exchange Note Default with respect to this 2013-A Exchange Note has occurred and is continuing and the 2013-A Exchange Noteholder has declared this 2013-A Exchange Note to be immediately due and payable in the manner provided in the Credit and Security Agreement.

 

Payments of interest on this 2013-A Exchange Note on each Payment Date, together with the installment of principal, if any, to the extent not in full payment of this 2013-A Exchange Note, will be made to the account of the 2013-A Exchange Noteholder either by wire transfer in immediately available funds, to the account of such 2013-A Exchange Noteholder or an account designated by the 2013-A Exchange Noteholder at a bank or other entity having appropriate facilities therefor if such 2013-A Exchange Noteholder has provided to the Exchange Note Registrar appropriate written instructions at least five Business Days prior to such Payment Date or, if not, by check mailed first-class mail postage prepaid to the 2013-A Exchange Noteholder’s address as it appears on the Exchange Note Register prior to such Payment Date, except that the final installment of principal payable on this 2013-A Exchange Note on a Payment Date or the Exchange Note Final Scheduled Payment Date will be payable only upon the presentation and surrender of this 2013-A Exchange Note in the manner set forth in Section 4.06(b) of the Credit and Security Agreement.  Such payments will be made without requiring that this 2013-A Exchange Note be submitted for notation of payment.  Any reduction in the principal amount of this 2013-A Exchange Note effected by any payments made on any Payment Date or due to a reallocation of any Leases and Leased Vehicles from the 2013-A Reference Pool will be binding upon all future 2013-A Exchange Noteholders of this 2013-A Exchange Note and of any 2013-A Exchange Note issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange hereof or in lieu hereof, whether or not noted hereon.  If funds are expected to be available, as provided in the

 

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Exchange Note Supplement and the Credit and Security Agreement, for payment in full of the then remaining unpaid principal amount of this 2013-A Exchange Note on a Payment Date, then the Administrative Agent will notify the 2013-A Exchange Noteholder of the date on which the Borrowers expect that the final installment of principal of and interest on this 2013-A Exchange Note will be paid not later than 5 days prior to such date.  Such notice will specify that such final installment will be payable only upon presentation and surrender of this 2013-A Exchange Note and will specify the place where this 2013-A Exchange Note may be presented and surrendered for payment of such installment.

 

As provided in the Servicing Supplement, this 2013-A Exchange Note may be purchased by the Servicer, in whole but not in part, in the manner and to the extent described in Section 5.1 of the Servicing Supplement.

 

The transfer of this 2013-A Exchange Note is subject to the restrictions on transfer specified on the face hereof and to the other limitations set forth in the Credit and Security Agreement and the Exchange Note Supplement.  Subject to the satisfaction of such restrictions and limitations, the transfer of this 2013-A Exchange Note may be registered on the Exchange Note Register upon surrender of this 2013-A Exchange Note for registration of transfer at the office or agency designated by the Borrowers pursuant to the Credit and Security Agreement, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Administrative Agent duly executed by, the 2013-A Exchange Noteholder hereof or the 2013-A Exchange Noteholder’s attorney duly authorized in writing, with such signature guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the requirements of the Exchange Note Registrar, and thereupon a new 2013-A Exchange Note in the same aggregate principal amount will be issued to the designated transferee.  No service charge will be charged for any registration of transfer or exchange of this 2013-A Exchange Note, but the transferor may be required to pay a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any such registration of transfer or exchange.

 

The 2013-A Exchange Noteholder, by accepting this 2013-A Exchange Note acknowledges and agrees that (i) if an Insolvency Event occurs with respect to any of the Borrowers, any claim that the 2013-A Exchange Noteholder may seek to enforce at any time against any of the Borrowers will be limited in recourse to the 2013-A Reference Pool (except to the extent of Shared Amounts allocated to the 2013-A Exchange Noteholder pursuant to Section 5.1 of the Exchange Note Supplement) and (ii) if, notwithstanding clause (i), the 2013-A Exchange Noteholder is deemed to have any claim against the assets of the Borrowers other than the assets included in the 2013-A Reference Pool, whether by operation of law, legal process, pursuant to insolvency laws or otherwise (including by virtue of Section 1111(b) of the Bankruptcy Code), such claim will be subordinate to the payment in full, including post-petition interest, of the claims of the Lender and to the holders of (A) all other Exchange Notes and (B) in the case of assets allocated to a Specified Interest other than the Collateral Specified Interest, all other asset-backed securities, the payments on which are derived primarily from collections on designated assets of the Borrowers and all related hedging arrangements.

 

THE RECITATION SET FORTH IN THE PRECEDING PARAGRAPH WILL BE DEEMED TO CONSTITUTE AN ENFORCEABLE SUBORDINATION AGREEMENT WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION 510(A) OF THE BANKRUPTCY CODE.

 

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In addition, the 2013-A Exchange Noteholder, by accepting this 2013-A Exchange Note, consents to the Administrative Agent’s delegation under the HTD Administration Agreement to the Collateral Agent Administrator of certain of the duties that the Administrative Agent is required to perform on behalf of the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Credit and Security Agreement.

 

The 2013-A Exchange Noteholder, by accepting this 2013-A Exchange Note, covenants and agrees that for a period of one year and one day (or, if longer, any applicable preference period) after payment in full of all obligations under the Credit and Security Agreement, the Exchange Note Supplement, the Exchange Notes, the outstanding Certificates and the outstanding Securities (as defined in the related Titling Company Agreement), it will not institute against the Titling Companies or the Holding Companies, or join in any institution against the Titling Companies or the Holding Companies of, any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings, or other proceedings under any federal or State bankruptcy or similar law in connection with any obligations relating to this 2013-A Exchange Note, the Credit and Security Agreement, the  Exchange Note Supplement or any of the other 2013-A Basic Documents.

 

The Borrowers have entered into the Exchange Note Supplement and this 2013-A Exchange Note is issued with the intention that, for U.S. federal, State and local income, single business and franchise tax purposes, this 2013-A Exchange Note will qualify as indebtedness of the Borrowers.  The 2013-A Exchange Noteholder, by its acceptance of this 2013-A Exchange Note, will be deemed to agree to treat this 2013-A Exchange Note for U.S. federal, State and local income, single business and franchise tax purposes as indebtedness of the Borrowers.

 

Prior to the due presentment for registration of transfer of this 2013-A Exchange Note, the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent and any agent of the Borrowers or the Administrative Agent may treat the Person in whose name this 2013-A Exchange Note (as of the day of determination or as of such other date as may be specified in the Exchange Note Supplement) is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this 2013-A Exchange Note be overdue, and, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, none of the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent or any such agent will be affected by notice to the contrary.

