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EXHIBIT 10.5

 

 

 

 

SERVICING SUPPLEMENT

 

 

to the

 

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED SERVICING AGREEMENT

 

 

dated as of December 1, 2006

 

 

among

 

 

FORD MOTOR CREDIT COMPANY LLC,
  as Servicer for the Collateral Specified Interests

and the 2014-B Reference Pool and as Lender,

 

 

CAB EAST HOLDINGS, LLC,
 CAB WEST HOLDINGS CORPORATION, and
 FCALM HOLDINGS CORPORATION,
 as Holders of the Collateral Specified Interest Certificates

 

 

and

 

 

HTD LEASING LLC,
 as Collateral Agent

 

 

Dated as of July 1, 2014

 

 

 

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

	
ARTICLE I USAGE AND   DEFINITIONS
    	
1
    
	
Section 1.1.
    	
Usage and Definitions
    	
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ARTICLE II DESIGNATION
    	
2
    
	
Section 2.1.
    	
Designation
    	
2
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
ARTICLE III THE SERVICER
    	
2
    
	
Section 3.1.
    	
Appointment of Servicer
    	
2
    
	
Section 3.2.
    	
Representations of the Servicer
    	
2
    
	
Section 3.3.
    	
Representations and Warranties About the Leases and the   Leased Vehicles
    	
2
    
	
Section 3.4.
    	
Liability of the Servicer; Indemnities
    	
5
    
	
Section 3.5.
    	
Purchase on Breach
    	
5
    
	
Section 3.6.
    	
Collection of Payments
    	
6
    
	
Section 3.7.
    	
Servicer May Own Exchange Note and Notes
    	
7
    
	
Section 3.8.
    	
Fees and Expenses
    	
7
    
	
Section 3.9.
    	
Termination
    	
7
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
ARTICLE IV ACCOUNTS,   COLLECTIONS AND APPLICATION OF FUNDS
    	
8
    
	
Section 4.1.
    	
Bank Accounts
    	
8
    
	
Section 4.2.
    	
Deposits and Payments
    	
9
    
	
Section 4.3.
    	
Advances
    	
10
    
	
Section 4.4.
    	
Repayment of Advances
    	
11
    
	
Section 4.5.
    	
Trust Distribution Account
    	
11
    
	
Section 4.6.
    	
Reserve Deposits and Withdrawals
    	
11
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
ARTICLE V TERMINATION
    	
11
    
	
Section 5.1.
    	
Clean-Up Call
    	
11
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
ARTICLE VI REPORTS AND   NOTICES
    	
12
    
	
Section 6.1.
    	
Monthly Investor Reports
    	
12
    
	
Section 6.2.
    	
Notices and Certificates Received by or Delivered by the   Servicer Under the Servicing Agreement
    	
12
    
	
Section 6.3.
    	
Notice of Servicer Event of Default
    	
12
    
	
Section 6.4.
    	
Annual Statement of Compliance
    	
12
    
	
Section 6.5.
    	
Compliance with Obligations under Sarbanes-Oxley Act
    	
13
    
	
Section 6.6.
    	
Report on Assessment of Compliance with Servicing Criteria   and Attestation
    	
13
    
	
Section 6.7.
    	
Delivery of Tax Related Information
    	
13
    
	
Section 6.8.
    	
Termination of Reporting Obligation
    	
13
    
	
Section 6.9.
    	
Authorized Persons of Servicer
    	
14
    
	
Section 6.10.
    	
Execution of Securities and Exchange Commission Filings
    	
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ARTICLE VII MISCELLANEOUS
    	
14
    
	
Section 7.1.
    	
Amendments
    	
14
    

 

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Section 7.2.
    	
Third-Party Beneficiaries of the Servicing Agreement and   this Servicing Supplement
    	
14
    
	
Section 7.3.
    	
No Petition
    	
14
    
	
Section 7.4.
    	
GOVERNING LAW
    	
15
    
	
Section 7.5.
    	
Submission to Jurisdiction
    	
15
    
	
Section 7.6.
    	
WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL
    	
15
    
	
Section 7.7.
    	
Severability
    	
15
    
	
Section 7.8.
    	
Headings
    	
15
    
	
Section 7.9.
    	
Conflict with Servicing Agreement
    	
15
    
	
Section 7.10.
    	
Counterparts
    	
15
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Exhibit A
    	
Schedule   of Collateral Leases and Collateral Leased Vehicles in 2014-B Reference Pool
    	
EA-1
    
	
Exhibit B
    	
Form of   Monthly Investor Report
    	
EB-1
    
				

 

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SERVICING SUPPLEMENT, dated as of July 1, 2014 (this “Servicing Supplement”), to the Amended and Restated Servicing Agreement, dated as of December 1, 2006 (the “Servicing Agreement”), among (i) FORD MOTOR CREDIT COMPANY LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Ford Credit”), as servicer for the Collateral Specified Interests and the 2014-B Reference Pool (in such capacity, the “Servicer”) and as Lender under the Credit and Security Agreement (in such capacity, the “Lender”), (ii) CAB EAST HOLDINGS, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, CAB WEST HOLDINGS CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation and FCALM HOLDINGS CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (together, the “Holding Companies” and each, a “Holding Company”), as Holders of the Collateral Specified Interest Certificates and (iii) HTD Leasing LLC, as collateral agent (in such capacity, the “Collateral Agent”).

 

BACKGROUND

 

Section 2.3 of the Servicing Agreement provides that in connection with the issuance of an Exchange Note under the Credit and Security Agreement (as defined below) and the Exchange Note Supplement (as defined below), the Servicer, the Lender, the Collateral Agent and each Holding Company may enter into a supplement to the Servicing Agreement setting forth the specific rights and duties of the Servicer and the other agreements and undertakings for the administration and servicing of the 2014-B Reference Pool and the 2014-B Exchange Note.

 

The Series 2014-B Exchange Note will be issued and the 2014-B Reference Pool will be designated, each under the Credit and Security Agreement and the Exchange Note Supplement.

 

The parties wish to enter into this Servicing Supplement to set forth the additional duties required of the Servicer for the 2014-B Reference Pool and the 2014-B Exchange Note.

 

ARTICLE I
 USAGE AND DEFINITIONS

 

Section 1.1.                                 Usage and Definitions.  Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined in this Servicing Supplement are defined in Appendix 1 to the Exchange Note Supplement to the Credit and Security Agreement (as defined below), dated as of July 1, 2014 (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, the Collateral Agent, and Ford Credit, as Lender and Servicer.  Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined in this Servicing Supplement 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, or, if not defined in Appendix A, are defined in the related Titling Company Agreement.  Appendix 1 and Appendix A also contain rules of usage applicable to this Servicing Supplement and are incorporated by reference into this Servicing Supplement.

 

 

ARTICLE II
 DESIGNATION

 

Section 2.1.                                 Designation.  The parties designate the Collateral Leases and Collateral Leased Vehicles listed on Exhibit A to be the “2014-B Reference Pool” and each Collateral Lease and Collateral Leased Vehicle included in the 2014-B Reference Pool to be a “Lease” and a “Leased Vehicle,” respectively.

 

ARTICLE III
 THE SERVICER

 

Section 3.1.                                 Appointment of Servicer.  Each party acknowledges and agrees that the Servicer under the Servicing Agreement will also act as Servicer under this Servicing Supplement of the 2014-B Reference Pool and the 2014-B Exchange Note and will also act as agent of any Holding Company, as Holder of the related Collateral Specified Interest Certificate in the management and control of the Leases and Leased Vehicles and for all other purposes set forth in this Servicing Supplement and the Servicing Agreement.  Ford Credit accepts those appointments.

 

Section 3.2.                                 Representations of the Servicer.  The Servicer has made the representations set forth in Section 3.2 of the Servicing Agreement on which the Lender, the Holding Companies and the Collateral Agent have relied, and the 2014-B Exchange Noteholder, in acquiring the 2014-B Exchange Note, will rely.  Those representations are remade as of the Exchange Note Issuance Date and will survive the sale, transfer, assignment and conveyance of the 2014-B Exchange Note to the 2014-B Exchange Noteholder, the Depositor and the Issuer and the pledge of the 2014-B Exchange Note to the Indenture Trustee under the Indenture.  The Servicer additionally represents and warrants to the Depositor and the Issuer as of the date of this Servicing Supplement that no selection procedures believed to be adverse to the 2014-B Exchange Noteholder have been utilized in selecting the Leases and Leased Vehicles included in the 2014-B Reference Pool from other leases and leased vehicles that meet the criteria specified in Section 3.3.