 

The Credit and Security Agreement permits the amendment thereof (in any manner and for any purpose) by the Borrowers, the Collateral Agent, the Lender and the Administrative Agent so long as each Exchange Noteholder of an Outstanding Exchange Note has consented to such amendment.  The Credit and Security Agreement also permits the amendment thereof to amend or waive certain terms and conditions set forth therein without the consent of the Noteholders; provided, that certain conditions are satisfied.  Any such consent by the 2013-A Exchange Noteholder will be conclusive and binding upon the 2013-A Exchange Noteholder and upon all future holders of this 2013-A Exchange Note and of any 2013-A Exchange Note issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange hereof or in lieu hereof whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this 2013-A Exchange Note.

 

The term “Borrower”, as used in this 2013-A Exchange Note, includes any successor to any of the Borrowers under the Credit and Security Agreement.

 

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This 2013-A Exchange Note is issuable only in registered form as provided in the Credit and Security Agreement and the Exchange Note Supplement, subject to certain limitations therein set forth.

 

This 2013-A Exchange Note, the Credit and Security Agreement and the Exchange Note Supplement will be governed by, and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware.

 

No reference herein to the Credit and Security Agreement or the Exchange Note Supplement, and no provision of this 2013-A Exchange Note or of the Credit and Security Agreement will alter or impair the obligation of the Borrowers, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and interest on this 2013-A Exchange Note at the time, place and rate, and in the coin or currency herein prescribed.

 

Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, except as expressly provided in the 2013-A Basic Documents, none of U.S. Bank National Association, in its individual capacity or HTD Leasing LLC, in its individual capacity, or any of their respective affiliates, partners, beneficiaries, agents, officers, directors, employees or successors or assigns will be personally liable for, nor will recourse be had to any of them for, the payment of principal or of interest on this 2013-A Exchange Note or performance of, or omission to perform, any of the covenants, obligations or indemnifications contained in the Credit and Security Agreement or the  Exchange Note Supplement.  The 2013-A Exchange Noteholder, by its acceptance hereof, agrees that, except as expressly provided in the 2013-A Basic Documents, in the case of an Exchange Note Default under the Credit and Security Agreement or the Exchange Note Supplement, the 2013-A Exchange Noteholder will have no claim against any of the foregoing for any deficiency, loss or claim therefrom; provided, however, that nothing contained herein will be taken to prevent recourse to, and enforcement against, the assets of the Borrowers for any and all liabilities, obligations and undertakings contained in the Credit and Security Agreement, the Exchange Note Supplement or in this 2013-A Exchange Note.

 

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ASSIGNMENT

 

Social Security or taxpayer I.D. or other identifying number of assignee.

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers without recourse unto                                                                                                                       
                                                                 (name and address of assignee)

 

the within 2013-A Exchange Note and all rights thereunder, and hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints                                 , attorney, to transfer said 2013-A Exchange Note on the books kept for registration thereof, with full power of substitution in the premises.

 

Date:

 

	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
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*              Note: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name of the registered owner as it appears on the face of the within 2013-A Exchange Note in every particular, without alteration, enlargement or any change whatsoever.

 

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Appendix 1 to the
 Exchange Note Supplement

 

2013-A USAGE AND DEFINITIONS

 

Usage

 

The following rules of construction and usage apply to this Appendix, any agreement that incorporates this Appendix and any document made or delivered pursuant to any such agreement:

 

(a)                                 The term “documents” includes any and all documents, agreements, instruments, certificates, notices, reports, statements or other writings however evidenced, whether in electronic or physical form.

 

(b)                                 Accounting terms not defined or not completely defined in this Appendix will be construed in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles, international financial reporting standards or such other applicable accounting principles as in effect in the United States on the date of the document that incorporates this Appendix.

 

(c)                                  References to “Article,” “Section,” “Exhibit,” “Schedule,” “Appendix” or another subdivision of or to an attachment are, unless otherwise specified, to an article, section, exhibit, schedule, appendix or subdivision of or an attachment to the document in which such reference appears.

 

(d)                                 Any document defined or referred to in this Appendix or in any document that incorporates this Appendix means such document as from time to time amended, modified, supplemented or replaced, including by waiver or consent, and includes all attachments to and instruments incorporated in such document.

 

(e)                                  Any statute defined or referred to in this Appendix or in any document that incorporates this Appendix means such statute as from time to time amended, modified, supplemented or replaced, including by succession of comparable successor statutes and includes any rules and regulations promulgated under such statute and any judicial and administrative interpretations of such statute.

 

(f)                                   Calculation of any amount on or as of any date will be determined at or as of the close of business on such day after the application of any monies, payments and other transactions to be applied on such day, except that calculations as of the Cutoff Date will be determined as of the open of business on such day prior to the application of any monies, payments and other transactions to be applied on such day.  References to deposits, transfers and payments of any amounts refers to deposits, transfers or payments of such amounts in immediately available funds.

 

(g)                                  In the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word “from” means “from and including,” the word “to” means “to but excluding” and the word “through” means “to and including.”

 

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(h)                                 All terms defined in this Appendix apply to the singular and plural forms of such terms and the term “including” means “including without limitation.”

 

(i)                                     References to a Person are also to its permitted successors and assigns.

 

(j)                                    Except where “not less than zero” or similar language is indicated, amounts determined by reference to a mathematical formula may be positive or negative.

 

(k)                                 References to a month, quarter or year are, unless otherwise specified, to a calendar month, calendar quarter or calendar year, as applicable.

 

Definitions

 

“2013-A Basic Documents” means:

 

(a)                                 the Basic Documents;

 

(b)                                 the Servicing Supplement;

 

(c)                                  the Exchange Note Supplement;

 

(d)                                 the Control Agreements;

 

(e)                                  the First-Tier Sale Agreement;

 

(f)                                   the Second-Tier Sale Agreement;

 

(g)                                  the Indenture;

 

(h)                                 the DTC Letter;

 

(i)                                     the Limited Liability Company Agreement;

 

(j)                                    the Intercreditor Agreement;

 

(k)                                 the 2013-A Joinder Agreements;

 

(l)                                     the Administration Agreement; and

 

(m)                             the Trust Agreement.

 

“2013-A Closing Date” means March 20, 2013.

 

“2013-A Collateral” means (a) the Trust Property, (b) the Issuer’s rights under the 2013-A Basic Documents, (c) all present and future claims, demands, causes of action and choses in action in respect of the foregoing, (d) all rights, powers and options (but none of the obligations) of the Issuer as Holder of the 2013-A Exchange Note, including the right of the Issuer to receive payments with respect to the 2013-A Exchange Note and (e) all payments on or under and all

 

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proceeds of the foregoing; but excluding, the Trust Distribution Account (if established) and all funds deposited in the Trust Distribution Account, if any.

 

“2013-A Collections” means, for all Leases and Leased Vehicles and a Collection Period, the sum of the following amounts for such Collection Period, without duplication:

 

(a)                                 Active Lease Proceeds; minus

 

(b)                                 Payaheads; plus

 

(c)                                  Payahead Draws; plus

 

(d)                                 Active Lease Advances; minus

 

(e)                                  Advance Reimbursement Amounts; plus

 

(f)                                   Administrative Reallocation Amounts; plus

 

(g)                                  Terminating Lease Proceeds; plus

 

(h)                                 Closed Lease Proceeds; plus

 

(i)                                     Payment Extension Fees.

 

“2013-A Exchange Note” means the note, substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A to the Exchange Note Supplement, executed and authenticated in accordance with the Credit and Security Agreement and under the Exchange Note Supplement.

 

“2013-A Exchange Noteholder” means Ford Credit or any endorsee of the 2013-A Exchange Note.

 

“2013-A Joinder Agreements” means, collectively, (a) the Joinder Agreement, dated as of March 1, 2013, between Ford Credit, as existing party, and the Depositor, as new interest holder, (b) the Joinder Agreement, dated as of March 1, 2013, between the Depositor, as existing party, and the Issuer, as new interest holder and (c) the Joinder Agreement, dated as of March 1, 2013, between the Issuer, as existing party, and the Indenture Trustee, as new interest holder.

 

“2013-A Reference Pool” means the Collateral Leases and Collateral Leased Vehicles listed on Schedule A to the Exchange Note Supplement, with such Collateral Leases and Collateral Leased Vehicles identified by the account number of the related Lease.

 

“2013-A Secured Parties” means the Noteholders.

 

“2013-A Shared Amounts” means Shared Amounts allocated to the 2013-A Exchange Noteholder pursuant to Section 5.1 or 5.2 of the Exchange Note Supplement.

 

“Account Control Agreement” means the Account Control Agreement, dated as of March 1, 2013, among the Issuer, as grantor, the Indenture Trustee, as secured party, and The Bank of

 

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New York Mellon, in its capacity as both a “securities intermediary” as defined in Section 8-102 of the UCC and a “bank” as defined in Section 9-102 of the UCC.

 

“Accrued Exchange Note Interest” has the meaning specified in Section 2.4 of the Exchange Note Supplement.

 

“Accrued Note Interest” means, for a Class and a Payment Date, the sum of the Note Monthly Interest and the Note Interest Shortfall.

 

“Active Lease” means any Collateral Lease before the Collection Period that includes its Termination Date.

 

“Active Lease Advance” means, for any Active Lease other than an Advance Payment Plan Lease and any Collection Period, an advance by the Servicer in an amount (not less than zero) equal to (i) the scheduled Base Payment minus (ii) the sum of (A) Active Lease Proceeds, plus (B) the Payahead Draw, in each case, for such Lease and such Collection Period.

 

“Active Lease Proceeds” means, for any Active Lease and any Collection Period, an amount equal to:

 

(a)                                 all amounts Posted; minus

 

(b)                                 Local Fees and Taxes; minus

 

(c)                                  Additional Amounts; minus

 

(d)                                 the sum of (i) any amounts expended by the Servicer that are charged to the account of the related Lessee in accordance with the Credit and Collection Policy (including collection expenses), plus (ii) all amounts paid to third parties in connection with the repossession, transportation, reconditioning and disposition of the related Leased Vehicle, plus (iii) any amounts that are required to be refunded to the Lessee pursuant to such Lease, Applicable Law or the Credit and Collection Policy.

 

“Act of Noteholders” has the meaning specified in Section 11.3(a) of the Indenture.

 

“Additional Amounts” means, for any Lease and any Collection Period, amounts due from the related Lessee in such Collection Period, including:

 

(a)                                 any late fees, returned check fees and any other administrative fees or similar charges allowed by Applicable Law; and

 

(b)                                 amounts required to reimburse the Servicer for payment of the related Lessee’s parking tickets, other fines imposed by Governmental Authorities and any other amounts required to be paid by the Lessee that are paid by the Servicer.

 

However, “Additional Amounts,” for any Lease, will not include Total Payments, Payment Extension Fees, Excess Wear and Use, Excess Mileage and amounts required to be paid by the

 

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Lessee in accordance with the terms of the Lease in connection with an early termination of the Lease.

 

“Administration Agreement” means the Administration Agreement, dated as of March 1, 2013, among Ford Credit, as Indenture Administrator, the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee.

 

“Administration Fee” means, for any Collection Period, an amount equal to the sum of (a) the product of (i) one-twelfth of 0.01%, times (ii) the Note Balance determined as of the preceding Collection Period (or the Cutoff Date for the first Collection Period), plus (b) the portion of the Administration Fee for the immediately preceding Collection Period, if any, that was not paid on the related Payment Date.

 

“Administrative Reallocation” means the purchase by the Servicer of a Lease and related Leased Vehicle, pursuant to Section 3.5(a) of the Servicing Supplement.

 

“Administrative Reallocation Amount” means, for any Administrative Reallocation and any Collection Period, an amount equal to the sum, for the related Lease and Leased Vehicle, of:

 

(a)                                 the Securitization Value of such Lease for the Collection Period before the Collection Period in which the Lease becomes a Terminating Lease; plus

 

(b)                                 the Advance Balance for the Collection Period preceding the Collection Period that includes the Termination Date; minus

 

(c)                                  the Payahead Balance as of the beginning of such Collection Period; minus

 

(d)                                 the sum of any Terminating Lease Proceeds and Closed Lease Proceeds through the end of the preceding Collection Period.

 

“Advance Balance” means, for any Lease:

 

(a)                                 as of the Cutoff Date, the Cutoff Date Delinquency Amount; and

 

(b)                                 for any Collection Period, the sum of:

 

(i)                                     the Advance Balance for the prior Collection Period (or, for the first Collection Period, as of the Cutoff Date); plus

 

(ii)                                  any Active Lease Advance for the current Collection Period; minus

 

(iii)                               any Advance Reimbursement Amount for the current Collection Period.

 

“Advance Payment Plan Lease” means any Lease that was paid in full at the time it was originated.

 

“Advance Reimbursement Amount” has the meaning specified in Section 4.3(b) of the Servicing Supplement.

 

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“ALG MTM Residual Value” means, with respect to any Lease, the expected value of the related Leased Vehicle at the related Scheduled Lease End Date, as forecasted by Automotive Lease Guide after the beginning of the Lease.

 

“Authenticating Agent” has the meaning specified in Section 2.12(a) of the Indenture.