 

Section 3.3.                                 Representations and Warranties About the Leases and the Leased Vehicles.  The Servicer represents and warrants to the Depositor and the Issuer as of the date of this Servicing Supplement and the 2014-B Closing Date (except as otherwise specified), which representations and warranties (i) the 2014-B Exchange Noteholder, the Depositor and the Issuer have relied on in acquiring the 2014-B Exchange Note and (ii) will survive the sale of the 2014-B Exchange Note to the 2014-B Exchange Noteholder, the Depositor and the Issuer and the pledge of the 2014-B Exchange Note to the Indenture Trustee under the Indenture:

 

(a)                                 New Vehicle.  Each Leased Vehicle was a new car, light truck or utility vehicle at the beginning of the related Lease; provided, that a Leased Vehicle that has never been titled and has not been driven more than 6,000 miles will be deemed to be a new vehicle for purposes of this representation and warranty.

 

(b)                                 Certificate of Title.  Each Leased Vehicle was titled in accordance with the related Titling Company Agreement and in a manner acceptable to the relevant Governmental Authority, or the Servicer has commenced procedures that will result in that title.

 

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(c)                                  Security Interest in Lease and Leased Vehicle.  The Collateral Agent has a security interest in each Lease and Leased Vehicle which was validly created and is a perfected, first priority security interest, and is noted as lienholder on the certificate of title for each Leased Vehicle, or the Servicer has commenced procedures that will result in the perfection of a first priority security interest in the related Leased Vehicle, including by notation of the lien on the certificate of title.

 

(d)                                 Interest in Lease and Leased Vehicle.  Each Lease was entered into by a Dealer located in the United States, as lessor, and a Lessee with a garaging location in an Eligible State, as lessee, and all of the Dealer’s right, title and interest in the Lease and the related Leased Vehicle was validly assigned to a Titling Company qualified to hold the Leased Vehicle.

 

(e)                                  Origination of Leases.  Each Lease was originated by a Dealer in the ordinary course of its business and has been fully executed by the parties to the Lease and at the time of its origination, substantially complied with the Servicer’s Credit and Collection Policy.

 

(f)                                   Total Payments.  Each Lease (other than an Advance Payment Plan Lease) provides for Total Payments that include Base Payments.

 

(g)                                  Compliance with Law.  Each Lease complied in all material respects at the time it was originated, and as of the date of this Servicing Supplement will comply in all material respects, with all requirements of federal, State and local laws.

 

(h)                                 Consents, Licenses, Approvals and Authorizations.  All material consents, licenses, approvals or authorizations of, or registrations or declarations with, any Governmental Authority required to be obtained, effected or given by the Dealer that originated a Lease or the related Titling Company in connection with (i) the origination of the Lease, (ii) the execution, delivery and performance by the Dealer of the Lease and (iii) the acquisition and ownership by the related Titling Company of the Lease and the related Leased Vehicle, had been duly obtained, effected or given and were in full force and effect as of the date of origination or acquisition and remained in full force and effect.

 

(i)                                     Binding Obligation.  Each Lease is on a form contract that includes rights and remedies allowing the holder to enforce the obligation and realize on the Leased Vehicle and represents the legal, valid and binding payment obligation of the related Lessee, enforceable in all material respects by the holder of the Lease, except as may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other laws relating to the enforcement of creditors’ rights or by general equitable principles and consumer protection laws.

 

(j)                                    No Government Lessee.  No Lease is an obligation of the United States or any State or local government or from any agency, department, or instrumentality or political subdivision of the United States or any State or local government.

 

(k)                                 No Commercial Lease.  No Lease is a commercial lease contract, master lease contract or fleet vehicle lease contract; provided, that no Lease that is a retail lease contract will breach this representation solely because the related Lessee is a commercial lessee or the Leased Vehicle will be used for commercial purposes.

 

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(l)                                     Leases in Force.  As of the Cutoff Date, no Lease (i) is a Terminating Lease or a Closed Lease or (ii) has been satisfied, subordinated, rescinded, cancelled or terminated, in whole or in part.

 

(m)                             No Waiver or Amendments.  No material provision of a Lease (other than the assessment of a security deposit or a Payment Extension Fee or the payment of any other amount that, on collection, would constitute an Additional Amount, or a default relating to failure by the related Lessee to pay any such amount) has been affirmatively waived or amended, except amendments and modifications that are contained in the Lease Files.

 

(n)                                 No Extensions.  As of the Cutoff Date, no extensions other than Payment Extensions not exceeding three months in the aggregate under any Lease have been granted.

 

(o)                                 No Defenses.  To the Servicer’s knowledge, no right of rescission, setoff, counterclaim or defense has been asserted or threatened for any Lease.

 

(p)                                 No Delinquency or Default.  Except for payments that are not more than 30 days delinquent as of the Cutoff Date, no payment defaults (determined in accordance with the Credit and Collection Policy) exist.

 

(q)                                 Insurance.  Each Lease requires the lessee to obtain physical damage and liability insurance covering the related Leased Vehicle.

 

(r)                                    Title.  The applicable Titling Company has good title, or the Servicer has commenced procedures that will result in good title, to each Lease and each Leased Vehicle, free and clear of any Liens other than Permitted Liens.

 

(s)                                   Valid Assignment.  No Lease was originated in, or is subject to the laws of, any jurisdiction under which the sale and assignment of the Lease or the related Leased Vehicle to the Titling Company would be unlawful, void, or voidable.  Each Lease is fully assignable and no Dealer has entered into any agreement with any Lessee that prohibits, restricts or conditions the assignment of any portion of a Lease.

 

(t)                                    Chattel Paper.  Each Lease constitutes either “tangible chattel paper” or “electronic chattel paper” within the meaning of Section 9-102(a) of the UCC and there is only one original authenticated copy of each.

 

(u)                                 Maturity of Leases.  Each Lease has an original Scheduled Lease End Date of no greater than 48 months from its Lease Date.

 

(v)                                 Peace of Mind.  No Lease that is an Advance Payment Plan Lease has been identified by the Servicer as qualifying for the benefits of its “Peace of Mind” program for Lessees who were at least 62 years of age at Lease inception and who die during the term of the related Lease.

 

(w)                               No Bankruptcy Proceeding.  As of the Cutoff Date, the Servicer has not received actual notice that the Lessee on any Lease is a debtor in a bankruptcy proceeding.

 

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(x)                                 No Allocation to Other Specified Interest.  No Lease or Leased Vehicle has been allocated to any Specified Interest other than a Collateral Specified Interest.

 

(y)                                 Valid Security Interest.  The Collateral Agent has a valid security interest, or the Servicer has commenced procedures that will result in a valid security interest, in the Collateral Leases and the Collateral Leased Vehicles and all proceeds thereof.

 

(z)                                  Information about Leases.  The information on the schedule of Collateral Leases and Collateral Leased Vehicles attached as Exhibit A is true and correct in all material respects as of the Cutoff Date.

 

Section 3.4.                                 Liability of the Servicer; Indemnities.

 

(a)                                 The Servicer will indemnify, defend and hold harmless each Titling Company, the Holders of the Collateral Specified Interest Certificates, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Lender, the Indenture Trustee and the 2014-B Exchange Noteholder (each, for this Section 3.4(a), an “Indemnified Person”) in accordance with Section 3.3 of the Servicing Agreement as well as from and against any and all costs, expenses, losses, damages, claims and liabilities, arising out of the Servicer’s willful misconduct, bad faith or negligence.

 

(b)                                 The Servicer will indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Issuer, the Collateral Agent, the Administrative Agent, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee, as applicable, and their respective officers, directors, employees and agents (each, for this Section 3.4(b), an “Indemnified Person”) from and against any and all costs, expenses, losses, damages, claims and liabilities arising out of, or incurred in connection with, the acceptance of or performance by the Servicer of the trusts and duties contained in this Servicing Supplement, except to the extent that the cost, expense, loss, damage, claim or liability:  (i) is due to the willful misconduct, bad faith or negligence of the Indemnified Person, (ii) in the case of the Owner Trustee, arises from the Owner Trustee’s breach of any of its representations or warranties set forth in the Trust Agreement or (iii) in the case of the Indenture Trustee, arises from the Indenture Trustee’s breach of any of its representations and warranties set forth in the Indenture.

 

(c)                                  In addition to the Indemnified Parties included in the Servicing Agreement, the Servicer will indemnify the Issuer, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee as “Indemnified Parties” under Sections 3.3(b), (c) and (d) of the Servicing Agreement.

 

Section 3.5.                                 Purchase on Breach.

 

(a)                                 Deposit of Administrative Reallocation Amount.

 

(i)             If a Responsible Person of the Servicer has actual knowledge, or receives notice from the 2014-B Exchange Noteholder or the Indenture Trustee, of a breach of (A) a representation or warranty set forth in Section 3.3 of this Servicing Supplement, (B) the covenant set forth in Section 3.8(b) of the Servicing Agreement, (C) the covenant set forth in Section 3.6 of this Servicing Supplement or (D) the covenant set forth in Section 6.7 of the Servicing Agreement, in each case, that materially and adversely affects any Lease and Leased Vehicle, the Servicer will deposit in the Exchange Note Collection Account an amount equal to the Administrative Reallocation Amount of each such Lease and Leased

 

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Vehicle as of the last day of the second Collection Period following the Collection Period in which the Servicer obtained actual knowledge, or was notified, of the breach (or, at the Servicer’s option, the end of the first Collection Period following the Collection Period in which the Servicer obtained actual knowledge, or was notified, of the breach) unless, by that last day the breach has been cured in all material respects.