 

“Bank Accounts” means the Exchange Note Collection Account, the Collection Account, the Principal Payment Account and the Reserve Account.

 

“Base Residual Value” means, with respect to any Lease, the lower of (a) the Contract Residual Value of such Lease and (b)(i) the ALG Residual Value of the related Leased Vehicle or (ii) if the Servicer does not have the ALG Residual Value for the related Leased Vehicle, the oldest ALG MTM Residual Value that the Servicer has for the related Leased Vehicle.

 

“Book-Entry Note” means a beneficial interest in any of the Notes issued in book-entry form pursuant to Section 2.10 of the Indenture.

 

“Certificate of Trust” means the Certificate of Trust of Ford Credit Auto Lease Trust 2013-A.

 

“Class” means 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.

 

“Class A Notes” means the Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2 Notes, the Class A-3 Notes and the Class A-4 Notes.

 

“Class A-1 Notes” means the $154,000,000 Class A-1 Notes issued by the Issuer, substantially in the form of Exhibit A to the Indenture.

 

“Class A-2 Notes” means the $344,000,000 Class A-2 Notes issued by the Issuer, substantially in the form of Exhibit A to the Indenture.

 

“Class A-3 Notes” means the $344,000,000 Class A-3 Notes issued by the Issuer, substantially in the form of Exhibit A to the Indenture.

 

“Class A-4 Notes” means the $69,470,000 Class A-4 Notes issued by the Issuer, substantially in the form of Exhibit A to the Indenture.

 

“Class B Notes” means the $44,680,000 Class B Notes issued by the Issuer, substantially in the form of Exhibit A to the Indenture.

 

“Class C Notes” means the $44,680,000 Class C Notes issued by the Issuer, substantially in the form of Exhibit A to the Indenture.

 

“Class D Notes” means the $31,276,000 Class D Notes issued by the Issuer, substantially in the form of Exhibit A to the Indenture.

 

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“Clearing Agency” means an organization registered as a “clearing agency” pursuant to Section 17A of the Exchange Act.

 

“Closed Date” means, for any Lease, the earliest of the date:

 

(a)                                 on which the Lease is marked as paid in full (meaning that the related Lessee owes no further amounts) or closed in the Servicer’s receivable system (including where the Lease is charged off by the Servicer in accordance with the Credit and Collection Policy);

 

(b)                                 on which an Administrative Reallocation occurs for such Lease; and

 

(c)                                  that is the first day of the fifth month after the month that includes its Termination Date.

 

“Closed Lease” means any Lease after the Collection Period that includes its Closed Date.

 

“Closed Lease Proceeds” means, for any Closed Lease and any Collection Period, an amount equal to:

 

(a)                                 all amounts Posted; minus

 

(b)                                 Local Fees and Taxes; minus

 

(c)                                  Additional Amounts; minus

 

(d)                                 the sum of (i) any amounts expended by the Servicer that are charged to the account of the related Lessee in accordance with the Credit and Collection Policy (including collection expenses), plus (ii) all amounts paid to third parties in connection with the repossession, transportation, reconditioning and disposition of the related Leased Vehicle plus (iii) any amounts that are required to be refunded to the Lessee pursuant to such Lease, Applicable Law or the Credit and Collection Policy.

 

“Collection Account” means the account established and maintained pursuant to Section 4.1(a)(ii) of the Servicing Supplement.

 

“Collection Period” means each month, commencing with the Cutoff Date.  For any Payment Date or for purposes of determining the Note Balance, Exchange Note Balance, Pool Balance or Note Pool Factor, the related Collection Period means the Collection Period preceding (a) such Payment Date or (b) the month in which the Note Balance, Exchange Note Balance, Pool Balance or Note Pool Factor is determined.

 

“Control Agreements” means, collectively, the Account Control Agreement and the Titling Company Control Agreement.

 

“Controlling Class” means (a) the Outstanding Class A Notes, (b) if no Class A Notes are Outstanding, the Outstanding Class B Notes, (c) if no Class B Notes are Outstanding, the

 

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Outstanding Class C Notes and (d) if no Class C Notes are outstanding, the Outstanding Class D Notes.

 

“Corporate Trust Office” means,

 

(a)                                 with respect to the Owner Trustee:

 

300 Delaware Avenue, 9th Floor
 Wilmington, Delaware 19801
 Attention: Corporate Trust Services
 Telephone:  (302) 576-3704
 Fax:  (302) 576-3717

 

or at such other address in the State of Delaware as the Owner Trustee may designate by notice to the Indenture Trustee, the Indenture Administrator and the Depositor, and

 

(b)                                 with respect to the Indenture Trustee:

 

101 Barclay Street
 Floor 4 West
 New York, New York 10286
 Attention: Structured Finance Services — Asset Backed Securities
 Ford Credit Auto Lease Trust 2013-A
 Telephone:  (212) 815-4389
 Fax:  (212) 815-2493

 

or at such other address as the Indenture Trustee may designate by notice to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Administrator.

 

“Cutoff Date” means, for the 2013-A Reference Pool, March 1, 2013.

 

“Cutoff Date Delinquency Amount” means, for any Lease other than an Advance Payment Plan Lease, the portion of the scheduled Base Payment that is due on or before the Cutoff Date and that has not been Posted on or before the Cutoff Date.

 

“Cutoff Date Payahead Amount” means, for any Lease other than an Advance Payment Plan Lease, an amount (not less than zero) equal to the aggregate Base Payments Posted minus the aggregate scheduled Base Payments, in each case, on or before the Cutoff Date.

 

“Default” means any occurrence that with notice or the lapse of time or both would become an Event of Default.

 

“Definitive Notes” has the meaning specified in Section 2.11 of the Indenture.

 

“Delaware Statutory Trust Act” means Chapter 38 of Title 12 of the Delaware Code.

 

“Depositor” means Ford Credit Auto Lease Two LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.

 

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“DTC Letter” means the letter of representations for the Notes, dated March 20, 2013, between the Issuer and The Depository Trust Company.

 

“Eligible State” means, for any Titling Company, any State in which such Titling Company is, if and to the extent required by Applicable Law, qualified, authorized and licensed to hold title or other evidence of the interest in Leased Vehicles.

 

“Event of Default” has the meaning specified in Section 5.1(a) of the Indenture.

 

“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

 

“Exchange Note Balance” means the Exchange Note Initial Principal Balance, as reduced by all amounts distributed on the 2013-A Exchange Note pursuant to Section 5.1 of the Exchange Note Supplement and allocable to principal.

 

“Exchange Note Collection Account” means the account established and maintained pursuant to Section 4.1(a)(i) of the Servicing Supplement.

 

“Exchange Note Final Scheduled Payment Date” means October 15, 2017.

 

“Exchange Note Initial Principal Balance” means $1,064,026,804.12, which is approximately 95.26% of the initial Pool Balance.

 

“Exchange Note Interest Period” means, for the 2013-A Exchange Note:

 

(a)                                 in the case of the first Payment Date, the period from and including the Exchange Note Issuance Date to but excluding such Payment Date; and

 

(b)                                 in the case of all other Payment Dates, the period from and including the preceding Payment Date to but excluding such Payment Date;

 

provided, that the Exchange Note Interest Period will be calculated on the basis of actual days elapsed and a 360-day year.

 

“Exchange Note Interest Rate” means a rate per annum equal to 1.80%.

 

“Exchange Note Interest Shortfall” has the meaning specified in Section 2.4 of the Exchange Note Supplement.

 

“Exchange Note Issuance Date” means March 20, 2013.

 

“Exchange Note Monthly Interest” has the meaning specified in Section 2.4 of the Exchange Note Supplement.

 

“Exchange Note Principal Payment Amount” has the meaning specified in Section 2.5 of the Exchange Note Supplement.

 

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“Exchange Note Purchase Date” means, for the purchase of the 2013-A Exchange Note pursuant to Section 5.1 of the Servicing Supplement, the Payment Date specified by the Servicer pursuant to such Section 5.1.

 

“Exchange Note Purchase Price” means an amount equal to:

 

(a)                                 the sum of:

 

(i)                                     the Exchange Note Balance as of the Exchange Note Purchase Date (without giving effect to any payments of principal to be made on such date); plus

 

(ii)                                  the Accrued Exchange Note Interest payable on the Payment Date on which the purchase occurs; minus

 

(b)                                 amounts in the Collection Account on such Exchange Note Purchase Date.

 

“Exchange Note Supplement” means the Exchange Note Supplement to the Credit and Security Agreement, dated as of March 1, 2013, among the Titling Companies, as Borrowers, U.S. Bank, as Administrative Agent, HTD, as Collateral Agent, and Ford Credit, as Lender and as Servicer.

 

“Final Scheduled Payment Date” means, for each Class, the Payment Date specified below:

 

	
Class
    	
 
    	
Final Scheduled Payment Date
    
	
Class A-1
    	
 
    	
March 15, 2014
    	
 
    
	
Class A-2
    	
 
    	
May 15, 2015
    	
 
    
	
Class A-3
    	
 
    	
March 15, 2016
    	
 
    
	
Class A-4
    	
 
    	
April 15, 2016
    	
 
    
	
Class B
    	
 
    	
May 15, 2016
    	
 
    
	
Class C
    	
 
    	
June 15, 2016
    	
 
    
	
Class D
    	
 
    	
October 15, 2017
    	
 
    

 

“First Priority Principal Payment” means, for a Payment Date, the greater of:

 

(a)                                 an amount (not less than zero) equal to the Note Balance of the Class A Notes as of the preceding Payment Date (or the 2013-A Closing Date, with respect to the first Payment Date) minus the total Securitization Value as of the first day of the Collection Period that includes the Payment Date; and

 

(b)                                 on and after the Final Scheduled Payment Date of any Class A Notes, the Note Balance of such Class A Notes.

 

“First-Tier Assets” means all right, title and interest of Ford Credit, whether owned as of the Cutoff Date or thereafter acquired, in, to and under the 2013-A Exchange Note and all of Ford Credit’s rights under the 2013-A Basic Documents, including all monies paid thereon and all monies due thereon on or after the Cutoff Date.

 

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“First-Tier Sale Agreement” means the First-Tier Sale Agreement, dated as of March 1, 2013, between Ford Credit, as seller, and the Depositor, as purchaser.

 

“Grant” or “Granted” means to mortgage, pledge, assign and grant a lien upon and a security interest in the relevant property.

 

“Indemnified Person” has the meaning specified in Section 6.7(c) of the Indenture, Section 3.4 of the Servicing Supplement and Section 7.2(b) of the Trust Agreement.

 

“Indenture” means the Indenture, dated as of March 1, 2013, between the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee.

 

“Indenture Administrator” means Ford Credit, in its capacity as Indenture Administrator under the Administration Agreement.

 

“Indenture Trustee” means The Bank of New York Mellon, a New York banking corporation, not in its individual capacity but solely as Indenture Trustee under the Indenture.

 

“Independent” means that the relevant Person (a) is independent of the Issuer, the Depositor and their Affiliates, (b) does not have any direct financial interest or any material indirect financial interest in the Issuer, the Depositor or their Affiliates and (c) is not an officer, employee, promoter, underwriter, trustee, partner, director or person performing similar functions of or for the Issuer, the Depositor or their Affiliates.

 

“Independent Certificate” means a certificate or opinion to be delivered to the Indenture Trustee under Section 11.1 of the Indenture, signed 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 stating that the signer has read the definition of “Independent” and that the signer is Independent.

 

“Initial Pool Balance” means $1,116,998,297.30, the aggregate Securitization Value of the Leases as of the Cutoff Date.

 

“Interest Period” means, for a Payment Date, (a) for the Class A-1 Notes, from the preceding Payment Date to such Payment Date (or from the 2013-A Closing Date to April 15, 2013, in the case of the first Payment Date) and (b) for each other Class, from the 15th day of the month preceding such Payment Date to the 15th day of the month in which such Payment Date occurs (or from the 2013-A Closing Date to April 15, 2013 in the case of the first Payment Date).

 

“Investor Rate” means 5.95%.

 

“Issuer” means Ford Credit Auto Lease Trust 2013-A, a Delaware statutory trust.

 

“Issuer Order” and “Issuer Request” has the meaning specified in Section 11.1(a) of the Indenture.

 

“Lease” means a Lease identified as a “2013-A Lease” in the Schedule of Collateral Leases attached as Schedule A to the Exchange Note Supplement and included in the 2013-A Reference

 

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Pool, excluding any Lease for which the Administrative Reallocation Amount has been paid by the Servicer pursuant to Section 3.5(a) of the Servicing Supplement.

 

“Lease File” means, for each Lease, the Collateral Lease File applicable to such Lease.

 

“Leased Vehicle” means the leased vehicle relating to a Lease.

 

“Limited Liability Company Agreement” means the Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of the Depositor, dated as of December 18, 2006, by Ford Credit, as member of the Depositor.

 

“Local Fees and Taxes” means, for any Lease, the sum of the amounts set forth in such Lease that are to be applied to pay any sales and use and/or monthly rental receipts tax and to offset personal property and ad valorem taxes and other administrative costs.

 

“Monthly Investor Report” has the meaning specified in Section 6.1 of the Servicing Supplement.