 

(ii)          The Servicer may deposit in the Exchange Note Collection Account an amount equal to the Administrative Reallocation Amount of any Lease and Leased Vehicle if the Servicer determines, in its sole discretion, that, as a result of a receivables systems error or receivables systems limitation or for any other reason, the Servicer is unable to service the Lease and Leased Vehicle in accordance with the Servicing Agreement or this Servicing Supplement.  The Servicer will deposit in the Exchange Note Collection Account an amount equal to the Administrative Reallocation Amount of any Lease (and with the related Leased Vehicle) that is an Advance Payment Plan Lease if the Servicer determines that the Lease qualifies for the benefit of its “Peace of Mind” program.

 

(iii)       So long as Ford Credit remains the Servicer, the Servicer will deposit in the Exchange Note Collection Account an amount equal to the Administrative Reallocation Amount of any Lease and Leased Vehicle if the Servicer is notified that the Leased Vehicle is no longer owned by a Titling Company.

 

(iv)      The Servicer will deposit the Administrative Reallocation Amount of any Lease and related Leased Vehicle that the Servicer is removing from the 2014-B Reference Pool in accordance with this Section 3.5(a) in the Exchange Note Collection Account on the Business Day preceding the Payment Date (or, with satisfaction of the Rating Agency Condition, on the Payment Date) related to the Collection Period during which the purchase occurs.

 

(b)                                 Reallocation Sole Remedy for Breach.  Except as provided in Section 3.3, the sole remedy of the Collateral Agent, the 2014-B Exchange Noteholder, the Indenture Trustee and the holders of the Notes for a breach of the representations and warranties contained in Section 3.3 is as set forth in Section 3.5(a).

 

(c)                                  Reallocation of Purchased Leases and Leased Vehicles.  On the deposit of the Administrative Reallocation Amount for any Lease and Leased Vehicle under Section 3.5(a), the Lease and Leased Vehicle will be reallocated to the Revolving Facility Pool at the direction of the Servicer and will no longer be included in the 2014-B Reference Pool.

 

Section 3.6.                                 Collection of Payments.  The Servicer may grant extensions, waivers, rebates, modifications or adjustments on to any Collateral Lease, except that if, after the Cutoff Date, the Servicer (a) modifies the amount of the Base Payment due on any Lease or (b) grants a Payment Extension or Term Extension that extends any Lease past the Final Scheduled Payment Date for the most junior Class of Notes, the Servicer will reallocate the Lease and the related Leased Vehicle to the Revolving Facility Pool in accordance with Section 3.5, except, in either case, to the extent that any such modification is required by law or court order.

 

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Section 3.7.                                 Servicer May Own Exchange Note and Notes.  The Servicer, and any Affiliate of the Servicer, may, in its individual or any other capacity, become the owner or pledgee of the 2014-B Exchange Note and/or the Notes with the same rights as it would have if it were not the Servicer or an Affiliate thereof, except as otherwise provided in the Servicing Agreement, this Servicing Supplement, the Credit and Security Agreement and the Indenture.  Except as set forth in the Servicing Agreement, this Servicing Supplement or in the other 2014-B Basic Documents, Notes so owned by or pledged to the Servicer or the Affiliate will have an equal and proportionate benefit under the Servicing Agreement and this Servicing Supplement.

 

Section 3.8.                                 Fees and Expenses.

 

(a)                                 Reference Pool Servicing Fee.

 

(i)                                     The “Reference Pool Servicing Fee” will, for a Collection Period, be an amount equal to the sum of (A) the product of: (1) one-twelfth of 1.00%; times (2) the Pool Balance as of the last day of the preceding Collection Period (or the Cutoff Date for the first month) plus (B) the portion of the Reference Pool Servicing Fee for the immediately preceding Collection Period, if any, that was not paid on the related Payment Date.

 

(ii)                                  The Reference Pool Servicing Fee will be payable solely from, and the right of the Servicer to receive the Reference Pool Servicing Fee will be limited in recourse to, the Collections and other amounts applied to the payment of that fee under the Exchange Note Supplement.

 

(b)                                 Investment Earnings.  As provided in Section 4.2, the Servicer will be entitled to receive investment earnings on funds in the Bank Accounts as additional compensation for the performance of its duties under this Servicing Supplement, and losses, if any, and investment expenses resulting from the investment of funds in the Bank Accounts will be charged to the Servicer.

 

(c)                                  Additional Amounts.  As additional compensation for the performance of its duties under the Servicing Agreement and this Servicing Supplement and as reimbursement for expenses incurred in connection with its performance, the Servicer will be entitled to retain for its own account all Additional Amounts (or to withdraw and retain any Additional Amounts that nevertheless have been deposited in the Exchange Note Collection Account).  All Additional Amounts are the property of the Servicer.

 

Section 3.9.                                 Termination.  This Servicing Supplement will be terminated in the event that the Servicing Agreement is terminated in accordance therewith and may also be terminated at the option of the Servicer or the Holding Companies at any time following the payment in full of the 2014-B Exchange Note; provided, that the rights and obligations of the parties to this Servicing Supplement under Section 3.4 will survive any such termination.

 

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ARTICLE IV
 ACCOUNTS, COLLECTIONS AND APPLICATION OF FUNDS

 

Section 4.1.                                 Bank Accounts

 

(a)                                 Establishment of Bank Accounts.  On or before the Exchange Note Issuance Date, the Servicer will establish four segregated trust accounts, each in the name of the Indenture Trustee at a Qualified Institution or a Qualified Trust Institution, to be designated as:

 

(i)             “The Bank of New York Mellon, as Indenture Trustee, as secured party for Ford Credit Auto Lease Trust 2014-B” that will be designated as the “Exchange Note Collection Account;”

 

(ii)          “The Bank of New York Mellon, as Indenture Trustee, as secured party for Ford Credit Auto Lease Trust 2014-B” that will be designated as the “Collection Account;”

 

(iii)       “The Bank of New York Mellon, as Indenture Trustee, as secured party for Ford Credit Auto Lease Trust 2014-B” that will be designated as the “Principal Payment Account;” and

 

(iv)      “The Bank of New York Mellon, as Indenture Trustee, as secured party for Ford Credit Auto Lease Trust 2014-B” that will be designated as the “Reserve Account.”

 

Initially, the Exchange Note Collection Account will be account number 521991, the Collection Account will be account number 521992, the Principal Payment Account will be account number 521993 and the Reserve Account will be account number 521994 and each will include any successor or replacement accounts.

 

(b)                                 Control of the Bank Accounts.  Each of the Bank Accounts for the 2014-B Reference Pool will be under the sole dominion and control of the Indenture Trustee, as secured party for the benefit of the 2014-B Secured Parties, so long as the Bank Accounts remain subject to the Lien of the Indenture; provided, that, (i) following the payment in full of the Notes and the release of the Bank Accounts from the Lien of the Indenture, the Exchange Note Collection Account will be under the sole dominion and control of the Collateral Agent and (ii) following the payment in full of the 2014-B Exchange Note, the Exchange Note Collection Account will be under the sole dominion and control of the Borrowers.  However, the Servicer may make deposits to or request the Indenture Trustee (or, after the Note Balance of the Notes has been reduced to zero, the Collateral Agent, and following the payment in full of the 2014-B Exchange Note, the Borrowers) to make deposits to or withdrawals from the Exchange Note Collection Account in accordance with the Exchange Note Supplement, the Credit and Security Agreement, the Servicing Agreement and this Servicing Supplement.  All monies deposited in the Exchange Note Collection Account under the Exchange Note Supplement, the Credit and Security Agreement, the Servicing Agreement or this Servicing Supplement will be held (i) until the Note Balance of the Notes has been reduced to zero and the Bank Accounts have been released from the Lien under the Indenture, by the Indenture Trustee, (ii) until the payment in full of the 2014-B Exchange Note, by the Collateral Agent and (iii) following the payment in full of the 2014-B Exchange Note, by or on behalf of the Borrowers, and in each case will be applied only on the terms and conditions of the 2014-B Basic Documents, as applicable.  The authority of the Servicer to make deposits to the

 

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Bank Accounts is revocable at any time (i) by the Indenture Trustee until the Note Balance of the Notes has been reduced to zero, (ii) then, by the Collateral Agent until the payment in full of the 2014-B Exchange Note and (iii) then, by the Borrowers.

 

(c)                                  Agreement with Depository Institution.  The Bank Accounts will only be established at a Qualified Institution or Qualified Trust Institution that complies with the requirements set forth in Section 5.2(d) of the Servicing Agreement.

 

Section 4.2.                                 Deposits and Payments.

 

(a)                                 If Ford Credit’s short term unsecured debt is rated at least “F1” or better by Fitch and “A-1” or better by Standard & Poor’s (this rating requirement, the “Monthly Remittance Required Ratings”), Ford Credit may remit 2014-B Collections on the Business Day preceding each Payment Date, or with satisfaction of the Rating Agency Condition, on each Payment Date.

 

(b)                                 If Ford Credit’s short term unsecured debt is not rated at least equal to the Monthly Remittance Required Ratings or a Servicer Event of Default occurs, the Servicer will remit to the Exchange Note Collection Account:

 

(i)                                     on the Exchange Note Issuance Date, an amount equal to the sum of (A) the Cutoff Date Payahead Amount and (B) all Active Lease Proceeds, Terminating Lease Proceeds and Closed Lease Proceeds (in each case excluding Recoveries) that are Posted during the period from and including the Cutoff Date to and including the second Business Day preceding the 2014-B Closing Date;

 

(ii)                                  following the Exchange Note Issuance Date, an amount equal to all Active Lease Proceeds, Terminating Lease Proceeds and Closed Lease Proceeds (in each case excluding Recoveries) within two Business Days after the Posting Date for those amounts (including any such amounts Posted on the Business Day preceding the Exchange Note Issuance Date and on the Exchange Note Issuance Date); and

 

(iii)                               all Administrative Reallocation Amounts, Active Lease Advances, Payment Extension Fees and Recoveries received in any Collection Period no later than the Business Day preceding the following Payment Date or, with satisfaction of the Rating Agency Condition, the following Payment Date.

 

(c)                                  Pending deposit in the Exchange Note Collection Account, the Servicer is not required to segregate 2014-B Collections or Payaheads from its own funds.

 

(d)                                 So long as Ford Credit remains the Servicer, Ford Credit, as Servicer, may make the deposits required by Section 4.2(a) net of:

 

(i)             Reference Pool Servicing Fees to be distributed under Section 3.8(a) to the Servicer for that Collection Period; and

 

(ii)          Advance Reimbursement Amounts that the Servicer is permitted to retain under Section 4.3(b).

 

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Section 4.3.                                 Advances.

 

(a)                                 Advances by the Servicer.  The Servicer will make an advance for each Active Lease other than an Advance Payment Plan Lease and each Collection Period if, for the Lease and the Collection Period, the scheduled Base Payment exceeds the sum of (A) Active Lease Proceeds (which may be positive or negative) plus (B) the Payahead Draw, by depositing the amount of the excess (equal to the Active Lease Advance) in the Exchange Note Collection Account on the Business Day preceding the Payment Date immediately following the Collection Period or, with satisfaction of the Rating Agency Condition, on that Payment Date.  However, the Servicer will be required to make Active Lease Advances only to the extent that the Servicer, in its sole discretion, determines that the advances will be recoverable from subsequent 2014-B Collections (whether relating to the Lease and Leased Vehicle or any other Lease or Leased Vehicle) in the manner described in Section 4.3(b).

 

(b)                                 Reimbursement for Outstanding Advances.  During each Collection Period, the Servicer will be reimbursed for any outstanding Advance Balance of a Lease for the preceding Collection Period (or, for the first Collection Period, as of the Cutoff Date) by retaining the following amounts in the following order of priority (the amount so due on any Lease and any Collection Period, the “Advance Reimbursement Amount”):

 

(i)                                     first, if the Lease is an Active Lease during the Collection Period, an amount equal to the lesser of (A) the sum of (1) Active Lease Proceeds, plus (2) the Administrative Reallocation Amount (if any), minus (3) the scheduled Base Payment, in each case for the Lease and the Collection Period and (B) the Advance Balance;

 

(ii)                                  second, if the Lease is a Terminating Lease or a Closed Lease during the Collection Period, an amount equal to the lesser of (A) the sum of (1) the Terminating Lease Proceeds, plus (2) the Closed Lease Proceeds, plus (3) the Administrative Reallocation Amount (if any), in each case for the Lease and the Collection Period and (B) the Advance Balance; and

 

(iii)                               third, on and after the Collection Period that includes the Closed Date for the Lease, an amount equal to the lesser of:

 

(A)                               the sum of all Active Lease Proceeds, Terminating Lease Proceeds, Closed Lease Proceeds and Administrative Reallocation Amounts (in each case not relating to the Lease) for the Collection Period; and

 

(B)                               the excess, if any, of (1) the Advance Balance over (2) the amount retained by the Servicer under Section 4.3(b)(ii) for the current Collection Period.

 

The Servicer may instruct the Indenture Trustee, for so long as the Notes are Outstanding, and then, the Collateral Agent, to withdraw from the Exchange Note Collection Account and pay to the Servicer any amounts that the Servicer is entitled to retain under this Section 4.3(b) to the extent those amounts have been deposited in the Exchange Note Collection Account.  The Indenture Trustee or the Collateral Agent, as applicable, may, but is not required to, request from

 

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the Servicer reasonable documentation (which may be provided by reference to the Servicer’s books and records) in connection with any such withdrawal instruction.

 

Section 4.4.                                 Repayment of Advances.  If a successor Servicer is appointed under the Servicing Agreement, the predecessor Servicer will be entitled to receive reimbursement for the Advance Balances outstanding on the date of termination of the predecessor Servicer in the manner specified in Section 4.3(b).  Any Advance Reimbursement Amount for any Lease will be applied (a) first to the Advance Balances outstanding on the date of termination of the predecessor Servicer and (b) second, to the remaining portion, if any, of the Advance Balances.

 

Section 4.5.                                 Trust Distribution Account.  The Depositor may cause the Owner Trustee to establish and maintain a segregated trust account in the name “U.S. Bank Trust National Association as Owner Trustee,” that is designated as the “Trust Distribution Account” and will promptly notify the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee after the establishment of the Trust Distribution Account.  The Trust Distribution Account will be under the sole dominion and control of the Owner Trustee, except that the Indenture Trustee may make deposits to the Trust Distribution Account in accordance with the 2014-B Basic Documents.  All deposits to and withdrawals from the Trust Distribution Account will be made in accordance with the Indenture and the Trust Agreement.

 

Section 4.6.                                 Reserve Deposits and Withdrawals.

 

(a)                                 On the 2014-B Closing Date, the Depositor will deposit, or cause to be deposited, the Required Reserve Amount in the Reserve Account from the net proceeds of the sale of the Notes.

 

(b)                                 At least two Business Days before each Payment Date, the Servicer will calculate the Reserve Account Draw Amount for that Payment Date and will instruct the Indenture Trustee to withdraw such amount from the Reserve Account and apply it in accordance with Section 5.1 of the Exchange Note Supplement.

 

(c)                                  At least two Business Days before each Payment Date, the Servicer will instruct the Indenture Trustee (based on the most recent Monthly Investor Report) to make the withdrawals, deposits, distributions and payments required to be made on that Payment Date under Section 5.1 of the Exchange Note Supplement and Section 8.2 of the Indenture.

 

ARTICLE V
 TERMINATION

 

Section 5.1.                                 Clean-Up Call.

 

(a)                                 If the Note Balance is equal to or less than 5% of the initial aggregate Note Balance on the last day of any Collection Period, the Servicer has the option to purchase the 2014-B Exchange Note in whole but not in part.  The Servicer may exercise its option to purchase the 2014-B Exchange Note by (i) notifying the Collateral Agent, the Borrowers, the Owner Trustee, the Administrative Agent, the Indenture Trustee and the Rating Agencies at least ten days prior to the Payment Date related to the Collection Period (which Payment Date will be the Exchange Note Purchase Date) and (ii) depositing in the Exchange Note Collection Account an amount equal to

 

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the Exchange Note Purchase Price in immediately available funds by 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the Business Day preceding the Exchange Note Purchase Date (or, with satisfaction of the Rating Agency Condition, on the Exchange Note Purchase Date).  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Servicer will not be permitted to purchase the 2014-B Exchange Note unless the Exchange Note Purchase Price, together with amounts in the Collection Account, is greater than or equal to the sum of (A) the Note Redemption Price for the Notes and (B) all fees and expenses of the Issuer, including all amounts due to the Indenture Trustee under the Indenture.

 

(b)                                 For so long as the Servicer and the Lender under the Credit and Security Agreement are the same entity, on purchase of the 2014-B Exchange Note by the Servicer under Section 5.1(a), the Servicer may, by notice to the Borrowers, the Lender, the Collateral Agent and the Administrative Agent, request that the 2014-B Exchange Note be cancelled and the Leases and related Leased Vehicles be reallocated to the Revolving Facility Pool.