 

“Monthly Remittance Required Ratings” has the meaning specified in Section 4.2(a) of the Servicing Supplement.

 

“Note Balance” means, for a Note or Class, the initial aggregate principal amount of such Note or Class minus all amounts distributed on such Note or Class that is allocable to principal.

 

“Note Interest Rate” means, for each Class, the interest rate per annum specified below:

 

	
Class
    	
 
    	
Note Interest Rate
    	
 
    
	
Class A-1
    	
 
    	
0.23000
    	
%
    
	
Class A-2
    	
 
    	
0.46
    	
%
    
	
Class A-3
    	
 
    	
0.60
    	
%
    
	
Class A-4
    	
 
    	
0.78
    	
%
    
	
Class B
    	
 
    	
1.01
    	
%
    
	
Class C
    	
 
    	
1.28
    	
%
    
	
Class D
    	
 
    	
1.79
    	
%
    

 

“Note Interest Shortfall” means, for a Class and a Payment Date, an amount equal to the excess, if any, of the Accrued Note Interest for the preceding Payment Date for such Class over the amount of interest that was paid to the Noteholders of such Class on such preceding Payment Date, together with interest on such excess amount, to the extent lawful, at the Note Interest Rate for such Class for the related Interest Period.

 

“Note Monthly Interest” means, for a Class and a Payment Date, the aggregate amount of interest accrued on the Note Balance of that Class at the Note Interest Rate for such Class for the related Interest Period.

 

“Note Owner” means, for a Book-Entry Note, the Person who is the beneficial owner of a Book-Entry Note as reflected on the books of the Clearing Agency or on the books of a Person

 

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maintaining an account with such Clearing Agency (as a direct participant or as an indirect participant, in each case in accordance with the rules of such Clearing Agency).

 

“Note Paying Agent” means the Indenture Trustee and any other Person appointed as Note Paying Agent pursuant to Section 2.13 of the Indenture.

 

“Note Pool Factor” means, for a Class and a Payment Date, a seven-digit decimal figure equal to the Note Balance of such Class after giving effect to any principal payments to be made on such Class on that Payment Date divided by the initial Note Balance of such Class.

 

“Note Redemption Price” means an amount equal to the sum of:

 

(a)                                 the Note Balance as of the Redemption Date; plus

 

(b)                                 the Accrued Note Interest payable on the Redemption Date.

 

“Note Register” and “Note Registrar” have the meanings specified in Section 2.4(a) of the Indenture.

 

“Noteholder” means the Person in whose name a Note is registered on the Note Register.

 

“Notes” means, together, the Class A Notes, the Class B Notes, the Class C Notes and the Class D Notes.

 

“Officer’s Certificate” means (a) for the Issuer, a certificate signed by a Responsible Person of the Issuer and (b) for the Depositor, the Indenture Administrator or the Servicer, a certificate signed by any officer of the Depositor, the Indenture Administrator or the Servicer, as applicable.

 

“Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion of counsel which counsel is reasonably acceptable to the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee and the Rating Agencies, as applicable.

 

“Other Assets” means any assets or interests in any assets (other than the Trust Property) conveyed or purported to be conveyed by the Depositor to any Person other than the Issuer, whether by way of a sale, capital contribution, the Grant of a Lien or otherwise.

 

“Outstanding” means, as of any date, all Notes authenticated and delivered under the Indenture on or before such date except (a) Notes that have been cancelled by the Note Registrar or delivered to the Note Registrar for cancellation, (b) Notes or portions of Notes to the extent an amount necessary to pay all or a portion of such Notes has been deposited with the Indenture Trustee or any Note Paying Agent in trust for the Noteholders of such Notes on or before such date; provided that if such Notes are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been given pursuant to the Indenture or provision for such notice has been made in a manner 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 is presented that any such Notes are held by a bona fide purchaser; provided, that in determining (i) whether Noteholders evidencing the required Note Balance have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver under any 2013-A Basic Document, Notes owned by the Issuer, the Depositor, the Servicer or their Affiliates will be

 

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deemed not to be Outstanding and (ii) whether the Indenture Trustee is protected in relying on any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Notes that a Responsible Person of the Indenture Trustee knows to be so owned will be deemed not to be Outstanding; provided, however that, notwithstanding the foregoing, Notes owned by the Issuer, the Depositor, the Servicer or their Affiliates will be treated as Outstanding if (A) no other Notes remain Outstanding or (B) such Notes have been pledged in good faith and the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Indenture Trustee the pledgee’s right to act with respect to such Notes and that the pledgee is not the Issuer, the Depositor, the Servicer or their Affiliates.

 

“Owner Trustee” means U.S. Bank Trust National Association, a national banking association, not in its individual capacity but solely as Owner Trustee under the Trust Agreement.

 

“Payahead” means, for any Active Lease and any Collection Period, an amount (not less than zero) equal to (i) the Active Lease Proceeds for such Collection Period minus (ii) the sum of (A) the scheduled Base Payment for such Collection Period (or, for an Advance Payment Plan Lease, zero) plus (B) the Advance Balance for the preceding Collection Period.

 

“Payahead Balance” means, for any Lease:

 

(a)                                 as of the Cutoff Date, the Cutoff Date Payahead Amount; and

 

(b)                                 for any Collection Period, the sum of:

 

(i)                                     the Payahead Balance for the prior Collection Period (or, for the first Collection Period, as of the Cutoff Date); plus

 

(ii)                                  the Payahead for the current Collection Period; minus

 

(iii)                               the Payahead Draw for the current Collection Period.

 

“Payahead Draw” means, for any Lease and any Collection Period, an amount equal to:

 

(a)                                 in the case of a Collection Period prior to the Collection Period that includes its Termination Date, the lesser of:

 

(i)                                     an amount (not less than zero) equal to the scheduled Base Payment (or, for an Advance Payment Plan Lease, zero) minus the Active Lease Proceeds, each for such Lease and such Collection Period; and

 

(ii)                                  the Payahead Balance for such Lease for the prior Collection Period (or, for the first Collection Period, as of the Cutoff Date); and

 

(b)                                 in the case of a Collection Period that includes its Termination Date, the Payahead Balance for such Lease for the prior Collection Period (or, for the first Collection Period, as of the Cutoff Date).

 

“Payment Date” means the 15th day of each month, or, if such day is not a Business Day, the next Business Day, beginning April 15, 2013.

 

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“Payment Extension” means, for any Lease other than an Advance Payment Plan Lease, an extension of the payment term by the Servicer in accordance with the Credit and Collection Policy by deferring the Total Payment due in one or more months and extending the term of such Lease for an additional month for each month for which the Total Payment is deferred.

 

“Payment Extension Fee” means, for any Lease other than an Advance Payment Plan Lease and any Collection Period, the amount that is assessed to the related Lessee in accordance with the Credit and Collection Policy in connection with a Payment Extension, whether or not such amount is waived or is collected.

 

“Pool Balance” means, as of any date, the sum of the Securitization Values of the Leases.

 

“Principal Payment Account” means the account established and maintained pursuant to Section 4.1(a)(iii) of the Servicing Supplement.

 

“Proceeding” means any suit in equity, action at law or other judicial or administrative proceeding, or governmental investigation.

 

“QIB” has the meaning specified in Section 2.4 of the Indenture.

 

“Rating Agency” means, as of any date, each nationally recognized statistical rating organization that has been engaged by the Depositor to provide a rating on the Notes and is then rating the Notes.

 

“Rating Agency Condition” means, for an action or request (a) with respect to Moody’s, that (i) except as provided in clause (ii), the Issuer has given ten days’ prior written notice to Moody’s and Moody’s has not notified the Depositor, the Servicer, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee in writing that such action will result in a downgrade or withdrawal of its then current rating on any of the Notes and (ii) in the case of an action described in clause (vi) of the definition of “Permitted Investments” or in connection with the remittance of amounts on the related Payment Date pursuant to the Servicing Supplement, including Section 3.5 or 4.2 thereof, Moody’s has notified the Depositor, the Servicer, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee in writing that such action will not result in a reduction or withdrawal of its then current rating on any of the Notes and (b) with respect to Fitch, the Issuer has given ten days’ prior written notice to Fitch and Fitch has not notified the Depositor, the Servicer, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee before the end of such ten day period in writing that such action will result in a downgrade or withdrawal of its then current rating on any of the Notes.

 

“Record Date” means, for a Payment Date and a Book-Entry Note, the close of business on the day before such Payment Date and, for a Payment Date and a Definitive Note, the last day of the month preceding the month in which such Payment Date occurs.

 

“Recoveries” means, for any Terminating Lease or Closed Lease and any Collection Period, an amount equal to:

 

(a)                                 all amounts Posted after the date on which the Lease is marked as closed in the Servicer’s receivables system (including where the Lease is charged off by the Servicer in accordance with the Credit and Collection Policy); minus

 

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(b)                                 Local Fees and Taxes; minus

 

(c)                                  Additional Amounts; minus

 

(d)                                 the sum of i) any amounts expended by the Servicer that are charged to the account of the related Lessee in accordance with the Credit and Collection Policy (including collection expenses), plus (ii) all amounts paid to third parties in connection with the repossession, transportation, reconditioning and disposition of the related Leased Vehicle, plus (iii) any amounts that are required to be refunded to the Lessee pursuant to such Lease, Applicable Law or the Credit and Collection Policy.

 

“Redemption Date” means the Payment Date specified by the Servicer for a redemption of the Notes pursuant to Section 10.1 of the Indenture.

 

“Reference Pool Servicing Fee” has the meaning specified in Section 3.8(a)(i) of the Servicing Supplement.

 

“Registered Noteholder” means the Person in whose name a Note is registered on the Note Register on the applicable Record Date.

 

“Regular Principal Payment” means, for a Payment Date, the greater of:

 

(a)                                 an amount (not less than zero) equal to:

 

(i)                                     (A) the aggregate Note Balance of the Notes as of the preceding Payment Date (or the 2013-A Closing Date, with respect to the first Payment Date) minus (B) the total Securitization Value as of the first day of the Collection Period that includes the Payment Date minus the Targeted Overcollateralization Amount; minus

 

(ii)                                  the sum of the First Priority Principal Payment, the Second Priority Principal Payment and the Third Priority Principal Payment; and

 

(b)                                 on and after the Final Scheduled Payment Date of the Class D Notes, the Note Balance of the Class D Notes.

 

“Regulation AB” means Subpart 229.1100 — Asset Backed Securities (Regulation AB), 17 C.F.R. §§229.1100-229.1123, as clarified and interpreted by the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff.

 

“Required Reserve Amount” means, for the Reserve Account, $5,584,991.49, or 0.50% of the Initial Pool Balance.

 

“Reserve Account” means the account established and maintained pursuant to Section 4.1(a)(iv) of the Servicing Supplement.

 

“Reserve Account Draw Amount” means, for a Payment Date, the lesser of:

 

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(a)                                 an amount (not less than zero) equal to (i) the sum of all payments required to be made on such Payment Date pursuant to Sections 5.1(a) through (c) of the Exchange Note Supplement (taking into account for purposes of Section 5.1(c) of the Exchange Note Supplement the payments required to be made on such Payment Date pursuant to Sections 8.2(b)(i) through (ix) of the Indenture) minus (ii) the 2013-A Collections for such Payment Date; and

 

(b)                                 the amount in the Reserve Account minus any investment earnings.

 

“Residual Interest” means a beneficial ownership interest in the Issuer, as recorded on the Trust Register.

 

“Responsible Person” means:

 

(a)                                 with respect to the Depositor, any “Authorized Officer”, as specified in Section 4.18(a) of the Limited Liability Company Agreement;

 

(b)                                 with respect to the Indenture Administrator, any “Responsible Person” designated pursuant to Section 3.6 of the Administration Agreement;

 

(c)                                  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 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 for so long as the Administration Agreement is in effect, any Responsible Person of the Indenture Administrator;

 

(d)                                 with respect to the Servicer, any “Responsible Person” designated pursuant to Section 6.9 of the Servicing Supplement; and

 

(e)                                  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 and also means, with respect to the Owner Trustee, for so long as the Administration Agreement is in effect, any Responsible Person of the Indenture Administrator.

 

“Rule 144A” means Rule 144A under the Securities Act.

 

“Rule 144A Information” has the meaning specified in Section 2.4(l) of the Indenture.

 

“Rule 144A Note Transfer” has the meaning specified in Section 2.4(i) of the Indenture.

 

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“Rule 144A Notes” has the meaning specified in Section 2.4(h) of the Indenture.

 

“Scheduled Lease End Date” means, for any Lease, the date set forth in such Lease as the termination date, adjusted to take into account any Payment Extension through and including the Cutoff Date.

 

“Second Priority Principal Payment” means, for a Payment Date, the greater of:

 

(a)                                 an amount (not less than zero) equal to the Note Balance of the Class A Notes and the Class B Notes as of the preceding Payment Date (or the 2013-A Closing Date, with respect to the first Payment Date) minus the total Securitization Value as of the first day of the Collection Period that includes the Payment Date minus the First Priority Principal Payment; and

 

(b)                                 on and after the Final Scheduled Payment Date of the Class B Notes, the Note Balance of the Class B Notes.