 

ARTICLE VI
 REPORTS AND NOTICES

 

Section 6.1.                                 Monthly Investor Reports.  At least two Business Days before each Payment Date, the Servicer will deliver to the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Note Paying Agent, the Depositor and, if requested, the Rating Agencies, a servicing report substantially in the form of Exhibit B (the “Monthly Investor Report”) for the preceding Collection Period and that Payment Date.  A Responsible Person of the Servicer will certify that the information in the Monthly Investor Report is accurate in all material respects.

 

Section 6.2.                                 Notices and Certificates Received by or Delivered by the Servicer Under the Servicing Agreement.  The Servicer will deliver any notice or certificate received by it or delivered by it under the Servicing Agreement to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee within five Business Days of receipt or delivery by the Servicer.

 

Section 6.3.                                 Notice of Servicer Event of Default.  The Servicer will notify the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee and each Rating Agency of any Facility Servicer Event of Default or Exchange Note Servicer Event of Default or any event that with the giving of notice or lapse of time, or both, would become a Facility Servicer Event of Default or Exchange Note Servicer Event of Default, no later than five Business Days after a Responsible Person of the Servicer obtains actual knowledge of the event.

 

Section 6.4.                                 Annual Statement of Compliance.  To the extent required by Regulation AB, the Servicer will deliver to the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee and each Rating Agency within 90 days after the end of each year beginning with the year after the 2014-B Closing Date, an Officer’s Certificate, dated as of December 31 of the preceding year, signed by a Responsible Person of the Servicer to the effect that (i) a review of the Servicer’s activities during the preceding year (or, in the case of the first certificate, the portion of the preceding year since the 2014-B Closing Date) and of its performance under this Agreement has been made under the Responsible Person’s supervision and (ii) to the Responsible Person’s knowledge, based on the review, the Servicer has fulfilled in all material respects all of its obligations under this Agreement throughout the preceding year (or applicable portion of the preceding year), or, if there has been a failure to fulfill any such obligation in any material respect, specifically identifying each failure

 

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known to the Responsible Person and the nature and status of the failure.  The Officer’s Certificate referred to in this Section 6.4 is deemed to be the Officer’s Certificate required under Section 9.3 of the Servicing Agreement.  A copy of the Officer’s Certificate referred to in this Section 6.4 may be obtained by any Noteholder or Person certifying it is a Note Owner by a request in writing to the Indenture Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office.

 

Section 6.5.                                 Compliance with Obligations under Sarbanes-Oxley Act.  If directed by the Indenture Administrator, the Servicer will prepare, execute and deliver all certificates or other documents required to be delivered by the Issuer under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

 

Section 6.6.                                 Report on Assessment of Compliance with Servicing Criteria and Attestation.  The Servicer will:

 

(i)                                     deliver to the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee and each Rating Agency, a report, dated as of December 31 of the preceding year, on its assessment of compliance with the minimum servicing criteria during the preceding year, including disclosure of any identified material instance of non-compliance identified by the Servicer, as specified by Rule 13a-18 and 15d-18 of the Exchange Act and Item 1122 of Regulation AB; and

 

(ii)                                  cause a firm of registered public accountants that is qualified and independent within the meaning of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act to deliver an attestation report that satisfies the requirements of Rule 13a-18 or Rule 15d-18 under the Exchange Act and Item 1122 of Regulation AB, as applicable, on the assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for the prior  year.  The attestation report will be addressed to the board of directors of the Servicer and the Servicer will deliver copies to the Issuer, the Owner Trustee, the Depositor and the Indenture Trustee.  The attestation will be in accordance with Rules 1-02(a)(3) and 2-02(g) of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act.  The firm may render other services to the Servicer, the Depositor or Ford Credit, but the firm must indicate in each attestation report that it is qualified and independent within the meaning of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act.

 

The reports referred to in this Section 6.6 will be delivered within 90 days after the end of each year, beginning in the year after the 2014-B Closing Date.  A copy of the reports referred to in this Section 6.6 may be obtained by any Noteholder or Person certifying it is a Note Owner by a request in writing to the Indenture Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office.

 

Section 6.7.                                 Delivery of Tax Related Information.  To the extent required by law, the Servicer will deliver to the Owner Trustee for distribution to the holder of the Residual Interest information for the preparation of the holder’s federal and State income tax returns.

 

Section 6.8.                                 Termination of Reporting Obligation.  The Servicer’s obligation to deliver or cause the delivery of reports under this Article VI, other than tax reports under Section 6.7, will terminate on the payment in full of the Notes, including by redemption in whole as contemplated by Section 10.1 of the Indenture.

 

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Section 6.9.                                 Authorized Persons of Servicer.  On or prior to the 2014-B Closing Date, the Servicer will provide notice to the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee specifying (a) each Person who will be authorized to provide instructions and directions to the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee on behalf of the Servicer and (b) each Person who is a Responsible Person of the Servicer, which Persons may be changed from time to time by notice to the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee.

 

Section 6.10.                          Execution of Securities and Exchange Commission Filings.  To the extent permitted by law, the Servicer is authorized to execute and, at the request of the Issuer (or the Administrator on its behalf), will execute, on behalf of the Issuer, any Securities and Exchange Commission filings required to be filed by the Issuer under Section 7.3 of the Indenture.

 

ARTICLE VII
 MISCELLANEOUS

 

Section 7.1.                                 Amendments.

 

(a)                                 This Servicing Supplement may be amended in accordance with Section 10.1 of the Servicing Agreement; provided, however, that the Indenture Trustee will provide or withhold consent to any proposed amendment to this Servicing Supplement or the Servicing Agreement that materially affects the rights or obligations of the Servicer of the Collateral Specified Interests and the 2014-B 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 on the execution of any such amendment, (i) the Servicer will deliver a copy of the 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 the amendment.

 

Section 7.2.                                 Third-Party Beneficiaries of the Servicing Agreement and this Servicing Supplement.  The Servicing Agreement and this Servicing Supplement will inure to the benefit of and be binding on the parties to this Servicing Supplement and their assigns (including the Holders of the Collateral Specified Interest Certificates as assignees of the Holding Companies) as well as any 2014-B Exchange Noteholder, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee.

 

Section 7.3.                                 No Petition.  Each party to this Servicing 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 on 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 and agrees it will not file, 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

 

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Interest Certificates during the same period.  This Section 7.3 will survive the termination of this Servicing Supplement.

 

Section 7.4.                                 GOVERNING LAW.  THIS SERVICING SUPPLEMENT WILL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK INCLUDING SECTIONS 5-1401 AND 5-1402 OF THE GENERAL OBLIGATION LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, BUT OTHERWISE WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICTS OF LAWS PRINCIPLES.

 

Section 7.5.                                 Submission to Jurisdiction.  Each party to this Servicing Supplement submits to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York and of any New York State Court sitting in New York, New York for purposes of all legal proceedings arising out of or relating to this Servicing Supplement or the transactions contemplated by this Servicing Supplement or by the other 2014-B Basic Documents.  Each party to this Servicing Supplement irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent it may do so, any objection that it may have now or after the date of this Servicing Supplement to the laying of the venue of any legal proceedings arising out of or relating to this Servicing Supplement or the transactions contemplated by this Servicing Supplement or by the other 2014-B Basic Documents brought in one of those courts and any claim that one of those courts is an inconvenient forum.

 

Section 7.6.                                 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL.  EACH PARTY TO THIS SERVICING SUPPLEMENT 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 SERVICING SUPPLEMENT, THE INDENTURE OR ANY OTHER 2014-B BASIC DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS SERVICING SUPPLEMENT, THE INDENTURE OR ANY OTHER 2014-B BASIC DOCUMENT.

 

Section 7.7.                                 Severability.  If any one or more of the covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of this Servicing Supplement is held invalid, illegal or unenforceable, then those covenants, agreements, provisions or terms will be deemed severable from the remaining covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of this Servicing Supplement and will in no way affect the validity, legality or enforceability of the other provisions of this Servicing Supplement.

 

Section 7.8.                                 Headings.  The various headings in this Servicing Supplement are included for convenience only and will not affect the meaning or interpretation of any provision of this Servicing Supplement.

 

Section 7.9.                                 Conflict with Servicing Agreement.  In the event of any conflict between this Servicing Supplement (or any portion thereof) and the Servicing Agreement, this Servicing Supplement will prevail.

 

Section 7.10.                          Counterparts.  This Servicing Supplement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which will be an original, and all of which will together constitute one and the same instrument.

 

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EXECUTED BY:

 

	
 
    	
FORD   MOTOR CREDIT COMPANY LLC,
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
as   Servicer for the Collateral Specified Interests and the 2014-B Reference Pool   and as Lender
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Name:
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title:
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
CAB   EAST HOLDINGS, LLC,
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
acting   for its Series of limited liability company interests designated as the   “Collateral Series,” as Holder of a Collateral Specified Interest Certificate
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Name:
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title:
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
CAB   WEST HOLDINGS CORPORATION,
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
acting   for its Series of limited liability company interests designated as the   “Collateral Series,” as Holder of a Collateral Specified Interest Certificate
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Name:
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title:
    

 

[Signature Page to Servicing Supplement]

 

 

	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
FCALM   HOLDINGS CORPORATION,
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
acting   for its Series of limited liability company interests designated as the   “Collateral Series,” as Holder of a Collateral Specified Interest Certificate
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
By:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
Name:
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
Title:
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
HTD   LEASING LLC,
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
as   Collateral Agent
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
By:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
Name:
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
Title:
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
AGREED AND ACCEPTED BY:
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
as   Titling Company Registrar with
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
respect   to each of the Titling Companies,
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
on   behalf of the Titling Companies
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
By:
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Name:
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Title:
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    

 

[Signature Page to Servicing Supplement]

 

 

	
AGREED AND ACCEPTED FOR
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
PURPOSES OF SECTION 7.1(a) BY:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
FORD CREDIT AUTO LEASE TRUST 2014-B
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
By:
    	
U.S.   Bank Trust National Association,
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
not   in its individual capacity but solely as
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Owner   Trustee of Ford Credit Auto Lease
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Trust   2014-B
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
By:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Name:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Title:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON,
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
not   in its individual capacity but solely as
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Indenture   Trustee
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
By:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Name:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Title:
    	
 
    

 

[Signature Page to the Servicing Supplement]

 

 

Exhibit A

 

Schedule of Collateral Leases and Collateral Leased Vehicles in 2014-B Reference Pool

 

(On File with Collateral Agent)

 

EA-1

 

Exhibit B

 

Form Of Monthly Investor Report

 

EB-1Exhibit 10.02

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EQT Corporation

 

(formerly known as Equitable Resources, Inc. )

 

 

 

 

 

2006 PAYROLL DEDUCTION

 

AND

 

CONTRIBUTION PROGRAM

 

(as amended and restated November 20, 2013)

 

 

EQT CORPORATION
  2006 PAYROLL DEDUCTION AND CONTRIBUTION PROGRAM
 (As amended and restated November 20, 2013)

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

	
ARTICLE I
    	
 
    	
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1.1
    	
Statement of Purpose
    	
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ARTICLE II - DEFINITIONS
    	
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2.1
    	
Base Salary
    	
1
    
	
2.1
    	
Bonus
    	
1
    
	
2.3
    	
Code
    	
1
    
	
2.4
    	
Committee (BAC) and Committee (BIC)
    	
1
    
	
2.5
    	
Company
    	
2
    
	
2.6
    	
Company Benefit
    	
2
    
	
2.7
    	
Compensation
    	
2
    
	
2.8
    	
Contribution Amount
    	
2
    
	
2.9
    	
Eligible Employee
    	
2
    
	
2.10
    	
Employer
    	
2
    
	
2.11
    	
Management Development and Compensation Committee
    	
2
    
	
2.12
    	
Participant
    	
2
    
	
2.13
    	
Personal Retirement Annuity
    	
2
    
	
2.14
    	
Program Year
    	
3
    
	
2.15
    	
Program
    	
3
    
	
2.16
    	
Qualifying CIC Agreement
    	
3
    
	
2.17
    	
Selected Affiliate
    	
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ARTICLE III - ELIGIBILITY AND   PARTICIPATION
    	
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3.1
    	
Eligibility
    	
3
    
	
3.2
    	
Participation; Removal from Participation
    	
4
    
	
3.3
    	
Ineligible Participant
    	
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ARTICLE IV - CONTRIBUTIONS AND   COMPANY BENEFITS
    	
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4.1
    	
Contribution Amounts
    	
5
    
	
4.2
    	
Company Benefit
    	
5
    
	
4.3
    	
Company Benefit Amounts
    	
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ARTICLE V - PERSONAL RETIREMENT   ANNUITIES
    	
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5.1
    	
General
    	
6
    
	
5.2
    	
Terms of Personal Retirement Annuity
    	
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ARTICLE VI - ADMINISTRATION
    	
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6.1
    	
Committees
    	
6
    
	
6.2
    	
Agents
    	
7
    
	
6.3
    	
Binding Effect of Decisions
    	
7
    
	
6.4
    	
Indemnification of Committees
    	
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ARTICLE VII - AMENDMENT AND   TERMINATION OF PROGRAM
    	
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7.1
    	
Amendment
    	
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7.2
    	
Termination
    	
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ARTICLE VIII - MISCELLANEOUS
    	
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8.1
    	
Funding
    	
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8.2
    	
Nonassignability
    	
8
    
	
8.3
    	
No Acceleration of Benefits; No Deferred Compensation;   Taxation; Tax Withholding
    	
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8.4
    	
Captions
    	
9
    
	
8.5
    	
Governing Law
    	
9
    
	
8.6
    	
Successors
    	
9
    
	
8.7
    	
No Right to Continued Service
    	
9
    
	
8.8
    	
Benefit Claims
    	
9
    

 

	
EXHIBIT A 
    	
– Section 3.1 – Description of Eligible Employees
    	
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EXHIBIT B 
    	
– Personal Retirement Annuity
    	
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ARTICLE I

 

1.1                            Statement of Purpose

 

This is the EQT Corporation 2006 Payroll Deduction and Contribution Program (as amended from time to time, the “Program”).  The purpose of the Program is to provide a select group of management and highly compensated employees of the Employer with the ability to deposit in a Personal Retirement Annuity, as per Article V, an amount of Company Benefit on an after-tax basis (and, for periods prior to January 1, 2011, portions of their compensation payable for services rendered to the Employer).  It is intended that the Program will assist in attracting and retaining qualified individuals to serve as officers and managers of the Employer.  From and after February 1, 2013, participation in this Program is limited to individuals who have executed and delivered to the Company a Qualifying CIC Agreement, and such continuing participation in this Program, together with the increase in the Company Benefit described in paragraph 4.2(c) below and the additional Company Benefit described in paragraph 4.2(d) below, serve as consideration for such execution and delivery of a Qualifying CIC Agreement.

 

ARTICLE II

 

DEFINITIONS

 

When used in this Program and initially capitalized, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings indicated:

 

2.1                            Base Salary.

 

“Base Salary” means a Participant’s base earnings paid by the Employer to a Participant without regard to any increases or decreases in base earnings as a result of an election between benefits or cash provided under a plan of an Employer maintained pursuant to Section 125 or 401(k) of the Code.

 

2.2                            Bonus.

 

“Bonus” means the total amount awarded and paid, prior to any reduction for applicable tax withholdings, under the EQT Corporation 2011 Executive Short-Term Incentive Plan (as implemented each year) or the EQT Corporation Short-Term Incentive Plan (as implemented each year).

 

2.3                            Code.

 

“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

 

2.4                            Committee (BAC) and Committee (BIC).

 

“Committee (BAC)” and “Committee (BIC)” have the meanings set forth in Section 6.1.  Together the Committee (BAC) and the Committee (BIC) shall be referred to as the “Committees.”

 

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2.5                            Company.

 

“Company” means EQT Corporation and any successor thereto.

 

2.6                            Company Benefit.

 

“Company Benefit” means the benefit contributed to the Personal Retirement Annuity on behalf of the Participant pursuant to Sections 4.2 and 4.3.

 

2.7                            Compensation.

 

“Compensation” means the Base Salary payable with respect to an Eligible Employee for each Program Year in excess of the Base Salary taken into account for purposes of determining a Participant’s deferrals under the EQT 401(k) Plan (as defined in Section 4.2).

 

2.8                            Contribution Amount.

 

“Contribution Amount” means, for periods prior to January 1, 2011, the amount contributed to the Personal Retirement Annuity by a Participant under Section 4.1.

 

2.9                            Eligible Employee.

 

“Eligible Employee” means a highly compensated or management employee of the Employer who is designated by the Company, by name or group or description, in accordance with Section 3.1, as eligible to participate in the Program; provided that to the extent such employee is an executive officer such participation must be approved by the Management Development and Compensation Committee.

 

2.10                    Employer.

 

“Employer” means, with respect to a Participant, the Company or the Selected Affiliate which pays such Participant’s Compensation.

 

2.11                    Management Development and Compensation Committee.

 

“Management Development and Compensation Committee” means the Management Development and Compensation Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors.

 

2.12                    Participant.

 

“Participant” means any Eligible Employee listed on Exhibit A and designated under Section 3.2.

 

2.13                    Personal Retirement Annuity.

 

“Personal Retirement Annuity” means the annuity described in Section 5.1.

 

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2.14                    Program Year.

 

“Program Year” means each twelve-month period commencing January 1 and ending December 31, except that the first Program Year shall commence on August 14, 2006 and end on December 31, 2006.