 

“Second-Tier Assets” means all right, title and interest of the Depositor, whether owned as of the Cutoff Date or thereafter acquired, in, to and under the 2013-A Exchange Note and all of the Depositor’s rights under the 2013-A Basic Documents, including all monies paid thereon and all monies due thereon on or after the Cutoff Date.

 

“Second-Tier Sale Agreement” means the Second-Tier Sale Agreement, dated as of March 1, 2013, between the Depositor, as seller, and the Issuer, as purchaser.

 

“Securities Account” means each account established and maintained pursuant to Section 2.1 of each Control Agreement.

 

“Securitization Value” means, for any:

 

(a)                                 Active Lease and any Collection Period (or the Cutoff Date), the sum of the present values of:

 

(i)                                     (A) the scheduled Base Payments (determined as of the Cutoff Date) remaining after the end of the Collection Period (or as of the Cutoff Date) or (B) for an Advance Payment Plan Lease, zero; and

 

(ii)                                  the Base Residual Value of the related Leased Vehicle;

 

in each case, computed using a discount rate equal to the higher of the Contract Rate and the Investor Rate on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months to the beginning of such Collection Period (or the Cutoff Date) and assuming each amount is received at the end of the Collection Period in which such amount is scheduled to be received and giving effect to any Payment Extension made for such Lease on or before the Cutoff Date;

 

(b)                                 Terminating Lease and any Collection Period, the Base Residual Value of the related Leased Vehicle; provided, however, the Securitization Value of any Terminating Lease will be reduced to zero in the Collection Period in which an

 

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Administrative Reallocation occurs for such Lease or the related Leased Vehicle is sold; and

 

(c)                                  Closed Lease and any Collection Period, zero.

 

“Servicing Supplement” means the supplement to the Servicing Agreement, dated as of the March 1, 2013, among Ford Credit, as Servicer for the Collateral Specified Interests and the 2013-A Reference Pool and as Lender, the Holding Companies, as Holders of the Collateral Specified Interest Certificates, and HTD Leasing LLC, as Collateral Agent.

 

“Similar Law” means any federal, state, local or non-U.S. law or regulation that is substantially similar to Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code.

 

“Sponsor” means Ford Credit.

 

“Targeted Overcollateralization Amount” means $101,646,845.05, which is 9.10% of the Initial Pool Balance.

 

“Term Extension” means, for any Lease, an extension of the payment term by the Servicer in accordance with the Credit and Collection Policy, by increasing the number of Total Payments due and extending the term of the Lease for an additional month for each additional Total Payment.

 

“Terminating Lease” means any Lease from the beginning of the Collection Period that includes its Termination Date through the end of the Collection Period that includes its Closed Date.

 

“Terminating Lease Proceeds” means, for any Terminating Lease and any Collection Period, an amount equal to:

 

(a)                                 all amounts Posted; minus

 

(b)                                 Local Fees and Taxes; minus

 

(c)                                  Additional Amounts; minus

 

(d)                                 the sum of (i) any amounts expended by the Servicer that are charged to the account of the related Lessee in accordance with the Credit and Collection Policy (including collection expenses), plus (ii) all amounts paid to third parties in connection with the repossession, transportation, reconditioning and disposition of the related Leased Vehicle, plus (iii) any amounts that are required to be refunded to the Lessee pursuant to such Lease, Applicable Law or the Credit and Collection Policy.

 

“Termination Date” means, for any Lease, the earliest of:

 

(a)                                 its Scheduled Lease End Date;

 

(b)                                 the date on which the related Leased Vehicle is either:

 

(i)                                     in the possession of the Servicer or its agent or bailee; or

 

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(ii)                                  purchased pursuant to the Lessee Purchase Option or Dealer Purchase Option; and

 

(c)                                  its Closed Date.

 

“Third Priority Principal Payment” means, for a Payment Date, the greater of:

 

(a)                                 an amount (not less than zero) equal to the Note Balance of the Class A Notes, the Class B Notes and the Class C Notes as of the preceding Payment Date (or the 2013-A Closing Date, with respect to the first Payment Date) minus the total Securitization Value as of the first day of the Collection Period that includes the Payment Date minus the First Priority Principal Payment and the Second Priority Principal Payment; and

 

(b)                                 on and after the Final Scheduled Payment Date of the Class C Notes, the Note Balance of the Class C Notes.

 

“Titling Company Control Agreement” means the Titling Company Account Control Agreement, dated as of March 1, 2013, among the Titling Companies, as grantors, the Indenture Trustee, as secured party, and The Bank of New York Mellon, in its capacity as both a “securities intermediary” as defined in Section 8-102 of the UCC and a “bank” as defined in Section 9-102 of the UCC.

 

“Titling Company Collateral Accounts” means the Exchange Note Collection Account and the Reserve Account, including all rights, powers and options (but none of the obligations) of the Titling Companies as holders of the Exchange Note Collection Account and the Reserve Account, including the immediate and continuing right to claim for, collect, receive and give receipt for all monies included in the Exchange Note Collection Account and the Reserve Account, 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 Titling Companies or otherwise and generally to do and receive anything that any Titling Company is or may be entitled to do or receive under the Exchange Note Collection Account and the Reserve Account or with respect to the Exchange Note Collection Account and the Reserve Account.

 

“Total Payment” means, for any Lease, a level amount set forth in the Lease and payable monthly in advance by the related Lessee equal to the sum of the Base Payment plus the Local Fees and Taxes.

 

“Transfer” has the meaning specified in Section 2.4(k) of the Indenture.

 

“Trust Accounts” means the Bank Accounts and the Trust Distribution Account (if established).

 

“Trust Agreement” means the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement, dated as of March 1, 2013, between the Depositor and the Owner Trustee.

 

“Trust Distribution Account” means the account that may be established and maintained pursuant to Section 4.5 of the Servicing Supplement.

 

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“Trust Indenture Act” or “TIA” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939.

 

“Trust Property” means (a) the 2013-A Exchange Note, including the rights of the Issuer as Holder of the 2013-A Exchange Note, (b) the Depositor’s rights under the First-Tier Sale Agreement, (c) the Issuer’s rights in, to and under the 2013-A Basic Documents, including its rights as assignee of the Depositor under the Second-Tier Sale Agreement, (d) all security entitlements relating to the Trust Accounts and the property deposited in or credited to any of the Trust Accounts, (e) all present and future claims, demands, causes of action and choses in action in respect of any of the foregoing and (f) all payments on or under and all proceeds in respect of any of the foregoing.

 

“Trust Register” and “Trust Registrar” have the meanings specified in Section 3.2 of the Trust Agreement.

 

“Void Rule 144A Note Transfer” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(i) of the Indenture.

 

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