 

2.15                    Program.

 

“Program” means this EQT Corporation 2006 Payroll Deduction and Contribution Program, as amended from time to time.

 

2.16                    Qualifying CIC Agreement.

 

“Qualifying CIC Agreement” means an amended and restated change of control agreement described in Section 3.1.

 

2.17                    Selected Affiliate.

 

“Selected Affiliate” means (1) any company in an unbroken chain of companies beginning with the Company if each of the companies other than the last company in the chain owns or controls, directly or indirectly, stock possessing not less than 50 percent of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock in one of the other companies, or (2) any partnership or joint venture in which one or more of such companies is a partner or venturer, each of which shall be selected by the Company.

 

ARTICLE III

 

ELIGIBILITY AND PARTICIPATION

 

3.1                            Eligibility.

 

Eligibility to participate in the Program is limited to Eligible Employees.  From time to time, and subject to Section 3.3, the Company shall prepare, and attach to the Program as Exhibit A, a complete list of the Eligible Employees, by individual name or by reference to an identifiable group of persons or by descriptions of individuals which would qualify as individuals who are eligible to participate, and all of whom shall be a select group of management or highly compensated employees.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, from and after February 1, 2013, no individual shall qualify as an Eligible Employee unless and until he or she shall have executed and delivered to the Company on or before February 15, 2013 an amended and restated change of control agreement, in the form approved by the Management Development and Compensation Committee (a “Qualifying CIC Agreement”), that, to the extent applicable eliminates any “single trigger” payment provision and any tax gross up-provision (except as such provision may relate to medical, long-term disability, dental or life insurance benefits).  For the avoidance of doubt, any individual previously participating in the Program shall automatically and without further action by the Company or the Management Development and Compensation Committee cease to be an Eligible Employee if such individual has not executed and delivered to the Company a Qualifying CIC Agreement

 

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on or before February 15, 2013; provided that any individual who fails to deliver a Qualifying CIC Agreement by such date may, in the discretion of the Management Development and Compensation Committee, again become an Eligible Employee upon the execution and delivery to the Company of a Qualifying CIC Agreement.

 

3.2                            Participation; Removal from Participation.

 

Participation in the Program shall be limited to Eligible Employees.  An Eligible Employee shall commence participation in the Program upon designation as an Eligible Employee by the Vice President  & Chief Human Resources Officer of the Company, provided that, to the extent such Eligible Employee is an executive officer, such designation also must be approved by the Management Development and Compensation Committee.  Following designation, an Eligible Employee shall continue participation in the Program from year to year without further action by the Company, subject to this Section and Section 3.3.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, an Eligible Employee may be removed from participation at any time: (a) in the case of an executive officer, by the Management Development and Compensation Committee and (b) in all other cases, by the Vice President  & Chief Human Resources Officer of the Company.  In the event of such removal:

 

(i)                                  there shall be no reduction of any Program benefits attributable to participation for years prior to the year of removal;

 

(ii)                              for the year of removal, there shall be no reduction of any Program benefits (including Employer contributions under Article IV) that have been made already to the Personal Retirement Annuity prior to such removal; and

 

(iii)                          for the year of removal, the removed Eligible Employee shall not have any right to a pro-rated or proportionate share of Program benefits for such year (including Employer contributions under Article IV) that have not been made to the Personal Retirement Annuity prior to such removal.

 

Eligible Employees who are removed under this Section 3.2 shall be notified in writing by the Company, not later than 90 days after their removal.

 

3.3                            Ineligible Participant.

 

Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Program to the contrary, if the Committee (BAC) determines that any Participant may not qualify as a member of a select group of “management or highly compensated employee” within the meaning of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”), or regulations thereunder, the Committee (BAC) may determine, in its sole discretion, that such Participant shall cease to be eligible to participate in this Program.  Upon such determination by the Committee (BAC), the Committee (BAC) shall give written notice to the individual who has ceased to be eligible to participate in this Program (and, in the

 

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case of an executive officer, a copy of such notice shall also be given to the Management Development and Compensation Committee).  In any such notice, the Committee (BAC) shall explain that all benefits under the Program have been forfeited (or otherwise handled in a manner that the Committee (BAC) determines is consistent with applicable law) due to loss of eligibility under applicable law.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

CONTRIBUTIONS AND COMPANY BENEFITS

 

4.1                            Contribution Amounts.

 

Effective January 1, 2011, no Participant may elect to have a payroll deduction taken from his or her Compensation.  Prior to January 1, 2011, all payroll deductions by Participants were administered on an after-tax basis and, consistent with Section 4.3, contributed on such basis to each Participant’s Personal Retirement Annuity.

 

4.2                            Company Benefit.

 

The Employer shall provide a Company Benefit under this Program with respect to each Participant who is eligible to be allocated matching contributions and/or performance contributions (also known as “retirement contributions”) under the EQT Corporation Employee Savings Plan (as amended from time to time, the “EQT 401(k) Plan”).  Prior to reduction for taxes as set forth in Section 4.3, the Company Benefit under this Program on behalf of a Participant for a Program Year shall be equal to the sum of (a) the matching contributions which would be credited to the Participant under the EQT 401(k) Plan based upon the Participant’s hypothetical pre-tax personal contribution amount that would be made under the EQT 401(k) Plan, absent the limitations of Sections 402(g), 401(a)(17), and 415 of the Code, (b) the performance contributions which would be credited to the Participant under the EQT 401(k) Plan, absent the limitations of Sections 401(a)(17) and 415 of the Code, (c) an amount equal to 9% (which increases to 11% effective with the Bonus payment in respect of the 2013 plan year) of the Participant’s Bonus payment, prior to reduction for any applicable tax withholding, and (d) an amount equal to 2% of the Participant’s Bonus payment in respect of the 2012 plan year, prior to reduction for any applicable tax withholding, only if the Participant executes and delivers to the Company on or before February 15, 2013 a Qualifying CIC Agreement.  The express provisions herein on the time and form of payment applicable to Company Benefits shall control over the terms and conditions provided in the EQT 401(k) Plan.  For the avoidance of doubt, Eligible Employees are not required to make personal contributions to their EQT 401(k) Plan account or otherwise in order to receive the Company Benefit described in items (b), (c) or (d) above and, for periods on and after January 1, 2011, personal contributions to the EQT 401(k) Plan are required to receive the Company Benefit described in item (a) above.

 

4.3                            Company Benefit Amounts.

 

The Company Benefit under the Program for each Participant shall be contributed by the Employer to the Participant’s Personal Retirement Annuity on an after-tax basis.

 

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The gross amount (pre-tax) of the Company Benefit is determined under Section 4.2.  Prior to contribution to the Participant’s Personal Retirement Annuity, the Company shall withhold, and reduce the Company Benefit by, the applicable income and other taxes that the Company determines to be appropriate.  All references herein to “contribution of the Company Benefit” (or similar terminology) shall mean such amount remaining after applicable tax withholding.  In no event shall any Company Benefit be contributed to the Participant’s Personal Retirement Annuity later than 21⁄2 months following the Program Year to which the Company Benefit relates.  An Eligible Employee must be a full-time, regular employee of the Employer on the date that the Employer makes the contribution to the Participant’s Personal Retirement Annuity.  If a Participant ceases to be employed by the Employer as a full-time, regular employee prior to the date that the Employer makes the contribution to the Participant’s Personal Retirement Annuity, or has terminated his or her participation in the Program prior to such date, the Company Benefit for such annual period shall be forfeited without any further action required by the Employer.

 

ARTICLE V

 

PERSONAL RETIREMENT ANNUITIES

 

5.1       General.

 

The Personal Retirement Annuity to which Company Benefits will be contributed is listed on Exhibit B hereto and may be changed, on a prospective basis, from time to time.  Any such changes shall be authorized and approved by the Committee (BIC) or the Management Development and Compensation Committee.

 

5.2       Terms of Personal Retirement Annuity.

 

The terms of the Personal Retirement Annuity, which is owned by the Participant, shall be as provided solely by the third-party sponsor of such annuity, including the investment returns and elections, payment and withdrawal provisions and statements of account.  The election of investments within a Personal Retirement Annuity shall be the sole responsibility of each Participant.  The Company, the other Employers, their employees and members of the Committees are not authorized to make any recommendation to any Participant with respect to such election.  Each Participant assumes all risk connected with any adjustment to the value of his or her Personal Retirement Annuity.  None of the Committees, the Management Development and Compensation Committee, the Company and the other Employers in any way guarantees against loss or depreciation.

 

ARTICLE VI

 

ADMINISTRATION

 

6.1       Committees.

 

The administrative committee for the Program (the “Committee (BAC)”) shall be the Benefits Administration Committee of the Company.  The Committee (BAC) shall

 

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have (i) complete discretion to supervise the administration and operation of the Program, (ii) complete discretion to adopt rules and procedures governing the Program from time to time, and (iii) sole authority to give interpretive rulings with respect to the Program.

 

The investment committee for the Program (the “Committee (BIC)”) shall be the Benefits Investment Committee of the Company.  The Committee (BIC) shall have (i) complete discretion to determine and select the personal retirement annuity program under Section 5.1; (ii) complete discretion to monitor, remove and replace all or part of any personal retirement annuity program; and (iii) complete discretion to adopt rules, guidelines or other procedures for the management and investment of Program assets.

 

6.2       Agents.

 

The Committees may appoint an individual, who may be an employee of the Company, to be the Committees’ agent with respect to the day-to-day administration of the Program.  In addition, the Committees may, from time to time, employ other agents and delegate to them such administrative duties as they see fit, and may from time to time consult with counsel who may be counsel to the Company.

 

6.3       Binding Effect of Decisions.

 

Any decision or action of the Committees with respect to any question arising out of or in connection with the administration, investment, interpretation and application of the Program shall be final and binding upon all persons having any interest in the Program.

 

6.4       Indemnification of Committees.

 

The Company shall indemnify and hold harmless the members of the Committees and their duly appointed agents under Section 6.2 against any and all claims, losses, damages, expenses or liabilities arising from any action or failure to act with respect to the Program, except in the case of gross negligence or willful misconduct by any such member or agent of the Committees.

 

ARTICLE VII

 

AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION OF PROGRAM

 

7.1       Amendment.

 

The Company, on behalf of itself and of each Selected Affiliate, may at any time amend, suspend or reinstate any or all of the provisions of the Program, except that no such amendment, suspension or reinstatement may adversely affect any Participant’s Personal Retirement Annuity as it existed as of the day before the effective date of such amendment, suspension or reinstatement, without such Participant’s prior written consent, and provided that any amendment, suspension or reinstatement affecting the benefits to any executive officer of the Company shall require the approval of the Management Development and Compensation Committee.  Written notice of any

 

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amendment, suspension or reinstatement with respect to the Program shall be given to each Participant by the Committee (BAC).

 

7.2       Termination.

 

The Company, on behalf of itself and of each Selected Affiliate, in its sole discretion, may terminate this Program at any time and for any reason whatsoever.  A termination of the Program shall not adversely affect any Participant’s Personal Retirement Annuity as it existed on the day before such termination, without the Participant’s prior written consent.

 

ARTICLE VIII

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

8.1       Funding.

 

Participants and their heirs, successors and assigns, shall have no secured interest or claim in any property or assets of the Company or any other Employer.  The Employer’s obligation under the Program to contribute Company Benefits to a Participant’s Personal Retirement Annuity shall be merely that of an unfunded and unsecured promise.  To the extent that any Participant or other person acquires a right to receive Company Benefits under the Program, such right shall be no greater than the right, and each Participant shall at all times have the status, of a general unsecured creditor of the Company or any other Employer.

 

8.2       Nonassignability.

 

No right or interest under the Program of a Participant (or any person claiming through or under him or her) shall be assignable or transferable in any manner or be subject to alienation, anticipation, sale, pledge, encumbrance or other legal process or in any manner be liable for or subject to the debts or liabilities of any such Participant.  If any Participant shall attempt to or shall transfer, assign, alienate, anticipate, sell, pledge or otherwise encumber his or her benefits hereunder or any part thereof, or if by reason of his or her bankruptcy or other event happening at any time such benefits would devolve upon anyone else or would not be enjoyed by him or her, then the Committee (BAC), in its discretion, may terminate his or her interest in any such benefit to the extent the Committee (BAC) considers necessary or advisable to prevent or limit the effects of such occurrence.  Termination shall be effected by filing a written “termination declaration” with the Company’s Corporate Director, Compensation and Benefits and making reasonable efforts to deliver a copy to the Participant whose interest is adversely affected.

 

8.3       No Acceleration of Benefits; No Deferred Compensation; Taxation; Tax Withholding.

 

This Program is not intended to provide for the deferral of compensation and there shall be no acceleration of the time or schedule of any payments or contributions under the Program.  The Employer shall be and is authorized to withhold from Company

 

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Benefits under this Program, or from such other compensation or benefits paid or payable to the Participant, those federal, state or local income taxes or similar charges that the Committee (BAC), in its sole discretion, determines are required to be withheld under applicable law. The Employer does not represent or guarantee that any particular federal, state or local income, payroll, personal property or other tax consequence will result from participation in this Program.  Participants are directed to consult with professional tax advisors to determine the tax consequences of their participation.

 

8.4       Captions.

 

The captions contained herein are for convenience only and shall not control or affect the meaning or construction hereof.

 

8.5       Governing Law.

 

The provisions of the Program shall be construed and interpreted according to the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania without regard to its conflicts of laws provisions.  If any insubstantial provision of this Program is declared unlawful for any reason, including by state or federal legislative act, regulation or judicial ruling, such provision shall become inoperative but will not affect the validity of any other provision.

 

8.6       Successors.

 

The provisions of the Program shall bind and inure to the benefit of the Company, the other Employers, and their respective successors and assigns.  The term successors as used herein shall include any corporate or other business entity which shall, whether by merger, consolidation, purchase or otherwise, acquire all or substantially all of the business and assets of the Company or any other Employer and successors of any such Company or other business entity.

 

8.7       No Right to Continued Service.

 

Nothing contained herein shall be construed to confer upon any Eligible Employee the right to continue to serve as an Eligible Employee of an Employer or in any other capacity.

 

8.8       Benefit Claims.

 

(a)        Initial Claims.  To make a claim for a benefit, a Participant (or the Participant’s authorized representative) may file a written request setting forth the claim for such benefit with: (i) in the case of an executive officer, the Management Development and Compensation Committee; and (ii) in all other cases, the Committee (BAC).  (On a case-by-case basis, the Management Development and Compensation Committee may delegate its claim review functions to the Committee (BAC).  All references in this Section 8.8 to Committee (BAC) shall include the Management Development and Compensation Committee, where the Management Development and Compensation Committee undertakes the review of a claim and does not delegate such review to the Committee (BAC).)

 

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(b)        Denied Claims.  If the Committee (BAC) receives a claim in writing, the Committee (BAC) will advise the Participant of its decision on the claim in writing in a reasonable period of time after receipt of the claim (not to exceed 120 days).  The notice shall set forth the following information:

 

(1)        The specific basis for its decision,

 

(2)        Specific reference to pertinent Program provisions on which the decision is based,

 

(3)        A description of any additional material or information necessary for the Participant to perfect a claim and an explanation of why such material or information is necessary,

 

(4)        An explanation of the Program’s claim review procedure, and

 

(5)        If applicable, a statement of the Participant’s right to bring an action under Section 502 of ERISA upon the denial of the appeal of a previously denied claim.

 

(c)        Appealing a Claim.  The Participant (or the Participant’s authorized representative) may make a written request within 60 days of the denial to the Committee (BAC) to have a designated appeals authority (which shall be different than the Committee (BAC)) review the denial.  The Participant may review the pertinent documents and submit issues and comments in writing for consideration by the appeals authority.  If the Participant does not request a review of the initial determination within such 60-day period, he or she will be barred from challenging the determination by reason of failure to exhaust administrative remedies.

 

Within 60 days after the Committee (BAC)’s receipt of the Participant’s request for appeal review, the Participant will receive notice of the appeals authority’s decision.  If the claim is further denied, the notice will contain the specific reasons for the decision of the appeals authority; specific references to the pertinent provisions of this Program upon which the decision is based; and, if applicable, a statement of the Participant’s right to bring an action under Section 502 of ERISA.  If special circumstances require that the 60-day time period be extended, the appeals authority will notify the Participant within the initial 60-day time period and will render the decision as soon as possible, but no later than 120 days, after receipt of the request for review.

 

(d)       Limitation of Time to Commence Legal Action.  Notwithstanding any otherwise applicable legally-prescribed statute of limitations period, no legal action may be commenced or maintained to recover benefits under this Program more than twelve (12) months after the final review decision by the appeals authority has been rendered (or deemed rendered).

 

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EXHIBIT A

 

Section 3.1 - Description of Eligible Employees

 

 

·                  The executive officers of the Company designated as Eligible Employees by the Vice President & Chief Human Resources Officer and approved by the Management Development and Compensation Committee, which record of designated Eligible Employees is maintained in the Company’s Human Resources Department.

 

·                  Such employees of the Company or any Selected Affiliate other than executive officers of the Company designated as Eligible Employees by the Vice President & Chief Human Resources Officer, which record of designated Eligible Employees is maintained in the Company’s Human Resources Department.

 

 

 

Effective Date:  January 1, 2015

 

	
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EXHIBIT B

 

Personal Retirement Annuity

 

Fidelity Personal Retirement Annuity

 

 

Date:  November 20, 2013

 

	
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